And, just like with Compile Heart games in the past, the consistency of the quality between those character designs is truly impressive.

Azur Lane’s character design covers the entire gamut of what we’ve seen from Compile Heart master in the past, from the loli and the cute through to the beautiful, and then the almost grotesquely overly proportioned. Being upfront here there are so many panties in this game. It might not have quite the presence of the likes of Fate just yet, but Azur Lane is a similar kind of success story.Īzur Lane Crosswave is Compile Heart in its most comfortable space, offering players a simple combat system, backed by extended visual novel-style narrative sections that focus on humour, and detailed character art that goes heavy on the fan service. Those are a dime a dozen of course, but thanks to a very large roster of very cute anime girls, it should come as no surprise that from those humble roots, Azur Lane has since grown to include manga, anime and, now, a console release. It was, originally, a little sidescrolling shooter game made for mobile. Azur Lane is one of those explosive media properties that seems to be on an endlessly upwards trajectory.

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