Having a look at a recreation like Tower of Fantasy, it was apparent that there could be unavoidable comparisons to HoYoverse’s Genshin Impression. Nevertheless, I feel there’s sufficient right here to distinguish the 2 video games as their very own video games with out comparisons wanted.
Maybe the similarities for the video games are solely pores and skin deep and every recreation can have one thing distinctive to supply its participant base. Clearly, each video games have the anime artwork type, with a semi-open world which you could discover. However Tower of Fantasy has opted to go for extra of an action-style fight system constructed round character customization in comparison with Genshin Impression’s extra relaxed gameplay.
Tower of Fantasy
Developer: Hotta Studio
Writer: Degree Infinite
Platform: Home windows PC (Previewed), iOS, Android
Launch Date: August tenth, 2022
Gamers: 1
Value: Free to play w/ Microtransactions
That every one being mentioned, Area of interest Gamer was invited to take part in a one-hour presentation with the builders. After this Tower of Fantasy preview occasion, I used to be pleasantly shocked with all of the content material they have been prepared to point out off to us. Right here’s a rundown of all the data we’ve gotten thus far:
Tower of Fantasy can be launching with ten totally different characters at launch with extra characters to come back because the story progresses. Your participant avatar can be totally customizable, from the face, hair, and physique kind.
Alengthy with character customization, the sport will even ship with 19 totally different weapons to gather together with bows, weapons, swords, sickles, and others. Every character has the flexibility to make use of sure motion skills like double jumps or a dodge as nicely.
One other characteristic that stood out to me was the introduction of relics – these are machines that enable for simpler motion world wide; issues like jetpacks and bikes, to robotic horses or gigantic robots which you could experience in. As an enormous fan of mecha anime, this was proper up my alley.
You may equip three totally different weapons without delay and swap between them on the fly. Utilizing your three weapons and your totally different motion skills can enable for some fairly superior combo potential.
If you’re expert sufficient, you’ll have the ability to pull off some excellent dodges, which is able to freeze time and help you construct up your “discharge gauge”. You may then use that discharge gauge with different weapons to make use of “discharge expertise” which are like final weapon assaults that do huge injury.
You’re going to have the ability to mix totally different weapons, expertise, combos, and particular skills to craft your personal playstyle. You can even use totally different weapon residence results onto totally different weapons, permitting you to construct round a system with MMO type courses.
So far as crafting is worried, the one crafting within the recreation in the mean time can be cooking, however the builders did say that different types of crafting could also be coming down the road.
Throughout our Tower of Fantasy preview session, we requested about how “open-world” this open-world RPG was going to be. We have been informed that the sport can be a totally open world expertise. Gamers will have the ability to totally discover 5 to 6 totally different areas with various kinds of terrain.
With using Relics, you may be allowed freedom of exploration. The builders have been actually stressing participant freedom. Tower of Fantasy can have a time passage system as nicely, the place each 40 minutes will roughly translate to sooner or later in recreation.
Alongside along with your avatar, you can too gather “Simulacrum”, that are different characters you can too play, who use totally different weapons and have totally different skills. These are pre-created characters who can’t be totally personalized just like the avatar can.
Again on the character creation, the developer has mentioned that participant avatars will certainly be totally customizable. Although the construct that we have been proven had restricted physique customization, they did inform us that particular person physique elements can be customizable.
They’ve been extremely encouraging individuals to totally customise their characters and to point out them off with the export and import choices. The builders informed us that one of many common issues gamers have carried out is attempt to recreate their favourite anime characters in recreation, which is precisely what I plan to do.
Though the sport is multiplayer centered, solo play remains to be very a lot a viable choice, which is nice information if you happen to want single-play like I do. Throughout the Tower of Fantasy preview occasion, we came upon which you could play all the recreation solo with out a social gathering.
If you wish to be a part of up with different gamers, you possibly can be a part of guilds, that are referred to as “crews” that may have as much as 180 gamers. The sport will even have group finder options to assist solo gamers be a part of up with others to take down difficult bosses once they seem.
From what we have been informed, gamers can be a part of up in events of 4 to tackle content material, however it might go as much as 20 or 30 gamers to take down highly effective world bosses.
Since Tower of Fantasy went into open registration on the twenty seventh of June, over 2.5 million individuals have already pre-registered to play the sport – and since Tower of Fantasy confirmed up on Steam, it has been added to over 200,000 wishlists.
Tower of Fantasy can be launching on iOS, Android and PC gadgets with full cross-play integration on August 10, 2023 at 5pm PDT/8PM EST.