They’re just a good deal more appealing to look at.Īzur Lane isn’t meant to be taken seriously, of course, and aside from the naming conventions, there’s no reference to the real-world heritage of these ships (just as well).

They’re still named after real-world ships.

They are still naval ships, it’s just that rather than be boat-shaped and cutting through the water they are instead girl-shaped, and hover over the ocean as they rain MMO-style special abilities down on their opponents. But that pales in comparison to the surrealism of replacing each of the military boats with cute anime girls. It would be a surreal enough concept if they were actual battleships in the water, because the four nations that are allied in the conflict are based on Germany, Japan, America and the UK and those four nations were rather famously not allied during World War 2. In Azur Lane you command World War 2-era battleships as they fight against an invading alien horde. Related reading: Our review of the game on PlayStation 4Īzur Lane’s set-up is brilliantly fanservicey and while Compile Heart didn’t develop the mobile original that Crosswave is based on, Compile Heart is absolutely the right developer for the game.

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