Honkai Star Rail's Comedy is Unmatched

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[@bunniixsan]

There’s an entire hidden mini quest centered around a toilet. Yes. A toilet. I love this game.

[@Kiwi-Araga]

I've found it twice. Are you implying that I have to find it more times?

[@codeimagine6824]

where is it

[@camilopuerto3373]

W H E R E ?!

[@chantararix]

HAHAHAHA THAT TOILET SHOOK ME. I was like... wtf is happening??

[@gobokoboobo4620]

There's one for trash cans too. I got a freaking trash can icon and a bunch of trash items from it.

[@CabbageFarmerAi-Chan]

>Appraise random furniture >M A R V E L at it >Schizo kicks in >Invade closet >Get high on chemical fumes >Assault unsuspectimg worker >Steal his fancy candle >Throw candle into fountain >Scoop coveted ice from fountain Aww yeah, it's star railing time.

[@dustytoyknife2343]

You mean trail blazing time

[@fazadhikarizqkoswara9429]

Imagine waking up at 3am and yelling "it's blazing time" that woke the neighborhood with a train noise suddenly blaring in the background 😂

[@coffeeshampoo87]

Who is star and why are we railing them

[@fastaskirby2414]

Wait you can throw it in the fountain? I threw it in the trash can

[@kdfrost159]

Genshin MC: Let's investigate this (to get the item). Starrail MC: MY PRECIOUS!! (literally snatched the item they just found). The MC is such a menace!

[@whitedragonzerureusu4480]

I love the MC in this game. He's so goofy and always tries to have a good time no matter how ridiculous it is

[@Keplerite]

I tried to steal this dude's chest at the space station TWICE and he eventually came to pity me and gave me free stuff. I was so upset that i couldn't take the chest lmao 😭

[@SanarySeggnete]

Yeah, he claimed to understand us... then he gave us the items instead of the chest... who cares about items... the matter is the feeling of open a new chest.

[@fazadhikarizqkoswara9429]

Exactly 😂 the devs really gone all out and adhering their motto as tech otaku save the world😂 we really missed those childish excitement and adventure that made our bright and fun😂

[@richardshiflett5181]

No one can stop them! No one!

[@fluorescent_shrimp]

The dialogues with trashcans are masterpieces

[@GachaLord]

Trashcans are S tier, no doubt bout it

[@Riku-Leela]

Trash cans are S tier, so are toilets tbf

[@guiliana1574]

I didn’t think a character could fall in love with trash cans, now i know…

[@itz_amyyyyy]

I've talked to most trashcan I found and now I have actual trash in my inventory. The trash is a consumable....

[@GachaLord]

@@itz_amyyyyy oh yeah about that... *You can actually use that trash to make food that increases your atk.*

[@laboriouss]

I like how in this game the protagonists inner thoughts turn completely schizo while interacting with the most mundane things imaginable

[@justjuniorjaw]

Which mirror what the players is doing spamming F on everything mundane interactibles

[@anry5553]

my headcanon is that the narrator Is the Stellaron in mc's bodies, unlike Cocolia's Stellaron, this Stellaron is more unhinged

[@fazadhikarizqkoswara9429]

​@@anry5553 a godlike being acting as your inner child😂 oh this is top tier 😂🍿

[@itsarin2166]

​​@@anry5553 considering the Stellaron was stored in some sort of digital space back in Herta Space Station, it won't be surprising it came across memes, and decided the MC should be the embodiment of memes and chaos.

[@tenderandmoist5011]

He's just like me fr

[@meekumanu]

I love when you finish an absolutely mindless storyline about a trashcan or a closet and the game gives says "Good job, here's +1 social credit"

[@pixadragon46]

You can use it at the fountain, you can also get social credit by helping out the plant at herta space station

[@AB-jt4rs]

​@@pixadragon46 you can also get it by investigating one of the trash cans

[@pixadragon46]

@@AB-jt4rs yeah that too 😅 i really spent all day exploring belobog

[@Good_Hot_Chocolate]

​@@pixadragon46 You use it up whenever you make a decision that is socially unacceptable.

[@tametyrannusalves3817]

@@pixadragon46 I did no finish with the plant yet, more fish coin.

[@grimneko7424]

The unhinged story telling in this game is what live for.

[@benperry593]

As someone who shoots first and asks questions never in most games, I can't believe im clicking on every dialog box. It's all so good.

[@wafaay7182]

I had a guard reprimend me for breaking a box because apparently it take them a lot of time to fix it when I do that. Stuff really do be happening when you least expect it xD

[@rindere2121]

the one that made me laugh the most was the fight club one...but we wasn't supposed to talk about it anyway

[@dx_Rain_xb]

Ssshhh...we don't talk about that here

[@kchnbrn]

Heisenberg...

[@mariamsoliman8689]

Pls tell me I don’t know! Or at least were to find it?

[@syahirar5463]

The devs are having fun by releasing their inner child in this game 😂

[@justjuniorjaw]

When the game's best characters include : Robots, Cabinet, Dumpsters, Trash Can, Toilet, Man hole, Fence, Posters, Plants and Ghosts. I haven't even started on the humans and animals yet. That's how fun it was.

[@BingQilin]

The wanted posters of Dan Heng that kept on getting more shojo Seriously what was up with the roses

[@frostmourne1986]

@@BingQilin Considering Tears of Themis seems to be a canonical novel franchise for Belobog, is it any surprise

[@BiBiren]

You even have to interact with streetlights or that lampshade in the Express.

[@wafaay7182]

I also like that I got arrested for tossing coins throu a hoop and that I got given a moral lesson by an Npc for trying to open a chest that doesn't belong to me 😂

[@KunoMochi]

Something about the game's humor... lol At the beginning of the game, they give you a choice of joining the Astral Express or staying on the station. Yeah, you can choose to stay on the station. It'll give you a whole scene where you see the Astral Express crew off, watch the train depart from the station, and never join the crew ever again as you hear their exploits throughout the Galaxy. Then the game credits roll and the game ends. I love the fact that this isn't just some traditional RPG, but has elements of old point-and-click Sierra game level humor to it. lol And yes, even checking trash cans will net you some unique items... XD

[@-amel-9896]

oh wow i didn't know tht

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

When Hoyoverse is basically roasting their own lore narration.

[@sallya.921]

I mean they are being ironic, but i don't really think they're roasting anyone tho, rather aren't parodies mostly a show of affection?

[@rataarctica]

@@sallya.921 I mean, i don't see why it can't be both.

[@sallya.921]

@@rataarctica Ah, yes, sorry if my wording was confusing, as i said, i acknowledge the use of irony, but i just interpreted it as something light hearted, so i didn't like the implications "roasting" had

[@KunoMochi]

@@sallya.921 The only roast I've seen so far is the "Metaverse" bit... lol

[@sallya.921]

@@KunoMochi Omg, yeah fr fr, the shade was real with that one XD

[@Tysur]

If you try to go to the lower level of the Administration District while it’s still blocked, you can interact with it and one of the lines is: For some reason, a sweet female voice pops into your head: “Why don’t we explore the area ahead of us later?” It’s a subtle, but direct reference to Paimon

[@HellVops]

~smack my head~ How did I not notice it...

[@EmberQuill]

If you keep interacting with it, the MC invents a whole made-up backstory for the guard standing nearby.

[@kieran8792]

Dude, i usually don’t read little random things but this game has me so hooked. It’s so funny for no reason, plus I really feel like our trailblazer has a real, hilarious personality, I love it 😭

[@zenithpanda2055]

The amount of dialogue centered around trash cans is astounding, there is even a 4 star trash can you can get lol

[@Shimazakii]

There's this guy in the "back alley", that whole side quest thing was actually so creepy especially at the end

[@Shimazakii]

@@tettagoat left side gate of the theatre. There's a guy by the trash can. U can talk to him multiple times. I think u can just tp away and go back to get new dialogue

[@user-qd3qt9jx7d]

the guy at the other side of the gate?

[@zascuzza]

​@@Shimazakii where's the theatre tho

[@abkdj1534]

@@zascuzza somewhere in jarilo-VI overworld

[@Exusikia]

​@@zascuzza open the administration district map in Jarilo-VI, then teleport to the top part of the map. The teleport thingy is called " Golden Theater ". After teleporting to there, turn around and you will see a locked gate and behind it you will find the man

[@user-kd5fn9gb3o]

Not until Necrit ran to the shop did I realize that solid water is ice......I was thinking hard of what it is lmao

[@ZeppeliGaming]

I feel like people should know that the flavor text in this game seems to be inspired by the game Disco Elysium (Necrit should absolutely play it,even if it's offscreen because it has beautiful writing.) as someone who has many hours in Disco elysium I could tell from the moment they showed simulated realm aka the rouglike mode. The way the text box was positioned even matches with Disco elysium.

[@strshells]

yess exactly what i noticed as well

[@hoangkienvu7572]

Disco Elysium is way too on the nose with it though. It feels like one of those kid cartoons that constantly bombard you with fart jokes, I couldn't get past the opening sequence. The one game where they did this style of writing just right is the Stanley Parable.

[@ZeppeliGaming]

@@hoangkienvu7572 Eh I don't know about that, because the opening sequence is not rly a joke. But I get that the game is not for everyone, there is alot of text and If there was no voice acting (like before the final cut) I would probably feel overwhelmed too.

[@xeacarons]

YES SOMEONE FINALLY SAID DISCO ELYSIUM the whole Aeon with the Metaverse thing screamed disco elysium to me

[@dmcpuuff9295]

@@hoangkienvu7572 another game that feels the same as this is west of loathing and its sequel shadows over loathing , man the jokes there are sooo good

[@Aramendoa]

It may just be a me thing but it feels like the writers were given much more freedom for this game than with genshin, so it feels like a way more passionate project and I love it sm

[@murata..]

Honkai series truly is a favorite child 💃💃

[@zephskiee5395]

I don't think so, all their games are a passionate project but rather than more freedom I think its more of an artistic choice/direction. It would be out of place if u find Genshin to have a modern level of comedy with its medieval fantasy style. Maybe if u experience Genshin and Star Rail both as a new player you'd notice both games have different direction, a lot of people have a veteran issue or biased towards new stuff.

[@-amel-9896]

i don't think its freedom its just that genshin is more medieval while honkai is modern futuristic setting, so the humor feels very modern. This type of humor wouldn't fit genshin as much tbh, tho i love it

[@Aramendoa]

@@-amel-9896 that's true but the game also has a lot of timeless humour like a lot of the interactions with the trashcans and other objects, but this may also be bcs the mc has more personality here

[@zephskiee5395]

@@Aramendoa it's part of the gameplay to have something like that, ever played Undertale? Or other RPG games that does similar to star rail? Because they don't have such a versatile combat experience or wide ranges of puzzles and challenges this gameplay interaction is what u get to feel engaged with the game. If u think it's more fun and haha etc it's more of a preference than it being objectively better than Genshin. Remember Traveler also have a lot of personality too it's in their character voices menu.

[@kawansiesquad6659]

The way everything is overly described reminds me of dnd, when the dm is trying to make the smallest of things sound as theatrical as possible😂😂

[@maxwellmendo2828]

AT ONE POINT YOU GET FUCKING RICK ROLLED IM NOT EVEN KIDDING MIHOYOOO AAAAAAAAAAA

[@codeimagine6824]

what where does this happen

[@maxwellmendo2828]

@@codeimagine6824 I dont wanna ruin the surprise

[@codeimagine6824]

@@maxwellmendo2828 atleast tell me where to find it

[@maxwellmendo2828]

@@codeimagine6824 when they give you the option to join factions

[@codeimagine6824]

@@maxwellmendo2828 where again?

[@arnowisp6244]

This is a dive into how Fischl sees the World.

[@jirilaska9788]

Some of the phone conversations are also hilarious

[@Angel-xz9gr]

Omg yes! The one where MC asks group chat about relics was great lol!

[@BiBiren]

@@Angel-xz9gr they were like "wtf is a relic???? beetch i was born yesterday. LITERALLY"

[@KawashiK]

As much as this game has comedy, it also has tragedies. And damn I have never felt like I want to punch an NPC in the face so much until I saw Scott.

[@consciousnesshidden]

That's the fight club dude right? Holy hell I hate him so much

[@tiekogalaxylatte8839]

holy shit ikr

[@BingQilin]

MC: You know you basically *killed* your employee right? Scott: lol skill issue

[@annalisehua]

Oh, and the blind gir in that village waiting for her sister...

[@halv2076]

@@annalisehua ohhh fak that one. I just standing there questioning myself WTF HAVE I DONE.

[@Saji_0]

I just love the humor put into this game, It's like hoyo is a bit lax on the story because many of their game is already seriously story/lore heavy, but also not make this starrail story bad aswell

[@HellVops]

The humor is great, but there is so much tragedy and horror around like DAAMMMM, for the example the bubbles on the station...you been warned.

[@Saji_0]

@@HellVops I know about all of those bubble and many of the tragedy horror in there. But hey, hoyo games wouldn't be complete without those lol

[@kiss-shot_is_bae]

This gives such a Disco Elysium energy and I'm more than here for it

[@zayna2427]

The narration and writing is very reminiscent of Disco Elysium, and that is, in my opinion, the best writing in a game, ever.

[@Amethyst.i]

I love the dialogue with trash cans and other objects, they’re so funny 😭

[@bor445]

Necrit if you enjoyed that, you NEED to play West of loathing. Death by laughter guaranteed.

[@NahualUlloa]

One of my favourite experiences was The Stanley Parable, and this game has hidden experiences similar to that. And I am really in love with stuff like this. It’s amazing and fun.

[@Ligmyster]

I love the game's dialogue so much. It's hilarious and the amount of references and memes are a delight

[@Yang-qx7no]

This whole segment felt it was straight from disco elysium and I read the entire dialogue in my head in disco elysium’s narrator’s voice. I wish whoever wrote this and the trash cans could write the main story, which I think takes itself way too seriously.

[@Scatterblades]

Well. Our multiple choices always consist of roasting whoever you talk to. 😂

[@sallya.921]

Really? I never felt that way, the main story is pretty comedic to me already, the depth that it has makes me feel more attached to the world and it's characters which in turn make the comedy so much funnier, this game gives me such a variety of warm emotions, so i think they balance it out really well, it'd kill the atmosphere and worldbuilding if they went overboard and just made it a saturday morning comedy

[@hoangkienvu7572]

@@sallya.921 Bro I swear Disco Elysium is the next Marvel, where at the start people praise its constant jokes and comedy, but then fast forward a few years and everyone suddenly hate it and just want it to take itself seriously again. I myself can't stand DE but that's just a personal opinion.

[@turtlecheese6795]

​@@hoangkienvu7572 why would people hate it in a few years? Marvel has had a decline, disco Elysium is well liked (by most) I don't see your logic here.

[@ZeppeliGaming]

​@@hoangkienvu7572uh? Disco Elysium is not liked only because of it's comedy. It's beautifully written. The game talks about many important issues with politics, racism, addiction and many more. People don't start this game because of comedy, they start it because they think it's about crime solving (and it is) but they stay for the idiot mc and our angelic companion.

[@wizitotoro]

This reminds me of the Stanley Parable and I'm loving it

[@halv2076]

Ngl, I found a lot of references on this game. It's either from MC answer or literally NPC/item monologue. I found Superman, Star Wars, Riddler, Metaverse (everyone should've seen this), and probably many more that I failed to recognize. Edit: and some 4th wallbreak shit

[@BiBiren]

Spoiler: That part where Sampo talked to us the players, and probably not through MC this time.... I feel like he is breaking the fourth wall.

[@csll106]

Theres a mission where you fight five opponents in a ring One of the enemies name was Ash and his sidekick robot was named Beet-ka-chu.

[@delta3540]

This closet had more lore than Shaco !

[@kurasakikenji]

I remember tapping this closet hoping for some random ass reward but instead i got a whole new adventure in a frikin closet

[@MegaAstrok]

The dialogue reminds me so much of disco elysium

[@reezwave]

Good to see streamers who chose Caelus, not because he is better or anything, it's just that he got less chosen from what I saw in most videos

[@reezwave]

Omg I just realized that this is resident evil's reference, lol. Resident devil💀

[@knightofwisdom8851]

Imagine these funny monologues are just Akivili speaking straight into our mind 😂

[@SanarySeggnete]

One of the big complaints about HSR was the 2 abilities system, which is not the same as the traditional 4 abilities system. It raised the question about HSR being a meta gacha to play RPG. If you beat Gunn in his training mission, Gunn would start praising you and... MC reply was: "I only have 2 abilities." or "After that(the fight with Gunn in story), i gacha'ed loads more.".

[@JBasilix]

I can certainly see the problem with only 2 abilitys. Future characters will need sick and unique designs to carry sales. And in combat the only choice you are really having is generate a skill point or spending one. Not that interesting in the long run. At least one more active ability would make the core gameplay significantly better My greatest worry however is that they use the Genshin system instead of the Honkai system. By that I mean releasing tons of characters that speak maybe one line in the main story. And most characters will just be forgotten after you are done with their story ark to never be never seen again. It would be sick to instead get evolutions of characters like in Honkai. Just imagining a March with increased mastery of her special phased ice could be so cool. Or a 5-Star version of Herta where she uses multiple of her puppet bodys to do weird shit like form a little Puppet Mech. Instead such cool ideas will be given to completely new characters which I will not get attached to.

[@Citatel1412]

There are soooo many references and easter eggs in this game. I love it so much and how I can introduce myself as heisenberg in that one interaction, amongst many other.

[@nya2006]

These diologues bring me back to the undertale feeling

[@navatheramenguy3127]

I love the idea of the trailblazer hiding in a closet, scaring room service, bolting Out of the hotel, fishing on a well, and getting solid water, meanwhile the rest of the cast look at you in the distance wondering what the fuck is wrong with you

[@narukamishirou284]

Not only the fact that you can still get a good laugh, you also get rewarded for it

[@R4GNAR0G]

Ngl, the hiding inside the closet prank reminded me to Spongebob hiding inside the mailbox to surprise the mailman. 😄

[@oyfum2638]

Guys, has he reacted to the “interstellar journey” trailer?

[@rachaelthorne5201]

no one gonna talk about the shinning easter egg at the same hotel's hallway?

[@Nibba1v9]

They even have a whole Rapper VA for each language too

[@BiBiren]

Oh yeah i remember that rapper in Robot Settlement. Dem she spitting fire that I stopped for a moment to listen

[@Yuki_Ika7]

The Trailblazer is my favorite HoYo protagonist ever

[@Linosek279]

Ngl, the comedy in this game gives me “Terry Pratchet’s intrusive thoughts if he was born in the trilogy of 4” vibes

[@devolays]

This would've been even better with a narrator from stanley parable

[@ironwoodkid9577]

This game is just Trails game and Tales of game mashed together and i LOVE it

[@user-om3pk8ts4j]

feels like I'm playing Stanley parable all over again. Such masterpieces dialogues.

[@thaitoan4760]

I feel like these interaction are caused by the stellaron inside him, like maybe it’s trying to affecting his thinking, giving him weird voices

[@justsomemaninachickencostu9643]

I love how this reminds me of Undertale humour xD

[@ichiirah]

Lol i thought the same!

[@Zelphyn]

There's also the story of trash cans and trash bins 😂

[@CloroxBleach42069]

Execuse me kind man, but would you kindly spare your time for a nice little chat about these gorgeous trashcans?

[@BiBiren]

I like that one of the trailers show March opening a trash can and it becomes one of the hilarious running gags in this game. I was expecting finding Sampo hiding there like in the trailer lmao

[@eliasacevedo9542]

Not March, but the MC (Caelus/Stelle)

[@ark2985]

I didn't realise it at the time. But this is a Stanley's Parable reference. There is a whole sequence there that plays out when you stand in a broom closet. But unlike here the narrator there really hammers the Point about How the closet is normal and mundane.

[@stardust9470]

Wait until he sees there's a mini-quest involving trash cans.Yes trash cans.It's really entertaining for no reason

[@danielklein5762]

Maybe the fountain functions as this, you threw in coin you count how many coin are in it, and the higher the amount of coin in it the better the item you´ll get, probably. XD

[@allendaviesmacawile9798]

Yet this one has more lore than shaco 😂

[@oldsoulbiz3526]

Mushroom, anyone? Or was it an umbrella...?

[@manoA98A]

Svarog dialogue option : "I'm a variable"

[@Bongaboi151]

"This is what it means...to come out of the closet." -Cyno

[@whitedragonzerureusu4480]

Make sure you check out all the trashcans on the frozen planet as well!

[@luisjose3076]

There is one in a trash can, in wich your teamates feel bad for you, cause well, look for the trash can yourself

[@raffl3159]

There's hidden quest that gave us trash can as a profile pict, that hilarious as heck lmao

[@marciver5028]

I think every time when I get a Praise of High Morals I feel taunted by the game or something like that.

[@crazykim]

I fucking love that the Trailblazer is just a fucking gremlin

[@KraizenFaraway]

We have trashcan lore, toilet portal and now this closet. This game is awesome 🤣

[@WillKazeOh]

I JUST did that whole closet experience.

[@Reydriel]

It seems the devs loved the interaction dialogues in Trails in the Sky and decided to put it almost everywhere in Star Rail lmao

[@hentai4410]

You can sign a hotel review as Heisenberg too

[@b.ardner6903]

Is it just me or Star Rail MC has this weird quirk somehow?? Not even I would rummages through trash cans.... But hides in the dark closet and talking to your ownself cringely and scared the staff? Yep. I'll do that as well

[@utkarshsh]

There's a quest for trashcans as well Where you can use these praise of the morals

[@kiwiseed7563]

i got the reward from the closed and gave it to a trashcan and it gave me nothing aside some praise ... the disappointment i felt lol

[@songshield_2047]

That's some stanley parable type of interactions lmao

[@Rybuki01]

Chuunibyou moment in the closet

[@enmaai5869]

March is the only one seem to realize mc is such chaotic being inside his head, she commented mc is pretending hard to be a silent character

[@goldfox4501]

you can get a trash can icon from interact with it a. unch of times

[@oblivion3379]

I was laughing when I was playing this part. But these dialogues, I kind of guessed that this is caused by the Stellaron in the MC's body. Since the Cocolia is also speaking to the Stallaron in their world. This is just a guessed tho. I haven't finish the story yet.

[@HyuugasPride]

This entire game at times feels like a massive shitpost and I'm here for it!

[@AngelBattosai27]

That sequence gave me huge Disco elysium vibes, it was odd but funny

[@Funny24686]

Tchekhov would have loved to see this.

[@savekillqqpsounds8473]

best believe me when i get that npc that called me noob we gonna see some red xD

[@Dragon_4046]

Spme of the ttext messages are very funny

[@meeechelll9370]

Goethe love it how u pronounced it

[@Kyle81290]

And then you get the ribbon quest :despairge:

[@ZenithintheMaking]

Absolute bruh moment.

[@Kyuanz]

Ngl As what happens next I thought that by hiding in the closet, i could evade the guards... because im thinking they gonna kidnap them while they sleep

[@BingQilin]

To this day I still don't get thing thing behind that box puzzle was the girl some sort of ghost orrrrr

[@Retronyx]

This game also include mom jokes and I'm not kidding LOL

[@muhammadrafif6160]

Since boss of HSR is same boss of HI3rd. I know this game will be a good game.

[@fefega]

Hoyo devs played West of Loathing I see

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

The fight club reference made me chuckle. As well as the stupid trash can. 😂 Gotta say, the writing is better in this game than Genshin.

[@Ulysces_Castellanos]

I'm pretty sure the MC is high