Tower of Fantasy PS5 Review - Avoid Like A Plague

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Of all the gacha games out there, very few offer open worlds with stylish presentations and intriguiging action RPG combat. Tower of Fantasy from Hotta Studio is the first real competitor in that sense and debuted a year ago on PC. It's finally available for PS5, and certainly not without its issues.
Despite an intriguing set-up, sci-fi aesthetic and decent combat, its story-telling and characters leave much to be desired. The UI is a nightmare to navigate, the Simulacra feel pointless beyond their weapons, and the game does a poor job of bringing you up to speed with new content.
That's not counting the excessive monetization, unscaled art assets, and technical issues. Check out our review for Tower of Fantasy to learn more.

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  • @ethanebonhart6705
    @ethanebonhart670511 ай бұрын

    erm the blue line isnt the game loading stuff in the background, thats your exp to next level, gaining a level when it fills the screen... oh dear

  • @Conssumed

    @Conssumed

    11 ай бұрын

    One of the worst designed xp bars I’ve ever seen

  • @ctf34r

    @ctf34r

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Conssumedwho tf cares about an exp bar design bum

  • @iDrKx

    @iDrKx

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@Conssumed it's actually a design used in multiple games (they don't come to my mind) but is usually un intrusive while being at hand so it works imo, this one is a little too bright for me but hey it works

  • @busterbunny5502

    @busterbunny5502

    11 ай бұрын

    This same xp bar use was used in OG mw2 and no one complained

  • @themightyimp08

    @themightyimp08

    11 ай бұрын

    @6:00 I can't believe the reviewer actually said that. What a numpty

  • @shadowolf3998
    @shadowolf399810 ай бұрын

    blue line in the bottom is... the experience bar... sir...

  • @ooze1982
    @ooze198211 ай бұрын

    My only complaint about this game is the UI. The game can't decide whether I should click on buttons or use the cursor as a mouse. Plus double button presses on menu items?! That's just ridiculous

  • @dantedetsu7781

    @dantedetsu7781

    11 ай бұрын

    Same they gotta redo everything that entire ui is awful and never works

  • @trappergrinder

    @trappergrinder

    11 ай бұрын

    Any time you need to use the menu hit square and triangle to activate the cursor. Makes all menu navigation a breeze.

  • @brinieplayer

    @brinieplayer

    11 ай бұрын

    @@trappergrinderonly to get the beginning reward and to accept un invitation. But isn’t boring

  • @pontoancora

    @pontoancora

    11 ай бұрын

    Damm that's terrible

  • @mimjarin8638

    @mimjarin8638

    11 ай бұрын

    That's UX actually

  • @trappergrinder
    @trappergrinder11 ай бұрын

    On Playstation use square and triangle at the same time to use the cursor. Makes all menu navigation easy. Hit again to go back to normal. This one tip made this game go from frustrating to massively fun.

  • @anselhelzengaming2467
    @anselhelzengaming246711 ай бұрын

    I think it's higher than a 4 for sure, especially being free. I do agree the story is pushing you too fast, and definitely the UI needs work for PS5. I don't think you should avoid like the plague as the title suggests. It doesn't look like he got far. A bit unprofessional in my opinion. If you like RPGs or Gachas try it out, its free, I'm enjoying it so it far, about 6-7 hours in.

  • @Skylight-nn9cl

    @Skylight-nn9cl

    9 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't be the first time some idiot judged a game harshly without even progressing to a meaningful point. It's like these people actually enjoy making themselves look bad in front of thousands of other people lol...

  • @Ccubed92

    @Ccubed92

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Skylight-nn9cl you sound like a gambling addict

  • @Skylight-nn9cl

    @Skylight-nn9cl

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Ccubed92 This A.I. bot requires more training. Out of my notifications you go.

  • @aawsome69
    @aawsome6911 ай бұрын

    The only issue so far is UI. Otherwise the game is really fun

  • @dantedetsu7781

    @dantedetsu7781

    11 ай бұрын

    The UI is easily the worst part of the game it never works and makes no sense

  • @SweetiePye

    @SweetiePye

    11 ай бұрын

    @@dantedetsu7781 and the touch pad on PS4 constantly makes me do swap skills or heavy attacks in cities lmao

  • @SbkJay98

    @SbkJay98

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @noahboss5617

    @noahboss5617

    11 ай бұрын

    Ui and lack of players. Tried to play coop, it took ages and the boss is too hard to Solo

  • @SbkJay98

    @SbkJay98

    11 ай бұрын

    @@noahboss5617 i never had co-op problems as of yet

  • @ltcrimson0241
    @ltcrimson024111 ай бұрын

    i honestly just have a problem with the UI its just horrible, plus ive tried playing eith my friend (Yes we were both in the same channel) they barely appeared on my screen and disappeared mostly it was annoying and immersion breaking

  • @ir0k512
    @ir0k51211 ай бұрын

    #1 problem is you can't change vertical look y axis. If there is a fix please let me know.

  • @MoralTruth

    @MoralTruth

    11 ай бұрын

    It will be fixed after the next maintenance

  • @themightyimp08

    @themightyimp08

    11 ай бұрын

    You can. It's in a deep menu somewhere. I saw it but didn't need it

  • @NoFucksToGiveAnymore
    @NoFucksToGiveAnymore11 ай бұрын

    I'm actually liking this game more than impact but they really need to improve the UI

  • @zoe4965

    @zoe4965

    11 ай бұрын

    There is nothing to like from this mess

  • @ladyknight9000

    @ladyknight9000

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@zoe4965There is alot to like in ToF. We keep having new and returning players coming into our server.

  • @Kekko_8195

    @Kekko_8195

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@zoe4965 okay, you like genshin, we get it.

  • @MyJackel13

    @MyJackel13

    11 ай бұрын

    Yea I started playing it yesterday I like the combo system

  • @chronomoss

    @chronomoss

    11 ай бұрын

    @@zoe4965 not true. most of the comments are people liking the game

  • @simonreed8986
    @simonreed89867 ай бұрын

    Tower of Fantasy is an insanely fun game with a multitude of fun shit to do. Example: after hours of game play me and a friend decided to cross a large body of water that separates the first area (think like immortals phoenix rising) and we stopped to fish instead of flying over like we were about to (he just unlocked fishing) and I ended pulling out an ice styling gun and was blown away when I could create a whole ice bridge to cross. Not like genshin impact where you wait for a cool down for like 10 feet of ice on the water this made me feel powerful like I had control of the terrain. Also that blue bar at the bottom is your XP meter not a download IGN just straight spreading lies about this amazing game.

  • @nerdofgames1608

    @nerdofgames1608

    6 ай бұрын

    It's GamingBolt and not IGN. Sometimes, even the most knowledgeable and professional reviewer can be wrong. My friends say it's fun and keep wanting me to check it out. I just might.

  • @simonreed8986

    @simonreed8986

    6 ай бұрын

    @@nerdofgames1608 it is super fun, the menus are a bit bloated but you get used to them after like a day. America server 1 if you wanna join the homies

  • @Zach174.
    @Zach174.11 ай бұрын

    I was going to try it sense it’s free but when I got to the the character select and tried to pick one nothing. The left stick wouldn’t swap the selected character, I then tried the bumpers but before I know it I selected the wrong one. I wasn’t intending to play it long but this immediately cut the time I’d give it to 0.

  • @Plsrateeight

    @Plsrateeight

    10 ай бұрын

    So you were too dense to figure out how to move it and blame it on the game?

  • @Zach174.

    @Zach174.

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Plsrateeight it’s called poor ui dumbass This would be like if you got the game on pc but the mouse and arrow keys aren’t used to select. But left click is still confirm and now you’ve just made an irreversible choice because they expected you to just know that you select with the a and d keys.

  • @Zach174.

    @Zach174.

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Plsrateeightkeep in mind the was over the course of 10 seconds while I was looking at the characters. Also the analogy breaks down at the “left click confirm” because they made the ass backwards decision to make right trigger confirm instead of X. It’s almost like they did it to be contrarian.

  • @jeffcarrier9808
    @jeffcarrier980811 ай бұрын

    Been playing for past year on mobile since Global launch. Every day. PS5 version is quite fun once you get adjusted to the UI controls and it's tough to avoid shifting focus to that version... but it's exciting with the new community, it seems to have a LOT of people playing on Playstation.

  • @justinserrano4506

    @justinserrano4506

    11 ай бұрын

    The only thing that probably turns me off on the PlayStation version is that I can connect it to my PC mobile account.

  • @Valiant06

    @Valiant06

    10 ай бұрын

    Same but it's only really available on PS5. I didn't even want to try and attempt ToF on PS4 it would probably explode. My biggest concern with ToF on PS5 is mainly menu controls. In games menus are literally how you interact with the game so being able to easily access what you need is important. I've had to come up with all kinds of tricks to access things like Suppressor material which is important to the story. I don't see myself recommending ToF right now to anyone. It should've spent more time in development. I love the game it's just not really something I'd be proud to tell someone else about it😑😑😑

  • @ybyby3rdday

    @ybyby3rdday

    3 ай бұрын

    It just came out on PS5 for me

  • @Gravity_cat
    @Gravity_cat11 ай бұрын

    I enjoy this game for what it is, there are clear flaws but the exploration is fun and the combat is pretty satisfying. Though the default keybinds for the combat are garbage so I re-mapped them to be more similar to Genshin's, so Sprint/Dodge is R1 and normal attacking is Circle. But my fucking god the UI navigation is absolutely abhorrent. And to bring up the cursor to make it less infuriating is equally annoying because it's temperamental and doesn't always register properly so I'm firing attacks at nothing with my character trying to bring it up. To switch foods for your character to achieve satiation for regeneration, you have to press Triangle and Square to bring up the cursor, move that cursor down to the two up arrows above the food icon next to your health bar, which then brings up the food menu but also removes the cursor again - which is the only way you can select a food item - so you have to press Triangle + Square *again* to bring it back. I've still yet to figure out how to scroll that menu up and down, and there have been times where food I wanted to equip was off-screen. The game doesn't tell you about the Cursor unless you press L1 to bring up the menu wheel. Which I didn't do for a long time. I also love not being able to jump when the game tells me I've made progress towards exploration with a little popup, because my Jump button is mapped to the same button that brings up the exploration menu with that popup up - X. The most common button keybind for jumping.

  • @SinthetikLED
    @SinthetikLED11 ай бұрын

    So I kinda get why cross save isn’t a thing, even though back at launch I got 4 of the limited characters. But there’s literally no excuse for no invert camera settings. Is this 2000? Games have had this option for decades now

  • @beastness501

    @beastness501

    11 ай бұрын

    Who tf plays on inverted controls? You’re not human, must be a cat tbh.

  • @omaral-laham8655

    @omaral-laham8655

    11 ай бұрын

    they added that today in an update

  • @SinthetikLED

    @SinthetikLED

    11 ай бұрын

    @@omaral-laham8655 are you sure. I didn’t have an update and still don’t see the option, kinda crazy this is even a thing they forgot to add

  • @xPlantpoTx

    @xPlantpoTx

    11 ай бұрын

    @CollDork yes it was added. Do you use inverted controls for evert game ?. Never understood the concept at all. Are you dyslexic ?. Real question. 😁

  • @danomaly8943
    @danomaly89438 ай бұрын

    You know a game is bad when it hardly has a content creator presence. It’s basically Honkai Impact with Genshin’s open world mechanics but sloppier.

  • @ROMVS
    @ROMVS11 ай бұрын

    for new players on PS5, welcome, I've met a few of you on twitch, just wait till you see the islands and the underwater areas and of course domain 9, I just love the exploring part where you can spend days finding new stuff

  • @simonreed8986
    @simonreed89867 ай бұрын

    Ignoring the gatcha and looking at this purely as an action adventure mmo it is incredibly fun and well put together. More people should play this game it’s super fun to play with friends or honestly even solo the cutscenes n shit are impressive for a free shared world/mmo

  • @kingkino2116

    @kingkino2116

    7 ай бұрын

    Yeah the tone and title of this review being so negative with some of the best combat ive ever seen in an mmo in the background is real weird.

  • @simonreed8986

    @simonreed8986

    7 ай бұрын

    @@kingkino2116 they straight up only played the first 30 minutes of the game :/

  • @Sov-Ryn15
    @Sov-Ryn1511 ай бұрын

    I like the game, but yea the UI was a trip to figure out how to navigate, which can be a turn-off. Also, the whiplash of the story was jarring for a while, as if a large chunk of it was taken out, made into a 10-sec montage clip and after a few missions and encounters, it goes back to before you reach that point with the girl turning into Nemesis. Combat is good, a but weird that the “skins” don’t come with perks I don’t think, idk, not everything is unlocked, but it’s okay for a game once you have to figure out the UI and ignore the plot-jump going back and forth

  • @mistrjt9213
    @mistrjt921311 ай бұрын

    I have this downloaded but considering picking back up Genshin Impact for the last 3-4 updates which I voluntarily deleted because it was getting too addictive. If you were going to spend a few hours, would you give this a shot or catch up on Genshin? Thanks for your feedback!!

  • @TheNeoTaku

    @TheNeoTaku

    11 ай бұрын

    With Genshin releasing Fontaine this week, I would spend my time catching up on that instead. Tower of Fantasy is fun but is a drop in quality compared to Genshin.

  • @kafka_BOOM

    @kafka_BOOM

    11 ай бұрын

    Neither,I’d wait for Honkai Star Rail

  • @blueferal8626

    @blueferal8626

    11 ай бұрын

    Addicted to a game 🤡

  • @Elric19772

    @Elric19772

    11 ай бұрын

    Genshin any day of the week. ToF has the most infuriating user interface, completely unintuitive on a console.

  • @cocomo111

    @cocomo111

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kafka_BOOM HSR is a different type of game though. With it's turn-based combat, it's not an open world RPG like Genshin. If we're talking about gameplay, Tof is more similar to Genshin than it is to HSR. And some ppl don't like turn-based games.

  • @raiko187
    @raiko18711 ай бұрын

    What keep me from playing couldn't find a invert option. Is there an option to invert the camera? Otherwise I could see this being a zen game to rewind.

  • @MoralTruth

    @MoralTruth

    11 ай бұрын

    It’ll be implemented after the upcoming maintenance

  • @thatmemeguy2520
    @thatmemeguy252011 ай бұрын

    the UI is not good but the game is fun to play wants u get use to the UI but im not sure if the game has the longevity but i prefer it over genshin impact since its more f2p friendly

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Same

  • @firestar6
    @firestar611 ай бұрын

    I mean I decided to download it on ps5 and try it and so far I like it. I see ppl complaining about the animations and voice acting and such in the little cut scenes but they remind so much of kingdoms hearts one and two because they were kind of like that and I like it. I will admit they gotta definitely change controls, I'm on the starpath navigation points event thing and I can't move the cursor over to view rewards

  • @aquaticalateralis

    @aquaticalateralis

    11 ай бұрын

    oh my god, now that you mention it- yeah, it does remind me of kh in that way. man... way to give me some fondness.

  • @nowcj
    @nowcj10 ай бұрын

    Glad to see that the actual reviews are in the comments and not the video

  • @JustinKredlble
    @JustinKredlble11 ай бұрын

    My man... That blue line is your exp bar lmao how the hell you think thats some sort of loading.

  • @camfreed9829

    @camfreed9829

    11 ай бұрын

    He’s a paid schill

  • @themightyimp08

    @themightyimp08

    11 ай бұрын

    He's an idiot for sure. (@6:00 for reference)

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Horrible review.

  • @FaiGal
    @FaiGal11 ай бұрын

    If I had a penny for every comparison to Genshin in every intro to ToF reviews, I’d have enough to pull for all upcoming Fontaine characters.

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Ikr 😂😂😂

  • @kinja9816

    @kinja9816

    11 ай бұрын

    This one is the comment I was looking for

  • @fierytigergaming8112

    @fierytigergaming8112

    10 ай бұрын

    Yep, comparing a game to genshin basically destroys your entire argument

  • @wolfpacknight2
    @wolfpacknight211 ай бұрын

    I actually really like this game and I usually hate these gotcha RPGs but this one just hits different, I already have 4 about to have 5 SSRs and i haven't spent a cent on the banner currency, the controls and UI take a minute to get used to but once ur passed that it's actually a pretty enjoyable mmo with plenty of endgame stuff to do

  • @jacrispy219r5

    @jacrispy219r5

    11 ай бұрын

    100% agree! Flaws aside. Worth playing as a Free MMO. I’ve been playing MMos RPG since RuneScape

  • @ToiletBread1651

    @ToiletBread1651

    11 ай бұрын

    I played the hell out of this on PC. It starts off so great. It eventually gets to a point where you have to spend like crazy if you just want to keep pace, let alone be competitive. Enjoy it while you can, but please don't spend. You will regret it.

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@toiletbread6180 i am playing since pc launch as f2p and still enjoying the game and clearing all content.

  • @elbarto9781
    @elbarto978110 ай бұрын

    Bro i dowload in ps5 but i cant use my account

  • @MrBlayZin
    @MrBlayZin11 ай бұрын

    Bro saying the blue bar below being an indicator of downloading content, are you for real It's obviously an exp bar.

  • @d3thtr4p10
    @d3thtr4p1011 ай бұрын

    I thought the UI of HoYo games had problems, but this game takes that notion to new heights. It took me 5 minutes to realize you had to hold X and press directional buttons to adjust the slider value in character customization. Also, overall, this games seems unfinished in certain areas: when talking to characters, after finishing a piece of dialogue, they’ll just immediately hop back into their idle animation. Sometimes, localization is all messed up, like, the Scrap bot in the first area will start talking in English, then proceeds to randomly spout one line of dialogue in Japanese. Or you’ll have text to inform you of an area you’re in be in French all of a sudden, when you’re playing the game in German. It just breaks the immersion.

  • @vedrisca
    @vedrisca11 ай бұрын

    For all the good things that ToF did right in recent times, BOY did it burn day 1 players with its 2% gold equipment (the equivalent of gold artifacts in Genshin) drop rate. Basically you couldn't progress past level 60- 70 besides being stupid lucky and/or whaling on the gacha system since level scaling had you earning EXP faster than what you could keep up with grinding Memory and equipment (at the time, they forced you to advance world tiers as well). They only overhauled that system as late as May 11th, 2023 (really the beginning of this summer), meaning the real f2p playerbase only started getting a real foothold at that point by just being ABLE to progress without fear of falling behind the level scaling. The addition of Fenrir has pretty much invalidated the existence of every prior character with straight up powercreep, meaning a large percent of the current roster will be useless in the years going forward bc subsequent characters have to top Fenrir to justify higher sales by the spending population of players. For all of the vast levels to explore and the animations done, the fact that something like a basic gameplay loop took over half a year to fix does not spark confidence in Hotta Studio, the developer behind the game. Less can be said for their aggressive publisher, Level Infinite.

  • @omaral-laham8655

    @omaral-laham8655

    11 ай бұрын

    what joint operation you playing lol joint operation lvl 90 with the increase drop rate is like 5 gold equipment a run

  • @Plsrateeight

    @Plsrateeight

    10 ай бұрын

    As a nearly day one player you're full of crap.

  • @brinieplayer
    @brinieplayer11 ай бұрын

    First: the game is free The UI was made for PC and mobile. Now, they r adapting...

  • @srdeku
    @srdeku11 ай бұрын

    You can try this game but my tip is get your expectation low...or very low in fact. Combat and setting is fun, imo, but any other aspect of this sucks d**ks including the story. We played this for months when it released globally and we hated it eventually. We quit when we realized how cash grab-y it is and power-creeping becomes very apparent. Some stayed and still plays this, though. I tried to come back during its first anniversary but seeing how its still not optimized (it even crashed my game) I didn't bother fixing it and uninstalled quickly.

  • @beastness501

    @beastness501

    11 ай бұрын

    Why are you referring to yourself as “we”? Do you have DiD?

  • @srdeku

    @srdeku

    11 ай бұрын

    @@beastness501 Oh I thought I included the line where I played it with my friends. Must have edited it out and not bring it back before posting. Sorry for the confusion.

  • @andrestrd

    @andrestrd

    11 ай бұрын

    Downloading the game right now, I think i should cancel.

  • @EndlessSkieOverload

    @EndlessSkieOverload

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@andrestrdDon't let anybody else's bad experiences dictate rather you should play it or not. Try it out for yourself and then you can choose rather you should keep playing or Uninstall.

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@andrestrdplay the game and judge it

  • @HungryEatNow
    @HungryEatNow11 ай бұрын

    Stop repeating footage, it’s like you guys never play the game at all…

  • @eSKAone-

    @eSKAone-

    9 ай бұрын

    Yea most channels nowadays just write their reviews with GPT-4 and Google Bard

  • @RedceLL1978

    @RedceLL1978

    8 ай бұрын

    What makes you think the game was worth more editing than it got...

  • @coreymiller6717

    @coreymiller6717

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@RedceLL1978Go watch a video from someone who likes the game to find out. Or were you expecting this person to write it all out in text here?

  • @CrunchyBrownie5

    @CrunchyBrownie5

    7 ай бұрын

    @@coreymiller6717more bias lol

  • @coreymiller6717

    @coreymiller6717

    7 ай бұрын

    @@CrunchyBrownie5 Fuck KZread!

  • @themightyimp08
    @themightyimp0811 ай бұрын

    Well, i got it the moment it was released, and have played it pretty solidly. I expected it to be the usual free to play dross, but i am actually enjoying it. Ots true that the voice actors never met each other it seems, and reading from a script where names and the pronunciation of names was never standardised (Palu is pronounced Paul by some characters, and executor is pronounced both ways, despite having very different meanings. Reviewer is clearly a fan boy for some other franchise.. most criticism is baseless.. My main bugbear is parts of ui where it's unnecessarily difficult to change a costume colour, and once set, you can't change it without costly in game currency

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    This is a worst review. So many false statements.

  • @TheCentennial4
    @TheCentennial411 ай бұрын

    6:00 can't believe he thought the blue line was a loading bar and not the XP bar. Damn man, imagine trashing a game in your title and not know what each part of the UI is.

  • @fierytigergaming8112

    @fierytigergaming8112

    10 ай бұрын

    Uh huh, sounds about right (Although I only learned this when I saw the bar go up when opening a chest)

  • @sniffsniffmmm8873
    @sniffsniffmmm887311 ай бұрын

    I really can't with the UI Navigation and the cursor moving sooooo slooowwww when I'm trying to customize my character

  • @aeor9281
    @aeor928111 ай бұрын

    opinions on your adjustments 🤔 … the games actually great and doing great 😌

  • @-ITH
    @-ITH11 ай бұрын

    Goodness can I look up ToF without haters being pushed to the top? Having legitimate issues with PS5 aside doesnt give you license to burn the entire game down.

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    10 mins of just trash talking ToF 😂 he doesnt even understand simulacra system and called blue line is background download when its the exp bar. What a horrible review.

  • @Noxai.
    @Noxai.11 ай бұрын

    As a PC player the game is fun but as a f2p it's somewhat challenging to get your overall power up since you need duplicates of the 5*s for a good portion of damage whereas in genshin it's really only based on artifacts.

  • @HellGatyr

    @HellGatyr

    11 ай бұрын

    Interesting I don't play gacha so much, kinda interested to play until armored core6 Is the economy system also bad like genshin impact if you play as f2p? Goddamn that shit make me feels homeless after AR 25

  • @ShibaShibaInuWoW

    @ShibaShibaInuWoW

    11 ай бұрын

    @@HellGatyr It's ok as f2p. Not the most generous of gachas but not the stingiest. You can play as f2p and do respectable damage however that requires resource planning and minmaxing your pulls as well as foresight into future character banners. You also will only main 1 elemental comp and your teams will be around 3 star across the board. It is possible to get 6 star as f2p but it requires a lot of skipping and I personally don't recommend 6 starring characters in this game cause they eventually go to standard banner where you can 6 star them later for free. If you play casually you can pretty much guarantee an SSR per patch or 100% guarantee the banner character every 2 patches (2 months) as f2p. You can decide to pull several characters instead of maining 1 element, however expect them to be at 0 star. The newer characters work fully with complete kit at 0 star, however stars do add passive benefits, QoL and power. There is vertical power creep where newer character = stronger (similarly to Honkai 3rd). However if you're a casual player, you can take time off, come back and eventually see your characters moved to standard banner (prolly like 6 months). Keep in mind usually new characters at 0 star outperform old characters at 6 star. However there are few exceptions and recently an old character got massively buffed and is on par with the new generation characters. Many support characters also stay relevant too due to the way their kits work. DPS characters are ones who usually have short shelf life. Kinda ended up writing an essay lol but hope this helped. xD Umm on average per patch = 60-100 pulls. Pity is 80 pulls (It's 50/50) and guarantee banner character is 100 pulls if you're an old timer, 110 pulls if you've played for 2-3 weeks and 120 pulls if you're completely new.

  • @Noxai.

    @Noxai.

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ShibaShibaInuWoW 100% argee

  • @Sabamika1

    @Sabamika1

    11 ай бұрын

    Par for the course for all gacha games. Genshin included. They're money sinks. What else did you expect?

  • @Noxai.

    @Noxai.

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Sabamika1 in genshin you don't really need constellations to do that much more damage compared to tof.

  • @jessebmorris160
    @jessebmorris16011 ай бұрын

    This guy was paid to give a bad review. He can totally tell this game is actually not too bad. The only complaint I have is the UI and the level fast cap

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Ikr he basically talked 10 mins of nothing except hate. He doesnt even know that blue line is the exp bar..

  • @ReaperCet
    @ReaperCet11 ай бұрын

    I don't think the game overall is horrible but it's initial impression is proof that Sony doesn't QA games on it's platform and will let any ol garbage release there.

  • @ericougel7858
    @ericougel785811 ай бұрын

    After 3 days of learning how to navigate the UI and quest on the map, I actually like this game. It has a sprinkle of everything though very rough around the edges but fun to play

  • @YourLastWish

    @YourLastWish

    11 ай бұрын

    Your wasting your time trust me. Game also seems generous with summons at first. Eventually dries up to barely any a week

  • @darkmagician775

    @darkmagician775

    11 ай бұрын

    day 1 player here, they are generous and i suggest stick to 1 elemnt. Game is very very fun!

  • @YourLastWish

    @YourLastWish

    11 ай бұрын

    @@darkmagician775 generous? I doubt that they changed that much. Soon as quest start drying up summons do to

  • @Infeareal

    @Infeareal

    11 ай бұрын

    @@YourLastWish there are tons of day 1 players and new players having fun. You sound very jaded. Like any game if you burn through content there won't be much to do. Take your time, enjoy the game. As a new player that knows many day 1 players we are all having fun. At a minimum the average player has 1 to 3 months of just quest content. Add in exploration and all the daily stuff and as long as your not playing like a no lifer you are set for a very long time even as f2p. I used to be a hardcore player in games. That is the easiest way to burnout and feel like games offer nothing or have no content. Took a bit but now things are much more enjoyable. Want to play a game for free? You can have months worth of content for 0 dollars. If I step out my front door it costs more than that.

  • @YourLastWish

    @YourLastWish

    11 ай бұрын

    @Infeareal nah I had a 1 year old at time I didn't have time to no life it. Game felt good early end game started to become a joke. Specially every new unit came out was more broken then last. I quit like month after sword fan chick was released. I spent plenty of money on this game to continue enjoying it. But it required money to make it fun

  • @speedycerviche2380
    @speedycerviche238011 ай бұрын

    This game is actully pretty fun dwdpite its flaws. The worse being the ui. Interesti g story if followed properly.

  • @grimkxdo
    @grimkxdo11 ай бұрын

    It’s honestly not bad at all once you get use to the UI I literally have 7 ssr completely f2p btw

  • @cjay2464
    @cjay246410 ай бұрын

    Main story is an issue, but SKIP button can solve all story issues, LOL.

  • @danielcorraljr6932
    @danielcorraljr693211 ай бұрын

    I actually like this game and Genshin Impact. They just need to fix the UI. It runs really well on my ps5.

  • @Kumire_921

    @Kumire_921

    11 ай бұрын

    No, it doesn't

  • @clxmpm3nace387

    @clxmpm3nace387

    11 ай бұрын

    Its a mobile game what do you expect

  • @xPlantpoTx

    @xPlantpoTx

    11 ай бұрын

    @@clxmpm3nace387 it's a PC game ported to mobile ported to console you mong

  • @wickedsongs
    @wickedsongs11 ай бұрын

    I like this game because its a bit more linear in narrative so you always know what to next. The gacha element is not as harsh as genshin impact cause i have spent about 50h and only got one ssr character but in tof i have five do far and i only played 20h.

  • @danielkurtz3045

    @danielkurtz3045

    11 ай бұрын

    One SSR character is not equivalent to one 5 star unit in Genshin. At least when it comes to Gacha. If you care about doing dmg, you're going to be paying more in TOF, and good luck getting the new outfits and skins. If all you care about is collecting and playing with new units, then TOF is a better value.

  • @pontoancora

    @pontoancora

    11 ай бұрын

    But the story sucks so, no one really cares

  • @cartoonvideos5

    @cartoonvideos5

    11 ай бұрын

    Lmao story is garbage in China games, instant skip cutscene.

  • @Say-Mira3
    @Say-Mira311 ай бұрын

    I like this game play style and story but the technical difficulties I face is a so annoying. They need to fix these things for a smooth play.

  • @Runeofages
    @Runeofages10 ай бұрын

    Ok so the UI wasn't just fighting me on PS5. That makes me feel a bit better. Also hate how spoken dialogue at the start randomly switches between English and Japanese. That's just poor quality control in the beginning of the game. The early story jumps between too many things and really didn't give me much to even try getting into it. To be fair, I liked some of the early stuff in Genshin but the artifact grind got to me.

  • @se7enity648
    @se7enity64811 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I as going to buy this.

  • @themightyimp08

    @themightyimp08

    11 ай бұрын

    It's free. No need to buy. Download it and make up your own mind. Don't let people tell you what to do (deliberate ironic statement)

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Its free to play. Dont take this review serious. Its a bad review and game is not that bad.

  • @noahboss5617

    @noahboss5617

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@scarletwarlock9325apart from UI and Lack of player, yes. All of the boss is hard AF to Solo except the red flower boss

  • @MyJackel13
    @MyJackel1311 ай бұрын

    I like you can skip entire cutscenes and not just auto play

  • @mma771
    @mma77111 ай бұрын

    Maybe im just burnt out with genshin but if i ignore the UI on ps5, tof seems interesting "so far" Also this video should have had "sponsored by hoyoverse" disclaimer xD

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    I would be rich on how many reviewers compare tof to genshin.

  • @briansmith2739
    @briansmith27395 ай бұрын

    This is what Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis should have been like. A mixture of Sci-fi and fantasy settings with Starships and urban cities.

  • @sanktumtomb5659
    @sanktumtomb565911 ай бұрын

    I'm loving the game so far

  • @SkeletorTclaws
    @SkeletorTclaws11 ай бұрын

    Playing on ps5. Menue navigation is horrible

  • @thatmemeguy2520

    @thatmemeguy2520

    11 ай бұрын

    it is bad but if u click square+ triangle together it bring up a cursor so it helps a bit more

  • @jcxfuego
    @jcxfuego11 ай бұрын

    Blue bar below screen is character XP in PC, i think it's the same with PS5, please check your information. Problem with review is that they didn't view the game in MMO mode, any MMO aspect or characteristic was omitted from the review. Hence, the 500 likes from 36k views of a biased reviewer. Newsflash, this is not a singleplayer like Genshin, the fact that fanboys find that hard to believe and can't see that, is the sole reason they can't compete in MMO games, literal skill issue.

  • @pccnamusic
    @pccnamusic11 ай бұрын

    i play a ton of rpg games like genshin, pgr, hsr, etc. i just recently started playing tower of fantasy and it is really fun. it's not on the same level as some of the other rpgs i've played but it's certainly improving!!

  • @evanpetelle5669
    @evanpetelle566910 ай бұрын

    Anyone down to play with me? I’m on ps5 w/ mic

  • @Comundis556
    @Comundis55611 ай бұрын

    Dude.... Sounds like he needs his Hand Held, I went into game Blind, and i never had any questions that i had, i couldn't figure out myself.... How to get a Car Really, see the Race Car icon. go there, talk to Ladies at the Desk, they tell you what you need to know, then you can pick a car to buy, in the lobby.... Plus all the Tech issues, pop-in, and stuttering I NEVER Experienced any of that even when i first got to the desert city....though they had bugs with the UI would Crap out ,(fixed couple days ago), and I had to Handcannon Gus over a Rail to get him on the Right track for a Quest, but (Fixed couple Days ago).... also i like not being the Main Focus in a Story, Though it could be done better, White Knight Chronicles would be a Prime Example of your Custom character not bein the Main Character... This Game has been Fun...and worth a Play... i am a F2p player, and just going around exploring, and doing bounties,etc have given me enough roll of characters to get most of what i wanted. and i've only put 1 usd on the game to get a Grappeling hook.

  • @kelogz007
    @kelogz00711 ай бұрын

    I want to enjoy this game so bad, but the one issue I cannot get over or understand is that you can’t invert the y axis in control 😩.

  • @spaceghost4161

    @spaceghost4161

    11 ай бұрын

    They fixing it tonight on this next update so tomorrow you’ll be able to play

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    They fixed it in new update.

  • @kelogz007

    @kelogz007

    11 ай бұрын

    yup. My experience is much better. @@scarletwarlock9325

  • @captainquickshadow
    @captainquickshadow7 ай бұрын

    Don’t even go over story quests or all the different weapons (genshin has 5) tof has a new weapon for each charecter, you get the charecter? Bam you get thier weapon! Don’t have to roll for both! And you don’t have to play as that charecter with that weapon! Mix and match have fun!

  • @japanesegamergirl1
    @japanesegamergirl111 ай бұрын

    Dont listen to this guy. Tof is a great mmo game. The community is very friendly. Have yet to make friends cus im busy farming 😂 and school is starting back tomorrow so i wont be able to play as much sadly. I even spent $100 on this game. Im a big fan of this game. My sister introduced me to tof and played it none stop now. Also, its an jrpg not rpg. Too different version. You have american version which is rpg, then you have japanese rpg which is jrpg and some jrpg are exculisively for japan only so it wont be expected for us relase. So, just because the video is titled avoid like a plauge, dont mean you need to. Play it for yourself first then decide. Who know, you might put in 100 hours like i have 😂 so, dont tryst youtube reviews always. Trust in your own judgement.

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    Exactly. What a horrible review. The dude doesnt know the blue line is the exp bar and simulacra system is a downloaded image of a character who once wielded the weapon and he didnt even unlock any map. 10 mins of just talking nothing.

  • @Leopez02
    @Leopez0211 ай бұрын

    I was so glad when Tower of Fantasy came playstation 4 and playstation 5, I've started playing Tower of Fantasy with ps4 and it looks surprisilly good on ps4. 😮

  • @jaxjax3216
    @jaxjax321611 ай бұрын

    Avoid like plague? Lol no. Game is good, yeah it have a few flaws, but it's still fun to play. Personally I like it way more than GI.

  • @MartoPaskalev
    @MartoPaskalev11 ай бұрын

    On PS5 the game is horrid. The menu and UI navigation is really bad, performance is inconsistent. The story suddenly skipped a lot of chapters. I deleted it after a few hours..

  • @alkarana8106
    @alkarana810610 ай бұрын

    1 year ago i play tof like play genshin, today i play genshin like i play tof. Rpg solo play, friends with NPC , good epic story,. MMORPG coop/comp, have fun with real people, and group, straight story (who need 4 hours of story when your friend waiting), gameplay wise i prefer tof, but required high end phone

  • @TevyaSmolka
    @TevyaSmolka11 ай бұрын

    This is why I am not a fan of gatcha games.

  • @JosephHaubert
    @JosephHaubert3 ай бұрын

    Just played this. Feels like a pay to play iPad or mobile game. The menu system UI is a mess, like a busy mess that has limited movement function but may work better with a touch screen. The only thing i like about this game are the graphics and character models. The game needs a UI overhaul and some more unique combat styles and unlockables to make the game feel challenging and rewarding.

  • @safwanabm715
    @safwanabm71511 ай бұрын

    I dont see why all hate. I been playing Tof since launch and it has come a long way. Sure its no genshin killer but I'll chose this one over Genshin any day now just because exploration and grind is not such a chore. Gacha system is way more generous then genshin as well. The only lacking is the story but tof players play this game for the combat and content, story is just a bonus.

  • @caliosinebernkastel4034
    @caliosinebernkastel403411 ай бұрын

    The game is okay and almost felt impressive the first few chapters. Basically it's what you see is what you get. It *is* Gacha gambling *and* "f2p" Combat is android level Exploration is bland but "better than genshin" Story is bla bla bla and it depends on your standard of storytelling. There's the illusion of customisation which is lackluster It provides relics which are gadgets to spice your gameplay but just enough for story purposes and i guess muh combat, and mounts or vehicles which actually show the emptiness of the world actually is. It's like FFXV but worse Actually surprised to see how much people defending it from what the game actually is. Bland and stale with a few bits that actually shines.

  • @deadzone139
    @deadzone13911 ай бұрын

    The controls are the worst and the character creation is terrible the limited hair styles the boring cutscenes i stopped playing gi because of how much I felt like I had to spend money just or a item or character that I may not get but gi opening was way more interesting and less generic

  • @Egyptiandescendant-nt1le
    @Egyptiandescendant-nt1le11 ай бұрын

    That's when u wrong genshin impact and is its own game tower of fantasy is its own game they both animation games that's the only thing they got incomin fighting style way different

  • @Valiant06
    @Valiant0610 ай бұрын

    Tower of Fantasy on PS5 would've been amazing.... If it spent another year in the oven. Overall I wouldn't recommend anyone play Tower of Fantasy, this game is for people who already play it. It's glitchy, confusing menu controls, really touch and go story, the character creation is rendered useless with Simulacra, and graphics need polishing. Tower of Fantasy has potential just not a lot of opportunity or time to reach it🤔🤔🤔

  • @SmokeMadPiff
    @SmokeMadPiff11 ай бұрын

    I'm having a blast 😁

  • @kylerclarke2689
    @kylerclarke26892 ай бұрын

    Not one person in these comments who was mad about your review is still playing the game, lol

  • @Atwoodphoto
    @Atwoodphoto11 ай бұрын

    Dude you love your voice.

  • @ericahamilton3871
    @ericahamilton387111 ай бұрын

    I enjoying it so far

  • @SuperbananaGaming
    @SuperbananaGaming11 ай бұрын

    The game is actually pretty fun when you get around the issues…I think you just need some patience

  • @space_bread

    @space_bread

    11 ай бұрын

    "Once you ignore all the issues, it's pretty fun" Just go play genshin if you like open world with no people or ni no kuni if you want a more anime styled mmorpg with studio ghibli graphics

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@space_bread the only issue is the UI which dev is gonna fix. Genshin is boring compared to ToF and Tof is still a good game with flaws like any other game.

  • @cartoonvideos5

    @cartoonvideos5

    11 ай бұрын

    @@space_breadThe Ni No Kuni mobile game is absolute garbage

  • @YourLastWish
    @YourLastWish11 ай бұрын

    Played it on phone before it came to console. Games not bad but every new unit is far stronger then last. Cash trap. Gets old. Won't play again won't let u even play on console with your mobile account

  • @chrislfernando
    @chrislfernando11 ай бұрын

    Are the gacha gamers really going to let "Paymon" slide? 😛

  • @ahumblechicagoan9942
    @ahumblechicagoan994210 ай бұрын

    I still can’t get into the game, because I’m unhappy with my choice of weapons. I’d rather just be able to buy the weapon that I want, but you can’t do that because there’s a gotcha system. Yeah, the developers can’t have you getting the weapon that you want from the very start because then that doesn’t give them a chance to rip you off. The fact that some may have gotten certain weapons that you wanted is what gives them their argument, but everyone isn’t into gambling. So why can’t we just purchase the fucking weapons? I’m gonna check out Tales of Arise.

  • @threat645
    @threat6459 ай бұрын

    I like the gameplay more than Genshin impacts. Only sucks i cant buy skins outright, but must gamble.

  • @redcloud0
    @redcloud011 ай бұрын

    I enjoy playing the game! The only annoying thing for me is the UI

  • @konkoly5183
    @konkoly51832 ай бұрын

    Wuthering Heights is a novel from the 1800s my man. lol

  • @Sabamika1
    @Sabamika111 ай бұрын

    Gave it a shot, it's nowhere near as bad as the reviewer claims. Not going to say it's impressive. But neither is Genshin and dude seems to be stuck hard on that game. At the end of the day, it's a gacha game., just like the reviewer's beloved Genshin Impact. They're all designed with two purposes in mind. Keep you playing and get you to open your wallet and keep you spending. So far the story is just your average generic dystopian JRPG. You could do better by not playing a gacha game. You could also do worse .

  • @martinduncan3765
    @martinduncan376511 ай бұрын

    This a a burn of a review

  • @themightyimp08

    @themightyimp08

    11 ай бұрын

    Well, the reviewer thought the xp bar was a loading icon, so don't believe everything they say! (@6:00)

  • @zayajackson1337
    @zayajackson133711 ай бұрын

    I’ll stick to the Mobile version.😅

  • @stareck2374

    @stareck2374

    11 ай бұрын

    If you have a PS, why play on mobile (with poor optimisation)?

  • @zayajackson1337

    @zayajackson1337

    11 ай бұрын

    @@stareck2374 Because I was already playing it on Mobile well before this PS version came around. And it was announced as a Mobile game to start with? Someone asked to same thing to me with Genshin in the past.😂

  • @justsomeguywithfreesauce4800

    @justsomeguywithfreesauce4800

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@stareck2374As if PS optimization is any better, at least mobile control is bearable than PS

  • @otroweonllamadoseba

    @otroweonllamadoseba

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@stareck2374because you can't cross nothing as it should be.

  • @ladyknight9000
    @ladyknight900011 ай бұрын

    This review hasn't convinced me and my friends to abandon ToF 3.1 at all. This review reminds me of Stix/MMOBYTE somehow.

  • @omaral-laham8655

    @omaral-laham8655

    11 ай бұрын

    he wasted 7 mins of saying nothing "tower of fantasy you can pick up things like in genshin" made me stop the video for a while and then says the exp part is "downloading" too many red flags probably played 15 min max

  • @TexasTwurkTeam

    @TexasTwurkTeam

    11 ай бұрын

    At least Styx knows that it's called Wuthering Waves and not Wuthering Heights. They couldn't even bother to Google if the name was right

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    This is a horrible review. He basically said nothing except trash talking. None of issues he is said is true except UI. This is what happens to toxic genshin player tries tof.

  • @lacqs9129
    @lacqs912911 ай бұрын

    Don't know about ps5 but in ps4 it have shit stability and will drop fps from time to time.. Also the ui controls is lazily mapped

  • @gaahinalover
    @gaahinalover11 ай бұрын

    As far as BOTW clones go, I think I'll stick with Craftopia xD no gacha and clunky everything to worry about xD

  • @badpope
    @badpope11 ай бұрын

    The makers of this game should be ashamed of themselves. The PC version always had terrible controller support. But to port this game to a console without fixing that terrible controller functionality is unacceptable. Button presses don’t even register at times. This game should not be on a console in its current state. This developer has extremely low standards. You’re exposing a new potential player base to your work. Why wouldn’t you polish your product and put your best foot forward. It was obviously a lot of work building these characters and worlds. You’re not going to make Geshin money by putting out crap like this.

  • @thefallencomrade50
    @thefallencomrade5011 ай бұрын

    This review like paid by hoyoverse don't have full gameplay

  • @icephantomi9762

    @icephantomi9762

    11 ай бұрын

    @@DCKnight0077-jw4bw i clicked like

  • @trikk9964
    @trikk99646 ай бұрын

    ... I actually love this game. For me... much more enjoyable than Genshin...

  • @JyGproductions

    @JyGproductions

    3 ай бұрын

    How about you play actual games. More enjoyable than gacha trash.

  • @BlueAngel008
    @BlueAngel00811 ай бұрын

    It looks pretty but messy.

  • @zer9tsu
    @zer9tsu11 ай бұрын

    People there in tower of fantasy doesn't overhype shit just to make you login and get bored that's why genshin is better right?

  • @nzz6063
    @nzz606311 ай бұрын

    How long does it take before the video starts the actual review, rather than talking about every other video game ever?

  • @scarletwarlock9325

    @scarletwarlock9325

    11 ай бұрын

    There is no actual review 😂 10 mins of just trash talking ToF with no sense. He even called blue line is background downloading... shows how reliable he is😂

  • @nzz6063

    @nzz6063

    11 ай бұрын

    @@scarletwarlock9325 😆 I wish I could be surprised about that!

  • @Gambit1907
    @Gambit190711 ай бұрын

    I hate genshin no dis if you like it but I really like town of fantasy that being said I do hate that they tried to force to to skip passed the story I was so confused and just wanted to get back to the game not 30 min of cutseans

  • @Jojoe27

    @Jojoe27

    11 ай бұрын

    Genshin combat is lackluster imo but it is more polished. Regardless I just love TOF combat.

  • @Gambit1907

    @Gambit1907

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Jojoe27 I think that tof having multi-player faster helps alot for me if I want to paly a game alone I'll play tales of or fire emblem but for games like tof I want to play with my friends

  • @Jojoe27

    @Jojoe27

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Gambit1907 For sure, the multiplayer keeps it alive. Its tons of fun.

  • @justsomeguywithfreesauce4800

    @justsomeguywithfreesauce4800

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Jojoe27Genshin combat is slow but has depth and very polished while ToF combat is nothing but flashy with no depth, underwater combat is pure joke when they just copy paste aeriel combat into underwater environment and called it underwater combat, might make space combat and copy paste aeriel combat again and call it space combat! Don't even get into their powercrept hell that forcing you to get newest characters to stay relevant in leaderboard and to beat the endgame, 4 star in game straight completely useless and any old characters are worth nothing now while in genshin characters from 3 years ago still relevant in meta

  • @omaral-laham8655

    @omaral-laham8655

    11 ай бұрын

    @@justsomeguywithfreesauce4800 yea better not make any single effort for combat as some game i guess also thats fine if you know how to play the game you stay relevant by maining an element and you will have enough to get at least 3 star whenever your element weapon is ready stop being this childish hoyosyndrome

  • @TheRozeDragon
    @TheRozeDragon11 ай бұрын

    The ps5 version is such a buggy broken mess, It was ok on the pc when it came out but it just wasnt as interesting enough to get me around

  • @andreferreira9749
    @andreferreira974911 ай бұрын

    despite the UI situation, i have to totally dissagree with your point of view. This game had its "Dark age" on the beggining on PC but now its very very good, pretty fun and much more F2P friendly compared to others on the same family, the gameplay is fluid and funny (At least on PC) and your biggest mistake is trying to compare it with Genshin cause the games are totaly diferent on its purposes. Genshin is a casual story game with almost none online elements, ToF is an MMO, focussed on online activities, i know that there are some similarities like graphics and World exploration but its not exclusive to genshin, other games have it too. Comparing ToF and Genshin is like to compare Fallout 4 with New world, dont make any sense. Other than that i respect your opinion! and i trully recomend you to play more of the game to see for yourself all im saying. Thanks for attention! (sorry for the possible grammar mistakes, im a Brazilian and still learning your language)

  • @LyonsRoarGolf
    @LyonsRoarGolf11 ай бұрын

    Basically bpoiled down to idk wtf im doin game =bad. This is what reviews are now? 😂

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