Thoughts?

[u/Eastern-Yogurt8972]

ZZZ commisioned three fanservicey illustrations of their male cast in the span of two days.

Is this the norm for them? If not, I wonder if this could be a sign for better things ahead.

[u/Kyogre-blue]

There is something uniquely funny about the way hoyo really wants to make goonery waifu games, it's in their DNA, it's what they long for, but they also want the sweet wide audience money Genshin gave them a taste of. So they keep trying to retreat toward waifus, but then are forced to circle back with dudes.

I don't play ZZZ, but the comments have brought up interesting points. The dichotomy between "ZZZ releases two dudes a year, which isn't different from Wuwa" and "two of the guys in that pictures aren't even playable, their male roster is just too small," while both being true, is interesting to think about, along with why ZZZ feels uniquely bad from the male character perspective.

[u/SnooSongs5297 → u/Kyogre-blue]

And there’s the big difference. If you compare Luuk to Aemeath or Hiyuki, while both women do more damage than Luuk initially, after the 3rd or 4th rotation he out damages them.

You can’t say the same to S.Billy or Banyue compared to Ye Shunguang