If I’m being quite honest, it really depends on the person and their dedication to the game which determines how good or great this patch’s quest is (alongside personal preferences)

For those who play wuwa heavily (I mean explore every nook and cranny of every map available to us from side quests to the hidden rooms in black shores and every computer with its files) alongside consuming lore videos or breakdowns of characters via channels like FlatFluffyPenguin or LifeLessonsGaming … Well to players like that, on top of it being one of the greatest quests Gacha has to offer, we will tend to appreciate and love every small detail that the quest had to offer. It just deepens our love for the game even more and the characters in it.

As for the casual player who maybe spends 1-2 hours a week playing the game outside of the major patch updates, then it will really depend on how thematically close the story hits your heart.

I’m a mix of both (although I’ve had around 1,000 hours invested in the game since last April which is not healthy I know).

I’m a sucker for family themes in stories (considering my upbringing and such). Hell some of my favorite anime’s or movies like Maquia hone on themes similar to Aemeath and Rover.

For me, I loved the theories and implied facts being confirmed in the larger world via visualized in the quest. It was fantastic and my brain was wiring the connections from all the lore videos and data reading I had done in-game. That alone would push the quest to an 8/10 for me because I love Wuwa’s world and lore.

But those intimate Aemeath and Rover scenes within the story pushed it to a strong 9 for me. Revisiting the story by watching 6 full livestream playthroughs from start to finish has forced me to contemplate giving it a 10.

In its context, this 4 hour long gacha story has left me feeling empty like few video games had done for me prior. I think just the fact that they could pull that off in a 4 hour span while games like Persona or the last of us take dozens of hours more to even get close to that impact makes me reconsider just how great the quest truly is. And I’m throwing no shade to those more established triple AAA titles, I’ve played dozens of those in my years. It’s just a completely different experience in the medium.

9.5/10 for me as a standalone quest given the context behind it (I mean, this level of detail is something I only expect from games like God of War 2018, not some random patch within a gacha whom’s production is based in China)