HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG proves that even an award-winning formula has room to grow.
Honkai Star Rail is celebrating its one-year anniversary today, April 26, 2024.
Some see Honkai: Star Rail as just another gacha.
To me, its an evolving free-to-play RPG with more self-awareness than the average release.
Im not alone in this sentiment.
Even NPCs with non-changing facial expressions have more expressive voice acting than the typical stock character.
“From the moment it began with Kafka and the classical/instrumental music, I was blown away.
I still feel it has one of the best openings stylistically.
The gacha temptation is minimal, to boot.”
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It’s surprisingly mature and does a good job of fleshing out its cast."
There isn’t an auto-battle that will strategize for you.
“It helps that by being turn based it’s actually playable since I can farm at work too.
Meanwhile, in another gacha game like Genshin Impact, you wouldnt receive additional currency at all.
Understandably, these events are meant to be temporary experiences and not permanent story quests.
Another pain point is the inconvenience of raising characters you might get without being caught up on the story.
Now, things are starting to look different for players not caught up to Penacony.
However, he has complaints about the team variety.
“At a macro level I don’t love that the power creep of banners seems to impact content.
Star Rail shares some unpopular mechanics with Genshin Impact, too.
Genshin Impact has similar equipment called Artifacts, which fans have also complained about since release.
As Star Rail grew in size, so did the quality-of-life features that make the experience even more enjoyable.
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