Is Tower of Fantasy the Next Genshin Impact? A Genshin Player's Review of Tower of Fantasy
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2022
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Gonna play it
What’s the Outro Music at the end?
You should have compared it to PSO2. So it could die faster.
I played the US beta. It was interesting, but not as satisfying as I expected. The grind wasn't bad, but wasn't rewarding for me. The gameplay was kinda clunky and I didn't like the swap mechanic as much as Genshin. Maybe if I could changed the hotkeys around better it would become more ergonomic for me.
I really enjoyed the customizer for your traveler, but got bored with the "weapons" you swap into rather quickly. This mechanic made me have really no attachment to characters that I would spend money on.
For now, I'm going to stick to Genshin and hope fantasy competition gets released. Thanks for the good and mostly objective review.
Personally i like the genshin playstyle and animations more because i prefer less sci fi and more fictional design parts of the game. But I’ll give it a try for sure
Definitely respect your take. I’m the opposite tho. I prefer Tower of Fantasy because of its combo based combat style and sci-if/post apocalyptic style. Almost like if Nier Automata and Genshin Impact or BOTW had a baby
Me too. But as someone who plays both I really love the gameplay in ToF wayy more than genshin at the moment but im not into sci fi as much as im into fantasy. I hope the next gacha anyone makes is magic based with ToF style combat
Same but I still want to play other game because it's getting bored in genshin my friend don't online anymore....
@@summers7928 same theres barely any content to do
i do agree ,i also prefer more old school type , not just mechanic style stuff , the game looks fun and i might give it a try but i would prefer genshin over it when it comes to the flow of the game also imo, 10/10 take
I definitely agree that Genshin is EXTREMELY polished. That's why a lot of games feel like they fall short in comparison though they're not even bad at the slightest. Genshin is just doing everything perfectly in what's supposed to be a single-player, team adventure based game.
Tower of Fantasy is a really great game and I love how it tries to do a whole lot of things at once (mixing in single-player storytelling, PvP combat, open-world exploration, etc.) but unfortunately, that takes a toll on the game's polishedness. For now, I'll definitely just stick to Genshin and see how ToF's release affects Genshin's development. If the time comes that Genshin seems to be closed to improvements and will not do any more development, then I'm more than open to play ToF.
Go play your weeb game
@@mastergamerandredditor6066 Imagine using weeb as an insult in 2022 lmfao
MEH. just a copy of BOTW, a cheap BOTW for weebs
@@efzap6516 Why'd you click on the video then? The video is literally about Genshin and Tower of Fantasy...
Go take your trash opinion outta my reply section
@@efzap6516 Also, Genshin wouldn't be one of the most successful games ever created if it was just a cheap copy of BOTW. Just accept that your game's irrelevant and move on
It seems promising. Probably needs more time to be polished. But yeah, I doubt there will be another Genshin Impact.
No one needs another genshin impact
@@isobaramark7032 😂
@@isobaramark7032 Of course. But Genshin has lead to more companies taking interest in the anime genre, which is a win-win situation for the players.
@@binoymathew246 honestly Genshin pushing other Gacha devs to put more effort at making their games is a big plus, especially for Mobile gaming, before Genshin, gacha games with the most impressive graphics that came to my mind on Mobile was Honkai and PGR. But it seems after Genshin release, more gacha devs are starting to make 3d RPG with stunning visuals and open world mechanics, Wuthering Waves and Arknights Enfield are some example.
Genshin will forever be on too this decade, I swear
So I played a little and it’s definitely a fun game so far. Personally I’m not invested in ToF like I am with genshin because the aesthetic of the game and the characters it’s not my cup of tea but it’s not bad at all. The graphics could be better in my opinion but I’m super biased since I like genshin’s a lot! I spend a lot of time taking pictures of kazuha.. I don’t know if I’ll keep playing ToF but I can see it having a strong fanbase.
I think it’s good genshin has rivals like tof maybe it’ll push them to put more effort into anniversary rewards
I played a little and its lagging a lot on mobile. I configure with the settings so much that I got fed up with it.. but still I will give it a shot while waiting for the sumeru update
Same I take a lot of pictures of kazuha too
@@Jaylio I Hope this year the anniversary will be better too!
@@Jaylio i personally dont like ToF and i think hoyoverse doesnt consider it competition. Genshin is way better. Sadly the rewords could be better and end game content but genshin is in my oppinion way better from every point of view
Its crazy how much attention ToF gets simply by being in the same sphere as GI. If it has solid multiplayer + multiplayer content then I'll play the heck out of it, because that's what I felt was missing from GI.
ong thats one of the main reasons i stopped playin
Yep, its like GI with the elements that are missing, even tho the graphics aren't as good, I love it so far. The co-op and open world is missing from genshin. Plus this has 1v1 and 3v3 pvp ! so endgame doesn't get too boring! Animations aren't as good as genshin, but so far its good enough for me, to play with a friend, because its open-world.
The gacha is not as shitty as genshin, even after getting SSR the pity is not getting reset
I'm in as long as scythe girls exist
Tenten was saying the same thing on stream today. Genshin is an amazing game, but lacks that sort of community and social aspect with group content. I've always been an MMO guy. For me, even if the game is not as smooth as Genshin, as long as it brings something to the table that Genshin doesn't, it's worth playing imo
oh wow, im shocked this was a seemingly accurate review and not just "game bad because it copies genshin's look" kind of thing. i wont play myself because tencent but im looking forward to seeing what happens moving toward launch soon
Somehow I feel like Tencent will be what ruins Tower of Fanatasy.
tencent own hoyoverse XD
@@justinc6977 partners and owned is two different scenario.
Since both party relation only limited to partnership, Mihoyo can make decisions by its own without following what's tencent wanted or guidelines, like split the company to global branch like Hoyoverse to avoid their censorships.
@@ryany4n and mihoyo reject tencent's offer to join them so many times that tencent stole their game assets and got fucking sued by mihoyo
@@silverhawkscape2677 so the global only nerfs are from them then
My hot take before playing the game or watching this video is that the combat looks fun and the world looks interesting to explore, but it lacks something. Cohesiveness, maybe - everything is so out there and weird. Maybe my mind will change when I start the game. And the 'weapons' you get - that have characters attached as skins - seem more detached and lifeless than Genshin or even the extremely poor Noah's Heart that just came out. If the characters are not real people I can interact with in the here and now, what attachment do I have to them other than stats and jiggle physics? To me, story and character are more important than gameplay - my favorite game of all time is Planescape Torment, a game with crappy graphics and gameplay and the best writing of all time. Again, this is based on trailers and accounts from beta players - maybe I will grow to care for these 'weapons.' Anyway, I'm going to spend the time leading up to Genshin 3.0 taking advantage of the F2P gifts and seeing what I think. If I am sold by then, I will have to kick some less daily-task sensitive games to the curb (I am trying to beat God of War and Spiderman before their sequels get released); otherwise, I might log in every few days and mess around for a change of pace. I'm not spending any money on it until I care about one of my Weapons at least as much as I care about my Genshin team.
If the story is good it will be different
There is no theory crafting or lore going on at this time, troubling
TOF was beta its still progress don't worry
@@PhilippinesSucks149 not beta now
@@PhilippinesSucks149 what do you mean beta? its out in CN for months already
Thank you for your review, I feel like I won't like this game because I don't like MMOs. I love Genshin because even when I don't have anything to do there just running around in the open world, especially in Mondstadt makes me feel good and I feel like I really escaped to another world. But since in ToF, there will be other players, for me it won't feel like an escape. Single player games make me feel more safe and free.
finally someone who matches my feeling. the first i heard "MMOs" while searching for ToF, i got doubt lingering in my mind whether to play it or not haha. would love to but- *sigh*.. i've tried few times playing MMO games and i could constantly feel anxious in an open world full of random people, especially if u need to do something with co-op or competing.. take for instance the Windtrace and current Reminiscent Regimen event in Genshin hahah it sounds fun still i got cold feet.
So you prefer to be alone in your world than interact with others? Thats kinda boring, sad.
@@guidila8111 fr imo mmos are very fun
@@guidila8111 probably because they have their human interaction dosis in the real world so they dont depent on a game for socializing unlike you lololol
@@guidila8111 It's a fucking preference. I think being around other players is annoying too, most of them are just asses that like to troll and I've been there.
For me personally, I like the SAO-vibe the game feels, with the MMO setting and everything. That and the game taking some inspiration from Genshin already gives it a sense of familiarism so it doesn't feel like an entirely new game, but that in of inself is one of its flaws. That aside, it's a 8.5/10 game for me and could easily be a better game if it were more polished but hey, the game just came out so it's a little too early to judge
I want competition for GI but outside of gacha there's no similarities. It looks like it's trying to target other gacha mmos like Lost Ark.
I think you need to play it before you state that Gacha is the only similarities lol.
@@Shingeki__ yeah I've seen the clips but let's see
Not as accessible(only PC and select phones)
Gacha mmo(recent times have shown how bad that can get)
People jump on it thinking it'll be different but you'll hit a wall ask anyone who's played WoW or FF14 trust me I'm waiting for the next patch
Oh...lol
It was advertised to target to Genshin though, unsure why the company went with that strategy
"No similarities" lol. Gliding is the same, climbing is the same, the weapon floating behind you is the same, the gather UI is the same, the rewards screen is the same, dialog box and color is the same
@@nolanstrebel9405 some of that is both though
If anything I have noticed menu's, weapons, and character models ripped from Honkai impact
As well as environments and enemies taken from both as well as some character models directly ripped from popular games and anime
People can talk about Mihoyo all they want but if an unoriginal character is in a game it's because of a legit deal
So yeah when a company is on the verge of a massive lawsuit they're not competition
I've liked the game so far, there's just something satisfying about seeing other people around and helping them out. It certainly doesn't have the Genshin level of polish, but there's plenty to like here too, it seems. Oh and I'm digging the scifi vibes too :D
I played ToF earlier for almost 3 hours.. Game looks good, game mechanics are not bad either but there is nothing new or innovative aspect in those mechanics since other games have those as well and I find the combat sometimes a bit clunky. What stands out the most in ToF for me is probably the variety and diversity of how u can play your character since it will really depends on ur weapon. Though this may change or improve in time since the game is fairly new.
idk combat feels so much better than genshin. the dodge/dash works nice compared to genshin
TOF game design will work very well with Sega's PSO2 direction
Right. The combat looks good but it doesn't feel good when you play it.
@@lechungus1832 it's the opposite it looks clunky to me at first but it feels really good when i played it
@@himaya-relaxsleep1410 you out here defending ToF like your life depends on it ☠️
as someone who appreciate art, visual and aesthetic too bad ToF is not the genshin killer that I been waiting for. not a bad game by any mean, but not meet my expectation to the least. this still feel like the dev rush and shout 'we too can make a genshin killer game!! lets go boy!!'
but I love that the MC is talking not silent hahaha
Wuthering waves come on you can do the impossible!!
The graphics looks good ngl
Yeah maybe in a decade the game will be released...
I feel like with each update, genshin is the genshin killer. Every new area is so good compared to the previous. Esp sumerus ost now. Crazy good.
Whatever the hype there is, genshin will always be in my heart till i reach snezhnaya or celestia. The effort put my hoyoverse in story/lose, npc side stories, the enemies/hilichurl stories, every character stories and personalities, the puzzles and their hints how to solve it, the artwork/ designs, the music, the cutscenes, the emotion, and all of those contents, we are still at inazuma, now we r near sumeru. Cant wait till seven nations release with all those things i said above will be put in every nations
And yet they still leave a horrible gatcha system
PD: I still love genshin even if it's gatcha is horrible
Except for the Main Story, I think the side stories are badly written most times in Genshin. Dialogue is trivial too often, pacing is off with walls of text and the Mc does not talk which destroys the immersion. Other games like The Witcher 3 have shown that side quest/ stories can be designed in a fun and interesting way.
I think it is good that the MC of ToF is at least talking. Hopefully Genshin will take this over.
@@ItsRedSensei Honestly i don't understand people that say Genshin Gacha is horrible. It's not the best sure but it's not that bad
For me to evaluate the "gacha system" is bad or not, we need to see the whole game system itself.
1. There's a type of gacha game that's rarely give you free pull BUT they have low pity guarantee and you'll 100% get the char you want. Usually the character here is not that much and there's no meta or the meta is moving very slowly.
2. The second type is the other type of gacha game which will you a lot of pull BUT they will have higher pity to get the character you want. Usually this game is very competitive, the meta is changing very fast, and their summoning poll ended up filled with old and outdated character.
The first one is like Genshin
The second one are like GBF, FEH etc. (there are a lot gacha games used this system esp. JP gacha)
So it depends, do you want to fulfill your gacha addict? Go to the second one. The first one is good for the people that really like a certain character and not really that addicted to gacha. As long the games falls to that 2 category it's okay but if a game takes both ofnthe bad factor in that 2 category then it's bad and vice versa.
@@pon9035 imagine defending gacha systems in general
@@malazan6004 seems like a pretty nuanced take to me plus upfront it's pretty clear that it's a comparison to other gacha systems. It's entirely possible and reasonable to say x game's gacha system is better than y game's gacha system for xyz reasons without defending the system as a whole.
I just started playing Tower of Fantasy myself, and so far, I think the story and quest contents a are pretty good. As a Genshin player that is more into gameplay and combat, of course I would focus more on the attack animations. From what I have seen, the attack animations are very unique and the style is quite different to that of Genshin Impact, however, I feel as though they aren’t as good as Genshin’s. I think the reason why is because they are a but chunky. In a comparison video, it shows the difference between Genshin’s and ToF’s attack animations.
In Xiao’s and another character’s, they have similar plunge attacks, however, Xiao’s shows the position change and the plunge seems natural and gives you the feeling of a experienced warrior, which is similar to what Xiao is, a Yaksha that has fought many battles and has gone through so much, becoming the Yaksha we all know and love. For the ToF’s one, the plunge attack isn’t as smooth, the plunge is in an awkward position and doesn’t seem as natural, but a bit forced.
Also, I have noticed many details in Genshin Impact that ToF doesn’t really have, like the ones that are related to the lore. For example, Diluc when he fixes his glove, which implies that he uses his delusion on his left hand, which has probably caused some problems for that hand. Also, for details unrelated to lore, when you use Raiden Shogun in Dragonspine, she doesn’t have icy breath unlike Amber, Yanfei and Kaeya, that is because she is a puppet and not a human, when I found out I was literally in awe at how detailed Hoyoverse is! Not only that, but the scenery and cut scence animations are just so beautiful! This is what ToF lacks, the soul.
However, the game is still in its early stages and is still improving, I can definitely see ToF rising up the ranks! I would definitely recommend the game!
Edit: I edited it because somebody didn't know I was also comparing Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy, so I edited my comment accordingly to make sure that nobody else misunderstands!
Edit 2: OK, so I already know that ToF is a MMO game, I have played it myself. But, it wouldn't hurt to improve the plunge animation to make it look more natural. Also, don't say that the game engine can't handle a lot of details and high-polished animations, I was just comparing the differences I have noticed so far.
ToF isn't lacking a lot for a MMO game, connecting with lore is hard and I get it. Genshin has the soul and the connections, accompanied by lots of high quality things, while ToF is a pretty fun MMO game, with customizable characters, so connecting with lore can only be done with NPC, but I'm sure that not a lot of people have finished most of the story, so the lore connection can't really show. Perhaps in the future.
The game lacks polish. It’s a good game overall.
its a good game, its a open world genshin, with mounts, better stamina system, combat is on par, has pvp(1v1 and 3v3) so endgame doesn't get to boring. Graphics are a bit worse, but game runs super smooth for me on my PC.
guys endgame overall anything is better than graphics smh
@@thomasre9382 is it lower than genshin? I cant play any other good game higher than genshin on my laptop. Because my genshin itself runs at the lowest graphic except the sfx which I set medium.
@@thomasre9382 Yes, it also runs pretty good on mobile, which is one of the things I look for in these type of games, and I totally agree with you! (As well as the other replies) The game is great overall and the story isn't boring and keeps us interested half the time, but the graphics need some work
Honestly just because genshin impact is doing well we can't completely assume that becoming next genshin impact is the goal of these games, sure they want to do what genshin can do, but I think they are just making the next better gacja game and that's okay
The thing with ToF is that they definitely do have Genshin Impact in mind. It’s was found out that the company bought bots to take reviews from Genshin and post them as reviews for ToF, inflating the rating by a full star in just a few days. Not to mention the amount of plagiarism from big and small creators.
@@starame2452 exactly cause genshin was successful, but wouldn't any other game do that
@@UncannyCreative8128 they could’ve used reviews from a combination of games but they only chose reviews from Genshin. Also I don’t think we should really justify inflating reviews just because it’s not as popular. The game was at 3 stars because they literally broke the game and didn’t fix it. Instead of fixing things they inflated reviews to 4 stars which is a really big jump. It’s incredibly shady combined with everything else they’ve done.
@@starame2452 I see where your coming from I didn't know about that they are trying to hard to make a first impression I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt but that's not something game company should be doing
@@starame2452 if you don't mind me asking do you have any source you could share?
Commented before this video went live, so interesting to see Brax's take on ToF :)
Personally I think the game looks kind of 'cheap', the color palet and some of the visuals look kind of 'off' to me.
The character customization is awesome, but atm that's the only thing it has going for me.
It definitely looks very cheap... the character models are bland, the animations are amateur, and there's so much clipping. I think the color palette might be like that intentionally, though, because so many of these new mobile games seem to be trying for an edgy futuristic look and therefore lazily default to making their environments with the same boring colors. I have a lot of problems with Genshin, but one of the few things I'll commend it for is having a beautiful color palette for its world.
Agreed.
Agree i couldn't feel the same quality as I do with genshin
@@cariandi tof animations are copy of genshin tho :<
czcams.com/video/HZy7mZlUC0A/video.html
This here shows PART of them
I found more, like Lisa's
Consider the fact that this game really is cheap, not even 1/3 of Genshin's overall budget. Genshin is one of the games with the biggest budget too so...
Playing ToF made me appreciate Genshin even more tbh
True, not saying tof is a bad game, but the company is quite shady due to its history which concerns me
ToF is too complicated, stick genshin until the story ends
And now it’s absolutely abysmal for f2p at endgame and it’s playerbase is incredibly small with mostly whales left.
Thanks for the info, definitely trying this one.
Also I am happy that the MMO aspects are not forced by any means.
The biggest appeal for MMO games for me is the character customization and how my character interacts with other players. From what I gather from the review, it gets a lot of MMO and action RPG elements right, but is there a community aspect to it?
Is co-oping to do world/raid bosses encouraged? Is there a guild/base system where you can do things to progress the status of said base?
And from what I can tell, there doesnt seem to be a home system similar to the Serenitea Pot in Genshin (granted it did take awhile for that to come out).
And besides quests and gear grinding, is there some sort of endgame?
There's a decent amount of co-op content and guilds (crews) are in the game as well, there's definitely community to it. There isn't a player house as far as I can tell. As for endgame, only time will tell, they've changed a bit from CN to now.
if there guild they probaly be doing housing for it
It is encouraged to be in a party from what I’ve seen; you do get an exp boost w the more ppl you have
You have world bosses that can actually drop high rarity characters/weapons.
It's a pain in the ass to solo said bosses, so yeah there you have it.
There's no guild base and I have no idea if they plan to add one.
If you're familiar with pso2ngs (though no other game comes close to it) cosmetics are the real end game along with PvP ladders that right now is a mess because of lag and hackers and if you ignore that, you still have weapons that promote boring playstyle like running around for 3 minutes while healing yourself and dealing enough damage to the opponent and honestly I don't know if I trust their competency to fix and balance the game given how much they screwed up with the CN release.
Housing is Literally coming soon
Holy hell, Genshin Impact really did change the landscape of mobile gaming didn't it? As a brand new player of the game, Genshin still kinda feels too good to be true to me. A truly complete, expansive mmorpg with beautiful graphics available entirely for free on a cell phone. I feel like i found out about it late, but not too late to where it's not feasible to play. It's such a unique game to me that seems like its own new archetype. I must say, i have always been impressed by a lot of mobile games from Asian markets, the players over there just seem to have high standards that put pressure on devs to make really impressive titles for mobile games. A lot of these Japanese and Chinese games specifically are perfect for me, because they appeal so well to my maximalist inclinations. even the more "money hungry" ones are just more fun, haha, there's always some massive shower of random rewards to butter you up into buying things and continuing to play.
yea
genshin is not mmorpg, it’s arpg only
Genshin isn't a MMOrpg and neither is this
Your unbiased review made me subscribe to you
It's rare to get people like you these days when it comes to reviewing games
Wow, always love to watch this, Thanks
Honestly I’m not impressed but I think it’s my own fault I’m not impressed because I didn’t research the game much. All you hear are people screaming “ GUYS LOOK NEW GAME GACHA GONNA REPLACE GENSHIN!! “ then when I load it up expecting an open world gacha that has the same cohesiveness that Genshin it’s like damn this is just another mmorpg with gacha which isn’t necessarily a bad thing I’m just not fond on the idea of gacha in my mmorpg if I wanted to play a good mmorpg that doesn’t feel clunky or the PC version seemed like they just made the mobile version compatible for PC there’s a plethora of games I’m already playing. The long ass queue and finally getting into a server only to crash, be kicked out, or have an error also put me off a bit but I’m not that upset about it because I can only imagine that the Devs weren’t expecting THAT many burnout folks to be trying to get into their servers all at once
Nah man, this kinda game is the same as the old days games. Even gameplay is similar. Idk why people say it good while in the old days, games like this does not survive the real world of mmo
Yeah the gameplay is kinda clunky on mobile genshin is a lot smoother to play imo
@@HapPawhere because I’m looking at this from a standpoint of what most people are looking at it you were looking for an alternative for THAT game and that’s how you ended up here unfortunately for like 90% it’s hype that’s what it was about. That’s why I said there’s tons of other mmorpgs I’d rather spend my time on than this. After playing it for a little longer here’s my take: after the hype dies down a big chunk of its player base will fade away and the people who actually are enjoying it will remain but the folks who are just excited about shit like customization and taking mc will move on
Just spent the last 12 hours grinding tof. I will say the combat is superb and unparalleled in any gacha I’ve played the world does seem a little desolate and empty however as you progress to later areas this changes and there will be more life and creatures to encounter. I highly suggest rerolling your account as you get quite a few ten pulls allowing you to go halfway to pity before leaving the initial area.
not gonna lie after playing this game i kinda appreciate the quality of genshin despite the simple gameplay.
dont get me wrong Tower of fantasy is an amazing game its just that there is something missing about the characters, and story telling of the game compare to genshin.
I think the only thing i can think of so far that Tower of fantasy beats genshin when it comes to combat mechanics and mobility. if felt like i was playing warframe when i was exploring astra, and also the PVP is an aspect that genshin lacks.
I was thinking the same. Genshin mapping and topography is so good + the incredible works done on ost. And animation + mobility wise it just feels more smooth
Also ToF gacha is better than Genshin as well
@@symphonixblades sure if you wanna get all the SSR in one day but tell me won't it lose its rarity? Like will it give you the feeling of accomplishment?
There's a good reason why Mihoyo does not allow PvP in their games. One it leads to Toxic players second people will start whaling even more hard to gain every single advantage on other players via op gear.
@@ashwolf2006 I don't think you know how pvp on tof works
Just played the game for about an hour and it's kinda clunky hopefully they're able to smooth things out with updates but as of now I'm not sold on the game yet...
Out of those you listed at the intro, its probably be WW that'd be the closest competitor to genshin when it releases, judging by the insane combat and gameplay in the first testing.
I was so excited to dig into Tower of Fantasy but I was kinda disappointed tbh... Not because the game is bad or anything but just because it didn't give off the same magic that Genshin did. I believe a huge reason why I didn't enjoy playing it for a bit is because I have already played Genshin (a game in which I've already spent tons of my time and resources into).
Another reason why I still think that ToF won't top Genshin is because of just how perfect Genshin's visuals, animations, and interfaces are. Having already experienced the magic of Genshin, ToF's opening storyline, visuals, combat, etc. became really lackluster for me (though it was nowhere near bad).
Maybe I'm just biased. Maybe it's just because I don't like sci-fi as much as magic and mystery. But if there's one thing I know, Genshin is special. And I don't think the appearance of any games like Nino Kuni, ToF, etc. will take away Genshin's magic.
(I am still low-key hoping Genshin starts to kick it up a notch with the development because with the lack of endgame, the busted gacha and resin system, etc.... there is quite a large chance that Genshin will lose its playerbase to other games).
Indeed, the world, the characters and the artstyle just feels generic.
exactly
If i have to be honest the reason theres no magic might be because youve aready played a game similar in style genshin personally i had no magic from genshin because i played elden ring first and botw and they took the magic aready dunno though
I doubt the game able to replace Genshin. Based on what I see so far from other CZcamsrs, I don't like the characters' look already. A lot of character design similar to Genshin, but not cute or cool like Genshin. Hopefully that improved upon release.
I'm not even sure if you can call those as actual story characters, they're like treated as a skin or something. But maybe they will just separate the story from the stuff you get from gacha.
@@juanstar I mean they literally are skins. But you do also have your own character that you can create, which will get more and more cosmetics etc. I think that is just a different approach. Some might like the more personal look of their own character and some like the more unique differences of Genshin. I don't think one is better than the other in that regard.
@@juanstar the characters appear in the story but not in the beginning
Are you referring to the player customisations?
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks no. I'm referring to the "simulacra". The ones you get as aesthetics when pulling for weapons.
Games like ToF make me appreciate more genshin, they take time for regions but the world feels alive and looks beautiful, ToF looks cheap and empty, the combat is clunky it has good stuff like some cinematics the characters move like a normal person would, but there is a huge gap on quality.
I plan to keep playing ToF but is such a bad start, long queue on release, maintenance, servers closed with no news and a ton of lag...
nahh I like ToF and I also played Genshin Impact A LOT before but I understand that you like Genshin more then ToF because you play it more and your not used on playing other games that is whatsoever considered to be a copy of Genshin but if you really dig into the game and try to be more open
just don't think of Genshin at all you'd probably like it, Genshin Impact takes time to download and it will take a lot of space in the PC's Storage
so I suggest for people who really wants to play Genshin but can't install the game they should just give ToF a simple try (my opinion)
@DamianDreams glad you enjoy ToF I was just stating facts, there's a huge gap on quality if they are compared, like I said they should not be but ToF devs forced the comparison so you just can't avoid it.. about the bad start well it went worse with many bugs and trash compensation, the stuff with the banner uff
I actually dropped it last week, I got 100% on almost every region and it became like Genshin, just dailies but not that good so is not a "try to be opened to other games or open minded" genshin is not the main but is one of them SoT, Apex and GI.
Edit: I completely forgot to answer that stupid stuff about will take storage and is slow to download? Whaaaaat? Bro CoD weights like 120gb new games are heavy! ToF will have the same "problem" you do know they will add more regions? The game was released in China a year ago
@@Eroigaki my friends have been playing Genshin Impact since last year around middle of august, and of course I wanted to play too but my PC's storage is not that high and Genshin Impact is going to take so much space if I did install the game and may even crash my PC...
my cousins also plays Genshin Impact so I was quite jealous that I am not able to play it as well but then I discovered Genshin was available in mobile so I searched it up but it didn't showed up in my App Store
I googled my problem and saw that it was not compatible to my phone.. my uncle said I can download the game in his Laptop if I really did want to play it but i've been waiting for the installation to finish for 3hours straight but it only reached 22%
that's when I decided to stop and cancel the installation, and as I said in my first reply to your comment..
"I Played Genshin Impact A LOT"
that was when my cousin stayed in my house since her mom was in the hospital so she bought her Laptop and she let me played Genshin Impact for about a week
I was addicted to the game sadly she had to leave and I couldn't play the game any longer, Game is still not available to my phone and can't still install it..
I was so happy when I discovered ToF and decided to install it for an experienced I once had with Genshin Impact and I'm now happy because the memories of my gameplay before came back... I am aware that ToF will soon also take a lot space from my storage
so now I'm enjoying the best I can :))
@@Ddeonu-Stan1245 God you wrote a book, that's a problem from your side not genshins you need a new phone or PC I understand not having a great phone, but not having storage on 2022? You are too young or cheap
You don't prefer ToF you just can run it
@Tanjiro Kamado I dont care what you have like I said the stuff about the quality is a fact, event people who are not players will agree on this, ToF is a cheap game, dont care where you play if you have storage or not dont want to read your bs
I love the character creation but that's about it. Its so similar to genshin that I can just play genshin and get a better experience because I already love the game but I'm willing to give it the benefit of thr doubt and keep playing and see if it grows on me. I'm more so excited to see where it goes and what they add once they start to profit from the game
Honestly as much as I love genshin doing daily and artifact domain everyday for one year straight killed my interest in the game since there’s not really anything new. A lot of event are recycled and all my friends basically quit the game so now it just became a job that I have to do every day alone just to lose on the 50/50 and having to restart that process. TOF became my waiting room for the next major Genshin update where there is new content that probably only last for a week.
Unless you have friends with more than 5, it kinda changes.
Genshin is fun in the beginning but gets really shitty after, the artifact farming and bosses, then there is also resin which is just bruh
I tried it. I'm still playing through but as a story/lore enjoyer it's kinda meh. Maybe I'll start skipping since story is not that impactful. The quality is definitely less compared to Genshin but in no way is it shit. It's just alright. Like meh. The combat system is definitely unique and enjoyable. The voice acting/line delivery of the main character I found was kinda weird. Idk felt souless (not sure how female main character voice delivery is). So all I'll say is it's a good game. Enjoyable enough but please people stop comparing it to Genshin or expecting it will be Genshin killer. Hoping they will be more polished as the game goes on coz rn it's kinda laggy n buggy but it is promising. Still Genshin is Genshin and ToF is ToF. I'll enjoy both n not compare them since they are their own game.
I consider the story better than Genshin since Genshin used to have a good story until the main writer left and the story just became stale and weird
@@symphonixblades I'll agree the Inazuma archon quest was a little rushed and not executed properly that being said every other archon quest before and after it was pretty good for me even the Xiao/Yelan one which I forgot the name of. Ofcourse it is just my preference n everyone has their opinion. Looking at Sumeru teasers I feel like the story will be interesting too so yeah I'm looking forward to it.
Regarding ToF I'm playing rn and the story for me is not that great again a personal preference someone might like it more than I do. Also dialog delivery is definitely not as gud as genshin. It doesn't help the game is really laggy n buggy right now. I say this from my own experience. It's still a gud game don't get me wrong but I feel like they rushed this global release. I understand that from marketing perspective they had to but there is lots of things that need polish in this game. All these lags n frame drops is kinda ruining the experience. I was really looking forward to the game. Anyway if u don't agree it's fine. We both have different outlook
@@symphonixblades Main storyline during the inazuma saga was a hit or miss, yes. But they've expanded on the lore so much throughout that time that there'll be so much more to uncover
@@symphonixblades no way you actually think that? ☠️
Big congrats on the success of this video! Hope to run into you on Solaris someday :)
Solid review. Pretty much exactly how I feel about the game after 2 days of play.
Atm, still trying out ToF. But in this early stage of the game, ToF is feeling better for me. In my own personal taste, i prefer sci-fi style.
Also ToF has TONS of QoL in exploration and combat is nicer.
Genshin is great.
But i think ToF has greater potential being an actual MMO.
I honestly think tower of fantasy isn’t like Genshin the graphics are just a no for me and the characters aren’t it for me either
i agree with you the graphics don’t look as smooth as genshins
I agree.
Agreed
literally
Same with the corny storyline, I did not get what was happening such as why did we have to get memory wiped of twin 💀
To me ToF is feel like common Chinese MMO where they treat it as a toy box where they put every stuff they like into a single box.
You want Mounts? we have it
You want PVP? we have it
You want big raid? we have it
You want guild? we have it
You want to customize? we have it
but the core gameplay? it nothing really special and unique
it another big "Inspiration box"
Genshin Impact treat themselves as World Exploration game, so they exclude stuff like this in the first place
and focus on their characters even NPC and hidden details in their world
PVP in particular is basically the demise of many MMORPG to this day
The same as the old days. Same graphic, same gameplay, same mechanic, & MMORPG LOL
@@HapPawhere yeb that what ordinary common game company still do.
No uniqueness or try to up their quality.
BASED. I agree
I can’t stand Chinese way of doing things. Even their single player games are like this. Graphics? We have it. Animations? We have it? Fantasy, scifi, OP characters that all woman love? Yep
Story? Shit
@@george_MF_washington That how "common" china company is. Hoyoverse and whetever company that work with Yostar are different and the reason why they surface to be among the top.
Hoyoverse and their Impact (Honkai and Genshin) series is a gem. Yostar and others have several strong title under their belt like Hypergyph company have Arknights.
These compamy basically grow different from the rest of tr..... with their passion to be a star of they own.
ToF tho remind me of old Chinese company and their cheapness which make me grow bored of the old Chinese game in the first place.
I got to level 16 before I finished the story quests on the first island, so I didn't even know a lot of this is in the game until I watched this, hehehe. I got the SSR Tsubasa on my 27th wish, though, so that's cool, and it's all been fun so far. There are some things that are more awkward than Genshin, but I kept reminding myself, "it's literally been out for a few hours." My one big complaint is the menu system; it's way too convoluted, and there are a couple screens I can't even figure out how to get back to (e.g. the one where you can look at the gift preferences of the simulacra, which I can't find aside from clicking "use" on a gift, and I no longer have any gifts, so...). I love how Genshin's menus make it real easy to find and keep track of your daily and weekly goals, and check them off once you accomplish them.
on the server im playing on there was a 12 player group fighting sobek when we were all level 27 and sobek was level 40 it was so much fun and i really really really like the world bosses
Played it for 3 hours straight and love it. SSR selector plus tons of freebies and definitely love the combat and moving around the world made easy.
There's an SSR selector? How do we get it?
@@Drakenlord that's what I'm also searching for, I know there is one but I can't find it anywhere :(
Thanks for the review, it was pretty informative. Base on what you said, I'm definitely giving this a try and I'm sure I'm gonna like it. Also, know of any other games like this but not a gotcha game?
Braxophone on the CZcams's Trending list, my man!
I tried it out. "Less is more" probably sums up my feelings towards it. So many gadgets (jetpacks, missle launchers etc), too many components for upgrading weapons, vehicles are nice but it really makes the small map, smaller. It makes me feel like its going to peak early and gradually drop, since they pull all the stops at the very beginning.
All these gadgets and vehicles and having to upgrade them seem overwhelming tbh. Sure we have couple gadgets in Genshin, but at least we were given them later in the game so we won’t be so overwhelmed right when we start playing as new players. I feel like with so much options on tof as a new player- they are more likely going to feel overwhelmed to farm before they can feel burnt out
Lol get gud. You guys don't play mmo obviously this isn't gensh
@@spaceli0n lmao exactly! What is an mmo doing by trying to be Genshin with extra steps?
@@Slopigami no I mean it's more comparable to other mmo than genshin. Game much more fun than genshin and social with my friends
from what I've seen here, it's kinda clunky? lagging, somewhat? you get those "slow-mo" actions when hard hitting enemies which I don't like since it just feels bad. like around 7:40, feels like the game's freezing every hit to me. the shield break slow-mo on 6:00 kinda feels bad to me too
Yeah, I also noticed that the movement doesnt feel natural its so stiff and kinda laggy.
it's supossed to be hitlag but it's very poorly done because the animations are very clunky
mmo
I think the slow mo is part of the dodge mechanics? If you time it right to the enemies attack you get that slow mo?
U can disable it in setting...
Just played it and I gotta say I love it!! The only issue now it to reroll for the ssr that I want 😵 and it has been torture 😫
I almost believed what you said if I haven’t try its CN server.
All I can say is good luck with it and hope they changed a lot of it heavily for international server.
Honestly playing tower of fantasy for the first time yester I'd say it's biggest issue is easily it's script writing (like they seriously need better script writers) because alot of what could be great plot just doesn't hit due to a lack of context and characters having no real personality
Tried this and already at level 13 with King as SSR, and for the combat it's good so far. Story is not that good tho.
No need to quit Genshin because of this. You can farm on Genshin, and switch to this game after. It takes a breath of fresh air from the punishing RNG of artifact domains.
I mean doing comissions and resin takes only 15 min.I can play tof on weekends easily
or just do the story in genshin then the rest play tof
Gf and I are loving ToF over Genshin. It may not have the most polished animations or best graphics, but it succeeds where Genshin has let us down to the point of annoyance, frustration, and bitterness that just repells us from the game to play anything else.
ToF, imo, has: Better gacha system, co-op, combat system (as opposed to spamming bursts), mobility (including overworld exploration), personalized character, exploration system, bang for your buck (you get a weapon AND the accompanying character), conveying of information (no paragraph dumps so far), camera system (especially for combat), consistently available skip button (a Godsend for side quests), PvP, and it's looking like the game is going to be several times less stingy with its "primos." Additionally, I got my first SSR on launch, while in Genshin it took me 2-3 weeks of playing every day, and getting a legendary weapon took me over a year because weapon banners are pure garbage.
Other than graphics, animations, VA, and perhaps audio design, Genshin is lacking in every other way for us. This comes from 2 dedicated Genshin players over AR55 and having spent over $200 (Individually). ToF story is looking interesting too. I find gameplay to be 1k times more important than story regardless, so the fact I find myself constantly fighting the autozooming camera in Genshin just so I can see more than 50 fov in a fight or when gliding is one of the biggest pet peeves that have become a real consistent issue I just don't want to deal with anymore :/ I love Genshin, but I may just switch if ToF continues impressing me. Gf feels the same way.
Edit: Got another SSR today. Still haven't used the selector either bc I'm saving it for the the future lol.
1. the gacha in ToF is for weapons and characters come as a bonus + they're ugly as hell which cancels it out. why make a character customization just to add characters in gacha that have extra skills. pointless. 2. genshin has co-op... its just not an MMO... they never advertised it as one and I don't understand why do you see it as a flaw. a game being single-player doesn't mean it lacks something, it's a whole different genre. 3. better combat system u have to be kidding me rn 4. there's abt no exploration u just go around and pick shit to cook and fight. how is it better in any way. 5. "conveying of information" the storytelling and dialogues are weird and corny, if you're annoyed by long paragraphs in genshin then don't play lore-focused games..? 6. camera system what are you even saying atp 7. "skip button" as a good thing like you didn't say earlier you like the conveying of information better. doesn't that mean u fucking skipped it 😭 again, Genshin is lore-focused... a skip button would defeat the entire purpose. 8. pvp...okay? pvp wouldn't work in Genshin considering the characters' skills and for the millionth time ITS A SINGLE PLAYER 9. "less stingy with its primos" to get some weapons and ugly characters okay 10. congrats on ur SSR characters. how is ur amazing customizable character without any extra skill doing in the basement?
Listen, dude, most things you mentioned are just... personal, not Genshin's fault. HYV have never advertised the game to be anything other than a single-player, open world, focused lore and exploration, if you weren't into that you could have just not played at all instead of complaining about the literal genre of the game. I for one I love single player, open world, lore heavy games, so what you're describing as things Genshin lacks it would've been a nightmare for me if the game had it. You can just not like the game bc it's not your personal style, not your favourite type of gameplay, but it completely succeeds as exactly what the company intended to make, complaining about things the game was never intended to have makes no sense.
@@06lux it called preference for reason on character it let u chose wich one u play u got more choice now. how about the traveler do u play it ? im not. my main is zhongli and hes 80% all the time there. and hes faster. same thing for genshin. now on gameplay it is more faster on the world or on the combat , let compare u need venti/kazuha to go up you can just use ur jetpack in tof for dashing in the air u dont need xio every one can do it. and now there mount as well for me more option= more fun. so yes it multiplayer game and so the endgame will be better then genshin. but genshin have better story system and lore il give it to you that point. graphic is on personnal but i will say there more variety on npc then genshin. but will say this i havent heard of music. but it will be pretty hard to beat genshin ones !
@@TatsuyaWow ngl tof sucks a bit. Yes it's preference but have you seen that global chat, cringest thing I've ever seen, never the less a handful of plagiarism in the game.
I mean tbh it's hard comparing a game to genshin impact, it's hard to compete against the orchestral pieces that genshin makes and the graphics.
@@TatsuyaWow I actually do play traveler but even if I didn't, traveler is not a customizable character, and you all keep advertising the customization to be amazing...just for the looks to be overwritten by pre-made gacha characters, it's not like you can play switch characters on-field for it to compensate. On combat it might be faster, but that doesn't mean it's better, the attack patterns are boring imo, and if you have to mention climbing as such an obstacle....💀venti/kazuha helps you save like 4 seconds, be serious.
Why multiplayer = better endgame content? It can be multiplayer and have shitty end game content or none at all, there's no guarantee at all.
@@TatsuyaWow Bro one thing that people don't get about Genshin is that it is NOT meant to be multiplayer. What, 1000 travellers are going to roam teyvat along with 1000 klees or smth. It'll be pretty unrealistic and applying the heavy farming system with shared rewards. Some player afk farming with an one shot ganyu. Do I think Genshin should make like multiplayer minigames should as windtrace again? Ya totally, its fun having those co-op minigames
i love mmos as well (genshin being the only non-mmo that i love because just look at it) so i wanna give it a try but i only have my phone to play games with and its storage is already struggling :’)
After playing for 6-7hrs, I'd say the game is really worth a try! Certain aspects are definitely not as polished as Genshin BUT it has a lot of utilities and content in the game that Genshin still refuses to adopt. I was never planning on playing this game, but I'm glad I did. Completely dropped doing the current events in Genshin to play ToF instead. Maybe I'll try more Genshin when Sumaru comes out
Exactly, genshin can learn a couple things from ToF just like ToF learnt from Genshin. Like not using stamina for running, faster way to travel (genshin could have horses, insects etc). More endgame which ToF has and genshin to this date still has only abyss. Real reasons to do multiplayer. Multiplayer dungeons.
Some of this things are things genshin fans have been asking but the devs refuse to add and just keep releasing characters and some pointless events for the casuals while backhand slapping their core fans with no endgame content.
Genshin is great still but the time for them to update the gameplay is coming closer and closer as other companies are showing it can be done, genshin is sleeping on their laurels as of now but their gameplay is already feeling outdated.
so you still love more genshin impact than Tof.
@@rhia1674 sure!
People keep trying to mimic Genshin but don't seem to know what made Genshin so popular. There have been gacha games, anime games, elemental combat games, exploration games before it. Genshin is accessible to casual players. Genshin is organic and friendly. It's like Dragon Age but with cute graphics and without a blown-out lore that you can't easily understand if you start playing late into the franchise. It doesn't focus on numbers (Abyss is the only exception) and it doesn't have scary mechanical weapons, contraptions and enemies that remind people of FPS loadouts. Rather, the world reminds people of adventure games they might've played as kids. It's also single-player, which is what a lot of people are missing about gaming these days. Basically, it attracts audiences that other games who have their solid target (dedicated gamers and waifu whales) would otherwise scare away: kids, casuals, women, people with disabilities or those who can't play certain games bc of some sensitivities. They make the playerbase numbers grow from average successful game to the huge phenomenon it is.
Tbh the only thing I would agree with is genshin is more causal which makes it more mobile friendly and the storyline is easier to follow
I'm pretty new to Gacha thanks for the breakdown gonna give it a whirl later
Ur trending! Congrats
ToF animations are far too clunky compared to genshin. You can tell a considerable amount of time and money was put into Genshins animation system alone. There aren’t a lot of MMO’s/Games out there that do so.
Genshin isn’t a MMO, it’s a single player open world game with an okay 4 player multiplayer feature that most player don’t use.
@@redbone9553 the multiplayer feature really feels more like a way for new players to get carried when they get started, because what actually happens is you lose a bunch of your kit when you join multiplayer and just have to sit there and mostly AA over and over. It's not for the benefit of people who have built characters.
Do you even know the term mmo
You'd be right if Genshin was an MMO 🤷
The only thing a despise in mmo is the flexing of the P2w players
Not sure if you'll see this, but you mentioned that the character creation has a lot body modification options and I just wanted to ask if it allowed for making more heavyset or muscular characters. I've played too many MMOs with very few body type options and so stuff like this is always a big selling point for me.
It did allow that in the beta and early release of CN version but for some reason they removed that customisation. U can't do much to the body anymore it's just height change and head neck size etc. small changes like that. U could even aha change the size of errr yk boingboing before they removed it.
Probably complains from CN community who knows if that's the case they still could've added it to the global tho but ig some people in CN would've been mad if they did that well either way it's still pretty good tho
Thats the one thing i want from Genshin. A character that is big muscular just a straight up manly character that screams yep im in danger around this guy
you can make the males bigger i guess, not for the females though the body types are pretty much all the same
Absolutely gonna try the game, it seems fun :)
I really looking forward to this game
Me came back here after a month and absolutely the answer is no
Just download this today and uninstall it the same day. I've encountered a lot of bug from missing voice line, glitch in climbing ladder, hit box kinda awkward, and a lot more. N to my surprise most of TOF character were duplicate from other games. None of it feels original. However there are some fun mechanic in TOF but still not enough to make me stay long
A friend of mine told me to play it and as someone who never played a game like this I think it's pretty fun.Ill also check out genshin since a lot of people compare this game to it
haven't played it yet but my only concern is i'm so invested in genshin's quality in terms of appearance lol. will def try this tho.
I played the game an hour ago, and it seemed pretty interesting. However I practically got logged out twice after playing for 30 minutes, and my game froze not even after 30 seconds playing one time. I prefer Genshin Impact way more.
Played tof an hour ago, so clunky feels unrefined. Genshin high graphics quality and smoothness is on another level.
Smoothness..omg genshin is the most unoptimized game available 😅
@@lapocine.055i guess it's time to Upgrade your GTX 1060.
@@lapocine.055Unoptimized if you're using a potato device
@@no.1fan156 nah..it doesn't utilise GPU and cpu to its max potential
@@evileye462 btw 60fps game smh
There's a thing, Ilove genshin impact so much because it is a open world rpg you can do whatever you want just like TOF but one thing i'm sure is that TOF has a much more skills available and that's what makes it interesting with lot's of sci fi Skins and weapons so there should be a additional skill when ascending character from genshin impact though... not sure if you're interested in this thing but i'm sure i'll enjoy genshin impact more with this😊
When it comes the games, I see it as a bit of a “both/and” instead of an “either/or” situation. I feel like being a late game almost f2p Genshin player, I just do dailies and spend resin on most days, so I definitely have time to play other games alongside of Genshin.
So, basically, Genshin Impact(GI) and Tower of Fantasy(ToF) are totally different.
GI focuses more on individual experience with a slight touch of co-op for multiplayer's sake, with fantasy settings.
ToF focuses more on multiplayer aspect while giving players the chance to express individuality with character customisation, with sci-fi settings.
Still no solid competitor with Genshin so Hoyoverse gives us more freemogems smh.
I haven't been able to identify what multiplayer aspects ToF supposedly focuses on. Every gameplay video I've seen that contains multiple players looks exactly the same as single player - people hitting AIs with their flashy combos while avoiding some occasional telegraphed attack. Is there any actual mechanic that engages the multiplayer concept that you can list? Or is it really just people calling it an MMO because there's other people running around on their screen and they're allowed to hit the same AI entity?
@@cello1993 thats literally it...
I mean search up MMO RPG raid boss its literally that.
@@cello1993 try fighting a boss alone on tof and you'll have your answer
@@cello1993 It literally have PvP and soon they will add Battle Royale too.
I tried it out but i honestly didnt feel hyped while playing
It was kinda confusing and even though the customisation is cool i just don't care enough about the characters or story in general and not interested.
The gameplay is cool too but I noticed the movement when running and jumping and such don't feel that smooth and natural and feels a little cheap(?) in comparison to genshin. The animations too.
the fact that ToF has this raid boss and dungeon instances and similar mechanics to MMORPG's in general (Like those things you see in Sword Art Online) immediately sold me
Hi can i ask a question? about the ToF . When i was playing the cutscene "where character fell down and saw 3 people standing" then it got to a loading screen after that my SCREEN TURN BLACK then it close the window/game is it because of my laptop i alredy download it though and upgrade its just like that please explain this to me i really want to play the game it just keep on closing.
Sorry if my explanation is kinda messy here i just cant explained it.
Played the game a couple hours and found it pretty meh. It's not awful, but the controls don't feel all that good and the story failed to hook me. Was hoping to find a game to kill time while I wait for more Genshin content, now I just find myself wanting Genshin content more. Games certainly not a Genshin killer, but I'm sure some people will be into it.
not going to play it myself since it's not coming to console, but it looks... alright, I guess? the animations look like they could use quite a bit of work, and there seems to be a lot of clipping issues. hopefully since it's still early on, they'll polish the game further. it definitely has potential.
Better than genshin at least.
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@@guidila8111 copium
I love it when you say something bad about genshin the pedos come out 😙
@@guidila8111 awwe you calling yourself. What a messed up mindset you have.
Just give ToF sometime to polish up since it’s a brand new game and hope the developers listen to feedbacks and continue to improve the game with new features, characters, story etc
for me, the game feels like it’s close to something i like in a previous game, but so far enough to be original, but i don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing. the open world reminded me of honkai and pokémon (the open world reminds me of the wild area in pokémon: shield and the fighting style/controls reminded me of honkai). the game looks nice, but there is a huge latency issue and the animations at time can be lengthy. the voice acting is okay in the english dub, but the audio mixing is terrible. characters in the same scene have completely different levels of volume. those are me general thoughts about this game, and i’ll stick with the game for a bit to see if the qol improves
I know my experience is just earlier due to being its global release, I agree with the same points on this video. The lore is not great but who knows, it might up their game in the future.
Also, the battle system looks great. However, as a controller kinda guy, I hope they allow remapping soon. Cuz the xbox controlls doesnt match my PS5 controller. And I hope they flourish it with the menus also. Lol.
The gacha is not as great as some creators make it out to be (I always try topping up 1st day to test the waters) and just got a SSR on that 30 soft pity.
But that time gated shennanigan is, amittedly, lame. MMO's usually just present you with the whole story until you hit a soft lock yourself due to low gears/build/whatsoever. However, if it stay true to its MMO nature, then this will be the main game when Genshin content drops the ball.
Please correct me if im wrong but the max for today is lvl 18?
It isn’t, but you’ll play after your 15minute session of Genshin
This. Genshin, to me, is an amazing story game with an exploration map. But once that's done I've got nothing to do apart from rushing dailies. This one includes PVP (which is supposed to be balanced) and quite a few other things. It obviously depends on how the performance is and how it actually plays etc. But IMO it looks like a game that can definitely co-exist besides Genshin quite comfortably with a lot of things to do on the side. Which is still something I lack in Genshin. Just something to waste my time with, for little rewards, on the side.
GI is great, until you're out of important quests and events that is.
@@gericjohnm.olivar9563 agreed, GI is amazing until you run out of everything to do
@@geoalexander7796 thats any game
@@jadeparrishh nah honkai have ton of replay ability due constant upgrade in different game modes and experimentation. And real game only starts at end game
i definitely want some videos on ToF
Funny the highest up vote import custom model is huo tao alike one. Clearly lots of GI players are trying this game including myself. Overall ToF is a good game although comparing it to GI is almost apple to orange. One big plus of ToF is able to run 120 fps on pc (guess unreal engine has the adventage for this). music still clearly big win on GI side. Maybe down the road both games can be improved further. Competition is always good for gamers
Just started playing and so far so good. Ofc I am just level 4, but I like things like character customisation, a voice acted MC who doesnt look like a child etc very much. I have always felt my immersion break while playing story quests in genshin because of the MC(He is bland, has no skins and is weak af). I am looking forward to see how this simulacra system compares to genshin's character system. Also want to see the combat system.
To be honest, the game is much more similar to Honkai than Genshin!
I still need to play the coop, guild and everything. But what i love about Genshin (lore, story, music, character development, design and art itself) is not on this game. For example, i tried the Merlyn story and i thought her character was so bland :(
However, as a mmorpg, i do think it can be very good. I still need to try it out. But in all honest, this game made me wish to play honkai impact star rail.
For me, it’s literally almost the same as Dragon Raja.
Dragon Raja let’s you customise your main character, just like TOF
It’s a shared world, just like TOF
And also has a similar style in gameplay generally.
As a Honkai player, I believe that the gameplay is way too laggy and clunky to be compared with Honkai’s gameplay.
Honkai uses very fluid animation while TOH in my opinion looks a bit rushed.
ToH although has the same hm.. uh.. futuristic? style as Honkai but it’s story is nowhere in shape or form the same as Honkai’s beautifully written storyline.
Still, the game is really good but it just needs a little bit of improvements. It feels rushed and the story feels bland and generic.
I never really connected with any of the characters there honestly but it just got released so maybe that will develop ig?...
Still, ToH is a decent game so far
@@hm.5003 at lest the pity is not as garbage as genshin. for mmorpg and open world it quite good
@@TatsuyaWow tbh Genshin used to be this generous with it’s release by giving 50 free pulls and more stuff like that.
Just wait until ToF becomes as greedy and as boring as Genshin lol..
ToF developers also steal assets from games and even copy animation from other games.
They even took the sword weapon from Honkai onto their game lmaoo
@@hm.5003 Yeah, i think it's more similar to Honkai as in the story and not so like the mechanics (it remembered me the herscher and all, the futuristic vibe from that as well)
It's a very fun game to play or to watch during a livestream and stuff, it also does have so many mechanics (like all the pvp, battle royale, the mmorpg part on it and all), that's also why i think it's a good game to play on stream. But i think all games can exist and not actually steal players from each other like some people are talking. I play Genshin and ToF just fine.
@@rafafinas well sorry if I sound toxic Honkai fan but (really sorry if I do)
But the story shouldn’t really be compared to Honkai’s tbh like the storyline is generic so comparing that to Honkai is an insult in itself.
But it’s still I good game but it shouldn’t be compared to Honkai for the for just the theme.
Like there are other futuristic games for its story to be compared with
Tower of fantasy needs more improvements in certain areas however it’s good and it’s something to be expected on first day of release let’s see if the developers make changes.
I doubt anything will manage to top genshin in the near future but I will try it
It's like Honkai, but focus is in open world, and you switch between weapons not walkyries.
Time stop in the combat, air combat, elements not reacting and the sci-fi theme really reminds me more of Honkai rather than Genshin.
Exactly. I that's what I felt. Its almost like they took heavy inspiration form honkai combat and just shoved it into Genshin's open world. Honestly not a bad combo
This reminds me of the days when Genshin was compared to Breath of the Wild.
Exactly
especially since ToF lifted the blade flurry mechanic wholesale out of botw
@@Stephonthefiresign to be fair, Genshin steals more from BoTW than ToF steals from Genshin.
@@thegamerfe8751 well being copied means you did great job
@@damianw5861 nah, that's very stupid. It's only good if it did a better job than the original which Genshin failed in.
So far it seems the game is doing well. Will check on it after a month or two
I've heard about the dodge mechanic. My question is, it being an MMO, won't the enemy(boss) be locked in slow motion if ever the players chain it? Or is it a minor mob thing only?
If it's like in other games, the timeslow either has a cooldown or only happens when perfect-dodging an attack, I doubt they'd let you spam it.
So those are just my opinions:
First off Genshin is way more polished than ToF.
Story wise its actually mixed for me. The story we play in Genshin isn't actually that good imo but the background storys of it are so interesting. With that i mean stuff we have to actually figure out ourself instead of just getting it thrown at us.
And in ToF its the otherway arround. I Like the story we play in ToF more but the background isnt really something to talk about for me.
Gameplay wise Genshin got very boring to me just because it got very easy. Abbys is more of an annoyance than anything else and thats pretty much the current Endgame. When it could be channel wise like in ToF where you can run arround with more than 3 other people it would make it atleast more fun to do stuff. Yeah it makes it even easier but at this point thats neglatable imo.
ToF there are atleast world bosses i currently can't just solo wich already means ive to play with people in the open world wich i really enjoy. The Joint Operation runs are also way better than the simple dungoens in Genshin and more fun to do.
TLDR: Both games have different strengths and weaknesses. Genshin is overall easier to play since you can solo everything while ToF atleast wants you to do Worldbosses together.
Tof is more enticing in the social aspects such as raids and world bosses, definitely different from genshin where bosses and world bosses are just fodders
just dropped on ps5 soo after watching this going to try it and see how it plays
I feel like the reason I'm enjoying the game is because it has a lot of things that Genshin feels like its missing (e.g interacting with players beyond a few occasional domain runs and events). However the aspects of it that seem inspired by genshin are very lackluster, as well as the art style and story being much more generic. Luckily this means that genshin will remain relevant to me, because both of them scratch different itches.
GI has its unique art style and almost puzzle game-like reaction system thats addictive as all hell that allows you to plan out specific combos to delete enemies instantly.
TOF has a much more hack n slash type of combat system that allows me to zone out and enjoy watching my character's movements while fighting. Instead of planning combos that delete bosses instantly, it's more about planning loadouts and team strategizing in order to not get deleted yourself.
The gameplay is enjoyable, I love how detailed the cut scenes are, and love how we can customize our main character, and not to mention the face that our MC speaks without having a little friend to do the talking for u. But for some reason the story is rather more confusing and the skins attached to the weapons have no relevance to the story. It makes me want to use the main character more as the skins attached to the weapons seem to have no personality or relevancy to the plot. In Genshin , the characters we played have some sort of relevancy in the traveler’s journey. They are always open to the idea of joining the traveler’s party for an adventure. Plus the story in ToF is rather confusing despite me paying attention to the story. Maybe the story wouldn’t be so confusing if they wouldn’t overload information to a new player that just got started. That’s just food for thought
First the hero skins felt weird to me as well but as I understood they are actual people in the ToF world and our character "summons" their memories and skills to aid them in battle... or something like that. Also I really liked the story quests of the hero characters.
*** Story spoilers ***
The story started a bit too generic for me but I think later it gets better and also hard to follow when it comes to the time manipulation part :)
Not planning to play due to time constraints but I'll just say that a MMO is only as good as its publisher. RO is perhaps the best example of this.
Its so easy to compare genshin and ToF yet they are fundamentally different games aside from being a Gacha. I personally enjoy ToF more than Genshin. I appreciate the polish of Genshin but I simply can't go back to the slugish movements of Genshin. Besides, ToF new updates are starting to show that "polish" that people critisized. It's a completely different game after 1.0. They are even going to rework 1.0 since even they think it looks jank.
The only reason why I play Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy is to explore the map and check-in the teleport points. Tower of Fantasy got some restrictions to explore further map area though
I tried it this morning and my first impression on this game is meh so far. The story is okayish, the combat look cool but it feels lacking like the combat doesn't feel smooth. Also the characters look weird and lifeless when you take a closer look, the body look like glitching. The world also feels look bland and lifeless to me.
completely agree
This game is the true defination of "mid" unironically. Tower of Mid
@@lechungus1832 agree. its not that bad, its just mid.
All it had to do was have a party that follows you in the open world and helps you in fights and I would have been sold. Whoever is going to take the crown from Genshin has to have a FF7 Remake style to their game or I'm not interested. Feels quiet and lonesome being the sole character in all these open world games. And if I have to spend time getting extra teamates, I prefer them to be at my side instead of switching to them on the fly. Pass
I would really love to try tof.. Once I get rid of my social anxiety 😊