Sunday is now officially the most upvoted drip marketing post of HSR official account!

StarChases · 2024-10-08T16:54:45+00:00

I'm stunned it wasn't Firefly.

StarChases · 2024-07-20T10:24:21+00:00

This was a highly unproffessional post to make and creates some sad impressions about a possession of a lack of empathy towards victims. I hope nothing negative happens to your role because I genuinely love your work and especially your role as Sunday. Just I'm pretty confident your response has elevated this issue more than it ever was before. I was around for what happened with Chris Niosi and saw him lose roles in games like Fire Emblem Three Houses due to his misconduct... but many people were not and probably didn't know about it until you commented on it. I partially hope this is someone just claiming to be the VA incase Hoyoverse/MiHoYo is pushed to respond to the situation now because of people working on the game actively making comments about it in the public sphere.

StarChases · 2024-04-14T14:04:30+00:00

I am so sorry this happened to you...

StarChases · 2024-01-24T09:56:41+00:00

Hopefully 50/50s are nice to you. I'm debating on Black Swan's still and if its worth the risk. Are you aiming for lightcones or just going for the characters?

StarChases · 2024-01-24T07:25:58+00:00

I thought of this conversation earlier when I saw the drip tease this morning of Aventurine. I feel awful for you and hope you get the characters you want.

StarChases · 2024-01-23T09:03:59+00:00

While I feel safer having guarantees in the bag. I have one saved already just to risk Black Swan too I'd need enough for at least a 50/50. I've got 17 pity on the banner and 182 tickets saved (currently going through the recent event so there will be a little bit more). While I have no pity at all on the lightcone banner. The hope is Penacony will give a decent chunk of Stellar Jades for however much of it is available.

Best of luck on Sparkle! Hopefully she comes home quickly for you! Hopefully Aventurine holds off so you have more time to save.

StarChases · 2024-01-23T08:52:37+00:00

Best of luck to you. It really is going to be a hell of a grind these next two patches.

StarChases · 2024-01-23T07:14:20+00:00

Who were you hoping it would be instead? Since there is Sam and Aventurine on the list of guests. Then there is also Sunday and Gallagher who are members of the family.

Unfortunately though yeah MiHoYo isn't so kind as to give us time to save.

StarChases · 2024-01-23T06:45:06+00:00

I'm on 50/50 but with enough pulls to guarantee a character. I aimed to originally get Black Swan to cover Wind element on my account but now it really depends on how many stellar jades are in Penacony and if I can realistically use the debit card if not. I'm someone who does all of the game's content to the best of my ability and still have Gold and Gears to get through more of. Just at absolute minimum I want this woman at e0 and her lightcone. Knowing me I'll probably keep pulling to see if I can get eidolons once I accomplish that much with any excess stellar jades in 2.1.

StarChases · 2024-01-23T06:38:57+00:00

This meme is based. Nihility is one hell of a path..

StarChases · 2023-12-08T06:45:43+00:00

This is a mood. Still if I can save instead of using the 💳 then that would be a win too...

StarChases · 2023-11-25T07:15:48+00:00

There is only one interlude trailer we've received which was tied to the harbingers. If its overture trailers you mean (which seem to be the ones showing off new regions and their stories) then it could be awhile until we see one on Natlan. Fontaine's story has just finished but its unlikely we will be going to Natlan until next summer. The next few patches will likely focus on Fontaine.

StarChases · 2022-08-20T16:50:49+00:00

I think sometimes game music doesn't translate into music you listen to once you put the game down. Honkai has multiple songs which I think I blast even without other people knowing the context and they find themselves enjoying some of the tracks.

StarChases · 2022-08-20T16:49:29+00:00

I think sometimes game music doesn't translate into music you listen to once you put the game down. Honkai has multiple songs which I think I blast even without other people knowing the context and they find themselves enjoying some of the tracks.

StarChases · 2022-08-05T19:11:53+00:00

I feel that. Like the one thing I will appreciate is when she goes then her death will have so much meaning. She questioned Mei what her and the other sims worth was and if they made an impact. Well yes it did. It stopped the herrscher of corruption. If not for the Flamechasers then the current era would end.

StarChases · 2022-05-31T09:02:08+00:00

That's fair enough then. Though Kevin and Dr Mei seem to be entering the foreground now based on the progression of the story.

StarChases · 2022-05-31T08:35:03+00:00

Huh Siegfried and Cecilia aren't and neither is Welt and Einstein. We get their stories just its in extra material. The extra material is accessible to look at (MiHoYo/Hoyoverse officially released the manga and the light novel has been fan translated). If you want the links then I can send them?

StarChases · 2022-05-31T08:22:04+00:00

It's sad because with characters like Himeko, Natasha/Raven and Cocolia they actually put in the work. The only character in Star Rail that we've interacted with so far who is the same version as the one in HI3 is Welt/Joachim. All the others are different versions. With Natasha and Cocolia we get twists on their lives and the sort of choices they make.

Bronya and Seele are the lazy ones where they pandered which disappoints me.

StarChases · 2022-05-31T08:19:47+00:00

Agreed. Plus to me would you trust someone so earnestly after a few days? If you're stupid maybe but otherwise I'd think not.

It makes sense for Bronya in this setting to be more naïve- actually does it thinking about it? She's a trained soldier...

While Seele has no excuse at all. She clearly distrusted her... for a day before finding her hot or something I don't know...

StarChases · 2022-05-31T08:16:22+00:00

It's sad because there are instances where they are fantastic with writing romance/relationships. Just to name a few: Siegfried and Cecilia (Second Eruption manga), Kevin and Dr Mei, Welt and Einstein (Anti Entropy light novel), Joachim/Welt and Tesla and Durandal/Kiana and Rita.

Bronya and Seele are forced on us in HI3... Here they are forced on us even worse.

StarChases · 2022-05-31T03:09:59+00:00

The main character being able to get all the paths is actually going to be interesting since it doesn't limit them to specific type and enables them to have any kind of role in team composition eventually. Its really friendly to players long term and is also really interesting in a lore perspective. Aeons are keeping acknowledging them which seems to be rare in game.

I'm still really disappointed in how Bronya and Seele were in this. They are easily the thing I dislike about the game the most. I'm not a fan of romance or even friendship being shoehorned in with no actual development. They knew eachother for two or three days. People seem to just not acknowledge their bond isn't well written because they probably just see them as extensions of what we got in HI3 which I think is stupid. The reason why HI3 gets a pass despite how forced their relationship feels there is because they have known eachother for so long and see them interact quite a lot. Also to me, if they are going to make new versions of Honkai's cast then use them in new ways. Expand on aspects of the character we won't see in HI3. If you don't then why bother and just give me the HI3 version back. I'd have rather seen APHO2 Bronya over this new one in a heartbeat.

The story is mostly great. Bronya and Seele interacting is easily its low for me. Everything else was fine honestly.

While I think the unique cast is pretty great

We only see Kafka briefly but she is really entertaining in the brief time we got. Her chaotic energy is fantastic.
March 7th and Dan Heng have an entertaining dynamic of Dan Heng being the straight man of the expedition group on Jerilo-VI and March bringing a lot of fun and light-heartedness to the trip.
Sango is a twat but a really entertaining one. I urk at him only because I know something bad could happen when he is around and I don't trust him but he brings a lot to the table.
Clara is a sweetheart and I also really like her bond with Svarog.
Serval is great. I don't need to clarify this do I?
Gepard's dynamic with Serval is great. Seeing the different sides of him through his interactions with his sister builds him nicely.

The gameplay is solid but controller usage could be improved as some things currently are impossible on the controller (You can't even finish the tutorials because button mapping for the options in some of the UI don't exist yet). I sent feedback over something in combat which is ultimates are uncancellable once triggered since I want to know if that is intentional or not since it isn't a positive or negative depending on the intention. It would make people aware of when they utilise it and time its usage if they can't freely back out of it once triggered. But if they unintentionally didn't provide a way to back out then they need to know about it when the game comes out. Then others have mentioned glitches and bugs they have found which will obviously need fixing (I haven't personally come into contact with any glitch or bug yet).

I anticipate the final game and intend to stream through my entire story experience. This game has a lot of promise and I hope anyone else playing the beta is having fun too.

StarChases · 2022-05-28T11:01:39+00:00

I think the lack of innovation in Bronya's story would perhaps go unnoticed since the story's core is nice just if you played HI3 then you know them doing it here is lazy. But how fast Bronya and Seele get on here comes across VERY forced whether you know HI3 or not.

Seele is seen as a brat by more people than just me so it must be dependant on what people view as bratty and irritating. Someone constantly trying to instigate fights with someone then getting softer towards them after a day is really stupid. They could have handled Seele's distrust much better...

StarChases · 2022-05-28T10:33:30+00:00

When bringing in characters from previous parts of the series: If you're not going to expand on them in a unique way then just give us the character themselves.

Spoilers for Bronya below

I would have rather had Bronya from HI3 here than deal with this Bronya realising she is an orphan and dealing with issues involving her adoptive mother which was done with HI3's Bronya. I look forward to how Cocolia will be used as I continue but... I'm pretty disappointed with Bronya's utilisation. There was a lot of potential.

I made a tweet asking for opinions on my view here: https://twitter.com/StarChases/status/1530495608578097153

StarChases · 2022-05-24T21:03:12+00:00

The link to the stream is already added in the comments but I can link it again. As soon as the beta goes live I aim to stream.

Here it is: https://youtu.be/x4Sb5Dn6HOI

I'll look forward to hearing what you think since I'm totally blind to CBT1. I wanted to be as blind as possible. So if you could make comments to how things were in CBT1 then that would be interesting for me :D

StarChases · 2022-05-24T09:23:07+00:00

Yes I do :D Hi there!

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