A Genshin Player's First Impressions of Tower of Fantasy [CBT] 

I’m definitely trying this game out just because of that character designing thing

You know what, this game looks cool. I hope this takes off and the devs don't pull another stolen asset stuff again. Hoyoverse needs a competition, a pressure that'll force it to be better. Scratch that, not just for genshin but for every other game like this.

I'm... a character customisation alone got me. Genshin will always have my heart for lore and story and characters, because just throwing out a bunch of girls in cool outfits doesn't actually make a game for me. The LOOORE is everything, and the variety of characters is important. From what I saw it's just a bunch of girls with cool weapons and focuses more on fighting. (closed beta tho so they could be keeping the story on lock to test the response to how the world explore and fighting and gathering and weapons are, idk) Edit: The fact this started a lore debate is hilarious. Guys, story is subjective. What I find good lore, you might not. Just chill out. I like games where not everything is spelled out to me, so I gotta deep dive in books and look at the architecture and the engravings of things and connect dots - genshin does that. BUT not everyone wants to do that so they'll naturally shrug and be like 'when's the next story quest?'. It's FINE either way. It's perspective and just what other people do to find enjoyment. You don't gotta jump on each other for it. This game isn't genshin, it might have pulled some inspo, I was just hoping it worked on its story aspect too above just pretty models and combat mechanics. But even if it did, that's chill too, there's a market for that and a market that'll play it.

(im also in the closed beta) The main issue with tower of fantasy is the fact that MC is not the driving force of the story. They are a background accessory in a plot that feels forced due to the fact that MC doesn't have a motivation despite them briefly introducing our memory loss. There are some glaring issues with other mechanics such as the gacha system being confusing, some level scaling issues with the mobs, and the mailbox not being accessible or even shown to players Edit: I also wanted to add that there arent many dark skin tones past a certain hue. probably due to the prominent colourism in east Asia perhaps the devs didn't think it would appeal but Idk why they didn't just add a mixer like for the clothes Edit 2: The combat system is good and exploration is satisfying with some issues. But in an RPG game I value a good story. MC has to have a modicum of importance. That's just not present in this game

This game actually looks so cool, I hope to give it a shot when it releases

i'm still sticking with genshin cause i like medieval theme better than futuristic

This isn't going to replace genshin in it's current state but I see this as a more open honkai. As much as I've been enjoying honkai you can *really* tell they didn't do much to make it more PC friendly compared to genshin mainly on the controls aspect

I think the devs did a wonderful job of solving some of the glaring issues Genshin has with its UI and material equipment menus. I love the ease of use that players get to experience here, unlike Genshin where we have to open multiple menus to get something we need. The open world doesn't look as vibrant as Genshin, but I am willing to experience it. That alone tells that it was a job well done. I wonder how good is the story though, cause Genshin's story has been held back by a lack of 3rd person POV from other characters, even though Hoyo can do it. (Imo, they are too lazy to do it). If ToF forces itself through 1st person POV without being creative about telling any of the complex details that occur off-screen, then it's only worth exploring the map. That means I can download the game, explore the map and come back another time.

I thought that this game would be too similar to genshin. However, seeing this game in action makes me want to play it. The character customization is my favorite part of the game so far haha

I really do wanna see more of the CBT of this game. If you can Java, Do it! Looking forward to this game tbh I hope they have a good story line tho

Although I like the customisation (who doesn't? lol), I think Hoyoverse's decision to keep just two models is better since they can make cutscenes super clean and the Traveler always fits in the environment. ToF will definitely struggle more on those points, though it already feels less polished than Genshin imo. Either way I'm still very interested in more videos about this game so definitely do continue making them! :D

I love Genshin, but I must admit that the single playable character, the customisation, and the shared world are very appealing to me in this.

This game is probably not gonna replace genshin but still it's a new fresh start where you dont one shot everything unlike genshin for now at least...

The art is no where near as polished as Genshin but I think it competes with Honkai . And I love that weapons are not just stat sticks that just gives you bigger numbers like in Genshin. The combat seems pretty not dynamic and the animations are kinda off but hopefully it gets better on release. The customization system is awesome tho , genshin should take notes (let us wear the Inazuma masks Mihoyo)

This game actually looks really interesting. Feels like a mix between honkai and genshin

I'm definitely going to play this game, just the fact that it has character customization is making me so excited for this

I managed to get into the CBT as well. Gotta remember it's an MMORPG and that grinding levels/skills are required

The dodging mechanic looks like evading in Honkai Impact

A friend of mine who is playing the CBT said things like that ToF's story is not one of it's strong point,unlike Genshin. But it ain't that bad and that what separates ToF from Genshin is it's an MMO on it's core meaning its multiplayer features and endgame content should be way better than what Genshin has. In Genshin once you reach ar50-60+ assuming you finished all archon/main and side quests. There's nothing left to do but dailies and Abyss runs every reset until a new story or a new "seasonal" event comes. Genshin's end game is dry and just gets padded by "events". ToF looks promising on the "end game" aspect since it is an MMO, multiplayer stuff should be abundant with raids,co-op, pvp etc. So it shouldn't be as boring or dry as Genshin's end game

from what ive gathered, you can "wish' for other characters like genshin, but you can use the weapons of the characters that you unlock, so you dont HAVE to play with those characters if you dont want to, which is actually dope as hell

Just the fact that it has such extensive customization (and an MC voice, good lord) is enough to have me very intrigued. Plus, the weapon simulacra system is actually really cool!

The character customisation had me sold. I can do crazy things with my character. And the rewards INCREASE?!

I always though genshin moment and combat would have benefited with more air actions and vertical movement abilities. Like a universal revalis gale kind of thing like the jetpack here would have been so much better than halfheartedly putting high jumps and air dashes into some rare anemo characters kit you may never pull.

I’m actually surprised by how good the game actually looks, I do hope Genshin will have some competition as I think it will help improve their game!

Ur so close to 100k good luck! Luv ur vids

This seems fun, I wanna see more of this I just need something new to play, I’m in genshin burnout rn

I definitely want to see more of this game in ur channel, and I'm looking forward to playing it as well

id love to see this game further along in test beta, it looks really cool and i hope it only improves as the closed beta progresses. if you make another video later on comparing this version to a later one i think that would be really informative and cool to watch!!

Charecter customisation seems really fun. I feel compelled to check it out when it comes. the UI seems kinda familiar to honkai which I'm not a fan of. But i guess i shouldn't make assumptions since it's still in closed beta. Super excited to try it out! Nice vid btw Please make more ✨✨

this looks so fun to play! can't wait for its release

Nice showcase! It does reveal some interesting features. The camera is dope.

Ooh I would love to you do some more videos of this game in the future or as a possible stream 💕

That customization was actually good, thats like modern mmo style, even when some of the asset were stolen, the customazition isnt, its very common on mmorpg, but I didnt expect it to be in depth looking, the extra skill you get from the gadget looks cool too, one thing I hate is the air attacks, it does look like pso2, it can be good for combo, but it does not look well for me as it looks like your just in the air but with ground animation.

9:09 for the genshin player who didn't know there's also a skip button in Honkai impact and honkai and genshin are both made by mihoyo so I think the skip button in genshin will never see the light :') (but gotta say grnshin truly need to take note from this game x))

I would absolutely love to see more videos on this game. It looks awesome

You had me at the Character Customization. Also that it has a Phantasy Star Online feel to it. Pre-Registered and can’t wait to get into it!

I’m kinda hyped to be able to make my own character instead of obtaining them, but I’m not sure about the rest of the game like the storyline. Music sounds cool tho, def gonna be trying it when it comes out

Though there are similarities to Genshin, I like that there are enough differences in the core play style and design that I don’t feel like one has to be better or worse than the other, I can play both for different experiences and story. Looking forward to how this turn out when it’s released!

wooowww i love the character customization, it would be fun if u made this a series :)

Very very nice video, please upload more, I will watch them all!

Please play more of this game! I really like the customisation system. It would be cool if they had darker skintones too, what do you think?

Hope this game actually brings something new to the table. so that mihoyo would be forced to fix the issues with thier game. and actually listen to our demands about fixing stuff like the artifact system or late game content drying out . tof might not last that long and it might just be lightning in a bottle that will quickly die out . But a breath of fresh air is well appreciated.

I'm definitely gonna play this game whenever it releases in Australia! Also, I'd love to see more content on this game!

woaaahh that looks so great already! definitely trying is out as its smooth af (plus im a sucker for character customisations)

as a genshin and honkai player i will definitely play this, this game is giving me both genshin and honkai vibes and i loved the fact we can design characters and just everything about it

I might play this game just for customising my very own character

Yooo this looks so cool I'll definitely play this when it gets released. I can already tell I'm gonna have so much fun with the character customization I'm gonna be in there for hours lol

I'm also in the beta and I'm enjoying it so far. I do wish there was more explanation with regards to the different systems (a tutorial archive would be nice). One thing I'll note is I believe you can still click "Custom" when selecting an outfit to customize individual colors. I ended up unlocking a new outfit once I played through the story some more and made my MC look like a sci-fi Thoma.

I’m in the CBT as well and honestly the game is a lot better than I expected, ofc there are some issues but the get a pass cause its in closed beta, but overall the game has tons of potential that I hope will be used.

tbh this game is more like honkai

Yes java, I'll sub if you keep this up this was genuinely just a gold vibes ride all the way through :)

Tower of Fantasy looks really cool, I definitely enjoy the futuristic setting. I hope that ToF will get a lot of recognition, so that Genshin will have some competition on the market and the devs would have the motivation to make some (very much needed) changes within the game. Hope to see new videos about ToF :))

ngl the character customization got me, i’ll definitely download this game if i can

i love ur vids keep it up :)

Keep making vids on it bro,looks sick and the devs of this one i think played and read the feedback(complaints) of the community and added those features in their game,no stamina running,a bit more liberty in movement,longer battlepasses and such things GI players complained about and Mihorny never fixed =))),i want to try this out myself but is not out yet so imma have to wait,i hope it comes on Epic or Steam or something.

This game seems like fun! I'd definitely watch more videos on it. I wonder when the next beta is...

As an mmo lover this game looks great. Played PSO2 it feels reminiscent of that, i just hope the game succeeds at player retention.

I'm actually in the closed beta as well, so I'm curious to see more, because there are some things I don't get and struggle with and want to know if its the same for others

This is literally one of the best video you could ever make!!

I really do hope this game does well, if only to add competition/pressure on mihoyo to get certain features implemented. Theres tons of things I can tell ToF saw Genshin players wanted and went all in on adding.

CHARACTER CUSTOMISATION!??? Hopefully Genshin will have that someday.

Once it goes on global release, can you put the download link in the description? Thanks!

100% trying this game and would love to see more! im excited for this now

I like how you review the game with all the details and side jokes, keep up the good work! Subbed! Oh and I do hope this could finally be the game to replace my disappointment with Genshin.

not a fan of the tech aesthetic but it still looks really nice!

For me, I’ll be sticking with Genshin since it looks like it has better visuals and i don’t seem to enjoy the combat stuff in TOF.

Very curious about this game. Would definitely like to see more

Please do more of this game! It looks so cool

If Genshin impact and Honkai impact combined it will probably look like this.

This looks like Genshin and Honkai in another timeline where they both are just 1 game

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn I'm speechless, this is everything i wanted genshin to be😭 each feature you show i want it more

I would love to see more of this!

This reminds me more of Honkai than Genshin When dodge perfectly slow downs time Great rewards Attacking while mid air and double jump And much

To me, I think this was more inspired by Honkai than Genshin. Because: they have invasion(you perfect dodge and time slows down), air combat in APHO(A Post Honkai Odessy), the overall feel of the game and they have DA-BRONYA Mecha stand(as we can see Java using) btw, Java's character looks like Hatsune Miku lmao XD SEKAI-

3:09 OOF! That walking, the shading, gave me a huge feeling of nostalgia.. I lost my account on Genshin a while back so any cutscene sorta like that brings me back to the good old days when my account was still newer..

This game looks amazing, you should make another vid on this

I bet there will be so many people calling this the genshin killer but it makes sense

wow, this game is very similar to honkai! (not a bad thing, I love honkai lmao) but I feel this game is honestly quite different to genshin and may not compete with genshin, but rather, compete with honkai

i'm also in the beta.gameplay and pvp are hella fun ,the story is actually deep(def deeper than genshin) ,gacha system is really good ngl( i got 2 ssr's in a day),it also ran really smoothly on my pc. honestly,i'm already sold on the game,just waiting fr global.also nice vid

Aaaah yes yes super looking forward for more videos with this game >

The character customisation was the key in this. But ig with the level of details, cultural/media references and personality Genshin charecters are designed with, non of the customised charecter will feel as real and elegant. Tower of fantasy feels like (from this video) they just listen to what audiance is asking , what are the popular games and what are the features the players find annoying, and then just directly solved it. There is heavy motivation from both Genshin and Honkai. The combat is pretty Honkai levels with flashyness and different weapons and combos. The open world is just cyberpunkisk... But a lot like Genshin . Genshin terrains had this difficulty of traverse and they just added huge jetpacks and double jumps to make traverse way too easy. And also, No stamina for dash. Genshin gacha was soo much money grabbing so they added gacha but at the same time they heard people like charecter customisation so added it too. Genshin also had Resin complaints and MC not being voiced. They saw all the things like target marker, weapon level up and ascension, multiple set of currencies to do each things from Genshin and just stuffed it 2× or 3× more . The game has a lot of potential to be good but as of right now it's a huge mixture with way too much stuff and kinda feels like it lack a personality of it's own. Honkai had a post apocalyptic sci-fi world appearance and Genshin had a chill Isekai world with a long history and a lot of myths and legends to make it feel soo real. It's kinda like a Chekov's gun... nothing feels out of place or extra. Yes it is also stuffed with materials and all but it took time... They added a lot of features way later on Genshin. I would have preferred an approach like that in TOF too. Like, just compare the effort it took for him to get a jet pack and all vs the way Genshin incorporated the Glider. Tower of Fantasy feels like it has everything I wanted but now I'm not sure if I wanted all of it. How much effort I put in designing a new charecter, I will still look back at HuTao or Ayaka or Keqing's design and feel my design inferior. It's just like the customisable Mobile once Google tried to release... Sometimes the audiance don't know what they want

Definitely gonna play this game once it's offically launched

Been in the CBT since the first minute the server went live and even spent a good three hours in the First-Look menu, so I could customize my character before the game even started - its in the top right of the "start screen" when you open the game. I love it, its a lot of fun - but it's menus are my biggest gripe. Very nested, very deep - and bright x.x I am visually impaired and each time I go into a menu, I first have to use the color-inverse function from the Windows Screen Magnifier, because otherwise I feel like my eyeballs are gonna pop right out xD That said, its a beautiful game and tons of fun. By the way, at some point you'll come across other players. Sometimes they happen to do the same daily as you and just help you take it down. Its a lot of fun when you spontaneously meet other people, you do something and you split up again. Really fun! You should try and join a Robag raid - this is where the MMO in this game really shines!

Definitely up for more!

geshin has better visuals but this game has so much potential than genshin and can surpass it character design-wise and seems better reward for F2p players I hope it'll be less grindy overall I can swap to this game without a single hesitation

Really hope they'll improve the animations (mainly for the characters). It's good but it could be better.

Thank's to you now im more interested in the game the final game might be interesting. Great Video

I played it a few days and really like ToF. I was extremely surprised about the character creator, didn't expect this one. At first I thought, it's pretty similar to Genshin, but at the same time it's very different. And I love the combat system, you can do so much different moves and adapt to every fight differently.

This game seems good but for someone that ratheres story based games it's not my thing. It's cool and all but by the look it's mostly battle related, if they make more stories I'll try it when it is actually out since this is a beta I can't judge it too much cuz the actual game might be a lot different

Early???

I want to see more game play it looks really fun!

I really love you to continue playing😁

I don't think it looks that good

i remember there was so much news about TOF literally ripping off other games, which is pretty scummy. reading the comments, most people don’t seem to either mind or they haven’t seen those articles, which i find interesting. edit: other things to note is that genshin was very generous in their beta, so it’s possible TOF will not remain this generous also, it seems a lot more similar to honkai than genshin (including the fact that one of their controversies was they ripped off something from honkai directly) with the steampunk vibe, etc. the dodge perfectly time thing, (ultimate evasion) while not unique to honkai, is one of its things as well. they didn’t copy over the combo or switch mechanic. personally, i like having multiple characters and not being pressed to stick with one, because i get bored easily of the same designs and playstyles (the second may not be applicable, but the designs are). i hate having to pay what seems to be the primogem equivalent to modify, but it makes sense that they’d use that as a bonus way to get cash

i have try the beta my self i actually like it //bc the character customization// the style of the characters is very unique to me it really fun I will definitely agree with you about our main character voice line bc i’m also a genshin player it’s really weird to hear a character saying the voice line I am kind of freaked out but not really over all I really like the game

This game looks realy cool and I would love to see more videos about it :)

It have quite controversy to their ad campaign/video. Plagiarism, use of Honkai game asset.

"Raiden shogun boss in genshi" , Jesus this poor people that not know Honkai never fail to impress me

I would love to give this a try in the future

Ooh im definitely trying this when it comes out!