tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post1344167617582491343..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: I Should Coco! Gacha Games In Noah's HeartBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-45206818032783504962022-09-10T22:56:02.984+01:002022-09-10T22:56:02.984+01:00Yep, it's really similar to GEnshin Impact and...Yep, it's really similar to GEnshin Impact and from Bel's post to Tower of Fantasy as well. I guess all these games are as similar as WoW clones are in the West.<br /><br />I never really took to the characters in GI. I always liked my original PC much better than any of them so it annoyed me whenever I had to play as any of the others. Naturally that put me off using the whole Gacha system there.<br /><br />In Noah's Heart, I like a lot of the characters so I don't mind playing as them. Also, the whole conceit where the PC "possesses" a phantom and plays as them works much better for me psychologically - it's still my character, even though it uses the powers of someone else. Just the fact that the PC keeps their name makes a huge difference.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-60503966631301546892022-09-10T22:49:50.492+01:002022-09-10T22:49:50.492+01:00Yep it does, thanks. I had a paragraph where I spe...Yep it does, thanks. I had a paragraph where I speculated as to what the R, SR and SRR might stand for and I went with Regular, Super Regular and Super Super Regular, which is basically what it is, given that Rare is the Regular! I took it out in the edit because it wasn't funny but maybe I should have left it in.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-42706097987700497132022-09-10T14:53:33.264+01:002022-09-10T14:53:33.264+01:00This sounds really similar to Genshin Impact. The ...This sounds really similar to Genshin Impact. The "everyday" pools to pull from, the "limited time" pools, etc. In Genshin you buy the geegaws you use to do pulls (called Wishes in Genshin) using Primogems which sound like Lucky Coins. <br /><br />I avoided Genshin for a long time because of the gacha thing so when I finally tried I was suprised to find, like you have with Noah's Heart, that you can really just ignore this system if desired. And yup, just from playing you earn Primogems & stuff.<br /><br />And also yup, what finally prompted me to get involved is just the fun of collecting the characters and reading their stories, though I don't think Genshin's are nearly as clever as those in Noah's Heart (which has me wishing NH was on console!)<br /><br />I did eventually spend $5 US for a 30-day (non-recurring) 'subscription' that earns me 90 Primogems/day plus some "crystals" which are some other form of currency... I think you use them to buy more Primogems? Anyway if I'm doing the math right, that's enough Primogems for 16 "Wishes" and there's a Pity System (that's not something Bel made up, that's a gacha term apparently) where every 10th...or 20th?? pull you are promised a 4 star or better item (stuff is rated 1-5 stars but I think Wish items start at 2 stars).<br /><br />Anyway, lest I write a whole blog post in a comment...yeah it all sounds pretty similar and oddly for me, because I don't feel like I HAVE to get involved in the gacha, I'm more likely to actually get involved. :)Nimgimlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230174946054927922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-90335475718967139962022-09-10T08:08:33.034+01:002022-09-10T08:08:33.034+01:00As you noticed, the scale starts at "Rare&quo...As you noticed, the scale starts at "Rare". When everything is rare, you need addictional -- I'm sorry, ADDITIONAL, unintended but let's keep that in -- levels of rarity to express how rare things are, so the next tier is Super Rare. No one wants a mere Super Rare when SUPER SUPER RARE exists. That's industry standard. <br /><br />Some games continue onward into SSSR (guess) and others branch off into UR ("Ultra Rare" or sometimes "Ultimate Rare", which depending on the game may or may not be better than SSR). I think I've seen a game or two use "HR" which is Hyper Rare and you can just tell me where THAT slots into the hierarchy, and so forth. <br /><br />Usually they also rank in stars, 1-5 or sometimes 1-6, and I know I've seen a game out there with 1-6 except for this and this and this SSR which are SEVEN stars, signifying that well, it's one better isn't it?<br /><br />I hope this has clarified, uh, something.XyzzySqrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492223901575470508noreply@blogger.com