While the manga might have fallen down a darkish and nationalist gap, Attack On Titan’s escalating human-on-giant struggle makes for some enjoyable games. Attack On Titan 2: Final Battle is a re-release of Omega Force’s Attack On Titan 2, bundled with a brand new enlargement overlaying every little thing within the anime sequence up to now, including some attention-grabbing new modes moreover. If you have already got Attack On Titan 2, the enlargement is obtainable by itself. Below, a characteristic trailer displaying off some outdated stuff, some new stuff, and loads of warped-looking giants getting chopped into barely extra manageable items.
The Final Battle enlargement permits you to play by the story of season three from a number of views. There’s one other 5 playable characters to throw into the meat-grinder. Because of the manga’s escalation into World War Titan, you get to mess around with the Thunder Spear rocket-tonfa weapons, and a brand new anti-personnel mode for zipline-duelling with non-giant individuals. I’m unhappy they didn’t go all the way in which into the manga’s later nonsense and bizarre titan-centric tech, however with that comes an more and more uncomfortable story arc.
The different main part of the enlargement is Territory Recovery Mode. Similar to the dynamic marketing campaign modes for some Dynasty Warriors games, it permits you to do all of your hacking and slashing with out worrying about that pesky plot stuff. Go out, do missions, earn cash and XP to stage up and purchase upgrades and increase your map additional. There’s some gentle strategic components to it, too, with a restricted variety of actions attainable on the world map earlier than the titans come a’knockin’, so that you’ve obtained to shore up defences and recruit troopers whilst you can.
As with lots of Koei Tecmo’s anime tie-in games, the entire Attack On Titan 2: Final Batle re-release prices a hefty (if not titantic) £55/€70/$60 on Steam, which is very unfair for Europe. The upgrade pack for people with the original version prices a equally skewed £35/€50/$40. The authentic model is not bought, however there’s a free demo on its Steam page here.
