Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin), localized in Europe as A.O.T.: Wings of Freedom, is the seventh Omega Force third-party collaboration title based on the titular animated adaptation of the comic made by Hajime Isayama.
The upcoming Attack on Titan game, developed by Omega Force, aims to create global appeal for fans. The game features a "many versus one" concept and is the first Omega Force title to use the PS4 version as the main base for other ports. Producer Hisashi Koinuma and director Tomoyuki Kitamura aim to complement Romance of the Three Kingdoms's thirtieth anniversary. The game will feature easy controls and a tactical approach for success.
Buy the game new to receive limited serial codes for Eren and Levi's house cleaning outfits and feather duster blades. The Treasure Box edition includes a visual databook, the game soundtrack, a muffler towel, button badges of Eren, Mikasa and Levi, and a serial to download Armin's Attack on Titan: Middle High costume. Pre-order from Gamecity Shopping to receive four clear bookmarks. Other pre-order bonuses can be offered at various outlets.
Gameplay[]
Attack on Titan shares similarities with Toukiden, allowing players to explore campgrounds before battle and work alone or in groups to defeat Titans. Players can chop off Titans' limbs and use materials to enhance weapons. Characters lack a health meter and can be frail against Titans. If a character is grabbed, they can save them or order teammates to help. If a character is critically injured, they die instantly. The game also includes a "Focus Time" effect for dodging and escaping.
The game involves a character's blades, scabbards, and ODM Gear. Players can play in two modes: Movement Mode and Battle Mode. Movement Mode allows free-flowing wire movement, while Battle Mode locks the character's gear onto their target. The strength of their strike depends on their individual strength, distance, speed, and gear strength. The player's performance is graded into "Complete", "Superior", and "Effective" Subjugation tiers. The ODM Gear uses gas, and blades can wear down over time, leading to "Quick Attack" and potential blade breakage. Random button mashing is discouraged due to these limitations.
Items can be used to help combat setbacks. Press left or right on the directional pad to select an item and up to use it. While the player character is using an item, they will be completely vulnerable to a Titan's attack. Items include:
- Restorative: removes near-death.
- Gas: replacement gas canister. Refills Gas Meter when used. Durability determined by the player character's equipped scabbard.
- Blade: replacement blade. Replenishes the Sharpness Meter when used. Number of replacement blades is determined by the player character's equipped scabbard.
- Flash Grenade: yellow star icon. Blinds Titans that are weak against it. Titans that are weak against it will have the icon showing next to them in Combat Mode. Titans weak to this explosive will drop any captured NPCs to rub their eyes.
- Sound Grenade: mauve circular icon. Stuns Titans that are weak against it. Titans that are weak against it will have the icon showing next to them in Combat Mode. Titans weak to this explosive will drop any captured NPCs to cover their ears.
- Firebomb: powerful explosive grenade. It may deal massive damage to most targets in the game, but supplies are limited.
If the player runs out of supplies, they can refill by finding Logisticians on the field (white backpack icon on the mini-map) and pressing while near them.
Pressing while near ally NPCs can also enlist the selected character into the player's party. Toggle through passive party orders by pressing down on the directional pad. Swap party members during enlistment by holding and pressing a direction of the directional pad. Team members can be automatically enlisted by successfully completing sub-missions (green exclamation point on the mini-map); certain team members will be locked during Attack Mode.
NPC team members have varying levels of efficiency for their attacks, with "Decisive Battle Signal" being the strongest attack. It can be activated by filling the gauge with Titan body parts or completing sub-missions. The team's attack strength and speed are heightened during Decisive Battle Signals, with ally NPCs providing assistance at quicker rates. Cancellation of the attack can be done by pressing "R2" before the sequence ends, leaving a small portion of the gauge filled.
All characters have the same basic controls but behave differently based on their base parameters and personal Skills. Skills can be gained by leveling up characters; the maximum level for each character is 7, which will unlock the character's unique ability. Character parameters are as follows:
- Strength: attack power.
- Concentration: reduces gas used for Boosts and increases blade endurance. Increases the number of times Focus Time will activate.
- Dexterity: reduces gas used for Boosts and increases blade endurance.
- Health: endurance against Titan's attacks. Determines how difficult it is for a character to escape a Titan's grip if grabbed.
- Stamina: determines the strength of a character's anchor to a Titan.
- Leadership: increases damage output for orders given to team members.
By default, the recruits will be weaker than the veteran characters.
The player can unlock the "Dire Subjugation" feature for each map after completing most of Attack Mode. If they complete all sub-missions and subjugate a certain number of Titans, a bonus Titan emerges. "Bizarre Titans" are variants of named Titans, and successful defeats earn bonus materials. Battle performance grades range from C to S, with higher grades granting more experience.
Other traits for this game include:
- Gimmicks include a cannon with a cool-down firing rate and explosive traps that can disable a Titan's legs.
- Certain stages allow for horseback riding. Press and hold while riding a warhorse to make the horse sprint. They will automatically jump and scale the scenery as they move. Horses can only sprint as long as they have their stamina meter full. It will take time for it to recover if it tires (red bar).
- Characters can loot from their fallen comrades. These opportunities are indicated by the Item icons scattered on the mini-map.
- Press Select to taunt. This will draw a roaming Titan towards the player character, which may help the player lure it into traps.
- Characters can perform a unique gesture and change their outfit within the camp.
- Materials can be alternatively used to purchase Titan models that can be viewed in the camp. Unlike the models within the Gallery, these Titans will be in special poses and have a closer camera perspective.
- Models are toon-rendered to mimic the animated visuals. Voice actors from the animated adaptation reprise their roles.
- Crossplay between the three platforms is not permitted. Save data and correspondences can still be transferred between consoles.
- Original weapons and Titans are in the game.
- Downloadable content includes costumes, weapons and scenarios.
Modes[]
Attack Mode[]
The main story mode in the game replicates the first season of the animated TV series and Ilse's Notebook. Players can choose between four chapters, with the final chapter being a game-original one. In between battles, players can converse with other characters, change equipment, or visit shops. They can also revisit stages in Expedition Mode or play True Attack Mode. After completing the first four chapters, characters issue Tasks, which can be unlocked by talking to them again in Attack or Expedition Mode. Completing Tasks unlocks Eren's Titan transformation, additional playable characters, items, Survey Corps costumes, and True Attack Mode.
True Attack Mode[]
Unlocked after Attack Mode is cleared once. It is a harder version of Attack Mode. Titans will be significantly more durable and aggressive, and gas and blades will deplete at a faster rate. The rarest materials in the game can only be found within this mode. This mode will ignore the difficulty setting set within the Options setting.
Expedition Mode[]
The game's Free Mode and online co-op mode. Non-canonical missions that can have characters from any part of the series teaming up together. Complete every mission within this mode at least once to unlock a character's 3D model within the Gallery's Muster Roll. Players can choose Survey (single mission) or Expedition (three consecutive missions within a given region).
This mode will update with True Attack Mode missions depending on the player's progress within that mode. The quest giver for these will have the dark red paper icon over their head.
Gallery[]
Earned character biographies and series terminology, movie gallery, music collection, and rotating character models for the humans and Titans. Includes listings of weapons, scabbards, ODM Gear, and horses.
Options[]
Players can customize their game with various settings, including save and loading options, difficulty, display, gore, camera adjustments, and volume, and can restart from specific checkpoints.
Characters[]
Playable[]
- Eren Jeager
- Mikasa Ackerman
- Armin Arlert
- Jean Kirstein
- Sasha Blouse
- Connie Springer
- Krista Lenz
- Levi Ackerman
- Hange Zoe
- Erwin Smith
NPCs[]
- Marco Bott
- Mina Carolina
- Keith Shadis
- Pixis
- Ian Dietrich
- Rico
- Eld Jinn
- Oluo Bozado
- Gunther Schultz
- Petra Ral
- Moblit Berner
- Mike Zacharius
- Nile Dok
- Hitch
- Marlo Freudenberg
- Ymir
- Annie Leonhart
- Bertolt Fubar
- Reiner Braun
Titans[]
- Colossal Titan
- Sonny and Bean
- Female Titan
- Armor Titan
- Beast Titan
Stages[]
- Trost District
- Training Grounds
- Plains
- Forest of Giant Trees
- Military Base
- Barracks
Bugs and Glitches[]
Invincible Titan: There is a very rare chance that Titans may glitch through the map in a T-pose during timed missions, making them impossible to kill and the mission a failure.
Floating Titan: Choose a character who can attack twice (Mikasa, Sasha, Levi, Erwin). Have them perform their double attack close to the ground while surrounded by at least three Titans. There is a random chance that one nearby Titan will glitch onto an invisible platform off the ground.
Trophies/Achievements[]
Differences between ports[]
- The PC port includes graphic settings for resolution and rendering. It only shows XBox controller prompts. meaning the player will have to memorize their preferred key bindings. Key bindings includes the entire keyboard and no mouse support.
Expansions/Spin-Offs[]
Related Media[]
Koei-Tecmo's title, Attack on Titan: Middle High, was presented at the Tokyo Game Show 2015 and Togaki TV Stage. The game was also featured in the February 4 episode of Denjin☆Gacha! and advertised during Koinuma's time on the February 14 broadcast of Business Style. Japanese Let's Players will post their Let's Plays of the game on NicoNico channel and YouTube Live.
A premium trial occurred February 11; interested fans had until February 2 to sign up for the limited seating. A special NicoNico live stream happened February 17, 20:00 (JST); Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa) and Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi) were special guests. Ishikawa and Bakumatsu Shishiden return for the live stream to celebrate the major update March 23, 20:00 (JST).
Shinjiku Station hosted a wall of Titans prior to the Japanese sales date. Scratching through them may reveal one of 94 QR codes for an original wallpaper. PlayStation Japan announced a revival of the wall for February 20-21. The revival includes Tital walls at Shinjiku Station and Namba City.
For a limited time, Osaka's Doutonbori will randomly project game characters and iconic quotes over the passing crowd using its face authentication system. This campaign will end on February 28.
Gamecity published a complete guidebook.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Official North American website
- Official European website
- Official Japanese website, Official Twitter, Official YouTube playlist, "Tell us, Captain Levi!" subpage, "Survey Report" subpage
- Official Taiwanese website
- Steam listing
- Official Japanese PlayStation site, PlayStation Japan blog post part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, PlayStation Japan PS Vita commercial "School Life", PlayStation Japan PS4 Autumn web video, PlayStation Japan PS4 Title ZOKUZOKU feat. tofubeats web video, PlayStation 4 "Kyojin, Shuurai" commercial, PlayStation 4 "Wall Shinjiku" announcement movie
- TGS 2015 Niconico MC Dogma Kazami Titan face from the Attack on Titan photo set up, TGS 2015 Titan face from Yui Amano
- Famitsu interview, Dengeki PlayStation play impression, Gamer play report
Attack on Titan
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Attack on Titan • Shichi Kara no Dasshutsu |
Attack on Titan 2 • Final Battle |
Characters |
Attack on Titan |
Eren Jeager • Mikasa Ackerman • Armin Arlert • Jean Kirstein • Sasha Blouse • Connie Springer • Krista Lenz • Levi Ackerman • Hange Zoe • Erwin Smith |
Attack on Titan 2 |
Hannes • Daz • Thomas Wagner • Mina Carolina • Annie Leonhart • Bertolt Hoover • Reiner Braun • Marco Bodt • Ymir • Keith Shadis • Kitz Woermann • Dot Pyxis • Dhalis Zachary • Miche Zacharius • Nanaba • Gelgar • Oruo Bozad • Petra Rall • Gunther Schultz • Eld Gin • Moblit Berner • Rico Brzenska • Mitabi Jarnach • Ian Dietrich • Nile Dawk • Hitch • Marlo Freudenberg |
Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle |
Kenny Ackerman • Traute Caven • Zeke • Nifa • Floch Forster |
Titans |
Colossal Titan • Sonny and Bean • Female Titan • Armor Titan • Beast Titan |