Everything We Know About the Story of PART 2 | Honkai Impact 3rd

[@HomuLabs]

This is not what they meant when they said: "Never let you go!", guys! I felt the need to add it here since I forgot to mention it in the video. Besides the mention of Mars in Chapter 35, in Chapter 39 Vita tells Seele that Sa is deliberately avoiding Earth and Mars. While Earth made sense because the Cocoon of Finality is there, the fact that Vita mentioned Mars was always strange to me. So, some pretty scary stuff may be happening there if Sa doesn't want to go there.

[@LoreBugCarv]

Well the Mars scene was from a flashback from 100s of millions of years ago in which they also said that Sa is avoiding the Cocoon. It can just mean that back then Mars was yet to be destroyed by then. Tho of course there's the whole Vita being a bridge between both parts which might imply something more going on. Edit: In MiHoyo official timeline Mars destruction was prior to Venus.

[@juanaditya7293]

The Proxy!Vita said to Marah that when it comes to Earth and Mars, she tries to test its border carefully. Sa doesn't care if there's anything she pay attention to, other than implanting her so called "rules" and hiding from the Honkai. We still don't know what Sa's purpose is in testing the borders of Earth and Mars respectively. However, what is certain is that Sa is planning something up to no good for both planets, considering that she is responsible for the destruction of several bubble worlds, including the world where the Sugars live. Also a side note, this is the first time we saw an instance when someone willing to cast away her humanity and becoming a monster that equally, if much worse than the Honkai. Talk about "the oppressed become oppressor" situation.

[@Hiken_Bakuzan]

Well, in those infos MHY posted a couple days ago, they mention that Vita will be an important connection between part 1.5, and the start of part 2 in Mars

[@TheDark78MC]

Sir on thing confuses me… who the heck is void archives ? I know it has no link with the video but i wanted to ask anyway

[@Kanethedragon]

AI divine key made in Kevin era that ended up adopting Otto's voice and some aspects of his personality despite actively love-hating him.@@TheDark78MC

[@byeguyssry]

I don't think self-insert MCs are inherently bad, but they cannot be using a self-insert MC as an excuse for a lack of personality, story, or motivation. For example, I thought Captain from Captainverse was pretty good (albeit confusing since I haven't read everything single Captainverse event) despite being a self-insert MC.

[@ClassMonitorFuHua]

I've read the recent magic girls Captainverse stories and the first one event story and his character does pretty good yeah.

[@kuvjason7236]

There's a major stark difference in the way they built Captain vs Traveler/Trailblazer though. Captain is actually doing work while the Traveler and Trailblazer(especially Traveler) are just simply "there". Trailblazer is significant improvment but its not the same as an traditional MC we're looking for. Delete Paimon and actually have the Traveler talk for once and the story flow would be 10x better and we'd actually care about the Traveler.

[@lw9194]

​@@kuvjason7236at least for trailblazer part we have moments where we don't see the world from their perspective (well 3 so far) so we can have an inkling of trailblazer's character in the eyes of the other character. Hopefully the new MC will be a mix of Adam and trailblazer or a pinch of Captain as well. Traveler in genshin is too passive imo

[@nathanael9159]

​@@lw9194I also liked Adam in Apho 1 more.

[@Hiken_Bakuzan]

Kanchou (from Captainverse) is not a self insert, you are just put into a POV narrative story, and that's why you never see his face, just like there's omniscient perspective stories, he's his own character with personality and decisions The only self insert is the Captain that appears specifically in Honkai Salvation Log, that one is the player (this "Player" captain is also the one that meets Kiana in the finale)

[@shinhikaru]

I noticed that 95% of the haters are actually either shippers, Captainverse haters, and people who play the game since 2021/2022. The old veterans I found, met, and talked to actually liked the new Part, since apparently they are really tired milking the old characters too much. CN players also like the new part. The only part that ALL of us hate is the idea of a self-insert MC, which Hoyo hopefully won't do because it kinda ruins the true original Honkai Impact experience. And for the combat system, it doesn't actually change, it's still the same as usual. For the world interference will be like old times, and for combat, aerial battle modes (like jumping in combat/Abyss/MA) already existed in HoF, SW, and HoFi. So all in all the old combat system will definitely works.

[@MarcosPaulo-qi7dj]

The old combat works fine so long as the mostly-aerial enemies do not appear. And the more aerial combat units appear, more content will be geared towards making use of the aerial combat mechanics. I always had a problem with aerial combat. I love HoF and I understand it's generally not worth it to rework every older character, but something as simple as making ranged units's attacks target foes in the air (like archers do) and ajusting properties of high-hitting attacks so that they can hit those enemies would go a long way.

[@terrormanxx1575]

the combat is based of apho so it's a win-win (i loved apho 2 combat even more than base game combat)

[@MarcosPaulo-qi7dj]

@@terrormanxx1575 APHO is rad and that's why I get upset when my VD is literally shooting but cannot target enemies in the air something so good does NOT deserve to be limited to premium units

[@CunnyVirus]

​@@terrormanxx1575same

[@colorlessguard]

it’s refreshing to finally hear someone NOT doomposting about part 2 and all the changes coming with it! 💖 i think it would do us all some good to keep a bit more of an open mind especially when it comes to stuff we just don’t have all the info on yet 👍✨

[@karsnogen8141]

I'm honestly fine if they don't continue the trios' story. We all know they are already well developed as characters and still doing well till apho. Might as well leave it on a high note, let them cameo a bit here and there is enough.

[@aldirap9147]

At that point if the trio only do Cameo on future story their purpose will turn only as Fanservice for old player

[@lw9194]

People want at least a second Kiana. Making that one is not an easy feat since we only finally attached to Kiana around chapter 11 and that took ~1 - 2 years of plot building. But eh I'll just sit here waiting for the real release

[@aldirap9147]

@@lw9194 took them 3 years for Main story reach Chapter 9 mostly because early honkai impact have small teams

[@jeremywinston1]

@@aldirap9147 part 1, 2 and apho are all part of a single big story. Their purpose won’t become that, fans might perceive it that way because they’ll be obsessed with seeing the old cast, so every single tome they’re seen will be “for the fans” in their minds.

[@ΠολυκαρποςΠαπαδοπουλος]

honestly I liked it lets give them a chance also better to retire the characters we love with respect instead of continue with them like dead marketing

[@metaphoricalemon835]

The trio's story is over. However there are lots of characters who deserve more screentime such as susannah, dudu, rita, etc

[@shinhikaru]

​​@@metaphoricalemon835true, but let's save that for APHO 3. During the Salt Snow Arc we get to see a glimpse of the future which sets in or near APHO Timeline. Also it's best to let some of the supporting casts like Durandal and Rita be a supporting character. If everyone has their moments, it'll be a bland game, especially for the story.

[@metaphoricalemon835]

@@shinhikaru yeah agreed on that last point, honkai's writing quality is just not good enough to support an ensemble cast. It's just a shame that part 2 cast seems to be a mostly blank slate

[@missycho_2424]

@@metaphoricalemon835 we still haven't know much about soooo i guess let's just wait on how the story goes for them😊

[@uwu-chan]

I’m honestly quite interested in Susannah’s character, so I kinda wish she had more screen time.

[@koreandersim]

I think people expressing that the new direction isnt for them is fine so long as they dont harass other fans or creators about it People are allowed to discribe their own experience Im a more recent honkai fan so its just not as big an adjustment for me and im curious about part 2 But I can easily imagine how for others this is a moment to end the journey get off the train whatever

[@HomuLabs]

This. I think that some complains are totally valid. (Even I have a few) It's fine to give feedback and express our opinions about the game's direction. The problem is when people are toxic towards the devs and others, and mask that toxicity as 'valid criticism'.

[@mileniumshadowvn6652]

@@HomuLabs Even I who dont have complains almost all the time I have played Honkai (almost 5 years) and have loved all they had done have some this time, but I will wait and see what the devs bring to us hoping there are more improvement than problems, but yeah I dont like when some people just are haters and try to make the experience of others worst, but thats was expected since Honkai Impact have gained more and more attention

[@SpookerNoa]

I've been playing this game since the beginning almost from GGZ, so it really breaks my heart not to see the old characters in the story but what hurts me most is that I was hoping for the captain to step inside the story

[@kaitoryujin8266]

@@SpookerNoa me as well, i start following Mihoyo's games from GGZ, and my only complaint at the moment is that they make the background of the character selection screen feels blank and empty, should just keep the bridge backgrounds like before...

[@CunnyVirus]

​@@SpookerNoaat this point it is better to make separate game for captain because he sort of not exist lol

[@EimiShahrizai]

I got into this game rather late, so I don't have a lot of nostalgia to fall back on for my feelings, as I started with Genshin first. My worries are kind of related to why I think Honkai Impact is better than Genshin. And namely that boils down to actually having a main character, a small consistent cast instead of an ever bloating one, and the VN presentation combined with anime CG cutscenes. Kiana is great and I love her, but it's not that the MC specifically has to be Kiana as much as they need to talk and be part of the story and be a real character. The Captain from Captainverse is close to that, so this team HAS done that, but the Dream Seeker's current status is up in the air. If they talk in cutscenes all the time and not just one line per chapter, I will be satisfied. HI3 has had it's cast grow bigger but it's been handled in a much better way than Genshin where if you love say...Jean you basically only see in events and only because look at how tired and overworked she is. Star Rail has a mechanism to fix this, in the core cast traveling with us, but well the Luofu arc is amazing potential terrible, terrible execution. As for the last point, this is mostly just me being salty at the fact that Seele didn't get a cg when she became a herrscher damn it, but c'mon. As well I just prefer the VN style of older chapters than the newer one where they try and make cutscenes like in Genshin in engine. Granted I know I'm a minority but I'm here for the wall of text and characters talking to each other in depth instead of 'snappier' dialogue. The last few chapters have been losing that and I think they're weaker because of it. Weaker as in more like Genshin, which I guess isn't bad but...the Theatre of Domination arc was incredible and I can't see Genshin or Star Rail ever doing anything like that, and if they adopt elements from those games, I worry we won't see anything like that again either.

[@Sambroke]

I really think theyre gonna turn this into a game with a playerbase closer to the other games. I think thats the point. So while a lot of people hate change, im excited to go on twitch and see more than 4 viewers in the honkai section while genshin and star rail have 10k

[@jeremywinston1]

ouch, the way you worded it is painful.

[@Sambroke]

@@jeremywinston1 I'm sure cn is a different story but it just clearly never caught on here but I really think that's changing

[@spymadmax584]

​@@Sambrokecn is different for all games but generally the playerbase is kinda smaller than both other games so it also makes sense

[@eiarsan]

I genuinely doubt that it will happen. It surely will boost the playerbase but not even near close to HSR. Considering that it's an old game, naturally new players will feel left behind and there' also ZZZ, which has similar combat aspect to honkai and IS a new game. And most importantly no playable male character (maybe yet?) except the MC. That one is a HUGE deal.

[@metaphoricalemon835]

Not gonna happen lol. More likely is that the overhaul alienates old players while new players are put off trying to pick up a seven yr old game

[@silveruki2036]

Having criticism or not liking something is fine, but people are just doomposting so hard when we know so little, to such extent that it will scare away the new players from ever trying the game, and *that* will be more detrimental to the game than anything part 2 can do.

[@agni1962]

Glad you cleared out most of the things, twitter has been a serious dumpster fire over the past few days but ppl are slowly regaining their senses, great video as always homu! Also missed opportunity on calling helia as “helix” haha

[@HomuLabs]

I'll keep that joke in mind for the next time.

[@agni1962]

@@HomuLabs xD

[@muhamadrizkyananda]

I will be glad if part 2 update will act some sort of filter of those so called players especially the one that play ONLY because Elysia and starting around that Those cancerous being from X and TikTok should be vanished and let welcome newer players honestly that normies or weeb normies of Genshin and HSR that could also increase Hi3 exposure and make way in local weeb event that cosplayers pop up as the everywhere Genshin cosplayers

[@theunknowman12]

People on Twitter always loses their shit when anything happens

[@kuroh0241]

Part 2 exceeded all my expectations. The direction of the story is great. The engine upgrade makes it look like HSR (which is a HUGE positive) while having upgraded APHO combat. EXACLY what HSR haters wanted from it, but somehow it's a downside we are getting it instead? It's a dream come true. I just don't understand the obsession with self inserts and hope they learned from mistakes made by other games.

[@exaiguin9205]

Honkai said(more specific Otto: "let's the people from the past stay in past". while Elysia:"We decided to move forward ".) To move towards future. While some players want to stay and don't move on. Irony isn't it??

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

There used to be a Raiden Mei alter who was like those players _for 500 years_ Two years ago she had her will shaken, last year she fully embraced eternal change (and also oh fuk, Otto was revealed to exist in that world)

[@Frederic_S]

miHoYo did such a great job with Hi3rd so far - I trust them to deliver in the future as well. Captain on the bridge o7

[@LoreBugCarv]

Great video as always! There's a few more things that I would like to point out. The date is actually September 22nd. The trailer wrongly put 23rd. The CN promotional material you also showed on the video puts it at 22nd which is the date the trailer relased (maybe it was originally gonna be showcased on Saturday?). Regardian the Sea Of Data they call it a 量子之海的变种空间 (Sea Of Quanta's Variant Space). "变种" here is probably it's metaphorical definition which means something which is formally different but in practice is the same (aka expect a 30 minute scientist discussion why it's formally different). Don't think altered/mutated is the right translation for it because atleast from the dictionary I use it should only apply in biology (although of course dictionaries don't always cover everything so it might be wrong). The Dreamseeker is mostly confirmed to be a self-insert since the devs said the player will play in the role of Dreamseeker and in the CN Anniversry exclusive Valkyrie Phone call Sinadya directly addresses the player by that name. I don't find it accurate to call them the MC instead of a MC since just as the devs say both them and Kiana are just one protagonist of their stories and Honkai is a story which deals with multiple protagonists but that's just being pedantic. Regarding Sinadya's phone call she talks about Helia and Coralie (which automatically disproves it being a past and present thing), Songque and one more character who'se name is something along the lines of Donegal. There's also a few more things like some details about the places and culture and some things about what Sinadya likes. We'll surely learn more as part 2 approaches. See you on Mars Homu.

[@HomuLabs]

Thank you! Yeah, I noticed that there are 2 different dates. I was a bit confused about it but ended up going with 23th. I cannot wait for the 30 minutes lore dump on the Sea of Data. Yeah, I figured that she's most likely a self inset. All I hope is that maybe we will explore her character more in-depth than your regular HoYo self-insert. Very interesting. Would have loved to see a translation of what they revealed though the event. See you on Mars Carv!

[@LoreBugCarv]

@@HomuLabs This is a very rough TL. My hearing is 10x worse than my reading and the transcripts I found have errors which doesn't help. Sinadya: How have you been? Have you been having fun? Sinadya: Wait did I dial the wrong number?! Wait a second! Let me check. Isn't this the right one? Sinadya: Alas, in other words this must be a phone call across time and space. Sinadya: Oops this might be a problem. If I tell you what we go through later would it cause a time paradox? Sinadya: Heeeeehh- What should I do? It would be mean to just hang up. Sinadya: Then it's best to satisfy your curiosity. Sinadya: My name is Senadina, from Luoxing - that is what Earthlings often call Mars! My hobbies are outdoor activities, dancing and also yo-yoing; my favorite color is red! Sinadya: Hehehe. Reintroducing myself to you so formally is making my face blush and my heart start to race. Sinadya: After all we... Too bad, for the you now this is still a future matter. Sinadya: Sure enough, telling you a little secret won't cause any issues. Sinadya: If it's year 2023 on Earth now... Sinadya: Hmm, that would be when Helia and Coralie just landed on our planet. Sinadya: And Songque would be sitting in Amber Street on the latest Crisis. It's a market where things are traded with the help of superpowers. Sinadya: Oh yeah, there's that guy, Donegal. Right now they are probably still trying to figure out how to smuggle things from Langqiu to Ouxia. Sinadya: Ahahah, ok. I'm afraid I will really make a time paradox if I keep going. Sinadya: Well, Dreamseeker, see you in half a year. Sinadya: Uh? You don't know this name yet?! Sinadya: Sorry sorry. Please forget what you just heard. Sinadya: Hahaha, bye bye.

[@HomuLabs]

Very interesting. Thanks a lot for this! :D

[@GumBall16511]

Ahh yess thank you for refreshing take .. im so tired of hate posting when they haven't played the part 2 yet. I get that you miss the old cast I too miss them, I think this is necessary to connect them in Apho, you'll never know we might love the new cast as we love the OG's.

[@RaykinaBreaker]

Well, honestly we can't expect that majority Mars resident really knew how to fight against Honkai beast. I mean look at how their civilization nearly extinct. So its not that surprise if the Dreamseeker is just a normal human that didn't receiving any experiment to have a capability to harnessing Honkai energy. so if Dreamseeker is just a self insert character it's logical to the plot. He/she just a normal human coincidently meet with a digital God Senadina. Then for the first time confronting Honkai threat without even have any fighting experience. But the toxic captain don't try to see it that way, they believe that every character must be capable to fight Honkai beast naturally, having a fully voice and likeable personality. They complain like they the one making story of Honkai just because they understand the lore of Honkai. But they didn't notice sometimes you need a normal human to be a protagonist. PS: Part 2 Mars is the adventure story specially made for Dreamseeker & Senadina, and all captain should try to believe the true potential of a normal human protagonist.

[@plagus719]

The characters not being "updated " is totally fine We have already had aerial combat through kiana, bronya and carole and at the moment its non aerial characters are working perfectly fine the addition of more aerial characters does not change that

[@srlaito4061]

Can't believe the new meta will be jumping

[@xander0901]

To be fair, the Star Rail MC was introduced as a literal vessel for the Stellaron that did not initially have many defining personality traits. Kafka's companion quest revealed a lot about the MC and their early relationships and I think this will be a stepping stone towards learning more about the character. Aside from this, I felt Star Rail players have learned a lot about the MC's personality through routine gameplay. We joke about their obsession with garbage and their general desire to cause a little bit of chaos every now and then, but these do reflect the MC's natural personality of being a somewhat whimsical person.

[@O_Godz]

I trust the Honkai team, and I'm sure we'll all be cheering on our new MC later down the line.

[@Ilikegames804]

The only way I can see this new dream seeker working is that a part of her ability is to switch her physical form *huffs copium* at will but the female or the male version is used more often. This is pure copium but god I hope this is the direction the game goes to. Edit: I meant one of the 2 versions is used more often

[@proudsaiyajin]

I said it before game need to change in order to survive another 7 years, the UI new cast are welcome I see it as a big W, and looking forward to that date

[@Dogbert24]

It's so much harder for me to get invested when the MC is a silent self-insert. I really hope they give them a voice and they decide to use their voice more than 1 line per patch cycle unlike Genshin.

[@countdracula7896]

After playing for 5+ years I'm finally seeing a major update to the game all the new players are putting their life on the line to not let that happen??? Bro, have some trust in the guy who made you stick around the first part in the first place, I really like that Dawei is bold like that to pursue his own dream for the game instead of being led astray by randos who don't know what they are asking for. I know there are lot of loose ends and the story especially during Finality arc was ultra messy tho i disagree that modern chars story was "drawn out", because bro that's how character development works and it's important to close it for all the characters that were introduced as part of finality arc and we wouldn't have known why they were there or what they are upto, which now we know and is a good ending. As for the new gameplay, I'm 101% sure whatever they'll do will be enjoyable, it will be an upgrade over whatever we have now. I don't know how they'll do it, but for now best is to wait and watch. As for old characters, bro the lore is literally in middle of 2 timelines which is dominated by old chars, definitely they'll have a major role to play at some point, why do you want to see the same old faces in a brand new place and planet with its own problems, makes no sense to me. So all the doomposters, pls shut up and let us hopeful ppl see what Dawei is upto, it could be trash but let us witness it with our own eyes instead of your fantasies.

[@Flameboi]

THIS!! I am fearful/worried about the new direction, like everyone else, but I been playing this game for a long time cause I love how the developers have progressed the story & it's cast of characters. I see no reason to suddenly distrust them when I have enjoyed the game for as long as I have. We all just have to wait & see.

[@aldirap9147]

I know you probably only joking about Dreamseeker being self insert MC but that not quietly true because in the dev stream they said Credit to Matt is Playing for translating this: Da Wei:So that's the main character of our second part, right? Fangchuan:You could say that. Fangchuan:But in terms of Honkai Impact 3 usual narrative, there's never just one main character. Fangchuan:i mean, from a storytelling point of view, it's perfectly fine to think of the Dreamseeker as a normal character, like we do with Kiana. Da Wei:It looks like our second part's main characters are closer to a team working together. With this what we can be sure of is -Dream seeker will not be the only focus -worst case scenario Dreamseeker will have actual personality -point of view will not stuck as Dreamseeker -is still follow Honkai Impact usual narrative

[@HomuLabs]

Everything we know about the Dream Seekers points to the fact that she is a self-insert MC. They even have an event in CN right now where the players get calls from Senadina, and she refers to them as Dream Seekers instead of Captains. What they said in the dialogue that you pointed out is that HI3 doesn't have a single 'protagonist' and that it follows multiple perspectives. Kiana in Part 1, Captain in Captainverse, and Adam in APHO. On Mars, we will follow the story through the perspective of the Dream Seeker. We, the players, are them in this journey, but we can also look at them as regular characters in the story in the same way that Adam, the Trailblazer, and the Traveler are also technically 'characters' in their respective stories. I don't think that they will be anything more than your regular self-insert MC, but we'll have to wait and see.

[@fabianibarra5247]

Being completely honest I can receive with open arms the changes without problem, with the exception of one thing, the dream seeker; I'm truly worried about what they're planning to do with this character, the only thing I don't want to see is self insert, I mean for me it would be boring that having HSR and GI already with this formula now we have to add HI, this game has its elements that make it unique and some of them are, first the player as an spectator and second, main characters that aren't attached to the will of the player and live by themselves. Well, I'll just wait and see.

[@j-frame]

I think part 2 gonna end with Herrscher of The End waking up and we will have the Trio and the new characters trying to stop her.

[@aldirap9147]

Why would we need fight Herrscher of Finality the second time on top of that we already have Herrscher of Finality on our side

[@jakeblitzcoffie4859]

That would be amazing! Unfortunately, I don't think they will do that now that Kiana has taken her place. I've always wanted to see HoTE in the game properly, though, especially if she was playable.

[@j-frame]

@@jakeblitzcoffie4859 Herrscher of Finality and Herrscher of The End is different person so that is possibility that there will be a fight with Herrscher of the End.

[@jakeblitzcoffie4859]

@@j-frame I know. I meant that because the CoF has chosen Kiana in CE to take over the full authority of Finality, it's probably unlikely that the old HoTE will wake up again.

[@Holmesay-hv4hg]

My take is that the new self-insert is not a long term thing - but that might just be copium. I'm mainly basing that on the whole area they're in seems to be pre-disaster and thus temporary, with the later focus being the two characters on (ruined?) Mars. It's hard to establish the settings just yet with what they've provided us though.

[@AstraLuna-o9i]

I’m excited for part 2. The only possibly gripe I may have is if they make the MC a self insert. I’m still stoked tho.

[@narukamizam6262]

old player like me feel hype waiting for part 2 but,,yeah at least not for the silent MC, hope they pay attention to it

[@suu6652]

i like these changes, i don't know why this will not be honkai anymore... i don't see it like that, this should be a new adventure... perfect for new characters to introduce, our beloved trio already saved their world... so its time for a change. And i'm pretty sure that Kiana will be there no matter what.

[@Gytis_Of_KFP_The_4th_PenKing]

great video as always...having concerns is understandable but people are over the top with that shiz especially on twitter im personally so excited for part 2..im just personally not fan of new UI but its i got used to old UI and i will with new one

[@prastagus3]

Star Rail MC insert have a few voice lines and in the CN stream, the new MC do have a CN VA listed for her. So she may not be completely silent. I just hope she gets to say more lines than Genshin and Star Rail to be more personable

[@BNuts]

I don't get the rage towards having a new cast. While it would be nice to have our old crew cameo from time to time, they're story is almost entirely done. Looking at you, APHO. It's nice to be introduced to new characters, and hopefully to develop some characters who haven't had the full treatment yet. Looking at you, Theresa and Fu Hua. I was one of those who theorized that Dreamseeker's portion would be in the past, using a Previous Era Mars colony as a way to explain how there was an Earth-like civilization on Mars, but there isn't one now. Bubble universes also work fine as an explanation. I'm still working under the theory that those anchors are functioning to anchor the bubble worlds to the prime world so they don't dissipate. Data from dead bubble worlds being recycled is an interesting theory too, although it had been my previous understanding that the Imaginary Tree uses energy it takes from the Sea o Quanta in their war to create new bubble worlds that grow on it. But that still takes the imagery of the Tree and Sea more literally than it seems to be meant to. But enough about that. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how the new characters work. I don't know if the new engine and mechanics would be enough to make _HI3_ 's playerbase more like _Genshin_ 's and _HSR_ 's. I've always seen the lack of an EN dub and cross-play as _HI3_ 's biggest barriers to becoming as popular, if not more so, than those games. In a way it's a shame that not as many people are enjoying what _HI3_ has to offer, and so many people refer to _HSR_ as 'Honkai' because they just don't know there are two (three if you count _Genshin_ , going by its original working title) other such named games. But it's not like they can't play it, it's a matter of choice not to play it. On the other hand, X-Twitter not knowing about _HI3_ as a whole means that they can't get upset at all the fantastic character designs, and try to have them censored. Which I certainly hope Mihoyo wouldn't do anyway.

[@iBIackieChan]

I know this isn’t the point of the video but your voice is so enchanting. I could listen to you for hours

[@HomuLabs]

Thank you! :D

[@heraadrian7764]

If they ever get floating aerial cities on jupiter or uranus with winged people I would die of laughter.

[@spymadmax584]

All they take is another ch 9 with dream seeker, they'll all shut up 😂😂

[@reddishcarp1237]

6:10 - 6:35 Curious on what are your thoughts on Senadina, considering she bears some striking resemblance to Elysia, notably hers eyes & what we can gleam regarding her origin in her bios description?

[@HinamiMel]

I think that if we just think abour it more as a apho prequel it might actually be more fun rather than a honkai 2.0, for example since we know adams honkai resistance is quite strong and capable itll make alot of sense to expand his bloodline to the mc (maybe they are lost siblings? Stuff like that!) And have an mc off between the two where they interact between stories...

[@karsnogen8141]

when players want hoyo to be progressive and include queer people but also rage when there is just a man lmao

[@tonyinfinite5174]

Lol I'm surprised the jump thing is still prevalent here still either they're going to have to make old characters adjust or make new free battlesuits for the old Valkyries or maybe just give us a brick like Senti that allows us to jump 😂

[@fluffyfuwa989]

I'm pretty hype for part 2 and my only worry is the MC. Pls hoyo let them have a personality and voice acting.

[@GANSO_KERAUNOS]

I honestly very much like it with the new characters 😂

[@branchu8121]

Thanks for providing some translations from the CN stream. I, too, was under the impression this was set in the distant future; but Bubble worlds make more sense. And that's a bummer about the old valks not getting aerial mechanics; or at least not confirmed yet. Personally, I'm both excited and worried about Part 2. I'm worried that the silent protagonist MC is a sign that the characters will be more... well, Genshin-ish. Very flat, very basic personalities without a lot of nuance or growth. And, as Genshin has unfortunately shown, people like that and spend millions on it. Star Rail is a bit better with their characters, but it still doesn't have the same weight as HI3rd's. I hope that the quality of character writing continues to be excellent like in part 1 and 1.5. On the other hand, I LOVE the fact that we're getting a new cast and setting. As much as I love the trio, their story is pretty much told. Mixing up the setting and cast is a bold move that not many companies would be willing to make and I can appreciate hoyo for doing it. Here's hoping for the best for Part 2.

[@carmihd]

This is basically my sentiment. I’m concerned about the potential of a silent protagonist. I also would prefer some older characters to lead us into the new ones by passing the torch. The more I’ve sat on this news, the more ok with it I’ve become. HoYo are good writers, but they’re also a business, so they will put quality into it in order to keep the fans coming back.

[@beambreaker300]

I do hope they will add aerial combat to all characters, retroactively. It's the one thing that kept me from getting into the game so far (that and the new player experience, I hope they revamp that too)

[@HomuLabs]

I would love to see Palatinus Equinox jumping with the horse in the air and doing combos.

[@sc4rlet990]

The fact that I know all the lore of hi3 and only played until chapter 20 is killing me

[@oceanoana1438]

Besides all of the other critism i see from other people (which are totally valid and i agree with some of them), i think the thing that bothers me the most is that i dont want Honkai Impact to become a fully open world game. I like exploring but i feel exhausted and overstimulated play genshin impact and star rail to some extent. I really hope the open world they wanna make will be something closer to the other Chapters with a map (like Chapter 32 & 37).

[@HomuLabs]

I don't think that it will be fully OW. From what we've seen, it looks like we are going to have some hub areas to move around, and I would assume that the combat maps will be more similar to what we have now in Part 1.5.

[@NanduRNair]

The fact that the story start right on the time and date of my birth is what amuses me, (yeh i just wanted that, say you can move on now )

[@lisa-8229]

I will admit that my first impression of part 2 was not great and left me feeling kind of disappointed. But this video provided some very nuanced input and made me more excited for what’s to come! Keep up the good work!

[@railleyandrewdeguzman196]

twitter at that moment was like when logan paul got a fake pokemon card and smashed his window

[@ikikcas]

I just hope theres less text, better pacing and less fancy science jargon. The moon and seele arc really burn me out

[@oofihavenousernameideas2451]

Glad to see some positivity for once ❤

[@كاظممحمدعلي-ذ3ف]

The only self insert character that I like is captain

[@BlAdeZ197]

I played HI3 since launch and I'm still excited for part 2. While I do understand some other players with their complains ( I'm not completely free of worries myself ) stuff is getting kind of ridicilous. People should really be more positive and open about change

[@longkim8306]

0:09 People just panic for part 2 for no reason

[@chitoriroi2006]

Only thing about the part 2 I m worried... That even tho y'all say it's the same old faces in part 1 and not to be dominating part 2 too as it is setted in a completely different scenario I am too attached by those old faces, I m not ready yet to let go and that's what hurts the most, the fact that the story of part 1 charas are stopping for a while, I won't be able to see Fu hua, Seelie, Dudu, Rita, Theresa... It hurts I'm too attached with part 1 charas so I'm really gonna miss them while in part 2 :( cuz they might not be there much for now

[@kanrakiddler]

I know you were brief for simplicity/comedy, but traveler doesn't have amnesia afaik, they just slept through all the important history bits.

[@Jojo_Schmo]

Not liking a Self-insert silent protagonists is like Not liking Link. Link is also a Silent Self-insert Protagonists yet everyone doest hate him.

[@HomuLabs]

I think that the reason why people took it so bad is the fact that we've had Kiana, a fully independed character in the past, so this feels like a downgrade. It's like having Link as a normal character (not silently protag) for the entirety of the Zelda series, then - suddenly, making him silent from Botw onwards.

[@rodrigocofre693]

As i say when i see the direct, the change is not bad the problem is hoyoverse do the change soo sundenly, they must do it more slow to the people have time to adapt to this new story and characters, literally i say this when i see the trailer of part 2 "em this is a new game? A star rail expansión, why we are going to mars now?, i want apho 3 not going to mars"

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

I can't wait to learn more about Helia, because the offical announcment name of her could mean her nationality (Erdős not Erdosz), and if I'm not wrong you buthered it more than the JP names. 😅 I also want to hear the Chinese version pronounciation of Sa, as the Japanese pronounce it as Sha (シャ) and not as you Sa (サ)😅

[@jrlabanza]

Gotta wait few more months 😭😭😭

[@usmansubhani7482]

I knew jumping combat won’t be adjusted to old characters. They would have their work cut out for them in terms of programming.

[@KifuneRaika]

Can you imagine if we can ride the dog with wings or do joint combo with it? (Totally copium)

[@0lycm_]

THAT DOG IS SMALL AF WDYM???

[@KifuneRaika]

@@0lycm_ the dog got bigger in the whole blue cube matrix thing

[@CelesNihility]

i love the new MCs, so to each their own like always

[@Awan41]

So... the aerial combat system (like APHO 1&2) is only for new characters?

[@HomuLabs]

As far as we know, yes. The only character should still be usable though.

[@Awan41]

@@HomuLabs ah i see, thank you for your explanation.

[@proj8563]

Is it just me or some of these characters look like they have the same looks as some of the Flamechasers?

[@darianstarfrog]

I'm worried my units will disappear.. I really hope there a way we get to keep them..

[@HomuLabs]

As far as we know, this is just an update, not a new game. Everything you have now should still be there.

[@rinz5027]

Hot take though: Genshin's so-called "self-insert MC" isn't even hardly a self-insert and it even seems to be implicated the MC is quite literally a part of the story. What I mean is if they are a self-insert, the MC should be more or less completely detached. But because of how the plot even entangles the MC to the story itself, to me at least, it doesn't even seem like MC is detached. Other forms of self-insert storytelling does not have this and would just lead into multiple endings. We don't even have complete influence as us players on how the direction of the story or how characters in the story of genshin thinks. Its literally a big storybook unfolding. If a story did have some self-insert, we should have some form of influence to it which is why self-insert MCs are completely detached from story. Hi3, like a lot of people has been complaining, doesn't also seem to go that way. (Star rail is more of a shitpost by devs lets be real here)

[@usmansubhani7482]

I like the Caelus/Stelle protagonist template more than Captain. It’s just more interesting.

[@krdt1111]

I disagree that traveler is a blank slate since their relationship with the sibling drives the whole story but I’m also worried about the dream seeker since if they really wanted to they should’ve just used horaiji from ggz

[@reia_x3]

thanks for making this video, at least i'm much calmer than before. also about the new UI, i just really wish they would keep the bridge, bring back the blue color palette (or any palette that matches with the bridge) AND FLIP THESE GOD DAMN STIGMATA BACK

[@May-papa-Nurgle-bless-you]

Thx dude youre the best

[@usmansubhani7482]

I just hope the feel of combat changes instead of being too much effects on screen

[@elgado5218]

A decir verdad si me causa un poco de preocupación la parte 2 porque veo las claras inspiraciones de los otros juegos como intento de llegar a más gente, y eso no es malo, hasta que te acuerdas del farmeo rng y el 50/50, en lo poco que vimos del gameplay se ve como las ultis son mucho mas cortas, como si fuera el genshin, y las animaciones de las ultis largas y que se toman su tiempo es de los aspectos que más me gustan del juego. Eso en cuanto a lo que puede pasar, en cuanto a lo que vimos si me gusto mucho, excepto el diseño de los nuevos personajes, me parecen super genéricos la verdad.

[@CaptainMur]

What did I hear?OPEN ZONES, AHHHHH

[@Adendavia]

may i know what's the wallpaper at the ending of the vid? thanks

[@usmansubhani7482]

Motherfudging Mars/Venus… My brain is turning off in the current story I’m playing through.

[@joshuavallente7057]

My hope of the dream seeker being not silent is killed by the fact that you can change genders. There’s no way that they’ll hire two voice actors and recored two sets of lines. EDIT: Before you type in GI and HSR MCs, ask yourself if they’re voiced as often as Kiana and have as much as actual speaking lines (not text bubbles) as Kiana does in chapter 1 alone.

[@megamugburk]

They did exactly that for Genshin and Star Rail

[@jeremywinston1]

ehm…star rail?

[@giovannigi0rgi0]

I mean, Star Rail MC talks. And talks a lot. Not as much as other characters, but still.

[@stromtgm3505]

Guys, guys...TB and Travelers are not voiced much now, do they? Do you not see OP reasoning there???

[@megamugburk]

@@stromtgm3505 trailblazer actually speaks pretty frecuently. Also, the Traveler has a lot of lines, its just that for some raeason almost all is in their profiles

[@soraxis9285]

Not comming back Anyway who plays this game gets more heartbroken now

[@ArchAngelKnights]

wait...vita is from venus right? I never had the translation error in my game....lol

[@HomuLabs]

Vita is from Venus. Seems like they went back and change it, but when Chapter 38 came out they mistranslated Venus as Mars. It became kind of a meme at the time.

[@gamestube7900]

hi my dear . honkai impact 3rd part 2 we will take all characters from part 1?

[@dreambreakerremixfactoryof6160]

Right guys ? Proceeds to snort some of that Columbian powder to ease the pain

[@cocochan6238]

I would like it if it doesn’t connect too much to the previous story because it was honestly too complicated and I’m only returning because of the new story

[@seratiel5195]

Are people really fighting because it exist the option to change to a male MC? Its literally APHO and I think is very hypocrite to fight over this because nowadays people love APHO. Whats the difference? Even in APHO the mc is a self-insert character. Also we still dont know for sure how the story will go, is the MC gonna be voiced? Is he gonna be another plain character like Gudako from FGO or the doctor for Arkinights or will it have a minimun of personality like Stelle from HSR? We still dont know. Its very childish to say "Oh, this is not HI, great time to stop playing" when part 2 still hasnt even been released.

[@mayamayaisafish]

time to wtach this

[@rttundewie]

let them cook

[@RaytheonThunder]

Don't really agree with the people being so dramatic about SI character or playable male char at all. Mhy has been doing SI character since the GGZ days. And I've been a hard advocate for playable males in the HI3 main story for ages. Also always have been open to new characters (absolutely loved the ER cast). So part 2 has a lot of potential in my opinion. My personal problem with HI3 has to do more with the ending of part 1. The final arc was disappointing to me. And kind of made me stop wanting to play through the main story anymore. And hence I king of switched to mainly HSR these days. Even though I love Seele and how she the main protag for 1.5 stuff. How long I had been waiting for Seele to get her deserved spotlight. Yet it's proving a little hard to just get over my hangups over the ending and just return continuing the story agen. One day soon hopefully.

[@HomuLabs]

I think that people took it harder because before we had Kiana as the MC of the story. Although, yes, HI3 was no stranger to self-insert MCs. (Adam, Captain) But the main story was always the "safe haven" for some people. I wouldn't have minded it that much if it wasn't for Kiana. And I think that's why people don't like it... because it feels like a downgrade from what we had. Even so, like I said in the video, it's not a deal breaker for me or anything. I will get used to it. Although I didn't find any sources (and that's why I didn't mention it in the video) some people claimed that Dawei also addressed the issue that people had with the story of Part 1, and promised to improve in Part 2. I have no actual sources for this, so take it with a grain of salt. Seele's story is overall agreed upon by the community to be better than the ending of Part 1... so maybe you'll get to it one day.

[@Alucard80001]

I've held my opinion up until now. But after hearing that it's gonna be another plot of "Self insert MC sees a godly figure in their dream and embarks on a journey from planet to planet" is just a carbon copy story format from Genshin and Star Rail. Not a big fan already.

[@aldirap9147]

Honksi's plot is not that different either it goes from move to new location > the plot will be focus on certain character > the antagonist wanna destroy the world > the protagonist will defeat the antagonist along with developed their character

[@kallenlivesmatter3229]

​@@aldirap9147then why did otto win? How is senti still alive? Why is himeko dead?

[@aldirap9147]

@@kallenlivesmatter3229 how is that related again?

[@kallenlivesmatter3229]

@@aldirap9147 protagonist will defeat the antagonist. How does that hold true when endings in honkai have definitely never been entirely positive and every antagonist had way more to offer than 'destroying the world'

[@aldirap9147]

@@kallenlivesmatter3229definitely not as dark as People make it to be and for the Antagonist's motivation that is just simplification because the main protagonist always wants to save the world and the antagonist somehow in the end caused the world to be destroyed either intentionally or accidentally

[@alvi9463]

The pattern with Mihoyo games seems to be if one game has problem it will be fixed in the other. Example: people complained that Genshin MC lacked personality and Voice lines so they gave Star Rail MC more personality and Voice lines, so maybe this new Ho3 MC is better form of that. As for Adam.... can someone clarify if he has a backstory or not? Cause in APHO 2 Lyle mentioned that he knows Adam and while Lyle likes to ether exaggerate or make up stories you are given the option to acknowledge that you have met before, so which one is true?

[@fierytigergaming8112]

No, it seems that people just use Adam as a way to combat the people who hate the self-insert idea

[@alvi9463]

@@fierytigergaming8112 Ok so Adam doesn't have a proper backstory. But what do you mean by people use Adam as defensive argument? His not particularly outstanding compare to Mihoyo's other SI-MC

[@fierytigergaming8112]

@@alvi9463 Whenever people compare MC's, there's always one person in comments who just responds with "Yeah, but Adam's a Silent MC who has personality"

[@alvi9463]

@@fierytigergaming8112 yah I have never heard Adam being brought up in that context he leans more on the generic side. I'd say that all of Mihoyo's IS-MC do have a personalities it's just doesn't come across very well do to them being muted.

[@fierytigergaming8112]

@@alvi9463 Something like that, listening to how Trailblazer has inner monologue instead of having someone else be their voice

[@MMD895]

are you sure?, not the first part and apho first, I'm serious. finality of mars, seriously, really, what else is he doing besides Cocoon of finality and also Will of Honkai, oh yeah IMAGINARY TREE is just, game for him

[@yokin_owo]

Same here it will be really annoying if they get rid of the bridge backgrounds

[@duck208]

I honestly agree with all your opinions here. But since you mentioned Chapter 35, I think there's a possibility of the story moving to Europa after Mars because of the following text >Gas Giant with a beautiful light, one of its satellites remained dormant in its cradle, waiting for light and warmth to bestow life upon it Gas Giant would mean Jupiter here, and "satellite" the moon Europa.

[@illidanST7F]

ngl it feels like the ppl bitching about the change are the brand of mustache hipsters going: ''i played the game before it was mainstream!'' coz even tho i lvoe the game the UI was the most annoying shit when i started playing, i got use to it like everyone else, but still it wasnt great.

[@EmperorMist]

Personally I don't like the og HI3 gameplay or UI design, so seeing that the game takes this turn makes me want to return.

[@denvplays8011]

Its funny some content creators react to PV and gatekeep themself. While im watching sa community talking and meme of griseo is not cunny anymore

[@Aawadadwda]

Honestly I’m really tired of all the doomposting, so thank you for the video.

[@App-8491]

oh nice

[@ztails]

So im gonna give my own take on this I recently got into HI3 a few months ago, and so far, i like it. Im not done with the story yet, so i may not know much ( currently level 83 lol ). I understand why people are upset and ill go over each complaint ive seen 1) The New UI system, so far we only seen very little of the new ui system and i get people are upset because there used to the old ui bridge system, but than again we dont know much the new ui system, we still have a bit of time until we fully see it. The bridge still might be there as well. 2) The Character designs, this is something i really dont understand. I think the character designs are fine, i mean the orginal trios designs weren't that good in my opinion, but i never went out of my way to insult the designs and i think some people are lettings nostalgia get the best of them. 3) The biggest one the complaints about the self insert mc. I get it why people are upset since were going from Kiana to a self insert, which seems like a downgraded and i would agree because writing a well written self insert mc is hard. Im going to just hope for the best that the self insert mc will have great character development. It is possible for a self insert mc to have good writing for example Guardian from destiny 2, fugimaru from Fate Grand Order, Star Wars the Old Republic and a few others. 4) The people complaining about how you can switch the self insert mc to male doesn't really make sense to me. I dont see a problem as playing as a male in the story. I think people are being over dramatic about being able to switch the mc to male. I mean i know we play Kevin in one chapter i believe? (Im not entirely sure so dont take my word for it) and i definitely know we play as Adam in APHO. Even if people dont like that you switch the mc to male they can just play as the female, easy solution. 5) i think We were also supposed to get Male playable characters i believe ( im not entirely sure just going off from what i heard ) such as Kevin, Kalpas, Siegfried ect because i heard that there was a poll of HI3 asking the community if they wanted them as playable and the poll didn't go so well and a bunch of drama started and HI3 decided not to add them. 6) Finally this is something i want to say i think the dumbest argument people made for why they dont want you to be able to switch the self insert mc from female to male is because there scared people are gonna ship them with the Valkyries. I think that argument is stupid because if it bothers them they can just ignore it. I personally dont really care, but can see why people care, but still if it bothers them they can just ignore it. I dont really care about ships cannon or not im neutral to this stuff just do what you want as long as your not being toxic about it because truthfully you cant stop people from shipping who they want regardless of cannon all you can do is ignore it if bothers you. I will also say this in the end this is just fiction, its a game and not real. No mattee what opinions people have it does not give anyone the right to send death threats and harasse anyone.

[@Igraphi7335]

I dont understand at all didnt itself players blabbing around the chat its boring the story or the it is next of copycat of the kiana lore. But when it comes to new one finally they realize what they lost. But do really they lost ? Not really. The game has to be updated to be survive thats a law of nature othervise will be eaten by the each other companies which develop them or destroy completly. Because she survive thanks by the charity of the players which Davei always present before start talking about new patch :). I hope only they not gonna delay with the stories like genshin and HSR. Thats only what trully ask the HI3 player. And ofcourse freedom of the choise future outfits.