Test any HoYoverse social media thread, and I assure you’ll discover a microcosm of netizens speaking within the infinite languages of on-line slang, memes, and popular culture references. These conversations are sometimes some painful combination of absurdly awkward, endearing, or aggressive, and the writing in Honkai: Star Rail’s newest occasion completely captures that spirit.

The flagship occasion for Honkai: Star Rail Model 1.5, A Foxian Story of the Haunted, follows a streamer named Guinaifen, who investigates ghost sighting claims. You and some different characters work collectively to place these rumors to relaxation and develop Guinaifen’s social media presence. It’s a lesson in ghost-hunting and clout-chasing, mainly.

Star Rail is aware of one thing about posting

The occasion has you be a part of a magical exercise discussion board the place individuals put up about numerous supernatural occasions across the Luofu. These discussion board posts turn into results in examine, beginning a brief quest for each. When ending an investigation, you make a discussion board put up of your personal to share your findings and put the general public comfortable.

There’s even somebody barking. What’s further enjoyable is that Honkai: Star Rail has a race of fox-people referred to as Foxians. Possibly the barking is actual? Is it doable that Foxians in Honkai: Star Rail really do bark at one another to precise thirst?

After all, there are additionally individuals utilizing the posts to get consideration for themselves. There’s one man begging Guinaifen to answer to their DMs. Even Guinaifen’s brother makes use of her posts to attempt to get extra followers himself. Or perhaps he’s not even her brother, simply somebody fishing for followers.

We even have haters and white knights. Somebody makes a put up criticizing our content material, and folks come to our protection within the feedback. The highest remark has been eliminated by a moderator, and one other has been censored for profanity. Yikes.

The remainder of the occasion’s fairly nice too

Apart from the painfully correct web “discourse,” I really just like the occasion as a complete. I haven’t performed Honkai: Star Rail in earnest for a while, and that is the occasion that acquired me to obtain it once more. There’s a brand new occasion story with distinctive dungeon puzzles, the featured characters have some enjoyable dialogue, and the cutscenes are nice. The fight parts of the occasion have distinctive mechanics which can be really enjoyable to mess around. You get a lightweight cone as a part of the occasion rewards, and in contrast to Genshin Affect, it seems you’ll be capable to partake within the occasion storyline even after the occasion concludes.

I’m impressed at how a lot effort was put into creating an immersive occasion full with web spam. On the similar time, I’m confronted with how totally wild and incoherent the web might be, and I’m undecided if I prefer it.