App size: 735MB. The tutorial is pretty quick. Pretty sure it only takes like 10 minutes to go through it. The download took another 5 so it's about 15 minutes per reroll.
Okay so this is another RPG for girls. That means there really won't be much imagination when it comes to game play (you select the order in which they attack and you can designate when they can use their burst skill.)
The story so far is okay and the graphics as well as the sound are top notch (I especially like when the units use their burst skill.)
My main problem definitely lies with the gacha. The game has heroes as well as frames (which if I am understanding correctly are for certain skills) in its gacha. There is a 5% chance for the highest rarity (4*) but it's split between heroes and frames. Heroes as you can guess have the lower rating at 2%. Frames 3%. At 3* you have a 5% chance at a hero and a 10% chance of getting a frame. 2* is where they are even at 40% each. Even if you do a 10 roll you are not guaranteed a hero. All you are guaranteed is something at 3* or higher. After 100 rolls in a specific gacha you are guaranteed a 4* hero and it's split between whatever is in that specific gacha. At the start you are given a 10roll ticket as well as 235 gems to start. It takes 300 gems to do a 10roll so that's alright. During the tutorial you are given the choice of selecting one 3* hero of your choice.
I would have no issue with rolling for frames, but they should've been placed in another gacha. They are pretty important so people would have to roll for them regardless.
As far as whether or not I'll play I'm not sure. I'm not desperate for a new game to play (The new tales of game is out and I do have things to do there.) The voice actors that are listed is the main reason I tried the game out (I like most of them and one of them is in my top 3 as far as favorites go.) It's the main reason I'm debating on whether or not I'll play. Game play being second as it's decent enough. I suppose I could reroll and play until I end up getting pissed about how I'm rolling more frames than heroes and then quit, but I'll see.
I love this game ! The graphics and the art is so beautiful for a turn-based game like this. The game is also kind of generous because in 8 months of playing, I experience getting many things by just logging in to the game. There’s also a way to collect some needed things when patrolling and I can say that patrols is really helpful. You can also earn rubies in a lot of ways which is good but getting 4★ hero is so hard especially when it comes to my bad luck sometimes
But yeah, It’s worth downloading. The game takes 1.15GB in my phone but I’m not sure if it will increase so I will be preparing my storage lol. Lastly, My favorite thing here is the animation in each burst. Especially the animations in 4★ heroes, I just find it pretty and addicting. So that’s all. I recommend this to y’all if you’re interested, give it a try atleast. It’s pretty fun !
Main thoughts, I'd say that (overall) the game is very nice, especially for it being so early in its release. There's nice artwork that looks similar yet sets itself apart from Happy Elements' other games, fully voiced story lines (I'm a fan of voice actors, so it's always an added bonus to be able to hear their emotion flowing through their lines!), and pretty high quality animations and effects. A nice mix of casual and involved gameplay, cool characters with unique abilities, attributes, and powers from different backgrounds, my gay self is blowing up at the seams with excitement! But, there are quite a lot of glitches that interupt game flow 'n such, leaving many players unable to even open the game.
[IN-DEPTH REVIEW BELOW *very wordy, sorry;;]
I will say, I'm gonna draw a lot of comparisons to HE's other games (mainly Ensemble Stars) due to the three games being very similar, and this game feeling like a lovely mix of Basic & Music because of how much more fleshed out the game seems with it removing a lot of prior flaws 'n such.
To start, the game has 4 different *sectors; Blue North, Green East, Red South, and Yellow West, all of which having their own group of (abnormally attractive) heroes.
The gameplay is very similar to my experience with *HE's other games, like Last Period and Ensemble Stars. The game leaning more to Ensemble Stars (obviously, these boys are gorgeous), but with more hints of Last Period to give off the battle-game feel and vibe to match the characters and story. The gameplay itself is a turn-based battle system with waves of enemies to battle. The battle system is simple, with it being fast-paced while also sprinkling stuff like a simple type advantage system (like the weapon triangle in Fire Emblem or type advantages in Pokémon, for those who are familiar with that) involving the 4 different elements/power types (like Ensemble Stars!! with Volume, Performance, and Dance or Music's 4 elements, like Glitter), meaning your heroes have a weakness type, but also a type it's more resistant to and strong against. You battle in QUESTS (like PRODUCE in Basic or LIVE STAGE in Music) using your team of chosen 4 heroes with up to 3 add-ons on each hero called 'frames'. Frames are one of the two pullable types in this game's gacha (the other being heroes), even going as far as being very similar to the heroes, having better art the higher the rarity. The frames power up your characters, provide bonuses, and offer skills to your heroes in battle. The frames, like your heroes, come with an element/power type, and matching the two can have great effects! But, matching your heroes with frames with that same hero in it will give them a new skill (if in the main frame slot, sub doesn'tgive you a skill), so it's up to preference how you choose to take on quests. And, each hero and their other variations come with bonuses that are applied in battle when using certain characters together in a certain order, so that's another nice detail.
Speaking of frames, I want to bring up a relatively overlooked problem relating to them and the gacha. Like I mentioned, there are two types of things you can pull from the gacha: Heroes & Frames. But, the problem is that, when you *order, you're pulling for BOTH. There is no way as of launch to pull for one type, even within the lower rarity gacha. The problem seems rather minor, but will definitely get more annoying as the game progresses and you really only need or want a new hero or just a frame. Seems as if the more complex the game, the harder the gacha gets in HE games.. Problems with the Orders aside, the gacha itself is very comparable to HE's other games (which is a whole other problem within itself). The rarity system is ranging from 1* - 4*, and the combined pull rate for the highest rarity, being 4*, is 2%, and individual pull rates being .5% (at least so far with the Orders at launch, as focus or birthday orders in the future may have increased rates). The gacha uses the main in-game currency, being gems, at 300 for a 10-pull (guranteed 3* or higher on your first) and 3o for an individual pull (that's what I'm calling
'em at least), but also regular coins for the lower rarity gacha (like scout tickets in Ensemble Stars where you can't pull higher than a 4* card) using 3,000 for 1 pull, and 30K for 10.
Back to gameplay (the more simple/casual side, at least), there are a lot of features from Basic & Music that were implemented into Helios. There's a customisable room for up to 4 heroes of your choice (like the Office in Music except you can save up to 100 different room layouts and reload 'em whenever) with purchasable furniture and decor using home tokens that are earned from sending your heroes off on patrols to protect each of the 4 sectors at once (like Work in Basic using both the work from Ensemble Stars! and the new work from Ensemble Stars!! to do 4 at once) for a time period of your choice (30 minutes - 10 hours) to run in the background (in case y'all haven't played Basic, you can still use the heroes you put on patrol in QUESTS, it's just a time-waiting farming sort of thing), with higher time spent patrolling giving a larger total of rewards. Though similar to Basic's work system, there's more (optional) interaction with enemies that show up every now 'n then in any of the sectors you've sent out patrol on that can easily be beaten by literally just rapidly pressing two buttons to contain the threat and save citizens, leading to more personal rewards from both the enemy and the citizens. Though, there are these medals that are used to *evolve heroes that can only be found (with the slightest chance) on story quests and on patrols that don't even drop every time, even at 10hr intervals. And with there being 4 different medals matching the 4 different sectors, there's gonna be a problem if you just want to evolve your heroes but can't because you don't have the 5 or so medals of the hero's sector. Speaking of hero growth, this game, unlike Ensemble Stars, has you have to spend coins to level up, stack duplicate frames, and upgrade heroes/frames outoside of quests (like in A3). I don't personally like this feature, since there might come a time where I just want to use my level up tickets really quickly to level up a new hero I got only to realize I need 30K coins just to level up to 40;;
Final thoughts, I highly recommend Helios Rising Heroes! It's a nice mix of HE's previous successors, and an even nicer mix of casual & more involved gameplay and idol & battle games. The characters and story is nice, their voices all very unique and expressive. The animations and effects expressed through sprites, the menu, and even the focus orders are all just amazing and show just how much work was put into the games and making everything speak for itself and oozing with charm. It's easy to pick up and put down, and so far seems like it'll meet a lot of high expectations and hopes. Especially hoping they improve on tbe gacha and fixing the glitches! I want more people to be able to play this and would love to see the game grow.
*HE stands for Happy Elements, which is the company behind the game.
*Sectors are basically units/idol groups like from Ensemble Stars, or troupes from A3, etc.
*Order is what the game refers to the gacha as, like Ensemble Stars calling theirs 'Scouts'.
*Evolving a hero is just like blooming a card in Ensemble Stars by reaching a certain part of the idol/hero road.
A refeshing gameplay when most you've been playing is more-read-to-proceed-than-battle games. I play FGO and I have to say I like this battle style more. Perhaps the animations during Burst? The way each 4* got their own animation is really, really nice. Whatever it is, that's a plus point for sure~ (θ‿θ)
The interaction between characters is fun to read and storyline is great! There are times when the heroes are happy and sad, laugh and (somewhat) cry. I enjoy reading the chapters (so far). The characters are easy to love...except one who I shall not name. Lol. But I'm not gonna lie I'm starting to like him. Now if only he's not being so mean to my 2nd favorite... (≧▽≦)
Gacha rate is quite okay. I wish there's a separate gacha for hero and frame but current one is fine. It is still hard to get 4* though but pulling 10 increase your chances in getting one. Sometimes you'll be spook with 3* and 4* in one go ʘ‿ʘ The game is generous with supplies as long as you do your tasks and it's f2p friendly too; your progress as always will be slower but it'll move forward (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
Other things that I like in the game are the dress-up of heroes and decorating your room. The heroes drop by for a visit and you can gift them during their visit. They will use some of the items and comment on them too. Another plus point is the ability to pick them up and spin them around until they're dizzy (≧▽≦)
Here is the review based on my personal opinion.
1) It's a gacha so yep grind and sadness when we don't get our favorite characters is expected. So I won't say much about it xD. It do give 4* character at the start from gacha.
2) Gameplay wise it's truly amazing. The fighting part is quite similar to fgo or epic 7. I am sucker for battle x solo husbando collector games. So if anyone has same taste I shall highly recommend it.
3) There are few glitches and bugs tho but I do hope
the dev fix this issue. In high performance mode it drains my battery quite fast.
But either way I shall say it's a awesome game worth giving a try !!!
EDIT: The game is suuuuper generous! You can earn rubies easily and they give very generous freebies! It's better if you play it now than to play it in tbe future wherein if HeliosR gets popular, they'll make it harder for rubies to earn~
Played this because HappyEle created this.
And I swear, I love this more than Enstars already! I'm more of a rhythm game player and I'm not that into turn-based RPGs but this one takes the cake! The art is superb and have I told you abou the special animation when you burst your 4* hero cards? There are a lot of things to do, so I suggest to take things slowly since the game just released not too much content is out yet. The only problem I have is the hero frames, it would be better if they created a separate gacha of hero frames because the rates mix with up with the hero cards, that means that you can get a pull that's full of 3* frames with no 3-4* hero cards.
But overall, I really love the game! I hope the events are not hellish as enstars 😭
okay,
this game is good, like really good. I'm surprised how polished it is, for a game to meant to be fans services, this is beyond my expectations.
for anyone that searching for new experience, you should try this game.
combat gameplay, have you ever experienced the FGO battle gameplay? yes, it's similar but not quite. FGO introduce you with their 3 type of card and it's randomly generated and you pick 3 of them each turn. in this game, they referred this as combo, each character will have 3 slot that will be fill up each turn, and you need to ordered 4 action of combo from any Characters you want (if they have their slot available). this could be fill up from same character, which will result in the combo animation just like if you pick same Characters card from FGO, if you decided to mix macthed the action from multiple Characters, if this Characters have "link" their next attack will be increased.
they also have specific Characters skill, just like FGO, this is could be magic, support skill, etc etc.
in any case, the combat really have deep into it, but it's easy to learn.
the system gameplay, the basic character growth it's almost as the same as any other gacha, so I wouldn't go deep into that. but they have this "link" systems Which, if Characters seems know each other or related in some way, this will be give them great benefit during combat, and they also have this elemental system, you know basic paper-scisscor-stone old stuff.
graphic, very nice, it is actually a 3d model, but represent in 2d movement, very good. the movement and the animation looks really fluid and not look awkward.
mini games, of course, this is fanservices game after all, just like honkai impact, they have this mini room decoration and Characters interaction.
the character, this is gacha game so I won't grow deeper, but in gacha, they mixed character with "frame", "frame" is somehow like equipment or card you got like FGO dragalia that give you status boost. so proced with caution.
the character it's the same but have different looks depend on their rarity, their rarity also determined their "link" and "ultimate", so in order to build a good team, you need very careful who you aim for, thought, if you like me, a casual player, I don't care much lol.
unfortunately the rarity do not change the combo/attack animation, but it does have unique "Ultimate" so i think it's okay.
overall this is a very polished game, remind me with heroes park, but this one much much more polished and not much leaning to fanservices, which is good for casual player.
p.s I'm done with this over sexual woman and boobies, it's about time male have the same sexual exploitation, not half assed chibi and sad excuse low maintenance gameplay.
This game is fantastic! The art and graphics for overall animations are great and smooth, the sounds are great, great gameplays and good storyline. For UI is very easy understand since there's some english language too. Maybe will really great if there's english language for subtitles, instructions, card skills and abillity too (Well.., because I can't understand all Japanese language.. 😅). But, overall everythings great. Great job for Happy Elements to make a game like this. Hope the game will stay forever.
EDIT: The rewards are generous. Can get them easily by clearing missions (daily, weekly, event, etc.). Don't forget to upgrade hero route and frame too so the hero will be stronger too.
Aaaaa after how mang months, finally reinstalling this again. I missed my favorite boy here, whose name I already forgot (damn memory) and went back here again. Truthfully, it's not only "boy" but "boys" coz they're all *beautiful*.
I can't understand Japanese so yeah, it always have an impact on which button I should click and the likes, but for my bois, I'll familiarize myself with them.
So yeah, even if you can't understand it much, you can still play it based on experience. Enjoy the story, graphics, battles, the ultimate of your 4* heroes are so coollll gggrrrr and suffer on gachas. Oh, I mean be blessed on gachas.
May we all get our favorite bois, may HappyEle be generous and let's enjoy this game!!!
Just one question, HOW DO EVENTS WORK HERE?
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