Ppl really play this type of game?? LMAOOOOOO Never play anime gacha yet and ik how trash this type of gacha better play other gacha like hoyo games, wuwa, reverse1999 or any underrated/hidden gem gacha. Ps. Im Solo Leveling/Black Clover fan myself but i cant stand their own gacha mostly it made from Methmarble
I mean, we are talking about literal gambling machines that are cosplaying as videogames… Not a lot of them actually have the videogame part done right… But yeah, to addicts, it can seem like people just hate gacha when reality is that most of them dont even reach the gaming standards as they were 10 years ago… While they ask for more money than literally any other game type.
@@mr.protagonist5639They deleted the accounts of people not logging in enough. People lost a lot of money due to their built accounts they put down for a month suddenly deleted. Any search will get you the controversy.
The argument you said about the game being skill based is so true for example I played sword of canvalaria last week I thought the same thing and got really hyped for a skill based game but after some chapters you realize that no matter how skilled you are you can't beat a stage because of the time limit which limits the skill factor may be skill only game can't be a gacha game
Rip to Alchemist Code, it didnt have turn limits and was the only good trpg gacha for a long time. However, i do think it is somewhat unfair to use this definition of skill based for the trpg genre, cuz of the nature of turn based games, where the number of possible scenarios of victory have been massively reduced compared to something like arknights. Theres a hard limit to the number of actions u can take every turn, whereas ak ur limited only by either the game engine itself or ur own actions per minute. Theres only so many tiles your lvl 1 unit can occupy b4 the enemy catches up, barring the scenario where u r ranged, have higher movement range, and the enemy is only using 1 tile range attacks. Put any elden ring boss fight onto a grid and only allow x moves/turn and the chance of victory becomes significantly more unlikely unless x exceeds the actions/min of the og game. Turn based inherently limits ur actions b4 any additional "clear in x turns". Ofc thats not to say it isnt skill based at all. Its definitely more engaging than most mobile turn based. Each event also has stgs where a predetermined roster is given to u, so you are guaranteed that victory is not limited by stats, the skill is if you can figure out the puzzle (some of the extra conditions can be kind of tricky too)
@scentofink2952 E7 is a pretty weird nod, given how character/gear dependent it is for skill expression. Because RTA, is definitely a skill based mode, but you aren't experiencing content at that level as a new player.
Arknights is skill based, there is literally a culture of self imposed restrictions within the community called “nicheknights” , people will either follow or create their own niche and I’ve seen all sorts of weird ones going from only playing with characters of the same species or same class to stuff like only playing with characters born on a certain month or with art draw by a certain artist.
As someone who is a massive Ni No Kuni fan, the moment I saw that Netmarble were doing this game I didn't want to go anywhere near it. The Ni No Kuni Crossworlds game they was genuinely terrible
@@-Seaheart- The OP isekai protagonist type with no actual weakness, doesn't face consequences and had unfleshed personality shift from coward to stoic, and absolutely made for the self-inserting readers who crave power fantasy for whatever reason. Definitely far from special and deep in the Gary Stu territory.
@@GodSejeong yeah, the whiplash between his former self and later self was something that bothered me a lot too. I do think people should be allowed to like whatever they want, but for this series I really don’t get where the hype came from, the anime at least had the animation quality to carry it but before that people were already hyping it. You could try to explain it with the power fantasy thing but even that is the most cliche thing ever in shounen. Everything has its fans, what baffles me is how popular it is somehow.
@@-Seaheart-The market for these kind of protagonist and writing is surprisingly big. It's the very reason why a lot of Manhwas have a similar base plot.
I'd just like to make a correction that the series actually does have a continuation after the main story ended. There's some epilogue chapters that follow various characters and what happened to them afterwards. Also, some slight spoilers for those that don't know, but the author is making a sequel where it follows the MC's son, iirc
Author became a one trick pony at this point. Sad hill to die on. Series got carried by the illustrator rather than the author if we're gonna be honest here.
You were brave to make an honest review on this game. But I'd still look over my shoulder and barricade my house just in case the fandom decides to stab me with a knife carved out of the manhua.
This game lags as hell on my phone and freezes and it ain't my mobile because I can play WuWa, HSR, Snowbreak, Reverse 1999, PGR and aether gazer without any lags
@@fnaffan-js9nc same. Mine is the annoying crashes on my iPhone, I can’t stand it anymore and every update has made it worse. Complained to customer support more times than I can count but nothing, just excuses and empty promises.
@@Mugiwara_no_luffy0 You shouldn't need to play game for a month to start liking it, it should be good enough for you to be happy playing it from the get go
14:09 As an veteran, yes it does carry over. And for the p2w system, am an f2p but still above many p2w, its about how you choose to use your resources, strategize your battles and consumption of resources etc. As for luck my friends have more luck than me still my Acc is same as them or even better
Yea, I knew this the instant I see "Netmarble" logo. This is coming from someone used to play a few Netmarble games and experienced first hand how greedy they are. I also never trust an IP game if the game is coming from anime/manga/LN. This game however seems to have a better quality compare to the rest of Netmarble IP, probably due to how big Solo Leveling is
Lol this game truly Free to play friendly they giving lots of rewards or code's free 4 summer skin's Emma, Cha, Nobara, & Seo the Emma is the hottest you just saying that because you didn't play this game since beta version im currently lvl 86 and got 650k TP Free to play no spend and the daily log-in when you reach day 7 they giving free tickets.
The only thing that you haven't mentioned is that even though monetization in this game is absolutely terrible, you actually can play it without every paying completely fine. Arise gives a lot of resources for free. And compared to many other gachas, they actually give insane amount of rewards. Like to the point where good F2P players can complete the same content as whales. You can get all SSR hunters as a F2P. And you definitely can get all the necessary ones without much issue. This game is very F2P friendly, though in a very passive-aggressive way.
@@aimman12319 he didn't say it, because he hasn't played far enough to notice this. He hasn't competed with whales in any way and hasn't experienced end-game content. Which is why I thought it made sense for me to say, since I'm F2P in this game and I am in the end game.
I think they balance the freebies they give with an atrocious monetization. Not to mention the upgrade mats... The cost is so high that F2P needs to also prioritise what gear and things to upgrade first. Personally imo, if you don't have time to spend, don't play the game, it's too time consuming to do the dailies not to mention we have 15 gates to finish. It's not even a joke, to the point it will bore you to death.
Pseychie, I picked up NIKKE after watching your content after I'd _very briefly_ played at launch. You should really warn people that it's a pretty painful game to play if you're wearing pants.
i tried solo leveling arise when it was still early access, i gave it a try for about a week and dropped it right after, i saw the amount of paywalls that you have to do just to progress in this game, the battle pass is also absurd since it has 2 ways for you to pay and get the rewards, its screaming p2w.
The elden ring example doesn't make sense tho. The game is supposed to follow the manhwa of Jinwoo leveling up in order. It's basically a mode for people who haven't read or watched it yet.
I've been playing daily since the global launch of the game and thought I'd give my 2 cents on the stuff you covered The gameplay imo is really fun, and all the characters and weapons are diverse enough that it doesn't feel repetitive The progression is worse than you think, the further on you go the more gank you have to deal with. In one of the latest chapters you have to survive about 2 minutes waves of enemies that spawn in around 10 second intervals. In addition to that, there are enemies shooting at you from a distance you cannot kill. It took me a few hours to get past that level and i only did it by ignoring the enemies that were spawning and trying to anticipate the long ranged ones i could not kill. I get that they want to prevent players from reaching the end of the current story update and loose players until they update it, but by god that feels like a reach considering that the daily grind at minimum is 2 hours. For instance and encore dungeons, initially you could've only spent 1-2 keys at a time f2p, and the subscriptions would get you up to 4. As you can see now they increased f2p up to 4, but then the subscription to 8. The artifact grind looks bad because it is bad. There is a stat called "Healing Given Increase" for artifacts, and it does what the name implies, make healing skills better. The issue? The meta is pumping all your stats into strength for jin woo to maximize damage output since being able to tank any enemy hits doesn't matter if you only have 3 mins to kill them all. That artifact stat has been the bane of this grind's existence as it can make getting the perfect drops an RNG nightmare. It was complained about so much that the devs said that they will remove "Healing Given Increase" as a sub-stat entirely, restricting it to only come up as a main stat Another thing is that all the rings are based on elemental damage, so if the main stat doesn't align with the character you equip it to, its basically useless e.g. Light hunter equipped with a ring whose main stat is Wind Damage % will not add any damage, so you have to keep grinding main stats while keeping in mind that you are also looking for specific sub-stats The separate weapon banner is a new addition from the last update, and are the rarest tickets to get at the moment so it makes sense to me that they keep weapons in the custom banners for now TL;DR: This video perfectly describes the SLA experience, however, as you get closer to the end game the experience gets worse.
Another arise player here and speaking of progression, I am still currently questioning the devs' decision of putting hidden chapter 1 and 2 in between the previous update's chapters and the new ones, it could've been made a side story of sorts and yet they decided to make put it in the main story. Whilst on the topic of hidden chapter, I might as well make an example of why progression is a problem in this game, the boss level of hidden chapter 1 has a huge jump from the previous level: if you were able to at least make decent damage to the enemy on the previous level, normal enemies in the boss level take "tanky" to a whole different level.
As another player I do agree with most of this, but that new mission isn't as hard as you make it out to be. Put on the extra dodge talent, the fire aoe skill that I forget the name of, the health steal talent, and immortal talent just in case and I cleared it first try just by running/dodging around and killing everyone with the fire skill and using basics to kill any stragglers on 1 hp
As a f2p player i agree with most points but i still somewhat enjoy the game (Edit : game has become really f2p friendly so i recommend you guys play it and no im not kidding a real gacha game listening to its community is a rare thing)
I play alot of gachas f2p to keep me from spending. Im going to keep playing solo leveling arise. But this video is beyond accurate. Brodie cooked and told no lies
I enjoy the game and I am f2p . Your points are valid. The game isn’t the best but it’s fun and gives me extra content to do see about solo levelling. Edit: I noticed a lot of changes from the video to the game now . As the keys max at 40 .
@@ExaltedRivenI think it's pretty clear the point was that this type of info should be properly displayed in the explanation of gacha rates and mechanics regardless if it's actually there or not. I shouldn't need to ask someone else or go to another site to know if my pity carry over or not.
Day 1 light spending player until the latest patch. You are right with your assessment, and it gets worse in the late game when you cannot progress without spending more. Lastly, the game takes up too much time to clear all repetitive content on a daily basis.
I originally wanted to use this game as a training ground for Wuthering Waves, but looking at how predatory it is, as well as how some parts of the gacha are... yeah that idea went to Pgr. This is my first Netmarble game ever, and now i understand why people hate it.
Hate is a strong word I wouldn't say that people hate it they just don't like it but that's not all people I for one love this game I've been playing since early access.
@@cptninja7890I'm genuinely curious what makes you think this? The devs have admitted that they've already made back the development cost, and money isn't as important as it was to them now. It's extremely f2p friendly. I'm really open to hearing you out though.
The game the very f2p friendly. It not like you need to pay for stuff to actually get it. Or stuff is locked behind purchase. It just make the game easier to grind but hey your entitled to your opinions. Just remember developers gotta get paid for there work and if everything is free how do they get paid?
What made me uninstall (just a few days ago) after playing for 2-3 months is that quality of life functions like sweeping and using up all your keys is locked behind a paywall. It takes way too long to clear dailies. I travel far to work and by the time I get home, Im not going to spend my few hours of free time to play the game and not feel like I missed clearing something.
@@pancake2203to complete every single thing that refreshes daily, sure about 1 hour, do you need to clear every single thing daily as f2p? hell no takes about 30 minutes
Im one week into the game and im starting to lose interest in it because of this. Ive always disliked dailies but here it take way too much of my time and they are not fun to do. Im thinking of returning to pgr
I am enjoying it so far, doesn't take much of my time and money. I only spend the monthly subscription which is fair, and around 1-2 hours of content daily. That left me time to play other non-gacha games
What stopped me from playing was the paid multi summons they had, i was baffled that they waited until you did all the summons to charge you, thats when i quit.
the answer to the question 'if you lose the pity on rateup banner 1, does the pity guarantee carry it to rateup banner 2' is yes. you can easily see that because the rateup history counts both banners' pity rate as the same. i tried it before when I lost the first coinflip on charlotte's banner, but I still managed to get harper with the same banner using that loss.
once u level up more u get 15 gate keys and 6 encore keys and 6instance keys and ur not really supposed to farm all ur mats from gates scince they dont give too much and plus this game is incredibly generous with its rewards anyways u did a pretty decent job so keep going king edit: the 2nd rate up garuntee does carry over and yes i know they really want u to swipe but as a 100% f2p i can say living without the QOL from paid features isnt as bad as ur making it look and yeah the game does get pretty good in the late game
Deleted it in less than an hour of playing, all you had to say was "trash Auto Battler" and "Gacha is exclusively paid" Edit to add: all autobattlers are trash, without exception.
Played for 2 months, Gameplay solid, but dailies are 1+hour for f2p, sub packs make it 30 minutes for like $20 a month. Microtransactions is incredibly aggressive but gacha system is fair and they are generous with pulls and currency, some events even straight up give you a S-Rank. As much as people shit on this game, I have to give credit where credit is due, this game is incredibly fun for the first 10-20 hours all the way up until progression gets severely hard capped to f2p's because your resource strained and lvl strained. This game also has a very high skill ceiling which not many people are willing to reach. Overall its not a "bad" game, its just egregiously monetized and leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Need an update on this video: Gate keys now are 15 and you can now refresh gates (no cooldown needed) Encore and instance dungeons are both 6 keys + 2 keys from the shop (mana exchange shop) There are also other dungeons such as Battlefield of Trials (spiral abyss version on genshin), Battlefield of Time (boss clearing), Battlefield of Chaos (where you get gems) ,Power of Destruction (can get multiple rewards base on your score), Workshop of Brillant Light (can get higher gears here that cannot be found on encore and instance) Does the second rate-up guarantee carryover across banners as well? The answer is YES. There's also another catch in the gacha system here. If a character banner ends, the character will go the standard banner after the next banner ends. Meaning you can have another chance on getting it (25% if you select it as 1 of your 4 rate up character/weapon on the standard banner) If you are a f2p like me, you can just get an A0 character on the limited banner and then get the get the other copies once they go to the standard banner. Guild system was the latest update (typical guild system just like on every games) Devs are also generous on giving rewards. Almost everyday they give rewards.
I think he was a bit too hard with the game. Netmarble is doing a great job with this one. I've been playing it since May (I think) And I was a f2p player, but I'm buying just 1 sub for 3 months. The game itself is pretty generous, it gives a lot of sources and it's improving by day. Now is way too easy to improve if you're a new player. It even gives free SSR characters. The subscriptions make it just faster to (complete) a day of the game. So it's great for people who don't have that much time to spend on games. Not to mention Partner Creator Plus, where you can get a lot of codes with essence stones and other stuff, also the staff gives codes sometimes. People really should give it a try. I really feel bad watching this video, it's like making people not play this game.
11:40 If I had to do the same for HSR gear I’d just drop it. The only reason I play some strategy type games is because at the very least: There is never a gear system for characters.
ngl Solo Leveling is VERY generous with the player base at least pulls and gems wise i only miss 2 characters that are very bad as well and im f2p and i still have 50k gems and 60+ tickets left after i got every curent character at least once, and all the weapons exept the new spear that just released
Should've been a real game instead of mobage. I'm tired of anime IPs being locked behind live service microtransactions type of games. Most gacha never last unless they're one of the top 5 revenue like Mihoyo or directed by some nerd (in a good way) who just want to make games/story like Sunborn/Mica (GFL) I absolutely loathe live service type of games. Once they're gone, it's gone.
Netmarble is notoriously bad with monetization. I used to play one of their non gacha games, Marvel Future Fight, and it just got worse and worse over time. It wasn't as bad with 7 Deady Sins Grand Cross, but still definitely felt greedy at times even more than other gacha games from other publishers. I also tried Solo Leveling and left because how annoying the monetization was. And endgame content also gets to a point where it requires not only good gear and leveling, but dupes in order to reach the Battle Power requirements. Feels really scummy when I need multiple copies of the limited characters to feel like I can progress properly. Maybe I just sucked at the game, but the Stat requirements made me feel otherwise
I've been playing Arise since it's early access launch and I couldn't disagree more with this review. Most of the points brought up are outdated information such a s gates NEEDING the subscription. they changed this really fast. The key system has been changed to a 12 universal key/day mechanic that can be stored up to 30 if you cannot play everyday. The whole argument about skill based yes or no was insane imo. the game's timer isn't a sole agrument against a game being skill based. The example on not being allowed to take a lvl 1 character and beating everything is just childish. This still is a live service game, and they do need soft locks to keep teh audience engaged else they burn themselves out by blitzing the content. this whole segment felt like buddy here forgot this was a gacha. And as someone who had to beat Igris on Chapter 7 pre nerf and Bakura etc I had to beat them being massively udnerleveled and it was an extremly fun expirience fiddeling with skills and teams until you'd find sth that would work. The take on gacha is pretty poor as well. Obviously so since he mentions eh has 0 expirience with gachas. the guarantee absolutely does carry over. It does so in 99% of games. The Pity at 80 is called hard pity as u are getting a SSR every 80 pulls 100% of the time. The actual pity is at 65 pulls as there the rate for SSR starts to increase dramatically. you'll very rarely go above 72 summons to get a SSR drop. the game also just dumps selector tickets on you like crazy. usually enough to get 4 to 6 SSR every patch. Paired with the fact that limited time SSR's get added to the selector after 1 month and the fact that your very first limited time SSR pity is guaranteed to be the featured unit it's very obvious that this segment was very missinformed. The game has a reputation of being the most generous game and f2p firendly Gacha out atm, which is crazy for a netmarble game. I'd give the guy the benefit of the doubt as it's clear he isnt usued to gacha games, as he compared some parts of it to mainstream games like ER. But it's still mind boggeling to me why someone would release a "should u buy" on a Game he doesnt understand at all. I wish this whole monologe took longer. I still have 2h left at work T-T
The F2P has to play and grind a lot of to keep up but it's not that bad as the video makes it for new players. Also like any other Gatcha game we have to reroll the account and keep the lucky account which gets multiple SSR Characters in first 10 pulls in different banners. I would recommend the game for all my F2P friends.
4:35 This is why I quit WuWa, Thinking it would give me a different experience to Genshin on that aspect, I was expecting it can be all skill on the bosses and game modes but I found out the majority of it still contained stat check with timers. Like what I want is to slay level 100 bosses with level 10 characters if I had the skill and trained for its timing and dodges, I dont give a f*** if it takes me 10 hours to do so.
you did it wrong then. the gacha games are not the place for you to tryhard by skill only. all of them are cash grab for more damage. if you want to grind an hour just to tryhard survive with difficult bosses there's a lot AAA game you want to test
@@kulonstep69Played them all that's why I want one that has an anime gatcha form. But that's what they advertised at first all the articles and game footages(some even hid the timers) said skill based but still has that element. Guess It just wouldn't work on a live service gatcha game that I thought would be possible.
I'm satisfied with 4 star Chang'e / 2 star Flame girl Tank / and The book guy healer 2 star, the result is I'm F2P, win win boys and I uninstall I got no more content to finish, I'm retired now, great game actually.
Ngl, the game is fine. I been playing it since the beta, and I'm free to play. It's a guilty pleasure, I play it whenever I need to chill, and I have quite a good account without having to spend a single dime.
iam a solo leveling manhwa fan, played the gasha game. i like how the story is presented, i like the gameplay the monetization is annoying and i stopped playing because the dailies takes a lot of time 1h+
I wholeheartedly agree with that time limit statement. Stage with time limit is never a skill-based. It's always DPS-check, no matter how cope people says. Also, it's Netmarble. I remember spent more time installing and updating the game rather than playing it. My personal experience with this game is, they have a mouse cursor in the center of the screen. Yes, a MOUSE CURSOR. And every menu got joystick button shortcut. I never uninstalled a mobile game faster than this.
Maybe Im alone in this, but I would've preferred if were just a random hunter whom is rising up through the ranks. From beginner and professional. Our story then would intertwine from time to time with the MC. So we would have a different perspective on how the entire world building and story develops. We would have quest when we would join Jinwoo and other canon characters and build bonds with them which can rewards us with items and stuff once we get them high enough
I have been playing the game since the official release of the game (May 2024) and I am an entirely F2P player. I do agree with some of the points mentioned here, but you can actively choose to ignore the pay to win features totally. I am currently rated top 8 in my server even as a F2P and I have accepted the the fact that I can't reach any higher than that. But the content and challenge of the game has drawn to me to the game a lot more. Micromanaging the resources and creating best use of my current items has helped a lot. It might be frustrating at first for a very new player, but the resources come by very easily if you are JUST REGULAR at the game and do the dailies properly.
@@panjinurfadillah2489 it's a game that plays for itself (you don't need to lift a finger) it has way too much fan service, the game barely gives you the materials to gamble and it has a stamina system. the only redeeming qualities are the original storyline and the events, they are really good.
From my experience, No. The game become too much of a pay to win at this point, you can't continue higher level without certain characters. For a gacha game I recomended is limbus company, There are only 12 sinners (Characters) you can play but have different identity, The game focus much on the story aspect of each characters and has the most word in a gacha game, the story is peak, The gameplay is bit tricky, But i highly recommend it.
A very fair review. I've just started playing this game, and I'm enjoying it for what it is, but I can definitely see myself stopping after I finish the story mode.
@@WadeWontson i have played it recently and yes it has EN now but the translation sometime wrong but it just minor issue and you can still read the skill and story like normal and it is on steam for any PC player.
To be honest, the game has its flaws and i mean a lot of them but for us who started from launch we kinda got numb to all the bullshit so right we are stuck with it but any new outside person i can see how painfull it can be so yeah tbh only early gamers can enjoy this game at this point
Nah as a f2p player from early access i don't have that much problem with those kinda things you mention. I play gatcha for time pass. While SLA don't that good at potato phone, it good at pc and good phone. I love Solo Leveling Novel and love the art of Manwha. Also NM devs are kinda care about this game. Still wished if they even give some love to past games. Remember there are better Gatcha game out there but if you are a solo leveling fan, i will say try it also use good phone or a pc. I am kinda sick of those people who don't that resources for this game then say lag this lag that. Don't come in the comments to give hate, this is just my opinion.
as a f2p player with approx. 3 months of playing the game, i'd say it is quite enjoyable and there are enough ways to get new characters and the developers do make good qol changes and listen to complaints (SOMETIMES). its def one of the better gacha games and there is still a lot of skill expression involved, even if their is the statcheck factor. I havent looked into the monetization at all tho, which is where all gachas turn evil anyway. staying f2p is always the best option imo, and in this one it doesnt take any fun away
I’ve been playing the game before global release. The 50/50 guaranteed on the banner does carry over from previous limited banners. I’ve encountered this scenario a few times. Hope that helps👍.
I would be so interested in his opinion of Warhammer Tacitus. The obvious downsides are IP based, not a great story, and (currently) no pity system. However, it's leveling system is very F2P, no pulling for gear, lots of content, frequent events and updates, and the fact you don't need SS/legendary characters to progress. Some of the best characters are common/uncommon/rare, and all characters can be converted to legendary.
Considering Solo Leveling has such infamy for being a mahwa with a story so bland and repetitive as the cast of characters itself and whose only redeeming quality is the art and bombastic action I knew where this was going...
i played ts when it was just released and stopped after the female water character was released after a few weeks. grinding for skills and artifacts was fun but as an F2P, it just wasn't enough to progress any better through the storylines(if u got bad characters and broke? u r absolutely cooked)
Make a good existing anime IP gacha challenge: impossible. It’s too bad the most recent SAO gacha is down because it was a MESS and would make a good video. They shit it down only months after launch because it was just that bad. They say they are working on improving it with plans to rerelease, but that’s been postponed multiple times.
Ok how can you barely play the game and judge it? Also, the more you progress, the more keys you get for the instance and encore missions. I am completely F2P, and I have even stopped playing at intervals, yet I have access to 40 keys, which is yet another thing you criticized about the game before progressing far enough. Your claim on the auto function is also wrong; you can still defeat gates with the auto function even if you don't have a massive power difference as long as you have decent characters and a decent moveset. What is there to "micromanage" about the gates? Just do the gates you need by using the characters. Looking at numbers is not that hard. You make the claim that for new players, the RNG substats and the 8 equipment slots are too hard. So it is basically 8 equipment. Optimize the substats for your character, and you are done. It is just looking at numbers and looking at the characters' playstyle so I don't understand what you mean by hard. Saying, "They give out a number of standard banner pulls" is also not true. They are incredibly generous with their pulls and gems that they give out. Almost no gacha compares to the generosity that sla has. The pity system for SLA is also amazing. Most of the time (tested out through thousands of tickets, along with my guildmates), the average ticket used to get a character is 50. The "atrocious monetization" is actually you being atrocious. A game is made to make money. How will they make money if they do not advertise it. That's like complaining; you see advertisements everywhere you go while walking around Las Vegas. You get 2 ads when you log into the game. And 1-2 every hour. It takes 3 seconds to click the x button. That is not "shoving it in your face". The fact that they reward you for even checking out the advertisements is something no other gacha does btw, and it even rewards you with 100 free gems sometimes. Throughout the entire video, you keep on moaning and groaning on and on about how it shows you the possible money spent to gain extra rewards and blah blah blah. I stopped playing for periods of time, and before that, I barely played, and I am Ar rank 70 as a F2P. The monetization is not needed at all, and if you actually played the game, you would realize this. Then you talk about the subscription needed to buy tickets for 50% off. Have you ever bought something for 50% off with no strings attached? Probably not. Because it is an insane discount, I have never seen a game implement. And guess what? Even your ending point is garbage. If you did even an ounce of research before blasting this game because it is an IP based game, you would know that there is Solo Levelling Ragnorak, and it was announced it would be coming out. "Your progression will be throttled around chapter nine-ish". Hilarious stuff, claiming it is not a skill-based game, then claiming you can't beat the levels. Even with your power in the red(which gives you stat debuffs), you can win if you're good enough. Just look at PayneBlade and his F2P account. I love your channel as I have just recently discovered it, but I think you could have done more research before posting a video like this. I mean no hate, but please don't just trash a game because it is IP based. Sorry for the grammar errors. I wrote this kind of fast lol.
The amount of keys has been increased a few times ago. Before I think that you could only have 10 each day. Same things for the number of gates keys that has been reduced to 10 instead of 15.
You're right. Nothing Storywise is breaking the wheel. However between the Story have mega hype moments, and Studio Redice just absolutely NAILING the art; Solo Leveling made it to top tier.
I haaaate how they're clearly using AI art for the pretty girl characters. It's so obvious too. They have been cleaned up so there's no weird hands or whatever (that I've seen) but if the monetization wasn't so atrocious I still would never play it just because of that alone. The difference in art style is just so jarring.
been playing this games since day one, if you do it for fun only,not pursuing anything but to enjoy the vibes, story gameplay, graphics etc, it's a good game, this game is slow paced games, means you need to invest your time or even your money to be able to finish the content, yes, this is p2w games and not skilled based games, but overall it's good, don't skip it but Try it yourself, then you decide it's worth it or not. me personally, thinks this game is good and I happily play this games everyday , the developer are very generous, the community is good and pretty active, the issue is this game has so many bugs yet the developer quickly addressing the bug and fixing it even tough there's still plenty,.. one last thing I can say, The developer loves this game I can tell
Player since launch day, while I can't say I'm fully F2P since I tried the 2 monthly subscription versions but after that month I stopped any thoughts of spending. I could say that progression is definitely steep, one must better buckle up to fail and fail some more. You have to grind for weeks if needed, the relic rng is just so livid. You have to also brace yourself in low rewards in some events/modes which whales flap around (understandable). The game is good in bare minimum level and what keeping me is probably the gacha rate and rewards a F2P received, up till this point I have never gone down from 30k gems and I pull every unit. I give them credit with that, heck they even put a whole 10 pulls in codes or randomly give one in mails. I know its paywall and fomo inducing but it really is decent, I run in auto and clear everything... well progressively (still farming to prepare in getting lvl80+ relics). I know IP is also a factor I like this, watching my Cha get maxed Breakthrough and cleave enemies is great or seeing a celebrity turned hunter is also exciting. It is also astonishing they gave 4 skins almost 4 months since launch, not saying too generous but they definitely know how to give carrots. Anyway, overall if you are finding a casual game, this could give a few high (knowing that vertical progression is not easily seen pass Ch9), so gamer patience advised. If competitive and f2p, well you can still try but know that it'll be a steep climb that allows few to no mistakes and a world of depression. The top rewards ain't that worth to pursue anyway. if spending, heck no get the hell out if you can't deal well with FOMO or has zero financial stability. GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER! Sidenote though this is just side gacha in the bg, I play Alchemy Stars, Path to Nowhere, Aether Gazer, Snowbreak, HSR, Rev1999 and WuWa with this (and yes I still get to have a life and work, heck I'm even studying in college). Again, is it good to play?Maybe. Is it good to spend, no and NO!
I have a question Do you write your own scripts or do u employ somebody else to do it for u? If so then they are 100% using chatgpt and other AI stuff for it I'm not saying it's bad but if they're making it using AI then you can too 😅 don't waste money
I'm pretty sure it's genuine from his own experience with how describing how he feels and the fact bring into the Manhua and where he left reading it it's just a detail i don't think AI is gonna get, and he is very *Based* for sh-t talking gacha game, So there's no point using Ai when you can ramble how sh-tty this game is.
The timer fight is made me quit this game and back to aether gazer games, it is similiar but no timer nonsense outside event stages or challanges stages..
I would love to see you do video for the new jjk gacha game, I use to play solo leveling but to have simple quality of life behind pay walls is unforgivable imo.
![ULTIMATE BEGINNERS GUIDE UPDATED!! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW! [Solo Leveling: Arise]](/img/1.gif)
Babe wake up another bad gacha game relying on existing IPs to flop by day by day is getting dogpiled on
Don't worry, the gambling addicts will keep them alive for another four years.
This didnt flop though.
this one might be shit too but isn't flopping at all lmao, it's making ten mil monthly thanks to the IP, just like the DBZ gachas
laughs in Fate Gay Orgy's atrocious droprates
Ppl really play this type of game?? LMAOOOOOO
Never play anime gacha yet and ik how trash this type of gacha better play other gacha like hoyo games, wuwa, reverse1999 or any underrated/hidden gem gacha.
Ps. Im Solo Leveling/Black Clover fan myself but i cant stand their own gacha mostly it made from Methmarble
The Monarch of IP Gacha Games Hater has Return.
More than a Hater, a tester of how bad are almost all of them Hahahha
@@DarenKajiWolfJust so much, like just listing them all would probably take 30 minutes with how much there is.
I mean, we are talking about literal gambling machines that are cosplaying as videogames…
Not a lot of them actually have the videogame part done right…
But yeah, to addicts, it can seem like people just hate gacha when reality is that most of them dont even reach the gaming standards as they were 10 years ago… While they ask for more money than literally any other game type.
@@markedone494 Right, but the player get nothing but a classic nft
The fact that EA still exists shows that every part of gaming industry, gacha or not, is fucked. No genre is better than the other.
the fact that they still make a good chunk of money during monthly gacha revenue wars is not unexpected but annoying to see
Almost all from skimpy costumes
Blame coomers
There are too many dumb rich people who pay for it coz of the name alone
atp I'm on the developers side
It is Netmarble, better stay away from that company's games. I learned my lesson after playing Nino kuni mobile.
What happened with that?
So that's why It felt oddly familiar. No wonder I hated it, I got catfished by nostalgia once again
@@mr.protagonist5639 they add nfts into the game on global server
@@mr.protagonist5639 it was a crypto and nft play to earn cash grab
@@mr.protagonist5639They deleted the accounts of people not logging in enough. People lost a lot of money due to their built accounts they put down for a month suddenly deleted.
Any search will get you the controversy.
The argument you said about the game being skill based is so true for example I played sword of canvalaria last week I thought the same thing and got really hyped for a skill based game but after some chapters you realize that no matter how skilled you are you can't beat a stage because of the time limit which limits the skill factor may be skill only game can't be a gacha game
Rip to Alchemist Code, it didnt have turn limits and was the only good trpg gacha for a long time. However, i do think it is somewhat unfair to use this definition of skill based for the trpg genre, cuz of the nature of turn based games, where the number of possible scenarios of victory have been massively reduced compared to something like arknights. Theres a hard limit to the number of actions u can take every turn, whereas ak ur limited only by either the game engine itself or ur own actions per minute. Theres only so many tiles your lvl 1 unit can occupy b4 the enemy catches up, barring the scenario where u r ranged, have higher movement range, and the enemy is only using 1 tile range attacks. Put any elden ring boss fight onto a grid and only allow x moves/turn and the chance of victory becomes significantly more unlikely unless x exceeds the actions/min of the og game. Turn based inherently limits ur actions b4 any additional "clear in x turns".
Ofc thats not to say it isnt skill based at all. Its definitely more engaging than most mobile turn based. Each event also has stgs where a predetermined roster is given to u, so you are guaranteed that victory is not limited by stats, the skill is if you can figure out the puzzle (some of the extra conditions can be kind of tricky too)
@yria7255 I definitely agree at the end of the day it's still a live service game it needs you to play every day
Path to nowhere, dragalia, epic 7 come pretty close to being a skull based game
@scentofink2952 E7 is a pretty weird nod, given how character/gear dependent it is for skill expression. Because RTA, is definitely a skill based mode, but you aren't experiencing content at that level as a new player.
Arknights is skill based, there is literally a culture of self imposed restrictions within the community called “nicheknights” , people will either follow or create their own niche and I’ve seen all sorts of weird ones going from only playing with characters of the same species or same class to stuff like only playing with characters born on a certain month or with art draw by a certain artist.
As someone who is a massive Ni No Kuni fan, the moment I saw that Netmarble were doing this game I didn't want to go anywhere near it.
The Ni No Kuni Crossworlds game they was genuinely terrible
Solo Leveling’s supporting cast really sux. I already knew this wasn’t going to work out as a good gacha
The MC is nothing special either…
@@-Seaheart- The OP isekai protagonist type with no actual weakness, doesn't face consequences and had unfleshed personality shift from coward to stoic, and absolutely made for the self-inserting readers who crave power fantasy for whatever reason. Definitely far from special and deep in the Gary Stu territory.
Yes finaly someone that agrees@@GodSejeong
@@GodSejeong yeah, the whiplash between his former self and later self was something that bothered me a lot too. I do think people should be allowed to like whatever they want, but for this series I really don’t get where the hype came from, the anime at least had the animation quality to carry it but before that people were already hyping it. You could try to explain it with the power fantasy thing but even that is the most cliche thing ever in shounen. Everything has its fans, what baffles me is how popular it is somehow.
@@-Seaheart-The market for these kind of protagonist and writing is surprisingly big. It's the very reason why a lot of Manhwas have a similar base plot.
It's a good day when pseychie drops a video
I'd just like to make a correction that the series actually does have a continuation after the main story ended.
There's some epilogue chapters that follow various characters and what happened to them afterwards.
Also, some slight spoilers for those that don't know, but the author is making a sequel where it follows the MC's son, iirc
Author became a one trick pony at this point. Sad hill to die on. Series got carried by the illustrator rather than the author if we're gonna be honest here.
@@dissidius13solo leveling is top tier to me I love the storyline
You were brave to make an honest review on this game. But I'd still look over my shoulder and barricade my house just in case the fandom decides to stab me with a knife carved out of the manhua.
it's fine since this is manhwa.
This game lags as hell on my phone and freezes and it ain't my mobile because I can play WuWa, HSR, Snowbreak, Reverse 1999, PGR and aether gazer without any lags
Same too
I remember playing on launch and habing same problems, was kinda hoping they will take care of it
@@fnaffan-js9nc same. Mine is the annoying crashes on my iPhone, I can’t stand it anymore and every update has made it worse. Complained to customer support more times than I can count but nothing, just excuses and empty promises.
It's not the game blud it's the update new 2.0 update from that this issue coming and I'm a mobile player too without any lag until this update
@Mugiwara_no_luffy0 that shiit has been laggy since it came out
When there's a popular IP, some company will milk it to death with a gacha game
skill up type title
Paying up as well
GAMERS!
shill up my beloved
Awesome, you just saved me a few hundreds hours since this one was on my to-do list, thank you!
hahah pathetic ..cannot enjoy life nor the game itself. the games saves itself from u heheeh
Pseychie's wallet : _I'm tired boss_
Pseychie's:We're done when i say we're done, Then we moved on to the next Gacha games.
Enjoyed the anime. Tried out the game on the first day, quit on the first day.
You and me both, log into the game and netmarble stares disrespectfully at your wallet
Probably didn't even try for a month
@@deltadark5748 y'all don't like dungeon gachas. Thats cool, but this is still the best gacha in the market HANDS DOWN. Not even remotely close
@@ragnarmeh8156 ?????????????????
@@Mugiwara_no_luffy0 You shouldn't need to play game for a month to start liking it, it should be good enough for you to be happy playing it from the get go
14:09 As an veteran, yes it does carry over. And for the p2w system, am an f2p but still above many p2w, its about how you choose to use your resources, strategize your battles and consumption of resources etc. As for luck my friends have more luck than me still my Acc is same as them or even better
Yea, I knew this the instant I see "Netmarble" logo. This is coming from someone used to play a few Netmarble games and experienced first hand how greedy they are. I also never trust an IP game if the game is coming from anime/manga/LN. This game however seems to have a better quality compare to the rest of Netmarble IP, probably due to how big Solo Leveling is
they are worse
Lol this game truly Free to play friendly they giving lots of rewards or code's free 4 summer skin's Emma, Cha, Nobara, & Seo the Emma is the hottest you just saying that because you didn't play this game since beta version im currently lvl 86 and got 650k TP Free to play no spend and the daily log-in when you reach day 7 they giving free tickets.
I really liked your video : You went over every details and as a player that tested the game for months, you re on point on everything. Good job.
What're you talking about. I'm F2P and I'm doing just fine. Payments make it easier of course but this is still very F2P friendly.
the really scummy thing is that it gives you a STARTER selector then only after you're done with your pulls it asks for payment
Uhmm, your pulls from there is meant to be paid...
The only thing that you haven't mentioned is that even though monetization in this game is absolutely terrible, you actually can play it without every paying completely fine. Arise gives a lot of resources for free. And compared to many other gachas, they actually give insane amount of rewards. Like to the point where good F2P players can complete the same content as whales. You can get all SSR hunters as a F2P. And you definitely can get all the necessary ones without much issue. This game is very F2P friendly, though in a very passive-aggressive way.
he did say it. but he also said to brace for over the top flash sales and fomo ads
@@aimman12319 he didn't say it, because he hasn't played far enough to notice this. He hasn't competed with whales in any way and hasn't experienced end-game content. Which is why I thought it made sense for me to say, since I'm F2P in this game and I am in the end game.
Keep coping sl fanboy, game is awful simple as that even if it's playable even without paying
I think they balance the freebies they give with an atrocious monetization. Not to mention the upgrade mats... The cost is so high that F2P needs to also prioritise what gear and things to upgrade first. Personally imo, if you don't have time to spend, don't play the game, it's too time consuming to do the dailies not to mention we have 15 gates to finish. It's not even a joke, to the point it will bore you to death.
@@Kokodesuyoooo funny thing is I don't even need to do 15 gates, just 10 is enough
Pseychie, I picked up NIKKE after watching your content after I'd _very briefly_ played at launch. You should really warn people that it's a pretty painful game to play if you're wearing pants.
Tbh as a F2P it's very interesting to me to play SLA as they are giving so much free stuffs to progress
fr it isn't really hard to grind compared to other gacha games
yeah im completely f2p i have 6 a5 ssr hunters and 2 a5 ssr weapons
My friend dropped Wuthering Waves for this.
what an idiot, this game is garbage and horrible gacha system, Kuro way nicer when it comes to their gacha games, wish wuwa was similar to PGR though
Pro tip- find new friends
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wuthering waves is trash and a dead game
@@barcodious4097 true imao
I got to say, I enjoy it as a f2p game. I’m at level 50 and got 46th in the battlefield of time and it’s kinda fun
i tried solo leveling arise when it was still early access, i gave it a try for about a week and dropped it right after, i saw the amount of paywalls that you have to do just to progress in this game, the battle pass is also absurd since it has 2 ways for you to pay and get the rewards, its screaming p2w.
I'm F2p and I'm at pretty much endgame. It's also single player, lol.
wrong im f2p and im up there keeping up with all the new content
you are poor. thats a fact.
U just suck
@@carlmahilum5231 bro did only matter the paywalls and BP stuff not exactly knowing the point of the game itself.
The elden ring example doesn't make sense tho. The game is supposed to follow the manhwa of Jinwoo leveling up in order. It's basically a mode for people who haven't read or watched it yet.
I've been playing daily since the global launch of the game and thought I'd give my 2 cents on the stuff you covered
The gameplay imo is really fun, and all the characters and weapons are diverse enough that it doesn't feel repetitive
The progression is worse than you think, the further on you go the more gank you have to deal with. In one of the latest chapters you have to survive about 2 minutes waves of enemies that spawn in around 10 second intervals. In addition to that, there are enemies shooting at you from a distance you cannot kill. It took me a few hours to get past that level and i only did it by ignoring the enemies that were spawning and trying to anticipate the long ranged ones i could not kill.
I get that they want to prevent players from reaching the end of the current story update and loose players until they update it, but by god that feels like a reach considering that the daily grind at minimum is 2 hours.
For instance and encore dungeons, initially you could've only spent 1-2 keys at a time f2p, and the subscriptions would get you up to 4. As you can see now they increased f2p up to 4, but then the subscription to 8.
The artifact grind looks bad because it is bad. There is a stat called "Healing Given Increase" for artifacts, and it does what the name implies, make healing skills better. The issue? The meta is pumping all your stats into strength for jin woo to maximize damage output since being able to tank any enemy hits doesn't matter if you only have 3 mins to kill them all. That artifact stat has been the bane of this grind's existence as it can make getting the perfect drops an RNG nightmare. It was complained about so much that the devs said that they will remove "Healing Given Increase" as a sub-stat entirely, restricting it to only come up as a main stat
Another thing is that all the rings are based on elemental damage, so if the main stat doesn't align with the character you equip it to, its basically useless
e.g. Light hunter equipped with a ring whose main stat is Wind Damage % will not add any damage, so you have to keep grinding main stats while keeping in mind that you are also looking for specific sub-stats
The separate weapon banner is a new addition from the last update, and are the rarest tickets to get at the moment so it makes sense to me that they keep weapons in the custom banners for now
TL;DR: This video perfectly describes the SLA experience, however, as you get closer to the end game the experience gets worse.
Another arise player here and speaking of progression, I am still currently questioning the devs' decision of putting hidden chapter 1 and 2 in between the previous update's chapters and the new ones, it could've been made a side story of sorts and yet they decided to make put it in the main story. Whilst on the topic of hidden chapter, I might as well make an example of why progression is a problem in this game, the boss level of hidden chapter 1 has a huge jump from the previous level: if you were able to at least make decent damage to the enemy on the previous level, normal enemies in the boss level take "tanky" to a whole different level.
@@randomcat1151same i agree my acc lvl is like 43 of that part of leveling could be ez the game would be way better😭
As another player I do agree with most of this, but that new mission isn't as hard as you make it out to be. Put on the extra dodge talent, the fire aoe skill that I forget the name of, the health steal talent, and immortal talent just in case and I cleared it first try just by running/dodging around and killing everyone with the fire skill and using basics to kill any stragglers on 1 hp
As a f2p player i agree with most points but i still somewhat enjoy the game (Edit : game has become really f2p friendly so i recommend you guys play it and no im not kidding a real gacha game listening to its community is a rare thing)
Exactly
same
same here too
you gotta see the p2w stuff every possible time and thats so annoying
@@alexixman722 yeah especially when its still loading so you have to hit the x multiple times. im on mobile so the loading is a big issue
I play alot of gachas f2p to keep me from spending. Im going to keep playing solo leveling arise. But this video is beyond accurate. Brodie cooked and told no lies
I enjoy the game and I am f2p . Your points are valid. The game isn’t the best but it’s fun and gives me extra content to do see about solo levelling.
Edit: I noticed a lot of changes from the video to the game now . As the keys max at 40 .
14:20 the carryover for banners is there
Yea, for this info I highly doubt he went to check with people who actively play this game
@@ExaltedRivenI think it's pretty clear the point was that this type of info should be properly displayed in the explanation of gacha rates and mechanics regardless if it's actually there or not. I shouldn't need to ask someone else or go to another site to know if my pity carry over or not.
@@Larkian it should be very clear, as long as they use the same history page system, the pity carries over. This is common for many gacha
this game is really f2p friendly and if u want to pay just need a bundle of 10 dollars and u are fine
Day 1 light spending player until the latest patch. You are right with your assessment, and it gets worse in the late game when you cannot progress without spending more. Lastly, the game takes up too much time to clear all repetitive content on a daily basis.
I originally wanted to use this game as a training ground for Wuthering Waves, but looking at how predatory it is, as well as how some parts of the gacha are... yeah that idea went to Pgr.
This is my first Netmarble game ever, and now i understand why people hate it.
Hate is a strong word I wouldn't say that people hate it they just don't like it but that's not all people I for one love this game I've been playing since early access.
Lol wuwa is much more predatory then sla....
@@cptninja7890I'm genuinely curious what makes you think this? The devs have admitted that they've already made back the development cost, and money isn't as important as it was to them now. It's extremely f2p friendly. I'm really open to hearing you out though.
One of us! One of us!
The game the very f2p friendly. It not like you need to pay for stuff to actually get it. Or stuff is locked behind purchase. It just make the game easier to grind but hey your entitled to your opinions. Just remember developers gotta get paid for there work and if everything is free how do they get paid?
What made me uninstall (just a few days ago) after playing for 2-3 months is that quality of life functions like sweeping and using up all your keys is locked behind a paywall. It takes way too long to clear dailies. I travel far to work and by the time I get home, Im not going to spend my few hours of free time to play the game and not feel like I missed clearing something.
Exactly this. This game doesn t respect your time, which to me, is like spitting on your face.
People say it takes 1 hour-2hour to complete dailies and that my limit
@@pancake2203to complete every single thing that refreshes daily, sure about 1 hour, do you need to clear every single thing daily as f2p? hell no takes about 30 minutes
Im one week into the game and im starting to lose interest in it because of this. Ive always disliked dailies but here it take way too much of my time and they are not fun to do. Im thinking of returning to pgr
I am enjoying it so far, doesn't take much of my time and money. I only spend the monthly subscription which is fair, and around 1-2 hours of content daily. That left me time to play other non-gacha games
What stopped me from playing was the paid multi summons they had, i was baffled that they waited until you did all the summons to charge you, thats when i quit.
You know there's another gacha game when Pseychie uploads
the answer to the question 'if you lose the pity on rateup banner 1, does the pity guarantee carry it to rateup banner 2' is yes. you can easily see that because the rateup history counts both banners' pity rate as the same. i tried it before when I lost the first coinflip on charlotte's banner, but I still managed to get harper with the same banner using that loss.
>Solo Leveling
>Gacha Characters Level as Well
i have been playing it since release and it is extremely friendly to f2p and p2w players
the game is very good and imo 10/10
Most of the "problems" can be avoided by the events they give a bunch of stuff with
(the event is paying cash)
@@ymir6843 tf? I'm level max f2p and I can tell you events are really helpful
@@ymir6843 Bruh Solo Leveling is f2p af in therms of getting charactors
once u level up more u get 15 gate keys and 6 encore keys and 6instance keys and ur not really supposed to farm all ur mats from gates scince they dont give too much and plus this game is incredibly generous with its rewards anyways u did a pretty decent job so keep going king
edit: the 2nd rate up garuntee does carry over and yes i know they really want u to swipe but as a 100% f2p i can say living without the QOL from paid features isnt as bad as ur making it look and yeah the game does get pretty good in the late game
Every time I feel like playing a gacha, I just look at the cash shop and cry the uninstall
Deleted it in less than an hour of playing, all you had to say was "trash Auto Battler" and "Gacha is exclusively paid"
Edit to add: all autobattlers are trash, without exception.
Played for 2 months, Gameplay solid, but dailies are 1+hour for f2p, sub packs make it 30 minutes for like $20 a month. Microtransactions is incredibly aggressive but gacha system is fair and they are generous with pulls and currency, some events even straight up give you a S-Rank. As much as people shit on this game, I have to give credit where credit is due, this game is incredibly fun for the first 10-20 hours all the way up until progression gets severely hard capped to f2p's because your resource strained and lvl strained. This game also has a very high skill ceiling which not many people are willing to reach. Overall its not a "bad" game, its just egregiously monetized and leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
Need an update on this video:
Gate keys now are 15 and you can now refresh gates (no cooldown needed)
Encore and instance dungeons are both 6 keys + 2 keys from the shop (mana exchange shop)
There are also other dungeons such as Battlefield of Trials (spiral abyss version on genshin), Battlefield of Time (boss clearing), Battlefield of Chaos (where you get gems) ,Power of Destruction (can get multiple rewards base on your score), Workshop of Brillant Light (can get higher gears here that cannot be found on encore and instance)
Does the second rate-up guarantee carryover across banners as well? The answer is YES.
There's also another catch in the gacha system here. If a character banner ends, the character will go the standard banner after the next banner ends. Meaning you can have another chance on getting it (25% if you select it as 1 of your 4 rate up character/weapon on the standard banner) If you are a f2p like me, you can just get an A0 character on the limited banner and then get the get the other copies once they go to the standard banner.
Guild system was the latest update (typical guild system just like on every games)
Devs are also generous on giving rewards. Almost everyday they give rewards.
I think he was a bit too hard with the game. Netmarble is doing a great job with this one. I've been playing it since May (I think) And I was a f2p player, but I'm buying just 1 sub for 3 months. The game itself is pretty generous, it gives a lot of sources and it's improving by day. Now is way too easy to improve if you're a new player. It even gives free SSR characters. The subscriptions make it just faster to (complete) a day of the game. So it's great for people who don't have that much time to spend on games. Not to mention Partner Creator Plus, where you can get a lot of codes with essence stones and other stuff, also the staff gives codes sometimes. People really should give it a try. I really feel bad watching this video, it's like making people not play this game.
11:40 If I had to do the same for HSR gear I’d just drop it. The only reason I play some strategy type games is because at the very least: There is never a gear system for characters.
ngl Solo Leveling is VERY generous with the player base at least pulls and gems wise
i only miss 2 characters that are very bad as well and im f2p and i still have 50k gems and 60+ tickets left after i got every curent character at least once, and all the weapons exept the new spear that just released
3 months later, they have gave out alot of free things
the fact they really had the best IP in the world to create a mobile RPG from, and they still managed to fumble the bag
anyone know what game is shown at 20:00?
Should've been a real game instead of mobage.
I'm tired of anime IPs being locked behind live service microtransactions type of games.
Most gacha never last unless they're one of the top 5 revenue like Mihoyo or directed by some nerd (in a good way) who just want to make games/story like Sunborn/Mica (GFL)
I absolutely loathe live service type of games. Once they're gone, it's gone.
Netmarble is notoriously bad with monetization. I used to play one of their non gacha games, Marvel Future Fight, and it just got worse and worse over time. It wasn't as bad with 7 Deady Sins Grand Cross, but still definitely felt greedy at times even more than other gacha games from other publishers.
I also tried Solo Leveling and left because how annoying the monetization was. And endgame content also gets to a point where it requires not only good gear and leveling, but dupes in order to reach the Battle Power requirements. Feels really scummy when I need multiple copies of the limited characters to feel like I can progress properly. Maybe I just sucked at the game, but the Stat requirements made me feel otherwise
Its crazy that a show about leveling up that you would have to level up in the game. But he said he watched it so most of the hate doesn't make sense
I've been playing Arise since it's early access launch and I couldn't disagree more with this review. Most of the points brought up are outdated information such a s gates NEEDING the subscription. they changed this really fast. The key system has been changed to a 12 universal key/day mechanic that can be stored up to 30 if you cannot play everyday.
The whole argument about skill based yes or no was insane imo. the game's timer isn't a sole agrument against a game being skill based. The example on not being allowed to take a lvl 1 character and beating everything is just childish. This still is a live service game, and they do need soft locks to keep teh audience engaged else they burn themselves out by blitzing the content. this whole segment felt like buddy here forgot this was a gacha. And as someone who had to beat Igris on Chapter 7 pre nerf and Bakura etc I had to beat them being massively udnerleveled and it was an extremly fun expirience fiddeling with skills and teams until you'd find sth that would work.
The take on gacha is pretty poor as well. Obviously so since he mentions eh has 0 expirience with gachas. the guarantee absolutely does carry over. It does so in 99% of games. The Pity at 80 is called hard pity as u are getting a SSR every 80 pulls 100% of the time. The actual pity is at 65 pulls as there the rate for SSR starts to increase dramatically. you'll very rarely go above 72 summons to get a SSR drop. the game also just dumps selector tickets on you like crazy. usually enough to get 4 to 6 SSR every patch. Paired with the fact that limited time SSR's get added to the selector after 1 month and the fact that your very first limited time SSR pity is guaranteed to be the featured unit it's very obvious that this segment was very missinformed.
The game has a reputation of being the most generous game and f2p firendly Gacha out atm, which is crazy for a netmarble game.
I'd give the guy the benefit of the doubt as it's clear he isnt usued to gacha games, as he compared some parts of it to mainstream games like ER. But it's still mind boggeling to me why someone would release a "should u buy" on a Game he doesnt understand at all.
I wish this whole monologe took longer. I still have 2h left at work T-T
The F2P has to play and grind a lot of to keep up but it's not that bad as the video makes it for new players. Also like any other Gatcha game we have to reroll the account and keep the lucky account which gets multiple SSR Characters in first 10 pulls in different banners. I would recommend the game for all my F2P friends.
4:35 This is why I quit WuWa, Thinking it would give me a different experience to Genshin on that aspect, I was expecting it can be all skill on the bosses and game modes but I found out the majority of it still contained stat check with timers. Like what I want is to slay level 100 bosses with level 10 characters if I had the skill and trained for its timing and dodges, I dont give a f*** if it takes me 10 hours to do so.
you did it wrong then.
the gacha games are not the place for you to tryhard by skill only.
all of them are cash grab for more damage.
if you want to grind an hour just to tryhard survive with difficult bosses there's a lot AAA game you want to test
@@kulonstep69real, invest in some paid games and it'll save you money
@@kulonstep69Played them all that's why I want one that has an anime gatcha form. But that's what they advertised at first all the articles and game footages(some even hid the timers) said skill based but still has that element.
Guess It just wouldn't work on a live service gatcha game that I thought would be possible.
Well this video aged like milk
Why something happened with solo leveling? I like some explanation since I am new to the game
Nothing happened lol @@testingabc6207
I'm satisfied with 4 star Chang'e / 2 star Flame girl Tank / and The book guy healer 2 star, the result is I'm F2P, win win boys and I uninstall I got no more content to finish, I'm retired now, great game actually.
Ngl, the game is fine. I been playing it since the beta, and I'm free to play. It's a guilty pleasure, I play it whenever I need to chill, and I have quite a good account without having to spend a single dime.
iam a solo leveling manhwa fan, played the gasha game. i like how the story is presented, i like the gameplay
the monetization is annoying and i stopped playing because the dailies takes a lot of time 1h+
"I'm not a Manhwa discussion Channel"
*Processed to dissect said Manhwa and explain the reason as to why it's so popular*
I mean, he's only done that with this single video?
I wholeheartedly agree with that time limit statement. Stage with time limit is never a skill-based. It's always DPS-check, no matter how cope people says.
Also, it's Netmarble. I remember spent more time installing and updating the game rather than playing it. My personal experience with this game is, they have a mouse cursor in the center of the screen. Yes, a MOUSE CURSOR. And every menu got joystick button shortcut.
I never uninstalled a mobile game faster than this.
This aged well
I still don't understand why they put timers in all video games these days like what's the rush man let me take my time
depends gatcha games do it cuz them being hard in terms of skill would ruin the point since 99% of players are casuals
The amount of hate in the comments is hilarious, keep up the good work Pseychie!
Maybe Im alone in this, but I would've preferred if were just a random hunter whom is rising up through the ranks. From beginner and professional. Our story then would intertwine from time to time with the MC. So we would have a different perspective on how the entire world building and story develops. We would have quest when we would join Jinwoo and other canon characters and build bonds with them which can rewards us with items and stuff once we get them high enough
An Yo Dawg meme in 2024?? 10/10 video, masterpiece.
I have been playing the game since the official release of the game (May 2024) and I am an entirely F2P player. I do agree with some of the points mentioned here, but you can actively choose to ignore the pay to win features totally. I am currently rated top 8 in my server even as a F2P and I have accepted the the fact that I can't reach any higher than that. But the content and challenge of the game has drawn to me to the game a lot more. Micromanaging the resources and creating best use of my current items has helped a lot.
It might be frustrating at first for a very new player, but the resources come by very easily if you are JUST REGULAR at the game and do the dailies properly.
Just wait until bro sees the eminence in shadow gacha game
On a scale 1-10 how bad is the game compared to Solo Leveling Arise, (I never heard of it)
@@panjinurfadillah2489 it's a game that plays for itself (you don't need to lift a finger) it has way too much fan service, the game barely gives you the materials to gamble and it has a stamina system. the only redeeming qualities are the original storyline and the events, they are really good.
Honestly I think they could do well with a proper character action game as a AA project kind of like Ultra Age for this sort of setting.
But do you recommend cookie run kingdom?
From my experience, No. The game become too much of a pay to win at this point, you can't continue higher level without certain characters.
For a gacha game I recomended is limbus company, There are only 12 sinners (Characters) you can play but have different identity, The game focus much on the story aspect of each characters and has the most word in a gacha game, the story is peak, The gameplay is bit tricky, But i highly recommend it.
18:55 I'm pretty sure Solo levelling is getting another season featuring his son, It's called Solo Levelling: Ragnarok.
A very fair review. I've just started playing this game, and I'm enjoying it for what it is, but I can definitely see myself stopping after I finish the story mode.
If you have time, please try Morimens, one of my favourite after Reverse99
I've seen that on Play Store a few times and wanted to try it, but no EN localization was a dealbreaker. Has that changed?
@@WadeWontson i have played it recently and yes it has EN now but the translation sometime wrong but it just minor issue and you can still read the skill and story like normal and it is on steam for any PC player.
He has reviewed it already
Just check his channel
To be honest, the game has its flaws and i mean a lot of them but for us who started from launch we kinda got numb to all the bullshit so right we are stuck with it but any new outside person i can see how painfull it can be so yeah tbh only early gamers can enjoy this game at this point
So true bro
Nah as a f2p player from early access i don't have that much problem with those kinda things you mention. I play gatcha for time pass. While SLA don't that good at potato phone, it good at pc and good phone. I love Solo Leveling Novel and love the art of Manwha. Also NM devs are kinda care about this game. Still wished if they even give some love to past games. Remember there are better Gatcha game out there but if you are a solo leveling fan, i will say try it also use good phone or a pc. I am kinda sick of those people who don't that resources for this game then say lag this lag that.
Don't come in the comments to give hate, this is just my opinion.
as a f2p player with approx. 3 months of playing the game, i'd say it is quite enjoyable and there are enough ways to get new characters and the developers do make good qol changes and listen to complaints (SOMETIMES). its def one of the better gacha games and there is still a lot of skill expression involved, even if their is the statcheck factor. I havent looked into the monetization at all tho, which is where all gachas turn evil anyway. staying f2p is always the best option imo, and in this one it doesnt take any fun away
I’ve been playing the game before global release. The 50/50 guaranteed on the banner does carry over from previous limited banners. I’ve encountered this scenario a few times. Hope that helps👍.
This game has ALL of the gacha red-flags, impressive!
I would be so interested in his opinion of Warhammer Tacitus. The obvious downsides are IP based, not a great story, and (currently) no pity system. However, it's leveling system is very F2P, no pulling for gear, lots of content, frequent events and updates, and the fact you don't need SS/legendary characters to progress. Some of the best characters are common/uncommon/rare, and all characters can be converted to legendary.
Considering Solo Leveling has such infamy for being a mahwa with a story so bland and repetitive as the cast of characters itself and whose only redeeming quality is the art and bombastic action I knew where this was going...
i played ts when it was just released and stopped after the female water character was released after a few weeks. grinding for skills and artifacts was fun but as an F2P, it just wasn't enough to progress any better through the storylines(if u got bad characters and broke? u r absolutely cooked)
I wonder how much his opinion would change after the recent updates lol 😂
Make a good existing anime IP gacha challenge: impossible.
It’s too bad the most recent SAO gacha is down because it was a MESS and would make a good video. They shit it down only months after launch because it was just that bad. They say they are working on improving it with plans to rerelease, but that’s been postponed multiple times.
Ok how can you barely play the game and judge it? Also, the more you progress, the more keys you get for the instance and encore missions. I am completely F2P, and I have even stopped playing at intervals, yet I have access to 40 keys, which is yet another thing you criticized about the game before progressing far enough. Your claim on the auto function is also wrong; you can still defeat gates with the auto function even if you don't have a massive power difference as long as you have decent characters and a decent moveset. What is there to "micromanage" about the gates? Just do the gates you need by using the characters. Looking at numbers is not that hard. You make the claim that for new players, the RNG substats and the 8 equipment slots are too hard. So it is basically 8 equipment. Optimize the substats for your character, and you are done. It is just looking at numbers and looking at the characters' playstyle so I don't understand what you mean by hard. Saying, "They give out a number of standard banner pulls" is also not true. They are incredibly generous with their pulls and gems that they give out. Almost no gacha compares to the generosity that sla has. The pity system for SLA is also amazing. Most of the time (tested out through thousands of tickets, along with my guildmates), the average ticket used to get a character is 50. The "atrocious monetization" is actually you being atrocious. A game is made to make money. How will they make money if they do not advertise it. That's like complaining; you see advertisements everywhere you go while walking around Las Vegas. You get 2 ads when you log into the game. And 1-2 every hour. It takes 3 seconds to click the x button. That is not "shoving it in your face". The fact that they reward you for even checking out the advertisements is something no other gacha does btw, and it even rewards you with 100 free gems sometimes. Throughout the entire video, you keep on moaning and groaning on and on about how it shows you the possible money spent to gain extra rewards and blah blah blah. I stopped playing for periods of time, and before that, I barely played, and I am Ar rank 70 as a F2P. The monetization is not needed at all, and if you actually played the game, you would realize this. Then you talk about the subscription needed to buy tickets for 50% off. Have you ever bought something for 50% off with no strings attached? Probably not. Because it is an insane discount, I have never seen a game implement. And guess what? Even your ending point is garbage. If you did even an ounce of research before blasting this game because it is an IP based game, you would know that there is Solo Levelling Ragnorak, and it was announced it would be coming out. "Your progression will be throttled around chapter nine-ish". Hilarious stuff, claiming it is not a skill-based game, then claiming you can't beat the levels. Even with your power in the red(which gives you stat debuffs), you can win if you're good enough. Just look at PayneBlade and his F2P account. I love your channel as I have just recently discovered it, but I think you could have done more research before posting a video like this. I mean no hate, but please don't just trash a game because it is IP based. Sorry for the grammar errors. I wrote this kind of fast lol.
The amount of keys has been increased a few times ago. Before I think that you could only have 10 each day. Same things for the number of gates keys that has been reduced to 10 instead of 15.
You're right. Nothing Storywise is breaking the wheel. However between the Story have mega hype moments, and Studio Redice just absolutely NAILING the art; Solo Leveling made it to top tier.
What other Game would you recomend ?😊 Please tell me
I haaaate how they're clearly using AI art for the pretty girl characters. It's so obvious too. They have been cleaned up so there's no weird hands or whatever (that I've seen) but if the monetization wasn't so atrocious I still would never play it just because of that alone. The difference in art style is just so jarring.
Oh yea I noticed that ugly AI art. Another reason to pass.
been playing this games since day one, if you do it for fun only,not pursuing anything but to enjoy the vibes, story gameplay, graphics etc, it's a good game, this game is slow paced games, means you need to invest your time or even your money to be able to finish the content, yes, this is p2w games and not skilled based games, but overall it's good, don't skip it but Try it yourself, then you decide it's worth it or not.
me personally, thinks this game is good and I happily play this games everyday , the developer are very generous, the community is good and pretty active, the issue is this game has so many bugs yet the developer quickly addressing the bug and fixing it even tough there's still plenty,..
one last thing I can say, The developer loves this game I can tell
still waiting for that Guardian tales video :(
Player since launch day, while I can't say I'm fully F2P since I tried the 2 monthly subscription versions but after that month I stopped any thoughts of spending. I could say that progression is definitely steep, one must better buckle up to fail and fail some more. You have to grind for weeks if needed, the relic rng is just so livid. You have to also brace yourself in low rewards in some events/modes which whales flap around (understandable).
The game is good in bare minimum level and what keeping me is probably the gacha rate and rewards a F2P received, up till this point I have never gone down from 30k gems and I pull every unit. I give them credit with that, heck they even put a whole 10 pulls in codes or randomly give one in mails.
I know its paywall and fomo inducing but it really is decent, I run in auto and clear everything... well progressively (still farming to prepare in getting lvl80+ relics).
I know IP is also a factor I like this, watching my Cha get maxed Breakthrough and cleave enemies is great or seeing a celebrity turned hunter is also exciting.
It is also astonishing they gave 4 skins almost 4 months since launch, not saying too generous but they definitely know how to give carrots.
Anyway, overall if you are finding a casual game, this could give a few high (knowing that vertical progression is not easily seen pass Ch9), so gamer patience advised.
If competitive and f2p, well you can still try but know that it'll be a steep climb that allows few to no mistakes and a world of depression. The top rewards ain't that worth to pursue anyway.
if spending, heck no get the hell out if you can't deal well with FOMO or has zero financial stability. GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER!
Sidenote though this is just side gacha in the bg, I play Alchemy Stars, Path to Nowhere, Aether Gazer, Snowbreak, HSR, Rev1999 and WuWa with this (and yes I still get to have a life and work, heck I'm even studying in college).
Again, is it good to play?Maybe. Is it good to spend, no and NO!
I have a question
Do you write your own scripts or do u employ somebody else to do it for u?
If so then they are 100% using chatgpt and other AI stuff for it
I'm not saying it's bad but if they're making it using AI then you can too 😅 don't waste money
I'm pretty sure it's genuine from his own experience with how describing how he feels and the fact bring into the Manhua and where he left reading it it's just a detail i don't think AI is gonna get, and he is very *Based* for sh-t talking gacha game, So there's no point using Ai when you can ramble how sh-tty this game is.
The timer fight is made me quit this game and back to aether gazer games, it is similiar but no timer nonsense outside event stages or challanges stages..
a good number of things you've said in this video are not true
I would love to see you do video for the new jjk gacha game, I use to play solo leveling but to have simple quality of life behind pay walls is unforgivable imo.