#this has been my government mandated ak propaganda post for today

[thegreatyin]

tower defense furry game? 👀

arknights! it's a chinese tower defense mobile game where you play as an amnesiac doctor/tactical commander researching a cure for magic rock cancer in literally the most perpetually apocalyptic hellhole of a world to ever exist. it's also a gacha game where you collect a bunch of different operators to use in tower defense gameplay, so if gachas (understandably) aren't your thing then it might be a dealbreaker.

the gameplay may not look action-packed (or even intuitive at a glance) but it's probably one of the better examples of actual vaguely skill-based content in the mobile market. you can look up in-depth guides for basically every level in the game (and nobody will fault you for doing so!), but a lot of endgame high-end content comes down to how well you can manage your team and the lot the game has dealt to you in a pinch. high-rank characters very much do not automatically win you a stage, some are simply more powerful and/or easier to use than others. once you establish a well-rounded team and versatile collection of operators, there's very little you can't handle.

also, everyone is a furry/has animal features of some kind. and i do mean. everyone.

long-time yin blog followers (and anyone who's ever let me go apeshit on discord) know that it's one of the handful of games i'm unreasonably attached to and have sunk an unhealthy amount of hours into playing. if you don't have a history of potential gambling problems and don't mind tactical RTS tower defense with little chibis in place of towers, i highly recommend it.

hell, if you don't want to play it for yourself, there's always the official anime adaptation! the first season currently covers (and arguably tells so, so, so much better) the first three chapters of the main story, with the second season confirmed to be on the way Someday.

it's a very cool world with very cool lore and even cooler art. not perfect, certainly not (ch'alter exists), but it's near and dear to my heart.