Cute boatgirls in a game that isn't a pure rng simulator like certain other game with shipgirls in it.
I must applaud devs for sticking with people that will actually play this game, not SJW and NOT CENSORING ANYTHING. So many limp dicked devs/publishers lately are censoring their western ports of mobages because they fear SJW. Guess what, they won't pay your bills, they won't even play your games in first place. Lying about lack of censorship and calling it "localization" just proves how dishonest some devs can be, removing original content = censorship, localize my butt.
Anyway, where I was going with this is that even tho I dont have time and I'm already HEAVY invested in JP version of this game (started playing soon after its release, rank 101), devs showed that they care about community so I will be spending some $$ on that sweet skins for my 2d tittyboats that I don't own on JP.
After NepNep event I realized that translation got much better and isnt really a problem anymore.
-Loved the game when i downloaded it.
-Deleted it cause of studies
-Got worse Marks cause my waifu was looking at me from far away...felt really sorry
-Realised that this is not just a Game but a man's happiness and dreams come tru
-Redownloded the game today, reunited with my dear waifu and GOT A 10 IN maths So that has never happened before in my life....happiness over 9000 umu
-Moral of the story... never let ur waifu be away from u *sniff be happy and may the devs live on.
Seems like most reviews here shows you why you should play the game, I'll give a guide instead.
Reroll:
Reroll here is optional since you'll get all of them if you have patience but if you think getting your waifu as your first UR/SSR/SR/R/C will give you a strong motivation to grind, then sure do it.
Who am I? to stop a man/woman getting his/her favorite waifu? So feel free do what you want, nothing bad about it since it only affects you, not them and I don't mean it in a bad way.
Things to do when starting:
Tap Akashi in the shop 30 times for easter egg
If you don't mind spending a buck in the game, you might want to get Saratoga(CV) by spending 0.99$
She's strong and will carry you till late game plus pink hair supremacy.
Spend most of your cubes getting ships you'll need.
Heavy is for Battle Ships/Heavy Cruisers.
Special is for Aircraft Carriers/Submarines.
Light is for Destroyer/ Light Cruisers.
Buy Helena(CL) [Enemy Debuff] or Unicorn(CVL) [Healer] from guild shop, can be find through:
Shop>Munition>Scroll to Guild Shop
You'll get a lot of gems in this game and you might don't know what you should do with it?
Here's a Priority List
1: Dorm Space(3-4 slots for f2p, max if whale)
2: Dorm Expansion
3: 2nd Floor Dorm(can be unlock at maxing dorm expansion)
4: Dock Space
5: Skill Training Slots
6: Oath Ring (Don't if you are faithful to your waifu)
Optional List:
Skins
Tactical Books
Cubes
Coins
Oil
Foods
Repair Kit
Depot Space
This game is pretty free to play friendly, doesn't matter how hard enemy whales, you will always beat them with the right ships and equipments. (I reach Rank 1 in exercise/pvp as f2p)
tip: Avoid Joining the Official Discord and mute the world chat in game.
Don't worry if your waifu is shit, Worry later when you're at chapter 12.
Also avoid figthing enemies with high levels, levels here isn't just about adding raw stats, you'll get damage boost and damage reduction per level your ship above from the enemy ship.
Ship Terms in the game:
Frontliners:
DD = Destroyer (low hp ships but with insane torpedo damage and moves very fast).
CA = Heavy Cruiser (very high hp ships but moves slower).
CL = Light Cruiser (High hp ships with great AA or Anti Air that moves normal).
Munition Ships = (very high hp ship that has a fleet buff skills).
Backliners:
CV = Carriers (high hp ships with aircraft interceptors and clears the enemy's bullets when air striking).
CVL = Light Carriers (Low hp carriers that are mostly ships with support skills such as damage buff or heal)
BB = Battle Ships (High hp ships that hits very hard and can defend your backliners from suicide boats with its 2nd gun).
BBV = A high hp ship with a combination of Carrier and Battleships.
BM = Battle Monitor (ships with decent firepower and cost a little oil when sortieng, good for farming).
BC = Battle Cruiser (A Large Cruiser that looks like a Battleship, High hp similarly to Battle Ships that also hits hard).
AR = Repair Ships (Low hp ships that heals your whole fleet and gives your fleet an ammo and also has a high AA).
Submarine Fleet
SS = Submarines (Hits hard with their torpedos, good for enemy boss fleets).
SSV = Submarine Carriers (A carrier in disguise hiding underwater).
And don't forget these 2 important things:
"Do your Dailies and Waifu>Meta"
If you are interested in Warships, Anime Girls or Shoot’em-ups, this is the game for you!
If you are interested in morre then one of the subjects above, then this is DEFINITELY the game for you!!!
In Azure Lane you collect, control and interact with warships represented by beautiful girls in a fantastic anime style that combines warship elements into their clothes and accessories. Gameplay is fun and relaxed: a simple shoot’em-up with even an auto mode to make life just that much easier.
The Gacha system to obtain new waifu— I mean… new warships — seems fair enough. You can acquire new ships, new equipment, battle enemies, re-stage real historic battles ou just keep watching the beautiful Live2D animations that bring the girls to life! Oh, and if you’re getting ideas, don’t worry… You can marry them too…
Avoid the EN server like the plague, play JP instead.
The localization team have proven to be completely incompetente time and time again, and the game is becoming a fanfiction shitshow since the translators have free rein to do whatever they want.
Lets start from the top: Azur Lane is EXTREMELY fair with drop rates, this is probably the kindest game you'll ever come across when it comes to character summons/drops and doesn't require p2w at all (unless you want cute/sexy shipgirl skins). I havent spent a penny on this game once and I've gotten nearly all the ships my heart desired and progressed quite far in the story without much struggle. If you love cute/sexy anime waifus/daughters this is the game for you, no matter what youre into AL will have you covered.
When i first played this game i wasnt expecting much from the gameplay and didn't know what to expect, but a bullet-hell mobile game was not what i was expecting! It's wonderfully set up too for old and new players, the layout is easy to adapt to and grinding exp and lvlling up ships is super easy but fun at the same time! it's less painstaking and more satisfying that way!
The graphics in this game are smooth and clean, the character art is superb and the designs are all super unique and they never back out on feedback or memes from the community!
The music is also absolutely incredible and even when it gets repetitive i can never find myself hating it, they also interpate a lot of musical representation too for each fraction and has a lot of emotion!
The story is this games weakpoint: it gets very confusing and is hard to understand, that doesnt mean i hate it though, and some of the event stories have successfully made me tear up multiple times! i just wish it was a little easier to understand..
Another personal opinion is how they lewd the children/lolis in this game, it kinda makes me feel gross but im not the only person playing this game and if thats what they're into i cant judge.
I've been playing it for 2years now.
The hard grind of 3-4 and other maps just to get the ships like Akagi,Kaga,Jintsu,etc.
Gacha
The Gacha via building, Event ships have higher Percent Rate to be dropped. but it still depends on you RNG.
Storyline
You can really get hyped when it comes to the story, the story is all awesome same with the event story.
Amagi-neesama still makes me sad when i reread the event.
Gameplay
Your shipfus turn into 2D characters and control them via dpad, (or just auto it). dodge many torps and suicide ship(CMIIW).
Waifus
This is a waifu collecting game aswell, Belfast,Enty,Lusty,Hood oba-san,Nagaloli,Amagi,Eugen,etc.
Find you own shipfu that it have your taste.
Mine is,
Best shipfu according to my heart
Belfast
- Cool Meido ready to fight and server you both in battlefield, or in home. know you better than anyone like to look at your troubled face, and sleeping face.
one of her dialogue calls you "Darling" makes me complete.
Best shipfu according to my preferences
Prinz Eugen
- Cool and Teaseful shipfu, teases you all the time like an ideal girlfriend or wife. calls you in pet names it's the way of them calling their lovers in that way. and my first married shipfu that's been with me for 692+ days.
Best shipfu according to my fetish
Amagi
- Best kitsune mom, once watches over akagi,kaga.
i would like to give my lungs to her if needed just to help her stop suffering from tuberculosis.
Gems
- It's best to spend your gems you get from events,story maps,etc to buy dock space,dorm space(for atleast 4-5 to add slots for exp + affection points). or you can give your wallet and soul to akashi to buy gems and buy skins you choice.
That's all i guess.
P.S I love Eugen as she's been with me longer than any other shipfus, but i also love all of them to the point i could sacrifice myself just to save them.
This is has the illusion of being a decent WWII inspired shipgirl game. If you're a fan of Japanese and British warships this game is for you. The game treats British and Japanese ships as first class citizens. If you're a fan of any other countries Navys, specifically the United States Navy, then this game is a joke. Anything not Japanese or British is treated as a second and third class citizen. Just like Kancolle, this game has made it obvious that the only purpose to having any other Navy's outside the Royal Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy, is simply to pad the game with the illusion of caring about those other Navys. In reality, this game has a massive bias for the British and Japanese and a bias against anything else...because just not caring about them wasn't enough. Go into this knowing it has zero intentions of diverging from this path. There is no hope of seeing your favorite American, German ect ships being given justice. The games priorities lie in making British and Japanese ships the best ships in the game, regardless of what history tells us. This applies to everything, as in designs, art quality, artist talent, ship strength, skills, skins, events, everything you can think of. This game makes it a goal to make sure you use nothing but British and Japanese ships. Its very disappointing and disturbing. One of the biggest disrespectful acts this game has done to a non Japanese/British ship is make the historically famous "USS North Carolina" absolutely useless. If you know anything about Naval history, than you'll understand just how dubious intentional acts like this are....but wait there's more. They even made the North Carolina aka "ShowBoat" a self depreciating loser who they just pretend doesn't exist. North Carolina and her sister Washington, have been erased by Azur Lane, that is the extent they'll go to to show just how little they care about non Japanese and British ships. Everything else is just used for their advertising to betray people's expectations that this game is fair and caring of history and those that participatedin the pacific theater. Like I said, if you're a fan of Japanese and British ships at the expense of others.. then this game will fill your quotas. On the other hand, if you're a fan of Naval Warfare, non Japanese and British navys, History or historical accuracy, then forget this game even exists and never look at it ever again. You'll find next to nothing for you here, it's not a good WWII inspired game when it can even care for the United States Navy.
my friends always tell me to play this game and even convincing me that its better than kancolle so i tried it for a month and it just... mehh~
gameplay is kinda shmup style but without dodging (the game does it for you most of the time so even if you clearly see that a bullet hit your ship, it can still be a miss) so its already not the best since i can just put it on auto and still can win easily.
story also doesnt backing it up.. maybe it just me but i dont find it interesting for me..
so if the gameplay and story doesnt grip me.. whats make me "play" this game for a month? the answer is.. daily login. thats it, nothing else.. i just open the game, grab my daily login gift and leave.
and what with all the lewdness in the character design? dont get me wrong, im okay with lewd drawing but when most of the characters flashing their lewd part... it just plain as days that they want to attract all pervert otakus to play..
if you wanna play this game for waifu collection, this is the best for you since they doesnt censor anything so you can see all the characters with full glory but if you wanna play it for gameplay, just go play galaga or seihou project
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