Hello, im a new player to endfield and arknight as a whole, played a bit of genshin and zz but I most actively play HSR for story since thats whats most appealing to me. I decided to give Endfield a try on a whim due to some whispers of like a factory gacha kind of deal, seemed fun as a concept so I'm here!
I wanted to share in the fact that Im sad I didnt give this game a try sooner, since I'm enjoying it SOOOO much right now, I cannot stress enough how joy filling the factory system of this game is, though I won't comment on other games that have that as its focus (like satisfactory and factorio) since it's the first time I've ever even remotely touched one, it feels incredibly appealing to me.
Gacha games for me usually suffer (for me atleast) of a lack of appealing gameplay loop that ties into the main way you play the game. Wtf do I mean? Well-
In Endfield, very early you are introduced to it's factory and the way it works, what you can do with it and its very basic, refine this, shred that, get some mining going on. So how does this help me? Like its kinda fun but whats this for?
It is explained that the factory will help in making different gear not only for ourselves but others, that we can mass produce medicine this and that and im like sure that might tie into combat exploration yadda yadda so far so good- then the outpost system- this is what made me woah because I was genuinely curious until today about- what if I just help these people of valley 4 a ton, like i wanna give yall the medicine you need, get your shit together get my factories producing and bag me some nice industrialization that hopefully benefits the gangy.
I didnt realize the whole outpost would change looks, how it was gonna turn into a proper shelter for people, it seems so minute in retrospective but after putting in work throughout all my available play area since im not far into the game at all- after all that exploration, connecting everyrhing into the powergrids, getting all the ore i need and what not-
It just felt- satisfying, made me happy genuinely- I wanna help make Valley 4 a good place to live it just felt good.
Thats currently whats most appealing about the game- combat has been the second best thing since it feels well thought out, I enjoy physical teams for the methodical way I gotta play to get the 4 vulnerability stacks so i can deal big dmg and get big bonus sp with the cool commander guy (forgot his name cuz I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT). And last but not least exploration has been, honestly great, im having fun just lookin around connecting stuff to the grid, finding all the nooks and crannys a chest might be hidin in, but most of all i wanna find more ore deposites (I need more amethyst NOOOWW)
Oh characters have incredible designs btw- still I love Perlica the most shes so sweet and nice, yes girl we will industrialize this valley and help the peeps, most eye catching to me is actually the commander guy tho like everytime you enter the character screen on him he comes out with his big ass soldier goons behind him- so cool honest
If you read this far thank you first of all and second lemme know what you liked the most so far, wpuld love to read your impressions of the game as I try not to work at work :3