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Summary

Front Mission 3 (known in Japan as Front Mission Third) feels like a tactical RPG that suddenly leans into classic role‑playing. The game moves forward in a linear fashion: cut‑scenes set the scene, you pick a mission, then return to towns on a world map to outfit your wanzers before the next sortie. Those intermission hubs double as a place to tweak gear and plan routes, keeping the pacing brisk and story‑driven.

What really sets it apart is the Double Feature Scenario, letting you chase two independent storylines that don’t intersect but both flesh out the world. On the battlefield you can actually target pilots – they can be damaged, ejected, or even hijack another wanzer – which adds a gritty layer to combat. Skills sprout from the parts you equip, with a random chance to learn new tricks, while Action Points govern each turn’s activity and Link‑class skills let up to three units support each other in coordinated attacks.

Between missions the pseudo‑Internet Network lets you read e‑mails, browse a mock‑web, and run VR‑style training in the Battle Simulator. The remodeling system lets you boost armor, weapon accuracy, jump power, or slap on rollers for rapid movement, giving each wanzer a distinct personality.

Developed by Square’s Division 6 under Toshirou Tsuchida after the G‑Craft acquisition, the game’s visuals were shaped by artist Akihiro Yamada and programmer Kiyotaka Akaza, while Ko Sato crafted the battle system. The soundtrack, a collaboration between Koji Hayama, Hayato Matsuo, and SHIGEKI, earned a dedicated release. Critics responded warmly – GameSpot gave it 8.3/10, IGN 8.8/10, and it posted an 84 % aggregate on GameRankings. Since its debut, Front Mission 3 has resurfaced in several Square Enix collections and on PlayStation Network, keeping its mech‑filled legacy alive for new fans.

Storyline

Front Mission 3 is set in October 2112, a time when Southeast Asia is caught in a cold war between the Oceania Cooperative Union (OCU) and the People’s Republic of Da Han Zhong (DHZ). The story follows Japanese wanzer test pilots Kazuki Takemura and Ryogo Kusama, who are tasked with delivering newly‑tested Kirishima prototypes to a Japanese Defense Force base in Yokosuka. An explosion at the base forces the duo to flee, and they quickly become hunted as suspected terrorists while their sister Alisa Takemura is also drawn into the conflict.

Early in the game the player chooses between two parallel scenarios. Joining Ryogo on the delivery leads to the USN route, where scientist Emir "Emma" Klamsky and her United States of the New Continent allies assist the pair. Declining the offer triggers the DHZ route, in which DHZ agent Liu Hei Fong rescues Kazuki, Ryogo and Alisa. Both paths share key events: the discovery that the JDF stole a secret USN weapon called MIDAS, the chase to a hidden OCU base inside Taal Volcano, and the subsequent battle against rebel forces in the Philippines.

The plot deepens when the protagonists encounter the genetically engineered "Imaginary Numbers" and "Real Numbers," creations of a covert program led by Bal Gorbovsky. These engineered humans reveal that MIDAS was a successful duplicate and that both Emir and Alisa were products of the same project. The conflict culminates in Japan, where a coup led by JDF Chief of Staff Masao Sasaki is supported by the Imaginary Numbers.

Kazuki’s team eventually tracks the rogue forces to Ocean City, a floating island off Okinawa, defeats the Imaginary Numbers, and detonates the original MIDAS at sea. Depending on the chosen scenario, the ending is either resolved or left ambiguous, but the players clear their names and expose the hidden machinations behind the regional war.

Edited by Maya Carter