Don't Buy this Arknights Rip off game! Mystery of Dust 

What is a price worth for this game? I expect to be paid to play this another time.

I'd rather buy Arknights monthly than this whole game.

i feel like this game would be really well recieved if it was openly an arknights inspired fan project and was free

Man if only arknights can block flying drones... Pyrolisis would be different

This game's problem is that it thinks "it replaces Arknights". It should have avoided direct gameplay competition IF it's not a fan game. This is why Lemuen's Wheelchair Parkour Circuit and Absinthe's Storage Flash Game is well received but this game isn't. My issue with the game is that with so little unit diversity, it feels like I'm perpetually playing a tutorial stage with tutorial music against increasing Contingency Contract enemies. How to solve : - make the unit upgradeable like Bloons TD - currency system, I know I love seeing numbers go up - streamline the upgrade system, it's a choices paralysis waiting to happen - diversify the arena locale, so it don't feel like a perpetual tutorial stage - add 2 more music minimum so I feel a difference between easy, hard, and boss stages.

the one you said "it's not close enough to Blemi" is actually closer to Sol from Neural Cloud

I don’t mind if games take inspiration from AK but the ones we’ve seen so far are just bad copies. They lack the polish needed to make them feel actually unique

The earlier stages does look interesting, i feel they fits the vibe of the story (if they actually had one) And im baffled the dev didn't even try to change the unit's range highlight, its just an exact copy

most online games (any platform) have ultra hard grind system.. experienced online gamer would check every nook and corners of them, before committing.. thats why I'm sticking with Arknights, theres literally no grinds, I can freely play casually (storymodes, events, upgrade operators etc.).. and look forward to no upcoming online game, theres no competition so far

I would rather add $6 more and get Ex Astris or just play Path To Nowhere or just buy Arknights Monthly Card or buy Bloons TD

I'd rather be an arknights whale than buying this game

It looks so bad, idk if arknights spoiled me that much

16:07 "I was constantly upgrading the skill tree" (proceeds to show them going for glass cannon) (I'll quickly clarify that this was the only problem I noticed with the video) (hold on what's going on with the background-)

Main girl actually looks close to Sol in Neural Cloud

The yellow square means you can't place there... which is a bit odd choice- perhaps because arknights use a more obvious... red cross lol. Anyway character design feels kinda arknights ish(like the genre)- but without their personal unique trait(feels like someone wrote prompt and use ai, then have an artist that remove all the inconsistency of ai, who knows). The 0 speed setting kindw feel like ptn mechanics... same with the moving character (if you don't know ptn is basically plan ahead your character for the stage, then during the gameplay giving like 30 chancevto move/switch your op and also skill stuff).... is this just the combination of two game mechanics lol

I saw this months ago and they did changed some of the obvious Arknights assets. I'd still buy it.

wait doesnt FGO have manual grinding only?

The characters look like they were generated by AI LMAO

Tbh because there's thing like this, the existence of this game make Arknights looks even better. And when some RU-vidr make video about this game high chance they will mention Arknights which it also spread the name of Arknights and introduce it to new audience or people who never heard of Arknights. They might end up trying Arknights too. To beat Arknights in the same category Anime TD RPG is to have better innovation. Let's say if TD is a Chess then Arknights is a Chess but the Chess pieces have HP, Mana, Skill, Skill Cooldown, and there's Range expand, Synergy, Buff/Debuff etc.

I've been looking for a premium game variant of AK, but not like this lol

The audacity to put a price tag on this.

One thing I definitely do not like is how there is basically no skill involved to beat the stages. In Arknights, you can beat all stages with low rarity units and a few high rarity ones, but you still often need a good strategy. The fact that the skill tree is made mandatory instead of an optional requirement is baffling. It feels like it is trying to be a successor to Arknights (insert J. Jonah Jameson laugh here) which just hurts the game more and make it feel more of a cashgrab, when making it free would have given it better publicity. And not sugarcoating it, the stage and character design looks cheap and tacky, it does not stand out from Arknights or any other gacha games that have much more creatively in their character art designs. I can't believe I am saying this, but the other Arknights ripoff that poofed out of existence named War of Embers was much better design. I would rather play that game than this, let alone the better free version (Arknights of course)

As an artist, i can say the characters is AI generated, and maybe they redraw it a bit

Try Watcher of Realms please. Its Dark Fantasy Arknights. The gameplay is very similar and its very well made.

14:27 that operator looks like she was stretched too much, lol

Its listed as early access on steam so I'd let it sit on my wishlist for a while to see what devs will be up to.

I'm trying to be fair since this is still in development just like we had access to early AK. I'm trying here.

Resume: "Dont but this and please AK add this features."

For graphic design, and though for overall gameplay, they can be improved. Least for a newly developer who make these game, is impressive. The quality of life between arknights and this game will be different, due to different owner And all the characters looks AI, same thing with other games. Only if this game were meant for Alpha Paid Access, it will be worth it. No Autoplay, Honkai 3rd Character Building, overall not good for endgame players. And lastly, This game "might be" meant for first time experience game, We are offered a few fun stages and fun small story for 3$ Character building it seems easy for early play. And it seems this game doesnt have server to play with, meaning no Gacha. So, I have no hate in this game. If this game have will to survive and keep going like Arknights did, this will improve eventually. Careful for rival though

Why was the initial hope "i wanted it to be shit"?

*spits drink* THERE'S ANOTHER?!

the fact that its just random stages really makes it all feel pointless.

its more like path to nowhere with the gameplay, but with an arknights skin lmao

I need more tower defense wifau game but not like this

wait this game costs 4$ ?! i know a good way to invest those. *proceeds to buy arknights monthly pass.*

Arknights should stop copying mystery of dust

The blond girl looks like Sol from Neural Cloud, ngl

I can't afford this game or I would play it

First, War of Embers and Now This.....

Ttye yellow square means you can't place there... which is a bit odd choice- perhaps because arknights use a more obvious... red cross lol. Anyway character design feels kinda arknights ish- but without their personal unique trait(feels like someone wrote prompt and use ai, then have an artist that remove all the inconsistency of ai, who knows). The 0 speed setting kindw feel like ptn mechanic... same with the moving character (if you don't know ptn is basically plan ahead your character for the stage, then during the gameplay giving like 30 chancevto move/switch your op and also skill stuff)

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Funny arknights browser version

This sucks,but arknights could learn from this in one or two points For example: story that isn't fricking pngs scrolling into each other on the X axis with stock sfx Animations

Too late cant refund it kek

Kya skadin't

LIDL Arknights

funny arknights game

Change all the squares to hexagons, easy way to make it original and something I wanna see 😎

Arknights for steam players,i think

ew

Honestly, from your complaints, it sounds more like a skill issue 😂 but in all fairness, if we do wanna review this game, we shouldn't compare it with arknights since this is just different bloonsTD version anyway 😂

You all being bated to buy it hahaha

EW...

Paid early acces knockoff of a free game, lul.

"free game". Yeah, but you cannot get all character. I prefer buying game when I can have all characters rather than gacha game tho even they looks rip off.