While a lot of people seem to have dismissed this game here for the sole reason of it being a gacha, I honestly think this is one of if not the best gacha game available right now. If gacha games aren’t your thing I don’t know if this will change it but if they are, this is the one.
This game is filled with passion, from the music, the art, and the story. (Obligatory mention of that they make character/event songs and a lot of them are really fucking good). The story and lore run fucking deep and if you can get past the verbosity at times (ahem Kal’tsit) it will not disappoint. Theres a bunch of artists who work on this game but the majority of the art is really good, and theres also a lot of great voice acting, including EN/KR/CN voices which are being added in waves, if you prefer that to JP voice acting. The character art also isn’t overly sexualized like most gachas. They release a lot of skins that you can easily get. Each are made by in universe clothing lines and most of them look amazing.
As for gameplay, it’s fun. The tower defense format allows for a ton of gameplay variety and theres a shit ton of stages. It also is hard, even with the best units in the game you still have to think. Theres a steady stream of content and also an auto replay for after you beat a stage which makes farming convenient. Integrated strategies is awesome and I am glad they are continuing to do it. My only complaint here is annihilation. That mode sucks, but at least it has good rewards. Theres a base which gives you a steady stream of resources for little effort. The upgrade item drop rates are pretty good and the events give a lot of stuff. Also lower rarity operators are very useful and you don’t need the meta 6 stars to be good at the game (though it helps).
Most notably this game has really good gacha currency, and a good gacha system. Gacha also isnt the only way to acquire units. The gacha flat rate is 2% for 6 stars but at 50 pulls or more it starts to increase to where you’re basically guaranteed to get a 6 star from 50-60 pulls. Unfortunately for the limited banners theres a 300 pull hard pity where you can buy any 6 star rate up on the banner, but this is hard to get. The limiteds don't come back often and when they do they have extremely low gacha rates so you basically have to save up for the 300 pulls which sucks. This is slightly offset by the fact they give a lot of gacha pulls during the limited banners and they only come 4 times a year. Theres also multiple other ways to get 6 stars. You can buy them with a currency you get from duplicates (which is easy to get, for anyone), and also get them from recruitment, a gacha-esque system where you do singles with much lower rates but can choose the tags of who you will get, some tags guaranteeing 5 or 6 stars. I think the best part about the whole system is that the game focuses on a steady stream of gacha currency rather than giving it mostly through clearing the story like a lot of other games. As an f2p player or a light spender with consistent play you can reasonably get most of the operators you want, barring past limiteds. You don’t need to whale to get who you want in this game.
So yeah its a good game if you like gachas. If you think it looks cool give it a try, its probably the highest quality and one of the most generous gachas out there. Been playing for almost a year and still love it.
This game is filled with passion, from the music, the art, and the story. (Obligatory mention of that they make character/event songs and a lot of them are really fucking good). The story and lore run fucking deep and if you can get past the verbosity at times (ahem Kal’tsit) it will not disappoint. Theres a bunch of artists who work on this game but the majority of the art is really good, and theres also a lot of great voice acting, including EN/KR/CN voices which are being added in waves, if you prefer that to JP voice acting. The character art also isn’t overly sexualized like most gachas. They release a lot of skins that you can easily get. Each are made by in universe clothing lines and most of them look amazing.
As for gameplay, it’s fun. The tower defense format allows for a ton of gameplay variety and theres a shit ton of stages. It also is hard, even with the best units in the game you still have to think. Theres a steady stream of content and also an auto replay for after you beat a stage which makes farming convenient. Integrated strategies is awesome and I am glad they are continuing to do it. My only complaint here is annihilation. That mode sucks, but at least it has good rewards. Theres a base which gives you a steady stream of resources for little effort. The upgrade item drop rates are pretty good and the events give a lot of stuff. Also lower rarity operators are very useful and you don’t need the meta 6 stars to be good at the game (though it helps).
Most notably this game has really good gacha currency, and a good gacha system. Gacha also isnt the only way to acquire units. The gacha flat rate is 2% for 6 stars but at 50 pulls or more it starts to increase to where you’re basically guaranteed to get a 6 star from 50-60 pulls. Unfortunately for the limited banners theres a 300 pull hard pity where you can buy any 6 star rate up on the banner, but this is hard to get. The limiteds don't come back often and when they do they have extremely low gacha rates so you basically have to save up for the 300 pulls which sucks. This is slightly offset by the fact they give a lot of gacha pulls during the limited banners and they only come 4 times a year. Theres also multiple other ways to get 6 stars. You can buy them with a currency you get from duplicates (which is easy to get, for anyone), and also get them from recruitment, a gacha-esque system where you do singles with much lower rates but can choose the tags of who you will get, some tags guaranteeing 5 or 6 stars. I think the best part about the whole system is that the game focuses on a steady stream of gacha currency rather than giving it mostly through clearing the story like a lot of other games. As an f2p player or a light spender with consistent play you can reasonably get most of the operators you want, barring past limiteds. You don’t need to whale to get who you want in this game.
So yeah its a good game if you like gachas. If you think it looks cool give it a try, its probably the highest quality and one of the most generous gachas out there. Been playing for almost a year and still love it.