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Although Hoyo Bus’s “Collapse: Starrail” is the fourth sequel in the Collapse series, there are no barriers to entry even for users who haven’t played the previous game because it has an independent worldview. However, if you understand the multiverse setting that encompasses the entire Hoyo Bus game, you can have a lot more fun.
Gamers are paying attention that a new Collapse: Starrail trailer was revealed at the Tokyo Game Show 2022. In particular, there are many characters that have appeared in Collapse 3rd such as Himeko, Welt and Kukuria in Collapse: Star Rail, as well many people wonder if new users can understand the story.
As for the answer, I can understand it without difficulty. This is because the world view is the same, but almost all of the character, personality and story settings have changed. However, if you understand Hoyo Bus’s multiverse setting, a macroscopic world view, you can enjoy this work in a much more immersive way.
The setting of Hoyo Bus’s multiverse worldview is revealed in detail in the 3rd Collapse and Collapsed Comics. The “Quantum Sea” and the “Imaginary Tree” exist in the grand universe surrounding the worldview. The quantum sea is a property of infinite expansion and the imaginary tree absorbs the quantum sea and blocks the expansion and grows through it.
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To understand the Hoyo Bus multiverse, it is necessary to know the existence of the quantum sea and the imaginary tree.
Each world of Hoyo Bus is a single open fruit on the tree of imaginary trees. The Quantum Sea seeks to constantly expand by absorbing the destroyed and imperfect world, and the Imaginary Tree seeks to create a better and healthier world to avoid being submerged in the Quantum Sea.
To root out better fruits (worlds), the imaginary tree subjects each world to continuous tests, which is the ‘collapse phenomenon’. The world that was destroyed without passing the test fell from the tree of imaginary trees and fell into the quantum sea, becoming a meaningless ‘bubble world’ that repeats itself over a period of time.
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The world that fell from the tree of the imagination falls into a sea of quanta and turns into a ‘bubble universe’
Collapse: The world of Starrail is one of the countless fruits that open on the imaginary tree as the 3rd collapse, Genshin. The collapse phenomenon that is the world’s proof in this work is ‘Stellaron’. The “aeons”, the cosmic beings in the imaginary tree, scatter Stellaron across the galaxy, causing disaster.
The grand storyline of Collapse: Star Rail is the backdrop where Aeons collects the Stellaron scattered across the galaxy and various forces in the galaxy step forward to stop him. The player becomes a “pioneer” who gets involved in such a big event and travels the galaxy.
What should be noted in this work is the fact that the scale is much wider than in previous works. The phenomenon of collapse limited to a single planet, the Earth, has been extended to galactic unity.
Also, through the dialogue of the latest episode of the side story other side comics, set after the western part of the collapsed 3rd open world story, “The connection to the other world will be made by humanity” and “a new journey through the galaxy. “, From Disintegration: He expressed his willingness to expand his worldview and a quick preview for Starrail.
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Disintegration Through Comic ‘Overseas Side’: Suggested on Starrail Expansion and Worldview – Source: the latest episode of the long-running collapsed cartoon ‘Overseas Side’
Collapse: Starrail is expected to play a role as an extension of the universe, like Marvel’s “Doctor Strange: The Multiverse of Chaos”. Since it seems like a full-scale multiverse expansion is about to begin, if you familiarize yourself with the settings beforehand and play, you’ll feel more immersive.
If you are interested in worldview, we recommend that you take a look at the full manga in the Media and Cartoons tab of the official Collapse 3rd site. Collapse: The official Star Rail release date has not yet been set and pre-orders are currently underway via the official website.
On the other hand, you can check out part of the story of “Collapse: Star Rail”, in which the main character embarks on a journey on the Galactic Train. Since the appearance of Yarilo-VI, the first playable destination during the last CBT, ‘Kukuria at the end of the cold wave’, who looked like the boss at the time, has also been confirmed.
Choi Eun-sang, reporter for Hankyung.com Game Talk
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