GIRLS' FRONTLINE 2: EXILIUM

I've played a lot more on mobile than on computer and for the most part it's disappointing. I love the original Girls Frontline, I still play it to this day so I was happy when a 3D GF came out. but this game just feels more outdated. this style of turn-table based system is pretty boring. it's no different from other games like it. granted, I don't like turn-table based games all that much, I tried to have fun but it was just too slow and boring. Another problem is the dolls. in the original game, yes you had outfits but this game is no different from Azur Lane. people who like the very revealing character designs in that game will love this game. unlike the dark, grimy, moody feel of the original, it's like they focused way too much on the characters and their revealing clothing/animations. I don't mind a little bit of a revealing factor but then again, this is close to Azur Lane territory. speaking of having a specific "feel" to the game, this game adds blades/melee to weapons. I love swords, don't get me wrong but while there's skins in the original GF game for swords, there were no melee weapon doll. it kind of feels off to have blades in a girls x gun type game, as the saying suggests "bringing a knife to a gunfight" just doesn't make the game feel like it's part of the Girls Frontline series There's not much I can give it for positive points unfortunately, I've played about 10 hours max in the mobile version and it's just disappointing. having a new style to a game isn't bad if it's done right but for this game, it's done all wrong. This could be a hot take or just me being picky but focusing on the characters more than the actual gameplay makes the game feel stale and pretty boring after a few hours of playing, thus I didn't play a lot on this version.

Very slow pace, from a narrative and gameplay standpoint. I have no idea why the files in this game need to be so big, but after you download the huge steam package, you need to d/l another 27 gigs when you first play it. Once you're in, about all this game has to offer is basic gameplay and nice visuals featuring hot anime babes. The storytelling is slow, the gameplay (through the first few hours, at least) is ultra-basic XCom, there enough statuses apparent that maybe there's more depth here, but it's just so slow and it throws every anime trope or image at you that i don't really want to sit through more.

The game itself is good, but is absolutely ruined when it comes to pulls as they have by far the worst pull mechanic of any gacha game. Guarantee'd elite for banner pulls does not guarantee the banner pull. You need to pull 80 for the guaranee. Frequently you will get down to the guarantee hit, only for the game to give you another F tier elite charater instead of the banner. This elite pull of another character will reset your guarentee pull requirement back to 80. That is their entire pitty system. I burnt through more than 300 pulls on the latest patch only to get the elite character once. No copies. no weapons. I tried sticking with it for a while, but unless you're willing to dump a few hundred dollars for each banner, don't bother. In a game where they put so much emphasis on getting copies of charaters to boost their abilities, they make getting copies impossible unless you proper whale.

gacha slop with cute waifus / trash hoyo 50/50 ruins it

I STILL miss my wife. Game's pretty solid, storytelling is peak, and the gacha elements are aight for free-riding; get a platoon friend with C6 Min-Maxed Voymastina to sweep through the campaign / Events and save pulls until YZ and Mica finally drop your favorite girl. You, yes YOU reader, your favorite Doll is totally alive and totally didn't die in Frankfurt! Save pulls for her, she will return, probably.

combat sucks. Take the assets and make a 3rd person shooter

I have a big list of issues with the game to the point I don't even know where to begin getting into them but the game support being outright retarded and refusing to help is what's putting the nail in the coffin for me.

The details of their feet are immaculate (Swear to god I DONT like feet)

i dont have a lot of hours in this here, but i am a mobile player so i have somewhere up to 240 hours, this game goes into the powercreeping grounds and its IMP-ossible to get anything you want first try in banner, you just have scrap hard pity every time, YOU will loss every 50-50 ever, breathing costs money in general ofc everything else too, if you want to be stably and support yourself you better have a rich dad, long story short play something else for gods sake