The Atrocious Gacha Review | Snowbreak: Containment Zone 

I think a more realistic comparison would be Honkai Impact 3rd, since this game is a completely different genre than Genshin. Also the monetization might be the same but you get a LOT more free currency than Genshin.

I am part of the small and dedicated fanbase! You can see for sure that this is a smaller team and effort. If you're into cyberpunk storylines and quick shooter gameplay Snowbreak is really fun. Oddly, the storyline progression has been one of the key contributors for me sticking around.

The gacha part left out important information. You can farm for constellations after you get your first character, and it only takes 2 weapons to reach max refinement. This is much better than genshin.

Another thing is that I don't think Snowbreak is trying to compete, or even follow Genshin's footsteps. It's more like they are following Honkai Impact's footsteps since in that game, it isn't open world, and the story are told through still models, but are voiced, which is something I hope Snowbreak can improve. Besides, there are other bigger titles already in the works to compete with Genshin like Wuthering Waves, Mugen, and the latest one known, Azur Promilia. Though Snowbreak did have an open world game mode in the Summer Event, but it is small and nothing compare to Genshin. And again, Honkai Impact also have that as well. And in some strange way, I think I am glad that the game stays within the niche but have a dedicated player base. After all, you don't see a lot of Chinese gacha games focusing more on the fan service. This is from China after all.

Imagine if Nikke 2 becomes like this 😩

About the logistic, they have just added a features to buy event logistic in the game. Also, more fan services are coming because they changed the rating of Snowbreak to 18+.

You didnt go into how much "primogems" you can get and how frequent. The frequency, reliabilty, and amount gain is what makes Snowbreak have the better Genshin gacha system. In Genshin, once you get all the chests in the overworld and complete achievements, you will need to depend on events and dailies for anymore rotating primogems. You could walk around the map and get less than 100 primos after 5 hours of treasure hunting. But for Snowbreak you can do weeklies, dailies, and events quickly and they give way more pulls overall in a shorter amount of time.

So one thing that is very important to note for the future reviews of these gacha games, yes genshin has become the new standard when it comes to the new era of gacha games since they showed the world that 3D massive open world gacha games can work (I mean in just 2024 and 2025 there will be a shift in market since genshin won't be the only one in this genre any more) a lot of the current popular gacha games stil follow the "Old" formula that being instance based levels, with menus for grinding, visual novel story telling and characters being more about the static image rather than the 3D model itself. Nikke is a perfect example of the old formula being modernized and updated where normally gatcha games would turn that beautiful png image of the character you pulled for into some chibi or not on par 3D model. Just wanted to throw that out there in case you play something like Azur Lane where there is no open world levels at all, and is primarly sustained by its fanservice and super friendly gacha rates there are others that are bit more modern but still follow the old formula like Arknights, Aether Gazer, PGR, Blue Archive, Reverse 1999, Snowbreak, etc before genshin all they were doing to one up each other was some new form of gameplay or better looking characters. While it's fine taking genshin as the new standard I would argue very few "New gen" gacha games have survived ever since genshin came out, Nikke is the only one that comes to mind and HSR which to no one's surprise is from Hoyoverse, so it would of naturally integrated itself into the genre.

Meanwhile the only endgame in genshin is spiral abyss for 3 years straight

Thanks You Psychie Always a greatest job !

20:15 A new Operation came in and there you can obtained The Eli Squad, but I don't know if it will remain in it after the event, but since there is no time limit, it will probably remain in it. Fight,-> Operation,-> Mind Refinement (Obtain Logistics Officers in the Event) In principle, all previous event squads are included, but since I just started, I can't be sure. Also, in the Operative menu under statistics, click View Details,-> Recommended, and there you will find: - Basic and - Advanced Equipment. These are usually the best suited items for an operative. Regardless, you can search for guides, because there may be a better build, but if someone doesn't want to spend time searching for builds, this info will come in handy.

Having played Snowbreak since launch, here's what I can leave you all with as a full F2P player. The gacha may or may not please you, but you don't need to spend nor overindulge in each banner. The game has made it such that the default versions of Lyfe (SMG - all rounder), Fenny (Shotgun - armor breaking), Yao (Sniper - life support) are really all you need to clear every playable mode of this game except modes that need multi-functional teams. Because I put my faith in the game's design and built up these 3, I never felt the need to pull unless I wanted a new advantage. And I can proudly say I only have 3 Orange-tier Operatives, with one item for a free Orange, and a combined stock for 120, 10x rolls. The game is that generous when played diligently, and we're 10 months in. Resources were rough at first, but once they started putting up the event activities in each patch, resources suddenly became plenty with surplus. And since you aren't trying to build a full harem, you WILL be able to easily and immediately maximise the loadout to a new Operative except for the gated Manifestation rank (gacha, or time investment). The recent shift to fanservice? By all means just ignore it if you don't want it. As long as the skivvy aesthetics aren't being intrusive (and they aren't), the game's playability remains the same. You have to purposefully make the skivvy stuff shown instead. Finally, there's an important point to be made - gacha games need time investment and focus, and Snowbreak is no exception. Don't try to upgrade everything all at once - make it so that you have a solid team that can carry you up to par with the game's content difficulty, then slowly diversify out so that other members can catch up and fill the teams adequately. Because of the rough start, I'm sure some of us took at least 2-3 months to have a solidly armed team. I don't mean to detract the video itself, but would you simply accept a video essay on the game, or the many others here who have actual near-1-year experience with the game?

Me who has never played Genshin listening to him compare everything to Genshin "I still dont understand"

Ah yes, i'm waiting for your atrocious review for PGR

Logistics come back in the unlimited tab of the event shop when the characters gains a rerrun banner. You will be able to farm katya's BIS squad when she rerrun god knows when. (Not that long actually, characters rerrun pretty often in this game)

21:22 you do can get the previous limited Logistic . it happen when rerun character got release just like when Chenxing Etheral Cloud first ever rerun banner on the game, they update the unlimited store to include her logistic beside the current on-going new character banner, the only thing that wont get re-release is the 5* weapon part (assult riffle part for this case)

wow, I just started to play yesterday and here we have a video from Pseychie, awesome!

I'm stuck in Snowbreak being a pretty much noob, blindly playing with no research until now. This video was very informative and much appreciated. Thank you! Taught me more in 30 minutes then i have learned from game in 3 months.

Snowbreak is fun for the most part. I start playing a couple of months after launch and it improved a bit. The story is getting a bit more interesting, and the fanservice is increasing, although im a man so i cant really complain. I will slightly correct you regarding when it started. While Katya Klein is noticeably a fanservice character, it started with the Yehrus storyline and a character called Tess Kotkin, a cheerful, aloof redhead with big... guns, and basically a belt functioning as a skirt. One aspect you might have missed, regarding the freebies part like the Personnel File, is the possibility to get 5 star weapons from the standard weapon banner with Reward Codes, which is the equivalent of Starglitter in Genshin Impact. I think you get 5 Reward Codes for every 4 star item you pull and 10 for every 5 star. And it costs around 480 to buy a 5 star weapon uing these, the same way it costs 24 starglitter to buy a constellation for a 4 star in Genshin Impact. As you said, it takes a while, but its a nice touch because it garantees a 5 star of your choice. One last thing regarding freebies is the fact that you can dismantle weapons and or manifestations of 5 stars to buy other 5 stars when you reach the maximum level of a weapon or Manifestation. Lets say you get R2 Stardust Memory, Lyfe's Wild Hunt signature. If you get another one, you can dismantle it for weapon materials and eventually buy a diferent 5 star weapon (when you stock up enough on the material). Same with Manifestations. When you reach the maximum count of 5, you can dismantle Manifestation items into Mori Fragments and use them to buy more manifestation poins. Although in this game, Manifestations are not nearly as strong as constellations in Genshin impact. I started playing the game because i thought the gameplay was interesting, but im getting more interested in the story now. I try to support games i enjoy so like in Genshin, i usually get the battlepass and the welkin moon equivalent. And im really curious to see how they flesh out the story, given that they presented us with clear antagonists now, in the form of the former Yggdrasil board members, with "ω" being the first major antagonist. But i think your review of the game was pretty fair and on point. One thing i will add, is that you should check out Mecha Break, a game being developed by the same company. It looks pretty good so far, and not sure if its gonna be gacha or not. At least there arent any noticeable waifus apart from a pilot in a skin tight outfit. But its good to know the success of this game allowed them to try and go a bit higher with Mecha Break.

Didn’t know you existed until today, but I’m glad you do lol. Thank you for all the hard work.

you should check it out naw its improved a lot and they have added some of your suggestions i hope you give it another chance

I don't think this game is copying Genshin, most of the stuff you mentioned is in a lot of other action gacha games (some of which predate Genshin), like switching between characters during combat and the character progression system. If I had to compare it with something else, I'd say it's more like PGR with Warframe-style gameplay

Thank you for the review, it was in-depth and I appreciate your experience of its current state. I didn't quite understand the frequence Genshin Impact references because I don't play that game. However, i know you're using it as a general reference and standard

Actually just started playing this last month because of Katya's asmr and the rise of it's fan service especially on their skins. Enjoyed the gameplay alot cause I'm a fan of shooter games in general. The budget is definitely low for this but I like the potential of it hopefully it reaches it. Haven't been too deep yet in the game but I see myself playing it for a long time. For future reviews there's two games I have in mind: Alchemy Stars and Path to Nowhere both games I tried back then cause of wanting another Arknights type game. PTN is the one I want to be back on especially it's been popping off in CN but don't have the time for it.

I remember when this game had mini-games on each in every event, especially summer event (that strangely released on autumn) had monopoly like mini-game. Sadly, after that summer event, they aren't doing such thing anymore, so I only hope they bring back mini-games into their games.

Bro really set Genshin as the standard for gachas? I can't!

Say what you will man, Fenny and Katya kept me coming back.

Loving the series, honest and detailed reviews

22:55 because it cant be praised enough, this is an awesome QoL that I would like every game to have. This is only the 2nd game I've heard of having this feature, the 1st one being Vanguard Zero.

To answer your question about whether or not a character's free BIS Logistic Squads can be re-obtained, here is my answer. The 5* Haru and Chenxing, both have free BIS Logistic Units in their respective events. And just so happens, during Katya's event, 5* Haru got a return banner where you can pull her and her best weapon. But that's not all, you can also get her free 4* weapon AND BIS Logistics in the same Katya event. The same goes for 5*Chenxing. I missed both character's free weapons and Logistic Squad, and I already obtained them during those newer events. And chances are, when Katya return again with her banner, you CAN get her free 4* weapon and BIS Logistic Squad.

cool idea for a series, i'm here for it

Having played this game since release, it's one of the more generous sorts, but only because the frequency of banners is much lower than other gacha titles. I've spent $0 dollars, and have basically everything in game, because there are weekly/daily tasks that reward the currency for pulls at a decent rate. Logistics (the Genshin artifact things) may be random, but you can pull whichever you want once you've acquired any semblance of currency gained from regular play (not cash shop). Literally the least random thing in the game. Also, event logistics are only sort of Best in Slot? The random stats you get are random for every logistics, and the bonuses don't have quite the same effect that you'd see in other games. You just need a bonus that benefits that particular character. 5-star weapons, especially those for limited banners, are mostly amazing because they provide a straight damage boost as the first part of their weapon passives. Overall though, still easily pulled at the frequency they show up. They also only require one duplicate to max out their stats, which is nice (4-star weapons require 5 copies). The real disappointment are the skins and costs associated with them. There just aren't many, and the ones that do show up are way too costly. The choice to remove the English dub was due to the fact that almost nobody used it. Since they provided us the ability to switch to the JP dub day 1, it was probably an easy choice

great video loved how you mentioned genshin every other second

I see "Skip Story" button, i download! "You're likely see a lot of similarities with Genshin Impact" - Except the Skip story button, yes! much appreciate the video!

they did add some open world maps on some events, i think they are still finding their footing because the first was really simple and experimental but i loved the summer one. they need to add more maps like the summer one that had its own story and rewards.

The only thing similar to Genshin is the fact there is a 50/50 in the gacha. Even the overall gacha is different. Different pity, different rate, no 4 star rate up, just need 2 copies of weapon to max out, no dual weapon banner shit, can grind copy of chars... - Gameplay is obviously different. - Skip button - No male chars. - Logistics are completly different than artefact, no rng on main stats, no need to lvl them to see the end result of subs stat except the last one that can be rerolled. Can be bought on shop with a currency that you have by recycling the logisitcs that you don't need and there is only 3 of them. (So completly different than what you explained...) - Leveling char is different, no specific mats to have every 20 lvl. - Leveling skill is compltely different too, you gain stat (alignement index) during the process, that is why leveling skills other than the support one on support chars is important too. - The base system has nothing to do with the teepot fail of Genshin. - The stamina refresh is better than Genshin. - There is a chat... - It is way more generous than genshin overall. (Free 5 stars, basically 1.5 pity per patch) - There is a lot of skins for char, something that Genshin have difficulty to offer for some reason. - And they add new endgame or variance of existing one. Its way more similar to PGR than anything else. (But obviously completly different too) So i don't know where you saw them copying Genshin or anything like that and you missed a lot of things. Welp pretty atrocious review indeed.

been playing since day one, me and my friends. I do agree with you on practically every degree, especially the BIS logs issue. They will be adding BIS logs with out banner soon. but i cannot lie - from myself and my friends, it was a rough first patch/month. But we just ended always doing the weekly coop together, then event coop. comparing scores and strats on the weekly 2 competitive bosses and the ball kept rolling. its kinda the argument that "games are better with friends" but yes, this is a gacha where the coop shines. its not groundbreaking but never have i had to que with others for a more proper engagement in said activity as often as snowbreak. if you have friends who are willing i'd say give it a try.

Dude, major plus points for using the Everhood OST...proving you are a man of fine tastes

NIKKE is been one my favorite gacha games because of the story and gameplay, I always wanted an anime style of fps until I saw Snowbreak, played the beta and got hooked on it, now booth gachas been actively playing and I’m happy with that, totally understand that is not for you, but at least you gave it a try, thanks for your honest review, hope one day you get back and play on the side at least

Snowbreak vet here, gonna yap for a bit Been playing since day one, got every single character except two that I don't want (Tess and Lyfe). Believe it or not, I'm also a very low spender and have dropped less than $50 bucks on this game. That being said, having to deal with the gacha system twice is definitely super lame, and if you don't have the signature weapon of a few 5*'s, it makes them almost useless. The logistics and neuronics grind can also be a pain, but they SHOWER you in free materials during big campaigns; which is extremely helpful. Overall, game is kino. The waifu shooter market is shockingly untapped, and snowbreak scratches that itch pretty well. Also, even as a vet, I still have no idea what's going on in the story. lmao They made it VERY difficult to stay invested in it.

I am part of the small and dedicated fanbase , I really enjoy this game and the story and no other gacha can provide with the gameplay Snowbreak has atm , hopefully more people give it a try , also worth mentioning I believe the devs are busy releasing a mech battle royale called Mecha Break

This was a really good video! I'd love to see you do a review on Honkai: Star Rail, especially since it is coming around to its 1st anniversary!

great video! Been hearing about this game and one other due to its fan service shift. Could I suggest Brown Dust 2 next?

I'd love to see your review of aether gazer, especially its really really good weapon gacha system

Event logistics will have rerun once the character that uses it gets a rerun, as of now, it only takes about 2 patches for a rerun (if a character was in ver 1.1 the rerun will be 1.3 or 1.4).

Good job on the Review, one thing you kinda missed on it is the fact that Orange Weapons you need only 2 copies to max it out, unlike most current games with 5 copies or so. Regarding the logistics both the limited operators, Chenxing and Haru, their reruns came with old events logistics to the current event shop so for example when Katya's reruns comes around you'll be able to get more copies for her logistics. Also took me 8 months of farming manifestations shards to max Fritia's to M5. Hoping to see more reviews for gacha games outside the meme ones. cheers.

Since GBF has its 10th anniversary, that might be a good Gacha to check out, though the anniversary rewards are going away soon though.

The part about the logistics; they changed it. now you can obtain previous season logistics

Seasun is actually a major game publisher in CN. Their prior focuses were kung-fu style single-player and MMO games. There were a couple previous mobile games too (also kung-fu style). Some of their works are available in SEA but probably not anywhere else in the world. This is probably their first major gacha waifu game.

Seeing this gacha review and realize another person's subjecting themselves to gacha review hell like me Kindred spirits 🎉✨ Legit played and tested almost a shit ton of gacha games for the sake of reviewing it and haven't seen this one yet 👀👀👀

Small thing the logistic for a character will come back during their rerun, as it will be added to the event shop of that time. It has happen with 2 characters already..

They added a means of farming previous event logistics sets finally, which is fantastic.

Did this one a path early, since the newest patch 1.7 actually covers some of the negative points that you pointed out like the FOMO and they did a livestream when the patch dropped (given it was a CN one on bilibili) where they adress things like less skins so they diversify the gameplay (now they added a "pokemon" gamemode) and the gacha system where they are aiming for a system like in PGR where the feature operative for the patch and gun get a 100% rate. Also they for the story mode they added setpieces for this new chapter.

Loved this review format, can't wait for Nikke, Blue Archive, Honkai SR and FGO

If it cheers you up, you can get old logistics now, the farming efficiency for them is horrible but they're there. Also before this, you could get them during character reruns. They also buffed battlepass rewards.

I played this game at launch and took a break and when I came back I couldn’t find my account… But I liked playing so I’m going to continue playing.

I actually played it but eventually quit. I liked the shooter aspect but I didn't like the fact that progress felt slow because I didn't have enough Presence. In Nikke, my progress is only blocked if my units are too weak or I suck (was stuck at the boss in Ch24 yesterday, beat it finally and witnessed the reason why Rapi is the poster girl of Nikke, lol). Your video made me want to pick it up again though, tho I'm not even sure if I remember my account...

you rock m8 kep the good work up

Appreciate the review, might actually pull for Acacia's weapon, who knows? 😂

2:22 Tip: you don't activate fenny's E to break armor. It reduces armor breaking ability.

Been two months since this video is up so I assume you have noticed. But for those new that stumbled upon this video, event logistics are NOT permanently unavailable. They will return whenever the limited characters are being rerunned, together with their free *4 signature weapons. They will be under the current event's shop, together with the current character's banner. This has been done ever since the second limited characters' rerun (Chenxing*5, since Acacia Kaguya does not have limited logistic) Edit: They will even also rerun the paid costume limited character too (outside the battle pass skin) Overall, you made a good summary of the game. Although there are some details missing that others has mentioned. Also, I would critique the way you compare gacha games. It is alright if you set Genshin as your standard. But I don't think it is fair to compare EVERY points and mechanics to it. Some, it's okay, but everything? Ehh pass. Because, not all gacha games are made with the purpose to compete with Genshin. This game, outside the gacha and anime style, is not even the same genre as Genshin. Seasun actually did another game mode outside shooting, which is monopoly board game for year-end event. And in the first ever event (Chenxing*5), they also did a board game which I don't know what the name is, it is similar to gameboy-era pokemon but staged. You missed them.

snowbreak is actually really fun, and i think i will get back into it after this video lmao. the shooting felt really good

Theres build recommendations for every character in the game actually Its a little hidden on the profile page you never open

For anyone who still plays. How does the gunplay feel? Do the different type of weapons have a good distinction and impact or do they all just shoot the same. Projectile, hit scan? What about the movement and animations are they smooth and responsive?

oh hey someone is covering one of my fav gacha games

Jumped into snowbreak at the start 2024 on pc version since i've been seeing it on the play store for awhile and seemed interesting to me. I liked Third person shooting games, adding anime waifus piqued me. The game was overall fun but definitely felt repetitive, especially on a few game modes which felt dry sooner. The story and characters are amazing to my view. and I do agree the story kinda ramped up and started becoming more and more interesting by chapter 11 and so forth. The events however are so long, some event gamemodes will be locked until the set date to be released, but the free resources are too much to pass up, It had helped me catch up to the current content on lvl70-80 which alot may find themselves slowly progressing due to how abyssmal some resource grind can get and how costly building characters get. But all in all, It's still a pretty fun game, and you can see that the devs are cooking with improvements each new update, Just give it a try and see if you like it or not.

I started playing this month and I don't know if they do this for every character, but in the case of Eatchel, they sell in th event story a 4 star weapon that is her next best option after her signature, tbf tho she is a healer so idk how big the pressure is when it comes to dps sig weapons.

fantastic review! I'm curious on your opinion on Reverse 1999

I have slight recollection of hearing about this game when it came out but forgot it existed until about a month ago on the Katya event. I have a weird relationship with shooters in general were I don't actively seek them out but I do find them somewhat enjoyable to play, enough that I can get "in the zone", I loved Black Ops zombies but didnt enjoy the multiplayer much. The logistic system is the one I feel that needs more transparency since while I did get Katyas logistic team from the event, I still have difficulty figuring out substats and the like and guides are sparse since the game is so niche. I've been enjoying the side content. I like how the game respects my time and the multiplayer, aside for waiting a while to find players, has been enjoyable, one time an enemy ended up out of bounds and we couldn't take it out, we ended up getting creative by using support skill and aoe to take em out lol. The change to fanservice is a double edge sword, and it'll be up to the devs if they can actually control it. The new skins for Lyfe are Fenny are getting changed since for Lyfe her skin isn't like the advertised video and for Fenny cause it looks weirds on some parts, devs are changing them both specifically on the fanservice front. I've enjoyed the game and sticking with it, a shooter gacha is new, and it has potential, devs need to be smart and capitalize on what they have.

Holy Crap just foind your channel. You are to Gatcha what Jawun is to Web3. Bravo!

The first event (the equivalent of lantern rite) actually had a puzzle solving game mode, wich did vary the gameplay, but then again, if you didn't play it, then there's no way for you to experience it again.

about the gacha system, recently seasun are testing a new gacha pool that require a bit more amount of gacha but gurantee the up character for the first time，which means no 50-50 anymore.

Very good review. I personally enjoy this game very much and have been playing it since September, last year. That being said, I'm already not jumping up and down with excitement to perform the ridiculous amount of grinding involved in obtaining little scraps of resources. So, I can definitely see myself losing interest in the not too distant future. Spending some money would obviously improve the experience considerably but I'm simply not in the position to do so.

someone who plays snowbreak from day 1, gotta say this game is pretty fun at times, and the characters are .. well not nikke level but still great

When the video mention how the game future is saved with the fanservice route. I'm doubting it, Currently, my Friend list have about 10 players of lvl 85~100, that have not logged in for more than 20 days. (Excluding those that have not logged in more than 70 days, counting only from the fanservice path) The take home message is: Fanservice is good, but if the core gameplay loop is not fixed, players will still quit for good eitherway. What I think will happen is that, the game will still run and not EOS, but supported by small group of loyal fans. Especially the CN servers, seems to be doing great.

Thank you good review:)

Discovered this game randomly last year when looking for F2P anime games. Me and my friends all pre-registered, and have been playing it since launch. We usually play FPS games coop and PVP, but have been enjoying this game so far. They also play Genshin, but less frequently since there it's even more stingy with pulls, and the grindfest is real.

Good video as always my dude o/ but i think you missed somethings, a really like the idea of comparing this game with genshin because of monetization, but said that, is important to clarify the diferences - in this game you can buy weapons for the standard pull - you can dismentle 3 5* and make 1 5* for the standard pull - in the rogue like mode they give 1/3 os this material so you can make a 5* weapon from standard - you only need 2 copies of a 5* weapon to max the passive(this is huge btw!) The best part is that you can max out a character with the signature weapon (if is a standard one ) as a f2p, i don´t think is fair the so is same as genshin in this aspect Another thing is that on the last half of the patch have a rerun of a previous 5* characeter, when this happens the logist and weapon from event shop will be available to purche on the event shop, dont negate the fomo expect, but make a lot less of issue. Also play PGR my dude, you wil love it!!!

Let It Die & Lost Judgment soundtracks? Auto subscribed 👍👍 it's rare to see RU-vidrs using these soundtracks in their videos.

Synapse when skiping is huge!! Great stuff

My guy come back best patch ever just dropped!

I've played it since launch and I've had a lot of fun, spending money just once for the Katja skin (causeb booba), and still have most of the characters and like 4 fully build and the rest are almos there. I also used to play Girl Cafe Gun and Snowbreak is it's spiritual succesor. I gotta say tho, the logistic farming is tedious, very tedious. But I guess Genshin is the same if not worse so, whatever. Great video, I'd love to see more of this series! OOHH can I recommend a game? It's called Brown Dust 2. It's very beautiful and the character desings and animations are *chef kiss*. It lacks marketing tho but it's so good! And generous!

There's a chance that previous limited logistics available to purchase in the next event because there's that time i'm playing the game event and there's the previous limited logistic and weapon available in that current event shop

I have been playing this since the beginning and I really like it.

I'm pretty new on this game so not sure how much will I stick to it (probably as long as the fanservice is good). However, I do disagree on one part and is the statement about gameplay on events having to be different than the usual game itself and turn itself into a complete new genre. That is why I stopped playing genshin, if i wanted to play some mario party copy I'd play that instead of that specific gacha. What should be expected is some game mode with different rules than usual using the combat mechanics of the game. And sure maybe some mini game here and there, but that should be optional and not take too much time.

I recently started Nikke because curiosity got the best, and I love both the plot and the "plot". This game has a good chuck of "plot" now and that waifu room layout seems like a good installment. However, is the plot good or is it another "come play with hot waifus and pay for skins" for the pile?

Why does that character have my name? D: - Quality content as always!

Girls Frontline has ntr?

One thing that I think not many ppl point out is unlike in most gacha weapons in games, you only need to get two to max out its passive/ability

I've played Snowbreak. It is a challenging game, which is good, but over time it got boring. While farming materials are pretty easy after playing through some of the side stories and clearing stages just one time, the presence (resin for Genshin Players) gets used up very quickly. The voicing of chars diminished as the game went on. When they announced that they were no longer using EN VAs I wasn't disappointed at all. But over time, all voicing was less and less. Would I recommend anyone play the game? If you're looking for shooters with waifus, then this would be your best bet.

As someone who played Snowbreak almost from launch I really enjoyed it, both before and now after the "culturalization" of it. I dont mind the tacticool look they went with previously but it was clear it didnt appeal to enough people and with the fanservice approach they have now brought in a lot more, which leads to more resources for further development and finally a bigger team, something thats already being seen now and will only get better in the future. Tho I do wish they wont go too far with it as it can potentially ruin the uniqueness of the characters and the world. The story and characters are for me the main reasons to stick around. The first few chapters that the game originally released with are rather confusing and lack cohesion but they mainly serve to build the world and introduce the characters, with varying degrees of success, but it is a cool lore. The writing does get significantly better later in and the characters are all unique and likeable and have generally great designs. Gameplay is smooth and fun, any and all characters can be vible in any content if built well and many see niche uses in various modes, you can genuinely play just who you like best, be it as a dps, support or a healer. The monetization is nowhere near as bad as genshin and the developers are very active in talking to the community, consistently and VERY quickly reacting to backlas and suggestions to certain things, there was recently a misstranslation in one of the mails the global version got, and it was fixed the very next day after people let the devs know. Also they were very clear with maximum prices for costumes and maximum amount of skins per version and such, making it clear that they will not be overpricing and will mainly concentrate on producing more varied gameplay modes and more story. As well as making statement that if there will be a dual 5 star update, one of the 5 stars will always be given for free, this patch we got 5 star free Enya with perfect rolls on her gear for free. And in general they are a lot more generous with currency as well, you can even eventually max out all 5 stars as a free to play, having option to farm for their dupes in limited quantity per day. You are quit a bit off with the genshin analogy tbh, vastly different production values being key thing to acknowledge here (which is likely why it failed as a game for everyone) but with a much smaller team and company that is only to be expected, however like I said above, with greater profits now come more possibilities and as you say, it has great potential. It has good QoL, nice graphics, great base system where you can buy furniture and interact with the operatives, runs very well on even potato PC (tho at first there will be fps drops as the each map loads). The biggest issue atm is lack of variation tho they are working on that and imo its pretty unclear where the story is headed at the moment, each new chapter/arc seems to be mainly its own thing. Its a really solid game all around, tho if you do not enjoy harem/fanservice kind of games, this will not be for you. Initially the devs tried to appeal to everyone like hoyo games do, but it almost killed them so now they make it very clear what genre the game is and who the main target audience is and its been going really well for them, they are grateful to their players and act that way and the players in turn have faith in the devs and the game's future. There has certainly been cultural shift when it comes to the game but so far it has imo been for the better, just on the basis of the game not only surviving, but thriving and while the community is often even annoyingly thirsty, they tend to generally be quite welcoming if you arnt there to tell them to go touch grass. If the fanservice shift wont affect the characters in a negative way, as in make them only revolve around the MC without a personality of their own, Ill stick around to see how the story plays out for sure.

heyho pretty much liked this kind of review :) looking foreward to other games. As the gameplay of snowbreak isnt to my liking i think i wont touch it ever, but i wanted to point something out. The change of pace of the gameplay refering to Genshins (and other Gacha style events) isnt a too important part of the game. Maybe take that part up with a faster "burnout". Events can be annoying and tbh most play the events for the rewards if the minigames are not to their liking. A change of pace can be nice but if its really needed one can just switch to other entertaining stuff. Keep up the good work :)

This is a good and fair review. I'm a fan of Snowbreak but I play little of it compared to Nikke. I am one of those people who saw the loss of English Voice Acting as a sign of EOS, but going the "add more booba" route is something I won't complain about. That said, my biggest issue with the game is how samey it feels. Even if I only play like an hour a day (if that), it's hard for me to feel engaged after awhile.

4:27 been playing almost a year myself. from what i've seen that's normal as a F2P person. your operatives won't get the best gear unless you're specifically spending your currency to do that. I'd recommend not doing that at all.

I've been playing since day 1, I think that's a fair and balanced review. I like it because the time commitment is very small and the waifus are good. And I just enjoy shooters in general, which is great for me. I like that the content runs are very long, I prefer a more relaxed pace rather than rushing myself to complete all the game modes before they disappear.

I played it on Day 1, quit due to phone performance (I was playing on potato phone), returned (for Tess) and then quit again (because I didn't get Tess' weapon). It's the game's mood that gets to you: it's very heavy and slow but the characters are nice like Acacia. Gameplay wise, it's a bit challenging but with a bit of effort, you can beat anything (Once you get Haru - Absconditus, stages are easier) coupled with a heavily strong single target DPS (Like Marian - Swift for me), you'll breeze through any content. It's also the farming that gets to you, it's a long and winding road...

This game does have potential and room for more improvement, but it's still good for what it is now tbh. One of my fav niche gacha games that I play, and feel it's pretty underrated.

i personally enjoy snowbreak overall. the only time i dont play it is when the i dont have the special currency to spend or when i know it's something im not that interested in. then again my time is being spread around to various other games these days. so yeah.

I like this, can you do Reverse 1999 in the future please? i think its underrated and needs more love

I tried Snowbreak for a couple months when it came out. It had zero "Gyaat" as you call it. Sadly I got very bored but I wanted to like it.