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. yeuehdh
    Oct 7, 2021
    10
    This game is great in general, yes there are some complaints about the anniversary rewards but other than that id 100% recommend it. Its has free roam, quests u can do and bosses u can fight. This game has kept me busy for months and is truly addicting. :D
  2. PotatoPlayer73
    Oct 5, 2021
    0
    The open world is good, but why does the developers are acting like the entire circus.
  3. enygf
    Oct 4, 2021
    0
    It's just p2w game. You can't play without donations. Another proof that F2P = P2W
  4. LordTouchMe
    Oct 4, 2021
    0
    How unfortunate, I don't care too much about the reward, its the silence. What, no, "We're very sorry for the inconvenience about the game's performance, so so made a road map of future plans for fixes and quality of life changes. We'll be fixing this and that." nothing, nada, none? Literally talking to a brick wall.
  5. Ryphereon
    Oct 3, 2021
    9
    Genshin Impact is one of the best open world games you can play right now. The exploration aspect and sense of discovery in this game is better than any other game I played - including games like The Witcher 3 and Zelda: BOTW. The combat system is also really well-done, especially when you're still figuring out how all of the elemental reactions work and how you can string your party'sGenshin Impact is one of the best open world games you can play right now. The exploration aspect and sense of discovery in this game is better than any other game I played - including games like The Witcher 3 and Zelda: BOTW. The combat system is also really well-done, especially when you're still figuring out how all of the elemental reactions work and how you can string your party's attacks together.
    Other than that the story is pretty good, graphics look nice, and the soundtrack is stellar. The characters are very likable as well, and their "character quests" are some of the best quests in the game.

    One glaring issue that the game does have, though, is that it's a gacha game. First of all, this means any new character is unlocked through lootboxes. If you're a free to play player, you will gradually unlock lootboxes through normal gameplay and be able to unlock more and more characters, but you'll never be able to unlock every single character you want. This, though, isn't really a problem since you'll have more than enough characters to use in your team - you just won't have all of them.

    The real issue with the gacha is that it will limit how much stronger you can make your characters per day (this includes simply levelling them up). In the beginning of your journey this won't be a problem since there's plenty of exploring & questing to do outside of just training your characters. Eventually though, you'll run out of content and training your party is the only thing you'll have left to do, but you can only actually do so for around 10 minutes a day. The game will try to keep you hooked with a constant stream of events that give decent rewards to strengthen your team a bit faster.

    I give this game a 9 for how incredible the main game is with its satisfying exploration and combat system, but be aware that once you have explored most of the world and completed all of the main & side quests, you won't have anything left to do but grind and the game will turn into a daily slog. I recommend you to play every big content update as they come out, and just ignore all of the grinding and min-maxing you can do - since it's a tedious daily grind.    … Expand
  6. vaper228
    Oct 3, 2021
    0
    Игра скатилась в бесконечный донат, новые персонажи нужно выбивать сразу 3 консты и с сигнатуркой, без них они-муссор, отвратительные подарки на годовщину игры, отсутствие нового разнообразного контента.
  7. Tahsan
    Oct 3, 2021
    10
    It is a f2p game with great potential. Though some things need to be fixed, the game still compensates for it until Ar55 . After that it feels kimda empty but hey they give regular updates so yeah ..... Overall a great game !
  8. 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.
  9. Thaynnan
    Oct 2, 2021
    0
    Ótimo jogo, mas a empresa que administra é mercenária e desrespeitosa com a fanbase.
  10. sofyand
    Oct 1, 2021
    1
    The game has great potential. Being the most successful game to break the fastest earning records within a short period of time, breaking the 1billion record and all. And has potential to earn even more and revolutionize the open world game genre in multiple platforms.

    The music is amazing, the art and character designs are good. Those are the best parts of the game need commending for.    The game has great potential. Being the most successful game to break the fastest earning records within a short period of time, breaking the 1billion record and all. And has potential to earn even more and revolutionize the open world game genre in multiple platforms.

    The music is amazing, the art and character designs are good. Those are the best parts of the game need commending for. It surpasses its initial perception as a Breath of the Wild clone surely.

    BUT…
    all those hard work of blood, swear, and artistic tears are smeared by:
    - the lack of Quality of Life improvements,
    - limited “energy” (this game called it “Resin”) with mobile games limitation
    - limiting the gameplay and enjoyment of players to truly enjoy and immersed in the game keeps it short;
    - the greedy and stingy company’s decisions: becoming more stingy and stingy (compared to their generosity near launch a year ago vs. anniversary rewards/celebration),
    - unwilling to listen and adapt to players’ feedbacks,
    - pure PR disaster of fans giving the game bad reviews due to the lack anniversary rewards/celebration,
    - that PR disaster also spills bad review onto other games/apps store pages too,
    - more PR disaster of blatantly censoring players’ opinions (especially negative ones, despite being constructive and wanting to improve the game)…
    - more and more bad “design” decisions developing short-term game features that gamers will abandon once they get “the Catch” or reach max rank for the Teapot Housing system, etc.

    TLDR this game is becoming its own worst enemy because it became so successful overnight, and the company has no idea how to carry on forward, especially by ignoring its fanbase that contributed a lot to the game success in the first place.    … Expand
  11. PeinLankaster
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    Китайское говно для выкачки денег. Играть в это всë равно что ждать пока вам насрут на лицо.
  12. Visoutname
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    Sorry miHoYo, but you deserve it. The way you've come to treat your players is an insult.
  13. Aigis-000
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    A empresa está decepcionando.
    Os jogadores merecem maior reconhecimento, o modo multiplayer precisa de melhorias, o aumento de nível de personagens deveria ser mais acessível.
  14. ViF
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    Jogo maravilhoso, mas a empresa esta cagando para os players...
    Não dando a mínima para o tempo e dinheiro que investimos no jogo
  15. Sunscry
    Oct 1, 2021
    2
    game about story line which wrote bad, characters are poorly spelled out. resin system and gacha worse then in other gacha-games
  16. Solonara
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    I am really tired of miHoYo being so incredibly greedy. Feel like it is the last drop. I've been playing this game from the very beginning and the feeling that it all about the money never left me all along. miHoYo is trying different things to make you want to donate a lot of money. Now getting a new character is not enough. For instance, there was this inazuma girl Baal. If you want thisI am really tired of miHoYo being so incredibly greedy. Feel like it is the last drop. I've been playing this game from the very beginning and the feeling that it all about the money never left me all along. miHoYo is trying different things to make you want to donate a lot of money. Now getting a new character is not enough. For instance, there was this inazuma girl Baal. If you want this chick to make some damage, you MUST pay for her weapon and her constellations!! (her copies). Are you ready to spend $700 at best?
    Imho, the company can barely go bankrupt, if it gives more rewards at least on its anniversary to its players who made it best mobile game in 2020.
    Of course, miHoYo made a great job but all the negative things that you run into when there is nothing left for you to explore on the map are very annoying and frustrating. Complete four stupid daily errands, spend your resin (1 unit per 8 min) and that's it for today. It takes 20 minutes at best. Ok, you can spend 15 min more if there are some events.    … Expand
  17. psyGressiw
    Oct 1, 2021
    1
    Stupid gacha game abusing gambling addiction. Spending thousands dollars to get a stupid character, what? Pull your head out of your ***
  18. RaezorExscen
    Oct 1, 2021
    2
    Don't get me wrong, there are good things, it's just that when they end you are left with nothing except pain.
    Graphics are quite nice, it's not cinematic or something, and given few other games with the Anime style, it isn't that great, but it's not bad either, and somehow it has it's charm. Very similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild, where the game gains a lot of    Don't get me wrong, there are good things, it's just that when they end you are left with nothing except pain.
    Graphics are quite nice, it's not cinematic or something, and given few other games with the Anime style, it isn't that great, but it's not bad either, and somehow it has it's charm. Very similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild, where the game gains a lot of inspiration, but if it's done good, i don't see anything bad in it.

    Story-wise, we don't have anything that is complete, only 3 out of 7?(may be more) chapters are available right now, and the dynamic of getting new chapters isn't too bright, given that it took 9 months for the 3rd to release, and another month for it to finish. Which is a shame, because the story is quite interesting, i'm not going to spoil anything, i'll just say, that even after a year playing the game i still find myself reading through dialogs and not skipping any cutscens.

    The gameplay is very deep, with vast world to explore and unique playable characters. By the way, that last point is one of the biggest problems with the game. Characters are either 4* or 5*, latter usually stronger, and are harder to get. On fact, so hard to get, that after a year of playing you'd have 5-6 5* characters, if you're a f2p. There are also 5* weapons, which are as rare as the characters. And there are artifacts, with rng so bad, i have been farming them for 3 months not getting ANYTHING decent. A nice adventure becomes -log in, do daily commissions, go get 5-6 bad artifacts, log out, repeat the next day-. Talking about characters it's hard to not point to the lack of balance: some 5* characters are useless, some are extremely strong for no apparent reason, some 4* characters are extremely strong, some are useless. That would be the problem if you were the one choosing, but in reality it's gacha that decides your fate.    … Expand
  19. Zozolion
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    I hate Paimon, she is annoying and I wish she can be deleted from the game.
  20. SergeiZ
    Oct 1, 2021
    1
    This is not a game, this is just a casino. The game has no development and is not planned. Only new content, which is not even possible to buy directly, but you can buy loot boxes, which have a negligible chance of being dropped.
    Wouldn't recommend to anyone.
  21. Sergeyb1212
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    The game is great, exсept gacha system. But we condemn the developers for their attitude towards the players
  22. Bankai_TZ
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Many technical problems that cannot be solved in any way.
    Complete lack of feedback from developers.
    Too strict monetization system)
  23. AnticaGloria
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Low drop rate , gambling, toxic community, thieving and stingy company.
    These are just some of the things you can find on Genshin Impact
  24. ciccia
    Sep 30, 2021
    10
    love this game it have a great world and awesome character best anime style game ever!
  25. AnzMore
    Sep 30, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. first of all its fun to see all this review of people that played one day at day one and give zero, pretty funny, so i am at level 56 in the game playing this game for a little bit less then a year at this point and the game is great it have probably the best open world i ever saw the elemental mechianics are awesome and the characaters are all so unique and well characterized, but i am sure you guys want to know what people think about the paying part.
    basically the game turn around a 5$ montly subscription and another 12$ battelpass every 45 days if u really want to play the game this 2 things are the must buy, there is nothing to do its something u have to buy if u want to really play this game the gems pack are totally skippable but for a free to play game that gives hundreds of playing hours for me is not a big deal since there are games that give you 8 hours of gameplay and they cost 80$ so if you are like me, an adult with a work and who can understand a company makes the games for gain and not for be the hero that give games around, the ticket price of this game compared to the hours of fun it can give is great and not comparable to most of the triple a games around cuz this game on pc its a triple a game.
    after all said we are about to reach the 1.7 update that will had a new entire region probably and so with that hundreds of explorations hours, this game is having a massive supoport from the developer and it seems tehy will keep giving it we are now just a 2 on 7 regions the 3rd is coming and 4 more probably will be realesed in the years this is just the beginning!    … Expand
  26. Romeo99
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    disgusting plot, unfinished characters, uncorrectable problems for a long time, and gacha
  27. silvershade2000
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    пустышка обернутая на первый взгляд в милую оболочку
    жадные животные из михоё своим подходом убили всё что только можно было убить
    этот проект с такой политикой не заслуживает права на жизнь
  28. HeilanSforza
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Um dos piores Gachas em questão de recompensa em jogo mesmo se tu for baleia
  29. Renera
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Used to a great game, but slowly the company stopped listening to the community and does whatever makes them more profits. Almost all of the player base is angry with their way and they don't respond because their main revenue comes from a small amount people who spend the most. Light spenders and free 2 play doesn't even considered as players for them. seriously if you're new I suggestUsed to a great game, but slowly the company stopped listening to the community and does whatever makes them more profits. Almost all of the player base is angry with their way and they don't respond because their main revenue comes from a small amount people who spend the most. Light spenders and free 2 play doesn't even considered as players for them. seriously if you're new I suggest don't waste your time and money on this gambling inducing gacha game… Expand
  30. Okami450
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Empresa toxica não escuta os jogadores e censura a própria comunidade, muitas lootboxs também
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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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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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