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'''The Game''' is a competition held through [[the App]] that on its surface are [[guild]]s claiming territory to become the most powerful guild in [[Tokyo]]. As the story continues, it becomes more evident that the true purpose of the Game is far more encompassing than anyone had initially believed, encompassing not just Tokyo but the 23 [[World (setting)|worlds]] connected to the city as well as the fate of mankind as a whole. | '''The Game''' is a competition held through [[the App]] that on its surface are [[guild]]s claiming territory to become the most powerful guild in [[Tokyo]]. As the story continues, it becomes more evident that the true purpose of the Game is far more encompassing than anyone had initially believed, encompassing not just Tokyo but the 23 [[World (setting)|worlds]] connected to the city as well as the fate of mankind as a whole. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Game's true form is of a massive competition in Tokyo involving its true [[The Game#World Representatives|players]] ([[Representative|World Representatives]]), the Trophy of the Game (the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}), and those who watch over the events that unfold.<ref name="ch13"></ref><sup>13</sup> The Representatives battle other Representatives to claim the Trophy for themselves.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>2</sup> | |||
===Creation=== | ===Creation=== | ||
The Game was proposed and created by [[Utopia]] and its | The Game was proposed and created by [[Utopia]] and its Representative. Due to Utopia existing as a "world in the far future", they were well aware of what was fated for [[Tokyo]] as well as the rest of humanity. They also had the technology necessary to perform "time leaps", a power needed to create the ever-repeating [[Loop|time loops]] that encases the city.<ref name="ch14">[[Event Quest:Main Quest:Chapter 4 Release Campaign|Chapter 14: Entertainers & Rule Makers ~Prelude~ -Alibi of the Urban Legends-]]</ref><sup>30</sup> | ||
===Purpose=== | ===Purpose=== | ||
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{{Transient icon|Shuichi}} proposes that the App is designed to unify all 24 mythologies, Tokyo in addition to the other worlds connected to it. Through this process, he believes that a whole new world will be brought into existence once a world wins and establishes themselves as the highest ranking world.<ref name="ch3">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]]</ref><sup>13</sup> Later, characters discuss that its purpose is to consolidate which world's System should hold absolute sway over the other worlds, a war between Systems.<ref name="ch9">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9: The Crafters - Karmic Engine]]</ref><sup>3</sup> | {{Transient icon|Shuichi}} proposes that the App is designed to unify all 24 mythologies, Tokyo in addition to the other worlds connected to it. Through this process, he believes that a whole new world will be brought into existence once a world wins and establishes themselves as the highest ranking world.<ref name="ch3">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]]</ref><sup>13</sup> Later, characters discuss that its purpose is to consolidate which world's System should hold absolute sway over the other worlds, a war between Systems.<ref name="ch9">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9: The Crafters - Karmic Engine]]</ref><sup>3</sup> | ||
===Goal and Win Condition=== | |||
There are quite a few victory conditions one can attempt to achieve to claim "victory" in the Game, each goal depending on one's personal objectives and knowledge about the Game's true nature. | |||
On its surface, many of the Game's causal App users believe the final goal of the game is to bring all the territories in all 23 wards of Tokyo under their own guild's dominion and control.<ref name="ch4">[[Event Quest:Main Quest Chapter 7 Campaign|Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyama]]</ref><sup>1</sup> | |||
To the World Representative, their objective is to obtain the Trophy for themselves. This would naturally include eliminating all other Representatives, making them the only real player left in the Game. {{Transient icon|Nodens}} is the only Representative currently shown who had come the closest to winning the Game through this means.<ref name="nightglows">[[Event Quest:Nightglows of the Starlit Sky|Nightglows of the Starlit Sky]]</ref><sup>13</sup> | |||
On a greater scale, since the final objective of the Game is to find the most ideal path for humanity, one can also claim victory by achieving this as well. This is most evident with the various Plans of the [[The Game#The Three Geniuses|Three Geniuses]], the [[Guild#Guild Masters|guild masters]] of the Three True Guilds. Each of their plans follow a theory about the ideal step humanity should take for their next evolution.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>1</sup> | |||
{{Transient icon|Azathoth}} claims that, for the Protagonist to win the Game themselves and stop the loops, they must overcome the Master Rule.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>21</sup> Alternatively, if they were to permanently destroy themselves, the Game would also end that way as the Trophy would be broken beyond repair.<ref name="ch12"></ref><sup>16</sup> | |||
==Game Elements== | ==Game Elements== | ||
===The App=== | ===The App=== | ||
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Faith is what gives the Master Rule its power and ability to function within the parameters of reality. {{Transient icon|Azathoth}} sees faith and belief as nothing but words and can be interchanged with other terms such as memories, information, and light. [[The Walls|Walls]] only exist to trap faith in, whether it be the walls of a Battle Zone or the walls surrounding Tokyo.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>21</sup> Faith is not a literal substance that can be seen or held, but can be viewed as a manifestation of the collective beliefs of the masses. | Faith is what gives the Master Rule its power and ability to function within the parameters of reality. {{Transient icon|Azathoth}} sees faith and belief as nothing but words and can be interchanged with other terms such as memories, information, and light. [[The Walls|Walls]] only exist to trap faith in, whether it be the walls of a Battle Zone or the walls surrounding Tokyo.<ref name="ch9"></ref><sup>21</sup> Faith is not a literal substance that can be seen or held, but can be viewed as a manifestation of the collective beliefs of the masses. | ||
==Persons of Interest== | ==Persons of Interest== | ||
===World Representatives=== | ===World Representatives=== | ||