Why you might enjoy Zenless Zone Zero

[@SweetilyVT]

Welcome to New Eridu! Zenless Zone Zero is now available on PC, PS5, and mobile platforms. Make sure to download it here: hoyo.link/5V0jFlAL

[@stryke42]

I know it's to each their own on the TV's but I've never felt the negativity when I go through them. It's like a little minipuzzle to me and I like puzzles. It's refreshing and different. IMO the people most jaded about the TV's are the ones who played during the beta and this is now their second or third time going through them. At that point yeah I can see their frustration but as someone who didn't I'm enjoying it. The whole game as a whole taking everything into account I'm having a blast with the game.

[@hansbernd49]

I think most poeple dont mind the TV segments in the rouglike mode or some optional missions later in the game. The problem is that this game was heavily marketed as a "combat focused game". Having braindead mini puzzles interupt gameplay every 2 minutes is just gonna piss of every single person who expected combat to be the main focus. Not to mention the TV are followed by long drawn out story segments so what happens is that you fight for 2 minutes and then yap + TV for 10. Its just a lose-lose since the puzzles arent intersting enough to stand on their own while inducing salt in everyone who just wants to battle. Not to mention the TV segments are super drawn out by needless animations. They should have got rid of it in the early game/story part and just have it in the extra modes/events.

[@Otashigami]

The reason why some players don't like the TV gameplay, including me, is because of how intrusive they are in the main story. I don't mind doing TV gameplay when I'm doing it as a side game, but not when I'm playing through the story because it just makes the story dissociated. If they're planning to show the exploration part of the story through the TV mode, why not just do it similar to the overworld. There's even a combat exploration mode in the game called Rally where they could simulate the exploration part of the story.

[@KABLAMMATS]

bro imagine you walk around explorin hollow area with your agent, but instead we got persona ahh roaming section. i really wanna loves this game but they fucc up the pace

[@folderrr]

I think people just hate the momentum breaks. The TV system has a lot of cut-ins when you step onto certain TVs and it unexpectedly adds up over time. Thematically and lore-wise, the TV system is actually very well executed. We see the perspective of Phaethon in front of the HDD instead of Eous in the Hollow (walking around as a Bangboo sounds so fun though). I can see the greater appeal for wanting to see overworld exploration within the Hollow, but at the same time I don't want this game to get any bigger because Hollows canonically have their interior constantly shifting around all over the place. Just imagine how difficult that would be to execute for real time overworld exploration, it's just not realistically feasible if they intend to make the game as big as it already is (and Hoyo is never gonna drop their mobile audience). Now the TVs moving around and changing over and over? Now that's putting the lore concept into feasible gameplay. It's impressive and innovative. But people want to play the game longer and getting interrupted by dialogue and cut-ins while in the middle of a puzzle because it takes up so much time is a very valid thing to be frustrated about. I just wish more people articulated their frustrations clearer instead of impulsively saying they hate it before thinking about what they actually want to say. Also there's people who just overtly hate exploration and puzzles, but there's nothing more to say about them lol.

[@shiro8829]

mfs complaining about doing puzzles every 2 min when there's literally only TV sections in exploration commissions and main story. i dont see people complaining that they spend 1 hour on genshin dialogue to fight for 2 mins either. if we had exploration within the hollow, i can bet you people would say the same thing about "10 min dialogue yap and puzzle with 2 min combat".

[@wreckingvi2265]

As someone around 40, this game is great as it hits close to early 2000s and the Era of those games and Comics. The game is awesome and Chill. and Rogue like is great, cause I can't for the life of me explore open world anymore, Genshin and HSR is enough lol

[@youngwang5546]

I’m 38 and agree. It started off slow but I’m enjoying it a lot now. I’ve been playing Genshin for 4 years and started wuthering waves too, so I agree I definitely don’t have the time for another open world game haha

[@reedsad4652]

I am 37 I am closer to your age of extinction but I am enjoying this semi retro vibe lmao

[@Rat_Fบcker]

big map gove me PTSD i can never look at open world game in the same way again thank to genshin

[@youngwang5546]

@@Rat_Fบcker it was fun while it lasted lol

[@B44lD]

Sweetily is always like island of sanity, or breath of fresh air for this community.

[@molten8022]

I started the game for the wacky high quality cutscenes stayed for the satisfying combat and got hooked on the characters and world im really excited to see were the story goes and who gets added in the future

[@parkerthompson2893]

I think what puts a lot of people off is the slow ramp up of the complexity and difficulty of the gameplay-the combat, the tv’s, and even the city stuff. Like it starts at zero and by the time it starts really getting interesting, a lot of people have already dropped out.

[@alyeva457]

Yeah for sure, the combat has a lot of depth if you actually choose to utilize it, it's just unfortunate you don't need to for most of the story. Not to mention that they added a whole new difficulty (challenge mode) only for it to feel like the "normal" difficulty of the game when it easily could have been actually hard from the get go, hooking in the players that were interested in the combat instead of them writing it off as button mashing and mindless.

[@reedsad4652]

just drop you dont need to get validation here, its your choice

[@parkerthompson2893]

​@@reedsad4652 Excuse me? I've loved every minute of this game. I'm merely speculating as to why so many haven't, and maybe offering encouragement for those who might. As for not needing 'to get validation here'---are you seriously trying to gatekeep ZZZ AND Sweetily? I doubt she'd appreciate that---look in the mirror, friend, and maybe take a break from embarrassing yourself on the internet; perhaps touch some grass. Also, you're 37 years old; use punctuation properly.

[@reedsad4652]

@@parkerthompson2893 I was replying to the guy prior sorry, you really go to the age route, and punctuation or what not you still understood what I said right? It aint even my first language lmao

[@yubaa]

@@reedsad4652 you lowered the quality of the conversation severely. they're signal, you're noise.

[@Kryesh]

thankss for all of your hard work..! I do really feel like ZZZ really does have so much unexpected detail and appeal in unexpected places, all of the unique npcs and dialogues, fresh experiences spending time walking around the world instead of just clearing it once and moving on, and so on, and often in ways that just really fleshes out the feeling of playing the game alwayss thanks again and rest lots

[@Hree]

Yeah 4:54 is what I like about this game too. Not just your agent characters but named NPCs are actually unique and memorable to be honest. These NPCs you actually change locations and have different dialogues. They also show up on the side quests from time to time!

[@jaywalker32]

Based takes. Based streamer. Loving the game so far. It's so homely and somehow nostalgic. Dunno why.

[@Tiasung]

Art style is very persona like and also otaku focused. They also have a lot of niche or old references. (like VHS tapes, cinema rolls, etc)

[@adamlonewolf1563]

I really enjoy playing ZZZ. I like the characters and npc, they feel alive in this universe and are not just here for decoration. the Music, ambience and artistic design play also a big role ! And the combat feels so smooth too The day-night cycle reminds me a lot about Persona games, that i like a lot For those who haven't played it yet, i suggest you to take a look on it, you might really enjoy it ! Thanks for this video Ariel ^^

[@dr.3am]

I think one of my favorite parts is meeting the NPC or characters in the world and getting small stories through them. Ex. You can meet Ellen and her friends in Lumina at different times of the day. And each time they move they advance a story. Starting with them just hanging out and talking about their upcoming exam and ending with them talking about how they did on the exam. Cool stuff.

[@dev1lykt14]

agree with that, i love that u can meet characters in town. it makes world more alive

[@MuniC-z8c]

I see ellen once in early game at HIA and i did a quest first and she's gone already and I've never seen her again lol

[@Kittysune12]

@@MuniC-z8c she will appeared again when you unlock challenge mode on HIA

[@Reizor_]

10:17 this is why I want to keep supporting zzz. I would hate to see a game that is a passion project willing to experiment die out and not live up to what it could have been due to lack of interest

[@Holmesay-hv4hg]

Great video! I love the insight from the dev stream acknowledging how fighting games have an early gameplay/skill barrier that Zzz is trying to overcome. Interesting even for other fighting games to take note of. There’s a lot of things to like here but the UI did feel overwhelming early.

[@shinypeekatyou]

I agree the variety and aesthetics are the main draws as a gacha game.

[@zardon_zane1630]

The game is really good! TV mode is good it just breaks the pace but if we can get really good animations and better experience in other parts of the game is a worthy sacrifice, Combat is good, the daze system is a bit complicated to get used to but once you now how to use it you are fine or you can use different styles ( I like anomaly teams) so overall is really good.

[@mimo5383]

Spitting facts. I've myself summed up the game as wholesome.

[@chrispeace4181]

Chill and fun,I totally agree.

[@joelim5010]

Man I woke up 6 am in the morning and KZbin Algorithm shown Sweetily ad to me. I melted.

[@ninthfriend3347]

I have been enjoying this game so far. It’s been a chill experience which I like and doing dailies feels quick and easy. The game’s difficulty does kick up once you get 30s where you’ll start optimizing your combat efficiency. That is when I start liking this game more where I have to play optimally rather than just mashing. Also I really love how expressive the characters are and the story has been interesting and engaging. They are some goofy parts which I like xD

[@XavierFerii]

i like the big numbers.

[@ambedots]

Lots of video this week bzzzzz keep it up and thank you

[@Freech4u]

Thank you sweetily ❤

[@carlosfranciscocardoso]

Hi, i just wanted to say thank you, you make me feel confortable, like the game. I really appreciate you, cause i am really lonely atm and your voice always makes me smile... Cheers from Portugal

[@Road_to_Dawn]

About the devs trying to experiment a bit more with the designs and such, that’s something I really appreciated and why ZZZ interested me in the first place. Genshin and HSR’s character design, settings, and everything just looked so bland and generic to me and I just couldn’t get into them at all. ZZZ really stands out to me as much more visually interesting.

[@raffuu3469]

Bangboos are the best thing this game ever have

[@camaela18]

I really love the game almost everything of it! Being a Hi3 and PGR player before. This game feels like home. I enjoy the puzzles I do during the TV explorations too. The combat feels amazing and satisfying whenever you do a finishing blow with your ultimate or skill. This game is still 1.0 and I can see a bright future ahead for this game. Although my problem is I can't balance my time for all of my games anymore HSR, ZZZ, PGR, HI3. I have stopped playing WuWa and Genshin unfortunately, I cant seem to enjoy open world games anymore as it requires a lot of time investment to grind echoes in WuWa (I kinda still want to pull Camellya though D: ) and Genshin I stopped at Inazuma so Im too lazy to catch up lmao.

[@Tomo_Fomo]

Sweetily: Don’t let me near the arcade machines 😂

[@the_Acaman]

as a 35 yo, I find myself enjoying playing ZZZ more than any other gacha game I've played. I quit Genshin and Hsr already, and Wuwa seems kinda overkill to me since exploring everything in a new open world game will take a lot of time.

[@cowgba]

I really like how quick dailies are in ZZZ. I finished the main story in 1.0, so once I'm done with the agent stories and side commissions it will be very low-effort to keep up with the game between new chapter releases. Personally that's the pacing I prefer in a live service game: content updates with a decent chunk of new stuff to do, followed by a few weeks of "cooldown" with low-investment daily stuff to keep me engaged until the next patch. I'm happy to slowly grind resources, build new characters, and do a few Hollow Zero runs each week until the next story chapter.

[@BugCatLove]

This game is 9/10 in my books

[@lokidrake1988]

first person I saw that liked the game like me

[@elmariachi290188]

i really enjoy this game, possibly even more than other major gacha games out there. i like most thing in the game and yes.. including the tv system.

[@chickenflippers]

The character designs are definitely a refreshing aspect for me!

[@PyriteZ]

another swtvid lets go~🤓

[@forcodingg1287]

Personally, I really like the Story. It's more like real type of story, Its not 100% Fantasy like for example there is a Corruption going around or rival Business Story. Other Gacha game I play such as Hsr,Genshin, And wuwa it's not really have type of vibe. They more like a True Fantasy Story, Who also have a lot of China thing (not a bad thing but it gets boring for me wuwa, Hsr, genshin done the same thing) On top they not scared implemented what they not done before like Dropping a Fury,Shark, And a rat/Cow girl as their Strong & Limited Character. And a swear word/ F word which make it way more realistic Even know, I get it that some people dont like TV system. Even for me Its indeed Get boring the more im played it, But hopefully We got HSR Treatment who the Dev listened to the Problem and pretty Generous too

[@Elysium04]

I love ZZZ I enjoy the Story and Combat Currently in inter-knot lvl32

[@Yuukine2365]

I tried it for 3 days, still not having fun, this game just isn't for me i guess

[@jimmyh2019]

i did not think i would like this game from watching previews. then i tried it and didn't like it much. then i kept playing. and kept playing. and now i can't stop. i love it. curse you, hoyoverse.

[@CzDelta92]

i dont know why the west suddenly wants to judge every game by difficulty on combat when in the entire history of gaming it was all about fun, we had dumb easy games the entire time being the best thing ever, why is the west constantly trying to say genshin hsr and zzz are too easy and this makes them bad games yet they go play some bad game with no substance with easy combat anyway, the funniest comes from wow classic players saying 4 button games are bad and having an endgame rotation with 2 buttons, yes im talking about you mages or fury warriors literally having 80% of their damage from auto attacks and this is the best class btw everyone rolled those 2 for raiding, i say the west because i dont really see this ammount of annoying whinning every week about gaming everywhere else or trying to make games into something they were not intended for, nowadays even story games get judged by the combat or some random thing the game never intended to do, i guess tiktok instagram and twitter ruin current generation attention span or something because is insane how most young people despise reading or lack reading comprehension during basic story telling (they call story exposition yapping), genshin average age was 30+ and no wonder since the game is reading mostly, remember how ff14 fans would tell you the game gets good after 150 hours past first expansion? i know because i have 4000 hours there and is insane judging a game after 5 hours when most gave ff14 the chance for weeks, now the game has 10 times more text than others and too much of it is indeed random stuff with no context to the story but it builds characters and keeps you attached to them, thats good story telling.

[@Hobbitfeet01]

because the west is unable to just praise something and accept that its made good, in the west we need to blame whatever it be a new movie, game, car, cause else people wouldnt feel "important" enough. Hence why Twitter Brainrot. I mean look at stuff like Elden Ring one of the most successfull games and how much haters are still there trying to tell people its bad cause its to hard (same now with the update), meanwhile girls from Hololive (if u dont know them they are Idols and most are not very specialized in hardcore gaming mostly) beat it.

[@Kittysune12]

wuwa story quest is easy but nobody complained the double standard

[@CzDelta92]

@@Kittysune12 oh yeah even level 65 bosses during story, theres a vid of a dude recording his mouse only pressing left click and killing crownless with his jinyan level 60, everything in wuwa outside in the overworld is faceroll easy, nearly as faceroll as genshin overworld, you one shot everything too, only in hologram 4 5 6 is when it gets hard, suddenly ccs and gamers want every game to be darksouls for whatever reason and ignore everything else making the game fun, i dont know why the west is focused on making every game an esport.

[@Kittysune12]

@@CzDelta92 for sure cc and gamers doesn't want darksouls 2 because they got filtered hard by ADP that is why they prefer elden ring the most accesible souls game ever exist

[@CzDelta92]

@@Kittysune12 yup, even elden ring they had a meltdown with the dlc because it was too hard and they were asking fromsoft to nerf bosses which they already did lmao they were cheesing it with shield vit builds it was funny to see the "i want a hard game!" crowd going "ok but not this hard!", i swear theres a reason why devs dont listen to the vocal minority.

[@EcchiCafe]

❤

[@MoonlessNight32]

The game has completely grown on me. I even like the t.v systems, just not during the story mode much, though.

[@Niik150]

[@Foritys]

SwtCheer new video! swtHappy~

[@2fersttwo]

One thing I noticed is the game is genuinely funny in some moments. And it made me think that video game haven’t made me laugh for a longggg time so I think this game is good very comfy

[@Lubossxd]

wait you can like the game without it being ultra difficult and punishing? no way

[@jaimydamen6956]

Tbh ive been enjoying the game the only thing i think needs change is the enemy ai/dmg not hp and remove the tv in story

[@cyrene03]

Game fun and cool

[@tenkaiyayes8495]

I came across a commission from Alice that forced me to wander around in the goddamn tv, collecting 500k coins for almost an hour. I know it's an optional thing, but on the other hand i also need the exp to progress, so... Combat felt tedious and repetitive because the enemies are tanky af, animations looks awesome though. But aside from that, i quite enjoyed the style and overall vibe of the game. Love the characters, though the 5⭐ designs could use some upgrades. ZZZ felt like a messy combination of everything, so it's a rough start IMO, but it definitely has a lot of potential to be a great game. Not uninstalling yet, will give ZZZ a fair shot, at least until the next patch.

[@CenDwpp]

Ariel, may we request a guide for holow zero's buff? kinda like what are the type's of the buffs (example: what is equivalent the Nihility buff in SU in zzz ?) when i played HZ theres like onslaught buffs, theres a path that buff crit, phisical, etc.

[@gellal1]

this is my animal crossing lol

[@unholyarthur1]

I love the mini dating sim in the game. And the mesugakis are amazing.

[@Drunkendrakon]

You sound high or drunk I cant tell.

[@dingalingboof9729]

You sound like the parking lot reviewer lady on tiktok.

[@SeraphisQ]

This is such a good take. ZZZ is indeed a fully balanced package with many reasons to fall in love with. Combat is great, the urban art style is great, manga-panel type story telling is great, and so is the Persona style social system. The audience is so broad; as a player, one or a few of these elements are bound to hook you in. Thanks for a great video!

[@Makri9]

Yep, still don't care for the game. Glad it's there for people who enjoy it tho.

[@raymondoh49]

A positive video about ZZZ??? Must be a shill. /s

[@dheeraj_one]

I play it for the plot 😁.

[@blaze_burn]

8/10 amazing game

[@ignultimate9162]

Nuclear game

[@araarashinigami]

I play WW, ZZZ, Genshin, and HSR daily. Honestly, I had a negative impression of ZZZ before it launched, because of the censorship. When I saw the characters coming down the pipeline that weren't in the betas, I decided to give it a try -- and it blew me away and made me do a 180. Having played all the v1.0 of the Mihoyo games , ZZZ's v1.0 is the best -- but that should be obvious, because Mihoyo are veterans at this now. From being my least interesting gacha, ZZZ is now my favorite -- yes even better than WW which I prefer over Genshin. Why? ZZZ feels the most "anime" out of every game on the market today -- second would be HI3. It also has the best character designs. Genshin has a couple okay ones, but the overwhelming majority are moe blob shoujo and fujoushi twink bait. Emily and Sigewinne are perfect examples of Genshin's intentional mediocre design, targeting very specific niche demographics. HSR follows the same philosophy, intentionally baiting kinks but for a slightly older demographic than Genshin. Whereas ZZZ is not trying to design characters that sell to some niche -- they're drawing from the wide and deep pool of anime history. E.g. Qingyi who's dropping soon is a direct reference to Evangelion, both in her name and literal words written on her android body. ZZZ has the most appealing world you want to log into daily. Doing dailies feels like a god damn chore in every gacha game -- except in ZZZ. In ZZZ it just feels like you're walking out of your house and going about your daily routine. Get coffee. Chat with friends. Hop online and get to work. Go to the neighborhood shop for dinner. Come home and watch a movie with your family. That is the daily loop in ZZZ. Doesn't that sound amazing? From someone in their 40s, ZZZ resonates with me. Extra bonus points for not inserting cringe memelord bait every five minutes like HSR. And Rin/Belle is the best Morgana/Paimon of all time. She isn't annoying, she never nags you, and she calls you oniichan. She's adorable.

[@akattom]

I just couldnt get into it, I even got lucky and got the stun dog and his BIS W-engine but uninstalled it eventually since the TV thing during quests and the combat itself is just not for me. Would rather wait for your WuWa content.

[@stefanusunicorn7483]

ZZZ's atmosphere reminds me of my teenager days, when there was no smartphone n u were having fun by doing silly things with friends. walking around the town talking about anything we saw, flirting with girls from other schools, visiting arcade, go to karaoke, brawling with rival schools, etc. If only the map in this game can be bigger, it will be perfect.

[@Silverstreamable]

its alright for the first times but then they start repeating EXACTLY the same plotlines again and again. for example at UL38 you would have: - ran with soldier 11 four times at night, and eaten supper noodles with her five times (how haven't you bed her yet?) - played snake duel with billy 3x - done the same boring bro fixation thing with anton 6 times (didn't pay attention was just spacebar skipping) - helped stupid ben decide what flavor of bobba tea he wants (seriously wtf cares) - watched videos with grace and soldier 11 alone in your room 7 times each (seriously wise?)

[@shiro8829]

yea the trust event and npc events are kinda weird and boring.

[@cherozkiahyusof4902]

How to know the game good or when it not let me dl it 😂😂😂😂

[@Ophanim1000]

Not interested in this at all. But looking forward to more Wuwa content.

[@ahmadabdelwahhab3863]

Character design needs work 😅 i only got wolves and bears 😔 i don't want wolves and bears 😭

[@CallMeGatchaJoe]

I love pretty much everything about the game and once you realise that the majority of the hate is manufactured just to be farmed every game will get way better for you as well.

[@fishbiter9409]

It's weird that you didn't show any combat while talking about the combat. Makes me think the game's combat isn't worth showing.

[@Sky-rw5vq]

Cant you see this is made from parts of her twitch stream?

[@marcuskane1040]

Funny enough, while at the start my main complain was combat, after finishing 3 chapters it is definitely the story, side quests and trust events. Underwhelming with tonns of pointless jokes .

[@renok5012]

I left this already, it has so many flaws. Not worth my time.

[@robbiegta]

Not just combat? Barely any combat more like.

[@alexfrank5331]

No thanks. I tried it. It's way too greedy. Suffered through unskippable lazy writing all the way to lvl 35 and I quit. You can just watch the animation on youtube.

[@reedsad4652]

If you are poor and no money yes just stick to other games with low quality but have many pulls lmao

[@lstsoul4376]

​@@reedsad4652games that are not gacha exist

[@RenKamui1]

As someone who was eagerly awaiting the game for its combat, I'm disappointed in ZZZ, at least with the early game experience so far (~Inter-Knot Lv. 25). Imo the combat does not have enough depth to justify being the only meaningful gameplay mode, especially character mechanics are lacking...

[@mwx5314]

nope.. zzz is trash.. uninstalled..

[@saintcartier9288]

Whomp whomp

[@sneakretster]

As they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure. And I, among many others, are the ones who are seeing ZZZ's true value and are enjoying it. It might be trash to you, but you can just move on and spend your energy elsewhere instead of spreading hate or bad opinions.

[@akosiely]

Got a feeling you just can't play the game that's why you're hating on it. I feel for you.

[@mwx5314]

@@akosiely what are you psychic? lols.. nope.. preregistered day 1, installed day 1.. i feel for you.. you are so full of brainrot u think its normal.. haha.. absolute trash..

[@mwx5314]

@@sneakretster its not hate.. holy.. its an opinion.. FOR ME ITS TRASH.. for you its not.. then good for you.. lols..

[@dandyshark6094]

People forget this is hoyo and gacha game , from record all their early game are same thing , yap story and easy. Any gacha game at early stage are yap fest , just use that skip button and go to endgame

[@chrispeace4181]

Chill and fun,I totally agree.