Fate/Grand Order

What Fate/Grand Order is and who it suits

Fate/Grand Order is a role-playing game from Aniplex, based on the Fate franchise created by TYPE-MOON. The listing presents it as a full RPG built for phones, with a story it describes as over five million characters long.

The developer says it is written for two groups: long-time Fate fans, and people who have never played a Fate title. The character-specific stories are presented as a way into the wider series for both.

The story: a time-travel plot starting in 2015

The game opens at Chaldea, an organization that monitors the future of Earth. In 2015 it finds that human history after 2017 has collapsed, and the future it had recorded up to 2115 is gone.

The listing ties this to an unexplained anomaly in a provincial Japanese city in 2004. Chaldea sends people back in time by converting them into spiritual matter, with the aim of resolving or destroying the anomalies. The operation is called Grand Order.

Battles: commanding heroic spirits as a master

You play as a master who directs heroic spirits in battle to defeat enemies and work out the mysteries behind the time anomalies. The battle system is described as command-based and simplified for touch controls.

The listing leaves the team composition up to you. You can fight with spirits you prefer, or build around the strongest ones, so the battle style depends on the choices you make.

Character stories beyond the main plot

Alongside the main story, each character has a story of their own. The developer presents these as extra material for fans and as an entry point for newcomers who want to learn about the characters.