Is Wuthering Waves The NEW Best Gacha Game? 

If Genshin Impact had a separate banner for standard weapons. Bran would have Whaled for Wolf's Gravestone

now this is what i mean by giving actual feedback and not just criticising the game and comparing it to genshin when it's obviously just a Beta.

The echo system has so much potential because as the game progresses new echo's will be added which gives you something else to look forward to besides new characters or regions

I don't think alot of people understand how insane having constellations for said character in the shop is. You can pull X character ONCE on their first banner, save up the shop exchange mats for their rerun while pulling for every character banner till then! You end up with having most of the characters and over the months/years, you'll end up with a C6 by JUST the shop exchange

Hey man, love your unbiased takes, ive seen alot of CC's that either glaze wuwa too hard or glaze genshin too hard and nitpick like hell. Ive played the beta for like 50 hours now, completely addicted, and most of the problems you shared are some of the ones i have as well, like the movement bugs or slow start, this last one the problem i'm more worried about tbh, the world content doesn't get too much challenging but the "endgame" with "abyss" and the boss challenge mode are pretty challenging, the thing i like the most that keeps me playing the whole day is the infinite farm of echoes, its insane how you can literally build all your characters wasting 0 resin. Either way great content man keep it up, found u a while ago and keep watching your vids whenever they pop up.

One thing my homies and I are excited about is being able to be at the launch of a new Gacha and not feel like we're years behind on content

Tbh, I think the characters and the world of WW, designs, and colors are fine. I think everyone is just not used to the more muted and darker colors because everyone is so used to the bright colors. Now... don't get me wrong. cbt1 was overly muted. It was a good choice to make the world a bit brighter. The mix of both is good. Still has the post-apocalyptic feel to it. While having bright colors makes it feel a little more alive. I think they did an amazing job. Personally, my opinion is that the overly bright colors are a bit overdone. Like, I see it so much. It just feels nice to see something different

Love how Jiyan already has us in a chokehold Edit: I'm still going through the vid but this is by far the best & the most comprehensive review on the game so far. Can't wait for more!

Funny about the parry attack, because in PGR (KURO's previous game), you CAN use the character's abilities to parry but it's just inconsistent, so most would opt for basic attack instead.

God thank you for not putting "GeNShIN KilLeR?" or "OvERhYpeD?" in the tittle istg these are two different games and WuWa seems to have its own identity now with the help of the echo system and amazing combat. Thank you also for not feeding into the 'Genshin killer' discourse because I love both games and using that term only hurts and sets high expectations for this game when it's not meant to copy Genshin, it's meant to stand beside Genshin in the Gacha genre. WuWa deserves to have a fanbase that loves it for what it is instead of annoying people comparing WuWa to Genshin every second and getting disappointed to find that lo and behold, it ISNT actually Genshin and you will never make elemental reactions in this game even though elements exist.

On the subject of currency exchange in top-ups, if Kuro will keep the system from PGR, there will be normal conversion. I bought top-up in PGR (playing in Poland) which had in-game price in USD, but at the checkout it converted to PLN with proper exchange rate.

2024 is indeed a very special year as this is the year that Wuthering waves launches its CBT version and ZZZ will be preparing to launch in the near future there are more and more gacha games for us to experience

What a very good review Bran. I've been working at the moment so I haven't been able to pop in on Twitch and I have wondered how you have been getting on. Lots of things to take note and hope they change the few things.

a little fun fact: Depends on what dialogue you pick, some of the interactions also changes Also, most of the difficult boss fights are in the Hologram game mode

The only thing they need to do is not release the game in 5.0-5.2 window

2:41 yeah bro you're right (i was stuck on signora for 1 MONTH. Not joking. I probably would've quit the game if sumeru didn't came out 1 week after i got to signora)

Great Video, honestly I didn't care about Wuthering Waves, but after watching it, seems fun. I'll definetly check it when is released.

I do believe this game will definitely be best Gacha of the year, that's for sure. Can't wait for its initial release.

This is why I love Bran, he's so open.

Having a clear intention for what you want out of the game is the best. Well done sir

yo future bran looking fine af

I've been keeping up with this game for a bit since I heard it'll be on PS5, and I've been watching a TON of streamed content with the game. I'm so excited and ready for this game. And I feel like what can be worked on only needs a few months at most anyway, so an early summer release feels more achieveable.

I've been waiting for Bran! He certainly showed up when the world needed him in Wuthering Waves! My favorite content creator for games, definitely. ❤

1.0 in star rail is slow?!?! Hello?! We had whole Herta's spaceship AND Belobog at the start!!!

From what I heard of bosses based on this games version of world changes bosses moveset the higher it gets

Wuthering waves reminds me a lot of punishing since both games are from Kuro games. But in punishing you can choose the character you want on the banner and also the weapon like there are 2 categories for weapons and banners. In fact, there are more than 3 different categories for pity.. it's hard to explain because it's been a while since I played.

Is it not out in Europe yet? I can only pre- register

I’m genuinely very excited for WW to come out, I know it’s still in its CBT phase but I hope it releases soon-ish such as sometime early next year

C'mon October

Not gonna lie, the UI looks very Genshin-ish xD The game looks very promising, but I probably won’t play it cuz I simply don’t have time for it. Especially since I know that if I start with it I won’t be able to drop it lol.

I wish the Parry system becomes like in PGR. Where you can use either skill or attack to Parry. I know some echos can Parry bosses but being able to Parry with you skill would be so badass!

I just want to clearfiy something about the beta. We are actually playing/seeing an older version of the CBT2. We are on the version CN was playing in December, the CN community is playing a newer version right now so all issues that we are seeing are either being fixed or are already fixed. ✌️ This was an awesome vid Bran thank you so much for your takes.

omg, this is the guy in every genshin ad I get lol ❤ love the video, looking forward to full release !

Can someone tell me if you can change the time to night and if there's something like the elemental sight? I have a visual impairment, I only have 15 % vision left, which is why genshin is one of the few games I can play (in night mode bc day is too bright and elemental sight bc it shkws what you can interact with).

Disclaimer: I am absolutely Genshin-brained, obsessed, mostly satisfied. WuWa looks cool. I will not play it, for long at least, I wanna try anyway, but I have no time for both games. But Im super happy to see people are excited, because HYV NEEDS a decent competition. And I can imagine this new gacha to be it. The only thing im worried about is the new experience hype. We all were overwhelmed by Genshin at the start, but after some time obviously it changed. Games are made to bring you feely of euphoria at some point I guess, but I hope developers can keep this track for as long as they can.

This game looks incredible! The combat seems very fluid and seamless, I love the echo system; The weapon banner is amazing, and it will make people actually want to spend on it, plus the animations for when you pull characters are sick! I also like the exploration, its seems like its a lot more fun than Genshin. My only problem is the character designs. They look so... Meh. Sorta like if I went on google and searched something like "cool anime character." Basically, they look generic, maybe its bc the colors are all so similar. Even the cool characters still look generic bc they all look like characters designs i've seen before from so other game or anime 😅 If they manage to make a compelling story for the game and characters, then this will probably be a really popular game! I look foward to it, and I wish the developers success 🙌

You also get one of those 5 Star standard weapons for free when you hit level 45!

I've really been enjoying the beta and largely agree with a lot of critics. I've logged 28 hours and I'm at rank 26. I'm on mobile on, and still find the graphics and combat to be so pretty and so much fun. I do have a minor problem of at least once a day needing to sign back in, but only if it's been hours since I've played, never during. I've only had the game crash once on the first day after playing for 3 and half hours. There are so times where the combat gets a bit hard to follow cause my wifi is trash and I can just lower the settings and it's fine. As for story, I agree it starts a bit slow, I know some people really disliked the changes to the first boss fight from the first beta, but I think there's a happy medium for the two. Too hard and you'll put casuals off, too easy and endgame players may decide to skip. I do think it picks up on the scar fight and I was really trying to level up to play past it. I do think that they need to keep that energy as it progresses more, but did like the rest of the story up now, but it makes me really want to keep going and see where the story ends. I do wish we got a different fight at the end. Idk if they need to change who we fight, or how the fight goes, but it was just eh for me. I also really like the companion quests are really good. They give good backstory to the character and their personalities as well as some details on the lore overall of the world. they do need to set up how the Mc knows this person, either with a scene in the quest or placing better in order line with the main story. Convenes. I love the system for daily rewards, and overall it seems really easy to get in game money. I had crazy luck and was able to get both the limited 5 and a standard 5 star in 1 10, but both are really different to use. So I'm holding on to other convenes and have 46 for the next one. I also got several 4 stars pulling on the standard and the 5 star coming home at 50 pity. So I've gotten to try more characters, some have a kit that takes some practice that isn't the easily on mobile, others are just too slow in comparison. Like Claymore is slow, but not this slow in genshin. That said I'm not leveling all of them. I only have one to 50 right now, so take this with a grain of salt. Overall I agree, there's several bugs that need to be worked out and glitches patch, but they put a lot in the game and I think did a good job of settling the world building. The npcs and exploration quests really make it come to live as well as having many world quests that flesh it out. There's a lot that are just empty dialogue cause the beta that are really funny to me. But regardless I'm excited to see what the release will look like. I don't like the genshin comparisons that pit then against each other. I understand some comparisons can be made, but that doesn't mean both don't deserve to exist in their own right.

I love your video, and I love what you said about what is great and what need to improve some thing being more competitive and stuff. This is also my first time playing the games second closed beta just like you and so far I have been really enjoying it through the combat and also gacha system just like you said, it not 50/50 and it is guaranteed, this is really awesome

Well said Bran, this is why we vibe with you ❤ From what I’m seeing, WW looks like it’s going to have a good balance for both casual and try-hards, which I’m totally for myself

to be fair, genshin's mondstadt arc is a chore to get through. it doesn't get good till you reach liyue. So I guess the first hour being lackluster is not new

Glad you've been enjoying this game Bran, also glad for giving honest reviews/feedback so they can improve the game as much as they can before release.

very much interested in Wuthering Waves can't wait till release nice video

I will definitely play this game! The characters looks cool and the gameplay is superb! I actually like that it has similarities with genshin but we could see it has its own identity and different ambiance. Im excited to watch your playthrough

Im actually very excited to try this game out. The first and only game I have ever olayed is Genshin a year ago now. Thank you Bran for the quality info.

I'm curious if there will be video guides to understand how or what to do to progress a character's strength, etc. I'm excited, and I am really eager to know more about the game, I have forgotten how many videos I've watched on wuwa. 😅 I wonder if the gacha gives you the weapon and the character if you get one or the other in the gacha (sorry if I'm not making sense). I'm curious if there is an exploration percentage for each world/region, I know there is something to show the rest of the map, so much to look forward to.

0:01 BIG! I mean.. The game. It's going to be big. Yes. What are you thinking about🤔

I wish I got into beta, but after so many tries (giveaway, web event, application), I didn't :c I'm trying to limit the spoilers for me, but from what I've seen it's turning out great sofar. Also, Yinlin Supremacy.

I think there are enough buttons already, that they shouldn't add another button for parry. If you see the Mobile version then you'll understand what I meant by "enough buttons"

What I like to know, is the ability to go completely free-2-play (meaning no gacha whatsoever). Does the game give you enough character so that you can form a somewhat decent team to start with? Like in Genshin you started with Amber, Kaeya and Lisa - they are not that great of a combination but it will get you by. Or in HSR where you get Asta (kinda forced to have her), Dan Hend and March. The team is still good enough. I would love to know that, but almost every yotuber reviewing the game doesnt seems to talk about that at all

Nice video covering a lot of different aspects! I am really excited for the game but hope it comes to PlayStation or something because I don't want to have to play it on mobile. That was a disappointing aspect of tof (since PlayStation had a separate server and not shared). I personally see the critique for the designs; they're not really my favorite overall but god forbid you say that anywhere because people attack you for it lol. I don't mind muted colors at all, I'm not really sure how to describe what exactly it is I dislike about the designs so far. I think off the top of my head I really only like Jiyan and like three of the female characters. I'm also just not a huge fan of how ? moe/babyish some of the faces are. I am excited to see more designs from them in either another beta or the final release. I'd really love to play the game but it will depend on platforms. Very excited to see where it goes from here

is it just me, or is Brandon's face gotten slimmer? also, damn, what haircut style is he rocking? kinda wanna know the name.

I like Scar and how he rip those cards like it was TCG.😆

The only challenge on Genshin Impact is Rage quitting on Weapon Banners 😢 Edit : Also the skip button. 🔥

The parry mechanic was one of my criticism as well. Getting random parries because you are mashing doesn't make it feel rewarding whatsoever. They can go the Smash Bros route where the window for parry is after the player attacks or charge atk, adding an extra layer of risk and reward. Or they can go fighting game style and have it so that pressing the forward/back button at the exact right time parries.

Fighting Crownless made me remember First mondstat boss(storm terror) , I was laughing so hard 😂 bro. We were shooting the spike on his back, like what that ain't boss dude .

Time will tell if a game is standing or not, but it won't hurt to try some new game and have a real preview for one self . This game look fine and I hope they keep it up like what Genshin did .

The boss you are talking about is in the game, you just havent reached that point yet. Even when overleveled on difficulty 2 people say that the boss is pretty hard and as far as i could see when u were lvl 60 and the boss was 55 he could 2 shot you and he had changeing and challanging mechanics. The story gameplay is comparably easy, probably so that new players dont get hit by a giant wall. Your critizism was fair and i hope that they improve on some parts as you said. Well tbh i just hope for a game that actually is fun and keeps me invested. Thx for the video im always interested in opinions about new games, i would realy love to see a future video talking about your impression when you reached endgame.

I might try it, let's see if it caters for casual players like me.. end game doesn't bother me since I don't care about that thing, I'll quit if it takes longer to kill the boss..

I always have DMC cravings and it feels like WW could be it. More gritty character designs and a fast-paced, stylish combat system. Doesn't mean I won't play other games, too. When a game satisfies you, you are more inclined to branch out because you know you have an ol' reliable to come back, or what you're in the mood for. I hate the term "X killer". Don't we want more games, and for more games to thrive?

Me just learning Bran has a second channel.

I like that the weapon is 100%, but I don’t like that the standard character/weapon is split… I would never pull on the standard weapon banner, so I would never get them weapons while trying for characters… yet I use them… buying cons is a MUST in genshin

I SHALL REFRAIN FROM WATCHING TO GET A NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE >:(((((( but it's bran so like

yoo i have been waiting for this

i hope it releases like mid year of 2025.. cuz I have my national exams this year 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I’m a cb tester and I was wondering if u get one of the cons first do u get access to the character or is it locked until u get the character

Your opinion on the parry is valid but there's too much buttons already especially for normal mobile players

I mean as you said, genshin and hsr 1.0 were also slow so if u stuck with those games, most likely u also would with wuwa no?

Bran and Doro Agreeing on the fact that Waves is Really cool

To be fair, Punishing Grey Raven’s story took AGES to really get going, like…..a long ass time. Also, PGR’s story was kinda confusing too 😅

I just hope I can play this on console. My PC is barely keeping up with the latest games.

I hope I can find some shinies in the open world 🤣🤣and and if possible I wanna echo the human like scar xDDD altho its inhumane this is some poke- i mean palworld like game 😎😎

Bran and doro are literally one of the few CC that gave their opinion on the game without mentioning genshin killer or any other shit like some other CC love doing *cough* like that baldy

“It’s just a beta “ ….like anything major is going to change when it comes out All these type of games beta or not has no major changes

Every time I look at Bran, I always thought he lost a bit of weight, No offense I just thought you looked slimmer.

When this game gonna release? I've been waiting for this game for ages

I really do like what I've been seeing when people play the game but I wish they would change the characters cons it's soo bad

the best review so far

one of the best take and feedback on the game .

Every new gacha game is the best game that will take down genshin it seems, I'm still waiting for that

What stream is this

I only just knew you had a second channel 😂

I'm so bitter I couldn't get into cbt2, really excited to play it once it finally launches soon! It looks like a breath of fresh air ngl

good points

Best gacha...? Guardian tales.

All i hope is they bring back CBT 1 Crownless... CBT 2 crownless is bland now Back in CBT 1 his voice lines and his impact frames and all made the fight feel so much more intenese..😢

will it be available on mobile...im excited anyways

Bro got the rizzz of all rizzz now 💀

Tell me the truth 1.0 ww vs 1.0 genshin right now I feel are on the same level

This game give me Honkai Impact 3rd + Genshin gameplay Don't be mad it's just my first thoughts

I do hope wuthering waves doesnt fall like Tower of Fantasy did. I still have it on my ps4 and do play it from time to time, but the horrid performance and the really boring story (At least after the city part) really makes me not want to play it

Is protagonist in this game suck like genshin or useful?

FINALLLYYYY

Wait how do you play this 😭😭

Is it on PS4 or PS5?

Who made this? I need to know

Wuthering waves just feels and seems like Honkai impact

Guaranteed 5s after 50 pulls for the starter banner like HSR and Buying constellation from the shop like TOF. Yeah, they clearly combined the good things from the gacha competitors (although in TOF you're guaranteed to get SSR after first 30 pulls but it's fine too). I'm excited for the release.

120 fps ...RIGHT....

Bro its tutorial should be easy xDD