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[antoniabishop]

[hoshiyoixx0v0]

[boopix]

Just gonna give my initial thoughts on the Duet Night Abyss official launch...

So far, where it currently stands; there's performance issues which is to be expected upon official launch. However, the overall gameplay felt very underwhelming and lackluster to me.

I am always looking forward to the combat systems in these games, and so I found it very disappointing when my hits didn't feel impactful at all. I can see that the enemies are taking damage, but I don't feel like my attacks are actually connecting with the enemy, and it feels like I'm putting very little effort in the combat. Being able to spam cast my 'E' ability multiple times feels janky. The control and physics of the game feel very...stiff? It's a shame I cannot edit the keybinds. The skill animations on the other hand look fantastic, but that's all that the combat has to offer.

As for the voice acting, I can't say I am a huge fan but I can look past it for now. I know WuWa dealt with similar criticism during it's launch. What I can't look past and just looks very jarring is the mouth movements. It's giving...MS Paint drawing with 2 dots for eyes and using the circle tool to create a mouth and wiggle it around to make it look like it's talking or singing to a song you have playing in the background.

The graphics quality seems very poor. In some ways I can see it trying to be at level with the graphics of WuWa, but at the same time not even meeting the level of quality that Genshin has to offer. The designs are there, the graphics are just not living up to them.

All in all, I really wanted to love this game, but where it currently stands it just doesn't hold much interest for me. I know it only just released so I haven't completely given up hope. I'll be keeping a close eye on further updates and look forward to seeing improvements.

[eliseliedl]

🌺

[boopix]

OK so I'm taking my sweet ass time catching up in WuWa.

Getting completely sidetracked with making exploration progression. Flying is so fun and I love just no matter where I stop in the game, the scenery is just so breathtaking. Even just the dark and gloomy areas, I ended up taking a bunch of pictures and sending them over to my partner, because some of the areas reminded me of Elden Ring that we played together using the multiplayer mod. I did however finish the Chapter II Act IX: By Moon's Fated Light main quest and it was so good, love the cinematic shots and the fact that half of the quest consisted of holding Iuno's hand.

I might start the next quest tonight, I'm excited to meet Galbrena! I played her trial run and her combat is so satisfying. It's VERY tempting to pull her, but I'm holding out strong for S6 Cartethyia.

I also really enjoyed the new event, it's like a roguelite, just more laid back. Got the pretty avatar + banner!

Other than that, will likely squeeze in some time to play more Nightreign with my partner as well. I've been really enjoying Recluse. She's a lot of fun and I got her Darkness garb which is so gorgeous. We defeated goat boy (Equilibrious Beast) last night, had the Lusat's Glintstone Staff for that run, such a good stave.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[boopix]

Just find it silly that Neopets of all things is what taught me how to keep my accounts secured.

I'll forever be mourning the loss of an account that I made when I was young and do not have access to after many relentless attempts and inconsistent ticket responses.

[boopix]

I am glad that WuWa is playable through Steam.

What's great about that is being able to track how much time I've played. The downside is that now I...and everyone else...can see how many hours I've poured into the game...

[beatbizzle]

I overheard a woman at my job say "Your whole personality revolves around what you hate instead of what you love and thats an awful way to live." to the resident vocal Maga in the breakroom.

He was stunned into silence for at least 60 seconds so that was nice.

[championari]

the amount of vitriolic replies to this post makes me want to analyze why people react so angrily to having an unhealthy behavior being pointed out to them.

[wannabehistorianandauthor]

You cannot grow without accepting the problem

[weaselle]

[boopix]

I guess Cartethyia wont have a re-run till 3.0 or around there, so I have a decent amount of time to save up more astrites, S6R1 here I come. The only banner before then that I might pull for is Chisa, I'll have to wait to see her gameplay first. I'm just feeling a little sad to pass on Lupa's re-run, but there's still always another opportunity for her next re-run...As long as the next re-run isn't around the same time as a Carlotta's re-run...

[boopix]

Catching up in WuWa has been a lot smoother and more enjoyable. I've gotten through the majority of my companion quests, I just need to do Cantarella's story quest now. Then I can continue on through the main story quest: Chapter II Act IX: By Moon's Fated Light.

I'm not so far behind on the main story, just because I went through a chunk of it before deciding to take a pause and go through my quest log. Wanted to just shrink my quest log down while I had the motivation to so I don't end up in another situation like Genshin.

I've now fully leveled Augusta and Iuno with their signature weapons. Augusta has decent enough echoes equipped, whereas Iuno I'm trying to replace 2 of her echoes but I keep getting the worst stats.

[fkndokt]

[boopix]

Skipping all banners of 2.7, even though they're all very tempting to pull; I'd like to save my astrites for Cartethyia and Zezhi's re-runs whenever those will come around. I really want to try for S6 Cartethyia.

[crylin]

happy release AC Tifa in Ever Crisis~ 🥳💖

[boopix]

Started playing Hades II and I love it so much.

I got to fight Chronos and made it through phase one with very little HP remaining as panic began to increase. Dashing around frantically as I scream, "OF COURSE THERE'S A SECOND PHASE!"

Anyways, really fun and enjoyable game. Love the combat, the artwork is immaculate, highly recommend.

[boopix]

Catching up in Genshin Impact is so overwhelming when you're behind years of content. I made the mistake of accepting every side/world quest I'd encounter during the main story quest and now I'm trying to go through them all just so I can play through the main story quests without getting interrupted. Really wish that there was a skip button as I will admit that I'm really not at all invested or interested in the side stories as I used to be. Getting caught up will take months, why haven't they implemented this yet? Please, I have a job. I don't want to pour hours of my free time to grind through lengths of dialogue just to catch up. I can always go back and watch a playthrough of a quest if I need more context.

Baffles me that there are people that are opposed to the idea like they're forced to use this feature. People have already been skipping dialogues, it's just more tedious. There's always the option to add a summary when skipping. Can we just quit it with the elitist gatekeeping bullshit? It's an option, and there is more than one reason someone would want to use the option. If anything, I believe this will get many inactive players to return.

Besides, as someone who is returning after years of inactivity, despite not skipping anything I have not retained every bit of information from the story. I just want to be able to level my characters, get them geared and allow my niece to enter my world so we can farm mats together.

If you disagree, fortunately for you, you have the option to ignore this and move on. Almost like a mental skip button, how fucking convenient is that?

[cartethyia-fleurdelys]

WUTHERING WAVES 2.7 ⤷ Galbrena & Chimera