Front Mission Evolved

Japanese publishers have been singing the “I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” song from The Jungle Book for the past few years and it’s no longer flattering. Instead of borrowing elements and making them their own, the publishers have opted to...

The long time turn-based strategy series Front Mission takes a break from its past as Square Enix decide to get up close and personal with its mech-like combat suits known as the wanzer, pitting them against one another in a third-person action...

Good-looking but repetitive action makes Front Mission Evolved a tasty mechflavored...

There are emblems to collect in the story and ranks to crawl through in multiplayer, but Front Mission Evolved just feels like a flat experience. The big ol’ mechs are here if you have a hankering to boost around and smash stuff, but it’s nothing...

There’s nothing wrong with tweaking a beloved series to make it more accessible to the general public. Plenty of great games have come from this process. Just think of Resident Evil 4, Splinter Cell: Conviction, or Civilization V.At some point,...