About Honkai Impact 3rd
Honkai Impact 3rd (whale. Crash 3 beng huai 3; letters. Honkai 3rd is a free to play XNUMXD Sci-fi Action RPG developed and published by miHoYo, featuring an anime style using cel-shaded graphics. Is a spiritual heir Houkai Gakuen 2, borrows some characters from her, but tells a different story. The game is notable for including many genres such as slasher, life simulation, Shoot 'em up, platformer and Dungeon Crawl. The main component of the game is gacha mechanics.
In addition to the game, the Honkai Impact 3rd franchise spans many additional media, including an anime series., several series of manhua and promotional videos.
В Honkai Impact 3rd the player collects a squad of up to 3 characters, called here "Valkyries". Each Valkyrie has its own class, which opposes other classes on the principle of "rock-paper-scissors", as well as different types of attacks (physical, elemental, etc.). The player directly controls the selected character and can freely switch between the three Valkyries, combining special skills and combining them into moves to get more powerful attacks. Also implemented is a system of evading enemy attacks by pressing a certain button at the moment before getting hit, which leads to slowing down time and avoiding damage. Usually missions come down to the destruction of all enemies before the time runs out. The characteristics of the Valkyries are improved by leveling up their level, new weapons and sets of stigmata (the game analogue of equipment).
The game is divided into a single passage of the main and side story missions; to complete missions with obtaining resources and experience for pumping Valkyries, weapons and stigmata; to complete multiplayer tasks to collect resources; for the passage of single tasks with leaderboards. With each regular update, various events begin in the game, adding new game modes or competitive elements. The updates also include new Valkyries and occasional collaborations with other franchises and games..
In addition to battles, the game has a "hostel" (Dorm), in which you can inhabit the Valkyries and change its appearance by buying furniture or repainting the walls and floor. Players can visit each other's dorms. You can also interact with the Valkyries on the main screen, which is the main bridge of the Hyperion ship, changing costumes for the characters and listening to small phrases.
The whole game is based on gacha mechanics. For example, some missions involve killing the boss within the allotted time. For the most effective kill, you need Valkyries with a certain class, damage type, signature weapon and a set of stigmata. In turn, the main, but not the only way to get Valkyries and their signature equipment is gacha.
Weapon
Each Valkyrie can equip a different type of weapon: pistols, katana, cannon, two-handed sword, cross, gloves, scythe, spear, bow and chakram.
Players can obtain weapons through shopping in stores, collecting fragments, gacha, completing daily tasks, and other ways.
After obtaining a weapon, players can upgrade it to improve its attributes.
Upon reaching a certain level, some types of weapons can be upgraded to the PRI-arm version, this changes their appearance and improves their performance..
Stigmata
Each Valkyrie can be armed with three stigmata. They increase the attack, defense, critical chance and other attributes of the characters. Like weapons, stigmata can be upgraded to improve their attributes.
All stigmata are inserted into their slot. The characters have 3 slots in total: Top (T), Middle (M), and Bottom (B). The stigmata are collected in sets of three with one name. When using two or three stigmata from the same set on the same character, the set effect is activated, giving better stats.
Valkyrie
Valkyries (Japanese: 戦乙女) are powerful female Schicksal warriors who are highly resistant to honkai and have natural or artificial stigmata.. In the game, they are divided into battlesuits (Battlesuits). Each Valkyrie can have multiple battle suits, each of which is unlocked separately. In the game, the name "Valkyrie" is used both for the playable characters and for each individual battle suit.
Combat suits have a slot for one weapon and 3 slots for stigmata.
The starting Valkyries are B, A, and S ranks, and can be upgraded to SSS rank with Fragments