Great Game - I have some Ideas – Arknights Review

Awesome game. I’m addicted. Highly recommended for people who are patient and like Gachas (For Ideas scroll down, I’ll put them at the bottom). I think for most people it’s either they like it A LOT or they don’t like it at all. Obviously I’m the former, and by far Arknights is one of my favorite gachas of all time. F2P or Pay to Win? It is completely F2P. Many complain about the sanity system. Honestly if you’re patient enough you can get through the game without paying a single cent. Those who complain are mostly people who love this game and want to play more. The thing about Arknights is that it’s completely PVE, so you aren’t put at a disadvantage if you are F2P. You can play at your own pace without being put down by players who pay money. You simply have to be patient and wait for sanity to recover. Story: The story is actually interesting for me personally. One of the first few games where I don’t skip the story. The setting they have set up is super unique and makes you love the operators/characters more. Gameplay: A mix between farming and strategy. Ultimately it is a tower defense-like game but using characters (or Operators) instead, to take out enemies or block them. You have to use your head in some scenarios and it makes you think, unlike some gachas where you just auto 100% of the time. Overall I love the gameplay, it’s a game for you if you love strategy and placements. Overall: Amazing game. The game is free, so it doesn’t hurt to try it out. The community is awesome as well, if you ever get confused about a mechanic there’s a lot of amazing you tubers (Tec Tone cough* cough*) and videos you can check out. The websites they have are super useful too and there are some discord’s out there for this game. IDEAS: This is for the developers or people curious about my ideas. Feel free to hear me out. A chat System: Maybe have a global chat system where people can talk to one another. I know the community is super active and supportive (There are many active Arknights discord servers) so having a chat system wouldn’t be a bad idea. People can brag about their operators, help each other out, and overall make the game more fun. It also gives people something to do while they wait for their sanity to recover. Guild or Alliance System: I really love the clues system they have implemented. But I believe you can take it a step further. Arknights should also add a guild or alliance system where members can chat and support one another. As well as other mechanics that benefit guild members in some way (Maybe doing things for the guild = rewards, that sort of system). Friendly Duels: I am NOT asking for PVP. KEEP THE GAME PVE. Do not make it pay to win. What I was thinking was that you pick a campaign mission, and then you can ask your friend to do the mission as well. Your friend would have to use the same operators you are using. That way you both do the mission and you both get to see how the other person did it. It might help people get through some difficult missions. Also the person can only ask a friend if they have that campaign unlocked already (so that it’s fair and no future spoiling). History/Lore Section: I Love the setting Arknights takes place in. A futuristic universe in which entire cities are forced to move in order to avoid dangerous calamities. The concept of infected and how they are treated as unequal. To better understand this universe the developers should add a history section where players can go to and learn more about this universe. During the loading screen it gives some background information about the infected and originium, but that info cannot be found within the game (Yes I know there’s a section where you can read about the operator’s story but there isn’t a section about the lore of the world or it’s histories). I wish the developers had an area where we can read more about the lore of the world itself Anyways if you’ve read everything and made it this far, thank you for reading. I hope this review helps and you should definitely give Arknights a try.
Review by Olrick Dingcong on Arknights.