Tower of Fantasy is a shared open world anime MMORPG with deep customisation
As live-service games become the ever-popular choice for millions of players to play together, the next fantasy is being able to join them in a fully expansive world full of bountiful things to do.
Tower of Fantasy could be the game to offer just that, taking the live-service framework of an open world RPG and adding unparalleled customisation as well as a huge world teeming with other unique wanderers.
Developed by China-based Hotta Studio, the project was initially from a team of like-minded MMO and anime fans with a passion for sci-fi and an open world they could all play in together.
After three years of development, Tower of Fantasy launched in China in December 2021, while it will launch globally on August 11 (at 2:00 AM CEST / 0:00 AM UTC) across PC and mobile platforms with cross-platform and cross-progression support, with pre-loading beginning August 9 for EU players.
Set in a dystopian sci-fi future on the planet of Aida where prototowers have been built to harvest Omnium, a resource that’s both precious but also responsible for transforming animals into monsters, it’s a central conflict as two factions have formed, one that is continuing the harvesting, and one that opposes it.
But before players draw themselves into the lore, or the world itself, which at launch includes six regions with different kinds of terrain, for any anime-inspired game it’s the characters that take paramount importance.
From the game’s opening, you’ll be able to select your protagonist based on their gender, but it doesn’t stop there. Players will, in fact, have full customisation over their character’s appearance, from a range of hairstyles to shaping their face, tweaking the size, shape and colour of their eyes, as well as individual
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