Honkai: Star Rail

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 176 Ratings

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  1. VendonJura
    May 8, 2023
    0
    Can not even play the game. Am getting an 1001_2 error. Reported that issue and like a week later, no changes.
  2. WelpM8
    May 7, 2023
    3
    Waos. Este juego me ha hecho bostezar más de 15 veces en menos de dos horas. Le doy un tres porque puedo.
  3. causalight
    May 11, 2023
    0
    Anything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that'sAnything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that's incapable of appreciating it's players. I'm tired of this incompetent, greedy, lazy company. Don't play this or any of their other trash… Expand
  4. tylerbanning
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    Great art style. Voice acting is great. Battles are fluid with awesome cut away special attacks. Visually stunning. Glad I played it. I usually stay
    Away from gotcha games but this is a great game.
  5. ayuwooh
    Apr 28, 2023
    9
    From the moment I heard that this was a turn-based RPG, I had high expectations, and I'm happy to say that it delivered. Despite my reservations about Genshin and Honkai Impact, Hoyoverse has truly outdone themselves with this game. It's a polished experience, and contrary to what you might expect, it's not as pay-to-win as you'd think. The writing is exceptional, allowing you to not onlyFrom the moment I heard that this was a turn-based RPG, I had high expectations, and I'm happy to say that it delivered. Despite my reservations about Genshin and Honkai Impact, Hoyoverse has truly outdone themselves with this game. It's a polished experience, and contrary to what you might expect, it's not as pay-to-win as you'd think. The writing is exceptional, allowing you to not only witness but also feel the characters' development. Each character has unique personality traits that you'll grow to love as you journey through the game.

    The conclusion of the story is masterfully crafted, reminiscent of the epic boss fights in FFXIV. The combination of the music, cutscenes, and dialogue left me in awe. If you're a fan of previous Hoyoverse games, you'll undoubtedly enjoy this one. Even if you're not, I highly recommend giving it a try. It's truly a masterpiece.

    While the game deserves high praise, I won't give it a perfect score due to a few areas that could use improvement. For instance, the main character's voice acting is inconsistent, with dialogue sometimes lacking a voiceover, which feels unfinished. Additionally, certain characters don't move their mouths when speaking, leading to a weird and inconsistent visual experience. The game's multiplayer features are also limited, with only a friend system available at the time of this review. It would be great to have more cooperative gameplay options, as currently, you can only use a friend's character for daily content, without them actively participating alongside you.

    Despite these shortcomings, I've been thoroughly enjoying the game since its release. There's always room for improvement, but overall, it's a fantastic experience. Well done, Hoyo!    … Expand
  6. LeeM0770
    Apr 29, 2023
    10
    it’s getting a lot of hate for the gacha system and i understand that but this game is genuinely great
  7. Akenoyy
    Apr 28, 2023
    9
    Breathtaking, is all i can say about this game. From simple stuff like the incredible Music composed by composer and smaller creators both, to the characters and their unique personalities. Everything about this game screams masterpiece to me. The visuals are gorgous as well and i prefer this instanced version over an expansive open world.

    All in all this game has to be the best Gacha    Breathtaking, is all i can say about this game. From simple stuff like the incredible Music composed by composer and smaller creators both, to the characters and their unique personalities. Everything about this game screams masterpiece to me. The visuals are gorgous as well and i prefer this instanced version over an expansive open world.

    All in all this game has to be the best Gacha game i have ever played. For me its the true "nr 1 gacha" that Raid:Shadow Legends usualy claims to be.

    The only issue i do take with the game are the prices on currency for the gacha as well as the rates they could do better but outside of that? very polished and fun game.    … Expand
  8. reemi
    Apr 30, 2023
    10
    This game is great, gameplay is fun, I like combat. And you can play your game with your cellphone and your pc at same time. Characters are funny. Graphics are greate. Lot of thing to unlock.

    I have lot of fun, i also like to do other things while playing so this is perfect. You can us Auto fight when you want. Only negative is you can spend lot of money, but me I just paid the game    This game is great, gameplay is fun, I like combat. And you can play your game with your cellphone and your pc at same time. Characters are funny. Graphics are greate. Lot of thing to unlock.

    I have lot of fun, i also like to do other things while playing so this is perfect. You can us Auto fight when you want.

    Only negative is you can spend lot of money, but me I just paid the game pass and I don't need anything else.    … Expand
  9. Revendi
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    This game caused me a great storm of emotions. Before the release I had only played Genshin and knew almost nothing about this game, except that the battles there are turn-based, so I started playing without understanding what's what, but after a couple of hours I got involved pretty quickly.
    The game has no open world, which is neither good nor bad. It's just a fact. The game is    This game caused me a great storm of emotions. Before the release I had only played Genshin and knew almost nothing about this game, except that the battles there are turn-based, so I started playing without understanding what's what, but after a couple of hours I got involved pretty quickly.
    The game has no open world, which is neither good nor bad. It's just a fact. The game is corridor-based, but the locations are made very nicely. Overall, this game is more about tactics and story and not about exploring the world. It's just such a genre.

    The plot is simple, but the interaction of characters and the player with the world are written here brilliantly. Very often caught myself laughing my heart out, which I don't often get in games. The characters themselves here looks interesting and prescribed the same. Different characters, looks have a positive impact on the immersion.

    The music here is nice, on different locations it is different and well conveys the mood. Some of the tracks I would add to my library.

    Battles here are turn-based, which allows you to play tactically. The animations in combat are top notch, particularly the superpowers. There's auto-boys, but you don't want to use it in quests at all. It is ideal for farming resources, which reduces the routine to a minimum.

    On the technical side, everything is great here, too. The game looks great and on my RX570 the game runs perfectly at 60 fps. There is gamepad support, but it has some small problems here, I think the patches will fix it.

    In general, the game I am very pleased. Yes, this gacha, but if you have control over your greed, it is not a problem at all.    … Expand
  10. Aclib
    May 7, 2023
    10
    Probably the most F2P friendly mihoyo game yet. As with most other mihoyo games, there's:
    - incredible world building
    - great story - amazing character design and general aesthetics - great music - incredible polish - one of the largest player bases of any game ever even though it just launched As for the things mihoyo has improved on: - no paimon - MC has actual personality - character    Probably the most F2P friendly mihoyo game yet. As with most other mihoyo games, there's:
    - incredible world building
    - great story
    - amazing character design and general aesthetics
    - great music
    - incredible polish
    - one of the largest player bases of any game ever even though it just launched

    As for the things mihoyo has improved on:
    - no paimon
    - MC has actual personality - character interactions feel natural
    - jokes are actually funny and don't reference memes that were popular during development and are now outdated
    - some of the best writing I've seen overall (writing is generally very good in mihoyo game but this took it to the next level)
    - very F2P, they found a good balance between being challenging and fun but still not being too easy if you're F2P, unlike Genshin

    As for the things that continue to be a main criticism:
    - "energy"-type ressource that refills with time and locks you out of upgrading characters
    - Gacha aspect, although better than with predecessors, the best characters are still only unlockable through luck or money
    - Everything's overpriced if you want to spend money (100$+ for a 5star character) Although the main criticisms persist, they've been improved greatly to a point where I'd argue that Star rail is generally more F2P friendly than the majority of free games out there. You can get hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of it without spending a dollar. If you want to buy something, there's still the relatively cheap option of buying a "pass" for 6 bucks that gives you about 50$ worth of premium currency over the course of a month. The game itself is actually so well-made and fun that I'll probably spend a thousand hours or more. One of the best games I've played recently for sure and, with hundreds of hours in mihoyo games already, I've come to genuinely enjoy mechanics like the Gacha, even as a F2P player. I feel like people often forget that you can get dopamine hits from Gacha without spending money. If you're F2P and you play daily from the beginning you'll be able to get most if not all characters you want eventually. In conclusion, this is the best mihoyo game yet. It's free and it's not that big, and even without spending a penny you can enjoy a great story, great characters, great writing, great mechanics and a beautiful aesthetic. While mihoyo still uses predatory methods to get you to pay, I believe as long as you think of yourself as someone that can withstand such things you won't have any problems. If you're a gambling addict, I'd be careful. Other than that there's not a single reason to not try it out.    … Expand
  11. Xplocion
    Apr 28, 2023
    9
    GOOD: Character design. Draw distance. References to Honkai Impact 3rd. Dynamic tutorials. Fights interesting.
    BAD: Traveling "because why not" and you saw "a bad guy" in dreams, game takes the worst RPG cliches to continue the plot. Pay to Waifu if you want to start with familiar characters (from HI3rd). Massive farming is invisible wall of progress (bad experience from Genshin).
    MEH:    GOOD: Character design. Draw distance. References to Honkai Impact 3rd. Dynamic tutorials. Fights interesting.
    BAD: Traveling "because why not" and you saw "a bad guy" in dreams, game takes the worst RPG cliches to continue the plot. Pay to Waifu if you want to start with familiar characters (from HI3rd). Massive farming is invisible wall of progress (bad experience from Genshin).
    MEH: "Community" is forming from Genshin Impact so there is gossip about "Woman Diluc" and other nonsense. Silver Wolf is Bronya, never enough Bronya in game. Stop complications and play on iPhone    … Expand
  12. Rebelcritical
    Apr 28, 2023
    9
    Honkai is a generous gacha so far, free to play character are very strong and you can have a free 5 star for begin the game. Animation are in point, story is good, storytelling is better than genshin, I love how can you interact with the world, it feel alive and can surprise you in lot of way, the gameplay is fun with a lot of possibility with synergy character.

    The music in this game    Honkai is a generous gacha so far, free to play character are very strong and you can have a free 5 star for begin the game. Animation are in point, story is good, storytelling is better than genshin, I love how can you interact with the world, it feel alive and can surprise you in lot of way, the gameplay is fun with a lot of possibility with synergy character.

    The music in this game are beautiful, Voice acting good even for a random Npc (I think of a girl who literally sing a rap song, that was awsome)

    My only problem is the lack of diversity on enemy, it's a lot of robot to me but I'm not that far on the game so.. will see

    Take a shot, I think it's worth it    … Expand
  13. Frenzie
    May 2, 2023
    9
    После Геншина я ожидал чего-то ужасного, скучного геймплейно и инфантильного сюжетно. Я ошибался.

    Сюжет: Квесты и основной сюжет стали гораздо приземленней. История как правило связная, целостная и логичная в отличии от той же инфантильной воды которую вы могли видеть в геншине. Персонажи более живые и мотивированны на совершаемые действия (кроме пожалуй одного). В целом отметил бы    После Геншина я ожидал чего-то ужасного, скучного геймплейно и инфантильного сюжетно. Я ошибался.

    Сюжет: Квесты и основной сюжет стали гораздо приземленней. История как правило связная, целостная и логичная в отличии от той же инфантильной воды которую вы могли видеть в геншине. Персонажи более живые и мотивированны на совершаемые действия (кроме пожалуй одного). В целом отметил бы много неплохого драматизма, сделанного лучше чем "Щеночек умер, плачь если любишь щеночков".

    Визуал: Как всегда на высоте, даже лучше чем в прошлых играх. Если вы конечно не плюетесь от этих китайских мультиков.

    Геймплей: Боевка интересна сама по себе но при этом, кроме пары ньюансов, проста для понимания. Имеется автобой что экономит море вашего времени.
    Контент "Виртуальной вселенной" особенно хорош, местные пути (специализации roguelike бафов) позволяют настраивать прохождение под вашу группу. Нужды прокачивать две группы для эндгейма пока к счастью не увидел, но возможно в дальнейшем. Надеюсь нет.
    "Опенворлд" активности стали менее душными, по большей части собирать сундуки уже не является такой дикой рутинной болью в заднице, да и награды за них стали заметно выше. В целом эксплоринг не ощущается такой же пыткой ради гачи как в геншине. Локации стали закрытыми что дополнительно упрощает эксплоринг.

    Глобально игра приятно выделилась на фоне душного и нелепого геншина, да и многих других гача-игр. Надеюсь что она не будет сильно сбавлять темп, а работу нормального сценариста в очередной раз не отнимет горилла-фанфикофаг пишущая сюжеты в духе "Мы доброе добро против злого зла, которое раньше было... добрым добром... но... АБИЗУМИЛО"

    Ах да, бафните Герту пожалуйста:D    … Expand
  14. LoCerusico
    May 3, 2023
    9
    Except for the Gatcha mechanic (already better than Genshin tho) the game is fantastic.
  15. CRimacDCE4
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Of course this game has good aesthetic design, and supremely fits what their market is that was established with Genshin Impact. It's not a terrible game, but it is nothing amazing by any means. Distilled, this is another gacha simulator with cute girls. These games are backed by a very immoral government at the end of the day, and the money spent in them gives return for said backing.Of course this game has good aesthetic design, and supremely fits what their market is that was established with Genshin Impact. It's not a terrible game, but it is nothing amazing by any means. Distilled, this is another gacha simulator with cute girls. These games are backed by a very immoral government at the end of the day, and the money spent in them gives return for said backing. Hard disagree with it.… Expand
  16. TalionSwift
    May 5, 2023
    10
    Easily better than genshin and many ways. The change of pace and it not being an open world is actually very refreshing. The combat is great, all the ultimates and animations for the moves look really good. The music as always from this dev is fantastic, they just don't miss when it comes to the audio. Also, the story and characters are prime, and very clean I greatly look forward toEasily better than genshin and many ways. The change of pace and it not being an open world is actually very refreshing. The combat is great, all the ultimates and animations for the moves look really good. The music as always from this dev is fantastic, they just don't miss when it comes to the audio. Also, the story and characters are prime, and very clean I greatly look forward to seeing what they add next. And of course, this gets many negative reviews because people just hate on gotcha all the time. Also the people's super low attention spans. Hate turn-based nowadays and don't understand it. I mean come on at least hate on it for valid reasons lol, this game is quality and a lot of people are just babies when it comes to some stuff. Anyway, great game! Definitely recommend, easy 10 out of 10. Haven't been able to pull myself away.… Expand
  17. thaddeusk
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    The combat is simple but enjoyable. I like the character and world design. Music is fantastic. The story feels a little generic, but it's not bad. The combat animations are great and I appreciate that they gave an option to speed them up.

    Despite being a free to play game, it doesn't feel like everything is time-gated as much as others, and doesn't feel like I have to pay or spend five    The combat is simple but enjoyable. I like the character and world design. Music is fantastic. The story feels a little generic, but it's not bad. The combat animations are great and I appreciate that they gave an option to speed them up.

    Despite being a free to play game, it doesn't feel like everything is time-gated as much as others, and doesn't feel like I have to pay or spend five hours grinding every day to make progress in the main story, like in Lost Ark and many other F2P games I've tried.    … Expand
  18. Alianovna
    Apr 27, 2023
    10
    The Honkai universe is Hoyoverse's favorite child and it shows.

    It takes every feature and system from Genshin and it improves them, dailies and artifact/item farming are a breeze to do here, you get a free 5* character selector when you reach 300 pulls, the writing is better and so many other improvements. Look up "How Honkai: Star Rail Improved Genshin's Systems" on YouTube.    The Honkai universe is Hoyoverse's favorite child and it shows.

    It takes every feature and system from Genshin and it improves them, dailies and artifact/item farming are a breeze to do here, you get a free 5* character selector when you reach 300 pulls, the writing is better and so many other improvements.

    Look up "How Honkai: Star Rail Improved Genshin's Systems" on YouTube.

    Unlike Genshin, the main character has a personality here, he/she speaks for themselves, no Paimon means a great improvent to the storytelling.

    10/10 for the writing, the visuals, the animations, the soundtrack, great combat if you like turn based games, the character ultimates make the game feel cinematic and they look better than any elemental burst from Genshin.    … Expand
  19. HunterSeeker
    Apr 28, 2023
    3
    Honkai Star Rail is a turn based RPG with a similar setting to the Star Ocean series. Where this game really falls apart is the storytelling. First off, it uses the overused and bad writing trope of having an amesiac protagonist. Even worse, one of the main characters that joins your party is also an amnesiac because the writers couldn't find a good way to tell a story without shoehornedHonkai Star Rail is a turn based RPG with a similar setting to the Star Ocean series. Where this game really falls apart is the storytelling. First off, it uses the overused and bad writing trope of having an amesiac protagonist. Even worse, one of the main characters that joins your party is also an amnesiac because the writers couldn't find a good way to tell a story without shoehorned amnesia. The worst part of the storytelling is simply the game throws a bunch of terminology and then they don't explain any of it. The whole point of having an amesiac character is so that other characters can explain the world to them but that doesn't happen in this game. For instance, what is a Doomsday Beast? What is an Emanator? Who are the Anti-Matter Legion? Who is this Stephen that Herta speaks up? What is a Stellaron? Why are Aeons showing up in a simulated universe? Basically, the game throws out all these terms and characters and doesn't explain them at all which makes the world building quite awful. Later on in the game, you get access to a Database which explains some of this but even that is awful story telling: the story should be told through dialogue and cutscenes, not through some optional encyclopedia.

    The turn based combat and graphics of the game are quite stylish. There are some quality of life features missing. For instance, every character has an out of combat technique that they can use but the overworld UI does not tell you what each character's technique does. Either you have to memorize them all or go into the menu to look it up every time. Combat is relatively straightforward with every character having 3 moves and 1 or 2 passive abilities: a basic attack, a skill attack, and an ultimate which can be used any time you want. The goal is to target enemy weaknesses to delay enemy turns and deal extra damage. Here, the quality of life is really nice because you get to see all weaknesses displayed in and out of battle.

    This is one of those games where there's just so many different types of crafting materials and currency that it's hard to keep track of it all. It'd be much better if it were much more streamlined. There's a way to have crafting/buying systems without having hundreds of different types of materials /currencies on day 1. Overall, you should avoid this game if you're looking for a good story and good character development. But if you're looking for a straightforward, turn based game, this might be the game for you.    … Expand
  20. arcalive
    May 1, 2023
    10
    Stories and interaction with world is strong point. Advanced 3d models, and optimization also great.
  21. Headshotsuperfr
    Jul 17, 2023
    0
    Greedy gambling game, walking simulator, trash story, Overall trash game. Could spend all day talking about this game's flaws
  22. Xelec_Bau
    May 20, 2023
    3
    good gameplay with bad monetization, upgrade system to stup*d u need duplicate char to get more powerful, stup*d energy system, wait for daily, claim system feel not rewarding why the reward not drop from monster instantly to make more rewarding
  23. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jul 31, 2023
    3
    Pro's

    Story is passable, if cliche Characters look good Fluid combat Con's Combat is a gatcha trap Spreadsheet style turn based combat Far too many currencies Predatory monetization Cannot skip animations or cut scenes Low content Typical toxic community Good story although tropey as heck and even somewhat cliche but once again, the typical predatory gatcha system that    Pro's

    Story is passable, if cliche
    Characters look good
    Fluid combat

    Con's

    Combat is a gatcha trap
    Spreadsheet style turn based combat
    Far too many currencies
    Predatory monetization
    Cannot skip animations or cut scenes
    Low content
    Typical toxic community

    Good story although tropey as heck and even somewhat cliche but once again, the typical predatory gatcha system that plagues the game, the turn based combat is atrocious and so overtuned, bosses are exceptionally cheap and boring, of the worst calibur often having multiple turns to your one and if you don't have the correct team lineup and/or even levelled appropriately you have no chance to beat them and guess what comes into play to help?

    Whilst indirectly pay to win, the better definition here would be pay to compete and even progress efficiently. The combat is entirely based on you, the player knowing how to effectively stop your opponents from attacking you, whilst breaking their defenses and exploiting weaknesses, not all characters start off good and require significant monetary investment before they become good, not to mention failure to prepare for boss fights, not having the perfect team to counter bosses makes for a very frustrating time, prepare to be annoyed at cheap mechanics and overpowered enemies.

    The gatcha system naturally with promises of better characters etc etc - absolutely no balance to the game here, as I mentioned everything is so specifically overtuned and frustrating that no skill is involved here unlike Genshin where you could actually use skill to beat bosses and encounters, this is entirely on-rails, linear as heck spreadsheet battles with the player always at the disadvantage, great game if you're willing to shell out a few thousand dollars every few months - its the miHoYo way after all, distract your players with waifu's and husbando's so the feckless masses will throw away their life savings to show off to their friends, and cosplay their favorite characters at cons - make no mistake, this is not a good game.    … Expand
  24. Jt0429
    May 24, 2023
    9
    Good-
    Interesting universe and story, reinforced by a beautiful aesthetic and exceptional production values. Combat is easy to get into, but highly tactical and addictive. Strong characterization, voice acting and pacing. Lots of fun side content to delve into.
    Bad- Explorable areas are on the smaller side in terms of scale. Some dialogue gets a bit too wordy. Gacha systems aren't the    Good-
    Interesting universe and story, reinforced by a beautiful aesthetic and exceptional production values. Combat is easy to get into, but highly tactical and addictive. Strong characterization, voice acting and pacing. Lots of fun side content to delve into.

    Bad-
    Explorable areas are on the smaller side in terms of scale. Some dialogue gets a bit too wordy. Gacha systems aren't the most ideal, even when the game showers you in Rail Passes and Stellar Jade.

    Thoughts-
    As a new addition to miHoYo’s growing library of free-to-play RPGs, this is an incredibly well-realized space-faring adventure. It has great characters you want to know better with interesting backstories. The main plot and setting are genuinely interesting to follow, even if the narrative abruptly stops after completing the available content, which is, unfortunately, the bane of every free-to-play title.

    The combat is incredibly fun and well-designed with deceptive complexity. The presentation and production values are top-notch, and the performance is pretty much flawless. If you’re a fan of turn-based role-playing games, and don’t mind the gacha systems, Honkai: Star Rail is at least worth trying out.    … Expand
  25. SomeDude9909
    May 25, 2023
    9
    Honkai: Star rail has great music, combat, animations, environments, story, and characters. Its biggest problem is the gacha system which enforces FOMO, limited time release content, but I still was able to get some of the best 5 star characters in the game by simply playing routinely with the battle pass.
  26. BlueGuyTalks
    May 30, 2023
    8
    Building off the success of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail delivers a more futuristic yet less open-world take on the gacha gaming formula, often shining brighter than Hoyoverse’s previous endeavors at launch amidst previously similar drawbacks.
  27. MadeViolet
    May 11, 2023
    8
    El juego es bastante bueno, es muy fácil de jugar y las recompensas que tiene son muy generosas con el usuario. La historia recién va arrancando pero se ve que tendrá una bastante larga, esperemos que Honkai no decepcione con el tiempo.
  28. 0xDeShawn
    Jun 7, 2023
    9
    Great gameplay, f2p friendly. When you start out, you are guaranteed a five star within 50 pulls. Music is peak.
  29. thothh
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    Solves all the problems genshin has. turn-based combat makes it easier to understand and to build teams, the characters are very fun and have great personalities, the main story is great but its a little confusing at the start or if you try to dig deep into it. overall seems like mihoyo took all lessons they learned with genshin and made all the aspects greater in every way, the gameSolves all the problems genshin has. turn-based combat makes it easier to understand and to build teams, the characters are very fun and have great personalities, the main story is great but its a little confusing at the start or if you try to dig deep into it. overall seems like mihoyo took all lessons they learned with genshin and made all the aspects greater in every way, the game doesn't feel nearly as boring as genshin can, especially at the late game… Expand
  30. Mihai90
    Jun 16, 2023
    9
    This is a great game, with superb skill animations, great voice acting, overwhelming story and great cross play. I like that I can play on my mobile, TV or PC with ease. The only reason this game doesn't have a 10/10 is because it's a gacha game, which I normally hate and avoid.
  31. Phobos2
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    I dont think there is a good reason for hating the game for gacha. This game's story and turn based action is wonderful
  32. Raesm
    Aug 3, 2023
    10
    Okay so here some thoughts:
    It’s a Gacha game, but unlike Genshin and other (not just Hoyoverse) gacha games, it’s really generous. You have a really good chance to get a bunch of 5* characters even if you didn’t spend a dime on it. Ofc you can save time for yourself with spending for energy to farm items, but totally unnecessary. The story is really good, way better than Genshin, where I    Okay so here some thoughts:
    It’s a Gacha game, but unlike Genshin and other (not just Hoyoverse) gacha games, it’s really generous. You have a really good chance to get a bunch of 5* characters even if you didn’t spend a dime on it. Ofc you can save time for yourself with spending for energy to farm items, but totally unnecessary. The story is really good, way better than Genshin, where I wanted to skip all the time, here I didn’t even missed the skip button. Have a lot of qol upgrades like selected main stat relic creation, or everywhere available crafting,ect.. Anybody who says “it’s badly monetized” just talking shet and didn’t playing any multiplayer game from any big company like blizzards or ea. It’s have a really nice world, way more focused stories and yes, you get 2-2 and a half hour of content per patch, but that content is fascinating, really well put together, and finally entertaining. The characters are very good, a lot of come back from honkai impact the 3rd, really well balanced, with a pretty good powercreeping balance, so your loved characters gona be viable waaaay more longer, and here have a class systems and that enforcing this. I don’t think its even worth to compare to star ocean, in my opinion it’s totally different that didn’t worth to compare. Just try it, nobody force you to spend on it, and you can still enjoy it!    … Expand
  33. darsigg
    May 16, 2023
    4
    Low content, poor story, battle system is good visually but so dull
    more greedy then genshin impact
  34. Luzzpa
    Apr 30, 2023
    10
    The game is amazing. The story has a nice progression, and the characters are well-developed. When it comes to combat, miHoYo has managed to make the turns more dynamic through the use of ultimate skills, which can be employed at any time. The characters also appear to have a balanced power level. However, not being able to skip certain combat animations can be a little annoying.

    The    The game is amazing. The story has a nice progression, and the characters are well-developed. When it comes to combat, miHoYo has managed to make the turns more dynamic through the use of ultimate skills, which can be employed at any time. The characters also appear to have a balanced power level. However, not being able to skip certain combat animations can be a little annoying.

    The scenarios are considerably linear, but on the other hand, they are packed with easter eggs and dialogues with NPCs, which makes exploration a highly enjoyable experience. As for the gacha system, it is acceptable, considering that the game is free-to-play and primarily focuses on the story in a PvE setting. With a bit of luck and dedication, it is possible to obtain 5-star characters even without spending money.

    When it comes to animations and design, one word sums it up: breathtaking.    … Expand
  35. LucasSatie
    Apr 30, 2023
    5
    It's a Mihoyo game, so you already know it's a game that's going to have quite a lot of polish, decent world aesthetics, and lots of characters for the purpose of fan service (even some copy and pasted characters from their other games). However, it's still a game whose sole source of revenue is gambling which automatically means they definitely don't make their billions of dollars withoutIt's a Mihoyo game, so you already know it's a game that's going to have quite a lot of polish, decent world aesthetics, and lots of characters for the purpose of fan service (even some copy and pasted characters from their other games). However, it's still a game whose sole source of revenue is gambling which automatically means they definitely don't make their billions of dollars without some predatory business models.

    Even looking beyond their gambling downsides, the game is just plain mediocre. It genuinely just feels like someone made a live-service Star Ocean game. If you've ever played Star Ocean: The Last Hope then you're going to get lots of feelings of deja vu.    … Expand
  36. Someaccountlol
    May 4, 2023
    3
    I actually love the combat system. I know a lot of people hate it, but I think there’s a lot of strategy in the team building. This is pretty much the only reason why I’m still playing, but I’m very much on the fence if I should continue. Now for what I hate (in my own opinion)… First, this game is hellish when it comes to progressing through anything, especially the main story. There’sI actually love the combat system. I know a lot of people hate it, but I think there’s a lot of strategy in the team building. This is pretty much the only reason why I’m still playing, but I’m very much on the fence if I should continue. Now for what I hate (in my own opinion)… First, this game is hellish when it comes to progressing through anything, especially the main story. There’s only 120 trailblazer energy which refills extremely slowly. Items and other progression materials are insanely difficult to get because of this. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth spending weeks just to progress the smallest amounts for a somewhat bland story. Second, the side quests are the worst thing to get through. It is literally teleport/walk from point a to point b repeated 7-8 times. But what else are you gonna do to get trailblazer experience? By the way, fighting enemies doesn’t give you trailblazer experience and barely gives your characters any level up experience. Pretty much the only way to gain trailblazer experience to get on with the main story is to do these terribly boring side quests or wait for the extremely slow recharge of the 120 trailblazer energy. Third, this game IS a gacha game. You can indeed get through with just free to play units. There are a few units that are insanely more powerful than the rest though. Also, using the free to play units can get bland and if you want to try new characters, they are stuck behind a paywall. And it’s a pretty expensive paywall. (In conclusion, this game feels like a worse Pokémon game. Imagine playing Pokémon but only able to encounter 5 Pokémon per day. Good luck ever leveling up and progressing through the story. Also, you’re given 6 Pokemon to start out with instead of 1, and they don’t suck but aren’t particularly great. If you want more Pokémon, you have to pay $10 for each pokeball, so it better be worth it if you decide to spend. As you continue playing through the game, which mainly consists of you logging in just to defeat the 5 daily Pokémon for experience, you wonder how long it will take to complete the game and if it’s even worth the time leveling your team which you don’t feel too attached to because they’re the boring default Pokémon.)… Expand
  37. isidore12
    May 12, 2023
    3
    If you love the Open-world of Genshin Impact, the Combats, the Beauty of the sceneries, and if you hate its predatory Gacha system and Hoyoverse’s stinginess, then Honkai Star Rail is all you hate, and nothing of what you love.

    Technically, the game is a success. But it has been made for mobiles, and feels weird on PC. The game takes 2 weeks to finish the main story and all side    If you love the Open-world of Genshin Impact, the Combats, the Beauty of the sceneries, and if you hate its predatory Gacha system and Hoyoverse’s stinginess, then Honkai Star Rail is all you hate, and nothing of what you love.

    Technically, the game is a success. But it has been made for mobiles, and feels weird on PC.

    The game takes 2 weeks to finish the main story and all side quests. I feel sorry for whales who already spent $500. Still it takes months of grinding, I am not sure how that can work.

    The game is just plain linear, one long corridor. Dialogs cannot be skipped. Good luck surviving the boredom of the first two hours.

    Characters, scenery, pretty much everything looks grey and blue. It is quite depressive, and no near the beauty of Genshin.

    Combats are auto-play, meaning the game has an integrated bot feature. You click and forget, and come few minutes later on the fight is over. A game that you don't play, definitely for mobile and not PC.

    The game is Pay2Win, period. Paid Event banner characters are crushing any others. You can already feel the game won’t be enjoyable as a free player, all the good characters will be behind a steep paywall.

    The question I asked myself is: “is it worth investing in a game you are going to play 2 week every patch?” Unless you are a collector or a whale, and you feel rich by collecting 5 stars characters, it is a hard pass on HSR.

    As a 2nd opinion, I suggest you watch TenTen videos on Youtube.

    I’ll be trying out Blue Protocol, Wuthering Waves, and Diablo 4.    … Expand
  38. TheCrimsonFckr
    May 1, 2023
    0
    copy and pasted genshin game only where the story and gameplay is different. now genshin is already a bad game so... no skip buttons bad gacha system as a person who plays for characters but the gameplay is not my thing despite others loving this type of gameplay for me it feels too bland and uninteresting, well done on the animations tho. making unskippable cutscenes is a huge mistake atcopy and pasted genshin game only where the story and gameplay is different. now genshin is already a bad game so... no skip buttons bad gacha system as a person who plays for characters but the gameplay is not my thing despite others loving this type of gameplay for me it feels too bland and uninteresting, well done on the animations tho. making unskippable cutscenes is a huge mistake at least add a skip button or cinematics to that "cutscene" either way i only had about 15 minutes of gameplay until i got horrendously bored.… Expand
  39. ShimaRin
    Apr 28, 2023
    0
    This game is blander than watching paint dry and the combat is so boring you'd have more fun counting blades of grass than to play this sorry excuse of a game.the gacha is so predatory it's sickening
  40. gary012380
    Apr 28, 2023
    1
    At present, the new work has been played for about 3 hours, and it is almost impossible to play...
    It is simply to move over the same set of Genshin, change the UI and change the mode to change the game.
    Making so much money and making such a failed game...
  41. NYPYZAK
    May 3, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. gacha destroyed the gameplay, the story is all about instant vision, the system is just a mobile game standard.… Expand
  42. sas647
    May 28, 2023
    0
    Another CCP backed, generic piece of mobile garbage that only exists to steal data and money (via scummy gacha mechanics) of people who are too stupid to realize and/or care. This is literal spyware and if you install this, your private data is likely compromised. Stick to real games, everyone
  43. Lucas78
    May 5, 2023
    9
    Ok, sure, the "gacha" approach comes with a lot of cons and inherent problems, but you know what? Give me a polished game like this each and every time, with an excellent, old-style turn-based combat system, nice writing and lots of interesting sub-systems, instead of the terrible, recent PC ports from the so-called "AAA studios". Great job by Mihoyo, this game is truly entertaining
  44. Mandra
    May 2, 2023
    10
    50% Genshin
    25% Persona
    25% Epic Seven

    Honkai Star Rail successfully managed to pick the best of thse 3 games and create something new and refreshing.
    The systems are solid, the endgame rogue-like is compeling and fun with a lot of replay value, the UI/UX is really more polished than Genshin, the OST is also really good.

    Great game, I 100% recommend
  45. KadentheKitsune
    May 20, 2023
    0
    If you're looking for a deep and complex turn based Combat system that's interesting and challenging, look somewhere else....

    If you want an interesting well written story and Characters, look somewhere else.... If you are looking for a game with awesome world building and lore, look somewhere else..... If you are looking for a solid f2p game you can play on PC or your phone, look    If you're looking for a deep and complex turn based Combat system that's interesting and challenging, look somewhere else....

    If you want an interesting well written story and Characters, look somewhere else....

    If you are looking for a game with awesome world building and lore, look somewhere else.....

    If you are looking for a solid f2p game you can play on PC or your phone, look somewhere else

    If you are looking for a blank and uninspiring Anime game that eats your wallet and treats your time like **** than maybe play genshin impact....    … Expand
  46. JDear
    Apr 28, 2023
    5
    Pretty much this is "Star Ocean at home". Worse in every department, especially the worldbuilding. Decent music, tho.
  47. lonelystarzzz
    May 18, 2023
    10
    I think it's a very good attempt. The picture quality is better and the theme is different from the previous one. Wish zzz could be better.
  48. NumberOh
    May 29, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. nothing special. Character bad, Poor Story, Gameplay not very good than Persona and Yakuza8. I don't know why i install it.… Expand
  49. KingXRay
    Apr 28, 2023
    4
    - Story is good at first space station part but many part don’t explain anything and confusing. The story after the space station are decent or even worst. Sometime story transition to next cutscene don’t make any sense feels like they cut out something or rushes skip when talking half way. Also after space station you will start to feel most of the talking have no voice now, and you start- Story is good at first space station part but many part don’t explain anything and confusing. The story after the space station are decent or even worst. Sometime story transition to next cutscene don’t make any sense feels like they cut out something or rushes skip when talking half way. Also after space station you will start to feel most of the talking have no voice now, and you start to get a lot of text reading with boring stuffs and random baby level of puzzle stuff to do.

    - Story voice line some parts have low volume and some part have loud volume, it seems they were recorded in different studio or places. It is annoying but more annoying part was mouse arrow keep teleport and blocking the center view of cutscene!

    - Main female character is voice by Yui Ishikawa Japanese voice actor that cast Mikasa/2B, but entire story she never opened her mouth to speak but using telepathy and stare at people by text all the time. The only time when she thinking in her own head, then you can hear her voice or in battle.

    - Stamina...it uses same stamina system in genshin where stamina is extreme low and extreme slow to recover, it takes 18 hours to recover!

    - The main story progress will become harder when you not able to grind for exp book to lv your characters when run out of stamina trailblazer power/resins very early progression. Later you will struggle even more because you don’t have good characters, because free characters will start to struggle with story battles and boss fights. Then main story also require your trailblazer level at certain level to unlock it, they lock you from progressing for few days, unless you willing pay real money to recover the stupid stamina trailblazer power/resin to grind for trailblazer exp.

    - You CANNOT skip story! Just like genshin lmao

    - A turn base game without option to skip animation! Yes, you CANNOT skip animation as well! You can x2 speed up but some animation was so goddam long even in x2 speed up jesus...

    - The gacha rate is same as genshin, extreme terrible lowest rate compare to all other gacha games out there. It was written as 1.6% chance of getting a 5* but so far looking at global players draw rate, it is around 1-1.1% chance only.

    - Daily quest, you only get 1 daily quest per day. But you also have daily training which comes with mostly easy task and you get 60 gem for complete all of them. You might also get some gems from beating boss or rare monsters, but still unsure is it one time thing or daily.

    - Simulated Universe is a weekly reward thing where you do not need all the strongest team or stamina and you can get all weekly rewards by just grind the easiest level over and over, the points increase until reach the cap of weekly.

    - Forgotten hall is the genshin abyss the most p2w end game content and most hated by f2p players.

    - Yes it also have battle pass, as always like genshin, it is the most worst battle pass out of all the games out there. I rather sub final fantasy 14 for 1-3 month to access everything without have to do any chores than this trash battle pass rewards.

    - Mutiplayer? NOPE! It doesn't have it, it is SINGLE PLAYER only! but you can add friends and use their chosen character for very few limited fight, you CANNOT use friend character in any of the main story content to help you cheese through at all!

    - Graphics. They are amazing good obviously and photo mode is the most painful thing in the world...camera movement and angles are all extreme restricted even not in photo mode!

    - Exploration. It is not open world, it is very small hub level area. Exploration is great at first as always but I think most of you who play any action games or genshin knew, you never explore again after you seen it.

    - Game stability, like genshin, they share the same bug that can sometime crashes or turn black screen and froze your pc if you playing it while having any web browser open. I'm on high end pc just so you know.

    Conclusion, I don’t see any worth of investing into this SINGLE PLAYER turn base game compare to other Japanese turn base gacha game where you have option to get strong by leeching in anyone raid and get material or weapon drops to get strong as f2p than honkai only option is pay gacha and stamina to get strong like genshin. Also in Japanese game you can even play 24/7 without running out of stamina so much better than honkai/genshin stupid long arse 18 hours for trailblazer power/resin to recover!!!!!    … Expand
  50. hellbard
    Apr 29, 2023
    0
    The unskippable cutscenes/dialogue, along side with a terrible story, makes this almost unplayable... Would be a 5 out of 10 with skippable dialogue/cutscenes.
  51. BergMattStudio
    May 3, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honkai series and they gave us a massively pathetic changes.
    This game is nothing but poorly executed with an only thing that good is music. The gameplay wise is just not fit to the series, It also take the breaking glass effect from DMC5 which is even worse. For a few minutes of gameplay, it's sort of fun, but for a few hours later, the gameplay is even more boring than Genshin by keep us collecting things and watch character skill animations, just like we're actually playing on a PowerPoint. I have nothing against turn-based, but It not what make Honkai series fun, remember GGZ? It was a good experience for a mobile game those days, and HI3rd also did the same thing. Now? It just nothing but a memory, HSR is nothing more than a worse version of Genshin Impact.    … Expand
  52. Jagerhauz
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Another donation dump from Hoyoverse, in a single player game. Yes, they give you gifts and all this useless currency that you will spend nowhere and will suffer saving up for good characters, because the starting characters are such **** that you don’t wish them on the enemy, the plot is interesting only in the first two locations, the rest of the plot is complete garbage, keep doingAnother donation dump from Hoyoverse, in a single player game. Yes, they give you gifts and all this useless currency that you will spend nowhere and will suffer saving up for good characters, because the starting characters are such **** that you don’t wish them on the enemy, the plot is interesting only in the first two locations, the rest of the plot is complete garbage, keep doing Hoyoverse donated dumps, you are very good at making money on ****… Expand
  53. fortigas
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    El juego es un pay 2 fast, hay enemigos y situiaciones que estan llenas de dificultad artificial, es bueno para pasar el rato, no vale la pena meterle dinero salvo que hagas contenido y videos para yt o esas cosas, al final sera como toda moda pasara , fuera que es para 1 solo jugador, sinceramente desde que empece a jugarlo he ido perdiendole el interes al juego y es que llega a ser muyEl juego es un pay 2 fast, hay enemigos y situiaciones que estan llenas de dificultad artificial, es bueno para pasar el rato, no vale la pena meterle dinero salvo que hagas contenido y videos para yt o esas cosas, al final sera como toda moda pasara , fuera que es para 1 solo jugador, sinceramente desde que empece a jugarlo he ido perdiendole el interes al juego y es que llega a ser muy monotono, las misiones muy repetitivas y todo esta enfocado a llevarte a pensar necesitar pagar lo que vendria a ser el pase para tener chances y no, no tengo problemas con el sistema gacha, sino con la mecanica de bosses, es como dije antes es un pay 2 fast en toda regla, es mas o menos como el genshin solo que con menos que hacer.… Expand
  54. ursiel
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    The combat is pretty fun, but it's still just another gacha game at the end of the day. If you're cool with that, you'll probably love it.
  55. rkarlberg2
    Aug 7, 2023
    2
    This company is making millions a month - would be nice if they put more effort into these games. It's fun at first, but quickly becomes boring and the end game is terrible - very frustrating and you have to pay so much more to accomplish anything.
  56. dpper
    Jun 4, 2023
    5
    Good to see Himeko again, Not too bad to gacha system, Not so good to watch story, Bad to continue to play again.
  57. ThisFace
    Jun 7, 2023
    7
    Yet another gacha game enters the mobile game scene, and it is from a familiar company, Just with a different name.

    HoYoverse, earned their renown with their massive success title, Genshin Impact, is looking to expand the business still with their next game. As their new title suggests, this game is aiming to start a genuine universe of their own. It is true that Honkai: Star Rail    Yet another gacha game enters the mobile game scene, and it is from a familiar company, Just with a different name.

    HoYoverse, earned their renown with their massive success title, Genshin Impact, is looking to expand the business still with their next game. As their new title suggests, this game is aiming to start a genuine universe of their own.

    It is true that Honkai: Star Rail hands us the same poison all the other mobile games nowadays do.
    Pulling a character is their major content, and there is no such thing as "full game." It is definitely not complete on release, and it'll go on and on, as long as it can reach your wallet. The game is only about a month old, and yet the content will dry out quick if you really go at it.

    But there is also a good news. coming from a major company with quite a few successes under their belt, the game offers a delightful presentation. The visuals are pretty enough to let you get attatched to the character without much reason, and the sounds have weight to appreciate.

    Story itself is more or less redundant. It won't leave any impression on you, and it being added with a time gap doesn't help either.

    Interesting things about this title is that they don't really urge you to spend money on it, which is rather refreshing, coming from a big name like HoYoverse. There are lots of decent characters within reach, and there is virtually no content that makes you wrestle with the others. No ranking system, no guild stuff, nothing. If that is your thing, this game will be very blend.

    Gameplay is standard business. You go through story stuff, along with the side quests, and you farm everyday for 10 minutes and try to find anything to keep yourself entertaining until the next update comes through.

    Like most of mobile games played on PC, this will probably be your side flavor, rather than a full-screen business. It won't take a long time to get used to the PC controls, and I think the best part of all this is that your phone having a much needed time off it needs.

    Just like any other gacha game, you won't miss out anything if you look past this one. But if you had to choose your poison, this game could be up there on my recommendation list.    … Expand
  58. inimizar
    Aug 16, 2023
    10
    This game is great, one of the few that allow you to get great characters playing F2P, play is great
  59. Wunpleum
    Aug 15, 2023
    8
    This might be best mobile game of the year with a beautiful graphic, interesting character and amazing story only lack of gameplay. Still it was enjoyable.
  60. AyoGG
    Sep 6, 2023
    6
    The story for the game is pretty solid,the combat is pretty solid as well.

    The gacha system isn't necessarily a bad thing because we all know what were getting into when we play a gacha game...But my problem with the game like all hoyoverse games is the disparity between good and bad characters (even the 5 star ones) is MASSIVE. Also as per usual for hoyoverse,the characters are well    The story for the game is pretty solid,the combat is pretty solid as well.

    The gacha system isn't necessarily a bad thing because we all know what were getting into when we play a gacha game...But my problem with the game like all hoyoverse games is the disparity between good and bad characters (even the 5 star ones) is MASSIVE.

    Also as per usual for hoyoverse,the characters are well designed art wise.

    the game would be tenfold better if you could farm artifacts for free because your chance of getting a useable piece of gear is like 1 out of 10,000

    But its a fun time waster..just dont spend a lot of money.    … Expand
  61. PavlinIzIndii
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Chinese casino for the dumb. A lot of normal games are taken, but everything is made worse + donat. We don't need it on the PC.
  62. Harry2P
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Not bad, but also nothing evolutionary, for a space fantasy RPG, it barely has anything to do with space
  63. cercisyusuf
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    u need a lot of time but its good. I mean if you like persona 5 and turn based jrpg u will like this too. + anime girls and the lorre also good
  64. gergreehh
    Sep 2, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot of the show is excellent, and even though it's a turn-based game, some of the battles are still as impactful as watching a movie. This is a game that changes the rules of the turn-based system.… Expand
  65. Ortana
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Rubbish persona 5 gacha filled ripoff. Trash gameplay mechanics. Massive L for mobile peasants.
  66. PR9Gaming
    Aug 12, 2023
    8
    It goes without saying that paying money in these games is completely stupid, but overall its a nice casual anime game when you need a break from any kind of strategy at all.
  67. DimskiX
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very high hopes were placed on the game.
    I am a long-time fan of honkai, so I was really looking forward to this game.
    But to my great regret, the more updates came out, the more this game began to infuriate me.
    Absolute slag in everything, starting with a stupid gacha system where your friends have everything falling the first time, and you have nothing, ending with an insanely empty world, complexity and a stupid grind
    I'm disappointed in you    … Expand
  68. Yvnushevskiy
    Aug 30, 2023
    0
    new imba heroes.
    0/10
    Waiting for fixes.

    how u can donate in the game when team that u collected is trash coz new hero OP
  69. guncooper
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    + Good visual style
    + Character design
    + Simple and addictive gameplay
    + Quite an epic storyline
    + Lack of open-world is a plus for this game.

    - Gacha
    - Grind-walls everywhere
    - Daily energy limits
    - So little chance for good item drop
    - The story is quite short
    - Small amount of content
    - The battle mechanic is too simplified
  70. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Treasure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. IGN France
    Oct 10, 2023
    80
    It's hard not to fall for the charms of Honkai: Star Rail. The storyline, even if it draws on Japanese anime clichés, is extremely rich, populated by sparkling characters and written with a great deal of humor. The gameplay is addictive and extremely clever, and the monetization knows how to take a back seat to the gameplay experience. A real success story.
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  2. PCMag
    Aug 1, 2023
    80
    Honkai: Star Rail is a stylish and engaging turn-based RPG that marries a quirky sci-fi tale with anime-style graphics.
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  3. Meristation
    Jul 7, 2023
    75
    A great role playing game with turn based combat, free and fun. It does not reach the quality of Genshin Impact but it is close.
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