Genshin Impact

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Hoyo insisting a full year of nodkrai instead of schneznaya is "because of the deep lore and setup" is not giving me hype. Amphorus was all about a year long update arc with deep lore and people got tired after 3 versions.

It's also insane that genshin still odesn't have replayable events and shit so we're going to get all these factions and the entire moon lore locked to some random shop simulator event.
 
LucasSomething said:
Amphorus was all about a year long update arc with deep lore and people got tired after 3 versions.
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I would make the argument that story presentation also matters quite a lot. I get that it's a gacha and time retention is a must, but MHY isn't really doing themselves any favors with how bloated the dialog feels, how meandering it is, or how you can't skip or even click through text fast enough.

It makes it tedious and can really kill any interest in the narrative, at least for me.

Not to mention, in my humble opinion, Amphorus, despite aspects I like about it, is really fucking okay-ish storywise. It's telling to me that there have been so little discussion about the story in this thread.

And even I can't say anything about it aside from some complaints and some faint praise because it's really not interesting. It's just there.

Granted, it could be worse. And I'm not expecting Berserk levels of intensity here either. But MHY can write good stories. Sumeru and Fontaine proved that. I'd say early ZZZ proved that too because it had fun with itself and it worked, despite the grim undertones.

Edit: Actually does ZZZ have any deep lore? I get the impression it's not as compact at Genshin or heaven forbid Star Rail, even if there is an archive and there's the whole Void Hunter (smells like the fucking High Cloud Quintet to me. Oh god please no) and whatever else.
 
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Edit: Actually does ZZZ have any deep lore? I get the impression it's not as compact at Genshin or heaven forbid Star Rail, even if there is an archive and there's the whole Void Hunter (smells like the fucking High Cloud Quintet to me. Oh god please no) and whatever else.
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Depends on how you define "deep lore"I guess. ZZZ has a mystery at its core that drives the plot. What happened during the Hollow disaster that destroyed the old capital and claimed the life of the playable sibling characters' teacher. That being said, from a timeline perspective, not much time has passed between that disaster and the events of the game that are playable. It doesn't have the same hundreds, or even thousands of years of history that can be found in the GI and HSR settings.

The deeper lore of the game are questions like what happened at the Helios Academy that supposedly triggered the Hollow disaster in the old capital, what's up with the Void Hunters and what are the Exaltists up to, exactly.
 
Lost the 50/50 for Vivian to stupid cat bitch.

Well at least I have a guarantee for Hugo and no M6 fucking stupid wolf bitch.

I'm two pulls away from the selector so I can maybe finally get Soldier 11 then.

Edit: Other guarantee well spent. Time to get Jiyan.
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Also, just began her companion story, and opinions about it elsewhere seem to be mixed but so far, I don't mind really. She's not fawning over Rover for one, and she's just the chillest bro. It's quite nice.
 
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star rail made +100 million on mobile this month and wuwa passed genshin again so everyone is happy... except ME

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Please pray sensortower is fake and gay or most people play on pc because jesus christ tribe nine is going to die. This is the first gacha i love the story and never skipped a single box, i even stopped playing snowbreak thanks to tribe nine, i dont want to see it die 😭
 
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star rail made +100 million on mobile this month and wuwa passed genshin again so everyone is happy... except ME

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Please pray sensortower is fake and gay or most people play on pc because jesus christ tribe nine is going to die. This is the first gacha i love the story and never skipped a single box, i even stopped playing snowbreak thanks to tribe nine, i dont want to see it die 😭
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Battle Cats surpassed Goddess of Victory: Nikke.
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All hail the Cat God.

EDIT: BC ALSO BEAT BLUE ARCHIVE LOL. TOTAL CAT VICTORY
CATS > PEDOSHIT
 
Hoyo revealed Saber and Archer for star rail, but also teased their incoming pokemon clone and honkai crossover wtf

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Blade got the bootleg zacian

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Zani's companion quest done. It was a really great time indeed.

No fucking fawning or romance for one. I get that it's what sells but I think it's refreshing to have a grown lady not wanting to eat our asshole. Adds a bit of variety. And Zani herself is quite likable even if I was a little put off by the gratuitous ass and tit shots at the beginning.

My only criticism is that habit of Kuro's to create random ass villains that are almost unique compared to random ass NPCs that just get dropped into the story like we're supposed to care, then they fuck off for all eternity. It's kinda lame and lazy.

But anyway, a nice time spender. And the Bro fists were great. We need more bro fists.

Edit: Also that Honkai Pokemon game looks ass. When Star Rail had its in-game Pokémon event thingy, that was a cute but fun little distraction. I didn't need a whole ass game for this.
 
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How come it's HSR that gets all the collabs anyway? I mean, I don't care for any of the collab games, so no skin off my back, but I can't help but wonder.
 
LucasSomething said:
Blade got the bootleg zacian
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Imagine if Nintendo sued.

I doubt they will but who knows.
Daddy's Little Kitten said:
I have zero interest in the HSR collab, and I could care less for a Pokémon clone.
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Easiest skips of my life.
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How come it's HSR that gets all the collabs anyway? I mean, I don't care for any of the collab games, so no skin off my back, but I can't help but wonder.
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I recall someone saying in this thread that MHY tends to take all the feedback for Genshin and test it in HSR, which I assume also means collabs. Genshin did fuck it up, intentionally or otherwise, with Aloy so no collabs in that game ever again. Ever!

ZZZ, however, is WTF. I guess it needs to placate China before it tries to placate other fandoms.
 
I just don't care for collab content in general, I don't care about IP crossovers. I praise FGO for keeping itself strictly within the nasuverse for it 10 year span.
 
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