Genshin Influence’s developer, Hoyoverse, is again within the kitchen cooking up a brand new recreation, and it seems prefer it takes some inspiration from Pokémon. The undertaking is a part of Hoyoverse’s rising Honkai IP and is hiring throughout a spread of growth and testing roles.
The fan translation of the as-yet-unnamed Honkai IP’s job itemizing describes amassing, coaching, and evolving “Destined Spirits” in a “tranquil seaside city,” which, at first look, sounds quite a bit like Pokémon. Nonetheless, the battle system is the place this idea differs, referencing “auto chess battles.” Should you’re unfamiliar with the style, consider Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds or Riot’s Teamfight Techniques League of Legends recreation.
This isn’t the primary time that Hoyoverse has toyed with monster battling in varied types throughout its current video games. We’ve seen beetle battling and buying and selling card video games in Genshin Influence, Aetherium Wars in Honkai Star Rail, and on the time of writing, a TFT-style minigame is reside in Honkai Influence third. It’s clear that the undertaking continues to be in early growth, because the submit advertises roles in character idea design, rigging, mission and degree planning, and extra.
Regardless that there’s a slight overlap within the cozy, creature-based theme of this new undertaking and Petit Planet, Hoyoverse’s upcoming Animal Crossing-like recreation, the Reddit OP chibi0108 assures readers that this submit is for a wholly new recreation. You may also see the Chinese language characters for Honkai, 崩坏, within the picture on the very high, and nothing we’ve seen to this point about Petit Planet hyperlinks again to the Honkai sequence.
Whereas a Honkai Pokémon-like recreation sounds intriguing, we hope it’s legally distinct sufficient that Hoyoverse doesn’t face the authorized wrath of Recreation Freak. And don’t fear, this doesn’t imply that Honkai Star Rail is dying – there are nonetheless loads of Honkai Star Rail occasions to get pleasure from throughout our journey to Amphoreus.
