Can Zenless Zone Zero Avoid The Power Creep Problem That Other HoYoverse Games Have?
Having games produced by the same company in the same game universe can not only attract more players for other games but also improve the settings of the relevant universe, thereby developing more games. HoYoverse does a good job in this regard.
However, this does not mean that the games in HoYoverse are perfect. Although HoYoverse games have occupied a large part of the market of Gacha-based games in recent years, this also brings them a common defect, that is, power creep, and the earlier the game is launched, the more likely it is to have this problem, such as Genshin Impact or Honkai: Star Rail. Therefore, as a newer member of HoYoverse, Zenless Zone Zero may also cause you similar concerns.
What Is The Power Creep Problem?
In order to attract you to continue to obtain characters through Gacha, most games with Gacha elements will focus on launching new characters. Characters themselves are not a bad thing, but the excessive frequency of new characters sometimes cannot match the difficulty and richness of the game content, and eventually become out of touch.
That is, as the game is updated, the challenges of endgame or special events will increase in difficulty, but the strength of early characters cannot cope with these contents, and you can only work hard to extract new characters. In the end, the early characters you have can only act as “warehouse managers”.
Genshin Impact And Honkai Star Rail’s Power Creep
Perhaps because it was launched earlier, Genshin Impact has made corresponding solutions to the power creep problem. Although it has not completely eliminated this phenomenon, it has at least alleviated some of it. In contrast, Star Rail’s power creep is more serious. For example, most of Honkai: Star Rail’s endgame enemies are afraid of ice elements, which lead to “power creep” on Herta.
Can ZZZ Avoid Power Creep?
Although Zenless Zone Zero is still in the early stages of game development, it has to be said that there are signs of power creep, and as more characters are released, the situation may get worse. Maybe you have already felt this through the standard banner characters.
How To Avoid It?
Fortunately, ZZZ is in its early stages, so there is still time for everything. And its combat mode, which is different from that of Genshin Impact and Star Rail, gives it a lot of room for development, and will not easily restrict you from character characteristics in combat.
Therefore, if Zenless wants to avoid the power creep problem, on the one hand, it should continue to create unique characters and strive to make everyone’s kit have different functions; on the other hand, it is best to set the health and combat modes of more subsequent enemies reasonably.
I hope that ZZZ and more games from HoYoverse can avoid the power creep dilemma as much as possible and bring you a better gaming experience!
