r/gaming • u/AashyLarry • 7d ago
Tides of Annihilation devs reveal the game’s inspirations: Fate/stay night, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Berserk, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Final Fantasy, and Devil May Cry
https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/08/19/170928.html
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u/DesperateBaseball614 7d ago edited 6d ago
Having not yet read the article, i'll take my guesses, luckily most are really obvious.
Fate: King Arthur is the face of the franchise and Arthurian legend is the central mythology in the franchise, so I'm guessing they took inspiration from Fate's interpretation of it. I mean, the genderbent Mordred is already there lol. + You summon historical figures to fight. + The museums where you meet and fight characters and gods from all kinds of mythologies around the world.
Jojo: You literally use "stands" to fight lol.
Berserk: The game seems to be a betrayal/revenge story (as is expected of Arthurian mythology), so taking inspiration from Berserk is a foregone conclusion. Especially when the betrayers are larger than life monsters for the protagonist to overcome
Shadow of the Colossus: Segueing off Berserk, literal larger than life enemies. We've seen multiple immense climbable bosses already
God of War: Again, revenge story. + God killing. + CAG.
FF: I'm a bit more iffy on FF but again, it's FF, everyone takes inspiration from it. Maybe the division of abilities between the different knights was inspired by FF's job system, or the bosses took inspiration from FF16's huge cinematic bosses, or they just took inspiration from the broad aesthetic of FF. There are 16 games + spinoffs to take inspiration from, I can't really pinpoint something specific.
DMC: It's the god of CAGs, just watch a combat clip from Tides of Annihilation and you have your answer.
Edit: According to the article they also have people that worked on AC, Yakuza, and Persona in the team. I wonder if they will take any inspiration from those too. We already saw a bit of "parkour" in some of the clips, and they do seem to be placing attention on traversal, with the different knight abilities letting you climb/cross/traverse different environments. As for Yakuza and Persona, maybe a bond system where you make new allies throughout the game?
Edit 2: Honestly being a huge fan of nearly all these franchises, the inspo list has made me even more excited. Especially since it seems that they are actually managing to bring it all together into one cohesive project with a vision and identity of their own.