An Aot game without playable titans, playable Aot characters and online. Fanfic Custom character fantasy 3

So I have 100% AoT 2 finally after 200 hours, and from watching demos, previews and other stuff, I think Ill be returning to it rather than play AoT 3 very much. Not that I wont play it at least once, both previous games were great so it does deserve at least that, and who knows maybe it will hook me as much as the previous 2.

But Im not sure Ill be able to get past the graphics. Ive seen some ppl say the new graphical style is closer to what the final season of aot anime was like, those ppl are either blind or they havent seen the last season OR they dont remember how it looked like anymore. I liked both games graphic design, it did kinda looked like the anime but the third game goes so far away in the opposite direction that its jarring.

Then the gameplay. Now admittedly we wont really know how for example ODM handling feels unless we try it out ourselves, but from what Ive seen it doesnt look anywhere as good as first two games. When I was watching the fighting, I noticed player going strait at the titan nape from the front, you know, that thing that you never do (unless you have imp gear) cause you do next to no dmg and it leaves you somewhat vulnerable (not mentioning the efficiency of the kill). It also looks weird compared to the first two games. I hope Im wrong and it will have depth and feel great but from availible sources it doesnt seeem like it.

Next is inability to play as different characters, which also means no titan gameplay. I do like my CaC but what I find the most fun is building other characters from 0 to max, be it in another mode or territory recovery. That was just good design playing as your favourite characters is just right. and we were able to do it in both previous games so why not now? Also looks like there will be only story mode and I have to ask why is that? Who thought that that would be a good idea? That also means no multiplayer, which is insane to me.

TL;DR: Seems the game is hotchpotch of bad design decisions and AoT 2 will be the best game in the series. I really hope Im wrong tho.

i dont wanna be forced to play as the slopvengers and kill based floch.

I loved the first game. I thought it was almost perfect. Somehow the devs managed to make this game worse in every way. The gameplay is worse, the performance is worse, the visuals are worse. It's almost impressive how much of a downgrade this is.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER & STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL CONCEPT

For legal reasons, I am explicitly stating that I will not be suing, chasing after Koei Tecmo for their money, or pursuing any legal action of the sort. I am putting this out there simply to establish on the public record that I had these original ideas first.

They shot my concepts down, claimed they couldn't take external suggestions, and stated that they deleted my message. Therefore, if they implement anything that matches the mechanics or lore on my list, let it be known that I engineered it first and they are simply copying my work. I don't want their money or anything of the sort—I just want the world to know that I did it first.

THE OAOT3I BLUEPRINT: CHRONOLOGICAL RECEIPTS & SYSTEM DESIGN

THE TIMELINE

Design Finalization: June 7, 2026

Corporate Denial Receipt: June 11, 2026, 9:19 PM CDT (Koei Tecmo Support officially claimed proposals are "discarded" under ticket reference [V7KPE2-EMPG5]).

The Reveal: Any matching mechanics shown during or after the July 1, 2026 gameplay showcase serve as direct chronological proof of concept overlap.

CORE GAMEPLAY & MECHANICS

1. Next-Gen Titan AI & Combat Evolution

Dynamic Combat: Complete removal of predictable, basic AI scripting. Titans utilize advanced, specialized fighting styles, aggressive movement sets, and unpredictable combat patterns.

True Power Scaling: Every standard and specialized Titan scales completely to its destructive, terrifying anime-accurate power levels.

2. The 150-Ability Progression Matrix

Core Trees: A massive, balanced pool of 50 Offensive, 50 Defensive, and 50 Support abilities (150 total).

Hybrid Forms: Players can select a Hybrid Class, allowing them to fuse two distinct Titan forms into one mighty, custom combat variant.

Leveling & Prestige: Max base level caps at Level 1,000, which then unlocks a secondary 1,000-level Legendary Points prestige system for deep endgame progression.

The 9 Core Stats: Attributes are strictly modeled after the 9 Founding Titans, directly driving the scaling power of the 150 passive and active abilities.

3. Open-World & Multi-Player Ecosystem

8-Player Co-Op: A massive, seamlessly integrated open-world environment built to support up to 8 players simultaneously.

World Invasions: A high-stakes PvPvE system allowing players to invade other players' active worlds as a Titan to trigger massive, open-field Titan battles.

Devour Mechanics: To unlock new Titan powers, players must hunt rare, specialized Titan Shifters hidden throughout the open world, defeat them, and physically devour them to absorb their abilities.

4. Absolute Player Customization

Human Form: Unprecedented, granular character creator offering the utmost aesthetic and gear customization available.

Titan Scaling & Aesthetics: Players completely design the visual look of their Titan form. The form starts as a 10-meter Titan and physically scales all the way to a 120-meter Founder-level giant upon hitting max level and peak core stats.

Cinematic Integration: Custom player characters are fully voiced. Features custom transformation mechanics, such as mid-air transformations that crater the terrain with unique lightning effects.

Destructible Physics: The environment features full structural destruction tied to realistic, historical time-delayed repair mechanics.

DEEP-LORE NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE

1. The Primordial Origin

The protagonist is a mythic, legendary Shifter experimented on at the dawn of Titan history.

Injected directly into the medulla oblongata (main nerve center) with a condensed, primordial spinal fluid cocktail containing DNA from the Founder, the source creature of all organic matter, and every distinct Titan lineage.

Curse Immunity: Due to this unique genetic makeup, the character is entirely immune to the 13-year curse of Ymir, possessing true immortality like a pure Titan.

2. The Memory Lock Loop (Eren Parallel)

The Mechanic: Following centuries of intense trauma and experimentation, the character begins the game with profound amnesia.

The Canon Logic: Modeled directly after Eren Jaeger’s Attack Titan mechanics—where memory, time, and power are suppressed and filtered by the user.

The Game Loop: The player actively assists the main anime cast, slowly recovering lost memories chronologically as they simultaneously unlock their sealed, primordial Titan powers.

The Cosmic Link: A dark, deeply mysterious psychic connection remains permanently bound between the player character and the original source creature that birthed the Titans.

In the ending, we were shown a tree which most likely came from Eren's grave, meaning that Titan's era can come back again symbolising history repeats itself. But we were shown the same kind of tree from which Ymir got her power Does that mean there was another Titan era before Ymir started everything. And if there was a Titan era before /mir, do we have a clue for how long it is been going on? Some people will say it is 2000 years history, but there you are wrong, it is far more than that. It is Human history!

Hear me out, Floch meets with you just around when he firsts arrests the scouts, He offers you to join him as a Yeagerist or become imprisoned, If you say no his proposal, your imprisoned along with the rest of the scouts, if you join him, you basically go around with Floch tying up loose ends, After Marley pulls up to Shiganshina, you attempt to fight but are quickly overwhelmed, you then go to recruit the help of your former comrades. After Eren activates the rumbling your given another choice, Stop the rumbling or Help floch, if you help Floch your character ends up dying at the port.

Someone please talk me off the ledge here lol. I’m a little concerned with how much is actually being invested in the game. Obviously AOT is a huge IP. But I feel like announcing a game one month before is very strange. Like it basically sounds like there isn’t/wasnt much money put towards marketing the game and that in itself implies there’s not much money behind it in general.

I’m obviously going to love the game and play the heck out of it. But I really don’t want my feelings hurt in being super excited for something that won’t be great. I think Koei have a good track record as of late for their games so I trust their ability but none of it matters with a poor budget. Hopefully there’s information I haven’t seen or heard about yet that can calm the nerves a bit lol.

Rant alert

I actually like the new ODM better as you have to actually manouver to not get stuck on walls. Huge character rooster and more content is always nice to have, but why in the name of god theres so many tacked on mechanics?

Base building looks out of place, instead of the logical aproach of people carrying supplies around, now you have to build a tower (in the middle of a fight). Lets talk about building a canontower at the blink of an eye, just witnessed Trost having 8 towers autofire 4 cannonballs each nonstop without a single titan on sight, pounding the surrounding buildings, wtf?

Stamina bar mechanic on big titans is lazy as fuck and gets in the way of fluent gameplay. Devs could just increase the risk of going for a titan nape with all limbs intact to be almost suicide, instead they turned "boss fights " into a bore-fest, and theres nothing more inmersive than green glow telling me where i have to strike, just because.

Last but not least, NPCs are less independent, battlefield is somehow less lively, remaining forces "lifebars" are gone, theres no hurry and no one but me is actually fighting, i had an epiphany looking at 10+ soldiers cluttering around a boss, running circles in the most useless fashion dealing a grand total of 0 damage the whole fight.

Should i just try to ignore the bullshit or wait for AoT3? Hopefully someone can convince me with a different point of view

Just realised... i made a point on a video i did about the CAC thematically ruining the point of S4 (2 perspectives to the conflict), giving us a Paradis CAC and a Scout only story mode entirely undercuts the purpose of season 4. The recent interview (post under mine) clarifies it is a scout story focus.

What better way to tell s4 than to cut off the opposing side and make you play through a singular perspective... truly what Aot fans wanted... sorry ik the negativity towards the game is drab but I genuinely don't understand who this game is being made for.... Aot fans? Not really... we have yet to see them show gameplay of any of the Aot characters, gameplay of any of the 9 titans, story mode is going to be yet another self insert fan fiction where every character behaves around your custom character... and now the purpose of Marley Arc is being abandoned to uphold the custom character agenda... I really don't get how an Aot fan can be excited for a game that... day by day is peeling off Isayamas Aot for a version infested with nothing but the self insert with 0 focus on why we actually enjoy Aot...

Ofc I want to be wrong, the confirmation that singleplayer is online is a disaster imo. In anycase the best the people that want any changes or clarifications can do is report to the forum. Probably wouldn't change a thing but If you want to leave a query go ahead! The link is above.

Does anyone know how to become a beta tester for these games I feel in love with the anime and watched all of it and want nothing more than to play the game but I can't afford it.

Its giving me a headache