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
  31. Nitrodroki
    Oct 24, 2020
    3
    A marvelous and awesome artistic masterpiece jaded, corrupted and destroyed by greed.
    The soundtrack, the artstyle, the gameplay elements are of a Triple A quality, an immersive initial experience within a great awe-inspiring open world that ends up falling on its face as soon as the ugly face of monetization shows itself and parasitize every single system the game has to offer.
    Most    A marvelous and awesome artistic masterpiece jaded, corrupted and destroyed by greed.
    The soundtrack, the artstyle, the gameplay elements are of a Triple A quality, an immersive initial experience within a great awe-inspiring open world that ends up falling on its face as soon as the ugly face of monetization shows itself and parasitize every single system the game has to offer.

    Most reviews have talked about the issues in this title, the resin system, the very low rates on the gacha rolls, the total absence of an end-game, the thin and gated gameplay loop, the paid battle pass, that requires more cash to be spent to finish it, all taint a game worth an 8 or a 9 into a below average end-result as demonstrated by the anger and frustration that leads people to rate-bomb the game.

    The game is a living and breathing identity crisis as it tries to take from every genre, and while it succeeds in some aspects, it always damages the good ideas with infuriating monetization schemes.
    It does not serve its coop mode, more of a clunky afterthought than a real feature.

    When the exploring is done, the world is a colossal empty piece of land with absolutely nothing to do in after the 10 minute daily quest is done.

    This game had the potential to be what World of Warcraft was to the MMO genre, taking an obscure niche genre and broadening its scope to become a Gaming Titan. Instead Mihoyo elected to forcefeed mobile monetization and predatory practices to a shocking degree, even for gachas and probably cuddled the market into accepting gambling addiction exploitation as a new norm for PC and console now that the mobile market is saturated with it.

    In the end, this game is probably worth a 4 or a 5, but it is reasonable to see those business practices as an unethical introduction for gamers to gambling addiction and incredibly overpriced systems. Mihoyo may have singlehandedly changed the face of gaming if the industry follows this trend.

    This title is like a dark prophet, announcing a wasteful era in gaming, where talented and creative artists, developpers and musicians are cannibalized by a greedy industry, unwilling to consider the craft of video-game making as the art is deserves to be.    … Expand
  32. Saber1201
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Great gameplay, beautiful graphics, big and expansive world for players to explore.

    Resin is the stamina of this game. To grind dungeons and fight bosses you need resin to receive the rewards. Otherwise, you can complete the dungeons/fight bosses but no reward is given to you. That reward is contains character levelling materials and weapon levelling materials to progress through the    Great gameplay, beautiful graphics, big and expansive world for players to explore.

    Resin is the stamina of this game. To grind dungeons and fight bosses you need resin to receive the rewards. Otherwise, you can complete the dungeons/fight bosses but no reward is given to you. That reward is contains character levelling materials and weapon levelling materials to progress through the game. Now this is where the resin system becomes restricting. After AR30 you are basically finished with the main story of this game as of the current version of the game. The things you do to level up your characters and weapons are very limited because of the resin system. You can only do daily commissions to level up which does not cost resin, and thats around 10-15 minutes of gameplay. Dungeons (also around 10 minutes of gameplay) costs at least 20 resins and your resin storage is capped at 120. Moreover it takes 8 MINUTES to regenerate each resin which is ridiculous when 10 minutes is all it takes to spend 20 resins.

    Gacha rates are atrociously low compared to many other gacha games. 0.6% rate to get a 5 star weapon or character is ridiculously low.

    Controller support would be a fine addition since we won’t have to obstruct the screen with our fat hands. This will allows us to appreciate the astonishing visuals of this game even more. Moreover, it will be more comfortable for us to play with a controller for long hours. IOS 13 & 14 already added controller support for PS4 and Xbox controllers. Since, this game features multiplayer crossplay with PC and PS4 which both have native controller support built in for the game, it won’t be an unfair advantage for mobile players with controllers.    … Expand
  33. COucouhibou
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Awesome gameplay , awesome graphics BUT ...
    After AR35 it's empty , no chests respawn , no story ( i understand it's the begining ) , and .. THE RESIN .. OMG why the resin ? you have to wait 21h to play 6 domains , doable in about 20min ? And it's the only way to progress ! You have to use resin to upgrade skills , weapons , characters , to have artefacts etc .. So right now this game is    Awesome gameplay , awesome graphics BUT ...
    After AR35 it's empty , no chests respawn , no story ( i understand it's the begining ) , and .. THE RESIN .. OMG why the resin ? you have to wait 21h to play 6 domains , doable in about 20min ? And it's the only way to progress ! You have to use resin to upgrade skills , weapons , characters , to have artefacts etc .. So right now this game is a 20min game in a day and that's it. If I could play it freely and farm stuffs i 100% sure that i'd put money in the game to have new characters ?? But right now , if i have a new character i can't level him with the same level as my others characters ..    … Expand
  34. todoront
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Resin is needed for everything, and yet it needs 16h to fully recharge. 10 min of playtime every day.
  35. Bruzzi
    Dec 26, 2020
    1
    Genshin Impact, one of the worst open world games I have ever played, the game only consists of graphics and gacha, an extremely overrated game. The game is based on, being lucky in gacha, doing daily quests, killing easy bosses, crying because you didn't get your Diluc **** and leaving. I've never seen a boss battle more boring than Genshin Impact. I regret every second I spent on this game.
  36. ResinPiece
    Oct 22, 2020
    1
    i have nothing much to say. all the negative reviews had what is running in our minds. so lets do our part and bomb this game's review until they know how to handle their customers properly
  37. Fvckmihoyo
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    This game is completely trash after AR35, they gate you with the trash resin system, everything meaningful needs resin, it's completely trash, they're trying to port mobile game scummy tactics to pc, we will not allow that, dont play this game, will never recommend.
  38. Silver-
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    The "Resin" is ruining the game. So much potential gone to trash only by that....
  39. Nykona
    Oct 23, 2020
    3
    The start of the game is great. Amazing VA, cutscenes and world. A fun combat system too. During this period they sell you the opportunity to buy a “battlepass” and “blessing for daily rewards”.

    Then you get to a certain point and realise..... The quests abrubtly stop with no resolution The world is empty once you solve the puzzles and collect the chests (chests don’t respawn despite    The start of the game is great. Amazing VA, cutscenes and world. A fun combat system too. During this period they sell you the opportunity to buy a “battlepass” and “blessing for daily rewards”.

    Then you get to a certain point and realise.....

    The quests abrubtly stop with no resolution The world is empty once you solve the puzzles and collect the chests (chests don’t respawn despite earlier popular belief they do, confirmed but the company)

    The resin system dictates every aspect of character progression to around between 3 to 15 minutes gameplay per 16 hour period. In a game with a combat system that promotes party composition diversity and multiple set ups you cannot level more than 3 characters due to lack of resources.

    Even then the resin system is not for time gating either. Given you can pay $15 A DAY. To triple your daily allocation of resin. And the fact that later character upgrade materials are locked behind bosses that have weekly lockouts who have a CHANCE to drop those materials.

    Then to top it off with global communities complaining about this, content creators, whales and f2p alike the devs simply raise the cap of resin (not offer more) so instead of 16 hours to regenerate 120 it’s now 21 hours to regen 160. The company is so out of touch with a) the community b) the console and PC market c) the western playerbase it’s actually a joke.    … Expand
  40. Dawi
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Genshin's devs are deaf and greddy. The resin system is insult and upping the cap to 160 is even more tone deaf and insulting.
    You don't give scarce pull money and add a 0.6% for a 5 stars.
    No content whatsoever passed AR30/35,even as a casual content went rare in 2 weeks
  41. darkblade2441
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    To put it simply, Genshin Impact is a cash grab by MiHoYo, the developer of this game.

    The game had so much potential with it’s gorgeous open world, beautiful soundtrack, one of the best anime-style graphics and character designs i have ever seen, but they blew it. Sure, the game is fun if not amazing for the first 2 weeks, but sooner or later, you are going to hit a wall when it comes    To put it simply, Genshin Impact is a cash grab by MiHoYo, the developer of this game.

    The game had so much potential with it’s gorgeous open world, beautiful soundtrack, one of the best anime-style graphics and character designs i have ever seen, but they blew it. Sure, the game is fun if not amazing for the first 2 weeks, but sooner or later, you are going to hit a wall when it comes to progression, being able to play the game for only 15-20 minutes a day because of "Resin", the energy system of this game and also the reason for it’s downfall. If you’re playing the game as F2P, you’re pretty much screwed, since the only way to refill Resin in this game is to either wait a whole 16 hours for it to completely refill (As i said, it takes 15-20 min to use it all up BTW) or use primogems to instantly refill it, which can be bought with real life currency. This is what i meant when i said that you’re screwed as a F2P player. It doesnt help that MiHoYo doesn’t give a damn about it’s playerbase, saying that they will respond to player feedback by changing the Resin cap from 120 to 160. Now this might seem like a good thing, but it’s really not. It will still take 8 minutes to recharge 1 resin, whether the resin cap was 120 or 160. To put it more simply, the playerbase asked for more water but instead got a larger bowl.

    In conclusion, stay away from this game, at least until they overhaul the resin system, which i doubt will hapen.    … Expand
  42. driftninja
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    At level 35+++ this game is not fun. It is just a chore. Trash cleaner simulator in open world, and resin walled at dungeon.
  43. Clowreed
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The positive reviews of the game are from players that have yet to finish the story or find most of the things in the open world. Once you've done those two things, which you can do in the span of a week of after-work play, Mihoyo's idea of endgame amounts to a daily 20-30 minute grind, limited by a horrible gacha-game stamina/energy system (called Resin System in GI) aimed atThe positive reviews of the game are from players that have yet to finish the story or find most of the things in the open world. Once you've done those two things, which you can do in the span of a week of after-work play, Mihoyo's idea of endgame amounts to a daily 20-30 minute grind, limited by a horrible gacha-game stamina/energy system (called Resin System in GI) aimed at incentivising you to pay money to reduce the necessary grind OR buy more stamina to enable the grind. Even among gacha games, which this is to it's core, it's bad. Never before have I played a gacha game with an stamina/energy system this restricting, and I've played my fair share of them, including the notorious F/GO.

    Not only is the energy/stamina system one of the worst, if not THE worst, among it's peers, it also boasts some of the all-time worst rates for the gacha component. A laughable 0.6% chance to get a 5* unit. Again, F/GO is infamous for it's horrible rate of 5* characters and that game has nearly TWICE the chance of getting one such character at a 1% rate.

    Once the honeymoon phase wears of (the 8-10 out of 10 game score phase) so do the rewards for actually playing the game. You simply don't get any premium currency anymore. Playing normally, no events, no login rewards, you get 1/3 of a summon each day. To get a guaranteed 4* (not 5*!) you need 10 of those summons.
    To get a guaranteed 5* you need 90.

    "But hold on, what about the events!" I hear you say. "Surely the events make up for the lack of daily things to do!" No. The event rewards are pathetically low. The gameplay of the events is boring and repetitive. And the events cost stamina/resin/energy. So if you want all the rewards from the events you need to use your resin, which means you can't do anything else that day!

    Co-Op is underwhelming at best and non-existent at worst. I can't explore with my friends because I can't open chests or do side-quests while in their world. Sure, I can do the boring and repetitive events with them, which makes them somewhat more bearable, but that shouldn't be the point of playing with friends. Co-Op feels like it was only shoehorned in at the last second because people assumed it was going to be in and Mihoyo didn't want to deny it in fear of damaging their marketing campaign.

    The core game itself is fun and I'd like to play more of it, preferably with my friends. The game activally gates me from doing the former and isn't build to do the latter. It's made to look nice, shiny, inviting, wholesome and fun, but underneath the hood it tries it's very damndest to get you addicted so you spend your money for towards its predatory practice.    … Expand
  44. Tumerion
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    Very fun and addictive, beautiful game design and level design but after some hours and leveling you'll all see what's happening --> you CAN'T DO ANYTHING because of a stupid stamina system.

    One thing : Mihoyo censorship on every platforms, you can't say anything bad about their game and system or you'll be instantly deleted. That's how they work. Don't be hopefull, they create a    Very fun and addictive, beautiful game design and level design but after some hours and leveling you'll all see what's happening --> you CAN'T DO ANYTHING because of a stupid stamina system.

    One thing : Mihoyo censorship on every platforms, you can't say anything bad about their game and system or you'll be instantly deleted. That's how they work.

    Don't be hopefull, they create a discord channel for the resin system and said they'll hear us AND..... they've just added 40 more resin, that's mean they just **** on our face, 40 more is +1 per 8 min to the 160/160. ITS NOT A FIX OR ANYTHING ELSE, they just don't care anything but money    … Expand
  45. Yentis
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    A game with amazing potential completely ruined by predatory business practices.
    - Resin (stamina) system where the game graciously allows you to play for 20 minutes a day at endgame.
    - Lootboxes with absurdly low rates (0.6% for 5* and 5.1% for 4*) - Pitiful amount of rewards, getting a featured character guaranteed could take up to a YEAR through f2p by which time the featured    A game with amazing potential completely ruined by predatory business practices.
    - Resin (stamina) system where the game graciously allows you to play for 20 minutes a day at endgame.
    - Lootboxes with absurdly low rates (0.6% for 5* and 5.1% for 4*)
    - Pitiful amount of rewards, getting a featured character guaranteed could take up to a YEAR through f2p by which time the featured character will have changed 15 times already
    - Everything is time gated: resources, resin, minibosses, bosses, leylines (character exp and ingame currency)

    Apparently Genshin Impact thinks it should be the one deciding when you get to play and for how long you get to play. When did this become acceptable?    … Expand
  46. james_scott
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Genshin Is Dead, and Resin is Bad

    The worst type of stamina gated content I have ever had. I played a lot of game that have this kind of stamina limit but this is the worst!! HARD cap 120 Resin that has LONG REGEN TIME (1 Resin/8 mins) "But this is a mobile game that ported to PC/PS4!!!" Let me give an easy example, a game developed by Mihoyo, Honkai Impact 3 - Have stamina type    Genshin Is Dead, and Resin is Bad

    The worst type of stamina gated content I have ever had. I played a lot of game that have this kind of stamina limit but this is the worst!!

    HARD cap 120 Resin that has LONG REGEN TIME (1 Resin/8 mins)

    "But this is a mobile game that ported to PC/PS4!!!"
    Let me give an easy example, a game developed by Mihoyo, Honkai Impact 3
    - Have stamina type
    - Have MORE THAN ONE way that can give/refill your stamina (either only 10 to MAX STAMINA)
    - GIVE FREE 30 STAMINA on LUNCH TIME and DINNER TIME
    - HAVE MORE REASONABLE STAMINA COST on STAGE/DUNGEON

    and what this Genshin is DEAD give to us? Yeah, only 120 RESIN/STAMINA that have the WORST REGEN RATE of all time, and only ONE WAY to refill the RESIN than only given NOT EVERY AR LEVEL UP    … Expand
  47. Shint
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Game is great read any other review

    Resin makes it 0/10
    Gacha rates makes it 0/10
    Lack of coop makes it 0/10
  48. MystikKnight
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    One of the best games with huge potential to be ever made, Held back by Predatory Monetization practices worse than the likes of EA and Activision costing hundreds of dollars in gambling systems for a single Hero/Character, we who played it for over a solid 100 to 200 hours now crashed against the hard content gating and paywall to do anything worthwhile including upgrading your charactersOne of the best games with huge potential to be ever made, Held back by Predatory Monetization practices worse than the likes of EA and Activision costing hundreds of dollars in gambling systems for a single Hero/Character, we who played it for over a solid 100 to 200 hours now crashed against the hard content gating and paywall to do anything worthwhile including upgrading your characters levels or equipping them with better gear. Apparently this is supposed to be normal by mobile standards but not here, PC frowns upon such practices hence doesn't matters how grand of a game it is it's wrong. Also the developers have a track record of not making better changes until their income is threatened by loss of playerbase in previous titles and this was just further proven by their response to the complaints about Genshin's system which shows that they did not read a single feedback post on their forums or surveys. So keeping all this in mind it's a 1 out of 10 for me, at least until it brings Very Significant changes to better it's systems, so please try it out without spending any money and move onto better games, Save yourself and your hard earned money, You as a consumer deserve Value for your Money, don't fall into their trap.… Expand
  49. NAkatsuki
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Amazing game ruined by resin gating your progress and predatory gacha rates with no consistent primogem income, they've been ignoring community feedback since beta and are very slow to make even minor changes that won't fix anything.
  50. pesosamurai
    Oct 29, 2020
    0
    It was close to become my favourite game, but I can explain why I join that wave of negative user score.
    I don't think there is a problem in gacha rate or gacha system or prices. You will get nice characters just for nothing and also you can easily get cool characters from event banners for free.
    But it's a shame that devs made such a fun game so short. Open world and game mechanics are    It was close to become my favourite game, but I can explain why I join that wave of negative user score.
    I don't think there is a problem in gacha rate or gacha system or prices. You will get nice characters just for nothing and also you can easily get cool characters from event banners for free.
    But it's a shame that devs made such a fun game so short. Open world and game mechanics are great, but this huge world becomes instantly a desert after AR30, which you can reach for about 2-3 days. There is nothing to do, and you can just delete the game until new patch comes, then play several hours and delete again. No endgame content, no real challenges and very boring co-op. It is better to buy some indie game and spend your time for something offers you finish whole story or have infinite fun in different activities. I know it is a free game, but... the game is just a dissapointing for people who loved it after release. Even f2p players don't deserve being fooled by first few hours/days of gameplay.
    You can say, if you don't like the game after main story finishes (but don't really ends), just make a new account and play one more time. Personally, I don't wanna lost my characters and all I've already done and got. I liked the game in my first account, I wanna stay here, but Mihoyo offers me nothing but 20 minutes (or less) of daily quests. No complete ending of the story, no endgame content. Like I just played demo version.
    It's like they mock their audience, even players who gave them money. I hope that they will listen to users, I hope they improve everything and one day I will give 10 score for the game. Sorry for my English.

    RUS (это не перевод, но смысл один). Короче говоря, для меня проблема не в низком рейте гачи или ценах на всё, в игре легко получить хороших персонажей и она проходится спокойно. Проблема в отсутствии эндгейм контента. Будто поиграли в демку игры. Заходить на пару минут за дейликами - такое себе удовольствие. У игры большой потенциал, но она его не реализовывает - это обидно. Игроки не ноют, они просто хотят, чтоб игра стала лучше. Поэтому я присоединяюсь к негативным отзывам и надеюсь, что когда-нибудь смогу поставить этой игре 10. А пока с ней печалька. Поиграться 2 дня и забыть.    … Expand
  51. reyhankhairul
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    trash game with resin system, not support f2p player, 5 stars character/weapon so hard to get with gacha system 0.0006% in 90 pulls, update system to 1.1 need to download entire client game again
    dont play this **** game
  52. Dante_croft
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    It's almost impossible to get one of the first 5 stats you want. After more than 2000 wishes after, I didn't get who I wanted....
  53. mirg
    Nov 30, 2020
    2
    While the combat is entertaining and the story is decent. The game is still one big casino just without any regulation which at the end of the day is not something to be praised.
  54. evgenijblja
    May 22, 2021
    0
    I reached the endgame and have to say, that I cant reccomend this game.
    The endgame is pure pay to win. The endgame content is boring and the gacha system is unfair.

    The only good part of the game is the Open World Content.
    But once you have completed the Open World Content there awaits you pure greed programmed and designed as a game.
  55. warknighter
    Feb 26, 2021
    0
    игра про расизм китацев по отношению ко всем другим и огромный донат, прикрытая аниме
  56. Erz
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Полнейшее неуважение разработчиков к коммьюнити, игнорирование накапливающихся в игре проблем, невероятная жадность разрабов и скатывание в донатную помойку, хотя игра и без этого приносила им огромные деньги. А так хорошо всё начиналось.Полнейшее неуважение разработчиков к коммьюнити, игнорирование накапливающихся в игре проблем, невероятная жадность разрабов и скатывание в донатную помойку, хотя игра и без этого приносила им огромные деньги. А так хорошо всё начиналось.
  57. firetheft
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Greedy company, they only purpose is to milk money from players. Dont waste time on this, buy switch and Zelda.
  58. mayconcomy
    Nov 24, 2020
    0
    The game starts very well, but the Resin system, boring history and looooooooooot of unnecessary dialogues totally ruined the game.
  59. eSpiHRA
    Jan 22, 2021
    0
    This company will take your money with out giving you what you paid for. If you buy the Gnostic Hymn and don't have time to play, you will essentially be giving them money for nothing as it expires over time. I was not aware of this, bought the pass for the rewards, didn't have time to play, returned to the game to see I wasn't getting rewards for what I paid for. The company is tryingThis company will take your money with out giving you what you paid for. If you buy the Gnostic Hymn and don't have time to play, you will essentially be giving them money for nothing as it expires over time. I was not aware of this, bought the pass for the rewards, didn't have time to play, returned to the game to see I wasn't getting rewards for what I paid for. The company is trying their best to rip their players off, I just want to make it clear!… Expand
  60. ramchannel
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    This game created only to grab money from fools, after 30 lvl game will end. on high lvl 40+ const party abyss only. if you dont have it. dontate ten milllion $ to roll some gacha, its not f2p. its a p2p and like not 10$ like wow, but 99999999$ on random trash with 0.6% chance to get something usefull, and off cource 0/160 of energy, realy? open world+enegy+gacha = garbage should be in theThis game created only to grab money from fools, after 30 lvl game will end. on high lvl 40+ const party abyss only. if you dont have it. dontate ten milllion $ to roll some gacha, its not f2p. its a p2p and like not 10$ like wow, but 99999999$ on random trash with 0.6% chance to get something usefull, and off cource 0/160 of energy, realy? open world+enegy+gacha = garbage should be in the trashbox. dont play this crap. just delete it and save your braincells.… Expand
  61. Hmm123hmm
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Not cool, miHoYo. Please increase the anniversary rewards... or else...

    For real though, we spent a lot in this game. +100M in two weeks is no joke. Not amused.
  62. Nadeshko
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    juego mas caca que este no deberia de existir, vill copia de Zelda Breath of the Wild , nunca salio paraswitch y encima peor evento de aniversario.
  63. xkuromorix
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    The game is dying cuz the terrible attention to the community and the worst management actions, the worst anniversary in a gacha game that i ever seen before
  64. ezamora
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Mihoyo disrespects comunity by banning freedom of speech, our response is to raise our voice by punishing their wallets.
    Its a fun game f2p; however endgame is infinite and it becomes boring and repetitive over time.
    Game rewards seem to be ok during the course of the story, however after reaching AR 45 you realize you dont have enough and the game suffers from hte lack of resources.    Mihoyo disrespects comunity by banning freedom of speech, our response is to raise our voice by punishing their wallets.
    Its a fun game f2p; however endgame is infinite and it becomes boring and repetitive over time.
    Game rewards seem to be ok during the course of the story, however after reaching AR 45 you realize you dont have enough and the game suffers from hte lack of resources.
    Drop rates are a joke and so is the anniversary rewards.    … Expand
  65. mlseviers
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Earns the most, gives the least. I guess it has the lowest 5 star drop rate and the most expensive one to draw. Very low free income. Your "rewards" are actually saved from rewards in-game such as map exploration. Do not try to spend anything on it as you will regret.
  66. pr_andrade
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    The game is beautiful, but the developer Mihoyo doesn't care about the community and this makes the game lack the improvements suggested by the players.
  67. lastbing
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    It's fun game at the first, but it's so boring when you reach high level. Plain story spesific at 2.1 version, bad character kit design, lack of content and anniversary reward is suck. This devloper become so greddy at this time. I not recomend this game
  68. Soapwf
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Lets just say... The 1st anniversary are suck. You are the top tier gacha game, yet can't even made a decent reward an anniversary
  69. klingerdx
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Esse jogo e incrível melhor jogo de mundo aberto do estilo Zelda mas o descaso com os jogadores que eles fizeram com o prêmio de aniversário foi imensa , a empresa ganhou muito dinheiro com os jogadores e no aniversário de 1 ano deu recompensas tão ruim , alem disso a mihoyo cagaram na persoangens kokomi fazendo com que ela seja considerada a pior t5 só game e ainda não melhoraram oEsse jogo e incrível melhor jogo de mundo aberto do estilo Zelda mas o descaso com os jogadores que eles fizeram com o prêmio de aniversário foi imensa , a empresa ganhou muito dinheiro com os jogadores e no aniversário de 1 ano deu recompensas tão ruim , alem disso a mihoyo cagaram na persoangens kokomi fazendo com que ela seja considerada a pior t5 só game e ainda não melhoraram o conteúdo end game e o conteúdo Coop do game… Expand
  70. caprifanta533
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    happy anniversary genshin impact, thank you for meh reward you give and bad event you give to us this month and worst pity rate of artifact i got in game
  71. Gkauber
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Pouco, ou nenhum valor dado aos jogadores, empresa se omite, mesmo após uma onda massiva de insatisfeitos com o aniversário.
  72. Pipoc
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    A game that was on its way to being one of the best of its era, but disappoints millions of players because it just cares only about money and not about their loyalty.
  73. Lunds
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Happy anniversary dood, what a nice way to treat your fanbase. Such a generous 40 primos
  74. AlterDark
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    The game is good, has a LOT OF PROBLEMS, NOT GONNA LIE. But the game is good, worth playing FOR FREE ONLY, but worth. Still not really reccomend this for anyone because Mihoyo do not care about me, do not care about you, they only care for our money and they dont deserve it. Dont put money on this game.
  75. KnightofSwords
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    It was a wonderful game literally half a year ago. The plot was interesting, the characters had a well-developed personality, all the errors were carefully worked out. Now there is only good interface design, animation and amazing visuals. Players are fed bad stories as something valuable, locations are not finalized, characters are too, all this with a ton of sexualization and giantIt was a wonderful game literally half a year ago. The plot was interesting, the characters had a well-developed personality, all the errors were carefully worked out. Now there is only good interface design, animation and amazing visuals. Players are fed bad stories as something valuable, locations are not finalized, characters are too, all this with a ton of sexualization and giant greed. Be careful not to choke.
    The process of falling took place gradually and gently, what is now can not be called a good game and even a little interesting.
    Eight contests using the most talented members of the community as free advertising. as an anniversary reward. f*ck you.    … Expand
  76. grimm0595
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    this game will honey trap you by the beautiful world at the start and all the loot you can get. soon or later you will find out this game is just a credit card-sweeping simulator it will force your hand to p2w and get gems in order to get the new cool characters coming out soon ( reused assets and recolor ) = new character + slap a new name on it.
  77. StepanBandera
    Jul 8, 2022
    0
    Говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно, говно.
  78. KoffeuH
    Aug 4, 2022
    0
    As AR57 I can say, this game is **** bad resin system, average story, and worst coop I've ever seen, ah yes, and 80% of all community is toxic 13 y.o kids
  79. JoshyM
    Aug 4, 2022
    0
    Predatory gacha system, lacks intersting content. No more quality gameplay in the recent updates
  80. ProsteNicolas
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    **** absolutely **** this game is for kids who dont have **** brain **** life and nof **** dad, i tried this **** **** and i nearly got cancer its totally ****.
  81. WithFieryTruth
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    A game that's a lot of fun until you, sooner rather than later, run into the inevitable gacha wall, where you're forced into paying a hefty sum of real money (unless you're willing to spend hundreds, possibly thousands, of hours on grinding, farming and waiting on cooldowns) just for the chance to win one of the characters or weapons you want.

    To add insult to injury, if you live in a    A game that's a lot of fun until you, sooner rather than later, run into the inevitable gacha wall, where you're forced into paying a hefty sum of real money (unless you're willing to spend hundreds, possibly thousands, of hours on grinding, farming and waiting on cooldowns) just for the chance to win one of the characters or weapons you want.

    To add insult to injury, if you live in a European country, everything's a lot more expensive.
    6480 Genesis Crystals, which nets you a total of 40 character/weapon rolls (that will mostly or, more likely, completely, consist of trash), costs $99.99. In Europe, the same package costs €109.99.
    A euro is already worth more than a dollar, but the fact that they also bumped up the price results in the $99.99 package costing roughly $130 in Europe. It's equal parts ridiculous and unacceptable, considering the fact that you're not even guaranteed a useful drop if you actually spend this amount. To further put things into perspective: In order to get the currently featured five star character, you have to do a total of up to 180 rolls in the game. These rolls will cost you a whooping $444 if you live in the US, and if you're unlucky enough to be European, it will cost roughly €489, which translates to $578.
    Let that sink in. $578 for ONE character, and this character will be replaced by a different one in a few weeks, meaning you'll have to cough up another $578 for the new one, another $578 for the next one after that, and so on.

    If there was a non-gacha version of this game, where you could find characters and weapons through some sort of ordinary progression system, I'd gladly pay full price for it, but in its current form, Genshin Impact is just a cheap money-grab that in no way deserves the praise it's been receiving.
    Quite frankly, I find it disgusting how miHoYo and other gacha game developers profit by exploiting people's tendency for gambling addiction. I wish everyone would stop throwing money at them so we'd be rid of this plague of the gaming world.    … Expand
  82. Joe627487136
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    Well.. u would have a better time to play Zelda I suppose.. if you can’t afford an switch then maybe this game is for you
  83. ncnew
    Oct 14, 2020
    0
    Stereotypical Gacha tumor, but even worse than the usual Gacha fare.

    -Unethical host bans Android users who use what is essentially an operating system function standard to consumer-friendly OSes like Windows or proper linux (Root access) -SSR rate is the lowest of any gacha game I have played -Typical Gacha Time Gating intended to drain money from kids -China and all the bad things    Stereotypical Gacha tumor, but even worse than the usual Gacha fare.

    -Unethical host bans Android users who use what is essentially an operating system function standard to consumer-friendly OSes like Windows or proper linux (Root access)
    -SSR rate is the lowest of any gacha game I have played
    -Typical Gacha Time Gating intended to drain money from kids
    -China and all the bad things that come with it like censorship
    -MiHoYo has a history of banning for a long list of ridiculous reasons although as previously stated rooting is one of the worst excuses for a ban.

    Supporting the gacha industry only ensures that developers will no longer make real games like they used to.

    I could list some pros like "cute graphics" but that really means nothing when the game is just psychological abuse intended to drain your wallet via gambling for kids...    … Expand
  84. LoyalFlush
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The game is fun for the first dozen or so hours. After that, the game immediately halts your progression behind paywalls and arbitrary time gates. For most players, the daily routine consists of logging in, doing dailies for 20 minutes and logging off. There's nothing remotely fun nor engaging about this chore of a game.
  85. MaxxedOut
    Oct 22, 2020
    1
    No, increasing the cap to 160, while leaving the REGENERATION TIME for one Resin is not fixing the problem. What's the use? You won't even get 30 minutes of effective gameplay daily.
  86. Kmnr
    Oct 22, 2020
    1
    Story is good, nice graphic with a nice exploring kinda game, but after you reach AR 35+ you will easily get bored. No quest to complete, nothing else to explore, and the only thing you can do is progressing your character, and the worse part is you need resin to make your character stronger and right now the rwsin system is so bad. You can only play this game for 20 minutes because the resin.
  87. Darkesht
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    horrible resin system gating player progress remembering need a ton resin to upgrade the character
  88. mosthealer
    Oct 22, 2020
    1
    Dumb developer decide to kill the game by gating everything with resin system, it need to go to hell
  89. Roodboye
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Game becomes literally unplayable after a certain point unless you want to shill out 15$ a day, and even then you will get about 15min gameplay out of it. Stay away from this game untill (hopefully) things change for the best.
  90. RESINLOOL
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Remove Resin or the game will die because of this stupid system it ruins the game and keep gating the players from playing the game like what in the world is this system if they don't remove it I'll quit the game
  91. krwr
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Up until AR25 the game was breathtaking. Now at AR38 my only content is 10 mins/day. Completely out of touch devs that cannot implement meaningful changes despite a plethora of good feedback/suggestions/criticism from a very passionate community.
  92. 3Y0W1N
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Time is money. Waiting is wasting time. Waiting is a waste of money.
    When you wait for resin to refill, thats a waste of money. You can buy the time waiting for resin to refill? Thats exponentially a waste of money. MiHoYo spending time to create this resin system is double exponentially a waste of money.
    Progression in-game need everything. Gathering everything need time. Time used for    Time is money. Waiting is wasting time. Waiting is a waste of money.
    When you wait for resin to refill, thats a waste of money. You can buy the time waiting for resin to refill? Thats exponentially a waste of money. MiHoYo spending time to create this resin system is double exponentially a waste of money.

    Progression in-game need everything. Gathering everything need time. Time used for grinding is a time well spent for progression.
    When you use resin to get more of everything when grinding, thats a money well spent. You can buy the time used for grinding with resin? Thats exponentially a money well spent. MiHoYo spending time to rework resin system as drop booster is double exponentially a money well spent.    … Expand
  93. Resin
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Everything about this game is good except one thing, Resin problem! Everything you do needs a resin, and the amounts of items drop per resin needed are measly!!! And when you are farming artifacts, you are locked with RNG, main stats need RNG to get what you want and even the sub stats need an RNG too to get perfect stats. There have been a lot of complaints about it, be it CN players orEverything about this game is good except one thing, Resin problem! Everything you do needs a resin, and the amounts of items drop per resin needed are measly!!! And when you are farming artifacts, you are locked with RNG, main stats need RNG to get what you want and even the sub stats need an RNG too to get perfect stats. There have been a lot of complaints about it, be it CN players or global players... They said that they have listened to our voice, but guess what? Instead of increasing the rate of resin regen, we get increased resin cap instead!? We asked for more water but given bigger cup?? How does that make sense? If we are not getting an increase in regen rate then bigger cap does not change anything. Previously we need to log in twice a day, burn resin in 10 minutes for trash items and log out, now they give us a QoL that is you only need to log in once a day, burn your resin in 10 mins and don't bother play the game again until the next day at the same day time. This is the problem of endgame players with slow content updates from developers, until they truly listened to players' voice, this review stands at 0 rating!… Expand
  94. illiex
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Worst gating i have ever seem, even for gachas standards. For the early start, it's pretty good, just to turn into a mess after ar35+. The stamina system in this game put other predatory gachas into shame. You have 15 minutes a day of meaningful play. It's ridiculous and i regret wasting money before i knew what a mess this game is after some time. Don't get invested if you intend to playWorst gating i have ever seem, even for gachas standards. For the early start, it's pretty good, just to turn into a mess after ar35+. The stamina system in this game put other predatory gachas into shame. You have 15 minutes a day of meaningful play. It's ridiculous and i regret wasting money before i knew what a mess this game is after some time. Don't get invested if you intend to play it. Sounds crazy, but that is one system put in by the developer, on purpose!
    That's even without mentioning one of the worst currency and pull rates in ALL of the gacha games.    … Expand
  95. Aliali23
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The honeymoon phase is done,, after 2 weeks playing and realized how bad is resin system is,, and now we have 1.1 update that only increase resin cap from 120 to 160 without reducing the resin gain, its still a crappy 8 mins per resin,, yes the problem is so severe and my daily time playing this game only 15 mins each day,,, nice gameplay,, 11/10 btw I'm AR41 player,,
  96. I-LOVE-GENSHIN
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    I love this game, it's like my wife... But when you can only spend 2 minutes doing stuff with your wife, clearly things are not going to work out.. Playing this game made me realize, I don't need a wife, I need more resin. Please add more resin, 160 is not nearly enough for someone to actually enjoy the game.
  97. Deadlift966
    Oct 23, 2020
    1
    Bad company. The game looks beautiful but the business system is way too toxic and hungry. The company doesn’t listen to their player base feedback.
  98. lyanda
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This game promotes itself as a free to play game however with its predatory monetization practices it locks endgame content and characters behind a high paywall. People are required to gamble away more than a $1000 to get 2 5 stars which could be a weapon instead of a character. It's ridiculous that there is no daily reward system and that you have to pay more money to replenish your resinThis game promotes itself as a free to play game however with its predatory monetization practices it locks endgame content and characters behind a high paywall. People are required to gamble away more than a $1000 to get 2 5 stars which could be a weapon instead of a character. It's ridiculous that there is no daily reward system and that you have to pay more money to replenish your resin to do more content compared to rolling for a character/item. On top of that the rates for attaining a 5 star is so low that it might as well be a 0% chance.… Expand
  99. moist_pillow
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This game has caused me to lose my 2 children because my whore ass wife took them when she saw that I spent 10 dollars in order to roll for a child that bombs puppies for fun.
    This was fine and all because, between you and me, the children were annoying and a waste of money. And my wife was cheating on me for Ted the janitor at her job, so **** 'em
    Oh, and resin system go brrrrrr...    This game has caused me to lose my 2 children because my whore ass wife took them when she saw that I spent 10 dollars in order to roll for a child that bombs puppies for fun.
    This was fine and all because, between you and me, the children were annoying and a waste of money. And my wife was cheating on me for Ted the janitor at her job, so **** 'em
    Oh, and resin system go brrrrrr...
    Tired of only being able to look at keqing booty for 20 minutes a day besides on danbooru.    … Expand
  100. Snow2711
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Game seemed okay on the surface, but damn it's so restrictive. The Gacha rates are .6 chance to pull a 5 star. However, it can be either a weapon or character. Most of the time you'll pull useless 3 star weapons that are just material fodder. Then you have the absolute trash resin (energy/stamina) system. Literally you can play 10 minutes a day or less then have nothing left to do but waitGame seemed okay on the surface, but damn it's so restrictive. The Gacha rates are .6 chance to pull a 5 star. However, it can be either a weapon or character. Most of the time you'll pull useless 3 star weapons that are just material fodder. Then you have the absolute trash resin (energy/stamina) system. Literally you can play 10 minutes a day or less then have nothing left to do but wait hours for it to recharge. Wait until this game fixes its resin (energy/stamina) system to play, then maybe it'd be worth your time to give it a chance. Music is good though. Thank you to the music composers and producers on the development team. Whoever decided on the monetization and resin system is brain dead though. This game will be dead before patch 1.1 if they don't fix it.… Expand
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#31 Best PC Game of 2020
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2021
    75
    Rather than a typical online game, Genshin Impact resembles a traditional single-player jRPG with a real-time combat. For a free-to-play title it is very impressive, but turns out to be pretty derivative and quickly slumps into monotony. [13/2020, p.52]
  2. Games.cz
    Nov 12, 2020
    90
    Oh, the joy of exploring this beautiful world. Oh, the clever combat, the great voice acting, the compelling story. This is one of the best RPGs of the year. And it’s almost beyond comprehension that you can get it for free.
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  3. MMORPG.com
    Oct 20, 2020
    90
    Overall, in spite of things that should bring Genshin Impact down, the game is so much fun to play that the negatives are ultimately minor gripes. [...] The gameplay is smooth and simplistic, and it works great on all platforms - though I’m still not sure why the PlayStation version can’t be linked to a Mihoyo account so I could play on my phone when I’m not at home (PS Vita version please??) but it’s a small gripe to an otherwise terrific game.
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