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Missed the HSR livestream but just logged on to use the redemption codes sucks they only last 24 hrs or so. Really looking forward to ZZZ. Hopefully it's for an open beta.

Am I the only one thinking that even though they fired 100 employees upper managements "bonuses" would not have been affected? But now with all the cancelled preorders will they keep axing staff or take a lower cut.

So should we expect a class action law suit seeing as there could be grounds for unfair dismissal if the staff who were asking for improvements are the majority of those fired?

@Constable_What Yea most AI art is ripped from other artists work. I saw an article where an artist created a brand new character then used AI and as that was the only image of the character on the net it made an exact copy but messed up the hands (dunno why they keep getting hands wrong). the voices are probably a rip off too. There's endless amount of content out there might be harder to locate. Could this potentially be an avenue for artists to start converting all their work to NFT? So they get paid each time AI uses a sample of their work?

What happened to Lei? I won't be surprised if they also add Heihachi in some form... Mokujin perhaps?

Doesn't AI just take bits of other peoples work and fuse them together? maybe someone should make an AI that locates all the stolen work and artists and writers can sue the companies. That'll keep AI out of the creative sphere at least till GI appears.

@DixyViking That's not even the worst part. What irks me the most is the rng for raid or dungeon exotic weapons. I've spoken with players who had to run raids over 60 times just for the weapon to drop. It's bad enough trying to find people willing to spend a couple of hours on the raid and then forcing players to run it so many times is so predatory it should be illegal especially since all raids and dungeons are paid content. it would be different if they're doing runs to get better stats on the weapon but for fixed stats it's a disgusting mechanic.

Looking forward to this

Maybe change it to wrapper instead of credits in the article title. It's the truth and i'd still click on it. No need to trick me push square.

Instead of buying studios they should buy IP's. Seen Konami mentioned a lot in the responses and they have a nice catalogue of IP's Sony and friends can revitalize for this current gen and beyond. Should be cheaper on the wallet too.

Wow they shouldn't have made a part 2. I like many others allotted some time for my daily overwatch fix. When part 2 came out I just lost interest.

Honkai star rail pokemon.

@Constable_What Hahaha dear lord. I guess the walk of shame was a history a lot of us arcade gamers shared.

@Constable_What Lol yup. I probably spent up to 1k from bank of mum and dad on MvC 2 arcades alone. When you add for inflation it's an insane amount. I suddenly don't feel too bad about gacha and DLC.

@Constable_What Yea the story battles are pretty forgiving so you don't need max level characters to complete them. Talent farming is a drag since your daily actions are limited but rewarding once you finally lv up their talents. I only get the battle pass when i'm close to completing it (feels a lot more rewarding that way).
Everytime they ask for suggestions in their survey I keep asking for them to add mats to simulated universe lol. I much prefer to grind and know what i'm getting for my time spent than lots of other games that use the accursed rng system (looking at you bungie). I have clan mates that have replayed the same dungeon (takes about 45mins -1hr)over 60 times and still don't have the exotic drop. Rng is far more predatory than any gacha system.
The new story quest was fun and really well written (Really wanted to fight you know who). I just wish they had more options for the responses you choose or optional story paths but that would be a lot of work for a free game. Looking forward to all the IPC "stone" character reveals.

@ATaco Gacha isn't new. It's from Gashapon which is pretty much Kinder eggs with random toys. Same with trading cards and the like. This is just a video game variant of a system that has been around since the 1960's.

@Tomato_Goose This only when I've completed the mainline arc that's been released so far. There's regular events and end game content but the higher levels are pretty difficult so need to farm materials to level up characters and their weapons. The higher the level the higher the material cost and since I'm not gonna pay for materials I chose to grind instead. The end game content refreshes every week or so and winning each battle drops the premium currency to unlock the characters and weapons so they've in effect made it possible to play and win the gacha without spending any real money.

@Dragon83 I know this very wall but I find that the game then takes up only 30mins of my time a day and I can move on to other stuff. Sometimes I even put the grindy farm battles on fast forward and auto now that some of my characters are leveled up enough for the auto AI to not die on those battles. Spend even less time with that.

The first 3 codes were for 24hrs only. They were for those who watched the live stream. The 1.5 live stream should be some point in November.

@themightyant I think it's different in HSR as the most recent side story answered quite a lot of questions for players which were only loosely touched upon in the main arc.

@PepperMintRex It's not for everyone but I'd much rather pay for a fully fleshed out playable character than a cosmetic item which is all a lot of games offer these days.

@Papers92 The premium characters have companion missions that delve into their backgrounds and they are replaced once their banner event is over. The banners are doing a rerun from the 27th of October and each banner runs for about 2 weeks so if you like the game you can experience all the lore.

Blade is missing from the tier list.

@Constable_What Unfortunately I don't have Welt yet I'm so close to 300 on the normal banner but not sure if I should go for Welt or Gepard. I managed to get Welts light cone and I've pulled Imbibitor Lunae, Yukong and Luocha so might go for full imaginary team. I hope Harmony TB is as you say so can get my Himeko to do more than farm resources. Kafka was a letdown for me so I did not pull her. She was nice and OP as a boss but as a playable she no longer had her mind control mechanic which I was really hoping to use on bosses that summon minions lol. Jingyuan is still one of my top characters but don't have his lightcone.

@Constable_What Haha that's sound advice. I wasted resources on Herta and Sampo and now I haven't used either in a long while. I know Sampo can be good but DoT isn't my play style.

@get2sammyb Nice! I'm gonna try for her later today she seems more useful than Yanqing who has been my main ice damage dealer but his "get hit and lose buff" mechanic is very annoying. Looks like she synergises well with Blade too.

@Constable_What Trailblazer has a harmony version coming out? When?

@get2sammyb Great review. I agree that the story does get overwritten during the Xianzhou arc that has been released so far. I like how you used preservation instead of "defense". Does it take you 180 pulls to get the premium banner? I always get it in 90 or just under.

@RedRiot193 You can make do with alts of the same class as there are some really good ones but signature weapons really do make a character stand out. When you start doing Calyx and Corrosion missions you will get the chance to use other players characters. You can try out characters with signature weapons and those without.

@RedRiot193 Platform wide update 1.4. You will have quite a lot to sink your teeth into. If you enjoy the game I would advise that you save your stella jades, figure out your play style with the free characters, look up online guides to see which of the available premium characters suit your style and try to get their signature weapon also. Will make a world of difference when tackling later content.

Awesome video that was fun to watch. More of these please. Wouldn't mind seeing a "worst" playstation superhero game either. People keep telling me X-men next dimension was a terrible game but I completely disagree. Best standalone X-men game ever. Yes even better than children of the atom.

I dunno. I have a creeping feeling that he was let go for not being "greedy and predatory" enough. Give it a few weeks i'm pretty sure the next article on this will be "bungie loans monetization expert to naughty dog"

Ofc Bungie would say its crap. I imagine they expected a drop in ps their player base if this came out. And if they have to lose players wallets to another game then it has to be unquestionably better in every aspect including mtx.

I wonder if Jingliu's team hp drain will synergize and stack Blade's talent.

Will the gacha reruns be platform wide? I missed out on Seele. Not too sure about Topaz and Numby's kit. I still enjoy looking through online maps for treasure locations once I've explored everywhere.

I don't think the GaaS bubble will burst anytime soon especially with companies like Mihoyo who currently have 2 really profitable ones and a 3rd that has a massive loyal fan base. It's common knowledge now that just those 3 games made a ton of profit. No way greedy execs will let them keep all that gacha mulla pie to themselves.

I know a lot of starving artists and actors. This might be the break they need. Go ahead and strike.

Star rail is a great game just wished they released new story content more often. I understand why people are complaining about the gacha mechanics but as I've played it since launch I can honestly say you really do not need all the characters. So long as you can cover all your elemental bases and this can be achieved with the free characters. I grinded this game daily and have all the characters except 2 and suffering for it cause there's not enough materials to level all of them up to take on the toughest content. I'd advise anyone intending to play this on ps4/5 to save their free crystals and check out various sites for which character is SS tier and if they fit your play style. There's also a try before you buy option to test out the new character. I'm glad this was there or I would have got Kafka who's move set was nothing like it was when she was a boss character...what a rip.

I tried 2.0 it's still ridiculously buggy. Bugs in places I never encountered them in my original playthrough. I'll see what PL is like in 3 years.

First Descendant beta

Looking forward to this. I have a 1 gacha only policy. Started on Honkai 3rd impact "which this article forgot to mention", then Genshin and now enjoying Star rail. This seems more my preference my only qualm is the enemies bars are too in your face. Hopefully they reduce or blur them or give options in the launch build.

And they couldn't add NG+?

@thefourfoldroot1 Because shareholders like money and they probably wouldn't have greenlit this if they did not forecast some insane returns. Even Sony who are known for amazing single player games are investing in 10 live service games.

Endless dynamic events should have been for free.

@DennisReynolds Haha Nin would never allow their family characters in MK best you could hope for is probably a character from mad world. If they did I hope the Kameo is also in black and white.

I'd be surprised if the didn't use any of their war gods or Bio freaks characters. Those IP have been gathering dust for a while.

Vryn didn't sound that bad to me. Any voice works with a mascot I guess. What I can't stand is old women trying to sound like little girls. It's pretty gross on the ears.

@deadfred77 Nope. No refund from steam since I played over an hr of that garbage. I even hyped it up to my friends who also bought it and still bring it up as a joke at my expense.

@VanguardKaiser For HSR the premium characters are on banner pulls. use the in game currency (stellar jades) for the premium only and ignore the other temptations. There is a small percentage to unlock the character but at 90 pulls its guaranteed. This means u need a max total of 14,400 jades to hit 90 (I usually get them around the 65-70 mark). There is a pull counter that shows you how many times you've done it. The jades can be obtained fairly easily from chests, events and daily login quests.

@UltimateOtaku91 I understand what you mean by gacha putting you off as I was the same also. I've play Honkai star rail since launch and have got all the premium characters except the 1st one as I did not know how the gacha mechanics worked at the start. So far I've only paid £15 and and intend to stop when I've reached full AAA game value and that was just cause I ran out of Exp materials and did not want to grind for more to level up the new premium character I unlocked. The thing about these gacha games is that there will be so many characters to choose from and a lot of them will perform similar roles so just keep a look out for those you want. There's always enough in game currency to get the characters (In star rail anyway).