Is Girls Frontline 2 Worth Playing? GFL2 Overview and First Impressions

[@Piquliar]

The highlight of this game personally are the visuals, from the models ofc and the stage designs and skill vfx and animations to the UI even, it's quite nice to look at.

[@ian59]

Based review. Everyone is raving about the models in this game and I'm like, it looks like the same 3 girls that just changed clothes and got a hair cut. I mean I do appreciate that they have 3d models and I don't mean to downplay that but the designs are uninspired. The most interesting part of every girl is their gun generally speaking. Good to know that the RNG item grind isn't quite as bad as other games but I wish it didn't exist at all. Likewise good to know that the pvp rewards are not too egregious but again, wish they didn't have it at all. I just can't imagine that it will be fun, particularly if you're just getting face rolled by whales who are less skilled than you. So best case scenario it's an unfun grind that you have to do. Gacha is the same story, wish there wasn't a weapon banner and wish the statistical rate of SSR was better than 1/53 but I will cope that they give out generous currency to offset those. I plan to play this game on day 1 but haven't decided if I'm going to stick with it yet. If the combat is fun enough then I will probably play it long term and just come to terms with all the red flag mechanics they have.

[@seelevolerei9465]

Ntr frontline 2

[@GrudgeMatch5]

I wonder what would happen if they reversed the percent rates. Common items are now 1% and characters are 90% lol

[@wilyounghusband5267]

why the heck did i just discover this channel? subscribed!

[@Kefvid]

I played the first game. I'm a little sad they moved away from the Konolle/AL manufacture and went 10 pull gatcha like everyone else. If they still have the same writers, the story could easily match Nikke.

[@leesasuki]

well they aren't making any money there...

[@jimmychiang4495]

@@leesasuki Not giving up the old platform earlier and coming up with something similar to Honkai3 earlier was a big failure. Yuzhong has very high standard as a player himself, this affected him on game developing, he didn't want to simply follow the main stream and accept old fan's backstab. But as a game developer you have to accept that your game has low user score while reaching good finicial goals. If they've launched a gacha game before 2020, they would earn a lot more money by now and be able create more content for players.

[@Piquliar]

As I suspected and despise in most gacahs these days,the dupes are pretty significant upgrades. I don't mind the dupe system in Neural Cloud too much, I love it in Arknights. It's rare to see dupes be relatively insignificant since they're yet another monetized aspect of gachas.

[@aqualtor9696]

Not to mention this game is pvp game it disgusting to make dupe so op in pvp game

[@ian59]

Yes! Thank you for sharing my unpopular opinion. I prefer dupes that are only a slight upgrade. I think Arknights some of the dupes are a little bit too weak in that they do almost nothing. Like -4 redeploy time on a dupe that isn't an FRD for example. It's like virtually no impact and will get rarely used. I think the sweet spot is a little bit higher than what Arknights gives but some games dupes can double the power of a unit which is terrible design. 5% per dupe is a good number since it's generally compounding anyway and after 5 dupes you're getting a 28% boost which is noticeable and feels more powerful without trivializing everything. Especially in a party game when you have 4+ characters with a 28% boost and they have synergies with each other further compounding those values can make fights significantly easier. Developers also paint themselves in a corner with powerful dupes since the game becomes boring for high spenders if they have to balance everything around F2P players. So you're best source of income is likely to get bored and go to another game.

[@Piquliar]

@@ian59 I see, I can respect that and I've heard the sentiment of AK's dupes being too weak multiple times before lol but personally, I'm all for it hehe. But 5% seems reasonable in the grand scheme of things. Do you think it better to have a linear improvement with each dupe or more significant breakpoints/milestones with certain dupes being more impactful upon acquisition?

[@ian59]

@Piquliar I think having certain dupes with bigger impact allows for more interesting implementation, so I think the tradeoff is worth it as long as they're relatively consistent by max potential. Said differently, you could easily do just 5% more stats every dupe, but that's boring. Having it tie into skills, traits, talents, etc... is more interesting, but since not all skills, traits, and talents are equal, so too, not all dupes would be equal.

[@Piquliar]

@@ian59 Very true, linear would be boring I suppose. Which games do you think have well balanced dupe power?

[@Rururararururi]

gfl commander will get ptsd, lets goooo

[@Deathwig1]

That implies that we somehow didn't get PTSD in the first game

[@Rururararururi]

@Deathwig1 owh my English broken sorry xD

[@VictusPrime]

Good video. Every other video I've seen covering GFL2 just focuses on the coomer bait. Don't get me wrong tho, these 3D character models are some of the best I've seen in any anime game, but as an XCOM enjoyer I really am interested in the gameplay and how the characters and their weapons can be upgraded.

[@Группа5049.3]

Because GFL 2 is coomer shit. Mica betrayed their fanbase

[@我々はS09地区の指揮官ーさ]

​@@Группа5049.3 Eventho GL2 has no lewd in main story just like GFL1. Eventho GFL2 has lewd skin just like GFL1. You wanna parade that GFL2 is a "coomer shit"? At least put more effort if you wanna start your astrosurfing campaign. Is your IQ below freezing point?

[@citersyik718]

​@@Группа5049.3 okay bot whose account was made just before this video uploaded

[@ian59]

Agreed

[@ManuelJGR14]

At least a game that actually demands thinking

[@crazykim]

That regional publishing is very concerning, are they trying to kill the game before arrival?

[@xxhopexx2002]

To me it is, idc what anyone says...this game will be my Next Nikke(still playing btw)

[@aqualtor9696]

Not even close . This game has pvp system like epic seven .constellation like genshin ,gacha rule like hsr (50/50 80pity)😂

[@xxhopexx2002]

@@aqualtor9696 Fan service and gameplay like Fire emblem like no other gacha game…i don’t give af about anything else including pvp which I have little interest in

[@MrHammerofdoom]

Nikke is clearly the superior game

[@xxhopexx2002]

@@MrHammerofdoom Duh of course it’s still superior but I’ll say it still lacks a lot of certain assets girls feetline 2 got… so let’s just say this game is an Extra slice of the cake(for me at least) 😌

[@zulanova1209]

do you mean Nikki (dress up) or NIKKE (goddess of victory?) your pronounciation makes it hard to know which one,, no hate.

[@hexadaze]

Ahh yea I should’ve clarified I was referring to Nikke: Goddess of Victory

[@Remi-bo7tn]

After getting bored from Nikke because gameplay got stale this seems interesting

[@MrHammerofdoom]

The more I hear about the gacha ,the more I am concerned. Nikke really ruined alot of gachas for me

[@yukikitsune121]

Why they did that gacha system like that, collecting bunch of guns while not having a good dolls to equipt it 😂

[@Pyramanager]

Money

[@SuperGrayfox11]

everyone has there own taste on games if ur only concerned is the lack of Dolls then go create ur own game

[@alexjiharev9770]

Not avaliable in your country egion

[@alanayala7298]

if you have an android phone just use quooapp or any apk downloader

[@amai2307]

Use vpn.

[@alexjiharev9770]

@@amai2307 iOS

[@Rabbity_777]

I was exited to try it but 0.6 rates are no no for me, because of damn Nikke I can't enjoy any other games anymore lol

[@heavymetalmixer91]

You should try the game before saying that, mostly because the resources for rolling in the gacha come in quite often.

[@Rabbity_777]

yeah I will but usually I wouldn't because income in game with rates 0.6% is multiple times less than game with ridiculous 4% gives, that's kinda ridiculous... As I said Nikke Story/rates and everything else ruined games for me

[@badoellol6236]

character base design is intentionally not looking slutty because the Devs takes the main story & characters very serious. "how serious is the story?" it's an alternated reality post WW3 where they have United-Nation as URNC, Neo Uni-Soviet, & Illuminati as Paradeus. yes, you're gonna expect the pay skins are gonna reveal so much skin & curve just for in-game looks. I guarantee you it's way better than snowbreak with no censorship involved.

[@Группа5049.3]

Bro lives in dream world 😂😂😂😂

[@AntagonisticArtichoke]

Ok Raymond

[@badoellol6236]

I'm already dead inside, you & your 10 more bot acount won't offend me.

[@LustLord]

Nikke's story is the most serious yet their characters r slutty, idk what ure talking abt

[@doha015]

2D gameplay??? Huh

[@xunliu9653]

In China, this game has extremely bad reputation for stupid NTR stories, low rewards, and hidden banters on players

[@AntagonisticArtichoke]

But do they still ntr you 🤔

[@Dragoon-666]

...what?... what happened? xD

[@Kuhekin]

@@Dragoon-666the ntr allegation

[@StalkRay]

Looks like they are skipping the so called NTR event, ever notice why there isn't any drip for Dai Yan?

[@Verxx-sc2tl]

The dude got changed into a girl last time i heard

[@NoahAU]

@@StalkRay It was changed to chapter 8.5 in CN, global is on chapter 6.

[@jens2994]

Welp, not gonna play with this gacha system. Unfortunate

[@animewolf6987]

Nobody wants you to play 😂

[@fingermi7571]

​@@animewolf6987And nobody cares about your idiot comments

[@fingermi7571]

​@@animewolf6987And nobody cares about your idiot opinion

[@MilitakuDeveloper]

weak. Imagine not wanting to pull guns.

[@aqualtor9696]

This game have …Hsr gacha system , genshin constellation (up to c6) , arena like epic seven (good framecand currency at high rank and have rta ). Wait 1 year gap to suffer really questionable game

[@aqualtor9696]

They even copy hsr gacha rule and constellation of genshin (imagine it as hsr but can pvp now you know how this idea gonna be bad). There gonna be huge different gap between whale and f2p especially it was pvp game . Max currency that you got from arena pvp is 2k assuming you rank grand master . Everyone gonna try hard to got to grand master rank but got stomp by money gap between f2p and whale . Good luck people who are play for waiting cn character coming to global i doubt how much people will last from waiting for 1 year not pull at all and constant got bully by whale

[@sent4444]

i never play genshin or star rail but in my opinion - i dislike the idea of mixed characters and weapons pull in genshin system - i believe the pre star rail age pity system where you need to pull at least x pull to get higher rarity character, that character can be anyone with bias a bit more to banner characters, but that it, in star rail system will grantee second pity pull to be banner characters - i heard that pvp ranking in gfl2 is not competitive but cooperative where players usually put single current noobest character that they have in defending formation, and pvp rank reward premium currency - in gfl1 i played with low rarity characters from time to time, they are almost at good at high rarity characters or as meme(fun random setup)

[@lamtheandy]

This is a random comment but just wanted to let you know I genuinely appreciate your style of content and such. I don't know your reason for starting content creation but please keep it up, honestly if I start any new game and I see there's a hexadaze video it would just make me so much more hyped, if I had it my way I would wish for a hexadaze video for all upcoming games. I look forward to whatever direction you go in the future. Anyways thanks man 👍!

[@hexadaze]

I appreciate your comment and encouragement a lot!

[@fingermi7571]

Gacha sounds abysmal. Less than 1 percent rate is HoyoGreed level of pathetic. I can already visualize pulling for a character and getting 10 crap weapons at a time. I was sorta excited for this until I watched this video. Oh well. Turn-based combat is horrible anyway. I imagine the typical turn-based "difficulty spike" bullshit will drive people straight to the cash shop

[@MilitakuDeveloper]

weak.

[@truenod138]

obviously you wont be expecting a nikke level of generosity, a lot of gachas these days based off of the hoyo system and change it a little bit. They managed to make hsr feel good being generous to the playerbase with those rates. I am not concerned if they are generous to some degree

[@crazykim]

@@truenod138 Coming from a day 1 Nikke lover and a Hoyo enjoyer, Hoyo rates makes more sense when individual characters have Hoyo character levels of account value and adds a lot more to your overall gameplay experience. Nikke rates and generosity makes more sense when every other unit is near unusable and doesn't fit in any team or barely in their own niches in a meta based game, and you can't you spend your resources willy nilly in Nikke to experiment either. And lets not forget the 160 wall which you can get stuck on for months because you didn't plan ahead/got particularly unlucky. As for this game, guess we'll see how much worth a new character will be, if it's Hoyo rates with Nikke value, then yikes.

[@theworld6710]

I can agree with most of it. But don’t diss turn based combat. I understand disliking it, but it can be awesome and accommodate some of the deepest, most strategic, and fun combat systems in gaming.

[@Shajirr_]

> "Turn-based combat is horrible anyway." That's an extremely fail take if I ever saw one. If you don't like turn-based combat, what are you even doing watching a video about a turn-based game?

[@Bobr1997]

does the dispatch system stop you from using the units in combat or is it like nikke?

[@dikafirmansyah6779]

It would be best if it is like Nikke. Otherwise, it will be one of the reason to not play this game 😂

[@lKeKeKel]

It does not.

[@hexadaze]

Nope you can still use them in combat

[@lKeKeKel]

@@hexadaze I should say, on high levels there's a few more interesting modes and guild global raid battle as well as some events. For example on Clukay event on CN there were several modes such as Nikke-like and puzzle-stages with playing as enemy units.

[@MortarNMetal]

Great video - focused well on all the points and I appreciate avoiding any clickbaiting or drama topics

[@illusionfenrir594]

i'm xcom fan, I have been waiting for this game for a long time

[@defenderthebase199v5]

Question: It's pc client is still available in Vietnam region right? 😢

[@ApexPredatorWithSungGlasses]

AH! I see what you did there LMAO 0:47 "most important ASSpects of the game" 🤣🤣

[@R0_n_1n]

Good video! A little disappointed that they decided to follow Hoyo's gacha system, where they mix characters and weapons in a single pool.

[@kaka09876543210]

Yeah, why they are not adapt dorm pull gacha to their gacha mechanic. Kuro already disappoint me with they following hoyo gacha mechanic. If they have 50/50 I will instantly uninstall it.

[@kae9831]

that game play looks soo boring, I'll pass

[@cawshuN]

most important asspects indeed, i see what you did there

[@eoezxeoezx9728]

Not hating on gfl2 i played the cn ver of gfl2 for 1year and realistically i dont think it will be a huge sucess like zzz,wuwa,hsr,genshin,etc the tops ranking gacha game but gfl2 is still a rlly good game and people who are interested should give it a shot

[@StalkRay]

It never succeeded in CN due to all controversies it had and I don't think global version will differ as well, just don't expect it to be on the top

[@heavymetalmixer91]

MICA/Sunborn games have never been mainstream to begin with, the fact that GFL2 is become so popular before its launch is something new for the company and fans of previous games like me. Also, there's one aspect of these games that have carried them through the years: The story and characters. This company tends to make stories that are a little more realistic, grounded and mature, leaning towards darker and depressive tones sometimes. You combine that with a military context and the "PTSD simulator" meme is born.

[@aottadelsei980]

I don’t think comparing gfl2 to other gacha games like genshin isn’t a good comparison as while they are both gacha they also have different mechanics as most gacha games like genshin are open worlds, especially now of days. In fact because of this it gives gfl2 a chance to grow as it will be one of the few big named gacha games to be a strategy aka a different market from what other gacha games are going for. Even other gacha games like Arknights that started as a strategy game is have an open world game in the works. So gfl2 has a dedicated fan base as well as new players that want to start new or prefer strategy games over open worlds. As for the controversy, a lot of global players thought the ntr drama was stupid with most thinking the cn players were overreacting as it wasn’t even ntr. One character just had a friend in the 10 year time skip and there was no mention of any kind of romance. Other drama like it wiping your computer when uninstalling the game depending on how you download it, yah that was bad. Really bad but it’s fixed. All in all them going to global is a smart decision as the cn market is pretty low so opening to a new market is going to be a benefit and it will probably surpass cn as the bar so far that is pretty low. In short it think it’s going to do well. I don’t think it’s going to pass arknights but i think it’s still going to do well as long as nothing insane like the game erasing your hard drive happens. As its new a release of a old but loved title with being a new gotcha to the generally forgotten strategy genre it has a good starting point to launch off from imo

[@MortarNMetal]

@@StalkRay It was a concerted effort by paid CN water armies to sink the game before it had a chance to get to global. No global players care about the ridiculous controversies that happened in CN, so I suspect it will do well globally. Of course, as a strategy game, it will inherently be less popular than the big-time titles you listed, but will still be success I think.

[@crazykim]

@@aottadelsei980 Excuse me but apart from Genshin and WuWa what (currently out) gacha games are open world? As far as I can tell practically none. WuWa pretty much confirmed that there's not much space for any more, and most people will still rather play Genshin because they're already invested, multiple open world gachas are too exhausting.

[@jumpingpeppers2263]

I hope the story will be as good as GF1's. Dandelion is back, so it should be good. It's awesome to see the GF1 dorks in 3D finally, and the new dolls fit in very well with them. They better bring back the Sangvis Ferri dolls, they are too good to just throw away. We still don't really know why exactly the Commander leaves G&K in the first game, as the final major event has yet to come out on the CN server. Yes, people don't need to read any of GF1's story in order to play this game. However, there already seems to be quite a lot of character backstories that new players will be confused about. There were 400 or so dolls in GF1, and most will not make it to GF2, so they will probably mention them once in a while to let the veterans know what their dorks are up to now. Reading the main and side stories of the Division collab would help new players learn a bit more of some of the upcoming characters (UMP9/Lenna, UMP45/Leva?, HK416/Klukai, G11/Mechty, Vector, PP-90/Uchi?, Type 97/Jiangyu, MP7/Cheeta, AA-12/Linda, and Springfield).

[@Группа5049.3]

It won't be any near GFL 1. They killed off the good characters just for the mainstream ones to lewd. Because a lots a people leaved the game cuz the long debut time and dramas, cringe content, the only way they can come back is by making coomium to catch the simps and newbies. Mica betrayed and still toying with the fanbase. Q&As are a joke too, we get zero answers whenever we ask anything.

[@Adol69084]

​@@Группа5049.3 about the drama, is it true that they change the story and fired the writer?

[@dragonwing9226]

Gacha, waifu, pvp, my holy trinity 🎉🎉🎉

[@PewPewSol]

Is there any multiplayer feature? Can you farm dupes? In neural cloud you can farm dupes but it takes a few months to max out a unit that way. In gfl1 you can just roll forever with the way rolling gacha works in that game. (atleast when I played not sure if they are more p2w now like azur lane adding UR for example)

[@kuuransworkshop4243]

Gfl1 did end up becoming "pay to progress" has there only solo play and starting chapter 12 you must have special enhancemeent material that are farmed way too slowly to keep up or must be paid with diamond. So yeah. The game ended up falling slowly. It's because of that pay to progress policy that some dev got away and developed arknight.

[@PewPewSol]

@@kuuransworkshop4243 Oh I didn't know that, I am still playing arknights to this day.

[@kontanaizumi]

@@kuuransworkshop4243 that's just false, neural chips/parts are easy to get and collect, protocol assimilation is fine but not perfect but considering you get scarecrow for free you don't really have issue with it.

[@sent4444]

@@kuuransworkshop4243 the dev leave because of scifi/fantasy direction agreement

[@MarcusPrimeX]

sub! hope to see more guides about GF2!

[@hexadaze]

Thanks for the sub!

[@SiegDaisuke]

6:50 untill you try maxing some attachment stats, and what you got is -50% attack percentage or Crit rate/damage 😂

[@MrHammerofdoom]

The more I hear about the gacha ,the more I am concerned. Nikke really ruined alot of gachas for me