Two years after being introduced, Wuthering Waves is nearing its launch. You may marvel if gacha video games would nonetheless show well-liked in 2024 however one take a look at Wuthering Waves’ pre-registration numbers ought to put any doubt to relaxation. Even earlier than launch it appears persons are queueing up in droves to get to play it with a staggering milestone just lately being hit, and surpassed.
It could be straightforward to write down off Wuthering Waves as a Genshin Impression clone and to be honest there are some similarities. Even outdoors of its core as a gacha sport, the artwork type, open world, and some different bits and items undoubtedly nudge into the identical space. The place Wuthering Waves units itself aside, nonetheless, is its fight. Aiming for a extra intense, soulslike fight expertise which rewards counters and parries, that is an lively sport the place you’ll must be on guard if you wish to succeed.
After a number of closed beta periods it appears that evidently Wuthering Waves’ mixture of RPG and gacha mechanics with punishing-yet-rewarding fight has introduced it various followers. On the time of writing there have been a staggering 30,519,115 pre-registrations for the free-to-play sport, with that quantity rising continuously. To place that in context, that’s roughly the identical quantity of people that stay in Nepal.
After all, none of this implies the sport will show to be a hit at launch, there might be quite a lot of points or gameplay selections which drive gamers away. What it does do is level firmly at how well-liked gacha video games stay and the way enduring they’ve turn into in an usually under-examined space of gaming.
Seeking to the long run, it’s nonetheless to be decided if it’s attainable to take Genshin Impression’s crown. With a reported 66 million gamers having logged into the reigning gacha juggernaut, Wuthering Waves nonetheless has a strategy to go.
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