The official launch of Honkai: Star Rail has arrived, with the game now being available to download. The epic space fantasy RPG from Genshin Impact developers HoYoverse can be played on Android, iOS, and PC via Windows and the Epic Games Store.
It’s a free-to-play game featuring a similar anime art style and a semi-open world experience. At the start of the game players (known as trailblazers) will set out from a space station recently invaded by the Antimatter Legion, one of the game’s main enemy factions. You initially take control of two of the game’s supporting story characters. But are quickly tasked with choosing a male or female main character to continue the story. Just as you did with the Traveler in the beginning of Genshin Impact.
What transpires after is much of what you’ve come to love about Genshin with a unique spin.
The launch of Honkai: Star Rail brings fresh gameplay
Fans of Genshin Impact will notice many familiarities between it and Honkai: Star Rail. But there are two main components that have changed. Exploration is not nearly as vast and massive. And combat is now turn-based as opposed to real-time action. This shakeup makes for a fresh take on HoYoverse’s formula. Though many aspects from the studio’s previous game are still present. For instance, this is still a gacha game. Players will eventually have the opportunity to add new characters to their team lineup.
And all of those characters will have their own unique abilities centered around one of the game’s many different elemental power affinities. Elements like fire, lightning, ice, and wind will all strike a chord with Genshin Players. As they mimic the elements pyro, cryo, electro, and anemo. There are also a few interesting newcomers, such as quantum, imaginary, and physical.
While the game hasn’t been out long, it already seems to be off to a great start. You can check out the official launch trailer below, and you can find the game for your preferred platform. Unfortunately, that doesn’t include PlayStation at this time. A PlayStation version of the game is coming, but the release date is still pending as that version is still in development.
Honkai: Star Rail – Google Play
2023-04-27 15:10:26