Genshin Impact

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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3024 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 229 out of 3024
  3. Negative: 1,738 out of 3024

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  1. gun661
    Oct 6, 2020
    4
    A lot of wasted potential. It has the look of a grand RPG adventure, but behind the curtain it's still your standard mobile gacha game. These two types of games contradict each other:

    - "Pay to win" is a misleading term. You can't really "win" in a gacha game. "Gacha" is about collecting rare heroes and exclusive items. But without spending literally thousands of dollars, your    A lot of wasted potential. It has the look of a grand RPG adventure, but behind the curtain it's still your standard mobile gacha game. These two types of games contradict each other:

    - "Pay to win" is a misleading term. You can't really "win" in a gacha game. "Gacha" is about collecting rare heroes and exclusive items. But without spending literally thousands of dollars, your collection won't contain many desirable collectibles. The whole game is about trying to sell you lottery tickets for seemingly exclusive virtual items. As in all gacha games, gameplay and immersion are shallow and soulless when you've seen through the inital eye candy.

    - Combat has potential but doesn't evolve. After 2 hours you will perform the same fancy looking moves over and over again. Gameplay feels the same at lvl 1 as at lvl 60. Likewise, you will fight the same enemies at lvl 1 as at lvl 60, just with higher stats.

    - It tries to mimic an "epic adventure", but there's nothing to discover. All the good stuff is in loot boxes and will never be found elsewhere. There's literally thousands of treasure chests, all containing the same common items, with zero chance to get anything worthwile.

    - After the inital hours with lots of eye candy, progress grinds to a halt (at rank 23-25), content is gated behind huge amounts of grind and/or paying money to make the grind more bearable.

    - The "endgame" revolves around farming small amounts of premium currency and materials. Materials will unlock the full potential of your heroes. Premium currency lets you buy another lottery ticket. Sooner rather than later, gameplay becomes a tedious job you go through just to get another lottery ticket or to make your heroes slightly stronger.

    - There 's no real challenge, you will steamroll 98% of the content. The only challenge comes in form of time trials, in which you won't be able to defeat some monsters within the time limit, since your team's damage output isn't high enough. How to overcome the problem? You guessed it: grind for months on end and/or pay for lootboxes.

    - Immersion is constantly broken. Before you meet characters in the story, you might get them in loot boxes. So you might run around with the "Anemo God" Venti, a very rare character, while you try to locate him in a quest. It's a bit like "Back to the Future", but twisted.

    Genshin Impact, like all other gacha games, is about "pay for a chance to get a super rare hero", "pay to progress", "pay to not waste your time". It isn't even "pay to have fun", since gameplay is shallow and whatever you might pay, it will never be enough, there will always be some bottleneck or some new exclusive hero that outperforms whatever heroes you might have collected until then.    … Expand
  2. AJCk19
    Nov 15, 2022
    4
    TLDR; there is just better games out there, and these low user scores is proof of that.

    PROS Art direction and aesthetics is nice. Cross platform play on pc and mobile. Overall audio is great from background music and sound effects. MEHS It has some form of multiplayer, but it doesn't matter if the meat of the gameplay is bad. Gatcha system is one of the worst compared to    TLDR; there is just better games out there, and these low user scores is proof of that.

    PROS
    Art direction and aesthetics is nice.
    Cross platform play on pc and mobile.
    Overall audio is great from background music and sound effects.

    MEHS
    It has some form of multiplayer, but it doesn't matter if the meat of the gameplay is bad.
    Gatcha system is one of the worst compared to others, but the game is free.

    CONS
    Game is too simplistic, easy, and travel can be slow.
    Why play this game, when I can play Trails of Mana, or Orochi Warriors? Basically, there is just better games out there.    … Expand
  3. mishayangg
    Oct 1, 2020
    4
    Game is initially fun. But after a few hours you realize that the level of challenge is really really low. When you get to Adventure Rank 16-18, the game grinds to a halt. You finally got multiplayer coop! Yay! But it sucks because there is no challenge. Fun for kids but anyone above 5 years old will see through this game for what it is, a distraction to force engagement. But why engageGame is initially fun. But after a few hours you realize that the level of challenge is really really low. When you get to Adventure Rank 16-18, the game grinds to a halt. You finally got multiplayer coop! Yay! But it sucks because there is no challenge. Fun for kids but anyone above 5 years old will see through this game for what it is, a distraction to force engagement. But why engage when the payoff is steamrolling every single encounter? Both in single player and coop?… Expand
  4. FlimsyLumber
    Oct 19, 2020
    4
    If you are free to play the game is alright. Do not get attached to the other characters you might get with wishes. You are very likely to not get what you want. The game is not f2p friendly by any means. The main story won't take you long to beat. Even if you decide to put $60 which is equivalent to a AAA game, it will not get you much. The rate that you earn in-game currency to try toIf you are free to play the game is alright. Do not get attached to the other characters you might get with wishes. You are very likely to not get what you want. The game is not f2p friendly by any means. The main story won't take you long to beat. Even if you decide to put $60 which is equivalent to a AAA game, it will not get you much. The rate that you earn in-game currency to try to earn another character is abysmal after level 30. As a single-player game, it's great to float around and explore the map. However, the best/better weapons and characters are locked behind a THICK paywall. I can not emphasize this enough. Each character feels unique and offers very different things to the team that you build. Which is an excellent feature that would be better if you could actually unlock characters at a decent rate. The only hope you have as a f2p or AAA spender to get an upgraded team is by dumb luck. This game was designed only to appease whales. If you have $700+ to blow on nothing else, then by all means go for it. But as it stands, I have seen content creators blow $5k to get what they wanted. The rewards are given to you as a f2p is only what you get for the first 20 levels after that expect to not get anything. If you grind every day for 7 days a week you should be able to get a 4* once a week. Once you have finished the first Act there is literally nothing but grinding that requires extra grinding to grind. I.E. the materials you need to level characters/weapons typically require you to use resin. You have a max resin of 120. It recharges at an abysmal rate. In one day if you play early in the morning and then later at night you should be able to spend about 160 resin in a day. This isn't enough daily to grind through to level weapons/characters unless of course, you spend that sweet in-game currency which is your only hope to acquire new characters. If you want one of those sweet 5* characters, as a f2p kiss that dream goodbye. You need 90 wishes to get one. Unless your stupid lucky that one time. Let's break this down, you get a 4* after 10 wishes, as a f2p you can get this once a week if you grind diligently every day. That means after 2 months you get to open a 5*. Updates with new characters are expected at this time period. They promised that there will be free events that will give rewards. This past event only gave 2 free wishes. This was factored into the average wishes per week. After level 40 you can kiss this sweet average goodbye. You will receive wishes based on chests which net you 1 - 5 gems, you need 160 for one wish. Daily missions can net you 40 gems. In-game rewards vary but will come to a roaring halt after level 40. I will revise my review if MiHoYo fixes the resin system and the rate to acquire primogems. I propose that they give more rewards for events, dailies, and more goals. I propose that with daily and heavy grinding a f2p player should be able to open a 5* once a month. With weapons needing 5 copies to max level and 6 copies of a character to max level, getting a 5* once a month should seem reasonable. They do offer a character banner that you can get a guaranteed 5* after the 2nd pity. Which is after 180 wishes. If they are changing the banner 1 - 2 months, as a f2p you are very likely to never hit the pity for the character you want, even when it's "guaranteed". If you are just looking for a quick f2p rpg that has plenty of exploration and a decent albeit generic story this is a great game. I would give it an 8. But since it throws the other characters and weapons behind a paywall that is nearly impossible unless you whale it out, it gets very generous 4. I hope they change it so it is more rewarding for the f2p and at the VERY least for those who decided to put some $$$ get more bang for their buck. Whales don't even need to be considered as they will throw as much $$$ as they can and won't need the content.

    As of right now, it seems like whales are going to plunge in more money. The company could care less for f2p. If you want to spend money, don't spend more than a AAA game as you will not receive ANYTHING close to what you should. The company is not going to reward players as long as people keep dropping paychecks every update. If you have the thousands to spend on this game, by all means go for it. But if your not ready to game hundreds of $$ don't waste your time or money.    … Expand
  5. SquallL
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Annoying stutters even five months after release. Annoying stutters even five months after release.
  6. Illpalazzo
    Oct 22, 2020
    4
    The main story of the game and characters are amazing but once you finish it they completely block you from doing anything relevant character progression at all. The only thing you can do is prefarm the open world materials to power up your character but you will be unable to use them because the in game gold and character xp is locked behind system called resin to limit your playtime.The main story of the game and characters are amazing but once you finish it they completely block you from doing anything relevant character progression at all. The only thing you can do is prefarm the open world materials to power up your character but you will be unable to use them because the in game gold and character xp is locked behind system called resin to limit your playtime. They have an amazing open world with nothing of value to do in it at all.… Expand
  7. Revoltado
    Jan 8, 2021
    4
    Estou no AR 49 o jogo tem muito potencial, mas ultimamente está me dando mais e mais frustações e decepções.... Algumas delas são:
    - sistema de resina com reposição ultra lenta;
    - o drop de materiais de ascensão dos chefes está uma catástrofe, assim como o drop dos materiais de talento.... por vezes você gasta toda sua resina diária e não consegue pegar sequer um item de raridade roxa,    Estou no AR 49 o jogo tem muito potencial, mas ultimamente está me dando mais e mais frustações e decepções.... Algumas delas são:
    - sistema de resina com reposição ultra lenta;
    - o drop de materiais de ascensão dos chefes está uma catástrofe, assim como o drop dos materiais de talento.... por vezes você gasta toda sua resina diária e não consegue pegar sequer um item de raridade roxa, você pode dizer "ah mas pode-se fundi-los para obter raridade superior", engano, o número dado das outras raridades é ridiculamente baixo deixando o processo exaustivo e chato.
    - para evoluir os talentos dos personagens acima do rank 6 é necessário um item que apenas os chefes semanais dropam, isso é extremamente frustante!! Eu com AR 49 derrotando toda semana e sem falhar o Lobo, NUNCA obtive Spirit Locket of Boreas necessários para evoluir talentos de muitos personagens que uso em minha equipe
    - pegar protótipos de chefes é tão raro, tão raro que é quase uma lenda urbana, com AR 49 peguei 2 até hoje
    - o mundo é vasto porém vazio, muitos locais você faz uma missão e pronto nunca mais retorna
    - inimigos são poucos e muito distantes uns dos outros farmar se torna uma tarefa muito chata
    *** Considerações finais: sinceramente já gastei grana no jogo, mas estou sinceramente inclinado a parar.... o jogo impõe travas de evolução que chega a ser grotesco    … Expand
  8. GameplayShinobi
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    After playing it for more than i should have ( around 40-50 hours ) I can safely say that It was a waste of my time. In fact EVERYTHING about this game is a waste of YOUR time.

    Sure in the beginning you feel rewarded, exploration is fun, getting used to the combat everything is fresh. However sink as little as 10 hours and you will realize that this game was meant to be PAY to PLAY.    After playing it for more than i should have ( around 40-50 hours ) I can safely say that It was a waste of my time. In fact EVERYTHING about this game is a waste of YOUR time.

    Sure in the beginning you feel rewarded, exploration is fun, getting used to the combat everything is fresh. However sink as little as 10 hours and you will realize that this game was meant to be PAY to PLAY.

    Gacha mechanics are a pure cancer. I have never enjoyed gambling and never will. There is NO WAY that anyone can say :" By adding gatcha mechanics this game can get better. " It is the opposite. Not only THE BEST CHARACTERS and THE BEST WEAPONS are LOCKED BEHIND LOTTERY / LOOT BOXES but also the CHARACTER PROGRESSION! ( some of the more powerful skills are locked behind Constellations ie. Skill Tree that you can only get by getting the DUPES of the same characters ).

    Co Op is laughable as you are VERY limited to what you can do ( because chests and RESIN - a currency that limits how many Dungeons/Bosses you can do in a day )...

    Combat is OVERHYPED and it revolves around DOING the MOST Elemental Combos ( that ofcourse REQUIRE 5 STAR Characters which I HAVE YET TO SEE or not since I have quit this game ). Not only there are no blocks or parries but you are pretty much forced to play around weaknesses of your enemies. If you don't have the damage well you are in for a LONG LONG and boring fight ( A lot of bosses such as FLYING ELEMENTALS can be only damaged when flying by archers or mages.... so yeah you will be WAITING A LOT... even more so when you haven't leveled your archer and the weapon you have hits like a wet noodle ).

    The World is beautiful, exploration is fun and the characters are likeable but underneath all this lies a greedy predator waiting for you to open your wallet. ON EVERY POSSIBLE STEP. Your progression will become VERY VERY STALE to the point of getting maybe 1 wish per 2 days.... that is 1 chance at a lottery. ( You will not get what you want and most of the weapons are garbage. ) I never got a character or a weapon that I wanted. Sure you can make multiple accounts because in the beginning they will shower you with free LOTTERY tickets but its a waste of time if you ask me.

    This could have been easily 7 or maybe even 8 out of ten but GATCHA and BORING COMBAT ( im sick of seeing SAME SLIMES and SAME GOBLINS ALL OVER THE PLACE! ) makes it for a really frustrating and slow experience. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.    … Expand
  9. nachilao
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    Exploration is fun. I found it addictive and somewhat rewarding. The start of the game is easily 9 of 10 if not a full 10. Then the gacha mechanics start to kick in. The elemental combat system has been done and swapping characters to get elemental combos isn't really fun. The end game spiral abyss takes this mechanic to 11 requiring 2 teams to beat each floor.

    Again, it's probably    Exploration is fun. I found it addictive and somewhat rewarding. The start of the game is easily 9 of 10 if not a full 10. Then the gacha mechanics start to kick in. The elemental combat system has been done and swapping characters to get elemental combos isn't really fun. The end game spiral abyss takes this mechanic to 11 requiring 2 teams to beat each floor.

    Again, it's probably a 9/10 if you just play for a while and quit when you get to end game (til a major content patch). Otherwise, there are better, cheaper games with similar end game. 1/10 for end game.    … Expand
  10. zkl
    Oct 30, 2020
    4
    fun gameplay at its core bogged down by psychologically manipulative monetization & player retention tactics
  11. GoodGamerGG
    Sep 29, 2021
    4
    God, the controls are terrible, both in gamepad and keyboard/mouse, why I shouldn't be able to change the X and Y sensitive in the camera for separate? who was the one that decided that half sensitivity in Y would be a good idea? And not only that, but the control scheme is terrible and there is not real way to change it, in mouse I only can use 2 buttons, and only to do a skill and to runGod, the controls are terrible, both in gamepad and keyboard/mouse, why I shouldn't be able to change the X and Y sensitive in the camera for separate? who was the one that decided that half sensitivity in Y would be a good idea? And not only that, but the control scheme is terrible and there is not real way to change it, in mouse I only can use 2 buttons, and only to do a skill and to run (seriously, right click to run), in gamepad Im always having issues because the button to do a skill and aim are the same, the settings have a lot of limitations for not reason at all but to be a pain in the a.. Until they fix that, the game is unplayable.… Expand
  12. GChenierr
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Either you're lucky and enjoy
    Either you tryhard asf or pay money
    This game's a f**king trap for single weak teenagers full on hormones or that just cut with their girl/boyfriend some months ago and they try to forget, simping on virtual characters I was one of those teen 16y old me "fell in love" of a girl character named Eula, and put 83$ on this game because I was damn unlucky and    Either you're lucky and enjoy
    Either you tryhard asf or pay money

    This game's a f**king trap for single weak teenagers full on hormones or that just cut with their girl/boyfriend some months ago and they try to forget, simping on virtual characters

    I was one of those teen

    16y old me "fell in love" of a girl character named Eula, and put 83$ on this game because I was damn unlucky and deseperatd, well down bad I guess, and I couldn't afford to let her pass. I was like, almost on depression because of a goddamn video game girl, I litterally went secretly buy a 100$ google play card

    This game was my drug
    And it is
    If you look at it two seconds, most of its character are girls
    It's a damn manipulative game, it's crualty it shouldn't exist

    Yes, the content is good, well I always hated that game anyways, I hate the gameplay even if it's an unpopular opinion, and I hate that it looks like every part of the stories are big characters promotion

    This game could have do way better, but well it's a Gacha, and after having realized how down bad I was, I finally realize all of that

    Don't worry for me, I have a girlfriend now and I found back my independence, and I'm not spending on gacha anymore

    Just, don't play this game if you're young, or don't let your teens play it

    Never. Let. Them. Play it.
    Do it for me please, I don't want to see anyone else doing the same mistakes than I did, ever again

    If Fortnite is a money and addictive trap for kids, Genshin Impact is the Fortnite for teenagers

    (I put 4 because otherwise the music and everything else is a good, so ig as an rpg this game's not that bad, even if it can be dangerous for weak minded people like me)    … Expand
  13. Tohtori_Jamba
    Oct 17, 2020
    4
    I'm currently AR lvl 38, almost 39. I've done most of the content that game offers, except abyssal dungeon (currently on floor 7-3). All story content ends at level 34 so you're left with 4 daily quests each day and 10 randomly spawned world events, if you've collected most of the games loot chests and other collectibles (geo fragments etc.)

    I haven't used any money to this game and    I'm currently AR lvl 38, almost 39. I've done most of the content that game offers, except abyssal dungeon (currently on floor 7-3). All story content ends at level 34 so you're left with 4 daily quests each day and 10 randomly spawned world events, if you've collected most of the games loot chests and other collectibles (geo fragments etc.)

    I haven't used any money to this game and neither should you. The current way how the system works, you need constantly resin (this games energy). As a free to play player, you'll run out of resin within 15-30 minutes of gameplay (daily). It'll take 15 hours to recharge full energy. If you want to buy gems (premium currency) to get more resin, even with 100 euros purchase you'd run out of resin approx in span of a few hours if you're hardcore player.

    The current monthly "subcription" that gives 90 primo gems daily feels borderline insulting if you think about the fact that it's only enough to refill your resin gauge by 60 points. Thats approx 1 elite boss, or 3 dungeons or 3 experience or money orbs that you can do / daily. You have to choose which content you're going to do, as energy isn't enough for all of it. All in all, that's about 15 minutes extra gameplay (daily).

    I'll update my review score if things change for the better. This game would easily get 8/10 but as it currently stands I give it 4/10. I'd love to give some money to the developers to support otherwise fun and well crafted game, but the way they are currently handling games energy system it feels very predatory and unfair.    … Expand
  14. Pace2506
    Nov 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I must say the concept is well, quite good. But i give mixed score because of this :

    - Many say the graphic is good, and yes its good.... for a mobile game and not pc game standart (RDR 2 for me is still had the best graphic) and its not well optimized.

    - The UI is too crowded for me and i understand this because this is a mobile game first and foremost

    - PAIMON IS SO ANNOYING!!!

    - The open world is really interesting to explore at first hour. Collecting chest, exploring dungeons, killing enemies, doing side stories, etc. But after a while, the world feels somewhat empty and the game become quite repetitive at long play and somewhat become boring to play (dunno if this true at later updates though)

    - The stamina system is bad, almost everything you do cost a stamina (sprinting, climbing and gliding) and the weird part is all characters share the same stamina

    - The Gacha system is meh... the rate is so low and to get better characters (or waifus) and weapons, gacha is a must because all obtainable weapons in the world are pretty bad. I rather pay $60 and all characters( or waifus) and weapons can be unlocked by progressing the game rather than spend $100 to get a single character (or waifu) and weapon

    - Not just Gacha, the entire monetization in this game is sooo bad, other than paying to get the premium currency, there's also a monthly subscribtion and battle pass which you have to pay separately so you can gamble more for characters and weapons. The fact that this is a single player focus game is disgust me.

    - Oh and people who says don't need to pay and play f2p is fine is wrong. Yes you can play free but what if you already reach the endgame? You gonna have a hard time if you don't have 5 star character as the game will be getting more and more difficult (already experience it on Honkai Impact 3).

    I know this is a shameless copy of BOTW but this isn't bad at all, the game has its own taste with the themes and identity.

    I can't say the story is good or bad though but i really hope the story doesn't take too long to finish ( i say this because i play Honkai Impact 3rd and bored with the game because the story takes too long and no end in sight as of now and gameplay is too repetitive).

    Update 30 November 2020
    Already reach AR45 now and i don't think i'm gonna change my score anytime soon due to this
    - The game somewhat become boring due to lack of endgame content.
    - Already finish the chapter 1 story and the quailty is average to me, more or less a typical high fantasy story.
    - The resin system is kinda meh, limits my progress so much.
    - Once again, the gacha. Already got one 5 star character but too many 4 star due to low rate of the gacha, and i don't feel like to pay for primogems due to the low rate.
    Thank God this game doesn't win Ultimate game of the year of Golden Joystick Award, if this game win then gamers around the world is really evolving backwards (liking game that encourage gambling than premium but complete pay to play games).    … Expand
  15. MirageV
    Oct 23, 2020
    4
    The game has huge potential and I personally enjoy it quite a lot, but I cannot possibly in good heart recommended it to anyone as it is right now, not because of the gacha which I think is quite poorly implemented as well, but the absolutely horrible resin system.
    Now I have to say the existence of the resin system itself is not the problem, but the fact that it so aggressively hinder    The game has huge potential and I personally enjoy it quite a lot, but I cannot possibly in good heart recommended it to anyone as it is right now, not because of the gacha which I think is quite poorly implemented as well, but the absolutely horrible resin system.
    Now I have to say the existence of the resin system itself is not the problem, but the fact that it so aggressively hinder your progress. This game require a lot of grinding, either for character exp, character limit break material, gold (or Mora in this game), character talent up material, weapon upgrade material, artifact which themselves has RNG drop AND substats decided by RNG. Tons of resource which you need for EACH character you want to invest to (and you want at least 8 properly geared characters for the endgame), all require resin just to farm at all. With the pitiful amount of resin available you get at best 1 hour of playtime each day, which is not too bad for a mobile game, but Genshin impact clearly strive to be something more. There is a beautiful open-world in this game but the resin system discourage me for immersing in it, and I don't feel like spending on getting new character because I can't properly levelling them up anyway.
    I would probably stick around with this game hoping for eventual fix to the resin system, but definitely would recommend it to anyone, or spending anymore money on it.    … Expand
  16. Oaz
    Oct 5, 2020
    4
    This game is so **** zelda.Gameplay and Combat are pretty boring Characters are bad Zelda >>>>> Genshin
  17. niku2205
    Oct 9, 2020
    4
    Действительно хороший концепт игры, с интересным геймплеем, квестами, и в каких то моментах даже сюжетом, обширный открытый мир, который действительно наполнен неожиданными секретами, большое количество активностей которые завлекут тебя на большое количество времени, но чем больше ты играешь тем больше ты замечаешь острые проблемы игры и особенности которые делают эту игры не то что быДействительно хороший концепт игры, с интересным геймплеем, квестами, и в каких то моментах даже сюжетом, обширный открытый мир, который действительно наполнен неожиданными секретами, большое количество активностей которые завлекут тебя на большое количество времени, но чем больше ты играешь тем больше ты замечаешь острые проблемы игры и особенности которые делают эту игры не то что бы плохой для декстопных пользователей а даже неиграебельной, сейчас я постараюсь обьяснить,
    В первую очередь это пэйтувин игра на самой мерзкой и предательской системе монетизации в виде гач, девелоперы стараются по максимуму из людей высосать денег. И проблема даже не в том что есть донат и человек который донатит в игру будет очевидно сильнее тебя а в суммах которые нужно внести в игру что бы получить 5* звезд героя с полным созвездием по самым скромным расчетам нужно внести и больше 4 тысячи доларов и то если это герой с баннера на которого самый большой шанс. Что бы получить весь контент игры нужно минимум 20 тысяч доларов ( под контентом я имею ввиду полностью прокаченного героя и оружие, и получить его другими способами не представляется возможным)

    Второй вопрос это система стамины которую они взяли с подобных мобильных игр. Эта система может быть достаточно хорошо работает для казуальных мобильных геймеров которые заходят в игру на 20 мин во время обеда, но никак не для пк геймеров которые приходят домой после работы посидеть пару часиков в любимую игру, что бы у тебя была возможность поиграть в игру хотя бы пара часов без ограничений нужно внести нескромную сумму в порядка 10$ доларов за которые ты сможешь купить ту самую стамину и поиграть нормально. Для игроков же что не могут себе позводить оплачивать такую сумму каждую сессию оставили возможность бесконечно фармить сундуки которые разбросанны по миру и не представляют собой никакого интереса кроме как получить с них 2 единицы валюты что бы купить впоследствии стамины (которая за 6 штук стоит 840 этой самой валюты) что бы просто иметь доступ ка данжам за лут с которых прокачивается все в этой игре от артефактов до героев и оружия). Так самое печальное то что на все это нужно тратить монеты которые после окончания сюжетной линнии и квестов можно получить только фармя определенный данж тратя ту самую стамину. В итоге мы приходим к тому что все действия в игре упираются в стамину которую хватает на 20 мин в игре людям которые не могут траттить такие большие суммы на ее покупку.

    На всякий случай вот мой идентификатор в игре как подтверждение моих слов и то что я провел более 80 часов в игре и получил большинство достижений UID701191279

    Надеюсь вы сможете воспринять правильно данный критикующий пост.    … Expand
  18. Arcasias
    Oct 23, 2020
    4
    Created an account just for this because I'm frustrated and tilted beyond understanding so I don't care if this gets drowned in other reviews or even removed I just want to write it down somewhere: the game is incredibly enjoyable (the story is nice, characters are diversified and interesting for some, the game play is very rich and the world is huge) but is COMPLETELY MASSACRED by itsCreated an account just for this because I'm frustrated and tilted beyond understanding so I don't care if this gets drowned in other reviews or even removed I just want to write it down somewhere: the game is incredibly enjoyable (the story is nice, characters are diversified and interesting for some, the game play is very rich and the world is huge) but is COMPLETELY MASSACRED by its resin system. Even the gacha aspect is just fine imo, but these god forsaken croissants just had to be implemented to ruin your experience past a certain level. If you want to play just the story then drop the game, you'll have a nice and enjoyable experience. However if you decide to take it to the next level, you'd better have your wallet nearby or be insanely patient. So much potential wasted just makes my blood boil, this is really infuriating. I hope nothing but the worst for this company devoted to develop well designed games behind the thickest pay walls I have ever seen.… Expand
  19. Aveyro
    Oct 24, 2020
    4
    По началу игра вас цепляет красивым бесшовным миром и симпатичными вайфу, наивным но приятным сюжетом, любопытной механикой боя, музыкой и общей атмосферой кавая. Нет серьезно вы просто не можете оторваться. Технические недоработки (странная работа камеры, невозможность изменить управление) не так сильно портят впечатления от игрового процесса.Но что происходит спустя 20-30 часов???

    -    По началу игра вас цепляет красивым бесшовным миром и симпатичными вайфу, наивным но приятным сюжетом, любопытной механикой боя, музыкой и общей атмосферой кавая. Нет серьезно вы просто не можете оторваться. Технические недоработки (странная работа камеры, невозможность изменить управление) не так сильно портят впечатления от игрового процесса.Но что происходит спустя 20-30 часов???

    - вы упираетесь в нехватку ресурсов для прокачки
    - ограничение фарма тех самых ресурсов (золота и книжек опыта), система ограничения смолой просто убога ее нужно вырезать и забыть что такое было
    - отбитая система монетизации через гачу, стоит очень дорого, шанс выпадения страшно низкий
    - невозможность собрать вайфу отряд мечты с необходимыми способностями и весело пинать мобов, а все потому что рандом в системе монетизации
    - монетизация настолько дорога что это отбивает всякое желание вкладывать в нее деньги, посмотрите видео где люди реально вкидывают по 1000-3000$ и что они получают

    Потратив 60$ в игре вы не получите ничего хорошего взамен, соотношение цена контент просто смешное. Лучше купите Киберпанк и Ведьмака на сдачу.

    Основа игрового процесса это постоянный рост вашего вайфу отряда, использование разнообразных новых приемов, тактик и стихий. Я не сомневаюсь что разработчики добавят новый контент в игру и допилят нерабочие штуки. Но если они не поправят систему монетизации, не добавят возможность покупать конкретных нужных тебе героев на 4 звезды за адекватные деньги, то я не вижу смысла продолжать играть в это.

    Моя оценка китайскому шедевру, который я ждал больше Киберпанка
    5/5 стонущих Лиз и няшных заек Ембер
    0/5 за монетизацию
    -1 за ограничение фарма смолой
    Закончу цитатой классика "Еб....ный рот этого казино"    … Expand
  20. FALCON32
    Oct 26, 2020
    4
    It is a good and certainly fun game in the areas of history and exploration of the open world, with the bonus of being a free game to play.
  21. unian
    Nov 1, 2020
    4
    Довольно интересный сюжет, ради которого стоит поиграть в игру. Интересно побегать в открытом мире и изучать его (первые часов 10-20). Кроме сюжета и мира не могу выделить ничего особенного. Контента в игре по сути - нету. Единственное могу выделить бездну, но и с ней много проблем.
    Все жалуются на смолу, но проблема не только в ней. В игре нету цели. Зачем я нафармил себе артефакты и    Довольно интересный сюжет, ради которого стоит поиграть в игру. Интересно побегать в открытом мире и изучать его (первые часов 10-20). Кроме сюжета и мира не могу выделить ничего особенного. Контента в игре по сути - нету. Единственное могу выделить бездну, но и с ней много проблем.
    Все жалуются на смолу, но проблема не только в ней. В игре нету цели. Зачем я нафармил себе артефакты и бегаю по миру? Я не знаю...
    Сама бездна может и дает неплохие (нет) награды, но чтобы пройти 5+ этаж нужно прокачивать неинтересных мне персонажей и тратить последнюю волюту, которой мало и фармить ее нет возможности.
    Весь патч 1.0 я сидел и верил, что разработчики смогут исправить минусы игры, хотя бы немного, но по анонсу 1.1, видно, что им наплевать, и она добавляют ивент, который просит 40 смолы.
    В игру можно было добавить по миру случаные события с очень сложными боссами и тактиками и хорошей наградой, в игру можно было добавить более сложные достижения, в игру можно было добавить больше сундуков и монстров, больше способов фарма чего угодно, но они добавили 4 персонажа и сюжет с ивентом (ЗА СМОЛУ).
    Вот я до последнего верил что разработчики из мобильной игры сделают хорошую нормальную игру. Но они просто плюют в лицо всем игрокам, и не дают цели и бесконечного (ну или хотя бы восстановление сундуков чаще) контента. Жалко, что в потенциале хорошая, игра, осталась мобильным мусором и играть дольше, 30 уровня приключений нет смысла.
    В итоге: Игра все же стоит внимания и можно пройти все задания и загадки, но сидеть и фармить бездну или артефакты, сейчас (и скорее всего вообще все патчи) - бессмысленно.    … Expand
  22. Idk1245
    Nov 2, 2020
    4
    Fox your god damn game, My friends were playing it so I decided to download it on PC but it froze and crashed on the first cutscene. So I downloaded it on my Ipad and It works but barely, I have to press the home button and re click the game during cutscenes and I have there are so many missing textures. I checked and I'm pretty sure an Ipad 5 is compatible. I also checked my PC and itFox your god damn game, My friends were playing it so I decided to download it on PC but it froze and crashed on the first cutscene. So I downloaded it on my Ipad and It works but barely, I have to press the home button and re click the game during cutscenes and I have there are so many missing textures. I checked and I'm pretty sure an Ipad 5 is compatible. I also checked my PC and it meets the minimum requirements. It all around look amazing if I could see it all. Anyway you should focus more on the lower tier devices to introduce a larger audience to your game. All around great game but thats just my 5 hour long trip trying to get it to work. If you have a good PC or better device in general you should get it.… Expand
  23. sociofall
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    We got 2 more hours of gameplay after 1.1 update. And that's all you need to know. There aren't any solved problems. And I just realised, that even after they add another region to explore, they won't add anything, except some more hours of gameplay. No fixed endgame and no more reason to play. I feel abused. I'll drop this.
  24. CraftyZigs
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    Graphics are great, the world is great, the overall experience for the first bit is really immersive and fun. Then the Mobile cash grab catches on. Leveling requirements start to overwhelm you with ridiculous material requirements. Great Potential, Greed strikes again.
  25. rupt
    Dec 6, 2020
    4
    Yeah, this game is pretty much the Paper Mario: Sticker Star of the Legend Of Zelda franchise.
  26. Parrots
    Dec 7, 2021
    4
    I REALLY enjoy this game. However it's ran by one of the worst companies ever that does nothing but destroy the game. It's a shame too it had to be run by a Chinese Criminal Party company.
  27. Banagher
    Jan 17, 2021
    4
    I'll give it a four for the artists, concept artists, the orchestra, voice acting and the people responsible in making a beautiful environment for this game.
    it has a great potential, but it's all about gacha(loot boxes) with impossibly hard rolls, expensive micro-transactions(if you don't know, micro-transactions means paying with real life money), and the quests are a chore to do (It's    I'll give it a four for the artists, concept artists, the orchestra, voice acting and the people responsible in making a beautiful environment for this game.
    it has a great potential, but it's all about gacha(loot boxes) with impossibly hard rolls, expensive micro-transactions(if you don't know, micro-transactions means paying with real life money), and the quests are a chore to do (It's really boring sometimes). You get useless weapons if you "roll" and your chances of getting another character is low.
    Gameplay is repetitive if you've played other game titles in a PC or a Console. At first, it's okay. But the longer you play; a few weeks of playing or you're in AR(Adventure rank, similar to level) 20+ in game, the game gets empty and bland. Not much for you to explore or see. Bosses becomes insanely hard for no reason despite character upgrades + high level.
    I would personally choose Fallout 4 over this game. At least Fallout 4 doesn't have a companion in high pitch voice following you around(And no, you can't change my mind about Paimon. She's quite annoying and you can't get rid of her in-game.)
    The game features CO-OP, but due to the game having not much to do(you can't do story mode together), you and your friend can't really do much.
    The controls are okay and the mechanics is a so-so. The elements mechanics in the battling system was nice to have.
    I prefer having more controller vibration detection, it makes me feel more immersed. It would be nice to have more vibrations on arrow shooting, sword swinging, special abilities used, etc and not just explosions.
    It's a fun-okay game, but it requires dedication for the grinding(Don't grind too much, it can make you feel dizzy due to prolonged exposure to bluelight, so don't grind for hours non-stop. Please. It happens to me and you will feel sick, dizzy and nauseous. Don't forget to eat, drink and rest. You are not a mechanical machine.)
    Openly minded, I like this game. However, the developers might want to add more monsters and not just playable characters(they add playable characters a LOT. It would be nice to see other monsters that you can fight) as well improve the controls and mechanics on console and pc gamers.
    Overall, I would recommend this game to anime fans who got time on their hands or if you are just bored and wanted to play this game for **** and giggles. But I personally wouldn't recommend this game for gamers who mainly focus on the story as it can be frustrating to play( as you need to grind and level up to a certain level just to proceed with story.)    … Expand
  28. Cronodougs
    Jan 30, 2021
    4
    I'm Ar 53, I played enough and I only see the boat sink (Tip: Don't play, don't enter this world, there are better games like Warframe, Ragnarok, etc.). A beautiful game, made by an incompetent company, that can't even avoid hacking accounts. MiHoYo is extremely bad and miserable. You don't know how to add content to the game itself, they don't farm enemies that are still there, withoutI'm Ar 53, I played enough and I only see the boat sink (Tip: Don't play, don't enter this world, there are better games like Warframe, Ragnarok, etc.). A beautiful game, made by an incompetent company, that can't even avoid hacking accounts. MiHoYo is extremely bad and miserable. You don't know how to add content to the game itself, they don't farm enemies that are still there, without respawn chests, without EXP, without Mora (Gold), protecting nothing and constantly activating the combat camera that has become a joke after hours of game. Bad coop, constant RNG on equipment focused on bad status (Def and HP) taken from games like Epic Seven (which is one of the biggest and most hated problems of the E7 franchise).

    Constant release of 5-star limited characters, with no recourse to upgrade them and no places to use them. Unfortunately this game should have learned more from games like Ragnarok Classic, Warframe and other MMORPGs and less from greedy Gachas. I think that a PVP can never exist in this game, because it is rotten and poorly planned with the sole intention of plagiarizing quality franchises like Zelda BotW and Nier Automata, focused only on Whale players who have the constellations completely.

    Free players will only take 5 star weapons on regular banners or the character Jean (practically everyone who plays has her) who should be 4 star, but they forced her into that rank, probably to deceive players (Nigguang was already 5 stars, but they dropped their rank and unfortunately killed Jean).

    Bad, stressful events (Xiao's event will be like that too, I guarantee). Abyss is unfair in the extreme, absurdly difficult even for PC users (let alone on smartphones) resetting only the last 4 floors, making it impossible for beginning players (F2P also won't make the abyss easily) to complete it, to catch the miserable rewards. In CBT it was said that there was a complete reset of the abyss, but the ridicule of miHoYo, as it always does everything wrong.

    I insist on saying, do not play. Not worth it. Play Persona 5 on your Playstation, Zelda on your Swtch or Nier and Final Fantasy 15 on your Xbox, but don't play this disgrace here.    … Expand
  29. jinv
    Mar 11, 2021
    4
    + beautiful artwork and soundtrack
    + lovely designed world and characters
    + fun combat system

    - total gacha rip-off
    - too many progress restrictions
    - boring endgame
  30. Rinchi
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    for first view, genshin looks like the "best RPG". good graphics, a lot of characters and lots of place to explore, and when I try the game i was disappointed. the character are leak from personalities. the game has a poor battle system and monsters. and the story isn't good at all
  31. Maks_the_skaM
    Apr 27, 2021
    4
    Botw was better. Genshin just side tracks you all the time with sidequests and commisions. There is also too much gacha involved, Just play Botw instead of this
  32. cantlol
    May 9, 2021
    4
    it's ok, good voice acting, characters, story, amazing music and scenery.
    but you know what?
    my computer can't even function properly because of this game, even at lowest my computer starts to lag. as you see i have a terrible computer also, the resin + pity system is really dumb. if you got the game solely for the waifu/husbandos don't even bother trying to pull bc this game likes the    it's ok, good voice acting, characters, story, amazing music and scenery.
    but you know what?
    my computer can't even function properly because of this game, even at lowest my computer starts to lag. as you see i have a terrible computer
    also, the resin + pity system is really dumb. if you got the game solely for the waifu/husbandos don't even bother trying to pull bc this game likes the whales a lot.
    lastly, there is literally no endgame content at all. especially when you have to do story quests, every day is commissions, world bosses, domains, and farming.
    not to mention that it's literally Breath of the Wild but anime.    … Expand
  33. Pozhilov
    Jul 11, 2021
    4
    Вороде хорошая игра по началу, многие механики напрямую украдены, но не это делает игру плохой. По настоящему игра проявляет свои плохие качества в хай энде.

    Сначала с плюсов: Боёвка отличная и эффектная, все внимации отлично проработаны. спустя огромное количество времени она не надоедает, а даже становится разнообразнее, благодаря новым персонажам. Открытый мир замечателен, он    Вороде хорошая игра по началу, многие механики напрямую украдены, но не это делает игру плохой. По настоящему игра проявляет свои плохие качества в хай энде.

    Сначала с плюсов:

    Боёвка отличная и эффектная, все внимации отлично проработаны. спустя огромное количество времени она не надоедает, а даже становится разнообразнее, благодаря новым персонажам.

    Открытый мир замечателен, он очень разнообразный. Ландшафты Мондштада и Ли Юе отлично подходят под их стихии - "Ветер" и "Земля".
    Он не самый большой, но он завершён только на 20%.

    Сам лор(не сюжет) может быть многим интересен

    Теперь про минусы:

    Самое простое - гринд. Гринд в играх это не плохо, но в геншине он ограничен так называемой "смолой", которая тратится на открытие сундуков с наградой. Артефактами, материалами прокачки перонажей и оружия, а так же еженедельными боссами.
    Всё это - банальная попытка заставить игрока заходить ежедневно, под угрозой упущенной выгоды.

    Донат. Он тут решает. Люди не вложившие ни копейки не смогут получить более сильных персонажей(Да, все персонажи хороши, но одни слабее других, и на одних нужно меньше гриндить), да даже 4х нужно будет долго выбивать(Сожелею всем у кого нет C1 Беннета). О хорошем оружии они могут даже не мечтать, крафтовые да черногорские. Даже банальный Ржавый лук будет праздником.
    А донатерам подкуточка :)
    Эксклюзивные 5* персы, которые f2p могут получить только каждый второй-третий баннер.
    А если понадобился и Торталия, и сразу же Чжун Ли после него, то иди донать.
    Вот просто не советую донатить вообще в эту игру, (Да я батл пасс и карточку только покупаю, ничего страшного - очень знакомая мне фраза, да и люди у которых уже из-за этого зависимось от этой гачи)

    Ивенты ну очень скучные. Как бы разрабы не пытались, но они всё ещё интересны только наградой. Да и при том что сами эвенты - набор заданий, который поэтапно разблокируется через промежутки времени(что я говорил про упущенную выгоду?).
    Дополнительные ивенты - та же рутина, но меньше.

    Сюжет не впечатляет, есть пару моментов, по типу Двалина и Архонта вихрей что очень эффектны, но их мало. В основном сюжет умеренно спокоен и однотипен.

    Недостаток контента. На 50м ранге тебе нужно неделями гриндить на прокачку персонажей и крутки, ждя этого короткого изобилия в виде ивентов и новых обновлений, которые на этот момент игры интересны только наградой.

    Комьюнити. Оно не портит игру, но я просто не советую в него вступать.

    ...
    По итогу имеем человека, зашедшего в "среншин" "по рофлу", увидевшего там хороший открытый мир, интересную боёвку, не самые скучные квесты и милых тяночек. А через пол года он уже думает что гринд и донат это весело, и игра замечательная.    … Expand
  34. Norceus
    Jul 14, 2021
    4
    Genshin is a game that will lay upon you a story, a well designed world, and the promise of a good open world gacha game only to lead you to the realization that it might as well have been a pipe dream.

    The rates are terrible, power creep is constant, the only thing the grind leads to in the end is your progress "grinding to a halt", everything starts to feel barren and you'll regret    Genshin is a game that will lay upon you a story, a well designed world, and the promise of a good open world gacha game only to lead you to the realization that it might as well have been a pipe dream.

    The rates are terrible, power creep is constant, the only thing the grind leads to in the end is your progress "grinding to a halt", everything starts to feel barren and you'll regret the time you spent getting to that point.

    But that's just on the surface: let's talk about some mechanics that are also not fun to deal with.

    Resin. The generic energy system that locks meaningful rewards behind a gate. In a 3d open world game.
    Might not sound that bad right? Well, let's just say any "meaningful" grind is locked behind this resin mechanic.
    Cool weekly boss fights? Considerable amounts of resin required.
    Currency used for upgrades? Considerable amounts of resin required.
    EXP for your characters? Considerable amounts of resin required.

    Combat. Combat becomes dull when you realize that most of your team will only be used to apply elemental statuses for combos (in the game's case they're elemental reactions).
    Use crowd control, group up enemies, apply 2 elements. Then boom. You win. Congrats.
    Bet you feel really proud of yourself.

    The Loot: Any actually useful loot will be obtained from the dungeons (that cost resin to enter), the bosses (that cost resin to claim the rewards you get for beating them), and the gacha (that costs the good ol' premium currency that is annoying to grind, or an obscene amount of money).
    Going around the world, opening chests, that's not gonna do as much as you'd hope in the end.

    That's not all but you get the point.

    I can't be arsed to keep going. There's so much I could complain about that I can't be arsed to write it all down.

    Though, despite that, I'm rating it fairly high considering how badly I think of the game?
    Well that's because early game felt great.. It was fun and not very repetitive.
    If you're gonna play this game for a few weeks and then stop permanently then the game's worth an 7-8. Maybe a 9 if you're into thirsting over virtual women, most of which look like like they belong in the 8-16 age group. Buuut it's not my job to judge.

    TL;DR
    Promising game when you start, fun for a few weeks at most, gets progressively more boring and grindy, the grind is restricted via an energy system, and rng will **** you over.    … Expand
  35. Samcito21
    Sep 29, 2021
    4
    Es muy buen juego, con buen diseño de personajes, buena banda sonora y lindos gráficos. Pero me jode no poder jugar entre varios servidores, estuve una hora con un amigo de España intentando para intentar jugar hasta que nos dimos cuenta que no se puede jugar entre otros servidores A NO SER que los dos elijan un servidor en específico pero OH SORPRESA CADA SERVIDOR TIENE SU PROPIOEs muy buen juego, con buen diseño de personajes, buena banda sonora y lindos gráficos. Pero me jode no poder jugar entre varios servidores, estuve una hora con un amigo de España intentando para intentar jugar hasta que nos dimos cuenta que no se puede jugar entre otros servidores A NO SER que los dos elijan un servidor en específico pero OH SORPRESA CADA SERVIDOR TIENE SU PROPIO PROGRESO, QUÉ ES ESTO MOHOYO POR FAVOR… Expand
  36. Kundanlyl
    Jan 9, 2022
    4
    this game was kinda fun exploring when I was first starting off but it feels like a hassle to play this game most the time. Even as a f2p or someone who hasn't spent money on this game I got almost all the characters in the game 1300 artifacts, 18 million mora and tons of random ass **** after a year and several months of playing this game but even having that many things makes it hard andthis game was kinda fun exploring when I was first starting off but it feels like a hassle to play this game most the time. Even as a f2p or someone who hasn't spent money on this game I got almost all the characters in the game 1300 artifacts, 18 million mora and tons of random ass **** after a year and several months of playing this game but even having that many things makes it hard and boring since I have to level those characters up and grind for artifacts, domains and items which doesn't guarantee the artifact or item you want. This game company became more greedy or was always greedy, but this game had much more potential even without this gacha system and could've become a proper rpg. This game is nice since its beautiful in graphics and fun when you explore new areas but that's hardly possible since annoying ass enemies are everywhere and you're guaranteed to fight them even if you don't want to, maybe that's why I have killed five-thousand plus of those hillichurl things.
    Overall this game is kind off a waste of time especially if you don't like games like make you spend a lot of time and even money but to get little in return, than just don't play this game.    … Expand
  37. Rai-N
    Jan 5, 2023
    4
    I mean, it's alright. The fighting in this game kinda sucks. U just combo with elements. but when u use all ur abilities, the regular attacks are so boring. it's just spamming lmb. i looks good tho, and it has some great music and characters. but overall, its an ok game
  38. Charliee_
    Aug 26, 2022
    4
    It's a great game, I liked the story, the music, the characters, etc. But in my opinion it gets too difficult and you have to spend *so much time* to even have a chance at beating the bosses. I've been stuck on one quest for almost a year now. And don't even get me started on upgrading characters- the grind is endless. 4 points for the first quest- after that it just goes downhill. TheIt's a great game, I liked the story, the music, the characters, etc. But in my opinion it gets too difficult and you have to spend *so much time* to even have a chance at beating the bosses. I've been stuck on one quest for almost a year now. And don't even get me started on upgrading characters- the grind is endless. 4 points for the first quest- after that it just goes downhill. The game would be so much better if there was the ability to cancel quests. I'm so sick of not being able to co-op.… Expand
  39. warnaud
    Apr 11, 2023
    4
    Very nice game, the difficulty might be a bit steep, but the world is wide and wonderful. Character animation is very smooth and beautiful. The only downside is the user support. If you don't need anything, open a ticket ! I reinstalled Genshin on a new PC and cannot get the verification code (mail nor SMS) for 2 weeks now I get hallucinating emails for clear masters of copy/pasting askingVery nice game, the difficulty might be a bit steep, but the world is wide and wonderful. Character animation is very smooth and beautiful. The only downside is the user support. If you don't need anything, open a ticket ! I reinstalled Genshin on a new PC and cannot get the verification code (mail nor SMS) for 2 weeks now I get hallucinating emails for clear masters of copy/pasting asking over and over for 10 000 information they already have !! just to lead you into some regedit path that doesn't exist !
    SO be careful with this game as you can loose everything (if you put money for example)    … Expand
  40. bigeli
    Jul 7, 2023
    4
    Good game, story is pretty good and combat is nice with different elemental reactions. Characters are good even though they are always half-naked and the world has life. Its like Breath of the Wild. But this game is a gacha game, making it not as good. The game is incredibly grindy with having to upgrade your characters with artifacts and level up material. Resin, which you have a limitedGood game, story is pretty good and combat is nice with different elemental reactions. Characters are good even though they are always half-naked and the world has life. Its like Breath of the Wild. But this game is a gacha game, making it not as good. The game is incredibly grindy with having to upgrade your characters with artifacts and level up material. Resin, which you have a limited supply of, is used to go into temples that grant you artifacts after defeat. So you do about a few of these temples a day and your resin is already out, meaning you have to basically wait a full day to have all your resin back again. But resin is not only used for artifact farming, its also used for EVERY SINGLE THING TO UPGRADE YOUR CHARACTER. The game also has side quests which are very boring as they can be ridiciously hard and/or have lots of pointless dialogue which you can skip through easily as none of it matters. This game also has no replayablity has it is so hard to get back into. I've spent so many hours on this game that I regret I've spent. smh.… Expand
  41. Shoninya
    Jul 24, 2023
    4
    I really really like this game. Exploring like in Zelda Breath of the wild, and comparing to other RPG a very nice combat system. And also a nice / interesting Story.

    BUT: All Talkes and charackters are so annoying. And you cant skip them. thats the worst part of the game, cause you cant fight and explore without having to talk to everyone for hours. 95% of my playtime is this forced    I really really like this game. Exploring like in Zelda Breath of the wild, and comparing to other RPG a very nice combat system. And also a nice / interesting Story.

    BUT:

    All Talkes and charackters are so annoying. And you cant skip them. thats the worst part of the game, cause you cant fight and explore without having to talk to everyone for hours. 95% of my playtime is this forced talking.

    PLEASE ADD TALKING SKIP, otherwhise i wont play again.    … Expand
  42. WebbUK
    Oct 11, 2020
    3
    The game feels good to play and it has fun characters, but the incredibly aggressive monetization and poor rates turn a good game into a terrible one.

    To put this into perspective.. -You have to pay for the privilege of grinding a daily battlepass system each month, around $20 here. -You have to pay even more for the gems to buy resin refills so that you can actually finish the    The game feels good to play and it has fun characters, but the incredibly aggressive monetization and poor rates turn a good game into a terrible one.

    To put this into perspective..
    -You have to pay for the privilege of grinding a daily battlepass system each month, around $20 here.
    -You have to pay even more for the gems to buy resin refills so that you can actually finish the battlepass on time (Resin is the stamina system in this game, you get 1 every 8 minutes but the natural generation is not nearly enough)
    -The rates are the worst I've ever seen a gacha have, 0.6% for a 5* is already terrible on paper, but it's even worse when you have a 50% chance to get a weapon or character you don't want, making it 0.3% to get what you were aiming for.
    -On top of this, the game is even more frigid with free rolls than any other gacha, even FGO, which itself is incredibly stingy with free rolls compared to other gacha, gives almost THREE TIMES as many rolls as GI.

    The gear system is awful too, stats on any accessory are rolled randomly, and the game is designed so that only offensive stats are useful due to most 'end game' content being DPS races, so even in the rare scenario where you get a 5* trinket, you're very likely to end up with defense, defense %, HP, and HP%, all of which are completely useless. This system is designed to pressure players into buying more resin refills.
    Additionally, 5* weapons can ONLY be acquired through rolling the gacha.

    If the aggressive monetization is lessened, I would rate this game higher, but in its current state it should be avoided unless you're okay with MiHoYo squeezing every single penny out of your wallet.    … Expand
  43. Valenciano118
    Sep 29, 2021
    3
    I've been playing this game from the beginning and lately the game has disappointed me.

    First of all we lack a lot of communication between the players and the developers. Whenever we ask for a QoL change we barely get anything we ask, and whenever we complain about a character because it isn't well thought out we don't even get a communication to at least acknowledge our complaints and    I've been playing this game from the beginning and lately the game has disappointed me.

    First of all we lack a lot of communication between the players and the developers. Whenever we ask for a QoL change we barely get anything we ask, and whenever we complain about a character because it isn't well thought out we don't even get a communication to at least acknowledge our complaints and explain why they would or wouldn't make our proposed changes.

    I don't want them to simply do everything we ask them to, but at least we should have a clear communication path between players and developers. They also seem to be out of touch with the game, releasing a character that has no real usage in the current game like Kokomi.

    Another thing I don't like is that most events give very bad rewards. Early in the game we had one even called Unreconciled Stars, that one in my opinion is the only even where I've felt like the rewards were actually good. For those of you who might now know, in that event you had to use resin to be able to attain you rewards, there were some complaints because you had to use too much resin and you wouldn't be able to farm bosses or domains for you to level up your characters, so Mihoyo thought that the best idea would be to simply not use resin but get almost 10 times less rewards than that event.

    And the last thing is the current anniversary. Not only do they not give good event rewards in general, but not even in their 1 year anniversary do they give much more than other events. I'd even go as far to say that they give worse rewards than in the Lantern Rite event, which was there for the chinese new year. So understandably people are mad.

    We have been complaining ever since they announced the rewards, we were even expecting that maybe they would announce something the 28th since it's the anniversary day. Nope not only did they say absolutely nothing, but they haven't even acknowledged our complaints at all. You can check their twitter account and their hoyolabs website and they just keep making posts about in game thing but nothing talking about the complaints.

    And it's not like they are not noticing, they are censoring their forum in china and their discord server. I think if they had only taken a bit of time to talk with the playerbase and show that they're there listening would have relieved many players and they would have been patient about it, but they are utterly ignoring everyone and waiting for the storm to calm down.

    And this kinda reminds me to wow in a way, but you know what mihoyo this game doesn't have a 10+ years of history where the first 8 were absolutely the best of the game and people just kept playing because they loved the game a lot and were expecting for things to twist. Your game is only 1 year old and not only that but it's a gacha game, people will obviosuly get very mad because they're spending money for the waifus and all but they aren't gonna be happy whenever you're treating them like **** and releasing crap content.    … Expand
  44. abenbag
    Oct 1, 2020
    3
    Посредственная хуйня. Пустая трата времени (особенно когда качаешь 12 гигов со скорость 250кбс), механики не проработаны, опен ворлд вроде бы есть, но ты должен гриндить чтобы выйти дальше начальной локи. Визуал приятный, но играть в игру скучно. Если сравнивать с той же BOTW, тут не возникает желания "а что если сделать это", как это было в Зельде (всё это убивается об топорные механикиПосредственная хуйня. Пустая трата времени (особенно когда качаешь 12 гигов со скорость 250кбс), механики не проработаны, опен ворлд вроде бы есть, но ты должен гриндить чтобы выйти дальше начальной локи. Визуал приятный, но играть в игру скучно. Если сравнивать с той же BOTW, тут не возникает желания "а что если сделать это", как это было в Зельде (всё это убивается об топорные механики игры). Многие моменты заскриптованы, нет даже динамичной погоды. Данджи абсолютно унылые, вроде бы загадки есть, но тебе в ебало кидают 20 подсказок. Каждого из персонажей надо качать отдельно, это, скорее всего сделано для растягивания времени. Лучшая аналогия это - оригинальный Iphone против китайского клона, где стоит Java. Проще переплатить, и получить нормальный продукт, чем это… Expand
  45. 6oni
    Oct 14, 2021
    3
    After an abrupt start nothing seems to make sense, the combat does not contribute anything and you cannot deactivate the lights and flashes that hurt your eyes, I explore the world wondering how many more hours I will continue playing,
    is not necesary dat sum of text in objects dr r no so epic ,xaracters so similar low inspired,but almost AAA for a f2p and low pcs can move it
  46. MrBoo337
    Sep 10, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Who would not say what, but the game is just a parody of Zelda.
    I lost about a year at the game simply because I had a lot of free time. If you don’t have a lot of free time, it’s better not to play. The gameplay is nothing like a gameplay, the combat mechanics are outstanding, you are more motivated to explore the world by freebies than by the desire to see something new.
    The game is one big clicker. The only reason for the game afloat is regular events (which do not represent anything of themselves) that give you primo gems. The donation in the game is really very insignificant and you can knock out anything if you take a lot of attention to the game. The problem is that for a year now, there is nothing to do in the game. There is such a place in the game as an abyss, which periodically updates the 9-12 floors on which you can play, but until you become strong enough you will not pass them, and this, like a year ago and now, is the only indicator of your progress in the game. If you go through the abyss once, then you go through the game. New characters simply have nowhere to use, you can, of course, replace them playing the abyss over and over again with different characters, but the abyss is nothing more than just another source of primo gems for the player, there is nothing interesting in it, it is just another source of freebies, and so on almost a year has passed, and no new activities have appeared in the game.
    The impudence of the developers prompted me to write this review. The developers of the game are so greedy that they could not assemble teams of beta testers for the game in a year, and throughout the year they constantly accuse ordinary players of leaks, to whom they themselves provide access. The fines are not small I want to say. Now, due to the fact that this is an indie company with completely mediocre leaders who for all the time could not even figure out the balance of their game (there is a character in the game that makes you almost immortal), both ordinary players and those who tried, perhaps even more of the developers themselves, I'm talking about the Honey Impact site they've closed without any warnings. Developers have been pursuing such a policy for a long time and simply take away what is already ready, as it was with the groups that are transferred to them.
    There was another incident when players were waiting for a character, but they were nerfing him on purpose at the moment he came out, but they were silent in order to increase sales. In general, I will probably sell the account    … Expand
  47. Zali
    Oct 26, 2020
    3
    The has beautiful graphics... The battle system is good...

    But the gacha like loot box system is just terrible... The microtransactions ruining the game
  48. Gundle
    Aug 10, 2021
    3
    The world of this game is amazing. Characters, music, lore - each of these things are at least on a "good" level.

    But the game itself becomes very boring with time, I feel like I've wasted too much time completing identical side-quests and grinding materials so I can PLAY THE GAME.

    Very disappointing.
  49. Offyourocker
    Oct 26, 2021
    3
    first of all, i suppose i will list the reasons i like this game

    1 characters - their appearance, skills, weapons and their variations between individuals allows for incredible freedom of choice and preference. for me as an added bonus, i also like coming up with theories about the characters and their backgrounds. 2 the world itself - in other words, the world is pretty, the world    first of all, i suppose i will list the reasons i like this game

    1 characters - their appearance, skills, weapons and their variations between individuals allows for incredible freedom of choice and preference. for me as an added bonus, i also like coming up with theories about the characters and their backgrounds.

    2 the world itself - in other words, the world is pretty, the world building doesn't have a bunch of holes (yet) and i am genuinely intrigued by the story and what has happened leading up to it all. i have a few theories about that too.

    3 um... there's no "title" for this one, but the idea that it's basically the same graphics engine as legend of zelda breath of the wild is sorta cool i guess. that isn't what i like though. i like that rain doesn't make you slip while climbing and that lightning does not hunt you down for wearing metal equipment. *shudder*

    on to the things i dislike... far more numerous.

    1 primogems - in the beginning, you're young and hopeful. the beginning of a new adventure! then you get to ar30ish and BOOM primogems just stop being given to you. anybody who has played it enough would understand when i say you are hit by what feels like a solid wall that is your lack of resources. especially primogems. as a free player, you're mostly left with daily commissions giving 60 a day and the occasional event.

    2 resin - oh god, the resin. you are infinitely poor when it comes to resin. even if you go out of your way to use every bit you can get per day, it's still not enough. i've done the math and you get 180 in 24 hours. with that in mind, you're limited to 160 held resin at a time meaning you will need to sign in twice a day in order to use it all. next up, you can turn it into condensed resin. literally just taking 2 sets of 20 and turning it into an item that can be used for double rewards at any spot you would spend 20. that's cool and all, but that's limited to 5 too. you can only hold 5 condensed and 160 normal resin, so if you wanted to take a break for a few days, you're abandoning any you would have gotten past 160. (like i said, you face that limit daily too)

    3 artifacts - if you thought resin limitation was bad, let me tell you that one your key sources of strength comes from artifacts and you need resin to get any. resin costs are one thing, but it's such a ridiculous gamble to get anything good. i spent about 6 months specializing in building one character and have really only just completed her set. every other character of mine has effectively just been given had me downs or otherwise so-so stuff. that's a short version of why i loathe artifacts. i'll run out of space if i continued on just that topic so i'll skip it. *sigh*

    4 general resources - like i said earlier resources fall off a cliff once you reach a certain level, but not just primogems. there's mora(money), fragile resin (usable items to get regular resin), weapon upgrade materials, ingredients for cooking and character ascension and general treasure. ingredients, character materials mostly only respawn every 3 days, though ore is randomly generated each day. mining every spot i know of could get you 50-120 of the good ore depending on luck. speaking of which, the ore smiths have a daily limit too.

    5 weapons - 90% of weapons you get in game that are worth using are gotten through wishes, aka gambling. in fact it's very, very difficult finding anything higher than a 2 star in any chest you find. best being 5 star, arguably. you can technically make 4 star weapons, but those need a super ultra rare boss drop. it's actually easier to wish for new weapons, even with excessively limited primogems.

    6 wishes (aka gambling) - tied to primogem problems and weapon problems, the only method of getting anything good effectively, is wishing for them. literally and figuratively. let me do some math for you. a wish costs 160 primos. one day's quests give 60. you need to wish 90 times to guarantee the highest rarity item/character. but there's a 50/50 chance of getting the event one with a solid guarantee after one failure. you have a 50/50 chance of needing 180 wishes. so you need to do 240 days of commissions for a gamble or 480 days for a guarantee. or rely on winning that 1% random chance. all for a character banner that lasts 3 weeks. to be fair, gambling is always like that, but playing a game that has no real goal in mind except perfecting your team, it is a grueling, painstaking and rather gloomy process all while grinding for artifacts with no glimmer of hope either.

    7 censorship - lastly, you can't say a sentence without having stuff blacked out that you never would've imagined was a bad thing to say. honestly, most of it's really dumb, too. like k. it' no joke "k, period, i t apostrophe" is censored. russia's president's name is censored and a bunch of other nonsensical things. there are even specific times where you actually can't change your signature for a week.    … Expand
  50. NEOROID
    Sep 28, 2021
    3
    The game is good, especially considering the fact that it's Free, for a free game the game is absolutely fantastic, the world is massive, beautiful, and very interesting, the exploration is also really great, and the story while sometimes kinda lame, but some missions like Dainsleif's mission, and most of the missions in Inazuma's Archon quest are absolutely phenomenal and the story simplyThe game is good, especially considering the fact that it's Free, for a free game the game is absolutely fantastic, the world is massive, beautiful, and very interesting, the exploration is also really great, and the story while sometimes kinda lame, but some missions like Dainsleif's mission, and most of the missions in Inazuma's Archon quest are absolutely phenomenal and the story simply gets more and more interesting.
    The combat, while it isn't the best part, it's also pretty fun, some bosses are pretty cool, most are for the sake of upgrading loot and some of those are pretty cool too.

    But...
    MiHoyo does not give a single **** about their fanbase, the fact that this is a gacha game gives the game a massive black stain, most gacha games often reward their playerbase fairly via events, anniversaries, or just the overall game to keep that black stain from expanding, Genshin Impact in the other hand seems to voluntarily not only expand the damn stain, but add other big ass stains to the game as other problems arise, like, not buffing Amber, making dumbass decisions when making 5* characters, saying false promises such as the KFC glider, the absolutely terrible communication, the way MiHoyo treats their fans, the absolute travesty that is the resin system and the stat drop rates on domains, etc, the fact that the only goddamn way for MiHoyo to listen MIGHT be rant bombing the game is baffling.

    Such a good game totally wasted and almost straight up ruined because of their own creators that are killing the game.    … Expand
  51. alfrgc5
    Oct 14, 2020
    3
    Overall the game is mediocre on mobile and bad on PC and PS4 platforms.
    Discarding the resin system, the game is super good. The graphics and combat system is wonderful, the story is enjoyable. But the resin system... It's horrible, capping the gameplay after reaching adventurer rank 30 to 15-20 minutes a day is stupid.
    If only they implemented adventurer rank capping for every expansion    Overall the game is mediocre on mobile and bad on PC and PS4 platforms.
    Discarding the resin system, the game is super good. The graphics and combat system is wonderful, the story is enjoyable. But the resin system... It's horrible, capping the gameplay after reaching adventurer rank 30 to 15-20 minutes a day is stupid.
    If only they implemented adventurer rank capping for every expansion and removed the resin system, people will not over-progress in the game like how the developer wants. But since they also wanted to milk the money of the players, they did the energy-like resin system anyway.    … Expand
  52. DoMyDeXi
    Jan 29, 2022
    3
    Writing with around 250+h and level 58 AR, the game looks good, combat is also good, that is all the good stuff. The bad things are its not beginner friendly if you get a new char in a new area you must play all the current content which is quite a lot. The game doesn't offer anything after you've done the main story it all comes down to do the repetitive dailies, to weekly bosses repeat.Writing with around 250+h and level 58 AR, the game looks good, combat is also good, that is all the good stuff. The bad things are its not beginner friendly if you get a new char in a new area you must play all the current content which is quite a lot. The game doesn't offer anything after you've done the main story it all comes down to do the repetitive dailies, to weekly bosses repeat. It has a coop option but its basically useless cause there is no content for it and which is its just domains which you can do solo. Farming for characters is not worth cause it takes A LOT of time to get something decent for one. For someone defending the character looks remember they are forced to censor it cause the CCP. Eventually the game will die if they continue senseless censoring and there will be better games than genshin in the making. One thing I forgot to mention is their wishing system which is trash and you need it for pulling new char or weapons. The chance of getting it is so low you might as well play a better gacha game like FFBE or Punishing Gray Raven which both reward you more than this piece of trash game. ಠ╭╮ಠ… Expand
  53. Asedor
    Sep 19, 2021
    3
    Never seen such a greedy game in terms of monetization. It's great, but all that makes it great is absolutely not original and doesn't even do anything to mask it or somehow alternate from source of "inspiration" and just overall always less in comparison. Don't be fooled, it's casino first and game second.
  54. SilverFox_III
    Oct 13, 2020
    3
    Un jeu reprenant un nombre ahurissant de mechanique de de botw mais en rendant le tout p2f.
    Dans ce jeu se trouve un open word vide, peuplé uniquement de monstres "sacs a pv" qui ne font pas de dégâts et ne nécessitent aucune stratégie particulière, ainsi que de collectibles pour augmenter la barre d'endurance de votre personnage asthmatique.
    Afin de suivre l'histoire principale vous    Un jeu reprenant un nombre ahurissant de mechanique de de botw mais en rendant le tout p2f.
    Dans ce jeu se trouve un open word vide, peuplé uniquement de monstres "sacs a pv" qui ne font pas de dégâts et ne nécessitent aucune stratégie particulière, ainsi que de collectibles pour augmenter la barre d'endurance de votre personnage asthmatique.
    Afin de suivre l'histoire principale vous devrez, a certains stades de l'aventure errer sur la carte en tapant les mêmes monstres encore et encore jusqu'a épuisement afin de faire monter votre "niveau d'aventurier.
    cette mechanique étant uniquement la pour vous ralentir dans votre progression,.
    je dirai donc que ce jeu est une sorte de copie (même si il se détache en bien des points sur son model) de botw en rendant le jeu moins bon en tout, les graphismes sont certes bon pour téléphones mais pour ce qu'il en est sur pc, on aurait pu faire mieux. l'histoire ne semble pas être très exaltante et les méchaniques de jeu sont lassantes, on peut rajouter a cela un systeme de lootbox afin de débloquer des héros, et si vous n'avez pas le héros dont vous avez besoin, n'oubliez pas que votre carte bleue peut servir    … Expand
  55. Lateralus462
    Oct 10, 2020
    3
    DO NOT BE FOOLED BY OVERLY POSITIVE REVIEWS. This is a mobile game disguised as something bigger. It will shower you with rewards and things to do in the first 8 hours, and then drops the pay walls on you. Do not treat this as your typical RPG or you will be disappointed. it might pretend to be an RPG at the start, but it has much more malicious intentions for the player once it hasDO NOT BE FOOLED BY OVERLY POSITIVE REVIEWS. This is a mobile game disguised as something bigger. It will shower you with rewards and things to do in the first 8 hours, and then drops the pay walls on you. Do not treat this as your typical RPG or you will be disappointed. it might pretend to be an RPG at the start, but it has much more malicious intentions for the player once it has them hooked. Even purchases such as the battlepass have challenges that require you to purchase additional in-game stamina (Keep in mind this battlepass can also cost money for the better rewards it gives). That's right this game has a stamina system, a feature usually reserved for idle mobile games. Many will argue that this IS a mobile game that got a console and PC port, but the games advertising and developers refuse to admit it. You are going to see a lot of overlap from PC, console and mobile users all applying their own standards to the game, but for a PC game this is not something I would recommend somebody invest too much of their time in to, because this game is out for blood (your wallet).… Expand
  56. Koleck0LP
    Sep 5, 2021
    3
    Looks like a great game, but there are few issues:
    1. can't rebind keyboard keys (makes the game unplayable without switching from my main layout DVORAK)
    2. The shadows render distance seems low and take se out of the game. (We are in the days of ray traced shadows, please at least make your shadows have higher render distance) 3. locked to 60 FPS, I have a 144 Hz screen I can't see a    Looks like a great game, but there are few issues:
    1. can't rebind keyboard keys (makes the game unplayable without switching from my main layout DVORAK)
    2. The shadows render distance seems low and take se out of the game. (We are in the days of ray traced shadows, please at least make your shadows have higher render distance)
    3. locked to 60 FPS, I have a 144 Hz screen I can't see a reason why game should be locked to 60.

    update 2020-10-05:
    Nice so I can't still enjoy the game because no keyboard re-biding and the game has a KENEL level anti-cheat, that's an uninstall for me.

    update 2021-09-05
    I have switched back to QWERTZ keyboard, and the game now has keyboard mapping.
    Does this mean the game is good now? Not really I don't really like the characters and the story.
    Other than that the game mechanics are fun until you hit pay to play wall.    … Expand
  57. ARTHASLACRIMOSA
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    As a mobile game, I think GENSHIN原神 is enough to get 5 points. The advantage is that it integrates many RPG playable factors into a mobile game, enriching the form of the mobile games. Its exquisite modeling and scene art are commendable. On the other hand, the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, there is a fundamental contradiction between card-drawing mobile games and open-worldAs a mobile game, I think GENSHIN原神 is enough to get 5 points. The advantage is that it integrates many RPG playable factors into a mobile game, enriching the form of the mobile games. Its exquisite modeling and scene art are commendable. On the other hand, the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, there is a fundamental contradiction between card-drawing mobile games and open-world exploratory RPG games. Good rewards are brought from card drawing, not RPG-style exploration. Secondly, it is too tiring to play as a card-drawing mobile game GENSHIN.
    As a console game, I think GENSHIN can only get 1 point. 1 point for scene art and cute modeling. Its combat mode is clumsy and boring. Its level design is simple and boring. Its script is as thin as water. Of course you can say that the story of Breath of the Wild is not rich, but please, that is "Breath of the Wild". Obviously, GENSHIN has nothing but good looks.    … Expand
  58. bobman
    Oct 8, 2020
    3
    It's a very beautiful game with cool characters but there are many problems with the game. Also it's an interesting story. Here are some of the biggest problems in the game that made me rate it a 4.

    1) The gacha system is Terrible. If you want a 5 star character then sucks to be you. It's a 0.6% chance of getting a 5 star. I did around 100 summons on 2 different banners and didn't get    It's a very beautiful game with cool characters but there are many problems with the game. Also it's an interesting story. Here are some of the biggest problems in the game that made me rate it a 4.

    1) The gacha system is Terrible. If you want a 5 star character then sucks to be you. It's a 0.6% chance of getting a 5 star. I did around 100 summons on 2 different banners and didn't get one 5 star. I also didn;t get that many 4 star stuff because i got many dupes of characters that i already have. There is a 90 pity system though which happens after you do 90 summons and if you don't get a 5 star in 89 summons then you are guaranteed to get it on the 90th pull. But the pity system isn't that good which ill explain in number 2.

    2) It's a VERY VERY grindy game. When you get around level 20 and up it starts to become pretty grindy. When you get to level 30 then you gotta grind a lot. The problem is the higher you get level wish the less you'll get primogems which are used to buy summoning crystals. It is VERY hard to get primogems and xp when you are higher level (around level 20 and up).

    3) There is a resin problem which makes it even more difficult to grind the game.

    4) The story is good but you need to be a certain level to do the main story. So basically you do chapter 1 and then you go on chapter 2 but you need to be like level 10. Then you complete that chapter and go on to chapter 3 but before you can go on you need to get around 3-5 levels before you can go on in the main story. That happens with every chapter. Imagine that when you are level 30 and it gets very hard to level up and you need to be like level 32 to continue the story. It's not that good.

    Also for the gacha system part where you summon for characters and loot, it took a streamer around $2,000 dollars to get a specific character he wanted. And if you want a character from a banner you basically need to spend a couple hundred bucks to get the character if you don't get very lucky with the summons you can muster up from your long grinding.

    All in all the game graphic, characters and story is good but all the problems will overshadow the good aspects of the game later on into the game when you get higher level. If your the type of person that loves to grind a LOT and doesn't care about getting new characters or like spending money on games then this game is perfect for you, but if you care about getting some of the characters and don't like grinding so much and don't like spending money then this game isn't for you in the long run.    … Expand
  59. leeroy9597
    Oct 9, 2020
    3
    I've been playing this game for a few days now but I've decided to quit. You can play this game for technically free, but in order for you to enjoy the game, you need to get good characters on your team. I've been grinding for few days and got to AR 30, where things tend to get a little bit tougher. Then I've decided to summon some wishes hoping to get at least one 5 star on my team. WithI've been playing this game for a few days now but I've decided to quit. You can play this game for technically free, but in order for you to enjoy the game, you need to get good characters on your team. I've been grinding for few days and got to AR 30, where things tend to get a little bit tougher. Then I've decided to summon some wishes hoping to get at least one 5 star on my team. With their rate of wishes, I've got nothing but 4 stars. I didn't want to top-up and get the 5 star not of my choices, so I've decided to quit. You can grind with the starting characters but it takes alot of time and some of the 5 star characters just made the game easier. Sadly, this still has alot of bugs during my time of play. Still its a china company so its typical they want you to top up in-game currencies and spin the gacha. Some of the mechanics and interface are terrible. Puzzle-wise its simple but time-consuming. One thing that I hate about this game is that they include gacha in their decks which make characters in this game scarce. Those big bosses was unbeatable late-game without good characters/ weapons.

    In conclusion, you get the character the wanted, then its playable. If u get rubbish like I do, its unplayable. Pretty much a gamble/grind fest. The whole system just doesn't make sense for me. So that's a negative.    … Expand
  60. Degurechaff
    Oct 10, 2020
    3
    First of all What is Genshin Impact?

    This is something even the game itself doesn't know and is what's confused most of the people around and is what created the first problem. Genshin has severe identity crisis. It's a JRPG? It's a Mobile gacha game? It's a AAA title aimed for all? The game tried to find something in between all this and created the mess we see today. You see    First of all What is Genshin Impact?

    This is something even the game itself doesn't know and is what's confused most of the people around and is what created the first problem. Genshin has severe identity crisis. It's a JRPG? It's a Mobile gacha game? It's a AAA title aimed for all?

    The game tried to find something in between all this and created the mess we see today.

    You see people trying to defend the game by saying "This is a Gacha game. This is how it works. This is how it's been for years." Now all these things are complete BS.

    Genshin isn't and was never intended to be your typical mobile gacha. It tried to appeal to the mainstream audience. The instant Genshin was being developed for PC, Switch and PS4 it rose above your typical Gacha game. It wanted to cater to the mainstream crowd. Now this creates the very big problem that is the difference between Mainstream gamers like PC, PS4, Switch and Gacha Addict mobile market. While gacha addicted mobile gamers are used to being fcked over by **** practices by those companies, the mainstream crowd is different. Some of them are completely new to the gacha system. Just accept the fact that gacha is a very bad monetization model, some games have implemented it in a nicer way which actually isn't bad, but Genshin monetization is just straight up ridiculous.

    Genshin was promoted as JRPG from the very beginning instead of being your usual gacha mobile game. This is where most of the mainstream players expectations shattered. Things like being limited by stamina system for play is a norm practice in mobile games(Not all games do this but most of them do) BUT it's not in the mainstream market and this is something which is not acceptable when you go for broader market. You can't just expect them to conform to your **** stamina system and be all happy happy. You're gonna get backlash.

    Resin(this absolute piece of **** item in Genshin)

    Resin system is just ridiculous. While being already bad in the first place, it's way worse compared to even the stamina system of other mobile gacha games. Almost 95% of the stuff you do in the game is locked behind resin system. You wanna farm Mora? go spend resin, you wanna farm exp? go spend resin, you wanna farm artifacts? go spend resin, you wanna farm upgrade materials? go spend resin. What's even more ridiculous is the amount you need per dungeons, bosses and the amount you get.

    Resin is capped at 120. So you can run hypostasis 3 times and poof it's gone. Once you get to higher level even running hypostasis 3 times doesn't give you enough material to level up your character. The regen rate is also crap 1 resin per 8 minutes.
    ​    … Expand
  61. nedmo000
    Oct 25, 2020
    3
    Putting aside the fact that this game is free and i will only recommend it if you really have nothing better to do ,sure it is fun at times i would even say it does really give an amazing first impression, but ultimately its just below average game for me and here is why

    -Uninspired this is one of the biggest gripe i had with the game ,this might very well be the most uninspired game of    Putting aside the fact that this game is free and i will only recommend it if you really have nothing better to do ,sure it is fun at times i would even say it does really give an amazing first impression, but ultimately its just below average game for me and here is why

    -Uninspired this is one of the biggest gripe i had with the game ,this might very well be the most uninspired game of this generation ,which says alot since this generation is so filled with uninspired games even worse than dark souls clone ,this however takes it to ridiculous heights even the damn map looks almost exactly the same as Botw ,it tries to steal so many gameplay mechanics from breath of the wild and sure this really does sound great on paper it ultimately fails miserably i will explain later on in this review ,it even steals some animations from nier automata and it has an uninspired anime artstyle to pander to weebs because they are the ultimate simps who will spend their money on an anime waifu.

    -Gameplay mechanics are shallow and just dont work well together ,like the characters can do all sorts of flashy moves but god forbid if they sprint or climb their stamina will deplete ,this is kind of like the opposite of what nintendo does ,nintendo adds few gameplay mechanics and build an entire game around it ,GI however just shoehornes mechanics from very popular games and add gacha on top of it and just expects it to work ,elemental combos started out great but later on it just became awful ,same with RPG mechanics do you know why? because these mechanics have not been worked upon lack depth and are just added for the sake of more content.

    -It just baffles me that reviewers and many people praise the story, im not expecting planescape torment or Disco Elysium but has the bar really been this low? the story is the most generic anime garbage i have seen in a while and unless you enjoy that stuff im not judging ofc ,the praise for this games story is as empty as this game.

    -Awful dungeon and boss design this is part of my complaint on how the game shoehornes uninspired gameplay mechanics and expects it to work ,the dungeons suffer from the same thing.

    -Enemies lack variety and are poorly designed

    -side content/quest are mediocre at best ,poorly designed and will get repetitive later on

    **** Endgame and resin system if you read most reviews here you will get what im saying so i dont think i will need to echo what everyone has already said countless of times.

    Overall i only recommend this game if you want something for free and have literally NO game in the backlog you might even enjoy the first part of the game but ultimately it will fall apart later on ,i hope next time we see something that is original and has depth unlike this mess of a game    … Expand
  62. ALonerGuy995
    Nov 24, 2021
    3
    Ah Genshin Impact I remember people kept posting pictures of the Waifu characters all on Twitter not gonna lie I have a soft spot when it comes with cute Waifu characters & Genshin has lots of em the people who post pictures of these characters got me interested in it therefore I ended up downloading it. Started playing it March 2021 Love the characters, music, story, gameplay and enemiesAh Genshin Impact I remember people kept posting pictures of the Waifu characters all on Twitter not gonna lie I have a soft spot when it comes with cute Waifu characters & Genshin has lots of em the people who post pictures of these characters got me interested in it therefore I ended up downloading it. Started playing it March 2021 Love the characters, music, story, gameplay and enemies everything was fine until the awful wishing system. When the Tu Hao Event Banner release wanted Tu Hao badly I rolled until the event ended couple of day before the event was gonna end I put in extra hours playing the game three times a day to grind Primogems to roll for Tu Hao even went as far as to Upgrade Statues of the Seven in Mondstadt to their max level since u get Primogems for that the goal here was to collect 10 Intertwined Fates these little orbs u use to get your characters with the awful wish system. So I collect 11 Intertwined Fates than rolled on Tu Hao banner had one day left may I remind u and ended up getting duplicates also keep in mind I rolled her banner when this event was released still haven't gotten her. This wasn't the first time where I grind for Primogems to get the Fates had previous bad past experience to the point I've gotten duplicates yet again, not gonna lie did had some good rolls here and there managed to get Jean, Quqi, Diona & Xiangling the characters I wanted, but getting the rest will be a pain and honestly I already given up since the wish system is so bad. Wouldn't mind grinding for some characters like instead of rolling for Barbara and Xiangling you can grind the game to get them, However for others you have to relie on the bad wishing system I know it's a f2p game but if your spending money on this game they should increase the luck or something because at the end of the day your paying out of you wallet which leaves me to my other problem. Don't put money onto this game it ain't worth it at all I was testing the waters spend $30 to get Genesis Crystals this was in June 2021 rolled 10 times gotten duplicates yet again felt like my money was wasted never gonna put money on this game ever again unless I know what I'm paying for. The only thing that's worth paying for in this f2p game is this $4.99 Blessing of the Welkin Moon you get 300 Genesis Crystals that can be converted to Primogems to do a wishing roll & you get 90 Primogems everyday you log in until 30 days this the only thing that's worth it in my opinion if your planning on putting money down on this game. Also you will bump into a issue where the game level up you World level where enemies levels will go up to but your characters will be under leveled to take them on than you gonna reach a point where your low on leveling up materials so advancing in the game will be very difficult if you don't get use to the battle system and knowing which element type is weak against to give u a better chance to beat this higher level enemies you gonna have to learn this if you get to this point in the game and not gonna lie it was a really bad experience for me had to put the game down. Also forgot to mention the company Mihoyo doesn't care about their consumers heard from my little sister Mihoyo said to celebrate the Anniversary of Genshin people will be awarded a 5 star character such as Mona, however people ended up getting Primogems in their inbox instead which made the fan base mad, also Mihoyo hasn't added a Flexible way for people who wasn't able to unlink their PS4 version of Genshin Impact and link it to PC to PS4 it's a pain to unlink a already made Genshin PS4 account to your already made PC account to it which has lots of stuff you unlocked on it you have to email them and their customer service is not that great either takes days to wait for a reply man might even take weeks. The company doesn't care about it's fan base and they don't deserve any of my money at all should of expect this would happen since I heard about how they handled the anniversary rewards.… Expand
  63. tegwyrdd
    Oct 23, 2020
    3
    The game is beautiful, good soundtrack, good aesthetics, nice combat, nice world and exploration.

    But it goes downhill once you realize how greedy and stingy the company is. 1. Resin system basically limits your play time so you can only maximize 4 characters in a span of 1 year. Whilst you need 8 at least to complete Spiral Abyss. Unless you pay for $10 per day for extra play-time.    The game is beautiful, good soundtrack, good aesthetics, nice combat, nice world and exploration.

    But it goes downhill once you realize how greedy and stingy the company is.

    1. Resin system basically limits your play time so you can only maximize 4 characters in a span of 1 year. Whilst you need 8 at least to complete Spiral Abyss. Unless you pay for $10 per day for extra play-time.

    2. Wish system is super predatory if you're a monthly spender or f2p you can only have a VERY limited choice, you basically can only play what the game decided to give you.
    Or wait half a year to secure a character and you can't even choose because by the time you have the currency to get the character banner is not even there.

    To me, miHoYo only want WHALES as their player. So be it then.    … Expand
  64. Nykona
    Oct 23, 2020
    3
    The start of the game is great. Amazing VA, cutscenes and world. A fun combat system too. During this period they sell you the opportunity to buy a “battlepass” and “blessing for daily rewards”.

    Then you get to a certain point and realise..... The quests abrubtly stop with no resolution The world is empty once you solve the puzzles and collect the chests (chests don’t respawn despite    The start of the game is great. Amazing VA, cutscenes and world. A fun combat system too. During this period they sell you the opportunity to buy a “battlepass” and “blessing for daily rewards”.

    Then you get to a certain point and realise.....

    The quests abrubtly stop with no resolution The world is empty once you solve the puzzles and collect the chests (chests don’t respawn despite earlier popular belief they do, confirmed but the company)

    The resin system dictates every aspect of character progression to around between 3 to 15 minutes gameplay per 16 hour period. In a game with a combat system that promotes party composition diversity and multiple set ups you cannot level more than 3 characters due to lack of resources.

    Even then the resin system is not for time gating either. Given you can pay $15 A DAY. To triple your daily allocation of resin. And the fact that later character upgrade materials are locked behind bosses that have weekly lockouts who have a CHANCE to drop those materials.

    Then to top it off with global communities complaining about this, content creators, whales and f2p alike the devs simply raise the cap of resin (not offer more) so instead of 16 hours to regenerate 120 it’s now 21 hours to regen 160. The company is so out of touch with a) the community b) the console and PC market c) the western playerbase it’s actually a joke.    … Expand
  65. pomato
    Oct 24, 2020
    3
    Amazing game for super casuals or whales (big spenders).
    If you're someone that is looking for a game to really get into, then this is not the game for you.
    The base game itself is really great; the combat is fun, the controls is decent and there's some party and gearing strategy involved. The problem comes in when the monetization comes into play. The monetization of this game is    Amazing game for super casuals or whales (big spenders).
    If you're someone that is looking for a game to really get into, then this is not the game for you.
    The base game itself is really great; the combat is fun, the controls is decent and there's some party and gearing strategy involved.

    The problem comes in when the monetization comes into play. The monetization of this game is based on the energy + gacha system, that you often see on mobile games. You won't notice this in the early stages of the game (which is intended to lure you in), but the higher level you get to, the more exponential the issue becomes.

    The game will time lock you from progressing and put the things you need JUST out of your reach, tempting you to 'just spend to refresh your energy and you might get what you want' all the time. The energy system in Genshin Impact is one of the worst one I've seen from all the mobile gacha games I've played. You will run out of resources and in order to keep up with the 'difficulty curve' of the game, you are forced to only focus on a select few units and weapons. You cannot raise and use all the different characters and weapons at once.

    The Gacha itself is also fairly atrocious. While not 'the worst', it's down there with the rest. The rate to get a 5* is 0.6% and the rate to get a 4* is 10%. There's only a single safety net, where you 'guaranteed to get a single 5* within 90 rolls'. (This is 10 for 4*). Every other single rolls you make that aren't 4* and 5* are absolutely worthless. In the current state of the game, spending money on gacha might not be 'needed', but it definitely gives you an advantage and you'll definitely have a better time if you do spend money on the gacha.

    If it weren't for the (passive-)aggressive monetization system, the game would have been amazing. The voice acting comes in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese and they are really great. The graphics is pretty good. The combat is one of the better ones I've seen. Trying out different weapons and characters for party is fun. Some of the puzzles are interesting and some of the challenges are rewarding to complete. Finally the world is fun to explore for the first time.

    However all of the game's strength and positive points will come to a screeching halt once you hit that 'energy/gacha wall' and you're forced to just wait it out or spend money to play more.
    So this game is really nice for very casuals that plays at a very slow pace or whales that can spend money to keep on playing.    … Expand
  66. Nitrodroki
    Oct 24, 2020
    3
    A marvelous and awesome artistic masterpiece jaded, corrupted and destroyed by greed.
    The soundtrack, the artstyle, the gameplay elements are of a Triple A quality, an immersive initial experience within a great awe-inspiring open world that ends up falling on its face as soon as the ugly face of monetization shows itself and parasitize every single system the game has to offer.
    Most    A marvelous and awesome artistic masterpiece jaded, corrupted and destroyed by greed.
    The soundtrack, the artstyle, the gameplay elements are of a Triple A quality, an immersive initial experience within a great awe-inspiring open world that ends up falling on its face as soon as the ugly face of monetization shows itself and parasitize every single system the game has to offer.

    Most reviews have talked about the issues in this title, the resin system, the very low rates on the gacha rolls, the total absence of an end-game, the thin and gated gameplay loop, the paid battle pass, that requires more cash to be spent to finish it, all taint a game worth an 8 or a 9 into a below average end-result as demonstrated by the anger and frustration that leads people to rate-bomb the game.

    The game is a living and breathing identity crisis as it tries to take from every genre, and while it succeeds in some aspects, it always damages the good ideas with infuriating monetization schemes.
    It does not serve its coop mode, more of a clunky afterthought than a real feature.

    When the exploring is done, the world is a colossal empty piece of land with absolutely nothing to do in after the 10 minute daily quest is done.

    This game had the potential to be what World of Warcraft was to the MMO genre, taking an obscure niche genre and broadening its scope to become a Gaming Titan. Instead Mihoyo elected to forcefeed mobile monetization and predatory practices to a shocking degree, even for gachas and probably cuddled the market into accepting gambling addiction exploitation as a new norm for PC and console now that the mobile market is saturated with it.

    In the end, this game is probably worth a 4 or a 5, but it is reasonable to see those business practices as an unethical introduction for gamers to gambling addiction and incredibly overpriced systems. Mihoyo may have singlehandedly changed the face of gaming if the industry follows this trend.

    This title is like a dark prophet, announcing a wasteful era in gaming, where talented and creative artists, developpers and musicians are cannibalized by a greedy industry, unwilling to consider the craft of video-game making as the art is deserves to be.    … Expand
  67. Fengbao
    Oct 28, 2020
    3
    Игра держится на базе хомяков-ОнимЭшЭров с пристрастием к азартным играм. Советую с такими не спорить)) Хватило на месяц игры так-как альтернатив которые более-менее подошли, в данный момент, на рынке нет.

    -Бесконечный гринд ради гринда, нет контента на капе, кроме бездны, соревновательный режим отсутствует напрочь. Для чего всё делать тоже не понятно, это ж не покемоны, что б была    Игра держится на базе хомяков-ОнимЭшЭров с пристрастием к азартным играм. Советую с такими не спорить)) Хватило на месяц игры так-как альтернатив которые более-менее подошли, в данный момент, на рынке нет.

    -Бесконечный гринд ради гринда, нет контента на капе, кроме бездны, соревновательный режим отсутствует напрочь. Для чего всё делать тоже не понятно, это ж не покемоны, что б была цель собрать всех.

    -Стоит ли тратить время? Стоит однозначно,что бы ощутить какая она классная на старте, а потом почесать репу и прийти к тому, что это очередная шляпа с востока, которую могут носить только отбитые фанаты казино или хомяки-ОнимЭшЭры.

    З.Ы. против аниме ничего не имею.    … Expand
  68. TinaDiva
    Nov 3, 2020
    3
    The game was great, but the gacha was bad and the drop rate was low. But after today's when prices have increased in many regions of the world, as well as in regions with low wages. Sorry, but raising the prices for donation by 20% is too much. Some people live off that kind of money.
    Of course I will play this game, but I will not recommend it.
    I will give advice if you want to play    The game was great, but the gacha was bad and the drop rate was low. But after today's when prices have increased in many regions of the world, as well as in regions with low wages. Sorry, but raising the prices for donation by 20% is too much. Some people live off that kind of money.
    Of course I will play this game, but I will not recommend it.
    I will give advice if you want to play your conditionally "free game", make the prices cheaper. and if you raise them, then all the players will run away to other games.    … Expand
  69. Daenieal
    Nov 10, 2020
    3
    Pros:
    + Beautiful graphics
    + Amazing soundtrack + Decent story Cons: - Terribly managed - Overly monetized - Poorly designed - Pay to win - Gacha Imagine a team of talented artists making a gorgeous game, but the game is unfortunately directed by the most out of touch director/team there is. The part where they copied from Breath of the Wild is awesome as expected, but every    Pros:
    + Beautiful graphics
    + Amazing soundtrack
    + Decent story

    Cons:
    - Terribly managed
    - Overly monetized
    - Poorly designed
    - Pay to win
    - Gacha

    Imagine a team of talented artists making a gorgeous game, but the game is unfortunately directed by the most out of touch director/team there is. The part where they copied from Breath of the Wild is awesome as expected, but every other part where there's business involved is awful.

    The game expects you to pay, I mean it is balanced around players paying for its paid perks. If you don't, you'll just never have enough. They even had weekly quests that required you to pay to play more than their daily limit if you wanted to complete it, yes, there's a LIMIT to how many activities you can do daily. It's like they don't want players to play their game.

    The gacha system itself isn't bad, but they chose to put atrocious rates. So expect to pay up to $200+ to have a 75% chance at getting a character you want. And then you probably won't have resources to use them, because they come at level 1 and your enemies will much stronger, and the only feasible way to level is to do your very LIMITED daily activities. So you have to choose to either spend your activities to level your new character, or continue leveling your high level ones who are probably doing all the heavy-lifting already to clear the same activities.

    The pay to win in this game is, unfortunately, too much. You can see in many games where paying gives players a small boost/advantage to catch up with others and in my humble opinion that's fine, gives players who doesn't have too much time to play a way to keep up, but in Genshin there are items/systems that are only designed for PAYING players. There's a bunch of items that the only way to obtain is by paying, as well as skills/level-ups that are also only available if you pay (and pay a LOT by the way).

    Their balance is also out of whack, in nearly everything they give as low resources as possible, you'll never have enough of anything to level your characters and their multiple systems that require leveling up, and there's a bunch of ways to purchase (real money) these resources you desperately need just to feel you're not being left behind. Enemies will keep getting stronger, and so must you, but you'll struggle to keep up unless you pay, that's how it's balanced.

    The game is still in its infant stages, but a lot of these are complaints from players ever since their beta began and their direction did nothing to address these, so I hold very little hope they'll improve any time soon. Probably when their player base/profits sink so much then maybe they'll take a second look at these complaints again.

    In short, it's a beautiful game with great gameplay (copied from a critically acclaimed game afterall) filled with poorly business decisions trying to squeeze money from players in every possible way.
    It is free to play, but expect the usual scummy cheap mobile game money grabbing tactics limiting you to play in every way unless you pay. Just stay away from this for a couple years when they improve their game and check if it became a whale-only territory with 20 players online or an actually decent game.    … Expand
  70. Danicco
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    This game is in war right now.
    On one side, there's the art, music, writing, animation team who did such a wonderful job so players can feast their eyes and ears on their work.
    On the other side, you have the business decision team who're actively trying to prevent players from playing and enjoying the game with terrible gacha rates, inflated prices, resource shortage, over monetization    This game is in war right now.
    On one side, there's the art, music, writing, animation team who did such a wonderful job so players can feast their eyes and ears on their work.
    On the other side, you have the business decision team who're actively trying to prevent players from playing and enjoying the game with terrible gacha rates, inflated prices, resource shortage, over monetization and even time gates progression to prevent players from playing too much.

    Players are torn between praising the game's visuals, score and writing and loathing pretty much everything else. So far, the bad business guys are winning, hence my score of 3. The art team can't produce content fast enough while the bad business team is slowly chipping away our motivation to play every day.

    If you can play this ignoring all the business/limitations, just for the story, playing very casually over months, then you'll enjoy the game a lot.
    If you want to play until you have your fill, assuming that fill is more than 15min/day, then you'll curse the game's bad decisions for not letting you enjoy it.

    I don't think it's worth playing it in it's current state, wait until there's more content and that these issues are (hopefully) fixed.    … Expand
  71. ksaljdhfsajdhfl
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    tl;dr: it's a glorified fetch quest accompanied by an endless grind disguised as content. And it really wants all of your money.

    This game swept the world with its "free-to-play" facade. You don't need to spend money to enjoy it, sure, but at the same time, you'll get locked out of playing at your own pace thanks to resin, and good luck getting your characters to a viable strength to    tl;dr: it's a glorified fetch quest accompanied by an endless grind disguised as content. And it really wants all of your money.

    This game swept the world with its "free-to-play" facade. You don't need to spend money to enjoy it, sure, but at the same time, you'll get locked out of playing at your own pace thanks to resin, and good luck getting your characters to a viable strength to beat the abyss thanks to its artificial difficulty. But... that really didn't affect me when I realized how insanely monotonous the gameplay is. My favorite streamer started to main this game, and it's the same thing each stream. sadge. All he does is grind and grind and fukcing grind. And he even moans about having to do it... which would be playing the game. Sounds like fun /s. He has preached that you can enjoy 100% of this game as F2P, which is utterly false and rather ironic considering that he has spent almost $10k. Yeah, really sounds like you don't need to spend money to enjoy the game to its fullest /s. But again, it's ridiculously repetitive, so it kinda just stops being fun after a day or two, which makes any money spent a complete waste in my eyes. And the fact that it has the most basic of quests like "go kill these hilichurls for me", "go get me five apples" is honestly kind of insulting to gamers. It's 2020 and people are seriously content with these generic quests? Fukc that.

    However, I will praise its open world for its scenery, the game's overall aesthetic, and its music. I especially like the mountainous area, dunno what it's called. But it's still a sad excuse of a map. Open world games are supposed to have interesting locations and be full of detail, but all Genshin has to offer is a thousand hilichurl camps to slaughter. Everyone defending this garbage game seems to think that it being "F2P" justifies almost all of its flaws, but come on, miHoYo is making bank off a game with a pathetic amount of content, that being the story and an endless grind. Surely they can afford to make it tenfold better. It also baffles me that people will ask, "is a triple-A title worth my precious $60" and then everyone and their gramma goes to spend a minimum $1k on this just to get sh!t on with its garbage drop rates. Yikes. People aren't gonna stop you from spending your money how you want, but it's completely irrational to gamble hundreds let alone thousands of dollars for a single character, and keep in mind that you'll need to pull them a total of seven times to see them at full potential. AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND that new characters will come out over time, possibly with powercreep, so then you'll be even more incentivized to do this all over again. In conclusion, if you enjoy this game, get‎‏‏‎ fukced.

    one more thing tho, it has spawned some gud hentai, so that's cool.    … Expand
  72. paperowl
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    This game is neither really good nor bad. The world is beautiful, but lacks stuff to do within. You are very heavily restricted by a energy system. Almost everything in this game needs Resin to complete and you have small amounts of it every day. Another terrible factor are the bad Gatcha rates and the pricing of Primogems. You pay roughly 30 euros for a guaranteed 4 star pull. For 1This game is neither really good nor bad. The world is beautiful, but lacks stuff to do within. You are very heavily restricted by a energy system. Almost everything in this game needs Resin to complete and you have small amounts of it every day. Another terrible factor are the bad Gatcha rates and the pricing of Primogems. You pay roughly 30 euros for a guaranteed 4 star pull. For 1 character. Thats way too much. And you need 6 more characters to unlock the constellations, which make your character stronger. The best weapons ingame are only obtainable through gatcha.
    The gameplay is very simple but fun. The only annoyance is that you do the same thing everyday and the rng artifacts. Theres not much variance.    … Expand
  73. Panneladh
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Very buggy, I do not recommend
    From sounds that cut out to a boss that uses all his abilities at the same moment (when it’s not supposed to happen), it’s not worth the time or frustration
  74. Lirraell
    Mar 14, 2021
    3
    They try to make the plot interesting, but temporary events complicate. They correct their own mistakes in the balance of enemies, but only after polls.
  75. Satlin
    Jan 14, 2021
    3
    3 только из за графики мир пустой и контента 0 когда входишь в город нету чувства что он живой как когда ты входишь в любой город к примеру в том же самом вов бдо и т.д. Сюжет не интерес а диалоги пустые и скучные (возможности скипа диалогов нету, ты сидишь и ждёшь когда закончится очередной пустой ни к чему не ведущий диалог). Кооператив открывается не понятно как не понятно когда (20 лвл3 только из за графики мир пустой и контента 0 когда входишь в город нету чувства что он живой как когда ты входишь в любой город к примеру в том же самом вов бдо и т.д. Сюжет не интерес а диалоги пустые и скучные (возможности скипа диалогов нету, ты сидишь и ждёшь когда закончится очередной пустой ни к чему не ведущий диалог). Кооператив открывается не понятно как не понятно когда (20 лвл набить действительно дело долгое и скучное). Присутствует ощутимая разница при прохождении героем S класса и C класса. Как уже говорилось ранее мир пустой и абсолютно не насыщен в игре за всё время встретил только пару вариаций мобов. Думаю про передвижение стоит вообще молчать ибо маунтов нет крылья бесполезные нужны только при прохождении определённых локаций. Так же насчёт квестов если в кратце долго скучно. Мобы не ощущаются пришёл на персонаже 1-2 лвл как только зашёл в игру и встретил моба 13 (в игре был на тот момент примерно пол часа был открыт только 1 герой и это стартовый) в любой другой игре когда отрыв от моба измеряется 10 -12 лвл-ами вы будете ощущать мягко говоря трудности и дискомфорт но в сей игре мне нужно было смеяться и бегать вокруг казалось бы сильного монстра 5 минут и просто бить его. Подведём итоги: в игре нету каких либо сложностей в плане боссов - мобов, сюжет унылый и скучный, мир пустой и абсолютно не насыщенный, кооператива можно сказать что нет, донат действительно упрощает и так лёгкую песочницу для 5 летних детей в игру в которой тебе надо жать просто лкм без каких либо умственных нагрузок, профессии отсутствуют крафт заканчивается на приготовлении еды, ветки скиллов и талантов нету (у каждого героя 2 активных и пару пассивных способностей). К прохождению не советую. Игра сырая и просто убожеская.… Expand
  76. Hmokhmok
    Mar 21, 2022
    3
    I can only say that the gameplay is good at best, the open world is decent and the soundtrack is great but the gacha system, the devs giving middle fingers to the community , the repetitive gameplay, the story, the automated animation and and the grinding really make the game bad. I can say that the progression is decent but the that does not change the fact that all these problems stillI can only say that the gameplay is good at best, the open world is decent and the soundtrack is great but the gacha system, the devs giving middle fingers to the community , the repetitive gameplay, the story, the automated animation and and the grinding really make the game bad. I can say that the progression is decent but the that does not change the fact that all these problems still exist .The gameplay is good especially the combat but it gets repetitive after month of playing. I been playing genshin impact for a year f2p 365 days with no rest. and I finally quit after the devs got lazy with the inazuma story. bad game go play breath of the wild… Expand
  77. Chichiari
    Feb 1, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Imagine, your playing breath of the wild, and before you can leave the great plateau and head on to Kakariko village, you have to reach adventure rank 10 in order to access that next place. Which means you cant go onto the next part of the story without grinding excessively for a few days. This is basically what Genshin Impact is.

    The story is so boring that at one point- Chapter 1 act 2 has you buying things as the main focus. Yes the plot of that whole act is that you walk around Liyue buying jewellery and making perfume, with a broke demigod by your side, and as attractive as Zhongli is- his character dialogue had to be one of the most boring and complicated things I'd ever read in a video game. Chapter 1 act 3 had me grinding a good few days before I had to access it and I don't think I've ever played an a game where I had to wait a few days just to access the next part of the story.

    The game rips off a lot of things. Like I get taking inspiration from games like what Undertale did it to Earthbound but the amount of things this game steals from botw is insane, like I genuinely hope its get better down the line, I really do. And another thing they managed to rip off was fire emblem of all things! Just search up dainsleif and dmitri and I'll let that do the talking.

    So if you lack patience or you appreciate a story rich game this game really isn't for you. However if your a weeb who's willing to spend a hundred dollars on your favourite, "waifu" or "husbando" then go and install this game right now,    … Expand
  78. onibejb
    Feb 10, 2021
    3
    Potentially good game. Very hard to know since I couldn't make it past the tutorial. The reason is simple: This game doesn't have Invert mouse options. You would think this is a pretty standard thing. Even though I am pretty late to try this game (Feb 2021) there still is no invert mouse, and never have been it seems, which makes the game unplayable for me. Controls is important in anPotentially good game. Very hard to know since I couldn't make it past the tutorial. The reason is simple: This game doesn't have Invert mouse options. You would think this is a pretty standard thing. Even though I am pretty late to try this game (Feb 2021) there still is no invert mouse, and never have been it seems, which makes the game unplayable for me. Controls is important in an action rpg style game and therefore, so far, I will have to give this a 3. Unfortunate.… Expand
  79. woodlander
    Feb 15, 2021
    3
    Game was great in the beginning. Was willing to pay the small "subscription" to primogems to support developers because I enjoyed the game.

    My suggestion for game developers is to rework the resin system to allow players to grind for resources. The current model is turning a lot of players off. It is very frustrating when we can't use our characters because we can't level them up    Game was great in the beginning. Was willing to pay the small "subscription" to primogems to support developers because I enjoyed the game.

    My suggestion for game developers is to rework the resin system to allow players to grind for resources. The current model is turning a lot of players off. It is very frustrating when we can't use our characters because we can't level them up because of this system.

    Chests should respawn every few days so players have a reason to continue exploring the beautiful landscape developers have created. It's relaxing to just explore the game even if I visited the area before, but no chests gives players no reason to keep playing, it makes the world feel empty.

    The rate of primogems a player acquires should be the same as it was in the beginning. Being able to do only one wish a day, even with a paid subscription, is just not enough incentive to keep playing. If there was a way to keep grinding for primogems that allowed for at least 10 wishes a day, that would be ideal, but the thought of grinding for a week or more for just one chance to get a new character, it kills my excitement for the game.

    If the developers reworked their gameplay/resin/primogem model, they could have a much larger loyal player base. Would have played for several more months with a subscription if they changed these aspects of the game. Instead it's only playable for about a month before the game feels stale and unplayable. A shame considering they could make more money and make more people happy if they just changed these few things.    … Expand
  80. 3toon4Ik
    Apr 24, 2021
    3
    В начале был обманчиво прекрасный мир, но потом я начал утопать в гринде, беспощадный донат без которого практически нереально получить нормального персонажа или оружие благодаря несправедливой и бестолковой системе гачи, раздражающая смола, которая быстро заканчивается а без неё невозможен фарм подземелий, тебя просто ограничивают в игровом времени, бесит ограниченный мир и недоделанныеВ начале был обманчиво прекрасный мир, но потом я начал утопать в гринде, беспощадный донат без которого практически нереально получить нормального персонажа или оружие благодаря несправедливой и бестолковой системе гачи, раздражающая смола, которая быстро заканчивается а без неё невозможен фарм подземелий, тебя просто ограничивают в игровом времени, бесит ограниченный мир и недоделанные локации на карте, я молчу про баги с нпс и врагами, так же имеем бессмысленный онлайн режим, блеклый и простой сюжет в стиле типичного светлого фэнтези, максимально раздражающаий компаньон и пустой главный герой. Игра должна была оставаться в мобильном сфере, но её зачем то портировали на все платформы, ну в основном ради бабок видимо. Если цените свое время, деньги и нервы, проходите мимо этой переоцененной игры.… Expand
  81. Vozefi
    Sep 28, 2021
    3
    The game itself is good, spent many hours, but on the anniversary they could at least devote time to beginners and send out one standard hero if they do not spare the money for the game
  82. nezeeqko
    Sep 28, 2021
    3
    I'm not like the others and I'm not here to complain about anniversary rewards, but rather the actual game itself. I just list it down here...

    PROS -Great graphics, though some form of upscaling support (DLSS and FSR) would be appreciated. -Combat system is decent and has some depth to it. -The World itself is gorgeous, especially Liyue and Inazuma. -SOME characters are fairly well    I'm not like the others and I'm not here to complain about anniversary rewards, but rather the actual game itself. I just list it down here...

    PROS
    -Great graphics, though some form of upscaling support (DLSS and FSR) would be appreciated.
    -Combat system is decent and has some depth to it.
    -The World itself is gorgeous, especially Liyue and Inazuma.
    -SOME characters are fairly well written.
    -Interesting lore.
    -Characters and enemies are well design (in terms of looks) and Azdaha is amazing.

    CONS
    -Bad plot, and I don't mean it only for the Inazuma chapters. The game plot was kinda bad right from the start actually. While the characters, setting and McGuffins are different, each nation main story has the same formula. You meet an archon and it residents, help them with their nation crisis, fight boss, turns out its the **** Fatui over and over again. Its the same formula as those kids Tv shows. You can predict the plot and 75% of the time you will be right.
    -RNG on top of another RNG. I usually enjoy farming in games, my favourite franchise is Monster Hunter and its loot (monster parts) had medium to heavy RNG. But Genshin RNG is **** dogsh1et. Don't even expect you get even a decent artifact for your characters. I've been grinding artifacts for Childe for MONTHS since his rerun, and never get anything useful out of it.
    -Interesting lore, ruined by writing 101 mistakes. I interested in raiden and wanted to learn more about her, but then Yae just casually dropped the bomb and TELLS almost everything that could make as an interesting scenario to discover Raiden Shogun as character and make raiden's quest a shopping mall trip lmao. "SHOW, DON'T TELL".
    -Beautiful graphics, horrible render distance and optimization. Its hard to appreciate the landscape when the rocks and trees suddenly changes and jiggles like crazy everytime and the game rendering the land only like 5 meters away in front of your face. The fact that genshin runs worse than an emulated BOTW with graphics mods and RTX enabled on my PC is baffling.
    -Everything about Ayaka's quest. Really MiHoYo? A **** date quest, in the middle of a civil war? If it was optional I could forgive it or at least AFTER the main plot of Inazuma, then do whatever you want with her.
    -Electro as an element. Electro characters are the most fun to play yet their potential is gatekept by weak electro reactions.

    That's all and dear MHY White Knights, please go and touch some REAL grass. Your nothing but a bootlicker.

    Sincerely, me.    … Expand
  83. Genshin
    Feb 11, 2022
    3
    A empresa infelizmente não valoriza o game. Mercenarismo puro, e enrolação de conteúdos.
  84. Dymk0
    Mar 22, 2022
    3
    This is most disappointing game I've ever played, it has so much potential, it could be one of the best free to play games and all of this goes to trash, obtaining characters by wishes was good until number of characters reach 15, gaining the one you wanted now is impossible and you cant buy it any other way than by buying wishes with real money or waiting year for bigger chance. CompanyThis is most disappointing game I've ever played, it has so much potential, it could be one of the best free to play games and all of this goes to trash, obtaining characters by wishes was good until number of characters reach 15, gaining the one you wanted now is impossible and you cant buy it any other way than by buying wishes with real money or waiting year for bigger chance. Company behind this game just ruined everything… Expand
  85. assassinscreed3
    Jul 8, 2023
    3
    Honestly, my first step into this made me rethink about the time where I spent a whole lot of money in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey and this game steps it up. I am proud to say that I approve this game as it really showcases what an open world game can make of itself after years of teamwork and dedication. At this moment, since this game did touch my heart, I cannot give this game more than aHonestly, my first step into this made me rethink about the time where I spent a whole lot of money in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey and this game steps it up. I am proud to say that I approve this game as it really showcases what an open world game can make of itself after years of teamwork and dedication. At this moment, since this game did touch my heart, I cannot give this game more than a 3 out of 10.

    Good job, miHoYo!    … Expand
  86. leo_the_beo
    Sep 6, 2023
    3
    "Game of the Year" my ass. Such good graphics and gameplay wasted on this disappointment of a game. I'd rather play EA's Battlefront.
  87. Zoreslav
    Sep 28, 2021
    2
    U think 40 gem enough, i am think 2 point enough 2, so we quits. Absolutely fair exchange.
  88. hydrogen
    Mar 16, 2022
    2
    Have to give it a point for being well built but the graphics are dripping with greed. Hopefully this platform can develop into something of true value.
  89. Kulplant
    Oct 1, 2020
    2
    It become incredibly shallow and boring after the first chapter, the map are big and pretty but there are so many mindless grind and exploration is not rewarding. They can't give you cool stuff like fancy weapon because that's for payed lootbox only, so all you get is just fodders.
  90. mirg
    Nov 30, 2020
    2
    While the combat is entertaining and the story is decent. The game is still one big casino just without any regulation which at the end of the day is not something to be praised.
  91. themangoose
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    Genshin Interrupts is a really fun game at first, but they make it progressively harder to play, win, and progress without spending money. Crappy energy system makes friends not want to play with you because they don't want to use up all their resin helping you with bosses or domains because they need to do their own and will have to pay to do more. The mechanics are super lazy. EnemiesGenshin Interrupts is a really fun game at first, but they make it progressively harder to play, win, and progress without spending money. Crappy energy system makes friends not want to play with you because they don't want to use up all their resin helping you with bosses or domains because they need to do their own and will have to pay to do more. The mechanics are super lazy. Enemies just spam you with interrupts with no way to stop them. It's not challenging, it's just infuriating. When you just start to feel strong in this game your world rank increases and the only way you can play is to ascend and level all of your characters, their items, their weapons, and skills. All of which uses items that you'll never get enough of without buying them from the store, grinding for days, or giving up and playing a real game. The story is massive, but it's mostly because it's all filler. It's like a kid stretching out a 150 word essay to fill 10 pages. SO MUCH USELESS DIALOG.… Expand
  92. yurik85
    Aug 2, 2021
    2
    It's dead! The greed of the developers killed the game! After you reach max level loot-drop rate doesn't increase (if not decreased), also became almost impossible to draw more characters even WITH donating.
  93. Sandre
    Nov 5, 2020
    2
    First 30 hours are amazing, you are drown under gems, chests and rewards and after the game becoming the worst credit card scam in video game history.

    It is not a video game, it is a virtual casino wearing a video game skin. They do worst than EA/Blizzard all together. This game is an empty shell: - no combat customization - no combo system - no customization at all - no    First 30 hours are amazing, you are drown under gems, chests and rewards and after the game becoming the worst credit card scam in video game history.

    It is not a video game, it is a virtual casino wearing a video game skin.
    They do worst than EA/Blizzard all together.

    This game is an empty shell:
    - no combat customization - no combo system - no customization at all - no skin system
    - no real content (all quests can be done in 1 day) - no endgame - no re-playable adventure dungeon
    - no end game The only thing you can do is upgrading your characters.

    The resin system created to farm anything you need to upgrade talents, level, weapons, craft ...
    is depleted in less 45 minutes. And after that you need to pay with real money.

    You will mash the same button over and over and over. The combat system was created in 1990 and feel empty and useless. And can be described as: mash mash mash, use 1 skill, swap character, repeat.
    Even 1990 RPG get you more possibilities.

    To play a character you seek, or even a good weapon or artifact, you will need to bet on loot box
    renamed here: Wish. Or fight small dungeon using your limited resin per day.

    Good luck with that. Good luck to get the one you want. Awful system who was used into Star wars battlefront at start and was suppressed by EA some time later when all the player base leave and loot box was declared illegal in some USA states.
    This game is based in China so you will never seen that happen before at least 1 year "at best".

    The worst part of this game is: Even you get all the characters and artifacts and weapons you seek, you will never get enough money or stuff you need to upgrade them with in-game free to play resources.
    You will need to buy tones of resin. I am talking about 5000 USD$ at minimum.
    Be aware, this is not my point of view, this is mathematics.

    If you are looking at the press you will see they have been fooled, as us all.
    Because you can't see the real purpose of this game before 30 hours of game play.
    This "casino" video game is not here for entertainment, it's here to rip off your credit card.

    This game "was" a ray of hope, but now we know this is just a disgusting cash grab.

    Imagine that into FF7 original or even the remake to:
    Bet real money to get a random character "Cloud, Barret, Tifa .."
    And bet real money to get a random Materia,
    And bet real money to get a random weapon,
    And bet real money to upgrade anything.
    And bet real money to get artifacts.
    No one will ever play FF7 even with his amazing story and his very large content.

    Genshin Impact deserve the award to be the worst game in history for his monetization system.    … Expand
  94. Kacak321
    Oct 23, 2020
    2
    Botw clone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..............
  95. Gamepro3093
    Dec 27, 2022
    2
    This game is seriously bad. The initial load up times are abysmally long, there’s no real plot or interesting characters, the gameplay is very brain dead and requires no real strategy, the dungeons are extremely short to the point of embarrassing. The inclusion of predatory gatcha mechanics are shameless for what’s very much an unfinished game. I give it a 2 because it’s a stunning lookingThis game is seriously bad. The initial load up times are abysmally long, there’s no real plot or interesting characters, the gameplay is very brain dead and requires no real strategy, the dungeons are extremely short to the point of embarrassing. The inclusion of predatory gatcha mechanics are shameless for what’s very much an unfinished game. I give it a 2 because it’s a stunning looking game but it’s not worth playing because it’s a failure everywhere else.… Expand
  96. Nickonpc
    Oct 16, 2020
    2
    Honest review of over 200 hours.The game starts off super strong pumping dopamine into your head chests galore, the music and banging, the combat is crisp clean and engaging your getting handed free loot boxes like its going out of style then BOOM resin... RESIN is a currency given in abundance to start then half of the gear grind is locked behind it. I you can refill with real money butHonest review of over 200 hours.The game starts off super strong pumping dopamine into your head chests galore, the music and banging, the combat is crisp clean and engaging your getting handed free loot boxes like its going out of style then BOOM resin... RESIN is a currency given in abundance to start then half of the gear grind is locked behind it. I you can refill with real money but why would you do that? This is a free to play game? Errrr wrong its pay to play as the end game. And that is a terrible end game… Expand
  97. Jeabus
    Oct 24, 2020
    2
    Short answer:

    It's a predatory microtransaction-riddled mess that lures people via the first few hours being decent. But it's actually a surprisingly shallow cashgrab for the gullible. It's genuinely not a good "game" and don't lt anyone tell you otherwise because it has fundamental core problems. Long Answer: The gameplay is one-dimensional and becomes stale shockingly fast.    Short answer:

    It's a predatory microtransaction-riddled mess that lures people via the first few hours being decent. But it's actually a surprisingly shallow cashgrab for the gullible. It's genuinely not a good "game" and don't lt anyone tell you otherwise because it has fundamental core problems.

    Long Answer:

    The gameplay is one-dimensional and becomes stale shockingly fast.

    It has no real identity of its own because it blatantly absorbs aspects from other games to try and have as much mass-appeal as possible to lure people in. A result of this is that it's all surface-level and most people realize this by the time they reach "Adventure Rank 30". Aka the ranking system from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon except turned into a slightly annoying grind instead of a tangible accomplishment.

    It's literally a Mobile game. Right down to the oversimplified braindead controls and some awkward camera issues on mouse/keyboard. The graphics are also an obvious holdback of this too but less important. However. HOWEVER. Being a mobile game also means something else...

    Lootboxes. The game is fully designed around lootboxes and trying to force the player to spend money. This is probably the single worst offender for this practice because it lures people in with the façade of a good game that doesn't really exist and then stonewalls progression if they get invested.

    It is genuinely not a good game. Anyone who has a gambling addiction or suspected vulnerability towards it... Never play this "game". Keep children away from it. Keep everyone you can away from it. It sets a very bad precedent for game development.    … Expand
  98. Hy60koshk
    Feb 20, 2021
    2
    A two - because the level-design is actually at 10+. But personally I just cannot play the game. And that is why:

    The beforementioned level design gets totally screwed up by ugly camera work. The camera is always resetting to horizontal view, and has a very low speed in vertiсal directions. So you just cannot see all the beauty of the world. Also, the FOV is capped at 60 or something,    A two - because the level-design is actually at 10+. But personally I just cannot play the game. And that is why:

    The beforementioned level design gets totally screwed up by ugly camera work. The camera is always resetting to horizontal view, and has a very low speed in vertiсal directions. So you just cannot see all the beauty of the world. Also, the FOV is capped at 60 or something, which makes you feel claustrophobic the whole time, and again, it impacts your vision of the beautiful world around you A LOT.

    The UI is bland and ugly. It is ok for a mobile game, but it is hardly acceptable on PC.

    But as you can see, those are pretty subjective problems. The game is objectively much worse than it could have been, but not necessarily bad. You can go and try it for yourself, and probably you'll like it. The world there is actually great.    … Expand
  99. FatherofMIHOYO
    Oct 2, 2020
    2
    This is not only pay to win game, but also a pay to exploration and puzzles solving game. If you spent thousands of money and got Keqing, you would find that the exploration and puzzle become boring and easy. However if you don't, you even can't solve some puzzles.
  100. Djakaraka
    Jan 7, 2021
    2
    Despite the overwhelming hype for this game it was extremely underwhelming and gets very boring after only a short while, without falling for the gacha system and paying for characters the game leaves you with very little to do, even for a free game, it is pretty much a watered down Breath of the Wild without the beauty and charm that Breath of the Wild had
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
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  1. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2021
    75
    Rather than a typical online game, Genshin Impact resembles a traditional single-player jRPG with a real-time combat. For a free-to-play title it is very impressive, but turns out to be pretty derivative and quickly slumps into monotony. [13/2020, p.52]
  2. Games.cz
    Nov 12, 2020
    90
    Oh, the joy of exploring this beautiful world. Oh, the clever combat, the great voice acting, the compelling story. This is one of the best RPGs of the year. And it’s almost beyond comprehension that you can get it for free.
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  3. MMORPG.com
    Oct 20, 2020
    90
    Overall, in spite of things that should bring Genshin Impact down, the game is so much fun to play that the negatives are ultimately minor gripes. [...] The gameplay is smooth and simplistic, and it works great on all platforms - though I’m still not sure why the PlayStation version can’t be linked to a Mihoyo account so I could play on my phone when I’m not at home (PS Vita version please??) but it’s a small gripe to an otherwise terrific game.
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