Someone ruined my rating n opinion .So ,here new section again
Its good but too bad, your unit can't get exp from battle but instead you need to play resource to get exp material then you need to upgrade them fast because first card max 30lv ,if u ascend ,the max will be 40 and continue 😢
That's why you will need a lot of energies ,huhu.
The units are good and beautiful .But ,i think they need male units too ,not only female..
The story also nice and the bgm. You also can chat with other players and the unit itself.
Btw, im surprised Hiro also voice a character. No wonder his voice sounds like Syo 😭 i dont check the VA for others, have no time to read all data🤔
I hope they will add male more, need to refresh my eyes ✨
#SHARONNNNNN
Day 1 AK doctor here, first time I make a review about a game so please bare with me, I noticed a lot have been comparin' Alchemy Stars to Arknights & considerin' it as a straight out copy-paste which isn't that far off from the truth but not quite exactly, it has a soul of it's own & I'll be breakin' down the similarities & differences and decide for yourself whether the game is up your alley or not.
STORY:-
- To make it brief without spoilin', it's set in a fantasy world where you're the last of your kind & on the verge to existent with no capability of actual fightin' but you get rescued one day by the female heroine & the journey starts from here, you being a navigator to the characters called Aurorains, guidin' them in battles against the enemies called Eclipsites with your telepathic abilities & about discoverin' the mystery behind the MC past & such, it has lighter tone compared to AK where it's set in a post-apocalyptic settin', dark, grim & heavily full of text, while Alchemy Stars leans more on the colorful & not that much serious of a story from what I've played since there's only 8 chapters so far that all combined felt like 1 chapter of AK in terms of story length, too early to judge since there's lots to be explored in the future, like events & such, there's also 3 extra chapters as well, overall not that great but not bad either.
ART:-
- Character designs are aesthetically beautiful & vibrant, it has lots of variety of unique characters in which they come in 4 different elements (water, fire, forest & thunder), all being L2D, they gain extra artwork upon ascendin' the characters, the system is similar to promotions in AK, also the story has some CGs that happen in between when goin' through the story, durin' battles or dorm they appear as 3D chibi models which I think are nicely made.
SOUND:-
- A mixture of great ambient, classical & electronic OST which varries dependin' on wherevever you're in the game (homescreen, stages, boss fight & so on) to set the mood right, not much better than AK but still pleasant to listen to nonetheless.
GACHA:-
- To whom who played AK, it's pretty much the same minus the recruitment system, it's splitted up to four banners at first, (beginner) banner which is 50% discounted that guarantees you 6* in the first 21 pulls then it disappears, next is the (limited) banner which is similar to AK which features a 6* on a rate up then gets added to the perma pool after the banner duration is over, it guarantees you a 5* in the first 10x pulls & the pity is accumulated & get carried over to other future limited banners if you didn't get a 6* by then, third type of banners is called (mainstay) which what you could call it standard, it's just there permanently with all the characters that are in the current pool, next would be the (RRR) short for rotatin' recommended recruitment that features a 6* & a 5* every 21 day or so, similar to the limited one, it guarantees a 5* in the first x10 pulls .. note that banners don't share the same pity count nor the currency used to pull, mainstay & RRR one type of currency while the limited one is of a different type, about the rates it's pretty much like AK, 2% for 6*, 9.5% for 5*, 4* for 33% & 3* for 55.5% and the pity starts to kicks in after 50 pulls then it adds 2.5% to 6* rate after each pull & onwwards till it reaches 100%, you can exchange items & characters by usin' the currency you get after pullin' in the gacha, similar to green & gold certificates in AK, if you're fine with AK gacha then you most likely won't have any complains here.
GAMEPLAY:-
- Noticed that lots of people consider the gameplay similar to AK which is totally wrong while AK being tower defense & has strategic elements to it, Alchemy stars is more on the offense side while havin' totally different gameplay style, it leans more to the puzzle-ish, strategic & a bit of RNG, each stage you enter you're greeted with a huge floor with 4 different colored tiles (red, blue, green & yellow) scattered around which you use to utilize killin' the waves of enemies with a formation of 5 members each have different elemental attribute & skills dependin' on whom you pick, some being converters that change the tiles colors to combo better & do chain skills, others are supporters that provide utility, heals & buffs/debuffs, detonators that deal AoE damage, snipers that hit multiple targets from afar and the list goes on.
- One of the major complains that I noticed people say that enemies & stages gets repetitive, which clearly isn't the case as you further progress into the story new enemies & mechanics keep gettin' introduced to make the experience feel fresh & challengin', auto mode unlocks after you finish a stage manually & you can even set it to 2x speed and tell the game to repeat the stage by the X number you set the command at, it has the same promotion system in AK like elite 1 & 2 but it goes up to ascend 3 but fortunately all stages are guaranteed to drop the items you're farmin' for with different quantity and not just one of that said material which in AK you can be left empty handed after burnin' your sanity (called prism in this game).
- There's dupe system but like AK it isn't of any means necessary, just a bit of a boost, characters are already useful from the get-go, what also worth mentionin' all rarities are viable and can actually be used like AK, my current formation consist of only one 6* that I got from the beginner banner while others are of lower rarity, one being the female heroine (Vice) 5* that's been given to us like (Amiya) from AK & I managed to fully 3* the entire 8 chapters (except the last boss) with no issues whatsoever, people say the stages are heavily reliant on RNG or whatever but in fact as long you get the hang of everythin' (character skills, mechanics & such) you can plan accordingly & set the board to your advantage to clear the stages easily.
- It has dorm system but not quite the same to AK, where you need to switch your characters now & then when their mood drops low, or of need some actually management by the player to utilize it day & night to generate some benefits, no there's none of that here, you can just place your characters & they'll do their thing with no involvement from the player, & you can actually interact with the characters & get to know them better by tappin' on them, unlike AK where the purpose of the dorm is get exp. cards, gold & such, in Alchemy Stars you can get prism (sanity) on top of what regenerates automatically same to AK, 1 per 6 minutes, and stages have fixed costs, goes up to 24 where I reached in the story, there's a workshop to create higher rarirty materials that unlocks later in the story, on top of that a dispatch system where you can send a formation to get materials & gacha currency along with what you get daily which I calculated to net you 10+ if not more pulls a month beside the first time rewards, branch, growth, achievements, sign-in & spire (challenges floors), those can get you 80-90+ pulls the first month, in addition there's pre-registration & giveaway rewards they handed & keep handin' us till this day ater after launch & I heard people say the game being so stingy which honestly baffles me.
- There's a rogue-like mode that refreshes every week in which you clear stages & boss fights ascendin' to upper floors which grants currecny to buy more pulls for gacha, materials & so, similar to AK annihilation mode but the stages vary in type & not just a fixed perma stage, good to mention that your characters have fixed levels & such, so you don't need to worry that you're being underleveled or lackin' in ascensions (promotions) or so.
- There's an end game system that unlocks as you go way further in the story that is similar to (Azur Lane PR system), where you do tasks to unlock four powerful 6* of different elements which is nice to have, & perhaps more characters will be available in the future, also when you at least unlock one of these characters, a new mode unlocks in which you can fight multiple bosses that are way challengin' for gacha pulls if defeated.
- Like AK no PvP, game is completely PvE which I wholeheartedly appreciate.
END NOTE:-
- Only complains I can say for the time being is that the font that is chosen in some places around the game doesn't look right & gives a cheap feelin', also the game is 30 FPS locked in stages which felt like an issue at first but I adapted quickly to it, U.I sometimes lags a bit & doesn't have that smoothiness of AK but I hope the devs. are already aware of that and workin' to fix these issues, despite those complains I pointed out, the game is an absolute breath of fresh air, with how unique the gameplay is, I highly recommend it to those who like strategy & puzzle games that want another game which doesn't feel like a full time job like what most gacha games are nowadays but quite the opposite, being genuinely fun, there's lots of room for future improvements down the road & I can feel it, all in all a really pretty nice game to have as a side just like how AK is.
TLDR:-
- Play Alchemy Stars.
Early review: holy tencent suprise me with how they do in this game, i always thought this game will be p2w with tencent hand in it but tencent prove me i am wrong
Gameplay
4/5:
-Gameplay is like mix between arknight+ pattern game
-there's 4 element in this game, wood(green), fire(red) thunder(yellow) and Ice(blue), and you can do combo with each element with 5 unit in one party which a lot of fun
-3 star, 4 star and 5 star is not weak if you use them right and of course 6 star is strong but sometimes 6 star is weak compare to 3-5 star like genshin with 4 star and 5 star thing
- and in some stage you have to use your brain to complete the stage itself
-the 5 star that you get in early game is op, dayna is her name that we can get through completing the mission and the main girl in this game will help you blast through the early stage super easy
Gacha
3/5:
-Good systems with 1-2% rate for 6 stars , this game don't have a pity systems, the systems is like this, if you don't get 6 star character for 50 rolls, the rates will increase example : the rate is 2% and you pull 50 times and no 6 stars then in 60 pulls your rate will increase to 4% or more
- currency easy to get at the start of the game, currency kinda hard to get at endgame but it's still obtainable and the game still has no event right now so have to wait for event
Microtransaction
4/5:
Just normal microtransaction with monthy packs and some nice packs in it not to crazy like My hero academia: the strongest heroes that put paywall on everything
Story
3/5:
story is quite good, you have to see yourself to review it because i don't want to spoil the story in this comment, i'am already at chapter 7
And the very great thing in this game
- when you already clear chapter 7 you will unlock "old seal" featured, in old seal we can get 4 6*characters for free from each elemets, but we can only grind one at times so expect a lot of grind to get that 4 characters
This game is suprise me because how good and fun it is, but i still scare that tencent can screw this game anytime they want, hope they will not do it because this game has a potential to be like arknights
I will give this game 4/5 for early review, this is my review, you can disagree if you want to
Alright, since I've seen other reviews, I just wanna let everyone know this:
The game DOES have a pity system, it just doesn't have spark. You will get an assured 6-star in 90 pulls. (2% for the first 50, then increasing chances afterwards) if you somehow don't pull one before it. However, it is not assured to get the banner unit (50% chance usually when getting a 6-star), unfortunately. The gacha aspect is kinda bad because of this to be honest. If they added spark it would've been much nicer.
The gameplay is pretty refreshing, and because of its nature, it is pretty unit-dependent (arguably roll-dependent). This also means that you can't just stack units altogether and expect to win, since it requires a good amount of strategy and skill-combinations.
The game has a full-auto repeat feature. As what I've observed, I might be wrong, it checks which tiles makeup your team first (say if you have 3 or 4 Water units, it will prioritize Blue Tiles) then checks the longest path and moves towards there. So take it as you will, you need to see if the team you chose works in auto.
The story itself is pretty nice. It becomes especially good in the game however because it's accompanied by pretty dang amazing art and music.
It's pretty worth to try, especially if you want a gacha game that finally has a considerably new battle system.
Badly designed battle system. They put a lot feature for boss enemies yet nothing for us to take an trick. With limited turn, they put player at very small error margin while player must evade and build attack pattern. You'll know it when you stuck at spire lv 13 and a lot of boss. Theres one with 50% evade so you cant really attack directly to them and takes a couple of turn to bait them to trap. And last chapter boss can't be even hit close with his attack that delay skill cooldown.
And alot of grind with very small stamina regen.
Story is so basic.
Alrite, just finished chapter 3, and honestly I had a harder time figuring out the bad part of the game than clearing the stage, so here's my review
I don't really need to talk about the Graphics and Sound, right?
I'll talk about the story first, so far it's so good unlike most of mobile games nowadays, never once did I get tempted to push the skip button.
Next is the gameplay, it has a unique gameplay that's somewhat good to test your strategic ability especially with lot's of different(though sometimes similar) chain skills and active skills, so pick your formation carefully.
Overall it's quite balanced, except one thing, THOSE GODDAMN STUNS ARE HELLA ANNOYING, I mean, look, I have a REALLY HARD time comepleting a certain stage(3-7 or 3-8?) with 3 stars 'cause it got a Giant that could stun you again and again after a few turns, not to mention that he got accompanied by a FRIGGIN' HEALER! (well, my team is somewhat under-leveled at that time so I guess it's also partly my fault)—whoopsie, I got carried away
Alrite, on to the bad part,
•The Prism(Stamina) recovery speed is so low compared to the consumption rate, that it's barely acceptable, I said it's barely acceptable because even with 0 prism, you could still play some certain stage that requires other resource or just straight out cost nothing's(Secret territory and Extra chapter).
•There isn't a stable way to earn Lumambers(not yet, I hope) and the gacha rate is so-so, except if you have a worst luck ever possible such as myself, just the other time, I do a 10 pull in the permanent gacha to only get 4 Angels and some other low-stars aurorians without a single 5* much less a 6*, I know low-stars aurorians ain't shit, but they ain't so great either.
Well, that's my honest review, a pretty long one at that :'|
First of all, my main language is not English so I'm sorry if you find any grammar errors. Here are my reviews.
Story wise: Its main plot is quite common Aurorians vs Eclipses a.k.a Good vs Evil. I'm still on chapter 7-4 so I can't say much. However some of MC dialogues are a bit clichés for me and don't feel like as a someone who was isolated for 17 years.
Visual wise: No need to be asked. It's top notch. Chars & environment illustrations are very well made. UI is clean, neat, and modern.
Gameplay wise: it's a strategy game so casual or dumb players might not like it. Gameplay is simple, straightforward, but complicated af. Anyone who's mad because tiles colors are so random, please use your Converter chars. They are there for reasons. 3*, 4*, & 5* chars are good if you know how to use them. I still use Ms Blanc & Vice (both are starter units) in my water party.
Gacha rate: 2%+ for 6* char. The rate will increase by 2.5% for every 50 rolls cmiiw. Not sure if the rate is bad or not, maybe it's just my luck. I got 7 6* chars from 150 rolls.
Star flares are used for summoning in gacha system. There are 2 types of flares: Special Star Flare (blue colored one used in targeted banner) & Star Flare (red colored one used in mainstay banner). You can purchase them for 300 lumambers each (premium currency, gems, crystals however you call it). Star Flares are easier to get. You can get them from story, spire, and exchanging star gem & text fragments.
Grind: You need quite amount of mats for ascending & raising your char level. The grind is easy to do because of auto mode (unlock it after 3* clear on each stage). However the downside part is prism recovery rate is quite slow. Yes you can get additional prims from Colossus, but still.
hmm... the gameplay is pretty similar to princess principal in android , no other gimmick just straight copy - paste.
the graphic n animation is top notch, sound effects in battle is awesome, they use different sound effects atk in each char at 5 n 6 stars characters.
storyline is unexpectedly good, i kinda wasting my time reading the story than actual gameplay.
reroll ?? yes its a must if u want an easier time in higher difficulty (certain 6 stars is just too OP) but rerolling in this game is a hassle, so just go with whatever if u don't want to reroll.
considering this is only pve game, n the progression lvling up similar to arknight, i think getting a certain 6 star char is a must.
note : there is a rumor in reddit, "japan server" will have exclusive collab, might be better starting on jpn server.
i already dropped the game nothing to do anymore. if u want to know some OP char just go to reddit to see it.
How to reroll with guest acc without root:Go to file manager/android/data & rename com.tencent.baiyeint file(simply adding 1 at the end of file name will do)>do the same to obb file>Clear all game data>remove 1.Be sure to swap servers everytime u reroll(basically 4 max) since u'll be loading the same guest acc b4 u reroll if u choose the same server as earlier acc.U can also use multiple emails to reroll but unfortunately salted email method doesn't work.U can check other rerolling methods online.As for which char to reroll,go check mrguider site.
Sorry if there is any language error in my review, I have
played more than a month thus, I would like to write a review based on my experience.
Graphic 4.5/5, the graphics in this game is well made and beautiful, ALL characters got live2d motion but no interaction like Azur lane.
Sound 3.8/5, the music is very decent good for me. It's very relaxing classic music.
Character design 4/5, the character design is very nice but I think the art is a bit small... Don't expect sexy female characters from this game..BUT this game got many sexy MALE characters, this game is very GAY for me. Besides that ,there is not much interaction between player ( you) and your character. There are a lot of games with better character interaction like Azur lane, Blue Archive, Princess Connect，Umamusume and more.
Story 3.5/5. I have read through the whole story but it feel decent for me. The story give me a feels of FGO but not my kink. The story part is not as good as FGO based on my sincere opinions.
Gameplay 4/5, it's the turn-based color connecting puzzle but in 2.5D version, you would like it if you're interested in puzzle. You can auto the stage after clearing the stage with best rating. For the character balancing, the low rarity character is basically useless on endgame stages. High rarity character is much more useful on all aspects. There is no point to use low rarity after getting the highest rarity (6 star)in game.
Gacha 3.5/5 , the gacha rate for the highest rarity character is 2% , it got pity system but no spark system. This part is based on your luck and apparently my luck is not that good in this game. I always hit the pity, gacha is like a lie to me. The game separate the gacha currency into 2 , one is for main pool while another one is for event pool.
Event 3/5. You need to PAY to get the full event content...You only get half event content as F2P player. I feel sad about this part.
For the Skin part, you can't farm the currency for it.Most of It is only available for purchase( real money). Although the game give some skin on event reward.
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