Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
If Wuthering Waves don’t make their latest combat event into a permanent endgame mode, I’ll actually be upset.
And I’m not even that into the game’s combat — I enjoy it, but it’s not my favourite part.
After playing countless rounds of all the different types of endgame across several similar gacha games, I had kinda learned to overlook the parts which make each of them annoying, and focus on the few things about each one which made them at least a little fun.
Even when an endgame mode has serious problems, there can still be reasons to appreciate it. There’s one in particular which it seems like 90% of people hate, which I still manage to enjoy.
And despite there being so many different endgames already, WuWa’s Virtual Crisis event — with a few minor tweaks — would be in a league of its own.
To really dig deep into why I feel that way, let’s talk about endgame in general — what it is, why it exists, and the pros and cons of the existing ones in the games I’ve played — so that we can see how this new event bucks the trend in so many ways.
00:54 What is an endgame?
01:16 Motivation to pull
02:08 Guiding players
02:42 What makes a good endgame? • Purpose & progress
03:36 What makes a good endgame? • Mastery & strategy
04:39 What makes a good endgame? • Variety & creativity
05:21 What makes a good endgame? • Incentives & rewards
06:06 What makes a good endgame? • The most important part
06:38 Why do they fall short?
07:05 Genshin Impact
07:31 Genshin Impact • Spiral Abyss
09:13 Genshin Impact • Imaginarium Theater
11:20 Honkai Star Rail
12:39 Honkai Star Rail • Memory of Chaos
13:29 Honkai Star Rail • Pure Fiction
14:06 Honkai Star Rail • Apocalyptic Shadow
14:48 Wuthering Waves
16:08 Wuthering Waves • Tower of Adversity
17:17 Wuthering Waves • Tactical Holograms
18:41 Wuthering Waves • Illusive Realm
20:09 Wuthering Waves • Whimpering Wastes
21:04 Virtual Crisis
21:30 Virtual Crisis • No timers
22:20 Virtual Crisis • Variety
23:14 Virtual Crisis • Rewards
24:05 Virtual Crisis • Difficulty
24:49 Conclusion
Wuthering Waves is an open-world action/exploration game, available on PC, PS5 and mobile devices (iOS & Android).
I'm always happy to talk WuWa and other games, streams 3pm UK every Wed/Sat/Sun
twitch.tv/saurusness
Genshin rotation app: genshin-rotation.com
Twitch: twitch.tv/saurusness
Merch: saurusness-shop.fourthwall.com
Twitter: twitter.com/saurusness
Discord: thatsaurus.com/discord
#WutheringWaves #wuwa #ProjectWave #virtualcrisis #endgame #spiralabyss #genshin #hsr
If Wuthering Waves don’t make their latest combat event into a permanent endgame mode, I’ll actually be upset.
And I’m not even that into the game’s combat — I enjoy it, but it’s not my favourite part.
After playing countless rounds of all the different types of endgame across several similar gacha games, I had kinda learned to overlook the parts which make each of them annoying, and focus on the few things about each one which made them at least a little fun.
Even when an endgame mode has serious problems, there can still be reasons to appreciate it. There’s one in particular which it seems like 90% of people hate, which I still manage to enjoy.
And despite there being so many different endgames already, WuWa’s Virtual Crisis event — with a few minor tweaks — would be in a league of its own.
To really dig deep into why I feel that way, let’s talk about endgame in general — what it is, why it exists, and the pros and cons of the existing ones in the games I’ve played — so that we can see how this new event bucks the trend in so many ways.
00:54 What is an endgame?
01:16 Motivation to pull
02:08 Guiding players
02:42 What makes a good endgame? • Purpose & progress
03:36 What makes a good endgame? • Mastery & strategy
04:39 What makes a good endgame? • Variety & creativity
05:21 What makes a good endgame? • Incentives & rewards
06:06 What makes a good endgame? • The most important part
06:38 Why do they fall short?
07:05 Genshin Impact
07:31 Genshin Impact • Spiral Abyss
09:13 Genshin Impact • Imaginarium Theater
11:20 Honkai Star Rail
12:39 Honkai Star Rail • Memory of Chaos
13:29 Honkai Star Rail • Pure Fiction
14:06 Honkai Star Rail • Apocalyptic Shadow
14:48 Wuthering Waves
16:08 Wuthering Waves • Tower of Adversity
17:17 Wuthering Waves • Tactical Holograms
18:41 Wuthering Waves • Illusive Realm
20:09 Wuthering Waves • Whimpering Wastes
21:04 Virtual Crisis
21:30 Virtual Crisis • No timers
22:20 Virtual Crisis • Variety
23:14 Virtual Crisis • Rewards
24:05 Virtual Crisis • Difficulty
24:49 Conclusion
Wuthering Waves is an open-world action/exploration game, available on PC, PS5 and mobile devices (iOS & Android).
I'm always happy to talk WuWa and other games, streams 3pm UK every Wed/Sat/Sun
twitch.tv/saurusness
Genshin rotation app: genshin-rotation.com
Twitch: twitch.tv/saurusness
Merch: saurusness-shop.fourthwall.com
Twitter: twitter.com/saurusness
Discord: thatsaurus.com/discord
#WutheringWaves #wuwa #ProjectWave #virtualcrisis #endgame #spiralabyss #genshin #hsr
