Ananta Developers Are Counting On You Getting Attached To Its Characters

Ananta's developers are hoping that players will become emotionally invested enough in the game's characters to want to part with their cash. The upcoming free-to-play open-world action game introduces stories as the story progresses, and when we went hands-on with the game at Gamescom last week, the story missions were its strongest point. Helping two cute little anime characters to stealthily flee a mansion was engaging, I did care about their welfare, and I wanted to help them to stay safe--but is that enough to want to part with my money? In Ananta, there's an emphasis on allowing players to spend time with the game's characters and become familiar with their lives and personalities. According to the developers, that relationship is intentional, and serves to ensure that players want to spend money on cosmetics for the characters they have grown attached to. Ananta hopes you'll bond with its characters enough to part with your money. "In Ananta, it is free-to-play, and then you will obtain the characters as the story unfolds," Rain, the game's global publishing lead explained to GameSpot. "We think that we have enough time to develop each unique character for our players." The…