Honkai: Star Rail launched its first main replace this week within the type of model 2.0 It provides a cornucopia of recent content material for trailblazers to discover, together with a continuation of the primary quest, new characters, and the brand new Penacony space. I’ve solely spent a brief period of time with model 2.0 however issues are wanting actually good thus far. And one of many much less flashy options added in model 2.0, Destiny’s Atlas, has fully gained me over.
Reside-service video games like Honkai: Star Rail require lots of process administration on the a part of the participant. On prime of maintaining with Trailblaze Missions (the sport’s foremost quests) gamers must steadiness a variety of duties starting from finishing day by day missions to farming improve supplies for characters. Model 2.0 additionally marks the primary new Trailblaze Mission since August of 2023, so most gamers might in all probability use a refresher forward of diving into Penacony. That’s the place Destiny’s Atlas is available in. Destiny’s Atlas is actually a visible information to the story of Honkai: Star Rail, accessible within the backside left of the Missions menu always. Each Trailblaze Mission is represented by a card on the timeline, and every card incorporates a brief description of the important thing plot factors at that time within the sport. This helps demystify among the extra complicated plot factors and is an ideal refresher for returning gamers.
What takes Destiny’s Atlas to the subsequent degree is that it’s not solely a show of Honkai: Star Rail’s foremost story. Every Trailblaze Mission additionally shows related side-content like Companion Missions beneath the primary card on the timeline. These sub-cards record the necessities it’s a must to meet to unlock content material, so actually something you could know is contained within the Atlas. HoYoverse’s purpose is to current the necessary occasions of Honkai: Star Rail in a single simple to reference place, and this undoubtedly succeeds— Hell it made me conscious of quests I had unintentionally been ignoring for months!
Honkai: Star Rail’s story isn’t almost as complicated as Genshin Impression’s however that’s as a result of the sci-fi RPG remains to be in its first yr. If all goes to plan, we shall be taking part in Honkai: Star Rail for years to come back. The addition of the Destiny’s Atlas this early into the sport’s life span makes it simpler for gamers to remain updated, and will proceed to because it expands sooner or later. This will even be a useful function for brand new gamers each time they begin their journey with the Astral Specific. The one draw back of Destiny’s Atlas is that it isn’t additionally in Genshin Impression. But! A lady can dream.