The Real Difference Between Honkai: Star Rail and Genshin 

Download Honkai: Star Rail out now! hoyo.link/abjbCgBd so yeah took a bit of an extended break from youtube for personal reasons but I'm looking forward to getting back into making content for both Genshin and Star Rail :]

Mc in star rail is hilarious from trash picking conosueir to hunting hotel demons 😂

Trailblazer reminds me of Yu narukami. Literally there times when he/she lets his/her intrusive thoughts win and does one of the weirdest and funniest replies in the game. Its so funny how its canon that MC digs up every trash bin he/she finds just because he/she really wanted to do it meanwhile dan heng and march cant understand your way of thinking. When you first enter the hotel room in belobog, MC sees a huge closet he/she can fit. MC went full on fischl and imagined that he/she imagined the contents of the closest like it was narnia plus any chuuni sht youve heard of and that the person behind the door who was room service was the demon who would take him/her away. MC jumped out of the closest scaring the sht of room service and you getba reward for doing so. Theres also when MC tried to use the payphone and trolled some non profit organization

Honestly I don't care about the gacha, Iam more intrested in the wierd stuff you can do in Honkai Star Rail. There is literally interesting diolugue and items you can get from trash cans! It's soo stupid but it helps to take away from the linear design of the game. Stuff like this rewards the player for exploring things out of the norm. Another instance was the hotel you stay at, rather than going directly to bed I decide to jump into the cabinet and scare the people doing room service. Guess what, I got rewarded for that too.

I was so immersed by the game that I hadn't actually noticed that I couldn't jump or climb until you pointed it out! 😂

genshin has always been marketed to mobile devices but struggles on most mobile phones and is most likely going to struggle on the nintendo switch (which is literally a mid spec tablet) so its surprising to see hsr run smoothly compared to genshin when hsr looks like it takes more resources to run

When the world needed him, he has returned at last. The effing audacity!

It seems like a fun casual game - easy to play during free time compared to genshin. The fact enemies have multiple weaknesses makes me hopeful HSR doesn't follow the mobile turn-based trend where you need to build full teams for every element.

I've been playing Genshin and HI3 more than 2 years, and... It's funny everyone thinks Genshin is HYV's main game when it's actually just a side-project. And the fact there is now 3rd Honkai game may even tell you where their preferences lay. MiHoYo originally was founded by Evangelion fans. That may also give a hint why they like sci-fi more. Yes, Genshin brings more money than Honkai, but if money was only measure of success in game industry we should say that hyper casual games are better than the plot-oriented ones. I mean, they're more profitable, aren't they? HYV devs just love Honkai, no matter how lesser money it brings. Watch their documentary, and you'll see how much of themselves they put into Honkai. How they talk about its story and characters. How grateful they're to its players and fans. So, one Honkai story came to an end, and they launch next one, adding casual elements from Genshin in hope to attract more people to read / play their Honkai stories. Plot and characters aside, the biggest difference between GI and HSR for me it's writing. In HSR it's actually interesting to read and engage with everything. In Genshin I 99% tempted to skip (sumeru's good though). HI3 is literally a visual novel with combat elements, so no reason to compare (I didn't skip a word ok) Next is MC. You are not silent, you can be badass and silly and your choices change character reaction to you. Last, you're not alone or with only Paimon. You have a found family and they actually traveling with you commenting shit you doing and starting conversations. You even have a group chat with the word "family" in its label. HSR has excellent humor, it's way less childish and 'fairy-talish'. If you like sci-fi and know what 42 means - try this game. If you HI3 fan, you would try HSR anyway so-

Another part I like about star rail which is probably so random is how I don't feel punished doing other things on the side while I'm playing like,,,I don't feel bad eating smth or doing homework while playing the game whereas genshin demands your full undivided attention, especially with their difference in combat mechanics, the point of a game for me is to be casual and light hearted and star rail fulfills those criterias for me

You are finally back !

The thing I like the most about star rail is that unlike Genshin we actually get a physical catalyst character, cause if you think about it, ignoring literal weapons, they're all catalyst users in a sense with how they can only deal damage of their elemental type.

My fav difference is that the mc is actually really good early and late-mid game unlike aether and lumine

Thank you for making this video! I know this is really just a simple message but really appreciate your efforts 😅. I haven't look much into this new game yet and this is very helpful!

As Rpg player.... The turn base gift a breeze breathe.. As someone who like play turn base this is good (usually turn base focus point is story) if you play rpg like trail in sky or any turn base one like in psp or maybe old games u know the nostalgia. But being it was online... The resources to get 😅

t's been 4 months, glad I can see you still exist!

Tried out the game, and it’s not for me. Turn-based combat just isn’t my cup of tea. I much prefer real-time combat. Not to mention, the time investment I put into Genshin is pretty high and I don’t want to do that with a second game. With that being said, I hope any Star Rail fans out there have a good experience playing!

They are different. I played Star Rail for 4 days now, before returning to Genshin. Playing Genshin felt totally weird and different after playing 4 days of Star Rail.

Genshin and Honkai have their respective energy systems that limits how much you can do daily anyway, so I don't see why gamers should choose one over the other. Personally, I swap when resin or trailblazer power run out.

I like the honest comparisons, despite being a sponsored video you still go in on the differences and how not everybody who enjoys Genshin will immediately fall in love with Star Rail but how it's still very approachable for fans of Hoyoverse.

Yooo bro welcome back!

Light cones are more like artifacts if you ask me. But only one artifact.

Ayyy you're finally back!

Good video thank you!

I was never able to fully get into Genshin. That game just wasn't for me. Honkai Star rail on the other hand.. I don't know what it is, but I really love that game. And I find it quite Funny

I like the feel of star rail's combat better, mainly because i've all 4 of my characters out on battle rather than genshin's only 1 out at a time. A huge emphasis on team battle. Plus, the game doesn't need more than 10mins of my attention daily, which is manageable for me and crippling monotony I tend to feel when playing the same game over and over again. Stopped playing genshin only after 3 weeks after its release, because the daily tasks felt like a chore over time.

Agreed on your first point. I can run HSR even though my ping is constantly on 200-300. The anxiety that same thing gave me with Genshin was real

Vars: how are GI and HSR similar Redflaim: how are GI and HSR not similar

Came for info, fell asleep to ASMR. Probably a hint towards how my HSR experience would be , if I tried it.

Hopefully the next video is not on ZZZ's release /j Anyway, Welcome back!

About the controls: The fact that genshin still does not have official controller support on android devices is just mind boggling to me.

Good to have you back again RedFlaim.

Welcome back

its kind of insane how much better the characters are written in star rail especially the main cast especially the mc

I love the comedy and dialogue choices in star ral, it is my kind of comedy, also i can relate a lot it the Trailblazer and how chaotic they are

1:49 honestly, I would probably like the more time to think afforded by HSR, but I really love Genshin’s story and it’s characters. I’ve taken a peep at HSR’s story and characters and I simply do not feel as drawn.

Clara weapon is her family Svarog

I think another thing this game can do. Is to possibly add a PvP gamemode Genshin is impossible to implement PvP on since it's real time and team synergy can just one shot another team in just a flash. But since Star rail's turn based they can implement a pvp without it being a broken and laggy mess. There's been a lot of turn based gachas with a pvp mode like SAO rising steel/ unleash blading. Granted it still depends on luck and build but how generous HSR's relics are compared to Genshin that might fix the issue

Well, well, well. Look who finally decided to show up 😆

between genshin players trying starrail, and vice versa, it's likely that some (honkai only) will end up retiring to the other game.

8:06 this aged so well... JY isnt a bad Character, just had the bad luck to be Erudition (a path that is actually pretty trashy and Light cones of the Path isnt... good enough) and most of his power relies on his signature Light Cone.

Playstation 5 version. I can't wait.

What is bro's uploading schedule

I think the fans are slowly starting to separate. I'm staying with star rail, it's great

Since I'm a big Genshin player and is getting bored of Genshin for now, I'm trying HSR out and I enjoyed it so far. But, I do realize that I'm not gonna be investing to this game, it's just for the freshness of a new game for me. I imagine after a while the grinding is gonna get tiring, especially since I prefer more character choices in turn based games to make it not as boring. Given the rates are the same in Genshin, it's gonna be torture to continue on. All in all, it is a nice game to just try out.

I'm a new star rail player, my favourite moment when mc asks what's this and everyone is like Relics. Relics Relics These are relics.

I started playing Honkai Star Rail and yes it is very different, I mean yes Genshin is a open world and we have to do réactions whit all elements. And this is why I didn't like the game so far the combat and small world but just have to give it a chance

Genshin has become a game i don't have fun with anymore i go in do my daily stuff and stop while in hsr I've had actual fun playing it coming up with different strategies to beat a boss exploring the weird stuff you can do.

I don't have pc so my experience is the opposite since I'm used to mobile controls

Never played turn baised but i like it tho idk what i am doing

I have one reason to not try this game out: from what i've seen and heard so far, this game's gacha is exactly like in genshin (which is bad even for gacha standards), artifact rng hell is exactly like in genshin, and their QoL politics are exactly like in genshin (hell, they even removed skip button in the last beta). Like, as much as I'm interested in the lore and characters, hell no, you're not gonna make me go through this torture again.

why do all creators keep saying how Honkai rail is different from genshin or how is related is like they don't even check where the game actually comes from is even in the name " HONKAI IMPACT " it's predecessor to even genshin so many of the characters are base copy from there even they share the same name ..............is like they dont even try to do the research

I played star rail for a bit, but you're right about them having different audiences. I'll occasionally pop in on star rail ("occasionally" meaning like once a month at most), but i prefer genshin in pretty much every way. Sure, it looks like a potato on my poor laptop, but if I need pretty screenshots, my phone can run it on its highest settings for about an hour without a charger. Doesn't mean that playing it on the phone is much fun though, star rail is much better for mobile (and a lot like epic seven, which i used to play until something unfortunate happened to my played-since-release main account. This means, mainly, that it's a lot more conventional than genshin when we're looking at gacha titles) I'll be sticking with Genshin, but I'm honestly glad that star rail has had so much success. It clearly had quite a bit of care put into it, and the MC is hilarious.

As a mobile player on Genshin since day 1 - I feel genshin is a great mobile game. Star rail is a game. Genshin is an experience. I wish mihoyo continues to increase difficulty level in genshin so experienced players can continue to have a reason to build their characters.

If you want to know what I think of Honkai: Star Rail. Feel like any other every day anime RPG turn base combat. That coming from any free download Gacha RPG turn base combat. I even play like non gacha version of anime turn base combat. In other word it not ever a new breath of fresh air to me.

En mi opinion prefiero más Genshin Impact que Honkai,ya que en Genshin es mucho más fácil la obtención de materiales a mi parecer,pero lo que es a nivel de historia me gusta un poco más Honkai,además de que se me hace más comica. Pero Genshin siempre va a estar al principio para mi UwU

2:19 honestly, while I do have an ability to play Genshin on PC and recognise its benefits, I would never even consider doing it because I'm terrible at PC controls. Like I can't move normally, thus can't fight even the easiest of enemies thus Abyss, exploration and events are near impossible to do; I don't play any games on PC consistently and have been playing exclusively on mobile for years and even when I used to play on PC WASD controls has always been a bane for me because they're so extremely counterintuitive and uncomfortable to me and I never got used to it and arrows also aren't located comfortably even if I were to change to them - to far from skill buttons, to close to the mouse, comfortably using them would require me to be ambidextrous which I am absolutely not, like PC gaming is a complete and utter nightmare to me full of incredible suffering and utter horror while mobile gaming even with lower quality is intuitive, easy, convenient and familiar and overall a far better experience then the inferno that is PC gaming. I don't have much motivation to learn to play on PC because the benefits are to slim compared to efforts and time it would take to master and it's SO MUCH EASIER to make time for mobile gaming than for PC one because with PC you have to sit in front of it to do it, but mobile gaming can be done from anywhere that has good enough Internet connection. In short, for me mobile gaming is leagues and leagues above PC gaming and it probably will never get equal because the way I see it I will obly have less and less time for PC gaming moving forward but I will always have 5 to 30 minutes to more for mobile gaming. As for console it's simple - don't have it and it's far from a priority item to get.

Hoyoverse put Planky this time.

lmfao bro did Zhongli dirt lmfao

My personal opinion is that MC is stronger than early Aether due to him being made for combat with minimal persona compared to traveler who get stronger with his character development (doesn’t change the fact that he’s pretty dumb and reckless for old world traveler)

hello

When l hear pc. All l can think about is people doing mods.

Genshin vry dry for me lately HSR new means new content

NAH THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS THAT STELLE IS THE MAIN CHARACTER NOT MALE MC

Bro is going to buy milk for over 5 months again

Is the mcs of honkai star rail just genderbend and you choose the gender or do both mcs exist lorewise like the mc and his/her abyssal sibling in genshin?

Honestly, i would be interested in the lore but probably get bored cause of the gameplay.

The real difference will be that genshin actually revolutionized mobile gaming and succeeded monetarily.😂

That's why its better on playstation

I refuse to play this game for a multitude of reasons. Biggest is Honkai is not afraid to kill off your favorite character. Doesn't matter, no one is safe. So I'm just not willing to go through absolute depression getting attached to these characters knowing they could be killed off at any moment.

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As genshin was my first gacha ever , i am trumatized and i will never play a gacha game ever agian. No thanks . I will not download this .

mc in genshin juat like puppet tbh

Why the fuck do people keep comparing Genshin to this game the name is literally from Honkai Impact 3rd Not Genshin!. The amount of disrespect to Honkai Impact players are getting. HONKAI IMPACT 4Life.!

Also Caelus is simply more hotter and simpable than whatever aether has going on for him

You lost me when said its turn based game. Not a fan of it, idk who going to play turn based games coz its zero fun and SLOW. Well mby grandmas and grandpas with slow reaction.

Disagree on so many points. Genshin looks good af on my 200 dollar Android phone, play smoothly, and I got used to playing on my phone in a month and never looked back. The convenience difference of playing HSR over Genshin on phone is non-existent. This was a lackluster and disappointing video. This is not to knock HSR, I'm enjoying the game, but there's no way HSR will ever take priority over Genshin ever. Genshin is just a much bigger, better game objectively.

people actually play trash like this?

honky impact

I am a GENSHIN player, and no, I have other games to play and also even if I didnt, I still have no reason to try this game