![]() The game also offers autoplay, and sped-up combat, with re-recorded voice lines for every character that matches the pace of the fight when sped up, so it sounds totally normal even when sped up.Įven minor touches such as the pause menu are contextualized as the characters looking at their phones at the same menu as you are. Most attacks in the game are flashy, but also fast, so they’ll never overstay their welcome even after you’ve seen them several times, which is important when you’ll be looking at the same moves over and over again. Each attack beautifully reflects the character’s personality, from Kafka’s ultimate ability where she’s seemingly toying with her foes, to March 7th’s attacks which show off her playful side while being serious. The world and characters of Honkai Star Rail are beautifully crafted and animated, with unique basic attacks and special abilities. Despite the older device, the game was still fairly playable in combat encounters, and enclosed space, with a frame rate of around 20~30 FPS throughout the experience on the low setting.Īs such, the game couldn’t be run in its full visual fidelity, but even with reduced visual settings, the game simply stunning, in no small part to the strength of its design team. Let’s get it out of the way first, I ran the Honkai Star Rail’s closed beta test on a Samsung S8+, a phone that runs on Android 9.0 and was released in 2017. Naturally, this stops becoming a problem once you reach a high enough level, but it definitely kills the mood and pacing of a story, especially when it’s starting to get good, and as a new player, I didn’t appreciate being told that my fun time was over, so do prepare for some brief interruptions if you are a very story-centric player. ![]() The game stopped players from progressing further into the story at one point because their player level wasn’t high enough. HoYoVerse has a fascination with locking story content behind player levels, and Honkai Star Rail is no exception. While Honkai Star Rail’s story is fairly engaging, it’s worth pointing out that unless you actively keep up with sidequests in between the story, it’ll come to a screeching halt. We’d go into more detail with the lore but we won’t spoil all of the key events of the prologue, so here are a few shots to get your mind thinking of what happens in the story! Once your character wakes up you are greeted by March 7th, and Dan Heng and make your way through the station, encountering several new characters, culminating in a climactic boss fight and meeting with a mysterious figure. ![]() The mysterious prologue serves to open up several questions about the lore, while also giving you a great introduction to the game’s basic combat mechanics and world. ![]() Here you get to pick your character’s gender, and won’t be able to change back after this. Here we get to control the wanted Stellaron Hunter Kafka, as the game introduces the basic systems while we get a glimpse as to why Kafka and Silver Wolf, have snuck their way into the Space Station.Īs the pair make their way past the Legion, Silver wolf uses her hacking ability to make their way past a room hidden behind the security room to awaken the player character. ▍Honkai Star Rail – The Journeys’ BeginningĪs Honkai Star Rail begins, we are introduced to the Herta Space Station as it is being invaded by the Antimatter Legion. Keep in mind that the game is still in production and aspects of the game may change on release, but unless HoYoVerse decides to completely rework the game, you’ll find that Honkai Star Rail has plenty to offer, and will be worth the wait. If you have already been keeping up with information on Honkai Star Rail, we’re about to make your day even better with a review of the game’s second closed beta test. A flashy presentation, clean user interface, great music, and a simple but refined combat system make Honkai Star Rail an enjoyable ride, even on older hardware. The spiritual successor to Honkai Impact 3rd, HoYoverse’s first foray into tactical turn-based RPGs with Honkai Star Rail is anything but amateur.
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