Hands On Honkai Star Rails Huge PS5 Update Brings Big BioShock Vibes
The city that always sleeps.
The advantage of single player live service games like Honkai: Star Rail, for all the criticism they receive from enthusiasts, is that the action never ends. That makes updates like the enormous v2.0, which takes the Trailblazer to a new planet named Penacony, possible – and this is Chinese developer HoYoverse as its absolute best.
Penacony is a former intergalactic prison colony turned luxury hotel, where various glamorous individuals from all over galaxy are gathering for the Charmony Festival. As with all gacha games, the writing in this new location is so obsessed with lore that it borders on gobbledygook at times, but all of the new characters introduced are awesome – and unsurprisingly you’re going to want to roll for them once their banners arrive.
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