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This hit anime schoolgirl game looks Japanese, but it’s from China
Honkai Impact 3rd feels basic but the story kept me going
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Honkai Impact 3rd looks like a Japanese game. It sounds like one, too -- all of the characters speak Japanese.
Which is why it’s surprising that it’s actually a Chinese game, developed by Shanghai-based miHoYo.
It’s slick and fast, with a really distinct style that makes it possibly one of the best anime games I’ve ever played on mobile.
But before I praise the game, I have to acknowledge its darker history.
It used to have a pretty disturbing feature that’s now defunct: At one point, the game allowed you to touch its (scantily clad and young) characters by tapping the touchscreen. That has now, thankfully, been removed from the game.
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