#Front mission 2 review series#

She has attitude, but also a fatal weakness that makes her dependent upon Dylan to save her. She’s thus stripped of her power, and her character is replaced by an uncharacteristically weak, feeble woman. There’s a moment in the game where Adela becomes visibly jealous over Dylan’s technician. Why do female characters like Adela require a fatal weakness? According to her profile on the official game site Adela is an independent, strong-willed soldier whose focus is always on the mission. Dylan has his petty revenge, but what about the game’s secondary characters? Most protagonists in these kinds of games are motivated by something larger than themselves. Dylan reacts like any good hero and gets even angrier. When his father is found alive, which comes as no surprise, he’s killed, again. Everyone around him, even experienced soldiers like Adela and Russel, perceive him as some kind of Wanzer piloting wunderkind. And it just so happens that his father is a renowned scientist and engineer whose reputation precedes Dylan. It feels like Dylan is there but not actively participating in the events around him.

#Front mission 2 review series#

Players of the series will find little to no influence from previous conflicts that preceded the events of this game, nor will they feel the gravity of their actions. For a protagonist, Dylan has a static, straightforward view of the world. All that stands in their place are characters like Dylan. You wonder why Double Helix thoroughly ignored these political conflicts. It’s a new age of space exploration and orbital conflict, but the political intrigue seen in the other games of the series – like the U.S.N. Dylan is simply angry at the mercenaries responsible for the death of his father. That’s really what the game’s story boils down to. His father is supposedly killed, and instead of – in the tradition of the Front Mission series – questioning the motivations behind the attack, Dylan sets out with Adela Seawell, a soldier he met by chance, and her commanding officer Russel Hamilton to get some sweet revenge. Poor dialogue and a confused impetus prevent players from really connecting with Dylan’s anime-inspired melodrama. Front Mission: Evolved utterly fails in character development.