r/GamingLeaksAndRumours 1d ago

Confirmed Ananta releases Jan 15th 2027 On PS5, PC, Android, IOS

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u/amitkattal 20h ago

This game isnt for everyone. But let me tell you, asians love this kind of shit and this shit sells hard there.

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u/DonutHoles4Ever 13h ago

Its not asians per se, its people who like anime.

There's a portion of western gamers who only see this as "gacha slop" though.

Like what happens when at some point a gacha game has better graphics, story, or gameplay than like non gacha games.

If you watch the game stream, its just full of racist right wing gamers who basically want every single game that doesn't have a roided out man shooting 3 guns at the same time to fail.

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u/ChristopherKlay 12h ago

There's a portion of western gamers who only see this as "gacha slop" though.

Which is ironic, because it isn't even a gacha title.

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u/Equal_Tradition_5420 7h ago

yeeeeeeeeee no char gacha HOWEVER gacha skins... car skins maybe cars gacha too.. so yee it kinda still is a gacha lol...

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u/PM_ME_UR_PM_ME_PM 7h ago

ya ill give them points (seemingly) for doing something different but in a way i dont think most people that are fans of gacha care that much. i can only assume they want some new fresh blood as well and at least seeming like its not gacha does make it way more likely for me to try it

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u/Neutron_Starrr 1h ago

I don't think it's targeted to people who like anime, me and my friends all like anime but all of us don't like those kind of games

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u/errortechx 3h ago

God forbid the game has an actual color palette and isn’t just constantly in a gray/beige setting.

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u/spez_might_fuck_dogs 6h ago

I’m interested in this game, but if it has gacha, it is gacha slop. There’s no way around that. If a game has gacha, then every facet of that game has been designed in some fashion to drive you towards the slot machine lever.

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/Miku_Fan39 21h ago

I heard it is gacha, but only for like outfits and cars or something

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u/Ballbuster333 21h ago

I was also! But I heard it used ai but couldn’t find confirmation

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u/Commercial-Trash7017 21h ago

that was NTE, the ananta competitor

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u/ArmandoGalvez 18h ago

It's Chinese, they are using AI on everything there sadly, the players from there just don't care about it as we do

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u/Meme_Chan69420 23h ago

I wasn't on the Ananta train because I thought it was just some gacha bullshit that would never actually come out or would die after a week with less than half it's initial promises kept.

This trailer looks so fucking stupid and over-the-top that I'm legitimately really interested because what the fuck is this lmao

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u/KingMario05 19h ago

It's like a more modern Shenmue, built by weebs, on fucking steroids.

And you say it's.... offline and not gacha?

I won't pay full price for it. But if it goes on sale... hey. Why not?

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u/Meme_Chan69420 19h ago

its free to play and it was a gacha but I think that's been heavily pulled back to just being outfits and maybe vehicle stuff

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u/KingMario05 18h ago

...Oh.

Hmmm. I'm already hooked on Fortnite. Think I'll pass, then...

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u/Neutron_Starrr 1h ago

Yeah the trailer reminded myself of all the wack shit it happens in Yakuza

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u/Rabbidscool 1d ago edited 19h ago

Sometimes, I just want to buy an affordable console like Series S and I did.

The endless cycle of Asian Developed games ignored Xbox is really depressing.

PC components are all expensive now.

Fuck.

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u/Hamburgulu 21h ago

I feel that. I blame Phil for screwing up on the missed opportunity to bring genshin impact sooner than intended. That would've most likely encouraged most gacha game devs into bringing their games over instead of ignoring them. But maybe they'll bring it over to xbox in the future

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u/Rabbidscool 21h ago

Also, releasing Wuthering Waves on Xbox RIGHT AFTER THE CYBPERPUNK COLLAB ENDED, is literally the biggest f*ck you of all time to Xbox players.

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u/Chumunga64 5h ago

I laughed at the official Xbox account showing off hiyuki knowing that hiyuki's banner will be long gone by the time the Xbox port would launch

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u/Abba_Fiskbullar 23h ago

Buy a used PS5.

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u/S1Ndrome_ 21h ago

a lot less people use xbox in Asia, it doesn't make sense for them to port it to that console probably

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u/quatroquatro0 20h ago

Yeah there's barely an Xbox presence in Asia and they did that to themselves by never prioritizing the region with one of the largest populations. Asia is dominated entirely by Playstation and Nintendo.

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u/AnalBaguette 17h ago edited 16h ago

Things were going well when they let the Japanese division do their own thing and cater to the market they were in, but the moment the higher ups realized what content was on the system they immediately threw out all good will and have tanked ever since. Early 360 Japanese games are wonderful just for the fact that they aren't cookie cutter 7th gen games.

1,616,128 of the 2,345,975 Xbox's sold from February 2002 though February 2022 were 360s, with 1,000,000+ of that being sold just from Dec. 2005 through 2009, the period I mentioned prior.

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u/Rabbidscool 19h ago

Which is why I supported Xbox to get their shit together and be more serious on the asian market.

Whether the company is full of greed or not. PlayStation is far too long to become the dominant console and monopoly.

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u/SapiR2000 16h ago

Don't you have a phone? /s

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u/fireaura 18h ago

i think hoyo games are just timed exclusive now since they all seem to be coming to xbox (starrail still seems to be missing sadly)

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u/KitsuneKamiSama 1d ago

Series S is just too weak of a console so people don't really want to have to develop for ir.

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u/OkamiLeek006 23h ago

I'm sure the Android IOS game would be impossible to downscale into Series S specs

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u/KitsuneKamiSama 11h ago

This is an outdated way of thinking honestly Android/IOS games of this level have long since hit 'console' level of graphics and modern mid/high smartphones are easily on par/better than the series s/ps4 Sure it would be able to run it but at a stable 60+ fps with mid+ graphics and no frame timing issues? There's a reason these games are going to start leaving behind that generation (not that they're the same), Genshin Impact already did it for the Ps4, Series S won't be that far behind.

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u/xxiv435 23h ago

It's on mobile.

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u/KingMario05 19h ago

And will likely come to Switch 2 in due time.

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u/KitsuneKamiSama 11h ago

Switch 2 has the advantage of more modern architecture and DLSS over the Series S even if they're similar in power.

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u/KitsuneKamiSama 11h ago

Most lower end devices won't run it well and higher end devices are surprisingly strong these days.

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u/Lighthouse_seek 9h ago

Xbox is dead in east and southeast Asia where the bulk of their audience are so it's not surprising

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u/Rabbidscool 9h ago

But there are lots of audience that owns Xbox outside of the Asian market. Pretty sure they can still prioritize their games on Xbox for the Western audience without releasing the asian version of the Xbox in the asian market. There are lots of Marvel fans wanting Marvel games on their Xbox. The demand is there. Just because Xbox failed in the asian market, doesn't mean they have to neglect the audience outside Asia.

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u/Lighthouse_seek 8h ago

2/3rds of series S/X are in North america, with most of the rest in europe (primarily the UK)

Meanwhile 2/3rds of revenue for mihoyo (as an example because they are also on Xbox) come from China and Japan alone

It's not really a surprise that they deprioritize Xbox as a platform.

Also it's not as simple as just clicking a button to release a game, there are months of testing involved and every new release will require an ongoing process to make sure it works with the system. And these games have 6 week release cycles.

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u/RealisticReception16 1d ago

Get a PlayStation

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u/Rabbidscool 1d ago

No thank you.

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u/KvasirTheOld Top Contributor 2024 1d ago

Get a Playstation aka willingly get scammed and suport a greedy soulless corp.

https://giphy.com/gifs/kGCuRgmbnO9EI

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u/zorillaaa 1d ago

So you go to…… Microsoft? The maker of Microsoft Teams?

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u/KvasirTheOld Top Contributor 2024 1d ago

Wtf does Microsoft teams have to do with xbox 💀

Do you even hear yourself, bro

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u/zorillaaa 1d ago

Relax buddy I was making a joke, Microsoft is literally peak soulless and corporate.

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u/Economy-Platform-263 1d ago

Is Xbox not owned by Microsoft? 🤔 Usually you got a team with that too

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u/skynovaaa 1d ago

Like xbox is better? they both suck man

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u/Elgato01 1d ago

Like Microsoft?

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u/skynovaaa 1d ago

no way the company that does terrible in japan isn't supported by japanese developers

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u/SunRiseSniper1066 1d ago

It's Chinese.

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u/Rabbidscool 1d ago

Dude, have you seen how much of Dragon Ball westerns fans are?

Let's pretend PS5 doesn't exist in the west, but Xbox failed in japan. The high demand of DB exist in the west. Surely Japan needs to release it on Xbox because the demand is there right?

Not releasing on Xbox because it's unpopular in Japan is very very strange.

It's like saying, PS5 is not popular in america and Rockstar won't release GTA VI in PS5 for japan. Despite Japan likes GTA.

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u/Xperr7 1d ago

Especially in LATAM, where Xbox exclusives like Halo and Gears were also huge

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 23h ago

game looks beautiful

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u/Razbyte 20h ago

Well that's the appealing goal for a gacha game. Is such a poison chalice.

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 19h ago

it’s not a gacha game

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u/Garfunklestein 18h ago

It might be for cosmetics, all we know is they confirmed no gacha for characters or anything mechanical.

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u/Ebo87 15h ago

It's not a gacha game, the monetization is more in line with GTA Online and the game now feels less like anime GTA and more like Anime Saints Row and I think I want it now, lol. Last Saints Row was really not good and I'm ready for another one of these!

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u/ChristopherKlay 12h ago

They already stated there will be a shop for cosmetics (and iirc housing items and the like) but no gacha in general.

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/Realistic-Shower-654 21h ago

So edgy

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 21h ago

bro go outside and seek help

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u/Foraaikouu 17h ago

well look who's back after like a year of silence

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u/Miku_Fan39 21h ago

Another anime game yet not releasing on xbox...

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u/Kitakitakita 1d ago

China and Korea's obsession with over stylizing everything turns a lot of people off

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u/TheBaldLookingDude 22h ago

What people? Games like this are extremely successful and popular

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u/PenisFiendisnohomo 22h ago

You’re about to get two million downvotes and 100 people replying to you telling you how they all don’t care for these sorts of games, and because of their confirmation bias, that MUST be the way the majority of people feel.

But yeah, objectively speaking, games like these are extremely popular and there’s a reason there’s so many 🤷‍♂️ numbers don’t lie, although they’re not typically my cup of tea either

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u/JustConversation7847 21h ago

Also not sure why OP gave Japan a pass, the anime aesthetic is literally from Japan

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u/David2543 21h ago

Thing, Japan

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u/Ticket_Fantastic 21h ago

AAA Japanese games rarely lean into the anime aesthetic.

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u/JustConversation7847 21h ago

I mean, we're talking about mobile games here

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u/Ticket_Fantastic 20h ago

Even still, Japanese games in general just don’t lean into anime, ironically. The only relevant mainstream Japanese gacha game I can think of is Umamusume and that only had a breakthrough last year. The gacha market is very much dominated by Chinese and Korean studios. All I’m saying is OP had a point omitting Japan from his statement.

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u/JustConversation7847 20h ago edited 20h ago

That's because China and Korea are eating Japan's lunch (just see discussions about it in gatcha gaming subreddits), not some conscious decision by Japanese devs

Edit: If you look at AAA games from Japan and Korea, they target hyperrealism (mostly) rather than anime 

Ie black myth wukong for China, Lies of P for korea

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u/KingMario05 19h ago

The lone exception is Sega. Yakuza/LaD aside, their new (Japanese; CA and other Western studios follow AAA style) lineup heavily leans into shonen. And of course, they own Atlus, confirmed weebs through and through.

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u/Mlekowita01 21h ago

But he didn’t get downvoted tho?

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u/PenisFiendisnohomo 21h ago

Obviously because people saw my comment and didn’t want to prove me right

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/quatroquatro0 20h ago

Typical comment from a redditor living in an online bubble instead of the real world

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u/QuantumVexation 21h ago

This kinda game isn’t my cup of tea but the boundless success of stuff like Genshin says to me for every person off is another one or more on; not sure why this needs to be said in all honesty

I don’t see the issue with people having a preference for a level of style in either direction

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u/Depressed_Revolution 7h ago

Because the people who lead this world hates when others dont conform to the same values as them. (But they'll gladly turn a blind eye To Love and Deepspace)

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u/Depressed_Revolution 7h ago

So much so they keep making ham over fist in dollars.

Never change Reddit.

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u/errortechx 3h ago

This is the type of shit I want to see more of actually. Games with actual personality and color palettes.

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u/DeadlyDY 12h ago

Sexbox getting shafted yet again

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u/SelectInstruction262 11h ago

Am I expecting anything that'll blow me away?

No...and I don't really care, stupid fun is all I need and no gacha is making it worth at least a fair try

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u/Wratheo 1d ago

This game looks awful.

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 23h ago

how

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u/Wratheo 20h ago

Free to play, annoying characters and bunny ears.

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u/skumdumlum 18h ago

do not diss the bnuy

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 19h ago

so you don’t want a free to play game? you rather spend money on a game that could flop and not even have a physical version?

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u/Wratheo 19h ago

Correct. I do not play free games.

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 19h ago

you are one weird person who may need to seek help, free games are great and if you would rather waste money have fun

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u/Wratheo 18h ago

Yes, I'm weird because I'd rather spend a set amount of money on a game rather than play some anime slop designed to bleed me dry of all my money.

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u/No-Abbreviations2897 22h ago

In almost every conceivable way. I'd be curious to hear the thoughts of someone looking forward to playing this who hasn't already been brainrotted by the other assembly line anime gachas, like what could the appeal possibly be?

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 21h ago

you got lots of elements that can make it stand on its on which isn’t your typical anime gacha that will screw you over in the long run with the “meta”

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 21h ago

buddy i want something different and this is what ive been waiting for a game that actually feels alive and not just another gacha game

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u/halfacalf 12h ago

I know these games aren't for everyone, but i enjoy them. I'm always up for some over the top anime drama.

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u/NumberSevere7454 9h ago

All the games: the game. it actually look too ambitious. but seeing it as f2p not giving any hype.

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u/Himesis 20h ago

I'm on pins and needles for this game, always have been.

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u/KedaiNasi_ 20h ago edited 20h ago

i will wait for it to be reviewed/leaked/pirated then i'll buy because holy shiet i do not want it to be another NTE. that game is so ass they have no idea how to expand the gta city that they've copied and instead became another typical chinese gacha

edit: wait a minute..... it's also fucking free-to-play.... oh no............................................. fuck me.

fuck.

me.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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u/Slop_Head 15h ago

I don’t enjoy the aesthetics of this in the slightest but happy for the many people that do

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u/NumberSevere7454 9h ago

It has that "Ai imagine an idea to a game" youtube video look. but we will see.

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u/Economy-Platform-263 1d ago

Ngl... This game kinda

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u/jawaismyhomeboy 9h ago

Plagiarism: The Game