Honestly, with how saturated the Gacha market is now. Its good to see Hypergryph make a dedicated completed experience rather than another live service gacha. This opens up the gates so they (and other companies) can create more fully fledged story games
it's interesting. I think HG is experimenting on the demographic of regular game monetizasion method. I hope when Ak Reach it's EoS, they make the game permanent as offline regular game on steam/other service.
And instead of gacha to get the characters, you instead need to unlock them from quests of some sort or completing stages like event ops. But what about the grind for materials?
Here are my thoughts on the things I noticed from the gameplay: 1. Two different attack styles? - Top right vinyl record looking button @1:42, pay attention to the center icon which alternates between a plain circle and a gear-like icon. I believe these are 2 different styles you can attack enemies with, as you can clearly see the skills on both characters (above their icons) change as you alternate between styles. This feature probably allows players for some customization with their skill/ability loadouts. 2. Action points - From what I can tell after the ultimate skill being used @8:56 there are 2 temporary status effects on the enemies. The 1st effect I believe just indicates them in "airborne/knocked-up" status, then the 2nd effect is this blue teardrop-like icon. - When this blue-teardrop icon is affected on enemies, the "first hit of any skill or follow up attack" you will gain 1 AP (action point). You might need to go at 0.25 speed @9:04 to clearly see it's not just from first skill hit but also follow up attacks. Also notice a similar blue-teardrop icon pops up on the left side under the combo/total damage counter, you gain 1 AP every first skill/follow up attack. 3. Shield/Armor break = Extra turn - Sadly I don't think there's a "perfect" parry mechanic but what happen @12:14 was the shield/armor bar was 1 hit away from breaking, you can see a bit left near the left side of the bar. Every time you do break the shield/armor you are in this "zone" (indicated by the area being darken) it looks like you can do an extra turn to deal as much damage as you can within the time limit (top right white bar).
The teardrop looking icon seem to show a "down" status. And rather than gaining an action point for attacking a downed enemy, it looks more like the attack/skill caused the down status while giving an action point. Likely downing an enemy gives the player an action point and attacking a downed enemy refreshes the "downed" duration while giving yet another point. That said it seems only certain attacks allow this, when black knock-up the enemy here at 1:50, it didn't give an action point despite it being "downed" when it hit A knocked-up enemy would shift to a down status but it seems some attacks do not hit knocked-up enemies and if you time it too early like here at 1:48 and 4:41, your attack will miss and you won't get an action point. Likewise you can also time it too slow and miss the window by a margin. Despite being a turn-based game, timing seems to be very important here. There are also other ways of getting action points like here 1:44 (white got a crit?) and 6:21 (black got a point upon breaking the shield). All these is likely tied to the attack/skill used. Also the skills/attacks used must follow the set order. The first skill/attack must be used first before the second. And they don't reload until the next turn or you are in the "blue zone". So even if you do get extra action points, you are still limited by the loadout you have. I wonder if you would be able add more than 2 skills/attacks into the loadout. At 2:27, when black killed an enemy here and then both continued attacking, the UI turned red and a red upside triangle appeared on the enemy, This I think is an overkill bar. Here too 6:34 and 6:59 (bar is already full and the guy is still hammering at him)
That makes a lot more sense that teardrop being the down status after looking back at it again. Nice catch on the other ways to gain action points, assuming we will be able to customize our skills/abilities then that would highly encourage players to experiment different combinations or playstyles. Also I really hope that is an overkill bar, as those are always so satisfying (at least for me) to try to max out even if they don't reward you with anything.
Been waiting for this game since it's first trailer back 2 years ago, the "action-turn based" combat reminds me of the Nintendo DS game called Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Where if you time specific skills/attacks you can deal bonus damage or dodge/block the enemies attacks. Never manage to find another game with similar combat style until Ex Astris so looking forward to playing it once it's out
Huh guess I never realized for the other RPG Mario games, I didn't own the consoles to play those other Mario RPG games so never bothered to look into them until now haha. I'll check out the other 3 you mentioned and see if I'll enjoy them, thanks for the recommendations
@@LazyKennot No problem, Sea of Stars is the most like the Mario RPG games out of them. Lost Odyssey is an Xbox 360 game and I'm unsure if it's on Gamepass or the Xbox store and backwards compatible with the Xbox One or Series S/X.
Hope this gets a pc release, I like how the combact doesn't shift into an instanced zone, I hope they also release dlcs like expansions, and than those expansions have patches where they add content like WOW does
Looks great and i like how the combat system works and i know it's not a complete game yet but imi the walking animation needs a little bit of work and the sound of the environment. Qlso if we could zoom out a bit i feel like the camera is too close to the character when exploring
Just started playing and that boss at the end is not in t he release vers when that door opens. I was thrown off and had to come rewatch this video lol
Yeah sorry guys. My time with SnowBreak is over. I don't want to be toxic so I decided not to make a video talking on the issue and possibly ruining other people's fun.
Ex Astris feels like completely different universe from AK & Endfield And more obvious reasons is the game didn't use "Arknights" as first word in the titles
I think its interesting that instead keep focus on what was interest you on this 2nd channel, you change it on what currently interest you even more, then hopefully someday you get the game that truly last long everchanging masterpiece
@@Cha0tikXGryphline every considered putting those old videos on unlisted and in a playlist? I understand the experimental channel and all and I'll support nonetheless! hope you didn't take my comment the wrong way :)
a payed game? when we can play wuthering waves , mugen and etc for free and pay them for monthly packs? lol i mean, i do like the white haired girl and the way they start combat and stuff... but still, maybe it's just me who is too used to gachas now
Honestly, with how saturated the Gacha market is now. Its good to see Hypergryph make a dedicated completed experience rather than another live service gacha. This opens up the gates so they (and other companies) can create more fully fledged story games
HG actually makes two games, one is this and the other is a live service gacha game (Endfield)
Oh, I forgot about Popucom lol
On the other hand, some AAA title games try their luck by releasing gacha game. I'm looking at you, Atelier franchise !!!
A turn based game with a parry system!?
I don't mind it being a premium product. Just hope this releases to global market at the same time
it's interesting.
I think HG is experimenting on the demographic of regular game monetizasion method.
I hope when Ak Reach it's EoS, they make the game permanent as offline regular game on steam/other service.
Are you saying that Arknights would become a regular premium game after EoS? If that happened, it would be amazing.
And instead of gacha to get the characters, you instead need to unlock them from quests of some sort or completing stages like event ops. But what about the grind for materials?
Super excited to play this game once it releases
Here are my thoughts on the things I noticed from the gameplay:
1. Two different attack styles?
- Top right vinyl record looking button @1:42, pay attention to the center icon which alternates between a plain circle and a gear-like icon. I believe these are 2 different styles you can attack enemies with, as you can clearly see the skills on both characters (above their icons) change as you alternate between styles. This feature probably allows players for some customization with their skill/ability loadouts.
2. Action points
- From what I can tell after the ultimate skill being used @8:56 there are 2 temporary status effects on the enemies. The 1st effect I believe just indicates them in "airborne/knocked-up" status, then the 2nd effect is this blue teardrop-like icon.
- When this blue-teardrop icon is affected on enemies, the "first hit of any skill or follow up attack" you will gain 1 AP (action point). You might need to go at 0.25 speed @9:04 to clearly see it's not just from first skill hit but also follow up attacks. Also notice a similar blue-teardrop icon pops up on the left side under the combo/total damage counter, you gain 1 AP every first skill/follow up attack.
3. Shield/Armor break = Extra turn
- Sadly I don't think there's a "perfect" parry mechanic but what happen @12:14 was the shield/armor bar was 1 hit away from breaking, you can see a bit left near the left side of the bar. Every time you do break the shield/armor you are in this "zone" (indicated by the area being darken) it looks like you can do an extra turn to deal as much damage as you can within the time limit (top right white bar).
The teardrop looking icon seem to show a "down" status. And rather than gaining an action point for attacking a downed enemy, it looks more like the attack/skill caused the down status while giving an action point. Likely downing an enemy gives the player an action point and attacking a downed enemy refreshes the "downed" duration while giving yet another point. That said it seems only certain attacks allow this, when black knock-up the enemy here at 1:50, it didn't give an action point despite it being "downed" when it hit
A knocked-up enemy would shift to a down status but it seems some attacks do not hit knocked-up enemies and if you time it too early like here at 1:48 and 4:41, your attack will miss and you won't get an action point. Likewise you can also time it too slow and miss the window by a margin. Despite being a turn-based game, timing seems to be very important here.
There are also other ways of getting action points like here 1:44 (white got a crit?) and 6:21 (black got a point upon breaking the shield). All these is likely tied to the attack/skill used.
Also the skills/attacks used must follow the set order. The first skill/attack must be used first before the second. And they don't reload until the next turn or you are in the "blue zone". So even if you do get extra action points, you are still limited by the loadout you have. I wonder if you would be able add more than 2 skills/attacks into the loadout.
At 2:27, when black killed an enemy here and then both continued attacking, the UI turned red and a red upside triangle appeared on the enemy, This I think is an overkill bar. Here too 6:34 and 6:59 (bar is already full and the guy is still hammering at him)
That makes a lot more sense that teardrop being the down status after looking back at it again. Nice catch on the other ways to gain action points, assuming we will be able to customize our skills/abilities then that would highly encourage players to experiment different combinations or playstyles. Also I really hope that is an overkill bar, as those are always so satisfying (at least for me) to try to max out even if they don't reward you with anything.
Been waiting for this game since it's first trailer back 2 years ago, the "action-turn based" combat reminds me of the Nintendo DS game called Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Where if you time specific skills/attacks you can deal bonus damage or dodge/block the enemies attacks. Never manage to find another game with similar combat style until Ex Astris so looking forward to playing it once it's out
Sea of Stars, Lost Odyssey has the ring system, Yakuza 7, and that's all the Mario RPG games.
Huh guess I never realized for the other RPG Mario games, I didn't own the consoles to play those other Mario RPG games so never bothered to look into them until now haha. I'll check out the other 3 you mentioned and see if I'll enjoy them, thanks for the recommendations
@@LazyKennot No problem, Sea of Stars is the most like the Mario RPG games out of them. Lost Odyssey is an Xbox 360 game and I'm unsure if it's on Gamepass or the Xbox store and backwards compatible with the Xbox One or Series S/X.
kinda reminds me of atelier ryza combat too
Hope this gets a pc release, I like how the combact doesn't shift into an instanced zone, I hope they also release dlcs like expansions, and than those expansions have patches where they add content like WOW does
It's confirmed that it'll get dlc
@@exwanderer My main question is how will they be done
The game aesthetic got me😭💖, It look so good!
Man crazy how this man put out a banger video about something that doesn't exist, crazy. That really shows his skill as an entertainer
It's exist though?
@@shutup1037 .......I'm not even gonna explain it. You just have to sit there and think about it.
Looks great and i like how the combat system works and i know it's not a complete game yet but imi the walking animation needs a little bit of work and the sound of the environment. Qlso if we could zoom out a bit i feel like the camera is too close to the character when exploring
Very like Valkyrie profile Vibe right here which is so good
i cannot wait for this game holy. i've always love turn based game and this is a MUST for me especially the mechanic in battle
I'll be a day one player once it releases
Lets gooo
Good luck with the new channel
I'm sure the combat makes sense once it's explained, but right now I can't figure out how it works. Definitely looks interesting.
I love how the game looks, I’m crossing my fingers that they have pc compatibility without an emulator
Just started playing and that boss at the end is not in t he release vers when that door opens. I was thrown off and had to come rewatch this video lol
What a breath of fresh fucking air. Hyped.
Finally a new Valkyrie Profile (?)
Man I wanna buy this really bad there isnt any premium rpg game that looks and plays this good the only good premium rpgs on mobile are mostly ports
Eyy, Blue Nian's hair glows
If the gameplay of HSR was like this ...
Hope this will fill the void that the disappearance of infinity blade left
Hypergryph has been dropping bombs for a month now. 😅
Hmm this seems reminiscent of Ryza 2 combat which it looks really cool so far.
finally i can drop HSR for this, HSR mechanic is too basic for me😅
@@johnnylattarulo6735who cares?
@@johnnylattarulo6735hsr glazer what the fûck kiddo skill issue
This seems like a game similar to Project Tokyo Dolls (timing based combat system)
So... this is just a regular full price game with DLC content?
Interesting.
huh, how am i subed to this channel, did u remove the snowbreak one? lol
Seems like it.
It was changed to this due to certain reasons of his thoughts on SB
this is the Snowbreak one or rather this was
Yeah sorry guys. My time with SnowBreak is over. I don't want to be toxic so I decided not to make a video talking on the issue and possibly ruining other people's fun.
@@Cha0tikXGryphlineso thats that, nice take
looks like snowbreak 3d shader and stuff but turn based?
anyway im diving in
would depend how much they charge for me
Valkyrie Profile 2.0? gameplay
3.0
I wonder if they will make connection to AK and Endfield
Ex Astris feels like completely different universe from AK & Endfield
And more obvious reasons is the game didn't use "Arknights" as first word in the titles
The Collab outfits hahaha
Its nicer if they will release it on PS and switch
Where do you get new characters then?
I plan on supporting this game. Fuck Gacha! (I do love Another Eden though.)
This is a paid game? It isnt that great waw we have parry nice it change everyting.. at least its better than the sao game quality..
Theyre making two new games? This ans endfield?
Technically this is actually the second game hg is making. Endfield is the third one.
Popucom isnt it? I forgor the name
@@azuyasayaka5857Popucom is the fourth game Hg is making.
There also a rumor about the fifth game but not confirmed yet.
Why remove the Snowbreak content? I get changing things up but I feel like it’s a great way to recollect history of the games you play.
I already have a channel that does that. That's not the purpose of this channel. It's meant to be focused on one subject.
I think its interesting that instead keep focus on what was interest you on this 2nd channel, you change it on what currently interest you even more, then hopefully someday you get the game that truly last long everchanging masterpiece
@@Cha0tikXGryphlineforgot to @
As long as I"m making content I want to make, it doesn't matter.
@@Cha0tikXGryphline every considered putting those old videos on unlisted and in a playlist? I understand the experimental channel and all and I'll support nonetheless! hope you didn't take my comment the wrong way :)
Game looks decent, but dont think i would pay for it.
Also dont like the chars faces ;x same in snowbreak they ust look kinda weird lol
A turn based with rhythm game mechanic... wtf....
Wait .... confirm to me its not a gacha mmo game pls somebody :/
This game is definitely now off my hype list right before you said you have to pay to play it
Well it is a premium game.
Atleast there is no other microtransaction other than probably future DLC.
well thats what a premium game is
It's not a gacha game afterall
you love gambling so much?
@@Hindshell5438 yeah that is true but that means it not free to play like i can’t download it and jump in
a payed game? when we can play wuthering waves , mugen and etc for free and pay them for monthly packs? lol
i mean, i do like the white haired girl and the way they start combat and stuff... but still, maybe it's just me who is too used to gachas now
Ohhhh u don't know how many people love more Paid game than gacha
Also it's fresh air for people who sick for Anime game that mostly Gacha in Mobile
As someone who plays and buys game mostly on Steam, I am really happy that it's a paid game. No stupid microtransaction
Doesnt look that great. Years are passing since first announcement and nobody is impressed anymore. Especially character models arent that good.
eh looks kinda generic to me compared to the actual non-gacha titles, doubt it gonna be popular outside gacha sphere