Arknights: Endfield Review | Technical Test Summary |【Arknights: Endfield】(Subtitles Enabled) 

"Once you build an efficient base, you don't have to do anything with it anymore." Sounds like Arknights to me all right

Kyo is truly the ark knight

Thank you, Kyo, for your highly detailed review. I'm sure all of us are looking forward to Endfield in 2024, and hope the Western players get a CBT soon.

I'm glad hearing the equipment will have fixed stats. Still have PTSD from farming the good artifact in Genshin.

Imagine they're adding Contingency Contract style event, in a domain where you can choose and stack risks that make the enemies stronger.

There was so much detail in this Tech Test. They did a wonderful job for a game that hasn't even reached Beta just yet.

The base management is materializing the overworked Doctor meme

Thanks for making this! answered a bunch of questions i had in mind about what the gist of the gameplay will be.

Kyo the Knight of the Ark, the End of the field the Ex of the Astris !

"I didn't play a lot in the base, because I was pretty busy during these days" said the man who streams Endfield for 3 days straight 💀

People wanting dodge or parry buttons just want an action game rather than an RPG. The idea of using character switch as a taunt feature is perfect. Have enemy prioritize targeting the character player controls and use switching to a defender to mitigate/tank the attacks. No need for any action game parry or dodge mechanics that way.

Thanks, Kyo!

Waiting for the next test!

game cant be good if you cant say "activate Melantha skill" in the guide

I already knew i was gonna play the game, but thanks for the nice summary! This is probably the only actual video I'll end up watching until I have something tangible to play so it's nice to have a quick 12 minute reference point for these things.

Great insight. I'm sold on that base building mechanic alone.

The fact that Hypergryph waited for AK global server to get Lone trail event before dropping Endfield news not only it's a good strategy and also it's just showing that they care about global player. And i hope they don't release another clone character from OG Arknights, Angelina is enough unless it's someone immortal from aging like the Feranmut/Great Beast or race like Vampire. I don't wanna Endfield like HSR with lame reason to bring a character from prequel to the new game.

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty pumped about this game. Some might argue that it's some pointless form of competitive attempt against Hoyo, but I think Endfield has some qualities that can really make it shine in the industry. The base management aspect especially, if it is improved the way Kyo mentioned, could be a huge asset above the likes of the Teapot from Genshin that is almost purely decorative. I'm really hyped about this, hope it will work out

Base building is just like mine industry, fking incredible. This game is going to be sooo good. I can't wait to play it. Oh BTW does enemies Raid your base from time to time? That would be so cool.

can't wait until the full release

I'm excited to play enfield in the near future! But, I'll struggle trying to slot it in to my already-packed schedule 😅. I hope I don't need to invest too much time daily after a certain amount of time

I can't wait for this

A truly game review by the God

I think the respawn rate of enemies and plants will be slowed down to maybe 1 or 2 times per day when the game is released - to slow down the player progress and make sure the content is enough for months long to grind instead of 2-3 days.

Excited for Arknights Endfield. This technical test gave a clear understanding of what type of game it is and the game is only gonna get better in-development

You're right Kyo, once we done with Base building, combat is gonna be the main focus so definitely Hypergryph need to improve the combat especially during the skill downtime since normal attack seems rather plain and give separate skill for other 3 character when you're not controlling them because during the fight others 3 character just do basic attack which is again plain. If combat is good the gacha for character is more desirable. And music for boss fight is a banger but too repetitive especially when the fight takes awhile they could change the music on 3rd phase for the Trinity Angel boss. Give Voice acting for Endministrator. At least there will be 2 or more test before official release so they got more time to improve. Looking forward for the global test!

I would like to remind you that this game is not an ARPG. It's RTS(real time strategy). People, learn to read with understanding.

i am so happy the battle isnt just braindead but has toughness, elemental damage modifier, follow thru skills, CC timing, etc. makes it not braindead

I hope they won't change the daily respawn, or perhaps they could add rougelike version. Good technical summary.

That base building aspect just sends me impressions of Satisfactory.

For a tech test I'd say they did a great job. Like, this game ain't coming out until 2025 probably.

I hope they'll give more active skill to the characters and make the skills usable for AI too, not just relying on manual input from players. Also let the players change the skill of each characters. But what I want the most is the emphasis on positioning. Skill(s)/talent that can deal higher damage when attacking from certain angle/side. That'll add more flare to the combat since it will interact nicely with the CCs and aggro management.

Thanks for the video, Kyo! Looking forward to it already. Do we already know how the gacha will work? I hope they did not take notes from mihoyo for that

Arknights + Satisfactory? Will definitely be looking forward to this game.

Kyo how you feel about to have to make base building guides in the future 😅

It’s so funny seeing the operators run behind you especially when they get stuck behind something

I was wondering what was the point of such huge base from a lore perspective. You know, building a whole factory to just manufacture equipment for your team seems lame, but you mentioned that we can produce essential supplies for other people (like food and batteries) and now it starts to makes sense.

Man, the BGM is a bit too loud here. I still can hear your voice, but it's like you're racing with the BGM in terms of which side is more audible.

i hope they added some noise in the city or some NPC packed area so it doesnt feel empty , my main problem with some gacha game like Genshin and Star rail is when i go to the city its just like im standing on barren dessert with the only NPC shouting 1 sentence until the server close LMAO.

oh god, what in the Factorio base building is this, I love it

Even though the year the game takes place in is subject to change, the fact that the year is considered to be the 17th century means that Endfield is most definitely taking place in the far future since the 1600’s is SIX HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE. Present day Arknights is going through its world’s 11th century. This more or less confirms that there is either some kind of time discrepancy between Terra and Talos-II (the northern Teleport connecting the two planets might not be a simple “connect point a to point b” type of device), or Terra somehow develops time travel technology in the near future. Either that or Angelina just becomes that fucking goated with the sauce and her gravity arts are absolutely insane. There are a lot of other potential possibilities too but these three things are the first ones that come to my mind.

none mentioned the sick UI design right there

This vid combine all the things I want to know about endfield lol

I like how they combined a lot of mechanics of other games into every aspect of this game, noticeably stagger from Limbus Company, except its an entire bar of itself, while LC builds it into hp bar

9:15 I love it when I place my suzuran for a daily dose of labour

Thx kyo for the detailed review of the game. I think unlike normal gacha games out there, endfield's early game will last much longer since we need to build a huge factory to support our progress in the long term. Since this is a pre-alpha test, the dev sped up all progression and I believe it will take much longer in the final version to build the factory. But that's okay, Im sure im gonna enjoy it to the fullest.

I have high hopes for this game. no need to be number 1, I feel this game brings a big difference among open world games now. i read a lot of comments on bili bili about endfield. what they worry about is, a long-term game that doesn't end up being boring. they really want AK endfield to be like that. I really want to give suggestions to hypergyph but can't write mandarin hypergryph, please hear our criticism and suggestions.

Awesome summary. On the rarity of characters, do you think they will follow the same idea as Genshin Impact where the only available characters are 4 and 5 stars? Do you think we will get lower, common rarities that vary in usefulness? Thats what make Arknights so much more playable through your guides.

Lmao I love how 'combat' at the end of the day is optional in this game 😂 Gotta love the base building concept though. ❤

YEAHHHHHH

Nice nice! Waiting mod unlocked. p.s. missed 1 road piece at 9:55 %)

for this game, are u gonna make a guide abt it ?

I am excited to play this game!!! I have no worries about the base system because I know that experts will eventually upload the most efficient ways to build it and I'll just have to copy theirs lmao

that base building looks complicated, i hope my brain can handle it So exciting 🔥

I really hope the daily routine isn't too time consuming.

9:12 i misheard that as "Place some minors, connects electricity, and they will start to work" Endfield child labor yeehaw .... Sorr

Did you think the combat had depth to it like arknights? Or do you think the main appeal of the game isnt the combat like genshin

Do you got a feeling or idea what elements might land in gatcha pulls besides operators?

Ahhh, base building, can't wait to draw an irl template to follow while building for max efficiency 😎 I'm going to engineer tf outta this game mechanic

so is it Reclamation Algorithm expanded?

I think my personal worry with Endfield is I’m curious and wondering if there is a weapon banner or something. I’m partially traumatized from Genshin so if making max 6* weapons is grindy then that’s fine but at least it’s free. Rather than having two currencies or one currency for weapon or Character banner.

do we know if we have to gacha weapons or do we get to craft them? I dont mind character gacha but i really dislike having both character *and* weapon gacha. I've been enjoying arknights for a bit over 2 years now so i'd like to give endfield a fair shot, but i know i'll end up dropping it if i have to gacha weapons as well as characters.

Pls tell me about optimisation of the game, and what components of system do you use?

Endfield is an official release of Base in Arknights frfr

do u think its gonna be playable in fullhd with an gtx 1650? looks heavy and beautiful , thx for the vid o/

...wait, wait, wait. Gear substats are fixed? Is it legal? No more flat hp, flat atk and def def%?? Unbelievable

Hope It comes to sitch or whatever the next one is gonna get called

Looks promising and at the least somewhat different to at least Genshin which is probably the standard we have now for mobile open world-ish ARPGs. WuWa was criticized being too Genshin-like im not sure about the details about that but this seems different enough. I know its only a tech test so i'm not expecting it to be 100% fleshed out in features yet but I hope they do add "end game" o4r harder difficulty content in their next CBT.

we cant auto sell product from base?

Considering AK being F2P friendly I'm looking forward for the gacha system they're gonna show us and hope players can farm the gacha currencies 😝

Any news about whether weapons are locked behind gacha or they are obtainable through crafting?

when factorio meets death stranding

So we have to play Factorio when building our base, nice I guess

Is there an energy system in this game like Sanity?

I just hope it will run on my steamdeck

So i kind guess that there will be gacha for weapons?

What's the purpose of playing this game? is that about defeating a difficult boss? or progressing the story? or enjoy the exploring of the map? I didn't see it got mention in the video

those who wary about weapon banner, what stop you using weapon with less rarity? even in genshin (the game you absolutely hate but live rent free on your head) you don't actually need to equip every character using their sign weapon.

what will the gacha be? weapon or characters?

* class system (Caster, guard) seen useless, i hope they improved if they add more class like sniper * weapon maybe will be add to gacha, cause the weapon modifier can obtain from farming * i kindda worried about the character, the current standard in Chinese Game is The total number of limited characters is greater than that of non limited characters, hope this game bring the Arknights Gacha system

Why people are so mad about weap banner??i mean they only using 4 operator in the party. If we gonna use full ssr party, we only need 4 ssr char + 4 ssr weap which equal to 8 ssr. It still far less than Arknights which 12 ssr operator for full ssr squad. Lets just hope that Endfield still use same gacha rate & pity like Arknights. Or at least they can make it so that obtaining 8 ssr (full ssr party) in Endfield are equal to obtaining 12 ssr (full ssr squad) in Arknights.

Once you build an efficient base, HG should release new/better machines so we have to strip down our entire base and start from scratch; the true Satisfactory experience.

ok i notice this just now but there is no directional movement from attacks this might be bad if you cant move with melee while attackin

I hope it doesn't have 6 months gap between cn and global server. At least 1 month gap is good enough.

As someone who has never played Arknights before will I enjoy this game?

Yeah, the combat definitely need some improvement, such as more classes, dodge and parry as class niches, etc. There are no super boss in tech test ver. to test your team at full power too. The base is like Kyo said, once you get all auto base, you don't have anything to do anymore so yeah, rebalance. Other than that it's bug problems. Pretty minor though considered this is tech test ver.

Year 1600?? Daymn,

Is there an autoplay feature in any part of the game?

So do we farm weapons or get them from gacha?

How old is Angelina in this?

4:46 lol (at the right)

Pls tell me the replayability

i just escaped satisfactory i don’t know if i could go back to another game with factory building elements 😂 😭

so this game is actualy like age of empire/warcraft3 but we can't build entire army and can only control the hero that can do anything? i think i'm gonna try this one

Does this game have a dupe system?

Is there a minimum specs for this game to run properly? At least the minimum.

Angelina??? What???????

Elemental reactions😆

There's elemental reaction in this game! grateful impact players will be mad after this one!

I have very mixed feeling about some aspects of the game, like highly possible weapon banner, fixed weapon types with less variability for characters and grindy rng equipment. absolutely hated those cancerous mechanics in genshin, so it's unpleasant to see something similar in endfield. hope the game will not have cringe like constellations that heavily affect gameplay instead of small boost provided by potentials and millions of limited characters instead of standard