Upcoming anime-style shooterFate Trigger: The Novitatasks players with facing each other in massive battles on a richly designed world made from scattered sky islands. Taking on the role of one of several heroes called Awakeners, thebattle royale’splayers must investigate the secrets of the destroyed world while avoiding the toxic Paleblight phenomenon, upgrading and customizing their guns, and taking down opponents with the goal of being the last one standing. Anime fans and shooter enthusiasts alike will be able to try out this genre-combining game when it launches in 2025.
Game Rant spoke toFate Trigger: The Novita’spublishing manager Ruby Liu and lead designer Terry Liao (via translation). They discussed the many heroes who inhabitFate Trigger’sworld, how they plan to use a multimedia approach to gradually introduce players to the game’s deep and mysterious lore, and Saroasis Studios' commitment to keepingFate Triggerfree to playand avoiding any pay-to-win elements.This transcript has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Fate Trigger’s Awakeners Must Uncover The World’s Secrets
Q:Fate Trigger’sanime art style is absolutely gorgeous. What anime inspired you when creating it?
A:Our producer and the whole team are all anime fans - big shooting game and anime enthusiasts. The inspiration mostly comes fromclassic anime worksfrom Japan.
Q: There are tons of tantalizing little hints towards the game’s lore - the world shattered into islands, the deadly Paleblight disaster. Could you talk about how you will share that lore with players?
A:For IP-related content such asmangaand trailers, we will mostly display [the characters] outside the game. In-game, we will show this mysterious and amazing content to our players in a fragmented manner. Players can focus on playing the game, experiencing the shooting mechanics, and immersing themselves in each round, but outside the game they have free time to review and scan a lot of trailer content in the game’s world.
Q:Fate Triggerwill be launching with a varied lineup of heroes, but will you be adding more heroes to the game as time goes on?
A:Yes, definitely. At launch, we will probably have around20 heroes. We will add more to the game later.
Q: My favorite of the heroes you showed off was the bunny girl. She’s really adorable, and I love her defensive gameplay style - what can you tell us about her?
A:As you can see, her visuals look just like anordinary bunny. Actually, inFate Trigger,she’s something called a “Starhopper.” She may look like just a timid bunny, but she has a rich background story. When you learn it, you’ll find she is not just a bunny.
As you can see, she can build a pixel fortress using her game machine. She has a very close relationship and affinity with her game machine. Her background story tells where she came from and her origins - andshe comes from a game world. She lives in a game world. She’s not just a bunny!
In the future, there will be more hero characters like Starhopper, that may look like or havebodies like animalsthat you know from the real world. When you really delve into it, you’ll find that they’re not just the bodies that you see. Because we have an anime style we can use a lot of imagination here.
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Q: You mentioned thatFate Triggeris free-to-play and fully committed to having no pay-to-win elements. How will its Battle Pass system work? Will it be free?
A:For theBattle Pass, we will definitely have a free version, so players can get a free Battle Pass. They can get some free items, weapons, and skins there. We will also design an in-game purchase Battle Pass. Players have free choice of whether to buy them.
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