![]() If there’s a character you really want, for example, you might want to save up until they’re available.ĭifferent gacha games also treat their character-collecting aspect differently. Once you’ve figured the whole currency business out-like how much of those you can get by playing daily-you can make decisions about when to pull and when not to. In Fire Emblem Heroes, it’s the “Orbs” which you can get from daily login, story battles, and some specific quests. In Genshin, for example, it’s the “Primogem” which you get from doing the main quests, daily quests, and limited time events. Most gacha games have a reliable way of making currency-used-for-pulling over time. For your first few days of playing, you should just get used to all these systems, get to know which currencies are used for what, and which part of the game is the most fun for you. Any one of these systems can contribute to your ability to pull new characters. As I mentioned before, gacha games tend to have multiple interconnected systems. Most gacha games will push you to pull for new characters with phrases like “First ten pulls FREE”, but you might want to hold out for a bit. Tip #2: Don’t worry about pulling for new characters when you’re just starting out It’s here so you don’t get too absorbed playing the game… Once you’ve ran out of stamina, well, maybe it’s time to take a break? The game will still be here when you check in tomorrow. A cynic might say this is a predatory system meant to get you to pay cash to restore that stamina, but in any of the decent games, the stamina system is here to help you. Most of these games also implement a “stamina” system, where once you’ve ran out, you can’t do specific actions anymore. You can’t experience all the content in one go. Many of them feature free rewards just for checking in daily and doing low-energy actions. I did mention that these games are usually meant to be played by busy people on their commute, right? At their most casual, gacha games are like, 5-minutes-a-day affair, to be played over months. These are games that constantly evolve and expect you to be here for the long haul.īut it also expects you to take things slowly. The core gameplay might be simple, but there will likely be lots of interlocking systems underneath all that,this before mentioning all the new features and content added over time. You will never understand these games in just one sitting. Some games, like arcade games, you can have a lot of fun with in one sitting and then never touch them again. So: Tip #1: Gacha games are long-term games. This is a blog post about playing the game, not an academic overview of what gacha games are. There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, after all.Īnyway. Monetization in the free-to-play zone can be very sophisticated these days, it will be unfair to reduce it to “gambling” or “predatory”. ![]() Some also have monthly subscriptions that give extra perks. Most of these currencies are used to pull for new characters, but they can also be used to buy cosmetic upgrades and the likes. Gacha games are typically free to play, with options for buying in-game currencies with real life money. A few more recent games, though-most prominently Genshin Impact-are solid whole games on their own that can match any premium games. Most gacha games are made for mobile and meant to be played by busy people during their commute, so they tend to be simple and replayable. But the only good gacha games-the ones that managed to survive their first few years-are also those with solid gameplay. Collecting is what the genre was first established for, after all. Some of the fun of gacha games lie in collecting these new characters. This throw-currency-get-random-character is usually called “pulling”. A “gacha game” has a few key characteristics: 1) It is constantly updated with new content (or in other words, it’s a live service game), 2) Its main gameplay consist of utilizing different characters / equipments, and the number of playable characters / equipments increases with every new update, 3) The main way to gain new characters / equipments is by throwing in-game currency and getting randomized result. Gacha games are fun, truly! They’re just fun in a slightly different different way than other, more conventional, games. Gonna preface this by saying I’m not an expert or anything, but I’ve regularly played at least four gacha games (Otogi, Fire Emblem Heroes, Genshin Impact, Arknights, Sdorica too for a bit) and have been keeping up with friends who play a few more, so I think I know how to handle them. (Not sure what image I should put on this blog post, so here’s my current white whale, Exusiai from Arknights)
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