With the impending release of...Ananta...it propelled our gacha experts to wonder...how many of these games can there really be? Surely there can only be so many gigantic, free-to-play gacha games vying for player's time and awareness, right? Also, thoughts on why Justin stays with Genshin years later, and a quick update on the Bengal's great year from their biggest fan.
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SHOW NOTES
Here is the gameplay trailer for Ananta. We're not sure that it's real.
https://youtu.be/BMzzXYQ8zoQ
Also, don't worry, Justin corrects Chris on Genshin being "around for a decade". The humming in his audio halfway through is from the demon in your heart.
Here is Sean in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Von_Lycaon
And here is Sean in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Komano_Manato
...and...here is "Seed" in Zenless Zone Zero:
https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Seed
TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS
Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan
Justin: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldFamousJtart9
Sean: https://www.youtube.com/@Wolfkaosaun
CHAPTERS
00:00 Got your nose...
02:23 We decide that we should define "gacha"
06:24 Sean discovers what he's been missing in ZZZ
07:11 On pull rates
09:20 Explaining "pity" (it's not what you think)
14:44 Into The Mihoyoverse
20:56 What lets a gacha game survive?
29:18 We finally ask, why DOES Justin stick to Genshin Impact?
37:23 Justin does not financially support Genshin, rest easy
43:45 We find out where his money REALLY goes, also...the Bengals?
50:32 What would our Final Smashes be? (Urkman1's question)
