I complete the entire objective like this, taking down two more titans before swinging off towards the next green exclamation mark.Īs missions progress, you will occasionally need to stop and re-stock. This has all happened without me touching the ground. Before the titan can get up and start trying to limp-shuffle toward me, I attack to its weak spot at the nape of his neck and land a killing blow.
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It tumbles, crashing through a building - most of which are destructible - in the process. I dash to reel myself in, building speed for a stronger strike, and swing my swords when I'm close enough to slice off one of the titans legs. Once I'm within range I can see the titans this ambient side mission requires me to take down, and I target and grapple on to one of them immediately. A couple of taps and I'm in the air and swinging in their direction, vaulting over buildings to travel as the crow flies. In one mission, I'm on one side of the level and see a green exclamation mark appear on the minimap, indicating that one of the other character's from the show is having difficulty somewhere else in the city and needs help. This lets you position yourself at the right angle to get close without being snatched and eaten. Let go of the left-stick and you'll start to move forwards. The same grapple-and-dash are used to attach yourself to the titans, but the difference is that while connected to the arm, leg or neck of an enemy, you're able to use the left-stick (and you'll need a gamepad) to rotate yourself relative to your chosen target. What feels great is chaining movement with attacks. Landing neatly on the rooftop you were aiming for feels good. Using these two actions in tandem lets you quickly speed from one side of a large city district to another, and there's pleasure in trying to be as efficient and smooth as possible by dashing at the apex of your ascent and attaching your grapples at just the right moment to give you the largest swing onwards. Pressing a button will fire two grapples into nearby scenery and begin to reel you forward, while pressing another button will expend some of your gas supply in order to let you speed up the reel or dash through the air.
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It seemed unlikely that the game would be able to capture the wild speed of the grapple-and-gas movement. The show is good, carefully unspooling its mythology and considered world design across the first season, but there's not a lot of precedent for successful adaptations. You control different people in different missions but the basics are always the same, requiring you to swing and dash over rooftops, grapple on to titans, and slash off their limbs before felling them with a final blow to the nape of their neck.Ĭonceptually, of course this should be great, but it's unexpected in part because Attack On Titan: Wings Of Freedom is an anime tie-in game. The Spider-Men and Spider-Women, meanwhile, are a squad of soldiers trained to fight titans using swords, twin grapples for swinging and climbing, and gas canisters for forward momentum. Regular human beings are the rodents, who have been eaten by the titans in such large numbers that what remains of humanity now lives in a single city behind three gargantuan walls. It's their grins which do it, recalling the glee of a small child reaching for some helpless pet rodent. The Godzillas in this instance aren't giant lizards, but enormous, naked, occasionally skinless humans, and they are much more terrifying than any radioactive reptile. Attack On Titan: Wings of Freedom is basically Spider-Man vs.
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Occasionally I used to think, "Wouldn't it be cool to play a modern Spider-Man game that let you swing and swoop over and between buildings in a city?" No longer.