I'm a basic bish and only play Genshin out of all gacha games. I do enjoy the gameplay and exploration aspect. However I do find Genshin figures to be a bit...lacking? There aren't a whole lot considering how many characters there are.
I’m loving Honkai Star Rail. I watched a lot of it through other people’s playthroughs and found it really engaging. The battles are turn based which I need. Can’t do action battling. My first gacha game after many years of regular gaming. I don’t want to spend a bunch of money but feel justified in spending as much as a regular game. Haven’t spent anything yet but it’s early days! Already pre ordered a Dan Heng nendroid😅 Thanks for another fun video Hailey (sp?)!
I love Azur lane, only gacha game I played where I felt that the free to play option is actualy viable and allows you to get every character. Also my first scale figure ever is going to be an Azur lane figure as their designs are quite appealing.
I dropped all Gacha, but then got into Blue Archive and NIKKE when they launched! Now I already own 2 Blue archive figures and ordered that huge 1/4 scale Anis from NIKKE lol I'M TOAST!
Anyone else sucked into Twisted Wonderland? Amazing art and concepts overall. It combines my two loves, Disney and anime. I have three scale figures from it (Riddle, Azul, and Leona). Waiting for Malleus 🙏🙏🙏 No one asked, but I would also KILL for a Zhongli (Genshin) figure…
I've always avoided getting into figure collecting (games and manga are already expensive enough); but I ended up buying a Jade and Floyd nendo + nuis, because I ended up really getting invested in the characters.
The Grand Order Jeanne and Robin example were a bit misleading since Jeanne's final ascension art was used and of course would be more attractive, but not Robin's. ;-; No justice for the nuke bow madlad.
It's an insult to Wada's art to say that Robin is "just a bloke". He's a fantastic character! And I much prefer Wada's art to Takeuchi's. I'm also just not a fan of Jalter.
The only downwards trend I would like to see is their price lol I share the same sentiment in your other video, where I have to be way more picky because of space constraints.
I've been playing Azur Lane for over 5 or maybe even 6 years now and it's a really good gasha game. In all my time with it I only spend money once to get a girl and I'm at 98% rn. Some AL figures go down hard, like the 1/4 HMS Black Prince and are a great way to get a very good figure for an even better price. Btw your little french waifu is a WW2 Destroyer and not the post WW2 Submarine 😊.
Girls Frontline definitely isn’t that impressive from a gameplay standpoint. It’s the lore that pulls you in. I don’t want to definitively say it did a more edgy take on gacha settings first but it probably did. It directly inspired Arknights after all. The split in figures makes sense. The main is quite serious and discusses a lot of themes mainly to do with AI, transhumanism, ideology, war and so on but there’s a few events that allow for a good bit of levity even if they may or may not be canon. Like it or not, it’s a waifu game. Despite what some might have you believe, waifus and ultra in-depth alt-history lore written like a spy novel aren’t mutually exclusive. You ever actually read the Azur Lane lore? It’s insane. Same here. Gunboat or gun-without-boat, they’re attractive all the same. I still kind want OTs-14 just for her OTs-14. We need more figures running obscure Russian prototype guns
I think the reason that there are not as many genshin figures as we hoped for is because it’s more difficult for Japanese publishers to get Genshin licenses from China or Mihoyo is just to picky, and no the majority of genshin figures are not from Kotobokiya, they are from Apex Toys, and that one is a Chinese publisher nothing surprising there xD
The reason Azur Lane succeeded where Kancolle died is... well, there's actually a few pretty good reasons. Kancolle was xenophobic, outright banned foreign IPs from accessing the game, as well as refused to make a global version. They refused to actually expand on the Abyssals, despite their popularity, so they remained generic villains. Plus, they never actually swapped from browser game to app, despite the fact that it would've been able to get them a significant boost in popularity. Finally, a lot of the Kancolle games are like... offensively generic looking. Just the same girl with the same outfit, and the same brown hair. Inversely, Azur Lane has a global version which is kept up with the original version, and they're actually expanding on their Abyssal equivalency (Sirens), so they aren't just going to be generic villains. It's also an app, and the girls are generally more unique looking than Kancolle's offerings. The global version's def the big kicker tho.
Does the music even have measures? Either way, it’s a neat touch that the notes play out Barbara’s theme (the one she hums and is on all her trailers). It’s her elemental skill and is the same in game :)
Azur Lane figures are awesome, however they're really expensive so it's tough to justify unless they're randomly a cheaper. Arknights was fun until I got to the point where it got really grindy and that turned me off.
the key to Gacha games is "Resource management". create 3 ways accounts and pull only characters essential for that account. e.g. in HSR make 1team to be hyper carry, 1 team as follow up and one DOT team. Then only pull for characters that emphasize those team. This way you won't miss any character, and you don't have to spend any money to sooth your addiction. win win
I'm doing kind of the same thing with fgo, I have one main account and one secondary account in the global server, and a third one in the jp serv. The second one is here as a support for the main (bc you can use other people's servants in battle so I can help myself) and the third is for testing and see which new character is meta changing or can be useful for my main account in 2 years But it's really time consuming to manage multiple accounts at the same time especially with fgo bc it takes time to grow an acc With HSR I can see why it can be viable, I think that you level up very fast and mostly, there is autofarm that helps a lot
My gateway drug to figure collecting was Azur lane's Jean Bart 1/7 by wings Co. But I never really played azur lane. I just fell in love with her and her in game voice when I heard it. First waifu I guess in Azur Lane. But then as a Fate fan on the anime side. I found Fate Grand Order and I was hooked. Level 120 Morgan NP5 and Melusine NP5 as well in the NA server. And Jalter too which was my first ever SSR. Needless to say, I ended up buying FGO 1/7 figures. (MFC if you check tk9t2) First waifu Jalter figures 1/7 made by Alter and then the 1/7 made by Licorne. Both cost 60k yen total 😅. Licorne one is super rare but I manage to buy it brand new at its original price. Then there's 1/7 scale musashi summers both ascension, GSC mordred, Zerker raikou, Murasaki shikibu, scathach, okitan alter and assassin, hokusai saber and more. Not to mention the waifu's from azur lane. 1/7 race versions of atago and baltimore and the normal ver. Of honolulu. And dd.. 1/6 bunny waifu zero two and her wedding version. 😅 But for real though, they are all bloody gorgeous. Also Salter with her motorbike is re released this year Dec. At only 12k ish yen. Which is worth although she's 1/8 scale.
I'm a woman but I do play azur lane because the girls are so cute to me. However, I do find the gameplay soooo boring. I do buy the figures though their figures are gorgeous.
The only gacha I play is FEH, but the game is pretty generous with its summonig orbs, so I haven't spent any cash. Surprisingly, there's only one official figure release so far.
I believe QuesQ is pronounced as "Q's Q" in Japan 😆 I can't wait for Hailey to get into Epic 7 lol The OTS14 figure would pair up nicely with the FGO Nero figure sitting down,,
man, azur Lane has been my thing for about 3, 4 years straight spent hella money on it too but seeing how many figures they drop from the game its oof lol. I only have FGO figures because they're so cool but could never get into the game :/ just collect your waifus lol
I stopped playing video games before I got into anime (I get motion sickness fairly easily) but I do like a number of designs I've seen for these gacha games. I did PO an azur lane figure with a local store and cancelled it (losing my deposit) when I decided it was too simple with a high price and it tanked after release. There is another Azur Lane figure I am interested in (Perseus) because I think she is gorgeous, but I will wait till after release.
as someone who's only played genshin out of the gacha games, I was kind of shocked by how bad the gameplay in all the others looked. and the fact that you don't really get to play the character you're trying so hard to get (and possibly spending a ton to get) seems like such a rip off. genshin is definitely popular for a reason and is leagues above the others in terms of gameplay and the game itself, imo
Would you consider making an updated collection video in the next few months? Would love to see how things look after getting rid of a decent chunk of your figures.
fate series started out as vn i believe and then animes happened pretty sure that is how its always been. so saying it is based off the anime isnt exactly true
Gacha figures are truly on another level. It''s crazy how good they tend to be. Also if you haven't seen, theres a new mini figure line for Arknights. "Will You Be Having Dessert?" and they are so flipping cute. FGO is a gacha I've never played and never plan to play but god damn do they have amazing figures.
yep, i only play Fate/Grand Order out of em all and i’m fairly addicted i’d say lol. my love for my typemoon helps me tolerate the horrible gacha rates 😅 oh and my figure collection is comprised of only fate figures lmao
The only two gacha I play have either zero figures or one set of nendoroids 😅 I allow myself to spend money on the games sparingly, but I do wish figure manufacturers would realize how cool male figures can be. In the meantime, I'll keep buying gacha figures from games I'll never play. The biggest grip on my figure wallet is definitely arknights though!!!
I am not so much of an AL fan, but I am a ship fan. The French destroyer Le Triomphant is part of the Le Fantasque class that started service in the mid-1930s. Also, when saying "battleships," you showed HMS Belfast, a Town class light cruser, and the Japanese cruiser Atago, a Takao class heavy cruser. USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship so that one was correct. Also, you are 100% accurate in saying AL is boring to play.
As much as I like the other skins for the Azur Lane ship-girls, like the race queens, if they stuck to making more figures with their default riggings, they would sell like pancakes. Prinz Eugen's rigging is stunning.
She is so expensive though. Best I could do was for example the light ver of honolulu. Although I did buy the race ver of atago and baltimore (balt made by apex) and they are just out of this world.
Yeah, for the life of me I cannot get into any of these games. But I do proudly own a figure of Silver Ash from Arknights. At the very least, I read a lot into him. I initially just loved his design. I also own a few Astolfo figures from FGO, though to be fair, I did watch the anime he's in. I do have a specific figure of his saber uniform, which has only been in the mobile game. But at the very least, I can say I do enjoy this character and experienced a thing he's from. The cool thing about figures is, you don't always have to know who the character is to buy the figure, some people try to only get their favorites from things they know, and some just scoop up whatever they think looks good as a figure. Nothing wrong either way! I generally try to stick to franchises I have dug myself into, however, a few times I got a figure of a character I like without knowing much of who they are, only to get into said thing later on.
I used to play love live, but then i fell off from it and then played like 2 other rythmn idol game, but then decided to take a break from gacha games until my friend who pestered me to play genshin got me into it tbh it's really nice and i even keep forgetting it's a gacha game. i don't put money in the game that often (welkin and bp only) but like i do buy merch more than the ingame currency lol
Gacha is something I truly will never understand. Its cool and all but I see my friends pull on every new release. And then I found out it costs 10 to 20euros to do ONE PULL. Like they dont even play the game. They play it on automatic or the game itself has absolute shallow gameplay. Like wtF. The same with league. A great game that can be played fully free to play. You can even get cool skins now with ingame loots etc. But no. Since my friends started working they wanna buy every new skin released. They dont even play that much. For characters they dont care Wtf happened in the marketing department? They brainwasched all of my friends.. They spend 200 a month for gacha or bs like OF. 200euros is huge! You coukd make great trips, eat out, save, invest, actual FUN hobbies instead of appreciating pixels for 1day and then gamble again... Heck they can waste it on media even i dont care, music, movies, comics, books ANYTHING BUT THIS BS
Pretty cool video, did a good job combining overview of the game with a figure unboxing. Unfortunately I can't stand gacha games, or any game with RNG-based progression.
I very much view figures from any franchise, be it gacha game or anime, that I don't participate in as OC. I rarely(but I do) buy "OC". Indeed, buying figure just because they look cool will lead to nothing but bankruptcy and space overflow. I only ever played two gacha game. One is Nikke, which I dropped because due to it not working with VPN(afaik anyway) and that it doesn't go much of anywhere. I'll probably buy the announced scarlet because I like my swordswomen, but that's it. The other is FGO, which I've been playing for quite a while and still play. It is the franchise that I have the most figure by count. Most of them are fairly elaborate, but simple figures do exist and I have some. There are just a huge number of fate figures, so it covers all ranges, from prize to statue. FGO alone is approaching 2k while Fate in general is over 3k(FSN and FZ are the biggest after FGO, then there is FA, FE and god knows what else). A bit of note on Fate: The characters aren't reincarnated, but rather summoned, and usually it is a "copy". They aren't all historical, they can also be legendary and from future/alternative timeline. The actual criteria is more of the "fame" variety, reaching sufficient renown eventually and anywhere to become recorded on the throne of heroes, from which the copies are created. Well... in normal cases, there are too many exceptions, just like how archers are not made of archers... The concept of "holy grail" have to do with how magic(or rather magecraft) work in the Fate universe(or more broadly, nasuverse). Many rituals and magecraft require a legend basis to be cast and shaped. The holy grail within fate aren't *the* holy grail, but rather a magical construct that is shaped after it, using its legend to come into being for what it need to do (grant wishes, broadly speaking). That's why there are a lot, because anyone can create them if given the right conditions. Now I can't be sure, but Fate(or rather nasuverse) probably have one of the most complex and complicated lore, due to being such an old franchise with a multitude of work if nothing else. Most other gacha game are on their own, with only a handful sharing a universe with anything else.
I honestly researched the artwork of the different gacha games before I invested time into a game I was going to loose interest later on. I’m a cultured person so I ended up with Azure Lane just because of the vast amount of endowment/thiccness all over the game. Is it a boring gameplay? VERY, but is it aesthetically pleasing to look at? F*uck Yeah!!!
I was hopelessly addicted to the Madoka Magica spinoff game Magia Record. And then the EN server folded after 15 months. I was whaling that game too, so all the waifu PNGs went bye. Now I play Arknights as free-to-play and buy the characters' figures so at least I have something tangible.
27:20 Most Genshin scales actually come from Apex. If my count is right, it goes like (including upcomming/announced ones): Kotobukiya: 3 Apex: 8 Alter: 1 Wonderful Works: 2
arknights is such a hilariously solid game like, I started playing it on a whim in 2020 despite the whole post-apocalyptic setting and tower defense games not really appealing to me, but I'm literally still playing it today. I just got my 4 year medal yesterday, and have 3 scale figures of the characters and have a weird phantom of the opera failhusband I'm obsessed with. it's not often a media is just so good even without appealing to me at the beginning I just stayed for quality. oh yeah I've never dropped money in game either but have 50+ six stars. good game!
i'm an Uma Musume fan, and idk... I feel like when you become a fan of gacha one day you just wake up and merchandise has just SPAWNED in your house, lol. My one prize fig somehow turned into four, two nendos, a cosplay, and a plush LMAO
My first gacha game I got too deep into was FGO I think, I spent waaaay too much on that, and only after I stopped playing regularly did I get Shuten Doji T-T she eluded me for so long... but it was getting to be a slog. Princess Connect was the second I got into, but the english version ended after just 2 years... didn't spend alot on that though. Very generous with the premium currency. Genshin Impact I finally got into last year after avoiding it for the longest time but I wanted something more open world RPG-like to play so I tried it again and really enjoyed it. (Ganyu & Yae are my girls. Wriothesley is my dude XD) I wanna play more Honkai Star Rail(the main reason I tried Genshin again lol) but I'm still all in on Genshin for the moment. BUT there are so many figures from other gacha games that tempt me. Too many... Wakamo from Blue Archive is the one who I keep looking at and wanting to hit preorder but I remain strong XD
Two of my favorite figures are based on Girls' Frontline! - AN-94: Wolf and Fugue - AK-12: Neverwinter Aria Both are 1/7 scale and are meant to be displayed together. I was a little iffy on the upright piano, as it does take up a lot of space, but after having these two on a shelf, I'm more than happy with my purchase.
I once had a fleeting thought of collecting all the Genshin figures, I'm glad I didn't go through with that because I don't really play the game anymore 😂 I still absolutely love my one and only scale figure which is the Klee figure!
I can't believe this is how I realize that all those warship girls I've been seeing around lately are Azure Lane and there hadn't been some kind of lowkey Kancolle resurgence.
it's absolutely wild to me that there aren't more genshin nendoroids. three have been made with four others trapped in production hell. i feel like it's a major loss for both the company and collectors to not make them while the game is still popular.
Great Video ^^ great to see Gacha Figures. We have been playing Genshin since release >_< We don't spend money on the game though. We prefer buying the figures ^^ The new Gacha from Hoyoverse is Star Rail, they also have amazing Characters ^^
Me getting into both anime figures and gacha games is one of the worst things that ever happened to my wallet. That said, can't wait for more Honkai Star Rail figures!
I've been playing project sekai since the EN server release and I'm hoping and praying for some good scales or nendoroids of any of the characters besides the vocaloids. the costume designs are so cute and they would make amazing figures.
same daijoububu when i see azur lane i would think that's kantai collection chars but they're adult and wear wtf they like also my holy grail is figma mordred i like her armor design but the aftermarket price is high af, she was the only reason i played fgo
very first gacha i ever got into was FGO in like 2018, followed by Genshin in 2020 (brainrot still going strong unfortunately ) & most recently i've been into Alchemy Stars!!! it's one i don't see going around/people talking about a lot, but it's very near and dear to my heart and i totally recommend people checking it out for some chill gacha vibes!! it's heading on it's third year anniversary this summer, which flew by. thanks for the fun video, i'm also very excited for the future of gacha!! crazy to think about how far it's come :")
Hoyoverse must be a nightmare to work with for figure companies. It's the only explanation for how they're SO popular with so few released figures! There's so many Genshin figures in development hell, too. Most infamously, they announced a bunch of nendoroids a full YEAR ago that still don't have prototypes. Like, what's the hold up here? 😭
Azur Lane is the only gacha game I play now (used to play Girls Frontline). Being a historian and lover of naval history, Azur Lane is a great combo of history and GIRLS. The gameplay is actually challenging and the collecting angle is very addictive.
Fate Grand Order and Azur Lane completely own me 😂 Genshin has fell off, it’s kinda boring for me atm, but thank god for Honkai Star Rail picking up the slack lol. As a lesbian I’m very into the Azur Lane take on ships 😅😅 but as a historian I do love the battles mimicking WWII battles. And the ships themselves having lines that resonate. Historical accuracy in my gacha game? Yes please. Also HMS Liverpool has just been released and as someone who lives in Liverpool, she was an instant pull, and she took a single pull to come home, ‘twas meant to be. She’s lovely. 😍
I don't play Gacha games much (just started NIKKE) but for figures I love the Azur Lane scales by Alter and looking forward to some more NIKKE figures too!
Love Advance Wars, was a huge childhood game for me, shame Re-Boot was only "Fine". I only play FGO in terms of Gachas. Though I'd say I like Azur Lane/Nikke's design's more overall, I picked FGO because I do actually like turn-based strategy and it still has very good designs/artists. I got into FGO because of Passionlip, and the first figure I ordered to start the hobby was of Passionlip. Wada doesn't get as much attention as Raita or Asanagi, but she for sure is cooking some wacky designs too. Whereas, as you said, Azur Lane's gameplay is really boring and unengaging. So I'll support the designs through figures/merch, not the game. Nikke same deal mostly, don't care to point and click, plus just not enough space/time for two gachas. I'll buy Stellar Blade though, PS5 or not, just to support Shift Up. Genshin/Honkai is of zero interest because designs are samey/boring. A gacha is only as good as it's characters, because that's all you're playing to earn. Literally all they need to do is take those models from Fate Grand Order Arcade and put them into a Genshin-like open world, and I'd play that all the time. Same of Azur Lane or Nikke though, to be fair. Arcade as a whole confuses me. They put all this work into 3D models for a game for Arcade Machines in Japan, that they easily could've ported to consoles/PC, but just haven't... for some reason.
I also collect based on aesthetic and I fell down the kantai collection rabbit hole. Never played the game but I just love the ship girl concept, especially those Abyssals. (Also a sucker for Ocean/Deepsea themed designs so they were right up my alley)
I play Genshin and I have sunk some $ in it I'm not a whale level maybe a dolphin level. Oddly enough I only have Mona as a figure I would like them all I just have not pull the trigger on them.
We live in world where to get your waifu as a real object can be more easy and cheaper than a png image in game. LoL.
So true!
FGO intensifies 😂
hahaha, that's funny and true
>gacha
>action figure
My girl trying to speed up bankruptcy
I'm a basic bish and only play Genshin out of all gacha games. I do enjoy the gameplay and exploration aspect. However I do find Genshin figures to be a bit...lacking? There aren't a whole lot considering how many characters there are.
Who do we have to hurt for em to make Ito into a figure?
I’m loving Honkai Star Rail. I watched a lot of it through other people’s playthroughs and found it really engaging. The battles are turn based which I need. Can’t do action battling. My first gacha game after many years of regular gaming. I don’t want to spend a bunch of money but feel justified in spending as much as a regular game. Haven’t spent anything yet but it’s early days! Already pre ordered a Dan Heng nendroid😅 Thanks for another fun video Hailey (sp?)!
I love Azur lane, only gacha game I played where I felt that the free to play option is actualy viable and allows you to get every character. Also my first scale figure ever is going to be an Azur lane figure as their designs are quite appealing.
I feel that Love Live SIF played similarly. Never spent money on it but I never felt a need to. We’ll see if SIF 2 plays the same when it launches
"Declaring Bankruptcy" in the title had me dying.
I dropped all Gacha, but then got into Blue Archive and NIKKE when they launched!
Now I already own 2 Blue archive figures and ordered that huge 1/4 scale Anis from NIKKE lol
I'M TOAST!
Anyone else sucked into Twisted Wonderland? Amazing art and concepts overall. It combines my two loves, Disney and anime. I have three scale figures from it (Riddle, Azul, and Leona). Waiting for Malleus 🙏🙏🙏
No one asked, but I would also KILL for a Zhongli (Genshin) figure…
I've always avoided getting into figure collecting (games and manga are already expensive enough); but I ended up buying a Jade and Floyd nendo + nuis, because I ended up really getting invested in the characters.
The Grand Order Jeanne and Robin example were a bit misleading since Jeanne's final ascension art was used and of course would be more attractive, but not Robin's. ;-; No justice for the nuke bow madlad.
THIS!!! Justice for our guy 🥺
Was about to comment the same thing. I was like at least use Robin's FA, because it is BEAUTIFUL. Most servants have amazing final ascension art.
It's an insult to Wada's art to say that Robin is "just a bloke". He's a fantastic character! And I much prefer Wada's art to Takeuchi's. I'm also just not a fan of Jalter.
The only downwards trend I would like to see is their price lol
I share the same sentiment in your other video, where I have to be way more picky because of space constraints.
I've been playing Azur Lane for over 5 or maybe even 6 years now and it's a really good gasha game. In all my time with it I only spend money once to get a girl and I'm at 98% rn.
Some AL figures go down hard, like the 1/4 HMS Black Prince and are a great way to get a very good figure for an even better price.
Btw your little french waifu is a WW2 Destroyer and not the post WW2 Submarine 😊.
Girls Frontline definitely isn’t that impressive from a gameplay standpoint. It’s the lore that pulls you in. I don’t want to definitively say it did a more edgy take on gacha settings first but it probably did. It directly inspired Arknights after all.
The split in figures makes sense. The main is quite serious and discusses a lot of themes mainly to do with AI, transhumanism, ideology, war and so on but there’s a few events that allow for a good bit of levity even if they may or may not be canon. Like it or not, it’s a waifu game. Despite what some might have you believe, waifus and ultra in-depth alt-history lore written like a spy novel aren’t mutually exclusive.
You ever actually read the Azur Lane lore? It’s insane. Same here. Gunboat or gun-without-boat, they’re attractive all the same.
I still kind want OTs-14 just for her OTs-14. We need more figures running obscure Russian prototype guns
I think the reason that there are not as many genshin figures as we hoped for is because it’s more difficult for Japanese publishers to get Genshin licenses from China or Mihoyo is just to picky, and no the majority of genshin figures are not from Kotobokiya, they are from Apex Toys, and that one is a Chinese publisher nothing surprising there xD
The reason Azur Lane succeeded where Kancolle died is... well, there's actually a few pretty good reasons.
Kancolle was xenophobic, outright banned foreign IPs from accessing the game, as well as refused to make a global version.
They refused to actually expand on the Abyssals, despite their popularity, so they remained generic villains.
Plus, they never actually swapped from browser game to app, despite the fact that it would've been able to get them a significant boost in popularity.
Finally, a lot of the Kancolle games are like... offensively generic looking. Just the same girl with the same outfit, and the same brown hair.
Inversely, Azur Lane has a global version which is kept up with the original version, and they're actually expanding on their Abyssal equivalency (Sirens), so they aren't just going to be generic villains. It's also an app, and the girls are generally more unique looking than Kancolle's offerings.
The global version's def the big kicker tho.
Laughing so hard how the Barbara figure has too many music notes 😂😂
Does the music even have measures? Either way, it’s a neat touch that the notes play out Barbara’s theme (the one she hums and is on all her trailers). It’s her elemental skill and is the same in game :)
Azur Lane figures are awesome, however they're really expensive so it's tough to justify unless they're randomly a cheaper. Arknights was fun until I got to the point where it got really grindy and that turned me off.
Fire Emblem’s gacha needs to release figures ASAP. Its criminal that all the banger skins and alts have zero figures.
the key to Gacha games is "Resource management". create 3 ways accounts and pull only characters essential for that account. e.g. in HSR make 1team to be hyper carry, 1 team as follow up and one DOT team. Then only pull for characters that emphasize those team. This way you won't miss any character, and you don't have to spend any money to sooth your addiction. win win
I'm doing kind of the same thing with fgo, I have one main account and one secondary account in the global server, and a third one in the jp serv. The second one is here as a support for the main (bc you can use other people's servants in battle so I can help myself) and the third is for testing and see which new character is meta changing or can be useful for my main account in 2 years
But it's really time consuming to manage multiple accounts at the same time especially with fgo bc it takes time to grow an acc
With HSR I can see why it can be viable, I think that you level up very fast and mostly, there is autofarm that helps a lot
Gacha games are minimal gameplay but MAXIMUM PLOT
My gateway drug to figure collecting was Azur lane's Jean Bart 1/7 by wings Co.
But I never really played azur lane. I just fell in love with her and her in game voice when I heard it. First waifu I guess in Azur Lane.
But then as a Fate fan on the anime side.
I found Fate Grand Order and I was hooked. Level 120 Morgan NP5 and Melusine NP5 as well in the NA server. And Jalter too which was my first ever SSR.
Needless to say, I ended up buying FGO 1/7 figures. (MFC if you check tk9t2)
First waifu Jalter figures 1/7 made by Alter and then the 1/7 made by Licorne. Both cost 60k yen total 😅. Licorne one is super rare but I manage to buy it brand new at its original price.
Then there's 1/7 scale musashi summers both ascension, GSC mordred, Zerker raikou, Murasaki shikibu, scathach, okitan alter and assassin, hokusai saber and more.
Not to mention the waifu's from azur lane. 1/7 race versions of atago and baltimore and the normal ver. Of honolulu.
And dd.. 1/6 bunny waifu zero two and her wedding version.
😅
But for real though, they are all bloody gorgeous.
Also Salter with her motorbike is re released this year Dec. At only 12k ish yen. Which is worth although she's 1/8 scale.
I'm a woman but I do play azur lane because the girls are so cute to me. However, I do find the gameplay soooo boring. I do buy the figures though their figures are gorgeous.
The only gacha I play is FEH, but the game is pretty generous with its summonig orbs, so I haven't spent any cash.
Surprisingly, there's only one official figure release so far.
I believe QuesQ is pronounced as "Q's Q" in Japan 😆
I can't wait for Hailey to get into Epic 7 lol
The OTS14 figure would pair up nicely with the FGO Nero figure sitting down,,
man, azur Lane has been my thing for about 3, 4 years straight spent hella money on it too but seeing how many figures they drop from the game its oof lol. I only have FGO figures because they're so cool but could never get into the game :/
just collect your waifus lol
I stopped playing video games before I got into anime (I get motion sickness fairly easily) but I do like a number of designs I've seen for these gacha games. I did PO an azur lane figure with a local store and cancelled it (losing my deposit) when I decided it was too simple with a high price and it tanked after release. There is another Azur Lane figure I am interested in (Perseus) because I think she is gorgeous, but I will wait till after release.
I like this mix of info dives and figures/merch. Kind of reminds me of anitubers or mangatubers *when they dive into the lore of a series 😊
as someone who's only played genshin out of the gacha games, I was kind of shocked by how bad the gameplay in all the others looked. and the fact that you don't really get to play the character you're trying so hard to get (and possibly spending a ton to get) seems like such a rip off. genshin is definitely popular for a reason and is leagues above the others in terms of gameplay and the game itself, imo
lmao kancolle . . . at least someone remembered it!!
Mihoyo is very controlling of its IP and doesnt want low/medium quality figures, that's why Genshin figures are slow to come out
Would you consider making an updated collection video in the next few months? Would love to see how things look after getting rid of a decent chunk of your figures.
Genshin Slime Plushies are cute.
fate series started out as vn i believe and then animes happened pretty sure that is how its always been. so saying it is based off the anime isnt exactly true
Gacha figures are truly on another level. It''s crazy how good they tend to be. Also if you haven't seen, theres a new mini figure line for Arknights. "Will You Be Having Dessert?" and they are so flipping cute.
FGO is a gacha I've never played and never plan to play but god damn do they have amazing figures.
yep, i only play Fate/Grand Order out of em all and i’m fairly addicted i’d say lol. my love for my typemoon helps me tolerate the horrible gacha rates 😅 oh and my figure collection is comprised of only fate figures lmao
11:19 I think that might be a Kotobukiya, gives me big ARTFX J vibes
My boy Robin hood and sampson got dissed theres so many gacha games im only sticking with fgo and HSR
Sadly my fav gacha games don't have many figures at all
Azur lane is the best because it doesn't destroy your wallet and you can actually still afford figs
Have you ever built any of the Mecha Musume model kits?
The only two gacha I play have either zero figures or one set of nendoroids 😅 I allow myself to spend money on the games sparingly, but I do wish figure manufacturers would realize how cool male figures can be.
In the meantime, I'll keep buying gacha figures from games I'll never play. The biggest grip on my figure wallet is definitely arknights though!!!
I am not so much of an AL fan, but I am a ship fan. The French destroyer Le Triomphant is part of the Le Fantasque class that started service in the mid-1930s. Also, when saying "battleships," you showed HMS Belfast, a Town class light cruser, and the Japanese cruiser Atago, a Takao class heavy cruser. USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship so that one was correct. Also, you are 100% accurate in saying AL is boring to play.
Honkai star rail figures will eat up my wallet Q.Q
hell yeah, the polar opposites in gaming: gacha and pirated retro games
I need a figure for my girl Mimosa Vermillion 😭
As much as I like the other skins for the Azur Lane ship-girls, like the race queens, if they stuck to making more figures with their default riggings, they would sell like pancakes. Prinz Eugen's rigging is stunning.
She is so expensive though. Best I could do was for example the light ver of honolulu.
Although I did buy the race ver of atago and baltimore (balt made by apex) and they are just out of this world.
Yeah, for the life of me I cannot get into any of these games. But I do proudly own a figure of Silver Ash from Arknights. At the very least, I read a lot into him. I initially just loved his design. I also own a few Astolfo figures from FGO, though to be fair, I did watch the anime he's in. I do have a specific figure of his saber uniform, which has only been in the mobile game. But at the very least, I can say I do enjoy this character and experienced a thing he's from. The cool thing about figures is, you don't always have to know who the character is to buy the figure, some people try to only get their favorites from things they know, and some just scoop up whatever they think looks good as a figure. Nothing wrong either way! I generally try to stick to franchises I have dug myself into, however, a few times I got a figure of a character I like without knowing much of who they are, only to get into said thing later on.
Keep up the awesome work and videos
Daijoububu is pretty
I used to play love live, but then i fell off from it
and then played like 2 other rythmn idol game, but then decided to take a break from gacha games
until my friend who pestered me to play genshin
got me into it
tbh it's really nice and i even keep forgetting it's a gacha game.
i don't put money in the game that often (welkin and bp only) but like
i do buy merch more than the ingame currency lol
Great commentary! Figure manufacturers are prioritizing Gacha Game characters because they have more longevity than your seasonal anime waifu lol
I also need to get into Arknights. Characters look cool and the gameplay is legit engaging.
Gacha is something I truly will never understand. Its cool and all but I see my friends pull on every new release. And then I found out it costs 10 to 20euros to do ONE PULL.
Like they dont even play the game. They play it on automatic or the game itself has absolute shallow gameplay. Like wtF.
The same with league. A great game that can be played fully free to play. You can even get cool skins now with ingame loots etc.
But no. Since my friends started working they wanna buy every new skin released. They dont even play that much. For characters they dont care
Wtf happened in the marketing department? They brainwasched all of my friends..
They spend 200 a month for gacha or bs like OF.
200euros is huge! You coukd make great trips, eat out, save, invest, actual FUN hobbies instead of appreciating pixels for 1day and then gamble again...
Heck they can waste it on media even i dont care, music, movies, comics, books ANYTHING BUT THIS BS
Pretty cool video, did a good job combining overview of the game with a figure unboxing.
Unfortunately I can't stand gacha games, or any game with RNG-based progression.
Girls frontline and azur lane are actually quite old franchises. For reference, fgo came out in 2015 while gfl came out in 2016 and azur lane in 2017.
I very much view figures from any franchise, be it gacha game or anime, that I don't participate in as OC. I rarely(but I do) buy "OC". Indeed, buying figure just because they look cool will lead to nothing but bankruptcy and space overflow.
I only ever played two gacha game. One is Nikke, which I dropped because due to it not working with VPN(afaik anyway) and that it doesn't go much of anywhere. I'll probably buy the announced scarlet because I like my swordswomen, but that's it.
The other is FGO, which I've been playing for quite a while and still play. It is the franchise that I have the most figure by count. Most of them are fairly elaborate, but simple figures do exist and I have some. There are just a huge number of fate figures, so it covers all ranges, from prize to statue. FGO alone is approaching 2k while Fate in general is over 3k(FSN and FZ are the biggest after FGO, then there is FA, FE and god knows what else).
A bit of note on Fate: The characters aren't reincarnated, but rather summoned, and usually it is a "copy". They aren't all historical, they can also be legendary and from future/alternative timeline. The actual criteria is more of the "fame" variety, reaching sufficient renown eventually and anywhere to become recorded on the throne of heroes, from which the copies are created. Well... in normal cases, there are too many exceptions, just like how archers are not made of archers...
The concept of "holy grail" have to do with how magic(or rather magecraft) work in the Fate universe(or more broadly, nasuverse). Many rituals and magecraft require a legend basis to be cast and shaped. The holy grail within fate aren't *the* holy grail, but rather a magical construct that is shaped after it, using its legend to come into being for what it need to do (grant wishes, broadly speaking). That's why there are a lot, because anyone can create them if given the right conditions.
Now I can't be sure, but Fate(or rather nasuverse) probably have one of the most complex and complicated lore, due to being such an old franchise with a multitude of work if nothing else. Most other gacha game are on their own, with only a handful sharing a universe with anything else.
I honestly researched the artwork of the different gacha games before I invested time into a game I was going to loose interest later on. I’m a cultured person so I ended up with Azure Lane just because of the vast amount of endowment/thiccness all over the game. Is it a boring gameplay? VERY, but is it aesthetically pleasing to look at? F*uck Yeah!!!
I was hopelessly addicted to the Madoka Magica spinoff game Magia Record. And then the EN server folded after 15 months. I was whaling that game too, so all the waifu PNGs went bye.
Now I play Arknights as free-to-play and buy the characters' figures so at least I have something tangible.
27:20 Most Genshin scales actually come from Apex.
If my count is right, it goes like (including upcomming/announced ones):
Kotobukiya: 3
Apex: 8
Alter: 1
Wonderful Works: 2
arknights is such a hilariously solid game like, I started playing it on a whim in 2020 despite the whole post-apocalyptic setting and tower defense games not really appealing to me, but I'm literally still playing it today. I just got my 4 year medal yesterday, and have 3 scale figures of the characters and have a weird phantom of the opera failhusband I'm obsessed with. it's not often a media is just so good even without appealing to me at the beginning I just stayed for quality. oh yeah I've never dropped money in game either but have 50+ six stars. good game!
i'm an Uma Musume fan, and idk... I feel like when you become a fan of gacha one day you just wake up and merchandise has just SPAWNED in your house, lol. My one prize fig somehow turned into four, two nendos, a cosplay, and a plush LMAO
My first gacha game I got too deep into was FGO I think, I spent waaaay too much on that, and only after I stopped playing regularly did I get Shuten Doji T-T she eluded me for so long... but it was getting to be a slog. Princess Connect was the second I got into, but the english version ended after just 2 years... didn't spend alot on that though. Very generous with the premium currency. Genshin Impact I finally got into last year after avoiding it for the longest time but I wanted something more open world RPG-like to play so I tried it again and really enjoyed it. (Ganyu & Yae are my girls. Wriothesley is my dude XD) I wanna play more Honkai Star Rail(the main reason I tried Genshin again lol) but I'm still all in on Genshin for the moment. BUT there are so many figures from other gacha games that tempt me. Too many... Wakamo from Blue Archive is the one who I keep looking at and wanting to hit preorder but I remain strong XD
Have you tried Reverse 1999? Such a great gacha game that isn't well known.
Two of my favorite figures are based on Girls' Frontline!
- AN-94: Wolf and Fugue
- AK-12: Neverwinter Aria
Both are 1/7 scale and are meant to be displayed together. I was a little iffy on the upright piano, as it does take up a lot of space, but after having these two on a shelf, I'm more than happy with my purchase.
Ima need to get that W at some point...
I once had a fleeting thought of collecting all the Genshin figures, I'm glad I didn't go through with that because I don't really play the game anymore 😂 I still absolutely love my one and only scale figure which is the Klee figure!
I can't believe this is how I realize that all those warship girls I've been seeing around lately are Azure Lane and there hadn't been some kind of lowkey Kancolle resurgence.
I think I spent more money getting Jeanne Alter in FGO then I did getting the actual figure from Alter.
> Shuten
> anestheticcally pleasing
I am proud to say that Raita sensei cooked
it's absolutely wild to me that there aren't more genshin nendoroids. three have been made with four others trapped in production hell. i feel like it's a major loss for both the company and collectors to not make them while the game is still popular.
I didn’t expect the Genshin figure to be Barbra lol
Great Video ^^ great to see Gacha Figures. We have been playing Genshin since release >_< We don't spend money on the game though. We prefer buying the figures ^^
The new Gacha from Hoyoverse is Star Rail, they also have amazing Characters ^^
Me getting into both anime figures and gacha games is one of the worst things that ever happened to my wallet. That said, can't wait for more Honkai Star Rail figures!
I do like how gacha games can generate a crazy amount of characters and so many of them have banger designs. Food for my eyes ❤
I've been playing project sekai since the EN server release and I'm hoping and praying for some good scales or nendoroids of any of the characters besides the vocaloids. the costume designs are so cute and they would make amazing figures.
same daijoububu when i see azur lane i would think that's kantai collection chars but they're adult and wear wtf they like
also my holy grail is figma mordred i like her armor design but the aftermarket price is high af, she was the only reason i played fgo
Just wanted to say, respect on the video editing. I am barely getting into RUclips posting and yea....the learning curve.
Pardon my asking, what camera do you use?
also.. let's gooooo gacha
Onmyoji owns me but I like it. Lucky for me only few of my main shikigami have figures.
Im curious where star rail would be on that trend chart
very first gacha i ever got into was FGO in like 2018, followed by Genshin in 2020 (brainrot still going strong unfortunately ) & most recently i've been into Alchemy Stars!!! it's one i don't see going around/people talking about a lot, but it's very near and dear to my heart and i totally recommend people checking it out for some chill gacha vibes!! it's heading on it's third year anniversary this summer, which flew by. thanks for the fun video, i'm also very excited for the future of gacha!! crazy to think about how far it's come :")
i didn't really get into alchemy stars but i played during hati's event and i adored her and her story
Wow beutiful figures
For genshin the music notes are her skill in game. Her pose is supposed to be her casting it.
Hoyoverse must be a nightmare to work with for figure companies. It's the only explanation for how they're SO popular with so few released figures! There's so many Genshin figures in development hell, too. Most infamously, they announced a bunch of nendoroids a full YEAR ago that still don't have prototypes. Like, what's the hold up here? 😭
I believe Mihoyo has their own line for figures too ( based in China )
I’m waiting on them nikke statues of scarlet and modernia
Azur Lane is the only gacha game I play now (used to play Girls Frontline). Being a historian and lover of naval history, Azur Lane is a great combo of history and GIRLS. The gameplay is actually challenging and the collecting angle is very addictive.
NIKKE FTW
Fate occupies an entire case of its own in my collection 😅
The difference with that formal dress is that it isn't posed like a cake topper.
Genshit impact is also mostly popular from China when it comes to the Gacha plain. + the fact they have a PC version too.
Fate Grand Order and Azur Lane completely own me 😂 Genshin has fell off, it’s kinda boring for me atm, but thank god for Honkai Star Rail picking up the slack lol. As a lesbian I’m very into the Azur Lane take on ships 😅😅 but as a historian I do love the battles mimicking WWII battles. And the ships themselves having lines that resonate. Historical accuracy in my gacha game? Yes please. Also HMS Liverpool has just been released and as someone who lives in Liverpool, she was an instant pull, and she took a single pull to come home, ‘twas meant to be. She’s lovely. 😍
Very not the point but I cannot stand idly by for this Robin Hood slander 😢😢😢 so cruel
I don't play Gacha games much (just started NIKKE) but for figures I love the Azur Lane scales by Alter and looking forward to some more NIKKE figures too!
I'm French and your pronunciation for le triomphant is cute but not accurate but is cute
Love Advance Wars, was a huge childhood game for me, shame Re-Boot was only "Fine".
I only play FGO in terms of Gachas. Though I'd say I like Azur Lane/Nikke's design's more overall, I picked FGO because I do actually like turn-based strategy and it still has very good designs/artists. I got into FGO because of Passionlip, and the first figure I ordered to start the hobby was of Passionlip. Wada doesn't get as much attention as Raita or Asanagi, but she for sure is cooking some wacky designs too.
Whereas, as you said, Azur Lane's gameplay is really boring and unengaging. So I'll support the designs through figures/merch, not the game. Nikke same deal mostly, don't care to point and click, plus just not enough space/time for two gachas. I'll buy Stellar Blade though, PS5 or not, just to support Shift Up.
Genshin/Honkai is of zero interest because designs are samey/boring. A gacha is only as good as it's characters, because that's all you're playing to earn. Literally all they need to do is take those models from Fate Grand Order Arcade and put them into a Genshin-like open world, and I'd play that all the time. Same of Azur Lane or Nikke though, to be fair. Arcade as a whole confuses me. They put all this work into 3D models for a game for Arcade Machines in Japan, that they easily could've ported to consoles/PC, but just haven't... for some reason.
I also collect based on aesthetic and I fell down the kantai collection rabbit hole. Never played the game but I just love the ship girl concept, especially those Abyssals. (Also a sucker for Ocean/Deepsea themed designs so they were right up my alley)
I play Genshin and I have sunk some $ in it I'm not a whale level maybe a dolphin level. Oddly enough I only have Mona as a figure I would like them all I just have not pull the trigger on them.