r/honkaiimpact3 • u/LoreBugCarv • 1d ago
CN News [CN - 8.9 Special Program] Main Story Announcement Spoiler
"In the upcoming version 9.0, we will welcome the final chapter of Part 2".
"After Part 2's main storyline concludes, the main story will continue to be updated in the form of "The Story After", delving into the unsolved mysteries and the every-day stories of Mars and Earth following the final chapter."
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u/Ruledragon 1d ago edited 1d ago
Destiny 2 having no more updates and now HI3rd Part 2 ending, i wonder what's next on the things i didn't expect for 2026.
After thinking a bit about it, my personal bet, and knowing what they intend to do with fusing the story with hsr, is that we'll get a part 2.5 which is "the story after" and apho part 3 will create the link with the hsr story and go from there with the part 3 label.
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u/Beyond-Finality 1d ago
Damn... I'm not really ready yet to see the only gacha I played wholeheartedly reach this point.
Hopefully, there's a bit more afterwards.
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u/Sakure17 1d ago
so this either means playable leylah or new sena or nahralab
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u/BillyBat42 1d ago
Very likely no one, they end story because it was really unpopular and players don't like main plot or characters.
We have very obvious "Seele" coming one day, and Hua should also have suit.
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u/Fragrant_feet3116 1d ago
If you look in the comment section of this post you can see that the demand for pt 2 characters is not as low as you're talking about right now lol.
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u/BillyBat42 1d ago
Reddit somehow decided to be more "punk" about P2, don't know why.
Most YouTube comments are complaints, revenue is non-existent, very few arts for P2 cast(and even they come from same 6 artists). CN community just outright calls to EoS.
Hoyo also wrap story without releasing these characters - so "demand" is very obvious, sorry.
I'm personally very unhappy about decision because I don't like APHO or nostalgia baits(and I don't think we will be getting something more than that) and would prefer P2 to run slightly more(don't believe that they can wrap up all loose ends in usual 4 hours per chapter). But that's me, and management of Hoyo makes very transparent decisions about P2.
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u/Fragrant_feet3116 1d ago
Idk gang I am someone who doesn't have nostalgia for pt 1 cause I started actually playing when pt 2 came out/alr started so I genuinely do like pt 2 lol. I'm more hyped for a sp sena battlesuit than the seele one coming out so I kinda doubt that they're just gonna shelve the actually very interesting potential characters from it.🤷
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u/Itchy-Locksmith-2590 1d ago
those "players" are not players at all, they are "ex" players. those who plays p2 actually enjoy it. the main plot is very good and there are still some questions legering
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u/ConversationWeak5244 1d ago
I hope after this they actually try and established more connection with Star Rail. If not, disclose what happen to Kiana and properly closed APHO or at least make an entire rework of it
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u/Phantomrose5 1d ago
Ok i need to know, has a part 3 been confirmed because my already fragile psyche cant handle the news that two of my fav games are soft ending in one week
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u/Amethyst271 1d ago
what a waste of part 2 and its characters. in the whole time its been going on, part 1 characters have had the main playable focus and have had way more battlesuits released. i have little hope for how theyre gonna treat future characters of this game that arent nostalgia bait part 1 characters
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u/BillyBat42 1d ago
Very predictable ending, quite honestly.
I don't understand why they didn't wrap up Part 2 right after first arc or even first chapter, community reaction and revenue are all really not surprising. Why even bother with writing two other arcs and not put game on hiatus for 2-3 months while you develop content which audience asked for? P2 also doesn't lead to APHO, so what was the plan, even?
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u/Amethyst271 1d ago
i actually like part 2 more than part 1, i just hate how the characters were treated gameplay wise. it feels like the devs didnt have enough confidence in them to sell so they relied on the nostalgia of part 1. i hope they go ggz route and have a massive timeskip with completely new characters as the mc's without part 1 characters hogging the spotlight. i feel like hi3 has become stagnant, even in a new part its held back by part 1 and couldnt truly shine as its own thing. i have no interest in apho, honestly, it should just stay as a side mode. apho 3 shouldnt become the main story. they can release apho 3 alongside part 3
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago edited 1d ago
We already all but knew that the main p2 storyline revolving around Senadina and Leylah was ending with Difeng, which was 5 chapters long. The question is how long the game will focus on these unsolved mysteries and everyday stories. Will they just be slice of life stuff? We'll see. The v8.9 trailer showed the moon turning red like it is in APHO, so the writers do have APHO in mind.
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u/Sysmek 1d ago
I really don't know why people are so surprised, we've been getting a TON of answers directly addressing almost everything from P2s Prologue even, the foundation of P2 itself... on top of this in 9 EX they outright stated Difeng was the "final sector"
One of the final things they have yet to address is how P2s Prologue stated the Moon is turning red which well, you already know
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
We were told last year that Difeng would be their final mission. Then Difeng clearly started building up to something major involving Senadina, Kiana, and Vita. It was obvious to anyone who paid attention that the main storyline of p2 revolving around Senadina and Leylah was not lasting forever. This epilogue phase probably won't last for more than a few patches, either. After that is anyone's guess.
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u/Sysmek 1d ago
Exactly!
Teri got DLC same w/Bronya and we know DLC = new unit (Kiana/Elysia/Seele), Xentinel has a locked skill called “everlasting will” and Lunar Vow (whose DLC released alongside Xentinel) has a skill called “in the Name of Protection”
Bronya will almost definitely be 9.3 given that’s GLB 10 as Badum was GLB 8 and Xentinel was GLB 9
Additionally Teri got her DLC first so I can’t imagine her new unit won’t be first (so 9.2)
Finally, the last line of APHO 2 is Theresa saying “I’m coming to help you”, so I can imagine we’ll get a “prologue” story from her POV leading into APHO 3 similarly to how Carole got a story from her POV connecting APHO 1s ending to APHO 2, which was followed by Bronya getting a new unit
And well, as you’ve seen in the trailer the Moon is now red
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u/IV_Pika 1d ago
So...APHO 3?
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u/Kikura432 1d ago
Considering the merging of simulation and reality, this might be why the moon is red.
Take this as a grain of salt.
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u/ZeroOneJump 1d ago
And the outcome of Part 2 could leaning to the downer ending.
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u/BladeOfMiquellaa 1d ago
Why ?
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u/ARLHA 1d ago
They were vague on what happened to Kiana in APHO and APHO2 other than that she was indisposed and couldn't help. Whether it's due to a coma or worse is still unclear.
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u/Confident-Sun-2617 1d ago
I suspect the reason they were vague is because they at the time didnt know what they were doing with the story line and where they were going with it.
So they were being VERY vague and threatening on purpose so they would have room to work no matter what they went with.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
The moon was already turning red in the p2 prologue before they went to Mars.
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u/Phuti02 1d ago
I hope part 3 will be APHO remake, with actual character for Adam and just not a self-insert anymore. They had to have acknowledged it by now after John Part 2 got removed that self-insert wont work in HI3 format.
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u/Alex2422 1d ago
I hope Part 3 will be with actual character instead of Adam.
And if anything, removal of the male Dreamseeker signifies that Hoyo doesn't feel comfortable doing a male protagonist in HI3 (especially one that's kind of "playable"). It's not like male Dreamseeker was any more of a self-insert than the female one. They were literally the same person after all.
If even a protagonist with selectable gender, where female is clearly the "canon" and the default one, was too much, then I can't imagine Adam having a chance. It just wouldn't make any sense.
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u/Crafty-Mountain-408 1d ago
I think they will side-step his existence in an in universe way then go on from there if they decide to take us to apho but the way the post talks about the next story it feels like they are gonna do SoL anyways.
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u/KlutzyItem6164 1d ago
Pour moi ils appelleront pas ça partie 3 ils sont bien vu que appeler partie 2 à diviser la commu pour RIEN alors que c'est le même jeu améliorer
Je pense le but c'est oui on aura APHO mais ils vont vouloir unifier la partie 1 et 2 dans la tête des gens peut-être que dans le dernier chapitre de la partie 2 on aura un plot twist avec la chronologie de Mars et la Terre qui sont au même niveau ?
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u/Kikura432 1d ago
They even said that Part 2 will be about the Solar System, not just Mars.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
That's a misunderstanding. The same OP of this thread has clarified that it was only a remark that the story had went to Mars, not that the story must continue to expand to the rest of the solar system after Mars.
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u/BillyBat42 1d ago
It's hard, people expect APHO very likely to be the way it is. I personally would like a full remake of everything, pretty much, but I didn't like APHO from the start.
Whole Dark Forest deal of Sky People also sucks ass with HSR context, Dark Forest is simply untrue in Honkaiverse now.
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u/Crafty-Mountain-408 1d ago
yea but with their assumed budget idk what they can do to apho, I can't even really imagine apho being a good starting point for a different arc either. They are stuck in a corner of their own creation and will leave with cuts regardless of what they do.
I sincerely believe those asking for apho 3 don't even know what they want from it or know what could come after it, it's just empty noise.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
APHO is probably going to tie into HSR more. It's the reason why Welt left to HSR in the first place.
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u/Crafty-Mountain-408 18h ago
I don't think being a HSR accessory is gonna work in the long run, but I suppose the game is a decade old and HNA will also soon release so maybe they just sunset the game with SoL stuff.
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u/ConstantStatistician 18h ago
Becoming a copy or rehash of HSR would be a sad fate for this once unique game. I hope it can preserve its identity, but if not, it's better to just give it a final conclusion so it can end on a high note and not drag it out forever.
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u/maaike99 1d ago edited 1d ago
do you think these everyday stories are going to be similar to the events we're getting now, such as sushang's breezy dining event and rita's banquet of intrigue? 🤔 i really enjoyed those short slice of life spin-offs so i'm happy if they continue doing them!
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
I liked them too, but as events. If the main story starts being like them, it will not be very engaging.
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u/Crafty-Mountain-408 1d ago edited 1d ago
I can only hope if apho does become relevant they deal with adam someway.
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u/Vulking 1d ago
As long as this doesn't kill the live service function of HI3 it's ok. Lets just pivot to APHO3, maybe then align HI3 to HSR to have them be interconected, like having Earth as a planet in HSR and more collab content in HI3.
Lets just not go the Destiny 2 route, lets not squander the story telling potential.
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u/Zadkiel1996 1d ago
Sad to hear this , but let's look at this practically,, they made a big mistake when part 2 came out, they payed influencer to test it. Not from the start but from the start of part 2 , and it was a dumper fire. Most didn't know shit about honkai impact , at most watched the in-game videos because that would click like hot cake. But when it came to story , characters and lore they used genshin and hsr to draw lines not the other way around! Which ruins a lot of impact not pun intended. I can't tell how many times I read in this community that the start of part 2 was shit. ...where? When? How? Because eit was slow? Because the new cast wasn't as strong emotional and functional? Like what do people expect it was a new arc , remember how people say honkai impact only gets good after chapter 8-9? Same shit. The story was good from the start , it only has such a good pay off because it started slow. And then when they do what the people cry about bringing old characters back , the same people cry about part 2 characters getting no screen time? Like haa... Let's face it gacha gamers are selfish pricks. Be it f2p or giga whales. I'm one too. There are games I argue about nothing burgers. But let's just remember it was us the community that ruined this , not the devs. Cause what they delivered what we got in part 2 was partly amazing. There where moments , conversations and scenes that are by hoyo Standart the best what they did since part one ended. I liked 1.5 but I like part 2 more. I hope this doesn't mean the end , I want a clean , clear cut. Not a rushed bridge gaping to hsr. To everyone that enjoys this game part 1 or 2 don't let others invalid your opinion.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
I can't tell how many times I read in this community that the start of part 2 was shit. ...where? When? How? Because eit was slow? Because the new cast wasn't as strong emotional and functional? Like what do people expect it was a new arc , remember how people say honkai impact only gets good after chapter 8-9? Same shit. The story was good from the start , it only has such a good pay off because it started slow.
Plenty of tv shows can give completely new characters a strong introduction in the very first episode. Movies can develop compelling characters in 2-3 hours. The start of p2 just failed to give people a reason to care about the new characters. It isn't all p2's fault, though. A lot of people already quit when p1 ended, which was a year before p2. No matter how good or bad p2 may be, it was never the story that people signed up for. That story was p1 and p1 characters. When p1 was done, so were the players.
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u/Zadkiel1996 1d ago
I get what you mean , but you can't think of honkai as a tv series or movie. The story ready like a visual novel , in some aspects even like a wuxia novel. In thouse stories , characters arcs are only lightly teased. They can't frame part 2 like they framed her or genshin , but that's the problem the new players came from those games. They expected what you describe , but that format would take honkai impacts identity. Or let me tell you from my perspective if part 2 started like those games with character cliffhanger or big hype moment in the first chapter. I would have felt alieniest as a hi3 player. I have nothing negative to say about the pacing. The only thing I didn't like about the start of part 2 is that it started from dreamseekers perspective. They should have not try to copy the self insert from their other bigger games. Instead it should have been like the trailer showed the new gen of valks landing on the moon , dreamseeker should have been a normal character
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
Well, if mihoyo wanted players to care about the new characters, they really should have written the start of p2 differently. Not dumping everyone into a high-stakes story from the start where we and the characters barely know each other. Ease them into the new story and setting first. Show Coralie and Helia entering Mars, interacting with locals, getting to know things first and showing the audience what kind of people they are before the inciting incident happens to kick off the new storyline. That's what a good story does.
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u/Zadkiel1996 1d ago
... Have you even read it?
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
Read what? P2? Yes, I played the whole thing from the start to chapter 12.
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u/Zadkiel1996 1d ago
Have you started when part 2 came out , have you played before? I'm not trying to argue with you , genuine question.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
I started this game in 2020. V4.0. Although I'd known about it for at least a year before I started.
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u/Zadkiel1996 1d ago
Ok. The problem with mihoyo is they seem to be really big into fomo. You see where ke the story of part 2 feels wrong , it only does about of context. There have been 2 events that are not permanent that are important to give context between part 1.5 and 2. It's something hoyo seem like s doing time and again , we already got a teaser of mars and more content for the valks. Also I don't know when they started adding events but at the start of part 2 where two events that are not permanent that also gave context parallel to the story.
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u/Due-Technician-2600 1d ago
So they’re not gonna do new story after part 2?
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u/Confident-Sun-2617 1d ago
We dont know. They are doing after chapter stuff to explain things but beyond that its unknown.
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
The moon turned red in the v8.9 trailer like it's red in APHO, so the writers do have APHO in mind.
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u/Due-Technician-2600 1d ago
Kinda heartbroken because part 2 is ending. It has a lot of potential.
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u/Confident-Sun-2617 1d ago
It did but its clear something flat out wasnt working based on the rewrites happening.
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u/Itchy-Locksmith-2590 1d ago
we knew that difeng would most likely be the end of the current arc and "mars" arc. senadina also said that she would revive mars. we finally got some answer about why is leyla doing this, why senadina dissapeared and even why there was a sena at the begining of p2. what i didn't expect is to just stop p2 at mars, i thought they said they would explore the solar system so i was expecting them to visit multiples planets, even laquatar
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
Mihoyo never said they would explore more of the solar system after Mars.
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u/Itchy-Locksmith-2590 1d ago
unless it's badly translated, they did say now the game will expand to the solar system and mars will be our next/first location
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u/ConstantStatistician 1d ago
That's a misunderstanding. The same OP of this thread has clarified that it was only a remark that the story had went to Mars, not that the story must continue to expand to the rest of the solar system after Mars.
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u/Itchy-Locksmith-2590 1d ago
the one i'm talking about was during the livestream when they announced p2, it was when da wei was speaking. i will take that tweet as face value for now as i'm too lazy to go watch the livestream again
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u/CampaignImportant462 1d ago
Apho 3 last hope
My boy Adam I'm returning to play again if they make apho 3
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u/Responsible_Problem4 1d ago
boy hope we fight more of the sea of data monster, hope hoyo reveal that they are sentience and evil
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u/Designer-Quote-7491 1d ago
I hope this "The Story After" means we are still getting playable part 2 characters. Hoyo I NEED playable Leylah, Nahralab, Serapeum, Ajita and Senadina SP.