Line #9 VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fight for all that's beautiful in the world!"''\
3	[-L - R: Raiden Mei, Kiana Kaslana, and Bronya Zaychik-]]]
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5	''Honkai Impact 3rd''[[note]]Global server[[/note]] (a.k.a. ''Benghuai 3rd''[[note]]Chinese and Taiwanese servers[[/note]], ''Houkai 3rd''[[note]]Japanese server[[/note]], or ''Honkai Impact 3''[[note]]SEA server[[/note]]) is the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/GunsGirlZ'' (alternatively known as ''Houkai Gakuen 2''), developed by Creator/{{miHoYo}}. It is also their third entry in the ''Honkai'' franchise. It was released first in China in 2016, in Japan and Southeast Asia in 2017 and globally on March 28, 2018 for [[MobilePhoneGame iOS and Android]]. A PC port with cross-play capability was later developed and was released globally on December 26th, 2019, with Southeast Asia getting it in 2020; the PC port was also made available on Platform/{{Steam}} starting in October 2021, though without cross-play capability.
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7	The story follows the escapades of the "Valkyries" of the Schicksal Organization, groups of female fighters who fight against the phenomenon called "Honkai"[[note]]aka "Benghuai"/"Houkai", meaning "Collapse"[[/note]] and its manifestations, mainly in the form of zombies and Honkai Beasts. They also clash with a rival organization named Anti-Entropy (aka "Negentropy") who are also fighting the Honkai phenomenon but have different agendas and use different methods.
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9	In-game, you take the role of "Captain" of the flying battleship ''Hyperion'', your Valkyries' home base, and you'll be tasked with managing the Valkyries and completing missions[[note]]Unusually, the character of the Captain doesn’t exist in the main story but has their own parallel storyline in some events[[/note]]. The gameplay follows a 3D StylishAction format ([[SpiritualAdaptation similar]] to Creator/PlatinumGames works) in which you can deploy up to 3 characters in the levels, along with a simple but powerful control system. The game's content features a Story mode, which is essentially the "main" game; a number of side missions which allow you to earn coins, materials, upgrades for the Valkyries, and other rewards; and events and quests which often contain RPG and VisualNovel elements.
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11	''Honkai Impact'' also includes supplementary comics and {{Visual Novel}}s that can be found on the main [[https://comic.benghuai.com/ Chinese website]]. Official English versions of the comics are posted by [=miHoYo=] [[https://manga.honkaiimpact3.com/book on their Global website]] for mobile phone users, and on [[https://mangadex.org/title/22297/honkai-impact-3rd Mangadex]] for those that prefer a PC-accessible version. ''[[Webcomic/HonkaiImpact3rdSecondEruption Second Eruption]]'' also has a page on this site. Some of the game's animated scenes have also been posted outside the game, such as the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppDfdCnOF1o Reburn]]" video, along with CGI-animated videos that correspond to parts of the story but don't appear in-game.
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13	Starting from June 28, 2019, a SliceOfLife short animated series titled ''Cooking with Valkyries'' (an adaptation of one of the SpinOff comics) was released on the official [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etmLPisO4C8 channel]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qwm7QY7iUI a second season]] was aired in Summer 2020 with Chinese voiceover, with the Japanese dub aired one year later in mid-July 2021. Another series of comedy shorts called ''ELF Academy'' started airing in July 2021 with original Chinese voiceover, with the Japanese dub aired in late January 2022.
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16	!!The game contains examples of:
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18	[[index]]
19	* HonkaiImpact3rd/TropesAToF
20	* HonkaiImpact3rd/TropesGToL
21	* HonkaiImpact3rd/TropesMToR
22	* HonkaiImpact3rd/TropesSToZ
23	[[/index]]
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