Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium (simplified Chinese: 少女前线2：追放; traditional Chinese: 少女前線2：追放; pinyin: Shàonǚ Qiánxiàn 2: Zhuīfàng) is a turn-based tactical strategy game developed by China-based studio MICA Team, where players command squads of gynoid characters, known in-universe as T-Dolls, armed with firearms and melee blades.[7][8] It is the sequel to Girls' Frontline, set ten years after the closing events of the prior game. The game was released in Mainland China on 21 December 2023, and later released worldwide on 3 December 2024 (by Darkwinter Software) or 5 December 2024 (by HaoPlay) depending on region.[2]

Gameplay

In-game combat interface screenshot of the main game mode, with the character Suomi selected
Screenshot of the alternate "Boundary Push" game mode, playing as the character Sharkry
Dormitory menu interface screenshot, showing the character Mosin–Nagant

The gameplay of Girls' Frontline 2 revolves around isometric turn-based tactical battles, akin to games such as XCOM, Disgaea and Shadowrun.[9][2][10][11] The player commands a squad of units in order to fulfil mission objectives on a tactical map, which include destroying enemy units, capturing strategic points, surviving waves of enemy attacks, or evacuating all units to an extraction point.[12] These playable units, which are combat androids known in-universe as T-Dolls, are obtained by the player via a Genshin-esque gacha system with standard and seasonal event banners to roll from, using in-game currencies.[13][14][9]

T-Dolls are categorised into four different classes, namely:[15]

  • Sentinel: Primary damage dealing units with high DPS
  • Bulwark: Tanking units with high survivability and defensive abilities
  • Support: Units with healing and buffing abilities
  • Vanguard: Units with high mobility and are able to perform flanking maneuvers against enemies in cover

In addition to a standard attack and a passive skill, T-Dolls have special active abilities which consume confectance index to use, akin to ability points in standard role-playing games, and provide unique offensive or defensive capabilities depending on the T-Doll. Confectance index can be replenished over time, or through the use of certain active abilities.[15]

All units, both player-controlled and enemy-controlled, have a stability index which gradually decreases as they receive attacks from other units; when this is reduced to zero, stability break occurs, which reduces the effect of battlefield cover. The combat map offers locations with varying cover which reduces the amount of damage a unit receives, and the player is able to mitigate the effect of enemy cover though the use of positional flanking, area-of-effect attacks, melee attacks, elevated tiles which negate the efficacy of cover, or by reducing the enemy unit's stability index to zero. Other forms of environmental effectors on the map include hazard tiles which apply damage or negative status effects to units, and interactable levers that alter elevators, conveyor belts or turrets on the battlefield.[16][10][1]

The combat ability of T-Dolls can be enhanced by increasing their training level, altering their weapon and attachment loadouts, fortifying the T-Doll using duplicates obtained via the gacha system, unlocking enhancement nodes on each T-Doll's neural helix, and equipping keys which provide modifiers to abilities or stats.[15][17]

A secondary game mode, known as "Boundary Push", involves the player controlling T-Dolls in real-time as they traverse through a large dungeon stage to collect loot pickups and locate the stage boss, making use of stealth mechanics and environmental hazards to reach the objective.[18][19]

While not in battle, the player can visit the T-Dolls in their dormitory to observe them during their everyday activities and present them with gifts to increase their affinity level, which provides minor stat increases during combat.[1][20] Outside of the main game, the player is also able to read additional in-universe lore using the "Traceback" menu.[20] Time-limited seasonal events have also included assorted minigames, including a rail shooter game mode parodying the aesthetic of Goddess of Victory: Nikke,[21] a Monopoly parody board game,[22] a survivors-like shoot 'em up reminiscent of the gameplay of Vampire Survivors,[23] and a café management simulation game.[24]

Setting

The game is set ten years after the events of the final campaign chapter of Girls' Frontline. The T-Dolls, having previously been exclusively referred to by the names of the firearms they've been imprinted onto within their fire-control cores, begin choosing to adopt new, more human-like personal names as their callsigns, either for personal or professional reasons.[25][26][27][28][29][30] As the private military company Griffin & Kryuger undergoes dissolution and reshuffling, many T-Dolls find themselves joining other organisations, or ending up settling down in civilian life.[31][32][33] Meanwhile, as the URNC[b] grows in size and power, it begins to undertake a major project of purifying contamination zones afflicted by Collapse radiation so that human resettlement can occur.[34][35]

The player takes on the role of "the Commander", who, at the end of the previous game, resigned from their position at Griffin & Kryuger following a catastrophic military operation in Frankfurt, and subsequently was forced by Rossartrist shadow members to sign a contract prohibiting them from coming into contact with their former subordinate T-Dolls from Griffin & Kryuger, and to exile themselves to the contaminated zone, as a condition for not being killed.[36][37][38][39][40] There, the Commander assumes the role of a bounty hunter who takes on various tasks for commissions, travelling in a Mobile Base Vehicle known as the "Elmo" while accompanied by a team of three T-Dolls and a mechanic named Mayling.[41][42]

During a cargo delivery job issued by BRIEF,[c][43] the Commander's team is raided by Varjager bandits. After escaping from combat, they resupply from a black marketeer named Poludnitsa, who shares intel regarding the suspicious nature of the job they have taken.[44][45] Deciding to head towards the Great Wall Railway at the edge of the contaminated zone, the Commander's team makes a detour to Port Vest, an area with hostile terrain that is teeming with ELIDs,[d] in an attempt to eliminate the remaining Varjagers in pursuit. There, they encounter Colphne, a civilian medical support Doll, who requests to join the team and have her body modified with a fire-control core.[46] Unbeknownst to the team, the same client who had requested the cargo delivery job also hired the Varjager bandits to eliminate the Commander and to secure the cargo.

While inspecting the cargo to be delivered, the Commander's team discovered that the box contains a girl inside, Helena, who is a human experimentation subject seemingly immune to the adverse effects of Collapse radiation.[47][48][49] The client contacts the team, and asks to rendezvous at a set of coordinates. Meanwhile, in a call, former Griffin & Kryuger colleague Kalina instructs the Commander to meet with her at ODE-01, a satellite city in Odesa,[50] and so the Commander's team splits up. As the T-Dolls reach the rendezvous point, the client ambushes them, only for the client to be apprehended following the firefight. However, the client is promptly rescued by a hostile T-Doll, Sextans, and the two escape.[51] At the same time, Kalina reveals to the Commander that she is now working at the Non-Military Forces Administration of the URNC,[52][53] and that she had issued the assignment so that the human sample could be safely secured.[54]

One of Kalina's subordinate T-Dolls, Lenna, spots law enforcement en route to apprehend the Commander, forcing the Commander to make their escape, and loses track of Helena in the process. Lenna explains that the Girard Group, a large machinery manufacturing conglomerate, is involved with the human sample. Upon reuniting with the team, they raid the facility where the client has kept Helena, and then escape by car in an attempt to take the train to depart for Kyiv,[55][56] only to encounter another hostile T-Doll, Darture, who attacks. Odesa law enforcement agents, under the command of the client, raid Kalina's office and prepare to give her a summary execution, however are thwarted by Lenna who arrives at the last minute in an attack helicopter.

After their escape from Odesa, the Commander seemingly receives a message from Kalina, stating that the meetup point has changed to an abandoned factory within the Yellow Zone. Eventually it is revealed that their comms had been compromised, as they find themselves in a trap set by Darture.[57] After defeating Darture in a firefight, Kalina calls, requesting that the Commander continue making their way towards Kyiv, and that they should resupply with a black marketeer named Saga while on the way. The team encounters a Varjager encampment in Bihor and quickly subdues them, only to find the same band of Varjagers raiding Saga's encampment. Upon encountering a hooded Paradeus cult member, Colphne covertly separates from the rest of the team.[58][59] The team, hoping to find Colphne, discover Paradeus operating out of clusters of human settlements in the contaminated zone. Krolik and Vepley find Colphne amongst the crowd of hooded Paradeus followers in an abandoned factory, aiming to seek revenge for her previous fallen comrades.[60] Pursued by angry followers, they make their escape, with Groza and Nemesis arriving to provide assistance.

While out on reconnaissance, Krolik and Nemesis spot a Paradeus leader figure known as Niter,[61][62] whom they proceed to capture and bring aboard the Elmo MBV. Upon seeing Niter's hand, the Commander identifies her as a half-human, half-robotic Nyto commonly used by Paradeus.[63] Niter spots the MBV's control terminal and attempts to remotely hack into its system,[64] and manages to breaks free from Krolik's grasp, resulting in a brief scuffle in the operations room before being subdued again. Following a change of plans, the group decides to attach a tracker to Niter and release her, with the aim of finding the nearby Paradeus congregation.[65] Helena insists to come along as they infiltrate the congregation in hooded disguises, and find Crifium, a former Varjager and Colphne's vengeance target, present at the procession being held there.[66] During the procession, a cult member is seemingly cured of ELID symptoms,[67] however the team soon have their cover blown as the procession causes Crifium's body to transform in shape and indiscriminately attack followers at the procession while Helena progressively falls ill and her autonomous defence system opens fire into the crowd.[68] Colphne attempts to interrogate Crifium, who remains non-responsive, to Colphne's dismay.[69] Amidst the chaos, Sextans reveals herself and pursues the team, who escape the scene by aerial drone and return to the Elmo MBV.[70]

Following Groza's mission debriefing, the team is interrupted by Sextans arriving in pursuit of the Elmo MBV along with a group of Paradeus members; Sextans reveals extensive damage across her body frame, and seemingly has no recollection of her past.[71] Lenna contacts the Commander with a sitrep update, and calls upon Dandelion to assist the team, who then infiltrates the Elmo MBV's systems.[72] After Sextans is subdued by the team, Lenna informs the Commander of Kalina's request to transfer Helena to Non-Military Forces Administration personnel situated in Lviv,[73] in addition to the request of Squad 404, former Griffin subordinates of the Commander, for combat assistance,[74] culminating in the decision to split the Elmo MBV's team up so that Groza can keep watch over Sextans.[75] Dandelion hijacks a Dinergate robot body in order to accompany the Commander, Helena and Colphne to Lviv,[76] and while en route via aerial drone, Helena falls ill again, causing her autonomous defence system to damage the drone; the aircraft loses flight stability, and Helena is ejected.[77] At the same time, a firefight between PMC units and a large-scale ELID is occurring concurrently in the distance. The drone makes an emergency landing, and the group is quickly surrounded by approaching PMC hostiles,[78] however the large ELID suddenly charges towards the Commander's party, crashing into the building where they've garrisoned.[79] Upon regaining consciousness, the Commander is met with Helena digging them out of the rubble by hand.[80] Along with Dandelion, the group make their way into the nearby underground tunnel for refuge, only to discover a Paradeus human experimentation facility.[81]

Characters

Campaign story playable T-Dolls

Cosplay of Groza as she appears in the previous game (as OTs-14), at the 30th Asian Animation Creation Exhibition in 2019
Groza (闪电; Shǎndiàn; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Zhang Jen (Chinese); Marina Inoue (Japanese); Lee Dae-un (Korean)
A T-Doll armed with an OTs-14 Groza, originally affiliated with Griffin & Kryuger before being appropriated for state security matters following the PMC's dissolution,[31] whom the Commander finds damaged under a pile of rubble prior to the events of the game.[82][83] Groza is unable to recall any memories prior to being reactivated by the Commander.
Nemesis (纳美西丝; Nàměixīsī; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Qin Ziyi (Chinese); Aya Endō (Japanese); Shin Na-ri (Korean)
A T-Doll armed with an OM 50 Nemesis who plays the role of the team's sniper. She has a damaged language module, and as a result, can only speak in poetic riddles.
Krolik (克罗丽科; Kèluólìkē; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: MAO (Chinese); Sayaka Ohara (Japanese); Song Ha-rim (Korean)
A T-Doll with bunny ears armed with a melee blade. In addition to combat duties, she assumes the role of the team's de facto translator for Nemesis.
Colphne (寇尔芙; Kòuěrfú; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Shi Haku (Chinese); Naomi Ōzora (Japanese); Sung Ye-won (Korean)
A former civilian medical T-Doll who joins the Commander's team after her entire medical regiment was wiped out by an ELID attack, escaping as the sole survivor.[46] Armed with a Taurus Curve.
Vepley (维普蕾; Wéipǔlěi; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Cotton Candy (Chinese); Hitomi Harada (Japanese); Jung Hye-won (Korean)
A singing "idol" T-Doll handed over to the Commander by the black marketeer Saga.[84] Armed with a Vepr-12.

Supporting characters

Cosplay of Lenna as she appears in the previous game (as UMP9), at Tokyo Game Show 2018
Mayling (美玲; Měilíng; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Liu Wen (Chinese); Madoka Asahina (Japanese); Kim Ha-ru (Korean)
The mechanic of the Elmo Mobile Base Vehicle, used by the Commander as long-distance transport and a base of operations.
Kalina (格琳娜; Gélínnà; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Tsumao (Chinese); Nao Tōyama (Japanese); Lee Ji-hyun (Korean)
The Commander's former colleague from Griffin & Kryuger PMC, who has since become a bureaucrat at the Non-Military Forces Administration.
Lenna (莱娜; Láinà; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Hou Xiaofei (Chinese); Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Lee Sae-ah (Korean)
Formerly known as UMP9 in Girls' Frontline and prior to changing her name,[30] Lenna is a T-Doll formerly subordinate to the Commander at Griffin & Kryuger, and now reports to Kalina.
Leva (莱娅; Láiyà; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Wang Yaxin (Chinese); Yū Sasahara (Japanese); Kim Ha-young (Korean)
Formerly known as UMP45 in Girls' Frontline, Leva is Lenna's sister, an is also an ex-Griffin T-Doll working for the Non-Military Forces Administration under Kalina.
Dandelion (丹德莱; Dāndélái; pronunciationⓘ)
An artificial OGAS consciousness born from the neural cloud of M4A1 and develops her own independent free will during the previous game, who infiltrates the Elmo MBV's systems and provides assistance to the Commander, specialising in electronic warfare and data processing.
Poludnitsa (佩妮泽; Pèinīzé; pronunciationⓘ)
A famed underground broker in Eastern Europe.
Saga (萨珈; Sàjiā; pronunciationⓘ)
An underground broker based near the Black Sea.

Seasonal event T-Dolls

Cosplay of Klukai as she appears in the previous game (as HK416), at Tokyo Game Show 2018
Cosplay of Mechty as she appears in the previous game (as G11), at CooMIC 2024 in Taiwan
Ullrid (乌尔丽德; Wūěrlìdé; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Ju Huahua (Chinese); Yuka Saitō (Japanese); Moon Yoo-jeong (Korean)
A melee T-Doll armed with a langes Messer (5a), and the protagonist of the Sojourners of the Glass Island time-limited event.[85] As the leader of a wandering commune of destitute Dolls somewhere between Otrokovice and Zlín in the contaminated zone,[86] Ullrid was faced with the threat of her commune slowly running out of supplies,[87] until they discover an abandoned thermoelectric power plant infested by ELIDs and containing all the necessities required for their survival.[88] To the insistence of Ullrid, all decisions made by the commune are held to a democratic vote, however the abstention of many Dolls and their unwillingness to embark on a risky expedition to obtain supplies from the power plant creates constant conflict between Ullrid and the other commune members.[89][90] After a narrow vote, the commune explores the power plant, discovering a large quantity of agricultural supplies and equipment,[91] eventually concluding that the plant was originally intended as an experimental facility for growing plants within the contaminated zone, and that the ELIDs were being attracted to the plant by the cooling towers emitting Collapse radiation.[92][93][94] They are attacked by defence automatons and a mysterious Doll guarding the experimental facility, causing significant casualties to the commune. After disabling the cooling towers and dispatching the hostile Doll, the commune decides to settle at the power plant.[95]
Suomi (索米; Suǒmǐ; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Tao Dian (Chinese); Aki Toyosaki (Japanese); Lee Bo-hee (Korean)
A T-Doll armed with a Suomi KP/-31 originally part of Ullrid's T-Doll commune, who is found by the Commander while she was on an ill-fated expedition for supplies.[96] Suomi is inherently Russophobic,[97][98] due to the way her neural cloud was designed.[99]
Makiatto (玛绮朵; Mǎqǐduǒ; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Xie Ying (Chinese); Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese); Lee Myeong-ho (Korean)
A sniper T-Doll formerly known as WA2000 in Girls' Frontline,[26] and the protagonist of the Rhapsody Quartet time-limited event.[100] Following the events of the previous game, Makiatto sought refuge at Zucchero Café, a coffee shop located within the satellite city of CHE-02 in Cherkasy, which is operated by Springfield and staffed by T-Dolls, as she awaits the expiry of the Commander's contract.[38] One day whilst returning from a shopping trip, fellow Zucchero T-Dolls Sharkry and Centaureissi encounter an incident where security bots seemingly turn haywire and attack a car and its driver on the street. Amidst the confusion, the T-Dolls mistakenly confuse the driver's cargo for their own shopping boxes, and realise that the boxes they've carried back to the café contain military-spec weaponry. An emergency curfew is subsequently implemented across CHE-02,[101] and Leva contacts Springfield, requesting assistance in apprehending the criminals involved in smuggling the weapons.[102] With the aim of moving the illicit contraband out of the café to avoid trouble from the authorities and from criminal groups,[103][104] Makiatto cuts the link between the security cameras at the warehouse district in Port Vantiny from the Department of Public Security's servers while Centaureissi moves the boxes via garbage truck, however soon discover that the area is heavily patrolled by security robots belonging to the weapon smugglers.[105] Centaureissi is apprehended by one of the henchmen, however bluffs her way into convincing him that she was sent to deliver contraband. As she is taken to a cargo ship moored at the pier to meet the ringleader, Makiatto stealthily follows along,[106] and a firefight ensues once Centaureissi's cover is blown by the driver originally transporting the weapons, who recognises her face. Following a rendezvous with Springfield and Sharkry, the group splits up to pursue the ringleader and to draw the attention of the Department of Public Security. As the ringleader is apprehended, police drones approach the scene, and the T-Dolls escape via the water.
Daiyan (黛烟; Dàiyān; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Liu Zhixiao (Chinese); Masumi Tazawa (Japanese); Sa Moon-yeong (Korean)
A T-Doll and wandering guzheng musician formerly known as Type 95 in Girls' Frontline, and the protagonist of the Amidst Wings of Gray time-limited event.[22] While travelling alongside fellow T-Dolls Jiangyu and Zhaohui, Daiyan witnesses a series of explosions from an ELID incursion breaching the quarantine wall at an intercontinental railway station,[107] and discovers a damaged Doll lying unconscious on the ground.[108] Upon rebooting her frame, the Doll turns out to be Colphne, who explains that she was separated from the Commander and Helena after an ELID attack. Daiyan realises that Colphne's commander was the same commander who originally led her at Griffin & Kryuger PMC, and decides to assist Colphne in tracking them down.[42] As Helena has a tracker planted on her, Colphne is able to pinpoint her location to an underground facility nearby. After passing PMC troops patrolling the area and reaching the facility, the group discover a grotesque scene of vegetation made of meat throughout the hallways, and human experimentation glass tanks inscribed with Paradeus engravings.[109] As they reach a massive pit, the team encounters Paradeus cultists committing mass suicide and feeding their bodies to a massive ELID below.[110] Upon destroying the ELID and pulling Helena from its body, another Helena clone steps forth and reveals that the numerous clones were originally Paradeus ritual subjects.[111] As one Helena is about to kill the other, the Commander rushes in and grabs Helena, while Dandelion disables the other Helena's defence system.[112] Following the brief reunion between the Commander and the ex-Griffin Dolls from Daiyan's party, as a hostile PMC storms the facility, the Commander receives communication from Makiatto and Centaureissi, who responded to the distress signal sent out by Dandelion following the drone crash, and are also making their way towards the facility.[113]
Dushevnaya (杜莎妮; Dùshānī; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Wu Zheru (Chinese); Eri Ōzeki (Japanese); Oh Ro-ah (Korean)
A sniper T-Doll with exposed mechanical joints who speaks with chūnibyō mannerisms, is formerly known as KSVK in Girls' Frontline,[114] and is the protagonist of the Halting Station time-limited event.[115] Immediately after the conclusion of Sojourners of the Glass Island, the Doll commune led by Ullrid begins to clear the power plant of hostiles with the intention of seeking refuge at the plant. Dushevnaya agonises over the decision of whether or not she should remain with the commune,[116] and upon asking Ullrid whether there was anything she could do to repay the commune's hospitality, Ullrid suggests that she ask around to see if there are any Dolls that require her assistance.[117] While together on a supplies run, Lotta expresses to Dushevnaya her desire to restart the experimental farm beneath the power plant,[118] and later while assisting Balthilde in securing a forklift from the underground facility,[119] Dushevnaya reveals Lotta's wish to Balthilde.[120] While initially doubtful that such a plan could ever come to fruition,[121] Balthilde devises a plan to reactivate the facility's mechanism for lowering Collapse radiation after Dushevnaya shares experiment records she incidentally obtained from the power plant's servers.[122][123] As the pair attempt to reactivate the device, a defence automaton is activated and identifies the Dolls as intruders,[124] however the automaton is promptly destroyed as Ullrid arrives at the scene.[125] With the device now able to be reactivated,[126] Ullrid expresses her wish for Dushevnaya to remain with the commune, to which she subsequently assents.[127]
Centaureissi (桑朵莱希; Sāngduǒláixī; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: He Wenxiao (Chinese); Ami Koshimizu (Japanese); Kim Ga-ryeong (Korean)
A T-Doll dressed in a French maid outfit and formerly known as G36 in Girls' Frontline, who is the protagonist of the Bitter Thorns and Daisies story mini-campaign[128] within the Zucchero Café time-limited event.[24] Towards the latter portion of Amidst Wings of Gray, Springfield receives word of the Commander's dire situation from Dandelion after closing hours at Zucchero Café,[129] and dispatches Centaureissi and Makiatto to provide assistance, who are transported to the Commander's location via attack helicopter, with Sharkry as its pilot. Surrounding the Paradeus underground research facility, six combat teams from the Mangi Security PMC disembark their IFVs and storm the site,[130] making hostile contact with the Commander and Daiyan's party, along with the two Helena clones.[131][132] Centaureissi and Makiatto engage teams of PMC troopers and break into the facility,[133] where they meet with the Commander, and lead them towards the surface in preparation for helicopter extraction.[134] Whilst the helicopter is on standby, Sharkry notices multiple IFVs headed towards the facility,[135] and the PMC troops attempt to block the Commander's escape, only to be ambushed by the T-Dolls as they make their entry.[136] Sharkry opens fire on the IFVs from the helicopter with a rocket barrage, inflicting large casualties,[137] allowing the team to safely extract to the helicopter, and promptly head for Cherkasy.[138] As everyone is taken to a safehouse, the Commander interrogates Helena D-68 for information on her origins, while Helena O-43 develops organ failure, necessitating the team to reach Lviv for her to receive urgent medical attention.[139] In an effort to minimise confusion, the Commander suggests that Helena D-68 adopt the name Melanie, to which she agrees.[140]

During a celebratory reunion at the Café,[141] Springfield receives a call from an informant from her intel network, warning them of impending danger,[142] prompting Springfield to suggest everyone's immediate relocation to the safehouse.[143] Groza makes an urgent call to the Commander, reporting the Elmo MBV as under attack by Mangi Security PMC,[144] prompting the team to split in two, with Springfield and Makiatto escorting Helena to Lviv, and the rest of the team returning to the Elmo to provide combat support.[145] As the Elmo heads towards an abandoned town in an attempt to break encirclement,[146] they are ambushed by Mangi troopers,[147] and Centaureissi and Daiyan's troupe airdrop from the helicopter to assist Krolik, Nemesis, and Vepley who are already mid-firefight.[148] Sharkry performs a strafing run on a line of IFVs with the helicopter's armaments, causing the PMC to withdraw,[149] allowing the T-Dolls to take the helicopter to the Elmo and recuperate.[150] A distress signal is sent from Dier, the technician for Squad 404, who is quickly located, extracted, and brought aboard the Elmo.[151] As Groza explains that the contents of Sextans' neural cloud were deliberately damaged when she connected to it to gather information from her,[152] Dier notices that Sextans' unusual Doll frame has an epidermal layer made up of living cells.[153] Melanie inspects Sextans, recognising her body as made from ELID cell structures, and they observe her beginning to rapidly self-repair.[154] Sextans reactivates, however the affiliation data in her neural cloud is missing, allowing Dier to configure Sextans so that the Commander gains full ownership and control over her.[155] Because Sextans' IFF system marks Mangi Security PMC units as friendlies, they decide to use Sextans to locate Mangi PMC troops in attempt to find Squad 404.[156] Centaureissi discovers gravely injured Survey Corps troopers ambushed by Mangi PMC as they were setting up a signal base station,[157] and upon securing the station, they intercept comms from Squad 404, obtaining their coordinates.[158]

Klukai (可露凯; Kělùkǎi; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Zhong Ke (Chinese); Ai Nonaka (Japanese); Jang Chae-yeon (Korean)
A T-Doll serving as the leader of Squad 404 and formerly known as HK416 in Girls' Frontline,[74] who is the primary protagonist of the Aphelion time-limited event.[159] While out investigating the Yellow Zone in northeastern Slovakia[160] for signs of Paradeus activity at the behest of Leva,[161] Klukai and Mechty are repeatedly attacked by groups of unidentified mechs.[162][163] Following a chance encounter and tense standoff with a platoon belonging to the Environmental Survey Corps of the URNC,[164] the pair agree to provide the URNC troops with military assistance against ELIDs as they make their journey towards the nearest human settlement,[165] so that they can re-establish communications with the rest of Squad 404.[166] Reaching the settlement, Klukai learns that the civilian cellular signals in the region are out of service,[167] and exchanges a bribe with the URNC platoon leader to use their communications channels to contact Andoris and Belka,[168] the two other Squad 404 members, whom they rendezvous with. Under attack by a large-size ELID, the Survey Corps platoon sends out a request for assistance,[169] and Squad 404 manages to severely injure the creature, which then promptly makes an escape.[170]
Mechty (米什缇; Mǐshítí; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Zhang Jen (Chinese); Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese); Kim Ah-rong (Korean)
A lethargic T-Doll belonging to Squad 404 and formerly known as G11 in Girls' Frontline, who is the secondary protagonist of the Aphelion time-limited event.[171]
Vector (维克托; Wéikètuō; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Chen Yanyi (Chinese); Saori Hayami (Japanese)
A T-Doll armed with a KRISS Vector, and the protagonist of the Escape From Cyborg time-limited event.[172]
Zhaohui (朝晖; Zhāohuī; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Mu Fei (Chinese); Rina Satō (Japanese)
A T-Doll armed with a CS/LS6 who is part of Daiyan's performing troupe, and is the protagonist of the Echo of Dawn time-limited event.[173]
Yoohee (幼熙; Yòuxī; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Ge Lin (Chinese); Yukiyo Fujii (Japanese)
A K-pop performer T-Doll who is formerly known as K2 in Girls' Frontline, and is the protagonist of the Mental Migration: Concealed Letter in Pure Silver time-limited event.[174]
Springfield (春田; Chūntián; pronunciationⓘ)
Voiced by: Liang Shuang (Chinese); Yui Horie (Japanese)
The T-Doll manager of Zucchero Café in Cherkasy, armed with a M1903 Springfield, who is the protagonist of the first chapter of the Mimisbrunnr's Loop time-limited event.[175]

Development

During a livestream in May 2020 celebrating the fourth anniversary of Girls' Frontline, game producer Yuzhong announced four new games set within the Girls' Frontline universe. Girls' Frontline 2 was described as a tactical game with exploration and character progression mechanics.[176] The development team initially explored a variety of potential genre options, including life simulation and real-time strategy games, however eventually opted for a turn-based tactical game as the developers had prior experience with the genre, considered it an ideal genre for storytelling, and because control schemes for the genre are intuitive on both mobile and PC platforms.[177]

Yuzhong states in a 2021 interview that Girls' Frontline 2 is the studio's first attempt at creating a 3D game.[178] As a departure from the previous game's simpler design, Girls' Frontline 2 utilises a freely adjustable third-person top-down perspective. The production team also combined the usage of more realistic-looking physically based rendering for objects and environments alongside the non-photorealistic rendering of animesque characters as part of their design of the game's aesthetic, seamlessly combining the characteristics of moe and realism together without breaking immersion.[2][179][1] Battle maps with a variety of indoor and outdoor settings were created, along with variations in time-of-day and season, to create an atmosphere of realism for the game's post-apocalyptic wasteland setting.[180] In 2023, Sunborn Network Technology (the parent company of MICA Team) filed patents for various rendering components of the game, including "silk stocking object rendering method and device"[e] and "clothing fluff rendering method and device"[f], with the China Patent Office.[181]

Based on player feedback following the game's initial release in China, the difficulty of campaign levels was lowered, and various optimisations and quality-of-life adjustments were implemented. During the one-year anniversary of the game's launch in China, new features such as a fully explorable, interactable base of operations were announced for a future update.[21][182]

MICA Team states in an interview that the development cost for the game exceeds 100 million renminbi (US$13.7 million).[2] The development turnaround time for each individual playable character is approximately 6 months.[183]

Release

Development of Girls' Frontline 2 was first announced in May 2020, and the game received content review approval from the General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China in March 2023.[184] The game underwent numerous successive stages of closed beta testing on 29 June 2021,[185] 18 October 2021,[186] 20 July 2023,[187] and 28 September 2023,[188] and was released in China on 21 December 2023.[1]

An English localisation for the game was announced on 20 July 2024,[189] with pre-registrations commencing on 24 September 2024.[190][191] The game was released in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and various other countries on 3 December 2024 (under the publisher Sunborn Network Technology, d/b/a Darkwinter Software),[192][2] and in most European countries, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and various other countries on 5 December 2024 (under the publisher Peiyu Digital Entertainment, d/b/a HaoPlay).[3][193][194]

Reception

Chinese release

Pre-registrations for the Chinese version exceeded 4.74 million players prior to the game's release.[180] On the game's day of launch in China, Girls' Frontline 2 reached the top 2 rank among all charting free-to-play games domestically.[178]

A review for the Chinese version of the game by Gcores praises the game's aesthetics and animation quality.[195] Similarly, Youxi Putao makes a positive note on the animation and use of camera perspective for the game's exposition sequences, and that the game differentiates itself well from other animesque tactical games on the market.[196] However, Gcores also reports that players in China have been critical of early versions of the game, specifically in regard to the difficulty in learning the game's mechanics and the low strategic depth of its tactical combat system from the perspective of new players, and the unsatisfying plot exposition to some veteran players of the previous game.[197] Through the use of player questionnaires and developer livestreams, gradual attempts were made by the developers to address the game's common faults prior to its global release.[197]

Global release

On 6 December 2024, game producer Yuzhong announced that two million players joined the global release of the game on its first day.[198] The game charted at 3rd place on the Google Play Store and 5th place on the Apple App Store in South Korea immediately after release.[199][200] According to the "2025 China videogame industry trends and future potential analysis report" released by Chinese analytics firm CNG, the global version of the game had a turnover of over 100 million renminbi (US$13.7 million) within the first 3 days of release.[201] By the end of the year, the global version had an estimated total revenue of 400 million renminbi (US$54.8 million) across all platforms.[202] South Korean games media ThisIsGame reported that the game reached 590,000 monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea during December 2024, making it the most active anime-style game in the country for that month, based on market data provided by Korean data analytics platform Mobile Index.[203] 60% of the game's downloads occurred though natural inflow from organic growth, such as from fans of the predecessor game, while 30% of downloads came via advertising channels; active marketing was employed by the game's publishers, and in South Korea, the game had the second highest advertising share among mobile games on Korean-language YouTube channels.[204]

Writing for ThisIsGame, Kim Seung-joo attributes a variety of factors behind the game's success in South Korea, including the existing popularity of the previous game along with its well-developed fandom subculture spanning secondary works and internet memes,[205] the pricing of various in-game microtransactions between the 20,000 won to 60,000 won price point,[206] the perception that the developers are sincere in their work as a passion project (with an example provided being the game's attention to detail to behaviours such as trigger discipline which would generally only be noticed by firearms enthusiasts),[207] and the lowered difficulty hurdle to a game genre which otherwise is perceived as high-difficulty (citing the "hit rate" system of the XCOM series as a common frustration point of the genre, a mechanic noticeably absent from Girls' Frontline 2).[208] He also remarks that many of the early fans of Girls' Frontline were students at the time, and in 2024 are now aged in their mid-to-late 20s with more disposable income, and thus naturally became more capable of making purchases in-game.[209] According to audience insights from Sensor Tower, 45% of the game's playerbase are aged between 25 and 34, which is notably higher than the average figure of 37% for the same age bracket among other turn-based role-playing games, and this demographic is more likely to make in-game purchases.[210]

Jang Min-young, writing for Sisa Journal, states that the turn-based tactical game genre is not a popular genre in the mobile gaming market, and that Girls' Frontline 2 is successful in easing the genre's usual barriers to entry.[211] Des Miller of RPGFan names the game as the "Best Surprise of the Year" for 2024, noting that the game offers a satisfying variety in character builds and that the enjoyment of higher difficulty late-game maps revolves around finding optimum team compositions, while also praising the characters and narrative writing.[212] Max Gallant of GameRant writes that the game's style won't appeal to many players, however is still an enjoyable free-to-play title with deep worldbuilding.[213]

Immediately following the game's release on Steam on 11 February 2025, the version of the game published by Darkwinter[g] received "very positive" Steam user reviews;[4] meanwhile, the version from publisher HaoPlay[g] received much more lukewarm reviews, having only 67% of Steam reviews being positive, with common user complaints involving the price of microtransactions for the game being higher on Steam compared to other platforms and the standalone PC client, technical issues with the Steam launch, and insufficient communication and preparation by the publisher prior to the release.[214]

In March 2025, following the release of the Aphelion major update, Girls' Frontline 2 topped the Apple App Store game ranking in South Korea, with other Asian regions closely following suit with the game ranking among the top 10 titles on iOS charts. The Aphelion update in particular is noted as a well-received turning point in the game's storytelling, reminiscent of the original writing style of Girls' Frontline.[215] Between December 2024 and March 2025, the global iOS and Android revenue for Girls' Frontline 2 reached US$60 million based on estimates from Sensor Tower, and within this figure, the iOS and Android revenue for the South Korean market alone reached US$15 million, recording the highest sales among turn-based RPGs in South Korea during that time period, placing ahead of Honkai: Star Rail, Fate/Grand Order, Limbus Company and Brown Dust 2.[216] The revenue per download (RPD) for the game in South Korea was US$46, representing the highest RPD across all regions, and ahead of Japan which had an RPD value of US$43.[216] Girls' Frontline 2 also had the highest 30-day and 60-day retention rates among turn-based RPGs.[216]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Within the Chinese title, "追放" (zhuīfàng) is a double entendre. In Japanese, 追放 (tsuihō) means "exile", and refers to the Commander's exile to the contaminated zone following their departure from Griffin & Kryuger. In Chinese, 追放 means "chasing after what was released", and refers to the Commander's eventual reuniting with their former subordinate T-dolls following each individual encounter with them.[6]
  2. ^ "Union of Rossartrist Nations Coalition" (Chinese: 联合政府罗克萨特主义合众国联盟), a supranational union which prior to 2063 controlled the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel, France, Australia, and the Neo-Soviet Union, and by the time of the events of Girls' Frontline 2 in 2074, later expanded into South America and northern Asia
  3. ^ "Bounty Hunter Rights Expansion Federation" (Chinese: 赏金猎人权益拓展及推进协会), a governing body for bounty hunters
  4. ^ "Eurosky Low-Emission Infectious Disease" (Chinese: 广域性低辐射感染症), hostile creatures infected by Collapse radiation exposure
  5. ^ See Google Patents CN116883580A, WIPO CN116883580.
  6. ^ See Google Patents CN116883567A, WIPO CN116883567.
  7. ^ a b The Darkwinter and HaoPlay versions of the game have separate storefront entries on Steam, and are region-locked based on the player's geolocation. Players located in countries where HaoPlay publishes the game cannot access the Steam page for the Darkwinter version, and vice versa; in addition, in-game player progression is not shared between the two versions of the game.

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  17. ^ "「ドールズフロントライン2：エクシリウム」に待望のHK416こと"クルカイ"実装！ 最強アタッカーと噂されるその実力をレポートしよう". 4gamer (in Japanese). 20 March 2025. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. 素体のままでもクルカイは強力な存在だが，ボス敵に対し強力な火力を発揮できない問題を抱えている…そこを補うのがフレーム解放となる。フレームIIIに到達すれば，ヘビードリフトがLV2に強化され，攻撃前にターゲットへ防御低下IIと毒性侵入のデバフを付与する…ノードの強化によってHPや攻撃力のアップ，必殺技「ヘビードリフト」のダメージ上昇などさまざまな効果が得られる。特殊ノードを解放した際に発生するノードコンボボーナスもクルカイの性能を底上げしてくれるので，接続媒体を積極的に投入したほうが良いだろう。 [Klukai has a powerful presence even in her base loadout, but she has a weakness of not being able to provide strong enough firepower against boss enemies... Duplicate segment fortification makes up for that shortcoming. When she reaches Segment 03, Devastating Drift is strengthened to level 2, allowing her to apply the Defense Down II and Toxic Infiltration debuffs to the target before attacking... Strengthening neural helix nodes can have various effects, such as increasing HP and attack power, along with increasing the damage of her ultimate move "Devastating Drift". The extra advancement bonus that occurs when you unlock an evolved node also improves the performance of Klukai, so it is a good idea to use transcription conductors on her.]
  18. ^ "『ドルフロ2』新SSR人形・クルカイが登場、マキアートが再ピックアップ。"H.I.D.E.404"メンバーたちが、秘密組織"パラデウス"の陰謀に立ち向かうイベント"遠日点"がスタート". Famitsu (in Japanese). 20 March 2025. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. さらに、2025年3月24日からは新たなゲームモード"ダークゾーン"も登場する。こちらは、敵ユニットが巡回する各エリア内の補給箱を集めていくモードだ。敵ユニットの索敵範囲外で攻撃すると一撃で倒すことができ、火薬箱を爆発させれば広範囲の敵ユニットを一層させられる。エリア内には敵ユニットに察知されない草むらがあり、うまく活用することで、敵を倒さずに無視して突破することも可能。 [Furthermore, a new game mode, "Boundary Push", will be introduced on 24 March 2025. In this mode, you collect supply boxes in each area while avoiding enemy patrol units. If you attack an enemy unit outside of its visibility range, you can destroy it in one shot, and if you detonate an explosive barrel, you can destroy enemy units over a wider area. There are grass patches throughout the stage that prevent detection by enemy units, and by using them well, you can ignore the enemies and infiltrate through without fighting them.]
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  25. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Transformation Point - Journal Entry 5. QBZ-191: "Oh, one more thing... You need to come up with a name for your squad. It would be best if you and your team members could get new names too, I mean—something more memorable." "To make it easier for the public to remember?" "Yes... This is part of the branding." "...Just call me Qiongjiu. AA-12, come up with a name for yourself and report it to me and Helian when you're ready."
  26. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Bullet Echo - Journal Entry 5. WA2000: "...What about you, WA2000? Do you want a new name too?" "Is that really necessary?" "Maybe it will invoke a different reaction from the Commander?" ...I looked around anxiously until finally, my gaze settled on the coffee in front of me. "...J-Just call me Makiatto!" "Macchiato? Like the name of this coffee? Isn't choosing a name like that far too frivolous?"
  27. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Growing-Up Emergency Manual - Journal Entry 4. Type 97: QBZ... No, she changed her name and is called Qiongjiu now. Her whole demeanor changed noticeably since the name change, and I wasn't brave enough to brush her off like I used to.
  28. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Elden Succor - Journal Entry 2. Stechkin: At the time, tactical Doll's names in Griffin were merely designations representing their imprinted firearm types. So I gave up the name "Ksenia", which I had used while working in a restaurant, and wrote "Stechkin" on the form instead. As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do...
  29. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Memories - Novel Orbit - Section 2. Qiongjiu: Hmm. Before that, let's make a new name for you for this mission, Alfa. // AK-Alfa: Change my name? Why? // Qiongjiu: The grand PMC of Griffin is no more. Due to various sensitivities, it's best for us to change our callsigns. You can take it as a callsign on a mission, but you can also use it as your real name.
  30. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Memories - Tales of the Seaside - Section 1. Kalina: I was thinking that maybe you and 45 could utilize this New Year as an opportunity to adopt a new name. // UMP9: N-new name? You mean new code names right? // Kalina: No, an everyday name. Even though you and 45 remain members of the "those who don't exist" squad, there are tasks now that necessitate you to make an appearance. New missions, new names. It'll also help you get used to your current lives sooner.
  31. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Burial Grounds - Journal Entry 1. OTs-14: Shortly thereafter, everything changed all of a sudden. Quickly, Dolls like me who were employed by Griffin were taken over by Statesec and assigned to tasks such as crimefighting and other miscellaneous duties.
  32. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Elden Succor - Journal Entry 1. Stechkin: Griffin had been unstable lately. The Commander's departure was like the first domino falling. Whether it's logistical oversights or personnel changes, everything was different from before. All the signs were pointing to something significant happening. // Stechkin: "It's nothing much, really. Headquarters said that Griffin is officially dissolving and restructuring."
  33. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 04: Reverse Matrix - SL-4-1 Backtracing. Kalina: Griffin is not what it used to be. When I left, Griffin had already fractured into multiple companies. Their strength has greatly diminished, so it's not unusual that they'd buy these types of automated mechs. As a run-of-the-mill PMC, they could appear anywhere.
  34. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 02: Second Signal - 2-1 Guess. Commander: Krolik, that's the mobile facility for isolating the spread of Collapse contamination and implementing the Purification Project, which is the single most important policy the URNC has undertaken since its establishment. The URNC's endeavors to purify contamination zones may be threatening to our livelihood as bounty hunters, but if it means more civilians can live under better conditions, it's not a bad thing at all...
  35. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Transformation Point - Journal Entry 2. QBZ-191: More and more places are being incorporated into the URNC. Under URNC control, the various urban clusters that humans rely on for survival have started to develop... Then, the scale of PMC got limited, the industry kept shrinking, and the remaining ones were all placed under the newly established Non-Military Forces Administration.
  36. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Sojourners of the Glass Island, SS-1-1 "Unexpected Signal". Commander: Two months have passed since Suomi was registered to the Elmo... Taking Suomi with us is indeed dangerous on a contractual level, but with the example of Groza, can our encounter with Suomi break that rule as well? I'm not sure, nor am I so naïve, but I can't simply leave Suomi. // Suomi: But expecting to become an exception like Miss Groza was never realistic... and... ah... I don't know what to say... What to do? Maybe I... but if I stay with the Commander and the breach of contract gets found out, the Commander will be in danger...
  37. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, SA-1-9 "Chasing the Sunset". Commander: Hmm, it's just an email for now, more like a warning. I've received plenty of warnings in the contaminated zone. // Suomi: S-sorry for being so selfish. The Commander is risking contractual breach by taking me along as well... I... Miss Littara and I have always been waiting for the contract's cancellation... I never imagined that I would be so lucky... even if I knew that the contract posed such danger to the Commander, I delayed day by day...
  38. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Bullet Echo - Journal Entry 2. WA2000: Even if the agreement's in effect, they can't just go hide in the contamination zone without leaving a single word behind! At least... at least they could've contacted me. Do they even know how worried I am!? I don't give a damn about the agreement; when I find you, you're going to pay!
  39. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Growing-Up Emergency Manual - Journal Entry 1. Type 97: Helian mentioned something about an agreement before... We're not allowed to actively seek out the Commander... So what should I do?
  40. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Memories - Home Is in the Heart - Section 1. Springfield: A very trustworthy intel broker managed to get us the latest commission issued by the Elmo through the underground network. That means we can establish contact with the Commander, you know? ...However, due to the restrictions of the agreement, we cannot communicate with the Elmo directly. Fortunately, the broker who got us the job agreed to act as an intermediary and help pass messages between us.
  41. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 01: Double Pendulum Simulation - 1-1 Formulate. Commander: But we're bounty hunters now. We take money and render a service. We deliver our cargo to its destination without any hiccups and earn an honest living.
  42. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-3 "Heavy Bass". Daiyan: You're just outside an intercontinental railway station. What's your name? // Doll: My... My name is Colphne... (...) Colphne: ...the Commander is a bounty hunter who drives a mobile base vehicle around and takes assignments from all over the place, although they hardly make any money— // Daiyan: The MBV! Is this MBV called the Elmo? // Colphne: Huh? How did you know that? // Jiangyu: Could it be... // Daiyan: It seems like it. Colphne, we were once Tactical Dolls who served under the Commander of Griffin and Kryuger PMC.
  43. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 01: Double Pendulum Simulation - 1-2 Arc of Light. Groza: When the assignment was handed down, the client was listed as anonymous. It was transacted through B.R.I.E.F. HQ, who only provided basic information on the client and their parent organization. The payout for this mission was very high. Many bounty hunter teams fought over it, but it ended up falling into our hands in the end.
  44. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 01: Double Pendulum Simulation - SL-1-1 Euler-Lotka Equation. Commander: We've had a string of strange coincidences, but the cargo is still with me. Once I hand it over and get paid, I'll be looking for you to refurbish the Elmo. // Poludnitsa: Refurbish the Elmo... Hang on a minute. Don't tell me you're the one who got that high-paying job...?
  45. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 01: Double Pendulum Simulation - SL-1-2 Semantic Satiation. Poludnitsa: Apparently, you weren't meant to be the original contractor for this job. ...Orders made through B.R.I.E.F., or the Bounty Hunter Rights Expansion Federation, aren't supposed to have specified assignees. However, the client seems to have requested several bounty hunter teams specifically when placing this particular order. ...The bounty hunter teams that have been specifically named have many things in common. But within a month of that order coming in, the teams started losing one certain common characteristic, and your team becomes "the last one standing". (...) All the named teams have either disbanded, restructured, or changed their registered location—they have all left their original area of operation within a short period of time. Since they no longer meet this "condition", they have been eliminated from the list.
  46. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 02: Second Signal - SL-2-2 Convergence. Commander: You're a medical support Doll at the Central Army Sixth General Hospital? ...The identification number on your left pupil is compiled by the Central Army Emergency First Response unit. The 736th Anti-Contamination Regiment of the Railway Force...? No, the 11th Medical and Chemical Regiment? ...I remember the 11th Regiment got wiped out while helping the main force with an ELID extermination. Are you a surviving Doll? // Colphne: ...I do not belong to a team anymore. (...) Commander: Mayling, get some rest once you're done with the turret. You can install the fire-control core on Colphne after you wake up. Thank you.
  47. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 01: Double Pendulum Simulation - 1-7 Transfer I. Krolik: There's a person inside the box?! // Commander: ...We can't be sure if they're human. But if they are... Given the strength of that Collapse storm back then, even if it was just for a few seconds, a girl like that...
  48. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 02: Second Signal - 2-1 Guess. Commander: A girl who survived being exposed to a Collapse storm for over two minutes. ...Or it could be a new T-Doll model. After all, none of us could get a proper look back then.
  49. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 03: Lacuna Rectification - SL-3-2 First Enounter. Groza: A fully-immune individual? // Commander: ...That's the strongest possibility by the looks of it. // Krolik: What's a fully-immune individual? // Commander: A human who's completely immune to Collapse radiation. Research in this field began some 20 years ago, but have they already succeeded in creating a fully-immune specimen?
  50. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 04: Reverse Matrix - SL-4-1 Backtracing. Lenna: Well, this is no ordinary satellite city. ODE-01—the very first satellite city in Odesa built out of a former mine. ...After the satellite city was built, in order to increase the available land, they dug even deeper and lowered the bottom of the mining pit. Since we're so far down from the surface, unless you crack the code and piggyback onto the metropolitan area network, it's only natural that you'll get bad signal reception connecting directly to the URNC comms.
  51. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 03: Lacuna Rectification - 3-10 Chaotic Field. (Sextans is still agile and nimble even though she is carrying a man. Groza and co. wave through the mechanical parts and rubble scattered all over, fending off Sextans' seemingly offhanded attacks while also struggling to find an opening. ...The Dolls regroup. They stop trying to fight Sextans and fall back towards the exit. Sextans ceases her attack and watches as Groza's team retreats. The client, draped over Sextans' shoulder, showly regains his consciousness.)
  52. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 04: Reverse Matrix - SL-4-1 Backtracing. Kalina: We are working at the Non-Military Forces Administration. Mr. Kryuger is also with us. These days, all organizations with a certain level of combat capability operating in URNC territory fall under our control. Of course, it's mostly PMCs that we deal with. ...I'm on a higher administrative level than the chief of the Odesa government, but only nominally.
  53. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Journal - Hero's Road - Journal Entry 4. Nagant M1895: A few days later, I got a message from Kalina. She said she's gradually settled down in the URNC.
  54. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 04: Reverse Matrix - SL-4-1 Backtracing. Commander: I have reason to suspect that this contract was given to me deliberately. Moreover, my handprint was somehow the key to open the cargo container... // Kalina: ...Oh, that. Ahem, well... It gave me some peace of mind knowing the cargo was in your hands. // Commander: ...? // Kalina: ... // Commander: —It was you? // Kalina: ...Yes. // Commander: So you're the one who gave me this assignment? It was also you who keyed in my handprint?
  55. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 04: Reverse Matrix - SL-4-6 Post-Truth. Kalina: Lenna is on her way with new IDs and tickets. Follow the plan and leave first. We'll meet up in Kyiv. You'll have to escort Helena too. I'll send you the codeword and more IDs and tickets that you'll need later on.
  56. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 05: Heterodyne Resonance - SL-5-2 Waveform Deviation. Commander: ...Are we still going to meet up in Kyiv? // Lenna: I think so. Miss Kalin will tell you if there are any changes.
  57. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 06: Harmonic Cycle - SL-6-1 Backscattering. Kalina: If my assumptions are correct, you've received a fabricated message sent in my name, including the codeword? // Commander: ...Yes. It's unknown what the source was, and included in the message was a set of coordinates. We are currently at those coordinates. // Kalina: Where exactly are you? // Commander: Send her our coordinates, Groza. // Kalina: Ah, I see—That far out? Isn't it in the complete opposite direction of Kyiv? In a Yellow Zone, too?
  58. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 07: Radiation Decay - SL-7-1 Metastable. (Colphne finds herself all alone in the central hub. She eyes the Elmo's operations interface, which has been left unlocked, and hesitates. (...) Her gaze shifts back to the operations interface. With a few taps, she brings up the index of Dolls serving on board the Elmo via the access history left from resolving Vepley's authorization issues. Her hand hovers over the screen. Her own name and photograph are displayed on the interface. Her fingers brush over her profile softly. Then she presses the delete button. A secondary interface pops up. (...) Her hand hesitates over the "Yes". After a long pause, she presses the button.)
  59. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 07: Radiation Decay - 7-3 Polarization. Groza: Colphne's authorizations have been deleted. She is no longer affiliated with the Elmo.
  60. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 07: Radiation Decay - 7-8 Stimulated State. Colphne: Where's Crifium? He's gone—I was—I was so close. Everything was going just fine—I was so close to avenging Anfiya!
  61. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - 8-1 Covert Surveillance. Groza: She and Nemesis located the black figure that appeared in previous footage by her lonesome, in a location estimated at 18m from the suspected hideout of Paradeus elements. (...) From her observation, she thinks that nearby groups are congregating around this shelter. This is the first time in a week of observation that they spotted the target leaving alone. She advises that we move immediately if we seek to capture the target.
  62. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - 8-2 Reverse Hacking. Commander: ...A Nyto? // Colphne: It's Niter.
  63. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-1 Handover Area. Groza: Compared to us Dolls, her body is still partially human with dysfunctional parts replaced with machinery. Nanomachines have been implanted in her body to supplant her thoughts and decision-making. She needs to receive regularly scheduled commands from a certain signal source to determine her next actions. (...) These people we have encountered, including "Niter" and the "Unitates", are followers of Paradeus. (...) Commander: ...Paradeus. Previously known as the "white faction", its leader, using humans as materials, created a great number of half-human, half-robotic "Nytos". About ten years ago, when the Neo-Soviets were in a pact with the URNC, Paradeus caused widespread unrest in various cities, and Griffin was caught in it too. I participated in the operation to exterminate Paradeus... The "Nytos" of Paradeus cannot think on their own and were comprised of primarily cloned female subjects. Their behavioral and operational modes are preprogrammed with the exception of a few special individuals.
  64. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - 8-2 Reverse Hacking. (The surrounded Niter is still smiling serenely. Her hooded eyes are fixed on Mayling at the main terminal, then on the main terminal itself. Noticing the shift in her gaze, I also look at the main terminal. ...She does not seem to have any intention to attack. I am still observing her when the ear-splitting alarm sounds on the Elmo.) // Mayling: Ah, uh—The MBV's control system is being hacked! Permissions changed, commands ineffective, vector engines halted, security system disabled, force reboot unresponsive—Access source identified—Local?!
  65. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-1 Handover Area. Commander: Mayling, the mission's changed. I haven't had the chance to notify you yet, but we don't need the signal jammer anymore. Instead, we need you to try and rig up some sort of tracker for Niter and process the information left in her virtual cognition image.
  66. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-4 Light. (Not far away, Niter and the Unitates she is leading also stop moving towards Groza and the others. They turn to face the sculpture and assume the same pose as the other Unitates. Crifium is at the rear of the line.)
  67. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-4 Light. Groza: ...He recovered? (...) Krolik: ...Can someone be cured of late-stage E.L.I.D.? // Colphne: Impossible! (...) Nemesis' prediction is incorrect. If the Collapse particles inside the patient are removed with an anti-E.L.I.D. vaccine and they receive additional medical care before the onset of mid-stage E.L.I.D, they can be cured—but not late-stage E.L.I.D. By then, all the patient's organs will have developed issues, and death is only a matter of time. There is no method to treat someone with late-stage E.L.I.D. using current medicine, much less in a matter of minutes. This isn't related in any way to their personal constitution, either.
  68. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-5 Coaxial. Groza: Before it started, Helena mentioned "ritual" and "experiment", and the moment she lost control lined up with the beginning of the purification ritual.
  69. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-4 Light. Colphne: Don't play dumb with me! You Varjagers weren't even active in that area—Why did you attack them—why did you kill them—Why did you kill Anfiya—Answer me! TELL ME!
  70. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - 8-8 Merge. Krolik: Leader, isn't that Sextans? Why is she here?
  71. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - 8-10 Fame Chaser. Sextans: You... kn... ow... who... I... am... pl... ease... tell... me... (...) (Sextans takes off her hood... Revealing her exposed circuitry, protruding eyeballs, and mangled metallic hardware.)
  72. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-2 "Ordered Sequence". (The Elmo shakes violently and the lights sway as well. The monitors on the command console begin to throw off sparks. Mayling nervously sucks a breath in, terrified that she's just made the wrong decision... Soon, the monitors and lights go back to normal. Dandelion must be back.) // Dandelion: Hmm... All the modules have been cared for very well. Looks like Miss Mayling's more capable than I expected~ // Mayling: You... are you in our systems already? // Dandelion: Oh yes, I booted up a data backup from 10 years ago, and thanks to the massive data center on the Elmo and the nearby signal beacon, I managed to update part of my virtual cognition image's data. Once it completely fuses with me, we'll all be happy campers here together~
  73. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-2 "Ordered Sequence". Lenna: Dandelion and Miss Kalin already contacted me. Seems like there's been a change in the situation, so Helena's destination will need to be altered a little. // Commander: So we're not going to Kyiv? // Lenna: Our prior decisions might have been leaked, and Miss Kalin's still looking for its source. Until then, we'll be transferring Helena to a reliable group. (...) ...like I said earlier, Helena needs to get to Lviv... The Non-Military Forces Administration has forces under its complete control there, including hospitals with comprehensive care units.
  74. ^ a b MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-2 "Ordered Sequence". Lenna: It's like this. Kalin had an idea and she wants you to meet up with 404 after this... Klukai's leading 404 now. Ah, Klukai's— // Commander: I know, she's 416. She finally became 404's leader like she always wanted. // Lenna: Haha, yes. Klukai and her team are on a mission and Kalin was hoping you could send a squad over to back them up, in case something dangerous happened. That way, you'll be making contact with them through a request posted by the NOMFA. Doing that shouldn't cause too many problems...
  75. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-2 "Ordered Sequence". Commander: My plan is that Colphne, Helena and I will travel along the route Lenna gave us while you stay behind and secure the Elmo. According to Lenna, 404's situation isn't too urgent, so we'll back them up once we finish escorting Helena. // Groza: So you won't need me to escort you, Commander? // Commander: No, there's no need for that. We still have Sextans on the Elmo, and we don't know what her deal is, so I can't be at ease if you're not on the Elmo.
  76. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GS-1-2 "Divergent Calling". (Dandelion's voice comes from a strange place. I look around, then find that there is a Dinergate floating in the air right on top of my head.) // Commander: Since when did you gain the fetish of sleeving into Dinergates? (...) Dandelion: And whose fault is that there aren't any usable frames on the Elmo~
  77. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GS-1-2 "Divergent Calling". (I reflexively look at Helena, but she has none of her excitement from before. In fact, she seems to be in a daze. Colphne also notices Helena's unusual behavior and speaks to her in a concerned tone... Just as I'm about to speak to her, the drone suddenly starts shaking violently and I immediately realize it is caused by the shaking of the box beside me.) // Commander: What's going on? // Dandelion: Commander, the defense system is changing form! (...) (...Helena flies free of the drone, ensconced within the embrace of her spheres, and swiftly disappears into the clouds.) // Mayling: Commander! What happened?! The drone suddenly lost flight stability!
  78. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-4 "Chaos Factor". (The troopers who saw the drone land begin to encircle us, and I am forced to draw my sidearm to engage them.)
  79. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-5 "Turbulent Flow". (However, the Boojum emits a blood-curdling scream and speeds up again as it charges right for us... As she sees that the Boojum is about to crash into the building, Colphne throws me out of the building with all her might.)
  80. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-7 "Reverberation of Terror". (...I don't know how long has passed until I finally regain some sensation in my body... Somebody is moving the stones on top of me away, one by one... The person before me is Helena.)
  81. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-8 "The Silent List". (Each tank is roughly a meter or so in height and covered in clumsy prayers. There is some kind of vegetation whose name I can't tell at the bottom of the tanks, while there are humans of different physiques, looks and ages on the upper portions. The humans and plants are suspended in differently-colored liquids. The top and bottom of each tank has four hoses of different colors leading into them, completing a biocirculatory cycle like blood vessels.)
  82. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 05: Heterodyne Resonance - SL-5-3 Anomalous Conductor. Groza: Commander... Do you remember what happened when we met again? // Commander: Yes. I saw you in a patch of ruins. (...) ...Perhaps it was because you were attacked, but your body was in poor shape... Still, the surrounding environment was pretty bad, and I simply concluded that you were attacked before that... // Groza: What kind of attack was it? // Commander: There was a Collapse storm nearby, and there were only some Doll frames and ammo left. Any signs of battle were gone, so I couldn't tell what kind of battle it was or who the combatants were. (...) Groza: ...Commander, there are almost no records of what happened in the past in my neural cloud.
  83. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 08: Aliasing Effect - SL-8-2 Darkest Moment. (I encountered Groza again in one of the ruins in the Yellow Zone about ten years ago. Since then, I've noticed some changes in her. It is quite natural for the wear and tear of a Doll's neural cloud to cause memory loss, which could lead to changes in personality as a result. Over the course of the last ten years, I have thought about helping Groza track down her neural backup stored in Griffin's database from her time in Griffin, but I never got the chance to do that.)
  84. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Campaign - Episode 06: Harmonic Cycle - SL-6-5 Rules of Bartering. Saga: According to what Poludnitsa said, the impression given was that you have a bunch of T-Dolls under your command, yet you let them do whatever they want for the most part. I feel that... Vepley might have a bit more freedom with you? (...) Commander: Groza, contact Mayling, prepare the ownership registration and the resource allocation for Vepley.
  85. ^ "【ドルフロ2】『ドールズフロントライン2』本日（12/5）正式リリース。前作の10年後を舞台に戦術人形たちの戦いを描く". Famitsu (in Japanese). 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. リリース後、初の大型イベント「ガラス島を行く者」も開催中です！...イベントに合わせて、メインキャラとなる戦術人形「スオミ」と「ウルリド」をゲットできるピックアップガチャが期間限定で登場中です。 [The first large-scale event since the game's release, "Sojourners of the Glass Island", is now underway! ...To coincide with the event, a rate-up gacha is available for a limited time, where you can obtain the main characters, the tactical Dolls Suomi and Ullrid.]
  86. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Dusty Memories - If I Still Had a Choice - Section 1. Wkp: We are currently situated in what was known as Otrokovice before WW3. According to the recent reports of our advance team, the resources near our current location have mostly been depleted. A change of location is necessary for the continued function of the community anyway. Judging by the advance team's returned messages, the most suitable direction to relocate in is the Zlín region. The closest town-size ruins to us are approximately 3 days away, up to a week if conditions are poor.
  87. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, UA-1-2 "Brilliant Disguise". Ullrid: How are things? // Rosalind: Not good. Many Dolls have entered hibernation mode because of the energy shortage. Those who are still hanging in there are in very bad shape and need urgent repairs. These supplies that you just found will ease things a little... (...) If we can't secure a large amount of supplies soon, we won't even be able to keep our vehicle running properly, let alone maintain the Dolls' operation. The hibernating Dolls will have to be... // Ullrid: No. Dumping them at a place like this is practically giving them a death sentence.
  88. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-1 "Old Friend". Ullrid: But as much as we'd like to keep up the collective self-determination, the truth is... since we are faced with severe shortages on supplies, many of our friends are forced into hibernation... (...) We've found the ruins of a thermal power plant nearby that contains a lot of usable supplies! (...) The problem is... the place is crawling with ELIDs...
  89. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-1 "Old Friend". Ullrid: 67% of the voters abstained from voting this time! How can I not freak out about this?! (...) I don't get it, Littara. The amount of information given beforehand increased by 73%. There was no problem with information transparency—we made sure that everyone read through the report before voting. We had a consensus that our priority would be to obtain more supplies, and we even have a new volunteer... So why did this happen? // Littara: Our report may have illustrated the cost-effectiveness of the plan, but we still lacked decisive proof that fighting would lead to success. (...) Ullrid: But if we succeed, we won't be limited to such a small amount of resources! There will be no competition! (...) Littara: I'm just thinking... both the current voting system and the way the Dolls make decisions seem a bit problematic. We seem to have overlooked some... issues...
  90. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-2 "The Two Ends of the Scale". Suomi: Afterward, Big Sis Ullrid gathered all the Dolls together in Level II to show them pictures and footage of what it looked like inside the Marley thermal power plant. She had made special notes to point out the most needed supplies and equipment. Big Sis wanted to begin another round of votes. But the result was... unsuccessful again. Perhaps this is simply the behavior of Dolls, especially the civilian Dolls that make up a large part of our collective. They would definitely lean towards the safer and more stable options when it came to decision-making.
  91. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, UA-1-3 "Mystical Adventure". Littara: Speaking of agriculture, all the supplies in this warehouse seem to have something to do with that. There are a variety of artificial fertilizers on this side, all sorted into categories, along with some equipment for illumination and temperature control. In that corner, there's a small planting automaton that I believe is used for sowing seeds and plowing soil, though it has definitely seen better days. // Ullrid: I also found some well-preserved seeds on the other side... Why are there so many agricultural supplies in a contamination zone?
  92. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, UA-1-4 "Unsolved Mystery". Littara: There are so many questions. We don't even know what a thermal power plant is doing so deep within a contamination zone. // Dushevnaya: ...Is it... to generate power for nearby settlements? The environmental conditions here are terrible though. The cables leading to the settlements would have rotten away like old bones. // Littara: But according to the geographical data that Suomi has collected, there are no reasonably sized settlements within the power plant's coverage area. The one we're in is already the largest set of ruins. Besides, considering the construction costs, even if settlements further away require power, they wouldn't have chosen to lay cables here of all places.
  93. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, UA-1-7 "Daring Decision". Littara: Ullrid, have you noticed what's beneath the floor? // Ullrid: Mm. Can't be sure because of all the vapor, but the yellow-green things... Are Collapse crystals, right? // Littara: Yes. Distributing Collapse crystals at the bottom of the cooling tower, then using the tower's stack effect to have the air currents carry Collapse particles out into the air, will allow one to increase the Collapse radiation levels in the surroundings. If we combine this context with what we have observed, there should be three abnormal cooling towers like these. They are located in a few places, enough to affect all the ruins in this region. // Ullrid: So, if we are able to stop these cooling towers from spewing green vapor, the Collapse radiation levels will lower, right? Once that goes down, the ELIDs will head elsewhere, making it easier for us to resume our search.
  94. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-2 "The Two Ends of the Scale". Ullrid: From the intel we have so far, it doesn't seem like any other thermal power plant. It seems to be a place for conducting agricultural research in the contamination zones. Perhaps... the thermal power facilities were created as a means to that end?
  95. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-3 "Prototype of a Dream". Littara: It means that this place is truly abandoned! According to the contextual analysis of the files, I reckon that the strange Doll is Lambertia, the last Doll left behind in this place! Just now, Lotta sent over a message stating that one we defeated Lambertia, all the defense bots on her end stopped moving. So, the bots' control hub was in Lambertia's body! If the humans still had hope for this place, they wouldn't have turned over all permissions to a Doll! (...) Littara: The agricultural data that Lambertia logged had no place to upload to, so she could only store it in this tiny chip here. Not only have we gained the thermal power plant, we might even be able to use the experimental field to cultivate some crops here.
  96. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, SS-1-1 "Unexpected Signal". (I think back to that stormy night and the ray of light that pierced the dense darkness. Despite uncertain circumstances, I still ordered the Elmo to approach that dwindling light. Suomi was there, hoisting her lamp high against the wind. After she was restarted, Suomi handed me a letter, detailing her experiences while drifting with a Doll commune, including temporarily settling in the ruins of a thermoelectric power plant. As she described, after settling in somewhat, her "Sister"—Ullrid, sent her out on expedition to acquire supplies, after which a series of twists and turns befell her...)
  97. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline. Sunborn Network Technology. Scene: Suomi Confidential File - MOD I. Suomi: If everyone in the world was as self-absorbed as you Soviet animals... Then maybe it'd be better to just let it all burn. (...) I hate you, and all you Soviet creatures. Get out of my sight! (...) What are you doing? Get away from me, disgusting bear.
  98. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Suomi - Memories - Following Trails 1. Papasha: I TOLD you, don't play your shitty death metal in public!!! // Suomi: What do you mean shitty death metal, you pikkuryssä?! You want to say that again, blyat?!
  99. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Suomi - Journals - Record 2. A sick joke by Suomi's designer led to her being rolled out with a sense of antipathy towards Dolls who were imprinted to old Soviet weapons and old Soviet culture in general. (...) What they all had in common was that they had to rely on each other to survive in the contaminated zones. In order to keep unity in the Doll community strong, Suomi fought against the impulses of the neural cloud to keep from showing any hostility.
  100. ^ "『ドルフロ2』新SSR人形・マキアート（声：戸松遥さん）が登場。カフェ・ズケッロの所属人形たちが活躍する大型イベントやメインストーリー第七章が実装". Famitsu (in Japanese). 26 December 2024. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. イベント"狂想四重奏"でも活躍するマキアート（声：戸松遥さん）が、新SSR人形として登場。 [Makiatto (VA: Haruka Tomatsu), who also plays an active role in the "Rhapsody Quartet" event, is now available as a new SSR Doll.]
  101. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-1 "Danger Wanted". Municipal Broadcast: Dear citizens, your attention please. We will be broadcasting an emergency notification: an emergency curfew will be enforced on CHE-02, effective immediately. All commercial establishments will be required to close for business within two hours. Citizens who wish to venture outdoors must supply an itinerary of their intended journey and cancel all non-essential outdoor activities.
  102. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-1 "Danger Wanted". Leva: Um... Actually, there's a wanted criminal who's been active around Kyiv. He might have gone to Cherkasy recently. His name is Peterke Farkas and he's primarily involved in the illegal acquisition of military weapons and then modifying and selling them, among other related criminal activities. (...) He uses the many times he's evaded pursuit to promote himself, and his reputation has spread from the Kyiv region to Cherkasy. We recently received a report stating that his most recent customer was in Cherkasy. He might well be heading over there with his merchandise.
  103. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-1 "Danger Wanted". Makiatto: You think they're like the customers who come in to try your blended coffee? Dealing in modified weapons is illegal, my dear, whether you're buying or selling. Once they know you and Centaureissi came into contact with their supply chain AND took their product, everyone in Zucchero—and the cafe—is going to disappear from the face of the earth!
  104. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-1 "Danger Wanted". Springfield: From the perspective of the fuzz, a clue that suddenly turns up is very suspicious. It might even be a trap. They'd have to investigate it. // Centaureissi: If they were dealing with a Doll, they would probably just read your neural cloud data directly. // Sharkry: ...They'd do that?! // Springfield: Mhm. And unfortunately, I'm in possession of a lot of information and resources from the gray zones, so I can't let anyone read my neural cloud data just like that.
  105. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-2 "Unexpected Encounter". Springfield: We triggered several patrol robots around the entrance to the warehouse district, but we've already destroyed them. Makiatto, they didn't have police insignia on them. // Makiatto: Yeah, I saw it too. And there are way too many patrol robots here for what should be an abandoned area. // Springfield: Looks like we're on the mark. // Sharkry: Hm, so you're saying that these patrol bots were all deployed by that Farkas criminal?
  106. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Rhapsody Quartet, MS-1-2 "Unexpected Encounter". Makiatto: Centaureissi's in the ship. I'm following her in to take a look around. I'll look for a chance to get her out of there.
  107. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-1 "Detuned". (Suddenly, there is a massive exploison from outside. A huge plume of black smoke rises from the quarantine wall in the distance.) (...) Security Guard: Chief! We've got an ELID incursion!
  108. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-1 "Detuned". Jiangyu: There's someone lying on the ground! // (Daiyan looks over and sees a girl with blue hair on the ground. Her hands are tightly clenched around her weapon and there are three strange spheres circling her...) // Daiyan: Is that... a Doll? (...) That Doll looks like she's crashed. Watch our surroundings, I'm going to try and reboot her. (...) Connecting to her was easy. The IFF handshake protocol she uses is the same as ours.
  109. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-7 "Reverberation of Terror". (As the elevator descends, a strange smell fills the air. Freakish-looking vegetation made of meat grows rampant on the corridors on either side of the lift... Countless square glass tanks that are half the height of a person are piled up messily against the walls of the room. The ones on the left contain some unidentifiable plant, while the ones on the right hold various twisted bodies. The tanks are engraved with what appear to be some kind of spell incantation on them and the walls are covered in indescribable designs, but the Dolls immediately recognize one of them.) // Daiyan: Paradeus...
  110. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-7 "Reverberation of Terror". (The Unitates pull out daggers in trembling hands and point them towards their own throats... The daggers plunge in forcefully, just as the Unitates fall into the pit along with their blood... The twisted monster writhes at the base of the pit... Upon touching the Boojum, the corpses meld into its bodies...) // Daiyan: So this Boojum... wasn't formed naturally? // Zhaohui: Paradeus is feeding their followers to Boojums?
  111. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-9 "Amidst Wings of Gray". (As I catch up, I come to a halt, staring in shock. I realize that Helena is holding my pistol. Although I can sense something strange happened with her, what I do not expect is that there are two Helenas standing in front of me. The Helena in front of me is raising her gun and pointing it at the Helena in the air...) // Helena: D-68, you were not chosen. What a shame. // Helena D-68: I never wanted to be chosen! Everything we believed in was a lie! // Helena: Is it? Was the resonance the only thing that came of the ritual?
  112. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-9 "Amidst Wings of Gray". Helena: Scum who abandoned their faith and their mission ought to disappear here. // (...An energy beam gathers between the orbs and it looks like it's about to fire... I rush out and grab Helena before jumping aside. Thanks to Dandelion's interference, the energy beam is thrown off target and it doesn't hit me.)
  113. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Amidst Wings of Gray, GW-1-9 "Amidst Wings of Gray". Daiyan: Enemy reinforcements? // Jiangyu: Didn't that PMC just now said there were reinforcements incoming? (...) (Just then, I hear a familiar, yet unfamiliar voice in my earpiece...) // Centaureissi: Commander, do you read me? ...We received Miss Dandelion's distress signal and are now approaching your location. Makiatto's come too.
  114. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Sojourners of the Glass Island, US-1-1 "Old Friend". Ullrid: You must be KSVK. Sorry about that. We're rather short on supplies, but we've patched you up the best we could. // KSVK: ...Just blowing away the smell of decay is enough to make me grateful. (...) Suomi: Oh! I think I've heard Miss DP-12 address you as "Dushevnaya"! // KSVK: DP-12...? Dushevnaya... (...) Can you call me Dushevnaya?
  115. ^ "《少女前線 2︰追放》主題活動「駐足之地」開放，精英人形「杜莎妮」同步登場". Gamebase (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 6 February 2025. Archived from the original on 6 February 2025. 「駐足之地」活動自2月6日更新後開啟，持續至2月26日18:59…在本次活動中，玩家將隨著故事探索杜莎妮的過往記憶，並見證她對未來的追尋。 [The "Halting Station" event will be launched after the patch on 6 February and will last until 18:59 on 26 February... In this event, players will explore Dushevnaya's past memories as the story progresses, and witness how she pursues the future.]
  116. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-1 "Revelation of Chaos". (After fending off the creepy Doll, Ullrid leads the Dolls on a preliminary cleanup of the remaining ELIDs and sentries in the ruins of the thermal power plant. They intend to take temporary shelter inside the ruins. Suomi and a couple of other Dolls ventured out in search of resources. Dushevnaya, who has not yet made up her mind about staying or leaving, remains put for now.) (...) Dushevnaya: Still, is it really okay? Wouldn't it be inappropriate... If I stay, I'll only waste everyone's supplies. But if I leave, where should I go? Even though I followed the clues here and met people who knew me from the past, I still haven't found any crucial information...
  117. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-3 "Mysterious Plan". Ullrid: Tell us, what do you want to discuss? // Dushevnaya: Nothing major really... I've spent my fair share of time here and have been cared for by all. What I'm getting at is if there's anything I can do to repay the favor. // Ullrid: ...I don't think there's any particular need to be concerned about "being taken care of"... However, if you do want to do something, why don't you just go ahead and ask everyone?
  118. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-6 "Urgent Summons". (After fending off the ELIDs, Dushevnaya and Lotta start checking the supplies to be transported back to their hideout.) (...) Dushevnaya: Oh, right! Lotta, there's something I need to ask you! (...) Do you have any wishes? (...) Lotta: Dushevnaya, remember the experimental farm we saw underground before? (...) I'm thinking, what if we restart the experimental farm...
  119. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DS-1-1 "New-Type Stress Relief Toy". Balthilde: Oh, I overheard someone complaining about the low supply of transport efficiency. If you girls can find me another forklift, I can fix it up to a serviceable state in no time. That should somewhat make life easier. You're in charge here. What do you think? // Ullrid: Indeed, the more tools available to us, the better. A forklift, huh? Give me a minute... Littara, was there one in the underground farm that we explored before?
  120. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-7 "Machinist's Wish". (...With Balthilde, the two make their way to the facility in the underground experimental farm.) (...) Dushevnaya: I-I just wanted to ask if you have a wish that you want fulfilled, that's it! A wish akin to a divine decree, something you're determined to want to realize! // Balthilde: Wish? (...) ...Have you asked Lotta? What was her wish? // Dushevnaya: She said she wanted to restart the experimental farm.
  121. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-7 "Machinist's Wish". Balthilde: The Collapse radiation level here is so high that even underground, plants can't survive. // Dushevnaya: But this facility was studying how to grow crops in a containment zone before, right? They should have relevant information on that. // Balthilde: There's no mention of methods to reduce the level of Collapse radiation, at least not in any of the unlocked archives so far.
  122. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-5 "Soul Impact". Dushevnaya: Huh? "Communication logs"... Does it record all communications between the employees here and the owner? The last message was received... three months ago? Hold on, didn't the Great Sage say this place got abandoned at least two years ago, judging by how it looks? Why would someone be communicating with an abandoned thermal plant... Does the owner not know what went down here? (...) Experimental Farm seeding Report no. 237... I don't think this is it.
  123. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-8 "Sprouts of Hope". Dushevnaya: I've seen the structure diagram of the "environmental device" in the main server storage this morning. Let me display with the terminal here—look! // Balthilde: Is it... mounted inside the cooling tower? (...) This thing is what reduces Collapse radiation, get it? It seems to sit somewhere on top of this underground farm, and not far away too! I see, if the level of Collapse radiation can be lowered, even just in a small area, that should allow an underground experimental farm like this to produce healthy crops.
  124. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-9 "The End of Destiny". Automaton: Unregistered subject detected, commending elimination. // Balthilde: Wh—? Didn't we follow the procedure to a tee? Why's this junk of iron here then?!
  125. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-9 "The End of Destiny". (Bullets perforate the Reclamation Expert's armor, which protects its core control module. Seizing the opportunity, Ullrid plunges her sword into the gap, slicing off half of its core.) // Lotta: Dushevnaya! Are you okay?
  126. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-9 "The End of Destiny". Lotta: Once this device is repaired, can the underground farm be reactivated as well? // Balthilde: Well... We've got the environmental aspect sorted, but it also depends on the condition of other equipment, the state of seeds and whatnot... those aren't my area of expertise.
  127. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Halting Station, DA-1-9 "The End of Destiny". Ullrid: Me? You'll let me make a wish? // Dushevnaya: That's fine with me. So, Supreme Leader, what's your wish? (...) Ullrid: Well, then—Dushevnaya, my wish is for you to seriously reconsider whether you want to stay with us or leave. (...) Dushevnaya: I... I want to dwell in the crevice of time, and create more fateful entanglements with the people I meet! // Balthilde: Huh? What is she talking about? // Lotta: ...I think Dushevnaya is trying to say she wants to stay! // Ullrid: Well, if you don't object, that's the interpretation I'll go with, Dushevnaya. // Dushevnaya: No-no objection!
  128. ^ @GFL2EXILIUM_EN (23 February 2025). "Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium Zucchero Café" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  129. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-1 "Promised Day". (The cafe telephone rings in the silence. Springfield heads over to the counter and picks it up immediately, as though she's been waiting for it all this time. As she raises it to her ear, she mimes a shushing gesture to the other members of the cafe.) // Springfield: Hello, this is the Zucchero Cafe. Would you like a reservation or a home delivery order? // ???: Oh? Is this the password system you've arranged with "him"? (...) Springfield: ...Please get to the point. // Dandelion: Hm. Simply put, things have gone wrong as usual and the threat level is code red. I've sent you the coordinates and a route. Whether or not he'll still be alive depends on how quickly you get there~
  130. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". (...several more IFVs drive up to the pit. Black-armored troopers quickly dismount and spread out to scan their surroundings... The badges on the black-armored troopers proclaim them to be from Mangi Security, but their equipment and attitudes are markedly different from the average PMC grunt.) (...) Squad Leader: Adjutant Lentine, why are we deploying six combat teams on a single Level III assignment? // Lentine: Because the brass paid to deploy six combat teams.
  131. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". Transmission: This is Bravo, we've made contact with unknown T-Dolls! They've got a lot of firepower on their side, requesting backup! // Lentine: So there are T-Dolls underground as well...
  132. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". (I quickly glance through the signal icons on my terminal. Centaureissi and the others are approaching fast. From their position, I can count on them to help me pincer the enemy. However, we'll need to take Helena back from the Boojum first. I look around. Daiyan is hitting the enemy with everything she's got. Colphne and the "Helena" she's protecting are looking at me with frightened eyes.)
  133. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". (The sound of gunshots comes over the transmission, seemingly from a long distance away.) // Transmission: I hear gunshots! All teams, stay alert! // Lentine: Who are you engaging? (...) (Suddenly, they hear bullets strike the exterior armor plate of the vehicles, followed by an emergency transmission over the radio.) // Transmission: This is Echo! We've engaged unknown Dolls! They're attempting to enter the underground chamber! // Lentine: Dolls? How many? //Transmission: Unable to estimate! They have a sniper! Two of our guys have been hit! We're pinned down! We can't hold them, Adjutant! Those Dolls made it underground!
  134. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". Commander: Centaureissi, WA2000, thank you for your support. // Makiatto: I, I'm called Makiatto now... (...) Sharkry: Sharkry's been watching through a telescope all this time! // Makiatto: Alright, then. Start the ignition, we'll be there in five minutes. // Commander: You have a vehicle outside?
  135. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-2 "Omen". Sharkry: Makiatto, bad news! I'm seeing tons of IFVs headed towards your location!
  136. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-3 "Fleeing Pursuit". Lentine: Kenny, have everyone from Echo who's still alive drive the IFVs over to block off the exit those Dolls are using. Stop them no matter what, even if it means having to physically hit them with your cannon barrels! (...) (A sharp blade slashes through the neck of the speaking trooper. He stares incredulously at the maid-attired Doll who has appeared behind him. Blood spurts from his severed carotid and jugular. He tries with all his might to stop the bleeding but fails, and he collapses limply through the turret hatch and into the vehicle's interior.) // Mangi Security Trooper: Ambush! Ambush! Drop off your troops! Arrghhhh! // (Another Doll descents from the ceiling, landing heavily on the turret. The crewman nearest to her tries to pull out a pistol and shoot, but she kicks his head so hard it spins a full 359 degrees around his neck.)
  137. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-3 "Fleeing Pursuit". Makiatto: Sharkry! Get over to the tunnel exit right now, we need backup! Go with Plan 1! Weapons free, weapons free! // Sharkry: Eh? Is it time for Sharkry's exciting performance at last? Yaaaay (...) (Suddenly, a tremor of whirling blades shakes the air from behind the IFVs that are outside the tunnel. A helicopter armed with rocket pods has just arrived in attack position.) // Mangi Security Trooper: It's a chopper! There's an attack chopper out there! // Lentine: A WHAT?! Hang on, we're almost there!! (...) Mangi Security Trooper: Quick! Shoot it! SHOOT IT! // (The IFVs' turrets begin swiveling, but it is too late for them. The helicopter hovers in mid-air, and then a volley from its rocket pods turns the IFVs into burning wreckage.)
  138. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CS-1-1 "Safehouse". (I look outside the window again. The helicopter is approaching the city. The Doll who Makiatto called Sharkry is speaking into the communicator. It seems she's talking to the local air traffic controllers. Looking down, I notice that despite us heading straight for the city, the air defense emplacements on the walls are not tracking us, as though we're old friends.) (...) Springfield: Welcome, Commander. Did you enjoy your trip? // Commander: And here I thought we'd run into a blockade or be subjected to a thrilling car chase. Looks like I was overthinking things. // Springfield: It would be terribly rude to subject you to something like that after you came all the way to CHE-02.
  139. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". Dandelion: That midget Doll has finished checking the box. The vital signs of the little miss inside are deteriorating. While she's not in danger yet, she's probably going to experience organ failure like before. // Commander: ...I hope that Kalina will be able to treat her after we reach Lviv.
  140. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CS-1-1 "Safehouse". Springfield: A code like "D-68" isn't much of a name, after all. (...) Commander: How does "Melanie" sound? // Helena D-68: It's not too bad... (...) Please call me that from now on, Commander.
  141. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". (After returning from the safehouse, I had a loud and lively meal with the Dolls, the first one in a long time. Centaureissi and Springfield served up a sumptuous feast, and then the Dolls and I had a long discussion about the past... This sensation was commonplace 10 years ago, but for me now, it is a rare and precious thing. After all, this is the first time I've been reunited with my Dolls after so long.)
  142. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". Springfield: You shouldn't be using this line, you know it's not safe— // Voice Over The Phone: You're being watched. // Springfield: How much time do we have? // Voice Over The Phone: One day. I tried my best, but the opposition is far beyond me.
  143. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". Springfield: Sharkry, bring the truck over. We will all be gathering at the safehouse.
  144. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". Groza: They've already launched a direct attack against us. After making the necessary response, I suspect that the opposition might be trying to board the Elmo... From what I can tell, the enemy are using 10-plus armored combat vehicles and at least 80-plus infantry. // Commander: Armored vehicles... Could it be Mangi again...
  145. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-4 "Baptism of Memory". Springfield: Commander, please allow Makiatto and myself to escort Helena... The route to Lviv from here is covered by Zucchero's intelligence network... You should take the other Dolls and Miss Melanie on the helicopter with you. They'll be safer that way.
  146. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-6 "Creeping Mist". Commander: There is a pass 10 km northwest of the Elmo with an abandoned town in it... you must find terrain that will disrupt their plan to encircle you. That pass is a good place for it.
  147. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-6 "Creeping Mist". (Lentine studies the direction where the Elmo is headed and then a topographical map of the region. After zooming out repeatedly, she sees an abandoned town to the northwest... Lentine points to the screen, indicating to the town with her cigarette, then pats Kenny on the shoulder.) // Lentine: This is the only place that will let them escape our encirclement. I want to praise them for finding a way out so soon. // Kenny: Wait, isn't that... (...) Lentine: Have our ambush forces prepare for battle. Our guests are coming.
  148. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-7 "Racing Rescue". (Centaureissi and Daiyan open the hatches on their respective sides of the chopper and a ferocious downwash screams from outside... The helicopter nears the target building. The Dolls jump out when it's roughly ten meters above the roof.)
  149. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-7 "Racing Rescue". (The helicopter adjusts its position as it hovers, then plunges in for a strafing run. Rockets scream out of their pods in rapid succession and explosions erupt along the length of the road, turning the IFVs into burning wrecks. Groza feels her frame hit the ground hard with a dull thud. In the wake of the deafening explosions, the walls of the pass crumble and the ruined buildings nearby collapse, engulfing the fleeing Mangi Security troopers. She can hear their screams, she can see the mangled remains of humans that have been blasted into gory chunks, and she can feel their hot blood raining down on her.)
  150. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-7 "Racing Rescue". (Daiyan and the others bring Krolik, Vepley and Nemesis with them into the helicopter, which makes the passenger compartment feel a little cramped. Zhaohui and Jiangyu reflexively take up positions on the edges of the cabin, guns raised and scanning their surroundings... Just as the helicopter levels out, Centaureissi appears on the roof, carrying Groza. She widens her steps and picks up speed, jumping off the roof with Groza. The two of them slam into the helicopter like a cannonball... Seeing that everyone is aboard, Sharkry immediately climbs into the air, beating a hasty retreat while being pursued by more rockets... Sharkry lands the chopper on the Elmo. The Dolls dismount, waiting for further instructions.)
  151. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". (After receiving Dier's distress signal, Centaureissi took Daiyan and the others to the beacon station where Dier was.)
  152. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Groza: Apparently, someone ran an experiment on her and deliberately destroyed her. However, her internal files were too badly damaged and I couldn't make out any details. (...) Dier: It's like what Leader Groza said. Someone wrecked this third-gen Doll's neural cloud, almost to the point of complete destruction. Whoever did it targeted all the vital—and irrecoverable—parts of the neural cloud.
  153. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Commander: It looks like some kind of biological tissue... Or rather... some kind of cells? // Dier: Hm. Looks like someone was trying to fuse this Doll's frame materials with some kind of cell.
  154. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Melanie: She also has signs of fusion... They're from Boojum extracts. They show signs like this after fusion. // Commander: Boojum cell structures...? // Dier: Hang on! Cell activity has suddenly increased! ...Logically speaking, the chances of her self-repairing should be vanishingly low, but the characteristics of Boojum cells might actually end up coming into play here... So a Doll who can self-repair, and a third-gen Doll at that... Well, that's interesting.
  155. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Sextans: Rebooting in local mode... system online. Now loading affiliation data... affiliation ID... failed. (...) Dier: Heh... Commander, looks like you might actually become her new master... Well, her affiliation and authorization data have been completely cleared out and her systems are back to their default state. If you like, you can take ownership of her~
  156. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Dier: She has an IFF key in her database. Do you know what that means? // Commander: Are you saying that anything the key regards as a friendly is actually an enemy to us? (...) Dier: My guess is that these friendly coordinates show the movements of Mangi Security forces. There's no other PMC with so many guys in this shitty part of the Yellow Zone... So, if we have a more precise location for H.I.D.E 404, we can use Sextans to backtrace them through Mangi Security positions!
  157. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-8 "Third-Generation Doll". Survey Corps Trooper: ...We're from... 3762nd Platoon... of the 7th Environmental Survey Corps... While we were setting up a signal base station, we were attacked by mercenaries from Mangi Security...
  158. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Bitter Thorns and Daisies, CA-1-9 "Signal Decryption". Dier: That's Klukai's voice! // Commander: So they've encountered each other already... // Dier: What should we do? Should we contact 404? // Commander: No can do. They've gone silent, and using a Mangi frequency to establish comms would be too risky. Can we obtain their position from the transmission just now? // Dier: Sure can.
  159. ^ "人気キャラ「クルカイ」ついに来る！『ドールズフロントライン2：エクシリウム』大型イベント「遠日点」3月20日午前9時より". Gamespark (in Japanese). 17 March 2025. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. 「遠日点」は、3月20日午前9時より開催される大型イベントです…本イベントでの新規キャラクターとして、旧作では「HK416」としても知られる「クルカイ」が登場します。 ["Aphelion" is a major event that will be held from 9:00am on 20 March... The new character appearing in this event is "Klukai", also known as "HK416" in the previous game.]
  160. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Scene: Classified Briefings - Unknown Boojum Warning - Reference for Content Information. Publisher Identity: Indigenous resident of northeastern Slovakia... After matching the personal effects of the deceased, they confirmed the identities 8 of these bodies... while the other 5 belonged to local residents of Slovakia. The bodies bore bite marks from different ELID creatures...
  161. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-1 Twilight. Klukai: ...You were tasked with investigating Paradeus, and you went to mess around with children instead? // Mechty: ...Not a single person there has seen any Dolls resembling a Nyto, much less heard anything about the whole Paradeus deal. Are they really still active like Leva said?
  162. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-1 Twilight. Klukai: No clear indication of affiliation on this one either... The only serial number here seems to have been inscribed back when Sangvis Ferri was active.
  163. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-2 Eye of the Storm. Klukai: It should also be noted that Mechty and I were assaulted by a force of unknown affiliation—
  164. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-5 Roche Limit. Dmitry: I repeat, this is the 3762nd Platoon of the 7th Environmental Survey Corps of the Neo-Soviet Union District Environmental Purification Project under the URNC Contamination Zone Management and Recovery Administration! I am First Sergeant Dmitry, and I suggest you cease fire immediately! (...) Klukai: Acknowledged. We have issued an order to cease attacking. // (Upon hearing Klukai's response, the opposing party immediately ceases gunfire, but both sides remain ready to resume hostilities.)
  165. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - SL-9-1 Entangled State. Larion: Are we really bringing those two Dolls along, Dima? What if they try something on us? // Dmitry: I will contact the warrant officer to confirm their identities. You guys should be careful too and keep your distance from them. No matter how you put it, having two Dolls be our vanguard is beneficial for our mission.
  166. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-6 Dual-Beam Observation. Klukai: So if we follow these people and reach a settlement, we can at least borrow the settlement network to contact Andoris and Belka.
  167. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - SL-9-3 Delayed Signal. (The night passes by without trouble. After a couple hours of movement, the formation finally reaches the target settlement.) (...) Yellow Zone Resident: We would like to borrow you our network... But we've lost signal for a couple of days now... Perhaps the base station has completely broken down after all.
  168. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - SL-9-3 Delayed Signal. Klukai: We wish only to access the network, communicate with our teammates and regroup with them. // Dmitry: And why should I give a crap to help? Screw off back to where you came from. // Klukai: We will pay for your help. (...) Give me your account details. It's definitely a private one, right? // Dmitry: Hmph.
  169. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-10 Fusion. Andoris: Leader Klukai, we just received an SOS signal and comms request from an unknown party. It seems that we are under the same network according to the IP address. Should we answer? // Klukai: Yes. Transfer the comms request over to me. (...) Dmitry: There's a Boojum and ELIDs attacking the settlement, we can't hold it off much longer even with the PMC's help!
  170. ^ MICA Team. Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium. Darkwinter Software. Level/area: Aphelion - Part 1 - 9-10 Fusion. Belka: What a pity—We almost got it. If the humans didn't drop the ball, I bet that Boojum would be lying dead now.
  171. ^ Yoon Seo-ho (20 March 2025). "HK416과 G11 등장, '소녀전선2' 원일점 업데이트". Inven (in Korean). Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. '원일점'은 각각 HK416, G11로 친숙한 '소녀전선' 시리즈 최고 인기 캐릭터 '클루카이'와 '미슈티'가 출시되는 이벤트다... 귀여운 외모와 특유의 나른하고 게으른 인상이 인기를 끈 '미슈티'는 오는 4월 10일 출시한다. ["Aphelion" is an event where the most popular characters in the Girls' Frontline series, Klukai and Mechty, also known as HK416 and G11 respectively, will be released... Mechty, popular for her cute appearance and uniquely languid and lazy personality, will be released on 10 April.]
  172. ^ "尊敬的指挥官，现在为您带来全新版本活动【逃离赛博格】内容前瞻。". Sina Weibo (in Chinese). 少女前线2-追放. 3 October 2024.
  173. ^ "尊敬的指挥官，全新主题活动【拂晓的回响】将于8月6日维护后~8月27日4:59 期间限时开启！". Sina Weibo (in Chinese). 少女前线2-追放. 5 August 2024.
  174. ^ "尊敬的指挥官，全新主题活动【心智洄游·素银匿信】将于2月11日维护后~3月4日7:59 期间开启。". Sina Weibo (in Chinese). 少女前线2-追放. 10 February 2025.
  175. ^ "尊敬的指挥官，《少女前线2：追放》周年大型活动【密米尔的返演】第六次公开测试前瞻特别节目已结束，现在为您带来本次直播内容回顾。". Sina Weibo (in Chinese). 少女前线2-追放. 30 November 2024.
  176. ^ "《少女前線》於四周年慶典直播公開《譎境》《雲圖計畫》等一系列關聯新作 PV". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020.
  177. ^ Hyun Nam-il (16 November 2024). "[지스타 2024] 우중 대표, '소녀전선 2' 한국 서비스에 대해 말하다". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 16 November 2024. 우중 대표: 미카팀은 처음 결성할 때부터 SRPG의 팬이었고, 그래서 SRPG에 많은 개발 경험을 가지고 있습니다. <소녀전선> 이전에도 SRPG 장르를 개발했을 정도였죠... SLG, RTS 등 굉장히 많은 장르를 고려하기는 했습니다. 하지만 캐릭터가 강조되는 '스토리 텔링'을 넣기에는 다른 장르보다 SRPG가 가장 잘 들어 맞는다는 결론을 내렸습니다. 또 SRPG는 여러 플랫폼에 잘 어울립니다. 모바일에서는 '쉽게' 조작하며 즐길 수 있고, PC에서도 재미있게 몰입하면서 즐길 수 있습니다. [Yuzhong, CEO: "Since the beginning of the formation of MICA Team, we have been fans of SRPGs, and therefore have a lot of development experience in SRPGs, even developing SRPG games before Girls' Frontline... We did consider a lot of genres, such as SLG and RTS. However, we came to the conclusion that SRPG is the best genre for storytelling that emphasizes characters. Furthermore, SRPG is well-suited to various platforms, as it is easy to control and enjoy on mobile, and it is fun and immersive to enjoy on PC."]
  178. ^ a b "从口碑承压到公测翻身，散爆为何总能逆天改命？". Gamelook (in Chinese). 25 December 2023. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023.
  179. ^ "Gear Up, Commanders! Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium Unleashes Anime Action This December 3rd!". Destructoid. 4 December 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024.
  180. ^ a b "《少女前线2：追放》战棋玩法前瞻：高品质写实战场 多样化角色定位". Sina Corporation (in Chinese). 8 December 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024.
  181. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. 중국 특허 사이트를 살피면 개발사 '선본'은 캐릭터 모델링을 위한 몇몇 렌더링 방식에 대한 특허를 출원한 상태기도 하다. 선본은 '스타킹 객체를 렌더링하는 방법 및 장치'와 '캐릭터 복장의 보풀을 렌더링하는 방법' 그리고 '머리카락 묘사'에 대한 특허를 2023년 출원해 놓았다. [Looking at Chinese patent sites, the developer Sunborn has also applied for patents on several rendering methods for character modeling. Sunborn has applied for patents in 2023 for "Method and Device for Rendering Stocking Objects", "Method for Rendering Character Clothing Fluff", and "Hair Description".]
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  183. ^ "「ドールズフロントライン2：エクシリウム」開発インタビュー". Impress Watch (in Japanese). 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. 羽中氏：人形1体あたりのポリゴン数は、素体やスキンによって違い、また制作時間も異なるので一概には言えません。製作期間は、1キャラあたり半年程度を目安としています。 [Mr. Yuzhong: "The number of polygons per Doll varies depending on the model and texture, and production times often vary, so it's difficult to say. The production period is approximately half a year per character."]
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  197. ^ a b Bai Guangda; Bai Yazhou (21 March 2025). "《少女前线2》登顶韩服，很多东西仿佛都回来了". 机核 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. 玩家反馈"策略深度不足，但学习成本过高"；老玩家则认为主线剧情转折生硬，角色动机牵强，部分角色背景设定与玩家预期存在落差... 开发方通过问卷调查、社区讨论和直播沟通，收集玩家意见，优先修复技术问题并优化核心玩法，调整角色技能效果、加快版本更新节奏等等，让用户的游戏体验逐步提升... 《少前2》在这一版本全面简化了原有过于硬核的玩法，也放宽了资源限制，进一步降低了游戏的入门门槛 [Players report that the game's "strategic depth is insufficient, but the learning cost is too high"; veteran players note that the main plot twists are abrupt, the characters' motivations are unrealistic, and that some character backstories are not in line with player expectations... The developers collected player feedback via questionnaires, community discussions and livestreams, prioritised fixing technical issues and optimising core gameplay, tweaked character skill effects, accelerated the pace of version updates, and so forth, for the sake of gradually improving the user's experience while playing... Girls' Frontline 2 had its original excessively hardcore gameplay completely simplified, and relaxed its resource restrictions, further lowering the game's barriers to entry.]
  198. ^ "散爆CEO羽中：《少前2》海外首日新增200万，远超预期". NetEase (in Chinese). 游戏葡萄. 11 December 2024. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025.
  199. ^ Song Jin-won (24 December 2024). "'출시 1개월' 소녀전선2, 흥행 원동력은 과감한 콘텐츠 변화". 게임인사이트 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. 게임은 출시 직후 구글플레이 3위와 앱스토어 5위를 기록하며 관심을 받았고 여전히 10위권을 유지 중이다. [The game gained attention by ranking 3rd on Google Play and 5th on the App Store right after its release, and is still maintaining its position in the top 10.]
  200. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. 게임은 출시 이후 12월 말까지 안드로이드 플랫폼 기준 모바일 게임 매출 순위 TOP 10을 굳건히 유지했으며, 출시 직후 최고 3위까지 올랐고 [Since its release, the game has maintained a solid position in the top 10 mobile game sales rankings on the Android platform through to the end of December, rising to 3rd place immediately after its release]
  201. ^ "2025趋势报告：小程序游戏398亿近翻倍增长 游戏业有望新增长". China Daily (in Chinese). 16 December 2024. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. 最新作品《少女前线2:追放》海外服首日新进用户超过200万,并登陆美、日、韩等多地的头部榜单,3日流水破亿。 [The latest entry in the series, "Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium", gained more than 2 million new users on its first day of overseas operation, and was listed on the top app store charts in the United States, Japan, South Korea and various other locations, with a turnover of over 100 million yuan within 3 days.]
  202. ^ "停服10天《少前》堂堂复活：年内PC端见，散爆还在申请新游戏商标". Gamelook (in Chinese). 14 January 2025. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. 上月，续作《少女前线2：追放》29天海外全平台预估流水4亿，成为12月出海新游中收入最高的产品，也是全球收入仅次于米家三巨头的二游。 [Last month, the sequel Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium had an estimated overseas revenue of 400 million yuan across 29 days on all platforms, becoming the product with the highest revenue among new releases abroad in December, and the largest animesque game in terms of global revenue after the three MiHoYo giants.]
  203. ^ "12月韩国二游报告:《少前2》DAU登顶，《绝区零》1.4增长43%". Gamelook (in Chinese). 15 January 2025. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. 但是在ThisIsGame的补充视频说明中，提到了《少前2》在12月仅计算27天的情况下，月活依旧达到了59万，是12月实质上的MAU榜单冠军。 [However, in the explanation provided in the supplementary video by ThisIsGame, it was mentioned that with only 27 days in December, the monthly active users of Girls' Frontline 2 still reached 590,000, making it the de facto MAU chart-topper in December.]
  204. ^ Kim Seung-jun (25 March 2025). "'소녀전선 2: 망명' 다운로드 당 매출 한국이 가장 높았다". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. <소전 2> 또한 적극적인 마케팅을 진행하긴 했으나, 국내 출시 시점인 2024년 12월을 기준으로, 다운로드 수의 60%가 오가닉 채널(자연 유입)을 통해 이루어졌다. 전작인 '소전'이라는 키워드를 중심으로 다운로드가 많이 발생했다는 점에서, 성공적인 후속작으로 자리 잡았음을 알 수 있다... 광고 채널을 통한 다운로드는 약 30%를 차지했는데, 2024년 12월 기준 한국 시장의 유튜브 채널에서 모바일게임 중 두 번째로 높은 광고 점유율을 기록한 게임이기도 하다. [GFL2 also conducted active marketing, but as of its domestic release in December 2024, 60% of downloads were through organic channels (natural inflow). It has evidently established itself as a successful sequel, as many downloads occurred owing to the topic of GFL, the predecessor title... Downloads through advertising channels accounted for about 30%, and as of December 2024, it was the game with the second highest advertising share among mobile games on YouTube channels in the Korean market.]
  205. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. <소녀전선>이 한국 시장에서 최초로 의미 있는 규모의 서브컬처 게임 팬덤을 구축했다는 점은 특히 주목할 만하다. 이러한 배경에서 <소녀전선 2>의 출시 소식이 원작 팬들 사이에서 큰 화제가 된 것은 자연스러운 현상이었다. 게다가 원작의 2차 창작이 널리 퍼져있었기 때문에, 게임을 직접 플레이해보지 않은 사람들조차 "유명 게임의 후속작이니 한번 시작해볼까"라는 관심을 보이기에 충분했다. [It is particularly noteworthy that Girls' Frontline was the first to establish a meaningful otaku game fandom in the Korean market. With this in mind, it was natural that the news of Girls' Frontline 2's release became a hot topic among fans of the original. Furthermore, since the secondary creations of the original were widely distributed, even people who had not played the game themselves were interested enough to think, "It's a sequel to a famous game, so let's give it a try."]
  206. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. <원신>의 성공 이후 많은 중국 서브컬처 게임들이 호요버스의 비즈니스 모델을 따라가는 추세였지만, <소녀전선 2>는 2만 원에서 6만 원 사이의 효율적인 패키지 상품들을 선보였다. 이는 소규모 및 중규모 과금 유저들에게 "이 정도 금액이라면 구매해볼 만하다"라는 인식을 심어주며 매출 증대에 크게 기여한 것으로 분석된다. [After the success of Genshin Impact, many Chinese anime-themed games followed the trend of copying MiHoYo's business model, however Girls' Frontline 2 instead introduced efficient package items priced between 20,000 and 60,000 won. This is seen to have contributed greatly to increased sales through providing small and medium-budget users the perception that such purchases are worthwhile.]
  207. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. 이러한 배경 덕분에 <소녀전선 2>는 출시 전부터 '서브컬처와 밀리터리에 진정한 애정을 가진 개발사가 심혈을 기울여 만든 게임'이라는 이미지를 구축할 수 있었다. (...) 각 총기의 묘사나, 캐릭터가 비전투 상황에서는 방아쇠에 손가락을 올리지 않는 안전 수칙을 지키는 등 '고증'도 잘 이루어졌다는 평가다. (...) "쓸데없는 부분에서 퀄리티가 높다"는 이야기가 될 수 있지만, 서브컬처 게임 시장에서 이것은 오히려 강점이 될 수 있다. 그만큼 개발자들이 '진심이다'라는 긍정적인 인식을 심어 주기 때문이다. [Thanks to this background, Girls' Frontline 2 was able to build the image of being "a game made with great care by a developer with a true passion for animesque and military themes" even before its release. The description of each firearm and the safety rules that the character follows to not put her finger on the trigger in non-combat situations are evaluated as having been well-researched. (...) This might otherwise be seen as a case of "wasting effort in useless places", but in the anime-themed game market, this can actually be a strength, as it instills a positive perception that developers are "sincere".]
  208. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. <소녀전선 2>의 장르는 난이도가 높아 진입장벽을 가진 탄제 전략 시뮬레이션 장르(SRPG)다. 난이도에 대한 이해를 위해서는 <X-COM>을 떠올려보면 된다. <소녀전선 2>는 해당 장르의 난이도에 대한 허들을 낮췄다. (...) SRPG 장르의 난이도를 밸런스를 잡은 방식도 주목할 만하다... SRPG의 대표로 여겨지는 게임 <X-COM> 시리즈는 '명중률' 시스템에 대한 악명이 높다. 90%의 명중률을 확보한 공격을 시도했는데, 운이 정말 없어 10% 확률로 공격이 실패하고 계획이 어그러지는 경우가 있다. [Girls' Frontline 2 belongs to the high-difficulty, high barrier-to-entry strategy simulation genre (SRPG). To understand the difficulty, think of X-COM. Girls' Frontline 2 lowered the difficulty hurdle for the genre. (...) The way the difficulty of the SRPG genre is balanced is also noteworthy... The X-COM series, which is considered the poster child of SRPGs, is notorious for its "hit rate" system. If you attempt an attack with a hit rate of 90%, but are really unlucky, there are cases where the attack fails with a 10% chance and your plan goes awry.]
  209. ^ Kim Seung-joo (31 December 2024). "[분석] 떨어지지 않는 매출... 소녀전선 2의 '이유 있는 흥행'". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. <소녀전선>의 초기 팬층 중 상당수가 당시 학생이었던 이들이 이제는 경제력을 갖춘 20대 중후반이 되었다는 점도 주목할 만하다. (...) 더욱이 주요 소비층이 이제 충분한 구매력을 갖추게 되면서, 이러한 비즈니스 모델의 변화에도 자연스럽게 적응할 수 있었다. 특히 '과거의 애정이 있는 게임인 만큼, 퀄리티만 좋다면 어느 정도의 과금은 할 수 있다'는 심리가 작용했을 것으로 보인다. [It is also noteworthy that a significant number of the early fans of Girls' Frontline were students at the time and are now in their mid-to-late 20s with financial resources. (...) Furthermore, since the main consumer group now has sufficient purchasing power, they were able to naturally adapt to this change in business model. In particular, it's likely that the mindset of "since it's a game I had affection for in the past, if the quality turns out good, I'd be fine with paying a certain amount of money" has played a role.]
  210. ^ Kim Seung-jun (25 March 2025). "'소녀전선 2: 망명' 다운로드 당 매출 한국이 가장 높았다". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. 센서타워 오디언스 인사이트에 따르면, <소전 2> 플레이어 중 25~34세의 연령층이 약 45%로 가장 높은 비중을 차지하고 있었다고 한다. 상위권에 있는 다른 턴제 RPG의 평균인 37%를 훌쩍 넘긴 수치다... 해당 연령층이 많이 플레이하는 게임이 게임 수익화에서도 긍정적인 반응을 얻을 가능성이 있다고 분석했다. [According to Sensor Tower audience insights, the 25-34 age group accounts for the largest proportion of GFL2 players, at around 45%. This figure is far higher than the average of 37% for other popular turn-based RPGs... games that are played by this age group are likely to encounter a positive response to game monetisation.]
  211. ^ Jang Min-young (3 January 2025). "[체험기] '소녀전선2:망명' 서브컬처, 선택의 재미를 입다". Sisa Journal (in Korean). Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. 소녀전선2는 서브컬처(일본 애니메이션풍) 장르에 시뮬레이션 역할수행게임(SRPG) 장르를 접목했다... SRPG는 편한 게임을 추구하는 모바일 시장에서 유행 장르가 아니다. 소녀전선2는 이를 극복하고 한달만에 국내 구글 플레이스토어 매출 순위 5위권에 진입했다. 장르의 진입장벽을 넘을 대안을 제시했단 평가다. [Girls' Frontline 2 combines the Japanese anime style genre with the simulation role-playing game (SRPG) genre... SRPG is not a popular genre in the mobile market that otherwise gravitates towards more casual games. Girls' Frontline 2 overcame this and entered the top 5 of the domestic Google Play Store sales rankings in just one month. It is evaluated as presenting an alternative that overcomes the genre's entry barriers.]
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  214. ^ Ahn Il-beom (12 February 2025). "'소녀전선2' 스팀판 출시로 신시장 공략 … 일 최대 동접 2천 명 기록". 경향게임스 (in Korean).
  215. ^ Bai Guangda; Bai Yazhou (21 March 2025). "《少女前线2》登顶韩服，很多东西仿佛都回来了". 机核 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. 这一次，《少前2》虽"只是"游戏分类榜登顶（总榜第2），但已超越此前韩区开服时的最高排名。现象并非只在韩服发生。如果说玩家在用脚投票的话，那么好的作品会用数据来验证自身——《少前2》在日、港、澳、台等区的榜单上，目前均已跻身前10... 更重要的则是在于叙事方面：在"远日点"版本中，重新梳理的剧情逻辑与越发丰富的剧情故事，获得了玩家的一致好评，无论是主角还是NPC，都变得更加立体，让老玩家们感知到曾经充满温度与人情味的传统《少前》故事，又回到了他们身边。 [This time, although Girls' Frontline 2 merely topped the game category list (and ranked second in the overall list), it has surpassed the previous top ranking it held when the game launched in South Korea. This phenomenon isn't even limited to the Korean version; if players vote with their feet, then good creations will have the data to prove themselves worthy - Girls' Frontline 2 is currently ranked amongst the top 10 in the charts of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and various other regions... Most important of all is the narrative aspect: in the "Aphelion" update, the reorganised plot logic and increasingly extensive stories have won unanimous praise from players. Both the protagonist and the NPCs have become more multi-dimensional, allowing veteran players to feel that the traditional Girls' Frontline storytelling, which was once full of expression and character, has finally returned once again.]
  216. ^ a b c Kim Seung-jun (25 March 2025). "'소녀전선 2: 망명' 다운로드 당 매출 한국이 가장 높았다". ThisIsGame (in Korean). Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. 6천만 달러(약 882억 원)에 달하는 누적 매출에선 다른 양상을 보였다... 한국의 다운로드 당 매출은 46달러(약 67,700원)로 일본의 43달러(약 63,200원)을 앞서고 있다. <소전 2>의 다운로드 당 매출 중 가장 높은 기록을 달성한 곳은 한국 시장이었다. <소전 2>는 2024년 12월 글로벌 출시 후, 한국 시장에서만 약 1,500만 달러(약 221억 원)의 매출을 기록했다. 한국 시장을 기준으로 하면 턴제 RPG 중 매출 순위 1위를 기록한 게임이 바로 <소전 2>다... 한국 시장에서 모바일 턴제 RPG 매출 순위 1위에서 5위까지를 순서대로 나열하면 <소전 2>, <붕괴: 스타레일>, <페이트/그랜드 오더>, <림버스 컴퍼니>, <브라운더스트2>다. 어디까지나 한국 시장의 모바일 턴제 RPG에 한정된 이야기이긴 하지만, <붕스>와 <페그오>를 제치고 1위에 오른 점을 보면, <소전 2>의 인기가 피부에 와닿는다. 또한 <소전 2>는 상위 턴제 RPG 중에서 30일 및 60일 리텐션이 가장 높았다. [The cumulative sales of $60 million (approx. 88.2 billion won) showed a different pattern... Korea's revenue per download was $46 (approx. 67,700 won), ahead of Japan's $43 (approx. 63,200 won). The highest revenue per download for GFL2 was recorded in Korea. GFL2 recorded sales of approximately 15 million dollars (approx. 22.1 billion won) in the Korean market alone since its global launch in December 2024. Based on the Korean market, GFL2 is the game that recorded the highest sales among turn-based RPGs... The sales ranking order for the top five mobile turn-based RPGs in the Korean market were GFL2, Honkai: Star Rail, Fate/Grand Order, Limbus Company, and Brown Dust 2. Although this only focuses on mobile turn-based RPGs in the Korean market, the fact that it places higher than HSR and FGO demonstrates the popularity of GFL2. In addition, GFL2 had the highest 30-day and 60-day retention among top turn-based RPGs.]
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%27_Frontline_2:_Exilium
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