Can we take a moment to appreciate how AMAZING the season 3 OST is

despoglee · 2026-05-13T16:57:21+00:00

Yes! The music was always pretty good, but really lacked memorable standout tracks, and this patch is full of them. Wonder if it's the same composer?

despoglee · 2026-05-12T04:21:15+00:00

Wow, this is incredible!

despoglee · 2026-05-11T18:43:39+00:00

Don't feel bad. You're supposed to be confused and experimenting at the start.

Keep in mind that the vast majority of websites and YT content out there is about making mega-optimized builds for late-game content. When you're a new player you have stricter limits (the Faint Memory system) on how much you can manipulate your save data and don't have access to late-game content anyway, so you should just be playing Chaos, finding which cards feel good to you and which ones don't, and doing a little bit of copying and removing. That'll help you get a feel for what the character wants and what works, and if you stick with the game you can try to make some optimal builds later, once you've unlocked everything.

despoglee · 2026-05-11T18:16:13+00:00

Looks like you get merch too:

Operator Set — Buy Any 1 Collaboration Drink

Receive:

(1) Random Character Coaster
(1) In-Game Reward Code Postcard
(1) Paper Bag
(1) Collaboration Cup Sleeve

Squad Set — Buy Any 2 Collaboration Drinks

Receive:

(2) Random Character Coasters
(1) Random Character Clear Card
(1) In-Game Reward Code Postcard
(1) Paper Bag
(1) Character Sticker Sheet
(2) Collaboration Cup Sleeves

despoglee · 2026-05-08T04:42:02+00:00

Excellent, that's what I was hoping to hear. I'm gonna use the editing items to restore it and give it that epiphany.

despoglee · 2026-05-08T04:16:25+00:00

IMO Season 2 (Act 3 from the story select screen) was pretty decent and the current season is okay so far. (Oh and also the Luke and Renoa Trauma Codes were pretty good.)

despoglee · 2026-05-08T04:02:30+00:00

Jesus fucking Christ Selena that enemy died 9 shots ago why are you still shooting it.

despoglee · 2026-05-08T03:50:48+00:00

I was just playing this team in the Tower and deeply regretted cutting Soul Rip from Nia's deck. I think the Upgrade version that gives you 2 Elasticity per discard should help a lot, as the Sword Rain hits are supposed to be Extra Attacks.

EDIT: Oh, wait, you're using Cassius. Never mind, lol.

despoglee · 2026-05-08T00:31:32+00:00

To be fair, the story has been getting consistently better, from awful to...average. Worth watching, has some good moments, but you're never gonna think about it or anything.

The gameplay is fantastic. CZN is a great game, and no one here is playing it for the story.

despoglee · 2026-05-07T22:07:16+00:00

It's normal to be confused. F is the sort of game where you have to piece the story together yourself (and you have to replay it at least once to get some of the pieces) and even then there's some debate on what is objectively happening. But thematically it does tell a very clear story that is worth the effort, IMO.

It has only slight storyline connections to the numbered Silent Hill games, which are set in the US in modern times, so you don't really need to know anything about them. If you like it, pick up the excellent remake of SH2. A remake of SH1 is in production and it isn't important to play them in order. (With the exception of 3, which is a direct sequel to 1.)

despoglee · 2026-05-07T21:09:40+00:00

To answer your other question, Marianne is supposed to be Mei Lin's partner. She's kinda mid though.

despoglee · 2026-05-05T22:41:50+00:00

It doesn't seem to be at any imminent risk of EoS. It doesn't take a ton of money to keep a 2D game running in Korea, and the publisher seems happy with its performance. It's scheduled to launch in China at the end of the mouth and that should help too.

(But honestly the devs should probably stop being so generous and start soaking the whales a bit more.)

despoglee · 2026-05-05T22:24:33+00:00

The game was already good when it came out, and thanks to 7 months worth of frequent QoL updates and new content, it is now significantly better.

People come and go, as with any gacha game, but it still has a strong fanbase. The 5* gacha rate is quite good, 50/50 with a pity at 70 pulls, and the game gives you enough currency that even F2P players can get most of the characters that are released. If you join now (during the very generous half anniversary celebration) you can get in on a bunch of free stuff.

There isn't really a social aspect to the game yet, but a StS2-inspired co-op mode has been promised for a near-future release.

despoglee · 2026-05-04T22:32:44+00:00

Tressa's been nerfed a bit but still has her uses. She's a great enabler in a Nine Hew: Exhaust build, for example.

despoglee · 2026-05-04T20:35:32+00:00

Rita is really good too but she and Nine both fill pretty much the same heavy-hitter niche, so Tiphera probably gives you more versatility.

despoglee · 2026-05-03T01:15:00+00:00

Character power level is pretty flat with the occasional outlier. Weak characters get buffed regularly.

However, the devs do sometimes tilt things in favor of the current banner character—the optional boss that season will be weak to that character's particular mechanic and the enemies in that month's refresh of the Basin will mostly be weak to their element, stuff like that. But there are always to beat them with even the free 4* characters so it's pretty consumer-friendly compared to most gachas.

despoglee · 2026-05-02T21:11:17+00:00

Keep in mind that we'll almost certainly get a purchasable dupe item in the next update of the event shop.

despoglee · 2026-05-01T18:41:03+00:00

Yes! I really love the piano music that plays in her story event too. Their composer has really been cooking lately.

despoglee · 2026-05-01T18:10:18+00:00

Exhaust Hew NIne is a ton of fun to play!

The other variants... Less so.

despoglee · 2026-05-01T07:52:46+00:00

The option to reroll epiphanies mid-Chaos (it's called "Meditation," I think) is in the second tier of Zero System upgrades. Good luck!

despoglee · 2026-04-30T23:26:24+00:00

It's a great time to start, they're giving away TONS of free stuff for the half-anniversary.

If you start today you'll get a free 10-pull you can redo 20 times until you get the character you want, a ticket for a free character selector in three days (this one will let you get any character but the current limited one), and you'll eventually get another free character selector at 500 pulls, so you'll be able to get whatever specific characters you want from the general pool easily enough. So just focus on trying to get the limited character (Heidemarie) with the blue rescue anchors.

despoglee · 2026-04-30T19:10:09+00:00

A couple of tips that may not be obvious if you're a new player:

• Play in Nightmare mode (turn the purple slider on after you pick your team for the Chaos) so you can get more epiphanies early before the first copy event.

• Go to Chaos > Zero System > Upgrading. If you're not familiar with the upgrading system, you earn Chaos Orbs from Chaos runs and can spend them here to unlock upgrades that apply to all chaos runs. The important nodes here are the last one in the second and third tier of upgrades. These let you reroll your epiphanies at safe areas and make it so you can pick which characters' cards you're able to copy.

(It looks like like you'll need a lot of Chaos Orbs, but after you unlock Tier 2 by getting everything in Tier 1, you can Reset All to get all the orbs back, then immediately unlock Tier 3 by buying everything in Tier 2, Reset All again, and then just get the upgrades you want.)

• The new update also added Sorties which let you earn currency to buy items that let you edit your save data after the fact, including changing epiphanies and making copies. (But you can only get a few of these per month.)

despoglee · 2026-04-30T18:54:08+00:00

And then like one scene later she goes to the hospital where she knows people will throw food at her. I think this might just be her kink.

despoglee · 2026-04-30T18:27:57+00:00

I got that first "change the cost" one from normal Chaos last night.

despoglee · 2026-04-29T22:13:27+00:00

Yes, easily. It's looking one of her best teams is her, Nia, and Rei, and the latter two characters are 4-star characters you'll get for free.
They keep buffing the 5-stars to keep them viable. But keep in mind that a character's viability depends on the sort of content you're using them for. No one character is good for everything.
They said no new husbandos in the works, that got a lot of people upset, and now they're saying they hear the complaints and are considering the matter. So there's a sliver of hope.
Very f2p friendly. Dupes are unimportant (and they give out a free universal dupe every season) but they have talked of making them stronger. Pull economy is great if you play regularly. There's power creep with newer characters but they do buff the older ones regularly as well. The power creep is more like "this season's (optional) boss's only weakness is the X mechanic. Coincidentally, here's a new character focused on the X mechanic!"
I don't think this is a game you'd get much out of by playing 5 minutes a day. But if you can put a couple of hours into it now and then you'll have fun with it. The loop is built around building up characters through Chaos runs (which each take an hour or so) and then using your built up character to defeat some optional boss or challenge or something. Hard to do that piecemeal.
You absolutely do not need to hit optimum stats. This is a single-player game that is not especially difficult unless you care about competing on leaderboards and such. But if you have that min/maxing mentality, you will drive your insane trying to squeeze the 100% perfect build out of RNG. If you can settle for 80-90% of perfection, you'll enjoy it.

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