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I apologize for the 12-3 clear, i can 1 rotate the cactus but i had to go somewhere this afternoon. Not to mention tomorrow abyss resets so i cant procrastinate this any further.

Any who, casual clear done

I literally spent the entire day watching a streamer playing the CBT2, he finished the main story already but havent done much exploring. Heres what i can say about it:

The story is by far the most engaging 1.0 story i have ever seen. I have played Genshin, AKE and WuWa before, this 1.0 is definitely the best 1.0 story ever. Heck i dare say even more engaging than some later stories that got produced by the 3 games i mentioned.

The story is also includes alot of interactive aspects that i would expect a detective would go through. It scratches the right itch.

The combat looks very fluid now, I have seen some complaints about its following the quickswap trend but im fine with it. The combat focuses more on the cinematic side rather than smoothness (take wuwa as an example, that game's combat is very smooth). According to the streamer, the parry + dodging is super forgiving as well.

The overworld feels MUCH MORE ALIVE. My main complaint about CBT1 is that it feels like a dead environment and they clearly fix that.

Those are the good parts, now the parts where they need some fixes:

Their number 1 priority have to be optimization. The streamer i watched run a i7 14700 + 5070ti on 1440p high + frame gen and hes getting 100-120 fps with alot of frequent frame drops (lowest fps i have seen is 40). No ray tracing either so this performance actually scares me since I dont have that kind of hardware.

Some noise profile didnt aligned well with the material seen on screen. This is more of a nitpick i guess since its subtle but its something that can make the players be more immersed into the world.

Theres alot of weird hair glitches throughout the story as well. Some of the animations still looks wonky. The NPCs have a weird stiff like face which is very off putting.

Overall, 8/10 CBT2. -1 from optimization, -1 for giving one hell of an insane story and not giving the finale. Its like introducing a drug to someone and decided not to provide it in the end (take it as 9/10 :P) . This CBT2 really made me super hyped about the game. CBT1 didnt really excites me but this one definitely takes the cake. I have really high hopes for this game now.

https://preview.redd.it/4dagsm04cmdh1.png?width=694&format=png&auto=webp&s=1569d2e755b58619106067b1cf73198cd822f003

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Took alot of resets cuz there were alot of stars needs to be aligned on 12-1:

1. XQ needs to stun both (if reshield reset, if only 1 stun reset)
2. Wayob needs to dash NOT teleport or else the grouping bad (reset if tp)
3. Both Wayob NEEDS to die at the same time (if its faster by a frame, reset)
4. BACK TO NUMBER 1 SINCE THIS IS XQ's 2nd STUN
5. Wayob 2nd Wave and 1st needs to be 1 rotated or else too slow. Both waves managed to reshield when they are so close to death
6. First Phase kenki must not dash
7. 2nd Phase kenki must not dash
8. INSANE crit check on 2nd phase kenki and WH red HP phase
9. Perfect double hit jiggle on WH grey hp phase with proper Hydro Aura

If i, lets say screwed up number 6, i had to go back to number 1 again and reset from there.

You know whats the best part? My clipping software decided to auto update during this exact session so it didnt clip the 12-1 run. I will do it again just for the sake of a video but ill just wait for a better card to ease the headache instead (this run uses 20 attack).

Teams TLDR Investment:
C0 Widsith Nahida
C0 Elegy Yelan
C6 Sac Sword Xingqiu
C2 Xiphos Kuki

C1 Polar Star Childe
C6 Aquila Bennett
C6 Engulfing Xiangling
C2 Freedom Sworn Kazuha

4 star weapons are R5 and 5 star weapons are R1.

If you wanna see an example run of how hyperbloom can handle 12-1 tophalf (i managed to cut it down to 91s on my successful run): https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/s/L1QQGu5MgV