Genshin Impact

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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3024 Ratings

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  1. PredatorIWD
    Sep 30, 2020
    7
    -Big, beautiful world but:
    -A bit empty given that you know every chest and item you gather isnt gonna give you anything special which makes game exploration after the initial area visitation a chore more than anything else
    -Navigating it is too slow due to limited stamina, aside from giving more stamina I think there should be 2 stamina bars, one for climbing and one for running at    -Big, beautiful world but:
    -A bit empty given that you know every chest and item you gather isnt gonna give you anything special which makes game exploration after the initial area visitation a chore more than anything else
    -Navigating it is too slow due to limited stamina, aside from giving more stamina I think there should be 2 stamina bars, one for climbing and one for running at least
    -Somewhat clunky and not too smooth gliding mechanic

    -Lack of good multiplayer
    -You need to drop a couple of days into playing the game before you even unlock any multiplayer
    -Basically forget playing with friends in any real capacity outside of **** around for no reason given many many limitation put on multiplayer (you can only join worlds of others that are X level, you dont share many types of loot you can find around the hosts world at all, you cant go through the story together with someone and so on...)

    -Gacha
    -Relatively generous gifts during launch week
    -Very very low droprates (if you're f2p forget max tier troops ever dropping)
    -No guarantee system which you can use to buy any troop/weapon you want after pulling X amount of times meaning you might play for months and months if not years never getting what you actually wanted (it doesnt need to be too easy to earn that, it can take a month of two of play for example, look at the mileage system in Guardian Tales)

    TL:DR
    The game basically plays like your average MMORPG except you grind endlessly towards a character/weapon that you no only didnt design but may not even like/want (welcome to gacha). Another problem to the empty feeling world that the MMO wouldnt have is the actual multiplayer aspect of it, here you just follow the generic chosen one trope main questline totally alone in that big world making the game pretty pointless to anyone who doesnt want to play it purely for its initial world exploration and gameplay. But again given that 70% of gameplay is running for 4 seconds before your stamina depleats > walk until it fills up > repeat, 20% of gameplay is navigating game menus and the rest of that, 10% or less is actual combat which is not that bad but nothing too incredible either.

    Check out gameplay/characters/world online, if you like any of it then try the game out given that its free and fun at the start, enjoy while it lasts and uninstall if/when it gets boring.    … Expand
  2. Bbplayer
    Nov 8, 2020
    6
    UPDATE: Censoring Mtashed and others on reddit when criticizing your game is not ideal. - 2

    Fully Free to Play Account Overall a good time if you can manage staying free to play. The story is okay but not very memorable. Some of the side story missions are better honestly. Also it seems like they rushed some text fixes as characters will say one thing and the text will display    UPDATE: Censoring Mtashed and others on reddit when criticizing your game is not ideal. - 2

    Fully Free to Play Account

    Overall a good time if you can manage staying free to play. The story is okay but not very memorable. Some of the side story missions are better honestly. Also it seems like they rushed some text fixes as characters will say one thing and the text will display something else. I can not give it a 9 due to the fact that it does copy elements of BOTW. Good otherwise    … Expand
  3. IgorVech
    Apr 15, 2021
    5
    I did not like it. Just timekiller with beautiful graphic and good soundtrack, but no more. The plot is interesting at first, but then begin silly quests like "Go do (any action here)" or "Bring me (any item here)". This mechanic is outdated and just annoying. Also I, as men, was not quite accustomed to being surrounded by women(you need more variety among the characters, this will makeI did not like it. Just timekiller with beautiful graphic and good soundtrack, but no more. The plot is interesting at first, but then begin silly quests like "Go do (any action here)" or "Bring me (any item here)". This mechanic is outdated and just annoying. Also I, as men, was not quite accustomed to being surrounded by women(you need more variety among the characters, this will make the gameplay process more convenient for different genders).… Expand
  4. Pikathulhu
    Dec 7, 2020
    5
    The resin system is bad. Western-style monetization models have proven to be better, it needs to go. All it does is hold back what could otherwise be a good game.

    The game is also incredibly easy outside of the abyss, almost to the point where you wonder why you're even playing.
  5. Padudu
    Oct 25, 2022
    7
    Beautiful open world with diverse biomes and an interesting story enabled by engaging characters with limited gameplay options. This game really captivates you for the first hours with countless activities and unlocks that let you experience the game in many ways. That feeling starts to dissipate as you start approaching the later stages of the game where the unlocks start being minimalBeautiful open world with diverse biomes and an interesting story enabled by engaging characters with limited gameplay options. This game really captivates you for the first hours with countless activities and unlocks that let you experience the game in many ways. That feeling starts to dissipate as you start approaching the later stages of the game where the unlocks start being minimal and requires a lot more grind and the gameplay options repetitive and limited by a gacha paywall.… Expand
  6. VVayfarer
    Jan 4, 2021
    5
    Pros: The visuals look nice, and the dialogue can be funny at times.

    Cons: Gameplay aspects are mediocre, and the story has little substance; a recipe for hours upon hours of mind-numbing boredom.

    Summary: All-in-all, the game is alright if you like anime visuals and if you have plenty of time to waste. Personally, I'd rather spend my time playing something more interesting and unique.
  7. SuingGenshin
    Oct 2, 2021
    6
    Blood, sweat and tears. All of those were poured into gaining 2000 priogems. To get what? Beido. TWo times. In a SINGLE 10 pull. Whats even worse.. is that I already had her. I even did 9 1 pulls. But got nothing, NOTHING good. I am in pure rage, **** tears, and sobbing. I comand an apology, for making me waste my priogems only to get the same character twice.

    Sincerely, gay genshin impact fan.
  8. CoolBR
    Oct 18, 2022
    6
    It is a good pastime. I like to do my dailies commissions and farm some artifacts while hearing an podcast since the game doesn't really need the full awareness of the player but I really only play because of the rewards (primogens), it isn't funny at all to farm the same set for de 908th or to do the same stupid commission to protect a Ballon for the 67th time.

    The story of the game is    It is a good pastime. I like to do my dailies commissions and farm some artifacts while hearing an podcast since the game doesn't really need the full awareness of the player but I really only play because of the rewards (primogens), it isn't funny at all to farm the same set for de 908th or to do the same stupid commission to protect a Ballon for the 67th time.

    The story of the game is just a miss or hit, some are good, others are not. One thing annoying is the amount of unnecessary dialogues this game has that doesn't add anything to the stories or the event and it is just an annoying thing between you and 60 free primogens that 80% of the time is just worth it 1/3 of a wish that you get a literally useless 3* weapon.

    Many people complain about the gatcha system and I agree it sucks sometimes. I had my bad moments but also has lucky moments. I like this system simply because I am 100% F2P and honestly I have all characters that I need to beat any challenge in this game and if I managed to get this without paying 1 cent, at least for me, this system worked just fine so I don't have any reason to complain. I think people have to know, they can't have all characters in the game. They need 2 top-tier DPS and pull for good supports only.

    The combat system is cool, many people say they don't like the Spiral Abyss, I like it. I pretty much always get 36* on every abyss reset, not because 50 primogens are a great reward (they are trash) but because I like the challenge that only floor 12 (and sometimes floor 11) bring to the game. I always wanted more content like Spiral Abyss or new floors but Mihoyo never brought it. It is a shame, so I can only play Spiral Abyss every 2 weeks.

    The exploration of this game is one of my favorite parts. I like to solve puzzles and explore the world and the maps of this game is really beautiful. It is a shame that the content ends so fast.

    The graphics of this game are ok, the models of the characters are kinda bad, they lack models of musculus type of characters. Actually, they pretty much only have 3 models of characters, child characters, teen characters and adult characters. All are slim.    … Expand
  9. BlackDarkFOX
    Aug 1, 2022
    5
    If you cannot control your expenses, do not download this game in any case! An extremely aggressive monetization system has been noticed!
    BUT
    If you can control your expenses and firmly believe that you will not bring miHoYo a single cent, you can try. Because this game is so relaxing.
  10. Vaeu
    Jul 21, 2022
    6
    What I like:

    - Aesthetic - Waifus - Gameplay to an extent (desire for more skill expression) - Exploration is masterful - Generally fun - Character interactions What I don't like: - About 7 layers of RNG for artefacts - Don't really give a **** about the story (I only find out about the story through occasional lore videos and theories from TikTok) - Feels too grindy at    What I like:

    - Aesthetic
    - Waifus
    - Gameplay to an extent (desire for more skill expression)
    - Exploration is masterful
    - Generally fun
    - Character interactions

    What I don't like:

    - About 7 layers of RNG for artefacts
    - Don't really give a **** about the story (I only find out about the story through occasional lore videos and theories from TikTok)
    - Feels too grindy at endgame
    - Could do with more resin

    An important thing to understand with this sort of game is that you shouldn't treat it as a job. Don't be consumed by the game as it can get addictive. Even for someone like me who loves to get maximum value out of things, it can be hard to realise that you just gotta take that L and let go. Stop playing for a few weeks, a patch or more. Wait until something like an event, character or new region comes to reignite your passion for the game.    … Expand
  11. MONGOKSEONG
    Feb 13, 2021
    6
    Beautiful World that engaging at first, but things get repetitive later on.

    What i don't like about this game is : Latency. Why they're putting "latency" on a single-player game like this? Look, if we're playing or talking about co-op mode, then it's pretty much reasonable that we should bear with the latency. But nope, even on single-player mode we even get this "latency" thingy, and    Beautiful World that engaging at first, but things get repetitive later on.

    What i don't like about this game is : Latency. Why they're putting "latency" on a single-player game like this? Look, if we're playing or talking about co-op mode, then it's pretty much reasonable that we should bear with the latency. But nope, even on single-player mode we even get this "latency" thingy, and this is annoying because ALL of your action are server-sided, means if you have high latency, means our movement is slower and sluggish. I've experience 100ms, 200ms, and 300ms+ gameplay, thanks to my ISP. You'll have no problem when you has less than 100ms latency obviously. It's getting somewhat annoying to play this game at 200-300ms+. Try it yourself, but if you don't feel any difference, then you're somewhat ignorant.

    Resin system is no good too, because the regeneration rate is way too slow (20 Hours/160 Resin). Not to mention we spend it all in less than 30mins daily. I know this is to prevent the players from progressing too fast (please don't call it resin-management 101), but hey that's bad idea because:
    1. Resin are NOT used for collecting materials alone (20/Run)
    2. Leyline EXP Card & Mora need resin (20/Run)
    3. Weekly Bosses also need resin (60/Run)
    4. How about artifact? (20/Run)

    Speaking of artifact, they should make weekly bosses to 100% drop random *5 artifact when you've reach at least AR45, otherwise i find it pretty useless for the players to raise their AR. Not to mention the prototype drop rate is pretty random too for a weekly event. For daily domain, it's pretty cool to get 100% drop of random *5 said artifact when you're at least AR45. If you can apply it for the daily domain, i don't think it's that hard to apply this for the weekly bosses, too.

    Another one is levelling your favorite character which consume A LOT of EXP Card and Mora. Let's say i want to raise my Fischl from Lv. 80 -> Lv. 90, which cost me around 700.000 Mora. Assuming i got 60.000 Mora / 20 Resin, this will need around 240 Resin.

    How about EXP Card (Hero's Wit) i need for leveeling my Fischl from Lv. 80 -> Lv. 90? I need at least roughly 170 Hero's Wit. Assuming i get 5 Hero's Wit / 20 Resin, this will need around 680 Resin, which is approximately 4 days for 1 character. Fun fact, the dmg increase is not even reach 5%.

    What irritates me the most is the Constellation System. Hey, i know the devs need to make money too, but what's the point of the game when we can't even play the characters to it's full potential? *5 Character has low drop rate, too. Instead of limiting characters full potential, why the devs won't CAP the damage of said characters? It'll be a win-win situation for both the players and devs. The F2P can enjoy the game to it's fullest (Even though has lower damage with F2P equipment as the consequences), while the whales can literally draw even more powerful premium equipment.

    Anyway, i've stopped playing this game this February because i feel it's like a boring chores.
    P.S : I don't have any problem/salt with the gacha itself because i play what i want for fun. Just dropping some honest opinion about this game, hoping it'll better in near future. Thanks for reading :)    … Expand
  12. Aeccipit3r
    Sep 29, 2021
    5
    I love the game I love all who work on it and I acknowledge their effort but the company is slapping us on the face with the anniversary
  13. Meidori
    Sep 29, 2021
    7
    Отбалансите героев (Цици уже год бесполезна и ничего с этим не делается, Райден играет только с дополнительными констами и сигнатурным копьём, что просто нереально достать free to play игроку, Сара на фоне Беннета смотрится ненужной, Кокоми, которую я кстати зачем то выбил, просто худший персонаж в игре, проигрывающий как на роли саппорта, так и на роли главного керри/семи керриОтбалансите героев (Цици уже год бесполезна и ничего с этим не делается, Райден играет только с дополнительными констами и сигнатурным копьём, что просто нереально достать free to play игроку, Сара на фоне Беннета смотрится ненужной, Кокоми, которую я кстати зачем то выбил, просто худший персонаж в игре, проигрывающий как на роли саппорта, так и на роли главного керри/семи керри персонажам, которые были уже в игре, и нет я не прошу повер крипа старых персонажей, я хочу чтобы кокоми игралась на равных с другими героями, но имела свои особенные механики, которые щас делают героя неиграбельным, а также есть дизбаланс стихий и их реакций в игре, например: перегрузка неиграбельна); Прорабатывайте основной сюжет более детально (в Инадзуме плохо раскрыты персонажы, кроме нас самих. Даже те, кто имеют задание легенд, оставляют кучу вопросов и недосказанностей. Концовку можно было сделать гораздо интереснее). Ну и конечно хотелось бы больше наград для free to play игроков, а то накопить 90 круток(70-80 софт гарант) и выиграть 50 на 50 для героя которого хочешь очень трудно. Но конечно игра имеет огромное количество плюсов, такие как музыка и визуал игры, благодаря которым уже целый год (я играю еще с патча 1.0, но переодически покидая игру на небольшие сроки) я слежу за обновлениями игры и самой компании, получая удовольствие, но к сожалению находя огромное кол-во минусов в игре, на которые почему то не обращают внимания разработчики. Надеюсь, что в будущем разработчики будут больше контактировать с комьюнити, учитывая их предпочтения и недовольства, а также проявлять к нему внимание!… Expand
  14. jamezgower
    Sep 11, 2022
    7
    With 400+ days logged into Genshin Impact, I can confindently say that the game is good but the potential in this game is being wasted due to manipulative practices.

    Genshin's open world is stunning. The latest 3.0 update has released Sumeru, which is a nation filled with lush rainforest and beautiful flowers and plantlife. The landscapes of the previous region, Inazuma, which is    With 400+ days logged into Genshin Impact, I can confindently say that the game is good but the potential in this game is being wasted due to manipulative practices.

    Genshin's open world is stunning. The latest 3.0 update has released Sumeru, which is a nation filled with lush rainforest and beautiful flowers and plantlife. The landscapes of the previous region, Inazuma, which is inspired by Japan and it is breathtaking.    … Expand
  15. eblan1
    Feb 26, 2023
    7
    На самом деле игра не так плоха, конечно это фтп дрочильня но плохо ли она работает как дрочильня, в плане, есть ли там гора интересного контента для нового игрока? И ответ - да, в игре куча активностей, приятный геймплей, и красивая графика, но за всем этим скрывается гачи система из-за которой без доната скорее всего вы не сможете получить свою вайфу, ведь если не донатить придетсяНа самом деле игра не так плоха, конечно это фтп дрочильня но плохо ли она работает как дрочильня, в плане, есть ли там гора интересного контента для нового игрока? И ответ - да, в игре куча активностей, приятный геймплей, и красивая графика, но за всем этим скрывается гачи система из-за которой без доната скорее всего вы не сможете получить свою вайфу, ведь если не донатить придется буквально играть ТОЛЬКО в Genshin Impact не выходя из нее, так у вас наверное получится собрать большое кол-во примогемов и вы сможете выбить Яэ Мику или кого - то другого. Я считаю что это игра для аудитории не играющих в игры людей или детей которые не во что никогда не играли, тут нет действительно супер крутых и интересных квестов, игра максимально простая, наверное потому что это мобилка а не крупная ААА игра и я не считаю разумным требовать от мобилки уровня проработки ААА игр, игра уже где то на уровне игр юбисофт а большего по сути и не надо… Expand
  16. Hyperfailure
    Mar 4, 2023
    5
    Boring story, whose cutscenes are not always skippable. Overbearing PG-rating and tedious grinding galore. The primary gameplay loop of combat is well designed, especially with element interactions. The gacha is harsh and not very friendly to f2p players like myself, especially when it comes to levelling up your characters and weapons. And yet, I'm still GODDAMN ADDICTED.

    pls throw a    Boring story, whose cutscenes are not always skippable. Overbearing PG-rating and tedious grinding galore. The primary gameplay loop of combat is well designed, especially with element interactions. The gacha is harsh and not very friendly to f2p players like myself, especially when it comes to levelling up your characters and weapons. And yet, I'm still GODDAMN ADDICTED.

    pls throw a primo for the impoverished.    … Expand
  17. saladsandwich
    Jan 22, 2023
    6
    Game looks very nice i feel like there is always something to explore something new to do, unique pve mechanics i dont see in any other game like this every character has some sort of story small or big, but there are some discrepancies the gacha system is very predatory, sometimes i felt lost and didnt know what to do when i returned i didnt know how powerfull my charaters should haveGame looks very nice i feel like there is always something to explore something new to do, unique pve mechanics i dont see in any other game like this every character has some sort of story small or big, but there are some discrepancies the gacha system is very predatory, sometimes i felt lost and didnt know what to do when i returned i didnt know how powerfull my charaters should have been at my level. overall pretty good game + its free. solid 6/10… Expand
  18. realWhiteMan
    Mar 5, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  19. ArmaniBax
    Feb 7, 2023
    5
    Игра хоть и гриндилка донатная, но приятно сделанная, можно даже сказать ламповая, вначале дают куча всего и кажется что донат не нужен пока ты не доходишь до японского острова у которого и сюжетка скучная и без доната там тяжело. Эта игра на уровне последних игр от юбисофт, зато бесплатнаяИгра хоть и гриндилка донатная, но приятно сделанная, можно даже сказать ламповая, вначале дают куча всего и кажется что донат не нужен пока ты не доходишь до японского острова у которого и сюжетка скучная и без доната там тяжело. Эта игра на уровне последних игр от юбисофт, зато бесплатная
  20. aleptj23
    Feb 7, 2023
    7
    es buen juego pero honestamenste hay ciertas cosas que tienen que cambiar si o si

    1 el tripledesgraciado sistema de artefactos me la e pasado semanas farmeando un solo set y pocas veces sale algo bueno y cuando lo hay o sale con malos sub-stats o es de un set que no tiene nada que ver 2 sistema de gachapon en parte no hay mucho que decir esta algo equilibrado pero el hecho de que    es buen juego pero honestamenste hay ciertas cosas que tienen que cambiar si o si

    1 el tripledesgraciado sistema de artefactos
    me la e pasado semanas farmeando un solo set y pocas veces sale algo bueno y cuando lo hay o sale con malos sub-stats o es de un set que no tiene nada que ver

    2 sistema de gachapon
    en parte no hay mucho que decir esta algo equilibrado pero el hecho de que para conseguir deseos haya que farmear semanas y que aveces ni toque el personaje deseado o un personaje que no se usa en el equipo es realmente frustrante

    3 sistema de recompensas
    es una basura sin dada mas que decir

    4 balanceo de equipos
    en pocas palabras o usas un equipo para cierto nivel o x cosas para que el personaje haga un dalo deseado o te jodes no puedes llevar nunca un personaje que te guste porque aveces no ayuda en nada

    el sistema de seguridad

    esa es otra basura nomas un capcha de mierda que ni proteje te roban la cuenta google y lo unico que te salvaguarda es un simple codigo que facilmente los rusos te lo roban (no me a pasado pero conozco a gente que a perdido cuentas desde la beta )

    5 recompensas de evento
    esa es otra bazofia pocas veces dan buenas recompensas

    6 artefactos
    aqui si digo lo que pienso realmente minimo me banean la cuenta asi que ya saben    … Expand
  21. Triblue
    May 21, 2023
    7
    Breath of the wild en moins bien mais breath of the wild en moins bien c'est quand même cool.
  22. Guthraiel
    May 26, 2023
    6
    Over the past almost 3 years I've spent about 15 bucks on this game. The characters are fun, though a little fanservice-y, especially the femme ones. The character design is probably my main issue with this game. The characters based on people of colour are pale as hell, most of the recent characters have no personality, the only child characters are girls and the fandom consistentlyOver the past almost 3 years I've spent about 15 bucks on this game. The characters are fun, though a little fanservice-y, especially the femme ones. The character design is probably my main issue with this game. The characters based on people of colour are pale as hell, most of the recent characters have no personality, the only child characters are girls and the fandom consistently sexualises them. The developers feed into this quite a lot too.… Expand
  23. cronoslegacy
    Jan 9, 2021
    5
    A generic gacha clone of Breath of the Wild. You might be thinking "HEY! isn't being inspired by a Zelda game a good thing?" Well, yes and no. in the right circumstance of creating something new and great yes but this isn't it. It's a copy of a popular game to sell gacha, nothing more. Environments and mechanics were lifted straight out of BotW to sell this generic, low-key slotA generic gacha clone of Breath of the Wild. You might be thinking "HEY! isn't being inspired by a Zelda game a good thing?" Well, yes and no. in the right circumstance of creating something new and great yes but this isn't it. It's a copy of a popular game to sell gacha, nothing more. Environments and mechanics were lifted straight out of BotW to sell this generic, low-key slot machine featuring poorly animated females.

    good:
    * Looks nice but that's a given since it's a clone of a good looking game
    * Element reactions are fun
    * Exploring has it's moments

    Bad:

    * lack of main story content

    * often, poor subtitles don't match what the characters are saying

    * cringe dialogue that is neither engaging or smart, really just grown people acting and sounding like children

    * MC is thousands of years old, was a powerhouse (loses his powers ala Samus) and yet acts and looks like a teenager without the street savviness you'd expect from someone that is thousands of years old

    * Everything is a grind-fest. Weapon? Grind materials, mora (in-game gold) and experience items. characters? skills? level up? food items? weapon refining? EVERYTHING is a soul-sucking grind-fest
    of multiple materials locked behind chambers only open certain IRL days of the week and costs insane amounts of mora so you'll constantly be grinding with minor returns. or you could grease the gears a little bit (or a lot) with some cold hard cash *nudge*nudge*.

    * co-op is a mess, want to play with just one friend? TOO BAD! we are sticking you with random people whether or not you like it! We'll also randomly drop people in mid-match for cannon fodder.

    * Low summon (aka gambling) rates. Ironically, the rates are so bad to get some animated boobs most weebs would probably have better luck IRL.

    * can someone explain why I need flowers to ascend a character to a new level? Do they eat the damn flowers?! None of this crap makes any sense. They didn't even try. You don't have 1000 masks of the many slain Hilichurls (which they have lowered rates on after all pre-mature ejaculation from weebs)? Too bad, now you can't be stronger.

    * The main point of the game (unfortunately) and the worst: boobs look like jello unmitigated by gravity so just standing still they are flying all over the place S E P A R A T E L Y. Again, cringe community proud of their pathetic cringe so don't bother trying to discuss this with anyone who identifies as Otaku or weeb. Imagine if they incorporated these unrealistic physics on a guys crotch. You'll have their two balls flying around just standing still. Hilarious...until the weeb community gets involved and does their cringe crap.

    * Otaku community. If you aren't one of them, you'll have a bad time interacting with the community. Every other sentence is blatant predatory and cringe. You'll never meet a group of more pathetic people proud of being sexual predators. What's worse, majority of characters are at least modeled after to be/act/look like teenagers or children to up the creep meter.

    * game gets a free pass to be **** because it's f2p and the target demographic (pathetic teens with no money and pathetic man-babies with no friends) eat this anime loli **** up.

    * main story quests are locked behind Adventure Rank (levels). there are only two main story arcs. the second one is an annoying long fetch quest. go here get this, bring this there, ad nauseam. The rest is just terrible filler junk that will have you roaming around looking for materials and treasure chests until you've lost your grip on reality and fun.

    * every sidequests is some pathetic sob story: "my daddy's gone I miss him...can you deliver this one flower to him thousands of miles away for 200 mora?"

    * Paimon

    * Limited interaction with the random people you find in the world. Just some basic dialogue usually.

    * Other thoughts: I wish there was more enemies vs enemies situations. It pretty much seems the entire world is out to get you. There are times you will fight treasure hoarders, Fatui and whopper flower all at once. Somehow, there is a secret pact that if they see you in the world they will team up to **** your **** up. Also, NPC friendlies don't react to their environment and are unaffected by enemies around them.

    all in all: it's everything you'd expect from a gacha, crappy rates, poor storytelling, all in a attempt to sell you some animated boobs. This game is the definition of the ongoing battle between the West vs East of gaming. This type of gaming is popular in Asian countries where "fun" is often times synonymous with "grind-fest" and misinterpreted as "rewarding". There's enough articles out there that go into depth about the split of the gaming community but you'll quickly see the fans of this title will be, by and large, Asian. Youtubers don't count as they are just following the money and are often paid advertisements promoting the **** out of this terrible game.    … Expand
  24. gipskyy
    Nov 24, 2020
    5
    This game surely has potential, but i think the devolepers are not maximizing those potentials.
    I played this game for over 50 hours. I'm on AR 40 right now and it feels boooringgg
    Actually, the open world system is good because the world is not really empty, you can explore the world for hours and won't get bored ON LOW RANK. After you're a higher rank, there's nothing you can do    This game surely has potential, but i think the devolepers are not maximizing those potentials.
    I played this game for over 50 hours. I'm on AR 40 right now and it feels boooringgg
    Actually, the open world system is good because the world is not really empty, you can explore the world for hours and won't get bored ON LOW RANK. After you're a higher rank, there's nothing you can do especially the worlds feel really empty.
    The story is really good, but why tf the developers are releasing a game with only 20% of the story done? This game has 7 nations but we can only access 2 of them right now, and they are planning to release the others nation in several years, like wtf are you sure the players are still playing and not bored?
    The gacha system is even worse, they said this is an rpg game, but you can only get characters from gacha and the rate are very low for some good characters. If you want to upgrade your characters, you also need to get another same character through the gacha system again.
    Resin system is even worse, you get only little resin daily and can't really do anything daily. I played for only 15 minutes daily because of the limited resin system.
    This game surely has potential and I hope the developers could really update the game and make better system.    … Expand
  25. Cryppy
    May 2, 2021
    5
    Good gameplay but I can't even grind it that much. It gets boring. I grind for the sake of grinding and not to progress the story. Not a game for me.
  26. BitDreyar
    Oct 22, 2020
    6
    its a good game, good history, soundtrack, playity but very very bad end game we dont want to play one hour for day, the recin system is very bad to the end game.
  27. Mans4d
    Oct 28, 2020
    6
    Для бесплатной игры поначалу отлично, сюжет нормальный ( даже относительно смешной ), персонажи, их японская озвучка, квесты, всё отлично. Пока не настигает 30-35 ранг... ОЧЕНЬ малое количество той самой смолы, её КРАЙНЕ МЕДЛЕННОЕ восстановление, а тебе много куда надо сходить, если хочешь нормально одетого персонажа ( а он НЕ ОДИН ), и просто омерзительный шанс выпадения пятизвёздочногоДля бесплатной игры поначалу отлично, сюжет нормальный ( даже относительно смешной ), персонажи, их японская озвучка, квесты, всё отлично. Пока не настигает 30-35 ранг... ОЧЕНЬ малое количество той самой смолы, её КРАЙНЕ МЕДЛЕННОЕ восстановление, а тебе много куда надо сходить, если хочешь нормально одетого персонажа ( а он НЕ ОДИН ), и просто омерзительный шанс выпадения пятизвёздочного оружия или персонажей. 0,6% ребят? Серьёзно? Окей, многие защитники скажут, что ну есть же гарант на 5 звёздочного! Но вот он работает с 90 открытия молитвы, а фармить валюту для покупки молитв весьма геморройно, да, в начале тебе отсыпают ну роллов на 40, но вот на 30-35 помяните эти отсыпки.
    Добавьте малое количество контента, почти что несуществующий кооператив, малое количество квестов ( да, они неплохие, но их МАЛО ), ну и главное система СМОЛЫ.
    Будем надеяться, что ребята реально не ожидали такой хайп, и что в дальнейшем ( например 11 ноября ) нам действительно завезут контент и улучшат систему смолы ( нет, ваши подачки в виде 160 единиц вместо 120 фигня полнейшая, а не улучшение, больше похоже на издёвку ).
    А пока что имеем что имеем.    … Expand
  28. Newen
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    UPDATED 18/11

    At first I would definitely have pushed an 9/10. But now, I am extremely divided between whether MiHoYo wants to create a favorable universe to all kind of players, or is completely obsessed with money. After initiating my critical awareness and thinking three times about it, I realized that something is very wrong. Never forget this is a Gacha and sadly one with    UPDATED 18/11

    At first I would definitely have pushed an 9/10.

    But now, I am extremely divided between whether MiHoYo wants to create a favorable universe to all kind of players, or is completely obsessed with money.

    After initiating my critical awareness and thinking three times about it, I realized that something is very wrong.

    Never forget this is a Gacha and sadly one with the worst possible rates and very expensive, those who enjoy the world at its full potential are the same ready to spend thousands of dollars, or the luckiest free to play players, and yet they tried to target a larger audience? Lel.

    Who thinks as a free to play player, that farming a whole month for nothing when it comes to pull Gacha for new content was a good idea? Do they hate us that much for not paying enough?

    Before going to the positive stuff we have to speak about the negative content.

    - Terrible rates.
    - Pity system not so pity.
    - Cannot target lock.
    - Cannot skip cutscenes... (lucrative reasons).
    - Cannot reroll secondary stats with the artifacts (for example we could use resin to reroll secondary stats).
    - Artifact sets do not have the same drop rate within dungeons.
    - Artifact sets drop rate terribly unbalanced (one set may loot too much often than another), as it’s not hard enough having the right main and secondary stats.
    - No global playing time indication.
    - User ID always shown at the bottom right corner.

    And now for the good part!

    An amazing work has been done to the universe, it is a pleasure to explore what the world has to offer.

    The characters are very charismatic, weeb oriented design and yet really well developed in their story and personality!

    The voice cast is really good and for the first time of my life I have a preference for Chinese dub in a video-game!

    The freedom of movement (walk, run, swim, and climb) with the fluidity of the animation powered by Unity Engine makes it a true pleasure for exploration and the rp aspect, and did I mention you can soar in the air with your glider?

    The variety of artifacts and weapons gives you the opportunity to make diverse loadouts to maximize firepower of your party.

    You can coop with your friends for much more pleasure!

    In conclusion, the game could be compared to a jewel stuck in a haystack, the hay is the Gacha, remove it or improve it, and there you have your 9/10 game! But for now (although it's a pain in the ass to say that) there is no way it can score more than a 7/10.    … Expand
  29. AlecFair
    Oct 8, 2020
    7
    This game has its highs and lows when it comes to mobile/pc/console title. mIHoYo from what it looked like tried to break the mold of gacha games with a fantasy adventure game filled with exploration, puzzles, and bosses with light mmorpg elements. At face value this game is fantastic with decent gameplay and cast of characters with good visuals and sound/music. But let me go through theThis game has its highs and lows when it comes to mobile/pc/console title. mIHoYo from what it looked like tried to break the mold of gacha games with a fantasy adventure game filled with exploration, puzzles, and bosses with light mmorpg elements. At face value this game is fantastic with decent gameplay and cast of characters with good visuals and sound/music. But let me go through the good and the bad with this review:

    -The Good-

    -The Zelda BotW looking style is really good and captures the inspiration of the game. Even running in the lowest graphics setting on pc the game still looks good.

    -There are two regions of the game one being the fantasy land themed region of Mondstadt which is the starting region and is the smaller of the two available regions and then the other being the Oriental fantasy themed area of Liyue which is the larger region. While the smaller region is pretty simplistic with enemy camps and some small villages here and there the larger region is filled with villages, ruins, mining encampments and other areas of discovery. Both maps even have their special statues that are called statue of the 7 which both regions have their own version themed around their own element that region worships as well as their own Oculus tokens to collect to max out the shrine of the region which gives adventure experience, currency, and even increase your stamina cap so you can run, climb, swim, etc more as you journey.

    -The story is pretty ok for your typical anime adventurer from another world please help us do things as you look for your lost sibling scenario, I think what shines is the cast of characters you can meet along in your journey which you can also unlock as playable but the only issue is its through the gacha.

    -The combat with characters you have is simple but highly customizable in a way. Each character you collect or get lucky to get are based around one of the 7 respective elements. While using different weapons, their combat styles along with accessories and element team composition play a role in how you will play. Elements even have a combined effect next to strengths and weaknesses to one another where you can really dish out damage, gain more defense against, or even break shields of an element yours is strong against.

    -Standard gameplay is pretty much like BotW, people new to it will be ticked because of the stamina system but those who have played it won't be bothered because this game goes by the same principles. like jumping at the last bit of stamina to get that leap of faith jump to climb to top or finding different slope angles to rest on. There is even cooking in this game which plays a big role in your adventure where collecting everything nailed down really helps in your cooking, crafting, forging, etc.

    -The Bad-
    While the game is good with the positives the negatives is what really drops this games score down:

    -This is the big sting to this game. One this is a gacha game first and foremost since made by a Chinese developer nuff said. The character rates in this game is really bad with 5* characters having a 0.6%, 4* Characters and weapons being 5.1% and the rest filled by useless 3* weapons. This alone is the largest stink of the game since you would like to play the characters more than get useless gear that will just end up being used to level up your better 4* weapons that you craft or get unluckily out of the gacha. There is a pity system where every 10 pulls give you a 4* anything but it takes roughly 100 pulls to get a 5* while that does not sound bad the next worse thing on this is next.

    -Lacking ways to get primogems which is the currency needed to do your gacha pulls. The rates used to be 5-10 per chest opened in beta but on release they nerfed it through the ground where common chest you get nothing and every other chest just tiers up from 2,5, and 10 based on chest rarity. All this to funnel you to spend nearly $200 usd to get that 5* pity pull since the price for the premium currency which converts to primogems on a 1 to 1 basi. A streamer even spent $2k irl money to get the chracter he wanted and then you have to turn around and pull them 6 more times to level their constellation 4* not much an issue if you get banner for them come up but terrible if you want to level the 5*.

    The limiting system is also bad since it gates the 28+ game really hard. You only get 120 resin with barely any consumables to replenish it besides the ones you get for level up you can only use once. And doing dungeons to get stuff cost 20 resin to run while mini world bosses cost 40 and big bosses cost 60 and you only fight them once per week. It also costs $10 to use the 6 recoveries you are allowed to with primogems.

    -Chests in game all drop garbage items besides a few select. You do get better rarities at higher world levels but it still ends up as all garbage for endgame and only reason to open them is increase AR.    … Expand
  30. BaronScarpia
    Oct 23, 2020
    7
    They could have an ARPG GotY candidate - if only they could give a damn (and I sorta get it).

    It feels really weird. They avoided a lot of pitfalls that even BotW took a nosedive into (You're Zelda. You don't need to copy things from Shadow of Colossus our Souls-like franchises) and got a really good game that will probably have a decent amount of story by the end of the year. They    They could have an ARPG GotY candidate - if only they could give a damn (and I sorta get it).

    It feels really weird. They avoided a lot of pitfalls that even BotW took a nosedive into (You're Zelda. You don't need to copy things from Shadow of Colossus our Souls-like franchises) and got a really good game that will probably have a decent amount of story by the end of the year.

    They also have a intrincate elemental system that has it's flaws (electro end game scaling) but hey, it's complex and deep in a genre that people (Blizzard) seem to cater for gold fishes with low attention spam. And they have that in a game that flows like a modern Assassin's Creed.

    And yet, they bottled it with the resin system. This is the screwed up world were ARPGs are into: it's better to make a great game and kill it with a stupid system and profit with gacha AND pay to progress instead of making an AAA ARPG with reasonable monetization (cosmetics).

    The worst part is, while I would rather have silence than a tone-deaf response - I get it.

    I don't like the feeling that this whole thing tells more about the stock market disguised as gaming industry than about Mihoyo and Genshin. I don't like the feeling that, in the screwed up world we are into, Mihoyo could be "right".

    Into the paywalls:

    - The gacha system is a gacha, but it also is the least of your problems. It's a PvE game and the 4 star trash can clear it. It's garbage can, not garbage can't - and some non-5-star suports are even S tier, mind you. Same applies for some non-dps weapons and the farmable DPS wepons are A tier, not D tier.

    - There is a resin (energy) system that could makes it pay to progress - if it didn't have a cap after you pay a little bit. This is the firs wall you'll encounter, but not the last nor the tallest.

    - Unique items to max talents have a low drop rates on bosses you can fight once a week. This is "it".

    So yeah. They made a good game you can't enjoy at your pace past a certain point not even if you whale. That's bad design. That would be easy to fix (remove the energy system, reduce boss respwan timers form one week to one minute). If only they could give a damn...    … Expand
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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
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  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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