(Old review)
Well, well. I wasn't thinking of adding review to a different server since I already have one for Sea. But due to how different it is now, i kinda have to.
If you're on Sea region, this is the only way I know to access this version.
But is it worth it?
If you like free stuff then now is the time to try it out. Free selectors, 1 purple rare skin, event with free selectors and random ticket.
code for awakened selector (not sure if it expires or not): CS1UTDKGJ08INT
If you're new then:
Game mechanic is you deploy units on a 2d fighting style space and they move towards the other end, doing auto attacks and skill while you can manual or auto ult. End goal is usually to destroy the enemy flagship while defending your own.
Global Pros and cons
Pros:
Free stuff for now. Remember that it's only for a limited amount of time.
Rearm skill lvling doesn't need specific fragments. But you still need rarity fragments to rearm.
Higher chance of having collab than Sea, even though the last one isn't too great.
Gives more codes than Sea
Cons:
Had to lower the gameplay and graphics since the old one is better. At least for me.
The UI is fine for me but the hp color being white bar isn't. lf it's for colorblind then add that mode instead. Qnd whitebar is suppose to be shield. Now it's just a lighter whitebar.
they remove units receiving exp on stages. Which means the only way to lvl now is by using exp tickets. That's going to be alot if you want to reach 110.
they seem to remove dive skip. Not great when you already know that a dive stage is a sure win.
Kinda ridiculous change in shadow palace. Needing 3 full different teams altogether.
constellation like mechanic and I'm not fond of it, you kinda need 5-6 dupes. It also lacks the QoL of selecting units that has dupes.
Seems a good amount of players aren't happy with some of the cons here and more. The devs already put their stance and seem to be finding a way to resolve some of the issue. I just hope that they are. It's a shame if they lose more playerbase just after the rebrand.
Great game with amazing character and storyline, really easy to get great character from gacha considering how generous they are.
Tho i must say the global version have been very hit on miss on the bug and connection issues, some had a really bad disconnection problem while some having just some minor issues like raid loading slowly.
Also just to add to the fact that the global version of the game look pretty rushed, i enjoyed the game as of now but I don't know how long i would stay in this server if they decided to mess up the game balance.
But overall game is great have some interesting waifu, and great storyline (atleast for me) so you should atleast check it out and see for yourself if you enjoy the game or not.
tldr; great game but rushed content and lots of bug on release
Welcome gift is superb. The game is kind enough to give the player boost starter. Reroll isn't much needed, don't waste your time rerolling. A nice bait i must say.
Just like the pictures, the graph is 2D anime style. The design is good, and live2D is always welcomed.
PvE is for "The guy who needs to do something in real life, so i'll auto/skip everything." To be expected from online mobage, repeated farming is to be expected. The battle is much auto/skip to get the reward. And depends on your PoV, it may be a good thing or bad thing to pass the time.
Whoever write the story, give them a medal for Best Employee from Studiobside. Planting of information, background lore, characteristic, roundabout ways to tell the relationship each character, development, etc. has been written so goddamn good. The flow is understandable. What lack of it is the player choice of dialogue, something like FGO to make the 'player' feels involved in the story.
This is the hard truth, ranked gauntlent (PvP) for now is a hard hit for F2P. If ur a pure F2P, you only can get so far. The new unit is so much OP they dominated most of the PvP league. the farming is kinda slow (use stamina) and if ur units aren't strong enough, then ur gonna stuck in a circle.
Maybe it's just me, what i have experienced from KR online games that has PvP always follow the same pattern. e.g. Grand Chase, Elsword, and Closers Online. New unit is meta until they buff the old one or nerf the new one. A nice bait at the start, and another common marketing strategy so the player will 'roll' to try to maximize their units power.
Most gatcha games that i play i tend to drop within a week or two but counterside in all its glory is actually really good. The characters are great, I love the pvp, and the gameplay isn't half bad. it's easy to get whoever you want within the game. They give you 30 free rerolls to get whatever SSR unit that you want. I also love how they dont completely undermine SR characters. As of writing this the best healer in the game is a SR. I think the balancing for most characters are ok. I haven't found units to be super OP except one that almost everyone has. Although I would say this game is super F2p whale can get a huge advantage on you in pvp. during launch id already see people with full teams of level 100-110 units with probably perfect gear on, as time goes on tho you'll probably catch-up since i haven't found leveling up and ranking up to be super difficult. Honestly if you haven't you should give counterside a try
Happy 1st anniversary
Great game of the side scrolling tower defense mechanism like a mix of AK+E7 i think...
Extremely generous in terms of the rewards very F2P friendly
Low tier units still useful depend on the stages, some of them even surpassed the SSR one(Highest rarity), so yeah quite balance in my opinion not too much powercreep...
Gacha pull rate? it's quite decent and rational...
Graphics wise, clean UI, smooth transition, nice Visual Effects, SFX, V.O are great
Storylines? decent and the usual mainstream apocalypse things, with some drama in it LOL...
All in all quite recommended to play and have fun in it...
Just try you will not regret it at all
imo the story is good (main).
graphics is good, some of them makes me dizzy (when u place them in ur lobby) it's okay anyways, very easy to avoid those characters.
gameplay wise, it's good i can auto♡ I'm still confused on how to build my team, but I'm just going with the flow for now. dailies are easy to finish and the other modes are fine to me :) the world exploration thing makes me cry cause... my team is not good haha
overall i uninstalled the game before, i came back for one character cause he's cute♡ and when i continued on the story i love it even more. so many secrets.
also i can open the shop now, so super good♡
Great game with great character and a pretty f2p gacha, gameplay can be pretty boring from time to time but it's still fun, although i will say it's really disappointing most good skins are p2w locked but we still got some f2p ones but they are not as good as the ones for real money + there aren't that much of them from what I've seen so far.
good game you get alot of free summons at the beginning and even lower rarity characters can be great for end game. it is very pay to win as you can easily spend money to get all the powerful stuff early on. ships, characters and late game upgrades that a f2p player can only get a few a week. it is possible to catch up to to pay 2 win players as long as no additional power options are added. if you save your crystals you can get 11 summons a week for the special rate up chracters. ive been licky with drops but wont garuntee that you could have the same luck. most the content is super easy and can be easily auto fight through.
For something that's really not my style, I enjoyed this game a ton. Not sure if I'll play long-term though because of that, RT manual games are not my forte. Devs at the moment are handing out resources like crazy, which mitigates what I think (and read, i.e. "You can be continually very competitive in PvP for only $2000 USD spent carefully!" - actual review from experienced player in SEA lol) is a very p2w game at the core, although most content seems reachable by f2p. Value is still good though right now because of the stupendous amount of launch freebies!
If you busy your work irl, you can try this game as casual daily game. Once you hit some certain progress it will repetitive do same thing everyday like reroll swift relic gear latent, etc
Honestly this game has a lot of great potential later on future updates
P. S. Currently i already got farm chara unit for end game content, Now i can chill not focus grind PvE within less 5-8 minutes daily while PvP still need time to grind for certain prestige free skin especially Diamond 1 Rank for limited period
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