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''Front Mission 5'' is a HumongousMecha StrategyRPG video game published and developed by Creator/SquareEnix for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 console. It was first released in Japan on December 29, 2005. The game is a numbered sequel to ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''. However, the story takes place throughout the series, ranging from ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' to the end of ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'', resolving various plot arcs that may have been left unanswered. The game's also known as ''Front Mission 5: Scars of the War''.
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''Front Mission 5'' is a HumongousMecha StrategyRPG video game published and developed by Creator/SquareEnix for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 console. It was first released in Japan on December 29, 2005. The game is a numbered sequel to ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''. However, the story takes place throughout the series, ranging from ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' to the end of ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'', resolving various plot arcs that may have been left unanswered. The game's also known as ''Front Mission 5: Scars of the War''.
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* YouShallNotPass: In the first Cambodia arc of ''5,'' the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] are on a mission to recapture and defend an OCU border defense base against Cambodian insurgents, [[spoiler: who overwhelm the OCU forces thanks to support from the Grimnir]], by the Cambodia-Vietnam border. After defeating several waves of wanzers and a giant tank-helicopter hybrid (whose ridiculousness is lampshaded by Edward), [[spoiler: Morgan and Glen show up, leading to Walter TakingTheBullet for Lynn]].
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* YouShallNotPass: In the first Cambodia arc of ''5,'' the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] are on a mission to recapture and defend an OCU border defense base against Cambodian insurgents, [[spoiler: who overwhelm the OCU forces thanks to support from the Grimnir]], by the Cambodia-Vietnam border. After defeating several waves of wanzers and a giant tank-helicopter hybrid (whose ridiculousness is lampshaded by Edward), [[spoiler: Morgan and Glen show up, leading to Walter TakingTheBullet for Lynn]].Lynn]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook: By the final mission, [[spoiler: Walter and Lynn are well in their late 40s, but look 20 years younger for some unknown reasons. Subverted in the [[DistantFinale epilogue]], where Walter is clearly an old man.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: By the final mission, [[spoiler: Walter and Lynn are well in their late 40s, but look 20 years younger for some unknown reasons. Subverted in the [[DistantFinale epilogue]], where Walter is clearly an old man.]]
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** [[spoiler: The [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]]'s camouflage scheme is pitch black with dark gray trimming. Their flightsuits are black, and they are named after a black demonic dog in British myths, but they are [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decent soldiers who fight terrorists]].
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** [[spoiler: The [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]]'s camouflage scheme is pitch black with dark gray trimming. Their flightsuits are black, and they are named after a black demonic dog in British myths, but they are [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decent soldiers who fight terrorists]].]]
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* WesternTerrorists: When Walter is recruited in Barghest, some of his missions involve taking on a terrorist group named FARSA in USN territory. [[AllThereInTheManual Story material from Square Enix indicates that they're assisted by Grimnir in terms of getting their wanzers.]]
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* FiveManBand:
** The characters in ''5'' [[DownplayedTrope loosely]] form one:
*** TheHero: Walter Feng.
*** TheLancer: Randy, Edward and Hector take turn being this.
*** TeamDad and BigGood: Hector Reynolds.
*** TeamMom: Lynn Wenright.
*** [[spoiler: [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Emir "Emma" Klamsky. AGAIN.]]
*** TheBigGuy: Edward Collins.
*** TheChick: Randy O'Neill. He's sympathetic, and [[spoiler: his death serves as a key motivating factor for Walter to decide to train to join the Strike Wyverns.]]
** The characters in ''5'' [[DownplayedTrope loosely]] form one:
*** TheHero: Walter Feng.
*** TheLancer: Randy, Edward and Hector take turn being this.
*** TeamDad and BigGood: Hector Reynolds.
*** TeamMom: Lynn Wenright.
*** [[spoiler: [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Emir "Emma" Klamsky. AGAIN.]]
*** TheBigGuy: Edward Collins.
*** TheChick: Randy O'Neill. He's sympathetic, and [[spoiler: his death serves as a key motivating factor for Walter to decide to train to join the Strike Wyverns.]]
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''Front Mission 5'' is a HumongousMecha StrategyRPG video game published and developed by Creator/SquareEnix for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 console. It was first released in Japan on December 29, 2005. The game is a numbered sequel to ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''. However, the story takes place throughout the series, ranging from ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' to the end of ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'', resolving various plot arcs that may have been left unanswered. The game's also known as ''Front Mission 5: Scars of the War''.
The game looks into the story of Walter Feng, a Chinese-American from the United States of the New Continent (USN) who moves to Huffman Island. He lived in Freedom City with two other kids, Randy O'Neill and Glen Duval. The trio witnessed the 1st Huffman Conflict in 2070, a conflict between the Oceania Cooperative Union (OCU) and the USN. The kids were separated when OCU and USN governments repatriated them. They later, however, reunite, during a peacekeeping operation in the Huffman Crisis in 2086.
Feng continues to work in the USN Army as a wanzer pilot even after Randy dies in the line of duty. He later applies to join the USN's Strike Wyverns and is deployed worldwide, where he faces off against a terrorist conspiracy known as Grimnir, a terrorist group that aims to destroy the foundation of supernations and bring back the days of nation states.
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!!''Front Mission 5'' provides examples of:
* AceCustom: ''5'' allows you to upgrade your wanzer parts, which enables them to change into other types if they reach a certain level. Also, since you can mix-and-match any wanzer part as long as they fulfill energy and weight requirements, it's easy to make plenty of these. Bosses tend to show up in [[SuperPrototype souped-up wanzers]] too.
** ''5'' also lets players recreate some of the Ace Customs from previous games, albeit not perfectly, such as the Raven and Gepard, through mix-and-matching and Survival Simulator grinding.
* AmazonBrigade: With the exception of [[TheHero Walter Feng]], the pilot management system makes it possible to assemble an all-girl squad.
* AwesomeButImpractical: ''5'' gives us weapons that allow users to attack three times in one round. Sounds sweet... until you realize how horrendous their accuracies are. About the only ones worth using are the melee weapons, since they're actually stronger in terms of raw power.
* BadassCrew: In ''5'', we have the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] and ''especially'' the [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Morgan Bernard]] is (supposedly) gone, but Walter has lost two of his childhood best friends. He was happily married to [[LoveInterests Lynn]]... before she died from S-Type device complications. Also, the miniaturized MIDAS was stolen, which kickstarts ''3'']].
** Somewhat subverted if you think about it. [[spoiler: [[TheBadGuyWins Morgan Bernard wins]] every time protagonists in previous entries win, because the latter (unintentionally) help humiliate the globalists and spread nationalism, which Morgan Bernard is trying to do.]] For instance, [[spoiler: although [[TheHero Ash Faruk]] (''2'') is probably glad that his home country gains independence, the incident also topples the OCU's already shaky popularity among its member states. This leads to the union's near-collapse by the time of ''3''. Dr. Bernard [[NiceJobBreakingItHero couldn't be more pleased with the result]]]].
* CallBack: [[TheDragon Glen Duval]] [[spoiler: disables Lynn Wenright's wanzer in Cambodia using a specialized EMP grenade designed to combat S-Type users]]. [[TheHero Walter Feng]] returns the favor, [[spoiler: years later, when they [[FinalBattle meet again in Alaska]]]].
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Late reinforcements during the Cambodian base defense mission lead to [[spoiler: Walter Feng TakingTheBullet for [[LoveInterests Lynn Wenright]] and nearly dying from it]].
* CoolShip: The ''Eclipse'', hull number CVN-112. While it's designated as an aircraft carrier and is seen launching fighters, the ''Eclipse'' functions closer to a larger cousin of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_class_amphibious_assault_ship Wasp-class amphibious assault ship]].
* CustomUniform: Seen in ''5''; unlike regular USN pilots, who wear tan or olive drab flightsuits, [[EliteArmy Strike Wyverns]] and [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]] pilots wear gray and black flightsuits respectively.
* DarkIsNotEvil: With "dark" in the sense of appearance...
** [[spoiler: The [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]]'s camouflage scheme is pitch black with dark gray trimming. Their flightsuits are black, and they are named after a black demonic dog in British myths, but they are [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decent soldiers who fight terrorists]].
* {{Expy}}: The Barghest is quite explicitly tailored as an obvious Expy to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Force Delta Force]], from the counter-terrorism focus, to their designation (Special Forces Armored Detachment-Barghest vs Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta), to both teams belonging to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command SOCOM]].
* FiveManBand:
** The characters in ''5'' [[DownplayedTrope loosely]] form one:
*** TheHero: Walter Feng.
*** TheLancer: Randy, Edward and Hector take turn being this.
*** TeamDad and BigGood: Hector Reynolds.
*** TeamMom: Lynn Wenright.
*** [[spoiler: [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Emir "Emma" Klamsky. AGAIN.]]
*** TheBigGuy: Edward Collins.
*** TheChick: Randy O'Neill. He's sympathetic, and [[spoiler: his death serves as a key motivating factor for Walter to decide to train to join the Strike Wyverns.]]
* FriendlyFireproof: Averted in ''5''. Friendly fire is present and can kill your team as easily as it does your enemies, so careful positioning is a must. Players must learn to position their units to minimize friendly fire risk while maximizing friendly fire on the part of enemies.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barghest Barghest]] in ''5''; from British folklore, the Barghest is a black demonic dog, ala Hound of the Baskervilles.
* PyrrhicVictory:
** The Cambodia arcs has similarities with ''VideoGame/FrontMission2''. [[spoiler: Even though the USN succeeds in their goal of keeping the peace between the country and the OCU, their victory also unintentionally ensures the independence of Cambodia. The independent Cambodia is no improvement over the OCU Cambodia as social and economic problems persists. And, like in Alordesh, there are cases of heavy terrorist and black market activities [[TheBadGuyWins controlled by the Grimnir]]. This also starts a chain reaction which leads to the various revolutions within the OCU, as shown in ''2'' and ''3''.]]
** Also, while ''5'' closes with [[spoiler: most of the [[WesternTerrorists Grimnir]] eradicated and [[BigBad Morgan Bernard]] gone at last, Dr. Bernard has succeeded in his attempt to destroy the original [[WeaponOfMassDestruction MIDAS]] (luckily, Emma drops its power output to the lowest levels, so Alaska isn't vaporized by the antimatter). Also, the JDF steals MIDAS (the portable one powered by radiation) in the midst of the chaos, which sets up the events of ''3'' to come months later. The events from ''VideoGame/FrontMission3'' eventually result in the OCU almost breaking apart, [[TheBadGuyWins which is also one of Morgan's goals]].]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Survival Simulator enemies in ''5'' have a tendency to do this by shooting cargo boxes next to the player. The resulting explosion is often large enough to kill both units.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Lampshaded by Dr. Morgan Bernard in ''5''.
--> "Aren't you grateful to me? I could have shot you two or three times by now! Do continue talking after you die."
* ATasteOfPower: Variation. You can get some parts/weapons earlier than you could normally buy them. The Egret from Mission 3 in ''1st'' is the most obvious. (Unfortunately, these parts are usually outclassed within a few short missions.)
** Just before the Cambodia arc in ''5'', Walter Feng participates in a joint counter terror op with the Barghest; players get a taste of the high-leveled parts and S-Type pilots awaiting them.
* TimeSkip: ''5'' covers ''51'' years worth of story. Most of the time skips happen right when other Front Mission titles are taking place. i.e., 2095 to 2097 (''4'' takes place in 2096), 2098 to 2109 (''2'' takes place in 2102), and so on.
* TrainingMontage: Walter Feng goes through one in ''5'' during Strike Wyverns selection training.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The final missions take place [[spoiler: inside the reactor holding the original MIDAS in Alaska.]]
* WorldTour: Walter's story takes him all around the world - from Huffman Island to Kiribati, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Brazil, Peru, and Alaska.
* YouShallNotPass: In the first Cambodia arc of ''5,'' the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] are on a mission to recapture and defend an OCU border defense base against Cambodian insurgents, [[spoiler: who overwhelm the OCU forces thanks to support from the Grimnir]], by the Cambodia-Vietnam border. After defeating several waves of wanzers and a giant tank-helicopter hybrid (whose ridiculousness is lampshaded by Edward), [[spoiler: Morgan and Glen show up, leading to Walter TakingTheBullet for Lynn]].
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''Front Mission 5'' is a HumongousMecha StrategyRPG video game published and developed by Creator/SquareEnix for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 console. It was first released in Japan on December 29, 2005. The game is a numbered sequel to ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''. However, the story takes place throughout the series, ranging from ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' to the end of ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'', resolving various plot arcs that may have been left unanswered. The game's also known as ''Front Mission 5: Scars of the War''.
The game looks into the story of Walter Feng, a Chinese-American from the United States of the New Continent (USN) who moves to Huffman Island. He lived in Freedom City with two other kids, Randy O'Neill and Glen Duval. The trio witnessed the 1st Huffman Conflict in 2070, a conflict between the Oceania Cooperative Union (OCU) and the USN. The kids were separated when OCU and USN governments repatriated them. They later, however, reunite, during a peacekeeping operation in the Huffman Crisis in 2086.
Feng continues to work in the USN Army as a wanzer pilot even after Randy dies in the line of duty. He later applies to join the USN's Strike Wyverns and is deployed worldwide, where he faces off against a terrorist conspiracy known as Grimnir, a terrorist group that aims to destroy the foundation of supernations and bring back the days of nation states.
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!!''Front Mission 5'' provides examples of:
* AceCustom: ''5'' allows you to upgrade your wanzer parts, which enables them to change into other types if they reach a certain level. Also, since you can mix-and-match any wanzer part as long as they fulfill energy and weight requirements, it's easy to make plenty of these. Bosses tend to show up in [[SuperPrototype souped-up wanzers]] too.
** ''5'' also lets players recreate some of the Ace Customs from previous games, albeit not perfectly, such as the Raven and Gepard, through mix-and-matching and Survival Simulator grinding.
* AmazonBrigade: With the exception of [[TheHero Walter Feng]], the pilot management system makes it possible to assemble an all-girl squad.
* AwesomeButImpractical: ''5'' gives us weapons that allow users to attack three times in one round. Sounds sweet... until you realize how horrendous their accuracies are. About the only ones worth using are the melee weapons, since they're actually stronger in terms of raw power.
* BadassCrew: In ''5'', we have the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] and ''especially'' the [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Morgan Bernard]] is (supposedly) gone, but Walter has lost two of his childhood best friends. He was happily married to [[LoveInterests Lynn]]... before she died from S-Type device complications. Also, the miniaturized MIDAS was stolen, which kickstarts ''3'']].
** Somewhat subverted if you think about it. [[spoiler: [[TheBadGuyWins Morgan Bernard wins]] every time protagonists in previous entries win, because the latter (unintentionally) help humiliate the globalists and spread nationalism, which Morgan Bernard is trying to do.]] For instance, [[spoiler: although [[TheHero Ash Faruk]] (''2'') is probably glad that his home country gains independence, the incident also topples the OCU's already shaky popularity among its member states. This leads to the union's near-collapse by the time of ''3''. Dr. Bernard [[NiceJobBreakingItHero couldn't be more pleased with the result]]]].
* CallBack: [[TheDragon Glen Duval]] [[spoiler: disables Lynn Wenright's wanzer in Cambodia using a specialized EMP grenade designed to combat S-Type users]]. [[TheHero Walter Feng]] returns the favor, [[spoiler: years later, when they [[FinalBattle meet again in Alaska]]]].
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Late reinforcements during the Cambodian base defense mission lead to [[spoiler: Walter Feng TakingTheBullet for [[LoveInterests Lynn Wenright]] and nearly dying from it]].
* CoolShip: The ''Eclipse'', hull number CVN-112. While it's designated as an aircraft carrier and is seen launching fighters, the ''Eclipse'' functions closer to a larger cousin of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_class_amphibious_assault_ship Wasp-class amphibious assault ship]].
* CustomUniform: Seen in ''5''; unlike regular USN pilots, who wear tan or olive drab flightsuits, [[EliteArmy Strike Wyverns]] and [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]] pilots wear gray and black flightsuits respectively.
* DarkIsNotEvil: With "dark" in the sense of appearance...
** [[spoiler: The [[NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast Barghest]]'s camouflage scheme is pitch black with dark gray trimming. Their flightsuits are black, and they are named after a black demonic dog in British myths, but they are [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decent soldiers who fight terrorists]].
* {{Expy}}: The Barghest is quite explicitly tailored as an obvious Expy to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Force Delta Force]], from the counter-terrorism focus, to their designation (Special Forces Armored Detachment-Barghest vs Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta), to both teams belonging to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command SOCOM]].
* FiveManBand:
** The characters in ''5'' [[DownplayedTrope loosely]] form one:
*** TheHero: Walter Feng.
*** TheLancer: Randy, Edward and Hector take turn being this.
*** TeamDad and BigGood: Hector Reynolds.
*** TeamMom: Lynn Wenright.
*** [[spoiler: [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]]: Emir "Emma" Klamsky. AGAIN.]]
*** TheBigGuy: Edward Collins.
*** TheChick: Randy O'Neill. He's sympathetic, and [[spoiler: his death serves as a key motivating factor for Walter to decide to train to join the Strike Wyverns.]]
* FriendlyFireproof: Averted in ''5''. Friendly fire is present and can kill your team as easily as it does your enemies, so careful positioning is a must. Players must learn to position their units to minimize friendly fire risk while maximizing friendly fire on the part of enemies.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barghest Barghest]] in ''5''; from British folklore, the Barghest is a black demonic dog, ala Hound of the Baskervilles.
* PyrrhicVictory:
** The Cambodia arcs has similarities with ''VideoGame/FrontMission2''. [[spoiler: Even though the USN succeeds in their goal of keeping the peace between the country and the OCU, their victory also unintentionally ensures the independence of Cambodia. The independent Cambodia is no improvement over the OCU Cambodia as social and economic problems persists. And, like in Alordesh, there are cases of heavy terrorist and black market activities [[TheBadGuyWins controlled by the Grimnir]]. This also starts a chain reaction which leads to the various revolutions within the OCU, as shown in ''2'' and ''3''.]]
** Also, while ''5'' closes with [[spoiler: most of the [[WesternTerrorists Grimnir]] eradicated and [[BigBad Morgan Bernard]] gone at last, Dr. Bernard has succeeded in his attempt to destroy the original [[WeaponOfMassDestruction MIDAS]] (luckily, Emma drops its power output to the lowest levels, so Alaska isn't vaporized by the antimatter). Also, the JDF steals MIDAS (the portable one powered by radiation) in the midst of the chaos, which sets up the events of ''3'' to come months later. The events from ''VideoGame/FrontMission3'' eventually result in the OCU almost breaking apart, [[TheBadGuyWins which is also one of Morgan's goals]].]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Survival Simulator enemies in ''5'' have a tendency to do this by shooting cargo boxes next to the player. The resulting explosion is often large enough to kill both units.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Lampshaded by Dr. Morgan Bernard in ''5''.
--> "Aren't you grateful to me? I could have shot you two or three times by now! Do continue talking after you die."
* ATasteOfPower: Variation. You can get some parts/weapons earlier than you could normally buy them. The Egret from Mission 3 in ''1st'' is the most obvious. (Unfortunately, these parts are usually outclassed within a few short missions.)
** Just before the Cambodia arc in ''5'', Walter Feng participates in a joint counter terror op with the Barghest; players get a taste of the high-leveled parts and S-Type pilots awaiting them.
* TimeSkip: ''5'' covers ''51'' years worth of story. Most of the time skips happen right when other Front Mission titles are taking place. i.e., 2095 to 2097 (''4'' takes place in 2096), 2098 to 2109 (''2'' takes place in 2102), and so on.
* TrainingMontage: Walter Feng goes through one in ''5'' during Strike Wyverns selection training.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The final missions take place [[spoiler: inside the reactor holding the original MIDAS in Alaska.]]
* WorldTour: Walter's story takes him all around the world - from Huffman Island to Kiribati, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Brazil, Peru, and Alaska.
* YouShallNotPass: In the first Cambodia arc of ''5,'' the [[SemperFi Strike Wyverns]] are on a mission to recapture and defend an OCU border defense base against Cambodian insurgents, [[spoiler: who overwhelm the OCU forces thanks to support from the Grimnir]], by the Cambodia-Vietnam border. After defeating several waves of wanzers and a giant tank-helicopter hybrid (whose ridiculousness is lampshaded by Edward), [[spoiler: Morgan and Glen show up, leading to Walter TakingTheBullet for Lynn]].
