Why Are Most Gacha Games Terrible Games?

/”Gacha games are good despite being gachas/” is a take I’ve heard before. Which means that all gacha games are inherently bad games. But some are able to be good despite that. And straight up, I agree. I think that all the popular ones, Arknights, Limbus Company, Punishing Gray Raven, Genshin Impact, Fate Grand Order, etc, would be better if they weren’t a gacha game. And this video breaks down why that’s the case and will also prolly anger a lot of gacha game players…

Amiya art from:
https://twitter.com/KurogamiSyyn/status/1243451068014415872
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/28736166

Furina art from:
https://twitter.com/asirisenpai/status/1727295673442394598
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/67125567

Faust art from:
https://twitter.com/556CH0CL8
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/7860895

Also my friend Dino Dave helped me out with some ideas for this video. Such as the disconnect between game play and story and how that’s a flaw for Gacha’s.
Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DinoDave935

00:00 Intro
01:41 Arknights
04:01 Limbus Company
06:14 Punishing: Gray Raven
07:52 Genshin Impact
10:21 Fate Grand Order
12:28 What makes a Gacha Game good?
14:35 Would you buy these games?
18:32 How being a Gacha makes these games worse.
25:07 Outro

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