Honkai Star Rail 4.0 Preview

Featuring new characters, a new planet, and a new story to explore, Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 is almost here.

We recently got early access to this new release – see what awaits Trailblazers with our preview…

Honkai Star Rail 4.0 Preview

A whole new world awaits players in Honkai Star Rail 4.0 – quite literally, in fact.

The new Planarcardia planet is hosting the Phantasmoon games, and Planarcadia is known as a place where imagination and art meets real life.

Drawings in this area come to life, and upon arrival, players are greeted by a smiling moon with sunglasses.

Planarcadia is certainly unique: It has got animal people, aliens, Gundam-style robots, living art, and tons of secrets to explore.

The story in Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 isn’t overly complicated. Players will take part in the aforementioned Phantasmoon games, but a woman that goes by Sparxie is looking to prevent that.

As it turns out, she’s a super popular streamer – and she doesn’t want to be overshadowed by you.

Sparxie tricks you into thinking you are a student at a school, and tries to make you forget the games completely – time to break the spell and take part in the Phantasmoon games.

For those big on the series’ lore, Planarcardia is the home planet of Himeko – players will get more info on her.

While exploring Honkai: Star Rail’s new planet, players will find a ton of things to do.

The streets of Planarcardia are littered with treasure chests, objects to break, people to chat with, and tunnels to take.

Some of its art also needs to be removed – which is where you come in. Those that smack bad art and destroy it can net themselves rewards and other goodies.

There are also tunnels in this area that turn Honkai: Star Rail into a 2D platformer. It’s not unlike Super Mario Odyssey, where players can shift between 3D and 2D sections on the wall. While not as in-depth as Mario’s escapades, they do serve as a nice break from its story and combat.

Speaking of combat, Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 features two new characters.

Funny enough, the main villain becomes an ally, with us given access to Sparxie alongside another new character named Yao Guang.

Once I put them in my roster, I just couldn’t go back.

Sparxie is a Fire-based character, and a smug little brat to boot. She does good single target damage, but she truly shines with her Ultimate and Elation Skills. There was a point where she did over 600k damage to some random enemies – safe to say she’s very powerful.

That being said, we don’t think she’s out until the patch after 4.0.

Yao Guang, however, will drop when Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 releases. She’s just as powerful, but her element is Physical instead of Fire. Like Sparxie, her Elation skill is basically a good game for any enemy left on the field when used.

Unlike Sparxie, though, her ultimate buffs her allies’ resistance. This, in turn, makes her more useful in a boss fight.

Her Ultimate also gives what is known as an Aha moment – meaning someone else can use their Elation skill.

Team her up with Sparxie, and it’s game over.

At least that’s how I think it works – there’s a lot of new terminology for someone who hasn’t played since 1.0.

Regardless, having both in your party makes all fights a breeze.

Without spoiling too much, it’s also worth noting that Honkai: Star Rail features a new dice-based minigame they added.

It’s a simple one: Simply roll the dice and try to get a higher number than your opponent.

If you get the higher number, you do more damage – or block more damage – depending on whether you are offense or defense.

While this dice minigame wasn’t for me, it was simple to understand nonetheless – and I can see people losing hours to it.

In fact, a lot of people will lose many hours to this update. Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 is a very meaty update with plenty of cutscenes and story content.

Another great update, longtime fans and newcomers alike will greatly enjoy Honkai: Star Rail 4.0 and its new planet.

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