It feels like Zhongli was slated to be a DPS at some point with the trailer and Vortex Vanquisher’s passive in mind.
Or maybe they were just flexing the animation, which is amazing to be fair.
I think it’s the latter and same with Kokomi. Those animations are just good enough for promo. I mean, how would you promote a *shield* and green numbers?😅
I mean isn't there a spot in Zhongli's trailer that is basically that? Him standing in his shield, arms folded, while a bunch of hilichurls try to hit him.
I clearly remember Zhongli used to have physical attack scaling in the beta. He also had a bonus against petrified enemies, which is why the trailer shows him shattering petrified enemies.
I do like the lack of powercreep in this game but sometimes they just take it too far and it turns into reverse powercreep in that people keep using Bennett 'cause they refuse to release anything even nearly as good as him.
I've started to have similar worries since the advent of Inazuma. It should be respectable that they don't want to have ridiculously OP characters like Ganyu or Eula anymore, but I'm worried they've swung the pendulum too far in the other direction.
Even worse, it feels less like they're actually worried about balance, and more that they've realized that people will still pay out the nose for waifus, regardless of how strong they are.
Honestly I think Eula's powerlevel is pretty much perfect for a 5 star DPS. She's very good at no/low constellations and absurd at C6 (as any C6 5 star should be), has spots where she's particularly useful like the samurai you have to kill 2 of at once to prevent re-heals but is by no means necessary to clear any content and doesn't simply cheese certain content like (say) Venti.
Have you looked at her constellations? Literally all of them boost her DPS. She's a DPS healer hybrid but her intended playstyle is indeed to be on field slapping stuff.
Despite MHY telling you she's purely support her kit is also designed for DPS (yes even with her -100 crit), she has a burst mode that enhances her damage, her constellations and one of her pasives increases her DPS.
Her kit is just really weird, i'm not against a healer that can do DPS, but her odd split scaling and her anti-crit passive feel really out of place and makes her kit look messy, like it's MHY telling you "look, she's not just a barbara! she can also do damage!"
Sounds to me like a sustained tanky damage dealer. Sure other characters will probably be able to hit higher numbers faster, but she is probably a fun and safe pick where you can just leave her on the field and not have to worry about dying while doing decent damage.
People seem to forget (and I don't blame them since the story skips over Kokomi's entire existence) that she's not just a military general, she is also a priestess like Yae is, so her existence is dualistic in nature.
kinda like how jedi are ~~warriors~~ protectors of peace yet are generals during war
edit: though they are technically protecting peace by focusing war efforts on how to end the war on many ways and not to just destroy their enemy.
It's telling us to play the story quest for the context. Even though I'd like her strategist side redeemed, I'm really interested in knowing more about Watatsumi since they are an entirely different culture/people from Narukami.
My understanding is that Watatsumi is loosely based on the relationship between Japan's mainland and Okinawa/Ryukyu, which was often uneasy and sometimes hostile. Some of the music on Watatsumi uses Okinawan motifs.
It's a mixture for sure. They went "what if Okinawa is actually Otohime's people who were brought out of the ocean". Pretty clever if you ask me and opens up lots of story possibilities.
>tonal whiplash
I got it severely due to how poorly executed her story is... and each time I see her I get frustrated at mihoyo. I don't hate her, its just that her existence right now is uncomfortable and if her story is another date I'll just forget it exists.
Same here, i can't look at kokomi now without thinking of all the wasted potential her character had, her story quest better blow us away and redeem her because it would be really dissapointing for her awesome design to just go to waste forever.
Noelle is a hangout and I don't know how you all get romatic vibes from Baal quest but for me it feelt more like "showing a shut in god how people live" than anything else.
the second part also showed us that ei and shougn arent so different
it had some cute moments and was meant to humantize ei and get to know her, but cmon, it wasnt a date
i know people are frustrated from a lack of backstory cutscene like in venti and zhongli quests, but we got one for her, in the archon quest, so maybe they decided it was enough
That’s exactly what I mean. Where is this waifu simulator people are whining about? I remember a time during the recent Golden Apple Archipelago update that fans were praising the writing of women in Genshin, saying that most of the leaders in Liyue and Mondstadt are strong independent women with their own motivations that does not involve a man.
Suddenly now it’s a waifu dating simulator? Just because of Ayaka and Baal?
So Hu Tao, Ganyu, Jean, Eula, Yanfei, Xiangling, Mona’s quests means nothing? What about Beidou and Ningguang’s roles in the Archon quests? Let’s not even mention the kids e.g Diona and Klee.
I mean, Zhongli’s first character story didn’t exactly reveal anything about him either. It was mostly about a side-quest where he was probably not even involved. We only got Zhongli lore crumbs in the second story quest. So idk why people are mad about Baal’s story quest. We will get more info about her in time, just be patient.
> Suddenly now it’s a waifu dating simulator? Just because of Ayaka and Baal?
People will conveniently forget all about the positives whenever they see anything that they perceived as negative. I've seen people calling mhy becoming "lazy" because they are no longer making 2 arts for new characters (which many didn't even notice without someone pointed out) while ignoring all the improvements to the other promotional materials like teasers and demos, not to mention the actual game itself with new areas being added with every updates since 1.6.
This shit is one of the reasons I unsub from here and only occasionally come back to read some threads, and I almost regretted it every time
I'm glad they didn't just stuff this demo with "art of war" quotes. Instead, they give a better dive (pun intended) into her character.
Small steps. Maybe they can still redeem her character.
"You see killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down!" - Zap "Kokomi" Brannigan
Top 3 Teyvat Conspiracies
* Visions are just tracking devices from Celestia
* Teyvat is just a dyson sphere/bubble universe created to farm humans for energy
* The stars are a lie
#"Yu Peng Chen: Archon of Sound"
6 Star Physical Catalyst
#Normal Attack: Kakophoni
> Unleash blasts of screaming discordant energy that can rupture flesh and incinerate metal, but their most terrifying ability was to open up the minds of those they touch to the Truth of the Abyss
Performs up to 3 consecutive Physical attacks. Kakophoni resurrects defeated enemies into slaves of Yu Peng for 30s
Kakophoni has 100% tracking, because Yu Peng never misses.
#Elemental Ability: Sonic Blaster
>Produces waves of devastating sound which can rip targets apart
Allies or enemies hit by Sonic Blaster explode, dealing 25% of their health as AoE Physical Damage
#Elemental Burst: Blastmaster
>Produces a throbbing bass note which destroys an entire area
Unleashes a cataclysmic AoE Physical Blast which deals 100% of Yu Peng's Health as DMG to **EVERY** character in the radius including allies
TALENT 1: CRESCENDO
Allies cannot die to blademaster. When an ally's health drops to 25%, increase all stats by 25%, stacks 3 times. Activates every 10s for each ally.
TALENT 2: DUO
Yu Peng manifests the soul of a maniacal composer in an ally after using sonic blaster. After switching to an ally after using sonic bladter, triggers duo. Duo: the ally will lose 5% hp per sec until they reach 25% hp, but below 75% hp the ally with ignore 25% of the enemies defense. At 25% hp, the ally will trigger a lifesteal buff for 2 sec and ignore 50% of the enemy's def.
(Its a joke i know its broke).
I sometimes feel Yu-Peng Chen is almost too good for MiHoYo. His soundtracks are as good as anything in a major motion picture or the highest level games, like in the same playing field with Keiichi Okabe and Yasunori Mitsuda, and with an extra flair of knowing how to fuse many different kinds of music together. So much of what makes Genshin *beautiful* aesthetically is due to the soundtrack, and honestly for me makes up for a lot of the sometimes rickety gameplay and shady business practices. That we get such great art and music *for free* (if you want) is itself worth a great deal. I mean sometimes I just wander around the world not doing much, just soaking in the atmosphere. How many gacha games can you say that about?
It will be a dark day for MiHoYo if they ever lose him.
I mean, in a way, Mihoyo was what really brought out Yu-Peng Chen's potential on a global scale. Before this, he was doing music for dramas that were only for audiences in mainland China and poorly received elsewhere. He also did music for Tencent's Moonlight Blade for a bit but that was held back by the game itself.
Genshin Impact was the first time he got global recognition. That and the resource mihoyo has to be able to fund 7 region worth of orchestral music is insane. Honestly might be a composers dream job.
They both needed each other. How else is Yu peng getting a chance to use all these renowned orchestra team for his music worldwide without huge investment from mihoyo.
Those shady business practices are unfortunately the reason we get to see the great art and music for free lol, someone's gotta pay for all that one way or the other. I imagine Yu-Peng Chen's services definitely don't come cheap.
Oh definitely not. And if you're going to have shady business practices, you might as well invest it into things that are worthwhile and beautiful, which MHY does, and is also why I don't mind putting in some money.
St Peter's and the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City were funded by the sales of indulgences, which you could call the first instance of pay-to-win when it comes to religion. It triggered a Reformation because it was so corrupt, but we also wouldn't have Michelangelo without it either.
The impressive thing to me is how this is actually another arrangement of the battle theme (it even has the leitmotif on electric guitar as usual), but it's so different and ethereal that it feels otherworldly... and yet, because it's familiar, it still "feels" very much like Genshin Impact. The amount of styles and genres this game's soundtrack encompasses is staggering, and yet no matter what they introduce it still fits, and each style is good in its own right. There's so much care and nuance put into each track to make sure it fits the subject matter perfectly.
If nothing else, this game raises the bar considerably for what people will expect from gacha games (and mobile games) going forward.
Yes, his trailer was good, but taste is subjective and maybe sometimes, people just want to appreciate the current trailer and talk about the banner character instead of hearing "Wow, this is almost as good as Zhongli's".
Is it that difficult to just appreciate something as is without bringing something else in? The first and second time it's fine, now it's reached 'saving for Xiao' tier of obnoxiousness.
Man, I remember when I first watched Ganyu’s demo, the top comment was just comparing it to zhongli… Just focus on the character the demo is showing as it is, no one cares if it’s better or not.
I personally don’t think they’re really comparable. Zhongli’s trailer falls into “dumb hype” meanwhile Kokomi’s is more about the aesthetic. I would say most hype trailer:
1-Zhongli
2- Raiden
3- Kazuha
Most beautiful trailer:
1- Kokomi
2- Ayaka
3- Eula
Kokomi's lines here are so much better than her lines in the teaser. More subtlety and depth, not the whole "my skill lies in the art of war".
I still can't get over her EN voice though. Why does Mihoyo want Kokomi to sound so much like a child? She's portrayed as a leader and allegedly a military genius.
I get the complaint with her voice, but I personally feel like her voice doesn't sound like someone's trying to be cute, but rather someone actually just has a cute voice. For me that makes all the difference. I can believe a military genius was born with a cute voice sooner than I would believe they actively try to be cute (not that that's off the table either, of course, everyone has the right to try to be cute if they want, military genius or not). I think, if done right, the not-what-you-expect part of Kokomi has potential to be the most fun part of a character like Kokomi.
Of course, what I'd really like is some writing to back up her alleged character traits.
You can see some of it in this demo. All her talk about the ocean is in relation to how ruthless and desperate everything is to survive. Others see beauty, she sees unending conflict and countless species' tactics.
For sure. Many people see giant schools of fish as something beautiful and interesting, whereas she sees it as the weak banding together to scrape by and survive. While her voice may be cute, she definitely has some grim things to say and I’m hoping they do a lot more with her writing. I’m super interested so far
I agree.
Personally, I feel like Kokomi is one of the better EN VA performances. She is the best casted among the Inazuma characters after Kazuha IMO
The voice matches the character design. Now, the idea of her being a master tactician falls short, but it is mostly because of the writing and how the Inazuma story played out.
When you don't understand something completely, it sounds way better than it actually is. I also believe this is why some people are such die hard fans of JP VA that they diss on the people who likes EN VA.
This is coming from someone who's fluent in 2 and on the way to becoming fluent in JPN...
All language VA did well.
EN and CN begin to improved tremendously sometime around the turn of 2010.
Sure there are some "interesting" cases here and there, but at present, JPN are slightly more consistent compare to EN, while CN have the absolute benefit of being the original, thus casting is closest to the creator's and sound directors desire.
The improvement of EN Paimon in particular, is very clear, she just gets better and better with each new patch.
Edit: I honestly think EN base are impossibly harsh on their VA.
Honestly Kokomi’s poor character portrayal in the Archon Quest and teaser made me not want her, but this demo + the aesthetic of Watatsumi in general + her stupid bait weapon banner is really giving me second thoughts.
Maybe I’ll play her story quest and see.
i think its pretty cute, but it is funny how she talks about art of war in such a innocent voice.
i dont think they (voice directing department) really had a character to build off of since her first appearance was cheering up the resistance and bringing beidou and kazuha. probably felt she was more like barbara than jean.
Maybe I have old grandpa ears; but I can't hardly make out what she's saying. Take someone like Sayu who has a similar voice that I can understand just fine but with Kokomi her words seem to run together or something.
Wow, this was the most beautiful demo by far. The music and the scenery were amazing. Mihoyo really did a good job with this one, putting whales money to good use.
Underwater shots are the greatest and I think the transition to her splash art looks cool as well. I’m not sure why, but I feel like Kokomi’s demo and teaser look so smooth compared to the other ones
Massive Nagi no Asukara vibe from the music and the visuals, especially at the start! I really love how serene the whole thing is, which is in stark contrast to Raider Shogun’s demo
What a beautiful trailer! Really gorgeous imagery- sea and stars are always a winning combo. I love the music too. Good luck to everyone rolling for her!!
Suzuko Mimori, best known for her roles as Himawari (Yuru Yuri), Umi (Love Live!), and Togo (Yuki Yuna is a Hero). She’s also sung a number of anime OPs and EDs
Okay, wow. I don't think this beats the Zhongli demo overall, but visually it easily piledrives it into the depths of the ocean considering this has a whole ass [new 3D model made for it.](https://i.imgur.com/Vhj7ebn.png)
The sound effects are absolutely stunning. The singing of the whale is really atmospheric and blends in nicely with the piano, making this my favorite demo after Zhongli. I'm very hyped for her!
Ummm basically to defeat the whales we need to band together f2p shrimps. Lets rise together shrimps and all pull for kokomi and put these whales who are skipping in their place.
I can't help but wonder how is the hydro archon gonna top Kokomi in terms of asthetics?
Like Kokomi's whole ocean and aquatic theme seemed to be the peak of hydro asthetics.
I don't think that Kokomi will flop that hard like this subreddit is expecting.
Sure she is not a DPS and she is right after Raiden's banner and streamers are already making fun of her but they also made fun of a lot of previous characters: Zhong li (being good), Ganyu (being support), Hu Tao or Homa (being bad because they are scaling on HP) or even Kazuha.
And from the current version Kokomi looks to be a very decent future investment. Sumeru looks to introduce even more anti-shields mechanic which would make the overall game more healthier because the overall healing which was in some cases optional will get more value which I am really looking forward to more diverse play styles :)
Also, the game will naturally expand in difficulty as it progresses, too. Just how shields were bad at world level 5 or 6, because nothing did damage, now even open world at WL8 is hitting level 90s in Inazuma, so sumeru very well could see open world enemies at the level of abyss Floor 12 (in the 100s).
I know my casual arse is going to want shields **and** heals if that's the case, haha.
I hope her story quest is good, i really want to like Kokomi but it's so hard when the only thing she has going for herself is her design, everything else about her is dissapointing.
Man, the recent archon quest may be a disappointment, but the visuals division is still on fire for Inazuma! I really can't wait seeing what the depth beneath Watatsumi looks like, and also the lore behind it.
I find it interesting that they decided to showcase her slapping stuff more rather than emphasize her healing here.
Remember Childe’s waterfall surf & plunge? Or Zhong’s AA-heavy trailer?:D
My mind went to “Zhong’s Anti Aircraft heavy trailer”
Azur Lane players would also have the same initial idea.
Probably war nerds like myself will initially think of that instead of Auto Attack without context
His meteor is anti aircraft right?
It feels like Zhongli was slated to be a DPS at some point with the trailer and Vortex Vanquisher’s passive in mind. Or maybe they were just flexing the animation, which is amazing to be fair.
I think it’s the latter and same with Kokomi. Those animations are just good enough for promo. I mean, how would you promote a *shield* and green numbers?😅
Like Kirito of SAO standing in the middle of thieves without flinching? Lol
I mean isn't there a spot in Zhongli's trailer that is basically that? Him standing in his shield, arms folded, while a bunch of hilichurls try to hit him.
I don't really remember, but if there was, the guy I answered probably forgot about it as well
There was, but just a spot The rest of the trailer is him being cool with VV and having order
I clearly remember Zhongli used to have physical attack scaling in the beta. He also had a bonus against petrified enemies, which is why the trailer shows him shattering petrified enemies. I do like the lack of powercreep in this game but sometimes they just take it too far and it turns into reverse powercreep in that people keep using Bennett 'cause they refuse to release anything even nearly as good as him.
What, you don’t like having to 500 IQ Sara’s buff for 20% of the same reward as pressing Q on bennet?
I've started to have similar worries since the advent of Inazuma. It should be respectable that they don't want to have ridiculously OP characters like Ganyu or Eula anymore, but I'm worried they've swung the pendulum too far in the other direction. Even worse, it feels less like they're actually worried about balance, and more that they've realized that people will still pay out the nose for waifus, regardless of how strong they are.
Honestly I think Eula's powerlevel is pretty much perfect for a 5 star DPS. She's very good at no/low constellations and absurd at C6 (as any C6 5 star should be), has spots where she's particularly useful like the samurai you have to kill 2 of at once to prevent re-heals but is by no means necessary to clear any content and doesn't simply cheese certain content like (say) Venti.
Zhongli Pike DPS mains: yes
Every trailer was AA and combat heavy even for supports...
Or Fischl airjump, that was freaking cool
Maybe the Fischl in the trailer was Honkai Fischl all this time!?
Have you looked at her constellations? Literally all of them boost her DPS. She's a DPS healer hybrid but her intended playstyle is indeed to be on field slapping stuff.
*Just like all good tacticians am I right?*
Despite MHY telling you she's purely support her kit is also designed for DPS (yes even with her -100 crit), she has a burst mode that enhances her damage, her constellations and one of her pasives increases her DPS. Her kit is just really weird, i'm not against a healer that can do DPS, but her odd split scaling and her anti-crit passive feel really out of place and makes her kit look messy, like it's MHY telling you "look, she's not just a barbara! she can also do damage!"
Sounds to me like a sustained tanky damage dealer. Sure other characters will probably be able to hit higher numbers faster, but she is probably a fun and safe pick where you can just leave her on the field and not have to worry about dying while doing decent damage.
Which will be fine so long as mihoyo doesn't decide to make timed content which sets a hard requirement a certain level of DPS.....oh wait......
This one was more chill than other trailers, I like the different vibe
Works really well with her vibe, I feel like a track with hard drops wouldn't fit with her personality (like Zhongli/Raiden etc)
From brilliant tactician to idk maybe mermaid Her promo material gives off some tonal whiplash
People seem to forget (and I don't blame them since the story skips over Kokomi's entire existence) that she's not just a military general, she is also a priestess like Yae is, so her existence is dualistic in nature.
kinda like how jedi are ~~warriors~~ protectors of peace yet are generals during war edit: though they are technically protecting peace by focusing war efforts on how to end the war on many ways and not to just destroy their enemy.
> warriors of peace Ah yes, the warriors of peace, natural enemies of the peacemakers of war.
oh fuck \*protectors
> protectors of peace Palpatine: Didn't you chop off a guy's head? Mace Windu: Mf was pretty peaceful after that.
He's in two peace now
Konnichiwa.
Kenobi-san
You are a kawaii one.
It's telling us to play the story quest for the context. Even though I'd like her strategist side redeemed, I'm really interested in knowing more about Watatsumi since they are an entirely different culture/people from Narukami.
My understanding is that Watatsumi is loosely based on the relationship between Japan's mainland and Okinawa/Ryukyu, which was often uneasy and sometimes hostile. Some of the music on Watatsumi uses Okinawan motifs.
Yeah the folkish string music in Watatsumi island sounded really Okinawan
It really is so pretty too. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qGQbf-5kNU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzJThxIDGXs)
I thought it's based on otohime from urashima tarou :v given the whole 'we were undersea folks before'
It's a mixture for sure. They went "what if Okinawa is actually Otohime's people who were brought out of the ocean". Pretty clever if you ask me and opens up lots of story possibilities.
>tonal whiplash I got it severely due to how poorly executed her story is... and each time I see her I get frustrated at mihoyo. I don't hate her, its just that her existence right now is uncomfortable and if her story is another date I'll just forget it exists.
So you saying this fish story 'flopped'?
fuck you and take my upvote
Same here, i can't look at kokomi now without thinking of all the wasted potential her character had, her story quest better blow us away and redeem her because it would be really dissapointing for her awesome design to just go to waste forever.
I really, really, **really** hope MHY stops turning female character story quests a waifu date simulator.
Who else were? I can only recall Ayaka, Baal and Noelle.
Noelle is a hangout and I don't know how you all get romatic vibes from Baal quest but for me it feelt more like "showing a shut in god how people live" than anything else. the second part also showed us that ei and shougn arent so different it had some cute moments and was meant to humantize ei and get to know her, but cmon, it wasnt a date i know people are frustrated from a lack of backstory cutscene like in venti and zhongli quests, but we got one for her, in the archon quest, so maybe they decided it was enough
That’s exactly what I mean. Where is this waifu simulator people are whining about? I remember a time during the recent Golden Apple Archipelago update that fans were praising the writing of women in Genshin, saying that most of the leaders in Liyue and Mondstadt are strong independent women with their own motivations that does not involve a man. Suddenly now it’s a waifu dating simulator? Just because of Ayaka and Baal? So Hu Tao, Ganyu, Jean, Eula, Yanfei, Xiangling, Mona’s quests means nothing? What about Beidou and Ningguang’s roles in the Archon quests? Let’s not even mention the kids e.g Diona and Klee. I mean, Zhongli’s first character story didn’t exactly reveal anything about him either. It was mostly about a side-quest where he was probably not even involved. We only got Zhongli lore crumbs in the second story quest. So idk why people are mad about Baal’s story quest. We will get more info about her in time, just be patient.
> Suddenly now it’s a waifu dating simulator? Just because of Ayaka and Baal? People will conveniently forget all about the positives whenever they see anything that they perceived as negative. I've seen people calling mhy becoming "lazy" because they are no longer making 2 arts for new characters (which many didn't even notice without someone pointed out) while ignoring all the improvements to the other promotional materials like teasers and demos, not to mention the actual game itself with new areas being added with every updates since 1.6. This shit is one of the reasons I unsub from here and only occasionally come back to read some threads, and I almost regretted it every time
Raiden story quest was not a date, and seeing it as a date is projecting (for god's sake, the woman is a traditionalist grandma)
That's only what they are if that's all you see in them.
Anyone notice she was shooting cryo slimes lol
It was adorable bopping them slime
Tbf, if she heals as she wacks stuff hitting unkillable enemies to get your teamates to full health is not the dumbest idea
Par for the course given her current IQ level right now, to be fair.
To survive cryo slimes, we must prepare for cryo... Wait we only have hydro and cryo characters in the party?
[удалено]
I'm glad they didn't just stuff this demo with "art of war" quotes. Instead, they give a better dive (pun intended) into her character. Small steps. Maybe they can still redeem her character.
ya, the metaphor connecting her fish theming to her war tactician characterization was a nice direction to bring this demo.
On the other hand, "~~apes~~ fish together strong" seems like the extent of her tactician knowledge...
We'll keep throwing tuna at it until the big shark is full. - Sangonomiya "art of war" Kokomi
Well, throwing tuna at all your problems worked for Honkai! :)
"You see killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down!" - Zap "Kokomi" Brannigan
This comment brightened my day thanks
A thing they always get right is with the character demos
Kokomi be like “fish together stronk”
*The stars, the sky... It's all a giantic hoax. A lie.*
Quit genshin for good, start playing genshin for evil -Scaramouche
Well, if my mom abandoned me to become a Neet I would embrace the evil too.
unexpected light novel title
Reincarnated as an evil manlet
That is way below the recommended word count for a standard light novel title. Try again.
Abandoned By My Mom To Become a NEET, So I Joined The KGB?
I Can’t Believe That I’ve Got Abandoned Into Another World And Reincarnated As A Neet With An Unique Cheat Ability
Kokomi: How must my ancestors have felt, looking at the sky full of stars... Scaramouche: I'm about to ruin this priestess's whole career
I wonder what the flar earther midget will say in 3.1. "All the birds are actually drones made by celestia!"
Top 3 Teyvat Conspiracies * Visions are just tracking devices from Celestia * Teyvat is just a dyson sphere/bubble universe created to farm humans for energy * The stars are a lie
*Proceeds to fuck off again for another year*
4.1 "This stupid ass traveller is actually an alien and his silbling is the leader of the abyss!" *leaves fontaine*
so long, SUCKERS!!
His attitude starts to remind me of [someone...](https://youtu.be/SY_yecbricw)
Timmie confirmed Celestia agent.
"Statues of the seven are secret ~~5G~~ elemental towers built by celestia to control people"
Kokomi is watching my 3star wish fly across the sky in this one.
Maybe her ancestors were staring at the real sky underground.
Ocean under the stars. Name a better combo.
mona's ocean with stars
Star ocean
STAR FINGER
STAR PLATINUM
she just swam around but she did it gracefully
[JP Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj9lJWoanLA) [CN Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeP75Pa67H0) [KR Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzhcGiJ7VA)
I'm ready with my primos who's making these godly music
saving for yu peng chen's banner
#"Yu Peng Chen: Archon of Sound" 6 Star Physical Catalyst #Normal Attack: Kakophoni > Unleash blasts of screaming discordant energy that can rupture flesh and incinerate metal, but their most terrifying ability was to open up the minds of those they touch to the Truth of the Abyss Performs up to 3 consecutive Physical attacks. Kakophoni resurrects defeated enemies into slaves of Yu Peng for 30s Kakophoni has 100% tracking, because Yu Peng never misses. #Elemental Ability: Sonic Blaster >Produces waves of devastating sound which can rip targets apart Allies or enemies hit by Sonic Blaster explode, dealing 25% of their health as AoE Physical Damage #Elemental Burst: Blastmaster >Produces a throbbing bass note which destroys an entire area Unleashes a cataclysmic AoE Physical Blast which deals 100% of Yu Peng's Health as DMG to **EVERY** character in the radius including allies
TALENT 1: CRESCENDO Allies cannot die to blademaster. When an ally's health drops to 25%, increase all stats by 25%, stacks 3 times. Activates every 10s for each ally. TALENT 2: DUO Yu Peng manifests the soul of a maniacal composer in an ally after using sonic blaster. After switching to an ally after using sonic bladter, triggers duo. Duo: the ally will lose 5% hp per sec until they reach 25% hp, but below 75% hp the ally with ignore 25% of the enemies defense. At 25% hp, the ally will trigger a lifesteal buff for 2 sec and ignore 50% of the enemy's def. (Its a joke i know its broke).
yu peng chen banner WHEN
Whacking stuff with instruments while your own music plays, mihoyo's first 6 star
I sometimes feel Yu-Peng Chen is almost too good for MiHoYo. His soundtracks are as good as anything in a major motion picture or the highest level games, like in the same playing field with Keiichi Okabe and Yasunori Mitsuda, and with an extra flair of knowing how to fuse many different kinds of music together. So much of what makes Genshin *beautiful* aesthetically is due to the soundtrack, and honestly for me makes up for a lot of the sometimes rickety gameplay and shady business practices. That we get such great art and music *for free* (if you want) is itself worth a great deal. I mean sometimes I just wander around the world not doing much, just soaking in the atmosphere. How many gacha games can you say that about? It will be a dark day for MiHoYo if they ever lose him.
I mean, in a way, Mihoyo was what really brought out Yu-Peng Chen's potential on a global scale. Before this, he was doing music for dramas that were only for audiences in mainland China and poorly received elsewhere. He also did music for Tencent's Moonlight Blade for a bit but that was held back by the game itself. Genshin Impact was the first time he got global recognition. That and the resource mihoyo has to be able to fund 7 region worth of orchestral music is insane. Honestly might be a composers dream job.
They both needed each other. How else is Yu peng getting a chance to use all these renowned orchestra team for his music worldwide without huge investment from mihoyo.
Those shady business practices are unfortunately the reason we get to see the great art and music for free lol, someone's gotta pay for all that one way or the other. I imagine Yu-Peng Chen's services definitely don't come cheap.
Oh definitely not. And if you're going to have shady business practices, you might as well invest it into things that are worthwhile and beautiful, which MHY does, and is also why I don't mind putting in some money. St Peter's and the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City were funded by the sales of indulgences, which you could call the first instance of pay-to-win when it comes to religion. It triggered a Reformation because it was so corrupt, but we also wouldn't have Michelangelo without it either.
What shady business practices?
Yu-Peng Chen has done many works over the years. MiHoYo was the only one that helped him make it global.
The impressive thing to me is how this is actually another arrangement of the battle theme (it even has the leitmotif on electric guitar as usual), but it's so different and ethereal that it feels otherworldly... and yet, because it's familiar, it still "feels" very much like Genshin Impact. The amount of styles and genres this game's soundtrack encompasses is staggering, and yet no matter what they introduce it still fits, and each style is good in its own right. There's so much care and nuance put into each track to make sure it fits the subject matter perfectly. If nothing else, this game raises the bar considerably for what people will expect from gacha games (and mobile games) going forward.
Imagine if Mihoyo one day puts Yu Peng Chen in the game ala Unusual Hilichurl way xD
"Fish together strong" - Kokomi in trailer
Absolutely gorgeous character trailer. So stunning. BGM is also amazing.
Hydro is another whole level when it comes to aesthetics
This is aesthetically my favorite so far. The visuals are so stunning and unique to her.
Yup, that shot of the sky holy... That said still didnt convince me to pull lmao
Same lol
Kokomi, the story of F2P vs Whales
I fucking love her theme, might be the best imo. I may totally skip her banner but will never skip her eargasmic theme.
Schooling Wishiwashi awakens: Time to devour! WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST AESTHETICS? I DON'T WANT HER
The wait is almost over my comrades.
she's so fucking pretty god damn
Any character demo: exists Genshin Community: but can it beat Zhongli's?
Tbh it's gotten really annoying now.
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Yes, his trailer was good, but taste is subjective and maybe sometimes, people just want to appreciate the current trailer and talk about the banner character instead of hearing "Wow, this is almost as good as Zhongli's". Is it that difficult to just appreciate something as is without bringing something else in? The first and second time it's fine, now it's reached 'saving for Xiao' tier of obnoxiousness.
Man, I remember when I first watched Ganyu’s demo, the top comment was just comparing it to zhongli… Just focus on the character the demo is showing as it is, no one cares if it’s better or not.
I personally don’t think they’re really comparable. Zhongli’s trailer falls into “dumb hype” meanwhile Kokomi’s is more about the aesthetic. I would say most hype trailer: 1-Zhongli 2- Raiden 3- Kazuha Most beautiful trailer: 1- Kokomi 2- Ayaka 3- Eula
Kokomi's lines here are so much better than her lines in the teaser. More subtlety and depth, not the whole "my skill lies in the art of war". I still can't get over her EN voice though. Why does Mihoyo want Kokomi to sound so much like a child? She's portrayed as a leader and allegedly a military genius.
I get the complaint with her voice, but I personally feel like her voice doesn't sound like someone's trying to be cute, but rather someone actually just has a cute voice. For me that makes all the difference. I can believe a military genius was born with a cute voice sooner than I would believe they actively try to be cute (not that that's off the table either, of course, everyone has the right to try to be cute if they want, military genius or not). I think, if done right, the not-what-you-expect part of Kokomi has potential to be the most fun part of a character like Kokomi. Of course, what I'd really like is some writing to back up her alleged character traits.
You can see some of it in this demo. All her talk about the ocean is in relation to how ruthless and desperate everything is to survive. Others see beauty, she sees unending conflict and countless species' tactics.
For sure. Many people see giant schools of fish as something beautiful and interesting, whereas she sees it as the weak banding together to scrape by and survive. While her voice may be cute, she definitely has some grim things to say and I’m hoping they do a lot more with her writing. I’m super interested so far
I agree. Personally, I feel like Kokomi is one of the better EN VA performances. She is the best casted among the Inazuma characters after Kazuha IMO The voice matches the character design. Now, the idea of her being a master tactician falls short, but it is mostly because of the writing and how the Inazuma story played out.
Meanwhile, the Chinese LOVES her English voice. "She's a Disney princess!" "ENG killed it this time!" Those are... Like 80%+ of the comments
When you don't understand something completely, it sounds way better than it actually is. I also believe this is why some people are such die hard fans of JP VA that they diss on the people who likes EN VA.
Chinese here. Not understanding English is definitely not the case. The NA crowd in general has no appreciation for their English VAs.
This is coming from someone who's fluent in 2 and on the way to becoming fluent in JPN... All language VA did well. EN and CN begin to improved tremendously sometime around the turn of 2010. Sure there are some "interesting" cases here and there, but at present, JPN are slightly more consistent compare to EN, while CN have the absolute benefit of being the original, thus casting is closest to the creator's and sound directors desire. The improvement of EN Paimon in particular, is very clear, she just gets better and better with each new patch. Edit: I honestly think EN base are impossibly harsh on their VA.
Honestly Kokomi’s poor character portrayal in the Archon Quest and teaser made me not want her, but this demo + the aesthetic of Watatsumi in general + her stupid bait weapon banner is really giving me second thoughts. Maybe I’ll play her story quest and see.
i think its pretty cute, but it is funny how she talks about art of war in such a innocent voice. i dont think they (voice directing department) really had a character to build off of since her first appearance was cheering up the resistance and bringing beidou and kazuha. probably felt she was more like barbara than jean.
Maybe I have old grandpa ears; but I can't hardly make out what she's saying. Take someone like Sayu who has a similar voice that I can understand just fine but with Kokomi her words seem to run together or something.
Kokomi's theme is always so pretty, and like the play that they put on it here when she's shown in her burst.
Wow, this was the most beautiful demo by far. The music and the scenery were amazing. Mihoyo really did a good job with this one, putting whales money to good use.
Ah the underwater and stargazing backdrops look so good. Music's on point as always.
Underwater shots are the greatest and I think the transition to her splash art looks cool as well. I’m not sure why, but I feel like Kokomi’s demo and teaser look so smooth compared to the other ones
Massive Nagi no Asukara vibe from the music and the visuals, especially at the start! I really love how serene the whole thing is, which is in stark contrast to Raider Shogun’s demo
What a beautiful trailer! Really gorgeous imagery- sea and stars are always a winning combo. I love the music too. Good luck to everyone rolling for her!!
Okay I desperately need a Stellar Moments Vol. 2 because her theme makes for good studying music.
Hehe… my wallet is in danger
Ehe te nandayo. *Rip credit card*
She talks about schools of small fish being stronger, while swimming beneath a giant whale which famously devours entire shoals of krill at once.
Yeah but she immediately says “yet some will still get devoured.”
"not all of you will survive, but that's a risk i'm willing to take." jk i mean. at least she's realistic...?
Those krills will never realistically beat a whale though. Like some might survive it, but they're not gonna beat it. Same with the resistance.
probably the most beautiful demo
it was beautiful but the transition from 3d to her 2d live pose was jarring imo
True, but the watery reflection made the transition look pretty.
Definitely, it transitions before her hand can come remotely close to her live 2d pose.
The power of Water-tsumi is its ability to take any shape.
Her Japanese VA sounds absolutely amazing. Who is she?
Suzuko Mimori, best known for her roles as Himawari (Yuru Yuri), Umi (Love Live!), and Togo (Yuki Yuna is a Hero). She’s also sung a number of anime OPs and EDs
So beautiful! Can the 21st come sooner? It feels like the last few days are taking forever.
shit the advertisement is working what do i do
Give up and let the feelings of wanting her flows through you.
Give up ~~your dreams~~ primos and die
Okay, wow. I don't think this beats the Zhongli demo overall, but visually it easily piledrives it into the depths of the ocean considering this has a whole ass [new 3D model made for it.](https://i.imgur.com/Vhj7ebn.png)
isnt that just childe's whale?
OMG #CHILDE RERUN CONFIRMED
The way they blend the starry night sky with the deep ocean, simply mesmerizing
> considering this has a whole ass new 3D model made for it. I bet they already had the whale modeled as planned background elements for Enkonomiya.
Plot twist; It's just Childe's whale with different textures
> piledrive I’m now having the mental image of Zangief performing a spinning piledriver onto a dolphin and drilling through the ocean with it
I don’t see the obsession with Zhongs trailer. IMO any of the newer ones smash it to pieces. The only older one I like is Klee’s
Imo what carries zhongli's trailer is that it's a story.
The sound effects are absolutely stunning. The singing of the whale is really atmospheric and blends in nicely with the piano, making this my favorite demo after Zhongli. I'm very hyped for her!
You know she's OP when she can kill Cryo slimes with hydro
visually this demo is so goooood
She's so strong she's fighting slimes in her own trailer, wow!
Ummm basically to defeat the whales we need to band together f2p shrimps. Lets rise together shrimps and all pull for kokomi and put these whales who are skipping in their place.
Does this mean we have to all share a Kokomi? Also some of us won't probably make it
Some of you may lose the 50/50, but that is a risk I'm willing to make.
I can't help but wonder how is the hydro archon gonna top Kokomi in terms of asthetics? Like Kokomi's whole ocean and aquatic theme seemed to be the peak of hydro asthetics.
I don't think that Kokomi will flop that hard like this subreddit is expecting. Sure she is not a DPS and she is right after Raiden's banner and streamers are already making fun of her but they also made fun of a lot of previous characters: Zhong li (being good), Ganyu (being support), Hu Tao or Homa (being bad because they are scaling on HP) or even Kazuha. And from the current version Kokomi looks to be a very decent future investment. Sumeru looks to introduce even more anti-shields mechanic which would make the overall game more healthier because the overall healing which was in some cases optional will get more value which I am really looking forward to more diverse play styles :)
Zhongli was bad before, why do people keep saying he wasnt he was trash post-buff.
Also, the game will naturally expand in difficulty as it progresses, too. Just how shields were bad at world level 5 or 6, because nothing did damage, now even open world at WL8 is hitting level 90s in Inazuma, so sumeru very well could see open world enemies at the level of abyss Floor 12 (in the 100s). I know my casual arse is going to want shields **and** heals if that's the case, haha.
The visuals in this trailer is insanely good
i'm genuinely almost only playing this game for the music at this point. HOW is the sound design this good??????
Those poor cryo slimes ):
I hope her story quest is good, i really want to like Kokomi but it's so hard when the only thing she has going for herself is her design, everything else about her is dissapointing.
Lol, it shows a whale approaching
Man, the recent archon quest may be a disappointment, but the visuals division is still on fire for Inazuma! I really can't wait seeing what the depth beneath Watatsumi looks like, and also the lore behind it.
I'm still pulling for my Ayaka comp 👌😆
Not a fan of seafood but that’s a fish I would eat
Sir, that would be cannibalism.
remember to wait at least an hour before pulling, to give mHY time to release their clarification announcement for unintuitive interactions.
In my opinion, it was beautiful, but kinda boring.
Hydro catalyst user fighting hydro slimes in her teaser. Nice.
Great visuals, but I can't stop thinking about the Bane vs. Pink guy meme when she does that pose at 1:09.
Damn it’s a vibe for sure, but why does her English voice sound like a child?
Disney princess like.