@@_cybik well honkai story from ch 1 - 4 actually sucks, but if you can pass that and reach ch 7+ the story will be really good, like i mean so good that it puts many anime to shame. also this game will drive you emotionally nuts, remember to always bring your tissue when playing the story. the lore is really complicated you need to read the manga, visual novel to understand everything, but it will blow your mind just how big is the lore of the story. overall its a really good game, the gacha is a bit predatory but at least there is no 50/50 pity. you should give it a try!
The artifact system from Genshin Impact kind of turned me off but I'm going to play it anyways just for the experience. Excellent casual review as usual Sean, glad to see you back.
nice review, very well made video, not like some youtuber that is just trying to hype the game, very honest opinion on the game. you deserve a like and a new subscriber, keep up the great work man!
Great Review Im gonna try it out when it comes out and see if I will enjoy it... Grinding in the game isn't gonna put me off because you can't play any game where you don't grind honestly. The only thing i wish they could add is: for grinding out your gears, allow us to get multiple things at once(like with a skip button) where we can use alot of our Stamina/Resin in one go and get multiple artefacts. That wouldn't make it that much of a grind honestly because having to keep on playing the same stages over and over and over really puts me off in genshin
the gear grinding part right now is a little bit ridiculous because you dont even have multi runs or a simple "replay" button but you have to awaken the boss manually again which waste a lot of time .... Hope it gets better !
when i heard HSR is gonna release soon i was so excited and when i realize it was turn based rpg game it got my hopes down a bit and when i heard it's semi open world it got my hopes up again so uhhh also finally a game i can be a f2p and not struggle to do stuff
Been play summoners war for 6 years and tbh there is too much content and I can't handle all of them And currently play genshin but less content so Idk what to do after finish my dailies Might try this game because I really like building a character like you said when finish build a character with right efficient stat the dopamine hit hard Hopefully the content is enough, not too much like summoners war but not too less like genshin
the "content" part will probably be similar to genshin, main quests -> side quests -> some exploration -> tower mode/abyss and you just farm till next patch
for those who enjoy the story, it is necessary. but for those who play just because of the gameplay, it's not necessary. why is it necessary? because honkai star rail is a continuation of honkai impact although not directly but from APHO, APHO is a game in honkai impact and APHO takes place 8 years after the main story (Honkai impact) honkai was sealed on the moon. this is the order: HI 3 > APHO 1 > APHO 2 > ALIEN SPACE MANGA > APHO 3 > HSR
@@sean2b508 You play for the story right? if so, it's necessary in order to get the full experience. I just play all three games and then get the full experience
I played the first CBT and I enjoyed it as a very casual game. Wouldn't spend money on it (blame Genshin) but I would definitely play it. Being turn based makes it easier while I'm working as well unlike when I torture myself with league and smite at work and get interrupted. Character design as usual is pretty great, the animations are on point and the rates (in my cbt) weren't tooooo bad but still gacha is gacha. Pity system is more like Honkai for those that have played. Also, anyone know expected release date?
I already got trauma from unending, tedious grind of artifacts in GI for a year, and for sure not gonna play it or any similar game by MHY just to experience another trauma.
I might not play it because between Genshin Impact and Work, I won't have enough free time available.. Also, I still feel Genshin requires more player input than Turn Based games. EDIT: oh boy, just got to the part of the video about the gear and how many slots/stats there are... And all of that is RNG based.. definitely not playing it. I got Enough dealing with RNG in Genshin.
I think I have finally mastered the F2p mindset coming from being a baby whale. I'll enjoy this game till it becomes sweaty then take a break till an anniversary or something. Mihoyo isn't known to do good anniversary stuff (Honkai is an exception) so it depends. The best way to play a gacha is to play it later and ignore the FOMO.
I did stop playing e7 and genshin because of thoese stopid gear system the rng is absurd, i once farming for more than one month and still not getting the right stats i need for that character since then i am not even bother farming gear anymore just finish the story and event then uninstall.
I’m not going to download this simply because I can get RPG turn-based games that don’t require me to roll characters. I play Path To Nowhere for the story, but at the very least that wasn’t made by a money hungry monster called Mihoyo.
I've seen that the graphics in Honkai Star Rail don't excel compared to other anime games of the same genre, despite Hoyoverse owning so much more money. Instead of doing wonders Hoyoverse prefers to stay simple, and uses lots of money just for publicity or other projects, and I really can't get explanation aside from the fact that they don't put passion in their games anymore At the start I was amazed by their variety of npcs and how polished the world was, but then I saw that the latest anime open world games that are being released are at the same level if not better For example, the dialogues: in most games during dialogues they touch and interact with each other, the movements differ; while in Genshin all the characters have the same 4 hands movement (I don't have a problem with this) and the characters just rotate or just walk in different positions, making the characters look stiff and ruining a bit the story experience in my opinion. To add a good point, the camera angles during the dialogues are very well made, and help a lot making the character more natural and the scene more natural Like the characters are exaggeratedly simplistic even for being anime, you can even see their polygons if you zoom a bit It's sad that the fans are not pretending more and how this will become an hit game with not much effort
I mean it's only the beta after all so they might add more variety to dialogues and of course polishing up the world, and I'm kinda confused are you talking about Star Rail or Genshin?. Also may I ask for the examples of those games you're talking about?
@@rhezer Arknights Endfield, Girls Frontline 2, Wuthering Waves, Crystal of Atlan, Project Snow are some of the games that are about to be released, and they don't seem to be inferior to this one I also talked about this topic with another user and cleared some of my misconceptions and doubts, so I don't feel like going in details rn
@@Vekysus ye, that comment was 2 months ago, now I know. But I still find a bit of truth in my old comment, like for example the lighting on the characters in Honkai Star Rail is crappy
im gonna skip this game same artifact system same gacha pity turn based getting stale so fast for me and the same dialogue speed (no skipping) so its just a downgraded genshin for me
Opposite for me, been looking for a replacement for Genshin, Genshin is too slow with updates and has zero challenging content. Hoping Star Rail is handled similarly to Honkai Impact 3rd and has a team behind it that listens to the players enough to make the game great. Artifact/gear system is the hell of all gacha games, it's going to exist in all of them in some shape or form.
Hoyoverse is not having me anymore, they dont work at all in genshin, its so boring and dead right now -.- Edit: so i imagin that the same will happen to the next games they develop, few months of entertaining and then dead.
I completely agree, and the worse thing is, that the fans are not pretending more and falling in Hoyoverse traps. I used to love this company but now I don't see the passion in the games that they make, they just became cash cows to do more publicity
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Mihoyo's main strength i can say is their ability to make a story and to make lore, cause seriously the writers in this company is just good.
They really slept on genshins part
that's how they hook you in with every single character without shoving any packs in your face but you still pull out your wallet anyway
@@kanseich.6042 That's SLEEPING? Bloody hell I need to play Honkai apparently.
@@kanseich.6042 nahhh lore is very noice and a lot of it is very vague I really want to know what happened next
@@_cybik well honkai story from ch 1 - 4 actually sucks, but if you can pass that and reach ch 7+ the story will be really good, like i mean so good that it puts many anime to shame. also this game will drive you emotionally nuts, remember to always bring your tissue when playing the story. the lore is really complicated you need to read the manga, visual novel to understand everything, but it will blow your mind just how big is the lore of the story. overall its a really good game, the gacha is a bit predatory but at least there is no 50/50 pity. you should give it a try!
This is very well made video, so fluid, a lot of effort had been put to this because it is that good. Nice review, earned a sub!
Thanks a lot 🙏
The artifact system from Genshin Impact kind of turned me off but I'm going to play it anyways just for the experience. Excellent casual review as usual Sean, glad to see you back.
Great review, Sean! Missed you since your PGR videos, can’t wait for Honkai Star Rail 😁
nice review, very well made video, not like some youtuber that is just trying to hype the game, very honest opinion on the game. you deserve a like and a new subscriber, keep up the great work man!
thanks for the kind comment
Great Review
Im gonna try it out when it comes out and see if I will enjoy it...
Grinding in the game isn't gonna put me off because you can't play any game where you don't grind honestly.
The only thing i wish they could add is: for grinding out your gears, allow us to get multiple things at once(like with a skip button) where we can use alot of our Stamina/Resin in one go and get multiple artefacts.
That wouldn't make it that much of a grind honestly because having to keep on playing the same stages over and over and over really puts me off in genshin
the gear grinding part right now is a little bit ridiculous because you dont even have multi runs or a simple "replay" button but you have to awaken the boss manually again which waste a lot of time .... Hope it gets better !
"mihoyo is ready for your wallet", 5 seconds in and you deserve a like for that :"c
when i heard HSR is gonna release soon i was so excited and when i realize it was turn based rpg game it got my hopes down a bit and when i heard it's semi open world it got my hopes up again so uhhh
also finally a game i can be a f2p and not struggle to do stuff
Oh no artifacts PTSD *intensifies*
can't wait to roll artifacts and watch it roll into bad stats
@@sean2b508 quad additional dmg pls
Not going to lie. I cried a little when I saw Himeko for the first time in the HSR beta ;-;
Gonna pass it due to the same Artifact system, im tired of grinding 1-2 months to get "One Character" gear/artifact to be atleast decent
I think you can still play it purely for the story and ignore all the grinding part or the "try-hard" content that require good artifact/relic
Everything is good in honkai star rail imo. The only bad thing is the bs artifact rng, i hope they do something about that.
Considering the Artifact RNG in Genshin Impact, unlikely. Time to get screwed by Artifact RNG all over again.
Almost every game with an artifact mechanic always have shitty rng
They give you an option to make a good artifact in HSR
the most important thing to me is the story and secondly the design .
then you have nothing to worry about because this game is absolutely gorgeous with a beautiful story
@@sean2b508 that's great 👍
@@sean2b508 but is the game going to be online only to play it?
@@plaxunlumilost2206 Obviously you need internet to play it lol
@@Unforgiving_Eye one more game im not touching because were i live theres bad internet speeds
I’m more excited with the lore. 😍 I will play the time it will be released.
Been play summoners war for 6 years and tbh there is too much content and I can't handle all of them
And currently play genshin but less content so Idk what to do after finish my dailies
Might try this game because I really like building a character like you said when finish build a character with right efficient stat the dopamine hit hard
Hopefully the content is enough, not too much like summoners war but not too less like genshin
the "content" part will probably be similar to genshin, main quests -> side quests -> some exploration -> tower mode/abyss and you just farm till next patch
Looking forward to the game, as well as more of your content. BTW Did you quite PGR?
might come back for 2B tho coz she got great personality
@@sean2b508 yay, more pgr content next month then. 🥰🥰
for those who enjoy the story, it is necessary. but for those who play just because of the gameplay, it's not necessary. why is it necessary? because honkai star rail is a continuation of honkai impact although not directly but from APHO, APHO is a game in honkai impact and APHO takes place 8 years after the main story (Honkai impact) honkai was sealed on the moon.
this is the order: HI 3 > APHO 1 > APHO 2 > ALIEN SPACE MANGA > APHO 3 > HSR
So you are saying that I have to play 3 games and read a manga to actually appreciate a simple story in HSR?
@@sean2b508 You play for the story right? if so, it's necessary in order to get the full experience.
I just play all three games and then get the full experience
@@sean2b508 It's up to you, I only highly recommend people who play for the story to get the full experience
@@sean2b508 oh yeah, there will be another new game from mihoyo, namely Honkai Impact 4 Galaxy and it's a continuation from HSR
This game will be anything that genshin impact wasn’t for me. Day one and hoping to have luck on initial free summons
I was PLANNING to play it,
before i saw the same artifacts system that once tortured me for 2 months.
Maybe i'll try it out. Maybe.
"The end game is to play all mihoyo game " LMAO true🤣🤣🤣
1:11 yeah thats the only reason you stated that Hoyoverse is ready for our wallets...
I played the first CBT and I enjoyed it as a very casual game. Wouldn't spend money on it (blame Genshin) but I would definitely play it. Being turn based makes it easier while I'm working as well unlike when I torture myself with league and smite at work and get interrupted. Character design as usual is pretty great, the animations are on point and the rates (in my cbt) weren't tooooo bad but still gacha is gacha. Pity system is more like Honkai for those that have played.
Also, anyone know expected release date?
yep another game to play on my phone.
love your vid right off the bat! Subscribed!
I will invest but time bro time is just not enough but I will mostly invest on one of character name BLADE
I think dailies will take about 15 minutes max for this game after you have finished the main stuff and BLADE is awesome :D
@@sean2b508 what main stuff ?
I already got trauma from unending, tedious grind of artifacts in GI for a year, and for sure not gonna play it or any similar game by MHY just to experience another trauma.
how is the gacha currency income? is it like Genshin where you get half a ten pull for an entire event and less than half a single pull from dailies?
Can you reroll in this game to get a good starting character like in other gacha games?
I might not play it because between Genshin Impact and Work, I won't have enough free time available.. Also, I still feel Genshin requires more player input than Turn Based games.
EDIT: oh boy, just got to the part of the video about the gear and how many slots/stats there are... And all of that is RNG based.. definitely not playing it. I got Enough dealing with RNG in Genshin.
I think I have finally mastered the F2p mindset coming from being a baby whale. I'll enjoy this game till it becomes sweaty then take a break till an anniversary or something. Mihoyo isn't known to do good anniversary stuff (Honkai is an exception) so it depends. The best way to play a gacha is to play it later and ignore the FOMO.
F2P is da way
Honkai star rail's characters stats looks more complicated than Genshin >_>
If there is no PvP then you don't have to be too optimal about it and you will still do just fine against PvE content :D
@@sean2b508 that makes sense, there's rare to see any pvp content in Turn Based genre
or maybe there are many but I haven't tried
Can someone summarize the story in honkai star rail please?
I did stop playing e7 and genshin because of thoese stopid gear system the rng is absurd, i once farming for more than one month and still not getting the right stats i need for that character since then i am not even bother farming gear anymore just finish the story and event then uninstall.
genshin artifact system again aaaaaaaaaaaaaa but i do hope they add multiplayer. a raid n pvp sound nice. we need that end game stuff
Honestly that killed my hype, but it’s like I would still try but not burn myself out like Genshin did
do we know when this game will be released? im hoping soon :c
probably some time end of the year. The same seems finished as of now!
I’m not going to download this simply because I can get RPG turn-based games that don’t require me to roll characters.
I play Path To Nowhere for the story, but at the very least that wasn’t made by a money hungry monster called Mihoyo.
They did seele dirty bro
how?
Because of smaller breasts compared to Honkai?
I'll try it on launch but if i dont see a big a$$ boss that i can fight with the boys am done
If this ain't Honkai series then I would not playing it 😂😂 turn base with semi open world is fine, but the artifact system ruined everything
My only reason I why your should play this game
Paimon doesn't exist
Genshin story is literally about aether and lumine how are they not important?💀
Oh speed stat... I know it's a popular stat in rpg genre but i'm trautatized about it from epic seven
ah no pvp/questionable endgame hurts to hear
release day soon ? or far
probably 1 more Closed/Open Beta and then release can be as near as September/October :D
I've seen that the graphics in Honkai Star Rail don't excel compared to other anime games of the same genre, despite Hoyoverse owning so much more money. Instead of doing wonders Hoyoverse prefers to stay simple, and uses lots of money just for publicity or other projects, and I really can't get explanation aside from the fact that they don't put passion in their games anymore
At the start I was amazed by their variety of npcs and how polished the world was, but then I saw that the latest anime open world games that are being released are at the same level if not better
For example, the dialogues: in most games during dialogues they touch and interact with each other, the movements differ; while in Genshin all the characters have the same 4 hands movement (I don't have a problem with this) and the characters just rotate or just walk in different positions, making the characters look stiff and ruining a bit the story experience in my opinion.
To add a good point, the camera angles during the dialogues are very well made, and help a lot making the character more natural and the scene more natural
Like the characters are exaggeratedly simplistic even for being anime, you can even see their polygons if you zoom a bit
It's sad that the fans are not pretending more and how this will become an hit game with not much effort
I mean it's only the beta after all so they might add more variety to dialogues and of course polishing up the world, and I'm kinda confused are you talking about Star Rail or Genshin?. Also may I ask for the examples of those games you're talking about?
I'm also interested in these other anune games you talk about, could be nice to play them
@@rhezer Arknights Endfield, Girls Frontline 2, Wuthering Waves, Crystal of Atlan, Project Snow are some of the games that are about to be released, and they don't seem to be inferior to this one
I also talked about this topic with another user and cleared some of my misconceptions and doubts, so I don't feel like going in details rn
@@darialomurno05 I'm pretty sure you are confusing Art style with Graphics
@@Vekysus ye, that comment was 2 months ago, now I know.
But I still find a bit of truth in my old comment, like for example the lighting on the characters in Honkai Star Rail is crappy
im gonna skip this game
same artifact system
same gacha pity
turn based getting stale so fast for me
and the same dialogue speed (no skipping)
so its just a downgraded genshin for me
Opposite for me, been looking for a replacement for Genshin, Genshin is too slow with updates and has zero challenging content. Hoping Star Rail is handled similarly to Honkai Impact 3rd and has a team behind it that listens to the players enough to make the game great. Artifact/gear system is the hell of all gacha games, it's going to exist in all of them in some shape or form.
Gear grinding= stamina cash Grab. Ill pass.
Release date?
end of year probably
So there is no PVP in this game huh :(
Fuck pvp
not for now
Everything is good but one thing that makes me say No to the game. The Pokémon combat style i hate that shit
pokemon combat is much more better than this
Hoyoverse is not having me anymore, they dont work at all in genshin, its so boring and dead right now -.-
Edit: so i imagin that the same will happen to the next games they develop, few months of entertaining and then dead.
hence they are making more games so you can finish one and pick up the other and never leave hoyoverse
Honestly same for me. I want to try it out still but I know that the grind will automatically make me drop the game because of the shitty RNG
I completely agree, and the worse thing is, that the fans are not pretending more and falling in Hoyoverse traps.
I used to love this company but now I don't see the passion in the games that they make, they just became cash cows to do more publicity