Ananta (video game)

The player can swim in water or navigate the city by running, riding bikes or cars, climbing walls, doing parkour, grappling and swinging between skyscrapers using ropes/appendages similar to the mechanics seen in ''Marvel's Spider-Man and Alex Mercer from the Prototype'' franchise. Traverse is fast-paced and requires no stamina. Some characters have unique traverse styles. For example, Taffy's mallet can turn into a bike she can ride. The player can take on various quests and challenges to recover lost memories and unlock various abilities that can help progress in each character's story, culminating into a final plot involving battles against the villain. The player navigates and fights in the city as one character but can switch between a team of four characters during major battle events and boss fights. Each character has unique stats and abilities which may synergize with teammates. The entire team can also equip an extra buff or major ability such as crowd control or telekinesis. == Plot ==

Settings The game is set in a mystic urban open world, where each city is populated with pedestrians and foes. The character can pick up cats, play mini-games, and interact with all objects in the city especially in combat. Characters The player is cast in the role of a top supernatural investigator known as an Infinite Trigger, looking into anomalies and paranormal events. All main characters and some NPCs are Espers, people with supernatural abilities. Each Esper has a unique story the player can experience, in which the character fights a force called "Chaos" that threatens humanity. The player can choose to be a male or female version of the Captain as their avatar at the start of the game. They can give them a unique name and later customize their outfit and car, but their physical build and role in the story will remain mostly the same, with only minor changes in dialogue between the two. Outside of the Captain, the game features multiple characters across Nova city to be interacted with and even controlled by the player in later stages. == Development and release ==

Ananta is an open-world role-playing game developed by Naked Rain, a studio under Hangzhou NetEase Thunderfire Technology Co., Ltd., with many members from NetEase's branch in Montreal, Canada. The game was officially first announced at Gamescom on August 24, 2023, as Project Mugen, and released its first promotional video. In November 2024, the game was renamed Ananta, meaning 'without end' in Sanskrit. The game is being developed for PC, PlayStation 5, Android, and iOS. No release date window or monetization plan has been planned yet, as the developers are focused on game design and content creation. On November 29, 2024, Project Mugen was titled Ananta. The game was approved for release in China. In 2025, it was confirmed that the game will not use gacha system for characters. This means players will be able to obtain characters by progressing throughout the game. Monetizable elements exist for "customizable aspects" such as outfits, vehicles, and homes; however, it is unknown if a gacha system can be used for these features. == See also ==