If you tell me you have a Fire Emblem-inspired tactical RPG with open-world exploration, I'm probably already interested. But Nitro Gen Omega is all that and also A shonen anime simulator that allows you to lead your own mech battles. Friends, I can't add this game to my wishlist fast enough.
Set in a “spaghetti anime” world, Nitro Gen Omega is a turn-based tactical RPG with cinematic mechanical battles. You give orders to your units on a screen that resembles a timeline-based video editor, and as battles are resolved, you'll see them unfold like anime scenes. How attractive all this is in practice remains to be seen, but the examples in the trailer below look absolutely gorgeous.
NITRO GEN OMEGA Announcement Trailer | Anime Sandbox Tactical RPG – YouTube
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In a press release, developer DESTINYBit says the game takes “inspiration from titles like Fire Emblem for team management and Battle Brothers for open-world exploration.” Fans of tactical RPGs probably don't need an introduction to Fire Emblem, but the comparison to the 2017 cult hit Battle Brothers is particularly interesting, as it offers a full open world where you control a band of mercenaries in increasingly dire circumstances under the threat of permanent death, and it seems that something similar awaits us here.
You can play Nitro Gen Omega alone, but the developers also plan to let you “join a persistent online world with permadeath, where each character is procedurally generated.” I'm a fan of single-player games at heart, but I have to say that the idea of bringing this concept to an MMO-style persistent world also sounds pretty compelling.
Nitro Gen Omega will be released on Steam sometime in 2025.