Hope Trigger

Hope Trigger is an adventure set in Genesis Root, an ancient ruin that begins changing after lying dormant for a thousand years. Labyrinths emerge, monsters pour from the depths, and signs of a long-lost civilization reappear. You enter the ruins as an adventurer, meet others, fight your way forward and pursue the truth buried within them—including whether the memories you experience really belong to you.

The ruins and the experiment

The story also reaches beyond the fantasy world to Ark Laboratory, where a test subject’s actions in the Memory World are monitored. The battles, people and deaths there may be tied to memories that have been recorded, recreated or reloaded. As the story unfolds, the boundary between the ruins and the laboratory becomes less clear, raising questions about who owns the experiences you call your own.

The story connects a lost kingdom, recreated memories, seven Original Sins and an experiment exploring what it means to be human. By living through one memory after another, you gradually uncover the relationship between the fantasy world and the experiment, and what it means to become “Hope.”

Shape your combat style

Combat lets you change your combos and approach by switching between different Original Sins. You can combine them with magic, Ukehi abilities and Enchanted Artifacts to develop a build and fighting style of your own. Dodge or parry incoming attacks, or exploit an opening to counterattack and Slay your enemy; different combinations of abilities create different combat rhythms.

Progress through exploration

As the story advances, you explore new areas, complete quests and defeat powerful enemies to unlock classes, abilities and equipment. Base classes can advance into higher-tier classes, while some special classes and abilities are hidden in quests and exploration. You can mix and match these options to shape your approach to combat.

Death and its consequences

Each test subject can withstand only a limited number of deaths. Exceeding that limit forces their records to roll back to an earlier backup, costing some of the growth and progress made since then. But when “Destiny’s Written Revelation” manifests, defeat can instead become a turning point that grants a temporary boost and opens the way to further growth.

Visual styles

You can experience the adventure in either of two visual styles: Pixel or Kuwahara, a painterly style. Both present the same adventure.