Personally I think the comments have summed up my opinion of the story. They could handle POVs and transitions better. Maybe do some missions specific for one side and some for another more often etc etc Over all, event stories are crazy good. Even though technically they are longer than irl novels at times, their quality is really really amazing. The rhine labs event for instance is an amazing piece of work I think the main issue why the main story doesnt get as much praise is because it feels a lot longer than event stories which already might feel long to many players. Sure, they have great writing but i can only do so many levels focusing on our current position before it wears a player down. Especially since it takes months for us to get main story chapters which is plenty of time for people to need refreshers and feel lead on by the cliffhangers of some chapters
Yeah like the main story is great but when you get amazing one off stories like guide ahead or Jessica alters you question if the massive commitment to a long overarching story is worth it
I remember Kyo theorizing that the first civilization was fearing something, thats why they built everything from, originium, the seaborns, the portal, to the starpod(sky barrier), because they knew something is coming. And at the end of PV4 we see something that kinda resembles an Invasion of something, stating that "Terra is Ours". Which also somewhat explains the massive crater like area above the Infy Icefields. Something from space that even the first civilization failed to defeat, that started everything we know about the current Terra now. And as far as the main story goes, I remember myself saying that chapter 8 was the climax of Arknights, and when chapter 9 came out, I was kinda right, only to be jumped by what comes after it, chapter 10 and onwards evolved from something I thought was going to only revolve around a Victorian Throne but got to a full scale political war drama between the Sarkaz and Victoria, and I wish that the Kazdel event and Chapter 14 will come faster so I can finally sated my hunger for the story.
Yeah I thought a potential act 3 would focus on the seaborn but it seems that will just continue as an event storyline. Now I'm thinking it'll be focused around the priestess and maybe lead up to Endfield
@@bionicfactory1 act 3 could be Ursus. Out of all nation we already cover up. Only Ursus, Rim bilinton and Higashi haven't get a side story. We might get Rim Bilinton in future since in Aegir event state they want try want to reach other side of planet through expedition beyond Rim Bilinton. As for ursus and Higashi we don't know much other than they use to have a war and Ursus lost.
@@m_imran7957nah ursus is backward they probably just be in event The only big problem is ursus is the unkillable deathless black snake Which pretty much setting for playable talulah and reunion(+some ursus important people)
For 5 years it was mostly fantasy so I don't see why going soft sci fi route is a problem. Players just need to move on. Its not like they making things as they go, all 3 main story ACT were planned 4 years ago. And lets be real most people only read stories I either because said event has their favorite character or you want learn about precursor lore. There is always jump in player interaction with lore soon as a story related to precursor is released. Not mention precursor related stories are written by top tier writers. Babel, lone trail, Ch 14, path of life. Third act is going to be peak for sure. I expect every chapter to filled with big lore bombs and doctor slowly slowly becoming more fleshed out.
My problem with the main story is not the writing itself but an element of it and the time in-between getting main story chapters. The poorly executed pov changes, information tends to get muddled as we switch between povs one moment we're focusing on Doc, Amiya and Logos then to Siege then back to Amiya then the Darknights trio then to the French guy and you get the point. If the switching was better handled it would make the reading experience more enjoyable and easier to follow. The time in-between chapters and how the writing handles it is also somewhat of an issue, in 6 months, we forget things no matter how invested we are in the story and the writing sometimes falls short on getting the reader up to speed in case we tend to forget things that happened the previous in chapters which then can makes us confused about what is happening in the current one.
Yeah before I caught up and was binging through it I felt way more connected to the story. I had to go to the wiki to remind myself of some of chapter 12 before 13 came out lol. Unfortunately they set in their ways for biyearly story releases which makes sense cause events but sucks for the main story getting development. Cause I think act 2 isn't actually that dragged out but when you only get updates on it every 6 months it's gonna feel poorly paced
I agree with 6 month and yeah I basically have to do quick recap at the beginning of the chapter, but the different PoVs were the best thing in ch13 and does way better portrayal of characters than usual watching from the sidelines. Also looking at the doc as side character from other's PoV was refreshing. The jumping between them is a bit abrupt at times, but overall it was ok, like before- Hoederer PoV, after- W PoV, and switch to other group on the next stage was a good way to handle it I think.
@gargutz907 the fact we actually get a look into the characters, their thoughts and what they do or don't express is one of the best things chapter 13 delivered.
My focus on reading content mainly switched to events. Jessica alter one was just amazing. You pointed it just right with weaker antagonists in Victorian arc and also its waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overtalked, like over the line... Most of dialogue could be shortened to one/two lines but instead its 10 minutes read..... That's why I find much more enjoyable reading events than main story now.
All the people talking about how the storytelling is convoluted or long do not understand that if you want to actually tell a worthwhile 'meta story', a crystalized wisdom ,an encrypted message or any intellectual legacy if you will, then it makes sense to write detailed, long segments of dialogue or soliloquy that not only develop important facets of the character, but also show some minor details to immerse the reader not only in the superficial and immediate setting, but also to convey whatever the writer thinks about a real life event that influenced him. Shallow goofy exchanges a la genshin or starrail, but also technical jargon exposition dumps for the heck of it do not do anything but cheapen the effort. Because an artist that does art for the heck of it, without a vision, an opinion, without purpose cannot hope to accomplish an intellectual exchange with an audience. And that's the crust of the the artistic work. That makes the difference between brilliance and mediocrity in the artistic work. One should probably remember that the artist is at the end of the day another human contending with a real life. So it makes sense for him to express himself in his artistic work. This arknights is the only game that makes me ponder philosophy of history every single event. I have a lot of fun figuring the connection between the depiction of terran happenings and what actually happened or IS happening irl. And when I figure that it really feels like I had a discussion with whoever was cooking in HG. That's a thing unique to AK because the story doesn't only cater to the emotional engine, but to the logical one too. Anyway, enough rambling from me and have a great time enjoying AK fellow doctors.
aaand ppl would call that pretentious. i mean really if you know some media is not meant for you or just you don't like it enough to care then it doesn't equal to said media/art is wrong or not in the right place. i feel that HG know how limiting gacha is for their story (which could be a plus too if you could handle it), and beyond that they're also a chinese dev, they got walls everywhere funneling them into making art that fits the standard. and if some people still think at how don't have this intellectual discussion with their players about irl issues, just look at Anasa and try to find who are their expy. all in all this thing a lost cause for them bcs either they don't like the presentation or couldn't even engage with even if they want to.
idk if this a hot takes but the current format for arknights story is prob gonna be a better than endfield gonna be, this is a common problem for other 3D gacha RPG story where the story only revolves around the MC most of the time if something happens it will be on the POV of the mc, on some game you can occasionally go to other playable character perspective but its not as often and sometimes not as flexible, while for arknights visual novel format, take near light for example where the perspective jumps freely to different scenes and events happening which is one of AK stronger points in story telling, its a quality that only exist in novels so i dont have high expectation for endfield than i do for arknights events, its just one thing why i put AK story in a much more high regard than other 3D gacha RPG story
fck i didn't even consider this.. how many playable MC 3d game that have it's story could live and breath without the MC presence? this is alarming fck i never consider it for endfield i take it for granted that it is AK but now damn. im fallin too far into how AK present it's story, the MC is the major cause of most problems but big chunk of the story revolve around the mundane fighting their own problem, with not a single mention of the MC or any connection to it. i really found no other way more appealing to me for breathing life into your world than that and the fact endfield could be the exact opposite is just a nightmare
- Main stories chapter 1 - 12 really good. - Some event stories I read and some kinda skip if not interesting, even problem translation but that's not big issue for me. - But overall, AK stories in good shape and place.
@@bionicfactory1 Indeed you right, But PtN little special because voice actor in main stories and event too. If people really lazy read ( Like me ) , people can listen.
Just want to say that the story, lore, and worldbuilding are some of the things I love most about this game. But then again, I love pretty much everything about it, lol. Edit: Also, facts about the lorebook. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
I've discussed with someone once on how PGR and AK are essentially different or even how AK is different to most. PGR is like a movie, there's a clear main actors that you follow from the start of the game till now. they are not the whole world reason to exist or the main problem solver, but their goal aligned with the main faction and they take the charge to drive the effort back into it's place when conspiracy and intrigue start to taking place. all of the side story line and character arcs could lead CLEARLY into the combined effort and connected to the main actors. while AK is an anthology, it's a history book. there's no clear main actors, and the mundane color the annals of history with their feats and roles that could shake the very heaven, usually unintended. the world/actors are not pushed in a sudden change that uproot the established order and way of life, the problems are already there from the start, way before you even exist, way before human can walk with two feet. does that mean there's an underlying problem that everyone anywhere got affected? YES. is it clear and everyone knows what the main problem are? absolutely not. can it be resolved? maybe, on our life time? i doubt that. the problems are ingrained, tangled to our very way of life and the presumed main actors might have a role in most of it in way that's simply unthinkable to many. then does that mean the "main actors" control all the evebt? side char becoming irrelevant? absolutely NO. bcs this is a history and anthology. just like i said, the mundane could change the history like no gods and immortlas before them could (praise the Skybreaker). and even if you're not even worth mentioning in the future history books, you are part of someone's life that could not be forgotten. it is essentially different, i mean tackling heavy topics left and right is already huge sign of it. that's why AK has almost everything for everyone in the story but that thing most likely wouldn't be the main thing you hoping it to be, or the whole thing the game about. bcs that's not how AK gonna do it. me personally? i appreciate everything. the clusterfck Victorian arc that many don't like? i LOVE it truly. it's the essence of war that many story simply couldn't get right. opportunist everywhere, good and bad blurred, the chaos of multiple factions having their own agenda and so on. like that's just KMC vs RI vs Victorian, Dublinn mostly just want a diversion, Reunion is just there as stragglers but that add so much chaos. imagine War of the Four Emperors. and yes, jessica story take us all back to individual struggles again amidst the plotting nations. and i think without both it would felt incomplete the two, three, four kind of story is what make AK.
Also what i love about arknights is that the side story have different theme(both stories theme,place ost type etc) so if you didn't like one story you can read the other(probably only intermezzi that you need to force yourself to read) but overal they kinda stand alone so thats nice
My biggest issues for the story is that for the main the time in between and the presentation here and there. There are times where they really could have shortened it. Tdlr the Yappening is gonna be the cause of the story if they don’t manage it it will be cooked. That and they need to focus on whom they really want to have development and leave some as side characters. Either way I’m looking forward to the Sami video
The stories are good, but there are so many goddang words, im on the verge of breaking down because i know there is still hundred of hour of stories to read LBC and R99 are good because they are captivating, interesting, voiced and the lenght is just right to explain everything needed, A9 is about racism, civilizations, conflicts and shite, but i don’t need a whole paragraph to describe one singular scene that can be condensed to a few sentences or so my friends enjoy the game bc they skip the stories, i don’t so im stucking in this man made mental hell
I will never understand the hype around 3D open worlds, if they are stiff 3D with people talking, turning 90° and walk away, or an 'open world' just being a funnel to the next important location with nothing interesting on the way. Why do people think that is so much better than an actual emotional CG and just choosing your next location on a map? Reverse 1999 has pushed the Arknights style of storytelling to a point that I actually prefer it over Hoyo stuff, with actual live 2D characters during the visual novel parts, some amazing impactful CGs and excellent voice acting of the story, while I always felt the stiff talk shuffle 90° and walk away stay of Hoyos dialogue was goofy and extremely overrated 'because 3D'.
You know what funny arknights/reverse 1999 type of story telling is actually better if you want to changes places asap With event arknights could be in super different place than main story different time frame etc,the same as reverse Meanwhile genshin for example event and side stories will stuck in place that the main story already there(like if main story only in monstad and liyue they can't do natlan side stories etc)
No idea but they make money I prefer the AK/Reverse/PtN style but clearly people yearn for the 3D models I feel like both have their pros and cons but the 2D style is easier for me to keep up with
That 2D style is also used in visual novels and gachas with VN format, such as FGO, GBF, Proseka, Bandori, etc As for 3D, well, some people prefer the 3D AAA cutscene style of storytelling I suppose
@@okboi5723yeah it would "spoil" the new area or just way too taxing to make new are for just side story. plus it makes the story linear unless the whole world already created from the beginning. it won't allow for characters outside of the mc breath life into the world freely
The story itself is fine, I'm satisfied with it. The writing however is not to my personal preferences. The events have often way too much exposition and such rich details that I want to say "shut up already and move to the point". Some people like that, I don't. I'd prefer much more laconic scenarios, I don't think that it would hurt the world building or anything at all, you don't really need to read a book-sized event to understand the conflict, the characters and some major points. Especially when 2/3 of the event is just a premise.
Even though I love the Act II story... I do absolutely agree about the Villain point. The only villain I considered on par with previous villains is Manfred. Mandragora is pretty good too, loved her unique perspective as villain because she's a bit hard to hate with how human she feels sometimes.
@@bionicfactory1 I doubt theresis can ever surpass Theresa and kristen as antagonists. Unlike these two, sympathizing with theresis will only result in making his character weaker. If he starts to split his back story or motive during the final battle it will be no different than Sanguinarch.
Well you don't have to be sympathetic to be a great villain. I have my doubts he'll ever become something like Theresa of Kristen but I'd like to hope we get a great story out of him before he dies or is redeemed or whatever they are gonna do with him
The thing that made me drop arknights was that it became less realistic and raw, 1-8 was the best chapters for me, and dark nights memoirs, twilight of wolun something and undertides. Now we just see more fantasy and thousands more technology than before, it make it losses the sense of world is deteriorating as it progress, with the originium, now we are trying to kill the gods and save the world from something very very big
Amazing video brother, hope you get 2k subs soon, you really deserve it. Checked your other videos and they were pretty interesting! They are so good I didnt even notice the mic quality until the end of the video haha
For me what they need to do is to end the arknights story with the third act and make everything about the arknights future tied to endfield. But to keep arknights alive all future event should take place in the past, terra have thousands of years of story that can be covered and i think it would be a great idea to discover more in its past.
Yeah I agree that they should try and wrap up the arknights main story and lead it into Endfield. Then focus on expanding on the world itself with more events showing off the underappreciated factions. Focusing a series of events on the history of Terra even if it's not the main focus would be great cause there is a ton of interesting events in the past that I'd love to see
"If you want to tell a good story you need a time to tell it" Factually untrue in terms of story that includes text only. A good writer knows its very important to keep the text as short as possible in order to keep the reader interested, Arknights story fails massively at that and doesn't even try to fix it.
I enjoyed reading chapter 9, but when i entered chapter 10 i felt lost. Apparently theres a time skip between chapter 9 and 10 of like 2 years in which Near Light happens, youve got Amiya and Doc on an infiltration mission, skip to Jessica Alter in a cargo plane???, then flash back to Theresis and Theresa talking on the bridge of a ship. I came out of the intro cutscene for chapter 10 absolutely confused. Needed someone to tell me there was a time skip between chapter 9 and 10, since ive ever started ive always considered Theresa dead and they never specified that when you see her its a flash back (so i was confused asf). So pretty much since chapter 10, I don't read the story anymore. There was like big plot holes and I lost all interest in the story. You can tell me how good it is, I'm not gonna read it
There is no plot hole. Seems to me you didn't read the reunion arc. or you want the game to spoon feed you everything. At the beginning of each main story, the writer tells you the location and date, current event is talking place. Ch 9 and 10 happened at two different places within a gap of a few months because Rhodes isn't a rocket ship. In Ch 7 and darknight memoir we learned that theresa is dead. However at the end of Ch 7, we saw theresis revive theresa in a laboratory because he really needed her knowledge and powers for his plans in Victoria but since he couldn't attack Amiya and take back her crown, he was left with only one option. Seems to me you have never read a war stories. There are more complex writing than AK.
worst thing about AK's story is definitely the segmenting. compounded with their dialogue writing style and them putting subtext on stuff that doesn't need subtext and (over)explaining stuff that could use subtext...
Actually progression in arknights main story in term of scales of the problem is quite consistent Arc 1 is about cities problem(lungmen and chernoborg) with big terror organization as the main enemies and if not stopped will be a war between nation Arc 2 nation problems(between victoria and ursus and their own inner problem) with a literall nation military at war which each other(kazdel military again victoria) and if the villain wins there probably a world war with kazdel vs other big power in terra(such as leithania,yan,columbia and sargon) Arc 3 is about first Civilization but i hope it will be whats on terra first all of them project inside terra(as what the 3rd pv give us) so we will have the entire nation of terra included probably the formation of united terra front or something?.but we know for sures the end of this arc or atleast the big event will be going to the moon as its already fueled by kristen shennigans,kjerag 2 rhine lab plan in karlan mountains,and path of life aegir space plan plus maritimus(leader of church of the deep) plan to brought seaborn to the moon Then after arc 3 I hope observer will be on next arc or after the next(arc 4 or 5) So if arc 3 what i hope is The progression will be City->nation->terra(planet) and probably universe later?
My issue with main story probably just the release is to long make it like 3 month and its good Except maybe on climax chapter make it 6 month for the wait up is alright
Arknights will only have 3 main story acts confirmed by former ART director of Arknights(Amiya, W, Kal'tsit's Artist) in a recent interview on skaland app.
can someone be honest with me? I genuinely tried to get into the story but the writing was unbearable during episodes 0-4 I started skipping and finished act 1. I still haven't started act 2 or episode 9 and have 12+ E2 lvl 90 operators, So is it worth reading this second act to catch up to episode 13? and are there any events I should treat as MUST READ
Watch anime season 1 to spare you from the ugly thing shit is chapter 0-3. Chapter 4 and 5 isn't that good but bear with it they're not that long. Imo better to read chapter 5 than watch it in anime because they butcher a lot of best moments in chapter 5 especially about Mephisto and Faust. Chapter 6 is where things ramp up well and the writing improves somewhat, but if you want musical and visual feast of the chapter 6 finale check anime season 2 finale. Unfortunately you gotta read Chapter 9 onwards to get a good grasp of Act II. Chapter 10-12 are snoozefest slogs so be warned. Below here's my MUST READ list for important sidestory/intermezzi events you can read to understand main story better: 1. Darknights Memoir (VERY IMPORTANT because it's all about W and Theresa and stuffs for chapter 14) 2. A Walk in the Dust (It brings you the better foundation for Victoria/Sarkaz arc in Act II, as well as tying up Ursus things in chapter 7-8. Just prepare yourself for Kal's monologues) 3. Vigilo story compilations. (Stories about Doctor's background and relevant things for main story plots) 4. Lonetrail (You need to get a basic understanding of wtf is out there in space, Observers and Precursors for the next phase of main story. Also bits and pieces about Sarkaz culture. Recommended to read Rhine Labs manga first to understand Kristen better, if you care about her) Optional events to read if you curious more about the lore for main story: 1. Under Tides + Stultifera Navis. (You nee to know a thing or two about seaborns as they gonna be important after Victoria arc) 2. The Black Forest Wills a Dream story compilations (Tying in to some stuffs in Lonetrail) 3. Guiding Ahead (for Sankta/Sarkaz lore, which gonna be important as in PV4 it's teased we gonna see more of Sanktas and Laterano)
0-4 is dogshit yeah but first you have to know what kind of witing style do you like? bcs this is a legit novel. and it won't change ever bcs they've established for 5 yrs now. and honestly it really isn't for everyone
@@hermanwillem7057 i read novels as well, just finished The Terror, a historical fiction about the Franklin expedition. I think its the lack of focus and conciseness the story has. It spends entirely too long talking about details that don’t matter but glaze over actual important details. For example i don’t remember which episode this was from so bear with me as I paraphrase here. A passage went something like this: “Exusai lept from the second floor onto the crowded street. She could barely get her footing as she ran along the corridor in pursuit of the Reunion soldier. She fires her weapon; one down; turns a corner; fires again. Another one goes down. She looks at her rifle, it must have been 7 years since she first joined penguin logistics. The gun powder in the air momentarily distracts her as a reunion soldier ambushes her. She ducks and fires again. The soldier collapses as she keeps making her way back to regroup with the rest of her squad.” Now this would normally be fine but at this point idk who exusai is and why i should give a shit about her, I want to know whats going on with amiya and the doctor. The game (at least for early episodes before i started skipping) did a poor job of making me care about the characters. It almost exclusively focused on their actions rather than weaving in some personal thoughts/dialogue. And when it did weave in dialogue it was like everyone in this universe has a philosophy degree and uses the most round about language to insinuate a point
I quite the opposite. I am very invested in the victoria arc and anything related to the main story and the potential future main story, but really hard to care for or invested in a story outside of that because how random it is
so I have exactly one moment where I lost faith. if I misinterpreted this scene pls let me know but I ask for people to watch the scene before they comment. spoilers for the blacksteel event (CV-8 after operation if you want the reference) when clip shoots woodrow(the other sankta. neither of them fell. from previous dialogs it is hinted by the sankta that even pointing your gun at another sankta can cause them to fall. clip shot woodrow and hit him. they are both sankta pretty sure they both shot at each other they both should have fallen. the fact that sankta falling is only relevant in sankta focused stories really kills the worldbuilding which was the best part of the game to me. they don't even acknowledge the fact that they didn't fall we have exactly one instance where the sankta didn't fall and basically the pope says both of these interpretations of the law we fought over are important to keep so the law basically didn't make either of them fall. in this context both of them should no longer be sankta. they killed the lore just by ignoring a critical part of the sankta because they "Forgot" about it because it wasn't the focus of the event. ironically the actual story they told I liked it was just I lost faith in having consistent worldbuilding.
This actually when you not really understand what law want thats why you confused Law make things fallens if its disturb what its want In sankta side story you could see andoain literally cripled lemuen but he is not fallen because law doesn't think what he did is bad for its
Becoming a fallen angel has always been a grey area It happens to Mostima and not Andoain And Andoain gets away with it again in Guide Ahead and so does the pope Seems like it has to do with the law accepting those who remain true to the path the law sets out while rejecting those who break it. It's kinda vague and I doubt it'd ever be explained. Also if I remember correctly in the Jessica alters event both of them shot the others hat. Maybe they didn't fall cause of that
No, pointing your gun at fellow Sankta won't make you fall, but pulling the trigger and hurt/kill them does, outside of "special" exception like Andoain vs The Pope in GA. Remember Lemuen also shot Andoain back in GA to disarm him when Fiammetta confronted him. Fortuna in Hortus event didn't even aim at all but the gun misfired and killed her Sankta friend. Mostima fell because she shot Andoain to kill him. So it's the killing intention + whether the shot hits that matters. Reason why Woody doesn't fall is rumored because he didn't intend to kill Cliff but only to shoot his hat. It can be interpreted as inconsistent worldbuilding yes. But at the same time in can be interpreted that while being bitter to each other, Woody and Cliff actually dgaf about killing each other (at least on Woody's side, dunno what's on Cliff's head). Besides, before Jessica handing that bullet, Woody got no intentions at all to even seek out for Cliff, let alone strong desire to kill him.
Yeah you miss interpreted the scene, he didn't actually hit him. Plus Woodrow and Cliff didn't have the intention to kill each other which is the bigger consideration if you fall or not. Just pulling out your gun with the intention to kill will make you fall. If you don't have the intention to kill then you won't fall. (See Andioan) The lore is consistent, thier has been some revisions to lore but this isn't one of them.
Me when the French (They are sad that there country got obliterated) get more focus than the Irish (They want to overthrow the bri'ish) Damatzi is my fav character in the 2nd arc
Holy fuck I wrote paragraphs only for my internet to fuck them up. RIP Anyway, AK's way of storytelling is freaking weird for a gacha game. It's plot driver story instead of character driven. Often the characters sold on the banners are not even the focus. They are just the participants. Whether that's good or not is subjective. That said, it's certainly detrimental for casual readers because plot driven, especially plot driven fantasy like Arknights tend to have multiple charactes and sometimes multiple plots. For that, the writers have responsibility to ease the readers to know what's happening and what's the characters trying to do. Which to that end, I think the Victoria/Sarkaz act failed so badly, especially on Victorian side of the Act. I think it can be attributed mostly on Siege's Chekov'ss Sword. Let's run it down for a bit. The story start with RI and Siege gang aiming to go to the Shard. Well, they need the Sword. They got the Sword(RIP Allerdale /s). Turns out the Sword doesn't do shit for whatever reason. So what's next? Well, that 'what's next' question continued for 2-3 chapters, from I think chapter 11-13. Siege character development halted, she started brooding in silence being useless. Then you know what's hilarious? They revealed the sword needing some stone to activate. We got that revelation in passing line in the middle of chapter 13. FUCKING WHY? That shit should be an important point few chapters back. You know, I was expecting for Siege to go, "You know what, fuck this sword. I don't need this sword to do what I think is right." Sure, the sword could be useful later anyway or Siege could abandon it all together, which ties neatly to her desire to abandon the position of Royalty anyway(revealed thru Delphine profile lines. Classic AK). Regardless, that phase could have been where we are shown Siege attaining her resolve in this plot and/or solidifying her as a pivotal character. But noooo, we got her brooding harder and longer than Ch'en. LIKE WHYYYY.
Also, with the ARG and recent chapters/side events, the story has been giving us signals that we are going hard-scifi for the next arc. The Precursor race(Doctor's) was confirmed to be a Type 3/4 Civilization on the Kardashev scale, and Terran have to be ready to face something that destroy that very advanced civilization. Well, I doubt we will face them in OG AK, Terra Civilization is not even Type 1. So I think it will mostly revolve around Precursor, specifically Priestess/Doctor. Anyway, like or not, it's coming lol. Personally, I have no worries of it 'eating' the other smaller plots. If there is one thing AK does well with their world-building is how they manage to partition each regions/plot. What I would worry however, is specifically the execution of the parts. Like how the Victorian arc is so bad, the Sarkaz plot overshadow it. But I guess that's actually what you mean by 'eating' the smaller plots. Well, I am still optimistic. They executed Sarkaz part of Chapter 14 really well. They put a satisfying end to Theresa story. Answered so many questions. I believe they will do the same with Precursor/Priestess. If they manage to do it well, it will serve as a really good 'passing the torch' point. Put an end to the Precursor story and have the current Terra's Civilization continue the fight. Also to let Doctor be free of shackles of the past and fully embrace the fight together with Terrans.
Just remembered. AK sometime spoil itself. Look at Guide Ahead/Lone Trail spoiling a bit on how the Victorian arc end. Endfield and AK will most likely spoil each other, depending on how far in the future Endfield story is.
Yeah I can agree with that on some level. AK cast bloat in act 2 does give it a lot of story telling opportunities but like if you are the 4 or 5 star on the banner get ready for like maybe one chapter of screen time to justify your existence. Like not main story related but in so long Adele Poncirus just exists in the background with no influence on the story at all. Literally tacked on As for Siege I love her story and character but even I was like girl you had your motivation after Allerdale please be more active in chapter 12 onward.
@@beefystu559Speaking of the continuation, there's going to be Endfield, which would be set few centuries after the main story, and I think the Endministrator could be Doctor in another body or a different Precursor
I’m pretty sure Siege did go “fuck this sword i don’t need it to do what’s right.” There was scene with the Duke of Wellington’s messenger and Siege straight up went, yeah if you want you can give your boss this hunk of junk. Following that was Siege rallying the ppl not because she was a royal but because this was their lives and homes
I thought this was gonna adress the fuck up in the time line they did with Path to life, whcih hopefully gets fixed otherwise people wont take them seriously anymore, I personally think story in gacha games are overrated just like the genre itself, and people that consume it just want a good story to support their deranged behaviour of spending like dumbasses but thats another story. Good video overall.
I also think that a lot of gacha stories are overrated by their players. But that does not mean that the stories themselves are bad. I think most including Arknights have decent stories, even if they are not top notch.
I like how Hoshieve has already address criticism form people like you. They have intention to animate as much as they can, because while the game brings them money it isn't particularly for story telling to a wider audience. Arknights story is written like a book. The game is secondary to what the writer want to tell.
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