toboruoArknights: Endfield has the potential to define an entire generation of gacha games. Instead, judging by the beta test, it is being held back by an audience it was never intended for.
If you do not agree with the premises or conclusion of this video, I strongly encourage you to leave a comment explaining why. Not because I think my argument is watertight, but because I would be absolutely delighted to be wrong. I want Endfield to live up to its potential - I just don't think it will.
This game means more to me than most people realise. As such, this video took about a month to make, with most of it constituted by incessant script rewrites and sifting through literal weeks worth of alpha and beta footage, and finally publishing it is an enormous burden lifted from my shoulders. I don't think I'll ever make a high-effort video this long again. Hope to get back to dumb shitposts soon. 🙂
The Death Knell of Gacha Games - Arknights: Endfieldtoboruo2025-03-07 | Arknights: Endfield has the potential to define an entire generation of gacha games. Instead, judging by the beta test, it is being held back by an audience it was never intended for.
If you do not agree with the premises or conclusion of this video, I strongly encourage you to leave a comment explaining why. Not because I think my argument is watertight, but because I would be absolutely delighted to be wrong. I want Endfield to live up to its potential - I just don't think it will.
This game means more to me than most people realise. As such, this video took about a month to make, with most of it constituted by incessant script rewrites and sifting through literal weeks worth of alpha and beta footage, and finally publishing it is an enormous burden lifted from my shoulders. I don't think I'll ever make a high-effort video this long again. Hope to get back to dumb shitposts soon. 🙂
Songs used: Miserere Mei, Deus - Allegri - Tenebrae Sand Canyon 1 - Kirby's Dream Land 3 OST King Dedede - Kirby's Dream Land 3 OST Various tracks from Endfield's OST
0:00 Intro 0:58 Glazing 4:10 Significant Mistakes 8:57 On Combat 15:48 The Hoyoverse Audience 22:04 A Depressing Response 24:37 Nostalgia 27:04 LamentationsThoughts on Endfields new PS5 Gameplay Demotoboruo2025-09-26 | I stream 10pm UK time, mostly on Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_
#ArknightsEndfield #EndfieldWIŠADEL HUNTING: LAPPLAND EDITIONtoboruo2025-09-24 | The Rhodes Island Icebreaker Games returns... and Arknights players are somehow even more annoying than before. Don't take it personally. 😇
Thanks @BloopsArknights('s gf) for the thumbnail art!
Music used: Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Overture)
#Arknights #ArknightsEN Wisadel Lappland the Decadenza Aak Co-op Mode Rhodes Island Therapy Games🟡 ENDFIELD... TODAY? | Endfield @ Gamescom Live Co-watchtoboruo2025-08-19 | Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWwThoughts on Endfield changes from ChinaJoytoboruo2025-08-03 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚠ READ THE PINNED COMMENT ⚠ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Streams are every Tue/Thu/Sat on YouTube and Twitch, 10pm UK time Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw
#ArknightsEndfield #Endfield🟡 COPING FOR NEWS | Endfield ChinaJoy Co-watch & Translationstoboruo2025-08-03 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 Help me make a tier list for new players (video prep)toboruo2025-07-20 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 YU/BLAZE VIEWER PULLS + EVENT 🔴toboruo2025-07-18 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 IS5 max diff ed2/4/5 first try here we gotoboruo2025-07-13 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 getting to D18 today (surely...)toboruo2025-07-11 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 IS5 max diff ed2/4/5 first try here we gotoboruo2025-07-11 | Streams every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm (UK time) Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw🔴 speedrunning a new account (video prep)toboruo2025-07-06 | ...You Are The Problem With Arknights: Endfields Dodgetoboruo2025-06-26 | Dodging is so universal in third-person combat that many players consider it to be fundamental to function, but the dodge mechanic in Arknights: Endfield shows us it is not.
This video exists because of the public response to my last Endfield video, “The Death Knell of Gacha Games”. It was very well received, but the call to remove the dodge was the universal dividing line. With this follow-up, I aim to convince you of two things: that the dodge mechanic itself is not the root of Endfield’s problems, but also that those problems cannot be solved without a serious reconsideration of the dodge button.
This video took a LONG time to make. I started it in mid-March, about 2 weeks after the Death Knell video. The substance of what I actually wanted to say evolved over time, and I wanted it to meet the same standard of quality, and as such, I spent very silly amounts of time incessantly rewriting the script and sifting through all my beta footage *again*, so that’s why it’s taken so long. Thankfully I’ve managed to get it done before any more Endfield news is announced… 😅
(Also - sorry about the crunchy bitrate on some of the footage, it's not a rendering issue, all my recordings of the beta test are like that but I didn't realise until too late, so I just have to make do with it.)
I stream every Tue/Thu/Sat at 10pm UK time: twitch.tv/toboruo (I’ll also start multistreaming to YouTube soon) Twitter: https://x.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw
Bilibili response video: 闪避真的要为同质化负全责吗?(up: 让你爱上学习) (EN: Is dodging really solely responsible for homogenization?) bilibili.com/video/BV1CeX6Y4Ey2
GCORES article: 面对焕然一新的《明日方舟:终末地》,我们问了海猫和 hyf 很多问题 (EN: Facing the brand new Arknights: Endfield, we asked Lowlight and Huang Yifeng many questions) gcores.com/articles/192321
0:00 Intro 1:17 Alpha to Beta Changes 2:47 On Dodging 8:14 Consequences 12:13 Expectations 17:47 Crashout 21:38 AspirationThe Hoederer Incidenttoboruo2025-01-28 | Consumes 100 HP per second and deals 200 True damage per second to enemies that have either attacked or been attacked by this unit. Attack range +1, Max HP +60%, ATK +120%, and each attack restores 5% HP and has a 25% chance to stun targets for 5 seconds.
#Arknights #ArknightsEN #Arknights5thAnniv #TreasureUnearthTHE PROPHECY IS FULFILLEDtoboruo2024-12-07 | Vivi bros... we won 🥹 I don't care how long her S3 wind-up is, I don't care how weak she is off skill, she got *something* that makes her stand out in the Arknights roster, and that makes me so, so happy.
Massive thanks to @gasaina6875, a fellow Elafia enthusiast, for taking time out of their day to record CN gameplay just for my silly little video.
Song: Scordatura - Zwillingsturme im Herbst OSTWIŠADEL HUNTING: THE MUSICALtoboruo2024-11-26 | Hypergryph may have taken a gun to the game's balance, but at least they gave us one in return.
If you encountered me in co-op and I killed your Wiš'adel, congrats on being part of the video. If you were unhappy about it, good. 😇 I sincerely hope she liberates you from your dependency on guides for every single stage, because if you somehow still need them, then Arknights is well and truly cooked.
(This video was previously called "The Rhodes Island Therapy Games")
Song: William Tell Overture - Gioachino RossiniHow do you guarantee an Eyjafjalla?toboruo2024-01-25 | Summoning rituals work! Arknights doesn't even need a pity when you have this foolproof technique. You're welcome 😎
More stupid moments like this at twitch.tv/toboruoarknights play store reviewstoboruo2022-11-30 | i regret scrolling through so many of these. --- Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw --- Music: Overworld Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2 --- Google Play Review Arknights Reaction Funny Anime Memes #ArknightsIS2 but its only Chain Casterstoboruo2022-11-19 | It took 3 days to get this run. I reached Phantom twice before this but didn't have enough life points to beat it. Might keep trying to see if I can do this without aspd buffs. --- Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw --- Music: Glass Ocean - Machine Girl (Neon White OST) Tem Shop - Toby Fox (Undertale OST) Thousand Pound Butterfly - Machine Girl (Neon White OST) --- Stultifera Navis Contingency Contract Integrated Strategies Arknights Global #Arknights #ArknightsENEN Voices Are Good, Actuallytoboruo2022-11-11 | Weeb brain clouded my judgment, they're actually pretty good. Mostly. --- Twitch: twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/SCVvE76XWw --- Sora The Troll "Real Japanese VS Anime Character" youtube.com/watch?v=vj1mxkEpKOM --- Stultifera Navis Specter the Unchained Spalter Irene Arknights Global #Arknights #ArknightsENTheyre Not Called Push Strokerstoboruo2022-11-08 | This is the hill I choose to die on.
Stultifera Navis Weedy Pusher Specialists Arknights Global #ArknightsSpecter Alter viewer pulls were WILDtoboruo2022-11-05 | The god hand giveth, the god hand taketh away.
#Arknights #Gacha #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #명일방주 #明日方舟carnelian showcasetoboruo2022-10-16 | im very good at this game --- Come and hang out! twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/jA6AjbH573 #Shorts #Arknights #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #명일방주 #明日方舟Passenger Unleashes His True Powertoboruo2022-10-10 | All things are possible with God Hand.
#Arknights #Passenger #IS2 #Roguelike #Gacha #アークナイツ #명일방주 #明日方舟azur lane is a memetoboruo2022-09-22 | "hey gramps look i married the submarine you served on" --- Come and hang out! twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/jA6AjbH573 #Shorts #Arknights #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #명일방주 #明日方舟I refused to sleep until I beat this Arknights stagetoboruo2022-09-11 | I'm not sure why I put myself through suffering like this. IS2 is so much fun until he comes along...
#Arknights #Roguelike #Phantom #IS2 #Goldenglow #Gacha #アークナイツ #명일방주 #明日方舟CC#8 Risk 18 Week 1, Passenger Main DPStoboruo2022-08-31 | Would probably have been cleaner at the end if I'd activated Nian skill earlier but a clear is a clear. There are more efficient ways of doing this CC but I wanted to put my favourite in the spotlight.
#Arknights #CC8 #Dawnseeker #Passenger #ContingencyContract #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #明日方舟Goldenglow pulls nearly broke me...toboruo2022-08-20 | This was a rollercoaster of emotions I'd rather not repeat LOL
Music: Guardians - Evan King Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There - Persona 5 OST Bring It In, Guys! - Undertale OST (Toby Fox) Specialist - Persona 4 OST
#Arknights #Goldenglow #Gacha #Quercus #Namie #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #明日方舟Arknights cant be THAT hard, right?toboruo2022-08-09 | Big brain strats only, no scuff clears here, very good at this game.
#Arknights #InvitationToWine #Ling #Challenge #Gacha #アークナイツ #明日方舟I have GOD HANDStoboruo2022-08-05 | Where does this luck come from!?
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Come and hang out! twitch.tv/toboruo Twitter: twitter.com/toboruo_ Discord: discord.gg/jA6AjbH573 Music: Gas Gas Gas - Manuel #shorts #Arknights #gachaCan Passenger carry me through Invitation to Wine?toboruo2022-08-01 | Worth it for my favourite, but this challenge was exhausting to say the least! Might have to let myself take another 6* when the EX stages come around...
#Arknights #Passenger #InvitationToWine #Challenge #Gacha #アークナイツ #明日方舟My viewers had INSANE luck for Ling and Lee...toboruo2022-07-30 | Still can't believe some of these. Here's hoping my god hand luck wasn't all used up before I go all in on Goldenglow...
Outro song: Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There - Persona 5 OST
#Arknights #Ling #Lee #Gacha #InvitationToWine #ArknightsEN #アークナイツ #明日方舟Arknights | NL-9 Trust Farm 3 Ops (Passenger, Ptilopsis, Warfarin)toboruo2022-05-03 | Passenger is borrowed to prove you don't need pots since mine is P6. Warfarin and Ptilopsis skills aren't used, only E2 Lv1 is needed for their talents.
Operator levels: Passenger (Support) Lv90 P1 S3M3 + module (module is needed but I don't think he needs max level) Ptilopsis E2 Lv50 P1 S2L7 + module (module not needed, skill not used) Warfarin E2 Lv1 P3 S2L7 (P1 is fine, skill not used)
It's also possible to just put Skadi the Corrupting Heart (S2) behind Passenger for a 2-op trust farm, but she's limited and much rarer, while the two medics here are more common.
Come and hang out! twitch.tv/toboruoArknights | PR-B-2 Trust Farm 3 Ops (Passenger, SilverAsh, Thorns)toboruo2021-11-02 | Passenger is the only M3 here but I don't think he needs M3 for this to work.