Genshin Impact

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User Score
4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3024 Ratings

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

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  1. AJCk19
    Nov 15, 2022
    4
    TLDR; there is just better games out there, and these low user scores is proof of that.

    PROS Art direction and aesthetics is nice. Cross platform play on pc and mobile. Overall audio is great from background music and sound effects. MEHS It has some form of multiplayer, but it doesn't matter if the meat of the gameplay is bad. Gatcha system is one of the worst compared to    TLDR; there is just better games out there, and these low user scores is proof of that.

    PROS
    Art direction and aesthetics is nice.
    Cross platform play on pc and mobile.
    Overall audio is great from background music and sound effects.

    MEHS
    It has some form of multiplayer, but it doesn't matter if the meat of the gameplay is bad.
    Gatcha system is one of the worst compared to others, but the game is free.

    CONS
    Game is too simplistic, easy, and travel can be slow.
    Why play this game, when I can play Trails of Mana, or Orochi Warriors? Basically, there is just better games out there.    … Expand
  2. Yosemito
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    Çin menşeili bir yapım olduğu için şaşırmadım türkçe dil desteği getirmemişler bu kadar ayrıntılı oyuna ingilizcesi orta üstü olmayan birisi etraftaki şeyleri zorlanarak anlar bi zevkide kalmaz durup durup çevirdiği için bu yüzden Ben ve benim gibi pek çok insan mail atmasına rağmen takmadılar kimseyi hikayeleri anlarken çok sinir oluyorum ve bi zevk alamıyorum o yüzden 1/10Çin menşeili bir yapım olduğu için şaşırmadım türkçe dil desteği getirmemişler bu kadar ayrıntılı oyuna ingilizcesi orta üstü olmayan birisi etraftaki şeyleri zorlanarak anlar bi zevkide kalmaz durup durup çevirdiği için bu yüzden Ben ve benim gibi pek çok insan mail atmasına rağmen takmadılar kimseyi hikayeleri anlarken çok sinir oluyorum ve bi zevk alamıyorum o yüzden 1/10
  3. Grimm0
    Sep 18, 2021
    0
    this game force you way or another to spend above 50$ or 99$ at least to get the character you want they do every month once or twice to lure people to their addiction awful practice.
  4. HipSGuinness
    Sep 15, 2022
    8
    It's a good Gatcha Game to play :
    +Interesting mecanics and characters gameplay
    +Lot of Boss, chests and puzzles
    +All 4 stars and 5 can be play and find a usefull on teams compositions

    But It's not perfect :
    -Gatcha with a 50% lost the pitty, the worst part for F2P players
    -Multiplayer are useless and not very usefull (only for help news players or rush boss)
  5. Stireden
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    I don't care. This game is clearly a rip-off of Zelda BOTW. They stole everything, from animation style to the game mechanism. Now I even know that they also stole from Final Fantasy as well.
  6. Oldman1917
    Nov 25, 2021
    9
    Потрясающая игра учитывая её концепт. Минус балл за все украденное. То есть позаимствованное... Да. Но зато как хорошо реализованное! Я уже забросил игру, но возможно скоро вернусь. Впрочем, мой ПК говорит, что я провел в ней хороших 300 часов. И я доволен. Это ли не показатель?Потрясающая игра учитывая её концепт. Минус балл за все украденное. То есть позаимствованное... Да. Но зато как хорошо реализованное! Я уже забросил игру, но возможно скоро вернусь. Впрочем, мой ПК говорит, что я провел в ней хороших 300 часов. И я доволен. Это ли не показатель?
  7. rupt
    Dec 6, 2020
    4
    Yeah, this game is pretty much the Paper Mario: Sticker Star of the Legend Of Zelda franchise.
  8. PauloGamerX
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    esse jogo é lixo, pay2win. nunca vi jogo mais lixo, se você não pega personagens 5 estrelas, você não fica forte, vai farmar a vida toda, e se não der sorte, não vai pegar nenhum personagens 5 estrelas, ou seja, vai ter que gastar dinheiro pra pegar os personagens op, sendo assim, pay2win, luck2win,
    conclusão: jogo lixo.
  9. Atlantin
    Feb 6, 2021
    0
    This is an ok game with a terrible support system. I waited for over 2 months to recover a hacked account, got the account recovered, only to have it banned. The refunded purchases they made and I was asked to pay for the crazy amount of purchases that were refunded, and now my account is banned. I understand thebusiness model but it clearly shows that Mihoyo has zero c are for their player base.
  10. kallerin
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    pay to win, the story is useless the 4 starter character is **** useless too, if you want a good character you need to pay 100$ lmao go **** yourself mihoyo
  11. Kreshton
    Apr 26, 2021
    6
    Not bad MMORPG,but have some problems : monotonous and boring gameplay, like: went a long way for the quest, talked go back to the nine lands, or take some item on the quest and again go back almost to the end of the location, and it's a little annoying.
  12. Bawer
    Jun 5, 2022
    7
    The world of MMOs gets bigger and bigger and this has good reasons namely discovering an unknown never ending world, fighting the toughest battles, being connected with people from the whole world and developing your own character whereas you identify yourself with him.
    A few years ago i heard about Genshin Impact but at the first glance i wasn't interested in it because as far as i    The world of MMOs gets bigger and bigger and this has good reasons namely discovering an unknown never ending world, fighting the toughest battles, being connected with people from the whole world and developing your own character whereas you identify yourself with him.
    A few years ago i heard about Genshin Impact but at the first glance i wasn't interested in it because as far as i understood it was a Single Player MMO or something what i have found weird.
    Last week it got my attention again and following the quote "The taste comes with eating" i gave it a shot.

    The intro starts with a brother and sister who have mighty personalities but an enemy appeared. Now you can choose to be the brother or the sister. Depends on your decision you will be separated from your family and then the journey begins.

    In your journey a cute and adorable mystic girl named Paimon accompany you in order to find and save your family. In the meantime you meet many peoples and stories what give Genshin Impact a recognizable face.

    The World is quite huge and detailed. I saw two cities and especially the second city which has real asian style was very beautiful and invites you to stay there even longer. The Flora and Fauna is also well integrated into the world whereas the weather conditions have a negative impact on your health.

    I like the anime-style and the characters i just met are detailed and are irreplaceable characters

    The soundtrack is very cool and contains an asian-flair that creates a deepening and serious atmosphere in Genshin Impact. The composer really knows what he is doing. The music still is in my mind what confirms the right choice of the soundtrack.

    Right now i'm in the prologue so i can't tell too much concerning the story. What i can tell is that the family that you try to save could become your enemy. The other thing is that the enemy who appeared in the intro seems to have a personal interest in you but it is not clear what she is really up to. These elements cause question marks and that's why following the story line is motivating.

    You are in a Four-Man-Squad and you fight the battle with one person whereas you can switch easily to the other warrior. There is basic-attack, special-attack and a very special-attack but there seems to be no counter-attack. Every warrior has a different style and how to attack. It is right that you can develop your own character very very far while you can unlock certain talents. Unfortunately your character cannot learn more new attacks.
    In connection to this kind of Development and Battle-System the Gacha-System takes a huge and important place in Genshin Impact. There are many characters that you can get in the Gacha-System whereas you can another characters through certain story-lines. But i have to admit that the fighting style of the characters in the Gacha-System is more interesting and refined than the other ones you can get in the story itself. The Gacha-System offers three banners which includes 4- and 5-Stars characters. I noticed that mainly the 5-Stars characters can cause a very-special-attack with an animation while i love the animation-attacks.

    Well, now we come to an issue with what many Genshin-Warriors have a problem. In order to get these 5-Stars characters you have to spend for example about 150-200 € in one banner. You have to draw a 10x-Ticket (in Genshin Impact it is called: Prayer) about 9-10 times to get a 5-Stars Character whereas there is a high chance that you get 4-Stars Characters. We are lucky that there is a pity-system or else it would be even worse. The problem is that you can draw a character you already have. In such cases you can get an exchange. You also get other kind of coins which you can spend at the Tradesman.
    My point of view is that it is reasonable to get the necessary money so that you can finance Genshin-Impact, new projects like "Zenless Zone Zero", the company, the employees and even the cleaning ladies. Paying at maximum 50-60 € per month would be very fair but not 150-180 €. To be honest, i just checked if there is some sort of a subscription-pass like in other MMO and yes there is one. You can get a pass for about 10,99 € and you can get a subscription for 4,99 € where u can get the necessary coins day for day. This pass for about 10 € is available at Adventurer-Level 20.
    This seems to be fair but nevertheless the users are very frustrated of the Gacha-System anyway. So seeing it in a long term i cannot tell if the pass is the solution of the whole Gacha-Issue.

    It would be useful to create a subscription-pass with a price of 10 to maximum 50-60 € per month and depending how much you pay you can get more coins for buying the tickets. So it would be great that if you pay 50-60 €, you get more than 12000 crystal coins for drawing the 10xTickets. I think this kind of concept could lower the frustration-grade of the Genshin-Warrior.

    Conclusion: 7/10    … Expand
  13. o0Haruki0o
    Sep 28, 2021
    5
    It took too much time to complete game content when you are "unlucky" with gacha. The only answer for confortable and time-saving gaming experience is to offer money to Mihoyo. One important thing is that the company is quite greedy with their policy with gamers.
  14. Coldzheart
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Olha que legal eles censuram as pessoas por pedir melhorias que bela empresa
  15. ElCracked656
    Sep 29, 2021
    10
    Es un un muy buen juego ,mundo abierto ,personajes ,lore ,objetivos, misiones ,eventos y mil y un cosas mas. Pero su empresa desarrolladora es un asco trata mal a la comunidad y no da lo que este juego puede explotar si no solo se enfocan en el dinero y dinero eso es lo F
  16. Beterlag
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    This game is toxic ,canser ,disgusting ,gacha ,time waste ,bacterium ,bad ,paytodamage ,f2penemy ,walleteater ,RNG%90 ,Worst banners ,Scamweapon banner and most importantly dont listen the community.SHAMELESS GAME
  17. TeemoTime
    Aug 15, 2022
    7
    Gameplay is lackluster, at least in the beginning stages of the game. But it has the benefit of being Breath Of The Wild.
  18. gayshltinfact
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
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  19. mihailgggg1
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Люды вы совсем ебанулись? Эта игра прекрасна как можно так сильно занижать оценку? ЭТА ИГРА НЕ P2W!!!!!!!
  20. KrillerBomb
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Horrid, terrible game with whitewashing, racism, predatory behavior, gambling and pedophilia.
  21. Titan565
    Sep 12, 2022
    0
    **** otaku game tbh Nothing worth trying Just play Assassin's creed you will get the same experience with better machnicas
  22. GeorgeSMR
    Jul 27, 2022
    0
    Events? Special Programs? Surveys? Outfits? Version Update? WHATEVER. I am deeply & greatly disappointed. Properly balance & solidly fix your game. My Genshin Impact experience is constantly being ruined because of the lack of balance, the unfixed bugs, and the many limitations you have placed. See examples below: 1. Dash/Dodge is limited to two (2) quick presses eventhough it is alreadyEvents? Special Programs? Surveys? Outfits? Version Update? WHATEVER. I am deeply & greatly disappointed. Properly balance & solidly fix your game. My Genshin Impact experience is constantly being ruined because of the lack of balance, the unfixed bugs, and the many limitations you have placed. See examples below: 1. Dash/Dodge is limited to two (2) quick presses eventhough it is already limited by or bound to Stamina;

    2. Enemy AoE attack indicator circles that ARE NOT equal to the AoE attack damage area;

    3. Corrosion status & Drowning affect all team members but deadly/lethal fall damage only affects/kills one character (this is so dumb);

    4. Kairagi being placed as mini-bosses in bounties & events (they also have a 2nd Phase), but, is not classified as an Elite Enemy and their artifact loot has been removed (this is also dumb);

    5. Cryo status also affecting ATK Spd when Tutorial says it only affects Movement Spd;

    6. Adding the Blazing Heat status without adding ways to counter it (i.e. Goulash counters Sheer Cold);

    7. Characters protected by shields receive damage from Smoldering Flames inside the Taishan Mansion talent level-up material domain;

    8. Characters protected by shields still receive damage when attacked while switching characters;

    9. Ruin Cruisers (triangle shaped automatons) can lock-on & unleash their AoE attack to the player even when they have no/zero visual of the character;

    10. In Dragonspine, Cryo Cicin Mages are generating new Cryo shield right after breaking previous Cryo shield like they don't have any other moves;

    13. Characters with Alternate Sprint get stuck in various things on the ground.

    14. Bow-using characters get stuck (like Alternate Sprint characters) in various things on the ground while they are in Aimed Shot mode;

    15. Electrograna are blocking the Aimed Shot mode of bow-users;

    16. In the Forsaken Rift Talent Level-Up Material Domain, the icicles still drop/fall even after the Challenge has been completed;    … Expand
  23. rkarlberg2
    Sep 12, 2022
    0
    New expansion is worst I've seen in any game ever - terrible quests and lots of bugs. Just too disappointing - lots of fun for the first few days but gets so frustrating after that. This would be a 10, or even 11... if there were not so many other problems. Instead I want to give a negative score!
    Angry at myself for wasting hundreds of dollars trying to get a decent 5-star character.    New expansion is worst I've seen in any game ever - terrible quests and lots of bugs. Just too disappointing - lots of fun for the first few days but gets so frustrating after that. This would be a 10, or even 11... if there were not so many other problems. Instead I want to give a negative score!
    Angry at myself for wasting hundreds of dollars trying to get a decent 5-star character. There are just too many frustrating problems, I've never hated a game more!    … Expand
  24. Geo3891
    Sep 3, 2022
    1
    Que juego tan mas malo, solo es una copia de Breath of the Wild y sin identidad, el %60 del cast de personajes de la historia de Genshin Impact son absurdos y no aportan nada al argumento y solo son puro relleno, y todavía la historia es ridícula y se alarga innecesariamente mientras salen mas actualizaciones y este juego solo se basa en puras micro-transacciones y farmeo masivo todo paraQue juego tan mas malo, solo es una copia de Breath of the Wild y sin identidad, el %60 del cast de personajes de la historia de Genshin Impact son absurdos y no aportan nada al argumento y solo son puro relleno, y todavía la historia es ridícula y se alarga innecesariamente mientras salen mas actualizaciones y este juego solo se basa en puras micro-transacciones y farmeo masivo todo para que al final no te sirva para nada un día después, lo único decente de esta cosa es el soundtrack que solo es DECENTE nunca bueno.… Expand
  25. Musmek0
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    November 17 is the date of death! Genshin impact is a copy of Zelda. So here is the maximum rating: 0.
  26. meesam4687
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Trash Game
    Didn't enjoy
    Cringe
    Incredible cringe
    Waste of time
    Discord mods play this
    You are a pdf file
  27. Eboytimmy
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Sh't game. Literally all the characters are pale or white, and the devs won't create a single character that is even slightly brown.
    Again with putting characters that are pretty much only good looking. The perfect game for weebs and creeps who can't bother to get a life.
    Stay fatherless, Genshin players.
  28. top10muskets
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    pretty bad
    Never wanna play it again in my life it honestly has made me gone pretty sad to see such a waste of my life go towards this
  29. Wolfpackgaming2
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    Attention all fans of **** Impact: The age of consent is 18 years old in the United States. That is all.
  30. renyw
    Jan 11, 2023
    10
    great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great
  31. jackXXX
    Jan 11, 2023
    10
    trò chơi này có thế giới rộng rãi, đa dạng về nhân vật văn hóa và vùng đất, gameplay khá và đc đầu tư và phức tạp, các nhân vật có chiều sâu nếu bạn tìm hiểu, mihoyo cập nhật trò chơi này thường xuyên nên luôn có lý do để chơi trò chơi này, tuy là phải gacha để có nhân vật mới nhưng sau cùng mihoyo cũng phải kiếm tiền,tôi khuyên bạn nên cho trò chơi này một cơ hộitrò chơi này có thế giới rộng rãi, đa dạng về nhân vật văn hóa và vùng đất, gameplay khá và đc đầu tư và phức tạp, các nhân vật có chiều sâu nếu bạn tìm hiểu, mihoyo cập nhật trò chơi này thường xuyên nên luôn có lý do để chơi trò chơi này, tuy là phải gacha để có nhân vật mới nhưng sau cùng mihoyo cũng phải kiếm tiền,tôi khuyên bạn nên cho trò chơi này một cơ hội
  32. Simon_LasagnoWi
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    This isnt Genshin this is GeySh*t. This the the absolute worst game that was made. This is Corporate Sh*t game for Weebs And horny teens to relapse to the caracters. Not only that but that piece of sh*t is riping of tons of games and for most its rips of The Legend of Zelda Brearth of the Wild (The mechanics). The game is absolute dogsh*t and if you like it you have too things to chooseThis isnt Genshin this is GeySh*t. This the the absolute worst game that was made. This is Corporate Sh*t game for Weebs And horny teens to relapse to the caracters. Not only that but that piece of sh*t is riping of tons of games and for most its rips of The Legend of Zelda Brearth of the Wild (The mechanics). The game is absolute dogsh*t and if you like it you have too things to choose from either delete the game and think about what you did with your life, or kill yoursef. I absolutly wana kill everybody that has any relotions to makers of this dogsh*t game. What? your Grandoas brothers friends kid that had a dog who got peted once by a somebody who walk on the same walk as the creators of this sh*t. Guees what? Yo Ass Dead… Expand
  33. frickgenshin
    Feb 4, 2023
    0
    one of the best games ive ever playedd theres one tiny thing tho. THE DIOLOGES LAST FOR 30 MINUTES. IVE TIMED IT AND THERE WAS ONE DIOLOGE THAT LASTED FOR REAL 30 MINUTES I DONT CARE ABOUTT THESEE DOG **** CHARAKTERS STORY JUST SHUT THE **** UP YOU SELF ABSORBED **** LIKE ACTUALLY SHUT THE **** UP I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR STORY I AM GETTING CANCER IN MY HAND FROM SPAMMING THE ****ING SPACEone of the best games ive ever playedd theres one tiny thing tho. THE DIOLOGES LAST FOR 30 MINUTES. IVE TIMED IT AND THERE WAS ONE DIOLOGE THAT LASTED FOR REAL 30 MINUTES I DONT CARE ABOUTT THESEE DOG **** CHARAKTERS STORY JUST SHUT THE **** UP YOU SELF ABSORBED **** LIKE ACTUALLY SHUT THE **** UP I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR STORY I AM GETTING CANCER IN MY HAND FROM SPAMMING THE ****ING SPACE BUTTON 24
    /7 LIKE ACTUALLY I DO NOT CARE EVEN ONE LITTLE BIT LIKE ACUTALLY    … Expand
  34. KatarinaBest
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    there are no activities for co-op players no normal raids or dungeons its just a casino where they hope you will put money
  35. ThiccSauce
    Feb 15, 2023
    0
    This game, straight up copies The legend of Zelda breath of the wild and doesn't even try to hide it though genshin's developers said they were "inspired". The only thing they were inspired by is they'r hunger for money with the gacha system.
  36. VanBa
    Mar 16, 2023
    10
    Lores, character designs, mechanics and etc are top tier!! Never thought I'll enjoy a gacha gamen with maps and lores gets bigger every monthly updates
  37. Pashadarkgempla
    May 12, 2023
    0
    Полний кал скушный геймпей и сюжет!
    Саундтрек норм но играть скучно зельда на много круче !
  38. Mihh2
    May 12, 2023
    10
    Genshin Impact is an exceptional game that offers a breathtaking open world, engaging storyline, and a unique combat system. The vast world is filled with mysteries to uncover, puzzles to solve, and enemies to defeat. The characters designs are diverse, and each one has a unique set of skills and abilities to master. The game gacha system may be controversial, but it doesn't detract fromGenshin Impact is an exceptional game that offers a breathtaking open world, engaging storyline, and a unique combat system. The vast world is filled with mysteries to uncover, puzzles to solve, and enemies to defeat. The characters designs are diverse, and each one has a unique set of skills and abilities to master. The game gacha system may be controversial, but it doesn't detract from the overall experience. The developer's commitment to providing free updates and content ensures that the game will continue to be enjoyable for a long time. Overall, Genshin Impact is an outstanding game that's worth playing for anyone who enjoys action RPGs.… Expand
  39. hauwhian
    Nov 3, 2020
    10
    A very good game.
    PROs:
    1. Very good or EXCELENT background music, especially in Liyue
    2. Cute characters
    3. Beautiful open world

    CONs:
    1.Gacha system is cruel
    2.Poor or stupid enemy AI
  40. woedle_doedle
    Sep 29, 2020
    9
    It definitely draws from BotWs bag, but it's fairly genuine in it's attempt at imitation. The game is fun and runs great. It has excellent voice work, and the characters are a lot of fun. I have not yet made it to the multiplayer, but so far the enemies are varied and the attack combinations with the elements server for an interesting mix of character swapping into active battles. TheIt definitely draws from BotWs bag, but it's fairly genuine in it's attempt at imitation. The game is fun and runs great. It has excellent voice work, and the characters are a lot of fun. I have not yet made it to the multiplayer, but so far the enemies are varied and the attack combinations with the elements server for an interesting mix of character swapping into active battles. The story is a little weak, and some things appear to be mobile-optimized... which is a big no-no for PC players... Fix that and the game is great.… Expand
  41. madsmmlaursen
    Oct 4, 2020
    9
    genshin impact is a fun open world game it has a ok story but great gameplay it takes a lot of insperation from breath of the wild but as others see this as a bad thing i see this as a good thing its great that more games like breath of the wild is realesing it means that you get to have so many more adventures to go on and its not like genshin doesnt have anything on its own it has a verygenshin impact is a fun open world game it has a ok story but great gameplay it takes a lot of insperation from breath of the wild but as others see this as a bad thing i see this as a good thing its great that more games like breath of the wild is realesing it means that you get to have so many more adventures to go on and its not like genshin doesnt have anything on its own it has a very fun battle system thats unique and fun the only thing that i feel hold down the game is that you allways have to be online which is kinda sucks when most of the time im just playing single player but overall genshin impact is a game that i would definitly recommend if you like games like breath of the wild or just adventure games in the first place… Expand
  42. Lik69159
    Oct 1, 2020
    9
    Very great free to play Anime clone of exploration based action games such as Breath of the Wild. Combat feels smooth, and the world has plenty of content to keep players engaged and playing for dozens of hours. Voice acting overall is well done, especially for a free game out on IOS and Android as well, however some characters are very 1 dimensional with their voices. Some characters areVery great free to play Anime clone of exploration based action games such as Breath of the Wild. Combat feels smooth, and the world has plenty of content to keep players engaged and playing for dozens of hours. Voice acting overall is well done, especially for a free game out on IOS and Android as well, however some characters are very 1 dimensional with their voices. Some characters are locked behind a gacha system typical to anime based games, but there are multiple free characters and none are compulsory for you to complete the game. Definitely give this one a shot if you loved BOTW and anime!… Expand
  43. Monaco
    Sep 29, 2020
    9
    Fun combat, good graphics, great mechanics! Yes, it's a Zelda lookalike, and yes, this is a compliment.
  44. Peterpain79
    Sep 30, 2020
    9
    The co op is bad, you don't get any rewards if you join someone's instance.
    If they fix this the game is a solid 10/10
    Great mechanics, puzzles, combat, graphics you name it. They did a really god job
  45. Amadeu1
    Oct 29, 2020
    9
    Так и не понял хейта этой игры... Донат? А чем он ужасен здесь? Тут нет вещей, которые можно купить только за реальную валюту, а местная валюта дропается нормально. В игре нет контента? Игра только вышла, дайте время на развитие (да и контента +-много для релиза, вспомните другие игры). Всё взято с зельды! Нет, не все. Игра взяла ещё многие механики из игр (ведьмачье чутье, например). Да иТак и не понял хейта этой игры... Донат? А чем он ужасен здесь? Тут нет вещей, которые можно купить только за реальную валюту, а местная валюта дропается нормально. В игре нет контента? Игра только вышла, дайте время на развитие (да и контента +-много для релиза, вспомните другие игры). Всё взято с зельды! Нет, не все. Игра взяла ещё многие механики из игр (ведьмачье чутье, например). Да и как будто щас все игры оригинальные на механики) Все новое - это хорошо забытое старое) Почти все механики уже были в играх. Эта игрушка будет получше всякого конвеерного говна или игр с повесточкой.… Expand
  46. Acro23
    Oct 18, 2022
    0
    Make a Dark Souls clone every day of the week, no one bats an eye, But the moment you make a BOTW clone with anime waifus and husbandos, suddenly it's too much for some people...

    Genshin Impact is a game that honestly runs and plays far better than most free games have the right to do so. While it does borrow many aspects from Breath Of The Wild, it uses them as a base to further build    Make a Dark Souls clone every day of the week, no one bats an eye, But the moment you make a BOTW clone with anime waifus and husbandos, suddenly it's too much for some people...

    Genshin Impact is a game that honestly runs and plays far better than most free games have the right to do so. While it does borrow many aspects from Breath Of The Wild, it uses them as a base to further build upon and in my opinion, really comes into its own game after the first tutorial prologue by implementing features such as elemental synergies, special ability combos, weapon and character levelling and more.

    Being a F2P game, it has to make its monetization somehow and the way Genshin has approached it is through the gacha system.

    For those that don't know, Gacha is a form of entertainment popular in Japan where coins are inserted into a dispenser to get a toy capsule out of it, the catch being you have no idea what you will get on the other side. Genshin has implemented this feature through the "Wish" system where new characters and weaponry can be summoned using either in-game currency or premium currency...or a combination of the two.

    While this may put off a lot of people (and I don't blame them, coming from a background of gacha addiction) Genshin has 4 key distinct features I would like to turn your attention towards

    1. Genshin provides you with a base set of characters for free and they are more than capable of carrying you through the game on their own. No Story related content exists which is inaccessible to your party as long as you have these base characters. They may be relatively low tier characters overall, but the game doesn't halt your progression unless you pull a lucky draw on the gacha, unlike a certain game I could Star Wars Battlefront 2...I mean mention.

    2. While I did mention the characters you are given for free are low tier, Genshin is a single-player (with co-op) game with NO PvP as of the writing of this review. Meaning if you and your friend rolled the gacha and he lucked out with a 5 star and you didn't, you are not in a statistically weaker position. So while the gacha characters are better and more appealing, they are not mandatory to complete the game and you can play the game from start to finish with the characters provided to you, their tier list placement be damned.

    3. Genshin Impact has a pity system where if you don't get a 5 star within your first 89 rolls, your 90th one is guaranteed to be a 5-star (and if the 5 star happens to be a weapon instead of a sought after 5-star character, then your 180th roll will be guaranteed to be a 5-star character). As a result it is heavily, HEAVILY advised to save up your Primogems and Intertwined Fate (your summoning materials) for a banner that has a character you covet so not only can you have a greater chance of rolling them, but you can take advantage of the pity system as well. Genshin also has 4-star characters available in the shop on a monthly rotating basis, so if you are feeling particularly unlucky today and the shop has a character you want (and you have the resources to buy them), they're as good as yours, no gacha needed (as far as I know, this doesn't extend to the 5-star characters)

    4. Genshin has a unique rotating summoning banner where pulling a 10 roll guarantees you a 4 star or higher character (not a weapon, character), so you never feel cheated out of getting at least a character for your efforts

    So in conclusion, Genshin is a fast, fun and most importantly FREE ARPG with a lot to offer for its price of $0. I hope this becomes the new hallmark for free games, as Mihoyo has shown that if you put the effort into your game, the players will naturally flock to your game (17 million downloads as of this review, good job Mihoyo!). It's worth giving it a try at the very least because you can't beat the price tag of zero dollars

    EDIT: LMAO WHAT WAS 2020 ME SMOKING, THIS GAME IS **** ASS    … Expand
  47. El112119
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    Genshin Impact is one of the Best and Ambitious Free to play game i have played, it's like this game is priced for $60 for what it looks but it's not.... The Visuals are Stunning and has similarities as Breath of the Wild, The Story is great, the World is Massive ( and lot's to come in future Updates) Character Designs are Gorgeous, Combat is Fun and Strategic...There is MicrotransactionGenshin Impact is one of the Best and Ambitious Free to play game i have played, it's like this game is priced for $60 for what it looks but it's not.... The Visuals are Stunning and has similarities as Breath of the Wild, The Story is great, the World is Massive ( and lot's to come in future Updates) Character Designs are Gorgeous, Combat is Fun and Strategic...There is Microtransaction Gacha here but it is optional, you can still enjoy the game with it's Free Characters, but so far the game has been good to me with my Rolls, Giving me 2 5* characters.....i never been so addicted in a free to play game such as this....Mihoyo Outdid themselves of this one, and used all the money they got from their Previous game ( Honkai Impact 3rd) to make this Beautiful game… Expand
  48. JaegeRRR
    Oct 5, 2020
    9
    -Paleta de colores increíble, a pesar de ser basada en Zelda:BOTW esta muy bien aplicada al estilo "Anime" presente en el juego
    -El uso del elementos esta muy bien profundizado, a diferencia de otros juegos donde no podemos hacer un uso completo de estos, en este podemos hacer combo y con ayuda de ciertas condiciones físicas donde el uso de elementos toma un papel importante.
    -un mapa    -Paleta de colores increíble, a pesar de ser basada en Zelda:BOTW esta muy bien aplicada al estilo "Anime" presente en el juego
    -El uso del elementos esta muy bien profundizado, a diferencia de otros juegos donde no podemos hacer un uso completo de estos, en este podemos hacer combo y con ayuda de ciertas condiciones físicas donde el uso de elementos toma un papel importante.
    -un mapa extenso con vistas hermosas, me gustaría que hagan expansiones para alargar este mismo.
    -Los dibujos, arte y música muy bien hechos.
    -Una Historia entretenida y didáctica y misiones secundarias variadas    … Expand
  49. Charnooh
    Jun 7, 2021
    7
    This game would be a solid 7/10 if it was a 30$ game. Instead it's free with very impressive visuals (considering it runs on mobile), amazing orchestrated soundtrack and a really fun gameplay loop.
    Yes, the Gatcha and stamina mechanics are there, but I don't get why people are scoring this game only based on their exsistance, and not on how they are implemented. You can aquire new    This game would be a solid 7/10 if it was a 30$ game. Instead it's free with very impressive visuals (considering it runs on mobile), amazing orchestrated soundtrack and a really fun gameplay loop.
    Yes, the Gatcha and stamina mechanics are there, but I don't get why people are scoring this game only based on their exsistance, and not on how they are implemented. You can aquire new characters with better skills than others with the Gatcha system, but it's not the only way of getting them (some are currently only obtainable through the Gatcha but the game is only 2 months old and already there are have been about 2-3 events every month where you can easily get those, and the amount of characters only obtainable through Gatcha decreases.).
    The stamina system doesn't prevent you from doing much of anything in a single day, it prevents you from repeating the same mission 10 times a day to get the best loot, preventing balancing problems. Every other quest which you get either daily, with a certain level or just by exploring the world do not require this stamina.
    I don't get why people act like this is just another scam gatcha game. There's clearly a lot of effort put into this game and the Gatcha rules are clearly stated, and seem to actually behave as stated.    … Expand
  50. Racke03
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    Great game, absolutely amazing for a free game. It could be easily priced at $60. Hope they keep updating and adding new stuff. Totally recommend.
  51. FlowZei
    Oct 7, 2020
    8
    1.I saw many people said that the game has a lack of challenge. Those people must be Under AR 25 at which your world will level up to 2 and Start becoming harder. Even am start to Struggle with some of them even tho.

    2. I have only 4 stars Characters in My Team Beidou,Chongyun,Xiangling And Barbara and I have never been stuck at a point of the story because my character doesn't deal a    1.I saw many people said that the game has a lack of challenge. Those people must be Under AR 25 at which your world will level up to 2 and Start becoming harder. Even am start to Struggle with some of them even tho.

    2. I have only 4 stars Characters in My Team Beidou,Chongyun,Xiangling And Barbara and I have never been stuck at a point of the story because my character doesn't deal a lot of damage.

    3. The Gacha. You will Constantly keep getting primo gemmes for anything am even asking me if breathing does give me Primo-gemmes too. So far for a F2P player, I pulled at least 8-10 Wish.

    4. Saying that Miyoho copied BoTW it's like saying Saying that a Mandarin is an Orange but at last the taste is not the same.    … Expand
  52. ChunniZero
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Genshin Impact is a brilliant open-world game with amazing potential. It has a beautiful art style and a deep combat system. I'd even say that it's gameplay surpasses BotW's.
  53. mayhem9
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    Beautiful open world anime game with a killer soundtrack. Gacha doesn't seem pay to win at all. Rewards exploration and elemental usage for combat. Best anime game I've ever played.
  54. Lfarqual
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    Sinceramente un juego espectacular con una banda sonora y jugabilidad espectaculares. Me encanta todas las opciones que tienes por hacer, la manera de ir desbloqueando cosas nuevas, la historia principal me tiene intrigado porque va como por capitulos que ir desbloqueando. La cantidad de configuraciones con los distintos personajes, es una delicia, muy redondo el juego y llevo ya 2 diasSinceramente un juego espectacular con una banda sonora y jugabilidad espectaculares. Me encanta todas las opciones que tienes por hacer, la manera de ir desbloqueando cosas nuevas, la historia principal me tiene intrigado porque va como por capitulos que ir desbloqueando. La cantidad de configuraciones con los distintos personajes, es una delicia, muy redondo el juego y llevo ya 2 dias sin parar. Ahora estoy probando de descargarlo en mi movil a ver si me funciona bien! Recomendadisimo.… Expand
  55. KlosHax
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Beautiful Gameplay, soundtrack, graphics, world design and all of these features are free. Im enjoying every last bit of the game
  56. Idmi
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Surprisingly fun and well built for a game that looks like a Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (BotW) Clone. It definitely copies a lot of the style and mechanics and ideas of Breath of the Wild, but the gameplay and feel of the world is very different. especially when it comes to stats. The weapon system for one is actaully surprisngly similar to Destiny 2 (though I'm only a light Destiny 2 user).

    I'm only a few hours into Genshin Impact game but so far I find it more engaging than BotW, and I think this is because although BotW was more intricately made with more attention to immersion and the beauty of it, this makes it quite slow at times, and the world is very plain in my opinion and you can travel for hours with little to do. and it doesnt help that the storyline is very simple and (though I havent fninished it I am many hours in) a lot of it is stuff that already happens in the pas, but the present is the same, unevolving situation and list of tasks to do with a few fetch/kill quests from npcs.

    The graphics are pretty much on par with BotW, there is essentially no difference - some areas are niceer some are worse.

    The world of Genshin has a lot of stuff going on [SPOILERS OF FIRST 10 MIN GAMEPLAY] such as people from other planets, abundant elemental magic, dragons, gods, knights, power hungry factions. It makes for a very dynamic and lively feeling world and I am actually excited to see where it goes. It is one of the few games that has made my curiosiy overcome my self control and make me wan to play much longer than I planned to because its actually interesting and makes you want to level up and explore the world and go on with the story.

    The combat feels fun, which is difficult to pull off, but switching between characters (which is sometthing you can do pretty soon from the start) and their unique weapon types and abilities is actually prety fun. And trying to find good weapons and buff items and upgrade them adds a level of detail which is actaully really cool to play around wih, geting your favourite play style and more power. I actually enjoy combat in this game along with the weapon and buff system, none of which are easy o do at all, and in most other games I really dislike how nay of these are done, so I'm amazed to see it done so well here.

    Genshin is a much more alive world than BoW, where npc interaction is much more rich and complex and entwrtwined with storyline rather than simple fetch/kill quests. What's also interesting is how levels are designed - during quests you are often lead to large dungeon-type areas which dont appear on the world map - this actually reminded me a lot of Destiny 2 level design and the versatility was quite interesting and exciting, since you're discovering new things instead of exploring the same areas on the map.

    Unfortunately is basically devoid of online multiplayer until you reach adventure level 16, which I havent done yet but I am curious how that will be.

    Also, it is annoying how much content is lifted from BotW. There are just a lot of things you see pop up tha clone it almost exactly, like [SPOILERS FIRST 10 MINS GAMEPLAY] basically bokoblins exactly as hey arer implemented in BotW but they just look differen (they arer by far the most common enemy, there are camps of them often, you can unlock chests by defeaing them...) and you ge gliders and climbing and you drown if you run out oif stamina while swimming... That said, while way too much copies game mechanics from BotW, how the game actaully plays out feels very very different. It is much more action packed and plot driven and the combat is much more complex (but thank goodness wepons dont take damage like they do in BotW forcing you to always hunt out new ones or be stuck with clubs).

    There are also a few bugs at the moment like npc mouths stop moving while halfway through talking and dialogue accidentally being repeated in the wrong place. Also you can change the controls layout for key board or controllers even though apparantly some dialogue says you can change those settings. It also isn't erribly well optimised. I am running an intel 4770 RTX 2070 12GB RAM running a 1080p and in places my FPS dips into the 40s - even Horizon zero dawn almost never does that.

    Some design choices are also odd like, even on PC the FPS is limited to 60, theer are almost no HUD options (so you can hide useless stuff that takes up space on the screen), you cant fullscreen on other resolutions than 1080p (on a 1080p screen or below),

    Also this is more preference but to me the voice acting and the choice of words is often really cheesy.

    That said, it is genuinely one of the few games that has me actaully _excited_ to play more of it to see what happens. Especially because it's a free to play, I can highly recommend you try it. Although if your a PC user the download is very long right now because of high demand and bad servers. Its only 12 GB download, but downloads as 0.5    … Expand
  57. yumaxz
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    El mejor juego mobile que puedas encontrar, un apartado técnico y jugabilidad de 10
  58. spartangt117
    Oct 1, 2020
    10
    I am a BOTW and Nintendo fan, I need to admit that this game is more addictive and fun that BOTW. I like the combat system, the music is also better (an exception is the Kass' Theme of BOTW), the characters are lovely, the history is interesting and all for free, is very impressive. It has an infinite cost-benefit. I have many hours playing and I haven't need to pay for anything. ThereI am a BOTW and Nintendo fan, I need to admit that this game is more addictive and fun that BOTW. I like the combat system, the music is also better (an exception is the Kass' Theme of BOTW), the characters are lovely, the history is interesting and all for free, is very impressive. It has an infinite cost-benefit. I have many hours playing and I haven't need to pay for anything. There some things that were very frustrating in BOTW that are not in Genshin Impact, for example, slip when it rains. Of course, that can make BOTW a little more realistic but decrease the general user experience. They don't try to reinvent the wheel, they improved a lot. … Expand
  59. Liamkhalaf
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Extremely high quality with extremely fun combat and pretty graphics. The Gacha elements can be completely bypassed using the characters given by the story which are quite good. If you loved Breath of the Wild you'll love this.
  60. Sandoval212
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    I'm feel bad to play this amazing game for free..its so much fun and deserves all the praise and award like others top AAA rpg games...pls give it a try
  61. R4setsu
    Oct 27, 2020
    9
    Open world is great! I actually not seeing resin problem, Instead it keeps the balance in gear and progress. But after the previous Honkai3rd, I would like to see more challenging content and good battle mechanics. Anyway the gacha is F2P friendly.
  62. Voland000
    Oct 29, 2020
    10
    Top game by Android, recommend to others I am
    Graphic and design on the highest level!
  63. Rhadnar
    Oct 8, 2020
    5
    The game is great, but has a few bad points to it, as a free to play it has to earn its money from the gacha system, players can earn a limited amount of the currency used on the gacha through playing the game, doing achievements, finding chests and doing quests, but those are all limited to a point where after you opened every chest in the game at least once you wont be getting anymore ofThe game is great, but has a few bad points to it, as a free to play it has to earn its money from the gacha system, players can earn a limited amount of the currency used on the gacha through playing the game, doing achievements, finding chests and doing quests, but those are all limited to a point where after you opened every chest in the game at least once you wont be getting anymore of that currency from chests in the open world.
    Another bad point is the limited respawn of monsters and bosses, you need an increasing number of itens to upgrade your characters and weapons, the resource is limited to a daily respawn of monsters and to gated chests from bosses where you have to spend resin a type of resource that you slowly generate through the day, you can buy Resin with your limited gacha currency or real money.
    So after you open all the chests in the world and do the main story of the game you will be in a spot where you have 4 daily quests, some random events that can appear or not, some chests that may or may not respawn (like 10 or so in the vast world), monsters that you kill and they take 24h/daily reset to respawn, or bosses/dungeons where you need to either spend Resin to get their loot or real money.
    In a F2P perspective the game is not that bad as long you want to play as a specific character from gacha, those will cost you almost all the resources you can earn in your first week of playing if not more.
    0.6% for a 5 stars where a 10 rolls on gacha cost around $19 USD has a guaranteed chance for a 4 star, but that 4 star can be a weapon and not a character.
    Dozens of streamers have spend more than 1.000, sometimes close to 3.000 to get a single copy of the character they wanted.
    In general the game is amazing, has an open world just like the way a good open world game should have, the combat is fun and well done, some quests are really well done and you can expect the game to become even better in future with more characters, new places to visit and dungeons, but like i said before its very limited for F2P.    … Expand
  64. AnzMore
    Sep 30, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. first of all its fun to see all this review of people that played one day at day one and give zero, pretty funny, so i am at level 56 in the game playing this game for a little bit less then a year at this point and the game is great it have probably the best open world i ever saw the elemental mechianics are awesome and the characaters are all so unique and well characterized, but i am sure you guys want to know what people think about the paying part.
    basically the game turn around a 5$ montly subscription and another 12$ battelpass every 45 days if u really want to play the game this 2 things are the must buy, there is nothing to do its something u have to buy if u want to really play this game the gems pack are totally skippable but for a free to play game that gives hundreds of playing hours for me is not a big deal since there are games that give you 8 hours of gameplay and they cost 80$ so if you are like me, an adult with a work and who can understand a company makes the games for gain and not for be the hero that give games around, the ticket price of this game compared to the hours of fun it can give is great and not comparable to most of the triple a games around cuz this game on pc its a triple a game.
    after all said we are about to reach the 1.7 update that will had a new entire region probably and so with that hundreds of explorations hours, this game is having a massive supoport from the developer and it seems tehy will keep giving it we are now just a 2 on 7 regions the 3rd is coming and 4 more probably will be realesed in the years this is just the beginning!    … Expand
  65. weebe
    Feb 25, 2021
    8
    despite the fact its basically p2p, the world is amazing.

    The artstyle is done well, and the enviroments feel great, soundtrack is amazing, and extremely well made.

    Monetization is eh, getting 5 star characters is practically impossible, but it isn't exactly necessary.
    4 star characters can perform just as well as 5 stars as long as you invest the time to level them up.
  66. 982794939
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Best mobile game so far. Though It's not perfect, but still so many things you can't get in other AAA games
  67. MrClockWorks
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    Genshin impact is a free to play gacha type game. Their is an assortment of characters with new ones added monthly so far to play as. The game gives free characters to start with and through events you can get more. To get more characters sooner or 5 star characters that are rare you have to roll for them on their wish system and there is a 90 roll pity where you will always get one 5 starGenshin impact is a free to play gacha type game. Their is an assortment of characters with new ones added monthly so far to play as. The game gives free characters to start with and through events you can get more. To get more characters sooner or 5 star characters that are rare you have to roll for them on their wish system and there is a 90 roll pity where you will always get one 5 star in those 90 rolls.

    YOU DO NOT NEED ANY EXTRA CHARACTERS TO PLAY THE GAME OR BEAT CONTENT.

    A lot of these reviews complain about wasting their money and not getting what they wanted or that they cannot complete content without characters and it's simply not true at all. Characters are cool or cute and they add more flavour to your gameplay but they are not necessary to playing the game. The game tells you the drop rates and it is a gamble so please stop playing a lottery and just play the game.

    Strength in this game comes in the form of weapons, levels and artifacts. Weapons also come in the form of a wish system but also through a crafting system with a blacksmith, the crafting options have some of the best weapons and are what every player should craft asap. Leveling isn't like most games instead of killing enemies you gain most of your exp by using character enhancement material gained by opening chests. Artifacts are pure randomness but are where your characters get their biggest boost in strength. Upgrading them increases your stats tremendously, and not upgrading them can make your characters feel very weak.

    Exploration is awesome in Genshin Impact and is the best world exploring I've seen in a video game. The world is huge and getting bigger with updates there is always something to do as you walk by puzzles or groups of enemies. NPCs talk and give you items and have stories. Lots of beautiful scenes to screenshot and look at. The stamina system you use to explore with gets better the more you explore encouraging you to do more. Eventually you will think you've found everything but there is always a hidden chest or something of interest hiding somewhere.

    The story has some big plans but the game is not finished yet so the story isn't either. So far the story won't make you cry or leave an imprint on you but it is interesting and introduces some really cool characters and bosses. Events also add more story quests to the game so playing the game as it is being updated is fun and more interesting. Unfortunately I don't think these event quests will come back anytime soon and I don't think new players will be able to do them, but no doubt there will be new events for them to do anyways.

    In conclusion, I have spent 10 bucks for the battle pass to get resources for leveling up, none for wishing as it's a gamble, I just saved my wishes until a character I really wanted appeared on a rate up banner and then I got him easily with my saved primogems. Playing the game has given me a lot of joy especially in 2020 which sucked. Don't get trapped into thinking you need a character to have fun in this game, you'd probably have a new favorite the next month. The game is fun and I'm waiting for more, Thanks for reading and thanks to mihoyo for this awesome game.    … Expand
  68. CheruCherry
    Apr 9, 2021
    10
    Genshin Impact is amazing! A lot of people say its pay to win, but you don't have to pay money and plus the game gives you the in-game currency in general. Some people just use the characters given for free at the beginning and are perfectly fine with it
  69. hashtable
    Nov 27, 2022
    10
    The gameplay is great and the story is fun lol.
    Forgot the resin system, just enjoy your trip.
  70. AnberlinGuy
    Oct 13, 2020
    10
    Absolutely phenomenal game! Graphic style is much like BOTW and some of the design choices but that is the only thing you can take away from that. The combat is amazing and switching on the fly between party members is incredibly smooth. The open world is very populated whether that be activities, wild life on npc’s. Maps is phenomenal you can place custom markers. The game does not spoonAbsolutely phenomenal game! Graphic style is much like BOTW and some of the design choices but that is the only thing you can take away from that. The combat is amazing and switching on the fly between party members is incredibly smooth. The open world is very populated whether that be activities, wild life on npc’s. Maps is phenomenal you can place custom markers. The game does not spoon feed or litter the map with markers so you can explore organically. The story is nothing amazing but it’s definitely good. I played the entire experience without every spending a dime, even the end game. All in all it’s by far my favorite game thus far this year. Also the co op is good! The game kind of reminds me off Final Fantasy mixed with Zelda BOTW. Highly recommend!… Expand
  71. junweifeng
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    So far I am enjoying this game. I love the story line. You get to change characters which is awesome. We get an option to change voice language (amazing) and text language. So you can separate two languages. Character design is cute. it's a great game, great graphics, gameplay, story all of it. Even with the lowest graphics it's still pretty decent compared with other games.
  72. Elkethus
    Sep 30, 2020
    9
    Is actually a fantastic game it start slowly with a main hero that his you and you start your adventure the art is so amazing,the gacha is not required to pay just by Playing the game you unlock stuff pretty easy is really inspired by breath of the wild but is much better
  73. FOX2205
    Sep 30, 2020
    9
    Es realmente divertido y tiene unos gráficos geniales, la historia es muy buena y los personajes tienen buen desarrollo lo recomiendo totalmente
  74. leledumbo
    Oct 1, 2020
    9
    for F2P game with RNG loot boxes (gatcha,/ surprise mechanics / whatever you want to call it) and mtx , I really enjoyed playing this game

    explore the world trying to find good stuff, doing missions , and challenges, amazing.

    -1 for no key binding for quick use healing items and no key binding for quick change party ( they could use 6 - 0 for change the party )
  75. t8d8t
    Oct 2, 2020
    9
    doesn't feel p2w, needs at least higher rendering distance, problem is stamina(sprinting, swimming, climbing, gliding and same for all characters, you need to pick collectibles in order to increase total amount of stamina instead of getting some by leveling up a character, which i'd prefer for ease of movement without teleporting all the time), gliding is quite slow
  76. Wiker
    Oct 7, 2020
    8
    +Low hardware requirements
    +Free to play
    +Nice community +Beautiful stylized graphics, characters and locations designs +Addictive gameplay +It's not necessary to pay (just like in Warframe - most/all of the things in game you can get playing f2p if you play regularly or if you farming a lot) +Online co-op +Japan character voices quality +You can play on pc and portably on phone with the    +Low hardware requirements
    +Free to play
    +Nice community
    +Beautiful stylized graphics, characters and locations designs
    +Addictive gameplay
    +It's not necessary to pay (just like in Warframe - most/all of the things in game you can get playing f2p if you play regularly or if you farming a lot)
    +Online co-op
    +Japan character voices quality
    +You can play on pc and portably on phone with the same account

    -It's gacha game so you can get annoyed when you have bad luck many times (+game guaranted rare drop every 10 opens and super rare every 90)
    -At this time it feels like an early access (there's not much to do after you made it to mid game)
    -Specific gameplay, inspired by many other games (mainly TLOZ Breath of The Wild) and it may be not made for you (plays like non target mmo rpg but singleplayer)
    -English character voices quality
    -There's no pvp so it's not p2w    … Expand
  77. jonelle0221
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    Great exploration game. Doesn't need to spend so much $$$ to advance in the game. The Resin system is good for me because I can't play so much in a day. This controls others from advancing too much. Anyway, the game is free. I don't know why some people are asking for too much. Low gacha rate? Don't pull. Expensive crystals? Don't buy. No one is forcing you.
  78. Pixnmix
    Oct 1, 2020
    10
    Amazing Game, Free To Play, The Game is very doable without having to pay a single penny. Can’t wait for more updates to explore this amazing world even more
  79. Chifish
    Sep 30, 2020
    9
    Really pretty game, funny and interesting story, great combat and exploration system. Im really surprised that it's a free to play game. Excited for future updates.
  80. HectorKunn
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Very good graphics and voice acting. Don't let the gacha aspect discourage you! Everything can be obtained by grinding and nothing is pay to win. Also the game is free! That's a steal!
  81. megabear
    Sep 29, 2020
    0
    It's terrible that a pay to win game like this comes along and tries to ride the legendary wave that is BotW. Shameless appropriation and not well done at that. Game is unable to sustain the level of fun for very long, even at early stages, because it is rather bland. You're better off playing BotW again.
  82. Zantos
    Oct 2, 2020
    8
    So far im 10h in and its a pretty good game. Fluid fight system with fun exploration content. Never saw me forced to pay money so far.
  83. Sparkyte
    Sep 30, 2020
    8
    Game is a unique combo of Monster Hunter farming, Xenoblade Character acquisitioning and BOTW terramotive designs. Yes you can spend money to excellerate your progression, but it does not make the game better or worse. Just need to see what the future is like for the game.
  84. exdev
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    This is state of the art JRPG. I seriously tried to play Zelda but it was boring to me, sorry, but this is different. The backgrounds are astounding and breathtaking. The anime characters, graphic effects and music are very polished. If climbing high mountains and gliding in the air is your thing this is your game. I was sure this was a Japanese game but found later that it was a ChineseThis is state of the art JRPG. I seriously tried to play Zelda but it was boring to me, sorry, but this is different. The backgrounds are astounding and breathtaking. The anime characters, graphic effects and music are very polished. If climbing high mountains and gliding in the air is your thing this is your game. I was sure this was a Japanese game but found later that it was a Chinese company, the Japanese voice overs are top notch, very very impressive.
    It has a gatchapon system, is the only drawback, you can waste serious money if you are into collecting characters, but most (if not all) of the game can be enjoyed paying zero, but you would not play with the characters you want. I would have preferred directly selling the characters, but they know what they want: the money of the poor whales with no restrain. Giving it a straight 10 because it is free, there are paid games that are way worse than this, but don't waste any money on this.    … Expand
  85. Narykava
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    Хорошая игра, очень сильно ждал
    И игра не подкачала
  86. Jianlong
    Oct 7, 2020
    10
    The game has 10/10 anime style visuals and soundtrack, interesting combat mechanics, great world building where even random bystanders feel alive.
    Story quest is interesting, and the characters are fully voiced (except MC, where they speak quite rarely, but they do have voice actors). The dub is high quality in either English, Japanese or Chinese (I can't understand Korean at all, so I    The game has 10/10 anime style visuals and soundtrack, interesting combat mechanics, great world building where even random bystanders feel alive.
    Story quest is interesting, and the characters are fully voiced (except MC, where they speak quite rarely, but they do have voice actors). The dub is high quality in either English, Japanese or Chinese (I can't understand Korean at all, so I can't judge the quality there).
    You get plenty of free pulls monthly for just playing (though trying to get a 5 star character can be frustrating), Rarity of either weapons or characters do not play a major role in gameplay and even your starting team remains viable with three star weapons in the current game version.
    The game can be entirely enjoyed for free and I did not have to grind at all so far.

    At the time I wrote this review, I was at Adventurer Rank 28 and played for free.    … Expand
  87. HeliosGenshin
    Oct 7, 2020
    10
    A phenomenal free game that combines the classes and effects similar to our age old pokemon along with a hack in slash adventure reminiscent of breath of the wild. It honestly is my favorite game as you can login on your pc and mobile device to play the same account so no matter your medium you can continue to progress!
  88. Varkent
    Oct 7, 2020
    10
    Зельда клон пэй ту вин Kappa, если серьёзно таких игр не было на pc лет 20, игра разнообразная супер наполненный контентом, ЛУШАЯ гача фармилка которую я видел
  89. TheRoTe
    Oct 9, 2020
    9
    Genshin Impact is a good free-to-play game. Of course this is Zelda in the MMO . But it's an open world.... The best in this game. But the disadvantage of this game is Prayer/cases. Yes, this is a very big problem. But you can tolerate it. Rating 9/10
  90. crunchtoastii
    Nov 30, 2020
    8
    My rating would definitely be 8.5. It really is a great game. I love the vivid graphics, the wide range of colors, the fun-to-play characters, and of course, the waifus and husbandos. The only reason why I'm not giving it a 10 is because of the rates and resin system. I'm a f2p player, and it is tough to get good characters. Currently, I'm AR 24, and I have one 5*character for around 40My rating would definitely be 8.5. It really is a great game. I love the vivid graphics, the wide range of colors, the fun-to-play characters, and of course, the waifus and husbandos. The only reason why I'm not giving it a 10 is because of the rates and resin system. I'm a f2p player, and it is tough to get good characters. Currently, I'm AR 24, and I have one 5*character for around 40 pulls in total. That is not bad considering that I haven't hit the pity yet; however, it still takes an incredibly long time to save up enough intertwined fates, especially with the lack of resin. In addition to that, I feel quite bad for saying this, but I feel like MiHoYo is kind of greedy. They should make the f2p experience a little better. For example, give us at least 100+ primos for logging in --keep in mind 1 pull is 160 primos so it seems reasonable for the company, they should also fix the resin problem (not by making the cap bigger but by making the resin generation faster) so that we f2p people have more chances to get better artifacts and more primos from bosses. All in all, although it has it's problems, it's still an AMAZING game and I recommend you try it!… Expand
  91. Alexdipa
    Sep 30, 2020
    9
    it is truly a beautiful game with an exciting combat system with an interesting story, the only thing missing are the mounts but otherwise the game is beautiful
  92. LazyM4n
    Oct 4, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Playing the game since the third closed beta test has gave me quite some time to admire the flaws and the pros of this game and as such I finally feel like I could make a review.

    Please a few notes before I begin: The game is not a ripoff of anything, if you think the opposite then I’ll politely invite you to **** off to your hate forum. Secondly I will not be doing comparisons as Genshin is a masterpiece and there’s no point in comparing it to anything else. Also just a bit of spoilers ahead, like just a bit not too much.

    Genshin Impact, the newest game to be released by Mihoyo, the creators of a very well known game Honkai Impact 3rd. Many would think the games are related because same industry and because the word “impact” but Genshin stands as a game with a lore of its own. You start the game with a beautifully animated cutscene and a character selection, twins of different genders separated thanks to a goddess from the world they were visiting. After you choose to save one, the other one is captured and the one you chose falls down to the world.

    As the story progresses we will get used to our character being known as “Traveller”, and soon after learning combat mechanics you’ll meet Amber the Outrider, she will introduce to new mechanics and the city of Monstadt.

    I will comment on the equipment system which is quite nice actually, you have weapons with different effects and artifacts, there’s many artifact sets that will grant bonuses based on the amount of pieces you have equipped (Headgear, cup, feather, flower and watch). There’s also leveling up and ascension which raises the character level limit. You can level up character skills and when it comes to the traveller, you can even change your elemental Now going onto elements and how they handle them. There’s many elements (Pyro, Dendro, Electro, Hydro, Geo, Anemo and Cryo) and every element has an interaction wit certain elements. I will recommend learning most of them since they’ll make your fights easier than ever. I know many people comment on the gacha system and how “It is predatory” or how “It’s impossible to even use it without paying” and let me tell you that by my personal experience this is the most free to play friendly gacha experience I’ve had in my life, you’ll be rolling the gacha quite often as this game rewards you for being curious, clever, it rewards you for thinking instead of complaining. So yeah the gacha isn’t even needed since you can play without any gacha characters or weapons and have an effective build regardless.

    The gameplay is smooth and the fun you can get is pretty much unlimited, there’s always a new place to explore, a boss you want to defeat with this different setup, a build you want to try, a challenge you want to take.    … Expand
  93. innarik3256
    Oct 1, 2020
    10
    Existe muita inspiração visual por trás sim, mas voce percebe que é um jogo completamente diferente, as mecânicas, histórias, coop e o fato dele ser gratuito impressiona muito. Vale a pena.
  94. CloudS85
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Surprisingly, it turned out to be a very good game, given that you can play on multiple platforms at the same time without losing progress.
  95. NdmJ
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    This Game is very beautiful and done well, the graphics is amazing, story very interesting. The music is gorgeous. Combat system is fun and done well too, i like it a lot. No pay to win elements, its very good for our times.
    This game is one of the best I've played in recent years. I am very enjoy this game and want this project to develop further. Thank you guys!
  96. alvejado
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Instead of judging the game for having a mobile version, think that you can play this game wherever you want, pc, console, phone. And it's a great game so far! :)
  97. Snowind
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    The game has high-quality game graphics, excellent plot missions (both overt & covert) and unique elemental combat system. Of course it still has many unsatisfactory places: types of monsters are too few, monsters' AI is too low, modeling of items in some areas is too rough and so on. Overall, it can still be regarded as an excellent PC game.
  98. nickthewitcher
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    I always wanted a game like this, the soundtrack is completely astonishing, and the way to play is making me smile all the time. Well developed.
  99. mefistofles
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    that is the what i want on f2p games. this is a triple A game. there are many anime style games on pc and ps4 . but this is a diamond . a rpg anime style game with open word gameplay and anime graphic . you gotta be kidding me. this is wonderfull. I wonder how they making the triple A game on android and ios platform. best game on android ios platform all the time
  100. AstropunkZERO
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    This game has similarities of Zelda: BoTW definitely, but rather then mocking BoTW, It pays tribute. From the enhances art style, gameplay, but also added great features from other game genres to make the game more immersive and interesting. Such as crafting, harvesting and level grinding from MMO's, but the game is not a MMO, but a RPG as a single player that controls 4 characters switchThis game has similarities of Zelda: BoTW definitely, but rather then mocking BoTW, It pays tribute. From the enhances art style, gameplay, but also added great features from other game genres to make the game more immersive and interesting. Such as crafting, harvesting and level grinding from MMO's, but the game is not a MMO, but a RPG as a single player that controls 4 characters switch out on the fly during battles, dynamic fighting system with beautiful effects, Co-op maximum 4 players doing instances of dungeons, public events, world bosses, but No PvP. its a loot base game with RNG (RollNumberGame)
    The story in the game is not ground breaking, but still fun and charming enough to know what is going on in-game world, keeps you pushing forward and progressing. This game is beautiful from huge vista to the flora and animals that inhabit the world, guaranteed to lose yourself exploring for hours. As you play for a few hours, you soon find out the bread and butter of the game is having your "Dream team or Squad". What I mean by this is that you pick 4 characters in a party, but each is different character that has different specialties in elements, such as wind, water, earth, fire, cryo and electro. With these elements on different characters you can mix, match and compliment each other, which the battles extremely fun to watch. For example, you can (cryo) freeze an enemy with one character than switch to next character that hits with earth DMG on the same enemy, exposing the ememy with cryo and earth DMG at the same time. That's only one many combs you can do. Also don't forget about different weapons and artifacts with set bonus which can upgrade, refine, or craft to maximize DMG or Heals in encounters. You can also craft potions and cook food buffs,
    The only down side of this game, which does effect much of the game is the Microtransactions AKA "Gacha system" where you pop " wish" aka loot boxes to get chance to obtain a rare items and characters But characters, gear and upgrade materials/items can be obtain also via in game or during story anyways so really you don't need to pay to progress which great. Which brings me to why one of many reasons this game is so great, its FREE to play! you get so much game content for FREE. As a current Gamer, MMO and RPG enthuse it ticks all my boxes, I can't put it down since launch. All in all i'm really enjoying the game and I hope this is helpful to people who want to try it out, Which I highly recommend.    … Expand
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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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