At first glance, you might think Arknights: Endfield is another anime gacha game in the style of Genshin Impact. And you'd be mostly correct. It certainly starts out that way. But then you're asked to build a base to mine and process materials, and suddenly you're knee-deep in a factory building game that has nothing to do with collecting anime characters.
This is the trick that Arknights: Endfield is playing on all the people giving it a try now that it's released, and many players are discovering that there's been a factory builder inside them all along.
