Genshin Impact

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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3024 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,738 out of 3024

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  1. goblinburgers
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    This game HAS POTENTIAL BUT it is really shooting itself in the foot by restricting everything behind a stamina system. As soon as you get past the first set of story quests, around ar30, you start to realize that just how much time and effort it will take to LEVEL, not build, but level just 1 character and their talents out. Then you factor in how long it'll take to farm a certainThis game HAS POTENTIAL BUT it is really shooting itself in the foot by restricting everything behind a stamina system. As soon as you get past the first set of story quests, around ar30, you start to realize that just how much time and effort it will take to LEVEL, not build, but level just 1 character and their talents out. Then you factor in how long it'll take to farm a certain artifact set, to give you an idea here's how it is: you grind a domain and random artifacts drop, sets DO NOT have equal chance to drop (some sets are proven to drop more likely than the better versions). Now suppose an item from your set drops, the next rng is that is it even the item piece you need (flower, feather, goblet, etc.) and after that you need to see if it even rolled the proper stat (atk, atk%, elem %, etc.) that you need for your character. THIS ISN'T EVEN MIN MAXING, THIS IS SIMPLY TRYING TO GET A VIABLE SET PIECE! Min maxing is next to impossible because you'd be aiming for all of the above + a bunch of rng substats.
    So from an average, non-min-maxing player's perspective this is: rng ^ rng ^ rng, but that's not accurate either because each of those rng aspects are not equivalently balanced both amongst their own respective category and each other.
    AND THIS IS ALL LOCKED BEHIND A RESIN STAMINA WALL! Above that, this is just 1 character! You have an entire party to build, 2 parties if you participate in abyss!
    Nearly everything is locked behind resin: Adventure rank (most experience is gained through resin requiring dungeons/bosses), mora (in game currency), character xp cards, talent mats, weapon ascension mats, character ascension mats, artifacts.
    HELL they even have these 2 weekly bosses which you can only get rewards from once a week, but that too requires you to use 60 aka HALF of your max available resin!
    The only thing not locked behind resin is open world chests, daily commissions, abyss (but abyss is also time gated before refresh).    … Expand
  2. stopgame13
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    Greedy company, low chances to get anything useful. No appreciation to the community.
  3. ArshiaGam1ng
    Mar 11, 2021
    0
    Runs Terribly on ps4 and the gacha system is plain evil and extremely dangerous to the community. Dont waste your money. If you want to spend a **** ton of money just buy a switch with breath of the wild and you'll be spending a lot less money and getting a much better game
  4. Kapralas
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Its the worst anniversary in the world and very bad last heroes. Mihiyo spit on their audience
  5. opor
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    Looks good graphically but the whole gatcha system is even for gatcha games outrageous greedy
  6. 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.
  7. bodybag26
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    I do not advise you to start playing this game.
    The approach of developers has changed a lot over the year and it has not changed for the better.
    Thank you for 10 prayers for the anniversary, considering that at the start of the game the same awards were given out in honor of the usual May event. Greedily, very greedily. There is absolutely no content for high lvls. Many errors that    I do not advise you to start playing this game.
    The approach of developers has changed a lot over the year and it has not changed for the better.
    Thank you for 10 prayers for the anniversary, considering that at the start of the game the same awards were given out in honor of the usual May event.
    Greedily, very greedily.
    There is absolutely no content for high lvls.
    Many errors that were promised to be fixed a year ago have not yet been fixed.
    Nothing to say, just Cool .)    … Expand
  8. Umbra30
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    The game tricks you with its cute characters and beautiful graphics , but:
    80% of the game is just opening chests and farming artifacts;
    It has the worst RNG I've ever seen in my entire life; Endgame is non-existent; The soundtrack is good, but not very original; The physics and movement is pretty simple, nothing special; All characters are a re-skin with two different skills; The    The game tricks you with its cute characters and beautiful graphics , but:
    80% of the game is just opening chests and farming artifacts;
    It has the worst RNG I've ever seen in my entire life;
    Endgame is non-existent;
    The soundtrack is good, but not very original;
    The physics and movement is pretty simple, nothing special;
    All characters are a re-skin with two different skills;
    The story is predictable, repetitive and full of unnecessary dialogue;
    The rewards are the worst I've ever seen in a game;
    The game is predatory and full of abusive micro-transactions that interfere in your gameplay;
    Content is limited to 15 minutes per day unless you pay;
    You need to play for two months to get a single 5-star item (there are over 300 including constellations and refinements) unless you pay $444.44 for each one;
    The battle pass is the worst I've ever seen, it's just garbage;
    Multiplayer is worse than playing singleplayer and is totally useless.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. Zivmel
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Don't play this game, everything is great till you reach the end game, pull rate are also absolute trash. It's a whale only zone.
  11. osoi
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    HUGE PAY TO WIN WALL at the "end game"
    there is literary nothing to do unless you spend $.
    Less than 10 minutes of content after you get past main story - i'm AR 40 (lvl40) so its pretty much end game. People who spend thousands of $ are around ar 45 - sorry but i'm not gonna spend few k$ to play. I have spent around 300$ to get characters but i cannot level them up without spending    HUGE PAY TO WIN WALL at the "end game"
    there is literary nothing to do unless you spend $.
    Less than 10 minutes of content after you get past main story - i'm AR 40 (lvl40) so its pretty much end game.
    People who spend thousands of $ are around ar 45 - sorry but i'm not gonna spend few k$ to play.

    I have spent around 300$ to get characters but i cannot level them up without spending more - resources are limited hard by "resin" which is pay2play greedy mechanic.
    I have played few gacha games, but this is outrageous. If it was just a mobile game for 5 minutes a day i would understand, but they advertised it as some kind of JRPG, and it is clearly not.

    avoid at all costs unless you want to invest thousands, this game is not f2p friend nor "dolphins" friendly, so if you planned to spend few hundred, don't bother.    … Expand
  12. Monk_SMC
    Oct 26, 2020
    0
    Game without "endamge" . You have empty world . You cant farm , you cant do nothing . 20 min in morning and 10 min at evening - thats all game . Developers dont fix a problems , support dont answer to your tickets . Game have so much problems but they dont fix anything . Why people donating in this game ??? idk . this game without future . I sad about it in 2nd day when i start play it .Game without "endamge" . You have empty world . You cant farm , you cant do nothing . 20 min in morning and 10 min at evening - thats all game . Developers dont fix a problems , support dont answer to your tickets . Game have so much problems but they dont fix anything . Why people donating in this game ??? idk . this game without future . I sad about it in 2nd day when i start play it . nothing changed . no content to play , no endgame to farm , no content to streamers . stupid people spend thousends dollars in dead game . R.I.P.… Expand
  13. blueraid
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Reviewed in 100h or so in-game time, AR42, all major content cleared. version 1.0.1
    Tested as true Free-to-play experience.
    "The honeymoon period has ended, magic has faded, you have been caged." Anime styled ARPG, with similar aesthetic comparable to Legend of Zelda: The breath of the wild, with decent intriquin storyline and character development. The pacing is depends on player    Reviewed in 100h or so in-game time, AR42, all major content cleared. version 1.0.1
    Tested as true Free-to-play experience.

    "The honeymoon period has ended, magic has faded, you have been caged."

    Anime styled ARPG, with similar aesthetic comparable to Legend of Zelda: The breath of the wild, with decent intriquin storyline and character development. The pacing is depends on player style first, core mechanics later. Progression on everything else, is hampered by monetization and RNG.

    The game has potential, that is squandered under everything ever so anti-consumer practices as possible.

    What are the anti-consumer practices?
    Gacha/Surprise mechanics - it has no place for PC nor Console, there's no ifs or buts, unless you honestly want another Star wars battlefront 2 - sure go for it.
    Stamina system - The whole "it is to limit your playtime" doesn't work on PC/Console gamers. That's a big no-no and should be abolished right away. Do not bring cancerous mobile mechanics to other platforms.
    Multi-platform - Why is it up in the first place if you're just catering one group only? And fail even to do that properly? It is meant for mobile games, but fails to run on most of the handheld devices due to heavy performance. A lack in foresight for sure, could be remedied.

    The mindless drones that rain praises have either stopped early enough, or have paid the price to be heard, they're just looking for justification for their spending, in a "free-to-play".

    This review might have been made out of pure spite, sure, but I honestly hoped for best. Not another scummy practice from gaming industries.

    So what does that left us? To make warning before it takes another step to wrong direction.
    Do not spend another dime until changes have been made.

    So what should be changed as free-to-play games tend to have something to make their income?

    First of all. Halt everything. Remove it from stores and build the core mechanics over. FFXIV did this since the base was a complete technical mess, this is a complete mess in another sense. Discord is literally on fire, outcries are made, but companies have no act fast function. Re-iterating the system is to have spine and will to change. Telling "but it's going to cost" is already coveted by the masses. Reset and start anew.

    Gacha mechanics has to go away. I won't even bother disclosing the odds. Making static pricing on units/gear - and for free-to-play side, grinding as always. Paying should be a way to skip the grind. Some might complaing P2W for sure, but this is a mostly single-player experience.

    Resin/stamina system - gripe of us all, it should be abolished at once for no-one. Gamers can't play since the system doesn't allow you to progress. It might be a fragment of a certain country imposing certain kind of mentality on it's citizens, but I digress. System that is based on limiting your progression as inhumanly as possible is just beyond me. It's the core component, that is rotten.

    Multi-platform incomprehension - The same old "but it's mobile game/gacha" isn't what the multi-platform is about. It is to exceed our expectations as trying something new, not to underwhelm us with everything bad. One would expect to have great experience. Not to have of scummy mobile market monetization schemes coming to PC and Consoles at full force. One can only wait for jurisdical intervention for mobile marketing, since it is and always has been predatory. It doesn't have to go that way, but does everything need to be forced down companies throat before they listen?

    Once you hit the wall you'll start thinking differently about the game. Even towards middle/end of current content drought and progress hampering starts to show its claws, more walls seem to close in as you notice not being able to do anything due arbitary walls on all activity, except flower picking. These walls are rock solid, unbending. Also informed that even with money you're stuck within the same walls that have been placed by the company.

    MiHoYo, this isn't going to work.

    With sincere feelings - blueraid    … Expand
  14. genshinresin
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Do not get fooled by the reviews and the videos of people enjoying the game, the devs to not listen and the game gets unplayable after a week of intense play, abysmal rates for a gacha for could be an insane game, giving it a 0/10 so devs will finally start to do something about the game instead of trying to cashing out on whales and hope i can comeback to rate it at a 10/10 which it deserves with proper changes… Expand
  15. Darkofdeads
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    I need to have 20 resin to write a 10/10 review but I don't have it so gonna drop it to 0
    low 5 star rates
    10min gameplay (my speedrun on gameplay was 5min)
  16. hotdaawwwg
    Oct 24, 2020
    1
    This game start off realy well it all seems to be perfect until you reach mid late game.

    After reaching AR35 you realise that this game is just a trap where there isn't anything you can do to progress due to the agressive resin system On top of that the rates on 5 Stars are low so prepare to reroll a bunch of time to get a char you'd like. Don't waste your time on this game and if you    This game start off realy well it all seems to be perfect until you reach mid late game.

    After reaching AR35 you realise that this game is just a trap where there isn't anything you can do to progress due to the agressive resin system
    On top of that the rates on 5 Stars are low so prepare to reroll a bunch of time to get a char you'd like.
    Don't waste your time on this game and if you do id recommend you wait a few weeks before thinking about spending any money on it.    … Expand
  17. LittleMaddox
    Nov 5, 2020
    1
    Early game is amazing, graphics are lovely, combat is great with elemental combos and the quests are so much fun, however once you hit AR30+ oh boy does they game go down hill and it goes down hill fast, want to do main story quest, nope there isn't any apart from small character story quests, want to level up, go open 1500+ chests to level up 2-3 levels. Want to go do Wolf and Davlin bossEarly game is amazing, graphics are lovely, combat is great with elemental combos and the quests are so much fun, however once you hit AR30+ oh boy does they game go down hill and it goes down hill fast, want to do main story quest, nope there isn't any apart from small character story quests, want to level up, go open 1500+ chests to level up 2-3 levels. Want to go do Wolf and Davlin boss well that's all your resin gone. Resin system is stopping people playing, the rates on wishes are so bad and the prices, they are the worse, it is about $200 to get 1, 5* character and now the prices have gone up 70%-80% in 6 countries. It's just getting worse, you wont have the resin, materials, mora, exp books to level up new characters. They only reason I am giving this game a 1 and not a 0 is because of the graphics and music. They need to change a lot.… Expand
  18. pagepro
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Not much to say about this game. I could not stomach playing it for more than an hour. I don't understand what the hype is all about. The story is extremely generic your character is teleported away by an evil? witch to a new land. You run into a 500 year old loli and begin exploring the world. The world itself is filled with apples that fall from trees and enemy to fight. You eventuallyNot much to say about this game. I could not stomach playing it for more than an hour. I don't understand what the hype is all about. The story is extremely generic your character is teleported away by an evil? witch to a new land. You run into a 500 year old loli and begin exploring the world. The world itself is filled with apples that fall from trees and enemy to fight. You eventually run into more characters who are you carbon copy anime tropes. None of them are interesting in the slightest. Then you reach a point where the meat and potatoes come in. The money. There are 5 or more different currencies, all of which are a clever way to bypass gambling laws. You get some fairy dust that can be used to summon more characters and weapons. The more real life money you spend the stronger weapons and characters you may acquire. I took one look at it and exited the game. Not worth my time. I have played mobile gacha but if I am going to spend money on a mobile game I want it to at least be fun. This game isn't fun, it feels more like a chore.

    The main goal is to pretty much run around killing things and collecting drops. BORING, it is my opinion that a game such as this could work if the story and gameplay is decent. That just isn't the case with this one. I had to call it quits after an hour.    … Expand
  19. CunFuse
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    The game has lots of issues.
    Worst aspect of the game for me is the fact that they have meticulously designed the game around psychology, to increase percentage of people paying huge amounts of money. Every little thing in the game is built around this, its actually very impressive, to be honest, im not even mad. However, this practice is unacceptable to me.
    If they had put this amount    The game has lots of issues.
    Worst aspect of the game for me is the fact that they have meticulously designed the game around psychology, to increase percentage of people paying huge amounts of money. Every little thing in the game is built around this, its actually very impressive, to be honest, im not even mad. However, this practice is unacceptable to me.
    If they had put this amount of effort into the actual gameplay, it could have been much better.

    Garbage PC version release. You could not rebind keys at launch. They have since implemented it, but it's still extremely bad and limited. Cant change mouse sens and they use extremely low sens in y-axis compared to x-axis.
    Gamepaly mechanics are very bad. Weekly bosses frustratingly bad design where you get reset and have to spend longer to kill it. Many issues like this.

    The gacha is hell. Extremely expensive game right here. Thousands of dollars wont even get you 1 maxed out 5 star character. you need 8 strong characters and possibly weapons to do end game.    … Expand
  20. exdbeater
    Nov 16, 2020
    1
    Good game on start, but very bad on 40+ mastery. Just another Honkai. Bad drop, bad events, bad high level content, very bad multiplayer and some bags + stupid useless support. Balance character is ****
  21. RageSage
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    After playing this game for 300+ hours as f2p, I can not recommend this game, at all. It is not a game as much as it is a money scam dressed as a game. It borrows/steals concepts from Zelda Breath of The Wild, and adds Anime Waifus and Husbandos. If thats your thing, go for it. The level progression is laughable when you are not paying for anything, so get ready to spend countless hoursAfter playing this game for 300+ hours as f2p, I can not recommend this game, at all. It is not a game as much as it is a money scam dressed as a game. It borrows/steals concepts from Zelda Breath of The Wild, and adds Anime Waifus and Husbandos. If thats your thing, go for it. The level progression is laughable when you are not paying for anything, so get ready to spend countless hours rolling for items that you need for levels and weapon upgrades. It just grinds on your goddamn soul, and crushes any initial good will you had for the game. I actually loved this game the first 50 hours, after that I just kept on playing out of obligation. The only redeeming factor this game has is its combat, which I do commend it for. Everything else is just bland and uninteresting. Maybe it's a cool game if you pay for it, but you should spend your money elsewhere.… Expand
  22. 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 ***
  23. Painite
    Feb 22, 2021
    2
    Game is not bad at the start, is a gacha at it's heart so the Triple A experience is definitely overhyped. Personally, I don't think this game deserves the proper Triple A title. Its story is inferior compared to Nier Automata, Death Stranding and others. Everyday you log in and do "dailies" to earn in game currency to be able to play the gacha. This itself makes the game not feel like aGame is not bad at the start, is a gacha at it's heart so the Triple A experience is definitely overhyped. Personally, I don't think this game deserves the proper Triple A title. Its story is inferior compared to Nier Automata, Death Stranding and others. Everyday you log in and do "dailies" to earn in game currency to be able to play the gacha. This itself makes the game not feel like a proper Triple A title. The whole story of the title just goes away when in game events come which tend to be completely irrelevant to the story and is just made so you could get more in game currency for gacha. The developers did say the game is free to play and it is not forcing you to pay although it is true, initially they did encourage people to spend money in game. The developers is also fully aware that the free content in the game is pretty much the bare minimum for you to progress through the game, which imo, makes it a semi-p2w game. After reaching AR 40+ you hit the end game already, content is getting released too long which again makes it have an identity crisis with its Triple A title. Everything has a soft limit, you cant progress in game far enough to be relatively "good". Gacha rates is low, there are alot of people defending the rates but were talking about a "Triple A" game here. Personally, the game feels more like a money grab at this point, the devs decided to be lazy and not add unique animations to each character such was walking animation but rather have a universal animation despite getting alot of money already. Game is good initially but at its core it feels more like a mobile gacha game that had an identity crisis than a true Triple A title. Overall not worth your time playing in the end game. Graphics is good, music too but otherwise gameplay is poor.… Expand
  24. feliphe34215
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    The worst game i've ever played in my life. Don't install this **** is a waste of time!
  25. akarishogun
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    the game is terrible, also, their team treat the players like if they were NOTHING, the only thing they care about is money, that's all
  26. Khanser4
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Greedy company who cannot accept that they **** up and still keep ignoring the fans. Pretty game but not worth your time.
  27. GintokiYo
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Greedy company, will try to suck you dry of money and then spit on your face after for good measure.
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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#31 Best PC Game of 2020
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#6 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

Critic Reviews

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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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