Tower of Fantasy today reveals the contours of its particular combat system. Often presented as a serious competitor to Genshin Impact, it nevertheless stands out from the latter with a rather particular weapon system. In addition to a new gameplay video centered on this element, we are also revealed to us some new crisp information.
More than extension, the weapon is your body
Level Infinite and Hotta Studios give us a good overview of the fights of Tower of Fantasy thanks to this new trailer which reveals some demonstrations of force. You should know that in this Action-RPG, weapons have a central role in the gameplay. It exists twelve types of weapons for the moment knowing that it is possible to equip three at a time.
We learn that each weapon has four types of skills: general attack, dodge, specific skill and combination. General attack skills are further divided into level special attacks and static attacks.
Each of the weapons has different effects in combat:
- Combined attack: When the target of an attack is fully charged, switching weapons can trigger a combo attack.
- Timeout : Dodge the blow before the monster hits you to activate timeout and increase your weapon power. Switching weapons triggers a combo attack.
- Elemental Resistance: Monsters have unique weak points. Trigger the right elemental attack to deal more damage to them.
- Shield without attribute: This shield does not resist the elements and has no elemental damage reduction effect. Recommended for use with weapons targeting monster weak points.
- Physical shield: Cyan physical shield is significantly less likely to be broken by physical weapons when taking a shield break. Elemental weapons can exploit their weak points.
Knowing that the title promises fairly tough battles in PVE and PVP, we can therefore expect a certain depth in the game mechanics. Optimization enthusiasts will no doubt have a field day. To learn more about gacha in free to play, we refer you to our recent article which summarizes all the information known at the moment.
Tower of Fantasy is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022 without further details on PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store), Android and iOS.