Mihoyo definitely improved a lot of MC’s kit. For Genshin’s example, they also make Dendro MC extremely good and useful too. My MC is still in my meta Nilou superbloom team.
@@Kendrone I'm sure people could find a way to use lvl 1 MC by just giving them other built character's gear, then just use them as a taunt/break bot while you have someone like Asta/Himeko/Seele hard carry the fight lol
The weapon fire MC uses is the same weapon Cocolia pierced them with during the cutscene btw. But in Cocolia's hands it was frozen cuz she abandoned Preservation and sided with the stellaron that was responsible for the eternal freeze. So much lore in a simple texture
it was also the control of the engine of creation, which is why the robot was suddenly on our side. You can tell there was a lot of effort and care put into this bossfight.
it's also mentioned in lore that the old guardians were able to make soldier's bodies stronger because of that weapon, which is a lore explanation for MC's defense abilities
Bro the fact that you can farm this boss and listen to this banger of a song each time is such a win every time, my god this song SLAPS harder than my father will ever be able to
For those who don't know: The weapon that pyro trailblazer uses, that weapon actually belongs to cocolia herself. She was corrupted because of the stellaron and forced to change paths. If she'd ever be playable, then yeah she'll be a shielder 😂😂
@@Nixahma she doesn't have a valkyrie power in HI3, she's an NPC there. First KGB agent, then owner of an orphanage where Bronya and Seele are from, and than a terrorist and side enemy. She's a manipulator, not a fighter.
@@mrid6545 I'd say lmao, fights were made EASY with Welt already, but ever since i put Seele on my team (pulled her first multi when i decided to try after a bit), it just became à BREEZE, the only time i struggled was against the deer but even then, that was just cause of it spawing more ennemies and stopping itself from being broken, other than that it was just EASY to go through lmao
The VAs, how they introduced Cocolia as a villain, Bronya's character arc, the climbing-the-mech-arm sequence, THE BEAT DROPS?! I was having goosebumps. 😂😂😂
I had taken multiple days off from work for Star Rail's release, sleep schedule destroyed, was around 3am after hours and hours of grinding, massively sleep deprived and too tired to continue on PC so I pulled out my tablet and got comfy in bed, and was drifting in and out of sleep when I got here. The amount of energy recharge I experienced in this fight... I had to climb my ass out of bed during the phase transition...
crazy that this is only the second act. like an actual amazing design and fantastic backing OST for such an early fight. This fight actually brought me from "i really like this game" to "this is the most hype game ive played in a hot second"
That classic moment when cocolia dies and bronya is having a moment for her dissolved mother…..and March comes in with the SpongeBob timing “WE DID IT PATRICK WE SAVED THE TOWN!”
I'm always thoroughly amused how people in lets plays and reactions go on about how awesome the BGM to this fight is and then the vocals kick in. People forget how epic Hoyo's soundtracks can be, and this fight is an absolute flex on their part.
For a gacha game I wasn't expecting a battle to have this much spectacle. I'm just blown away by all the details that this fight and the moments leading up to it have. If this is a show of what's to come I can't wait for future updates.
I can't believe I would be able to feel the moment I felt back then at the: ZEKE battle on MGS:Peace Walker, Sephiroth on FF7, and Bowser at the final battle on Super Mario Galaxy - by just playing a free gacha game
My Steele was so overinvested at this point that I actually managed to take one quarter of Cocolia's first health bar with a few lucky critical strikes. Before I unlocked Fire mode
love all the reactions to this scene.. as someone who has played hi3 and genshin for years, i've just come to expect these things lol they never get old
the first time i getting here i was like: how the hell did they made this scene so freaking cool, how the hell did they made this turn based game so LIT
Many already did that with Cocolia for example I use Gepard, Natasha and Asta... I just should switch Asta with Bronya for kill Cocolia, but I forget it
Cocolia being seems like a complete villain because This is her whole story, Jarilo-vi.... Villains in genshin is more like open ended because their cause is not that fully realize so... some villain may end as long they are connected to a bigger narrative they may never be a completed villain until the end.. i think
The Harbingers are not even the villains in Genshin. We still dont have enough knowledge regarding Celestia and the Abyss. That's why this fight feels more complete.
@@johngapud9934 yes and no The fatui are in fact the villains it’s just we’re dealing with 3 factions at the same time. By all accounts they are a problem it’s just as a villain faction what they do is so detached from the travelers goals it’s hard to care bout them. Celestia is really just the long term higher powers while the abyss honestly just have so many different plot points going on it’s hard to keep track of what they actually do
Hoyo never disappoints, especially when it comes to the Honkai series. I swear though, from what I've seen, the Honkai dev team pays more attention to the community compared to the Genshin devs. Of course, the Genshin devs listens to the community's complaints and stuff, but it feels like the Honkai devs include their community into events and occasions more than the Genshin devs. One example is the Dreamy Euphony Concert, the last song that plays. I won't say what the song is for those who have not seen the concert yet, but if you are a Honkai 3rd player (new or veteran), I highly recommend you watch it at least once. Even if you don't play Honkai 3rd, watch it, though there are a lot of spoilers in the concert.
IMO Star Rail's storytelling is better than Genshin's. Don't get me wrong, I love Genshin (AR 60 and have been playing since day one) but Paimon often times ruin the immersion and storytelling for me. I love how because there is no Paimon in SR, the MC is more engaged with the dialogue and story. I also love how sometimes characters have their own moments without the MC being there or joining in on the conversation. Edit: In terms of lore and story as of now, I do agree that Genshin is better since they already have so many story arcs and have established their world and character building more (especially Sumeru's archon quest, really good). But in terms of presentation and storytelling, I still think SR does it better. Proper lipsyncing, more engaging dialogues from the MC, and special moments between other characters without the MC always being by their side. I do look forward to what Genshin has in store for us for Fontaine though. Overall I do enjoy both of the game and this is just an opinion of mine, but I think it’s normal to compare the two games since it’s made by the same company. Let’s just hope they continue to be better and better.
One thing to to note is that Honkai Impact’s writing is responsible for this game too. So not only did Genshin’s relatively inexperienced writing team shoot themselves in the foot by dealing with Paimon, but now they’re also being outshined by the quality writing of hoyo’s newest game lol
@@mythlessrwf Do you have a source on that? Only thing I've heard about HI3's writing team lately is that they had the 7 Swords VN/Koloston writer do the last chapter instead of the writer that did most everything else which is why the finale sucked ass, I guess the reason could've been that he was working on HSR? Not sure if I really agree on HSR outshining, it has a much stronger foundation with the trio and the flavor text is so good it's practically the games identity. But Jarilo honestly wasn't as strong as any Archon quest since 2.4 (which is excluding 3 major arcs, but it's also everything in the last 1.5 years). Luofu has potential and it's not done yet but hearing people rave about how much better HSR supposedly is when we're hot off of Sumeru makes think people are just in the honeymoon phase rn
@@mia_2043 But it's good because we are just starting, and this quest I would say, is a lot more better paysed and much more heart feld character moments then the genshins sumeru arc, the characters are also more well designed in terms of personality.
Both great stories imo it's just that Genshin has... very awkward writing, Mhy has learned a lot from it tho and hsr looks to be an amazing story going forward. Also hello my fellow day 1 friend : D
You can actually listen to the song and put in on the lobby in the Astral Express. You'd get the disk after the quest I think? The name of the song is 'Wildfire'
Thing I hate about Genshin is they try to make the archons so likable and the people of khaenri'ah seem like they did a terrible sin, yet the abyss was only created 200+ years after the archons nuked them lol It is probably more to Celestia's doing, but it's funny how we just forgive these gods for everything bad they did 500 years ago (or in Raiden's case, 5 seconds ago lol) yet absolutely hate and despise the cursed people turned monsters that THEY created. Even Wanderer they bullshit his story to make him a good guy now, he's practically absolved of all his sins because history doesn't remember him anymore. Tartaglia is literally the enemy, but I guess since we gotta sell him he's gotta actually be a really nice dude who just cares about his family, he's only doing bad things (that he enjoys) for them afterall! Yeah Genshin is pretty bad at writing "evil turned good" characters lol
@@chadachi3970 Wander literally tells you to let Kazuha know what he did and the Traveler is extremely warry of them during the recent event. He hasn't been absolved of his sins and MC doesn't see him as a friend. Giving a reason behind his actions and having him acknowledge his karma isn't the same as having him be forgiven.
@@chadachi3970 The abyss itself predates khaenri'ah so I think what you meant was the abyss order also It was celestia that nuked khaenri'ah not the archons, sorry but correct me if I'm wrong but according to the quest about sorush, the archons went to khaenri'ah to fight the monsters that came out of the abyss due to forbidden knowledge except for Rukkhadevata because she went to irminsul. Wanderer became a good guy but only for a short time until he got his memories back, he just became the lesser evil of himself. I wouldn't call Tartaglia a good guy either he has definitely killed tons of people before and I'm sure DIluc has done it, hell even the Traveler goes out to kill hillichurls and bandits everyday but the traveler is the MC so I guess the traveler can't be evil right?
@@paopao9989 Wanderer getting his memories back doesn't mean anything though, he was erased from history so he went from being a wanted criminal who wiped out clans to getting off free. They're excuse is "the Traveler can just tell those people," it's just bad writing. Tartaglia does kill people, but to let him be playable he had to get his story quest that basically said "actually he's a good person, he's doing this to care for his family" because China is strict about villain characters, they don't want people to sympathize with them, so they had to make Tartag somewhat of a good guy. Tartag even has voice lines about Traveling with you as if he's just your best pal, they definitely made him more of a grey character rather than a villain. Diluc and Traveler get the pass because "they're killing bad guys/monsters" so no one actually cares, even though you know, we found out Hillichurls are just cursed people with nothing left lol
Interesting moment. The spear that MC in his Preservation(fire) mode using is exact same spear that Cocolia using before she turn her form *AND* exact same spear that pierces through us when we try to solo fight her. It makes it more awesome, because that spear, that covered with a layer of ice, she threw at us as if completely rejecting the path of Preservation. And we pull it out flaming as Preservation represents that flaming will to protect anyone that we have.
Us: Hoyoverse you seriously can’t top this! Hoyoverse next huge patch for any game: This situation happened so many times in the past for more than 6 years, considering that 😂
That Cocolia forn is based on Herrscher of the Void and Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Rimestar from Honkai Impact 3. The appearance that is. She's also thirsty for power even in this universe lol
I've never played any mobile game and I actually despise them as cheap and shitty trash but this game.. It's basically a PS2-era turn-based JRPG made at the peak of the genre and then sprinkled with crack and it's fucking amazing.😢
37:35 This transition was the most epic switch I ever had the pleasure to play and listen too. I am not even that suprised Hoyoverse is at their peak in development. There are making games with quality close to perfection. F2P Mobile games btw ... But also with a solid PC client and hopefully soon PSN Support.
fun fact in the trailer for this game there is a actual diluc look alike called luca looks like boxer or punchy man, himeko is prob gonna be our pyro archon in genshin just tan based on lore and naming
Since you seem to enjoy Hoyoverse's content, I can confidently recommend you to try Honkai Impact 3rd as well, that especially if you enjoy sci-fi, space themes or time travel trope. The early few chapters may feel a little rough, but it only gets better and better and when you think they can't possibly make the story more epic than it already is, they just do it and they literally blow your mind. Something you may dislike about Honkai Impact, however is the fact that there's only female playable characters (some may consider this a +).
@@TryphectaOG That's understandable. It feels like a wasted potential especially since they already got plenty of good male characters models.. But who knows, maybe they'll change that with the engine update (cope overdosing).
@@TryphectaOG Star Rail being the universe that the male characters are playable. Welt and Luocha (Otto) are longed for years for a playable version and finally.
@@angpham941 I was very happy back when they showed off Welt game play. If they ever create another Honkai 3rd style game, I would definitely play it as long as they have more than just women as playable characters.
28:43 Agree. Star Rail definitely leans into the more dramatic/tropey anime style and that is ok because they are self aware and not take itself too seriously. I lmao when the rock music played since I knew people who love old school games would love it lol. Btw. I really like the shielder MC. He never leaves my team. Ayo I just realized that both in this game and Genshin, I always have a defense based main team lol (mono geo). MC and Natasha carried my survivability. Got Himeko as my first 5 star, and then got Svarog, so his and Himeko's counters are also so fun.
Thats honestly what i like about this game, so far, every character we have (even if not à lot) can be used, be it 4 or 5 stars, so i hope it stays like that and your not forced to use the meta to do ANYTHING.
In my case I use the express gang with Fire MC, March, Dan and Natasha, March still is usefull with her ice damage and because the MC gaves you a Shield just by breathing she helps a lot to break Ice Weaknes enemies, and with her Shields on top I beat enemies that normally hit to hard for my team (I forgot to lvl my relics for most of the game XD). Natasha is amazing and removes buffs, I had to upgrade one of her traces to removes debuffs for Kafka. Meanwhile Dan just hits so hard, he just tears Bosses apart even witouth Wind weakness.
to answer your question is because Cocolia is already a character with a complete story she is from Honkai Impact so she already has a complete backstory and relationships already formed with several characters and especially Bronya but in Genshin's case everything is new and everything is a mystery
Star rails is the first gacha game EVER where I actually want to use my main character, and happy to build them.
And also the MC stay OP just like how all the 5 stars should be and not forgotten
I like keeping the main character so story actually feels like story but I understand why others don't want a weak unit around
Even if you don’t want to build your MC, the game forces you to build them. You couldn’t start this mission w/o using MC.
Mihoyo definitely improved a lot of MC’s kit. For Genshin’s example, they also make Dendro MC extremely good and useful too. My MC is still in my meta Nilou superbloom team.
@@Kendrone I'm sure people could find a way to use lvl 1 MC by just giving them other built character's gear, then just use them as a taunt/break bot while you have someone like Asta/Himeko/Seele hard carry the fight lol
The weapon fire MC uses is the same weapon Cocolia pierced them with during the cutscene btw. But in Cocolia's hands it was frozen cuz she abandoned Preservation and sided with the stellaron that was responsible for the eternal freeze. So much lore in a simple texture
it was also the control of the engine of creation, which is why the robot was suddenly on our side. You can tell there was a lot of effort and care put into this bossfight.
I didn't realize it at first. now seeing Cocolia's reaction when MC is holding the weapon: "no... it can't be.." has more meaning
it's also mentioned in lore that the old guardians were able to make soldier's bodies stronger because of that weapon, which is a lore explanation for MC's defense abilities
@@darknessknows1235
Where you read this on?
@@TheOverlordEND off the top of my head it's in one of the relic lore
Bro the fact that you can farm this boss and listen to this banger of a song each time is such a win every time, my god this song SLAPS harder than my father will ever be able to
The fact that I'm pretty sure the song still doesn't change till she ults the 1st time
I mean you could obtained it for the ponograph and set it so you always hear it everytime you enter the express
@@TheMattVis And thats exactly what I did
@@dinopower901 Yep 'A Trap With No Return' plays on the first phase and 'Wildfire' which has the vocals is on the 2nd phase.
Well the banger music is expected from honkai just listen to some of the tracks from honkai impact in fact just watch the cutscenes
"for some reason people call me the genshin guy"
necrit when ever he sees himeko: FEMALE DILUC
Yeah the audacity of calling Himeko "female Male Himeko" is astounding.
It's more like diluc is male himiko smh
@@PyroTVince This is the literal truth, except Diluc ain’t anywhere near as cool as Himeko is.
The only time getting offended for a fictional character is allowed, like cmon Himeko didn’t die for this shit 💀😭
@@GuardiansOfHopeAndBenevolence except he is.. calm down your thirst
This fight genuinely won the game for me. I loved the puzzles, side stories, and lore, but this fight was one of the most hype things I've ever done.
Hoyo music is always amazing but they really went above and beyond on this fight
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i actually teared up when the beat drop during cocolia's stellaron power up
Me too
huh...?
The real beauty
@@friendlyneighborhoodtotall1902 music is a hell of a drug my friend
dynamic music, old trick in gaming but always worked
For those who don't know:
The weapon that pyro trailblazer uses, that weapon actually belongs to cocolia herself. She was corrupted because of the stellaron and forced to change paths.
If she'd ever be playable, then yeah she'll be a shielder 😂😂
Hmm if they ever made her playable I would think they would use her version we fight before when shes using two spears.
Doesn't she have a gun in HI3?
Who was that kid inside the "universe"?
@@enju3588 the will of all guardians before cocolia I believe
@@Nixahma she doesn't have a valkyrie power in HI3, she's an NPC there. First KGB agent, then owner of an orphanage where Bronya and Seele are from, and than a terrorist and side enemy. She's a manipulator, not a fighter.
These cutscenes were shockingly amazing!! I’ve become so invested in the main story.
+ I’m so happy I found an enjoyable content creator who use the male mc (Caelus)! He is so underrated :(
@@bimsoo3776 ikr
ngl this game has more personality and better story telling than GI
@@bimsoo3776 Literally bro was so underrated before the game even came out- it's crazy 😭
@@murata.. ngl I choose female but I wanna switch back 😂🗿
I just finished this quest about an hour ago, insane to see it again so quick
same ^^
And then theres me that finished the story we have access to so far like an hour or 2 ago lmao
@@tueur3201 well welcome to login logout club 😂
@@mrid6545 I'd say lmao, fights were made EASY with Welt already, but ever since i put Seele on my team (pulled her first multi when i decided to try after a bit), it just became à BREEZE, the only time i struggled was against the deer but even then, that was just cause of it spawing more ennemies and stopping itself from being broken, other than that it was just EASY to go through lmao
@@mrid6545 hey now we are early on it's Login > kill all enemies for mats > logout club okay
Bronya: mourning over the fact that her mother and only family she ever knew just died
March: “yAy wE mAdE iT gOoD jOb eVeRyOnE!”
I'm not excusing her but to be fair if everyone is sad who will turn the mood?
@@Valysion Yeah but not THAT quick. Imagine your mother dying infront of you and just 3 seconds later someone cracks a joke.
@@jessquiatchon2204 that's like March's character.
@@Valysion that's not an excuse
@@jessquiatchon2204 but tbh for bronya it’s a great tragedy but for the express it’s like another Tuesday lmao
The VAs, how they introduced Cocolia as a villain, Bronya's character arc, the climbing-the-mech-arm sequence, THE BEAT DROPS?! I was having goosebumps. 😂😂😂
all agree that Cocolia boss fight is the most epic moment so far, even watching this still gives me the chills
I had taken multiple days off from work for Star Rail's release, sleep schedule destroyed, was around 3am after hours and hours of grinding, massively sleep deprived and too tired to continue on PC so I pulled out my tablet and got comfy in bed, and was drifting in and out of sleep when I got here. The amount of energy recharge I experienced in this fight... I had to climb my ass out of bed during the phase transition...
I just wanna say that I hope you've taken enough rest now, that shit sounds crazy. 😂😂
addict 😷
I took a day off too 😂 👍
crazy that this is only the second act. like an actual amazing design and fantastic backing OST for such an early fight. This fight actually brought me from "i really like this game" to "this is the most hype game ive played in a hot second"
Cocolia's transformation looks like a mix of Ana Schariac and HoV's winter skin
She gives more herrscher of ice or rimestar
@LouRob Baydeng that's why i said Ana, she becomes the Herrscher of Ice
This boss is inaccurately named, she should be named:
"Cocolia, Mother of Kino" cuz that fight(and music) had no reason being THAT epic
How else do you want to defeate a space alternative version of elite KGB agent?
@@0kaiKai what is KGB
@@codeimagine6824Basically Russian CIA
@@codeimagine6824 i believe its the like equivalent of FBI in either the Soviet Union or Russia or it has been active in both eras.
@@BenganGamer thank
That classic moment when cocolia dies and bronya is having a moment for her dissolved mother…..and March comes in with the SpongeBob timing “WE DID IT PATRICK WE SAVED THE TOWN!”
31:15 i love how the music sync perfectly with the mc ult
God I can't believe how trivial this fight was made for me by having Bailu and Seele.
Same, but instead I built up March and Stelle. Both were at full HP when the fight was over in spite of having no healing sources.
@@Cervarius_K Same for me but with Gepard. With him I never need a healer
You did justice by keeping this portion whole on its own without cutting. Given that this was uploaded on highlight channel 👍
I'm always thoroughly amused how people in lets plays and reactions go on about how awesome the BGM to this fight is and then the vocals kick in. People forget how epic Hoyo's soundtracks can be, and this fight is an absolute flex on their part.
The fact that I'm getting goosebumps when I was playing this at 4am in the morning 😭 it's really so good.
For a gacha game I wasn't expecting a battle to have this much spectacle. I'm just blown away by all the details that this fight and the moments leading up to it have. If this is a show of what's to come I can't wait for future updates.
I can't believe I would be able to feel the moment I felt back then at the: ZEKE battle on MGS:Peace Walker, Sephiroth on FF7, and Bowser at the final battle on Super Mario Galaxy - by just playing a free gacha game
It definitely up there alongside many memorable fights such as the boss battles in the Souls series. This moment was so freakin cool!
@@xaero07vsxaero69 Yeah I still cant make up my mind. They just pulled an amazing narrative + good turn based fight in a free gacha game.
I am reliving my Golden Sun GBA Days on my Phone now❤
For me it was also like "Vs. Emperor Mateus" from FFII
I was not this excited playing a boss fight since the original Sonic Adventure 2 final battle when I was a kid.
My Steele was so overinvested at this point that I actually managed to take one quarter of Cocolia's first health bar with a few lucky critical strikes. Before I unlocked Fire mode
Isn’t it a 1v1 with your trailblazer vs Cocolia before that?
@@TheKnightofMC They meant Stelle, which is the female mc’s name
@@soulknight5190 ah makes sense mb, read it as Seele
@@TheKnightofMC To be fair, I did too until I read it again
love all the reactions to this scene.. as someone who has played hi3 and genshin for years, i've just come to expect these things lol they never get old
I honestly hope they continue to incorporate lyrical music with these major boss fights. That would be so cool
37:40 probably the hardest i've laughed in a while thanks for the reactions
the first time i getting here i was like: how the hell did they made this scene so freaking cool, how the hell did they made this turn based game so LIT
"What's another 26 years? I can always start again. Adopt another kid." Cocolia, probably
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Incredible battle, insane music, unbelivable content. Best émotions i had for a while, playing a game, when i did this boss. It was unforgottable
Alternate Title: Necrit beats epic boss with no DPS, All Supports!
Many already did that with Cocolia
for example I use Gepard, Natasha and Asta... I just should switch Asta with Bronya for kill Cocolia, but I forget it
I had Himeko and Serval in my team, double Erudition against a boss isn’t logically good 😆😅
My team was yanqing, march 7th, tingyun and fire MC
I had Dan, dude hits super hard xd
I cried so much, I don’t know why but the music, bronyas speech and trying to under her mother. God it was epic
Cocolia being seems like a complete villain because
This is her whole story, Jarilo-vi....
Villains in genshin is more like open ended because their cause is not that fully realize so... some villain may end as long they are connected to a bigger narrative they may never be a completed villain until the end.. i think
The Harbingers are not even the villains in Genshin. We still dont have enough knowledge regarding Celestia and the Abyss. That's why this fight feels more complete.
@@johngapud9934 yes and no
The fatui are in fact the villains it’s just we’re dealing with 3 factions at the same time.
By all accounts they are a problem it’s just as a villain faction what they do is so detached from the travelers goals it’s hard to care bout them.
Celestia is really just the long term higher powers while the abyss honestly just have so many different plot points going on it’s hard to keep track of what they actually do
@@johngapud9934 yeah but Fatui are seen as the Villain since it's always them messing around the other region instead of someone else.
It's Transformers 2007 ending all over again with that ost
now that you said it, apart from my experience with the ZEKE boss fight from Metal Gear: PW or Sephiroth in FF7, that does seem a good comparison
This fight was without a doubt my favorite one. Happy to see your reaction was as hype as my own!
I never thought a turn base game to hit this hard. The addiction starts again.
One word: THE FUCKIN MUSIC
I was lucky so watch your journey live, thank you so much! Can't wait to see what will they do with this game in the future!
Adore that everyone has the gut instinct to finish Cocolia's [assumed only 1] phase with the MC GBFBGDFHBHJGF I too had to do that
I was preaching qlipoth thanking him for the blessing and screaming I'll take down this enemy to preservation just to realize there's a phase 2
The end of disc 1 Final Fantasy VIII homage totally blew my mind. 🤯
WHEN THE VOCAL SINGER COMES IN BGM, IM FCKN GOT GOOSEBUMBS !!
Can't wait until the next major boss where we switch elements/class again.
Wonder if hunt or abundance next.
@@danilakalinin6261 Pretty sure it's the hunt because the next planet we go through worships the hunt
@@danilakalinin6261 I hope it's hunt next
@@Saji_0 It's 100% The Hunt, the Xianzhou follows the Path of Lan
@@danilakalinin6261 100% hunt just looking at Herta's shop. All 3 light cones are kinda mediocre and designed for first 3 MC's paths.
Wildfire is by far, my favorite song in the game thus far. M7s theme is pretty up there after the festival but just...wooo Wildfire is 🔥🔥🔥
Hoyo never disappoints, especially when it comes to the Honkai series. I swear though, from what I've seen, the Honkai dev team pays more attention to the community compared to the Genshin devs. Of course, the Genshin devs listens to the community's complaints and stuff, but it feels like the Honkai devs include their community into events and occasions more than the Genshin devs.
One example is the Dreamy Euphony Concert, the last song that plays. I won't say what the song is for those who have not seen the concert yet, but if you are a Honkai 3rd player (new or veteran), I highly recommend you watch it at least once. Even if you don't play Honkai 3rd, watch it, though there are a lot of spoilers in the concert.
I should specify that I mean the dev teams for either series
Necrit: "Nothing Can Peak this"
ZenlessZoneZero: "Let me introduce Myself"
IMO Star Rail's storytelling is better than Genshin's. Don't get me wrong, I love Genshin (AR 60 and have been playing since day one) but Paimon often times ruin the immersion and storytelling for me. I love how because there is no Paimon in SR, the MC is more engaged with the dialogue and story. I also love how sometimes characters have their own moments without the MC being there or joining in on the conversation.
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In terms of lore and story as of now, I do agree that Genshin is better since they already have so many story arcs and have established their world and character building more (especially Sumeru's archon quest, really good). But in terms of presentation and storytelling, I still think SR does it better. Proper lipsyncing, more engaging dialogues from the MC, and special moments between other characters without the MC always being by their side. I do look forward to what Genshin has in store for us for Fontaine though. Overall I do enjoy both of the game and this is just an opinion of mine, but I think it’s normal to compare the two games since it’s made by the same company. Let’s just hope they continue to be better and better.
One thing to to note is that Honkai Impact’s writing is responsible for this game too. So not only did Genshin’s relatively inexperienced writing team shoot themselves in the foot by dealing with Paimon, but now they’re also being outshined by the quality writing of hoyo’s newest game lol
@@mythlessrwf Do you have a source on that? Only thing I've heard about HI3's writing team lately is that they had the 7 Swords VN/Koloston writer do the last chapter instead of the writer that did most everything else which is why the finale sucked ass, I guess the reason could've been that he was working on HSR?
Not sure if I really agree on HSR outshining, it has a much stronger foundation with the trio and the flavor text is so good it's practically the games identity. But Jarilo honestly wasn't as strong as any Archon quest since 2.4 (which is excluding 3 major arcs, but it's also everything in the last 1.5 years). Luofu has potential and it's not done yet but hearing people rave about how much better HSR supposedly is when we're hot off of Sumeru makes think people are just in the honeymoon phase rn
@@mia_2043 But it's good because we are just starting, and this quest I would say, is a lot more better paysed and much more heart feld character moments then the genshins sumeru arc, the characters are also more well designed in terms of personality.
none of the genshin quests felt this epic
Both great stories imo it's just that Genshin has... very awkward writing, Mhy has learned a lot from it tho and hsr looks to be an amazing story going forward.
Also hello my fellow day 1 friend : D
Watching his reaction live was so funny lol, this fight was so well done
You can actually listen to the song and put in on the lobby in the Astral Express. You'd get the disk after the quest I think? The name of the song is 'Wildfire'
So glad necrit is experiencing this masterpiece too😭
We don’t reaaaaally know who the real evil in Genshin is. The heavenly principles chick? The abyss? The archons? The Tsaritsa? Celestia? Idk
Lorewise, everything points to celestia
Thing I hate about Genshin is they try to make the archons so likable and the people of khaenri'ah seem like they did a terrible sin, yet the abyss was only created 200+ years after the archons nuked them lol
It is probably more to Celestia's doing, but it's funny how we just forgive these gods for everything bad they did 500 years ago (or in Raiden's case, 5 seconds ago lol) yet absolutely hate and despise the cursed people turned monsters that THEY created.
Even Wanderer they bullshit his story to make him a good guy now, he's practically absolved of all his sins because history doesn't remember him anymore.
Tartaglia is literally the enemy, but I guess since we gotta sell him he's gotta actually be a really nice dude who just cares about his family, he's only doing bad things (that he enjoys) for them afterall!
Yeah Genshin is pretty bad at writing "evil turned good" characters lol
@@chadachi3970 Wander literally tells you to let Kazuha know what he did and the Traveler is extremely warry of them during the recent event. He hasn't been absolved of his sins and MC doesn't see him as a friend. Giving a reason behind his actions and having him acknowledge his karma isn't the same as having him be forgiven.
@@chadachi3970 The abyss itself predates khaenri'ah so I think what you meant was the abyss order also It was celestia that nuked khaenri'ah not the archons, sorry but correct me if I'm wrong but according to the quest about sorush, the archons went to khaenri'ah to fight the monsters that came out of the abyss due to forbidden knowledge except for Rukkhadevata because she went to irminsul.
Wanderer became a good guy but only for a short time until he got his memories back, he just became the lesser evil of himself. I wouldn't call Tartaglia a good guy either he has definitely killed tons of people before and I'm sure DIluc has done it, hell even the Traveler goes out to kill hillichurls and bandits everyday but the traveler is the MC so I guess the traveler can't be evil right?
@@paopao9989 Wanderer getting his memories back doesn't mean anything though, he was erased from history so he went from being a wanted criminal who wiped out clans to getting off free. They're excuse is "the Traveler can just tell those people," it's just bad writing.
Tartaglia does kill people, but to let him be playable he had to get his story quest that basically said "actually he's a good person, he's doing this to care for his family" because China is strict about villain characters, they don't want people to sympathize with them, so they had to make Tartag somewhat of a good guy. Tartag even has voice lines about Traveling with you as if he's just your best pal, they definitely made him more of a grey character rather than a villain.
Diluc and Traveler get the pass because "they're killing bad guys/monsters" so no one actually cares, even though you know, we found out Hillichurls are just cursed people with nothing left lol
I cant remember the last time iv heard a boss theme this epic that gave me chills
March 7th is a student of the Paimon School of being incapable of reading the room.
The game in this game goes so fucking hard.
Interesting moment. The spear that MC in his Preservation(fire) mode using is exact same spear that Cocolia using before she turn her form *AND* exact same spear that pierces through us when we try to solo fight her. It makes it more awesome, because that spear, that covered with a layer of ice, she threw at us as if completely rejecting the path of Preservation. And we pull it out flaming as Preservation represents that flaming will to protect anyone that we have.
Us: Hoyoverse you seriously can’t top this!
Hoyoverse next huge patch for any game:
This situation happened so many times in the past for more than 6 years, considering that 😂
the male mc scream as he picks up the lance is so anime. i love it
this gave me chills going through it the first time and when the music hits its orgasmic
For a moment, the soundtrack turned into Metal Gear Revengeance
41:15
Great timing with music 🔥🔥
That Cocolia forn is based on Herrscher of the Void and Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Rimestar from Honkai Impact 3. The appearance that is. She's also thirsty for power even in this universe lol
Love how the video just ends on a Bronseele moment lmao.
How dare.
Diluc wishes he was half the man Himeko was
"Is that why you have such beefy arms?" -Kiana
@@OtakuGamingEdits to hug her students better with.
Nah
the popcorn emotes are too funny
his whole deck was to buff the trailblazer but he turned into a tank
He can still do dmg iirc 😆😅
37:37 peak mihoyo moments
Seele sneezed like she said UWU then said im a tough cookie 💀
I love that if you bring Bronya in the fight there's bonus dialogue.
I've never played any mobile game and I actually despise them as cheap and shitty trash but this game..
It's basically a PS2-era turn-based JRPG made at the peak of the genre and then sprinkled with crack and it's fucking amazing.😢
While I agree that mostly all mobile games are cheap and crappy, there are some exceptions which I personally enjoy.
The Honkai team have better writers, that or it’s because paimon isn’t ruining literally every single story beat.
"You can't top this"
well, I'm from the future to tell you something about a planet call Penacony.
The music for this boss fight is my second favourite ever my mc was still standing,
I been waiting for his reaction
37:35 This transition was the most epic switch I ever had the pleasure to play and listen too.
I am not even that suprised Hoyoverse is at their peak in development. There are making games with quality close to perfection.
F2P Mobile games btw ... But also with a solid PC client and hopefully soon PSN Support.
Now everyone on the train has to listen to this music for the rest of the trip
this sequence blows my mind
My favorite part of this fight is the air support. How do we fight a robot with a big fk-off laser? With our own big fk-off laser.
Now i am looking forward to a lore video where he falls into the lore trap that surrounds welt
I don't know how they can top this... Excited for more.
The music from this fight is always what is playing on the train
fun fact in the trailer for this game there is a actual diluc look alike called luca looks like boxer or punchy man, himeko is prob gonna be our pyro archon in genshin just tan based on lore and naming
As an FPS game lover, when my frnd recommended this game i never thought it would be this gud tbh
Since you seem to enjoy Hoyoverse's content, I can confidently recommend you to try Honkai Impact 3rd as well, that especially if you enjoy sci-fi, space themes or time travel trope.
The early few chapters may feel a little rough, but it only gets better and better and when you think they can't possibly make the story more epic than it already is, they just do it and they literally blow your mind.
Something you may dislike about Honkai Impact, however is the fact that there's only female playable characters (some may consider this a +).
The characters being female only is a hard negative to me. The only reason I can't take it seriously when I tried to play.
@@TryphectaOG That's understandable.
It feels like a wasted potential especially since they already got plenty of good male characters models..
But who knows, maybe they'll change that with the engine update (cope overdosing).
@@TryphectaOG Star Rail being the universe that the male characters are playable. Welt and Luocha (Otto) are longed for years for a playable version and finally.
@@angpham941 I was very happy back when they showed off Welt game play. If they ever create another Honkai 3rd style game, I would definitely play it as long as they have more than just women as playable characters.
@@angpham941 luocha is a different character
when I first saw the boss a couple of days ago I thought "Tsaritsa is that you?"
37:35 hahaha i had the same feeling at this moment Cant wait for how he reacts to the second world's boss fight if there is. Im assuming atleast.
28:43 Agree. Star Rail definitely leans into the more dramatic/tropey anime style and that is ok because they are self aware and not take itself too seriously. I lmao when the rock music played since I knew people who love old school games would love it lol.
Btw. I really like the shielder MC. He never leaves my team. Ayo I just realized that both in this game and Genshin, I always have a defense based main team lol (mono geo).
MC and Natasha carried my survivability. Got Himeko as my first 5 star, and then got Svarog, so his and Himeko's counters are also so fun.
Thats honestly what i like about this game, so far, every character we have (even if not à lot) can be used, be it 4 or 5 stars, so i hope it stays like that and your not forced to use the meta to do ANYTHING.
In my case I use the express gang with Fire MC, March, Dan and Natasha, March still is usefull with her ice damage and because the MC gaves you a Shield just by breathing she helps a lot to break Ice Weaknes enemies, and with her Shields on top I beat enemies that normally hit to hard for my team (I forgot to lvl my relics for most of the game XD).
Natasha is amazing and removes buffs, I had to upgrade one of her traces to removes debuffs for Kafka. Meanwhile Dan just hits so hard, he just tears Bosses apart even witouth Wind weakness.
The music is what makes this fight so good. One of the best song produced by hoyoverse
My brain dude the slo mo hahahahah. I still can’t believe that I played through most of the game on 1x speed.
Ive never wanted music with vocals in Genshin more than i do now.
It was such an amazing experience, one of the best Boss fights I've ever experienced
Not a Sumeru (yet) thou, But I expect them too in future :)
I was uncertain whether HSR will be closer to HI3, or GI, but I’m glad to decisively put it in the “Honkai Impact with better worldbuilding” category.
37:39
Best scene of the story arc.
thats what iv been waiting fooooorr
to answer your question is because Cocolia is already a character with a complete story she is from Honkai Impact so she already has a complete backstory and relationships already formed with several characters and especially Bronya
but in Genshin's case everything is new and everything is a mystery
38:40 well, this is good battle, I agree. But it's not even close to Kevin's final boss battle which is indeed hoyo's peak
This is so peak and probably on par with a few Honkai Impact 3rd moments
Yeah, I'll definitely be a Trailblazer main from now on.☺️☺️☺️
37:40 The drop was the finest so far😂
Genshin could never made my man this happy.