Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai Star Rail offers a palpable universe full of possibilities on top of an accessible turn-based combat system that you can dig as deeply into as you want. There's a grind involved with any gacha game, and Honkai Star Rail is no exception. Strong writing, intriguing characters, and engrossing combat make Honkai Star Rail a must-play game that's also relatively friendly to free-to-play players.

Honkai: Star Rail upholds miHoYo's strong reputation for compelling RPGs. Even with the gacha systems, it offers a fun free-to-play experience with fun story-telling, interesting companions and sleek gameplay.

A true Genshin Impact successor with impeccable visual style and strategic depth.

With its deep narrative and high-quality production, Honkai: Star Rail redefines what players should expect from free-to-play RPGs.

In our Honkai Star Rail review find out if you should board the Astral Express and travel the universe, or if you should pass on getting a ticket to this particular train?

Honkai Star Rail is a highly polished turn-based RPG that builds off the Hoyoverse gacha machine, and while it certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel, its colourful cast of characters and mercurial tone sets it on the right track.

A new saga from Hoyoverse brings a lively and entertaining experience with both new and familiar faces.

Honkai: Star Rail isn't a groundbreaking experience or a massive new open-world action game, but it's still full of promise and potential as a polished, pretty, and easy-to-master RPG experience.

Assessing the prospects of Honkai: Star Rail is quite difficult because it will be possible to compare only with the studio's previous games, or the most popular Genshin. Obviously, it will attract a sizable audience at launch due to miHoYo's general popularity and balanced style, the question is whether there will be enough content in the game to keep that audience, given the superficial combat s...

I'm pretty sure I will make many enemies from this review alone, but I still can't believe that Honkai Star Rail managed to become this popular with how shallow and empty it is. Much like before with Genshin Impact, I thoroughly played the game up to Trailblazer Rank 25 before I gave up and started this review.

Some subtle improvements to the grind and flexible turn-based tactics mean Honkai: Star Rail's off to a fine start.