Morimens

EOS

gaem bad now

I mostly play on mobile but wanted to express my discontent more publicly so I reviewed here as well. I had previously reviewed this game positively, but as it stands now, 3 months after I started, the devs have consistently made baffling decisions that leave the game in an objectively worse state than it was 3 months ago. They've completely butchered the most enjoyable endgame mode and made many people not even want to touch it. They previously PROMISED that when they added new power levels to characters that you can unlock after pulling 16 copies, that the endgame modes would not be balanced around this level of investment. They lied, and to that effect, even the whales with EVERY character at max investment are struggling to clear now. They've nerfed a character that wasn't particularly strong to begin with under the guise of a "bug fix" in order to avoid having to compensate players for the nerf. This character and the WoD (weapon) that was previously BiS on her were both also rerun right before the nerf, so people have spend lots of money on this combo only to have the interaction between them immediately removed after over a year of the interaction being in the game. They've gutted a system which allows you to gain affinity with your characters, which is essential to view character stories in the game, which means those stories are now functionally impossible to unlock on certain characters with less active playstyles. They previously released a character last month that I bought 4 extra duplicates of specifically because I liked the voice acting the character had. They then bait-and-switched me by removing those voice lines entirely and providing me no compensation for the extra pulls I had spent. This character, which was only released last month, is now also nearly useless in the endgame mode because of the previously mentioned butchering, due to her playstyle not working well with the way they retuned the mode which only adds salt to the wound. I don't know if I plan to change this review back even if they address some of the issues, because the fact they've done all this at once is telling in itself.

There's a very long very negative review here that almost turned me away from trying this game. I won't name anybody or anything, just mentioning that I saw it and it factored into my hesitation. I'm really glad to have given this game a chance. IDK if being f2p will "entitle" me to all of the pulls available from the endgame loop, but I don't really care. This is probably the only gacha I've played where as long as I can clear the stories I'm good. The art and the chapters are great. Really great. It's generous enough that I'm not having any trouble putting together teams to clear the content I care about. It's still really early for me, so IDK if there's a wall on this content, and if there is, I'll still be happy to have played until then. This is beautiful, creepy, and well written. It's Slay the Spire with a Nechronica-esque visual novel on top. If you're interested you should give it a chance. If it would be your first gacha, the pull (banner) system is a touch more confusing than most, I'd look up a video and trial a bunch of characters before committing resources. The faction mechanics are very different from each other. All gacha teeter on the brink of predation vs liquidation. It is literally the genre. Unless you are a money printer, there will be time gates and missed opportunities. If FOMO kills you, or if you have low self-control, it can cause genuine issues. If you are willing to "take what you can get" and realize the game "ends" where your boundaries start, you'll have a excellent time with this one I think.

B.I.A.V. does not know what they are doing to their own game. Absolute nosedive of management.

太好玩了，累计活动抽283次，就中5个，歪8次，比原神都6.

I used to love this game... (Look at my hours—I actually still do love the game). I also normally NEVER review games... But, the Devs keep making VERY anti-consumer choices and then gave massive numbers creep to the only repeatable game mode that matters (see other reviews for more info). I've also spent so much money on this game to support the DEVs... However... Now, I cannot in good conscience recommend this game to anyone anymore. Unless you want to join as a purely Free to Play until either the game Ends of Service or fixes the problems.

Recent unfriendly changes to end game, lack of communication, and massive HP inflation to the point not even most whales can clear. If you are fine with sinking a few hundred to a few thousand dollars into a character for it to be unusable due to a "bugfix" and still be unable to clear the obscene difficulties of the end game (where all of the pull currency rewards are, so F2P players get nothing because they can't clear) then go ahead. Otherwise, stay away