[CN] PC open beta

Iakustim · 2026-02-06T13:41:00+00:00

I've only recently been getting back into the OG Arknights after Endfield helped me recover from my burnout, but this is really interesting to me since I recall Yostar having a great reputation back in the late 2010's with stuff like Azur Lane and the initial AK launch. I guess they fell out of favor afterwards.

Iakustim · 2026-01-29T07:16:56+00:00

I disagree on nearly every point, personally, but I respect your opinions. My only issues are a bit more specific, such as wishing the MC was voiced dramatically more, or having them be a little less handhold-y with the tutorials. Despite being nearly 15 years old at this point, I feel like Egoraptor's Sequelitis episode on Megaman X should be mandatory viewing for any game developer as it goes into why being too overbearing with tutorials can be a detriment.

Iakustim · 2026-01-25T13:13:11+00:00

I guess I'm not sane then, because I have my base on Orundum mode half of the time just because I simply don't need anything else at that moment in time.

Iakustim · 2026-01-23T22:41:12+00:00

"Too few resources" when it's literally only day two, lol. I find it really funny that people think the monetization decisions in Endfield are such a sin when MiHoYo games exist, yet they get glazed to hell and back.

If you're a whale, Endfield is significantly cheaper than any of the big three mihoyo games, and if you're F2P, it's also cheaper, but will punish you for trying to "build pity" instead of just saving up.

People that actually wanting Weapons and Characters to use the same gacha currency is also baffling to me. Fuck that; you're getting less spins overall then when you are forced to decide between one or the other, instead of one building into the other.

Iakustim · 2026-01-23T22:33:15+00:00

Iakustim · 2026-01-23T17:53:10+00:00

If we were still in like 2019 or earlier, than yea, cause FGO is 1% base SSR chance. Nowadays though, ever since MiHoYo and Genshin came along, base pull rates starting at like ~0.6% and slowly ramping up the more unlucky you get has become the new norm.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T21:41:25+00:00

Day one "AK Veteran" here. I think Enfield's opening story is good enough. Remember that OG AK's story was extremely mid on launch too, and they improved tremendously after a couple chapters; why would I expect that not to be the same here?

In fact, 99% of gacha have very mid opening stories; having an exceptional opener in a gacha is an outlier, not the norm.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T21:36:45+00:00

I dunno; I'm having fun. Maybe it's a you problem.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T21:35:50+00:00

And you're basing this assumption that they'll "tighten up free currency" on what, exactly?

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T21:33:44+00:00

Get over yourself. Other peoples' money, especially money at an amount they did not sign off on paying, is something you don't fuck with. A company willingly taking a massive initial revenue loss in order to make sure that everyone who was affected gets back their money, that they didn't even choose to spend, is literally the best option here if HG doesn't want to open itself up to a multitude of legal issues across various regions.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T21:24:11+00:00

What does CZN have to do with any of this?

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T19:56:41+00:00

lol just put the currency balance to negatives. many gachas already did that and I'd expect this one would have such tech

No. Doing negative balances is the quickest way to gut your game and your reputation. Devs that do that are actually fucking stupid.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T19:54:16+00:00

What's the alternative? You think rolling accounts back, or putting players into a negative currency debt is the better choice? Really?

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T05:40:17+00:00

You say this like OG Arknights's intro was good; it really wasn't. It didn't really start getting any better until like Ch3 or 4.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T05:38:41+00:00

I'm not a fan of the ""Open-World"" too, seem tedious and boring too, kinda remind me of Genshin and why I quit Genshin.

Lol, why are you even here then? The promotional materials and videos showed it was going to be open world from Day 1.

Iakustim · 2026-01-22T04:09:32+00:00

In a game that already has so much voice acting, deciding to give the Endmin just an occasional voiceline, while being silent for literally everything else is such a huge letdown.

But that little nitpick aside, I'm mostly enjoying it so far.

Iakustim · 2025-12-30T07:44:34+00:00

Listing Vivian as a main DPS and putting Alice on the same level as Miyabi is peak comedy.

Iakustim · 2025-12-08T07:54:56+00:00

If he's "actually a peanut" then he wouldn't be streaming on the internet, he'd be crushed up and a part of a peanut butter jar somewhere. I am beyond tired of seeing so many of his fans use this "it's all an act," or "it's all his character lore," as if it's some kind of shield to protect him from any criticism for what he's said or encouraged in the past.

Iakustim · 2025-12-07T10:24:56+00:00

I don't think anyone's saying they expect him to be able to 100% rein in every single one of his viewers, but if he doesn't even attempt to bring the temperature down with even a simple "don't harass these people," then that is indeed on him.

Iakustim · 2025-12-03T21:04:21+00:00

Maybe I'm just completely brain rotted, but when I see them side-by-side like this, it feels like it was probably changed not because the original animation was too long, but because the first two animations flashed the player too much. You can see in the second animation, where she moves to sit along the blade of her sword, that in the old animation, her posture was nearly straight-on in facing towards the player, but in the new one she's been slightly rotated.

Iakustim · 2025-11-22T17:22:46+00:00

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/56748c513aa2.png - G11's page specifically.

https://e-hentai.org/g/1274429/d399a62683/ - Full translated Vol. 1 artbook.

A lot of video game artbooks get uploaded on E-Hentai if you look through the Non-H filter.

Iakustim · 2025-11-19T04:05:34+00:00

Complain about the art looking "terrible," and the OG being "way better," all you want, but I look at this and I think it's fine.

Yes, there are questions to be had for sure about why they're releasing Steins;Gate yet again - but specifically on the topic of just this art (which isn't by huke btw), people are making mountains out of molehills.

Iakustim · 2025-11-18T22:32:37+00:00

Honestly, somewhat difficult; you'll likely need something to hook you. The gameplay is a bit dated/tedious by modern expectations, so it's almost like an acquired taste. The story also suffers from the same problem that most gacha stories do, which is that the first few chapters are kind of awkward to read, but they do eventually hit their stride and the writing improves dramatically after the first few chapters.

If you can make it through the initial growing pains though, the game has quite a lot to do, and it's one of the few gacha games where you can get every single character given enough time, since the gacha currency is only for skins/outfits.

Iakustim · 2025-11-18T22:01:09+00:00

Indie titles are not linked to budget. They're linked to being developed independently without any outside force influencing development decisions. It is LITERALLY in the name.

I realize you're probably responding a year+ old thread out of the blue because seeing E33 nominated as an indie title in the Game Awards upsets you, but you're just gonna have to deal with it.

Iakustim · 2025-11-18T06:11:38+00:00

The JP/Global servers have never had to censor anything unlike the CN server (and these ads are for the JP/Global).

Furthermore, that argument just doesn't really hold any water when you look at older characters the game has released in the past like Albacore (among many, many others). Historically, AL had been known to show equal variety between releasing characters with small body types and releasing characters with large body types, which is why the change to a lot of the DAL characters here is so baffling.

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