While attending the Game Developers Conference 2024, Screen Rant was able to participate in a hands-on demonstration of a newer build of Wuthering Waves . Following a brief demonstration of mechanics from a member of the Kuro Games team, we were able to play through a brief combat section against a boss, an open-world puzzle, and some exploration of one of the game’s settlements. Make no mistake: this game is unabashedly attempting to capitalize on the space Genshin Impact carved out for the genre years ago. But it does it well enough that it feels like it has its own identity,
While the environment and scenery are visually fairly indistinct from what we saw, they were interesting enough, with materials to gather, enemies to defeat, and puzzles to solve. We played through a brief logic puzzle that was just above the boss fight demo, and it was a Tetris block-style conundrum that was a fun distraction. Obviously, one puzzle isn’t enough to judge an entire game’s worth of open world content so it’s mostly speculation at this point, but based on other closed beta impressions/streams it **looks like the world of Wuthering Waves will have more than enough on offer to keep people interested in its early days
What puts this team on the map is Mortefi’s ability to help with the team’s DPS instead of Calcharo’s carrying the entire role. As for Baizhi, she’s a mini Verina who’s there to add sustain and grant the team a shorter b
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**Wuthering Waves Augusta team Waves employs a 3-unit combat system with a design focus on swapping between them at beneficial times ** during battle to maximize their synergies. It’s not ground-breaking, but the implementation is excellent – slowly building up a charge bar while using abilities and properly timing dodges allows players to then swap into a new unit that has an immediate effect upon entering the battlefield. We didn’t get a chance to really examine what those abilities are, but they seem to range from doing damage to setting up better positioning for a new skill in
Youhu is a healer who has a buff for Coordinated Attacks. Although there are many Coordinated Attack Resonators, as of version 2.0, there’s no main DPS that relies on Coordinated Attack. This is why she’s not widely used in Wuthering Waves te
Once you’ve put your Sun-Sinking Eclipse set together, you’ll want to search for Echo copies with better main and sub stats. For Danjin, you’ll want to focus on increasing her damage , so we recommend seeking out the following stats for your Ech
The last innovation in combat is Wuthering Waves ‘ echo system, which is sort of a blend between traditional equipment-based abilities and a creature collecting game. Players can collect the Echoes of enemies they defeat in the game and then equip them to a character (one per unit), which in turn provides stat bonuses and the ability to transform into that echo during a battle to briefly call upon their abilities. We defeated a boss, equipped their Echo, and then used it in the next battle to great effect; it was also pretty cool to occupy the body of an enemy that was fun to fight just minutes bef
Taoqi is a Support who shields her team and buffs their Resonance Skill in Wuthering Waves . On paper, her kit is acceptable and can work with a couple of characters to enhance their power. However, on the battlefield, Taoqi suffers from taking so much time to set up her utility, and that doesn’t help anyone in a game that focuses on timed cont
Although these are more than enough buffs, Calcharo can enhance his own DMG if you trigger his Heavy ATK mercy and use Thundering Mephis Echo Skill before he Ult. Add to all that the fact that Jianxin and Verina constantly shield and heal him , giving him an excuse to be as aggressive as possi
That’s an encouraging sign for a fledgling live service game that has to compete for time with well-established titles in the same space. I’m optimistic Wuthering Waves can entice players early – there’s enough variation in its game world, its compelling combat systems, and it’s another open-world ARPG with an exciting hook – but launch will certainly be a make-or-break time for the game. **Overall, the hands-on experience with the game definitely cements the fact that Wuthering Waves is a game to watch and an exciting design within the action RPG gacha ecosystem
**Wuthering Waves ** is the latest effort from developer Kuro Games ( Punishing: Gray Raven ). It’s an action RPG gacha title set to release for iOS, Android, PC, and PlayStation, and borrows heavily from already popular titles within the same space – most obviously Genshin Impact , which it will inevitably draw numerous comparisons to. That’s certainly not a bad place to start, however, and what Wuthering Waves innovates is more than enough to separate it as a game worth watching as it moves closer to a global release following another round of closed beta te
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