Gacha:
Rates are not bad and there is a beginner banner with a 3* guarantee. There are Sinners (units) and E.G.O.s (kinda like unlockable ultimate attack for units), unfortunately they are mixed in the same banner. (I don't think they have a pity system yet).
*Better rarity does not mean better units, at least according to the guides... People also say that it's better to have different E.G.O.s rather than different Sinners.
Reroll:
Reroll is really easy, just go to settings -> account -> close account. Tutorial is skippable, each reroll probably takes only 5 minutes. I think you get around 50 pulls worth of currencies because of pre-register rewards.
Storyline/Art:
I'm still at chapter 2 but I've enjoyed it so far. Story is a bit heavy and chaotic, some of the illustration scenes are gory (blood, weird monsters, torn up bodies). The art is unique and not your typical waifu gacha game.
Music:
Music is decent but their stabbing sfx is great, you can hear the splort splurch sprut.
Gameplay:
RPG but you connect the Sinners' skills. Gameplay is extremely complicated, there are many factors that determine your Sinners' damage. It also has an RNG element (coin toss).
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Overall fun game but it was also kinda laggy (I play on mobile) at the beginning for E.G.O. execution but turning down the graphics to medium and turning off post-processing helped.
They also don't have daily mission that give out gacha currencies which is pretty weird. Paid battle pass is 15 euros. And AFAIK, you can't change the Sinners art in the home menu.
Gacha: 4/5
Nice drop rate and could get a 6 star in under 50 pulls (50 is the pity). They're quite generous with the gacha currencies, you get 1800 Originum per week (Annihilation)+ 700 Originium per week ( 7 days of daily missions) + 500 Originium per week (weekly mission) which equals to 6 pulls per week (600 Originium per pulls). In the beginning you will get a free 6 star and I think the best one is Exusiai and SilverAsh, there are tons of guides for rerolling so I suggest y'all check those.
There are 2 kinds of limited operators:
1. Will rerun in future (usually during half anniversaries): W, Rosmontis, Nian, Ling
2. Will never get a rerun (at least by the time I post this): S̶k̶a̶d̶i̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶'̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶N̶e̶a̶r̶l̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶S̶p̶e̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶e̶r̶ collab characters (R6S and Monster Hunter)
Gameplay: 3.7/5
I'm bad at strategy games so do take this in consideration.
Stages can be cleared with low rarity operators and high rarity operators. Stages can be hard at times but they do give this "training ticket" thing where you play without getting the rewards (think of it as a way to plan your team for a stage). There are also many guides on YouTube if you suck at this type of game, my favorites are KyoStinV and Eckogen. Their guides are easy to follow and you can just copy them or modify your own.
Edit : This game has energy system by the way. Regeneration is 1 Sanity (energy points) per 5 minutes. And it has auto-mode once you complete a stage with 3 star. Auto-mode are available for every stages and are very useful for grinding, I think the CN has auto-complete ticket for Annihilation so you don't have to wait 30 minutes for 300ish Originium.
Art: 5/5
Arknights features MANY artists which of course have different artstyles. I think it caters to everyone because it has waifus (Surtr), husbandos (Thorns), and even cute lil kids (Suzuran). They also give L2D for limited operators for the Elite 2 art. There are also F2P friendly skins because you need Originite Primes which are obtainable through clearing stages.
Story: 4/5
The first chapters are kinda confusing for me and some characters are plain annoying but some of them do get developments in the next chapters. Story is text heavy (everything explained through texts, no video cutscenes) and is like a light novel.
Music: 5/5
Music and theme song matches the mood and they even make special song for some characters. They also have Monster Siren which specially produces music for Arknights (cmiiw). Literally top notch music that you wouldn't expect to come from a gacha game.
Community: depends (I'm on Twitter btw)
If you are in the "normal" community, all they talk about is the lore, make their own OCs, scream about their favorites, make meme, and other normal stuff. However, there are some people who would lewd the kid looking characters or of course make NSFW of those characters. There aren't any discourses (as far as I know) and most of them are just there to talk about their strats/fav characters/lore.
Conclusion:
Anime strategy games that doesn't take much of your time, has nice characters/lore/music that will make you want to open the game everyday.
Graphics: 5/5
The cards are really pretty and they've tried differenty artstyle/approach into making the cards.
Gameplay: 4.5/5
It might be a little too hard for players unexperienced with rhythm games (when they play expert difficulty), but some practice should make the game easier for the players. I used to not be able to full combo hard or 20+ difficulty songs but I got better after playing the game for 1 month.
This game has 3 types of events:
where you either compete with other players and get rewards based on you rank,
or you play normally (either solo or multi live) to get as many event points for rewards and to clear event challenges,
or you play together with 4 other players to beat the other players' team.
Your scores are determined from how good you play, how good is your characters' skills and how good your band equipments/furnitures are, but it is mostly skill based.
Gacha: 4.5/5
Good drop rates and players get tons of gacha currencies during anniversaries/special event (new story episodes). Players can get gacha currencies from clearing and full combo-ing songs, reading characters' stories (from the cards), and from the main band stories.
Limited:
- Dreamfest, previous rate up cards will be added to the future dreamfest gacha pool (not exactly limited).
- Collabs, can only be acquired during that collab period time. Reruns may happen as the Persona collab had a rerun last September (2021).
- Birthdays, can only be acquired during that character's birthday. Each year features new birthday cards for characters. I'm unsure about this but I think the birthday cards will not have any reruns so do save for you favorite character's birthday.
Reroll:
Easy to reroll and it is best to reroll during anniversary as you get tons of gacha currencies.
Conclusion:
Good for either busy people or people with many free time as the game doesn't require you too PLAY EVERYDAY (you do get daily rewards tho but there aren't any daily missions). Best to be played and enjoyed as a side game because competing in the JP rank (during events) is sort of impossible because of how dedicated they are to this game.
Limbus Company
4.0Gacha:
Rates are not bad and there is a beginner banner with a 3* guarantee. There are Sinners (units) and E.G.O.s (kinda like unlockable ultimate attack for units), unfortunately they are mixed in the same banner. (I don't think they have a pity system yet).
*Better rarity does not mean better units, at least according to the guides... People also say that it's better to have different E.G.O.s rather than different Sinners.
Reroll:
Reroll is really easy, just go to settings -> account -> close account. Tutorial is skippable, each reroll probably takes only 5 minutes. I think you get around 50 pulls worth of currencies because of pre-register rewards.
Storyline/Art:
I'm still at chapter 2 but I've enjoyed it so far. Story is a bit heavy and chaotic, some of the illustration scenes are gory (blood, weird monsters, torn up bodies). The art is unique and not your typical waifu gacha game.
Music:
Music is decent but their stabbing sfx is great, you can hear the splort splurch sprut.
Gameplay:
RPG but you connect the Sinners' skills. Gameplay is extremely complicated, there are many factors that determine your Sinners' damage. It also has an RNG element (coin toss).
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Overall fun game but it was also kinda laggy (I play on mobile) at the beginning for E.G.O. execution but turning down the graphics to medium and turning off post-processing helped.
They also don't have daily mission that give out gacha currencies which is pretty weird. Paid battle pass is 15 euros. And AFAIK, you can't change the Sinners art in the home menu.