My first impression of the story at launch was that it was cringey chuni garbage. I had a theory that the story might have been gutted right before launch, looks like I was right. They really shot themselves in the foot with this.

And also in addition to this, changing the designs of the female characters and making them appear disgustingly sexual, and also reducing the darkness of the world to the point that I sometimes feel like the game has lost its identity. All this for what? For a group of anime addicts who just want a silly adventure to collect waifu. Sorry if there are any mistakes in my writing because I use a translator due to my inability to speak English.

It feels like PGR-lite, but with actual Android controller support

Go pick mint😂 . .. ... And while you're doing it reminisce about what we lost to get to this point 😭

This update floors me too, even as a husbando collector, slice-of-life type of player. I just enjoy new recipes, the sights, the new map, and the story. It's amazing.

Illusive Realm is so pretty, honestly, aaa. ❤

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, THIS MAN DESERVES SO MUCH LOVE, HOPEFULLY WE ALL GET HIS S6, LET'S GOOO!!!

i guess i have been bored about mihoyo game,zzz is fking disappointing

are the people hating on the game ever made it to hollow exploration mode? or just the 1st story and thats it my problem with the game are the TV is getting boring why not make it running from map to map like dragon nest type of stuff and the challenge mode is just dumb, literally dumb. make it harder please

thank you for this review. i really wasnt interested in the game and this totally solidified this. ESPECIALLY after Wuthering Waves. Do you think they rushed this because of WuWa?

Yo I found out wuwa mailmen give Astirite + exp materials + cash + 200 union exp and NOBODY has made a video on all their locations

idk, i really dont like the aesthetics of the game. the game is clearly made for a younger audience, but they went for the japanese 2000s retro style. like all the people who are remotely interested in that kind of nostalgia have to throw up after playing the story, cuz of all the cringe stuff. like the story has a very childish vibe overall. It feels like the game was made for no one. no clear audience in mind. no nothing.

i love everything except for the combat feeling lack luster. Maybe it was just me, but i was expecting more flashy combos and variety

I think its perfectly fine to dislike the tv exploration system, but I think its a bit disingenuous to just call it "filler." You're not the characters on the field, you're the Proxy, someone looking at screens trying to lead the group through the hollows. It is a simplified dungeon exploration system, but you're able to explore and the exploration segments are detailed (I'd honestly want to see it expanded since as of now its very simple, but I think there's a good amount of potential). We do have a selector at 300 standard banner pulls. It kind of sounds like you are just interested in the gameplay and don't care for the theming of the game? There are a lot of callbacks to movies and television and the reason we have so much in the main area is because it is meant to be a living, thiving neighborhood Wise and Belle live in. Simply turning those to menus and taking away the TVs takes away its aesthetic identity. At that point, what would make ZZZ different from WuWa or even HI3? They're both anime Action RPGs. Don't get me wrong, I don't think ZZZ is flawless. I wish there were more area variety in combats and I haven't really struggled yet despite playing on the game's "hard mode." But, I think just saying a mexhanic is shit without saying why does not do much.

This game doesn't know what it wants to be, and it's being marketed towards the wrong people.

I like the game but yes mostly i find the most boring part are the tv movement and the other thing that are not combat i get there trying something different. But the most annoying parts of hoyo games are just the talking that what people dont want i get there trying to give character development but sometimes it just random npc that are barely part of the story. I want more action i dont want a lot of words in my face but we will see if the game can wow me. Plus im Hsr player so npc dialog is very boring except for Firefly cause she is adorable

Maybe if there was a hybrid of Release and in CBT. Where early story happens in CBT however it then shifts to Jinhsi's message to where Baizhi will act maturely and Chixia would feel guilty and have a strained relationship with Rover. Their relationship would be fixed with a story quest of helping others and fighting against TDs with Chixia. During Chixia's quest, she then explains her side and says sorry. So they both start over and become friends. I placed it like this because of Scar's message of Rover being someone important, thus being respected, but also Rover would be suspected for maybe being a danger to others by Chixia and Baizhi (who are on guard) until Jinhsi's message of Rover's importance. Also I don't know what Reputation points do, so maybe the NPCs are scared of Rover early on (because trusted by the Magistrate but is afraid of the danger Rover may bring), however, as Rover increase their Reputation points, NPCs slowly trust Rover

Ive seen ppl say its just a worse version of HI3rd. I think there are a few differences that makes it not just a worse reskin (being able to sorta parry everything in the form of the perfect assists for example). But it does seem to be, for the most part, a somewhat dumbed down version of HI3rd or PGR thats marketed at new players who find entering the other action games more challenging for whatever reason. Most likely, HSR players, given that the walking around, and breaking system is pretty similar. Imo tho, if hsr players wanted to play and action game, they should just go play HI3rd, since its more relevant

Personally i agree with it needs work but i dont think the combat needs to be elden ring level hard. Challenging but not purgatory. People complain every time on how the battles arent hard but some games are for the casual audience.

they could have let us countrol the bangboo and explore the hollow and do mini game and puzzle, and hiding deom enemies and encounter combat and get advantage/disadvantage combat engagement, and many other ways, but no, they make us look at the tv monitors for 80% of the mission

I feel like they don't have an identity for ZZZ, we have big booba waifus next to young characters that are weirdly sexualized, and 75% of the characters are using some combination of white, black, and red which is just boring and repetitive. The Belobog faction could have used orange or neon yellow/green, but instead, it's red, white, and black. I think Soukaku is the only character with a unique color palette. The TV nonsense is awful! Boring, slow, and it's complete filler, just take us to the gameplay. If they were targeting the casual gamer base, then all this filler is exactly what will lead to players dropping the game after a few hours. The combat is fun, but personally, I don't see much mechanical depth. Completely agree with many of your points, I think a 5 star selector for the beginner banner could have gone a long way for keeping players engaged, I got Koleda and have zero interest in playing/building her. If I could pick a 5 star that I like, maybe I would be more willing to continue playing because at least I find the character interesting or nice to look at lol

Yeah the monitor is annoying

Yeah i saw all the furry bullshit they had going on and was like yeah fuck that, but then i tuned into a couple of streams and the combat seemed very fun. I wont even lie i have been smashing the skip button for the story since i just finished WuWa's recently and was taking my time LMAO. I definitely think the TV stuff is what's pissing a lotttttt of people of rn and is making their opinion of the game 2x worse than what it would have been tbh, but overall im having a good time.

man i dislike how easy it is and they just make the gameplay seem complex and deep but its just left click eye catchy spammer, and the cheer amount of lolies and fan service, i kind of wanted it to be the visually pleasing version of honkai impact type of game but the story too is mid, i expected it kinda but damn what a massive let down. And also slight edit, why the f are the boss SOOOOO passive, like try and hit me bro, give me a reason to focus on the fighting they hyped that much right when im supposed to be hooked, not bore me until i drop it like i did now, and the music of the gacha is too bothersome, i mute it everytime i had to pull Great video by the way, keep up the good work

Hours saved, thanks

F man I tried jinhsi in the realm rn it’s hard to not pull her for mommy changli and her weapon as in on a guarantee 48/80 for changli and weapon is 5/80 with 22k asterite f2p btw rn my main dps calcharo

Well people from the mainland dislike it, they wanted to be a generic isekai harem protagonist

We literally share the same opinion bruhhh cbt1 is js better and more realistic

somehow the the depth is still not opened for me. Already sent a complaint on their discord. I hope it gets fixed already.

Also because of scar’s thingy

Bro I was torn between jinhsi and changli and said fuck it and got her 2nd pull😀

We have to speak up and gain traction about the CBT situation. Becasue if Kuro listens to the community, they'll know their original creativity and storytelling could've been well received and they should stay true to their art.

Crownless after Knee uppercut chixia: E in crownless is for everyone. Damn CBT crownless truly a menace.

Got Yinlin and Jinhsi. After trying out Changli in the story, I decided to go for the weapon since I'm going to skip her. Surprisingly, it wasn't a hard decision to make because Jinhsi felt incomplete without her weapon. So that was a priority for me. I rarely feel that way about a character, but for me, she is the QUEEN. Love her. I think they did an amazing job with Jinhsi. I'll try to bring Changli home on her rerun, probably. The next resonator I am aiming for is Phrolova, so I have a lot of time to gather astrites. It's so hard not to swipe in this game since every character is simply amazing. Love your content as always. Keep on being MOTIVATED! *Vergil's theme starts in the background*

Bro changli 😳

Vegeta Abridged bro 😂😂😂

I think the CBT story problems is how after the intro, it's more of a fetch quest and it seems too hard to please the NPCs living there and in the revamped story, Kuro Games want to make Jinzhou a place you care to protect, but if the town is hostile just like how CBT's characters were, why care to help them? But they fucked up by making everyone too friendly, devoiding any depth, personality, or weight behind the intro. Why couldn't Kuro Games balance shit evenly? They could've done something like do some quests for characters to gain their trust and wares or shit. Here's my take on the reworked Crownless: He knocks out Chixia and Baizhi and you and Yangyang must fight his phase 1. Then in Phase 2, Yangyang saves you and gets hit and as the Crownless transforms after receiving a heavy blow from Rover, Rover has that badass line "You won't feel a thing soon." And yada yada, Crownless dies and gets absorbed easily by Rover. But Chixia isn't overly hostile, but she and Baizhi distance themselves from Rover until they realize that they have no choice but to trust Rover for now.

They decided to go with the safe Genshin clone route, to retain more people and make more money. They were afraid the game would flop or die on arrival so they went with E for everyone type of story. Should have stayed with the more mature and gritty type of story imo.

I don't know about the whole story in CBT but that intro should've stayed for sure, it's so epic and dramatic it sets a different tone. But maybe tone down Chixia, even though it doesn't bother ne she points her gun at you for like 2 seconds.