This game has hooked me in a way no gacha game has in quite some time, if ever. I had been looking forward to it, but it has exceeded my expectations in every way.The story is solid so far. It does start a bit slow, but I never felt like it was boring or a bunch of exposition dumping or repeating of stuff we already know. To a degree it, at times, can be a little hard to follow as someone who isn’t super familiar with the Arknights universe, but otherwise it has been entertaining, and I like the characters and their interactions a lot.Speaking of characters, they’re genuinely gorgeous with such a high level of detail, and the game as a whole is stunning.The gameplay is probably the best part for me. Navigating and exploring the world feels fun and rewarding, and the combat is solid, but the real winner is the factory gameplay. It is genuinely so fun and addicting, it feels like something I could sink hours into trying to optimize my production lines. I also find it incredibly impressive the amount of freedom you have in the world to place different structures (zip-lines, power relays, etc) practically wherever. I don’t think I’ve played a gacha game that has embraced its open world quite like this.Overall, I am incredibly impressed by the game after pouring 30+ hours in the last few days, when I play it time literally evaporates, it is that good imo. It isn’t for everyone, the factory system definitely has to be your kind of thing (though there are blueprints and other means of streamlining it if it isn’t your thing), but this game hit a lot of the right nails on the head for me and I’m excited for what is to come in the future.

This games graphics are absolutely amazing. The gameplay has its depth and is actually pretty solid, and having all operators on the field at the same time is an awesome feature I haven’t seen before. The characters are all so charming and the fact their English voice actors talk in their native language makes the immersion 10 times better!! The gacha is different from all the others but as a f2p player I haven’t had any issues with it. You don’t need the latest 6 star operator because even the 5 stars hold their own. I had no idea this game had a factory aspect and I’m completely here for it. It’s a little complicated at first but once you get the hang of it you won’t have to farm anymore! The gacha system of this game is unique, pity does not carry over but from my experience pulls are quite abundant. Hard pity is at 80, 50/50 for the rate up operator. If you lose the 50/50, after 40 more pulls (120 total) you’re guaranteed the rate up character instead of having to build pity all the way to 80 again which is pretty great imo. Overall this is an amazing game and I can’t wait to see how it evolves in the future!

I want to start by saying Arknights Endfield is amazing if you can get past the oroberyl and originium system! It has great graphics, unique character designs, and great connection through Arknights. The GFX and battle tactics have room for improvement but for coming out this year, it's on an average level. The reason I am giving this game four stars is because though everything else is simple and thorough, the main part of the game is battling and production. Tower defenses usually need the player to be in the meta in order to pass phases or level up. Unfortunately, Arknights Endfield basically forces you to pay if you want any character (guaranteed and not). You either use originium for a character's weapon or to create oroberyls for the character themself. The originium is hard to get later on in the game, especially if you don't get the protocol passes. There isn't much to explore or obtain and only one main event that is currently going on. Overall, it may be hard to obtain characters since it takes 5,000 oroberyls for one ten pull and 250 for a guaranteed 6 star and ~80 for a 6 star in general. This game would definitely be worthy of a 5 stars when they work on these. For now, I won't be spending any money and don't recommend it unless you're full out paying to win. So long as money is spent, they'll probably never fix this system.

I’ve played for a few dozen hours or so and whether it’s the combat, the factory, story, or exploration there’s always something more to do. The game feels so packed, even more so than other gachas on release which is kind of crazy. I do think the tutorial is a bit long and drags on however it’s kind of necessary considering how much stuff you need to know to even have a rough understanding of the basics so I think it’s okay somewhat. Just a heads up pull income is rather slow at the start but I think this game is pretty good for free to plays, at least right now I’ll say. Though I will admit I did buy the battle pass and monthly pass so take my words with a grain of salt however considering how much side content there is I probably haven’t even scratched the surface of all the pulls I could get for free so I think the amount of pulls you can get from just playing is pretty substantial just hard to get. Overall I think if you give the game time it’ll impress you however if slow starts or factory gameplay isn’t your thing there’s nothing wrong with not getting into it but please do give it a try.