Genshin Impact

 PlayStation 4
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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1236 Ratings

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  1. samorsalmon
    Apr 16, 2023
    5
    the game starts of fun but as it goes on you can start to lose intrest becease some quests have WAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAY too much text also gacha **** GACHA so honestly kinda **** lategame
  2. aaronnmp96
    Feb 3, 2023
    6
    It has a similarity to Zelda, but over time you realize that no, I don't like how to win characters, too many hours of farming, and maybe it gets boring over time, The soundtrack is good and it's free after all
  3. YannySp101
    Jun 22, 2021
    7
    I'm not really into free to play/mobile games e.t.c, but when I heard that Genshin Impact is a role playing game inspired by Breath of the Wild, without pay to win microtransactions, it caught my attention.
    I haven't played Breath of the Wild, so, I can't compared them, but I can assure you that Genshin Impact is more than just a "clone".
    I can't share my thoughts for the story because    I'm not really into free to play/mobile games e.t.c, but when I heard that Genshin Impact is a role playing game inspired by Breath of the Wild, without pay to win microtransactions, it caught my attention.
    I haven't played Breath of the Wild, so, I can't compared them, but I can assure you that Genshin Impact is more than just a "clone".
    I can't share my thoughts for the story because it's not complete yet but it's quite intriguing so far.
    The gameplay is pretty good. It looks cool, it feels satisfying and it plays well.
    The world is arguably the best part of the game, it's fun and rewarding to explore this massive world filled with content and unique areas.
    It's quite impressive how this game has more content than most full-priced titles out there, even if the quest design is quite repetitious.
    Also, the art style is quite beautiful.
    Unfortunately though, there are some things that bothered me a bit.
    There's not enough enemy variety, grinding to level up the Adventure Rank in order to progress is tedious after a while, and I hope the developers will add mounts in the game someday because the traversal feels slow at times.
    The microtransactions were an after-thought for the most part, but more characters should've been for free.

    Pros:
    + Good gameplay
    + Very fun exploration
    + Huge world filled with content
    + Great art style
    + Co-op

    Cons:
    - Not enough enemy variety and repetitive quest design
    - Grinding and monetization
    - Slow traversal

    Narrative: ?/10
    Gameplay: 7/10
    Content: 8/10
    Music: ?/10
    Art Style: 8/10

    Final Rating: 7.5/10
    - Very Good -
    Genshin Impact is one of the better free-to-play games I've played, however, I hope the developers won't get lazy in the future because this game has a ton of potential.

    Do I recommend it?:
    Yes, it's fun and for free.    … Expand
  4. MidianP
    Dec 25, 2022
    5
    I'm gonna give my honest review on this not according to critics or anyone else.
    people seemed to review bombed it negatively, mostly according to the game's fanbase.
    I actually tried this "Game" out of curiosity and to see how bad it is according to everyone on the internet and i was met with disappointment. it's not a good game and not a bad game, it's just average, or the term I    I'm gonna give my honest review on this not according to critics or anyone else.
    people seemed to review bombed it negatively, mostly according to the game's fanbase.

    I actually tried this "Game" out of curiosity and to see how bad it is according to everyone on the internet and i was met with disappointment.

    it's not a good game and not a bad game, it's just average, or the term I call this game is just plain Mediocre. well, regarding the character designs I give points however it wouldn't make it the best game.

    also, people compare it to breath in the wild and say it's a ripoff. well, there are some similarities however this is more of an "Inspired" clone than a full-on rip-off since the game would be a rip-off if they stole original assets from breath in the wild then it will be considered one. yes, the graphics are similar however it's still not a ripoff but more an attempt to imitate the graphic style of Breath of the wild.

    also, according to people the game is bad cause it's a Predatory gacha game... but Gacha games aren't new, well I would understand if it's pay-to-win and PVP base (I'm looking at you Metal Slug Attack but nice sprites btw) well their are PVP elements but you don't get any rewards from it. people don't seem to understand the purpose of a gacha game and will result and say that you need that character to progress the game, this character has this skill, or this character is overpowered but no the real reason people play gacha games is that it's a WAIFU/HUSBANDO Simulator and are more invested on the characters or want to play that character however since gacha games are based on rateups and in order to get what you wanted then you need to be a big idiot and sell your soul in order to get a PNG character which you could just download it on a wiki somewhere or if you want to experience the story then why not just watch youtube videos.

    but people say the characters and weapons are overpowered from the start but nope you still need to play the game in order to make that weapon or character overpowered. you need to farm materials at certain locations and sometimes the materials are locked and need to be unlocked by progressing the story or can be obtained on a different day. and farming materials are a tedious process in every gacha game so the pay-to-win part is sort of false because you get that weapon or character but they are not overpowered yet so you need to play the actual game. also, i have a secret to tell on most gacha games you don't even need an SSR item or character to progress the story. sure it will make the game easier but since this game can be mostly played single player then you don't have to worry about multiplayer PVP events that will give you rewards because the game can have PVP elements but it's entirely useless because most of the Events are Player versus environment or PVE that gives rewards so nope you don't get any gems from yanking players unless your trying to be a jerk.

    also you don't need to buy gems because you'll get one for free and save up for a character but since gacha games are played for the characters then they will sell their soul for their beloved character but since you aren't interested on characters then you can avoid the gacha however competitive players wants to be powerful however they won't be rewarded in PVP because most of the rewards are only obtained from NPCs.

    The lesson here is that don't judge a game by it's cover, players, graphics, and even fanbase. hate those instead of the game. and yeah a couple of hours I uninstalled the game, not because it's bad, it's because it's just plain boring, and satisfied myself playing High on life after uninstalling it.
    however, despite the gacha i will tolerate it because it's free-to-play and I rate it a 5...

    but if this game is Pay to Play then it will be a different review. I will mercilessly rate it a 0 or negative -10000 and will call it a Piece of Turd that came from the Italian Novel: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. but since it's free then I'll put it in the middle because it's meh. the game is playable but it's nothing special.    … Expand
  5. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    6
    6/10.......................................................................
  6. tariq_almandhar
    Jun 12, 2022
    5
    لعبة كانت قادرة على التحسن لو كانت أسرع في التطوير والابتعاد عن موضوع الصناديق ونظام ادفع لتفوز فهي ليست لعبة هواتف حتى يكون التطوير بطيئا جدا
  7. LasseRon
    Apr 17, 2022
    7
    The game is really repetitive and kinda boring. The combat is really simple and easy. The one thing I like about the game is exploring the world, but it's way to many chests and collectibles to pick up. The gancha system is awful and really greedy.
  8. MenSi
    Feb 3, 2022
    5
    Пустая игра , ощущается неполноценно . Мир пустой , сюжет и все вытекающие лишь формальность и сплошная тривиальщина. Не вижу смысла расписывать все это , ведь тысячи других негативных отзывов уже все сказали
  9. arostislavna
    Nov 14, 2021
    6
    Not much to say, I like it and I'm not a weeb.

    I do see a lot of dungeon crawler-Zelda DNA involved and it is fun when I do play it.

    I will criticize that it has very mobile gaming marketplace to gamble characters/gear (Gacha) it is largely out of date design for western audiences, BUT still a very valid and popular form of monetization for Asia.
  10. YNXD
    Oct 21, 2021
    7
    I liked the game but they make me feel like the game don't want me,
    It is turned into a phone game with a lot of waiting to respawn items or visiting Temples
    I have over 300 hrs and every and still not max my main character.
    but I like the online game that makes you progress as a solo player.

    explain my last point (GTA Online: if wanna play heist you need more players can't do it solo)
  11. Szntax
    May 22, 2021
    6
    Nice graphics, nice characters, super cute items, and a character battle system, I really like. So what could go wrong? Well first of all , the story is uninspiring. The stamina of my characters is downright pathetic, making them unable to run for a couple of seconds. Knowing that the world map is soo huge, it is discouraging not being able to run. The item/coin/payment system is too muchNice graphics, nice characters, super cute items, and a character battle system, I really like. So what could go wrong? Well first of all , the story is uninspiring. The stamina of my characters is downright pathetic, making them unable to run for a couple of seconds. Knowing that the world map is soo huge, it is discouraging not being able to run. The item/coin/payment system is too much to handle for me, I must admit. I really love the draft animation and whenever you draw a character, you are really happy, but the shortness of breath really takes the fun of it. Next time, probably make it more playable and add a cool story and I will be a paying customer, I promise. Says a lot when a cool game doesn’t make me wanna payin.… Expand
  12. Cryppy
    May 2, 2021
    5
    Good gameplay but I can't even grind it that much. It gets boring. I grind for the sake of grinding and not to progress the story. Not a game for me.
  13. Ritokaxx
    Apr 19, 2021
    6
    I have to give this game a 9 out of ten however the gacha it just ruined the game Soo badly. This game simply just bunch of waifu which is well design but what does it cost A LOT. this surely well design with amazing event for each 40 days even the new character. As a player of genshin impact I had spent over 1000 hours slaying monster and picking stuff around the map which is kinda fun.I have to give this game a 9 out of ten however the gacha it just ruined the game Soo badly. This game simply just bunch of waifu which is well design but what does it cost A LOT. this surely well design with amazing event for each 40 days even the new character. As a player of genshin impact I had spent over 1000 hours slaying monster and picking stuff around the map which is kinda fun. However it just Soo boring when you get to Adventure Rank 55,like the game getting easier the event just gone like nothing I must had been in sane… Expand
  14. Edyw94
    Mar 15, 2021
    5
    I realy like this game, I dont mind if its PVE or PVP but damn...RDR2 on my ps4 slim is smooth as butter, yet Genshin Impact barely holds up with 30 FPS in few best situations, most of the time it drops to 15,20 FPS. Would like to see stable 30 FPS soon.
  15. DinoBeam
    Mar 7, 2021
    7
    A solid 10 hours of free fun thats much less stressful than BotW and has better writing, and then the pay/grind wall.
  16. GranRay
    Mar 7, 2021
    5
    Сложно говорить что-то об этой игре. Красивый мир, множество разных персонажей, интересная механика взаимодействия стихий, более менее сносный сюжет, неплохой эмбиент. К сожалению минусы перевешивают все выше сказанное. Бесконечный гринд всего что можно, жесткое ограничение по уровню, агрессивно настроенные мобы понатыканные везде (я и 10 метров не мог пройти чтоб на меня кто нибудь неСложно говорить что-то об этой игре. Красивый мир, множество разных персонажей, интересная механика взаимодействия стихий, более менее сносный сюжет, неплохой эмбиент. К сожалению минусы перевешивают все выше сказанное. Бесконечный гринд всего что можно, жесткое ограничение по уровню, агрессивно настроенные мобы понатыканные везде (я и 10 метров не мог пройти чтоб на меня кто нибудь не напал), невыносимо сучнейший доп контент, бесполезная и бессмысленная механика смолы, ужасная оптимизация на ps4 (20-30fps). Сначала игра показалась интересной, потом она заставила меня скучать, а потом я осознал что больше не могу в это играть.… Expand
  17. I_I_Hope_I_I
    Jan 19, 2021
    6
    The game has its ups and its way downs.

    Pros: -The world is large and interesting enough to explore. -The battles are fun and enemies can get quite hard if not careful. -Game rewards the use of multiple characters. -Story is interesting specially for anyone not familiar whit Honkai. -Characters have fleshed out profiles. -Its overall a enjoyable game to spend 3-4 hours playing    The game has its ups and its way downs.

    Pros:

    -The world is large and interesting enough to explore.
    -The battles are fun and enemies can get quite hard if not careful.
    -Game rewards the use of multiple characters.
    -Story is interesting specially for anyone not familiar whit Honkai.
    -Characters have fleshed out profiles.
    -Its overall a enjoyable game to spend 3-4 hours playing per day.

    Cons:

    -The Gacha is horrible, its current rates are at 0,6 whit our 76th pull having a 20% rate to give the impression of good rates, making it actually a soft pity, whit the hard pity being the 90th pull that guarantees a 5*
    -More then 50% of the current 5* characters are limited, the game keeps expanding and each update usually has 2 new 5* banners that last around 20+ days and then just poof, issue is that 5* characters who appeared in the 1st banners of the game (Venti and Klee) wont appear for most likely a whole year, which is stupid.
    -Banners suck, currently the special banner gives the players a 50% chance of the 5* they get be the banner character, meaning that there is a chance to get one of the always available 5* characters, which the game then makes sure your next 5* is the banner one, issue is that you can still get 5* Weapons in the same banner, meaning that you can get 2 5* pulls and them being a 5* weapon and a perma 5* character.
    - 4* characters come at the rate of 10 pulls, meaning that usually 85% of the pulls till a 5* will be 3* weapons whit no actual proper use, as 4* and 5* weapons outclass them easely.
    -Prices are a literal scam compared to how many pulls you need to do in the game, the current most expensive pack (over 100€) literally doesn't give enough Primogems to even reach 90 pulls for a guaranteed 5*, meaning that someone can quite literally waste 100€ in this game and not get a single 5* character and just a bunch of 3* weapons and a few 4* characters.
    -Resin, the material used to get dungeon rewards, is caped at 160 and takes more then 15h to fully restore, making the player use 50 Primogems to replenish it by a bit, which actually makes the price rise up if the player wishes to do so again.
    -Game locks characters and weapons behind either 1-2 months of saving (meaning you have to skip banners) and gives the players the are minimum in Events, creating the illusion of reward, wen whiteout events players cant even do 1 pull per day, meaning that some players cant even get 30 wishes before the banner is gone, wen the game requires us to do between 70-90 pulls 99% of the time.
    -Getting the 4* characters needed will eventually become impossible because they will keep adding more and more of them, making the special banners the only reasonable way of getting the 4* characters players want, which leads to players needing to skip banners to save up for even 4* characters, its disgusting.

    Overall, Genshin is a Mobile Game ported to PS4, but whit a Gacha system 10x worse then normal, the game itself is GREAT, but its monetization and economy are DISGUSTING.

    How could it be fixed ?

    -Lower Primogem Pack pricse by 50%.
    -Lower 5* soft-pity to 40 and hard-pity to 50, making so players get 3-4 4* characters and 1 5* character every 50 wishes or get rid of the randomness and make it so we get some type of ticket to redeem the character of our choosing (4* ticket and 5* ticket).
    -Make banner characters permanent, the banners give them a 50% chance , so they should just remove the 50% chance and put the character together whit all others in the normal banners so they can still be gotten for constellations.
    -Switch the Character/Weapon Gacha for a non random shop and monetize cosmetics and outfits intead.    … Expand
  18. RusFlexMen
    Jan 17, 2021
    7
    Особо не знаю, что можно рассказать об этой игре. Первая ММО РПГ на моём пути и достаточно хорошая. Графика на хорошем уровне для бесплатной иры. Багов почти нет, не считая пропажи текстур на кронах деревьях и ещё в паре местах. Сюжет ничем не восхитил и не огорчил. Механик, ударов, умений и всего остального достаточно для удержания небольшого интереса к их изучению. Озвучка на английскомОсобо не знаю, что можно рассказать об этой игре. Первая ММО РПГ на моём пути и достаточно хорошая. Графика на хорошем уровне для бесплатной иры. Багов почти нет, не считая пропажи текстур на кронах деревьях и ещё в паре местах. Сюжет ничем не восхитил и не огорчил. Механик, ударов, умений и всего остального достаточно для удержания небольшого интереса к их изучению. Озвучка на английском качественная и, по моему, на каждого персонажа отдельный актёр озвучки, что непременно радует. Присутствует проблема с озвучкой главного персонажа, её/его озвучивали редко или даже вообще не озвучивали. Разновидностей персонажей много, но большинство трудно получить или вообще можно получить только за реальные деньги. Донат пусть и весьма дороговат для обычного россиянина, но здесь он не принудительный. За такой проект я был бы не против отдать рублей 150 (2,04 USD of 01.17.21) без скидки. (language - Russian)… Expand
  19. vahn
    Jan 13, 2021
    5
    Initially I gave this game an 8 out of 10 because I thought it was overall a fun f2p open world rpg, with a cast of colorful characters and overall a simple but enjoyable combat, but the more I played the more I realized the issue with the game itself, and how I couldn't really enjoy it as much.

    Now I could start with the fact that the game is greedy, which it is, but i want to be    Initially I gave this game an 8 out of 10 because I thought it was overall a fun f2p open world rpg, with a cast of colorful characters and overall a simple but enjoyable combat, but the more I played the more I realized the issue with the game itself, and how I couldn't really enjoy it as much.

    Now I could start with the fact that the game is greedy, which it is, but i want to be honest here: the extra characters aren't "really" required to play the game, they're only needed to play "optimally" and that's mostly it: in today's era where people like ultra optimized runs, having specific combo of characters is a wet dream coming true, but this also comes with the problem of how expensive the game becomes in this regard.

    Besides characters, everything else is also tied to rolls - for the exception of experience, but more to that later - so the game actively expects you to roll and roll and roll in order to obtain
    1) Better characters
    2) Better weapons
    3) More constellation stars, which are given when you roll a double.
    4) The currency which is gotten from doubles, in which you can use to to obtain extra items.

    It easily becomes a vicious cycle here: yes you are able to roll without paying but it takes a lot of time to grind the required primogems to obtain 10 rolls - and yes you WANT to do 10 rolls as it gives a guaranteed 5 star roll, which may also be a weapon too by the way - and while you can play freely and without actually paying money this can become a problem when it comes to weapons and other stats: I never paid a single dime but I struggle to find better weapons due to my lack of good rolls, and the battle pass (yes, there's even a battle pass now) really doesn't incentivize you enough, and even then you can probably get one weapon anyway. It's just a lot of money to play decently, and it can be frustrating when you try to play without and suddenly you get a block because "Oh crap I don't have any good weapons now". And while there's crafting, their weapons are subpar in comparison to rolls and battle pass.

    But this is nothing, I haven't really tackled on one of the major issues of the game: the resin system. The resin system is essentially your amount of available activities you can do as it dries up the more you do them. This is nothing new to be honest, other mmorpgs do similar ways with fatigue systems and the like, heck Granblue Fantasy does the same (but better). The problem here is tied to the exp and money you are needed in order to play the game and how this can very well be a problem in the future.

    Let me be straightforward: the game is not easy to level up after a certain threshold, as it doesn't require you to kill or grind enemies but to grind books, the most expensive and rare giving you 20k each plus a certain amount of mora (the money) you must spend. This can be extremely problematic later on because the price gets higher and higher, the exp required gets to millions and the money expenses get more and more and the only way to farm money after you're done with everything is to farm ley lines, which are tied to resin: this means the resin can actively hold you back if you don't grind well.
    But unfortunately, there's more: after a certain levels you get (20 levels until 40, then every 10 levels) you need to do what's called an ascension, which is basically what I'd call "level break" as you need to grind some materials in-game and of course spend some mora, which is actually not a lot. The problem? You need to do certain bosses and said bosses might drop one out of, say, 2 or 3 of the items required for your ascension, but due to the resin system, this might drain your storage and force you to try again and waste more resin! You have 160 resin (up from 120) but a boss can take 40 resin! That's 4 attempts before you need to stop. Or if you pay money to recharge (or primogems, not that you want to).

    It's truly a shame though because I think the game is actually nice: the story is nice enough, I like the quality behind it, there's a lot of voice acting and the characters are well designed and enjoyable, there are some really nice twists here and there that make the story very enjoyable (but nothing too mindblowing), but due to how the game plays and demands your full money it can be discouraging: I usually try to play around events because I know I can get some exp and mora boosts, so I can level up some characters. I have about 10 characters but I cannot level all of them because of the poor resin system and the lack of books (which cannot be bought with money but rolls allow you to obtain currency that you can spend on them).

    Until they try to tone down some of the requirements for the leveling and upgrade system (I forgot you can also upgrade talents, which also costs mats and mora. NICE!), it's better to take it easy and maybe wait for when they nerf a little. Or just skip it entirely and move on.    … Expand
  20. thedstrat
    Jan 9, 2021
    5
    This game is a 10/10. One of the best games ever. HOWEVER, the gacha mechanic is extremely expensive and the devs must be crazy greedy to think that in game characters should be worth $100s of dollars in wishes. For people who suffer from ADHD or have a history of addiction, I would not recommend this game.
  21. Leo_Manzano
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    I could waste our precious time discussing how this game is one of many that inspired Zelda (2017), or how it could be a great RPG singleplayer and how much better it would be without the terrible resin and gacha systems, so in order not to waste time let's discuss what this game is, not what it could be.

    Mihoyo tried to bring an experience that mechanically and in his exploration of    I could waste our precious time discussing how this game is one of many that inspired Zelda (2017), or how it could be a great RPG singleplayer and how much better it would be without the terrible resin and gacha systems, so in order not to waste time let's discuss what this game is, not what it could be.

    Mihoyo tried to bring an experience that mechanically and in his exploration of the world follow the trend of Zelda with a vast and inhospitable map where part of the fun is how to interact with the environment making use of his elemental and physical abilities, what make the map itself and organically exploring a central part of the fun and progression of the game.

    The gameplay and Surprisingly fun and the exchange of characters to perform elemental interactions makes the dynamic and interesting combat the soundtrack has a estiloproprio being very hot to hear the characters and the narrative make use of various cliches of anime and Japanese games but despite of that they still try to bring something of their own personality having some interesting missions.

    As for the bad part it is very obvious although you play this game alone the whole structure of its evolution is a mmorpg being necessary a lot of grind to get ahead however as your game is little affected by other players and it is not possible to do everything the content in multiplayer we ended up with the bad part of an mmorpg without the good part that is the interaction, on Paywall I don't believe it exists for a simple reason no matter how much money you spend it will only bring you more characters and weapons others resources are only obtained through the resin system that makes it impossible to farm consistently.

    In short this game is only worth it because it is free however all his problems are based on the fact that he is free, I believe it is only worth playing the first 30 hours that are really fun and bring something different however if you don't like Grind or MMORPG stay away from this game you will only get frustrated for those who like the genre it certainly has problems not being the best alternative on the market however it is completely possible to have fun without putting your money Mihoyo despite making mistakes has been helpful to improve the game and follow a typical MMO update schedule with a long time between major updates but if that doesn't bother you go ahead.

    Genshinimpact is a good first attempt by a studio that is still unexpected in making games for consoles and PCs but that seems to try to put some affection in their work if they manage to abandon the addictions of the mobily platform has a good potential to bring very interesting games in the future.    … Expand
  22. cronoslegacy
    Dec 1, 2020
    5
    A free-to-play-to-pay-win anime-inspired open-world, RPG gacha game created by miHoYo, released September 28, 2020 publicly. Touted for being one of the most advanced gacha games on the market to date. The game is heavily focused on exploring and grinding items, gear and materials to level up characters. Majority of these characters can be obtained through the system known as "wishing"A free-to-play-to-pay-win anime-inspired open-world, RPG gacha game created by miHoYo, released September 28, 2020 publicly. Touted for being one of the most advanced gacha games on the market to date. The game is heavily focused on exploring and grinding items, gear and materials to level up characters. Majority of these characters can be obtained through the system known as "wishing" where most desired/popular characters are locked behind a very low success rate of less than 1%.

    The story/plot revolves around a brother/sister who can cross worlds and dimensions at their whim. Depending on who you choose, the other will be trapped by an unknown god and your chosen character will be stranded on a planet, stripped of all their powers. After a timelapse cutscene you are introduced to Paimon, the most annoying character since Navi...before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it! [slams table]

    Playing on PS4 has been difficult as constant connection errors, severe lag, and frame-rate drops are an issue. While the game is fairly nice looking...the game, for the most part, is barren, very uninspired and clings to all the anime tropes to convince "otakus", "Weeaboos" and those with addictive personality disorders to spend mind-numbing amounts of money (primarily aimed at wealthy (in stupidity) players who like to brag about being "whales") on a gambling system with little to no actual return.

    The characters are nothing but generic anime tropes. "witch girl" "brooding and powerful dark knight" "500 year old child character" etc...most characters are easily in their teens as they all are shorter than every NPC in the game (with a very few amount of actual looking adults). Which leads me to believe it's a game aimed to sell a slot machine to young and impressionable youth.

    The MC (who is easily in their teens in appearance), for being a god that travels worlds and is hundreds of years old themselves act and sound maddingly inexperienced in everything. They easily get duped by NPC's and played like a fool. They are a god! I expect them to at least try to act like they know what they are doing. voice acting, for the most part, is serviceable.

    Often times dialogue does not match subtitles and at the very lease is hilarious at times. Treasure chests are placed in the most obscure places. often times on a hill where contents will roll down hills as they grow legs and laugh at you as pathetically chase it in vain. World level is pathetic attempt to conceal powercreep that will always keep your characters underpowered forcing you to level (or purchase) upgrades. It literally serves no other purpose. The only way to outpace this powercreep is to focus on one character pushing their power beyond the "world level" difficulty....temporarily. You WILL eventually fall behind the curve, maybe not in the content now but eventually. The items you get from higher world levels are basically repackaged lower level stuff with higher stats. Essentially keeping you on the hamster wheel of perpetuity.

    Now I'm not saying the gacha is terrible in itself. The gacha part could be better and more inclusive of people who have a sane level of reasonable value. I think if they weren't trying to sell their used Toyota Corolla's like they are new Lamborghinis then there wouldn't be so many upset people. Doing the math you'd have to spend hundreds of dollars, something around $365 for a guaranteed 5* which may not even be the character you want. Then let's throw in the fact that you have to roll 6 of the same character just to max a character and you'd have to be on some drugs to think one character is worth a month's worth of rent for the average person.

    fanboys will argue, "well you don't have to spend money." which just comes off as snobby elitism. Let's be real, these are infinitely reproducible characters that hold no intrinsic value. This argument falls in the "if you don't like it, leave" and the "if she didn't dress so sexy, she wouldn't have been raped," level of stupidity. why do videogame companies get to ignore the basic fundamentals of supply and demand of economics because of some dumb youtubers who promote the gambling aspect up the ass? You could scale costs to be more inclusive. first bundle of 10000 gems per month. $10, second $20, third $30. etc...at least give lower $ players a **** chance. They could also just put the characters for a price, 1 Diluc = $15, why is that so wrong but gambling $365 is so right? That way everyone gets to choose the way they get the character. why not let us control world level to be more inclusive of people in many skill levels? Before you start mouthing off, remember, it's a single player game and everything someone does in their world has zero impact on you. Fanboys will fanboy and when it comes to gacha games the Stockholm syndrome is strong.    … Expand
  23. Whasze
    Dec 1, 2020
    7
    I’m gonna list the good and bad points of this game. I’ve played it for a month and a half and i’m AR 38

    Good: -Best soundtrack for a free game that i’ve ever heard -The world looks nice (when it loads in) -Element interactions are interesting and fun -Paimon is a mascot that doesn’t want to make me bash my head against a wall for once (is still a bit annoying) -English voice acting is    I’m gonna list the good and bad points of this game. I’ve played it for a month and a half and i’m AR 38

    Good:
    -Best soundtrack for a free game that i’ve ever heard
    -The world looks nice (when it loads in)
    -Element interactions are interesting and fun
    -Paimon is a mascot that doesn’t want to make me bash my head against a wall for once (is still a bit annoying)
    -English voice acting is good for most characters
    -Generous rewards at the start
    -The story is constantly getting added to and the map will be soon as well (Right now only Act 1 and the prologue is accessible and I believe they are adding a whole new nation called Inazuma soon
    -Despite what most people say, the resin given out each day is enough as long as you aren’t addicted to the game
    -I like the cooking system
    -The quests are pretty fun

    Bad
    -It’s REALLY poorly optimised for PS4 (I’m not playing it on PS4 pro so i can’t vouch for what it’s like for them) it lags if you fight like 5 or more enemies at once
    -The gacha rates make normal gacha games look generous with their rates, I think the probability of getting a 5* character from a single wish is 0.01% or something ridiculous like that, so you HAVE to use wishes in bulk in order to get something good
    -Buying primogems is a scam, it’s about £20 ($25) to buy 10 wishes. Although using 10 wishes guarantees a 4* or higher, that also includes weapons so basically you pay £20 for a CHANCE to get a character -The free characters you get are utter rubbish compared to the other characters (The only good ones are Fischl and Xiangling, but they were only free for a limited time, so if you didn’t get them then, they are gone forever unless you get them in a wish)
    -The game is made in China, so it censors anything that the CCP doesn’t like e.g Tibet, Hong Kong and even MiHoYo (the company’s name) for some reason
    -Loading times from one area to another are too long, the loading screen is like a minute and then you still need to wait another minute or 2 for the world to load in properly
    -A lot of characters in this game are lolibait from normal lolis like Fischl,Xiangling and Barbara to literal children like Qiqi,Klee,Diona and Sucrose
    -Enemies scale in level to a ridiculous extent once you do ascension quests
    -A lot of grinding is required once you get to around AR 25, since you need certain materials to ‘ascend’ your characters and weapons to higher levels so they are more powerful
    -Sometimes the game dialogue doesn’t match up with the subtitles
    -Quite a lot of glitches, not the fun kind either
    -Normal domains are boring
    -The game’s story is so generic, with so many made up fantasy words that you would need a whole encyclopaedia to translate one sentence


    Overall, I’m giving it a 7/10, even though there are more cons than pros, it’s a free game and most of the cons can be avoided provided you don’t spend a single penny on this game. So here’s my advice:
    -Exploit the shops and rewards in limited events as much as you can, they usually give out good rewards
    -Don’t spend money
    -Play on PC
    -Skip the dialogue
    -Don’t waste your special resin, you only get one per adventure rank, and a few more
    -Don’t neglect to pick up anything when you are walking around even if it feels like something insignificant like pinecones or mint or sweet flowers    … Expand
  24. LuxequesRegius
    Nov 30, 2020
    5
    The game gets boring fast. The story didn't seem interesting. No platinum trophy for all the ridiculous grinding. Feels like an incomplete game.
  25. He-Who-Smelt-It
    Nov 28, 2020
    5
    Visually, the game is very appealing, with bright colors in the city and fields, and darker yet still vibrant colors at night and in the more cavernous areas. Additionally, the game is free-to-play, but the world and amount of things you can do are quite large. Despite this, there are some things that shine in a negative light for me. Among these things, is the game's constant need for anVisually, the game is very appealing, with bright colors in the city and fields, and darker yet still vibrant colors at night and in the more cavernous areas. Additionally, the game is free-to-play, but the world and amount of things you can do are quite large. Despite this, there are some things that shine in a negative light for me. Among these things, is the game's constant need for an Internet connection, regardless of playing with other players or not. Players with an unstable or inconsistent connection won't find much enjoyment in playing with already unresponsive controls. Despite having a large open-world adventure with many missions to play, game-play seems to get stale after awhile. Missions seem less and less varying with each new mission you get. The stalest missions seem to come from the main storyline, as most of the time you spend is just on the text you read and preparing for each chapter's "climax". A trifling I have with the main story, is your companion, Paimon. A wholly large amount of time is spent with your companion, but the time is not well spent. I have found my adventures with Paimon to be mildly infuriating as the experience feels arguably worse than that felt with Navi in The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. This brings me to my next point, the story feels drawn out. The experience is absolutely packed with hand-holding and long-winded conversations between characters. What can be said in a single sentence is often prolonged to ten or more, and you can see yourself mashing the A button to get through it all, right from the beginning. Lastly, the game as a whole, feels extremely grindy. When trying to get materials, or leveling up, you have to work quite a bit for a lackluster reward. And you find yourself spending most of your time doing just that, which gets old fairly quick. If the workload was decreased or rewards increased, I can see the experience not being as mundane as it is now. With everything being said, Genshin Impact is free-to-play, has interesting moments, and has a lot of room for development.… Expand
  26. LadyAux
    Nov 23, 2020
    5
    Its the most publicized and divisive game out there. Remarkably better than I imagined for a game ripping off nearly everything in Breath of the Wild. But in all honesty, besides the predatory microtransactions, progression locking and gacha elements, Genshin Impact is pretty enjoyable when it comes to good old MMO style RPG mechanics and its character switching combat. Its a little roughIts the most publicized and divisive game out there. Remarkably better than I imagined for a game ripping off nearly everything in Breath of the Wild. But in all honesty, besides the predatory microtransactions, progression locking and gacha elements, Genshin Impact is pretty enjoyable when it comes to good old MMO style RPG mechanics and its character switching combat. Its a little rough sometimes, framerate is trash on PS4, I don't think the localization was great and the menus are god awful but its basically as average as any other time wasting mobile MMO out there on the market. You don't even need to buy into all the monetization stuff to be able to enjoy the game for a while and its free so why not give it a shot. Surprisingly relaxing time I had with it and casually accessible gameplay that didn't feel boring at all. Watch my review here for my thoughts on the game : https://youtu.be/QqGsiQ460Z8… Expand
  27. ChumaGG
    Nov 18, 2020
    5
    El juego es gratis.+1
    Gráficamente está bien, no es nada del otro mundo pero no se ve mal. 7/10
    El combate es aburrido. 5/10 La historia también, es como un anime mal escrito. 4/10 Las misiones repetitivas.5/10 Objetivos secundarios.7/10 Primer CANCER... dijo juego AAA tipo Gacha en llegar a consolas 0/10 le doy un TRE y me estoy arriesgando. fuera de joda... esta cosa es una    El juego es gratis.+1
    Gráficamente está bien, no es nada del otro mundo pero no se ve mal. 7/10
    El combate es aburrido. 5/10
    La historia también, es como un anime mal escrito. 4/10
    Las misiones repetitivas.5/10
    Objetivos secundarios.7/10

    Primer CANCER... dijo juego AAA tipo Gacha en llegar a consolas 0/10

    le doy un TRE y me estoy arriesgando.

    fuera de joda... esta cosa es una pérdida de tiempo a menos que no tengas dinero para comprar juegos decentes.    … Expand
  28. Julinitot
    Oct 14, 2020
    5
    There's no pvp, and so far at level 17, I haven't felt the need to buy anything. So for me, it is basically a free game with nice combats, good character's design and a beautiful world to explore. Is it worth your time though? There are better games out there and the performance on ps4 is not really good.

    Edit: now at world level 30, the game progression is very slow and you are left with    There's no pvp, and so far at level 17, I haven't felt the need to buy anything. So for me, it is basically a free game with nice combats, good character's design and a beautiful world to explore. Is it worth your time though? There are better games out there and the performance on ps4 is not really good.

    Edit: now at world level 30, the game progression is very slow and you are left with 3 choices:
    1. farm like crazy and waste your time
    2. waste your money on the O, 1% slot machine
    3. Stop playing "mid game" and say goodbye to all the characters you spent 30h improving.

    Hint: choose life ;)    … Expand
  29. Ibrahimasaad
    Nov 3, 2020
    6
    A decent rpg that branded itself as a botw clone to get attention. Has some cool aspects but lots of over sites mediocre story useless characters that were just unnecessary (amber) making a whole charecter based on bows with no other gimmick is just one of many anyway decent settlements ans yah 6/10
  30. Thaksin
    Oct 26, 2020
    6
    Не играл в Зельду, но получаю удовольствие от игры тут.
    Выполнение одной миссии занимает несколько часов, потому что мир устроен так, что изучение его поощряется, поощрение приятно как бонус, потому что как факт, тебе было просто интересно посмотреть что за горами, но в итоге эти самые горы вознаградили )
    Огромная проблема игры, это хай энд игры. - постоянно упираетесь в нехватку    Не играл в Зельду, но получаю удовольствие от игры тут.
    Выполнение одной миссии занимает несколько часов, потому что мир устроен так, что изучение его поощряется, поощрение приятно как бонус, потому что как факт, тебе было просто интересно посмотреть что за горами, но в итоге эти самые горы вознаградили )

    Огромная проблема игры, это хай энд игры.
    - постоянно упираетесь в нехватку "смолы", которая требует ее покупки, если у вас ее нет;
    - отсутствие внятного кооператива, многие события в команде требуют от силы 3 минуты, убийство босса, элиты, данж, а в итоге, чтобы забирать награду, нуждаетесь в смоле;    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

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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