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I will argue with you with ONE CON - Elements don't seem to have big impact - coz they aren't from Genshin Impact duh :D - anyway I LOVE IT! I freakin' hate that Genshin elemental reactions, and you may ask "BUT WHY are you hater of this mechanic?" COZ I CAN PLAY any character team comp I WANT instead of building just characters to get best combo wombo with elements - IT IS CALLED GATEKEEPING or something. ALSO you are wrong elements have no impact - havoc enemy takes less dmg from havok Rover for example etc. so there is relevance in elements usage BUT it won't that much hold you back (oh and those flying rock enemies are immune to element they are build from - but you know that).
i tried the game but had ptsd when i first booted it up to Genshin impact. i thought it was gonna be another slow paced, unskippable dialogue, material gathering slog of a game. so seeing videos like this makes me want to give WuWa a second chance. because ZZZ wasn't doing it for me.
I've thought about going back to genshin a couple times since I stopped playing the game a year or 2 ago but the idea of all the unskippable dialogue I'd have to go thru(which made me stop playing in the first place) has kept me away. Looks like this game is going to scratch that itch. I miss this style of combat/exploration and definitely going to give it a go, thx for sharing your review
genshin story is overrated I cringe every time someone calls it a masterpiece saying things like it made them cry, you can tell they only play genshin lol
same reason for me, my account is AR59 last time i tried to go back to genshin story pushed me away again. not having a skip button is terrible especially for uninteresting side quests, and for main story the too much dialogues makes you lose your focus. i just find wuthering waves to be the better genshin for me, better mobility, better combat, way less childish, and way less annoying storytelling, main downsides are the worse optimization (even on pc it does stutter sometimes) and the less polish compared to genshin
@@georgesmikhael2834 Lol, but still makes sure to add the "i was going to cover this anyway". Like no game can be covered and no money can be made without a cringe sponsorship from that company.
@@janitor8884 idk why you have problem with it. If he covers it and doesnt get paid, you are fine with it, and when he gets paid you whine? Dont seem fair imho.
Same, but it feels a little like genshin now tbh. Log in, play 10-15 minutes and log out. The rewards are 300 roll currencies for a maintenanace and they give us a free 5 star character that I have no interest in, but that's just me. Many people are probably crazy about it but to me it's like a genshin free copy = won't even level it. Kudos if he is somewhat OP though, but I have doubts.
@@dongarippo7279 he is op especially if you pair him with yinlin+his animations are great and he has the best sound design in the game right now. The only think that makes him feel cheap is his design which is subjective because i saw a lot of people that liked it.
@@Shangb33 tbh his 3d model makes him look way better than the 2d art. But yeah sometimes his clothes make him look less interesting than other 5 star characters.
@@edumazieri it ran pretty good on my iphone15 pro max (which is a beastly phone i know), but i play on pc with some FPS unlocking mods and UE5 optimizations
Oh damn this looks great and not just visually! I donno what it is though but I usually can't be bothered to play games like this lol. I can't explain it, but maybe I will try with this one
Am I the only one who finds it excruciating to keep going through multiple menus of stuff to level up and upgrade with all kinds different materials all the time just to keep doing the same thing with bigger numbers?
@@songsandanims You must be right, but it still seems weird to me that the younger audience who barely have the attention span to watch an entire 30 seconds tik tok video could continue to enjoy those endlessly repetitive tedious tasks forever. Maybe the dopamine hit of seeing numbers get bigger is enough to make it worth it. It's probably like getting more views, likes and followers on your socials. "Clear path to bigger numbers yes please!"
@@SeeStral-n9h I'd say good UI design, there are good games with garbage UI, look at Monster Hunter and tbf most of japanese games for that matter, especially jrpgs, they love their garbage uis with 3249023 confusing menus
You're not the only one, no one likes it but most people that play just tolerate it. They might fight with you about the complaint with ways to ignore it or "get over" it but if you described a different system, or 7 months from now when the game adds "quality of life" no one will say: "I prefer the old way where it took forever and was tedious." That said, what I enjoy in the games overall is mastery of the different characters, enemies, and bosses. That's worth much more than the numbers which are just RNG (gearing) anyway. Being able to fight enemies without getting hit and maximize rotations and combos is worthwhile. And once mastered on a given character or team, learning it on different teams is where the replay value comes in prior to new content. You might enjoy the game similarly, but it would be MUCH better if the game focused around such a loop instead of promoting just collecting currency for showing up every day. For example, if each character came with their own bounty list of achievements that basically rewarded you for mastering all the enemies and combos of the character: such as "Defeat 10 XXXXX without taking any damage," "Perform 6 outro skills within 1 minute" and of course defeating each of the bosses with each character, etc. These games are moving towards being games people actually play as opposed to games you just collect and manage, so I'm hopeful within the next few years they will continue on this path adding more gameplay focus without losing the excitement of story, characters, and frequent updates as well as the accessibility of auto/skip/clear functions.
Honestly, as somebody who put a decent number of hours in... if you're gonna play a gacha game at all, play Wuthering Waves. The story is awful at first, but quickly gets at least somewhat interesting. Meanwhile, the combat is the real draw. It's actually fun and not *just* "mash the same button 500 times", though there is a healthy bit of that too. The dailies aren't things that are annoying to do, they're things that you're likely to end up doing anyway and most can be completed accidentally while burning your energy. Overall, solid game. I only stopped playing because I switched to Linux full time and there's no Linux launcher yet.
@@someonesomewhere8658 Nope. It uses anticheat that isn't compatible with Wine/Proton. Some people had a workaround for a while there, but then the devs patched it.
I'm really glad you reviewed this game and I agree that it's a pretty damn good game. Yeah, the character movement is super crisp and cycling through your toons at the right time changes everything. Also, yeah....the echos are really fun. A super cool added touch to the game. IMO, you're the best game reviewer on YT. Keep it up, my man.
For anyone planning to play the game who's in for the story. I recommend reaching atleast Act 6 or even better, Act 7 before deciding to drop the game because of the story. Act 1 - 4 is very well known to be a rough ride in the community. I wish they would rework the first few acts so that newcomers won't be put off by it.
@@orimu836 If I need to slog through the first few acts that is widely known to be "rough" in the community, then it is an excuse. Many times have I tried to engage in something - games, shows, or anything else - and found myself struggling to keep going while everyone is going, "It gets better at X." No, if something is giving me the "It gets better after X" then it's crap.
@@EJ_Red But it was a fact that it got good tho. If it didn't actually get good, then I would agree that its just an excuse to make people play the game even tho the entirety is sht.
Yo, Peon, there's a way to target farm guaranteed echo drops. You should look up the process, if you plan on actually farming out teams. Its super convenient.
At 9:44 it had me dying lol...but I am glad you tired this out, I put sooo many hours into this game the combat and TD system is what really pulled me in.
Watches this while playing WUWA. I had shit luck with Changli too, but I agree, she is way worth it. I did get a double pull on her weapon though. I've already pre-farmed for the free 5 star, so yes, I'm excited.
I was super pumped when the game dropped and played it for two months, but I just recently stopped because it felt way too much like my three years with Genshin. I’m totally burned out on this kind of game.
Yeah now it's just another genshin. I'd recommend Snowbreak for you, if it seems to be something for you. It's not at all as taxing as other gacha's and you more or less can get every new character they drop, they have 100% banners too for both char and weapons. They offer free GOOD characters and very generous on weekly pull currencies and such. Still, some characters are a little too.. haha.. Anyway...
The only thing I found a bit "missed the spot" on the video is the elemental combos and how useful they re. As you saw, u do 0 damage on this specific enemy depending your element, you do also have elemental resistance even if they game doesn't really communicate it and finally, the Tower of Adversity let's you know about bonuses on floors depending your element. A Apart from that, as I mentioned on comments, spot on. Especially the terminology comment speaks out of my mind.
I like how when Genshin came out it was coined as a "breath of the wild/waifu" clone. And essentially what I'm seeing here is Genshin with cyper-fantasy art and maybe some soul kalibur/Tales style combat and a distinct last of Paimon.
I have mixed feelings about ZZZ, very well polished but I stopped once I realized the combat, while flashy and smooth, felt like I'd need to fall asleep in order to lose a fight. its like mihoyo hates difficulty :/
you know it's cosmically hilarious how my favorite games of all time are Devil May Cry 5, NieR Automata and Persona 3 and 5... so i'm eating so damn GOOD with ZZZ and Wuwa hahaha I'm so glad I gave up on other live service games I used to frequent before (Destiny 2 especially) for this
@@zealgaming8161 i feel your pain man.. Feels like Bungie and 343 definitely fucked up my lifespan a little and I'll never get those hours back but hey, we live and learn
@@zealgaming8161 I feel it's more like login in and play 10-15 minutes to get the roll currency and log out. Then every now and then we get some area to explore for a day or two and it's back to the login - logout loop.
I just downloaded it. The game is fun and the fight mechanics are a blast . The menus and currencies are confusing. But, I love the open world climbing and gliding.
I understand the need to take sponsorships to put food on the table, still didn't stop me from turning off the vid 1m30s in at the moment you mentioned it was sponsored. I'm a long time watcher of your channel, and every time you're sponsored to do a first impressions it feels like you go overly easy on the game, like things that you complain about in other games are missing from your cons list on sponsored vids even when some of those things are clearly in the game, so now I just skip your sponsored vids. Be careful, like many people I started watching you because of how genuine your opinions were, and these sponsored first impressions vids of yours feel anything but genuine to me.
this just shows you aren't an actual fan of lazy peon. if such a low barrier puts you off of his videos instead of respecting that he does his usual thing whether a game is sponsored or not. if he doesn't like the game, he doesn't like it and will definitely voice why in his "Cons". i don't know what is up with gamers and their high horse when it comes to sponsored content. the guy has to make a living and he's telling you about the game. good and bad from his perspective.
so what u expecting from peon? u want him not having fun with the game? u expect peon will hate the game? or u just hate wuwa in general and expecting peon hate this game and still love "the other game in the genre"?
@@vincentdarkrosrayne The good old "you arent a true fan if you dont agree" and the "opinion isnt same as mine means up on high horse". No one likes cringe sponsored content because no matter how many times people say it doesnt affect there opinion, it in fact does because thats how people work.
It always baffles me how games have advanced so much in the last 20 years, but yet can't seem to pick up on obvious writing improvements that have been available these past 20 years.
well writers just like everyone else are still human after all and not all writers are good nor are aware of every form of writing improvement. having said that i think thats just an issue with kuro as a whole whoever their writers are seem to be better at continuing a story rather than starting one
Alot of that also has to do with Chinese sensibilities for writing. The style can seem ham fisted, and overly convoluted for no good reason to us in the West.
You must be new here he means for an MMO it was impressive because of the graphics and the immersion for an anime MMO you really don't know what you're talking about but go ahead keep projecting and keep being jealous.
this video confirmed that the haters watch just to find something to hate on without watching the actual impression lol i agree that some of his sponsored vids are as they say they are, but this one is just a normal review cuz even tho i have gripes about this game, the combat is actually good, and the mobs are interestingly random so thanks for the views i guess
If someone showed me this and told me it was Genshin, I would believe them, and I have probably 300 hours in Genshin. I genuinely don't understand how this company isnt getting sued.
Every character can run (without stamina) and climb at the same speed so what u talkin' about ? I u refer to their kit wich made some of them fly a bit, ask yourself how hard ur life has to be to feel bad about this.
Also in shallow water tall characters dont need to swim,verina switches to swimming even with inferno rider on shallow water. Tho verina's charged attack is better than dashing
@@xPandamon you do NOT move the same way in Genshin the same way in Wuwa though (Stamina limited running and no wall running) so it feels like a real slog, and Genshin's combat feels pretty lacklustre compared to Wuwa's imo
21:59 imo it’s actually a solution to deal with powercreep in this game. In some other gacha games, meta will often be replaced after a month or two. On the other hand, PGR (Kuro’s other game) , which has the same elements system as WuWa, often has their metas replaced after 1.5 - 4 years.
I dont know much about PGR, but thanks for that info, power creep is a big problem for these types of games so Im hoping kuro is good at managing that. Honestly it feels bad pulling for a character if you just KNOW that in 3 months it'll go from S tier to B tier :/
In all honesty I feel like this game is way better then genshhin impact in my oppinion bc there's like actually good luck and very good combat quality and animations the character designs are also very well made and it's easy to play I definitely reccomend it (depending on how good ur device is tho)
Getting Changli at a 160 pulls is CRAZY bad luck. I wouldnt even blame you for getting a bad impression of the game after that lol. But yea, I love the game and I agree with those cons. They really should give characters elements more importance for the fights. While I enjoy being able to use whatever character I want at any time, I wouldnt mind at all if they gave us more reasons to switch teams.
@@zealgaming8161 I want to level more teams but I still have a rough time just keeping 3 of my main chars at top level for each difficulty spike. Even at 90 they aren't exactly generous with amount of rewards to level up chars. Really slow progress, not painful or anything, just slow. Everything is behind waveplates and there isn't much one can do.
i played this a lot, but quit (for now) soon after Changli banner. I had some annoying camera control issues that infuriated me especially while fighting a monster.. idk if it's been fixed yet tho..
They are adding some custumization options to the camera lock on feature in the next update (in 3 days) which sounds great but we will have to see if it improves the experience.
@@Shangb33 lock on feature ? no no, i'm not talking about the thingy where u can lock on to specific monster. my issue relates to moving the camera overall
@@sleepines If you mean the sensibility they said they are also fixing it now, asmongold has noticied that it was different too, idk if its better since i didnt play yet though
Been playing since launch and loving the game for the most part. I just hope they clean up the early-game experience at some point so it isnt a "it gets good by episode X" situation anymore.
Heyy.. i was checking on your channel after a long time to see current state of mmorpg.. didnt realize you also checked this game..im maining this game and hsr atm
Look at this this way kids, it gives you a reason to type something snarky and self-righteousness, and complain about how 'tHiS cHaNneL hAs rEaLlY gOnE dOwNhIlL." Enjoy your outrage masturbation!
The mechanics and designs are fire. But the dialogues are freakin terrible. And i hate that animation skip everytime you tap to next dialogue. They really half-assed those parts.
@@dongarippo7279 its honestly to bad mihoyo gatchas don't do that, getting 3 standard 5 stars at the start 2 of which are guarantied, is really nice. and then being able to use the standard currency to go for a specific limited weapon means you're not stuck with some terible 4 star. it just means if your unlucky you're early game experiance isnt affected.
Already replied in your thread but just wanted to say thank you for the fair review, glad you enjoyed it, I felt the same after playing other not so generous and more annoying fomo gacha games.
Ok Pgr ,Ark,Ba, Hsr and Gi player here and LV50 Wuwa. Basically what you said is true, but let me just a few things 1) Soundtracks in Wuwa are not good in comparison to other gacha games like PGR (Both Kuro Games). That's because they didn't use Vanguard studio to create the ost. Compare Dreamless ost, to Luna's theme: th-cam.com/video/QT7WyrhbFAI/w-d-xo.html , just for instance. They are galaxy apart imo 2) The echo farming is terrible. It is true that at maximum data bank you obtain four golden echos (Echos= artifacts), but the substat rolling is way worse than HSR and GI. 2.1)Same echos don't give the bonus required to reach the 5 piece set, meaning that you don't even have a free slot artifact. What I mean is, if I obtain a lizard lv3 with Electro Damage bonus, but I have another Lizard lv3 with electro damage bonus, I won't be able to put them in the same set cause of this stupidity. 3)The echo bonus are not even shown unless you upgrade them 4)The non-upgrade echo lv3 and lv4 can't be used to upgrade other echos like Gi and HSR, this slows the farming process a lot 5)The fact that you have to teleport each time you want to synthethize something ( 3pieces blue to obtain one violet) is stupid and time consuming 6)The challenge of the boss gives violet stone, which in terms of gacha currency, are useless. They just give materials. Meaning that, challenging Cronwless lv6 is useless if not for your own amusement. 7)The abyss system penalizes people who don't have time to build so many teams and characters owing to the stamina system. Now in PGR there is the same stamina system, but in Wuwa since the farming is way slower, this penalizes the player much more than PGR. You are obliged to build a minimum of two teams and more for the final two floors 8)Open world ost are boring and repetitive, making the exploration flat and void 9)A lot of characters seems out of the blue and poor selling. What I mean is, who is Chalcharo? Just a random hot guy? They removed his first appeareance in the story in closed beta1, and now many characters like him and Verina just feels empty and poor attachment to them. In Genshin impact Diluc, Razor and even Lisa, where sold well through the main story and story quest. These characters feels empty in comparison. That's the same mistake that Tower of Fantasy did. We had Merly, King ( the Diluc clone), but who where they? What role they played in the story? Why should I pull for them? If you lack reason to get attached or know a character, then you also slowly lose the interest in the game itelfs. Overlall, as a PGR player, for now, if I have to be honest, I give this game a 7 out of 10. It has a lot of space of improvement, it's still unripe, like a green apple or an uncoocked cake. Kuo games listen to the players, so, we hope for the best
When I saw you were giving this game a review, before I clicked play, I was praying with my fingers crossed hoping that you would give it a fair review after progressing atleast at Act 6-7. And what do you know... you did, and you even did the ToA, Simulations and even the Illusive Realm . I love this gacha game, and I'm happy you gave it fair review after progressing later in the game compared to some other so-called known game reviewer (ehem..IGN). The pros and cons are also a on point, I agree that the first Acts are boring but becomes extremely interesting after Act 6. Thanks for giving this game a go!
@@gergokerekes4550 that depends on the sponsor in question to be fair as while its true some sponsors force the person to say specific things kuro is not known for doing that kuro just likes getting the word out about their game but they do not tell people what they can or cant say due to them being confident in their products. also literally every con and positive he said about the game is the way alot of people feel about it so nothing he said seemed told to say
The "Shiny" aka other palette of the Echos was supposed to be hard RNG grind hell with better stats than normal one if i remember? but people hated it hence why they just simply reused it as a Skin.
@@nssr4031 let's say Genshin is for the casual player that likes story > combat. and WuWa respects a player's skill a bit more. idk about WuWa's story but i do hear that it's basically a more mature version genshin which i can appreciate. because playing genshin seems like i'm playing a game for 8 year olds and up. WuWa feels more like 16 and up.
@@vincentdarkrosrayne wuwas story is not genshin but mature. wuwas story is basically the same but you are sucked down becouse it got rewritten after the chinese players laughed it out of the room in cbts.
@@nssr4031 At least they have a Skip button for dialogue and cutscenes and traversal isn't tedious. I like both games, but I can never defend Genshin because their old heads in suits don't want to add any QoL.
Game is honestly great if you enjoy games like Genshin. I have played both and I prefer Wuthering its a lot more dark/adult and the combat is phenomenal and pull system is better just because of no 50/50 on weapons. I know he was sponsored for this but his opinions are really pretty spot on if he has played other games that are similar
I don't think you need a god tier rig i just started and it's running smooth as butter high graphics on my legion go. Basically low-mid range laptop specs. It's designed for phones lol
I know Gachas are taboo especially in the west. But if there's a gacha company and a game that I could honestly recommend to at least try for a non-gacha player is this. Primarily, due to how the devs are communitive and receives feedback. The developers of this game (Kuro Games) are one of the best you could get in gacha. And I've played a lot of them including Hoyo games. As for the game. Imagine Genshin with DMC combat and switch mechanics and pokemon. I know this is an ad, but Peon's review is actually fair. And the devs are known yo just let their sponsored CC to just say whatever (according to Stix while talking to Tectone during an interview). The only big con is that it's gacha which means the systems related to it eill be there. That's it. Also to Peon. Grab as many reputable sponsors as you can. We won't judge you. These people are hypocrites. As if they wouldn't entertain sponsors if they're on your shoes. Also, 17:24 yeah they do not. The only limit is the weekly bosses.
I played genshin for a while then tried getting back to it after over a long period, totally expecting a much better game, but nope, same crap, just different power crept characters. mihoyo simply kept making other games in order to get more cash, but totally disregarded any feedback for improving the game. kuro games congrats on expertly pushing the genre forward (skip
I'll never understand people like you that purposely skip story in a game. It's the only thing that ties things together if not we're just chimps pushing same 2 buttons for 50 hours lol. But to each their own
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I will argue with you with ONE CON - Elements don't seem to have big impact - coz they aren't from Genshin Impact duh :D - anyway I LOVE IT! I freakin' hate that Genshin elemental reactions, and you may ask "BUT WHY are you hater of this mechanic?" COZ I CAN PLAY any character team comp I WANT instead of building just characters to get best combo wombo with elements - IT IS CALLED GATEKEEPING or something. ALSO you are wrong elements have no impact - havoc enemy takes less dmg from havok Rover for example etc. so there is relevance in elements usage BUT it won't that much hold you back (oh and those flying rock enemies are immune to element they are build from - but you know that).
@@WojDestroyer chill bro
Use the turtle echo Peon you won't be dissapointed
It's amazing
Very fair review, you did a very good job representing and reviewing the content, new sub!
Ppl saying it’s too late to do a vid on this game, I don’t get it, I’ve never even heard of this game so I’m interested
i tried the game but had ptsd when i first booted it up to Genshin impact. i thought it was gonna be another slow paced, unskippable dialogue, material gathering slog of a game. so seeing videos like this makes me want to give WuWa a second chance. because ZZZ wasn't doing it for me.
@@vincentdarkrosrayne Not my type of game, I don’t like genshin and the other anime ones, but still it seems interesting
@@MetastaticMaladies same ong
They think everyone knows about their 0/10 gambling games.
omg welcome to the club you guys
I've thought about going back to genshin a couple times since I stopped playing the game a year or 2 ago but the idea of all the unskippable dialogue I'd have to go thru(which made me stop playing in the first place) has kept me away. Looks like this game is going to scratch that itch. I miss this style of combat/exploration and definitely going to give it a go, thx for sharing your review
If you dislike story so damn much then, yes, Genshin is definitely not a game for you
@megamcee yeah because besides combat and gameplay, story is the only thing genshin is good at but its good to mediocre at best
genshin story is overrated I cringe every time someone calls it a masterpiece saying things like it made them cry, you can tell they only play genshin lol
same reason for me, my account is AR59 last time i tried to go back to genshin story pushed me away again. not having a skip button is terrible especially for uninteresting side quests, and for main story the too much dialogues makes you lose your focus.
i just find wuthering waves to be the better genshin for me, better mobility, better combat, way less childish, and way less annoying storytelling, main downsides are the worse optimization (even on pc it does stutter sometimes) and the less polish compared to genshin
when you taste being able to skip stuff and run on a wall, you'll never even consider going back to genshin again.
Bro really waited on that sponsor lmao
That's how he makes a living
True, I don't hate it but deep down, I want to listen to his own absolute non biased opinion@@georgesmikhael2834
Imagine playing Genshin for 1000+ hours like he said and don't give WuWa a try.... smh
@@georgesmikhael2834 Lol, but still makes sure to add the "i was going to cover this anyway". Like no game can be covered and no money can be made without a cringe sponsorship from that company.
@@janitor8884 idk why you have problem with it. If he covers it and doesnt get paid, you are fine with it, and when he gets paid you whine? Dont seem fair imho.
Been playing every day since release, can't wait for the new Patch to arrive
Same, but it feels a little like genshin now tbh. Log in, play 10-15 minutes and log out. The rewards are 300 roll currencies for a maintenanace and they give us a free 5 star character that I have no interest in, but that's just me. Many people are probably crazy about it but to me it's like a genshin free copy = won't even level it. Kudos if he is somewhat OP though, but I have doubts.
@@dongarippo7279 he is op especially if you pair him with yinlin+his animations are great and he has the best sound design in the game right now. The only think that makes him feel cheap is his design which is subjective because i saw a lot of people that liked it.
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1.2 has been really good for a filler patch
@@Shangb33 tbh his 3d model makes him look way better than the 2d art. But yeah sometimes his clothes make him look less interesting than other 5 star characters.
optimization is a bit rough still, but the improvements are already insane, and the combat system is the most fun i've had in any gacha yet
mobile or pc? im ok with pc, but I think you need a pretty beastly phone or tablet to run it well. I hope they manage to improve it.
@@edumazieri it ran pretty good on my iphone15 pro max (which is a beastly phone i know), but i play on pc with some FPS unlocking mods and UE5 optimizations
Oh damn this looks great and not just visually! I donno what it is though but I usually can't be bothered to play games like this lol. I can't explain it, but maybe I will try with this one
its pretty sick you wont regret trying it
Am I the only one who finds it excruciating to keep going through multiple menus of stuff to level up and upgrade with all kinds different materials all the time just to keep doing the same thing with bigger numbers?
it seems you are too old for videogames now my man
@@songsandanims or maybe he just likes good games
@@songsandanims You must be right, but it still seems weird to me that the younger audience who barely have the attention span to watch an entire 30 seconds tik tok video could continue to enjoy those endlessly repetitive tedious tasks forever.
Maybe the dopamine hit of seeing numbers get bigger is enough to make it worth it. It's probably like getting more views, likes and followers on your socials. "Clear path to bigger numbers yes please!"
@@SeeStral-n9h I'd say good UI design, there are good games with garbage UI, look at Monster Hunter and tbf most of japanese games for that matter, especially jrpgs, they love their garbage uis with 3249023 confusing menus
You're not the only one, no one likes it but most people that play just tolerate it. They might fight with you about the complaint with ways to ignore it or "get over" it but if you described a different system, or 7 months from now when the game adds "quality of life" no one will say: "I prefer the old way where it took forever and was tedious."
That said, what I enjoy in the games overall is mastery of the different characters, enemies, and bosses. That's worth much more than the numbers which are just RNG (gearing) anyway. Being able to fight enemies without getting hit and maximize rotations and combos is worthwhile. And once mastered on a given character or team, learning it on different teams is where the replay value comes in prior to new content. You might enjoy the game similarly, but it would be MUCH better if the game focused around such a loop instead of promoting just collecting currency for showing up every day.
For example, if each character came with their own bounty list of achievements that basically rewarded you for mastering all the enemies and combos of the character: such as "Defeat 10 XXXXX without taking any damage," "Perform 6 outro skills within 1 minute" and of course defeating each of the bosses with each character, etc.
These games are moving towards being games people actually play as opposed to games you just collect and manage, so I'm hopeful within the next few years they will continue on this path adding more gameplay focus without losing the excitement of story, characters, and frequent updates as well as the accessibility of auto/skip/clear functions.
12:00 - the thing with this is, maybe not an amazing design, WuWa loving to introduce bosses through Exploration (turquoisish) Quests
Wuwa is amazing been playing since day 1.
i start playing 2 weeks ago and it's much fun i'm hooked
Thank u for continuing to venture into the abyss and finding the gems amongst the rabble.
Honestly, as somebody who put a decent number of hours in... if you're gonna play a gacha game at all, play Wuthering Waves. The story is awful at first, but quickly gets at least somewhat interesting. Meanwhile, the combat is the real draw. It's actually fun and not *just* "mash the same button 500 times", though there is a healthy bit of that too. The dailies aren't things that are annoying to do, they're things that you're likely to end up doing anyway and most can be completed accidentally while burning your energy. Overall, solid game. I only stopped playing because I switched to Linux full time and there's no Linux launcher yet.
Wine / proton?
@@someonesomewhere8658 Nope. It uses anticheat that isn't compatible with Wine/Proton. Some people had a workaround for a while there, but then the devs patched it.
@@someonesomewhere8658 probably works trat way, i've been using my steam deck to play it personaly.
The fact that you don't play just one character is immersion breaking enough for me that I can't play such games.
I read the title as "Wither's Waves" and thought this was about BG3.
I read it as wuthering babes
Desing of characters and exploration is great, also the combat, at least for me, is more fun than in other action gacha
I'm really glad you reviewed this game and I agree that it's a pretty damn good game. Yeah, the character movement is super crisp and cycling through your toons at the right time changes everything. Also, yeah....the echos are really fun. A super cool added touch to the game. IMO, you're the best game reviewer on YT. Keep it up, my man.
For anyone planning to play the game who's in for the story. I recommend reaching atleast Act 6 or even better, Act 7 before deciding to drop the game because of the story. Act 1 - 4 is very well known to be a rough ride in the community. I wish they would rework the first few acts so that newcomers won't be put off by it.
Well they lowered the UL lvl for the quest so they'll get to the later quest faster than us on release.
oh the good ole "it gets better X hours in" excuse.
@@gergokerekes4550 That ain't excuse, that's just a fact.
@@orimu836 If I need to slog through the first few acts that is widely known to be "rough" in the community, then it is an excuse. Many times have I tried to engage in something - games, shows, or anything else - and found myself struggling to keep going while everyone is going, "It gets better at X." No, if something is giving me the "It gets better after X" then it's crap.
@@EJ_Red But it was a fact that it got good tho. If it didn't actually get good, then I would agree that its just an excuse to make people play the game even tho the entirety is sht.
Yo, Peon, there's a way to target farm guaranteed echo drops. You should look up the process, if you plan on actually farming out teams. Its super convenient.
At 9:44 it had me dying lol...but I am glad you tired this out, I put sooo many hours into this game the combat and TD system is what really pulled me in.
Watches this while playing WUWA. I had shit luck with Changli too, but I agree, she is way worth it. I did get a double pull on her weapon though. I've already pre-farmed for the free 5 star, so yes, I'm excited.
I agree with your pro/con for this game. I play and enjoy the game (along with other games), I highly recommend this one.
I was super pumped when the game dropped and played it for two months, but I just recently stopped because it felt way too much like my three years with Genshin. I’m totally burned out on this kind of game.
Yeah now it's just another genshin. I'd recommend Snowbreak for you, if it seems to be something for you. It's not at all as taxing as other gacha's and you more or less can get every new character they drop, they have 100% banners too for both char and weapons. They offer free GOOD characters and very generous on weekly pull currencies and such.
Still, some characters are a little too.. haha.. Anyway...
I feel you. I cannot get invested in Wuwa bec I've been playing Genshin religiously before.
Oh wow you actually did pretty much everything
So Im currently giving this a shot and I kid you not the first single pull I did was changli, didnt pay a dime.
The only thing I found a bit "missed the spot" on the video is the elemental combos and how useful they re. As you saw, u do 0 damage on this specific enemy depending your element, you do also have elemental resistance even if they game doesn't really communicate it and finally, the Tower of Adversity let's you know about bonuses on floors depending your element. A
Apart from that, as I mentioned on comments, spot on. Especially the terminology comment speaks out of my mind.
I like how when Genshin came out it was coined as a "breath of the wild/waifu" clone. And essentially what I'm seeing here is Genshin with cyper-fantasy art and maybe some soul kalibur/Tales style combat and a distinct last of Paimon.
8:42 dude thats a really good concept for endgame content!
WuWa is best open world gacha, and ZZZ is the best non open world gacha imo. I play both.
I have mixed feelings about ZZZ, very well polished but I stopped once I realized the combat, while flashy and smooth, felt like I'd need to fall asleep in order to lose a fight. its like mihoyo hates difficulty :/
you know it's cosmically hilarious how my favorite games of all time are Devil May Cry 5, NieR Automata and Persona 3 and 5... so i'm eating so damn GOOD with ZZZ and Wuwa hahaha I'm so glad I gave up on other live service games I used to frequent before (Destiny 2 especially) for this
@@zealgaming8161 i feel your pain man.. Feels like Bungie and 343 definitely fucked up my lifespan a little and I'll never get those hours back but hey, we live and learn
@@zealgaming8161 I feel it's more like login in and play 10-15 minutes to get the roll currency and log out. Then every now and then we get some area to explore for a day or two and it's back to the login - logout loop.
@@AmaedoSensei
we got the exact
same favourites and currently
playing, except persona. It’s been on my backlog, is it any good?
I rly like the old style video editing. S-tier imo. 🖤
I just downloaded it. The game is fun and the fight mechanics are a blast . The menus and currencies are confusing. But, I love the open world climbing and gliding.
I understand the need to take sponsorships to put food on the table, still didn't stop me from turning off the vid 1m30s in at the moment you mentioned it was sponsored. I'm a long time watcher of your channel, and every time you're sponsored to do a first impressions it feels like you go overly easy on the game, like things that you complain about in other games are missing from your cons list on sponsored vids even when some of those things are clearly in the game, so now I just skip your sponsored vids. Be careful, like many people I started watching you because of how genuine your opinions were, and these sponsored first impressions vids of yours feel anything but genuine to me.
this just shows you aren't an actual fan of lazy peon. if such a low barrier puts you off of his videos instead of respecting that he does his usual thing whether a game is sponsored or not. if he doesn't like the game, he doesn't like it and will definitely voice why in his "Cons". i don't know what is up with gamers and their high horse when it comes to sponsored content. the guy has to make a living and he's telling you about the game. good and bad from his perspective.
so what u expecting from peon? u want him not having fun with the game? u expect peon will hate the game? or u just hate wuwa in general and expecting peon hate this game and still love "the other game in the genre"?
@@vincentdarkrosrayne The good old "you arent a true fan if you dont agree" and the "opinion isnt same as mine means up on high horse". No one likes cringe sponsored content because no matter how many times people say it doesnt affect there opinion, it in fact does because thats how people work.
@@vincentdarkrosrayne def voice it in his cons XD
you are a funny guy.
@@vincentdarkrosrayne you can be a fan without being a blind simp, when you grow up a bit you'll understand that little fella.
120fps mode for pc coming in patch 1.2 is the biggest hype for me x
Been waiting for this
Ive been thinking about getting this game and ghis review definitely made it a yes
"Hero Collector" what an odd way to say it lmao
Definitely can relate with having a skip I just want to play the game ill catch onto the story as I go
Finally a game worth playing!
best combat in the genre EVER
23min long ad
I love the part where he showed how much money the developer gave him to actually get the level of progression he did
i mean...he literraly said it lol
Been playing since day 1 and is honestly pretty enjoyable game, specially if you like good combat, pretty fun
usually not a fan of this genre but if this game ends up on steam i will actually try it out.
I'm hopeful for the PS5 release because I want a new action combat game to dump time into
It always baffles me how games have advanced so much in the last 20 years, but yet can't seem to pick up on obvious writing improvements that have been available these past 20 years.
well writers just like everyone else are still human after all and not all writers are good nor are aware of every form of writing improvement. having said that i think thats just an issue with kuro as a whole whoever their writers are seem to be better at continuing a story rather than starting one
Alot of that also has to do with Chinese sensibilities for writing. The style can seem ham fisted, and overly convoluted for no good reason to us in the West.
*character's walking*
TheLazyPeon: " OMG this game is sick*
Gotta pay those bills
Meanwhile try to climb in Genshin without a Kirara....
You must be new here he means for an MMO it was impressive because of the graphics and the immersion for an anime MMO you really don't know what you're talking about but go ahead keep projecting and keep being jealous.
Kiss up more? Man dude clearly is dressing the review up. You're high on copeium if you overlook that@@StarseedResistance
this video confirmed that the haters watch just to find something to hate on without watching the actual impression lol
i agree that some of his sponsored vids are as they say they are, but this one is just a normal review
cuz even tho i have gripes about this game, the combat is actually good, and the mobs are interestingly random
so thanks for the views i guess
11:33 bro is exactly right (shes the best healer/buffer in the game lol)
If someone showed me this and told me it was Genshin, I would believe them, and I have probably 300 hours in Genshin. I genuinely don't understand how this company isnt getting sued.
🤡
Yep, you made me wanna try it.
couldn't start a game without watching the review from TheLazyPeon.
All these games feel the same to me. Wild that they do as well as they do.
Traveling and climbing is 5* alone
Every character can run (without stamina) and climb at the same speed so what u talkin' about ?
I u refer to their kit wich made some of them fly a bit, ask yourself how hard ur life has to be to feel bad about this.
@@daronnarcissik4797 No, tall characters run slightly faster
Also in shallow water tall characters dont need to swim,verina switches to swimming even with inferno rider on shallow water. Tho verina's charged attack is better than dashing
@@arhived8766Just like in Genshin, which this game loves to ripoff down to the UI
@@xPandamon you do NOT move the same way in Genshin the same way in Wuwa though (Stamina limited running and no wall running) so it feels like a real slog, and Genshin's combat feels pretty lacklustre compared to Wuwa's imo
I'm going to try this game for the open world itself . The world looks very interesting
Can’t wait for the next sponsored video!!!!
Its a free game, so nothing to lose for trying it out
21:59 imo it’s actually a solution to deal with powercreep in this game. In some other gacha games, meta will often be replaced after a month or two.
On the other hand, PGR (Kuro’s other game) , which has the same elements system as WuWa, often has their metas replaced after 1.5 - 4 years.
I dont know much about PGR, but thanks for that info, power creep is a big problem for these types of games so Im hoping kuro is good at managing that. Honestly it feels bad pulling for a character if you just KNOW that in 3 months it'll go from S tier to B tier :/
In all honesty I feel like this game is way better then genshhin impact in my oppinion bc there's like actually good luck and very good combat quality and animations the character designs are also very well made and it's easy to play I definitely reccomend it (depending on how good ur device is tho)
have u tried snowbreak? :)
7:02 > Spider Civic 1.5 182HP Sport
Even though I have a beefy PC, I can't help but play gacha's on my phone. Something about the 100s of menus that make it easier..
Just downloaded it, it looks gorgeous and i love Anime, though i´ve never played this type of game yet. we´ll see how i like it^^
7:07 car spider things were in one of X-Com games.
I just of this game looks good about to try it hope its good i wonder if they have multiplayer stuff
Very good guess on the flower loli, she haunts my every nightmare
Getting Changli at a 160 pulls is CRAZY bad luck. I wouldnt even blame you for getting a bad impression of the game after that lol.
But yea, I love the game and I agree with those cons. They really should give characters elements more importance for the fights. While I enjoy being able to use whatever character I want at any time, I wouldnt mind at all if they gave us more reasons to switch teams.
@@zealgaming8161 I want to level more teams but I still have a rough time just keeping 3 of my main chars at top level for each difficulty spike. Even at 90 they aren't exactly generous with amount of rewards to level up chars.
Really slow progress, not painful or anything, just slow. Everything is behind waveplates and there isn't much one can do.
Nice game if you lower brightness it looks even more beautiful the graphics
i played this a lot, but quit (for now) soon after Changli banner. I had some annoying camera control issues that infuriated me especially while fighting a monster.. idk if it's been fixed yet tho..
They are adding some custumization options to the camera lock on feature in the next update (in 3 days) which sounds great but we will have to see if it improves the experience.
@@Shangb33 lock on feature ? no no, i'm not talking about the thingy where u can lock on to specific monster. my issue relates to moving the camera overall
@@sleepines If you mean the sensibility they said they are also fixing it now, asmongold has noticied that it was different too, idk if its better since i didnt play yet though
@marceloaugusto2335 i don't know what the sensibility issue would be, or do i have it? i did record the issue i had and posted it on "twitter"
Bro can you try the new 2.0 update?
Been playing since launch and loving the game for the most part. I just hope they clean up the early-game experience at some point so it isnt a "it gets good by episode X" situation anymore.
the FF14 curse, "it gets good after 70 hours, bro."
If you’re being sponsored by the game you are reviewing, you are marketing.
Ads channel > Review channel
yeah, at this point every new video is a paid ad.
and you can see that he does go realy easy on any paid vid compared to the older normal vids.
gotta pay the bills I guess lmao
Heyy.. i was checking on your channel after a long time to see current state of mmorpg.. didnt realize you also checked this game..im maining this game and hsr atm
Welcome to the rabbit hole, bro.
The audio quality is really bad in this one, also hearing you click and press keys. But overall good vid
Wuthering Waves is amazing!!
at this point, Peon's channel just became an advertising board rather then a review channel
Yeah… I’ll unsubscribe and maybe check in every once in a while and see if he’s gone back to real reviews.
Unsubbing too, should have done it earlier
Look at this this way kids, it gives you a reason to type something snarky and self-righteousness, and complain about how 'tHiS cHaNneL hAs rEaLlY gOnE dOwNhIlL." Enjoy your outrage masturbation!
TH-camr making videos to make money? unheard of
The mechanics and designs are fire. But the dialogues are freakin terrible. And i hate that animation skip everytime you tap to next dialogue. They really half-assed those parts.
Never to late to start WuWa😆
they still have the launch rewards, the free S heroes and summons. so yeah never too late
@@thegray0 They should keep those forever, everyone could use a little boost when starting a new game.
@@dongarippo7279 its honestly to bad mihoyo gatchas don't do that, getting 3 standard 5 stars at the start 2 of which are guarantied, is really nice. and then being able to use the standard currency to go for a specific limited weapon means you're not stuck with some terible 4 star. it just means if your unlucky you're early game experiance isnt affected.
Already replied in your thread but just wanted to say thank you for the fair review, glad you enjoyed it, I felt the same after playing other not so generous and more annoying fomo gacha games.
Ok Pgr ,Ark,Ba, Hsr and Gi player here and LV50 Wuwa.
Basically what you said is true, but let me just a few things
1) Soundtracks in Wuwa are not good in comparison to other gacha games like PGR (Both Kuro Games). That's because they didn't use Vanguard studio to create the ost.
Compare Dreamless ost, to Luna's theme: th-cam.com/video/QT7WyrhbFAI/w-d-xo.html , just for instance. They are galaxy apart imo
2) The echo farming is terrible. It is true that at maximum data bank you obtain four golden echos (Echos= artifacts), but the substat rolling is way worse than HSR and GI.
2.1)Same echos don't give the bonus required to reach the 5 piece set, meaning that you don't even have a free slot artifact.
What I mean is, if I obtain a lizard lv3 with Electro Damage bonus, but I have another Lizard lv3 with electro damage bonus, I won't be able to put them in the same set cause of this stupidity.
3)The echo bonus are not even shown unless you upgrade them
4)The non-upgrade echo lv3 and lv4 can't be used to upgrade other echos like Gi and HSR, this slows the farming process a lot
5)The fact that you have to teleport each time you want to synthethize something ( 3pieces blue to obtain one violet) is stupid and time consuming
6)The challenge of the boss gives violet stone, which in terms of gacha currency, are useless. They just give materials. Meaning that, challenging Cronwless lv6 is useless if not for your own amusement.
7)The abyss system penalizes people who don't have time to build so many teams and characters owing to the stamina system. Now in PGR there is the same stamina system, but in Wuwa since the farming is way slower, this penalizes the player much more than PGR. You are obliged to build a minimum of two teams and more for the final two floors
8)Open world ost are boring and repetitive, making the exploration flat and void
9)A lot of characters seems out of the blue and poor selling. What I mean is, who is Chalcharo? Just a random hot guy? They removed his first appeareance in the story in closed beta1, and now many characters like him and Verina just feels empty and poor attachment to them. In Genshin impact Diluc, Razor and even Lisa, where sold well through the main story and story quest. These characters feels empty in comparison. That's the same mistake that Tower of Fantasy did. We had Merly, King ( the Diluc clone), but who where they? What role they played in the story? Why should I pull for them? If you lack reason to get attached or know a character, then you also slowly lose the interest in the game itelfs.
Overlall, as a PGR player, for now, if I have to be honest, I give this game a 7 out of 10. It has a lot of space of improvement, it's still unripe, like a green apple or an uncoocked cake. Kuo games listen to the players, so, we hope for the best
Honestly, 7 is pretty good coming from a Kuroplayer
I heard Vanguard is coming to work on the music, they were working only on sound effects
@@lilblkrose Indeed, I was being generous, most of those problems are not easily solvable, because they are related to the game core mechanics
Aight new sub!
Looks pretty fun to be honest! Is the game also releasing on PS5 with the 1.2 patch or was it delayed?
some ppl r mad becoz he enjoys the game lmao
also cuz he fire shots at a certain game for having shit systems xD
When I saw you were giving this game a review, before I clicked play, I was praying with my fingers crossed hoping that you would give it a fair review after progressing atleast at Act 6-7. And what do you know... you did, and you even did the ToA, Simulations and even the Illusive Realm . I love this gacha game, and I'm happy you gave it fair review after progressing later in the game compared to some other so-called known game reviewer (ehem..IGN). The pros and cons are also a on point, I agree that the first Acts are boring but becomes extremely interesting after Act 6. Thanks for giving this game a go!
fair reviews do not involve sponsor money my lad.
@@gergokerekes4550 touché.
@@gergokerekes4550 that depends on the sponsor in question to be fair as while its true some sponsors force the person to say specific things kuro is not known for doing that kuro just likes getting the word out about their game but they do not tell people what they can or cant say due to them being confident in their products. also literally every con and positive he said about the game is the way alot of people feel about it so nothing he said seemed told to say
@@MrBentalton777 I would give you the benefit of the doubt IF peon was not sucking on the literal worst phone drivel for the correct amount if cash.
@@gergokerekes4550 I mean ww objectively is the best f2p game on the market so no idea what you mean by " worst phone drivel"
No outfits for the Resonators, but the Echo's have "outfits" (palette swap). Which I struggle to care about, but Kuro thinks we want them.
There's rumour about gacha skins coming
The "Shiny" aka other palette of the Echos was supposed to be hard RNG grind hell with better stats than normal one if i remember? but people hated it hence why they just simply reused it as a Skin.
I love this game and finally Genshin Impact got competition so both Kuro and Hoyo gonna try out perform each other = consumer wins.
Looks like a copy of Genshin
@@nssr4031 let's say Genshin is for the casual player that likes story > combat. and WuWa respects a player's skill a bit more. idk about WuWa's story but i do hear that it's basically a more mature version genshin which i can appreciate. because playing genshin seems like i'm playing a game for 8 year olds and up. WuWa feels more like 16 and up.
@@vincentdarkrosrayne wuwas story is not genshin but mature.
wuwas story is basically the same but you are sucked down becouse it got rewritten after the chinese players laughed it out of the room in cbts.
@@nssr4031 so а copy of Zelda?
@@nssr4031 At least they have a Skip button for dialogue and cutscenes and traversal isn't tedious.
I like both games, but I can never defend Genshin because their old heads in suits don't want to add any QoL.
Game is honestly great if you enjoy games like Genshin. I have played both and I prefer Wuthering its a lot more dark/adult and the combat is phenomenal and pull system is better just because of no 50/50 on weapons. I know he was sponsored for this but his opinions are really pretty spot on if he has played other games that are similar
Wish they would really optimize this game further for us player without god-tier rigs.
I don't think you need a god tier rig i just started and it's running smooth as butter high graphics on my legion go. Basically low-mid range laptop specs. It's designed for phones lol
Happy Sunday!
I know Gachas are taboo especially in the west. But if there's a gacha company and a game that I could honestly recommend to at least try for a non-gacha player is this. Primarily, due to how the devs are communitive and receives feedback. The developers of this game (Kuro Games) are one of the best you could get in gacha. And I've played a lot of them including Hoyo games.
As for the game. Imagine Genshin with DMC combat and switch mechanics and pokemon.
I know this is an ad, but Peon's review is actually fair. And the devs are known yo just let their sponsored CC to just say whatever (according to Stix while talking to Tectone during an interview). The only big con is that it's gacha which means the systems related to it eill be there. That's it.
Also to Peon. Grab as many reputable sponsors as you can. We won't judge you. These people are hypocrites. As if they wouldn't entertain sponsors if they're on your shoes.
Also, 17:24 yeah they do not. The only limit is the weekly bosses.
I played genshin for a while then tried getting back to it after over a long period, totally expecting a much better game, but nope, same crap, just different power crept characters. mihoyo simply kept making other games in order to get more cash, but totally disregarded any feedback for improving the game.
kuro games congrats on expertly pushing the genre forward (skip
My favourite game at the moment. Holograms are real challenge at lvl 6, combat is top notch and exploring the world is fun.
I'll never understand people like you that purposely skip story in a game. It's the only thing that ties things together if not we're just chimps pushing same 2 buttons for 50 hours lol. But to each their own
Everyone already check it out themself !!
Interesting - I've never played the genre but this looks fun. // Edit: I made it an hour - I don't think the genre is for me.
I tried this game yesterday but I felt so overwhelmed and bored at the same time with the story
Feels like this channel start to late at every information that we need 😢
Did you do something with your mic? Something sounds.. Off.
I like how he shows him scrolling thru menus but then SKIPS THE GAMEPLAY??? Ehhhhhh????
Don't hold back in criticizing WuWa, the community loves it.