When did Front Mission 4 come out?

Front Mission 4 was released on 18 December 2003 for PlayStation 2.

Front Mission 4 (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Front Mission 4

In the year 2096, the Wanzer ("Walking Tanks" mecha) form the backbone of many military forces. The European Community is enjoying a period of relative peace when it is surprised by sudden attacks on German…

73 18 December 2003

What Front Mission 4 is

Front Mission 4 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 6 and released in 2003. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in 2096, the story of Front Mission 4 takes place in Venezuela and Europe. Since the revelations of the true causes behind the 2nd Huffman Conflict in 2092, the world grew wary of the Republic of Zaftra. Zaftra began losing foreign investments and many businesses withdrew from the union, resulting in major economic losses. Superpowers such as the United States of the New Continent (USN) refused offers from the union to import their natural resources, the major economic driver of their economy. With a failing economy and growing distrust from the world community, the Republic of Zaftra disbanded the Peace Mediation Organization (PMO) in 2094. Meanwhile, the discovery of natural resources…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are science fiction.

Where it sits in the Front Mission series

Front Mission 4 is the sixth of 18 entries we hold in the Front Mission series. The next entry was Front Mission 5: Scars of the War in 2005. Its critic score of 73 is 5 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Front Mission 2: Remake at 81.

See all 18 Front Mission games in release order →

How it was received

Front Mission 4 holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Front Mission 4 launched on 18 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and Deus Ex: Invisible War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, Deus Ex: Invisible War.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer