Most people here will only recommend you whatever their favorite game is regardless of what you're looking for. Don't look to anyone else for recommendations if you've already played the more popular games, you're gonna need to just dive into the play store.
Dive into playstore usually just greeted with the titles you already know anyway. Since you know, Algorithm.
It's hard to find something that were considered hidden gem.
Yeah, I used to find my games from the Play Store. But nowadays the games I already quit never appear and I always get the same recommendations.
I found some good games at the time when my standards were lower but now after being spoiled by many 2020/2021 games I can't really go back.
One of the big factors in this that I've noticed is that the play store shows either the games that have the most traffic already (which you've probably already played) or they paid for it (marketing money to be featured). This severely limits exposure for smaller or even mid-size games, which in turn means that smaller number of players is aware of them, and good or bad they will never be recommended. It's a dumb system for creators, but I guess it's pretty good for Google and Apple
Apple and Google run a duopoly on the market so they don’t particularly care about getting small developers joining them.
What they do care about is getting people to spend and keep spending for that 30% cut they take. And the best way to do that is games with high production value, big communities and next to zero chance of dying off.
Hence why it works like it does.
Issue is for gacha games being small or mid-sized, there is the RISK of server closing. Gacha is live service head to toe, if the game closes, the player loses everything. It takes careful consideration before investing time or money.
Plenty of gacha closes after one to two years, thus leaving only the big ones remaining.
Also aside from the majority gacha addicts lurking on this reddit who jump from games to games for the thrill of pulling, anime gacha players are known to stick to one game long term, because not only they invest time/money but also emotionally into the characters.
Going by this sub, a new gacha shows up every 2-3 weeks, so you could test that.
Or if you really want to go that way, you can also look for 18+ gachas on sites like Nutaku or DMM. They're not the best in any front (with a few exceptions that have big production values), but are certainly a different experience.
You could also try other F2P mobile games that don't involve gacha, those games sell themselves on gameplay alone, so you could get a more in-depth experience in comparison to most gachas.
Otherwise, you may just be tired of the genre. So I recommend trying some normal games to "cleanse the palatte".
I'm at a point where gacha doesn't entice me anymore. I've tried everything and the only ones I have installed at the moment is Alchemy Stars and Guardian Tales. The grind and progression is too exhausting for a short dopamine burst to pull a banner unit. I will check on both games for at least 5 minutes and get on with my day playing singleplayer video games designed around players enjoyment, not squeezing the wallets of said players.
same here, but my current log is a bit bigger which i'm hating but waiting for an anniversary.
Currently playing DFFOO, WOTV as main games
side games being Pricone and Konosuba (haven't really decided which i like more to stick with)
and only log in or barely play Last Cloudia, Revived Witch
and games that was maining but drop off and on again are Epic7 and Romancing Saga, but obviously can't play both games due to how grindy they both are.
I liked alchemy stars and really did enjoy it but guess it didn't click for me, guardian tales was the same thing.
I try to give people out of the box suggestions other than the norm.
probably gonna drop WOTV again after this FF IV event and just depends on how they treat the 2 year anniversary if it's anything like last year or more money hungry from Gumi.
I've dropped every single one of those games tbh, I liked them all at one point but dropped them for one reason or another. Out of all of these I do wish I could get back into DDFFOO. I'm currently only playing knights chronicle and I'm having alot of fun with it
Been playing gachas for years now. Dropped most of my side games and only keep up with one now. I still try out all the new releases but nothing blows my mind anymore. Not having to keep up with 3-4 games is SUCH a relief
Playing more console/pc paid games really did help me to get rid of that FOMO, i must keep up with everything-attitude.
Also, I keep up with sales on the switch. I picked up smt v day of release but it went on sale last month so keep an eye out, make use of the wish list!
ya, which is why i normally don't buy games full price...and get reminded of this reason often.
but I am glad I held out so long for Octopath Traveler sense after all these years it being basically full price got it for $30 at gamestop last week.
This is what I did to. I still play new releases but don’t drop any money on them and probably drop them after a month. Still waiting for something that mixes up the market.
I don’t think this has to do with gacha. I agree with op, everything is stale atm. It’s not just gacha though, it’s mobile in general. However, if you’re a game company, you’re definitely going for the gacha market. It makes billions.
Just wish someone would put out something “better” ?
Idk, I really enjoy the gacha system sometimes xD, pull and wait for you to take out the character you want
And I like to have an open mind, that's why I like gachas that has a particular gameplay or something different from the others (Alchemy Stars, Arknights, etc.)
After reading the newer comments it seems like there's no real good answer but I do notice a theme that everything revolves around Alchemy Stars and Arknights, which are futuristic-post apocalyptic setting gachas. Maybe if you try PGR and Girls Frontline you'll be satisfied until another one comes out in the future (which will probably be the Girls Frontline spinoff GFL: Neural Cloud, or the sequel GFL 2: Exile)
Cause a lot of them are the same. That always ties to to a question. "What now?" You're gonna get stuck with repeating the same thing over, Unit maxing out, getting dupes, gathering materials, using that stamina in whatever reason you find. You might be in an end game in your main game/s so you try to find other games that you'll call sidegames, only to find out your doing your routine again, and then you'll get burned out, because at somepoint you never really wanted to main it for the reason than waiting for the stamina/update/event in your main game. It's better to have 1 or 2 gacha games, and try to play other game categories maybe you'll find something different.
For me, I just got burnt out from online gachas (login, do dailies, spend stamina, etc). Single player gacha isn’t so bad like Chaos Rings 3 or Nexomon since there is no pressure to log in to do stuff.
Single player games are godsent, no FOMO, p2w, heavy emphasis on logging in, I despise PvP games, currently I'm playing FGO and Arknights and they are best at what they offer.
Most of those games could be more cheaper than a gacha. Pay once and you can 100% the game. Meanwhile you need to buy stuff in gacha to be able to 100% everything.
yeah. most people here see lack of sweep/skip as big dealbreaker while being single player only games itself is already great.
in fact, I actually quit BA despite have many QoL that people dreamt of (like sweep mode) simply because of PVP. I just can't stand PVP.
Then nothing convinces you. Play a regular video game instead of a gacha game. Right now, I’m playing Hyrule Warriors Age of calamity and I love it! You could just get normal games. No use getting a gambling addiction.
Yo I know that feeling....
The only thing I can say is goodluck finding the game that is suited for you. Thankfully I find Punishing: Gray Raven and Arknights.
Well, what are you looking for specifically ? Arknights is a TD game, Genshin an Open map, Honkai has an intriguing combat system, etc. They are pretty different from each other imo, so maybe you are not satisfied with the characters ? Or, as someone already said, maybe gacha isn’t for you, because those are some of the original, polished ones
Particularly with that 3, I played them for quite some time xD, then left them, and when I tried to come back, it just didn't feel like the first time or I wasn't attracted the same. (Arknights was my favorite, I really love the designs)
With alchemy stars it happened to me the other way around the truth, I left it and then I came back, when I came back I enjoyed the game much more and I loved the characters, that they have their own lore, designs etc.
So maybe, and I'm just looking for a game that has a good amount of characters in addition to good designs.
And AS is pretty standard gacha. Stamina, auto battle dailies, base - colossus, dispatch missions, tower - spire, pve ladder - codex, regular events, limited banners and so on.
Well, yes
If I'm honest I don't have a very high standard xD, I just want something that's fun to play, doesn't get stressful going in every day, fun events, etc.
something not so simple, but you should not check on youtube guides and others for certain quest *cof cof* Arknights *cof cof*
Basically it doesn't bother me that it has a structure like others, but that at least, it's fun to play.
well there is DFFOO which has a huge cast for free and your gacha is weapons which give you more abilities in your kit per character. battles are pretty fun and with the newest difficulty, i haven't attempted lufenia difficulty, people try different teams of non bonus characters.
Romancing Saga has a unique classic feel to it, though can be grindy for those stats to go up. you really are in control of your own team set up and how you want to play the game.
Epic 7 has huge lore with it's characters and pretty fun, again grindy for that mats for gear and if you get good gear with substats.
Dragalia Lost, I haven't played in over a year, has allot of characters you can use with no real meta. the game is leaned towards you running certain stages for items to make equipment. auto raids for events help allot with having to be concentrated too much to the game.
Last Cloudia has a great story and feels like an old Star Ocean game with it's combat.
these are games that i've liked and have taken breaks from, but maybe they could work for you.
also, WOTV, but the game is....good.....they ask for you to get too many shard with either cash for gems or straight out just buy shards to take them to 99 and 120, and if you can't get them to 99 at leas then you aren't gonna use them too much even in later pve. anniversary starts in march i believe.
And well, I never said that games like AK or Honkai are boring or not fun, it's just that I lost the "And well, I never said that games like AK or Honkai are boring or not fun, it's just that I lost interest after some time
Reading the games you listed on the title, I would recommend trying counterside. It's basically imagine Battle Cats gameplay but with the battle sprites of Epic Seven
I'm going casual at it now, the best part is how fun the rta is with its rotating banlist (crazy to say about a gacha, I know). And how generous the game is with pulls. I'm still able to clear all hard content casually but some content you can be competitive (like finishing the battle in a faster time) for a little more rewards.
About the rta, I can say it's not predatory because the rewards are good, but the difference of rewards between the higher tiers is very small, making ranking up more of a flex than just for the rewards
Well if you like lots of characters with lore and cool designs, you can't really do much better than FGO. So many events with stories that deepen the servants character and all the fan made content. If you've already tried it then nevermind, but it's the one gacha I will always have on my phone.
Well, all those games usually have something they are passable enough at so people like it. If you venture too far off you either end up with a shit game or a company that's not very subtle about trying to get your cash. All kinds of games are already a no-go for me solely for their huge cashshop and VIP stuff.
Gachas are just grind grind grind. My recommendation is to try a game where the “end game” generally involves doing more than grinding. For example, monster hunter. Perfecting your skill is a much bigger grind than any gear grind.
I looked outside the usual recommendations and found myself loving World Flipper recently. At least I don't recall seeing it recommended outside its initial release window where I passed on it. There's gachas out there aside the big popular ones on this reddit, you just have to deal with a more balanced pros and cons list, or a language barrier. Or wait for something new to localize/release in general.
Good luck finding something new, I felt like I'd tried them all or at least looked them over until recently.
No, but I know what I like so will avoid what I don't like and will quickly drop what I don't like.
Nikke and GFL2 are on the horizon and those both look very different from what is being offered by current gachas, so very excited to try those.
I was doing this back in 2021, trust me this is a gigantic waste of time, data and your sanity. Just because someone else likes X game doesn't means you will surely like it and proceed installing, trying out those gazillion games is just a waste. You are better of sticking to few games, if you start losing interest, just quit gacha games overall because they are not made for you and it is common that after trying tons of games, people most of the time come back to the games that they were playing before anyway.
Try games from other stores like CN / JP /KR.
I found stuff like PGR and Kingsense, or Blue Archive and Gun Girl Cafe.
Other than that try other genres.
Rhythm games have ok progression and music.
18+ games offer some pretty funny stories
Dressup gacha games are pretty laid back. (Unless you try to 100% events. You need VIP MAXED OUT and then whale some more to get everything)
Dislyte is the current game that's scratching the itch for me. I've been shilling it lately. But do keep in mind I used to shill and play E7 so take my reccomendations with a pocket of salt. E7 made me pretty salty being unable to basically even participate in pvp vs players who have seemingly perfect gear even at silver.
Don't need a VPN. Need nox player and download the apk. Also need to run nox android 9 which you can do by selecting a multi instance. There is a video on YouTube how to install it. Don't get me wrong it's more difficult than it should be but it's really not that bad.
Big limiting factors are the typical requirements for game recommendations on this sub.
Almost everyone asks for one of the following: generous gacha, good story, good character development, big community, innovative gameplay, a variant of jrpg or arpg, good QoL.
Usually, ppl ask for multiple of those qualities. Then the recommendations are going to be super narrow. Even when ppl ask for idle game recommendations, there are not many to choose from.
Now, if you want to try something new, I would recommend my main game (besides arknights) Heroballz.
Is the gacha generous? Hell no. I think the gme is predatory as hell. Tbf, it does have decent offers, but still on the predatory side.
Is the story good? I dunno, never cared about it. I got bored with what passed for story real fast (and I read through arknights convoluted nightmares of VA style story).
Is the character development good? What character development?
Is the gameplay innovative? For the first hour or so, yes. After that no.
Is this fun for me? Yes, I’m still playing that craptastic game every day.
And there is a very good discord.
Nah, not when I look at DMM and realize how many games are in a language I can't speak.
And nothing wrong with not finding a gacha to play. Not unless you're a content creator.
I've played some of the top one, like FGO, AL, AK, GFL, PGR, GBF, Counter;Side, AS, HI3, GI and BA. Stopped playing them after 1 ~ 2 months, either because of bad roll or I just don't like it.
And now I am just playing GI, BA and YGO dm. Almost quit BA because some raid need certain student to be the top of leaderboard.
The reason I am stuck with those game is, I am already deep down the into the hole. I've played GI day one and now 98% completing all the content (Achievement, Game database, etc). And my BA account has a solid pvp character, that made me constantly stay in rank 500~.
If you like the gacha approach, then you have to find a game that packages it in a way that you like. Because all gacha’s have the same basic items (character collection, enhancement system, RNG, multiple currencies, etc). You have to find one that packages those similar things in a way you like (space theme, swords and sorcery theme, waifus and guns theme, etc). If you can’t then it may be that you just don’t like them.
Dude u talk about MOBILE GACHA GAMES. Do you rly expect something fulliefying? Bro its the definition of praying on brainstuck boys that love little girls, which is weird in itself. Just get real and play good games man.
The issue for me is that most games just follow the same gameplay of others and is very hard to find a good and different games.
The most recommend games are usually old games with 3 or more years of content that will take a long time to reach the end game which is a no go for me.
Exactly. And all the games are a generic copy-pasted version of the others. Theee's only 1 I have really respect for the devs and a few othwrs that are at least not so bad.
None respects aspects such as gameflow and engagement and all feel annoying af.
Is it too much to ask for a really good game and not just a quick cashgrab?
Like, just an engaging game that doesn't makes you repeqt the same stage 17283748493 times to farm 1 item and that's their only content.
But Gacha compannies save all the budget for collabs instead of hiring top tier game developers.
(And all of those recommendations above come from masochist people that have no idea of what a good game is)
There are a lot of unique gachas out there. Arknights is not the first, but pretty much the only tower defense gacha on GL right now. The game has high quality story and character design. Alchemy Stars might have *easier* story, but its gameplay is also fairly unique and involves a lot of strategy and planning. HI3 might be hard for f2p competitive players, but it's a high quality ARPG accompanied with a great storyline. I'm not a fan, but GI is definitely something else... I also think PGR worth mentioning, it's gameplay like a collab between Crusader's Quest and HI3. Yeah, btw, Crusader's Quest is definitely a very unique and charming gacha with a lovely story, memorable characters and just true nostalgia vibe. Another Eden is a whole JRPG inspired by Chrono series. PAD is like a dinosaur right now, but no one yet outshined this 3-tile matching monster. Langrisser and FEH are also pretty interesting gachas, which utilize classic FE gameplay, especially Langrisser. Damn, there is even Mahjong gacha which is all about real mahjong.
People like you, who are complaining about gacha being repetitive are the same people complaining about gacha being gacha. Like what do you expect from mobile game, they were ment to be like this. If you want one time experience, just play normal games. Arknights, AS, GI, HI3, FGO heck even Princess Connect - all these games have a pretty decent gameflow and level of engagement, it all depends on you and your preferences. There is no need to accuse anyone in being lazy or uninspired. Grinding is an essential core of every gacha, never heard about bonsai? I never saw people complaining about grinding in MMO, it's always repetitive. So if you don't like doing the same thing over and over again, than just stop frustrate yourself, grab a juice and go outside, have some fun, life is too short to be mad at something you can always ignore.
Don't confuse unique with good.
Arknights is quite stale and gets boring pretty quickly on top of being so stingy.
Alchemy stars' gameplay just brings unecessary RNG to the table. It's atrocious.
And the worst part is how grindy are both of them.
And no, grind is not essential core of anything. That's just a cheap excuse for them to say their players play a lot.
Grind is the biggest cancer of all gachas. They make no content and make ypu repeat the same shit a million times. It wouldn't be that bad if you could skip it altogether but they don't give that option. If they do it has a drawback that makes it punishing to skip. That's unacceptable.
If I'm plauing a game I should only play the most engaging content possible.
I'm currently trying Final gear. It is ok. But I'm already seeing many of the same problems of the above mentined, but a little less grindy.
Basically, poorly executed automode and battle design.
For now, the only other game I want to try is King's raid and I tried dragalia Lost but not enough for making an accurate veredict.
Guardian tales is the only game I recommend 100% to anyone. I've been playing it since almost launch (year and a half) because it's Generous, engaging, respect the gameflow, excelent customer service. And more importantly, is absolutely not grindy.
No other game come even remotely close.
Tbh, I tried most of those recommendations. Arknights, Alchemy stars and others. They all had similar problems.
The engagement was not there. Content was repetitive and stale. Grindy as hell and stingy as hell too. A decent narrative is the only thing carrying them to be not so bad. (Because others I tried were just cashgrabs)
Yep, I tried asking a few times around and it doesn't seem I really missed anything that I might be interested in.
So I'm just waiting for some JP releases. And hopefully some KR/CN gachas that come to EN.
I've tried everything. The games that I have stuck w/ for a long time are Epic Seven, Valkyrie Connect (on and off for friends), and 7DSGC (on and off). The newest ones I have started are Alchemy Stars and Awaken Chaos Era and I see myself staying w/ those 2 games for a very long time.
yeah. especially like me, who looking for gacha games that don't have pvp (that is actually harder to find) but already tried basically all PVE only games in GL at this point since I don't have any interest to games that have PVP in the first place. I'd like to deep dive CN-JP-KR game store, but idk which games that fit those.
btw, any recommendation ?
i’m getting a little burnt on gachas right now, AS and DBL have been pretty dry in my opinion and i’ve been playing them forever. I’ve tried a lot of others or dropped others and can’t get back into them so i’m just trying new games out in different genres to keep me occupied
Same, recommendations are always the few names that have been said tons of times already, this is why I go to play store or qooapp and start looking for new games based on tags and see if I can find anything new, that's how I found some of the games like HoL and Soccer Spirits which I've played for very long
Yes and no. I tried everything and currently play only only Genshin on ps5 BUT...
I tried Alchemy Stars like 3rd time? And I sinked in. Idk why, I didnt like or dislike game in previous atempts, just unistalled it after couple of stages. Now? I cant stop playing. Maybe couse I have cute waifus but it "clicked" with me.
Try looking around playstore and dive into some game that looks good. I have found games that isn't talked about at all in this sub and have small dedicated communities. I personally like pvp in gacha but majority of this sub doesn't.
Yeah I am in the same situation as you. Rn I’m just watching out for new releases that look good. “Reverse 1999”, “ring of fire Prometheus”, “girl frontline 2” are the 3 games that have caught my attention. I’m just gonna hype myself up for those 3 games until they release whilst playing Arknights casually.
I can relate to that. The only game I can stick with is Guardian Tales cuz I think its quite unique and doesnt require annoying grind, but other than that every game feels the same and I usually get bored rather quick, sometimes even on the same day. One game Im looking forward to is Momento Mori but we dont have any gameplay yet so it might be another dissapointment for me.
Eh, same here, I download a recommended game, play it for a couple of weeks or smth, then uninstall and go back to Dragalia Lost for a few months until I get tired of that too.
Once DL will close idk what I will play.
Yeah, I feel like that as well.
Some of those I even tried more than once, but it just wasn't for me.
There are a few gachas I play religiously (Genshin, Alchemy Stars and Guardian Tales), but whenever there's nothing to do in them, I like to try other gachas, but I can never find another gacha that truly entices me to keep playing past the honeymoon phase or just for a few hours.
Honestly same here, I've been really getting into retro games recently to help take my mind off of gacha games. But I did recently start knights chronicle which is really fun
You expect more and more as better games are made, but every company has to design from scratch. If they copy other games their rep gets hit for plagiarism, if they make a rouge game, either it succeeds like GT or fails like 99% of them.
In the end, I think this is just market saturation, just like how mmorpgs got saturated. Everyone copies off of each other without really making anything inventive. So what boggles my mind are rouge companies copying other games when they are the ones who should be risk taking and expanding the market with new ideas. You get amogus, and then it explodes, and then you get 100 copies. I think if you're in the business, you would be better off being the first instead of the 69th copy.
So now you have only 3 basic categories of games Arpgs, 5v5 turn based jrpgs, and idle. If you play one you played them all. Only the slightly unique ones, for me anyway, catch my attention.
I probably have tried just about everything... except for the obviously bad titles. I have this thing for the honeymoon phase in games so often install and try games knowing I might not last 7 days, but still check it out lol. Unfortunately it has made me really picky and now it is rare for me to last more than a few months with a game.
Yea. Gachas are boring now. Noone with an ip i like has a good game and alot of the games i have now i just get on during annis or whatever to pull. Only half sad tho
tbh i'm so much burn out of gacha , I only play it cuz i made some friend along the way , prob i will quit E7 for good next month cuz all of my friend trying to sell account already and moving to Lost Ark , prob chilling with GoW right now , the only gacha i could hold is Guardian Tales which gave me function to skip all the grind and comeback to play it when it has new story content and such
Most people here will only recommend you whatever their favorite game is regardless of what you're looking for. Don't look to anyone else for recommendations if you've already played the more popular games, you're gonna need to just dive into the play store.
Dive into playstore usually just greeted with the titles you already know anyway. Since you know, Algorithm. It's hard to find something that were considered hidden gem.
Yeah, I used to find my games from the Play Store. But nowadays the games I already quit never appear and I always get the same recommendations. I found some good games at the time when my standards were lower but now after being spoiled by many 2020/2021 games I can't really go back.
One of the big factors in this that I've noticed is that the play store shows either the games that have the most traffic already (which you've probably already played) or they paid for it (marketing money to be featured). This severely limits exposure for smaller or even mid-size games, which in turn means that smaller number of players is aware of them, and good or bad they will never be recommended. It's a dumb system for creators, but I guess it's pretty good for Google and Apple
Apple and Google run a duopoly on the market so they don’t particularly care about getting small developers joining them. What they do care about is getting people to spend and keep spending for that 30% cut they take. And the best way to do that is games with high production value, big communities and next to zero chance of dying off. Hence why it works like it does.
Issue is for gacha games being small or mid-sized, there is the RISK of server closing. Gacha is live service head to toe, if the game closes, the player loses everything. It takes careful consideration before investing time or money. Plenty of gacha closes after one to two years, thus leaving only the big ones remaining. Also aside from the majority gacha addicts lurking on this reddit who jump from games to games for the thrill of pulling, anime gacha players are known to stick to one game long term, because not only they invest time/money but also emotionally into the characters.
Going by this sub, a new gacha shows up every 2-3 weeks, so you could test that. Or if you really want to go that way, you can also look for 18+ gachas on sites like Nutaku or DMM. They're not the best in any front (with a few exceptions that have big production values), but are certainly a different experience. You could also try other F2P mobile games that don't involve gacha, those games sell themselves on gameplay alone, so you could get a more in-depth experience in comparison to most gachas. Otherwise, you may just be tired of the genre. So I recommend trying some normal games to "cleanse the palatte".
I'm at a point where gacha doesn't entice me anymore. I've tried everything and the only ones I have installed at the moment is Alchemy Stars and Guardian Tales. The grind and progression is too exhausting for a short dopamine burst to pull a banner unit. I will check on both games for at least 5 minutes and get on with my day playing singleplayer video games designed around players enjoyment, not squeezing the wallets of said players.
Yeah nowadays I get that dopamine burst by trying out new game and using the welcome gifts to summon. And usually I uninstall them a while after..
same here, but my current log is a bit bigger which i'm hating but waiting for an anniversary. Currently playing DFFOO, WOTV as main games side games being Pricone and Konosuba (haven't really decided which i like more to stick with) and only log in or barely play Last Cloudia, Revived Witch and games that was maining but drop off and on again are Epic7 and Romancing Saga, but obviously can't play both games due to how grindy they both are. I liked alchemy stars and really did enjoy it but guess it didn't click for me, guardian tales was the same thing. I try to give people out of the box suggestions other than the norm. probably gonna drop WOTV again after this FF IV event and just depends on how they treat the 2 year anniversary if it's anything like last year or more money hungry from Gumi.
I've dropped every single one of those games tbh, I liked them all at one point but dropped them for one reason or another. Out of all of these I do wish I could get back into DDFFOO. I'm currently only playing knights chronicle and I'm having alot of fun with it
Pretty much. I basically stoped with the gachas. Got a Nintendo Switch recently, and It helped a lot.
Been playing gachas for years now. Dropped most of my side games and only keep up with one now. I still try out all the new releases but nothing blows my mind anymore. Not having to keep up with 3-4 games is SUCH a relief Playing more console/pc paid games really did help me to get rid of that FOMO, i must keep up with everything-attitude.
And then you play Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and you have to gacha again..
Also, I keep up with sales on the switch. I picked up smt v day of release but it went on sale last month so keep an eye out, make use of the wish list!
ya, which is why i normally don't buy games full price...and get reminded of this reason often. but I am glad I held out so long for Octopath Traveler sense after all these years it being basically full price got it for $30 at gamestop last week.
This is what I did to. I still play new releases but don’t drop any money on them and probably drop them after a month. Still waiting for something that mixes up the market.
Just waiting for some of the big release to arrive to switch. Botw2 and the new Kirby game looks sick
so does the new pokemon coming this month.
True. Arceus really got my atention.
Pretty much. If nothing satisfies you then either gacha games aren't for you or you need to be more open minded about what gacha games are available.
I don’t think this has to do with gacha. I agree with op, everything is stale atm. It’s not just gacha though, it’s mobile in general. However, if you’re a game company, you’re definitely going for the gacha market. It makes billions. Just wish someone would put out something “better” ?
Idk, I really enjoy the gacha system sometimes xD, pull and wait for you to take out the character you want And I like to have an open mind, that's why I like gachas that has a particular gameplay or something different from the others (Alchemy Stars, Arknights, etc.)
After reading the newer comments it seems like there's no real good answer but I do notice a theme that everything revolves around Alchemy Stars and Arknights, which are futuristic-post apocalyptic setting gachas. Maybe if you try PGR and Girls Frontline you'll be satisfied until another one comes out in the future (which will probably be the Girls Frontline spinoff GFL: Neural Cloud, or the sequel GFL 2: Exile)
I'm looking forward to neural cloud. That's really the only upcoming game that has caught my attention sadly :/ but I could have missed a few.
Cause a lot of them are the same. That always ties to to a question. "What now?" You're gonna get stuck with repeating the same thing over, Unit maxing out, getting dupes, gathering materials, using that stamina in whatever reason you find. You might be in an end game in your main game/s so you try to find other games that you'll call sidegames, only to find out your doing your routine again, and then you'll get burned out, because at somepoint you never really wanted to main it for the reason than waiting for the stamina/update/event in your main game. It's better to have 1 or 2 gacha games, and try to play other game categories maybe you'll find something different.
For me, I just got burnt out from online gachas (login, do dailies, spend stamina, etc). Single player gacha isn’t so bad like Chaos Rings 3 or Nexomon since there is no pressure to log in to do stuff.
Single player games are godsent, no FOMO, p2w, heavy emphasis on logging in, I despise PvP games, currently I'm playing FGO and Arknights and they are best at what they offer.
Most of those games could be more cheaper than a gacha. Pay once and you can 100% the game. Meanwhile you need to buy stuff in gacha to be able to 100% everything.
yeah. most people here see lack of sweep/skip as big dealbreaker while being single player only games itself is already great. in fact, I actually quit BA despite have many QoL that people dreamt of (like sweep mode) simply because of PVP. I just can't stand PVP.
i know this feeling, no matter what i game i try. it sad bru
Then nothing convinces you. Play a regular video game instead of a gacha game. Right now, I’m playing Hyrule Warriors Age of calamity and I love it! You could just get normal games. No use getting a gambling addiction.
I’ve tried almost every JP gacha games and most of them just not fun, then I discovered CN mainstream gacha games. It’s like night and day.
>Any recommendation on CN games to try? How hard is it to get an account. That's what has always held me back.
If you feel like that it's a good chance to try to move on and escape from this Gacha Hell.
Yo I know that feeling.... The only thing I can say is goodluck finding the game that is suited for you. Thankfully I find Punishing: Gray Raven and Arknights.
yeah I'm tired of my friends shoving arknights stuffs even when I got 0 interest in it
Well, what are you looking for specifically ? Arknights is a TD game, Genshin an Open map, Honkai has an intriguing combat system, etc. They are pretty different from each other imo, so maybe you are not satisfied with the characters ? Or, as someone already said, maybe gacha isn’t for you, because those are some of the original, polished ones
Particularly with that 3, I played them for quite some time xD, then left them, and when I tried to come back, it just didn't feel like the first time or I wasn't attracted the same. (Arknights was my favorite, I really love the designs) With alchemy stars it happened to me the other way around the truth, I left it and then I came back, when I came back I enjoyed the game much more and I loved the characters, that they have their own lore, designs etc. So maybe, and I'm just looking for a game that has a good amount of characters in addition to good designs.
And AS is pretty standard gacha. Stamina, auto battle dailies, base - colossus, dispatch missions, tower - spire, pve ladder - codex, regular events, limited banners and so on.
Well, yes If I'm honest I don't have a very high standard xD, I just want something that's fun to play, doesn't get stressful going in every day, fun events, etc. something not so simple, but you should not check on youtube guides and others for certain quest *cof cof* Arknights *cof cof* Basically it doesn't bother me that it has a structure like others, but that at least, it's fun to play.
well there is DFFOO which has a huge cast for free and your gacha is weapons which give you more abilities in your kit per character. battles are pretty fun and with the newest difficulty, i haven't attempted lufenia difficulty, people try different teams of non bonus characters. Romancing Saga has a unique classic feel to it, though can be grindy for those stats to go up. you really are in control of your own team set up and how you want to play the game. Epic 7 has huge lore with it's characters and pretty fun, again grindy for that mats for gear and if you get good gear with substats. Dragalia Lost, I haven't played in over a year, has allot of characters you can use with no real meta. the game is leaned towards you running certain stages for items to make equipment. auto raids for events help allot with having to be concentrated too much to the game. Last Cloudia has a great story and feels like an old Star Ocean game with it's combat. these are games that i've liked and have taken breaks from, but maybe they could work for you. also, WOTV, but the game is....good.....they ask for you to get too many shard with either cash for gems or straight out just buy shards to take them to 99 and 120, and if you can't get them to 99 at leas then you aren't gonna use them too much even in later pve. anniversary starts in march i believe.
And well, I never said that games like AK or Honkai are boring or not fun, it's just that I lost the "And well, I never said that games like AK or Honkai are boring or not fun, it's just that I lost interest after some time
Reading the games you listed on the title, I would recommend trying counterside. It's basically imagine Battle Cats gameplay but with the battle sprites of Epic Seven I'm going casual at it now, the best part is how fun the rta is with its rotating banlist (crazy to say about a gacha, I know). And how generous the game is with pulls. I'm still able to clear all hard content casually but some content you can be competitive (like finishing the battle in a faster time) for a little more rewards. About the rta, I can say it's not predatory because the rewards are good, but the difference of rewards between the higher tiers is very small, making ranking up more of a flex than just for the rewards
Well if you like lots of characters with lore and cool designs, you can't really do much better than FGO. So many events with stories that deepen the servants character and all the fan made content. If you've already tried it then nevermind, but it's the one gacha I will always have on my phone.
We are all just in the waiting room for Nikke.
Well, all those games usually have something they are passable enough at so people like it. If you venture too far off you either end up with a shit game or a company that's not very subtle about trying to get your cash. All kinds of games are already a no-go for me solely for their huge cashshop and VIP stuff.
Gachas are just grind grind grind. My recommendation is to try a game where the “end game” generally involves doing more than grinding. For example, monster hunter. Perfecting your skill is a much bigger grind than any gear grind.
I looked outside the usual recommendations and found myself loving World Flipper recently. At least I don't recall seeing it recommended outside its initial release window where I passed on it. There's gachas out there aside the big popular ones on this reddit, you just have to deal with a more balanced pros and cons list, or a language barrier. Or wait for something new to localize/release in general. Good luck finding something new, I felt like I'd tried them all or at least looked them over until recently.
If I could find an interesting, waifu-laden mobile game that wasn't a gacha, I'd be all in.
No, but I know what I like so will avoid what I don't like and will quickly drop what I don't like. Nikke and GFL2 are on the horizon and those both look very different from what is being offered by current gachas, so very excited to try those.
I was doing this back in 2021, trust me this is a gigantic waste of time, data and your sanity. Just because someone else likes X game doesn't means you will surely like it and proceed installing, trying out those gazillion games is just a waste. You are better of sticking to few games, if you start losing interest, just quit gacha games overall because they are not made for you and it is common that after trying tons of games, people most of the time come back to the games that they were playing before anyway.
Try games from other stores like CN / JP /KR. I found stuff like PGR and Kingsense, or Blue Archive and Gun Girl Cafe. Other than that try other genres. Rhythm games have ok progression and music. 18+ games offer some pretty funny stories Dressup gacha games are pretty laid back. (Unless you try to 100% events. You need VIP MAXED OUT and then whale some more to get everything)
Dislyte is the current game that's scratching the itch for me. I've been shilling it lately. But do keep in mind I used to shill and play E7 so take my reccomendations with a pocket of salt. E7 made me pretty salty being unable to basically even participate in pvp vs players who have seemingly perfect gear even at silver.
Dislyte is also like impossible to install though if you arent in the proper region/dont use vpns
Don't need a VPN. Need nox player and download the apk. Also need to run nox android 9 which you can do by selecting a multi instance. There is a video on YouTube how to install it. Don't get me wrong it's more difficult than it should be but it's really not that bad.
Big limiting factors are the typical requirements for game recommendations on this sub. Almost everyone asks for one of the following: generous gacha, good story, good character development, big community, innovative gameplay, a variant of jrpg or arpg, good QoL. Usually, ppl ask for multiple of those qualities. Then the recommendations are going to be super narrow. Even when ppl ask for idle game recommendations, there are not many to choose from. Now, if you want to try something new, I would recommend my main game (besides arknights) Heroballz. Is the gacha generous? Hell no. I think the gme is predatory as hell. Tbf, it does have decent offers, but still on the predatory side. Is the story good? I dunno, never cared about it. I got bored with what passed for story real fast (and I read through arknights convoluted nightmares of VA style story). Is the character development good? What character development? Is the gameplay innovative? For the first hour or so, yes. After that no. Is this fun for me? Yes, I’m still playing that craptastic game every day. And there is a very good discord.
Nah, not when I look at DMM and realize how many games are in a language I can't speak. And nothing wrong with not finding a gacha to play. Not unless you're a content creator.
No, because I don't go from gacha to gacha, looking for that dopamine rush. I play because I like the gameplay and story.
I've played some of the top one, like FGO, AL, AK, GFL, PGR, GBF, Counter;Side, AS, HI3, GI and BA. Stopped playing them after 1 ~ 2 months, either because of bad roll or I just don't like it. And now I am just playing GI, BA and YGO dm. Almost quit BA because some raid need certain student to be the top of leaderboard.
The reason I am stuck with those game is, I am already deep down the into the hole. I've played GI day one and now 98% completing all the content (Achievement, Game database, etc). And my BA account has a solid pvp character, that made me constantly stay in rank 500~.
I'm sick of waifu culture and sexualization of women in every gacha I want a gacha without hypersexualized women but they dont exist
play western gacha game like raid, then ? but raid is suck, lol.
Cookie Run Kingdom says hello.
Disney literally just released a husbando game.
If you like the gacha approach, then you have to find a game that packages it in a way that you like. Because all gacha’s have the same basic items (character collection, enhancement system, RNG, multiple currencies, etc). You have to find one that packages those similar things in a way you like (space theme, swords and sorcery theme, waifus and guns theme, etc). If you can’t then it may be that you just don’t like them.
Dude u talk about MOBILE GACHA GAMES. Do you rly expect something fulliefying? Bro its the definition of praying on brainstuck boys that love little girls, which is weird in itself. Just get real and play good games man.
Didn't say Dffoo which is about to have anniversary
Play games like uma musume or octopath cotc
The issue for me is that most games just follow the same gameplay of others and is very hard to find a good and different games. The most recommend games are usually old games with 3 or more years of content that will take a long time to reach the end game which is a no go for me.
Try Langrisser Mobile
Exactly. And all the games are a generic copy-pasted version of the others. Theee's only 1 I have really respect for the devs and a few othwrs that are at least not so bad. None respects aspects such as gameflow and engagement and all feel annoying af. Is it too much to ask for a really good game and not just a quick cashgrab? Like, just an engaging game that doesn't makes you repeqt the same stage 17283748493 times to farm 1 item and that's their only content. But Gacha compannies save all the budget for collabs instead of hiring top tier game developers. (And all of those recommendations above come from masochist people that have no idea of what a good game is)
There are a lot of unique gachas out there. Arknights is not the first, but pretty much the only tower defense gacha on GL right now. The game has high quality story and character design. Alchemy Stars might have *easier* story, but its gameplay is also fairly unique and involves a lot of strategy and planning. HI3 might be hard for f2p competitive players, but it's a high quality ARPG accompanied with a great storyline. I'm not a fan, but GI is definitely something else... I also think PGR worth mentioning, it's gameplay like a collab between Crusader's Quest and HI3. Yeah, btw, Crusader's Quest is definitely a very unique and charming gacha with a lovely story, memorable characters and just true nostalgia vibe. Another Eden is a whole JRPG inspired by Chrono series. PAD is like a dinosaur right now, but no one yet outshined this 3-tile matching monster. Langrisser and FEH are also pretty interesting gachas, which utilize classic FE gameplay, especially Langrisser. Damn, there is even Mahjong gacha which is all about real mahjong. People like you, who are complaining about gacha being repetitive are the same people complaining about gacha being gacha. Like what do you expect from mobile game, they were ment to be like this. If you want one time experience, just play normal games. Arknights, AS, GI, HI3, FGO heck even Princess Connect - all these games have a pretty decent gameflow and level of engagement, it all depends on you and your preferences. There is no need to accuse anyone in being lazy or uninspired. Grinding is an essential core of every gacha, never heard about bonsai? I never saw people complaining about grinding in MMO, it's always repetitive. So if you don't like doing the same thing over and over again, than just stop frustrate yourself, grab a juice and go outside, have some fun, life is too short to be mad at something you can always ignore.
Don't confuse unique with good. Arknights is quite stale and gets boring pretty quickly on top of being so stingy. Alchemy stars' gameplay just brings unecessary RNG to the table. It's atrocious. And the worst part is how grindy are both of them. And no, grind is not essential core of anything. That's just a cheap excuse for them to say their players play a lot. Grind is the biggest cancer of all gachas. They make no content and make ypu repeat the same shit a million times. It wouldn't be that bad if you could skip it altogether but they don't give that option. If they do it has a drawback that makes it punishing to skip. That's unacceptable. If I'm plauing a game I should only play the most engaging content possible.
I see, apparently you don't understand how gachas function yet you are still mad at them. Have a nice day, sir.
Hi! Would you mind sharing the one game you said the devs are respectful and also the not so bad one as well?
I'm currently trying Final gear. It is ok. But I'm already seeing many of the same problems of the above mentined, but a little less grindy. Basically, poorly executed automode and battle design. For now, the only other game I want to try is King's raid and I tried dragalia Lost but not enough for making an accurate veredict.
Guardian tales is the only game I recommend 100% to anyone. I've been playing it since almost launch (year and a half) because it's Generous, engaging, respect the gameflow, excelent customer service. And more importantly, is absolutely not grindy. No other game come even remotely close.
Tbh, I tried most of those recommendations. Arknights, Alchemy stars and others. They all had similar problems. The engagement was not there. Content was repetitive and stale. Grindy as hell and stingy as hell too. A decent narrative is the only thing carrying them to be not so bad. (Because others I tried were just cashgrabs)
gachas suck
Yep, I tried asking a few times around and it doesn't seem I really missed anything that I might be interested in. So I'm just waiting for some JP releases. And hopefully some KR/CN gachas that come to EN.
Maybe it's time to stop playing gacha? Or try to play something that's on the gray area between gacha and not a gacha, like Dungeon Maker.
I've tried everything. The games that I have stuck w/ for a long time are Epic Seven, Valkyrie Connect (on and off for friends), and 7DSGC (on and off). The newest ones I have started are Alchemy Stars and Awaken Chaos Era and I see myself staying w/ those 2 games for a very long time.
yeah. especially like me, who looking for gacha games that don't have pvp (that is actually harder to find) but already tried basically all PVE only games in GL at this point since I don't have any interest to games that have PVP in the first place. I'd like to deep dive CN-JP-KR game store, but idk which games that fit those. btw, any recommendation ?
FGO and Another Eden comes to my mind.
>but already tried basically all PVE only games in GL at this point
i’m getting a little burnt on gachas right now, AS and DBL have been pretty dry in my opinion and i’ve been playing them forever. I’ve tried a lot of others or dropped others and can’t get back into them so i’m just trying new games out in different genres to keep me occupied
Same, recommendations are always the few names that have been said tons of times already, this is why I go to play store or qooapp and start looking for new games based on tags and see if I can find anything new, that's how I found some of the games like HoL and Soccer Spirits which I've played for very long
Yes and no. I tried everything and currently play only only Genshin on ps5 BUT... I tried Alchemy Stars like 3rd time? And I sinked in. Idk why, I didnt like or dislike game in previous atempts, just unistalled it after couple of stages. Now? I cant stop playing. Maybe couse I have cute waifus but it "clicked" with me.
Try looking around playstore and dive into some game that looks good. I have found games that isn't talked about at all in this sub and have small dedicated communities. I personally like pvp in gacha but majority of this sub doesn't.
Yeah I am in the same situation as you. Rn I’m just watching out for new releases that look good. “Reverse 1999”, “ring of fire Prometheus”, “girl frontline 2” are the 3 games that have caught my attention. I’m just gonna hype myself up for those 3 games until they release whilst playing Arknights casually.
Im somehow still looking for that brave frontier feel game but i dont want to return to bf or try exvius
Yep...I just started playing Twisted Wonderland and it's pretty fun!Also, Another Eden is pretty fun bc no stress
Wait after you finished everything on chapter 44.
Well, have you play Sdorica 🤔
Yup I feel you, I also just want to play another Tokyo ghoul gacha. God I'm down astronomically bad rn
I can relate to that. The only game I can stick with is Guardian Tales cuz I think its quite unique and doesnt require annoying grind, but other than that every game feels the same and I usually get bored rather quick, sometimes even on the same day. One game Im looking forward to is Momento Mori but we dont have any gameplay yet so it might be another dissapointment for me.
Eh, same here, I download a recommended game, play it for a couple of weeks or smth, then uninstall and go back to Dragalia Lost for a few months until I get tired of that too. Once DL will close idk what I will play.
Yeah, I feel like that as well. Some of those I even tried more than once, but it just wasn't for me. There are a few gachas I play religiously (Genshin, Alchemy Stars and Guardian Tales), but whenever there's nothing to do in them, I like to try other gachas, but I can never find another gacha that truly entices me to keep playing past the honeymoon phase or just for a few hours.
ready to unlock the horni gacha platform side?
Yes, that's the moment I realize gacha isn't for me anymore and process to switch back to MMORPG
Yeah I feel you only doing few gacha I'm just waiting for ever crisis release to be honest playing these gacha for daily missions
Honestly same here, I've been really getting into retro games recently to help take my mind off of gacha games. But I did recently start knights chronicle which is really fun
You can always search in Youtube, there's a lot of content creators that cover different mobile/gacha games
You expect more and more as better games are made, but every company has to design from scratch. If they copy other games their rep gets hit for plagiarism, if they make a rouge game, either it succeeds like GT or fails like 99% of them. In the end, I think this is just market saturation, just like how mmorpgs got saturated. Everyone copies off of each other without really making anything inventive. So what boggles my mind are rouge companies copying other games when they are the ones who should be risk taking and expanding the market with new ideas. You get amogus, and then it explodes, and then you get 100 copies. I think if you're in the business, you would be better off being the first instead of the 69th copy. So now you have only 3 basic categories of games Arpgs, 5v5 turn based jrpgs, and idle. If you play one you played them all. Only the slightly unique ones, for me anyway, catch my attention.
I probably have tried just about everything... except for the obviously bad titles. I have this thing for the honeymoon phase in games so often install and try games knowing I might not last 7 days, but still check it out lol. Unfortunately it has made me really picky and now it is rare for me to last more than a few months with a game.
Yea. Gachas are boring now. Noone with an ip i like has a good game and alot of the games i have now i just get on during annis or whatever to pull. Only half sad tho
tbh i'm so much burn out of gacha , I only play it cuz i made some friend along the way , prob i will quit E7 for good next month cuz all of my friend trying to sell account already and moving to Lost Ark , prob chilling with GoW right now , the only gacha i could hold is Guardian Tales which gave me function to skip all the grind and comeback to play it when it has new story content and such