Anime
7 games
Bold art direction across very different genres, unified by the anime lens. Neverness to Everness and Wuthering Waves both pair anime-style open worlds with real combat depth; Genshin Impact remains the open-world benchmark the rest of the genre answers to, five years on; Zenless Zone Zero swaps the open field for a comic-panel urban brawler built on parries and stagger windows. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE brings the same visual confidence to cover-based shooting with a story that takes itself seriously, Arknights: Endfield channels it into tactical squad combat, and Soul Land: Awakening World builds an open RPG world directly around the Douluo Dalu novel and anime. None of this is style without substance. The reason each of these holds an audience is that the systems underneath (elemental reactions, parry timing, squad tactics) are as considered as the art. Free to play on Windows PC, with our honest verdict on each, including the ones where the license carries the game further than the mechanics do.
