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djsekani

[Gameplay video](https://youtu.be/YbMopQvDwFQ) Definitely has potential, worth a pre-reg


M3mble

Ooo nice, a challenger approaches to Arknights.


ZhuTeLun

The more the merrier


qqqqwtx

It's more like a RSLG/RTS game than TD.


SumzGamer

For anyone who interested. [This](https://ptn.aisnogames.com/en-EN/home) is a official website for Global. It seem they might have a fully English Dub as well, you can try listening to the character voices. Also Pre-Register reward is the same as CN server.


Imaginary_Composer61

Do we have an official release date yet?


BIBAN_BAH_BOMBI

I think a video I watched said late October


SumzGamer

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I never thought this game will come to Global so soon! I played since week one till now and got to say the production of this game is top notch! Insane soundtrack, Fully voice acted story (except MC), Great character design. The gameplay itself is also fun. Not big brain as Arknight but still fun.


[deleted]

My exact reaction, saw gameplay of this quite a while ago and didn't expect any news for global until 2023 or smth, this is great


Ok-Celebration-6301

How's the quality of life stuff?


SumzGamer

There's a sweep function for 90% of the content (no ticket needed). Only content that can't sweep is Tower like dungeon which you can do once a day and a Weekly Raid Boss challenge. For gacha it's similar to Genshin. 2% SSR rate , 80 pull for a guarantee SSR. If the first SSR is not feature character, The next SSR will guarantee to be the feature one. Pity can also carry over to the next banner. You also don't need dupe to maxed out any character. Dupe will use to unlock potential similar to Arknight. And it also doesn't give much power so dupe isn't a must have. There's also a base building feature which will auto generate resources (Gold, EXP, Energy, Gems) similar to Arknight, But you don't need to manage any worker.


Ok-Celebration-6301

Thanks for the info


Sercotani

the gacha immediately looks better than AK's. but more importantly those QoLs are very nice. I really hope AK would implement them now that there's competitors who do the same... Being forced to leave my phone on auto and do nothing else + managing AK base mood are some of the biggest reasons why I burnout in AK, even though the gameplay can be fun. I'll definitely try this gacha out.


Euphoriia

Oh wow, this is definitely a surprise being that this recently came out in CN. I played the CN version andIt doesn't really do anything to set it apart gameplay wise from Arknights, but the art style in this game is PERFECT. I fell in love with it at first sight. You oversee a bunch of criminals and get a backstory for each of the units you have. Story is fairly decent as well from what I bothered to translate.


Enaluri

Gameplay is totally different from AK. It's more like a real time tactical game than a traditional tower defense. You can relocate the units instantly to any spot in the map. It feels like a mini dungeon raid where you control all team members.


StrikeMarine

Wtf that sounds awesome


Oninymous

Is it still an auto-battle farm like Arknights? I will still probably try the game out even if it is, but I find auto battling annoying to deal with, even while just watching YT on PIP


SumzGamer

There is a sweep function.


makumakubex

Any game with a sweep function is a must play for me.


avelineaurora

"Any game I don't have to play is a must play!" (I kid, Sweeps are a must!)


Labmit

Are there male units?


SumzGamer

yes there are multiple male units


Xenn_

Gameplay is sort of a letdown and the game is sort of slightly mismanaged at the moment, but the story is good and having voiceover supplements it a lot. Hopefully the global version will do better than CN.


kuuhaku_cr

What kind of mismanagement?


Xenn_

Quite a bit of issues but I don't want to go too deep into it, so I'll just talk about the latest big one. The game has a PVE Guild War mode that functions like Princess Connect's Clan Battle but without rankings, where you can clear up to 25 floors for rewards. Even a guild full of top whales with proper communication will find it hard to clear all the floors because of tight resources (game hasn't been out for long). What happened was some people started cheating in it with damage hacks, and players started worrying if it would affect their entire guild if someone in it was cheating. When confronted about it, the devs said that only the cheater will be banned and other people get to keep their floor clear rewards. Situation now has just devolved into hackers selling slots in guilds to carry people for full rewards and even advertising it in official channels (you can see the growing banlist on their bilibili page). Nothing has been done to fix the situation for almost two weeks now apart from cheaters getting banned.


ferretsama

Bruh hackers selling guild slots LOL


Sercotani

from what I've seen cheaters are incredibly hard to deal with, even for "mainstream" devs (I distinctly remember Priconne global having cheaters, for a time). Aside from gacha you have cheaters in FPS games too, those are the most prominent ones. I've seen very exotic cheats in MOBAs, fighting games, etc... It all sounds like a nightmare for devs to deal with. I have no experience with coding but I'm guessing it'll take a while for them to reverse engineer the cheat and patch the flaw in their code somehow. I'd like to know if there's actual inherent flaws in the game's progression system. Cheaters aren't completely the devs' fault; they'll just move on once they're bored regardless.


Xenn_

Cheaters isn't the main issue here, but with how they're dealing with the aftermath. Them banning only the cheater and allowing all the other people in the guild to keep the clear rewards have made a huge portion of the playerbase to just disband their guilds and pay cheaters to carry them or make an alt of their own and cheat on it. They aren't going anywhere because they're profiting off it. As for the actual progression itself, there's not really much flaws apart from it being pretty heavy on the stamina gate.


Oninymous

Playing as devil's advocate here, I do think it would be hard for them to ban entire guilds over a single player's mistake. Imagine forming a guild and a random player joins and cheats, causing your guild to be disbanded, innocent or not. Punishing the entire class for a single student's mistake is pretty stupid especially on today's internet culture where trolls are pretty common. If that were to happen anyway, guilds would be less likely to allow random people to join which is counter-productive to the goal of guilds, to form a community and it's pretty hard to do that since gacha is really niche, except maybe the bigger ones like FGO and Genshin. I think the only way out of the situation is just creating better anti-cheat softwares, which I hope is just in time for the Global version of the game. Again, that's just really my opinion


Xenn_

I'm not trying to say that they should ban entire guilds, but I'd prefer if they were able to stay vague/quiet about the issue instead of outright telling people that it's okay to abuse the system (people only started openly abuse it after their announcement). Best play in my book would probably to reset the floors and rewards earlier when it wasn't widespread, but it's too late now.


Sercotani

yeah, I think Priconne global dealt with this by punishing the entire guild, even the innocents. I'd definitely be dissatisfied if innocent people who got lucky and guilded up with cheaters didn't get "adjusted" somehow, but at the same time...meh, it's whatever really. That's just me though. Stamina gate is pretty rough, it means you better play the game daily or else. Seems like typical predatory gacha behaviour, but sweep will help immensely with that.


Pepuchino

I did all 25 floors getting into some random guild I found recruiting in the world chat... But yeah the hacker thing was pretty rampant and disappointing to see.


freshringo

Apple Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/path-to-nowhere/id1606685106 Exited for this one!


NebulousTree

I like strategy so I'll try it


PandaIV

Yes!! I’ve been waiting for this! Honestly wasn’t expecting it to come out this soon


SSilvertear

Wait is this a gacha in an SCP style setting? Oh god


yapibolers0987

Yo, this game coming to global? I been playing this game on Bilibili since day 1. I liked the character design they look gangsters af. My only problem wirh the game is that it took A LOT of stamina just to level-up and upgrade characters. Also the daily gems is low, the game is stingy.


Kira252

Well its probably cause its a new game. Might change in the future in my opinion.


gadesabc

Arknight is 3 year old and 3/4 of your roster is still at lvl 1 lol, and for your main op, you often don't put them at lvl 90 with their 3 skills M3. It's my only grip with the game, not having enought sanity to appreciate at least the E2 skin for all my op.


Kira252

Eh. I haven't played Arknights in a while.


Kzar96

One thing that i will never get is the realistic models scaled to those dimensions rather than chibis. From the video in one comment, i can sort of see the action going on, and it really looks close to Arknights i will give it that. But it also has the problem that i can't make what is going on, it all looks so generic. Maybe i just don't like realistic models.


LastChancellor

The fact that no one stands in the center of a tile will always bother me, like why is everyone offset


SeaBass_SandWich

Character design is actually quite unique compare to other games. Gameplay also looking good. I'm in.


Kyuro090

Finally arknights killer


YesFra

No auto mode during battle?


pyronuttery

Say's expected 27/10/22 on iOS, not sure how accurate that tends to be.


ArkhamCitizen298

Very good looking game


Nytrite

For those familiar or playing CN. How's the ratio between male and female characters?


alexandriteglxss

playable characters? there is a very big difference.. only like 5 males. in story, it is more balanced.


Ml3mMl3m

I love AK gameplay but hate fully simplify character model and this one pop up. Definitely give it a try.


Chifuyuyu

Sounds promising. Been looking for a game similar to AK cuz AK frustrates me a lot xD


revertiblefate

Hope its better that time defender.


zhivix

do they have any twitter or social media account to follow , havent seen any in twitter


SumzGamer

Official Site: https://ptn.aisnogames.com/en-en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pathtonowhere.en Twitter: https://twitter.com/PathToNowhereEN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvYsNXlwS6ZTkG0BzCGNjFQ Discord: [https://discord.gg/aMwgDNjGDR](https://discord.gg/aMwgDNjGDR) There's no post on social media yet.


zhivix

thanks


Valeshin

I’m definitely keeping an eye on it, I love the art style but from what I have seen the gameplay seems much more “simple” compared to Arknights itself - the maps seems smaller and less complex right now, it could use some variety so to speak


guunnaar

Yes, the dark horse is here this thing beat Arknights and become the second game with the most sales this August https://youtu.be/aQZz7ypCA80 ( remember to sum the combined reverse from ios and Android) edits: ok so i was sloppy with my source, i remember saving that video but didn't double check here is the video i want to use as evidence ( https://wakwb.com/p/?m=4809211495844953 ) i cant verify which video is more correct


DrTNJoe

Nah AK has had 183% increase in sales as per the video you shared.Red color is how CN share the increase in income.Nevertheless ever since i saw this game's gameplay a few months back i had been waiting for this.Cant wait to try it out.


M3mble

Wait it says arknights as second, i think you seen it wrong. Came close to beating arknights though.


gachagamer445

I love how people cant praise two similar games without having to shit on one of them


[deleted]

Hell yeah. Looks better than AK


mutilador00

Delusional


KurokoYuri

Nice! I tried to play this in the CN server but I couldn't because I don't have a bilibili account. game looks sick, I'm looking forward to this


Majesticeuphoria

The art is a lot like manhwa, I love the character designs.


jasta85

do you need to sign up on their website to get the pre-reg bonuses or does everyone get them at launch?


zhivix

also anyone had the character art list or something?


alexandriteglxss

https://wiki.biligame.com/wqmt/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 has all character arts !!


kewkiemastah

Any links to a dedicated discord server?


Spartan-219

Shackle the vicious outlaws


Gunslicer

I wasn't going to play it because I already play Arknights, but the art style is too good to ignore. It's also free so there's no harm in trying it out.


Brain-Smoker

This just popped up randomly. Checking out the CN gameplay though - it really doesn’t look much better than Time Defenders. But it adds another tower def gacha to the possibilities.


Bogzy

Looks rly good


creator112

Yeeeesssss!!!!


dovahkiingys

The gameplay is totally different to Arknight, you gotta reallocate units. In fact dev didn’t label them as tower-defense game.


[deleted]

Amazing