recently catched up with the recent Amphoreus quest <'-'> (CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR HONKAI STAR RAIL'S AMPHOREUS)

i had been taking a break from HSR so i could focus on my midterms but decided to get back in it for a little while (until after Phainon's banner bcos i got more exams TwT), i also played Genshin Impact a little while back (but taking a break from it bcos i just can't enjoy the content in the game at all currently)

After catching up with the recent Amphoreus trailblaze quest (blog is made during V3.3), i realized how similar the storyline is to Genshin's Natlan quest yet so different?? like I enjoyed Amphoreus better

so here's what i noticed

(aside from the blatant colorism and cultural approriation in Natlan)

• The stakes in Amphoreus is REAL, HSR is known not to pull away from killing their playable characters so they were able to show how much the Black Tide and the impending doom in Amphoreus and show the stakes at hand unlike Natlan i didn't really feel anything for the deaths within the Natlan storyline bcos it didn't feel like i would lose anything at all :/
• The designs are so much better, like my eyes definitely was bleeding internally from looking at Natlan characters, they make me wonder if free will is actually a good thing or not. Meanwhile Amphoreus gave me really eye pleasing designs, each aspect of a character design MEAN something, gives something to know about the cast
• The emotional writing is much better, i ACTUALLY FEEL something for the Amphoreus cast especially Mydei who i thought i wouldn't care for but then cried like a hoe (not rlly but it's an expression) when he died unlike Capitano's death at the end of Natlan archon quest like i was so hyped for this character but i didn't feel ANYTHING when he died at the end of the Natlan story line
• Character writing, i really enjoyed the characters within Amphoreus, they actually feel like people, it didn't feel flat like Natlan's characters like i'm sorry but Mavuika pmo sm like i really hated her character writing (don't get me started at the other characters in the Natlan cast.