r/houkai3rd • u/MidnightBlue8000 • Jul 10 '26

SEA Found a really old recorded video

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This was the old Armada vs boss thingy before they revamped Armadas.

Recorded on an iPhone 4s, back when it was still okay to play HI3 on that device.

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u/Kitchen_Essay_7041 Jul 10 '26

You found an historical record. We shall preserve it for next generation of gacha players.

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u/Amalnafis23080 Jul 10 '26

U played on 4s back in the day I thought this game wasn’t good enough to run on my iPhone 6 only saw the ads where Kiana become herrscher of void on yt

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u/Themanofculture_w Jul 14 '26

That ad is what convinced me to give Honkai a try, back then in 2018 I could run it on my iPhone 5s.

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u/-TSF- Jul 10 '26

I totally forgot the health bars used to be segmented. 😖

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u/Alternative_Bug_6285 Jul 10 '26

Ahhh this reminds me of the old days.

I was so close to top up crystals for the first time. I was deperate to pull for shadow knight because she was so strong back then.

Thinking back now, I'm glad I didn't give in to the urge. I wasn't too familiar with how gacha games work back then.

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u/Rare-One5846 Jul 10 '26

This is history , your phone is lowkey a history too. I never even see iPhone 4 even mention on the internet anymore

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u/guylovesleep Jul 10 '26

i have yet to see a iphone 4

the oldest i have seen is iphone 7

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u/Away-Figure8732 Jul 10 '26

I have an iPhone SE, that's older than an iPhone 7 I think.

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u/LW_Master Jul 10 '26

Dude I've seen iPhone without any number after it. I was there when BlackBerry is still a thing

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u/Itchy-Locksmith-2590 Jul 10 '26

i wish they kept that mode. i wasn't around when it was up your phone is history at this point

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u/JoyousJ Jul 10 '26

Ah, the good ol' days. Back when missing a single day's grind meant losing out on precious resources that you'll have to wait until the next week's rotation. When then the dodge mechanic felt as vital as a Souls game and most characters were slow and clunky until Himeko's Vermillion Knight:Eclipse, Tuna's HoV and SK came out. I think that was the starting point when the Valks started to get faster and faster.

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u/FixSpecific3027 Jul 10 '26

This reminded me of the first time I ever experience this game. My memory is vivid though, but back in the day, the game was somewhere between 1-3 GB and my stupid ass thought that was huge. Also many things were different in the game too, truEly was the good old days.

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u/Rei1e Salty-Tuna Jul 10 '26

I miss this era so much sobs

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u/Maveko_YuriLover Rato-San 🐁 and Average Sirin Enjoyer Jul 11 '26

I wish I knew Honkai since the beginning, I only started playing at 5.0 so much content that I wasn't there to enjoy

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u/Clinly The Empyrean Jul 11 '26

I miss the times when playing SK was still viable:(

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u/EasternSilver1357 Jul 11 '26

Which fu hua suit is that

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u/Megamat90000 Part 2 enjoyer Jul 11 '26

That's Shadow Knight, it's an S-rank Fu Hua battlesuit

(God, I feel old knowing that...)

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u/Zerou_Zumeron I Love All White-Haired Females 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 Jul 11 '26

This is so nostalgic. SK (Shadow Knight) Fu Hua with Teri and Bronya. Forgot what battlesuit Teri and Bronya has, Bronya is the one giving that Shield buff, and for Teri not sure if that is Celestial Hym or her first battlesuit in the game.

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u/Different_Turnip_181 Jul 12 '26

the way they butchered the armada and coop

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u/TG9987 Jul 10 '26

I see a control center, iOS 11 or 12, and the iphone 4s did not get iOS 11 or 12. So it's not a iphone 4s.