I really like Rinascita but the Black shores literally took my breath away. I wish we had more story content there
Avinoleum is probably the most gorgeous area of a gacha game I've seen so far.
PGR: The apocalypse is still on going and keep getting worse, humanity still unable to overcome the disaster (punishing virus, red tides, etc.) WW: The apocalypse is still on going but not as worse as before, humanity is now able to adapt and lowering the casuality caused by the disaster (Taced discords, Lament)
Mt. Firmament is beautiful too.
Well they need different styles for different regions to make the Open World aspect to feel alive. That also makes the game worth exploring the map without overusing teleport points as navigation purposes, add it with photography mode the game have to make scenes more special to take pictures on
I’d say it’s more Art direction than style
Appreciate the difference between regions locked by water for evolution reasons, i like that every region also has different ecology like the tacet discords are also part of the "modern" nature. My favorite place would either be the black shores, or the big oak tree maze. They are very beautiful for different reasons, black shores being modern intimate and homey, and the oak (forgot the name) grand and historical such as something from elden ring
Constantly improving a game for player experience beats staying stagnant and delivering low-quality content to paying players. Growth matters, especially when people are spending real money they earned from their daily jobs. Huge respect to Kuro for valuing both our time and our wallets.
the New Federation, our next upcoming area, is highly hinted at being more of a sci-fi, cyberpunk area. This coincides with their upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 collab, too.
Ye honestly, it all make sense from Jinhzou being a war torn region, Black Shores being the most technological advanced group, and etc. But honestly, in future Huanglong regions, I hope we will get more Chinese if you get what I mean. Like the domain with Zhezhi on her companion quest. And it would also make sense since Jinhzou in lore is considered as Outer Huanglong, which is why it's so mute and war torn. However, Inner Huanglong which are the other 5(or 6 cities, I can't remember) will look much more peaceful.
Agreed 100% upper black shore is still my fav place its so unique and has such unique and chill vibe and very unlikely to topped and it feels also the most alive with all the black shores employees?
I am in the right side of the youtube algorithmn, good video +1 sub
One thing I should remind about Kuro (to the point it deserves a whole video about it) is that they respect the figure of an artist. One of the first boss of Punishing Gray Raven is a corrupted robot Graffiti Artist. When we saw Gray Raven squad went for a space mission for the first time, we're introduced to 2 artists, each represents 2 apparent view of tradition and innovation, and are great friends and are written in a way so relatable to most of the discourse of art right now. WuWa has quite a few as well as the stories of art in the eyes of those who manages with arts (a brief mention of the banana duct taped to the wall there as well. I think it worked for them because not only will they be able to extend their vision of the world more diverse, but also be able to experiment for a lot of works in the future, and I'm all for it. (Now if only they can find someone to optimize the game)
If WuWa decides to have a housing system I hope they use the Black Shores and maybe give Rover apartments all over Solaris. It's still mysterious where they stayed in Jinzhou even though it's clear they 're living in Monteli Hotel before moving to Portoveno Castle later in Rinascita.
One thing i love about kuro is just how dramatically they lean into feedback. The whining of Huanlong being to grey and monotone was answered with Rinascita, and the current yammering about how Ragunna is so darn bright and fantasy that its not what 1.x players signed up for is most likely to be slapped across by NewFed's cyberpunk vibes. And theres subtle inbetween locations like the Black Shores and Septimont
I love every region, but location with vocals BGM are my favorite.
Thanks for the video. I really enjoy your insight on Wuthering Waves' art. Can't wait to see what they're bringing up on Septimont!
Some feedback, in your intro when you played music over some cutscenes, I would have cut the cutscenes audio entirely rather than layering them. It makes the audio bad when there's so much noise. Great video.
I couldn't agree more!
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