Genshin Impact

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 609 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 173 out of 609
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 609
  3. Negative: 412 out of 609
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  1. Zer0TheHer0
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    A half decent game ruined by a greedy miserable company. Avoid anything mihoyo! Stay away from this scam game! I played many gacha and this has the worst banner rates and the worst pity system I ever seen. Avoid this game! And first anniversary was a JOKE and a slap in the face of players! Stay away from this!
  2. tommyy8267
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    1 year guys, 1 year. 1 year for 10 wishes and a gacha events, you need both talent and luck for community events and the best part is, it's 100 primos
  3. Shimakaze66
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Скатываемся в пучины бездны…
    Это безусловно не может не печалить.
    Годовщина в пролёте, персонажи выходят откровенно слабыми, эндгейм контента почти нет, печально в общем
  4. Lehandro1204
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    Годовщина плохая, новые персы либо требуют денег для раскрытия потанцевала, либо не работают вообще
  5. Misaka_Complex
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Garbage game, 0 content for anniversary with garbage character Kokoming banner, forcing the players to suck on Kokopium much, also sinks to a new low deleting ALL negative reviews on the official Hoyolab website and affiliated communities, pathetic.
  6. xxmphg
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1 year anniversary suck af. They dont have anything limited such as the poster, the char or sth. They just through 10 pull on your face and said: "take that". I buy a lot of stuff in this game and Mihoyo just do it to me?… Expand
  7. Zotahozo
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    I played many gacha and this has the worst banner rates and the worst pity system I ever seen. Avoid this game!
  8. Unter1
    Sep 27, 2021
    1
    Why such small anniversary awards?

    Where are the KFC wings?

    New Persians trash

    And the plot is flawed
  9. zakier
    Sep 25, 2021
    6
    Before I say anything, I’d just like to say I’ve played Arknights, ANOTHER EDEN and have dabbled into Epic Seven & FGO, all of which are Gacha games. Genshin Impact is definitely a standout among Gacha games. Its graphics for its genre are definitely impressive, the open world exploration is interesting and the combat system is engaging. The game also gives you much more to do, at leastBefore I say anything, I’d just like to say I’ve played Arknights, ANOTHER EDEN and have dabbled into Epic Seven & FGO, all of which are Gacha games. Genshin Impact is definitely a standout among Gacha games. Its graphics for its genre are definitely impressive, the open world exploration is interesting and the combat system is engaging. The game also gives you much more to do, at least initially, than other Gacha games. But my praise of Genshin Impact ends there. The resin system just doesn’t work, banner rates are embarrassingly low, characters are unbalanced (how are Ganyu and Qiqi both 5 stars?), and too many characters are limited. The story is also just terrible. An interesting concept executed horribly, I mean HORRIBLY. Do not play this game if you are looking for a story which will challenge or engage you. Drop rates for artifacts are also disgusting. At some point this game feels like a chore. And just like any other Gacha game without PvP, once you reach a certain point, there’s nothing to do. The events, which are meant to fill this gap, are oftentimes uninspired or just straight up BORING. NO ONE wants a Hypostatis event. I did like the game, don’t get me wrong, but at the end of the day, Genshin Impact suffers from the same issues other Gacha games do - frustrating drops, chore like gameplay and limited gameplay.… Expand
  10. sandwich_with_Q
    Sep 12, 2021
    9
    Though it deserved a fare share of criticism in its infancy, Genshin celebrates its first anniversary as a far, far better game - worthy of a confident 9/10. With a simple yet enchanting story, a diverse cast of likable characters, a stunning open world full of puzzles, hidden treasures and stories, and an otherworldly soundtrack, this game now deserves all the praise it is getting as itThough it deserved a fare share of criticism in its infancy, Genshin celebrates its first anniversary as a far, far better game - worthy of a confident 9/10. With a simple yet enchanting story, a diverse cast of likable characters, a stunning open world full of puzzles, hidden treasures and stories, and an otherworldly soundtrack, this game now deserves all the praise it is getting as it is a true joy to play and explore.
    My only gripes with it would be the repetitive domain grind, uninspiring daily commission routine, and several UI flaws that waste players' time. Bit those ar every minor compared to the good that he game has to offer.
    I highly recommend everyone try Genshin for themselves.    … Expand
  11. Spookikoo
    Aug 22, 2021
    1
    I don't understand why people don't see what this game really is. It's just a bad copy of Zelda. It has no mobile optimisation, needs way too much disk space, needs to be connected at any time (it is completely stupid for a mainly single-player game) and, on top of that, it has a dumb pay to win gacha. Don't waste time and money with this thing and simply play another game.
  12. Bagsteam
    Aug 18, 2021
    0
    Копия зельды (миханики,фарм,музыка,персонажы,способности)Дикий гринд с заточкой на донат
  13. Beast_bendy_345
    Aug 5, 2021
    1
    It was a bad gameplay, bad characters , and a horrible story, the game can be better, and why the game have in-game purchase ? That makes it worse !! And the game looks incomplete, why ? I see it’s a bad game and doesn’t deserve
  14. Basty_15265
    Jul 25, 2021
    8
    This free-to-play game impressed me by the moment the very first time I see the graphics, and how it feels like a AAA free-to-play live service Style game, and yes it's a gacha mobile title with microtransactions and wishes: and it also can be played on PC as well, which is also impressive and disturbing at the same time; still a great free-to-play game
  15. Sakamaki
    May 14, 2021
    2
    Một tựa game với thế giới mở nửa mùa , nhàm chán và game play quá thực dụng và thiếu tính sáng tạo.
  16. thedstrat4
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    I think there is an intentional glitch to get users to double-purchase primogems (in game currency). I recently purchased a $100 deal from the in-game store and nothing happened. I thought this was an accident, so I purchased it again. On the store, the purchase showed the 'first time bonus' as if nothing was ever purchased. After 30 minutes, both purchases showed up and the 'first timeI think there is an intentional glitch to get users to double-purchase primogems (in game currency). I recently purchased a $100 deal from the in-game store and nothing happened. I thought this was an accident, so I purchased it again. On the store, the purchase showed the 'first time bonus' as if nothing was ever purchased. After 30 minutes, both purchases showed up and the 'first time bonus' was removed.

    Playstation said they won't refund me since the primogems showed up in my account and Mihoyo won't respond. I'm pretty confident this is an intentional 'glitch' for them to make double money on purchases. Mihoyo should be sued.    … Expand
  17. blondehair
    Mar 4, 2021
    10
    Genshin impact is the free-to-play open-world adventure game, available to play on mobile pc and play station 4. The graphic is beautiful 3d anime style. The characters are very cute. The character type is distinguished by the type of weapon they use claymore, arrow, sword, the width.
    Genshin impact has many towns that waiting for the player to roaming. Each town has their own culture the    Genshin impact is the free-to-play open-world adventure game, available to play on mobile pc and play station 4. The graphic is beautiful 3d anime style. The characters are very cute. The character type is distinguished by the type of weapon they use claymore, arrow, sword, the width.
    Genshin impact has many towns that waiting for the player to roaming. Each town has their own culture the NPC in the town wearing that town garment and the building that show you the culture of each town. Outside the town has many chests to unlock by killing monsters or finishing the puzzles.
    Genshin impact has many fun things to do. Such as abyss mode defeat all the monster by the time-limited. Clearing dungeon to get the artifacts as a reward. Story quest dive into the story to know what’s going on in the town.
    The storyline focusing on the twins traveler who arrives tayvet attacked by the goddess and her/his sibling has been captured. So that he has to find her sibling and wandering in town to town to find the clue.
    The most attractive thing about this game is the elemental fusion. Each character has their element and some of them come with the skill that utilizes the element easily. The elemental fusion amplifies big damage. For example, put a fire on enemies then following with the hydro skill will cause a vaporize which can do a lot more damage than usual. So the player tries to build another character to make a combo.
    This game is all free but it’s the gacha game so that means everything is on your luck. The highest rarity is 5-star character and 5-star weapon which only get it from the gacha and unfortunately, the rate for 5 stars is only 0.6 percent. That was incredibly low. Anyways the game can not be that cruel they guarantee that you will get the 5 stars for sure when you reach the 90th rolls.    … Expand
  18. ClumsyLee
    Feb 15, 2021
    9
    The first ~30h was really solid, if you enjoyed the exploration of BotW you’ll definitely enjoy these hours. However, once you’ve explored the whole map, there’s not much left for you to do.

    IMO the best way to play Genshin is to explore everything and then wait for the next map updates (maybe every 4-6 months?).
  19. Atlantin
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    This is an ok game with a terrible support system. I waited for over 2 months to recover a hacked account, got the account recovered, only to have it banned. The hacker refunded purchases they made and I was asked to pay for the crazy amount of purchases that were refunded, and now my account is banned. I understand the business model but it clearly shows that Mihoyo has zero care forThis is an ok game with a terrible support system. I waited for over 2 months to recover a hacked account, got the account recovered, only to have it banned. The hacker refunded purchases they made and I was asked to pay for the crazy amount of purchases that were refunded, and now my account is banned. I understand the business model but it clearly shows that Mihoyo has zero care for their player base.… Expand
  20. ccmkaaa
    Feb 6, 2021
    1
    I give those game 1 point just for really interesting world and plot. But why u creating the game like this (AA+) and doing casino mechanics with all in-game content? They're all looking cool with nice animations and abilities. All of them give us another felt of playing game and exploring the world. But only what devOps doing is just adding casino...
  21. Rocky98a
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    I have put in around 90 hours into this game and reached the endgame. So for the strong and weak points of the game:
    Strong:
    - Amazing graphics - Beautiful world - A lot of team combinations to experiment with. - Fairly interesting story Weak points: - Characters are split into 4 and 5 star categories ( 4 stars are a lot weaker than 5 stars, and the permanents 5 stars    I have put in around 90 hours into this game and reached the endgame. So for the strong and weak points of the game:
    Strong:
    - Amazing graphics
    - Beautiful world
    - A lot of team combinations to experiment with.
    - Fairly interesting story

    Weak points:
    - Characters are split into 4 and 5 star categories ( 4 stars are a lot weaker than 5 stars, and the permanents 5 stars characters are weaker than the 'exclusive' 5 stars, which are available for 14 or 30 days to claim ).
    - 99.99$ USD gives you 30 wishes ( 3 times 1.6% chance of obtaining a 5 star character or weapon ), while a guaranteed 5 star item requires 90 wishes ( approx. 300$ USD ).
    - Every character has 6 'constellations' ( adds new perks to their spells or levels them up ). To level up a constellation you need to get the character once and then obtain him 6 more times to max out his constellations. ( If you get your 'exclusive' character every time you make 90 wishes that means 2100$ USD to max a 5 star character out, but that's not the case, you have a 50% chance of getting the exclusive character so it's more like 3500$ - 4200$ USD per a maxed out 5 star character )
    - The above character obtain problems apply to obtaining 5 star weapons as well ( 5 star weapons overpower 4 star weapons completely )
    - Completely dull, repetitive and unrewarding endgame.
    - Boring 'Co-Op' mode ( You can't even progress trough the story with your friends, the only things you can do is fight domains and bosses )
    - 95% of the bosses in this game are extremely easy to beat, the other 5% just kill you with 2 hits if you don't have an appropriate 5 star character with an element that counters them.
    - You can't grind the materials to upgrade your character's talents whenever you want ( you can do it only on certain days and you have to use your 'resin' to do so )
    - The resin ( which you use to obtain talent upgrade material, hero upgrade material, weapon upgrade material ) has a cap of 160 and it recharges by 1 point every 8 minutes. You need 40 resin to get the loot from bosses, which provide hero upgrade material ( after lvl 40/50 you need to kill a boss approx. 9 times in order to get the things you need ). You need 20 resin for domains ( after weapon lvl 40/50 you need to clear the dungeon 7/8 times in order to get the materials you need - the same applies for talent upgrade material as well ).
    - To level up a character you need anywhere from 10K to 100K XP - a mob gives you 16xp, quests do not give XP for your characters. You can get upgrade books from Ley Line Disorders ( 20 resin per attempts ).
    - The world bosses ( which award some of the best artifacts in game ) require 60 resin for loot ( you can loot them once a week ) and the items you get are with random stats which 90% of the time are horrible.
    - The events the game has are simply boring or annoying to do.
    - The game has patches once a month that barely add anything new and fun, just more boring and bland events with more 'exclusive' characters.

    To sum up, you would just be better off playing any other co-op or single player RPG other than this. With other games you have 'pay 2 win' with 'Genshin Impact' you have 'sell your house to be playable'.
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  22. FramAvalon
    Jan 27, 2021
    1
    Nothing is free. For this game, the price is even more than you think. It starts out as a fun single player game, but continue on and you will it consistently restrict you in order to frustrate you until you decide to either give up or pay it money. And it wants a disturbingly huge money; maxing a single character can cost approx. 2.5k USD, due to how the dev set up the system.

    Rewards    Nothing is free. For this game, the price is even more than you think. It starts out as a fun single player game, but continue on and you will it consistently restrict you in order to frustrate you until you decide to either give up or pay it money. And it wants a disturbingly huge money; maxing a single character can cost approx. 2.5k USD, due to how the dev set up the system.

    Rewards are mostly paltry and stingy; most of the time you are only rewarded with Mora (the money in the game). Primos (which is the premium in game currency you can buy with real world money) are given out sparingly in useless small amount or none at all. Same goes to the other materials; the resource pool in this game is too much; characters need experience book (because you get less than 100 exp doing anything else in the world), your weapons need ores to upgrade level, you character's talents/skills also need talent books to be upgraded, both your character and weapons need another round of materials to ascend (because levels are gated) AND there are no other way to increase your character's constellation other than trying your luck in their wish aka gacha system, which accepts real world money, turning it into a gambling machine. This kind of predatory method have been proven to work, and the devs seeks to challenge themselves on how they can take this further. The amount of resources needed are absurd, and you need approx. 12 days to level a newly received characters to be able to use them (due to constantly being restrictred by the devs). Do note that you can speed up all of this by giving them an absurd amount of real money, for a single character.

    Most of the mentioned materials are also restricted from being obtained via the resin system. I don't understand when one of the reviewer from a well-known site state this system is positive for stopping the players from playing to much and promote them to do other things. Why is there no system to stop players from spending too much then? Because it's their money and they can spend however they want? Then how come players can't spend their time however they want, farming for the materials that is required in an absurd amount? The material drops and the artifact's attributes/stats were purposely made to be both horrendously low and terrible (6 out 6 artifacts will be plagued with def% only stats), requiring players to keep repeating it to get what they need, only they can't; the resin system limits what they can do. You can increase it slightly by paying them money (of course). Despite the constant complains, the devs refuse to make any major changes, only giving scarps to placate the rioters (increasing resin to 160 is only so that players don't need to login twice per day to complete BP task), because they are adamant to sell resin in exchange for money; the leak on the CN Playstation Store was done on purpose to gauge reaction. How is it possible that they didn't think there will be backlash is mindboggling.

    I also like to point out that the devs are much more competent in finding ways to restrict players to ask for money instead of fixing bugs or implementing QoL improvement; Hu Tao, a character in the game (yet to be released at the time of writing), was initially a 4* character, aka, not super rare. However after realizing that she became popular before even being released, the devs decided to make her a 5* character. Not because her gameplay kit warrant her to be a 5*, but because they wanted to milk her for profit as much as possible, and making her harder to obtain will lower the rate to obtain her, frustrating her fans to the point they may eventually have to pay more than her worth just to get her. It should be noted that the gacha rate in this game superbly low, and the pool are also huge, so the chances of you getting what you want are also low. You don't just need pay money; you need to pay a ridiculously high amount for it.

    The game mostly pander to fan's fetish, hence the absurd amount of obtainable characters that can only be obtained by gachaing or gambling. As of right now, other than the starter set you received, there are no other ways to increase your character's constellation other than relying on the gacha/gambling system. The consolation rewards for getting dupes from gambling/gachaing are given out in small amount, just like everything else. Lore wise, Paimon is your only companions; nobody else follows you on your adventure, so all those things you read as if they're talking to you while on your journey? Yeah, doesn't happen. You can't even find them in the world unless you're doing their personal quest, and right mostly only the 5* characters have personal quest. This is done mostly to bait you into gachaing/gambling for them. I have yet to see most of the other characters appearing in the story, yet they are already in the gacha pool.

    Not recommend for people with addiction or gambling issues. "Just a gacha game"? Yeah right.    … Expand
  23. SlyFoxess
    Jan 11, 2021
    10
    Самое тупое что я слышал, херить игру в недостатке контента, который в будущем всегда завезут, конечно мне это немного напомнило брэйкпоинт но давайте быть реалистами игра тебя не заставляет донатить чтобы выбить легендарного персонажа ты можешь потратить максимум неделю фарма, учитывая то что тебя за всю эту игру разработчки поощиряют различными наградами, такими как: достижения,Самое тупое что я слышал, херить игру в недостатке контента, который в будущем всегда завезут, конечно мне это немного напомнило брэйкпоинт но давайте быть реалистами игра тебя не заставляет донатить чтобы выбить легендарного персонажа ты можешь потратить максимум неделю фарма, учитывая то что тебя за всю эту игру разработчки поощиряют различными наградами, такими как: достижения, внутриигровые ивенты, ошибки в игре. Конечно на лэйт гейме игра превращается в жуткую гриндилку НО, тебя никто не заставляет играть дальше до момента выхода нового континента, ты спокойно можешь скипнуть на время эту игру до этого момента, а когда ты вернешься в игру, у тебя уже будет много контента которого тебе захочется иследовать вдоль и поперек.… Expand
  24. Hasterunes
    Dec 30, 2020
    0
    An amazing game ruined by the Resin system and developers not listening
    Не вижу смысла писать своё мнение о том, о чём написали уже более детально
    Но суть одна - смола
    Простите, Михуё, я не хочу донатить в игру, чтоб в неё играть
  25. crow1994
    Dec 24, 2020
    9
    Really great mobile game with a nice graphics, amazing sound, interesing plot and gameplay. It is hard to believe that the game is free. It can give you 50-100 hours of brilliant gameplay.
  26. west_woo97
    Dec 22, 2020
    10
    존나 그래픽도 맘에들고 분위기도 완전 취저...겜도 ㅆㅅㅌㅊ꿀잼
  27. DikiyAlex
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    лучшая игра,шикраный геймплей,куча обновы и халявы ,играю со старта игры ,жду кажду обнову с нетерпением
  28. Ryaza
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    Игра великолепна! Игра даёт всё бесплатно ,история ,волюту ,постоянные ивенты ,отсутствие соревновательного режима не превращает её в работу ,игра божественна! просто пробуйте!
  29. Not_Educated
    Dec 11, 2020
    8
    Good game. Interesting story campaign and lore. Well crafted gameplay. Gacha and donation are present, but this will not greatly affect your gameplay. Everything is based on random loot from dungeons and correct leveling of characters.
  30. kelvinice
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    Bring justice for zhong li
    Bring justice for zhong li
    Bring justice for zhong li
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#13 Best iOS Game of 2020
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82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Metro GameCentral
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    Whatever your preconceptions may be about a free-to-play gacha game made in China it’s nothing short of stunning, presenting you with a sprawling Zelda-esque open world to explore, the green grass and blue skies looking beautiful thanks to console-grade production values. Even the monetisation isn’t too in-your-face, although it does eventually start to get a bit grindy in the late game. Genshin Impact is easily the most accomplished and alluring Zelda-alike available for mobiles, easily outstripping paid-for rival Oceanhorn and its sequel.
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  2. 148Apps
    Oct 26, 2020
    90
    Genshin Impact is easily the most impressive free-to-play game on mobile. It offers such a rich world that rivals those of ambitious console and PC games while pacing its content such that mini play sessions using touch controls feel satisfying and worthwhile. There's nothing about Genshin Impact's business model that is new or praiseworthy, but it thankfully doesn't get in the way of enjoying what is otherwise a legitimately amazing open-world adventure.
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  3. IGN
    Oct 13, 2020
    90
    Genshin Impact is an amazing open-world adventure that draws heavily on both its Breath of the Wild and anime inspirations to create something truly special. Even if the gacha model introduces some undesirable level grinding deeper in, the excellent combat, addictive exploration, and beautiful world make this one of the most exciting games I've played all year.
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