Brutally Honest First Impressions of Honkai Star Rail Gameplay

I played Honkai Star Rail for 40 hours and this is my first impresions video for those who play Genshin Impact :D

[GachaGamerYouTube]

I try to keep my videos short & sweet, so some of the stuff I didn't cover in the video:
You can send out characters on expeditions (from menu)
You can use other player character in 1 team slot when doing most of resin activities
Alchemy/Cooking is combined and can be acessed from menu
You can choose either Male or Female MC
Didn't cover Simulated Universe in-depth (how you can purchase general upgrades for future runs, Curios, etc.)

[morganshiba]

The only thing that can unalive genshin at this point is genshin itself

[sakutaromusik]

I love turn based combat. But I think the strenght of turn based combat is that you can have a massiv list of abilities and spells. Which they didn't put into honkai

[kirinrias]

as a fan of turn based rpg games for me the combat system is a positiv point especially since most jrpgs moved away from this

[mercurexi]

I love turn based RPGs, but it never works out well with F2P/Gacha games, just because of the fact that in these games, difficulty is usually tied to stats.

Meaning that unlike Genshin where you can "kinda" bypass the rare difficulty hurdles (Abyss), using skill / having better timing, here, you'll be completely at the mercy of the devs.

[seelevollerei]

I like how it draws things from both Honkai and Genshin's UIs, character screen from Genshin, mission menu and Stage menu straight out of Honkai.

[mimamo]

As someone who loves Genshin and tried the Star Rail beta: Star Rail is not my cup of tea. You can tell both games are made by the same developer, they have a lot in common, but they also differ in big ways. I feel like Genshin and Star rail were made as gachas with different audiences in mind.

[iamgats]

This is perfect for me, I've been looking for a turn base game I can play while working.

[red_maple]

This would also be a good game in the future let's just hope there won't be any trouble

[heesuxmitsuki]

I'm just interested in the lore of the game, just like genshin.

[shivansh]

So there are people dumb enough who think that one Mihoyo game is gonna kill another Mihoyo game

[danielvinceneo]

The lore is the reason why most people are interested

[kamijoutouma]

Always been a Honkai fan first before Genshin, and I love turn based rpgs, so yeah def gonna play Star Rails. I just don't expect deep gameplay and that's fine, I'm more excited for the story/lore and most importantly the characters
Edit: Gameplay also reminds me a bit of the Legend of Heroes gameplay where you can activate an ultimate anytime despite not being your turn

[OrkusReOrca]

As a fan of Genshin, Honkai, and Fate, I see this game as an absolute win.

Genshin art style and gacha, honkai linked and like story, and a turn based combat like Fgo. Really a game I will try out for a lot! ❤

[minefish]

The biggest pluss of Honkai Star Rail is to be able to see Himeko again😌

[rahulyaxav]

Why does everything have to be a genshin killer though

[ShiraFuyu]

As a Honkai and FGO player, i'm all up for it

[anne-claireromijn]

the fact that its turn based is actually a plus for me. gives me reasons to strategize in the harder fights and truely can make any unit shine with the right team build up.

[miyuna_k]

I think there will be more things to do daily but still you can’t compare it 1:1 with Genshin. When I created new accounts I realized how long everything takes to defeat at the beginning. So the daily stuff in star rail will be also completed way faster in mid to late game

[kolt]

they probably made this turn based so that you can play it while you do something else, like work, without worrying about getting destroyed when you look away. or maybe make more mobile gamer friendly due to lower processing power requirement