Genshin impact. I heard about how it was a “Zelda clone” and full of predatory gacha slop and I refused to play it. Then during the pandemic I saw an AMV someone had made of a bunch of the cutscenes and I was impressed by the cutscene quality. I was also broke and had too much time on my hands, so I installed it intending to stop playing when it hit a point where I couldn’t progress without paying to win.
6 years later and I’m still playing, with hundreds of hours of gameplay into it and a mostly free to play account. Occasionally I’ll throw $5 at it, but the hours of gameplay to money sink ratio is far less than almostany other game I’ve played. I’ve probably spent $100 total on a game I’ve played almost daily for 6 years.
I’ve had my ups and downs with it, but it’s for sure a good game, and it’s shaken up a whole industry of games to force them to do better.
I’m having that same experience with Honkai Star Rail. This is coming from a guy whose first games were on an Atari and pretty much quit any new gaming about the time Skyrim came out.
Genshin impact. I heard about how it was a “Zelda clone” and full of predatory gacha slop and I refused to play it. Then during the pandemic I saw an AMV someone had made of a bunch of the cutscenes and I was impressed by the cutscene quality. I was also broke and had too much time on my hands, so I installed it intending to stop playing when it hit a point where I couldn’t progress without paying to win.
6 years later and I’m still playing, with hundreds of hours of gameplay into it and a mostly free to play account. Occasionally I’ll throw $5 at it, but the hours of gameplay to money sink ratio is far less than almostany other game I’ve played. I’ve probably spent $100 total on a game I’ve played almost daily for 6 years.
I’ve had my ups and downs with it, but it’s for sure a good game, and it’s shaken up a whole industry of games to force them to do better.
I’m having that same experience with Honkai Star Rail. This is coming from a guy whose first games were on an Atari and pretty much quit any new gaming about the time Skyrim came out.