I want to dedicate this post to Asta-chan~
Believe me, I almost dropped Honkai Star Rail early on. The first couple of minutes were meh, and we all know first impressions is important for gacha games. There's just no character that caught my attention, combat wasn't that good, and exploration was stiff (despite space station was so fun to explore and how amazingly chill the music is). And no, Stelle and March 7th doesn't pique me either.
Then, March 7th said the acting head researcher is a cute and pretty girl, then I was like, meh, yeah, ok, let's get this over with.....then I saw her ...wait, waitwaitwait, she's telling the truth! She really is pretty. AND, her top notch english VA plus her personality sealed the deal. Asta immediately became a favorite of mine, and with her I decided to go further in the game. She became the backbone of my, possibly never gonna change, team of Asta-Stelle-Shushang-Hertha. And I am so so glad Asta convinced me to keep playing this game. Because it does actually get better. Lots of fun activities, better characters (Svarog and Oleg man), and wow oh wow that boss battle music, straight out of Honkai Impact APHO with a touch of Metal Gear Rising. So thank you Asta. Even though my gacha luck is so bad here, I'll keep playing just because of her~
So the moral of the story here is, when playing a gacha game, make sure you have and actually have the character you like/love. Because that will help you stay away from becoming a "stressed gem farmer". We all know, we'll either play/battle/explore to have fun and enjoy.... or to farm gems for gacha, the latter is stressful. I know this is obvious, but most of the time people kept getting swayed by new characters, that drives them to farm gems... desperately... I've been there in Genshin back then.....
Ahaha sorry for the long post, I just need to say this. Thanks for reading. What about you guys/girls? Were you like me as well? Any favorites that convinced you to keep playing?
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