Genshin Impact

 PlayStation 4
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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1236 Ratings

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  1. bdave04
    Oct 16, 2020
    0
    I'm giving this game a zero because this is in my view what it deserves. I keep hearing "If you don't like gacha games then you won't like this game" like this is a concept we should all accept? This "game" promotes child gambling. How the f*** is this legal and why have we normalized it? We used to unlock items and characters in games by putting in hard work and earning them. Now weI'm giving this game a zero because this is in my view what it deserves. I keep hearing "If you don't like gacha games then you won't like this game" like this is a concept we should all accept? This "game" promotes child gambling. How the f*** is this legal and why have we normalized it? We used to unlock items and characters in games by putting in hard work and earning them. Now we are apparently buying these items and characters that should be in the game to earn and ignoring all the horrific consequences that comes with it.

    You pouring money into this game or any game like it means you are supporting child/adult gambling and the gambling addiction that comes with it. I guarantee if you stop giving this game company and all the other gacha game companies money, you'll force them to make way better games and if you have the empathy and compassion you'll save people from throwing their lives down the toilet. To make a long story short this is WRONG. When people are paying 2000 dollars for one character it's time to pull the plug on this. If you want good video games now and in the future you have to learn to say NO. and adults to gam    … Expand
  2. Nickonpc
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Take resin out its killing the game making it unbearable to even play at times
  3. zeroX52
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    the performance in ps4 pro is bad enough, only play it if you have a decent pc
  4. SWERY_51
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    I will not criticize the game itself here, but only its technical aspect.
    To make it short, the game is running way better on my smart phone than on my PS4 PRO, which is just a shame. It barely reach 30 fps and there are a lot of technical issues (stuttering, micro-freezes, frame drops, pop up...) on PS4. Just avoid it on this platform until they fix all that mess with a patch (if they    I will not criticize the game itself here, but only its technical aspect.
    To make it short, the game is running way better on my smart phone than on my PS4 PRO, which is just a shame. It barely reach 30 fps and there are a lot of technical issues (stuttering, micro-freezes, frame drops, pop up...) on PS4. Just avoid it on this platform until they fix all that mess with a patch (if they did it someday), unless you don't care getting a headache after 30 minutes of playing...    … Expand
  5. aosan
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    I've played at this game for 5 days and I want to say tha I don't like this game. This game maybe would be good without gacha-mechanics, terrible camera, and with target lock. Also on ps4 it runs terrible ~25-20 fps and lower with freezes.
  6. Koutetsujo
    Oct 1, 2020
    2
    The ps4 version performance is an absolute joke, can't even hold 30 fps on the pro with clipping asset popping and mobile like graphics (very low option on pc).
  7. Rventus
    Oct 4, 2020
    4
    As a mihoyo Fans, this is the highest score I can give.

    ++Beautiful Scene(But not so clear on ps4 pro) +++Breathtaking OST ++Interesting Combat ++free to play +Dont you guys have phone? +A lot of Waifus. - -Poor Optimization,30 frames on ps4 -Poor Rewards on exploration -Mediocre story(but still got some) -It’s a MiHoYo Games, on the long turn it’s always gonna be boring. - - -Gatcha +    As a mihoyo Fans, this is the highest score I can give.

    ++Beautiful Scene(But not so clear on ps4 pro)
    +++Breathtaking OST
    ++Interesting Combat
    ++free to play
    +Dont you guys have phone?
    +A lot of Waifus.

    - -Poor Optimization,30 frames on ps4
    -Poor Rewards on exploration
    -Mediocre story(but still got some)
    -It’s a MiHoYo Games, on the long turn it’s always gonna be boring.
    - - -Gatcha + Open World = Disaster    … Expand
  8. Landsharkfl
    Sep 30, 2020
    0
    Pay to win pallwalls ruin this game, devs need to charge for cosmetics only like all good f2p games do. This is like battlefront 2 all over
  9. railgunpoi
    Sep 29, 2020
    0
    Mobile games should stay on Mobile, let's not say the pay to win money grab 0.6% chance for a 5 star bullsh1t at first, why am I getting 22 fps on a PS4Pro while the graphics is even worse than BOTW on a Switch?
  10. 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.
  11. Kz_Sakura
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Game copy paste of the year
    Copy Zelda Breath of the Wild 80%
    Party system Monster Hunter World
    Combat Nier Automata
    Gacha game pay to win
  12. mrpavlikov
    Oct 29, 2020
    3
    Poorly optimized. Runs 30ish fps with drops, menu lags. iPhone XR handles this better.

    No cross-save with between PS4 and other platforms.

    Wish it was premium game, not pay to win. But it's Chinese, so what could have we expected. Hope they will be done with free games one day.
  13. Jacaretinga
    Oct 1, 2020
    10
    Many criticisms here make no sense. This game is 100% PvE, the characters you win for free are strong enough to overcome the obstacles that the game offers, so how is it pay to win?

    Yes, it is a gacha game, like many other mobile games. It is a mobile game that won a ps4 version. If you don't like gacha games, stay away from Genshin Impact. Genshin Impact is the best mobile game I    Many criticisms here make no sense. This game is 100% PvE, the characters you win for free are strong enough to overcome the obstacles that the game offers, so how is it pay to win?

    Yes, it is a gacha game, like many other mobile games. It is a mobile game that won a ps4 version. If you don't like gacha games, stay away from Genshin Impact.

    Genshin Impact is the best mobile game I have ever played.    … Expand
  14. Kevin1900
    Nov 12, 2020
    2
    The game has a lot of problems in terms of self image that isn't exactly easy for someone doing traditional game reviews to pick up on. First, in the character demos they have for encouraging people to play the gacha game, the characters are ascended to constellation 3. What this means in terms of the game is that a 5 star character being demoed is at a power level no one will everThe game has a lot of problems in terms of self image that isn't exactly easy for someone doing traditional game reviews to pick up on. First, in the character demos they have for encouraging people to play the gacha game, the characters are ascended to constellation 3. What this means in terms of the game is that a 5 star character being demoed is at a power level no one will ever achieve without spending close to 400 dollars or more, as you need to be able to get the same character multiple times. It takes 90 rolls to get a 50/50 chance for a banner 5 star character, and it's 50.5 rolls of the system per 100 dollars. You get 160 primogems per day if you buy their crazy welkin moon and do the dailies, and banners are around for 3 weeks. So at the end of the day you get only 71 rolls baseline if you pay them 100 dollars and do play the game every day.

    Congratulations, you are playing a game that has DLC characters that should be 10 dollars costing you anywhere from 150 to 200 dollars, and you don't even get to have them at the level they are demoing in the practice room.

    Even if the game is free to play and you can beat every challenge in it without spending anything, that doesn't change the fact that the game is not giving you a fair transaction if you do pay. How would you feel if Smash Brothers Brawl broke up all the characters and made you spend 100s of dollars just to get a shot at one on a roulette wheel, and you didn't get their full move set until after you won them at least 3 times? That is this game in a nut shell.

    FYI Constellations are what you get when you get a duplicate of a character.    … Expand
  15. Basevanilla1488
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
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  16. Kettuja
    Nov 15, 2020
    2
    Great game, but terrible performance - overall slowdown (PS4 slim). And no crosssave with pc (i cannot continue play on pc, just ps4)
    Spitting in the face from devs. Just unplayable
  17. Methias
    Feb 9, 2022
    3
    There isn't a great deal to say about Genshin Impact that's on a positive note. Which is unfortunate, to say the least since a part of me really does want to like this game. And I've played a really good chunk of the game, as well as I've found myself going back to it every so often just to play a little more and make a little more progress.

    But the last time I played it was when it    There isn't a great deal to say about Genshin Impact that's on a positive note. Which is unfortunate, to say the least since a part of me really does want to like this game. And I've played a really good chunk of the game, as well as I've found myself going back to it every so often just to play a little more and make a little more progress.

    But the last time I played it was when it dawned upon me that I wasn't making any progress. And that was when the realisastion sunk in that I was sucked into the lie the game has floating on the surface, hiding what was the truth beneath. And the truth is, is that this game is a gambling nightmare. After I thought back on my time playing it from the start to where I am in the game now, it all made sense and I just noticed everything that was wrong.

    Thankfully, I have not spent a penny on this game. I was tempted a few times, and I mean really tempted. But I didn't because I couldn't justify wanting to spend my hard earned money on the game. But again, I wanted to so badly.

    First, let us talk about the good points of the game Genshin Impact.

    It's visually a very beautiful game. There's a reason why people have been calling it the cousin to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and it's clear to see from the moment the game first loads up why. The art style is on the exact same level os BotW. Many mechanics match up as well, from being able to climb almost any surface, to the stamina bar to the ability to glide using wings that attach to your characters back. The combat is very much like BotW as well, but it has plenty of other differences that make it it's own. One of the more interesting parts of the game is that you can play as an array of different characters, which is only being added to over time as the developers are constantly making more and more to put into the game. Each one is unique and offering different combat abilities. The main character you play as, known as The Traveller, has the ability to switch elemental damage types, but the others are locked to whatever element they have from when you meet them.

    You can only have four of them at a time in your active party, but being able to change them in and out to best suit what you're currently doing in the game is a handy and fun part of it. But these really are the only good parts of Genshin Impact. How the game plays in some areas, the large and growing number of different characters and the pleasing visual style.

    The truth is there is more bad than good here. The game functions on the classic gambling mechanics we've seen in other games in the past that thrive on sucking the player in and getting them stuck. Be it the Fifa Ultimate Team or the NBA games with the atrocious inclusion of practically casino games in a video game that was rated okay for kids. It was what spawned the joke on YouTube that went "Really glad to see they've added a basket ball mini game in my casino simulator!" and as funny as that is, it's also sadly true.

    Genshin Impact, upon playing it for the first time, you'll be swarmed with these things called wishes. One of the games premium currencies. I believe there is three in total, two of them are slightly easier to get than the third, but the wishes are the main one. You've given so many wishes just from simply doing things like completing a really easy quest. You even get given a free character in the form of Noelle, the combat maid who uses a greatsword.

    But Noelle will be your first unlocked character. Others will join you over time as well, and you have so many wishes that at the very start of the game, you can choose to make multiple wishes at once which gives you a higher rater of unlocking the more rare weapons, items and characters. But these wishes soon go down. And I noticed that gradually, they started to be earned slower and slower, until it got to the point I was only able to earn so many wishes in a day. Yes, I know a game needs to make money somehow, and with Genshin Impact being a Free to Play game, I would understand them doing something to get some money.

    But sadly, this game pushes it way too hard onto the players. The only way you can play Genshin Impact and actually enjoy it, is either having all the free time in the world to play it, or having a lot of money spare to buy the wishes. And even if you do play it in your free time, most of what you will be doing will be the same thing. Every day as they're limited to once per day, it's the same challenges for the same wishes, and it quickly becomes a soul sucking grind. But many people will have to do it to unlock those characters they want. Until they give up and decide to pain the money for the wishes instead. The fact that you're also level locked from story progression, and having more characters help you get more experience is another strong arm the game does.

    This is Genshin Impact.

    It looks pretty and runs beautifully on the PS5.

    But it's not a good game. It's a gamblers nightmare.    … Expand
  18. Mateuz
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    the worst birthday event i’ve ever seen in my live, mihoyo doesn’t care about the players
  19. Kelltas
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    Happy Anniversary! Hope your company gets covered with a copper basin!!!!!!!
  20. JuiceofMango
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    That game is not playable on PlayStation 4!! Not fixed on 30 fps and always lagging.
  21. Retllll
    Jun 8, 2021
    0
    İ only registered to this site just to tell people how bad this game is so lets start with optimisation i rarely get 30 fps on my ps4 which is just pathetic compered to other games and can we just take a moment to appreciate how this is just boring like all we do is go around and kill **** looking bad mobs which is always high level then us which makes it a torture for me to keep playingİ only registered to this site just to tell people how bad this game is so lets start with optimisation i rarely get 30 fps on my ps4 which is just pathetic compered to other games and can we just take a moment to appreciate how this is just boring like all we do is go around and kill **** looking bad mobs which is always high level then us which makes it a torture for me to keep playing also i know this game is some kind of a gacha game where u pay money to get better waifus/husbandos also i think the only reason this game is that popular among teens is just the anime style theres weebs out there that makes me wanna vomit and they simp for **** 2d things its dumb and they play this **** just cause it has their waifus husbandos on it i only played this game cause my gf does and i literally broke up w her when i found out she likes this husbando **** its just pathetic men get a life you **** weebs combat is boring i expected something like god of war with deep rpg mechanics but what i got was a stupid game which was just made for literaly 15 year olds Story... i guess there was a story but i didnt give a **** cuz it was so **** boring that i fall asleep i only played till i got to adventure level 20 and then i had enough cause the game forced me to pay money to get more husbandos which is relatively strong then starter husbandos or waifus this game is just a p2w peice of **** not recommended if u have a **** brain… Expand
  22. Misaka_Complex
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Garbage game, 0 content for anniversary with garbage character Kokoming banner, forcing the players to suck on Kokopium much, also sinks to a new low deleting ALL negative reviews on the official Hoyolab website and affiliated communities, pathetic.
  23. Jojoimme
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
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  24. Phantom_zxc
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    I've had an experience playing this game on my ps4, but the reason why am I negative in this review is the same with almost everybody who write the negative reviews. And it's the anniversary. I mean, it's the worst anniversary i've ever seen. For all the time AND money we've spent on this game, we get almost nothing.Huge "THANKS" to mihoyo for this. You get what you deserve, mihoyo.
  25. byerice
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Repetitive content, greedy company, bad game, it has strengths but overall they just want the money from their fans, same as PC version
  26. Yokin
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    This game is is from a company named mihoyo the game is good but the devs don't care about the player they only want to squiz every last bit of money out of you
  27. BlankDreamESN
    Sep 30, 2021
    3
    Boring; yes nice graphic about animated characters but still need many improvements; the link account is a mess and never respond to users; required too many things in order to just sign in and do stuffs.
  28. VANCHIKUS
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
  29. Fireblazer5290
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Absolutely horrible. Easily the worst platformer i have ever played. There's no Mario, no Sonic, not even Seth Rogen. This game is just regret just like my life. You see, when my wife left I had nowhere to turn to. I was depending on this game to bring me at least a little joy but this failed to deliver. I am going to die tomorrow. Good riddance Genshin Impact.
  30. BlackZero13
    Mar 19, 2022
    1
    Developers are too lazy to balance game aspects and too incompetent to fix the errors in their game. Control system for the PS4 version has delayed response during high-intensity and high-speed battles.
  31. fredinator
    Nov 3, 2021
    0
    Ultimate proof that graphics dont make a good game.
    This is trash.
    Image Zelda BotW but with horrible controls, bad camera and boring combat but added gacha mechanics. Sounds bad and is bad. Your character will get stuck on terrain or start climbing mid combat because you happen to move next to something that is climbable. Then you will get stuck on objects because the auto aim has yet    Ultimate proof that graphics dont make a good game.
    This is trash.
    Image Zelda BotW but with horrible controls, bad camera and boring combat but added gacha mechanics. Sounds bad and is bad.
    Your character will get stuck on terrain or start climbing mid combat because you happen to move next to something that is climbable. Then you will get stuck on objects because the auto aim has yet again focused the wrong target and it will move you towards it. Bow caracters can have a litte jump back animation in combo and that can send you over cliffs.
    Attacks that hit you send you flying.
    And the camera has a habit of moving to the left in an attempt to show the combat but if there happens to be anything larger than you are screwed and the view is blocked. Except when its your own character because that will get transparent but nothing else.    … Expand
  32. dark0153
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Piece of **** time gated singleplayer game. Thats REAL TIME gated, meaning you have to wait days for things to respawn (like fish) and of course there are achievements/trophies that requires you to fish thousands of fish (8 fishing spots, each with less than 10 fish, each 3 days - you do the math)

    Dungeons that require you to play on a specific week day Content gated behind pay walls    Piece of **** time gated singleplayer game. Thats REAL TIME gated, meaning you have to wait days for things to respawn (like fish) and of course there are achievements/trophies that requires you to fish thousands of fish (8 fishing spots, each with less than 10 fish, each 3 days - you do the math)

    Dungeons that require you to play on a specific week day

    Content gated behind pay walls and gatcha systems

    Decent graphical art style and music (doesn't deserve any game of the year award on consoles/PC)    … Expand
  33. KhezuMaster
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    all of the good reviews are saying gacha games finally got creativity NO its just a bad breath of the wild
  34. bitlcs
    Oct 17, 2021
    0
    The game is like a piece of S H I T. You need to spend a lot of real money to buy props and characters in the game. Moreover, the game company is also a shameful plagiarist. It plagiarizes the ideas of manufacturers such as Nintendo, Capcom and Platinum and puts them in its own games. It can be called a shameless model in the game industry.
  35. AiasTheGreat
    Jan 24, 2022
    0
    I have never seen such a massive disappointment of a game that fails at everything get so popular, this is probably one of the most overhyped games ever. The developers were lucky enough to combine world exploration with gacha isekai story and they failed horribly at both.

    The gacha is mediocre at best, some of the lowest rates and highest pity I've seen in all gachas, on top of that    I have never seen such a massive disappointment of a game that fails at everything get so popular, this is probably one of the most overhyped games ever. The developers were lucky enough to combine world exploration with gacha isekai story and they failed horribly at both.

    The gacha is mediocre at best, some of the lowest rates and highest pity I've seen in all gachas, on top of that you have 50% chance to miss the banner character, combined with every banner limited and standard banner being a literal waste / trashcan where you can drop your free pulls. It's literally a slot machine on a strict timer before it explodes and you won't be able to pull on a character you wanted for like 6 months or more. The materials you get for dupes and pulls can be spent on 2 useful things every month, nothing else is worth it.

    The only good thing is guaranteed banner 5* on second 5* pull, but I think that this makes the gacha lose it's spirit and basically slapping a price sign on every character. Unfortunately you will have to spend most of if not all 160 pulls to get to that guaranteed part, for a F2P player this is very damaging, it takes multiple months to save up for just for one 5* so you might end up pulling only one character you wanted every 5-6 months, this happened to me. And even if you are a low budget player you will still struggle greatly but you may cut the time by one month, I don't recommend buying anything other than the monthly card (!! be very careful with the monthly card, if you don't log in for a day the primogems for that day will be gone (basically you are paying to log in every day !!) ).

    The constellation system is a huge whale bait, basically requiring you to pull the same character multiple times to be useful or up to 5x more powerful. WEAPON BANNER oh god don't let me even get started on that, even if the cost of it was decreased by half it would be still horrible, It's insane that a 5* stat stick will require as many pulls as a full character. People saying that this game is not pay to win are either high on copium or didn't play the game enough.

    Ah yes the "world exporation isakai" bleuugh.. It's sad to see so many people get baited by this because it's one of the most popular things, the escapism, being reborn in a fantasy world. Too bad this is one of the weakest fantasy worlds you will ever see, the story is so bad that people care more about the cooking system.... World exploration is only good for the first time after that it becomes annoying and repetitive, just like 90% of the enemies. Even new zones are just copy paste of the old ones to the point that new zones don't even count as new.

    The endgame is non-existent, the powercreep is getting worse and worse, every 4* character is getting replaced by a 5*. The enemies are getting more and more annoying, jumping all over the place, teleporting and flying, while you have very limited movement and stamina, It's like they are forcing you to either use characters that do more damage or characters that are easier to use, eliminating even more skill that's needed to play this mess, like the auto-aim on everything wasn't enough.

    Not even gonna mention how the developer and the community behaves, you have probably seen it all anyways, I'm just wondering how people can completely ignore all this and continue to support this mess, even if you like the game a lot, the community and developer will make you hate it.    … Expand
  36. Itssshazams
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Overrated overrated overrated overrated overrated overrated overrated overrated ov
  37. Cidem
    Nov 20, 2021
    0
    After most likely playing upwards of 3000 hours of this "game" since the launch, I have reached the conclusion that it has all been a waste of time and money. Why did it take so long to figure that out? You would be wrong if you assumed I'm simply too dense to catch on before I'd spent an unbelievable amount of time grinding and exploring. The reality is that Mihoyo has pulled the rug outAfter most likely playing upwards of 3000 hours of this "game" since the launch, I have reached the conclusion that it has all been a waste of time and money. Why did it take so long to figure that out? You would be wrong if you assumed I'm simply too dense to catch on before I'd spent an unbelievable amount of time grinding and exploring. The reality is that Mihoyo has pulled the rug out from everyone and made the "game" pointless, they were lying from the very start and everything only looks good until you play it enough and realize it was all there just to make you think they care and that everything is fine, It's NOT.

    Genshin is a massive Whalebait going as far as offering you 5x the damage on a character if you spend "few hundreds of dollars". It's insane how pay to win the "game" is, every F2P player will never see themselves as powerful as a small whale even if they played for years more. This is because 5* characters and weapons are always better (with very few exceptions) on top of the the constellations are a huge pay wall behind which could be even half of character's kit locked behind and the only thing to access it is pay pay pay. 5* weapons are just stat sticks, constellations are only improving that, they add nothing new. It's unbelievable how greedy this company is, many players were able to see it soon, thank god, thanks to recent outrage many people are waking up to it, still 12 y.o. fanboys will be forever lost.

    Don't waste your time grinding this "game". The plot is absolute trash and moves at very slow pace. Genshin has no endgame and you will only grind the same things for years to come until they add another resource or upgrade material to chase for the next few months until you have enough.
    The "game" has only gotten worse since the launch, only doing the same thing over and over until mihoyo wakes up and remembers we still exist, they abandoned the community in favour of advertising and promoting their mess of a "game". Going as far as to beg artists, content creators and even cooks to promote them, even begging Elon to hype them up so that they could shaft even more unknowing people into their predatory monetization hellhole.
    You also may see a lot of players defend this "game" they have no idea what they are doing, hopefully they will see before they will lose too much money and time on this like me.

    This "game" is only a money making machine, just watch them throw it away when the hype around it dies down. They are already giving up on it, you can see it from recycled events, severe lack of content and them not listening to anything players say, going as far to delete and ignore people's feedback, It's everywhere, just look it up.

    If you want a better gacha that didn't copy everything from others go play Fate/Go, Azur Lane or Arknights those are much better in every sense. Or go play Zelda from which this "game" took everything and slapped monopoly on top of it.    … Expand
  38. YA4IBUREK
    Dec 5, 2021
    10
    ахуенная игра блять! кто нахуй плохой отзыв оставит тому пизда нахуй я люблю играть в эту аниме игру нахуй блять
  39. erceppo
    Jan 6, 2022
    0
    its just a time consuming anime gacha game
    that just had a lot of success for some reason,
    maybe 14 year olds play it because its free anyway it just sucks in any way possibile
  40. Neowm
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    What a horrible weeb game people who love this game is just a pathetic weeb
  41. Inksplash7
    Apr 11, 2022
    0
    This game is absolute **** The gameplay is boring, the mechanics are nothing new, the story is bad as hell, it plagiarizes many franchises such as The Legend Of Zelda, The Elder Scrolls and Dark Souls. Also, its microtransactions completely unbalance the game to the point to be a pay-to-win game. It looks like Cognosphere tries to take all your money and doesn't care about the game to beThis game is absolute **** The gameplay is boring, the mechanics are nothing new, the story is bad as hell, it plagiarizes many franchises such as The Legend Of Zelda, The Elder Scrolls and Dark Souls. Also, its microtransactions completely unbalance the game to the point to be a pay-to-win game. It looks like Cognosphere tries to take all your money and doesn't care about the game to be fun. Do not install it.… Expand
  42. Your_mother123
    Jun 21, 2022
    0
    jesus **** i want to kill myself this game sucks, i hate everyone who plays this game and i want to die
  43. SharkVag1na
    Jul 9, 2022
    0
    its a slots Machine. goucha system rate and pity's is sh*t and also their reward . i know any game should got supported but MiHoyo disrespect players whos carrying their sh*t game between players "players base".
    all they needs now only catch's a new players and f**k old players.
    end the line to me cuz all friends now left this game.
  44. lolicow
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    1.There is some fun gameplay, but limited.
    2.More gameplay is gated by resources, resources now matters more than gameplay.
    3.Feed players with limited daily/weekly/monthly activities that give resources so players don't starve, but never give them enough if they don't PAY. 4.Players who played for an enough long period will be very attached to the game as they've spend so many time    1.There is some fun gameplay, but limited.
    2.More gameplay is gated by resources, resources now matters more than gameplay.
    3.Feed players with limited daily/weekly/monthly activities that give resources so players don't starve, but never give them enough if they don't PAY.
    4.Players who played for an enough long period will be very attached to the game as they've spend so many time keeping log into the game to finish those repetitive activities as a part-time job. They now are the Gacha slaves who will defend the game no matter what because they just do not want to admit the characters they rolled and the resources they spent actually does not worth too much.

    This is typical Chinese mobile/web game routine. Chinese players notice this pattern since Genshin's 1st day of launching as they are already very familiar with this. That's why its scored so low in Chinese gaming communities. I worked in Chinese mobile game industry before and what I can tell you is they do not value fun gameplay so much, they always treat that as a hook to innocent players. Instead they believe the business model and monetization is the only valueable thing in game industry. A famous quotation in the industry ,given by Shi Yuzhu who made a top grossing mmorpg about 10 years ago says "Put 95% of your good art resource in to the first 5% of the game". For the past 15 years, this twisted value in game industry almost killed Chinese console/PC game industry,especially blocking the single player game studio from having any resource. This is why Black Myth: Wukong is given so much credit as it is really a brave act to even try to make a good single-player game that focus on gameplay in China.

    I admit Genshin has a much longer single-player RPG gameplay period than those typical P2W or Gacha mobile games. However as I suspect the game is still applying this terrible routine and as long as their management team still believes in the value of business model and monetization instead of gameplay, there's absolutely no reason the resin system will be reworked. They will probably feed you more resin when you get raged with activities until less people talks about it.

    Well I'm not a Mihoyo employee so you might consider all this just my personal guess. Actually if Mihoyo decide to change Genshin into something more like a single-player RPG or an MMORPG I would be happy as well. But again, taking consideration from what this company has done in the past, for Genshin CBT and other games, that chance is too low.    … Expand
  45. blince
    Oct 13, 2020
    1
    This game is fun until you reach level 30 and becomes very difficult to play without a 5-star character over time, whereas this game only has a 0.6% chance of being 5-star and the possibility of drawing a 5-star weapon instead of a 5-star character!
  46. dvadarling
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    trash gacha wrapped in a very good looking wrap, the game has no flaws because "tHatS hOw gAchAs wOrK hurr durr deal with it"
  47. celaka
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Genshin Impact really is an ambitious game. Putting gacha system for playable characters inside open world action rpg, making chance for player to pull for their favorite character in the gacha pool and doing some action gameplay with them. The action gameplay is really nice. The story is pretty good. The open world is beautiful. The soundtrack is absolutely stunning. I would totally giveGenshin Impact really is an ambitious game. Putting gacha system for playable characters inside open world action rpg, making chance for player to pull for their favorite character in the gacha pool and doing some action gameplay with them. The action gameplay is really nice. The story is pretty good. The open world is beautiful. The soundtrack is absolutely stunning. I would totally give them 10/10 rating if not for the **** mobile energy system getting in the way of character's progressions.

    Meet resin system. The mobile game standard energy system, making almost all of playable character's progression options gated by time. For 1 resin recharge time every 8 minutes. You need 16 hours to refill the capped amount of 120 resin, which will be used up in less than 30 minutes game time.

    You want to level up your characters? Spend resin.
    You want to increase level cap of your characters? Spend resin.
    You want to increase your characters talent level? Spend resin.
    You want to upgrade your character's weapons? Spend resin.
    You want to increase level cap of your weapons? Spend resin.
    You want to get artifact for your characters? Spend resin.
    You don't have enough currency (mora) to do any of things above? Spend more resin.

    This might not be a problem if they make the recharge time faster or the amount of drop increases but right now it's just plain disgusting. Someone already do the math on reddit and to fully leveled one of your character, with no mats it took weeks if not month. You can spend money to recharge half of cap amount and even that is limited to 6 times a day with a total of $10~. This is so stupid that even if you whale and spend on their main monetization which is gacha, you might not be able to use the character's for month.

    The problem is that the resin system is so obscured until you spend around one week of playing the game. You watch the game with brilliant shiny glasses until you finished the main storyline that abruptly end, and reach Adventure Rank 30 and start to notice the problematic resin system. And when you finally reach Adventure Rank 35 the problem is becoming way more apparent.

    Genshin Impact grossed $100 million in less than 2 weeks. I believe those people have yet to reach AR35 when spending money on this. I bet a lot of people regret spending their money way to early in the game just to meet with this time-gated content. If not, then Mihoyo successfully laid them in their predatory monetization traps.

    I suggest you to stay away from this game at least until they actually heard the community, and change this massive **** system.    … Expand
  48. Pustus
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Gameplay is fun, but the Gacha Rates are horrendous, need to spend about ~300$ to get a (Guaranteed) 5 Star Character and then you just need to get it 7 more times to fully level up...

    You can play without paying but starting with Adventurer Rank 30 you need 8 Leveld Characters to progress through the Dungeons. And with those Gacha rates getting a Team like that is pretty costly. (Free    Gameplay is fun, but the Gacha Rates are horrendous, need to spend about ~300$ to get a (Guaranteed) 5 Star Character and then you just need to get it 7 more times to fully level up...

    You can play without paying but starting with Adventurer Rank 30 you need 8 Leveld Characters to progress through the Dungeons. And with those Gacha rates getting a Team like that is pretty costly.
    (Free to play Rate for one 5 Star Characters is about every 3Months if you can clear those Dungeons...)

    TLDR: Unless you spend thousands of Dollars don't even bother investing some money.    … Expand
  49. Saintkarl
    Oct 12, 2020
    3
    This game would be great as a mobile gacha game. Problem is, it's not a mobile game, but a PC / PS4 one.
    At the start, everything is cool. You get lot of stuff, you can upgrade your characters. Then, when you cleared all the quest, all you can do need "Resin" (like energy in Gacha game), and can do nothing after 30 minutes per day.
    This need to change, or the game won't keep it's player base.
  50. taro5
    Oct 11, 2020
    0
    In order to play the game I taught myself Chinese, download the advance version on September 15, now my adventure level is 40, play time more than five hours a day. It was a very, very bad experience after the high level game. I had a great time in the first 20 hours. I charged $300, but after that there was nothing new to play. I didn’t think it was worth it, and the graphics on the PS4In order to play the game I taught myself Chinese, download the advance version on September 15, now my adventure level is 40, play time more than five hours a day. It was a very, very bad experience after the high level game. I had a great time in the first 20 hours. I charged $300, but after that there was nothing new to play. I didn’t think it was worth it, and the graphics on the PS4 PRO were terrible.

    If you are short of games to play at this stage, I will recommend it to you, but please do not invest too much time and recharge to gamble.    … Expand
  51. Guh_
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    this game has constant drops of fps, the story is not good and the gameplay is bad
  52. gil66
    Oct 26, 2020
    0
    This game is just a good game with bad management and a build in gambling system that should be illegal.
    like fifa ultimate team this game is by an unregolated gambling system and no way it should be rated pegi 12.
  53. 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
  54. Gamexpert
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    This is weird, seriously.
    I never in my life saw a game with so many Microtransactions, or with such an elaborate concept to get your money. It is nothing more than an Pay to Win Concept in a singleplayer game. You cant play it the way you want, unless you pay a lot of money. You cant upgrade your characters, you cant even play as the characters you want. If your energy runs out you are    This is weird, seriously.
    I never in my life saw a game with so many Microtransactions, or with such an elaborate concept to get your money. It is nothing more than an Pay to Win Concept in a singleplayer game. You cant play it the way you want, unless you pay a lot of money. You cant upgrade your characters, you cant even play as the characters you want. If your energy runs out you are unable to make any progress at all.
    Its a shame that this seems to be what a lot of Gamers nowadays want. How is it normal to spend thousands of dollards for these Slot Machines. This should be illegal.

    The game itself is fine, but there is nothing new to it. The Open World is a bit empty.

    0 is quite generate for this game. People are blaming EA for Surprise Mechanics, China/Tencent does it with Genshin Impact a thousand times worse and nobody seems to care about it.    … Expand
  55. MetalAd
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    How is a game like this allowed to exist? Everyone was **** over Battlefront 2 after it's initial release (and for a good reason) but this game gets a pass, why? It's literally gambling but thanks to some kind of loophole they can also target children now (game has a +12 rating in my country). On youtube there are tons of videos with titles such as "omg I spent 50000$ on Genshin ImpactHow is a game like this allowed to exist? Everyone was **** over Battlefront 2 after it's initial release (and for a good reason) but this game gets a pass, why? It's literally gambling but thanks to some kind of loophole they can also target children now (game has a +12 rating in my country). On youtube there are tons of videos with titles such as "omg I spent 50000$ on Genshin Impact XDDD" and the developer gets away with **** like this. I know that China is often portrayed as evil on the internet, but this is really something else. Just wow.… Expand
  56. M0lestia
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you - NO Communication what so ever from    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall
    - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day
    - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you
    - NO Communication what so ever from Mihoyo
    - 1 YEAR of BetaTest and they didn't change anything (the things that ruin the game right now)
    - 5/10 on taptap, China Burn cause they DIDN'T Listen and spit on est their face

    They must change their politics, but that's not the priority.
    If you wanna play 30h of "WaifuBOTW", do it, but the "LateGame" is Empty.
    Even Forbes made 3 articles on them (and not good review ones ...)    … Expand
  57. wrRhonin
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Stupid kryptonite games, copying nintendo, capcom, putting mobile game routines on consoles and PCS, junk pictures, empty worlds, very little to explore, rewards for exploration are nothing compared to top-up, illegal program implantation, **** like games.
  58. Lalelulelo
    Oct 19, 2020
    2
    Has one of the slowest stamina system in gacha history. Wish system is also very expensive due to low drop chance compared to most gacha. Definitely not a good trend to support.
  59. 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
  60. saffmie
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This game is basically a scam. The first 30 hours of the game are amazing - the characters, the environment, the soundtrack, the story all draws you in. However, as you continue playing, the illusion quickly dissipates.

    IF YOU ARE F2P, just accept the fact that you will not get very far in this game and it will be incredibly frustrating/discouraging. IF YOU ARE intending to play this    This game is basically a scam. The first 30 hours of the game are amazing - the characters, the environment, the soundtrack, the story all draws you in. However, as you continue playing, the illusion quickly dissipates.

    IF YOU ARE F2P, just accept the fact that you will not get very far in this game and it will be incredibly frustrating/discouraging.

    IF YOU ARE intending to play this game with friends, it is worth mentioning that the co-op system is absolutely riddled with glitches and feels unfinished. You will not have a pleasant experience playing with friends. Treat this game as a singleplayer game. A lot of people have a misconception that this game is a MMORPG, however it is NOT one and will NEVER become one.

    My biggest complaint is that the company behind Genshin Impact (miHoYo) completely disregards their playerbase and feedback to the point where it is quite clear that they just DO NOT care. You should know that whatever suggestions/feedback you send to miHoYo or their staff will go unheard for the sake of continuing to milk their playerbase's wallet. The surveys in-game are purely Public Relations purposes and have no meaningful contribution to improving the game. There is no communication between the devs, PR team and the playerbase. The staff and devs do not listen to player feedback and makes it quite clear that they will not be fixing any of the issues any time soon. miHoYo uses predatory monetization tactics. They even go as far as scripting fake "leaks" to keep their playerbase on the edge with false hope. The only things that have been confirmed is information that was already in the closed beta testing. Everything afterwards is just empty promises with the intention of stalling their playerbase. miHoYo carefully manipulates their phrasing and wording to deceive players.

    - Primogems - Primogems are a form of in-game currency. At the start of the game, the world is filled with chests that reward the player with primogems as you open them. However, you come to realize that these chests DO NOT respawn. Your influx of primogems quickly runs DRY. The only way to obtain primogems is through purchase with real life money and/or doing your daily commissions (which only give you 60 primogems per day).

    - Gacha Rates - The gacha rates are abysmal. Definitely the worst gacha system by far. Your chances of getting a 5* star character is incredibly low (0.6% chance). You will have to spend about $200+ USD to get one. If this was not bad enough, there is little-to-no ways to obtain primogems by simply playing the game after Adventure Rank 35. (You need 160 primogems for a single pull)

    - Events - Do not even get me started on these events. These "events" are tedious with little rewards. These events are recycled from the closed beta testing (the developers have not even polish them since) with a glitchy co-op system. The rewards are not meaningful enough to get excited about.

    - Also, if you are planning to submit artwork to one of their events/contests, I suggest that you read the User Contributions part of their Terms of Service on the Genshin Impact website. Otherwise, you might find yourself at the short-end of the stick.

    - Stamina System AKA Resin System - This becomes a huge problem later on in the game. If you are looking for a long-term game that you can consistently play, then this is not the game for you. The game becomes nearly unplayable as most content become blocked by the Stamina System later on. This game is heavily geared towards casual mobile players who log in once a day to finish their daily tasks. As this game is being advertised as a multi-platform game, this is extremely disappointing. This game at its core is more reminiscent of a mobile game with a terrible and unrewarding gacha system.

    These are just a few of the many issues with Genshin Impact and miHoYo. I advise anyone who wants to try any game by miHoYo to play with caution.    … Expand
  61. Marik3443
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Copy paste zelda breath of the wild with nier aoutama combat and ori's music and make it garbage with one of the worst level design if not the worst of the decade and put a bad narrative in it and you'll have genshin impact Wich is the worst game I played in my whole life The exploration is boring and it's not rewarding combat is just spam with garbage enemy design Level design is justCopy paste zelda breath of the wild with nier aoutama combat and ori's music and make it garbage with one of the worst level design if not the worst of the decade and put a bad narrative in it and you'll have genshin impact Wich is the worst game I played in my whole life The exploration is boring and it's not rewarding combat is just spam with garbage enemy design Level design is just copy pasting the same thing over and over again and it's not even good
    The game holds your hand a lot
    If you want to get a character you have to grinde a lot and even after that it's entirely random to get the character you want or even get a useful thing Wich every gacha game is like but at least the weapons and tools are in a different summon than the characters Story is pretty generic and boring    … Expand
  62. Rikatchu
    Oct 10, 2020
    4
    The game would deserve 8/10 if it didn’t have the raisin system. If that’s not removed, the game is fun for a day or two, then turns into garbage.
  63. arg9244
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    This is what happens when you play this game You will spent 100$ for 99.4% not getting what you paid for (full priced AAA game like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk is only 60$ on launch BTW) and when you want to play the game and progress there is a system which prevents you to do so unless you pay 10$ per day A beautiful game (trap) made by a greedy company to empty your pockets
  64. ozjohnd
    Dec 14, 2020
    3
    This will hold your attention until it gets to the inevitable progression blocks early with appalling grinds in areas that are limited to only certain days of the week.

    The game has open world exploration potential (although a very limited set of options and areas at its early release stage), merely ordinary storyline, that also has progression block and arcade style combat. The    This will hold your attention until it gets to the inevitable progression blocks early with appalling grinds in areas that are limited to only certain days of the week.

    The game has open world exploration potential (although a very limited set of options and areas at its early release stage), merely ordinary storyline, that also has progression block and arcade style combat.

    The thing that is most disturbing though is the monetisation model is nothing more than unregulated gambling. Beware.    … Expand
  65. VendonJura
    Jan 1, 2021
    1
    1 Score point for that beautifull world and good music but that's all I like in this game. 1 Omega Pay2Win 2. Almost non existant droprate for Heroes, 3. No special gifts like Christmas 4. Bad balancing - the enemy are bullet sponges and they even have an totally OP shield all the time + they can freeze you, water bubble you and much more so you have to press like crazy a button to get rid1 Score point for that beautifull world and good music but that's all I like in this game. 1 Omega Pay2Win 2. Almost non existant droprate for Heroes, 3. No special gifts like Christmas 4. Bad balancing - the enemy are bullet sponges and they even have an totally OP shield all the time + they can freeze you, water bubble you and much more so you have to press like crazy a button to get rid of it. Many booster summons cost special coins / items that you hardly and almost never get. This game is just a heavy grinding Pay2Win game. I don't understand the hype for it.… Expand
  66. kion
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. guys, let's have a look on my favourite character——Zhongli:Weakman！
    How many dollars should I keep spending in this game for a common experience. This game is a black hole.    … Expand
  67. dudursouza
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    Very very poor optimization, the game is really boring. A giant map with no vehicles to move around.
  68. ResinImpact
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The game itself isn't bad. VA, Main Story, Characters - all of it is beautiful, but there is one major problem.

    Once you reach endgame you will turn your PS4 on just to do the chorus which will take you about 20-30 mins max and a full hour if you will pay 15$/day. Leveling characters takes a long time because of resin system limiting the amount of time you can spend obtaining    The game itself isn't bad. VA, Main Story, Characters - all of it is beautiful, but there is one major problem.

    Once you reach endgame you will turn your PS4 on just to do the chorus which will take you about 20-30 mins max and a full hour if you will pay 15$/day.

    Leveling characters takes a long time because of resin system limiting the amount of time you can spend obtaining leveling materials. If you want more than 2 character maxed out - RIP you since it will take literal ages(btw I am not joking or over exaggerating).

    Have fun.    … Expand
  69. Vek17
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    The game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quicklyThe game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quickly exhausted and there is nothing really repeatable outside of dailies that take around 5 minutes to finish in total.

    The resin system (Mobile game energy mechanic) completely kills all momentum and makes 10 hours of play equivalent to 20 minutes of play in terms of progress and it is maddening. This game has so much potential but it is just completely eaten away by incredibly predatory mobile mechanics that just feel tacked on to the rest of the game.

    I can live with the TERRIBLE gacha rates and the poor value for money spent there, but I cannot recommend to anyone a game that actively discourages you to play it.    … Expand
  70. welknair
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    A beautiful game marred by awful live-service components. Once you clear the main campaign, there's very little you can do as a result of the highly restrictive energy system the developers refuse to fix despite massive community feedback. The game is also extremely stingy, with some of the lowest gacha rates anywhere and very little in the way of free pulls. Hard pass on this until theyA beautiful game marred by awful live-service components. Once you clear the main campaign, there's very little you can do as a result of the highly restrictive energy system the developers refuse to fix despite massive community feedback. The game is also extremely stingy, with some of the lowest gacha rates anywhere and very little in the way of free pulls. Hard pass on this until they get their act together.… Expand
  71. Skarmy
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Imagine playing Skyrim, but only 20 minutes per day. Imagine pulling a weapon or character with no chance of upgrading it in less than a month. Thats the ARPG that meant to overthrow these greedy AAA gaming companies, but was able to overthrow only itself and all the players.
  72. Nyct
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Game broke after updated, i can't even login and no support to help. Repetitive quests and dungeons. MMORPG with gacha from ten years ago is still much betters to play
  73. Dolphin_PS2
    Mar 18, 2021
    0
    Игра без продолжения. Игра в которой вы встретитесь с абсурдом. Достигнув игрового предела, когда разработчик просто заставляет вас остановится и ждать изобретение miHoYo чего-нибудь нового. Вас просто остановят и вы не сможете играть. Теряется смысл потраченных часов. Если кто-то ещё и ДЕНЬГИ пытается тратить на эту игру- Остановитесь и не в коем случае этого не делайте! Потому как этоИгра без продолжения. Игра в которой вы встретитесь с абсурдом. Достигнув игрового предела, когда разработчик просто заставляет вас остановится и ждать изобретение miHoYo чего-нибудь нового. Вас просто остановят и вы не сможете играть. Теряется смысл потраченных часов. Если кто-то ещё и ДЕНЬГИ пытается тратить на эту игру- Остановитесь и не в коем случае этого не делайте! Потому как это вообще бессмысленно, прокачивать персонажей вы не сможете… Expand
  74. BFSUNSET
    May 16, 2021
    0
    A bad copy of BoTW Poor optimization Inexplicable design
    deja vu everywhere
  75. Resinpact19
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Great framework plagued by **** practices,

    Expensive in-game currency, HORRIBLE rates, around 100 gems per day AT MOST for f2p (you need 160 to pull one item, and it'll likely be a 3 star weapon). Resin completely and unnecessarily gates the progression of players in a COMPLETELY SINGLE PLAYER GAME Developer slapped the community in the face with the resin fix (120 cap increased    Great framework plagued by **** practices,

    Expensive in-game currency, HORRIBLE rates, around 100 gems per day AT MOST for f2p (you need 160 to pull one item, and it'll likely be a 3 star weapon).

    Resin completely and unnecessarily gates the progression of players in a COMPLETELY SINGLE
    PLAYER GAME

    Developer slapped the community in the face with the resin fix (120 cap increased to 160)
    It's the equivalent of you being thirsty and them giving you a bigger cup that's just as empty as the smaller one.    … Expand
  76. Djeronimo
    Oct 15, 2020
    0
    Huge greed of developer will kill a great game and their own fanbase
    Its rly awful, this FREE TO PLAY its to expensive, i ready to pay full price for this game, but 60 dollars for this game it's a joke, that won't be enough for anything. Plz miHoYo, you make a great game, keep it alive, stop killing this project
  77. Canto
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    +++ The Resin Booster Cult Manifesto +++

    Step 1 - Remove all Resin Costs and Adventurer Rank Exp from Domains. Step 2 - Keep resin cap and refresh exactly as it is now Step 3 - After completing an activity players can spend resin (at current costs) to double their loot haul and gain the Adventurer Rank Exp. Step 4 - DO NOT decrease loot chances, they are already restrictive    +++ The Resin Booster Cult Manifesto +++

    Step 1 - Remove all Resin Costs and Adventurer Rank Exp from Domains.

    Step 2 - Keep resin cap and refresh exactly as it is now

    Step 3 - After completing an activity players can spend resin (at current costs) to double their loot haul and gain the Adventurer Rank Exp.

    Step 4 - DO NOT decrease loot chances, they are already restrictive enough.

    Benefits:
    Keeps the habituation of daily log in to spend resin and progress adventurer rank.
    Allows MHY to monetize resin refills for those who want to advance faster.
    Promotes strategic use of resin when farming for certain items/artifacts.

    You are gated in Vertical progression for your account but not horizontal progression of your characters within your current world levels respective loot tables and content.

    (You know people are gonna be dropping gems on refills when they are farming specific sets or close to the next set of loot tables from adv rank ups)

    +++ Thus ends the Resin Booster Cult Manifesto +++    … Expand
  78. lonkbonks
    Oct 21, 2020
    0
    Cheap BotW ripoff. Just because you import some of the mechanics doesn't mean the game is good. Interesting traversal mechanics like climbing and paragliding in a bland and uninspired world defeats the purpose of having them
  79. Hyperion2012
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Don't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling inDon't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling in love with tjis game only to be punched in the face by the fact the this games mechancs basically say dont play this game… Expand
  80. 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
  81. Septembug
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    This game has so much going for it but it really is the representation of the worst predatory tactics gacha has to offer. The resin system, the primogems, the pull rates, the lack of endgame, it really pulls out all the stops in an attempt to squeeze every last dime out of you. MiHoYo has shown their hand that they do not care about the consumer’s overall experience with the game - onlyThis game has so much going for it but it really is the representation of the worst predatory tactics gacha has to offer. The resin system, the primogems, the pull rates, the lack of endgame, it really pulls out all the stops in an attempt to squeeze every last dime out of you. MiHoYo has shown their hand that they do not care about the consumer’s overall experience with the game - only that they get their money in the end. And to make matters worse, everyone here who is defending this game and allowing MiHoYo to give them breadcrumbs is only encouraging future tactics like this. Do yourself a favor and do NOT play this game - there are plenty of better gachas out there to throw your money at. Fix your game MiHoYo. Seriously.… Expand
  82. Crisp13
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    Good game, but it's not Wii Play. You see, to be good, you must be Wii Play. Genshin Impact isn't Wii Play making it not good.
  83. Slicknsly
    Nov 11, 2020
    3
    At first was great game gameplay itself is phenomenal , But.....this is where i give a bad score i started 2 weeks after release giving that i was behind . giving that in just matter of a few weeks i already reached a hoover damn sized wall with leveling my characters. killing enemies gives bare minimal XP increase doesnt even go up when your adventure rank goes up even though you AND theAt first was great game gameplay itself is phenomenal , But.....this is where i give a bad score i started 2 weeks after release giving that i was behind . giving that in just matter of a few weeks i already reached a hoover damn sized wall with leveling my characters. killing enemies gives bare minimal XP increase doesnt even go up when your adventure rank goes up even though you AND the enemie su fight both grow ievel together there is no low level areas all enemies are withing 5 lvls of u at all times be lvl 1 or lvl 70 with no increase of experience per kill but yet your character level increases in need of going up . then by time i hit adventure rank 40 increasing your rank got even slower , which in long run is not bad considering how much you need to level your characters weapons and talents as well . As for the talents this is a huge issue as for the games biggest flaw, its energy system, called Resin at first capacity was 120 recent update increased to 160 , you would think great but 1 resin regenerates every 8 min so to fill out 160 resin is 18 hours . which lies in the major problem each dungeon costs 20 resin to receive the rewards worst case scenario 5 min per run x6 or now x8 doesn't even equal an hour then u have to wait 18 hours for resin to fill again . Recent update they added EXP books as a PAY ONLY feature with in game premium currency that MUST be bought with real money, as furthur into the resin issue the official patch notes that i read released as i was downloading the update did not mention a new blacksmith recipe that at first glance looks identical to an existing recipe But one of the ingredients is 10 resin so i guarantee lots of people will make the mistake followed by complaints. so with XP and talents bein an issue at adventure rank 43 now my characters are way under geared to even continue the story w/o spending real money behind even bigger pay wall .… Expand
  84. SHINSUI
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    This game litellary sucks, compared to hi3 even its different genre and its much older it rly sucks. There is no excuse for The game being bad: "omg game is fresh, be patient, its gacha" DUUUDE WTF, i play fgo, hi3, i played summoners wars, but this is fukkin worst experience i ever have. Rng dont sucks just in gacha which is somewhat okay, but overpriced příze in this game is joke, iThis game litellary sucks, compared to hi3 even its different genre and its much older it rly sucks. There is no excuse for The game being bad: "omg game is fresh, be patient, its gacha" DUUUDE WTF, i play fgo, hi3, i played summoners wars, but this is fukkin worst experience i ever have. Rng dont sucks just in gacha which is somewhat okay, but overpriced příze in this game is joke, i know you can clear this game with basic characters, but if i like some character there is very low chance to get actuall character and even hard grinding is not worth,, sure there is pity pull, but its still hella high and it took longer than 2 months to get 5* you really want and lot of grind etc. Its gacha okay leave it be, but it can be better, maybe just mine luck in this game sucks, but my pulls are **** compared to other gacha games i play and get all My favorite featured characters. Resources grind suck and its so fukking boring, but okay
    Co-op is okay too
    But wtf are donmains???? Flat defense all fukking time WHATS THAT 120 DONMAINS TO GET RIGHT 5Y ARTIFACT GUYS U JOKING 120 DONMAIN CLEAR, SECOND TIME 80 WTF :D
    This game gonna slowely die, there will be propably more friendly games similar to genshin what took inspiration from genshin lol
    Spitting on this game, its trash, putting aside really beautiful art and music and hard work of "art and similar game elements this game just sucks.    … Expand
  85. Repiloyd
    Oct 27, 2021
    3
    Сюжет не интересный, побочные квесты не интересные, чтобы нормально играть нужно гриндить. Единственное что дизайн некоторых персонажей привлекает и хочется получить их. Итог: быстро наскучивает и становится не интересно, играешь только для того чтобы получить 2 персонажей (в моем случае так и было я хотел получить Райден и Розарию).Сюжет не интересный, побочные квесты не интересные, чтобы нормально играть нужно гриндить. Единственное что дизайн некоторых персонажей привлекает и хочется получить их. Итог: быстро наскучивает и становится не интересно, играешь только для того чтобы получить 2 персонажей (в моем случае так и было я хотел получить Райден и Розарию).
  86. Sxyboyteen
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    The game is boring, period. You need FOUR characters that you need to level up, in which money HAS to be spent to unlock their last constellations. It’s not an mmorpg, it’s single player. It’s a pain in the ass switching characters, thus you’re forced to play with 4 characters because enemies can be immune to his/her attack. The world is nothing like Zelda, it’s mediocre. The story isThe game is boring, period. You need FOUR characters that you need to level up, in which money HAS to be spent to unlock their last constellations. It’s not an mmorpg, it’s single player. It’s a pain in the ass switching characters, thus you’re forced to play with 4 characters because enemies can be immune to his/her attack. The world is nothing like Zelda, it’s mediocre. The story is the same typical anime story...
    You have 0,06% chance of rolling a different character, gems are hella expensive.
    One summon costs 160 gems... 10 summons = $40.00 USD.
    The game has stolen many ideas of Zelda, I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t sued them. This is nothing like Zelda. Zelda world is alive, vibrant... vs this piece of crap.
    It’s 100% pay 2 win with many of pay walls that keep you from leveling your character...    … Expand
  87. Oaz
    Oct 5, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so **** zelda.Gameplay and Combat are pretty boring Characters are bad Zelda >>>>> Genshin… Expand
  88. Henrygor
    Oct 6, 2020
    0
    A copy of Zelda. All graphics, music, combat style backgrounds are copied from Zelda. **** game!
  89. mca0
    Sep 30, 2020
    1
    Zelda clone Chinese weeb game.
    The characters and motions were copied from animes. There is no original thing.
  90. S3ICH
    Sep 30, 2020
    2
    Story and Dialogs 3/10
    Characters 3/10
    Combat 7/10 UI and Control scheme 0/10 (who assigns dodge to R1, skill to R2, light/heavy to circle and ultimate to triangle!?!?) Lootboxes and P2W 10/10 (there is no pvp rn so its not that much p2w but im sure there will be pvp) Zelda BotW rip-off 8/10 Console optimization 0/10 and don't tell me "it's their first console game" BotW has much better    Story and Dialogs 3/10
    Characters 3/10
    Combat 7/10
    UI and Control scheme 0/10 (who assigns dodge to R1, skill to R2, light/heavy to circle and ultimate to triangle!?!?)
    Lootboxes and P2W 10/10 (there is no pvp rn so its not that much p2w but im sure there will be pvp)
    Zelda BotW rip-off 8/10
    Console optimization 0/10 and don't tell me "it's their first console game" BotW has much better graphics and run much smoother on Switch. These guys gettin bunch of money from mobile games. Their ads on everywhere, but they can't optimize a ps3 like game to ps4 pro? This is bulls.
    Also there is no aim assist so good luck with ranger characters. Overall game is pretty fun at start, it rewards you for exploring. But after like 8 to 15h game starts to repeat itself. You don't have the freedom that BotW offers so when game starts to repeat, it simply starts to be boring.
    I know 2/10 is WAY too low for this game, I'll change it when they fix it    … Expand
  91. noxfide
    Sep 30, 2020
    6
    game mechanics, atmosphere are good. but it is free and pay to win and always need online connection. actually this is not a problem but i dont wanna feel it. I always see ping bar on hud.

    i wish this game was a not free game and not a pay to win game.
  92. OEC100
    Oct 3, 2020
    1
    Just a mobile game.
    or....
    Chinese webgame.
    I already have Switch, so why don't I just play the original BOTW.
  93. Nightrage713
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    The game is good for the story everything else about it signals the $$$ signs. The duplicate gacha system is still very steep and the rates are terrible. If you are free to play you will enjoy it like a regular rpg but beyond that it's play at your leisure. If you are wondering why it is zero rating is because gacha systems are very evil and it isn't how games are suppose to be made.
  94. BaphyGames
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    its pay to win. unless you drop money on the game half way through you dont get the things you need nor can you actually beat enemies ten levels below you. upgrading artifacts and weapons does jack all and gods forbid its the wrong day for you to need materials to ascend stuff. plus the story is incomplete and there is NO end game content. im very mad that i wasted 60 hours to get more madits pay to win. unless you drop money on the game half way through you dont get the things you need nor can you actually beat enemies ten levels below you. upgrading artifacts and weapons does jack all and gods forbid its the wrong day for you to need materials to ascend stuff. plus the story is incomplete and there is NO end game content. im very mad that i wasted 60 hours to get more mad at this game than dark souls. its like the developers didnt do anything but make it pretty.… Expand
  95. jerryernst
    Sep 30, 2021
    1
    Update:
    The game has been out for a while and while I was ok continuing with it fr a bit, I'm simly done. Everything is a grind, everything is designed to suck up as much money as possible, and the game does not respect your time. Things have gotten lazier and greedier, and while the game has immense promise, every system in it hampers your enjoyment for that extra dollar (or 1000).    Update:
    The game has been out for a while and while I was ok continuing with it fr a bit, I'm simly done. Everything is a grind, everything is designed to suck up as much money as possible, and the game does not respect your time. Things have gotten lazier and greedier, and while the game has immense promise, every system in it hampers your enjoyment for that extra dollar (or 1000).

    Previous, and still ongoing:
    The resin system is a paywall that they don't make obvious until 100+ hours in. I was having a blast until the game basically told me to fms because I didn't have enough resin. But fear not.. you can BUY resin with real money! Ridiculous.

    The games simply not worth playing. Watch story online or something.    … Expand
  96. REGUISTHEFIRST
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just a pretty scam as all gacha games are cash grabbers disguised in a game… Expand
  97. Cloud_88
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    This game has an awhfull balancing, the enemie are to tough and it takes ages to beat them. The droprate for charaktor is almost 0 and I just don't get it why so many people like this game. It has a good graphic yes but it is brutally Pay2Win. There are summoning items which you almost has 0 chance to get them.
  98. sebastianali
    May 8, 2021
    4
    While the graphics and story are okay, the gameplay was nothing special, getting boring over time, and the game itself is filled with microtransactions that ruin the overall experience. No matter if it is a free to play or not, a game should never have such abusive microtransactions.
  99. hennessy
    Nov 9, 2021
    2
    If you want to start playing this, please read my review
    The game is terrible, and the developers are even worse.
    For all that I spent in the game, which is more than half a year, having 56 adventure rank. The game stands at a dead point and does not move. Starting in the summer of 2021, the developers, and just the mihuya team, did not give a **** about the players and their project. A    If you want to start playing this, please read my review
    The game is terrible, and the developers are even worse.
    For all that I spent in the game, which is more than half a year, having 56 adventure rank. The game stands at a dead point and does not move. Starting in the summer of 2021, the developers, and just the mihuya team, did not give a **** about the players and their project. A large amount of money, as usual, ruined a good project at the beginning. Now the game is not developing. The book of adventurers, where tasks were given out for the fulfillment of certain goals, and sometimes even twists for gacha - has not been updated for more than 5 months, or you will understand it yourself.
    there are no challenges. run farm in an empty world where even the chests are not updated. It's a terrible system. A similar terrible system in tar, the currency for which you get loot for killing bosses. Do not say that it will take you to kill 4 mini bosses a day, and then wait for the next day to repeat the process again - do you want to kill a lot? the donation button, the party is waiting.
    A terrible anniversary is a spit in the face of the players who supported the game for a year.
    Zero activity in communication with the community. No, to make a department for communication with players - nobody gives a ****
    I hope for the release of an alternative project that will **** genshin    … Expand
  100. DikiyAlex
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    лучшая игра,шикраный геймплей,куча обновы и халявы ,играю со старта игры ,жду кажду обнову с нетерпением
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. MGG Spain
    Nov 22, 2021
    86
    Genshin Impact is a well above average RPG to which we will dedicate many hours, but that gets lost in a monetization system typical of the gacha genre that sometimes demands too much from us. However, the free to play experience is wonderful offering us a beautiful and colorful world that can boast an absurdly good character design and a story capable of keeping us hooked.
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  2. Gaming Age
    Dec 2, 2020
    91
    Genshin Impact is part of a wave of titles from China that is slowly eroding the bad stereotype that Chinese devs are devoid of creativity and skill. While the initial comparisons are there, Genshin Impact does go beyond to distinguish itself…now if only the gacha rates and the free primogem are better I would have no hesitation recommending the title.
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  3. RPG Fan
    Nov 18, 2020
    81
    Genshin Impact might not be the most original game in a lot of respects, but it certainly has a wealth of things to offer players should they still be willing to give it a chance. Overall, I greatly enjoyed my time with it, and I plan to continue playing once future updates are implemented. The fact that it can be played for free is also quite impressive given just how much time you can invest in the game, especially with people perhaps staying at home more and being on a budget. All in all, Genshin Impact is a surprisingly solid action RPG adventure!
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