Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness (2008)

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness cover

Developer: Square Enix
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 2 player ratings
Main story: about 40 hours
Completionist: about 60 hours

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

Gritty mech-warfare strategy RPG set in a war-torn sci-fi future with remade visuals and deep tactics.

tacticalsci-fiwarfareturn-basedmechstrategicserious

About

In fall 2007, Square Enix Co., Ltd. announced that it would be creating a remake of Front Mission 2089 on the Nintendo DS and named it Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness. The games producer Koichiro Sakamoto indicated that a survey of the series fans showed that most did not play games on their cell phones, and so Square Enix decided to bring it to the Nintendo DS. This remake of Front Mission 2089 featured completely remade visuals, new character artwork, new cut-scene events, a rewritten story, new game scenarios, and new battle maps. Also incorporated in the game were touchscreen features and a revised interface for more intuitive touchpad controls. Likewise, various game play mechanics from other Front Mission entries such as armor coating and linked attacks were added to Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness. Multiplayer mode had to be dropped due to space issues on the Nintendo DS.

Screenshots

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness screenshot 1

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness screenshot 2

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness screenshot 3

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness screenshot 4

More games like this

More by Square Enix

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.