Game news Honkai Star Rail: This player shows that you can really play free-to-play, but it takes time… a lot!
A week after the release of Honkai Star Rail, players are wondering if it’s really possible to play without paying a dime. After a long time of insomnia, this user brings us the answer.
Honkai: Star Rail has been available since April 26, 2023 on PC (via its own launcher or Epic Games), PS4 and PS5 or even Android and iOS.
65 hours in a week. It took “Gotruto” that long to get an idea of it Honkai Star Rail’s generosity, the latest free game from the creators of Genshin Impact. After long sleepless nights, this insomniac-stricken player has shown that it is already possible to achieve something 280 views without having to heat the credit card. And that a week after the release and without having farmed the endgame. Like Studio MiHoYo’s previous title, Honkai Star Rail is a gacha action RPG in which you can unlock playable characters through a lottery system (the famous invocations), either with real money or collected “in the game”. Additionally, the number of heroes to unlock will continue to evolve as part of future updates – like Genshin Impact, which remains the subject of exemplary follow-up to this day.
This is what Gotruto tells us in his post on the Honkai Star Rail Reddit page:
“I completed the story, completed all the quests I had, solved all the puzzles I could find, and completed 159 achievements. I’ve completed all stores except for the last one where I miss buying the fire eidolon. I also cleared World 5 of the Simulated Universe and completed the Forgotten Hall to 3 stars. By the way, I’m Pioneer level 38.”
The necessary is already provided
280 calls are of course possible free of charge, but after 65 hours of play at least. So do you have to play that much to have fun? Absolutely not. Honkai: Starway offers no less than 8 main characters during the adventure (currently there are 22 in total). Sometimes mandatory avatars that are quite capable of overcoming the obstacles of the main story, so you may well end the game like this. However, these heroes are not the most optimized to take full advantage of the endgame. But taking the time to get there will unlock one of the most desirable characters since the title offers its first 5-star champion after 2 hours of play (it is then possible to get a 5-star of your choice after 300 views).
