Genshin Impact

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User Score
4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3024 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,057 out of 3024
  2. Mixed: 229 out of 3024
  3. Negative: 1,738 out of 3024

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  1. ronisoni14
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    The base game seems pretty well made and the open world is very good. However, it's still a predatory gacha game that prays on your money and will often end up forcing you to spend way more than you'd spend on any AAA game just to progress, and the abundance of child characters in questionable clothing really drove me away as well.
  2. NairMcgee
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Screw Genshin! SONIC SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. justtGen
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    pay to win if u have no money then play for 2 years and u need too much primogem if u haven't then u can not buy any character if u say i can free to play then good luck
  4. Ilovedollsomuch
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
    Genshin impact is awful. Sure there' flashy characters and lore but the core gameplay is really shallow and boring.
  5. nopeople
    Jan 1, 2023
    1
    In fact, the game is controversial within China. Far more people hate it than love it.

    Free to play game mechanics may be rare abroad, but in China they have been dominant for more than a decade. You'll find that it doesn't cost anything to get into the game. But in the course of play, the game's planners will do everything they can to get the player to spend money. The simplest    In fact, the game is controversial within China. Far more people hate it than love it.

    Free to play game mechanics may be rare abroad, but in China they have been dominant for more than a decade.

    You'll find that it doesn't cost anything to get into the game. But in the course of play, the game's planners will do everything they can to get the player to spend money.

    The simplest form is the monthly pass and the big monthly pass.

    The card format is also standard.

    You'll find that the plan is to weaken the characters that were there before, just so that the game can make more money.

    As more new characters are introduced, the original character only gets weaker.

    In the same way, the story of this kind of game in the young can not be avoided. In fact, the story was never closed from the start, and the story had to serve to make the game more profitable.

    There is no doubt that the makers of this game are making this game for money in the first place. This may be the reason why the game has been so criticized in China, and its popularity has blocked out more good games in China in the future.    … Expand
  6. WillShakespeare
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    Verily, I dost implore thou, oh weeb, to both cope, and seethe, for thine game of gacha hath a 4.1 on metacritic.com
  7. Antoshka1111
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    You cant play this game without spending tons of money you cant collect all characters or weapons its just a casino and you will pay,
  8. I_C_Saltzberg
    Mar 14, 2023
    2
    A game is always made in a way so that the player wants to "beat" it. A Mario game makes us want to run and jump to beat a platform structure, and the latest Zelda made us want to explore and power up in order to beat an open world. But the game world in Genshin Impact doesn't have an intentional structure at all. It has flimsy bits copied and pasted from Breath of the Wild, supergluedA game is always made in a way so that the player wants to "beat" it. A Mario game makes us want to run and jump to beat a platform structure, and the latest Zelda made us want to explore and power up in order to beat an open world. But the game world in Genshin Impact doesn't have an intentional structure at all. It has flimsy bits copied and pasted from Breath of the Wild, superglued together seamlessly enough to give the impression of a real game. Instead, the meat of Genshin Impact is in the menu, which is a merciless jungle where the currencies are called Mora, Fates and Primogems, but are all proxies for the same rabbit hole: real-world transactions. Now, some folks enjoy seeing their money siphoned out of their accounts since there's a perverse thrill in knowing you might not get anything back, making the times you do all the more exciting. But for those of us who want to play an actual game should look elsewhere, because if you take a look under the hood of this thing, there is nothing to beat, only things to buy.… Expand
  9. PanchaMiguela
    Mar 3, 2023
    0
    There was literally one moment in the game where I was vaguely interested, when the green dragon appeared. Otherwise this was a steaming turd of a game.
  10. Clappageddon
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    If you want to gamble and you don’t have the money to, well, then you feel like you have to log on, every day, and do all the tasks and beat all the events. And while the better characters aren’t necessary to play the game, they are very, very nice. Some of them offer great utility to my roster, sure — but I’ve grown attached to others just through the sheer amount of time I’ve spent withIf you want to gamble and you don’t have the money to, well, then you feel like you have to log on, every day, and do all the tasks and beat all the events. And while the better characters aren’t necessary to play the game, they are very, very nice. Some of them offer great utility to my roster, sure — but I’ve grown attached to others just through the sheer amount of time I’ve spent with them.
    It’s an open-world game, but it’s also a gacha game. The daily and weekly requirements, the currencies, and the luck of the draw all influence how and when I play. I can’t cram all my bosses or domains into one day of playing because of arbitrary caps the developers put in place. I can’t go pick all the flowers I want because some will only respawn every two days; like the inner machinations of its ever-looming systems, that serenity I found on the mountaintop is also dictated by the grind.
    And so, while there are a lot of ways to play, the game isn’t truly open — I can’t always do what I want, when I want. I love the world, but I always feel like there’s a tension between loving the world and exploring it, but always feeling like there’s an invisible hand, which is not completely free of insidious intentions, guiding my habits.
    #FixDehya    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. JCXdsonic
    May 9, 2023
    0
    Es horrible, es repetitivo, tiene un sistema terrible y micropagos innecesarios. Solo lo he visto con un amigo en su casa y fue terrible. Ya me he cansado de este juego y espero que hagan cosas más interesantes y no está basura. Si quieren algo bueno jueguen a Persona 5 Royal.
  13. MadeViolet
    May 11, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este juego es infumable, está todo muy bonito y todo, pero desde la tercer nación se empiezan a ver los muchísimos problemas que tiene como son:
    1.- npc iguales, sosos y sin personalidad
    2.- diseños sobrecargados de los personajes 3.- mal balance entre elementos, haciendo unos más fuertes que otros
    4.- historia llena de huecos argumentales 5.- pocas recompensas y eventos de relleno pésimos 6.- mucho texto, tipo DEMASIADO, una misión principal dura 2 horas donde 1 hora y media son de texto aburrido y lento, no es broma, cronometree eso
    7.- exploración lenta y aburrida 8.- misiones de personajes aún peores, sin mucho sentido y cada vez más aburridas.
    9.- el poco cariño que le tiene la empresa a sus consumidores
    10.- que no sean capaces de meter más modelos de personajes en vez de los mismos de hace 3 años.

    No le pongo un 1 solo porque tiene una excelente banda sonora    … Expand
  14. abinone
    May 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Genshin Impact is the most rubbish game I have ever played. It is an empty and boring open world, with no innovative game playing methods, disgusting card drawing gold content, and a group of barking filial sons who like to deliberately provoke everywhere. I just want to ask why there is no negative score to play?… Expand
  15. Pain9
    May 29, 2023
    0
    **** Impact will improve the quality of the game again next!Guess what？Kingdom Tears is about to be released for a month
  16. Eagledude09
    May 30, 2023
    0
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  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. TitaniumDragon
    Jan 2, 2021
    5
    While the core of the game is fun, the game is unfinished. Moreover, because of the awful gacha system combined with the inability to level your characters fully, playing the game just feels like a mistake – you’ll have fun for a while, long enough to get you hooked, and then you’ll run out of stuff to do and be stuck with a lot of repetitive, grindy gameplay.

    The actual cost of the    While the core of the game is fun, the game is unfinished. Moreover, because of the awful gacha system combined with the inability to level your characters fully, playing the game just feels like a mistake – you’ll have fun for a while, long enough to get you hooked, and then you’ll run out of stuff to do and be stuck with a lot of repetitive, grindy gameplay.

    The actual cost of the game varies from “free” to “outright extortative”, and anyone with impulse control problems should never, ever, ever play this game, as it will try to fleece you for all that you’re worth.

    The game’s core mechanics drive you towards grinding, but the result is that the amount of “fun” gameplay you get will ever dwindle over time.

    All in all, as much fun as I had with this game starting out, I can’t recommend it. It’s a game that tries to eat your life, and it is unfinished to boot.

    Maybe when the plot is finished, you could just pick it up and play it as a free open-world game. But you’d have to be able to ignore the myriad ways in which the game is trying to get you to open your wallet and devour your time.

    All in all, this is a game to be avoided, not because of its low quality, but because of its incomplete nature and attempt at eating your life and wallet.    … Expand
  21. 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.
  22. SquallL
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Annoying stutters even five months after release. Annoying stutters even five months after release.
  23. senritsu3d
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Жлобы. Жлобы. Годовщина, годовщина, годовщина.
  24. somah
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    Si fuera un juego gratis para PC con cosméticos y moneda en juego para comprar algunas cosas le daría una mejor calificación, pero no es así, es un gacha con unos drops muy bajos no solo en las invocaciones si no en todo el contenido, incluso si pagas esos drops siguen ahí, comparado con otros gacha que he jugado es uno con los drops más exagerados que he visto y no solo eso, tiene muySi fuera un juego gratis para PC con cosméticos y moneda en juego para comprar algunas cosas le daría una mejor calificación, pero no es así, es un gacha con unos drops muy bajos no solo en las invocaciones si no en todo el contenido, incluso si pagas esos drops siguen ahí, comparado con otros gacha que he jugado es uno con los drops más exagerados que he visto y no solo eso, tiene muy poco contenido si un mapa abierto donde no hay mucho que hacer y menos después de que lo exploras por primera vez, le doy un 5 por su jugabilidad el cual es sencillo pero no es malo tampoco y si divertido de jugar, esta reseña la hago después de llegar a Rango 45 de aventura y cada día pensarme más si seguir en el juego, ya que incluso pagando (que lo he hecho), no da una buena experiencia al jugador. Su historia en ciertos puntos me parece buena pero por lo general es muy regular y en cuanto al cooperativo es muy limitado, en si el juego ya es limitado por su falta de contenido.… Expand
  25. mece
    Aug 30, 2021
    5
    The game has huge potential in cooperative and character leveling but there are too many artificial limits making this game grindy and painful. I'm disappointed.
  26. ILoveBF1
    Mar 27, 2021
    8
    I have only started but my experience has been awesome so far. It feels adventurous and the combat system (although the combos maybe lacking) is great. The domains are all endearing. The story is a little bit weak but not that bad. 8/10 so far
  27. oniscoid
    Aug 16, 2023
    10
    wonderful animations, lovely soundtrack, huge world with each region based on a different civilisation, gorgeous scenery, wild fantasy plot, hundreds of quests, cute characters, great dialogue, humour, drama, good combat mechanics, single or multiplayer, in-game chat network, continual development, no major glitches, 100+ hours of free play, PEGI-12 but contains interesting socio-politicalwonderful animations, lovely soundtrack, huge world with each region based on a different civilisation, gorgeous scenery, wild fantasy plot, hundreds of quests, cute characters, great dialogue, humour, drama, good combat mechanics, single or multiplayer, in-game chat network, continual development, no major glitches, 100+ hours of free play, PEGI-12 but contains interesting socio-political stuff for those interested in such things, and if you want to rush through it at high speed then you can pay to do so - and some people here are giving it 0/10?… Expand
  28. 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.
  29. nichi
    Jan 20, 2022
    7
    Joguei durante 1 ano desde o lançamento, no início foi uma grande surpresa, muito bom, mas com o tempo era necessário se ter mais elementos para o end game, e isso não ocorreu, o jogo se tornou basicamente um farm infinito de equipamentos e ir atrás de cristais...nem os eventos são realmente divertidos, no fim é tudo sobre cristal para o gacha que inclusive é muito zoado.
    Além disso jogo    Joguei durante 1 ano desde o lançamento, no início foi uma grande surpresa, muito bom, mas com o tempo era necessário se ter mais elementos para o end game, e isso não ocorreu, o jogo se tornou basicamente um farm infinito de equipamentos e ir atrás de cristais...nem os eventos são realmente divertidos, no fim é tudo sobre cristal para o gacha que inclusive é muito zoado.
    Além disso jogo ainda sofre censuras aí pela china, em fim, infelizmente o jogo decepcionou e muito com o tempo.    … Expand
  30. dark0153
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Piece of **** time gated singleplayer game. Thats REAL TIME gated, meaning you have to wait days for things to respawn (like fish) and of course there are achievements/trophies that requires you to fish thousands of fish (8 fishing spots, each with less than 10 fish, each 3 days - you do the math)

    Dungeons that require you to play on a specific week day Content gated behind pay walls    Piece of **** time gated singleplayer game. Thats REAL TIME gated, meaning you have to wait days for things to respawn (like fish) and of course there are achievements/trophies that requires you to fish thousands of fish (8 fishing spots, each with less than 10 fish, each 3 days - you do the math)

    Dungeons that require you to play on a specific week day

    Content gated behind pay walls and gatcha systems

    Decent graphical art style and music (doesn't deserve any game of the year award on consoles/PC)    … Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2020
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#6 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
84

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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