Frontier Gate Boost+
Frontier Gate Boost+ is a PSP role-playing game released in 2013 developed by tri-Ace. It centers on character or equipment growth, area exploration, and combat and party setup, with controls and information arranged around the directional pad, single analog nub, shoulder and face buttons, with a camera or another accessory only where required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.1 / 10
About this game
Frontier Gate Boost+ is a PSP role-playing game centered on character or equipment growth, area exploration, and combat and party setup. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, environments, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while the portable widescreen, UMD streaming, compressed audio, and handheld-scale interface need to preserve targets, text, and action readability. The genre-specific limitation is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, loading, or language dependence can slow progress. Platform conditions also include single-nub camera control, UMD loading and noise, Memory Stick saves, battery life, regional language, ad hoc requirements, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Rich party tactics carry a lengthy, sometimes wearying quest loop.
FRONTIER GATE Boost+ develops its turn-based battles around partner selection, morale, weapon skills and action-point planning. Weapon-specific Boost Points unlock active moves and passive effects, while a higher AP ceiling expands the combinations available after the earlier ending. New areas, equipment and high-tier quests give committed players a substantial reason to keep shaping a party. That depth has a timing cost: much of the headline material is back-loaded, and the path through repeated quests and similar encounters can become tiring before the most elaborate choices arrive. A long-form player account describes enjoying experimentation while ultimately feeling worn down by the routine. Clothing, music and voice performances supply some personality, though the broad story does less to carry a journey of this length. Choice of prior-save transfer methods is a useful concession to returning players. Konami also documents a PSP 1.01 patch that corrected specific progression and purchase problems in the original release. The design is rewarding for players who like patient combat optimization, provided they accept substantial repetition and check the update state of the copy they use.
Strengths
- Morale, AP and weapon-specific skills make party tactics meaningful.
- New fields and demanding quests extend build experiments after the inherited story.
- Several save-transfer methods make entry easier for returning players.
Weaknesses
- Major new options are concentrated after a substantial earlier campaign.
- Recurring quests and enemy fights can make the long journey feel repetitive.
- A thin central story offers limited support for sustained grinding.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy refining turn-based parties over many quests, especially veterans of the original campaign.
Play notes: Check whether the original PSP copy has Konami's 1.01 patch; a player's reported freezes cannot be assumed to persist after that update.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension New areas and high-tier quests provide a substantial endgame, but the most important additions arrive late. Repeated quest and battle routines can turn length into fatigue. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Morale, action points, partners and weapon-specific Boost Skills create substantial turn-based choices. Many of the richest options unlock only after the inherited campaign. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Outfits, music and acting lend the party some character, but a thin overall plot, repeated battle callouts and field-camera visibility limits weaken immersion over a long run. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Flexible save transfer helps returning players. The original PSP release also needed an official 1.01 patch for a progression halt and purchase errors; the precise state of a given copy must be checked. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- tri-Ace
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonMain Story 20–50 HoursLevel ProgressionTurn-based CombatExploration3D GraphicsStory-drivenSolo-friendlyLong-term ProgressionFantasy
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
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Release editions
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2013
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