Easy to learn, hard to master — that's what Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)'s producer is hoping to achieve with Hoyoverse's upcoming action game.

A game can have simple gameplay but still be fun to play and engaging, said ZZZ producer Li Zhenyu in an interview with international media on June 18.

"The fun that players can derive from a game is not entirely dependent on the complexity of the game and its mechanics," Zhenyu explained.

"You won't find Mario boring just because all you get to press is 'jump' and 'run'," he added.

Zenless Zone Zero, slated for release on July 4, is an action game that features fast-paced combat and combos packaged neatly with an anime art style and an urban fantasy world.

But not everyone is on board with ZZZ's simple combat system, it appears. 

Based on impressions from earlier closed beta test periods, some have come to the conclusion that the game has "trivially easy combat that lasts mere seconds", or that the "execution of gameplay for every team feels very similar".

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