The production team for Honkai Impact 3rd grew from a 7-person start to employing over 200 employees in 2018. ^[1]

Honkai Impact 3rd is under a continuous-update system, patching bug fixes and changing or adding content multiple times per year. The game has had many significant changes since launch, including rewriting the entire first two chapters of the story in a December 2018 update. ^[2]

Mihoyo offers small in-game rewards to users that fill out surveys about their experience in the game, allowing the game's developers to adjust future events and tweak the game.

Devil May Cry and Bayonetta significantly affected the game makers' ideas for the fight system of Honkai Impact 3rd. ^{[3] [4]}

Honkai Impact 3rd's official PC version was developed, releasing to the public on December 26th, 2019. ^[5] The PC version has few to no official reviews.

The developers decided upon free-to-play (rather than a premium, or paid, game) with the purpose of making the game more available to players. ^[3]

Honkai Impact 3rd has not yet been rated on IGN, ^[6] Metacritic, ^[7] or Gamespot. ^[8]

The continual updates and overhauls to Honkai Impact 3rd's events and mechanics make many of the reviews written (when the game released) inaccurate representations of the gameplay and quality of the game presently. Reviews say the the game has changed through ups and downs as it tweaked its system and tested in-game events to be ultimately more engaging and enjoyable. ^[1] Similarly, many article guides exist for gameplay elements that no longer exist within the game, such as the base. The majority of recent articles (as of March 2020) concerning or mentioning Honkai Impact 3rd either announce its PC release, or mention it while featuring Genshin Impact, Mihoyo's upcoming release.

In an article from 2017, Ungeek.com says that the game has some later-game systems that are unintuitive, and also cites the large download size for a mobile game as a negative. ^[9] The review praised the game's visual quality and the ease of learning to play the game, as well as the overall quality of the game, and positively recommended it. ^[9] This article and reviews on the Google Play Store and elsewhere mentioned that the quality of the game was comparable to console games ^{[10] [9] [1]} and the play store has a 4.4 rating with over 160,000 reviews to date as of March 2020. ^[10]

Gamefaqs.gamespot.com indicates that a majority of players spent over 80 hours playing the game. ^[11]

Communities formed to discuss and support Honkai Impact 3rd since in the initial beta testing phase ^[3], including the game's official discord server and a guide compilation on the main website. The YouTube channel for Honkai Impact 3rd has over 150,000 subscribers to date. ^[12]

In the years following the launch of Honkai Impact 3rd, several games claiming high graphics and anime-style cut-scenes have been launched or have begun development.

In addition, merchandise ^[13] and fanart have been created as a result of the significant fanbase supporting the game.

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Articles for stats:

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miHoYo.bh3global&hl=en_US
• https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/67912/honkai-impact-3rd-racks-up-35m-downloads/
• https://www.social-searcher.com/social-buzz/?wblng=&ntw=&psttyp=&searchid=&period=&value=&fbpage=&q5=%E5%B4%A9%E5%9D%8F3
• https://www.social-searcher.com/social-buzz/?wblng=&ntw=&psttyp=&searchid=0&period=&value=&fbpage=&q5=HonkaiImpact3rd
• https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/android/236065-honkai-impact-3rd/stats
• https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/youtube/channels/detail/UCko6H6LokKM__B03i5_vBQQ-honkai-impact-3rd-global

Articles that review:

• https://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/honkai-impact-3rd
• https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/hit-anime-schoolgirl-game-looks-japanese-its-china/article/2176547
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/28/honkai-impact-3rd-big-in-japan-coming-to-america
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/05/cute-but-deadly-meet-honkai-impact-3rds-trio-of-valkyries

• https://www.taptap.com/app/10056/review
• https://www.zhihu.com/topic/20042116/hot
• https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv1141716/
• https://wap.gamersky.com/news/Content-815033.html
• http://www.chuapp.com/?c=Article&a=index&id=280058

Articles that give development information:

• https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/interview/68023/the-making-of-mihoyos-honkai-impact-3rd/

Articles that mention the pc version:

• https://www.gamespace.com/all-articles/news/honkai-impact-3rd-crashing-onto-pc/
• https://rpgamer.com/2019/12/honkai-impact-3rd-heading-to-pc/
• https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/355942/Honkai_Impact_3rd_Arrives_December_26_on_PC_Platform.php
• https://www.siliconera.com/honkai-impact-3rd-heads-to-pc-with-cross-save-support-on-december-26/

Articles in Chinese:

• https://www.hk01.com/%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2%E5%8B%95%E6%BC%AB/73049/%E5%9C%8B%E7%94%A2%E6%89%8B%E9%81%8A-%E5%B4%A9%E5%A3%9E3rd-%E6%97%A5%E7%89%88%E8%A9%A6%E7%8E%A9-%E5%8F%8D%E6%94%BB%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%A6%96%E6%97%A5%E7%99%BB%E9%8C%84%E7%A0%B410%E8%90%AC
• https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%B4%A9%E5%9D%8F3/20112961?fromtitle=%E5%B4%A9%E5%9D%8F3rd&fromid=18649752
• http://news.4399.com/bhsrd/
• https://www.zhihu.com/question/57657210
• http://games.sina.com.cn/y/n/2020-02-03/imxxste8494205.shtml
• https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/942029.htm
• https://www.sohu.com/a/338087336_100166598
• https://www.36kr.com/p/5220218
• https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/newstock/zrzdt/2019-05-15/doc-ihvhiews2096759.shtml
• http://gold.cnfol.com/jinshizhibo/20200226/27977351.shtml

Wikis (could have useful sites for sources?)

• https://honkaiimpact3.gamepedia.com/Honkai_Impact_3_Wiki

to add: how the interface works (how you interact through buttons, etc.)