Genshin Impact has gone on to become one of the biggest games in the world since arriving back in 2020, and now developer HoYoverse has announced a release date for their next big project, Honkai: Star Rail. Unlike Genshin Impact with its Zelda-esque action and exploration, Honkai: Star Rail is more of a traditional RPG, with semi-strategic turn-based battles. Of course, like past HoYoverse titles, Honkai is a free-to-play title with a gacha loot box system for unlocking characters and weapons. In addition to a release date, HoYoverse has also announced console versions of the game are in the works for PS4 and PS5. You can check out a new PlayStation trailer for the game, below.
Looks promising! Genshin Impact exceeded almost everybody’s expectations, so it would be silly not to keep an open-mind about this one, particularly if you’re somebody who prefers turn-based to action RPGs. Need to know more? Here’s a brief description of Honkai: Star Rail’s world and story…
“Honkai: Star Rail is a brand-new space fantasy RPG with a journey through immense worlds of the unknown. The game features fantasy elements with myths and legends integrated into a space sci-fi story. Combined with the intuitive turn-based combat system, large maps with maze exploration, and immersive storylines that together compose an interstellar melody filled with surprises and rewarding experiences, that echo throughout the universe!
Implanted with a Stellaron, the protagonist bravely set sail for the galaxy to drill down to the truth surrounding the so-called Cancer of All Worlds. Players will able to experience a vast universe abundant in distinctive cultures, landscapes, and scenery. From Herta Space Station where the story starts and you receive the prerequisite knowledge for the forthcoming journey, to Jarilo-VI where numerous dangers and conflicts are frozen beneath the snow, to the eastern-fantasy-infused silkpunk flagship Xianzhou Luofu where the topic of immortality is the cause of both development and strife.”
Honkai: Star Rail launches on PC and mobile devices on April 26. A release date for the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game has yet to be revealed.
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