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Front Mission Evolved is a third-person shooting action game spinoff of the classic Squaresoft/SquareEnix turn-based strategy game, Front Mission. Far from what I'd call a smash hit, the game's 2010 release was met with terminal disintrest from both fans of the series and the gaming public at large. There hasn't been a new Front Mission game since.

Front Mission Evolved's gameplay is fast-paced but tremendously shallow, the plot is a half-baked excuse to have robots punch each other, characters have all the depth of cardboard cutouts, and it still manages to be fun to play.

_{The developer, Double Helix Games, have since gone on to release three games no one has heard or cares about—Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, Battleship (based on the 2012 sleeper hit movie based on the Parker Brothers board game), and Killer Instinct Season 1—before releasing actual good game Strider (a reboot of the old Arcade/NES games) in 2014.}

Front Mission Evolved isn't too long, and I'll be covering 1-2 missions per video depending on the length of each mission. This LP will probably wind up being about 12 half-hour episodes. As for commentary, I'll be talking over the game with some friends. The plot is kind of insipid so it's no big loss, honestly.

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