#fgo 5th anniversary

[myurucrie]

I can’t believe I’m missing your stupid ass in the year of 2024

[rimeiii]

I return to WHB Tumblr to see how the game us doing and I see the fandom in shambles, damn. And after scrolling through the tag for a bit, I have...questions.

Yo how big is WHB now even? I stopped playing shortly after they introduced the paywalled Gabriel and that's one of the things I've seen several people complain about...

Like I understand the rest of the complaints - it's mostly the same complaints I've been having about the game prior to me quitting. Multiple decisions that seem to reinforce the idea that this game is heading down the P2W path, very anti-F2P practices in general, outrageous prices for the paid Nightmare Pass, no pity system on launch, the disaster that was the implementation of the Solomon's Seals gacha, the many bugs on launch especially, the small amount of farmable premium currency, and the list goes on...the pancake shop rework not only seems to be in line with the trajectory PB seems to be taking in terms of game decisions, but is also the straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of players.

But, uh, storage? Wasn't it like 2 GB tops on launch? That was reasonable I think, because Arknights was around that size on launch and back then, there was so little additional content. Only JP dubbing, no L2D E2 art or skins (the only L2D we had back then was Closure, the SHOPKEEP), 5 story chapters (which translated to 92 stages, in which around half have a Challenge Mode variant and with a large majority being unique maps), and no additional game modes.

For additional context, currently Arknights is ~6-7 GB on a fresh account with all language dubbing, and it gets bloated if you don't delete unused event data (it's ~9.7 GB for me and I have Arknights on my current phone ever since Near Light first hit Global, so just over 2 years now). Keep in mind Arknights is close to 4.5 years old in Global, and CN just celebrated their 5th anniversary a few months back.

Talking about storage, I don't think comparing WHB to older games and non-tower defense is fair either, since:

Older games in general are much easier on your device in terms of storage to content ratio and performance, mostly due to device limitations of the past requiring less sophisticated game mechanics and the devs sticking to these simpler mechanics even as time passes and technology gets more advanced. Gentle reminder that FGO is ~7 years old in NA, ~9 years old in JP, and ALSO doesn't download everything initially - afaik there's an option for that in the settings menu which bumps the total size up significantly (the wiki lists it as around 9-10 GB total).

Different genres and graphics mean different storage requirements. Anything 3D or open world will almost always have higher storage requirements compared to anything else. Path to Nowhere is around the same size as Arknights despite being younger due to the former using 3D models for their battle sprites, compared to the 2D chibis Arknights uses. Love and Deepspace, a ~5 months game, is huge because of how they do the cutscenes AND the stage-based action gameplay, but Wuthering Waves is closing the gap on size quickly despite being only ~1.5 months because it's an open world action RPG.

What I will say, though, is that WHB is not optimized well. Now I may be very unfair by comparing WHB to Punishing: Gray Raven, a game by the optimization gods known as Kurogames (people ran the PC PGR client on 2GB RAM laptops and my 4GB RAM laptop can run WuWa despite it using UE4 - an engine notorious for chugging on low end devices - albeit with lag spikes in the open world map), but when a 2D tower defense game fails to run as smoothly as a 3D action game with stylish and fast-paced combat, then we have a problem. For context, my 4GB RAM phone only has minor lag when I use a skill that has a lot of visual effects like Lee Hyperreal's Hypermatrix, but back when I played WHB I still experienced lag spikes when deploying units.

Again this all boils down to PB just not being used to the game format. Which is all well and good, Arknights was a huge departure from Girls Frontline too - a good portion of Arknights' devs worked on Girls Frontline before splitting off to work on Arknights. But what made Arknights succeed is how accessible and F2P friendly the game was, with smooth and solid gameplay as well as an engaging plot that discusses themes such as racism, discrimination, and the fragility of hope.

Of course you can argue that Arknights is a tower defense first, visual novel second. Unlike WHB, which is an otome game first, tower defense second. And I would agree, but only to a certain extent. Once you step into the realm of having Actual Combat Gameplay Elements then I believe it's your duty to make progression as reasonable as possible. Including a power gate is fine, but nothing too excessive - and certainly do not hold any significantly strong unit behind a paywall.

Because fun fact - in Arknights' entire runtime, there were only a handful of completely paywalled content:

Player icons from promotional packs for large events, particularly the Ambience Synesthesia concerts

Character skins from promotional packs, like the Exusiai and Guard Ch'en skins during the anime release

Purestream, a B4 Therapist Medic who was released as a WWF collab, where all sales from her $1 pack were donated to the WWF. Even then, she eventually became available for everyone, as she was later added to the Recruitment pool (use a resource obtained from Dailies for a chance to get units, some unique to the pool like Purestream). She was a decent healer, and her Module made her a good budget medic. Even then you're more likely using the Medics you've already built by then - for B4 budget options, Perfumer is usually better for multi-target healing and a party HP regen passive, while Sussurro is your go-to for strong single-target healing.

And guess what? None of these had any direct impact on gameplay during their paywalled period. Purestream wasn't even a B5 or B6 unit, yo. There are many better options for healers. I STILL USE THE B3 ANSEL AND HIBISCUS IN INTEGRATED STRATEGIES.

I'm just...PB's choices baffle me, and I do wish they can improve not just on the game performance standpoint, but in how they treat their playerbase in terms of in-game purchases. I hope I made that abundantly clear...

[yue-chan077]

[ #FGO9周年 #FGO ]

FGO9周年おめでとうございます~! ✨

( Happy 9th Anniversary of FGO ! ✨)

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Celebrating along the 9th year anniversary for FGO JP, with Shacho 🏃✨💙 *confetti*

I did an extra bigger illustration for him specifically 😤✨ cause I love him and all his red-- why not 🏃✨(next time I'll go full body for sure with his robots and stuff --🤸✨)

the official hashtag and site has been uploaded! so you can go and check out my illustration in the site itself! 🤸✨💙

check out everyone's amazing illustrations! and don't miss until the August 5th! 🏃✨

that's all for today-- istg- if push comes to shove I will draw him again if needed be 🤸✨

I have alot of work left in pending due to the days I disappeared 😭👌✨ so see ya ciao ~~

(DO NOT REPOST USE PRINT TRACE MY ARTWORK)

#YueArt

[dollya-robinprotector]

OMG YOU KNOW ARKNIGHTS?!?!? HAVE YOU SEEN THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OPERATORS??? WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE OPERATOR???

Def Logos. I should be more thrilled about Theresia but I only like her dress.

Also I'm eating the Ines's skin and the animation. It's directed by Hiromatsu Shu and he directed the masterpiece which is FGO 2023 anni animation too.

Also collab with Dugeon Meishi?? The heck man Arknights folks be eating good this year!!

[13191v]

my submission for FGO 5th anniversary fan art event

[katsutacle]

If anyone want to roll for Holmes there is a good chance that his banner (which is for the fgo Anniversary pre-release campaign) will start running tomorrow!

I know 99.9% of people will not roll for him, considering Vitch and Oberon are so so close, but I will be the 0.1% that will roll for and hopefully welcome him for the 5th time to my Chaldea!

If there's anyone out there that wants to roll with me, let's pray that his banner is tomorrow!

[elstreem]

I was looking at these anniversary art CEs for FGO and...truly I have a brainrot for BediGuda, because why am I fixated on the fact that both Gudao and Gudako wear Bedivere's colors? Like on the left (which I think is the 3rd anniversary art) Gudao wears green and Gudako wears white, both of which are Bedivere's main colors.

The one on the right, which I think is the 5th Anniversary art, the teal shade for Gudao's shirt and Gudako's shorts reminds me a lot of the color of Bedivere's summer hoodie. That aside, I do so adore the Gudas in this art specifically, they're so cute and I really love both of their outfits! Gudako's cap is so cute and yes I wanna draw these too sometime but ughhh I can't at the moment.

This is what happens when I can't settle my mind enough to try and draw my own BediGuda is that I find it somewhere else :'D

[thessaliah]

In the FGO 5th Anniversary Famitsu Interview it was stated that the Lion King was not in the Team A simulations because her appearance "is an irregularity as far as the God of the Foreign Star is concerned". Wouldn't that mean that since the Alien God doesn't perceive elements from other timelines as normal then the Lostbelts can't be based on records of other timelines but rather simulations of what-if scenarios of the FGO timeline?

I think that means that she's not an element from the singularity (the cause of why it exists) which is the point of restoring history (correcting it).

[cyborg-squid]

Today's my 5th year anniversary of starting FGO (what a fucking journey it has been) so I decided to get these two to bond 11 since they were close to it.

[digiflohw]

Joining in on this catalyst thing.

Here's a doodle of Castoria!

[myurucrie]

dw im going back to being a galahad blog during fgo’s anniversary so I could be disappointed for the 5th yr in a row

[koshorii]

780 Saint Quartz and 30 Tickets it what it took to get my castoria, I’m glad she’s finally here though! I made her skills 10/10/10 immediately.

[iachan03]

FGO 5th Anniversary under the same sky 4/5

Happy Anniversary!!!!!

And god, Bedi!!!!!!!!

Next batch of visuals would be 25/5! Do look forward for your favourite servants to be featured!!!!

[yendeena]

インド兄弟 in 大阪 !

Bonus:

[desuthursday]

Nero’s new dress costume is <3 <3 <3

Source: https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/83617117

[sofiaebby]

Happy 5th anniversary to me! Today August 2, is my 5th anniversary in FGO JP! It just so happens that Vlad is the only one left for my countdown 5 stars and my very first 5 star in the game where he came home on this day as well!