Most Wanted

Most Wanted is a platform-fighting game developed by Dark Heart Games for PC and consoles. It features playable characters based on notorious criminals from history. It is a soft reboot of Crime Isle and reuses many elements from this game.
==Synopsis==
A mysterious figure, known as the Eternal, lives on a different plane outside of time and space. It kidnaps important figures from the world’s history, but not just anyone, only the Most Wanted. Every time it kidnaps someone it does so right before their death, making it apparent that they did die. On the Eternal’s plane they are forced to fight each other for eternity, as payment for their crimes.
==Gameplay==
Most Wanted is a platform-fighting game. Each character has their own personalized moveset to fight with. They can perform four normal and special attacks both on the ground and in the air. Whilst a character can dodge, there is no shield to use. Grabbing also is limited to certain characters’ special attacks.
The goal is to smash opponents off the stage. This can be done by increasing their daRanger bar. The first one to get a certain amount of knock-outs wins the fight.
===Classes===
===Penalty Attacks===
By hitting, and getting hit by, players one drops energy orbs. These orbs can be collected to fill up your Penalty meter. Each player starts out with an adjustable meter. Energy crystals can also appear on the stage to fill this meter up. Once full the player may perform their Penalty Attack, a move with devastating power.
===Leveling System===
As one plays they will level up the character they are currently playing with. This opens up perks and earns in-game currency. Aside from all that is also shows your mastery of the character which affects with whom you’ll be matched with online.
===Character Perks===
By leveling up your character you won’t get stronger per se. Instead it unlocks perk slots. Perks are optional in battle but can enhance your character. Each character has their own unique perk, however general perks can be unlocked. Achieving mastery in a character will unlock their unique perk to be used on other players as well.
====General Perks==== 
TBD
===Status Effects===
In the game there are various status effects. Some are unique to certain characters, but there are general effects that appear more often.
Aside from the real status ailments there are a couple of buffs and debuffs many characters have access to namely: FAST BUFF, SLOW DEBUFF, POWER BUFF, WEAK DEBUFF, ARMOR BUFF and FRAGILE DEBUFF. These are effects that can stack on each other, increasing it's usability over time.
===Currency===
You can also earn in-game currency whilst playing, whether this be by winning a match, completing a daily challenge or character-specific missions. This currency allows you to purchase special costumes, victory cheers and emotes. In-game currency can also be bought with real currency.
==Game Modes==
===Death Match===
====Local Match====
Choose your criminal and duke it out against others in a local versus match. Decide with how many players, up to four, you want to play. Here you can adjust the amount of stocks needed to win, add a time limit and the spawn rate of crystals. You won’t receive in-game currency or experience in local matches.
====Online Match====
Play in a glory match against people from all over the world. This mode is online and multiplatform, the latter can be disabled. In this mode you will earn experience to level up your characters and receive in-game currency.
Choose to connect with a friend online in either Regional or Global and choose one of the following settings for matches:
*Group: play in a 2 versus 2 match. This is the default matching.
*Free-for-all: play against 3 other players.
*Versus: play in a 1 versus 1 match.
===Other Modes===
====Tutorial====
Let ‘The Eternal’ guide your way on how to use the controls in the game. You can select any character to go through their pool of moves. You can also simply choose to play and try out a character to get better at them.
====Criminal Minds====
The story mode of the game. Choose one of the characters as you go through levels and reach the end to defeat the Eternal. Levels can be a platforming level or a tweaked battle against one of the other criminals. Each character has their own opening cutscene detailing their life and a special level designed around their moveset called Target Run. The penultimate fight is against the character’s rival which has a cutscene as well. Upon completing a character’s story you will receive their Figurine.
====Target Run====
The mini-game which appears in the story mode. Try to get the best record for your characters and see how you rank online.
====Hall of Shame====
This mode is unlocked when each character has been unlocked in the game. In the Hall of Shame you fight against every other character with a limited amount of healing items to use in between fights. Upon completion you will receive the character’s Penalty Figurine.
====Shop====
In the shop one can use the in-game currency to buy special costumes, victory animations and taunts.
====Museum of Art & History====
In the museum one can see all the collected figurines displayed in cabinets, purchased costumes and animations as well as watch the character specific cutscenes.
See: "Most Wanted/Collectibles"
==Playable Characters==
There is a whopping amount of 36 playable characters. In history they are known as notorious criminals! In game they are referred to as an alias, but have their real name displayed as well.
For more detailed info see: "Most Wanted/Characters"
==Battle Arenas==
There is a total of 32 battle arenas in the game. Each arena is based is based off a real-life location with most of them having a connection to the playable characters. Arenas may have hazards which can be turned off in the selection screen.
Each battle arena has a Day and Night mode with the exception of R'lyeh and Titanic (the latter changing time over the duration). Gimmicks and hazard can also be turned off, making most of the arenas viable for competitive play. You can toggle these options in the arena select screen.
For a more detailed description see: Most Wanted/Battle Arenas
==Trivia==
*The game takes major inspiration from other platformer fighting games like Super Smash Bros. and Multiversus.
**Dead By Daylight also was a big source of inspiration.
**As well as the Fate/ series in terms of the cast of characters.
*About 1/3 of the playable roster consist out of characters based in the United States. This is also reflected in six battle arenas being in the US.
*There were several characters that were considered for the game, but were either cut due to lack of inspiration for gameplay or being too similar to existing characters in the game.
**Summons are being planned for the game, which might include the considered character, but their implementation is still unknown.
**Other characters might still join the roster if they are to pass in the future, examples would be Vladimir Putin and Jeff Bezos.
== Gallery ==
See: Most Wanted/Gallery
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