A goofy sci-fi Genshin Impact that actually respects your time - here's what we make of Honkai: Star Rail's beta:
For those who don't spend their evenings skipping Paimon's dialogue and collecting resources in Genshin's vast open world, levelling characters and equipping them with the best gear is important for late-game content, but it's almost entirely optional. The appeal is pulling a character from the gacha system and getting them to a level you can clear content with, either just because you want them in your team, or in order to experiment with unique party lineups.
I did, however, expect to like the combat, as I'm an old school JRPG fan. Personal preference aside, it is an odd choice to pivot from the developer's usual modern action RPG style to turn-based strategy, but it's a decision that works incredibly well for mobile. Third-person action tends to be clunky on phones if you're not hooking up a controller, but simply tapping the screen to issue commands has led to me spending far more time playing on my phone than I intended to.
This is where the streamlined resource farming comes in handy, as it's super quick to level-up characters of a different class. It's turned the lengthy, monotonous grinding for resources present in Genshin Impact into a five minute job that you can literally walk away from if you toggle auto-battle. I even spied an item on the free tier of the battle pass that looks like it can make a custom Relic, gear which raises stats and gives set bonuses.
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