Fate of the Empress 12+

Really was not expecting much from this game—I saw it on a FB ad and thought it was just another generic mobile Chinese game. I was looking for something to fill the downtime from playing Genshin Impact. I tried this game and was instantly hooked—graphics are gorgeous, loads of character customization, enjoyable story. and gameplay is definitely more complex/interesting than expected. I am having fun collecting costumes and building up my team. This is very similar to Royal Chaos which I played years ago, but has better graphics and more depth to the gameplay. I find myself playing this even more than Genshin nowadays because there are more events and more social interaction with other players. Only thing I might critique is that the translations, while good, are a little off. As a fluent Chinese speaker, the translations do get the meaning across but they could definitely use some improvement. The English translation is very simplified/shortened compared to the Chinese version and you miss many of the nuances in the story. There are also grammatical errors throughout the game (which I expected) that make the instructions hard to understand sometimes. The game also has many small glitches (e.g. sometimes sound randomly turns off). If they could just improve the translation, polish up their grammar, and fix the glitches/make the game run more smoothly, this game would definitely be solid. Highly recommend!

I’m only going to talk about the not to big of a problem thing but yeah this is an amazing game it has everything. So I was going to Fond Dream to try and beat everyone and I see someone who has lower might than me so I battle her and I was about to beat her I knocked out all of her heroes but then she knocked out my last hero and I lost I thought maybe clicked surrender accidentally so I try again, also why is the surrender button so close to rage that is not very efficient for the player. I try again and same thing happens this time I made sure not to press surrender maybe I did press it but I sure I didn’t. I got rid of all her heroes and she’s still in shouldn’t I be in to? I looked shortly at the guide for the Fond Dream and it said nothing about that happening I didn’t read all maybe I missed stuff but I’m sure it said nothing about that. To be honest don’t really care about this if you want to know about if you should download the app or not it’s a great game and you should totally try it! Now finally I would like you to know not everyone in China so could be more mindful of the time zone people are in? Anyways thanks for making this amazing game!

Nothing that’s not too easily fixed. Mostly that I wish it would start on Manuel progression through the dialogue, and not switch back to auto randomly. Pretty much anything with timed reading is difficult for me with dyslexia.

Another thing which is probably because of my modern upbringing.... I can’t get over how the main love interest so far is her cousin, and their chemistry is so good I’m rooting for them, even though it's also setting off alarms in my head. It’s probably pretty normal for the time though.. they are so cute together. Also it’s really fun making your character super pretty in this. Though I accidentally made her look too western for the game aesthetic the first time (looked odd having someone who was pretty much a white girl in ancient Chinese garb) Luckily you get two presets you can switch between whenever, and edit them too. Wish I could choose the hair color instead of relying on wigs though... Didn’t see anything for skin tone if that’s important to you, but it’s suppose to be a native Chinese person.

I wonder how the plot changes if your character is male. Might do a play through of that if I’m still into this at the end. Just till I get bored. Couldn’t be identical could it?