Developers of an anime RPG called players and, after feedback, almost completely removed a game mode

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The developers of Zenless Zone Zero spoke in an interview about the feedback from players on the TV mode, which is now to be largely removed due to this.

What was the feedback? In an interview on YouTube, developer “Y” talked about the changes planned for Zenless Zone Zero. The developers created polls and even picked up the phone to ask players what they thought about TV mode. It was revealed exactly what players don’t like about the mode:

  • The TV mode animations take too long
  • The mode generally takes too much time
  • It interrupts the normal flow of the fight
  • TV mode appears too often at the beginning of the game

    • Zenless Zone Zero also has a lot of action to offer:

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    What is changing?

    Will there be no TV mode anymore? The developers have removed the TV mode from the main story in the new update 1.2. The main story and other important missions will also be able to do without the TV mode in the future. But the mod will probably not disappear completely. The mode can still be found in other missions.

    The developer Y explained in an interview:

    But that doesn’t mean we’ll abandon TV mode altogether in the future. We’ll continue to incorporate positive feedback from the past.

    […] While there is some negative feedback in the community, we have also seen some players who really like TV mode. We certainly won’t be overhauling everything in one fell swoop. First and foremost, we will comprehensively address some issues in the mode’s design and implementation and make improvements.

    Zenless Zone Zero Developer Y via YouTube.com

    What improvements are coming our way? With the 1.2 update, a new feature called “Fairy Auto-Exploration Mode” was added. Once the player completes a quest for the first time, they can send the fairy to collect the missing rewards. This is intended to take the stress out of players having to fight their way through TV mode to tediously search for all the rewards themselves.

    TV mode triggers discussions

    Is the mode really that unpopular? There are a number of discussions about the TV mode on the Internet. It stands out and makes the game unique. Comments on social networks show that players in Europe and the USA appreciate the TV mode rather than demonize it. The negative feedback seems to be coming from players in China:

  • immowang tries to clarify (via YouTube): “As a Chinese player, I can say that the TV mode received a lot of negative feedback, especially in China.”
  • One user writes (via Reddit): “I understand that some people don’t like it, but this mode is what makes Zenless Zone Zero totally unique in my opinion compared to Hoyo’s other games. I feel like it gets too much unnecessary hate, this needs to stop.”
  • niyaak28 asks (via YouTube): “Please don’t lose your identity. TV mode should be improved, not removed.”
  • clownbescary213, however, speaks out against the mode (via Reddit): “The biggest problem with TV mode, in my opinion, is that the flow is constantly interrupted by annoying and unnecessary stuff, which interrupts the exploration.”

    • How does MeinMMO author Nathalie Schnee assess the changes? Personally, I’m very happy that the mode in the main story is being removed. It was just wasting my time and nerves. Now I can devote myself entirely to the story and no longer have to click through a thousand screens.

    What do you think of the TV mode? Let us know in the comments! If you haven’t had enough of games like Zennles Zone Zero or Genshin Impact, take a look at our MeinMMO. There we show you some titles that you might like: 6 games like Genshin Impact.

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