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Zenless Zone Zero’s 2000s nostalgia is taking me back to simpler times
I’ve been playing Zenless Zone Zero for two weeks now — I downloaded it the day before the Fourth of July — and I’m already enjoying it more than Genshin Impact. The combat mechanics are seamless, its cutscenes feel like they were pulled from a manga, and it’s got more substantial writing than its Genshin counterpart (its eccentric cast of heroes is stuck together like glue!). Deep into my playthrough, my boyfriend of eight years inquired something about the game’s aesthetics that I didn’t consider until he asked: “Have we reached the point where video games are catering to 2000s nostalgia?”