This game may have its issues with powercreep, but I'm pretty sure it will stay playable for f2p, seeing as a large portion of the player base prefers saving money, or simply keeping the challenge. I'm hoping that isn't compromised anytime soon. Regardless, HSR is my favorite gacha game I've played (I played the other 2 big dogs in the gacha world.) The quests are always either funny, profound, engaging, or comforting. The events are very entertaining and well-thought out, but I must ask you to provide more of them! After finishing an event, I feel dread because I don't want to run out of them so quickly, and it seems that Hoyo is a bit slow on pumping them out. The characters are very much my favorite aspect of the game, with lots of nuance, different motivations, and they're not always fixated on the MC, thus letting each character have its own independent value, with whatever unique role they play. The combat is great, I love being strategic but not being stressed by real-time combat, as my hands and fingers hurt sometimes and don't allow me to react quickly. The game environments are engaging, and I hope Hoyo can put out as many puzzles / chests out as possible, as it's one of the easiest ways for f2p to quickly and mindlessly collect stellar jades, though it does take time to find them. Overall, HSR is so relaxing to play, but interesting and "personal" in a way too. The dialogue is pretty good!

Let’s start off like this: I love this game. The character designs sre unique, the animations and fighting style are clean and most of the characters really fit their personality and style with in game mechanics. The game is amazing for someone who wants a game they don’t have to spend hours in front of their screen for. The auto battle mode is amazing for people who wanna do other things while they play like that homework assignment that was due last night. Yeah, I’m talking about you. A few things people might complain about is: lack of things to do, very long quests, etc. The rewards the game gives are very generous and whilst this is a gacha game, I’d say you can play it F2P and get MOST things you want. Of course, it just depends. I’m almost fully free to play on the game, minus the one time I spend $10 since I had money to spare, and I’ve gotten my favorite character, Aventurine, and his lightcone. As well as some other amazing characters. The main story quests can be very long at times, which can put some people off. And it DOES take a little skill and practice to get good at the fighting mechanics, but over all the game is 100% worth it if you like anime gacha games with generous rewards and casual ways to farm materials. Later in the game it may appear that there’s a lack of things to do, which can put it off. Depends on how often you play.

Despite all the recent bad reviews and hooplah that the game has been receiving the game is still great. It’s extremely f2p friendly, you’re almost always given plenty of ingame currency each patch making getting characters you want feel much more obtainable than other games like this. There is powercreep I will admit but you can still clear most content despite that fact. I don’t think the game is pay to win in the slightest, dropping loads of money makes the game tons easier yes but it’s by no means necessary. The game is easy to pickup, has great visuals and music, aswell as a great story. Each character that releases is gong to be stronger than previous and that’s just the way it’s going to be. A car company wouldn’t release a new model of a car from the previous year but make it worse or not change it at all. Global passive drama is taken too seriously at the moment. Players are focusing on that way too much. We’re getting so many quality of life changes, buffs to older characters, and plenty of free rewards aswell as a generous amount of pulls for characters. I recommend the game heavily, the rewards from the developer are generous, the gameplay is satisfying and beautiful with a story that will draw you in and keep you wanting more.