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Honkai Star Rail: Aventurine's FATAL flaw?

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Honkai Star Rail’s is a gacha video game developed by Hoyoverse, the same company responsible for Genshin Impact. The second act of its Penacony arc that came with the games 2.1 version has received widespread acclaim and praise for its writing, particularly of the character, Aventurine. A man who was considered blessed by luck, and yet was born into a life of constant struggle, always having to gamble with his life in order to survive, eventually stumbling into a high government position with the Interastral Peace Corporation, Aventurine’s story is one of the best, most engaging tales the game has ever told, and deserves all the hype. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for his boss fight. So in the final moments of the act, Aventurine engages with the player in combat, in order to “die” and put the leaders of Penacony in a difficult position. It's a good plan, but the issue is that some aspects of his boss fight are confusingly designed. The boss revolves around random ch...