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  1. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Ммммм... Подарки на годовщину... Пусть рейтинг этой игры упадет ниже плинтуса
  2. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Отвратительное отношение к игрокам, отсутствие баланса в персонажах, отсутствие баланса среди стихий, неприятная и нелогичная сюжетная линия с последних обновлений.
  3. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Don't play it. The developers will mock you, feeding you the worst characters and a careless attitude. With the release of inazuma, the developers completely scored on the players, well, we will score on them
  4. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Las probabilidades de conseguir algo bueno son minimas, por ejemplo en todo lo que llevo del juego solo he podido tener unos 3 personajes 5 estrellas metiendole dinero
  5. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Buen Juego, horrible empresa. sera mejor que el juego lo lleve otra empresa que no sea MiHoYo
  6. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Que me den a Mona o al arco de Amos o esto no parara. Gracias xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaaxaxaxxaxa
  7. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Донатная помойка. Худшая игра . Очень жалею что вообще начал в эту игру. Просто абсолютно бездарная игра.
  8. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    One of the worst game stuck behind the pay wall,
    pay actual money to progress, and oh boy the!!
    I don't want to start on the first year anniversary of this game.
  9. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Dev's are just greedy , If u pay 100$ a month you will have fine exp but 10-15 $ users get shafted left and right , hopeless Dev's and it's gacha game with gacha anniversary rewards
  10. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    lame game even reviews on google play is 2.5/5 stars, greedy company nothing more
  11. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    I love this game with all my heart, but the way the developers deal with the players is unforgivable.
  12. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    care about your players, mihoyo you deserve all the bad things people can make to your game
  13. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    At the start of the game everything feels awesome, beautiful anime graphics, okay story and cross-play seemed like a dream come true, but after ~20 hours into the game all the negatives came hurling in.

    - World is empty, even though it feels and looks amazing at the start when you're doing chapter 1 and 2 of the main story, there are interesting characters, but after that you're gated
    At the start of the game everything feels awesome, beautiful anime graphics, okay story and cross-play seemed like a dream come true, but after ~20 hours into the game all the negatives came hurling in.

    - World is empty, even though it feels and looks amazing at the start when you're doing chapter 1 and 2 of the main story, there are interesting characters, but after that you're gated with adventure level, keep doing dailies and wait for your level to go up.. Or go spend the money and buy yourself some resin so you can level up faster. There are few types of puzzles all over the map, after completing you will get a chest with useless weapons and currency.

    - Wishes, of as it is better know - gatcha system, greedy, totally killed experience of the game, Don't get me wrong, I played few gatcha games and they were fun and I willingly put some money into them, but this game just doesn't value your money. Chance for getting a 5* star character are lower that 1%... Are you serious? They are expecting 100$+ from each player. Oh, you're not paying, or you're not paying enough? - No good characters/weapons for you.
    Other gatcha games at least give you some "premium" currency so you can accumulate it and go for pulls. But this game gives you 5 currency for every achivement, and you will be saving up a week to do one 10-pull (which costs 1600). And you will get same ****, like you're opening common chests all over the map.

    - Combat system is okay, i like the element mechanic.

    All in all, pay-to-win, don't bother if you're not planning to throw some $$$ every few days. Biggest gaming let-down of 2020. Not coming back.
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  14. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    total lack of respect for the gaming community, I spent 1 year of my life dedicating to this game and got a pathetic reward in return
  15. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. Sep 28, 2021
    3
    I'm not like the others and I'm not here to complain about anniversary rewards, but rather the actual game itself. I just list it down here...

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

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

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

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

    Sincerely, me.
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  17. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    The game was great until mikhoyo decided to score on the players, thanks for destroying this great game.
  18. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    o jogo no começo era incrível, gameplay linda, história cativante e a empresando dando suporte e reparos para a comunidade, porem ao passar dos tempos o descaso com os jogadores começou, a empresa que antes ouvia os pedidos dos jogadores por melhoria simplesmente ignorou toda a comunidade, recompensas por eventos fraquíssimas, descaso com a comunidade que gera conteúdo como criadores deo jogo no começo era incrível, gameplay linda, história cativante e a empresando dando suporte e reparos para a comunidade, porem ao passar dos tempos o descaso com os jogadores começou, a empresa que antes ouvia os pedidos dos jogadores por melhoria simplesmente ignorou toda a comunidade, recompensas por eventos fraquíssimas, descaso com a comunidade que gera conteúdo como criadores de artes cosplay, que estão sendo recompensados com esmolas, e o cumulo aconteceu no dia 28/09/2021, quando lançaram o evento de aniversario de 1 ano do jogo, o evento foi um completo desastre, a comunidade inteira começou a questionar a empresa que em resposta aos jogadores simplesmente censurou e baniu que estava criticando o evento. Expand
  19. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    If you want to play a video game in which the creator company does not care about the community of the game and treats you only as money, this is your game. Genshin impact is too hard for F2P and boring when you have a high level because it is like real life, a "boring routine" that takes your soul away. The anniversary is like a joke for all players and the future of the game looksIf you want to play a video game in which the creator company does not care about the community of the game and treats you only as money, this is your game. Genshin impact is too hard for F2P and boring when you have a high level because it is like real life, a "boring routine" that takes your soul away. The anniversary is like a joke for all players and the future of the game looks horrible with that administration, so choose well, what do you want to play? Expand
  20. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All positive reviews are from people who are yet to hit the resin wall
    - Low 5* rate
    - Horrible Resin system
    - Chests don't respawn
    - updates are 6 weeks apart
    - Events only give 1 summon and it's unfun to play
    - After hitting AR 35+ the world feels empty and is empty
    - The game has no end game
    - The game is dying
    - the game is mostly single player game
    - the game is dead
    - prove me wrong
    - I quit
    - See u in genshin 2
    -coop is an afterthought
    -event doesn't encourage participation
    -combat system is kinda braindead except mix element and boom damage Collapse.
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  21. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Thanks for the best Anniversary and attention to the community, mihoyo ;''3
  22. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    I'm very disappointed with the anniversary, it's not felt. I donated in vain.
  23. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Обещанный планер kfc, до сих пор не дали. Ожидания от годовщины не оправдались...
    Если не чего не сдвинется с мёртвой точки, игра затухнет.
  24. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    pedazo de kk chinos avaros texto de rellenotexto de rellenotexto de rellenotexto de rellenotexto de rellenotexto de relleno
  25. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Weones apretaos, mamenla chinos puttos. Ojala regalen un venti, eso nomas era jaja
  26. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Good game ruined by developers - mihoyo. There were many claims before the anniversary but * Anniversary * was the last straw. Such neglect of all who supported the project all year. This is a slap in the face of all users...It would be possible to make at least some commemorative awards ... Nobody talks about something monetary like the Legendary Hero or the 100 wishes. ButGood game ruined by developers - mihoyo. There were many claims before the anniversary but * Anniversary * was the last straw. Such neglect of all who supported the project all year. This is a slap in the face of all users...It would be possible to make at least some commemorative awards ... Nobody talks about something monetary like the Legendary Hero or the 100 wishes. But the way you cooked up this disrespect for everyone. This concludes my trip to Teyvat. Expand
  27. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Un juego mal gestionado y demaciado caro para poder tener algunos personajes
  28. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El evento de aniversario es horrible, ni siquiera hay evento y además están censurando a las personas. Expand
  29. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    - Happy anniversary day dude
    - the rewards good? - actually suck
    that's all
  30. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    No juegues Genshin impact. Es un juego con mecánicas abusivas, precios excesivamente elevados en donde si quieres un personaje te terminara constando más de 200 dlls, gacha injusto con muy poca probabilidad de tener algo bueno, aunque le metas dinero no tienes asegurado lo que tu quieres, puedes gastar mucho dinero e irte con las manos vacías y lo más deprimente es la censura y ban porNo juegues Genshin impact. Es un juego con mecánicas abusivas, precios excesivamente elevados en donde si quieres un personaje te terminara constando más de 200 dlls, gacha injusto con muy poca probabilidad de tener algo bueno, aunque le metas dinero no tienes asegurado lo que tu quieres, puedes gastar mucho dinero e irte con las manos vacías y lo más deprimente es la censura y ban por parte de la empresa. Cualquier queja la censuran y no arreglan nada, mostrando un nulo intereses hacia el consumidor y solo lo ven como una cartera. Mihoyo a llegado demasiado lejos con su imposición y control autoritario que quieren tener, explotan al usuario y censuran cualquier manifestación. ¿Qué tienes un problema y necesitas atencion a cliente? Te banean y no solucionan nada. ¿Qué la comunidad no esta disgustada con ciertas mecánicas y contenido? Censuran todo tipo de comentario y se comporta la empresa con cinismo como si nada pasara. Expand
  31. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Le doy un 0 porque es insostenible un juego donde la empresa a cargo no trata a los jugadores de la manera correspondiente, la comunidad de genshin hizo al juego junto a la empresa lo que son hoy en día.
    Sin embargo, la empresa poco parece importarle, demostrándolo con sus acciones.
  32. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    a equipe do genshin impact fracassa maravilhosamente em homenagear os players, que são o que mantiveram esse jogo nos holofotes mesmo em momentos de completa escassez de conteúdo. No late game, não há conteúdo. "Ter conteúdo" não é o mesmo que aumentar a dificuldade dos boss e hp, apenas trazer algo divertido como o festival de moonchase, mas ao invés de eventos, trazer isso para o jogo.a equipe do genshin impact fracassa maravilhosamente em homenagear os players, que são o que mantiveram esse jogo nos holofotes mesmo em momentos de completa escassez de conteúdo. No late game, não há conteúdo. "Ter conteúdo" não é o mesmo que aumentar a dificuldade dos boss e hp, apenas trazer algo divertido como o festival de moonchase, mas ao invés de eventos, trazer isso para o jogo. As diárias são cansativas e mais do mesmo, raros eventos se salvam de serem taxados de chatos e se continuarem adiando o chasm (que já deveria ter saído há muito tempo) não sei por quanto tempo mais o jogo segurará seus players que já estão cansados com o descaso da equipe sobre diversos problemas antigos. O jogo tem uma história incrível e que definitivamente quero acompanhar seu final, apenas vamos ver se conseguirão segurar o hype até lá. Expand
  33. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Gameplay = 10
    Monetization = 0

    This anniversary rewards are not enought for a millonaire company
  34. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Il gioco ha molti lati positivi ed è accattivante, è riuscito a unire diverse tipologie di community, ma c'è un ma grosso quanto una casa, la casa di produzione Mihoyo non tiene in considerazione i giocatori, l'ultima **** che sta ricevendo per la questione "anniversario" è la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso, c'è bisogno di più comunicazione l'aziende deve tenere in considerazioneIl gioco ha molti lati positivi ed è accattivante, è riuscito a unire diverse tipologie di community, ma c'è un ma grosso quanto una casa, la casa di produzione Mihoyo non tiene in considerazione i giocatori, l'ultima **** che sta ricevendo per la questione "anniversario" è la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso, c'è bisogno di più comunicazione l'aziende deve tenere in considerazione la sua community. Expand
  35. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Greetings, miHoYo.

    I would like to express my dissatisfaction with the One Year Anniversary rewards. I have played Genshin Impact for a whole year and cannot believe your pathetic reward of “40 Primogems".

    Please give my account 1 free 5-star character.
    Happy anniversary!
  36. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    zi noi vogliamo le pulls per sto cabbo di anniversario grazie tvb cina che ci ha portato il covid ):
  37. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Congratulations to the game on its first anniversary! Thank you, mihoyo, for the wonderful new characters and wonderful gifts.
  38. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    You wanna know what you get for playing their game for 1 year and spending money to support them ?
    n o t h i n g
  39. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    this is a bad game the odds of getting a 5star is **** and the 1 year you just get a 10pull and Garbage game waste my time. no cap
  40. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Mihoyo is a scummy company that priotizes their cash flow rather than their playerbase.
  41. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    My score is based on the recent events, especially on genshin impact anniversary, I've been playing this game almost since it released. And what do we get after almost a year playing this game as a reward from developers? It's almost nothing. I mean this rewards is real trash. And it makes me really upset, because this game is not bad. But MIHOYO's attitude to all of the community, shownMy score is based on the recent events, especially on genshin impact anniversary, I've been playing this game almost since it released. And what do we get after almost a year playing this game as a reward from developers? It's almost nothing. I mean this rewards is real trash. And it makes me really upset, because this game is not bad. But MIHOYO's attitude to all of the community, shown in the recent events makes me hate them and their game. Expand
  42. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    1) Doesn't fix their **** bugs (xinyan's e, raiden's constellation)
    2) Can't balance their characters well ( kokomi, sara,qiqi)
    2) Lack of interaction with the community (doesn't give roadmaps, if you criticizes them they will go "THERE IS NO WAR IN BA SING SE" mode) 3) Doesn't appreciate their community ( anniversary is the biggest example: "here have some 20/40 primos"/ "you have 10%
    1) Doesn't fix their **** bugs (xinyan's e, raiden's constellation)
    2) Can't balance their characters well ( kokomi, sara,qiqi)
    2) Lack of interaction with the community (doesn't give roadmaps, if you criticizes them they will go "THERE IS NO WAR IN BA SING SE" mode)
    3) Doesn't appreciate their community ( anniversary is the biggest example: "here have some 20/40 primos"/ "you have 10% winning welkin"/"ty for promoting our game by drawing & cosplaying here have some 100 primos")
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  43. Sep 29, 2021
    2
    pros
    - fun game for abt the first 20 hours ot gameplay
    - story is okayish - doing side quests and puzzles is fun - character designs are great - music is great - exploration is fun - events are sometimes fun - you reach soft pity after 75 pulls, not that much for a gacha game cons - pulling is incredibly expensive (2 usd per pull) - the resin (energy) system is incredibly unfair
    pros
    - fun game for abt the first 20 hours ot gameplay
    - story is okayish
    - doing side quests and puzzles is fun
    - character designs are great
    - music is great
    - exploration is fun
    - events are sometimes fun
    - you reach soft pity after 75 pulls, not that much for a gacha game
    cons
    - pulling is incredibly expensive (2 usd per pull)
    - the resin (energy) system is incredibly unfair
    - chests dont respawn, making it harder to get new characters without paying in the late game
    - mihoyo does not listen to player complaints
    - the hilichurl enemies (who are described to be dumb, and not understand human language) are designed based off of native americans (i shouldnt have to explain why this is racist)
    - mihoyo constantly whitewashes their own darkskinned characters
    - new limited 5* dont compare to old limited 5* in the slightest despite having the same pulling rate (0.6%)
    - story and writing gets more and more lazy and rushed as the story progresses
    - characters are shallow as **** being 99% design and 1% personality and charm

    tl:dr, if you want to play genshin, take your time with it to enjoy the first few hours to their fullest. its not worth speedrunning the game. but other than that, i wouldnt reccomend playing this game. its a waste of your time
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  44. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    The company has been so out of touch with the community that it makes it easy to predict what future this game is going. Save yourself the money and the hassle of playing this game. It's only going to go down from here. When a company refuses to listen to it's fanbase with regards to bug fixes, mistranslations and poor end game content, you know they're going to majorly **** up eventuallyThe company has been so out of touch with the community that it makes it easy to predict what future this game is going. Save yourself the money and the hassle of playing this game. It's only going to go down from here. When a company refuses to listen to it's fanbase with regards to bug fixes, mistranslations and poor end game content, you know they're going to majorly **** up eventually and this anniversary event of theirs is only the start. With how things look, it seems that this game will never get the fixes it desperately needs or the QOL changes that have been demanded from the start. This game has potential. But the Mihoyo refuses to see that. Get out while you can. Never give this game a chance. Expand
  45. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    terrible game that could have been good ruined by awful developer. Greedy, lazy company that seems to hate the playerbase. Combat is poorly designed, the gacha is ridiculous. definitely feels like “made in china”
  46. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Bad company bad decisions… Mihoyo dont deserve our money, they are a dictatorship.
  47. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Repetitive content, greedy company, bad game, it has strengths but overall they just want the money from their fans, same as PC version
  48. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    they do not care about community. im disappointed. they could improve themselves but they didn't, don't know why the anni rewards was the spark that ignite their overall mistakes
  49. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    We've known each other for so long
    Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
    Inside we both know what's been going on
    We know the game and we're gonna play it
    And if you ask me how I'm feeling
    Don't tell me you're too blind to see
  50. Sep 29, 2021
    4
    Es muy buen juego, con buen diseño de personajes, buena banda sonora y lindos gráficos. Pero me jode no poder jugar entre varios servidores, estuve una hora con un amigo de España intentando para intentar jugar hasta que nos dimos cuenta que no se puede jugar entre otros servidores A NO SER que los dos elijan un servidor en específico pero OH SORPRESA CADA SERVIDOR TIENE SU PROPIOEs muy buen juego, con buen diseño de personajes, buena banda sonora y lindos gráficos. Pero me jode no poder jugar entre varios servidores, estuve una hora con un amigo de España intentando para intentar jugar hasta que nos dimos cuenta que no se puede jugar entre otros servidores A NO SER que los dos elijan un servidor en específico pero OH SORPRESA CADA SERVIDOR TIENE SU PROPIO PROGRESO, QUÉ ES ESTO MOHOYO POR FAVOR Expand
  51. 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
  52. 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.
  53. Oct 2, 2021
    0
    Ótimo jogo, mas a empresa que administra é mercenária e desrespeitosa com a fanbase.
  54. 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.
  55. 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.
  56. Nov 1, 2021
    0
    the music is good, the design is decent. overall it's a bad game, the gameplay is good enough to hook you but after a while it will get stale very quickly, but by that point you'll be in too deep to swim up and escape. it utilize FOMO very well to make people spend literal thousands on it. it's also really overrated for what it really is, the game is dumbed down a lot to appeal to thethe music is good, the design is decent. overall it's a bad game, the gameplay is good enough to hook you but after a while it will get stale very quickly, but by that point you'll be in too deep to swim up and escape. it utilize FOMO very well to make people spend literal thousands on it. it's also really overrated for what it really is, the game is dumbed down a lot to appeal to the masses mixed with a little of everything ultimately becoming a giant mess. the game is as soul less as it get Expand
  57. Oct 16, 2021
    0
    So this game, there is no skipping of the cutscenes. People get upset about the Gacha, but I'm more upset that I can't maximise my speedruns. I just want to buy some characters, but I have to watch 2 hours of complete dog poo in order to do so.
  58. Apr 29, 2022
    0
    графика средняя немного для любителя, персонажи женского пола выглядят нормально но мужского это полный пиздец зборише пидорасов, фармить в этой отвратительной игре неприятно и вызывает рвотный рефлекс, инветы больше половины полная хуйня скучные пиздец они нужны только чтобы фармать примогемы и всё блять.графика средняя немного для любителя, персонажи женского пола выглядят нормально но мужского это полный пиздец зборише пидорасов, фармить в этой отвратительной игре неприятно и вызывает рвотный рефлекс, инветы больше половины полная хуйня скучные пиздец они нужны только чтобы фармать примогемы и всё блять.
  59. Oct 25, 2021
    0
    Someone stole my account ! I tried to report the problem and take back my account for weeks, and all i've received was a machine-like answer and a cold shoulder! Trash customer services!
  60. Nov 4, 2021
    1
    A lifeless world that is just a cover for the true commercial goals of Fu-Hyo. Cover characters falling out of cases with an absolutely uninteresting story (only the design is normal. Only) and an absolutely one-sided plot, supported by a grind from the very start of the game. And more than one person has not yet been able to substantiate to me why I am wrong, because it is true. I'll putA lifeless world that is just a cover for the true commercial goals of Fu-Hyo. Cover characters falling out of cases with an absolutely uninteresting story (only the design is normal. Only) and an absolutely one-sided plot, supported by a grind from the very start of the game. And more than one person has not yet been able to substantiate to me why I am wrong, because it is true. I'll put it on a point higher only because the writers tried on the lore (and not on the plot), and because music is pretty good. Expand
  61. Nov 30, 2021
    2
    Unimpressive plot, repetitive gameplay and a toxic community. Don't waste your breath on this trash, you deserve better.
  62. Feb 16, 2022
    0
    Besides the game being incredibly bad, boring and greedy, the fanbase is one of the worst i ever seen
    If dirt is your favorite food, then welcome to this gayme
  63. Apr 4, 2022
    2
    Good story,but i's too slow to update,always update roles to get the money,if you only want to know the story of this game,you really can try it.If you want to make your roles stronger or get more roles just quit it quickly,never touch this trash game,and it's so boring when you play lots of times.fk you mihoyo,as a Chinese you made me so shame,200+ hours player,hope my advice will helpGood story,but i's too slow to update,always update roles to get the money,if you only want to know the story of this game,you really can try it.If you want to make your roles stronger or get more roles just quit it quickly,never touch this trash game,and it's so boring when you play lots of times.fk you mihoyo,as a Chinese you made me so shame,200+ hours player,hope my advice will help you guys,have a good life. Expand
  64. Apr 22, 2022
    0
    Гра для недорозвинутих людей в яких 59 хромосом. Не розумію наскільки тупим треба бути щоб грати цю залупу. Сама по собі гра хуйня немає ніхуя, тупо бігати і всьо весь смисл гри ну і ще піздити таких самих даунів як і тиххто то іграє. Тому якщо ти скачаєш цю залупу то в тебе автоматично появиться 3кк отчимів і рак правого яйца.Гра для недорозвинутих людей в яких 59 хромосом. Не розумію наскільки тупим треба бути щоб грати цю залупу. Сама по собі гра хуйня немає ніхуя, тупо бігати і всьо весь смисл гри ну і ще піздити таких самих даунів як і тиххто то іграє. Тому якщо ти скачаєш цю залупу то в тебе автоматично появиться 3кк отчимів і рак правого яйца.
  65. Apr 22, 2022
    0
    Гра для тупих уїбанів які не мають особистого життя . Хто хоче мати очко діаметром 38см рекомендую. Після почтаку гри починає стрімко розвиватись рак головного мозку.
  66. May 1, 2022
    0
    Hệ thống banner của game như cc, chuyên lệch roll, lừa đảo tống tiền của người chơi. Nhiệm vụ thì ít nên càng lvl lên thì càng chán. Game hút máu vl.
  67. May 16, 2022
    0
    что могу сказать. тупи гринд + донат. причём не 1 раз. если хочешь себе перса крутого донать по 50000к и ток тогда ты получишь своего перса. ужасный гринд завязанный на гринде всего что видно и не видно собираешь всё что видеш и не видеш. эти подземелья на которые ты должен тратить 8 часов каждого дня. по мне так это самая ужаснейшая игра которая только есть завязанная на ужаснейшем гриндечто могу сказать. тупи гринд + донат. причём не 1 раз. если хочешь себе перса крутого донать по 50000к и ток тогда ты получишь своего перса. ужасный гринд завязанный на гринде всего что видно и не видно собираешь всё что видеш и не видеш. эти подземелья на которые ты должен тратить 8 часов каждого дня. по мне так это самая ужаснейшая игра которая только есть завязанная на ужаснейшем гринде и лютом донате. Expand
  68. May 23, 2022
    2
    Абсолютно все механики и графика взяты с legend of Zelda botw, к тому же вся игра наполнена гриндом, оптимизация хромает. В это просто нет смысла играть
  69. Jun 6, 2022
    0
    Surprisingly, this is one of the few games I've ever played that progressively gets worse the more I play it.
  70. Jun 12, 2022
    0
    **** **** ads the game is ass and all the people that play it are gay ass **** Im only writing this cause **** **** ads
  71. Jun 24, 2022
    1
    Noelle don't give me my bed suplex and she is nerfed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)...But the other girls are cute and the guys have a good 4ss.
  72. Jul 2, 2022
    0
    Wow it's so hard to add more action into the game with more enemies and what not. Also the skip button holy **** adding a png into the game and coding it to skip ahead of time wooooow. Why adding characters with powers when the sandbox is utter crap...
  73. 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.
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  74. Jul 9, 2022
    0
    its a slots Machine. goucha system rate and pity's is sh*t and also their reward . i know any game should got supported but MiHoyo disrespect players whos carrying their sh*t game between players "players base".
    all they needs now only catch's a new players and f**k old players.
    end the line to me cuz all friends now left this game
  75. 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.
  76. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Genshin anniversaries are boring and bad, they don't care about gamers!!!!! :(
  77. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Greeeeeeeedy gacha, caution.... no relationship With comunity... unhealthy
  78. Nov 18, 2021
    0
    If you want me to change my rating MiHoYo , you’ll have to ; Offer me a Netflix subscription (New Account only , I don’t accept already existing account) + a FF15 subscription.
    11/18/2021 -> 11/28/2021 On a more serious note this game is empty , most of the content creators work their arse off to provide us with content , and MiHoYo release BS like that , and dare to call it an event ?
  79. Nov 30, 2021
    0
    NO GAME Y*RRAK GIBI OYUN AMK WKFOOWGKWK 1223456 TRASH ASS GARBAGE HOT **** .
  80. Sep 28, 2021
    1
    The game is good and with a lot of potential but the company that runs it is a waste
  81. Nov 23, 2021
    0
    For your own good, stay away from this game. This game is only for rich people with too much money, if you are not rich you are just wasting your time in this, or worse you can not even play this, only 15 minutes a day
  82. Nov 23, 2021
    0
    Полная залупа, для любителей гомосятины. Так еще и с лютым донатом. Играть запрещено
  83. Nov 13, 2021
    0
    казино-игра, где прикручен геймплей и мир для галочки, просто чуть лучше чем в обычных мобилках уродливых.
  84. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    no endgame,greedy company,no roadmap,pure cash grab,dont play this,wait for blue protocol to come out
  85. Sep 29, 2021
    0
    disapointed about this game , 2.1 main story like a **** although team design map, make music very good. 1st aniversity make me feel lke mihoyo is a greedy company, you should lay off your marketing team and make a apology for us about **** 1st anniversity
  86. 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.
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  87. Sep 19, 2021
    3
    Never seen such a greedy game in terms of monetization. It's great, but all that makes it great is absolutely not original and doesn't even do anything to mask it or somehow alternate from source of "inspiration" and just overall always less in comparison. Don't be fooled, it's casino first and game second.
  88. Nov 24, 2021
    3
    Ah Genshin Impact I remember people kept posting pictures of the Waifu characters all on Twitter not gonna lie I have a soft spot when it comes with cute Waifu characters & Genshin has lots of em the people who post pictures of these characters got me interested in it therefore I ended up downloading it. Started playing it March 2021 Love the characters, music, story, gameplay and enemiesAh Genshin Impact I remember people kept posting pictures of the Waifu characters all on Twitter not gonna lie I have a soft spot when it comes with cute Waifu characters & Genshin has lots of em the people who post pictures of these characters got me interested in it therefore I ended up downloading it. Started playing it March 2021 Love the characters, music, story, gameplay and enemies everything was fine until the awful wishing system. When the Tu Hao Event Banner release wanted Tu Hao badly I rolled until the event ended couple of day before the event was gonna end I put in extra hours playing the game three times a day to grind Primogems to roll for Tu Hao even went as far as to Upgrade Statues of the Seven in Mondstadt to their max level since u get Primogems for that the goal here was to collect 10 Intertwined Fates these little orbs u use to get your characters with the awful wish system. So I collect 11 Intertwined Fates than rolled on Tu Hao banner had one day left may I remind u and ended up getting duplicates also keep in mind I rolled her banner when this event was released still haven't gotten her. This wasn't the first time where I grind for Primogems to get the Fates had previous bad past experience to the point I've gotten duplicates yet again, not gonna lie did had some good rolls here and there managed to get Jean, Quqi, Diona & Xiangling the characters I wanted, but getting the rest will be a pain and honestly I already given up since the wish system is so bad. Wouldn't mind grinding for some characters like instead of rolling for Barbara and Xiangling you can grind the game to get them, However for others you have to relie on the bad wishing system I know it's a f2p game but if your spending money on this game they should increase the luck or something because at the end of the day your paying out of you wallet which leaves me to my other problem. Don't put money onto this game it ain't worth it at all I was testing the waters spend $30 to get Genesis Crystals this was in June 2021 rolled 10 times gotten duplicates yet again felt like my money was wasted never gonna put money on this game ever again unless I know what I'm paying for. The only thing that's worth paying for in this f2p game is this $4.99 Blessing of the Welkin Moon you get 300 Genesis Crystals that can be converted to Primogems to do a wishing roll & you get 90 Primogems everyday you log in until 30 days this the only thing that's worth it in my opinion if your planning on putting money down on this game. Also you will bump into a issue where the game level up you World level where enemies levels will go up to but your characters will be under leveled to take them on than you gonna reach a point where your low on leveling up materials so advancing in the game will be very difficult if you don't get use to the battle system and knowing which element type is weak against to give u a better chance to beat this higher level enemies you gonna have to learn this if you get to this point in the game and not gonna lie it was a really bad experience for me had to put the game down. Also forgot to mention the company Mihoyo doesn't care about their consumers heard from my little sister Mihoyo said to celebrate the Anniversary of Genshin people will be awarded a 5 star character such as Mona, however people ended up getting Primogems in their inbox instead which made the fan base mad, also Mihoyo hasn't added a Flexible way for people who wasn't able to unlink their PS4 version of Genshin Impact and link it to PC to PS4 it's a pain to unlink a already made Genshin PS4 account to your already made PC account to it which has lots of stuff you unlocked on it you have to email them and their customer service is not that great either takes days to wait for a reply man might even take weeks. The company doesn't care about it's fan base and they don't deserve any of my money at all should of expect this would happen since I heard about how they handled the anniversary rewards. Expand
  89. Jun 10, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zelda's crone. Just some Chinese money hugger that just add gacha to steal your **** money and invest to some bit fucing coin

    **** genshin **** you
    Lastly your mission is trash and brainwash
    **** you zelda's crone
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  90. Sep 6, 2021
    0
    P2W and weeb **** Its a The Legend Of Zelda BOTW but with anime cringe and microtransicions. Awful
  91. Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Best anniversary ever! Best anniversary ever! Best anniversary ever! Best anniversary ever!
  92. Sep 6, 2021
    0
    This game seems great. At first. The problems take a while to mount and BOOOY are there problems.

    1st off let's focus on the current issue. The state of the entire element, and the newest Raiden Shogun character. Electro is trash as an element from the ground up. There are standout characters, but they would be better in ANY other element. The Archon of electro is disappointing as a
    This game seems great. At first. The problems take a while to mount and BOOOY are there problems.

    1st off let's focus on the current issue. The state of the entire element, and the newest Raiden Shogun character. Electro is trash as an element from the ground up. There are standout characters, but they would be better in ANY other element. The Archon of electro is disappointing as a support, taking up an inordinate amount of field time for performance that can be achieved by other batteries, and hits like a wet paper sack, unless of course you shell out hundreds of dollars for multiple copies of her. There are also pretty credible allegations of false advertising with her release.

    That's what this game is. Intentionally designed so that you spend money, and purposefully crowded with bad, misleading and deceptive mechanics. Oh there's a problem after a release, oh it was a translation error. Every time.

    Primogems for starters cost a TREMENDOUS amount more money than they should. We're talking 1600 for a single 10 pull, of which you might acquire one, 4 star character. A 5 star will cost you 90 pulls. You won't even get that many pulls from spending 100$ on the game.

    The company behind it is NOTORIOUSLY stingy for a gacha company. Literally they will mess up a character with deceptive advertising or mistranslation, and apologize with not even enough currency for 1 pull, and their anniversary, typically a time when Gacha companies thank their players for spending an entire year with them, and seek to get new players?

    A single 10 pull. Yep that's right. A single 10 pull.

    The game also has a resin system. Playing normally you can finish the quests and all content to date in probably around 3 months. After that? Enjoy playing for about 15-30 minutes a day, if that. They do this because, surprise surprise, you can refill that with more PREMIUM CURRENCY.

    Oh what's that, everything in the game other than nominal amounts including xp, gold, artifacts, weapons, etc, is all tied to resin or the premium currency?

    Yes that's correct, you can't even properly level your characters without spending resin, or of course using the cash shop. Monsters will give you 19-20 xp each at the HIGHEST world level. The xp and mora off of monsters is so low I doubt most players even KNOW you can level up on the actual content instead of the items you can get from running leylines.

    The gacha rates are actually very bad too, and don't get me started on the weapon banner, which is a total scam.

    Not to mention they have routinely been locking 5 star characters that are already extremely expensive, behind massive constellation (multiple copies) paywalls. They will release a character with massive problems (see raiden) and oh well she can be okay, if you get constellation 2, only 100 more dollars if you are lucky. Unacceptable. It's okay for multiple copies to offer a bit of power, but when it comes down to releasing an incomplete, poorly designed broken character and locking a functional one behind a paywall? That should be actually illegal.

    It's honestly a masterclass in predatory game design.

    Artifact rng is also a MASSIVE problem in the game, and it's been proven time and time again that the rolls are actually rigged towards useless or mostly useless stats (flat def, def % hp and HP %) rather than the rolls you actually need, artificially lengthening the life of the game, oh and the resin you'll have to refresh if you want to actually yknow, get a good roll sometime this year. All with that aforementioned premium currency.

    If that wasn't enough, in an interview they literally said they don't pay attention to the west. Now I get China is their largest market (they are a chinese company after all), and Japan is pretty up there, but the west is sitting around 25% of their revenue too, and growing rapidly. The minute a company basically admits they don't care what a large portion of their customer base thinks? It's not a company worth doing business with.

    Honestly once a competitor arrives, Genshin is gonna get completely stomped. All of these problems are of course fixable, but the company does not care. Avoid this game.
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  93. 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 :)
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  94. Mar 3, 2021
    0
    It's incomplete, on top of that progressing in this game by doing daily commissions is a chore unless you spend money on it, on top of that as you level up the required material to ascend the characters and weapons increases. It's a bad game or game with awful mechanisms.
  95. Mar 30, 2021
    1
    enjoy the plot of the game with a friend?
    160 resin?
    What should I say. F2p
  96. Apr 11, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Genshin Impact makes a great first impression. The anime-inspired visuals are inviting and colorful, and the fully voiced, nicely choreographed cutscenes give the game the feel of a premium product. It also gets you going with the gameplay very quickly; thanks to solid control design, you'll be running, swimming, climbing, dodging, gliding, fighting slimes, and slinging spells just a few minutes after the intro cutscenes wrap up. And once your first additional party member officially joins your posse, things start to get very interesting, as you'll start to learn the ins and outs of the elemental interactions that make Genshin Impact unique.

    And there's plenty to do here, too. Even though many areas of Teyvat haven't been made available to explore yet, there's still plenty to do and see. There are chests to find, teleportation spots to activate, all kinds of raw materials to accumulate, side quests to complete, and big baddies to try and slay. If you want to stop exploring and relax a little, you can try your hand at cooking food, forging weapons, and even conjuring up rare items through alchemy. If you're feeling particularly adventurous, you can even explore certain dungeons with others online using co-op play--and, thanks to cross-platform compatibility, it's easy to join up with others no matter what they're playing on. Setting up elemental combos with a team of players is very satisfying indeed.

    Each character in Genshin Impact has one of seven elemental properties tied to them, which greatly affects what they can do for combat and exploration. You can swap between four active characters with a tap of the D-pad, giving you the ability to strategically chain attacks to great effect.

    And the best thing about this game is its free to play on all platforms like PC, Android, iOS, PlayStations. I already put like 20+ hrs in the game now and I still want to play more.

    -Aditya Pratap Yadav
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  97. Dec 29, 2021
    2
    Welcome to the beautiful fantasy world of Teyvat. Step into a huge open-world of adventure and mystery, where heroic quests await. As a traveller from anothe
  98. Jun 10, 2021
    0
    Worse botw for weebs, many things are TOO similar. Thats not inspiration but ripoff!

    BEGONE WEEBS
  99. May 14, 2021
    2
    Thế giới mở nửa mùa và game play quá thực dụng và thiếu tính sáng tạo.Một tựa game mà khi làm hết nhiệm vụ rồi nó sẽ trở nên quá chán.
  100. Oct 16, 2021
    0
    bad game cringe generic china anime theme game that suck a dick awful
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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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.