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. Sleky
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    For the aniversary, greedy mihou. Haha funny joke, get what you deserve, not a single dollar for you
  2. Alejo818
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    El juego es buenísimo, pero la empresa es horrible, no se preocupan por los jugadores, los censuran cuando se expresan por algo malo del juego, incluso si uno se expresa de manera respetuosa
  3. GWCaden
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Just a breath of the wild clone with microtransaction, forcing you to pay to get your character because of their broken rates for getting them. Breath of the wild is just a better game and you will save money playing it.
  4. Olejandar
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Pésimo juego, lo desinstalé de todos mis dispositivos, espero nunca instalar otra vez
  5. dabay
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    backdoor in Anti-cheat !! 　""mhyprot2.sys"" The program monitors your data OM...
  6. GeoffKeighley
    Oct 5, 2022
    0
    Anything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that'sAnything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that's incapable of appreciating it's players. I'm tired of this incompetent, greedy, lazy company. Don't play this or any of their other trash.… Expand
  7. lifeinhand
    Oct 15, 2020
    0
    Pay 2 win game. Gambling car system. Terrible copycat of many original games.
  8. ToastAzazine
    Aug 31, 2022
    0
    Toxic community, Characters not worth pulling, company is too stingy.

    If you don't spend money you will get disapointed.

    They still haven't fixed Monas C1 after 2 years. The devs don't care about bugs unless they reduce their profit. Just shows how much the devs don't care about the game or the community.
  9. Cakelord
    Sep 29, 2020
    0
    Poor gameplay and p2w gamemode,must accept the reality that it's just a mobile game
  10. Zelarido
    Oct 1, 2020
    0
    Just another Chinese game with 0 originality. The game might be fun for the few first hours just to drop very low after a short time.
    A grind fest and also a P2W clone. This isn't "inspired". this is an actual rip off that's trying too hard to gain money with the fame of other games. Not to mention most of the characters looks like underage little girls or boys which has to be of concern    Just another Chinese game with 0 originality. The game might be fun for the few first hours just to drop very low after a short time.
    A grind fest and also a P2W clone. This isn't "inspired". this is an actual rip off that's trying too hard to gain money with the fame of other games. Not to mention most of the characters looks like underage little girls or boys which has to be of concern judging by how many people treat them as "waifu" material.    … Expand
  11. LukasG1
    Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Cópia de Zelda: Jogo totalmente sem conteudo, plagio em gráficos, jogabilidade, estilo de game e outros
  12. Vek17
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    The game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quicklyThe game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quickly exhausted and there is nothing really repeatable outside of dailies that take around 5 minutes to finish in total.

    The resin system (Mobile game energy mechanic) completely kills all momentum and makes 10 hours of play equivalent to 20 minutes of play in terms of progress and it is maddening. This game has so much potential but it is just completely eaten away by incredibly predatory mobile mechanics that just feel tacked on to the rest of the game.

    I can live with the TERRIBLE gacha rates and the poor value for money spent there, but I cannot recommend to anyone a game that actively discourages you to play it.    … Expand
  13. M0lestia
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you - NO Communication what so ever from    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall
    - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day
    - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you
    - NO Communication what so ever from Mihoyo
    - 1 YEAR of BetaTest and they didn't change anything (the things that ruin the game right now)
    - 5/10 on taptap, China Burn cause they DIDN'T Listen and spit on est their face

    They must change their politics, but that's not the priority.
    If you wanna play 30h of "WaifuBOTW", do it, but the "LateGame" is Empty.
    Even Forbes made 3 articles on them (and not good review ones ...)    … Expand
  14. Hyperion2012
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Don't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling inDon't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling in love with tjis game only to be punched in the face by the fact the this games mechancs basically say dont play this game… Expand
  15. Yentis
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    A game with amazing potential completely ruined by predatory business practices.
    - Resin (stamina) system where the game graciously allows you to play for 20 minutes a day at endgame.
    - Lootboxes with absurdly low rates (0.6% for 5* and 5.1% for 4*) - Pitiful amount of rewards, getting a featured character guaranteed could take up to a YEAR through f2p by which time the featured    A game with amazing potential completely ruined by predatory business practices.
    - Resin (stamina) system where the game graciously allows you to play for 20 minutes a day at endgame.
    - Lootboxes with absurdly low rates (0.6% for 5* and 5.1% for 4*)
    - Pitiful amount of rewards, getting a featured character guaranteed could take up to a YEAR through f2p by which time the featured character will have changed 15 times already
    - Everything is time gated: resources, resin, minibosses, bosses, leylines (character exp and ingame currency)

    Apparently Genshin Impact thinks it should be the one deciding when you get to play and for how long you get to play. When did this become acceptable?    … Expand
  16. Skarmy
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Imagine playing Skyrim, but only 20 minutes per day. Imagine pulling a weapon or character with no chance of upgrading it in less than a month. Thats the ARPG that meant to overthrow these greedy AAA gaming companies, but was able to overthrow only itself and all the players.
  17. Resinpact19
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Great framework plagued by **** practices,

    Expensive in-game currency, HORRIBLE rates, around 100 gems per day AT MOST for f2p (you need 160 to pull one item, and it'll likely be a 3 star weapon). Resin completely and unnecessarily gates the progression of players in a COMPLETELY SINGLE PLAYER GAME Developer slapped the community in the face with the resin fix (120 cap increased    Great framework plagued by **** practices,

    Expensive in-game currency, HORRIBLE rates, around 100 gems per day AT MOST for f2p (you need 160 to pull one item, and it'll likely be a 3 star weapon).

    Resin completely and unnecessarily gates the progression of players in a COMPLETELY SINGLE
    PLAYER GAME

    Developer slapped the community in the face with the resin fix (120 cap increased to 160)
    It's the equivalent of you being thirsty and them giving you a bigger cup that's just as empty as the smaller one.    … Expand
  18. saffmie
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This game is basically a scam. The first 30 hours of the game are amazing - the characters, the environment, the soundtrack, the story all draws you in. However, as you continue playing, the illusion quickly dissipates.

    IF YOU ARE F2P, just accept the fact that you will not get very far in this game and it will be incredibly frustrating/discouraging. IF YOU ARE intending to play this    This game is basically a scam. The first 30 hours of the game are amazing - the characters, the environment, the soundtrack, the story all draws you in. However, as you continue playing, the illusion quickly dissipates.

    IF YOU ARE F2P, just accept the fact that you will not get very far in this game and it will be incredibly frustrating/discouraging.

    IF YOU ARE intending to play this game with friends, it is worth mentioning that the co-op system is absolutely riddled with glitches and feels unfinished. You will not have a pleasant experience playing with friends. Treat this game as a singleplayer game. A lot of people have a misconception that this game is a MMORPG, however it is NOT one and will NEVER become one.

    My biggest complaint is that the company behind Genshin Impact (miHoYo) completely disregards their playerbase and feedback to the point where it is quite clear that they just DO NOT care. You should know that whatever suggestions/feedback you send to miHoYo or their staff will go unheard for the sake of continuing to milk their playerbase's wallet. The surveys in-game are purely Public Relations purposes and have no meaningful contribution to improving the game. There is no communication between the devs, PR team and the playerbase. The staff and devs do not listen to player feedback and makes it quite clear that they will not be fixing any of the issues any time soon. miHoYo uses predatory monetization tactics. They even go as far as scripting fake "leaks" to keep their playerbase on the edge with false hope. The only things that have been confirmed is information that was already in the closed beta testing. Everything afterwards is just empty promises with the intention of stalling their playerbase. miHoYo carefully manipulates their phrasing and wording to deceive players.

    - Primogems - Primogems are a form of in-game currency. At the start of the game, the world is filled with chests that reward the player with primogems as you open them. However, you come to realize that these chests DO NOT respawn. Your influx of primogems quickly runs DRY. The only way to obtain primogems is through purchase with real life money and/or doing your daily commissions (which only give you 60 primogems per day).

    - Gacha Rates - The gacha rates are abysmal. Definitely the worst gacha system by far. Your chances of getting a 5* star character is incredibly low (0.6% chance). You will have to spend about $200+ USD to get one. If this was not bad enough, there is little-to-no ways to obtain primogems by simply playing the game after Adventure Rank 35. (You need 160 primogems for a single pull)

    - Events - Do not even get me started on these events. These "events" are tedious with little rewards. These events are recycled from the closed beta testing (the developers have not even polish them since) with a glitchy co-op system. The rewards are not meaningful enough to get excited about.

    - Also, if you are planning to submit artwork to one of their events/contests, I suggest that you read the User Contributions part of their Terms of Service on the Genshin Impact website. Otherwise, you might find yourself at the short-end of the stick.

    - Stamina System AKA Resin System - This becomes a huge problem later on in the game. If you are looking for a long-term game that you can consistently play, then this is not the game for you. The game becomes nearly unplayable as most content become blocked by the Stamina System later on. This game is heavily geared towards casual mobile players who log in once a day to finish their daily tasks. As this game is being advertised as a multi-platform game, this is extremely disappointing. This game at its core is more reminiscent of a mobile game with a terrible and unrewarding gacha system.

    These are just a few of the many issues with Genshin Impact and miHoYo. I advise anyone who wants to try any game by miHoYo to play with caution.    … Expand
  19. TenmaYuya
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Mihoyo is a scummy company that priotizes their cash flow rather than their playerbase. One of my friends is an artist that was commissioned by Mihoyo. Mihoyo then later on said that they would NOT be paying her (as per their terms of service, which is highly unjust and immoral).

    Mihoyo said that she HAD to "waive her moral rights" as the creator over the artwork. This company is    Mihoyo is a scummy company that priotizes their cash flow rather than their playerbase. One of my friends is an artist that was commissioned by Mihoyo. Mihoyo then later on said that they would NOT be paying her (as per their terms of service, which is highly unjust and immoral).

    Mihoyo said that she HAD to "waive her moral rights" as the creator over the artwork. This company is disgusting, right to its core. The money they get from this game will just be used to create another toxic gacha game, and the cycle will repeat.

    As a game itself, Genshin Impact is unfortunately a game with so much potential, only to be ruined by a money hungry and immoral con artists sorry excuse for a company.    … Expand
  20. Mithrathiel
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    An amazing game ruined by the Resin system and developers not listening. What a pity!
  21. gil66
    Oct 26, 2020
    0
    This game is just a good game with bad management and a build in gambling system that should be illegal.
    like fifa ultimate team this game is by an unregolated gambling system and no way it should be rated pegi 12.
  22. Xjjdbakat
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    Only 10 hour of content without resin and level limit. 400+ usd for a character. Predatory gambling system. Basically pure trash and completely not worthy.
  23. Questbuster
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    mhy has a really a good game but he strangled it by his own hand. Really good art and music. Horrible game context . The only reason playing it is I wanna see how this game dead.
  24. Mesemeon
    Oct 28, 2020
    0
    Я понимаю что игра в разработке, но после 35 ar геймплей просто замирает. Ты либо открываешь 60+ сундуков чтоб открыть 1 молитву и повысить ar (сундуки респавнятся очень долго, а еще и рандомно) Либо прокачиваешь персов/ar за смолу (максимум 8 заходов в подземелье в день). Как это все ускорить - закинуть деньги. Если оценка игры будет падать - я буду только радоваться, ведь тогда,Я понимаю что игра в разработке, но после 35 ar геймплей просто замирает. Ты либо открываешь 60+ сундуков чтоб открыть 1 молитву и повысить ar (сундуки респавнятся очень долго, а еще и рандомно) Либо прокачиваешь персов/ar за смолу (максимум 8 заходов в подземелье в день). Как это все ускорить - закинуть деньги. Если оценка игры будет падать - я буду только радоваться, ведь тогда, возможно, разработчики обратят на это внимание и игра станет лучше.… Expand
  25. Mad_Shadow
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Кидалово, ЯКОБЫ бесплатная игра, но постоянно намекает задонатить. Шанс выпадения что 4 звёзд, что 5 звезд, вообще дичайший, судя по всему там шанс выпадения 0,0001%, 5 звездочного контента, 4 звезды может на 1 нолик меньше процентаж, но по одной молитве покупать - бестолку, ничего не выбьешь. Остаётся или копить долго или донатить, но и тогда шанс выбить редкое не повышается, абсолютно.Кидалово, ЯКОБЫ бесплатная игра, но постоянно намекает задонатить. Шанс выпадения что 4 звёзд, что 5 звезд, вообще дичайший, судя по всему там шанс выпадения 0,0001%, 5 звездочного контента, 4 звезды может на 1 нолик меньше процентаж, но по одной молитве покупать - бестолку, ничего не выбьешь. Остаётся или копить долго или донатить, но и тогда шанс выбить редкое не повышается, абсолютно. Кидалово, а не игра.… Expand
  26. glimmerxia
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    The game itself could win a score of about 7 but the continuous updates and cache system makes genshin impact a disaster. It is absolute designed to be a p2w, especially in the later games. With the various unreasonable restriction, the game force you to pay for the 0.6% chance gacha.

    Another important part why this game wins the lowest score possible is that Mihoyo is an untrustworthy    The game itself could win a score of about 7 but the continuous updates and cache system makes genshin impact a disaster. It is absolute designed to be a p2w, especially in the later games. With the various unreasonable restriction, the game force you to pay for the 0.6% chance gacha.

    Another important part why this game wins the lowest score possible is that Mihoyo is an untrustworthy company that use scam and fraud to force paying. They will nerf your gacha characters and say it is a description problem. Mihoyo will make sure your characters and weapons will be outdated really soon to force continues paying. You shouldn't really expect Mihoyo is planning to bring you any enjoyable game experience in genshin impact. All they are thinking of is to let you feel pain not to have those gacha products and make you think that you will enjoy the game after paying for the gacha, but that is not generally true because you will soon find you money are spent in vain after a few updates    … Expand
  27. CCP-19
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Let’s go straight to the point
    -Time-gated gaming
    -Lack of content
    -Using kernel level anti cheat (for pc user)
    -Toxic Staff (especially in forum)
    -Low rate gacha banner 0.6%
    -Not for hardcore/grinder players
    -Changing drop rate items before they publish the drop rate table
  28. Cake_fly
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    You can do nothing in this game. You cannot farm. You cannot get new characters. You can only donate exorbitant amounts to get nothing.
  29. 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
  30. Mraxean
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    anime bad game japan not support for bad man very very very very very bad man for very bad man
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#13 Best iOS Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2020

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Metascore
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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