Arknights: Prelude To Dawn: Episode 4 "Loyalty" Review

Obviously, AAA gaming has intermixed story and gameplay considerably in the past three decades, but mobile anime games weapons still remain challenging to translate one-to-one. Even Fate/Grand Order 's most well-received adaptations like Babylonia or Camelot have received criticism for pacing or the omission of certain story be


Unfortunately, the only way it appears on the planet is through catastrophes. This obviously makes living in one place for too long a big risk, and as the episode explains, the cities in the world of Terra are mobile , a surprise revelation that makes a lot of sense. As the characters themselves point out, the mystery is why Chernobog didn't m


The pace and flow with which the world's many concepts are expanded is commendable, starting first and foremost with the reveal of what the catastrophe truly is: a fiery meteor shower. And for how violent it is, it's also the only reason the heroes manage to escape, even if it meant Ace and his team staying behind to hold off Talu


The sense of space can be hypnotic , and the characters traverse this huge underground facility with spiraling staircases and huge, liminal spaces. Outside, the overcast sky lets the tension loom like the storm in the distance, which the characters refer to as a "catastrophe." It's unclear what that means or why such a catastrophe happ


One of the Rhodes Island soldiers angrily expresses that the clinic got what was coming to it, as they had refused to help Rhodes Island as well. What followed was an interesting monologue by Amiya, who expresses that even if they have a commonality, it doesn't make it easy to trust people. She expresses how humans build walls to feel safe because they want some degree of norma


The infected are made outcasts, prompting many to join a militant group called Reunion in opposition to the world governments. Between the resistance movement and the corrupt governments are the protagonists, the operators of Rhodes Island, led by the protagonist and player character, "Doct


Arknights came back strong this week with a more relaxed episode introducing a new locale and new characters, dropping hints of a more significant battle to come. Until that happens, however, it's nice to see a new city to get a sense of what normal life is like in this world that has so far only been explored through ruin and


In a dystopian future, the inhabitants of the planet Terra display traits of animals, and a disease has spread across the world called "oripathy." This disease actually gives people the capability to wield magic, but such benefits are meager before the mortality and infectious spr


Speaking of Ace, his seeming death was perhaps the show's first misstep from a directing standpoint , if only because it is so poorly edited. We are shown him, alone, facing down Reunion at supposedly full strength, and then in the next scene, only he and one member of his unit rem


A terrorist group named Reunion wages war against the government of Ursus, and though they were once merely activists, they became tired of the prejudice. The protagonists are stuck in the middle, members of Rhodes Island, a group researching a cure for Oripathy and attempting to save those stuck in the midst of the war between the two facti


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Last week, Doctor woke up with no memory of who he was, being escorted to safety in a city overrun by terrorist rioters, before remembering enough tactical wherewithal to coordinate a defense. When we left the members of Rhodes Island, they were attempting to leave Chernobog to avoid the impending catastro


Rhodes Island is cornered by a unit of Reunion led by Crownslayer, a mysterious Arts user who appears to not get along with other generals such as the insane Mephisto. Crownslayer's interest in Doctor gives the impression that she might have ulterior motives distinct from the major facti


So when watching the scene it seems like there might be tension between Rhodes Island and Lungmen's government who are using the PMC as hunting dogs . However, by the end of the episode, Amiya, the Doctor, and the two from Blacksteel meet Misha and convince her to come with them toget


The story sounds pretty compelling , and the visual style presented through the ads and various cinematics since the game's launch is really enticing. It's an intersection of cute anime games Reviews girls with militaristic aesthetics that caters to a very specific niche, but the use of color is unique. The whole world is gray, and the monotony is only broken up by vibrant bursts of co


With that said, Arknights ' premiere does a fine job of introducing audiences to the world of Terra through the eyes of the protagonist much in the same way a game might. Perhaps the amnesia trope and the resulting exposition can come off as a tiresome conceit to the mobile game's trappings, but it's all in service of translating the game's mechanics into a functional st