Wuthering Waves

Item: Wuthering Waves
Rating: 93
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-29

Summary

High-quality graphics and fluid combat system.
Engaging story progression with cinematic elements.
Responsive developers provide QoL improvements.
Predatory gacha system monetization.
Slow and weak early story progression.
Tedious, RNG-heavy Echo system.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 44%
Unhelpful reviews: 53%
Protest reviews: 3%

93%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
7%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3213
Negative points: 960
Gameplay points: 324
Perf. points: 126
Rec. points: 657
Misc points: 180

Point	Description	Importance
High-quality graphics, fluid combat Description The game boasts impressive graphics, fluid combat, and detailed character designs. Reviewers praise the world's immersive design, the engaging story, and the high-quality animations and cutscenes. The game also offers a fair gacha system and generous rewards for free-to-play players. Importance 98%	The game boasts impressive graphics, fluid combat, and detailed character designs. Reviewers praise the world's immersive design, the engaging story, and the high-quality animations and cutscenes. The game also offers a fair gacha system and generous rewards for free-to-play players.	98%
Responsive developers, QoL improvements Description The developers are highly responsive to player feedback, consistently implementing quality-of-life improvements and addressing issues quickly. This dedication to the community enhances the overall player experience and fosters a sense of trust and appreciation. Importance 37%	The developers are highly responsive to player feedback, consistently implementing quality-of-life improvements and addressing issues quickly. This dedication to the community enhances the overall player experience and fosters a sense of trust and appreciation.	37%
Top-tier gacha game Description Many reviewers consider this game to be among the best in the gacha genre, often surpassing competitors like Genshin Impact. It's praised for prioritizing gameplay and offering a less predatory gacha system, with features like guaranteed weapon banners and lower pity counts. Importance 27%	Many reviewers consider this game to be among the best in the gacha genre, often surpassing competitors like Genshin Impact. It's praised for prioritizing gameplay and offering a less predatory gacha system, with features like guaranteed weapon banners and lower pity counts.	27%
Skill-based, engaging combat system Description The combat system is skill-based, rewarding precise timing and strategic thinking. It offers a dynamic mix of dodges, parries, and combos, appealing to both casual and hardcore players. Boss fights are challenging and require understanding enemy patterns, making victories feel earned. Importance 21%	The combat system is skill-based, rewarding precise timing and strategic thinking. It offers a dynamic mix of dodges, parries, and combos, appealing to both casual and hardcore players. Boss fights are challenging and require understanding enemy patterns, making victories feel earned.	21%
Engaging, cinematic story progression Description The story is mature and cinematic, with brilliant writing that improves significantly as the game progresses. Reviewers highlight emotional involvement, well-written scenes, and entertaining characters, especially from version 2.0 onwards. Importance 18%	The story is mature and cinematic, with brilliant writing that improves significantly as the game progresses. Reviewers highlight emotional involvement, well-written scenes, and entertaining characters, especially from version 2.0 onwards.	18%
Excellent, immersive soundtrack Description The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances immersion and emotional impact. The music is well-composed, atmospheric, and fits various situations perfectly, with some tracks comparable to those in Nier Automata and Elden Ring. Importance 16%	The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances immersion and emotional impact. The music is well-composed, atmospheric, and fits various situations perfectly, with some tracks comparable to those in Nier Automata and Elden Ring.	16%
Positive Steam release Description The game's availability on Steam is a positive development, offering easier access, playtime tracking, and Steam Wallet support. The Steam version often runs better and doesn't require a separate launcher, enhancing the overall user experience. Importance 11%	The game's availability on Steam is a positive development, offering easier access, playtime tracking, and Steam Wallet support. The Steam version often runs better and doesn't require a separate launcher, enhancing the overall user experience.	11%
Fluid, varied open-world traversal Description The game offers fluid and varied open-world traversal mechanics, including wall-running, grappling hooks, and flying. These features enhance exploration and make movement enjoyable, allowing for parkour-style gameplay and easy access to secrets and challenges. Importance 11%	The game offers fluid and varied open-world traversal mechanics, including wall-running, grappling hooks, and flying. These features enhance exploration and make movement enjoyable, allowing for parkour-style gameplay and easy access to secrets and challenges.	11%
Superior to Genshin Impact Description The game is often compared favorably to Genshin Impact, with reviewers praising its superior gameplay, more mature character designs, and better quality of life features. The combat is more enjoyable, and character progression is faster and easier. Importance 9%	The game is often compared favorably to Genshin Impact, with reviewers praising its superior gameplay, more mature character designs, and better quality of life features. The combat is more enjoyable, and character progression is faster and easier.	9%
Improved exploration with flying Description The 2.0 update significantly improved exploration, particularly with the introduction of flying mechanics. New areas are visually stunning and rewarding to explore, with clear map markers and a lack of stamina restrictions outside of combat. Importance 9%	The 2.0 update significantly improved exploration, particularly with the introduction of flying mechanics. New areas are visually stunning and rewarding to explore, with clear map markers and a lack of stamina restrictions outside of combat.	9%
AAA quality gacha game Description Reviewers describe the game as a high-quality AAA or AA anime game, a breath of fresh air in the gacha genre. It's praised for its focus on quality, community feedback, and superior mechanics compared to other gacha games. Importance 8%	Reviewers describe the game as a high-quality AAA or AA anime game, a breath of fresh air in the gacha genre. It's praised for its focus on quality, community feedback, and superior mechanics compared to other gacha games.	8%
Guaranteed weapon banner Description The game guarantees weapons on promotional banners, ensuring that 5-star units have signature gear. This system is praised for being more generous than other gacha games, making character building more accessible. Importance 6%	The game guarantees weapons on promotional banners, ensuring that 5-star units have signature gear. This system is praised for being more generous than other gacha games, making character building more accessible.	6%
No power creep, older characters viable Description The game avoids power creep, with older characters remaining viable and capable of clearing endgame content. This ensures that players' investments in characters retain their value over time. Importance 6%	The game avoids power creep, with older characters remaining viable and capable of clearing endgame content. This ensures that players' investments in characters retain their value over time.	6%
Strongly positive emotional connection Description These points express strong affection for the game, with reviewers praising its design and unique elements. Some reviewers share personal experiences, such as bonding with family members through the game, indicating a highly positive emotional connection. Importance 5%	These points express strong affection for the game, with reviewers praising its design and unique elements. Some reviewers share personal experiences, such as bonding with family members through the game, indicating a highly positive emotional connection.	5%
Positive personal gameplay experience Description The reviewer shares their personal experiences with the game, highlighting their success in obtaining characters and weapons. They also express enjoyment of various aspects of the game, such as the characters and the gacha system. Importance 4%	The reviewer shares their personal experiences with the game, highlighting their success in obtaining characters and weapons. They also express enjoyment of various aspects of the game, such as the characters and the gacha system.	4%