Titan’s a pretty good venue for games. The 3D gear lends itself to a fun movement system that can be used for combat. One of my favorite things to do playing the Unity 3D Titan game was climbing to the top of the barrier and launching myself off at high speeds to see the whole map for a second only to catch a building and fling myself through a titan’s neck. And there’s also the possibility for squad based combat. There’s a lot of thought put into how groups like the Scouting Legion gets around, like what you saw in the last episode with the explanation of their anti-encounter formation. This new game is going with the second one.
At least I guess you could call it that. These are screens from the beta of Attack on Titan Online “Wings of Counterattack.” The game, as you can take it from the numbers all over the place, is an RPG where you take command of a Scouting Legion detachment. You will be in the command position where you giver orders to you units in the runs against titans. Based on the look, in this mode, you’re running on a 2D plane, so I’m not sure what sort of orders you’d be able to give, but you can see that there’s horseback combat against the lesser known log titans and 3D gear movement all using standard equipment and uniquely crafted items.
But that’s not the only type of combat. There are also these grid based boss fights against notable titan types. This is the Armored Titan, of course, but there are probably also plans for the Female Type and, of course, the cute and cuddly Colossal Titan. With the way it looks, different attacks with probably hit different amounts of squares on the grid, and you hop along them to avoid them. Sounds like Mega Man: Battle Network, but I’m only guessing based on the way it looks. There are also the dramatic cut-in attacks which will probably be used on both play types as a screen bomb or other various effects.
And, of course, alternate costumes. You can see a few in the game play screens, easiest on who I’m pretty sure is Eren. Jamming more types of military uniform onto the characters is sure to bring in the fans, but that doesn’t seem to be the limit. Christa has that very weird take on the boob plate, Eren’s got his other, more foppish outfit with the feather cap, and we have these more traditional Japanese like clothes as part of unique classes. They come from which way you choose to play the game. Eren’s is if you decide to play via the GG Online Game Portal, and Mikasa’s comes from if you use the NicoNico App. They’re mentioned as “unique avatars,” but I’m sure they’ll end up as character sprites as well.
This is all a bit off. This announcement is only about the game being in closed beta. However, beta testers have not been chose, and you can sign up. If you’d like to, you can sign up here. There are 10,000 total slots, and the testers will be chosen from who’s signed up by lottery. I don’t think this game is likely to get any sort of official English version at the moment, but the game is open online, and if a number of westerners try to get into the beta, they might just throw one out there. Or you could wait for an English fan patch. Consider this a chance to see if the game is worth that effort.
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