I've been a player since Day 1, and I felt that I should put my own two cents in as I've been seeing a consistent complaint of "the game being greedy". That's hardly true? I'll admit that yes, it was a touch difficult to accumulate roll currency in the early chapters, but with additions such as Rinascita, the periodic limited events, and the open world exploration rewards: There are more than enough chances to accumulate currency.
Hell, in just exploring the last update: I was able to accumulate approximately 4-5 full ten pulls, or 40-50 rolls from just exploring, doing side-missions, and opening treasure chests while beating up bosses here and there. It is a very much generous game, so long as one isn't constantly rolling on every single banner like Skinner's rat and its button. To say that the game is wholly dependent on visuals rather than its characterization is also something I find to be both unfounded, and sounding as if someone has only played Chapter 1 with the early clunky writing + stiff voice acting that was very soon corrected & updated rather than to watch the story develop.
And yes, this is indeed a gacha game. You'll have to expect some level of having to roll for a character, that is sincerely just the norm, and if it's not for you: No one is holding a gun up to your head to play. Feel free to invest in a console game, I certainly play both. KuroGames offers ample chances for those who are F2P and P2P, but it never makes P2P an absolute requirement to actually survive and progress story. We receive free 5-stars during certain events, sometimes annis, and the pity system is far more forgiving than any other gacha game I've played or regularly played. Unless you're trying to pursue those incredibly high-ranked battles where you're fighting Lv. 120 enemies; You're not going to need the stats that come with maxing out a character.
My bottom line is that I love this game, and the poor reviews are ones that I feel are unwanted and coming from people who feel the constant need to belittle it just for falling under the category of being a 'gacha'. Gacha is not synonymous with poor writing, and I am very tired of seeing WuWa's name being dragged through the mud because that aspect is becoming the main focus of complaints when the story has only continued to improve, the graphics to grow more beautiful, and while yes I admit there are occasional graphics issues: I've often found that a simple settings tweak tends to fix it right away.
