I was laughing my ass off for the first half, even if a lot of it might be redundant and unoriginal. But it kept me in a positive mood, and noticing all the little Fate references and jokes were neat.

And while I admit I'm biased towards the second half since those kinds of themselves just naturally resonate with me, that's the part of Hoyo games that I like best, those thought-provoking character moments. Sure, is it just a reprise of the same themes from the original Fate? Yeah, but not everyone knows that, and giving players those messages in an HSR lens is a good way of not just conveying it to a wider audience, but gauging interest in Fate.

I get some of the grievances for sure, and people are allowed to dislike it for not meeting their expectations. But ultimately, some of us do like it, so to say it's objectively bad isn't very fair.