An honest and serious critique of Wuthering Waves CBT 2 | Review

Genshin Impact and hence Hoyoverse might be the biggest "Problem" Wuthering Waves will have to face. Being on a way lower budget but constantly being compared to Genshin, puts a lot of pressure on KuroGames. Let's talk about Wuwa and see what the game does well and what may needs to improve.

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00:00 - 00:47 Intro
00:48 - 00:57 Disclaimer
00:58 - 02:16 Story
02:17 - 02:52 Combat
02:53 - 03:21 Echo System
03:22 - 04:19 Exploration & Overworld
04:20 - 04:54 Character Designs - A Problem?
04:55 - 05:10 UI
05:11 - 05:48 Miscellanous Game Mechanic Overview
05:49 - 06:30 Gacha System
06:31 - 07:25 The "Bad" - Improvements
07:26 - 08:41 Conclusion - A Genshin Competitor despite Problems?
08:42 - 09:01 Outro / Endscreen

#wutheringwaves #wuwa #cbt2

[ywzgbf]

I think biggest issue with most critiques in this CBT2 are many ppl include CCs unaware the impact of reworking 90% story means. while it great to show dev seriousness but it eventually have some trade off too. I wont surprise if they use half of ressources to reworking story and another half to upgrade the game from CBT1 in such limited time. which is why we can see here devs prioritize finishing the story to certain extent and cover the ground of game for preparation on CBT2 over putting the fine details. also they prolly waiting for CBT2 feed back so they doesnt need to rework too much again which is why explain the lack of cutscenes and voices

[gullugadha]

This game indeed has huge boots to fill, wishing kuro games all the best, hope they can maintain genshin's regular update schedule and powercreep doesn't become a serious issue in the future.

[dankhorizon]

Nitpicking is fine. Any criticism should be welcome.

I agree that there should be more mobs.

[lazyfx]

It was stated in the Dev note that many voicelines, text, and lip syncing stuff are still working in progress and are not completed. So I'm sure they're just missing at the moment due to that.

[Keifer--]

PGR, kuros other game, does things right and wrong. but doesnt every single game? no game is going to be perfect, its going to please some, and annoy others. From a hardcore players standpoint and someone who can be nitpicky, so far what i have seen is fantastic. the lack of enemies in the overworld need more density, but not to the extent that youre constantly hindered when trying to travel far distances and have to get aggro'd into fights overly often. The ui can be simple and effective. as a drummer, less is more. so if it works, it works. nothing needs to be overly complicated or frilly to be "good." Like i said before, some will appreciate the nuances while others will bash into them and continue to make comparisons to other games. But just like in music, and modern music takes inspiration from their predecessors. Theres only so much a designer can do on their own before having to seek inspiration to spark new ideas. High hopes for this game. and even if it comes with some bugs or some gripes, i believe it will still be a fun game to play. especially with the fluidity of that combat.

[gattovegetariano]

I'M IN LOVE WITH THAT TORTOISE DANCING AAAA OMFG

[Kittysune]

great finally a non biased review you can like the game while giving it a proper criticism

[hiklight]

Amazing video, mentions all the important points as well as being summarized and entertaining
I just hope the music is good.. I find Genshin's and Star Rail's music on a whole new level, but I am looking forward to seeing what WW's music has to offer

[_Destinyfates_]

Great review, pointing out the pros and cons. Good hopes for Kuro Games.
The gameplay doesn't seem to be 120hz, is it YouTube or is the in-game settings set at 60hz?

[liriellh]

Great review! Happy to see you active again!

[prisciliaflora]

Good video. Especialy the fact that you seems aware that a lot of complain are just things that can be easily fixed and mostly a basic problem of infinished game on a beta test.

I'm not sure that the wording of "competing with Genshin" is a good idea, not because its not the case but mostly because sadly part of the audience don't understand the idea behind it and think that a game need to make more money than Genshin to compete with, when in fact the competition is more about behing able to have enough interest for this type of players, the one that like open world anime gacha games. Even if they just make 10m per month or 20m its fine (well i guess they want more ofc), its mean it is appealing to the tarket they choose and that it is sustainable.
For me for exemple, not having all the casual players coming to the game is not a bad thing.

[MrGMottas]

Great review! Important points shown, really good video. One thing that somehow bothers me watching CBT 2 is the game font, i wish it was "cleaner" or smaller/different in a sense. It feels a bit rushed, but that is probably due to it looking ok in chinese or something

[jeromevillaflor]

While I'm not in the CBT I do watch a good amount of gameplay vids, streams, updates and one thing that immediately caught my attention is how lackluster the SFX are when you are attacking and hitting an enemy as it feels like it has no impact. If you've played PGR, I'm sure you can attest how amazing and immersive the combat SFX is though hopefully the current SFX is just a placeholder and they're bound to change it once the game actually releases.

[lovenike]

I think a good sum of Genshin players will check this game out regardless. I'm a huge Genshin fan and I'm super excited to get my hands on this game once it comes out. Genshin lacks any real challenge besides spiral abyss but that gets boring after a while and that's literally all we have. We've been complaining about this for years now and I'm certain I'm not the only player looking for an alternative at this point. Of course not every ones gonna stick around but I think this is what a lot of players are looking for in a game. We'll have to see but I have high hopes :3

[choochoo]

6:31: Other CCs like Smack and Tectone have pointed out same issues as those you mentioned that needs improvement.
7:40: Damn right. No More MintPicking.

P.s: Nice vids. WW community needs critics like you to further improve the game. I don't want CCs that are silent and eat whatever Sheesh devs give them like Genshin CCs.

[cotacachi]

Genshin 1.0 had pretty good story ngl. It also had good character stories. This game so far is is a miss on the story, but combat is really good

[youkirosewarne]

If the games colour palette looks washed out or dull try turning down the in game brightness to 0 for some reasons it fixes the colours without affecting visibility. Makes the game look a little more like Genshin

[krys]

I personally don't subscribe to the whole 'genshin killer' thing, ultimately every game is going to have a selling point. To me Genshin is like an archaeology game with story added in, Wuthering Waves on the hand will have something that will draw people to it plus if someone doesn't like a certain genre then it's going to take a lot for them to like something from that genre.

For me I do like the more vibrant colors of Genshin however I also like the overall vibe of WW it gives Nier Automata energy. Since monsters are needed to build characters I hope they do add more since the monsters you absorb seems pretty random and they all have a random 'element' and stats so you have to go around and fight more monsters in order to get what you need. It does compel you to explore but I can see it getting a bit annoying for certain people, however it's nice that you're rewarded with one after reaching a certain point in the story, if they also do that often then it'll make things easier for people.
I wonder if that means they could give out event exclusive monsters, that'd be neat.

(I forgot what it's technically called so I just put down element)

[rus.c.gabriel]

Seriously now what did Genshin ever take from Btw??
The grass??? hate to point it out but that is common in many games ...
The glider ???? again Btw was not the first one to even implement that ...
The open world ??? Sure like that one was exclusive ....
The wifus ??? Ohhh w8 never mind this point ...
IK IK they copied the Gotcha !!! Next thin you gonna say is that Covid was that casue of Genshin's succes ....
want to

[_dani]

It will compete with nothing...be realist, the game still has many flaws