# Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium

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. 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.

## Gameplay

The gameplay of Girls' Frontline 2 revolves around isometric turn-based tactical battles, akin to games such as XCOM, Disgaea and Shadowrun. 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. 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.
T-Dolls are categorised into four different classes, namely:
* 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.
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.
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.
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. Outside of the main game, the player is also able to read additional in-universe lore using the "Traceback" menu. Time-limited seasonal events have also included assorted minigames, including a rail shooter game mode parodying the aesthetic of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, a Monopoly parody board game, a survivors-like shoot 'em up reminiscent of the gameplay of Vampire Survivors, and a café management simulation game.

## 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. 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. Meanwhile, as the URNC 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.
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. 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.
During a cargo delivery job issued by BRIEF, 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. 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, 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. 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. 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, 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. At the same time, Kalina reveals to the Commander that she is now working at the Non-Military Forces Administration of the URNC, and that it was her who issued the assignment so that the human sample could be safely secured.
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, 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. 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. 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. 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, 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. Niter spots the MBV's control terminal and attempts to remotely hack into its system, 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. 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. During the procession, a cult member is seemingly cured of ELID symptoms, 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. Colphne attempts to interrogate Crifium, who remains non-responsive, to Colphne's dismay. Amidst the chaos, Sextans reveals herself and pursues the team, who escape the scene by aerial drone and return to the Elmo MBV.
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. Lenna contacts the Commander with a sitrep update, and calls upon Dandelion to assist the team, who then infiltrates the Elmo MBV's systems. 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, in addition to the request of Squad 404, former Griffin subordinates of the Commander, for combat assistance, culminating in the decision to split the Elmo MBV's team up so that Groza can keep watch over Sextans. Dandelion hijacks a Dinergate robot body in order to accompany the Commander, Helena and Colphne to Lviv, 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. 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, however the large ELID suddenly charges towards the Commander's party, crashing into the building where they've garrisoned. Upon regaining consciousness, the Commander is met with Helena digging them out of the rubble by hand. Along with Dandelion, the group make their way into the nearby underground tunnel for refuge, only to discover a Paradeus human experimentation facility.

### Characters
#### Campaign story playable T-Dolls

    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, whom the Commander finds damaged under a pile of rubble prior to the events of the game. 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. 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. Armed with a Vepr-12.

#### Supporting characters

    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-a (Korean)
    Formerly known as UMP9 in Girls' Frontline and prior to changing her name, 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

    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. As the leader of a wandering commune of destitute Dolls somewhere between Otrokovice and Zlín in the contaminated zone, Ullrid was faced with the threat of her commune slowly running out of supplies, until they discover an abandoned thermoelectric power plant infested by ELIDs and containing all the necessities required for their survival. 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. After a narrow vote, the commune explores the power plant, discovering a large quantity of agricultural supplies and equipment, 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. 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.
    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. Suomi is inherently Russophobic, due to the way her neural cloud was designed.
    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, and the protagonist of the Rhapsody Quartet time-limited event. 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. 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, and Leva contacts Springfield, requesting assistance in apprehending the criminals involved in smuggling the weapons. With the aim of moving the illicit contraband out of the café to avoid trouble from the authorities and from criminal groups, 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. 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, 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. 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, and discovers a damaged Doll lying unconscious on the ground. 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. 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. As they reach a massive pit, the team encounters Paradeus cultists committing mass suicide and feeding their bodies to a massive ELID below. 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. 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. 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.
    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, and is the protagonist of the Halting Station time-limited event. 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, 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. While together on a supplies run, Lotta expresses to Dushevnaya her desire to restart the experimental farm beneath the power plant, and later while assisting Balthilde in securing a forklift from the underground facility, Dushevnaya reveals Lotta's wish to Balthilde. While initially doubtful that such a plan could ever come to fruition, 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. As the pair attempt to reactivate the device, a defence automaton is activated and identifies the Dolls as intruders, however the automaton is promptly destroyed as Ullrid arrives at the scene. With the device now able to be reactivated, Ullrid expresses her wish for Dushevnaya to remain with the commune, to which she subsequently assents.
    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 within the Zucchero Café time-limited event. 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, 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, making hostile contact with the Commander and Daiyan's party, along with the two Helena clones. Centaureissi and Makiatto engage teams of PMC troopers and break into the facility, where they meet with the Commander, and lead them towards the surface in preparation for helicopter extraction. Whilst the helicopter is on standby, Sharkry notices multiple IFVs headed towards the facility, and the PMC troops attempt to block the Commander's escape, only to be ambushed by the T-Dolls as they make their entry. Sharkry opens fire on the IFVs from the helicopter with a rocket barrage, inflicting large casualties, allowing the team to safely extract to the helicopter, and promptly head for Cherkasy. 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. In an effort to minimise confusion, the Commander suggests that Helena D-68 adopt the name Melanie, to which she agrees. During a celebratory reunion at the Café, Springfield receives a call from an informant from her intel network, warning them of impending danger, prompting Springfield to suggest everyone's immediate relocation to the safehouse. Groza makes an urgent call to the Commander, reporting the Elmo MBV as under attack by Mangi Security PMC, 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. As the Elmo heads towards an abandoned town in an attempt to break encirclement, they are ambushed by Mangi troopers, and Centaureissi and Daiyan's troupe airdrop from the helicopter to assist Krolik, Nemesis, and Vepley who are already mid-firefight. Sharkry performs a strafing run on a line of IFVs with the helicopter's armaments, causing the PMC to withdraw, allowing the T-Dolls to take the helicopter to the Elmo and recuperate. A distress signal is sent from Dier, the technician for Squad 404, who is quickly located, extracted, and brought aboard the Elmo. As Groza explains that the contents of Sextans' neural cloud were deliberately damaged when she connected to it to gather information from her, Dier notices that Sextans' unusual Doll frame has an epidermal layer made up of living cells. Melanie inspects Sextans, recognising her body as made from ELID cell structures, and they observe her beginning to rapidly self-repair. 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. 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. Centaureissi discovers gravely injured Survey Corps troopers ambushed by Mangi PMC as they were setting up a signal base station, and upon securing the station, they intercept comms from Squad 404, obtaining their coordinates.
    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, who is the protagonist of the first chapter of the Aphelion time-limited event.
    Mechty (米什缇; Mǐshítí; pronunciation)
    Voiced by: Zhang Jen (Chinese); Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese)
    A lethargic T-Doll belonging to Squad 404 and formerly known as G11 in Girls' Frontline, who is the protagonist of the second chapter of the Aphelion time-limited event.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.

## 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. 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.
Yuzhong states in a 2021 interview that Girls' Frontline 2 is the studio's first attempt at creating a 3D game. 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. 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. In 2023, Sunborn Network Technology (the parent company of MICA Team) filed patents for various rendering components of the game, including "rendering method for silk stockings" and "rendering method for fluff on character clothing", with the China Patent Office.
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.
MICA Team states in an interview that the development cost for the game exceeds 100 million renminbi (US$13.7 million). The development turnaround time for each individual playable character is approximately 6 months.

## 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. The game underwent numerous successive stages of closed beta testing on 29 June 2021, 18 October 2021, 20 July 2023, and 28 September 2023, and was released in China on 21 December 2023.
An English localisation for the game was announced on 20 July 2024, with pre-registrations commencing on 24 September 2024. 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), 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).

## Reception
### Chinese release

Pre-registrations for the Chinese version exceeded 4.74 million players prior to the game's release. 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.
A review for the Chinese version of the game by Gcores praises the game's aesthetics and animation quality. 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.

### 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. 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. 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. By the end of the year, the global version had an estimated total revenue of 400 million renminbi (US$54.8 million). 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.
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, the pricing of various in-game microtransactions between the 20,000 won to 60,000 won price point, 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), 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). 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.
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. 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. 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.
Immediately following the game's release on Steam on 11 February 2025, the version of the game published by Darkwinter received "very positive" Steam user reviews; meanwhile, the version from publisher HaoPlay 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.

## Footnotes

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ "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
* ↑ "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
* ↑ "Eurosky Low-Emission Infectious Disease" (Chinese: 广域性低辐射感染症), hostile creatures infected by Collapse radiation exposure
* 1 2 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.