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Front Mission 3

Front Mission 3, also known in Japan as Front Mission Third, is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in 1999, and North America by Square…

2 September 1999

Front Mission 3 is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Product Development Division 6, released 2 September 1999 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Front Mission 3 is

Front Mission 3 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Product Development Division 6 and released in 1999. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Yokosuka, Japan, 2112 AD. The young student Kazuki Takemura works as a test pilot with Kirishima Industries, a production company of military battle wanzers (walking panzers), mechanized walking robots with movement similar to that of a human being. Kazuki has just finished testing the combat capabilities of the new Zeinslev prototype in the lab. Finishing his day's tasks he is asked by his best friend Ryogo to help with a company delivery to the Japanese Defense Force (JDF) military based. This simple choice determines where Kazuki is when strange things begin happening in Japan. A large explosion, a wanzer theft, his sister Alysia being hunted, rumors of a powerful weapon, and accusations…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Front Mission series

Front Mission 3 is the fourth of 18 entries we hold in the Front Mission series. It arrived 2 years after Front Mission 2. The next entry was Front Mission 1st in 2003.

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What it launched against

Front Mission 3 launched on 2 September 1999, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear and Shadow Man.

Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, Shadow Man.

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When did Front Mission 3 come out?
Front Mission 3 was released on 2 September 1999 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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