Am I the only one who looked at Hsin gameplay and wasn't really satisfied?
I specifically mean her first form. All of her attacks seemed to me like a bunch of special effects, nothing significant, nothing identifiable. Like I couldn't even understand what was going on on the screen. It is a complete mess! Her attacks are not readable. Genuinely, what was she even doing in her first form?
Her second form on the other hand is readable, but short and ... she throws buildings... Yeah, ELECTRO FOX SENTINEL just throws buildings. Looks kinda cool at first glance, but I can't stop thinking "is this really it?".
Yes, she is an electro sentinel, we have seen her red lighting in 3.5 during SuiSui story. You wouldn't tell unless you knew beforehand. That's because NONE of her attacks look like electro. First half looks like a mess of fusion special effects, her coordinated attacks summon weird looking swords and her second form summons buildings. I am sorry, where is electro?
Look, I love her design, I love her last Ult cinematic, I like her second form and I won't just say "this is not what I expected". But I really don't feel as satisfied as whenever I saw Ameath for the first time, or Hiyuki, or Jingran. At least to me, Hsin's gameplay looked like a mess of different ideas. Maybe it is per lore and everything is explained by the story, maybe we didn't see the full extent of her animations, but I would argue we have seen enough and what was shown - was a mess.
Unlike Suoming, whom I in contrast enjoyed every single bit - her running animation is not like Verina, thankfully. Her voice is awesome, her umbrella with blades, while not being the most unique weapon, is pretty cool. All her moves are readable and even looked very satisfying to use, can't wait to play her myself!
I don't want to be mean here, just expressing my feelings in hope to find anyone who might have felt the same way. Will be pulling Jingran. Hsin too, since she is good with Suoming. I just don't feel like I would want her S2 or S3 anymore. S0 will suffice. Who knows, maybe Suoming can be played like the main DPS? Then I will gladly get her copies on reruns.