Soapbox Hear Me Out Honkai Star Rail Is One of PS5s Better Roguelites
The scintillating Simulated Universe.
Roguelites are so universally popular these days that you’re beginning to see the genre bolted on to cinematic action games, like God of War Ragnarok’s recent Valhalla expansion or the upcoming No Return mode being added to The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered. While both great examples of the formula, I want to talk about Honkai: Star Rail, which in my opinion is one of the better roguelites you can play on PS5 right now.
Those who’ve made it through the free-to-play gacha game’s wordy introduction will have happened upon the Simulated Universe on Herta Space Station, which is where the roguelite mechanics come into play. There’s a whole bunch of lore which explains exactly what the Simulated Universe represents in the fiction – honestly, we’d argue probably a little too much text at times – but for the purposes of this article, all you need to know is that it’s the release’s own attempt at a roguelite.
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