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Honkai: Star Rail looks like a slick, stylish turn-based RPG, but much too animeFor me, anyway
For me, anyway
I rarely feel as conflicted about a game as I do aboutHonkai: Star Rail. It’s a turn-based RPG and I like those; but it’s a JRPG and I dislike those. It’s got a spacefaring train in it, which I always think is cute; but also it’s got anime waifus in it and those make me cringe. Its new trailer, which you’ll find below, is dynamic and exciting and well-edited; but… it’s got cringy anime waifus in it.
Watch it and make up your own mind.
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Summer Game Fest 2022 — “To You Who Will Soon Depart” | Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Railis the fourth game in the Honkai series, and the first to be turn-based. If the name sounds familiar, it’s maybe because the last game in the series,Honkai Impact 3rd, was a huge hit in Asia, and the precursor to the huge-hit-everywhereGenshin Impact.
I just, yeah, wish those characters weren’t as anime as this. People who fight using guitars or magic cameras or whatever? All for it. A turn-based game with these production values? Seems great. Just please let me mod it so it feels less pandering.
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