A 2.5D brawler with a story to follow
Crossing Frontier: Fate Foretold is a side-scrolling action game with brawling elements and a focus on multiplayer online battles. It is easy to pick up, with free air combat combos and a talent upgrading system that lets you shape how a character plays rather than being locked into one fixed style. You can play the story on your own as Aros, moving through six regions, uncovering what is hidden in Aserima, and earning exclusive items and titles as you clear stages. Alongside that, there are 1v1 and 3v3 battles against players or AI, and a stage mode for playing with friends.
Playing together with your group
Stage Mode lets a team of 1 to 5 players re-run the stages from Story Mode from a multiplayer perspective, with freedom in character choice and a reward each time you clear one. Brawling Mode is where you fight other groups, supporting 1v1 up to 5v5 against friends or online players. Maps carry their own mechanics, including airdrops with random effects and environmental hazards such as storms, volcanic eruptions, and holy light impacts, so the same matchup can play out differently depending on where you fight.
Characters and talents worth knowing before you start
The roster includes a righteous swordswoman, a cheerful witch, a harsh drillmaster, an armored knight, and more, with new characters added each season. Isuna is a mid-range support witch who heals and buffs allies and detonates talismans for damage. Martin "Blood Mail" Thard is a melee fighter with strong close and mid-range pressure and regenerative abilities that keep his assaults going. Eliseka "Cyan Flame" is a speed-based swordswoman whose abilities can be charged for different lengths to build different combos, and who speeds up the pace of battle when awakened. Talents unlock as you level up by progressing time and dealing damage, offering one of three choices each level, so you can adjust your playstyle as you go. Accessories from the store or limited events change how characters look without affecting fairness. Servers start in Taiwan, the western United States, and Western Europe, so other regions may see connection delays.