I am but a humble Shrimp.

[Dragon Lord]

@Karo - In terms of completion % in Genshin, I'm close to 100. I have some side-stuff to do still (little hangout events that some characters have), plus I've yet to re-comb the entirety of the world map for any chests/puzzles/challenges I've missed. Outside of that, I've completed all other content in the game.

As for what drew me into the mobile games I play... Well, for Azur Lane, it's because I saw a streamer I follow playing it, and I thought it looked really cute and interesting, so I ended up downloading it and falling in love with it. I love the characters and the team-building aspect of the game. It's free of the trash that is male characters, so that definitely gives it a boost for me as well.

Arknights drew me in because of the combat system. I never really cared for Tower Defense games before, but Arknights put a whole new spin on it and really turned up the strategy required for this game. Especially if you want to clear the content with low rarity operators. Even with a team of the most powerful Ops, you're still going to have to play smart and utilize good strategy, which is something that 99.99% of other tower defense games lack. I also enjoy a lot of the characters, even if this one does have disgusting male characters in it (I do like some of them though, but I always gotta shit on males).

Revived Witch drew me in because of the pixel art style, the exploration and the combat. Character designs and music were also big factors in drawing me in. So far I've been really enjoying the game and it's been worth investing my time and some money into so far.

Blue Archive drew me in 100% because of the cute waifus in it. I was actually about to drop the game because as an equipment based game, it becomes much harder for F2P to progress through the game, and while I enjoy the art, style and characters, I'm not interested in dropping money on this one. But then a character by the name of Izuna dropped and she's just too adorable for me to abandon. This one is 100% about the waifu enjoyment.

The rest of the mobile games I've tried, I've dropped for various reasons (bad gameplay, pushing to whale too hard, etc.), but these four are the ones that have been able to stick and keep their place among my devices. There's a Hatsune Miku rhythm game releasing soon too, and I expect that one will also take up permanent residence on my phone/tablet as well.

Short answer: All of them have different aspects that draw me in and make me enjoy the games a lot. As for the quality vs console/AAA games, I don't really like to do that. Obviously mobile games don't have the graphics/depth of a AAA game, but they all have different things to enjoy about them. Whether it's the insanely high quality character artwork or the gameplay or just the grinding, I find something to enjoy about each one and they all deserve my time and effort.

Obviously Genshin Impact would also fall under the category of mobile game, but I didn't talk about that one here because Genshin is the huge exception when it comes to production value. MiHoYo took a huge risk sinking as much cost into making Genshin as they did and it paid off huge for them, but it could have easily backfired and ruined them.

@Moonface - I also received $100 from my mother to go towards getting my gaming PC as well. As for how many platinums I plan on getting next year? That's a hard one to decide. Obviously I'm going to have a new, shiny, beastly gaming rig to enjoy, but that doesn't mean I'm going to ditch my PS4/PS5 either. I'll still likely get most multi-plat games on PS4/PS5 for the trohpies/platinum, and then double dip on Steam if I decide I like the game enough to play it again and 100% it there. Being able to play Genshin on PC should help though, as that frees up my TV and PS5 for other games instead, so I might go for 50 again next year.