Project MIKHAIL: A Muv-Luv War Story is a third person action game focused on TSF versus BETA combat. It was released on November 2, 2021 for PC (Steam) in early access, and later fully released on April 26, 2024.
Plot[]
Project MIKHAIL's plot broadly follows the events of Muv-Luv Alternative, however players can choose to support alternative scenarios leading to different events and a different outcome, such as saving Isumi or Kashiwagi at the end of Operation 21st. The events of the game will loop, giving the player a chance to make different decisions and experience different outcomes on each loop. MIKHAIL most notably references Kaseki no Uta, one of age's earlier titles through its background with the MIKHAIL System itself.
Gameplay[]
The meat of Project MIKHAIL's gameplay consists of fighting groups of BETA in a third person perspective. There are options for shooting and melee hack and slashing. Two weapons can be equipped at the same time and operated using the left and right trigger on controllers respectively.
There are two main modes, Story and Survival. Story mode is the aforementioned plot which places us in control of Takeru as he goes through the events of Alternative, while Survival gives us an overhead view trying to defend Japan from the BETA as we make decisions on what factions to support during critical events, and the consequences of those actions.
Fighting styles[]
Gameplay scene[1]
Depending on the loadout the player uses, they can switch between different fighting styles such as dual Assault Cannons, Melee Halberds, and Supplemental Armor and dual wielding Melee Halberds, along with TSF Knifes and Fixed Armaments. Different skills are available to the player according to their current fighting style.
Skills[]
As the player levels up while completing missions, they can unlock a variety of skills and finishers for the different fighting styles and allocate them to the preferred buttons.
Customization[]
Project Mikhail allows the player to customize their loadout using parts and armaments that drop during missions. Parts from different models of TSFs can be fully combined. The weapon loadout determines what types of fighting styles are available to the player. Both parts and armaments come in different levels (from Lvl 1 to Lvl 255) that determine the raw stats of the item.
The player can also apply a colour scheme to their personal TSF.
Enemies[]
Mirroring their depiction in Muv-Luv Alternative, each type of BETA requires a different approach. Such as the Laser class BETA which evaporates the player's TSF in mere seconds, but will not fire if the player uses other BETA as a shield, or the Destroyer class BETA which is best attacked from behind to avoid wasting ammunition on its strong frontal shield.
Currently the Fort, Destroyer, Grappler, Tank, Laser and Heavy Laser classes are in the game.
Difficulty[]
The difficulty can be customized. On higher difficulty settings the enemies deal more damage to the player and are in turn beefier.
Release[]
The game was released on November 2 2021 for PC on Steam in Early Access. A digital Nintendo Switch release is planned however currently no release date has been announced. Currently, a physical boxed release is not planned for either platform. On release for Early Access the game received the subtitle "A Muv-Luv War Story", connecting it directly to the Muv-Luv brand.
External Links[]
Project Mikhail Official Website
Project Mikhail on Steam
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Main Series | Muv-Luv (Extra (Manga) · Unlimited (Manga)) · Alternative (Anime | Manga) | |
Side Stories | Chronicles | Atonement · Inheritance · Confessions · The Day After · Resonative · Chicken Divers · Rain Dancers · Adoration · Resurrection · War Ensemble · Last Divers |
Publications | Total Eclipse (Anime | VN | Manga) · Schwarzesmarken (Anime | VN) · Bernhard im Schatten · TSFIA · The Euro Front · Teito Moyu · Tsukikage wa Yomiyo ni Arite | |
Extra-related | Before the Sakura Trees Bloom · Heroine Collection · Before the Shimmering Time Ends · Haruko Maniax | |
Fandiscs & Collections | Supplement · Altered Fable · Ayu-Mayu Collection · Haruko Maniax · Chronicles · photonflowers* · photonmelodies♮ · Kimi ga Nozomu Muv-Luv | |
Games | Faraway Dawn · Project MIKHAIL · Muv-Luv Dimensions · Muv-Luv Tactics |