At this point, the PS5 is living up to its alternative moniker of GachaStation 5, as it’s becoming the place to play many of the biggest gacha games. Riding on the coattails of Zenless Zone Zero, Chinese outfit Hotta Studio – the team behind Tower of Fantasy – has announced its next big project: supernatural urban fantasy RPG Neverness to Everness, which is being powered by Unreal Engine 5.
The game is being pitched as a mix of “ordinary and extraordinary”, so you can expect a combination of lifestyle sim and pulsating character-driven combat. The gameplay footage embedded within showcases how you’ll be facing off against some unusual foes, such as a vending machine dramatically brought to life as an aggressive phantom.
In addition to fighting, you’ll also be able to purchase and customise sports cars, manage businesses, and even own your own city apartment. The game’s open world metropolis Hethereau appears to pull from a variety of different real-life locations: Tokyo, London, and San Francisco can all be observed within its vibrant layout. There’s dynamic weather and a day/night cycle, too.

There’s certainly potential here, although the release isn’t trying to hide its similarities to Genshin Impact, as the user interface looks almost identical. We do like the idea of a more Grand Theft Auto flavour, however, and the vehicles definitely add something a little different. Pre-registration for the game is available now, although there’s no release date just yet.
[source nte.perfectworld.com, via youtube.com, youtube.com, gematsu.com]
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Headline immediately caught my attention. Colour me very intrigued.
You son of a b**ch, i’m in!
The blinker lmao! Reminds me of Driver on PS2 when games always tried to be realistic (god i miss that philosophy)
This doesn't look spectacular or anything. It does look like a fun time if it doesn't overstay its welcome. I'm curious
Sounds like a ton of fun, but I feel like we’re gonna get another GTP gotcha which will ruin a lot of it.
Looks lovely, will keep an eye on it.
Looks dope. Gona check it on release
Seems like a great game to play during winter on your mobile phone cause it would turn it into a good hand warmer
As someone who grew up playing games in the 80s, it's wild to me that gacha games not only exist but absolutely thrive. Not a knock on them--clearly not for me but I understand there's a lot of appeal--I just never would have fathomed that gacha would become such a big part of gaming.
Car turns like with 0 physics, feel.
The GI and ZZZ similarities aside, this just reminds me of that other upcoming fellow urban open-world game Project Mugen.
Would rather have a complete single player experience than a gacha
This literally looks like a copy and pasted Project Mugen game. I thought it was the same game at first.
I really enjoyed Tower of Fantasy (more than genshin) so I'm definitely interested in this.
@Coolmusic Ah ok at first I was like did they change the name of the game but since you mentioned it they are 2 different games.
Indestructible vehicles, off-road? Not much in the stunts, looks like a PG rated GTA without the stealing and violence.
F2P i guess? Will most likely try it out when it drops.
Another F2Pay simulator as if we didn't have enough of this garbage another to skip. It also looks the same and im certain it's monetization will be nagging to you the whole game and the standard busywork and daily tasks.
Looks pretty sweet. Interesting that you can switch characters on the fly. Life sim elements are always cool with me too.
"although the release isn’t trying to hide its similarities to Genshin Impact, as the user interface looks almost identical."
These games are treading on a copy and paste oversaturation Ubisoft thin line.
You know how long I’ve been wanting an anime game that’s like GTA, Saints Row, or even Simpsons Hit and Run
Looks like what I wanted from Zenless Zone
@DennisReynolds Free to play, yes!
Not bad. Another f2p FTW!
I'm getting persona 5 vibes from this, this is more like persona 5 open world game than gta, which is great 😃
@GilgaMax96 I read the article to see if it was the official name for Project Mugen.
There certainly seems to be an over saturation of F2P titles now
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