Good callout on the load times! t's definitely a minor thing, but they are *fantastic* in this game and it makes playing in short bursts so easy. Props to their engineers.
Yeah, one thing you're not gonna see much on reviews is that this game runs really well on phones even though it looks so good, loadings are about 10 seconds at most, doesn't heat up my phone much, frame rate is consistent unless there's stage wide effects, it genuinely runs better on my phone than Limbus company
@@ryou83170 Arcane prominently features a mentally ill young woman who is often shown brandishing a firearm. This relates to the comment of the original poster, who mentioned liking mentally ill women with guns.
I think the best part about this game is the animation -- it's really something else. That and the way Gyoza stares at me after mission complete -- my heart!
The fact that the load times are near instantaneous on both PC and mobile is amazing, especially with literally 2 million players it has to support. Whereas I noticed Nikke's servers seem to be slower than they used to be. It takes a really long time to log into the game. I wish they would optimize it.
I play nikke recently and ngl if u dont have a high end device, i wouldn't suggest u to play it Not only loading screens but every aspect of the game is downgraded if u play at low settings, for example, u lose dps if u play in 30 fps instead of 60 fps, u will stutter and lag in every single loading screens too
@durpypig1731 My potato PC connecting from Singapore to Global EU server only take 2 minutes max. How bad is your device? Edit: Just check on my phone also take almost 2 min to load to the lobby.
The reason why I play GFL2 is the XCOM gameplay. I did play GFL1 but dropped it right after the Va-11 hall-a collab. Can't wait to see the rest of the characters especially Springfield.
the gameplay is "simple" at first because the developers nerfed it into the ground due to it being originally too hard for the chinese players, at higer levels it becomes harder where it requires to make teams with syenergy in mind, there is also a mode where you fight a select bunch of bosses, and those requires to strategice or else you will get screwed
@@yhwach1 The current event becomes difficult super fast, there's plenty of challenging content available from the start. More than nearly every gacha game has in its lifecycle lol. It's not exactly a genre known for challenge.
Girls Frontline 1 veteran here, while people will call GFL2 gooner game in the first days, just as the first one back in 2017 global release cause really revealing skins for characters, and still does until this very since GFL1 isn't over yet, i want to point out this, the best part of the game is the story, characters, world-building and the atmosphere, in fact, many times they use these "gooners" aspects to grab the player and make them suffer a lot, veteran SKK can speak about how Singularity destroyed, or the absolute insanity of Polarized Light or the up-coming Franfurkt battle that's just SKK fighting against hot cyborg women leaded by the anti-christ himself. The current story is just the tip of the ice, and you will find the phrase "The Shinny Beacon of the New World" more a curse than a light of hope. Welcome all new SKK playing GFL2, you're going to a new hell soon.
i do want to add a bit on standard banner. in CN, you can choose a 50% rate up of any 5* (unit or weapon) which is quite good. most probably will come in a few months
@@ilyaZer0Bro I hate using her in auto and before that I also searched and some website saying she's the best doll so far.. like I don't get what her ultimate does even now. All I know is shes great against bosses, okay in campaign and sucks in auto!!
@@randomf2pplayah768 basically her ultimate is just buff for her auto attacking whenever there is a counter or follow up atk from other units or extra attack. (this is just me going blind experience i do read the skills but thats the gist i get from her ability)
While the dormitory is definitely Gooner baity, I don't think the Dolls default outfits are all that much, most dolls are fairly covered and normally dressed. The skins on the other hand, I'd say can be gooner bait, but that's fine really. I love Tactical strategy games and the outrageous power creeping drove me out of FEH so, I'm really happy to have a new one to go to. Also, while the dormitory does not have different animation depending on where you touch the doll, the Refitting Room does (the game is not beating the allegation I'm trying to defend against, I feel like)
@Cr3zant and they're both fully clothed. Ok, it's skintight suits, but Nemesis cape kinda hides it and it's like two characters in the game. Most characters is still most characters, regardless of their implication in the story
@@Cr3zant Keyword = "most" That's 2 dolls you're naming and to be fair, their outfits are fine because snipers and blade users want light armor for more mobility. People like you will always look at these fits like monkeys seeing less covered clothing = "neuron activation, time to make fun of people liking this or sexualize and lick their personal area that turns me on based on my fetish preferences! Awooga awooga!" like get out of here.
SI is a general 60% damage reduction that, if above 0, allows you to benefit from an additional, directionally dependent 20% cover DR. If you are flanked but your SI is above 0, you recieve 60% less damage - unless you get SI broken / Exposed, in which case you take full damage and don't benefit from cover anymore either.
The comparisons to Snowbreak feels like an insult, kind of. Specially having seen how its fans behave towards GFL fans. The main appeal of these games is the story, the cute and hot dolls its vehicle and the lure for new players. Calling it a "gooner game" does it a diservice. Besides all that. I do recomend you go play their non-gacha game Reverse Collapse: Codename Bakery. It's got the best writting of the franchise so far and you are forced to use your brain.
I'm already into gachas and know how to play them and progress through them and enjoy them, I adored xcom 2 gameplay and I have a big thing for feet and especially stockings/pantyhose. Yeah this game is just me and im loving it
I admire the fact that you turned down the easier way to earn money (sponsorship) and managed to bring out the honest and truly useful review for gamers like me.
Sunborn patented the stocking rendering mechanism for this game lol They know their playerbase very, very well and embrace it, which you can think of what you want, but it's definitely respectable and nice to see that they are in touch with the ones they are developing this game for, but this doesn't mean that GFL1 playerbase is a bunch of gooners - no, generally they are pretty dedicated strategy game players who enjoy eye candy in their depressing strategy game where dolls actually have personality and story. That's why I wouldn't compare it to Snowbreak too much, because Snowbreak I do consider nothing but a gooner game with a bit of shooter built in - the story is rather shallow, everyone is just there to (literally) fck the player, and there is nothing to keep you engaged otherwise. GFL2 is a strategy game first, and the eye candy is a cherry on top because Mica knows that a balance of those two is what we love to see. I have the feeling you have not played very far, because you said the gameplay is fairly easy or simple. It gets pretty difficult (given you don't overlevel, but that's the case for any gacha). You actually need to consider your team builds and strategy when going about the stages. I spend 20-30 minutes on some of them, retrying them over and over again, having a go differently until I find a way to beat it with the team(s) I have. Some content spoilers from CN: We are getting a customisable Elmo (the "base" in GFL2) where you can walk around in, a roguelike mode where you can use your dolls at V3, and the standard banner is getting a selective rate up system where you can choose one of the dolls. The signature guns are not needed on most or any of the units. None of the limited ones are added to the standard banner though, but reruns are very frequent, compared to, e.g., mihoyo games.
Just to make sure here, since i didn't play on cn server, but is the rerun banner comes and go like NC does? Since i noticed many similar features to Neural Cloud
@@kaka09876543210 That's proving my point, no? The banners rerun frequently instead of constantly pushing new stuff people will miss and have to wait a year or so to get again.
I hate this game. Expected it to be a gonner's game only. However, it walks on the line of "A reasonable amount of fanservice/What in the snowbreak is this?" way too well and on top of that the story and setting is so well done, honestly, like there is a whole ass world with a LOT of lore to be explored that just so happens to fall under the perfect category for me that can be better described as the "Punishing Gray Raven" category; Military/scifi/fantasy with a darker/aggressive tone. Fan service does not make me keep playing the game at all, but I also don't despise it. From a guy that plays PGR/PTN and Reverse 1999 only... I'd say 9/10 not enough tacticool drip.
I gotta say though, having even more tactical outfits available for girls like Groza, I'm happy, because I can choose cool OR sexy depending on my mood.
@PlatinumKrown That's the line this game walks perfectly. I already bought groza's dress skin cut she is hot. Just hope that they also add in tactical outfits side by side with the hot ones.
Kinda surprised there was no discussion about event currency being hard limited per day while also locking farming nodes behind fully completing the event story. With the way the math works out, if you don't get the farming nodes by day 3 then you're completely locked out of completing the shop since you only get 3 runs per day and it's hard capped at holding only 6.
indeed, I'll have to skip out on some of the farmable mats since I was a couple days behind. Still, a maxed out decent character and her weapon (plus a lot of pulls) is already more than I'd get from a Genshin or HSR event. I can't complain. Also the 'Creepy Doll' was a great and interesting boss fight.
Beware, don’t start buying the 5 star weapons in the neural integration shop, if the global version follows the pace of the can version, targeted access tickets will become buyable there in a few months and I’m saving until then
probably a good idea. The only gun worth getting atm is probably the AR Golden Melody (flexible stat stick) but you could just use the future pulls on a limited weapon instead or better yet a character.
@@DJVoxel "Limit Breaks" in most games refer to level limit increases while Ascensions refers more to non-level based performance enhancements. Since weapons have their own max level that can't currently be limit broken, Calibration is more an Ascension/Potential Unlock.
@@ultimatecalibur Except that within the video itself, Pseychie uses the opposite terminology when referring to character level limit increases at 4:10, and to using dupes on characters and weapons as limit breaks at 4:49. You may disagree with the terminology used, but your original comment is referring to something that is addressed in the video itself just under different terminology. Under the terminology used in the video only characters have Ascension mechanics, while both Characters and Weapons have Limit Breaks In addition the term Ascension being used to describe a level cap increase is coming straight from Genshin Impact, a game that the vast majority of Psychie's target audience is probably already familiar with.
I like that soft pity starts at 58 tbh. And from what i can tell from browong the CN chat logs. You can actually expect a limited every 45 days or so. Thats absolutely crazy considering you usually need at least 90 days+ or 2 patches to guarantee a limited in Hoyo games. I only used Hoyo as a comparison cuz they have the same % rates. But if the CN feed is true. The actual guaranteed time is straight up half.
I actually just tried this game out for the first time yesterday! I haven’t been a huge fan of this style of gameplay and honestly, still not huge on the fanservice elements, but the story, characters, and gameplay have me hooked! I’m glad to know even you enjoyed it, Psychie!
@ I guess a better way of putting it is that fanservice doesn’t sell me or keep me playing. If the game itself is fun at its core, no matter how basic, I’ll keep playing.
Besides the 180 Stamina cap the Dispatch mechanic actually hides a Stamina overflow system. In the beginning it converts Stamina to reserve Stamina at a low efficiency 4:1 but at Dispatch lvl 12, it eventual reserves stamina at 1:1 at a relatively high reserve cap.
At high enough level I really autoed it without issues, but the peak value assesment hordes thing cannot be cleared on auto at all it is really fun challenging game mode. I hope they add more "endgame" content like that.
We just found out on the CN version that the currency you get from gacha to get weapons, also is gonna be useful to get summons and some other items. Great review btw man. You were on point on everything my friend.
@@hammayor9815 It's a bond level system where you give gifts to dolls in dorm and increase their affinity. There are lore drops the more affinity you have with the said doll you give gift to. Something like that.
Not if it's locked behind pay walls, having to pay $10 -$20 per skin for a character to bounce on a ball? And the interactions are honestly lame. Snowbreak is far better for your money.
@@FumetsuNoAnataE You don't have to pay for skin there's features in the game that already adjusts the dolls into your dormitory to fit the environment. Just play through the game normally and when u obtain new dolls you'll be given different poses y can adjust them in. And u also can get free skins ir may not be as good as the payed ones but still good imho.
Dislike how everyone is taking the sponsor and finding a review without being sponsored is near impossible when it comes to gfl2 which is good for them but we don’t get any genuine reviews
I'm a long time player of the first game. I have to admit the gacha in the second has me a bit worried because I loved how easy it was to get every single doll in the first one, but I'll give it a try.
@@the7blargs Yea, despite HSR looking visually good, it gets really boring and the story is mostly a yapping feast instead of a good short story. I also quit because the endgame is boring, same old routine while taking years to get a good armor set with actual specific good stats for a character.
As GFL1 player since day 1 playing GFL2 it's a fresh air finally the dialog scene is full voiced it makes the characters more alive than reading the dialog word by word. Meanwhile HSR.. despite full 3D model dialog scene, I can't handle the Hoyo PG-13 yapping writting skill.
I was so sad when I discovered a premium skin on this game will cost me 100 bucks of my country's currency (my currency is shit in comparison to the American dollar). I would need to make this my only gacha to be able to spend responsibly in this game
No units were added to the standard pull, all units are indeed limited. They do get reruns fairly often though. As one rerun per new banner started being a thing after the fifth banner on CN version.
@@WhiteApeMaui Brother if you want.. you can start it right now... but beware.. the game Story will make you Depress, and you will understand why the Commander Retire/out From G&K.. from all Gacha Game Story this is the Darkest.. that i have been play.. - Tons of pople died for nothing, - So many Betrayal - So Many Sacrifice - Human Experiment - And Damn those Exodia Tank Train - MGS: So Much Pain - Enemy Had Gundam, - If you know Metal Gear Solid, one of your Doll is actualy Big Boss (if you know what i mean).. - MG in Front
@@WhiteApeMaui The final main story chapter is getting released soon on GFL1 CN that will explain how things turned out like they did at the beginning of GFL2. GFL1 is a totally diffferent game though. It takes quite the time investment. Some people like to joke that you need a phd to play the game. It's not that bad, ofc, but there's quite a lot of things you need to know, and there's also lots of conflicting information because of the game's age, and many guides being outdated. The story picks up at around chapter 5-6 (total of 15). It's fun at times, but overall pretty dark. It's not your typical waifu gacha.
AI in gfl2 is pain in the ass, especially with some objectives. And at 8:16 u got 2 one of the best standard 5 star characters in the game, I'm jealous so much.
I've been playing this like a normal game and it's been a blast, the almost 5-year-long wait was more than worth it. People are missing out on a lot by skipping the whole story and letting the game play itself, especially when you can punch well above your weight if you use good ol' strategy instead of relying on whatever the dumb computer thinks is best.
As someone that played snowbreak , nope , not even close. Here the developers have a spine and didn't surrender to pathetic chinese incels , turning every single character in more of a doll than a human , ironically. The MC is pretty unique , the dolls are not made of jello and have better designs and are decently written , similar to nikke.
Im GFL 1 Vet, that been play since Singularity event just appear.. That Comander Name thou... Lmao... *Some CN player literally burning in the background*
10:30 Sabrina had one in the “refitting room” or upgrade area where she pulls a sibling move😂 Edit: All characters have some sort of version of this in the refitting room actually. Think of it as a pseudo-dorm
Also on the level up animation it includes the weapon attachments you have equiped on their weapons. It was funny seeing them use a heavily rusted scope on a nice brand new weapon.
the shop that features guns that you can redeem with currency you get from pulling will have unlimited amount of rate up or standart tickets to redeem. I don't know why it does not have it, it is there in china and was added there like 6months after launch. Wonder how long it will be until we get it.
10:33 There's a button near a character with a tap icon. That's literally it you can tap characters in certain places and they react, each character has 4 unique interactions and one interaction for tapping the head and one for the weapon.
As a potato gamer, I must say that I'm very impressed with the game performance optimization. My phone is just a helio g99 processor, and the game ran rather smoothly, especially the cutscenes, where usually in other games somehow cutscenes are lagging (hsr for example). But, the most bamboozling thing is, after playing for awhile, without any notable performance drop, when I checked my graphic settings, IT WAS SET IN ULTRA BY DEFAULT. Like, damn, I have never gotten any 3D game to be playable in ultra before in my phone, GFL 2 is the only one. Seeing how it's made in Unity like some other popular games, GFL sure did their shader and stuffs very well to not make potatoes lag
I played 5 years of GF1 and I am not sure how to feel about GF2. We are running a giant military base in GF1 with over 700 Dolls (Terminator but Cute) with helicopters, tanks and mechs (building sized mechwarrior). During the week I run logistics, which is the simple timer for resources, and on the weekend I got time to run mission with those. You are actually managing an army, it isn't just combat and items. If you feel reminded of Diamond Dogs from MGSV you would be spot on because that's where they got it from. In the story, some major characters just died (If you are thinking of early GoT that is where they got it from) and we just got the giant mobile base that GF2 sets in, 10 years later with a total of 3 dolls. I hope the story in GF1 keeps going on for a while, because GF2 seems to have skipped a lot. What worries me a lot is one of the major characters is MIA right now, and there was a scene that went "I promise you" "10 YEARS LATER" "I couldn't keep that promise" "10 YEARS PRIOR" "So you can trust me on that". And this is GF1. There is a real chance they died and are not coming home.
Gfl 1 just ended it's story in this week update you know, at least main story one, and it does make a lot of sense on skk reason to go and the protocol on breaking gnk apart. It's nice actually, to finally see the main story ended
So is this the kind of game where characters die in the story but you can keep using them in gameplay (like honkai impact) or are they going to not release someone confirmed already dead (like arknights never releasing a certain someone).
Skins do have exclusive dorm animations and different animations when using skills/ultimate in battle, I think is worth if you wanna buy one and support the game
I didnt think i would last this long playing GFL2.. so far ive started to manual more than auto'ing through stages.. im just looking to swipe for a skin for both my Qiongjiu and Mosin Nagant...
My friend and I: "Ooh man, can't wait for this game to come out since the first one was pretty fun (and cheap) for gacha." Then play it to pretty much call it Snowbreak.
@giangtrinhtruong7952 is a daily requirement. My favorite is the outfits are 15 bucks, or 30 bucks if you use tokens. But we need the lewd interactions
Pseychie! Thank you for the review!! this is a good game in my opinion with an out of the ordinary game play, a solid story and wifus, yes you don't need to look too deep but it gives you something if you do. alto it has ties with the previous game you don't NEED to play it as it features a whole new story line, with a few cameos that would make you go "ohaaaa" if you are a veteran of the GF:U 11:45 I... suddenly felt at home....
Would you consider making a video on Ash Echoes? It was released not too long ago and it's honestly pretty amazing, but sadly kinda fell off the radar for many.
To anyone who is currently playing this, what do you think is the best time to jump in to the game? Is the post-launch rewards still flowing? Is it better to just wait for big events? Would I be at big disadvantage if I started too late? Context: Played GFL 1 for a few months, liked it quite a bit but I already forgot most of my impressions. Already been playing 2 gacha games and usually I'm just playing one so I might need to drop one to try this (IRL workload is heavier than ever)
I think now is the best time. I doubt the codes for this month can used for next patch and reward for next patch always less than opening game. After playing opening you can choose to stay or wait for big event like Collab or anniversary or when they release hyped character.
it's funny you talk about the complexity of GFL1 GFL1 borrows HEAVILY from Kantai Collection, which is an old old style gacha. Modern gachas have gone trhough about 3 eras, the kancolle era, the FGO era, and now the Genshin era
As someone who pays a lot attention to the stories in games, I would never put GFL2 and Snowbreak next to each other. Snowbreak is a good game, but it's story is utter grabage, while GFL seems to be leagues above it story wise.
I mainly play the game for the GF lore. The graphical and game update is nice after years since the first game but I do feel the mechanics has dumbed down and been turned into a mainstream gacha rather than gather resources to roll characters.
Maybe it gets better but it lost me. It was basically just reading and auto combat for too long, and I am not really into thrust trap games. Back when Neural Cloud came out I played it for almost a year so I expected to like this but was disappointed.
This is my introduction to the Girls Frontline Series and it's ok I think..compared to Snowbreak, this is a more "relax" and "strategic" game you can play while commuting :) I would love to see a buff for the melee units though...
my problem is my experience from mica previous game "neural cloud" they dont follow the CN banner schedule and even a bit speed up. so rest in peace f2p bros
I've been impressed by the writing in this game so far. Characters actually talk to one another in a way that makes sense.. aside from Nemesis I suppose. But I'm glad to be reading dialogue that isn't outlandishly flowery and bloated like HSR and its awful Penacony story. And the commander is a competent character that takes charge and alters plans on the fly depending on the circumstances. I also really appreciate the archives that you can read through in the Elmo server room. The one about therapy visits for an ex-soldier with PTSD and depression was fairly heavy reading and I didn't expect to see something like it in a gacha game. Some of the writing in this game reaches a level of maturity far beyond anything that Hoyo games have to offer. And I kinda like the juxtaposition of reading several entry logs worth of depressing lore, reflecting on it while lost deep in thought to then seeing Sharkry flashing her booty in the level-up screen just moments later. I'm loving this game so far.
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This might be the most terrifying thumbnail yet, good job
foot job*
Nah the Snowbreak one is still giving me nightmares
Girls' Frontline coming back into the limelight means that a Nikke collab isn't that much of a reach anymore.
Could definitely see this! My wallet ain't ready!
Did older gfl games do nikke collab??
@@mangshu21 no
@@mangshu21 no, but they did a va11halla collab at one point
Nikke is already in the game lol
Good callout on the load times! t's definitely a minor thing, but they are *fantastic* in this game and it makes playing in short bursts so easy. Props to their engineers.
Yeah, one thing you're not gonna see much on reviews is that this game runs really well on phones even though it looks so good, loadings are about 10 seconds at most, doesn't heat up my phone much, frame rate is consistent unless there's stage wide effects, it genuinely runs better on my phone than Limbus company
For how good the Game looks and how fluid it is is a very light game, I Don't Know What kind of magic they used
the first game suffer lag and stutter issue when you press something, similar to nikke.
Yeah the startup time for it is faster than nikke and I don't even understand how thats possible.
As someone who has tight memory space, yet plays several games, their installing time is a blessing as well
8:15 bro casually flexed 2 meta dolls in a single pull like it's nothing.
Yeh well pure luck
@Mihafnaf pure fake. The chances are EXTREMELY small.
@CJ-wh7ik ah well imma tru downloading fu 12gb dam
@@CJ-wh7ik cope harder
@@CJ-wh7ikdoesn’t mean its impossible no? Its pretty common for people to pull multiple units in 1 10 pull
I like my women mentally ill with guns
Arcane really brainwashed you huh?
@@ya_v_lesu What does Arcane have anything to do with this?
@@ryou83170 Probably something that has to do with Jinx but tbh I also didn't expect Arcane to be mentioned
Ah then youll love Dushevnaya
@@ryou83170 Arcane prominently features a mentally ill young woman who is often shown brandishing a firearm. This relates to the comment of the original poster, who mentioned liking mentally ill women with guns.
I think the best part about this game is the animation -- it's really something else. That and the way Gyoza stares at me after mission complete -- my heart!
its goonerbait game so the baits itself have to be top quality.
The fact that the load times are near instantaneous on both PC and mobile is amazing, especially with literally 2 million players it has to support.
Whereas I noticed Nikke's servers seem to be slower than they used to be. It takes a really long time to log into the game. I wish they would optimize it.
for me Nikke takes like 5-10 minutes just to get to the title screen, while other games like GLF2 or ZZZ take like 2 at the very most
Yeah, I was surprised I can Max out the graphics without much heat on my phone. The optimization is crazy on this game engine
I play nikke recently and ngl if u dont have a high end device, i wouldn't suggest u to play it
Not only loading screens but every aspect of the game is downgraded if u play at low settings, for example, u lose dps if u play in 30 fps instead of 60 fps, u will stutter and lag in every single loading screens too
And its on Unity like Genshin, HSR and ZZZ
@durpypig1731 My potato PC connecting from Singapore to Global EU server only take 2 minutes max. How bad is your device?
Edit: Just check on my phone also take almost 2 min to load to the lobby.
The reason why I play GFL2 is the XCOM gameplay. I did play GFL1 but dropped it right after the Va-11 hall-a collab. Can't wait to see the rest of the characters especially Springfield.
the gameplay is "simple" at first because the developers nerfed it into the ground due to it being originally too hard for the chinese players, at higer levels it becomes harder where it requires to make teams with syenergy in mind, there is also a mode where you fight a select bunch of bosses, and those requires to strategice or else you will get screwed
yeah no i dropped it. Aint no way im putting up with this braindead easy mode for half the game
@@yhwach1”half the game” its not that long to get through said half the game 🥹
@@yhwach1 The current event becomes difficult super fast, there's plenty of challenging content available from the start. More than nearly every gacha game has in its lifecycle lol. It's not exactly a genre known for challenge.
@@yhwach1go play hard mode of the event and the challenge stages and tell me it's easy
People are struggling in horde mode as well lol
I had to Google what NTR meant. What a rabbit hole.
Bless your soul brother
😂
Girls Frontline 1 veteran here, while people will call GFL2 gooner game in the first days, just as the first one back in 2017 global release cause really revealing skins for characters, and still does until this very since GFL1 isn't over yet, i want to point out this, the best part of the game is the story, characters, world-building and the atmosphere, in fact, many times they use these "gooners" aspects to grab the player and make them suffer a lot, veteran SKK can speak about how Singularity destroyed, or the absolute insanity of Polarized Light or the up-coming Franfurkt battle that's just SKK fighting against hot cyborg women leaded by the anti-christ himself.
The current story is just the tip of the ice, and you will find the phrase "The Shinny Beacon of the New World" more a curse than a light of hope. Welcome all new SKK playing GFL2, you're going to a new hell soon.
As a pgr veteran I welcome every kind of depression.
What is SKK?
@@AIIXIII0 Shikikan, the JP word for Commander (Player). Most people use JP voices and GFL 1 only has JP voices, so...
@@AIIXIII0 SKK = Shikikan meaning Commandant
The story is not that amazing imo for now
i do want to add a bit on standard banner. in CN, you can choose a 50% rate up of any 5* (unit or weapon) which is quite good. most probably will come in a few months
I thought it's available after the 260 selector?
@giangtrinhtruong7952 no it doesn't as of now
3:12 "You can put the game on auto"
And see your tololo run herself into a coverless spot, surrounded by 4 enemies.
Or your QJ just doing nothing but shouting "Imada!" every turn
@@ilyaZer0Bro I hate using her in auto and before that I also searched and some website saying she's the best doll so far.. like I don't get what her ultimate does even now. All I know is shes great against bosses, okay in campaign and sucks in auto!!
@@randomf2pplayah768 basically her ultimate is just buff for her auto attacking whenever there is a counter or follow up atk from other units or extra attack. (this is just me going blind experience i do read the skills but thats the gist i get from her ability)
@@randomf2pplayah768 if you have the key that gives her 3 skill point just remove it. She sucks on auto, but melted boss in manual play.
Or see her run to the farthest side of the map just to sit there and do nothing lol.
While the dormitory is definitely Gooner baity, I don't think the Dolls default outfits are all that much, most dolls are fairly covered and normally dressed. The skins on the other hand, I'd say can be gooner bait, but that's fine really.
I love Tactical strategy games and the outrageous power creeping drove me out of FEH so, I'm really happy to have a new one to go to.
Also, while the dormitory does not have different animation depending on where you touch the doll, the Refitting Room does (the game is not beating the allegation I'm trying to defend against, I feel like)
"most dolls are fairly covered and normally dressed" Nemesis and Krolik are literally right there as half of the main story dolls lol.
@Cr3zant and they're both fully clothed. Ok, it's skintight suits, but Nemesis cape kinda hides it and it's like two characters in the game. Most characters is still most characters, regardless of their implication in the story
@@Cr3zant Keyword = "most"
That's 2 dolls you're naming and to be fair, their outfits are fine because snipers and blade users want light armor for more mobility. People like you will always look at these fits like monkeys seeing less covered clothing = "neuron activation, time to make fun of people liking this or sexualize and lick their personal area that turns me on based on my fetish preferences! Awooga awooga!" like get out of here.
@@Cr3zant they get free tactical skins, my the whole squad uses them. It still uses the default ones in cutscenes, but it is something at least.
SI is a general 60% damage reduction that, if above 0, allows you to benefit from an additional, directionally dependent 20% cover DR. If you are flanked but your SI is above 0, you recieve 60% less damage - unless you get SI broken / Exposed, in which case you take full damage and don't benefit from cover anymore either.
The comparisons to Snowbreak feels like an insult, kind of. Specially having seen how its fans behave towards GFL fans.
The main appeal of these games is the story, the cute and hot dolls its vehicle and the lure for new players. Calling it a "gooner game" does it a diservice.
Besides all that. I do recomend you go play their non-gacha game Reverse Collapse: Codename Bakery. It's got the best writting of the franchise so far and you are forced to use your brain.
I'm already into gachas and know how to play them and progress through them and enjoy them, I adored xcom 2 gameplay and I have a big thing for feet and especially stockings/pantyhose. Yeah this game is just me and im loving it
I admire the fact that you turned down the easier way to earn money (sponsorship) and managed to bring out the honest and truly useful review for gamers like me.
Sunborn patented the stocking rendering mechanism for this game lol
They know their playerbase very, very well and embrace it, which you can think of what you want, but it's definitely respectable and nice to see that they are in touch with the ones they are developing this game for, but this doesn't mean that GFL1 playerbase is a bunch of gooners - no, generally they are pretty dedicated strategy game players who enjoy eye candy in their depressing strategy game where dolls actually have personality and story.
That's why I wouldn't compare it to Snowbreak too much, because Snowbreak I do consider nothing but a gooner game with a bit of shooter built in - the story is rather shallow, everyone is just there to (literally) fck the player, and there is nothing to keep you engaged otherwise.
GFL2 is a strategy game first, and the eye candy is a cherry on top because Mica knows that a balance of those two is what we love to see. I have the feeling you have not played very far, because you said the gameplay is fairly easy or simple. It gets pretty difficult (given you don't overlevel, but that's the case for any gacha). You actually need to consider your team builds and strategy when going about the stages. I spend 20-30 minutes on some of them, retrying them over and over again, having a go differently until I find a way to beat it with the team(s) I have.
Some content spoilers from CN: We are getting a customisable Elmo (the "base" in GFL2) where you can walk around in, a roguelike mode where you can use your dolls at V3, and the standard banner is getting a selective rate up system where you can choose one of the dolls.
The signature guns are not needed on most or any of the units. None of the limited ones are added to the standard banner though, but reruns are very frequent, compared to, e.g., mihoyo games.
Just to make sure here, since i didn't play on cn server, but is the rerun banner comes and go like NC does? Since i noticed many similar features to Neural Cloud
Gfl2 one year have 27 character compare to hoyo 50 on one year.
@@kaka09876543210 That's proving my point, no? The banners rerun frequently instead of constantly pushing new stuff people will miss and have to wait a year or so to get again.
@@JAzure-hk1sx I have not played PNC, so I don't know what you are referring to, sorry.
@@ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut Ouch, okay, guess i'll know what do you mean in time
I hate this game. Expected it to be a gonner's game only. However, it walks on the line of "A reasonable amount of fanservice/What in the snowbreak is this?" way too well and on top of that the story and setting is so well done, honestly, like there is a whole ass world with a LOT of lore to be explored that just so happens to fall under the perfect category for me that can be better described as the "Punishing Gray Raven" category; Military/scifi/fantasy with a darker/aggressive tone. Fan service does not make me keep playing the game at all, but I also don't despise it. From a guy that plays PGR/PTN and Reverse 1999 only... I'd say 9/10 not enough tacticool drip.
I gotta say though, having even more tactical outfits available for girls like Groza, I'm happy, because I can choose cool OR sexy depending on my mood.
@@PlatinumKrownFinally a sound mind. Someone capable of flexible thinking. Cheers.
I say if you don’t like Fan-service, maybe play Limbus Company.
@PlatinumKrown That's the line this game walks perfectly. I already bought groza's dress skin cut she is hot. Just hope that they also add in tactical outfits side by side with the hot ones.
@@ksyluer How about me?
A little reminder: with each game reviewed we are closer to Nikke review. One day it will happen, one day...
Kinda surprised there was no discussion about event currency being hard limited per day while also locking farming nodes behind fully completing the event story. With the way the math works out, if you don't get the farming nodes by day 3 then you're completely locked out of completing the shop since you only get 3 runs per day and it's hard capped at holding only 6.
Sound like a stategy that MICA team would absolutely do (and will keep doing it)
indeed, I'll have to skip out on some of the farmable mats since I was a couple days behind. Still, a maxed out decent character and her weapon (plus a lot of pulls) is already more than I'd get from a Genshin or HSR event. I can't complain. Also the 'Creepy Doll' was a great and interesting boss fight.
Respect for not taking the sponsor simply because you don't see yourself personally playing it longterm
Beware, don’t start buying the 5 star weapons in the neural integration shop, if the global version follows the pace of the can version, targeted access tickets will become buyable there in a few months and I’m saving until then
probably a good idea. The only gun worth getting atm is probably the AR Golden Melody (flexible stat stick) but you could just use the future pulls on a limited weapon instead or better yet a character.
Weapons do have a minor ascension mechanic where you need to get 6 copies of a weapon to "calibrate" them to max and buff their special quality.
That's not an ascension mechanic, that's a limit break
@@DJVoxel "Limit Breaks" in most games refer to level limit increases while Ascensions refers more to non-level based performance enhancements.
Since weapons have their own max level that can't currently be limit broken, Calibration is more an Ascension/Potential Unlock.
@@ultimatecalibur Except that within the video itself, Pseychie uses the opposite terminology when referring to character level limit increases at 4:10, and to using dupes on characters and weapons as limit breaks at 4:49.
You may disagree with the terminology used, but your original comment is referring to something that is addressed in the video itself just under different terminology.
Under the terminology used in the video only characters have Ascension mechanics, while both Characters and Weapons have Limit Breaks
In addition the term Ascension being used to describe a level cap increase is coming straight from Genshin Impact, a game that the vast majority of Psychie's target audience is probably already familiar with.
One of my most anticipated release of 2024, I never care about the NTR drama as those are stupid.
I like that soft pity starts at 58 tbh. And from what i can tell from browong the CN chat logs. You can actually expect a limited every 45 days or so.
Thats absolutely crazy considering you usually need at least 90 days+ or 2 patches to guarantee a limited in Hoyo games.
I only used Hoyo as a comparison cuz they have the same % rates. But if the CN feed is true. The actual guaranteed time is straight up half.
"GOONER gacha game"
More like PTSD with a side of GOON.
you want CCs to read?
impossible
Pseychie, are you going to make any nikke content soon??
Hopefully not, Nikke fell off hard
If you mean fell off for him then you correct
@@Kyle81290 The anni event was easily the best yet
THE CHANNEL IS LITERALLY CALLED "Pseychie_NIKKE"
@@AsherTheOne0because you can't change the main @name. You can only change the display name as you can see he already did a while back
I actually just tried this game out for the first time yesterday! I haven’t been a huge fan of this style of gameplay and honestly, still not huge on the fanservice elements, but the story, characters, and gameplay have me hooked! I’m glad to know even you enjoyed it, Psychie!
Not being a fan of fanservice and playing gacha games is a crazy combo.
@ I guess a better way of putting it is that fanservice doesn’t sell me or keep me playing. If the game itself is fun at its core, no matter how basic, I’ll keep playing.
@TerraTheWise Sounds like a Tsundere to me. "I'm not into fan service and I hate gacha games", *proceeds to play the game.*
@@hunt7533 Never said I hate gacha games, homie. I just play games. As I clarified, fanservice alone doesn’t keep me playing.
@@justbetakick25 finally someone similar 🤝
Besides the 180 Stamina cap the Dispatch mechanic actually hides a Stamina overflow system. In the beginning it converts Stamina to reserve Stamina at a low efficiency 4:1 but at Dispatch lvl 12, it eventual reserves stamina at 1:1 at a relatively high reserve cap.
came for the Raymond jokes, was not disappointed
The event hard mode does actually require brain, unlike main story and normal mode
At high enough level I really autoed it without issues, but the peak value assesment hordes thing cannot be cleared on auto at all it is really fun challenging game mode. I hope they add more "endgame" content like that.
I tried the soujourners part 1 stage 1 hard mode in auto and after that I hated those damn toads. Cleared it manually after 5 tries.
Or a v6 soumi friend lol
Looks fun and I would try it if I wasn't playing 3 other gacha games already
We just found out on the CN version that the currency you get from gacha to get weapons, also is gonna be useful to get summons and some other items. Great review btw man. You were on point on everything my friend.
its a pretty cool and generous game
Pretty good review, im definitely playing this game long term but i really wish there was more one on one storys with the dolls in the dorms.
That’s what the affinity is for. A lot of it isnt in the game yet though.
@@gitmoney4shoray854 affinity? I'm a little confused.
@@hammayor9815 It's a bond level system where you give gifts to dolls in dorm and increase their affinity. There are lore drops the more affinity you have with the said doll you give gift to. Something like that.
Dormitory mode will seal the deal for new player 😍
Commer😂
Not if it's locked behind pay walls, having to pay $10 -$20 per skin for a character to bounce on a ball? And the interactions are honestly lame. Snowbreak is far better for your money.
@@FumetsuNoAnataE You don't have to pay for skin there's features in the game that already adjusts the dolls into your dormitory to fit the environment. Just play through the game normally and when u obtain new dolls you'll be given different poses y can adjust them in.
And u also can get free skins ir may not be as good as the payed ones but still good imho.
Dislike how everyone is taking the sponsor and finding a review without being sponsored is near impossible when it comes to gfl2 which is good for them but we don’t get any genuine reviews
The dev marketing is massive
I was waiting for your review! I couldn't agree more with it. Im a fan of Snowbreak and this type of game so I have started playing it.
I'm a long time player of the first game. I have to admit the gacha in the second has me a bit worried because I loved how easy it was to get every single doll in the first one, but I'll give it a try.
CN had bout I think 1800 free pulls throughout its 1 year so I think pulls should be fine
This game is filling in the fun aspect that HSR forgot about lol
@@the7blargs Yea, despite HSR looking visually good, it gets really boring and the story is mostly a yapping feast instead of a good short story. I also quit because the endgame is boring, same old routine while taking years to get a good armor set with actual specific good stats for a character.
@@hunt7533 it wouldn't be so bad if Mihoyo let me skip the endless slog of thesis essays it wants me to read lol
As GFL1 player since day 1 playing GFL2 it's a fresh air finally the dialog scene is full voiced it makes the characters more alive than reading the dialog word by word.
Meanwhile HSR.. despite full 3D model dialog scene, I can't handle the Hoyo PG-13 yapping writting skill.
hsr is no longer a strategy game, it's all about getting new units and run through all the endgame contents with it
@@KhoiNguyen-gl4ktyeah it's a collection game now
damn pseychie could have easily gotten the gacha bag, but decided against it. respect it. any way, always glad to see a another video!
As someone who has terrible FOMO, and is easily sucked in to grinding, your reviews are a lifesaver
I was curious about this game, and now complete all the story, get 5 SSR outside Vepley and doing my part in the defense missions.
I was so sad when I discovered a premium skin on this game will cost me 100 bucks of my country's currency (my currency is shit in comparison to the American dollar). I would need to make this my only gacha to be able to spend responsibly in this game
No units were added to the standard pull, all units are indeed limited. They do get reruns fairly often though. As one rerun per new banner started being a thing after the fifth banner on CN version.
GFL1 is still alive since 2016 being way more unknown, I expect the 2 to be way more popular
Does gfl1 get alot of updates still? i wanna try it but will it be a waste since the gfl2 is out?
@@WhiteApeMaui gfl1 en still has about(at least) a year of updates in form of major story events and no EoS planned after
@@WhiteApeMaui Brother if you want.. you can start it right now... but beware..
the game Story will make you Depress, and you will understand why the Commander Retire/out From G&K..
from all Gacha Game Story this is the Darkest.. that i have been play..
- Tons of pople died for nothing,
- So many Betrayal
- So Many Sacrifice
- Human Experiment
- And Damn those Exodia Tank Train
- MGS: So Much Pain
- Enemy Had Gundam,
- If you know Metal Gear Solid, one of your Doll is actualy Big Boss (if you know what i mean)..
- MG in Front
@@WhiteApeMaui The final main story chapter is getting released soon on GFL1 CN that will explain how things turned out like they did at the beginning of GFL2. GFL1 is a totally diffferent game though. It takes quite the time investment. Some people like to joke that you need a phd to play the game. It's not that bad, ofc, but there's quite a lot of things you need to know, and there's also lots of conflicting information because of the game's age, and many guides being outdated.
The story picks up at around chapter 5-6 (total of 15). It's fun at times, but overall pretty dark. It's not your typical waifu gacha.
It has a Lot of content
Seasonal events and stuff
And about 350 TDolls to get
(I need DeLisle 3D model on GFL2 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻)
AI in gfl2 is pain in the ass, especially with some objectives. And at 8:16 u got 2 one of the best standard 5 star characters in the game, I'm jealous so much.
cool game, cute girls, big guns, dropped it after 30mins cause the x-com gameplay style is just not my thing
I've been playing this like a normal game and it's been a blast, the almost 5-year-long wait was more than worth it. People are missing out on a lot by skipping the whole story and letting the game play itself, especially when you can punch well above your weight if you use good ol' strategy instead of relying on whatever the dumb computer thinks is best.
As someone that played snowbreak , nope , not even close.
Here the developers have a spine and didn't surrender to pathetic chinese incels , turning every single character in more of a doll than a human , ironically.
The MC is pretty unique , the dolls are not made of jello and have better designs and are decently written , similar to nikke.
Im GFL 1 Vet, that been play since Singularity event just appear..
That Comander Name thou... Lmao...
*Some CN player literally burning in the background*
10:30 Sabrina had one in the “refitting room” or upgrade area where she pulls a sibling move😂
Edit: All characters have some sort of version of this in the refitting room actually. Think of it as a pseudo-dorm
11:45 actually i think you are correct here.
I've been waiting for this. Let's go!
Also on the level up animation it includes the weapon attachments you have equiped on their weapons. It was funny seeing them use a heavily rusted scope on a nice brand new weapon.
Im now super hooked on the lore and world building this game has.
I was surprised there was a gender choice, and your character actually appears and is voiced to boot. Thats as high effort as a gatcha gets.
The entire dormitory system is in beta, which is shown in game. Paid skins also do have intractable features already though.
thanks for making this vid, appreciate it
the shop that features guns that you can redeem with currency you get from pulling will have unlimited amount of rate up or standart tickets to redeem. I don't know why it does not have it, it is there in china and was added there like 6months after launch. Wonder how long it will be until we get it.
yes, high res textures of foot and bellys are vital for gameplay
"I skipped the story. How could you tell?" Who's gonna waste their time playing a game they have absolutely no interest in (besides a youtubers)?
10:33 There's a button near a character with a tap icon. That's literally it you can tap characters in certain places and they react, each character has 4 unique interactions and one interaction for tapping the head and one for the weapon.
The legendary positive review!
As a potato gamer, I must say that I'm very impressed with the game performance optimization. My phone is just a helio g99 processor, and the game ran rather smoothly, especially the cutscenes, where usually in other games somehow cutscenes are lagging (hsr for example). But, the most bamboozling thing is, after playing for awhile, without any notable performance drop, when I checked my graphic settings, IT WAS SET IN ULTRA BY DEFAULT. Like, damn, I have never gotten any 3D game to be playable in ultra before in my phone, GFL 2 is the only one. Seeing how it's made in Unity like some other popular games, GFL sure did their shader and stuffs very well to not make potatoes lag
I played 5 years of GF1 and I am not sure how to feel about GF2.
We are running a giant military base in GF1 with over 700 Dolls (Terminator but Cute) with helicopters, tanks and mechs (building sized mechwarrior).
During the week I run logistics, which is the simple timer for resources, and on the weekend I got time to run mission with those. You are actually managing an army, it isn't just combat and items. If you feel reminded of Diamond Dogs from MGSV you would be spot on because that's where they got it from.
In the story, some major characters just died (If you are thinking of early GoT that is where they got it from) and we just got the giant mobile base that GF2 sets in, 10 years later with a total of 3 dolls.
I hope the story in GF1 keeps going on for a while, because GF2 seems to have skipped a lot.
What worries me a lot is one of the major characters is MIA right now, and there was a scene that went "I promise you" "10 YEARS LATER" "I couldn't keep that promise" "10 YEARS PRIOR" "So you can trust me on that". And this is GF1. There is a real chance they died and are not coming home.
Back in GF1 old Events would be added to the permanent selection after some time. Sometimes months, sometimes years. Some are still not there.
Gfl 1 just ended it's story in this week update you know, at least main story one, and it does make a lot of sense on skk reason to go and the protocol on breaking gnk apart.
It's nice actually, to finally see the main story ended
@@JAzure-hk1sx The Zero Charge Event is coming up, not sure which server you are talking about but the story sure didn't end this week.
@@TheTSense my bad, the CN one, i mean, global server will have zero charge soon, i think?
So is this the kind of game where characters die in the story but you can keep using them in gameplay (like honkai impact) or are they going to not release someone confirmed already dead (like arknights never releasing a certain someone).
Skins do have exclusive dorm animations and different animations when using skills/ultimate in battle, I think is worth if you wanna buy one and support the game
Exilium is a very lovely game, and female commander equals 10/10 yuri gacha game.
I didnt think i would last this long playing GFL2.. so far ive started to manual more than auto'ing through stages.. im just looking to swipe for a skin for both my Qiongjiu and Mosin Nagant...
Fun fact: MICA has a patent on their "stocking rendering" technology.
My friend and I: "Ooh man, can't wait for this game to come out since the first one was pretty fun (and cheap) for gacha."
Then play it to pretty much call it Snowbreak.
I see, so you opened the dorm did you?
@giangtrinhtruong7952 is a daily requirement. My favorite is the outfits are 15 bucks, or 30 bucks if you use tokens. But we need the lewd interactions
"Arcade shooter no other gacha has ever done?" Dude, that minigame is literally Nikke.
Pseychie! Thank you for the review!! this is a good game in my opinion with an out of the ordinary game play, a solid story and wifus, yes you don't need to look too deep but it gives you something if you do. alto it has ties with the previous game you don't NEED to play it as it features a whole new story line, with a few cameos that would make you go "ohaaaa" if you are a veteran of the GF:U
11:45 I... suddenly felt at home....
Would you consider making a video on Ash Echoes? It was released not too long ago and it's honestly pretty amazing, but sadly kinda fell off the radar for many.
To anyone who is currently playing this, what do you think is the best time to jump in to the game? Is the post-launch rewards still flowing? Is it better to just wait for big events? Would I be at big disadvantage if I started too late?
Context: Played GFL 1 for a few months, liked it quite a bit but I already forgot most of my impressions. Already been playing 2 gacha games and usually I'm just playing one so I might need to drop one to try this (IRL workload is heavier than ever)
I think now is the best time. I doubt the codes for this month can used for next patch and reward for next patch always less than opening game. After playing opening you can choose to stay or wait for big event like Collab or anniversary or when they release hyped character.
Real "Honest" review, and i like it.
you like the turn based battle, now try reverse collpase. single player srpg take place in same universe.
it's funny you talk about the complexity of GFL1
GFL1 borrows HEAVILY from Kantai Collection, which is an old old style gacha. Modern gachas have gone trhough about 3 eras, the kancolle era, the FGO era, and now the Genshin era
Personally really like this one and keeping it in the rotation. I like having my home screen as a super close up of Suomi's face.
DONT USE REDUNDANT PIECES FOR WEAPONS!!
later you will be able to exchange premium pulls for them
At what rate?
getting an SSR weapon of my choice looks like a good deal to me tho. I guess it will depend on the rate of exchange
Tha later is really late
As someone who pays a lot attention to the stories in games, I would never put GFL2 and Snowbreak next to each other. Snowbreak is a good game, but it's story is utter grabage, while GFL seems to be leagues above it story wise.
My experience with the game right now is.
Got 2 i think is useless shotgun 5*, and then got the two character that use those 2 shotgun.
None is useless in a tactical game, unless the devs go incompetence route and make it a stat check instead
i love goon feetline 2
Hey, love ur vids but i'd like to ask. Do u still play NIKKE? if so, any plans on making some content for it?
the gameplay is great, the story is average, the gacha rate is trash. Overall 7/10 imo.
Reminds me of Nikke game. Same gacha system, same leveling up, storyline is similar. Damn, must be same creator as well!
I mainly play the game for the GF lore. The graphical and game update is nice after years since the first game but I do feel the mechanics has dumbed down and been turned into a mainstream gacha rather than gather resources to roll characters.
Maybe it gets better but it lost me. It was basically just reading and auto combat for too long, and I am not really into thrust trap games. Back when Neural Cloud came out I played it for almost a year so I expected to like this but was disappointed.
As someone who has played gfl and loved its story I've been hyped for this game
I've been really enjoying this game, it's been very friendly so far. My only hope is that it gets more and more lewd😭
This is my introduction to the Girls Frontline Series and it's ok I think..compared to Snowbreak, this is a more "relax" and "strategic" game you can play while commuting :)
I would love to see a buff for the melee units though...
Nice, subbed!
Been playing this more than Nikke recently.
my problem is my experience from mica previous game "neural cloud" they dont follow the CN banner schedule and even a bit speed up. so rest in peace f2p bros
1:45 I see what you did there...
The thumbnail triggered my fight or flight
Yo can you try guardian tales it’s the best gacha i’ve played so far.
Story mode Is crazy
I've been impressed by the writing in this game so far. Characters actually talk to one another in a way that makes sense.. aside from Nemesis I suppose. But I'm glad to be reading dialogue that isn't outlandishly flowery and bloated like HSR and its awful Penacony story. And the commander is a competent character that takes charge and alters plans on the fly depending on the circumstances.
I also really appreciate the archives that you can read through in the Elmo server room. The one about therapy visits for an ex-soldier with PTSD and depression was fairly heavy reading and I didn't expect to see something like it in a gacha game. Some of the writing in this game reaches a level of maturity far beyond anything that Hoyo games have to offer.
And I kinda like the juxtaposition of reading several entry logs worth of depressing lore, reflecting on it while lost deep in thought to then seeing Sharkry flashing her booty in the level-up screen just moments later. I'm loving this game so far.