me too, I cant undurstand the hatred toward this game, to be fair its pretty decent not amazing in term of game play but still good

yeah, i thought i didnt like fast pace game, but after play for hours.. now.. im in...

i thought it i wouldnt enjoy zzz cause wuwa combat had me hooked but something but zzz just hits

Yeah, I view Hoyoverse with cynicism because of my history with them, but I ALWAYS point out that they make masterpieces. I started playing expecting the gameplay to be typical Hoyo fair, and it is (no matter what people say you are capable of most of it is impossible to do without clearing the stage already XD), but what I didn't expect was that this would feel like my favorite visual novels that I play. The music the small world and characters with everyday activities spiced in with a larger narrative. I'm really enjoying my time with the game, and since I'm enjoying it in the way that Hoyoverse is likely to target with development (casually, artistically), then I'm likely to enjoy it for the long run.

I forgot to mention how often the most memorable part of visual novels is the soundtrack. The music stays with me and makes the complete difference between a reading and experiencing.

Yep. That's why its 16+. Hoyo knows how they want the game to be.

@@yqisq6966 On Appstore it says 12+ , idk why

The Jet Set Radio DNA is present from jump and I’m eating it up. It’s like they found my old MySpace page and used that as the blueprint for this game.

Omg you nailed it why I'm vibing with it so much even tho it's another gacha I promised myself not to fall for.

This exactly!

Literally same. I tried genshin FOUR times and just wouldn't stick. Star rail is better but I hate how it's so reliant on getting specific characters to win even minor fights. ZZZ is the most enjoyable for me

Same, this is my favorite gacha game by far, I see a lot of people think this game is just downgraded version of Hi3, which is crazy to me lol.

@@Saturncastle They're crazy lol. Hi3 has been out for years so it'll have more content. I'd bet ZZZ is gonna be looking real attractive to these critics by 2.0

​@@SushiBandz "I hate how it's so reliant on getting specific characters to win even minor fights" - some players took the challenge and solve every endgame content with only 4* character in HSR. Those are my favourite HSR videos on youtube... :p HSR is still my favourite... it developed so well over the past year and it just keeps getting better. ZZZ needs time, but I agree.. it's pretty good and the last trailer was hype af... ☺

Same, same! I was so hyped when I first saw the trailer. Now, I'm playing it a few hours a day, when I'm not playing FFXIV. But honestly, I have been waiting for something like this! I love the style, music, flow, characters ... the bangboo... omg.

Bro the ambiance of the video store could almost make me cry. I miss those weekend trips to Blockbuster. I was only renting Veggie Tales and Hello Kitty adventure series but still 😂

A relatable story has shown time and time again how powerful small scale not world ending stories can be

I wouldnt even call it that small scale , there is clearly more going on and if you think about it the world is beeing practicly consumed by ever more ever growing hollows and a lot of lifes are at stake too and each chapter is building on the next and the cast is growing but stays relevant to whats going on.

​@4g3nt06 can't agree more... sometimes relatable story in reality got made into a game could made you get emotions... *stare at ensemble stars.*

💯 agree. Grew up in the 90’s and early 2000’s and man playing this game feel’s so nostalgic. Been really loving it so far.

Why doesn't he want to play Hoyo games?

​@@Sky-rw5vqthere's a few reasons but one was he didn't want to get monofixated on Hoyo games only. If you want more info there's a video on his channel somewhere about it.

@@225Reaver but why state such an extreme position of not playing another Hoyo game when he can just silently focus more on other things? I just want to know if something bad happened to make him hate Hoyo or community

​@@Sky-rw5vq He's tired of toxic Hoyo fans

​@@jutlar1108 which is understandable, and we also loved if he expand his range beside Hoyo focused works too. Plus, normal players and it's own Fandom are also tired of the drama it always churn out every day😅

A little later in the game you gain the ability to make custom farming battles, so you can plonk one of each material into that and then farm everything at once (obviously less than doing them individually, but it's still a time saver if you need more than one type of material at once)

a lot of them are random troll who hate Hoyo and bring a D about it combine with Influencer take on game which turn into angry mob.

Don't buy into comments that exude pure negativity and comparison bait and you'll be fine. It's a gacha, so you'll eventually build all the characters you have and will have down the line provided you're frugal and targeted in investing materials into them. I'm personally not a fan of the storytelling method since they're mixing TVs into the foray as opposed to having diegetic in-world wacky animations they touted on as a feature, but otherwise everything else is pretty alright. It's HI3 Part 2 but Y2K.

It's because ton of content creator just compare the game to whatever other game without even knowing what they are talking about, leading to other fandom essentially hate ZZZ (basically bait them), meanwhile some people that try to defend it just glorified the game too much and just make the game look even worst Nothing is perfect, ZZZ has it flaw, but all the hate the game get really just over the top. The music are good, the world is colorful, some character design might be a miss but some actually look good (again, not everything is perfect), as for character kit, this is very subjective, if you are someone that already play HI3rd, PGR, or any other action game, ZZZ combat and their individual character kit might not be new to you, but if you never play any of those game and only ever play Genshin or HSR, then yeah I could understand why you get mind blown by ZZZ gameplay. The story is chill so far, but with a hint of danger too (I expect one of the sibling die later on), and the cutscenes is literal anime. Personally as someone that used to play HI3rd, ZZZ is quite a fresh air but at the same time also concerning. I just hope zzz don't make the same mistake HI3rd made in the past, if they were able to pull it off, ZZZ can surpass HI3rd in multiple aspect, but this is just me being so hopeful for the future of the game, nothing can guaranteed it If you curious what list of issue HI3rd made (at least in my opinion): • Releasing too much game mode over the year, leading to ridiculous amount of currency and shop need to be farm ---- This happen because at one point instead of trying to improvise the old content, they choose to just make a brand new ono to make player occupied, it's stacked up alot over the 8 years of the game lifespan, which as a result make the game not very new player friendly due to how overwhelming the list of currencies the game had • Difficulties is just higher number stats ----- To put it simply the highest difficulties fight is just the same enemy but with more HP and higher damage, this led to the game becoming a dps check for majority of its content, no creativity whatsoever, even if the boss 1 hit you, that doesn't make the game more exciting There are other issue, but those 2 is the major one for me, I hope zzz will surpass HI3rd in those regardt

I've seen a couple of unfair comments. People call it a 'left click simulator' but ZZZ's combat is not about spamming. compared always to Genshin. Comments about it being Stale, which we see that it doesn't look like it. I've played from hi3 to genshin, to star rail. even kuro's PGR and wuwa. There's somekind of vibe ZZZ has compared to the other games, it feels nostalgic at the same time refreshing.

Definitely. Ya I’m insanely hyped. I see what you mean!

Last time for me was at genshin 1.2 (where I start playing) and I didnt think to be possible to get this magic feeling again but it did ;)

and it's made by a Chinese company XD

mr. worldwide the game

Lmao I agree, you Explained it right

A music company making gacha games as an excuse to make more music, as they say.

Just a note zzz’s soundtrack is made by third party (DMYoung) not hoyomix, tho of course there are exceptions like opening song or BITE!

@@impureEnigmaAkshually 🤓DMYoung is now technically a part of hoyomix since he's the music director of San-Z (ZZZ music team) which is a branch of Hoyo-mix

@@impureEnigma They created San-Z Studio for this game, where DMyoung is the director.

​@@impureEnigma He's pretty much been part of Hoyo-mix under San-Z

What is that track called?

@@shelzor oh gosh I think it’s called harmony????

You should play Persona 5 Strikers then.

​@@Chaos-vm7cyshould I play/beat P5 before strikers tough?? I own both games haven't started yet... P5 seems daunting to get into

@@neocodexx P5 is honestly a behemoth of a game, I won't sugar coat it. My final clear time for the original release was like a hundred and twenty hours (most of the side content completed). That said, if you play it one semester at a time and take a break in between, then it becomes like five or six much more manageable twenty hour chunks. And yes, you do need to play P5 before Strikers, as Strikers will almost certainly spoil the events of P5, and that is a game you do not want getting spoiled. Also also, P5R and P5 are the same game, so you only have to play one of them. P5R is basically just the director's cut of P5, with an extra semester and additional characters.

@@flarpo11 yeah I bought the newest remaster version on ps5 and it's as I expected gotta play the main game first and thanks for the tips with the semesters that makes it feel like a much more manageable goal taking it like a 20h chunks at a time.

:)

Yeah I don't understand why people are complaining when ZZZ breaks so many grounds artistically, which is very hard to achieve in this age.

Ikr like dude, if you don't like the game then just move on instead of encouraging others to hate on the game, wtf

​@@Homodemondon't forget the "I'm so much better than you guys because you play gachas and I don't" type of people

@@JustSomeGuyWithAMug lol Ikr?

@@Homodemon Whenever I'm actually interested in something, I just go radio silent and shut off any social media links that might be related to said media until I'm completely satisfied. It really eases the mind when you're not feeling pressured to do and follow anything by anyone. Your tastes are your own and not others' after all.

It was supposed to be the community advisor white bear. I just left it in.

​@@MarcoMeatball Ooh! You mean officer Mewmew? Okay yeah, I agree. Even the siblings agree lmao it's universal.

I would like to say that he is no longer a third-party composer. They created San-Z Studio (musical brand for this game) and appointed him director, if I understand correctly.

Yep. Hoyo knows exactly how they want the game to be. People who don't like it can just quit.

Agreed. There's also a lot of hate that just feels like genuine bandwagoning. Some people dislike it = I must also dislike it. Never let anyone influence/dictate what you're supposed to like and not :)

Most likely the vocal minority that have low attention span and eat up boring games like the newer modern cod

They really need to add "style meter" in combat like in DMC and other slasher games

The dude doing the guitars is for sure a polyphia fan, so sick

I mean they took notes from street fighter games Those are known for having secret moves even tho having few buttons

Yeah, I read an interview where they were really looking at SF6 for inspiration and supposedly talked with some Capcom devs. They also apparently were inspired more by Digimon World than Persona for the overworld

I’ve been enjoying figuring out combos for anby and Ellen - the fact that they offer such robust tutorials for their characters like pgr does is really neat. But none of it is obvious unless you spend time with it. The best part is you don’t NEED to.

Yes, this for sure! I love it when a game keep it accessible instead of overtuning for pro/endgame! But check out some of the crazy things like that you can add a 360 to Nicole's EX and not only can you charge it a second level, but it changes the direction you can combo and knockdown with

The best part is you don't even need to be a meta/mechanics expert to stumble across some of those unique features. I'm a total amateur when it comes to this stuff and I'm barely above the level of a button-masher, but I still noticed how Koleda's attack animations change when Ben's in the party with her, and went looking online to find out that the actual mechanics of her moveset change too.

people calling it a yapfest just seem like theyre being disingenuous

Ya! I think I am too. It just works.

It's not my cup of tea (mostly because of TVs), but Im eager to watch any future uploads about ZZZ. Music and vibes are delicious.

That's why I've stopped paying attention to the community (or even hoyo's official previews) and just enjoy what the game offers.

The sting will still hurt 😂

Oh God, the cunning hares sounds like a crew that could walk right in Durarara and Air Gear (if anybody remembers that)

Thank God I'm not the only one who thought about Durarara because of ZZZ. The whole Sixth Street atmosphere just reeks Durarara and I'm here for it.

Thanks for this info

@@MarcoMeatball You're welcome. btw, they added this studio to the game. It is located in one of the locations (Lumina Square)

Exactly!

Thank. You. 🙏 I appreciate you taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment.

*swipe*

UPDATE! Finally got her! Complaining in a public internet space to reset my poor luck prevails again!

Cool! I know the game but not the music