I Returned to Genshin, so I Tried Honkai Star Rail (First Impressions)

[@Ravionicraffu]

Bro casually pull black swan in 10 warp. While me lose the 50/50 😢

[@julian12357]

i Lost the 50/50 too I didn't get her so I just got sparkle

[@oIIified]

The beginner luck is real

[@aranyss]

I lost two 50/50s for BS to Welt, I was saving up since Topaz for her too 🥲

[@julian12357]

@@aranyss welt is really good but it's sucks when you don't get the characters you want and I got e1 welt in early game

[@aungbhonekyaw3136]

I'm sorry to hear that also i got her in the third free daily pulls

[@argunharunami5261]

Just remember. The title is "honkai" So you know everything is heartwarming, positive, bright, and wholesome, 👍

[@brianatordk6578]

:(

[@puggersftw]

No, oh gosh, don't make me remember.

[@W0lfscythe]

​@@puggersftw Never let you go 🎶

[@puggersftw]

@@W0lfscythe it's why I did them all. 😭

[@argunharunami5261]

@@puggersftw love of you, is my most cherish things~

[@Qiqimain69]

Alright guys no one will give him spoiler

[@ashishmurmu1741]

Ok

[@ImAlmostJR]

thank you xD

[@cry-o1436]

It's a heartwarming and uplifting story so there's no need for spoilers :D

[@goomby4018]

yeah penacony is very uplifting and heart warming

[@Cakehai]

Honestly might be most wholesome story from a game for the rest of this year😊

[@manleyt6273]

BLACK SWAN HAS THE SAME VOICE ACTOR AS BLAKE ?????? Well thats new info

[@ImAlmostJR]

yeah ! i saw her instagram post about the announcement, and thats when i knew i had to start playing

[@MiraPacku]

I had a similar reaction 😆 her voice was soooo familiar, but I couldn't place it at the time xP

[@Scope34]

(whos blake)

[@MiraPacku]

@@Scope34 Blake Belladonna from the show RWBY

[@Scope34]

@@MiraPacku ah thanks!

[@sxmmyisbored]

30:20 this is insanely lucky, especially for your first 10 pull! Having black swan early game is a real big help!!!

[@glam4663]

The free Dr Ratio would be as well.

[@sxmmyisbored]

@@glam4663 well, every player gets him for free in updates 2.0 - 2.2 from the mail.

[@nitromiyazaki]

What the shit. A single 10 pull. That’s literally the craziest luck.

[@soulbounddoll1826]

Doubt it. I got a 5 star in a single 10 pull too so I think it's rates are boosted for your first pulls.

[@taxenofhearts]

Yeah.... No it doesn't ​@@soulbounddoll1826

[@julietm.5425]

​@@soulbounddoll1826I got one like at 57....

[@sandli7269]

​@@soulbounddoll1826 No the rates are the same

[@soulbounddoll1826]

@@sandli7269 ... then I must have been crazy lucky to get 2 5 stars in my beginner banner draws.

[@duongnhdn]

Well, a heart warming and uplifting story awaits.

[@cat_withajellyhat]

Mhmmmmm yep!!!

[@FayolaOnline]

Getting Black Swan on the very first 10-pull is insane. Congrats!

[@-poon-382]

once you play on x2 speed, its never the same without it.

[@YeetusCletusDeletusmyFetus]

I only play 2x when I'm farming, otherwise I'm chillin

[@Light.Of.Kshahrewar2.0]

It feels slow af

[@Cinabonz]

All of a sudden "normal speed" feels like slow mode instead 💀

[@YeetusCletusDeletusmyFetus]

@cresselia3553 yea I remember testing it out. Played awhile on 1x then sped it up for awhile. Afterwards everything just felt like it was going half speed all of a sudden

[@Hextec]

You should definitely up the music volume. The OSTs are bangers, especially when you get to future areas of the game. Boss fights sometimes have their own theme songs, just like in Genshin. Great video overall though, glad you enjoyed the game.

[@GlassedGamer]

- JR about to pull "He's going to experience the true pain." - Ticket 5-star graphic. "Wait..." - Pulls Black Swan, winning the fifty-fifty on the first pull. "BULLSHIT!"

[@vic257]

oh my, never thought i'd see someone starting HSR because of RWBY! very cool! i was also very surprised when Black Swan's voice actress was announced :D hope you'll have a good time with the game!

[@ImAlmostJR]

im really liking it so far ! def wanna play it on stream sometime soon. also as a rwby fan, the announcement completely convinced me lol

[@kksliderz]

30:57 he does not understand how lucky he is.

[@cat_withajellyhat]

The writing and cutseens get better the more you play the game! Now, i won't give spoilers, obviously but.. the music gets really, really well!!!! Remember to save your wraps, it'll be really helpful!

[@orpheusdrakos1911]

Just so you know you can tell if you got the five star by how blurred the ticket is when it's flying towards the train.

[@faexfiction635]

Really? Explain a bit more on this

[@orpheusdrakos1911]

It can be a bit difficult to see it first. But if you look at the ticket at the beginning, you can see it looking slightly different by it being more the rainbowy, distorted while it's flying towards the train. I wish I could put images to show you exactly what I mean. But try to imagine if you were to see double vision from being dizzy. You probably see multiple of the same thing in front of you.That's the best I can explain what it looks like. You could probably look it up in google images if you're really curious to see exactly the difference. Honestly, the standard banner 5 star ticket is even harder to see because because it's not nearly as noticeable for whatever reason. Hope this helps.

[@DreamsSup]

And an addition, the melody or arpeggio of the soundtrack goes up to down when it's a 5 star, and goes down to up when it's not

[@orpheusdrakos1911]

@@DreamsSup That's actually new to me. I've never noticed that. Good to know.

[@YeetusCletusDeletusmyFetus]

​@faexfiction635 simplest way to put it is that the distortion on the ticket at the beginning is more distinguishable, as in the distortion is nearly solid for a fiver while it's more or less faded for anything under

[@Laserstormelpies]

Yo, its cool to see that Arryn Zech was your reason to give HSR a try. When I first saw Black Swan i thought "yeah, looks cool" - when i saw her element and path (wind, nihility) I thought "hey, i want this character, i love DoT teams", when i then saw her trailers and noticed a familiarity in the voice... and looked it up... i was SUPER EXCITED about her. So that constant increase in hype was one of my most crazy experiences with this game so far. :D Hope you have a good time with her in the game.

[@reezwave]

I would love to see more of your star rail playthrough, the story (especially belobog one is just so incredible). Btw, they used AI for the mouth to sync all languages automatically. So the newest voices will also always synced up.

[@Hunterofyeets]

Belobog and Penacony are my favorite areas. The Loufou has the terrible fate of being in between the two.

[@sxmmyisbored]

Welcome to Star Rail! I hope you'll enjoy, I really like your commentary and gameplay. And the editing is great.

[@garreonlefay6703]

One thing this game has over genshin is that you get hyped for 4 star units, because they are all usable......Except for Arlann, he is basically prototype Blade Seriously i cannot wait to get my hands on Gallagher

[@nilmerg]

apparently arlan was really broken in beta, so they nerfed him pretty hard before release 💀

[@amandaslough125]

Well, you have a chill but still humorous vibe. And I appreciate the alicorn joke. I'm sticking around now.

[@ubermenschen01]

Aintnoway they just got Black Swan on the same 10 pull where they got the "Get 10 different Light Cones" achievement, blessed account.

[@AllExistence]

I suspect they boosted your first ever real pull. So lucky to use it on character you wanted.

[@BNuts]

BTW, there's another little mobile game that came out before and funded _Genshin_ . It's called _Honkai Impact 3rd_ . They just started the story for Part 2, which has new characters in a new location, so if you're curious about this action game, it's a pretty good time to start. Can't argue with the event and log-in rewards. To access the Part 2 content, you will have to get your account to Level 30. This takes between 3 and 4 hours depending on how much skipping you do, but only if you follow the Starter Manual. The Part 1 story starts off slow as you learn game mechanics and all that, but it's also worth playing through. As for the gacha, the play is to focus on Senadina's banner first. At the very least, you need her and Helia. Once you have them, you can go after their equipment. You only need their weapons because their stigmata / artifacts / relics are forgeable. And you get Coralie and her rocket hammer from playing the Part 2 story. Her stigmata are part of the log-in events, and they're fully leveled up. Getting Songque is completely optional. Even starting this late, you still have a good chance of fully gearing this team without paying a cent, or so I believe.

[@KitKats-_-]

Hope you enjoy the game and... Penacony... Well no spoilers!

[@sxmmyisbored]

Wholesome and heartwarming, my favorite kind of stories!!!💖

[@KitKats-_-]

​@@sxmmyisboredyea! Totally no one got hurt in the process at all ^^

[@diarreyaa]

i unlocked the 6th stage of grief in penacony

[@unicorn_xxx3424]

I totally did not cry like a million times during penacony🥰

[@AllExistence]

It's so noticeable how much quality and detail improves with every major update.

[@chuugummy975]

Nice to see someone else appreciating Arryn as Black Swan, haha. I was already playing HSR since the beginning but let me tell you, the moment I realized Black Swan was Arryn I was 10 times more excited!

[@chefpi]

I hope u continue uploading play throughs. This was very entertaining and well-edited. Congrats on black swan! That’s some godtier luck. Really looking forward to more of this

[@mailcs06]

30:55 Black swan in the first 10 pull is crazy. Good for you!

[@CybelVT]

Now imma be honest, I knew you were the one who did ruwby, and even though I personally didn’t mess with the anime I got super hype when I saw this video by you on my recommendations💙 ty for the vid

[@nikpopnanime]

so glad this showed up on my recommendations, i forgot most of the early game hsr and its so refreshing to see it again !! subscribed, i had so much fun watching this video black swan is awesome !!

[@justrelax562]

Looking at the playthroughs from the beginning makes me so nostalgic on the dmg numbers I used to hit when i started lol

[@-XxENIA-]

5:05 "Why was there an evacuation?" The first cutscene: the spaceship literally getting attacked by a bunch of monsters

[@mirayaki6509]

Here all the information you need to know about each path that characters are following: (Sorry if i dont write correctly the exact name 😅) - Nihilyti : Its a path where Basically the character infused to the enemy: cancer all the worst illness 😂 (ex : reduce def of the enemy and more) which is really useful! - Eredution : The character can hit all of the enemy depending if its happens on their ult, skills or follow up attacks. - Abundance: simple the character is the healer - Hunt : the character attack only a single enemy - Destruction: for some character when they loose some hp they do more damage - Preservation : The character is a shield 🛡 - Harmony: a buffer character! Thats all you need to know ! 😊

[@ImAlmostJR]

thank you ! this is a big help. im not sure how easy all these elements were to follow for new players, but genshin looks waaay easier by comparison

[@Muthuvel-lu8tj]

​@@ImAlmostJRIn lore these are different(in function) and the characters have different paths too

[@t0q14s9]

In simpler terms Abundance = healer Preservation = tank Nihility = debuffer Harmony = buffer Hunt = single target damage dealer Erudition = multi target damage dealer Destruction = versatile dps that is good for both single target and aoe but usually has some kind of gimmick Or unique limiter In their kit to compensate for it.

[@connorr8071]

Although, Nihility is quickly becoming almost exclusively the DOT path.

[@tayuno]

@@connorr8071 Acheron wants to know your location

[@GamrCatgirl]

black swan being voiced by arryn zech is what made me want her since the myriad celestia trailer they had before the game released too its so cool seeing other people mention rwby

[@So_Viet8032]

And he never played star rail again

[@Sandhy12341]

A Kafka character video showed/popped up before watching your vid 😆

[@ImAlmostJR]

this must mean i gotta get her when she comes back

[@Sandhy12341]

@@ImAlmostJR Must be manifesting for you to pull her 😂

[@user-zt8qe5hp1p]

@@ImAlmostJRshes great with black swan

[@ameame32]

Oh yeah dw about black swan's story coz... everything in Penacony is heartwarming, positive, bright, and wholesome

[@federicoliem7543]

Congrat bro and my Hanya already E6 for me wow so happy inside

[@hintofinsanity]

This was a lot of fun. I look forward to seeing how you enjoy the rest of this amazing adventure.

[@icyfild]

March & Stelle are just sharing the same braincell 😂

[@trevintidmarsh5483]

I am salty about you pulling Black swan in your first ten pull for the game, gg on getting her but still the luck you just got from that was unreal. Most of my 5 stars are due to 50/50 wins or just straight spending cash to just get them, so gg my dude gg.

[@RexZShadow]

A fellow RWBY fan! Although for me it ended at vol 3.... ;c Did not know Blake's VA did black swan though and also insane pull luck!

[@sachi2346]

3:32 They used AI that tranforms mouth movement to the sound

[@SwimSwayer]

0:22 ummmmm.... I come from the future to say rip lol. Nice vid

[@ashleyandanime4815]

10:14 Stelle: what have I gotten myself into?

[@bigfloppa]

fuck this game looks very well made

[@frbestguy]

try it!

[@bigfloppa]

@@frbestguy the amount of people telling me to do so is abysmal, i don't want to admit it but i might fr get into it later and will never go back to genshin ever

[@ShadowPhoenix82]

Good luck to you on Black Swan! Thanks for checking out this game I absolutely love! 💕

[@jospehpenn3033]

One of the biggest things is that the main character acutally responds to whats happening most of the time even if its a little frown or a head nod,it gives them a lot more personality then the straight face of the tavelers in genshin, no offense though

[@rufavulpes]

The luckiest i ahve ever gotten was an 18 pity Dan Heng IL, and 18 pity Zhongli, and a 16 pity Amos Bow- Never in the first ten pull-

[@johanneseure6761]

You could do your Sumeru and Fontaine archon quest videos in this pace, would totally watch that

[@blockerton1778]

Black Swans VA being Blakes VA makes me realize now that I should've come back to the game sooner. Im in shambles

[@Jackson-ub1uv]

Arryn did _such_ a great job as Black Swan, and it’s so different to Blake.

[@ArvySan]

Welcome brother, I hope you enjoy it and continue being astral express passenger 😊

[@njquinn]

18:17 happy birthday

[@MK8MasterJunjie]

I started playing it last month so I missed out on some of the pre-registration rewards.

[@cuxynails]

i can’t believe brother got a five star with hie first 10 pull AND won the 50/50. like if thats not a sign to keep playing idk what is

[@HaynensPlayground]

i started 7weeks ago, and got kafka AND black swan within my first 20ish pulls. and after that thus far ive gotten black swans light cone, bronya, bronyas light cone and sparkle AND her light cone.

[@sanfan87]

i mean, i got both blade and welt in one ten pull (welt after blade so got a guarantee as well) after returning back to the game in 1.2

[@atch4764]

they probably make the chances of a five star a lot higher for new players cus i got welt on my first pull and the dr ratio or whatever his name is on like my second or third just kidding apparently dr ratio was a free character that they gave out but i still did get welt on my first pull

[@vigilantyaksha0417]

I’m happily surprised by seeing Happy Party Train

[@thecolordown2929]

You got a sub from me! Not even a minute in and I love your vibe man :)))

[@DerillPlays]

the only issue I have with this game is lack of Action Button from the actual fight. Basic, Skill, Ult kinda stale. But the reason why I don't play turn-based game with much more action is that HSR look more beautiful aesthetically.

[@hordelw]

talking about RWBY, i also find the new 4star character Gallager very similar to Qrow aesthethic wise!

[@chillhour6155]

Nice luck man congrats

[@WintersHarmony7474]

Fun fact. The VA for Mona in Genshin is also the VA for Asta in this game!

[@mirayaki6509]

I gotta say some stuff about this game.... Its less cruel than genshin when you are farming when you are pulling 😅. But i hope you will enjoy the game ^^ !

[@indiomie]

My seele with her still unoptimized relics since release says otherwise.

[@kazervids8828]

"I hear it's a lot nicer", facts sir

[@wut2809]

Oh my god. He got the character he wanted on his first actual 10 pull in the game. That's insane 😩

[@Bane_Of_All_Prostates]

Positive and heartwarming remember that well

[@benjaminroe311ify]

Whoa! Black Swan in 1 ten pull! And Hanya! Nice!

[@eagleangel5568]

Wow okay so you got lucky there cause you got early and won the 50 50 lol also incase your wondering about animations if you see the ticket being more reflective that means 5 star and you can tell from the music too

[@murmel_vt]

And I thought my luck with Sparkle would have been nice and criminal xD After I drew BS, I didn't draw again in the banner until Sparkle appeared. Pitty from 0, 2 turns later I won the 50/50 xD I swear!

[@glam4663]

Also, you should pull on the beginner banner, you are garunteed a 5* after 50 discounted warps, which is 40 tickets.

[@Lazidiz]

Btw , you should turn of the double speed when you want to experience new characters ablities... well thats what i do

[@KaLa1865_]

NO WAY THE VA FOR BLACK SWAN IS THE SAME FOR BLAKE FROM RWBY?????? o god I love them both T_TTT

[@reverist.calico]

idk if u know but there is also the houkai impact 3rd game, as a hi3 player i dont think there are that many similarities between it and houkai star rail but some of the characters have similar names and appearance

[@reverist.calico]

also congratulations with black swan:)

[@atomicfist5738]

Yea you are right for eg. Himeko, Welt Yang and Bronya, Seele is the same characters we saw on HI3 now there is no confirmation yet that HI3 lore is connected to HSR so idk like they are connected or not.

[@Cakehai]

⁠@@atomicfist5738HI3, hsr, genshin, and the other hoyo games(forgot if ToT, GGZ, etc r on the tree) r all connected by the Imaginary Tree with only welt and void archives actually coming from HI3 to hsr

[@amandaslough125]

​@@atomicfist5738They share the same beginning of their names. They're both the "honkai" universe. Welt is literally the same Welt from HI3. His backstory is references in quite a few places if you know where to look.

[@atomicfist5738]

@@amandaslough125 I see well thanks for telling me :D

[@JabelldiMarco]

Gratz!

[@thegreenguy4666]

This is literally the same reason I started playing this game

[@glam4663]

The fact that we got to play characters before thier release makes this better than genshin.

[@AllExistence]

It's still funny how they cockblocked epic main character moment just like that.

[@shadowhogg666]

I sadly skipped Swan because in 2.1 they're releasing a Raiden adjacent character called Acheron and her gameplay is sick I have about 80 pulls saved up

[@Malam_NightYoru]

Please, PLAY THE NEXT AREA WITH VOLUME UP, THE OST'S ARE BANGERS!!!

[@Rigardoful]

Darn, kept hoping to see the standard pulls too

[@brandonchen4202]

I actually did not know that Blake and black swan share a va!

[@_XyChev]

A SINGLE PULL AND AUTOMATIC WIN?? GEEZ DUDE

[@ashleyandanime4815]

She didn’t say nice, she says noice

[@whatwhatthe]

i also started playing star rail because of a va for me that was silver wolf

[@spartantraveler7251]

Asta has the same VA as Mona.

[@TheElemynt]

oof those animation textures. Need to turn those graphics settings up. Hope you had fun!

[@milanesadearsenico]

Out birthday is the same day omgggg. June 18th girliess

[@TheLoudlyHappy]

this is a great version for people who cant do the hours

[@kurosaki-kageyoshi3164]

Spend ur standard pulls on the beginner banner first after 50 pulls u get a guranteed 5*

[@mythril30]

Just an advice, turn the music up when you think there will be a boss fight.

[@Ali_kumalalakumalala]

Dr ratio is à rlly good dps u should main him if u dont have any other thing

[@CookieTaiga]

All I can say is "ImAlmostJr you bigger than avarage"

[@zardon_zane1630]

you got a 5 star in one pull holy sht!!!

[@moogey_boogey]

Damn I watched Rwby and didnt even know Blake VA was the same as BS

[@dukeofsorrow5722]

Bro did you seriously get the event character on your first 10 pull??? Congrats, black swan is awesome btw :)

[@kotory_4236]

Playing Star rail without music is criminal

[@Nytesplat]

The moment I saw the ticket turn rainbow I was so pissed WDYM UR FIRSY 10 PULL U GET HER????

[@Cyno-eq9yq]

THATS ACTUALLY SO LUCKY-

[@growlithe5173]

I saw the blur and said wait a minute…. Isn’t that? Then the golden glow. Yup, and he’s gonna win the 50/50 right…. Nihility pops up. Of course, definitely not welt. Black swan. *slams keyboard* Congrats 🎉😢❤

[@isaacnavarrete2325]

WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY WTHHH🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉