Zenless Zone Zero is the most recent title from HoYoverse which is currently still in its beta test phase! After a few lucky players had the opportunity to take a closer look at the game during said test, there was one thing that they found particularly annoying and what could potentially be a dealbreaker to many gacha gamers!
When HoYoverse announced their upcoming game Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) around a year ago, many players were super hopeful for this new adventure. And it seems like we will not be disappointed: The trailers look awesome, the story pieces sound more than interesting and the characters (here called agents) look absolutely stunning!
However, there is one TINY thing, that could destroy the whole gameplay experience for the majority of players.
Zenless Zone Zero: How HoYoverse Messed Up ZZZ's Energy System
To be fair, the energy or stamina system in gacha games can often be incredibly annoying, to say the least, no matter how well it is implemented into the game. It basically just keeps us players from further enjoying the game by closing off certain gameplay elements if you don't have enough energy/stamina to execute certain actions.
In each of HoYoverse's gacha games, players have to deal with a system like this. But, players were hoping that ZZZ would have a pretty low impact energy system, without a lot of boundaries.
This is because HoYoverse actually changed the energy system in one of their newest games, Honkai Star Rail, to be much more free-to-play friendly by adding a huge energy storage for when you are currently not playing!
Unfortunately, the truth turns out to be much worse than we thought. After players, who were qualified for the beta test, tried out the game by themselves, the energy system was the first thing many of them hated. But surely it can't be that bad, right?!
To make it short: You have to pay energy to enter, not only the main story quest, but ALL quests basically. I don't have to tell you how annoying this can be, especially in the beginning of the game, when everyone just wants to binge through the story all at once!
Even Enviosity, who is one of the biggest gacha game content creators on YouTube and Twitch, is super fed up with this mechanic:
My biggest complaint so far for Zenless Zone Zero would be needing to use your Energy (Stamina/Resin/TrailblazePower/etc) to do Main Story & Side Quests pic.twitter.com/7zElzGu7gr
— Enviosity (@Enviosity) November 24, 2023
All we can do is hope that HoYoverse notices how upset the entire community is about this energy usage, and fix it immediately! I'm okay with paying energy to farm for Artifacts or certain items, but not if it keeps me from playing through the main story!