Can't stop thinking about this game I was obsessed with in 2016/2017.
Like it's now coming back to me. Now it's out of service, but I remember how different the characters were and the combat (which included real-life location based stuff. Like missions would be 'located' at places near you. You didn't need to physically go there but it was a very fun thing). It was turnbased but the characters were on a grid map you moved them across to the enemies on the other side. They could be equipped with items like first aid kits and stuff, but those were not the stuff they fought with. No, they had skills you could activate by drawing a line through the needed charms within ~5 secs or something (my reaction speed was at a goddamn peak. Suddenly I could catch things mere seconds before they fell).
I still remember the characters the best though. Although I didn't get to play all of them, I did unlock the majority. All of them had their own unique approach to battle, no one was niche and there was no rarity system, because you could get all the characters eventually. No gacha, no paid characters. None of that (which might be the reason it didn't survive).
Your two starters were Adam White (as in Adam Weishaupt. He's the white-haired guy on the right) and the alien guy on the left. The alien guy had an inexplicable Italian accent and would even use Italian words mixed in his speech. Unfortunately I forgot his name lol. Iirc they were both survival-based. The alien guy could see through obstacles and had quite some HP. Adam was more reliant on his skills for survival.
The green-haired girl at the bottom right was likely my third character. Nikita Tesla. Now she was the embodiment of a lightning bruiser. Somewhat literally as she had a skill that could 'chain' between enemies via electricity (like a Chain Caster, but actually good). She didn't have lots of HP but made up for it by being able to hit multiple enemies really quickly.
After that, I think I got Lazarus and Astrid (the guy with the fedora on the right and the purple-haired girl on the left). Mentioning them together as Astrid was his apprentice and their kits were sort of similar. Lazarus was able to soak up lots of damage while also being capable of dealing it back. Used him quite a lot on the field. Astrid was more damage-focused though. She was a Swedish opera singer and her skill names referenced that.
I think I got Alice after them. She's the white-haired girl standing next to Adam on the right. They were brother and sister and there was something bad between them going on. She was Adam's defensive counterpart, while still being able to move across the field nimbly owing to her being a dancer.
The girl with the blue hair at the left was Rei Al-Khwarizmi. Her last name wasn't really mentioned in the story itself but Rei = zero and her last name obviously refers to the scientist. She was an AI that was originally an enemy as she had gone berserk (or something) with a red color palette and all. Nikita left our two starters before their fight. Playstyle-wise, she was defensive but had her offensively-oriented berserk state kept, who was playable as well. My character Rei is sort of named after her.
Those are the ones I remember the best. For the others, there was Ku-ku, a panda-creature who I only got later (very strength/attack oriented). I never got the short-haired girl at the bottom left, but I remember her having a Burn damage gimmick. The two other characters at the left side were related to eachother as well and had a shadow clone gimmick. The blonde girl at the right was the one-to-last I got my hands on. She had a literal bookworm and was defensive.
The last character to be released...I don't remember her name. It was a girl from Malaysia who could command bugs.
Sometimes I just think back at it.
