Genshin Impact

 PlayStation 4
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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1236 Ratings

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  1. trk54ylmz
    Oct 19, 2020
    9
    An open world game just like Zelda. totally free game. Animation, graphics and gameplay is awesome but performance need to optimized, the fps is kinda bad.
  2. NickJuSkeith
    Oct 7, 2020
    9
    Great game, even to the point to be at least considered for game of the year. This game actually has little flaws, like not being able to skip cutscenes and that the exploration seems somewhat tedious or heavy, but as you progress that tediousness starts to disappear. The fighting mechanics and innovative elemental reactions system give the battles a high level of complexity while keepingGreat game, even to the point to be at least considered for game of the year. This game actually has little flaws, like not being able to skip cutscenes and that the exploration seems somewhat tedious or heavy, but as you progress that tediousness starts to disappear. The fighting mechanics and innovative elemental reactions system give the battles a high level of complexity while keeping it fun and entertaining.
    Do not get deceived, this is NOT a Pay to Win game. First and foremost, even if you pay there is no PvP. Secondly, the game does not require you to spend real money in any way, in fact, even if you pay, it's still a matter of luck. Lastly, I have not used money in the game and haven't felt like I need it even when I haven't got what I wanted from the gacha.
    The game is has not even released the whole content and there is still so much to do. And knowing miHoyo, they are going to do an excellent job expanding the world, story, characters, dynamics, etc., so I can't wait to see what they add.
    The game is free so I encourage everyone to try it, if for some reason you don't like it, you still wouldn't have spent money on it.    … Expand
  3. shmayfish
    Oct 1, 2020
    9
    Pros:
    -Free to play
    -In-game currencies are easily farmed to roll Gachas, no need to spend real money ever unless youre impatient / greedy - Large open world with tons of secrets -Strong music score -Simple combat but engaging elemental system -Diverse characters that hit many anime tropes (could be a con) -Lots of loot to manage and collect -Surprisingly decent voice acting, even    Pros:
    -Free to play
    -In-game currencies are easily farmed to roll Gachas, no need to spend real money ever unless youre impatient / greedy
    - Large open world with tons of secrets
    -Strong music score
    -Simple combat but engaging elemental system
    -Diverse characters that hit many anime tropes (could be a con)
    -Lots of loot to manage and collect
    -Surprisingly decent voice acting, even for the mascot character
    -Freeform navigation like in BOTW but without the problems of rain making it impossible to move and panting when running out of stamina.
    -Charming art style
    -Lots of quests and daily activities
    -You will have your waifus and husbandos
    -Surprisingly interesting story, if not a bit cliche (chosen-one isekai)
    -Co-op
    -Bosses found in the world are all unique and interesting in terms of attack patterns etc.
    -Combat, though simple, still feels good and each character has unique and engaging abilities to experiment with.
    -Lots of equips to micromanage (could be a con)

    Cons:
    -Drop rates on rare item/characters are extremely low outside of the guaranteed "every 10 rolls" pity reward.
    -Economy is very convoluted with more than 7 different currencies to track.
    -There is a mascot character (may be a pro of you're a masochist)
    -World is not empty, but only largely filled with common encounters and chests that offer little reward in the short term (supposed to be farmed in large numbers for character growth drops)
    -Having only unlocked the first 3 areas, the environments are still all relatively samey. About 80% of the map looks like "Hyrule Field" (grass and cliffs) with a small potion being mountains or wetlands. the Chinese-inspired settings in some parts are nice.
    -Unintuitive menus that makes quickly micromanaging the gear of several characters a huge chore
    -Co-op unlocked only after about 10-15 hours of play (can be faster or longer depending on how you tackle it )
    -Co-op has restrictions in place limiting the kinds of quests playable with friends and limiting the visitor's drops (they can't steal the host's world chests)
    -Not a huge diversity in common enemies - you will mostly be fighting slimes and goblins.
    -Very slow to level characters even after just early game.
    -Low frame rates in cinematics and some frame drops during gameplay
    -Map is slow to navigate with limited stamina and lack of mounts, along with fast travel spots not always placed in the most useful locations (though many are at least NEAR important areas)
    -As late game approaches, will likely need to wait real time to allow resources to replensih or invest real money into resources to allow for farming rarest materials (I have not gotten to that point yet though)
    -There is no way to set a custom waypoint on the map for which to travel towards via minimap (though you can place markers to indicate points of interest on the world map)
    -Armor / accessories you equip do not change your appearance (only entire outfits are options)

    Overall impression: If you like BOTW you will like this. It lacks the polish and the compact, rich world, but scratches that same itch. Basically trades the physics sandbox for RPG elements and a grind/chase. For a game that's free and with a very unintrusive gacha system, it's a no brainer.    … Expand
  4. Firb
    Oct 2, 2020
    9
    This is probably one of the best F2P games out right now. Story, at least early on isnt all too impressive, but fantastic gameplay and a beautiful open world help this game stand out among the crowd.
  5. Demitrya22
    Sep 28, 2021
    9
    Me parece un juegazo. Muy buenos gráficos, historia, banda sonora, diseños, jugabilidad, escenarios, etc. Lo mejor de todo es que es F2P. La única pega que le pongo es que tenga sistema de gachas, entiendo que al ser F2P necesite dinero pero al azar no me parece bien (considero que en países con poca educación sobre la ludopatía podría ser problemático). Yo no he puesto dinero y aún así teMe parece un juegazo. Muy buenos gráficos, historia, banda sonora, diseños, jugabilidad, escenarios, etc. Lo mejor de todo es que es F2P. La única pega que le pongo es que tenga sistema de gachas, entiendo que al ser F2P necesite dinero pero al azar no me parece bien (considero que en países con poca educación sobre la ludopatía podría ser problemático). Yo no he puesto dinero y aún así te dan bastante recompensas para que puedas continuar eso sí, tienes que ser constante y jugar todos los días.… Expand
  6. Oldman1917
    Nov 25, 2021
    9
    Играю я в Геншин в основном на ПК, но О БОЖЕ МОЙ, как же красиво она выглядит на ПС4. У меня не мощный ПК, если что, и я создал отдельный аккаунт на плоечке. Уже забросил, прокачавшись недалеко, но выглядит очень красиво. Минус бал за кривое управление. Ну вот зачем ломать то, что и так работает? Куда поставлены атаки? Что вообще происходит... Вот потому и забросил на ПС4 окончательно. НеИграю я в Геншин в основном на ПК, но О БОЖЕ МОЙ, как же красиво она выглядит на ПС4. У меня не мощный ПК, если что, и я создал отдельный аккаунт на плоечке. Уже забросил, прокачавшись недалеко, но выглядит очень красиво. Минус бал за кривое управление. Ну вот зачем ломать то, что и так работает? Куда поставлены атаки? Что вообще происходит... Вот потому и забросил на ПС4 окончательно. Не могу себя пересилить так играть.… Expand
  7. AureX
    Sep 29, 2020
    9
    As a free to play game comparing to all other free to play games genshin impact takes it to a whole new level. Good enough story, good combat system, great music and almost all characters are voiced over leads this to be one of the best free to play gamesYes as you can see the gatcha system especially the rates for getting new characters are pretty low but since this is the a live serviceAs a free to play game comparing to all other free to play games genshin impact takes it to a whole new level. Good enough story, good combat system, great music and almost all characters are voiced over leads this to be one of the best free to play gamesYes as you can see the gatcha system especially the rates for getting new characters are pretty low but since this is the a live service game and this is version 1.00… Expand
  8. Cosmic_Jay
    Oct 2, 2020
    9
    I have to say that it has been quite some time since I have been addicted to a game as much as this one. Probably not since Persona 5 Royal. There is so much to like about this I do not know where to start....just the game's charm & aesthetics alone are wonderful. The whole elemental aspect in battle is pretty awesome. Gives me that Avatar-ish feel, yas know?! And don't even get me startedI have to say that it has been quite some time since I have been addicted to a game as much as this one. Probably not since Persona 5 Royal. There is so much to like about this I do not know where to start....just the game's charm & aesthetics alone are wonderful. The whole elemental aspect in battle is pretty awesome. Gives me that Avatar-ish feel, yas know?! And don't even get me started on the drop dead gorgeous music!! Sends a chill down my bones. As someone who has put forth actual money to purchase some of the game's additional features I Can say wholeheartedly with no hesitation even if I had not done that I would still be enjoying this game immensely.

    Is this game perfect? No, it isn't but at the same time I find that anything really negative I have to point out would be either nitpicking or petty. Now I do admit I wish they did have some sort of offline mode just in case they may have some type of potential server(s) issues preventing users from logging in. As far as my connection for the 4 days I have been playing I have not had any relative lag or logging in issues.

    I'm sure at sometime in the future when this game is to a certain point they will probably insert some sort of 'payment wall' but as for now this is an absolute delight to play. I hope everyone is enjoying it as immensely as I am.    … Expand
  9. superkman
    Oct 5, 2020
    9
    เกมที่ดี ไม่กาชาก็สนุกได้ ติดงอมแงมเลยจ้า
    ขอให้มีการอัพเดทต่อไป
    เสียตรงที่ไฟจอยกับเพื่อนเก็บของไม่ได้ Resin น้อย
  10. Shyntahe
    Oct 9, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un muy buen juego tanto como se ve los graficos y musica esta muy bien hecho lo unico meh es la optimizacion pero en lo demas esta perfecto… Expand
  11. Gethorsed
    Oct 10, 2020
    9
    I really liked the game, beautiful art, good soundtrack, fun combat and there are varieties of characters to play, I just didn't like the control that you can't change and for me sometimes it is confused for me sometimes
  12. Boehls123
    Oct 11, 2020
    9
    Great game experience so far, love the music and exploring the world, also has fun to play battle and mechanics, overall charming game would recommend at least giving it a try
  13. Marelow
    Oct 11, 2020
    9
    Melhor jogo Gratuito rpg na atualidade para qualquer plataforma, mundo vivo e imersão autêntica na história, lado ruim são as quedas de fps
  14. Lautii56
    Oct 11, 2020
    9
    Let's Begin with the fact that IT'S A FREE TO PLAY game, and, a F2P with
    A LOT of hours of full enjoying, with a system of rewards that gives you a lot of chances to upgrade your characters, a very long story, with good effects, dubbing actors, animations, a BIG open world that it's ALIVE, it's just a VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE, and, yeah, it's free
  15. theobtasada
    Oct 20, 2020
    9
    A really, really awesome F2P game, been playing this game non-stop since launch, here's my two cents about this game on PS4:

    Pros: 1. Non-competitive F2P, which means you can spend money if you'd like, but there's no harm in playing it completely free. 2. PS4 players can still crossplay with other platforms 3. Controlled progress, they use resin system to limit your progress. This is    A really, really awesome F2P game, been playing this game non-stop since launch, here's my two cents about this game on PS4:

    Pros:
    1. Non-competitive F2P, which means you can spend money if you'd like, but there's no harm in playing it completely free.
    2. PS4 players can still crossplay with other platforms
    3. Controlled progress, they use resin system to limit your progress. This is really good for someone like me who can't play all the time, makes it fairer.
    4. Addictive, there's TONS of contents inside this game, which could take weeks to complete if you're a casual gamer. I've always found myself lost in the world doing a lot of different stuffs.
    5. Waifus

    Cons:
    1. No custom key binding --> hope they fix this in future updates
    2. Artifact enhancement is not really optimized (cannot see what artifact are we sacrificing)
    3. No equipment lock
    4. FPS drop / spike on PS4
    5. Still not optimized on PS4 --> LOOONG loading time

    Overall this is a pretty solid game in its foundation, there's still a lot of room for improvement, but nothing that cannot be solved with some decent patches and quality of life improvement, hope they listen to our critics!    … Expand
  16. EzGg
    Oct 22, 2020
    9
    I think that Genshin Impact is a fine game. I enjoy it. If you don’t like it then cool, that’s your opinion man. But I think it’s a overall good game. Sure it’s un-consistent sometimes and yeah it’s kinda Grindy, but it’s great in other area’s. The main complaint I’ve heard is the wish system. First off, you don’t need to use it. You don’t need to use it. It’s almost useless unless youI think that Genshin Impact is a fine game. I enjoy it. If you don’t like it then cool, that’s your opinion man. But I think it’s a overall good game. Sure it’s un-consistent sometimes and yeah it’s kinda Grindy, but it’s great in other area’s. The main complaint I’ve heard is the wish system. First off, you don’t need to use it. You don’t need to use it. It’s almost useless unless you want a Pyro or Hydro character early. Overall, I enjoy this game. It’s not bad and it’s free. (I’m aware of micro transactions but like the wish system, you don’t need to buy stuff, it’s like Fortnite skins, you don’t need them but damn do people complain about them.)… Expand
  17. KenyanSHAPOW
    Dec 15, 2020
    9
    Amazing Story, cutscenes, gameplay events and animation. Only problem I really see the the lip syncing and resin. People are mainly giving low scores due to the lack of comprehension that it’s a Gacha game some they’re bound to get shafted, which as a F2P I’ve had no difficulty playing the game as they give out good characters to play with. Overall thought I’d give the game a solid 8/9
  18. Hentaely
    Sep 29, 2021
    9
    They realized that they **** up with the rewards, and I hope it doesn't happen again. In the end, the game is pretty good.
  19. ghostssswind
    May 10, 2022
    9
    There is no doubt that Genshin Impact is a great mobile two-dimensional mobile game, it is the top in this field, there is no game that can give me a similar gaming experience to Genshin Impact, in the game's review, Genshin Impact is undoubtedly excellent. But I noticed that most of the reviews in Metacritic were not focused on the quality of the game itself but on how many free items theThere is no doubt that Genshin Impact is a great mobile two-dimensional mobile game, it is the top in this field, there is no game that can give me a similar gaming experience to Genshin Impact, in the game's review, Genshin Impact is undoubtedly excellent. But I noticed that most of the reviews in Metacritic were not focused on the quality of the game itself but on how many free items the game distributed, which I couldn't understand. I can't understand this impulsive comment just as I can't understand why this impulsive comment is in the majority. We should rate the game's long-term quality rather than for short-term likes and dislikes, and your comments are likely to affect players who want to learn about the game. I implore you to exercise your power sparingly.… Expand
  20. LittleSticker
    Aug 26, 2022
    9
    i love this game but its a gacha game so stay away from it as far as you possibly can
  21. Dpdpdp
    Oct 11, 2022
    9
    Great game with a cool story. Pete can enjoy the story even as f2p and get a character here and there, there is a guaranteedcharacter after a certain amount of pulls, but it can be pricy. Hours of gameplay, many quests, and seasonal events. Beautiful music.
  22. Crypto137
    Oct 15, 2020
    8
    A very solid free-to-play anime action RPG. The story is enjoyable, the graphics are beautiful, and the exploration gameplay is engaging. It should be noted though that the endgame is a bit lacking in the current iteration of the game, which makes it less enjoyable as a service game.
  23. newb
    Apr 24, 2022
    8
    Here are my base feelings 80 hours into Genshin impact
    What initially appeared to be a simple Gatch-Anime RPG with a beautiful world and basic combat scheme is quickly turning into one of my favorite gaming experiences. It is essentially fantasy RPG with a unique loot rind combined with a diverse set of funny and unique characters complimented by some well hidden adult humor that will    Here are my base feelings 80 hours into Genshin impact
    What initially appeared to be a simple Gatch-Anime RPG with a beautiful world and basic combat scheme is quickly turning into one of my favorite gaming experiences. It is essentially fantasy RPG with a unique loot rind combined with a diverse set of funny and unique characters complimented by some well hidden adult humor that will have you laughing out loud.
    The combat flow is fun and actually quite interesting. Basically you choose 4 main characters and switch between them and their skills depending on the enemy, each of their skills and equipment. Without getting to detailed each character has 2 skills multiple passives, a main weapon type and an element! the combination of all these with 3 other character means combat is very dynamic.
    Some final thoughts: Genshin Impact's MSQ and side quests are both easy to follow and interesting while the musical score is simply setting a new level for games and I garuntee you will be talking at least 1 screenshot an hour this game is so pretty . All in all a must play

    Side notes
    The game ran smoothly for me on PS4 pro

    Some of these early reviewers seem to think this game is P2W or P2P and it makes me doubt they made it very far into the game. In addition to being essentially a single player experience (and therefore impossible to be a P2W) the game provides you you with 4 main characters through the MSQ the devs throw "premium" currency at you, send free character pulls in the game mailbox, have characters rewarded for beating in game challenges, and always seem to have a give away event running. At no point did I feel like I couldn't do something because of their monetization scheme but do be careful because gatcha is still gambling and it is incredibly east to spend money without noticing how much you have spent. (This game is way more rewarding to play as a F2P )

    p.s don't get me started on these BOTW haters lmao    … Expand
  24. GamergodsFail
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    Genshin Impact is a surprisingly solid free-to-play fantasy RPG with fun combat, dozens of hours of quality open world gameplay and enough content to keep you hooked for weeks. It's very easily compared to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and in some cases can even feel like a cheap, low-grade knockoff at times. But for free, it is still an exciting and satisfying game to play regardless. TheyGenshin Impact is a surprisingly solid free-to-play fantasy RPG with fun combat, dozens of hours of quality open world gameplay and enough content to keep you hooked for weeks. It's very easily compared to Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and in some cases can even feel like a cheap, low-grade knockoff at times. But for free, it is still an exciting and satisfying game to play regardless. They could've charged full price for this along with a platinum trophy set and it would still be a decent purchase.… Expand
  25. he110me
    Oct 19, 2020
    8
    I don't want to like this game as much as I currently do, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

    First the negatives: -Chinese Rootkit: the anticheat is straight up malware, and the Devs being based in china means everything the game collects on your computer will find it's way to the CCP. For the love of all that is good and holy, DO NOT install this game on any device that holds    I don't want to like this game as much as I currently do, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

    First the negatives:

    -Chinese Rootkit: the anticheat is straight up malware, and the Devs being based in china means everything the game collects on your computer will find it's way to the CCP. For the love of all that is good and holy, DO NOT install this game on any device that holds sensitive or personal information. I dusted off my PS4 for precisely that reason. It's also supposedly coming out on the Switch down the road.

    -You CANNOT delete your account on PS4: Feel cheated that the male MC turns out to be a femboy and want to switch to the much more classy female MC? Hope you're willing to create another PSN account.

    -Poor performance on PS4: The game lags and stutters pretty significantly. Attacks that hit many enemies at once will land you massive frame drops, and the game frequently eats your inputs. Given the success of this game, there's a chance this will be improved down the road.

    -Gacha: The game is designed and optimized for people willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a slot machine. It will seem like you don't need to spend money at first, but it flips a switch once you've played enough to become invested in the game. The game is still technically playable without paying money at that point, but it halts you from gaining exp or advancing any of the other RPG mechanics once you've depleted your allotted daily resources.

    -Terrible Voiceacting (English): it's just bad. Their voices feel like knives in my ears. Luckily you can skip dialogue, but there are some unskippable cutscenes.

    -The Tutorial: The first 30 minutes of this game are a complete slog, as the game bombards you with exposition and dialogue. It'll be ~20 minutes of terrible voiceacting before you can finally go off and explore, and even then there are a bunch of story set-pieces to watch before the training wheels actually come off.

    -Shameless BotW clone: This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but everything about this game is derivative. There is nothing original about the game, its mechanics, its story, or its music. If you can get past that....

    Now the positives:

    Simply put, Genshin Impact improves on BotW's formula in many ways. In just the first few hours of gameplay, the game already has more enemy variety than BotW, and enemy encounters are a lot more varied. Each character also has a different playstyle, some more unique than others. The game straignt-up gives you 4 characters for free, and if you're lucky enough to unlock more, the gameplay can get pretty varied. The soundtrack has more variation than BotW, making the game feel much less monotonous (literally). The game's quests feel much more carefully designed to lead you to different corners of the map, which has a ton of secrets and surprises just like BotW. There's also no weapon degradation, which has the downside of making chests less exciting, but the upside is that there's no drawback to engaging enemies in combat (if you're skilled enough). The story is more involved, and does a much better job of providing context and agency to the game. There is also a good amount of sidequests, none of which are particularly mind-blowing, but are more involved than your typical "kill 10 rats" trash quest.

    Overall, I think Genshin Impact is worth giving a shot. I plan to drop the game when the Gacha gets too bad, but I'm ~8 hours in and I've enjoyed my time in game so far (except the first 30 minutes).    … Expand
  26. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 30, 2021
    8
    Genshin Impact
    Great Game with an awful Grind
    Genshin Impact is probably one of the best free to play games for console of all time, right up there with fortnite.. this time theres more of an action jrpg meets breath of the wild feel, you choose your starting twin, the other is kidnapped and its up to you to rescue them, throughout your journey youll meet new characters that the game    Genshin Impact
    Great Game with an awful Grind
    Genshin Impact is probably one of the best free to play games for console of all time, right up there with fortnite.. this time theres more of an action jrpg meets breath of the wild feel, you choose your starting twin, the other is kidnapped and its up to you to rescue them, throughout your journey youll meet new characters that the game gives you for free, and there Is the option to buy new random characters which is where the fee to play aspect comes in.. howver I found this to be highly optional.. here youl be running from checkpoint to checkpoint, unlocking chests for new gear and adventure xp.. something that is actually the most important aspect on genshin ompact.. exploration.. you need to explore to progress the game which is ultimately what made me stop playing 13 hours in… the grind here is absolutely abysmal… I loved progressing this weird story that was impossible to follow for me.. going through the dungeons, just to see where this world would take me next, what enemies and bosses it would throw at me.. and after a while the game starts flowing down, you go to this point now go explore to unlock the next chunk of the story.. so you do that, gaining adventure experience, leving up your charcters, finding new weapons, it was so addictive.. I didn’t mind the break.. im bac, lets continue this story.. heres 2 or a 3 quests.. now you need adventure level 15.. okay… I guess I can do that.. go out.. do the actually thoughtful side quests… a couple hrs of grinding.. ive maxed out my charcters, now I can accend them and level them up twice as much.. I finally get to get back to the main story.. and wall… 1.. I get 1 main mission until the game is like come back after you reach adventure level 25…. Twenty… five…
    I just grinded for hours to go up 3 levels.. and you want me to go up..10.. more.. levels… sure theres a level 18 main story sitting there… but whos to say I don’t grind 3 more hours for those 3 levels.. doing mindless, exhausting, map cleaning.. only to get one 15 minute long story mission again.. with nothing on the other side but climb 8 more levels for that level 25 mission.. I couldn’t.. I just couldn’t do it.. I tapped out.. that being said.. my ascension to level 15 was great.. genshin impact rally is a great game with a beautiful world to explore… and at the very least, youre going to get a great.. free… 12 hour game that sure oyull have to youtube the ending for unless oyu have literally nothing else to play and want to sink what looks like over 40 hours into opening chests and activating teleportion posts..
    Usually I can grind for a great story, but like I said earlier, it was hard for me to follow, and a story that didn’t make sense in the context of the games delivery.. you cant tell a story of urgency while telling me to go find wheat for a boy to feed ducks… same issue I had with the story in the witcher 3.. you feel like its important that you find and help this person, but hey go do this other stuff that in the grand scheme of the story isn’t impactful in any way… tell a different story…
    it’s a shame that such a large emphasis on grind took the wind out of the sales for me.. but I really can appreciate this game for how great of an experience it offers as a free to play..
    I give Genshin Impact
    an 8/10    … Expand
  27. zMiiChy-
    Oct 2, 2020
    8
    Ignoring the not so great FPS this is a really good free game. There's a lot of content and a pretty big world. The gameplay is fun and the story is interesting enough. For it's price (free) it's definitely worth a shot.
  28. GamingNinja
    Oct 28, 2020
    8
    Great game but I would have rather buy it and unlock characters during story & progression than have it locked behind a pay wall or insane grind.
  29. TheLastOfGod
    Oct 9, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are handled well. The character settings are good. The music is good. The main story and the branches are acceptable. The only drawback is that the loading time is too long. And the clothing is too few.… Expand
  30. angraholyland
    Oct 11, 2020
    8
    MiHoYo surprised everyone with this open-world RPG! This game presents us beautiful graphics, charismatic characters, good fight mechanics and interesting world exploration. The only problem I see is the grindy "Gacha" loot system that demands too much money, but it can be played without any cent invested in the game. I'm really looking forward to the future updates :D
  31. hifumitogo
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rarely review on a game but here goes my opinion after playing for 10+ hours. To begin with, this is a very solid game even if it's not F2P. I can say it's better than a lot of 60$ games out there. Yes the game probably gets a lot of ideas from BoTW but I feel it’s more like a fusion of a lot of other games like Nier:A, FFXV, Xenoblade, and HZD, which I don’t mind anyway.
    Even though this is a free game, it’s not a play to win game like some people stated (as least up until the point I am now). The characters you got from story progress are good enough. Everything can be upgraded by farming (apart from constellation?). They even stated there how you can get the materials for the upgrade materials. The loots are surprisingly generous too for a F2P game.

    Pros:
    Beautiful graphic
    Fantastic character design
    Interesting combat system
    Music
    WAIFU

    Neutral:
    Pacing. You can’t proceed the story as smoothly as other single player games. You will constantly need to do some side quests and explore the map to increase your adventure rank
    Story. Pretty straight forward too without a whole bunch of lore bothering me
    Dialog is not as tedious and dull as some other games (e.g. DQ XI).

    Cons:
    It doesn’t run smooth on my PS4 slim. Stuttering here and there.
    Some searching the area for certain clue / item side quests are frustrating. But it’s common in open world games anyway.
    The map is too big for my liking, filled with similar groups of monsters and treasure chest.
    No cross save between PS4 and other platforms.    … Expand
  32. mboscht
    Feb 20, 2022
    8
    Genshin Impact .
  33. Tukks
    Jun 20, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego en si esta muy bien atrapante e interesante si juegas las primeras horas ya que al principio no llama mucho la atención, el sistema de combate esta bien logrado y gráficamente bueno es una copia dicho por los mismos creadores que se basaron en zelda, dicho esto es un juego con sistema innovador tipo gacha el cual para nuestra cultura occidental es raro tener micro transacciones enteramente ligadas a la suerte es un juego que no se puede evaluar al 100% ya que no esta terminado segun se sabe cuenta con 7 ciudades principales de las cuales solo hay 2 en el mapa y esto retrasa a muchos jugadores dejandolos estancados, hablando del tema del "gachapon" es atrapante y en mi experiencia lo mas adictivo aunque hay que recalcar que el juego es muy caro y juego y veo el juego desde el punto de vista F2P no he hecho ninguna compra hasta la fecha, quizas si en algun futuro pero lo dudo ya que es un juego exageradamente caro y a pesar de estar a casi 1 año de su lanzamiento es un juego que esta muy muy joven le falta mucho por pulir y ni hablar de terminar ya que no esta ni el 40% del mapa total aunque intentan compensarlo con eventos y gemas para dichos gachapones es un juego que puede mejorar muchísimo aun.… Expand
  34. megrezdelta
    Oct 19, 2020
    8
    Si bien el rendimiento no es el mejor, no creo que arruine la experiencia. Hacia mucho tiempo que un juego free to play no ofrecía tantas cosas para hacer sin gastar un centavo, incluyendo un buen modo historia y un mundo abierto rico.
  35. itsArtie
    Oct 16, 2020
    8
    Pretty good for a free game. Interesting open world, combat mechanics and abilities, and a decent story. You can easily put 50+ hours in it and not get bored. It is in no way pay to win so ignore those comments. However, I will have to agree that some systems need to be fixed so the game becomes less grindy.
  36. Duex
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Exelente rpg gratis banho em zelda Exelente rpg gratis banho em zeldaExelente rpg gratis banho em zeldaExelente rpg gratis banho em zelda4Exelente rpg gratis banho em zelda
  37. Diabolo_Mente
    Oct 1, 2020
    8
    Its a very enjoyable game, u can waste some good time exploring and the combat system is pretty fun as well
  38. Jackwill
    Mar 3, 2021
    8
    Сесионный Клон зельды с гача элементами. Гуд гейм
  39. MisterMartins
    Aug 8, 2022
    8
    This is a great game with a LOT of content and guess what? It is totally free and you don't even need strong characters to play the story. The gacha system is only a plus for those who want to play with different characters.
    Again, this criticism comes from babies that probably wanted all the characters for free LMAO.
    You can beat this game with 4* CHARACTERS ONLY.

    Solid 8/10.
  40. SLNTPersona
    Oct 2, 2020
    8
    Amazing open world, BotW-esque game with fun, inventive and challenging combat. 15ish hours in after finishing the prologue and I can't put it down. The story is ok, somewhat tropeish but manages to stay intriguing. Cell-shaded graphics give it a colorful vibe and it's fleshed out further with the amazing towns, landscapes and peoplethat inhabit it. Yes, this is a gacha. Yes, this isAmazing open world, BotW-esque game with fun, inventive and challenging combat. 15ish hours in after finishing the prologue and I can't put it down. The story is ok, somewhat tropeish but manages to stay intriguing. Cell-shaded graphics give it a colorful vibe and it's fleshed out further with the amazing towns, landscapes and peoplethat inhabit it. Yes, this is a gacha. Yes, this is F2P. But trust me when I say it worth playing and, maybe more importantly, completely possible to play without spending a dime. At the very least try it, you will have fun if this genre of game is up your alley.… Expand
  41. profsal
    Dec 12, 2020
    8
    Awesome game for a free game
    The only problem is their resin system and the long wait of freaking loading screen other than that I think its all good

    Gameplay 9/10
    Graphics 8/10
  42. LG_Fox_Brazil
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    A free game that has ton of options for us to spend our money and yet gives us so many elements to avoid spending money altogether that it's brilliant. Also, a game with a terrific gameplay, elements combination and interesting characters to keep us coming back for more. What an amazing surprise in this horrible year
  43. galaxiplayer
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Great graphics, animations and gameplay, exploration is really fun and every character has a unique way to be play, waifus are 10/10.
    Bad performance on ps4 and you have to be connected all the time.
    The gacha part depends on your luck. They give you some free pulls. Like 50 in the time i had play. But its not a must thing to do. Except if you want to play with more character besides the    Great graphics, animations and gameplay, exploration is really fun and every character has a unique way to be play, waifus are 10/10.
    Bad performance on ps4 and you have to be connected all the time.
    The gacha part depends on your luck. They give you some free pulls. Like 50 in the time i had play. But its not a must thing to do. Except if you want to play with more character besides the free ones.
    The games is really meant for the weeb community.
    If you like anime and your where looking for a game that makes you feel like an isekai(on the good way) this is the game    … Expand
  44. Playstationuse
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    Genshin impact copies botw in some very obvious areas. However, it retains its own identity. Some are apposed to putting gotcha games on console, yet it is a free game. From the hours i have put into it, there seems to be no need to pay any money, you can win with any character. Overall i would say this game is very promising, and i hope it continues to be as good as it is now in future updates.
  45. Lihit
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    Jogo muito bom porem o sistema de evolução do rank de aventura e muito lento e a falta de missões secundárias e notavel, além do fato de que termos que encontrar as missões ao invés de elas aparecem no mapa é muito incomodo
  46. Xandeer
    Oct 1, 2020
    8
    Excelente jugabilidad, gráficos hermosos, personajes carismáticos y varías horas de diversión. El juego podría mejorar en algunos aspectos cómo agregar la opción de configurar los controles, solucionar algunos bugs visuales y quizás renderizarlo para poder alcanzar frames más altos. Es un juego gratis, entretenido y qué no hace sudar ni un poco a la ps4 (ps4 slim en mi caso)
  47. Brncmtnr
    Oct 2, 2020
    8
    The game is awesome graphics and animations is really cıtr but there is a problem in ps4 that is fps dropps and it is a bit o a boomer. Besides that the game is cool
  48. Dacendaran
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    The game is good and well made specially considering it is also on mobile with the same graphics. The game can be a little bit of a grind at times but I completely disagree with the negative reviews that say it loses it's fun. I have been playing non stop all week and it's been a blast every moment. Alot of the negative reviews cite pay to win, some of them just use racism to bash theThe game is good and well made specially considering it is also on mobile with the same graphics. The game can be a little bit of a grind at times but I completely disagree with the negative reviews that say it loses it's fun. I have been playing non stop all week and it's been a blast every moment. Alot of the negative reviews cite pay to win, some of them just use racism to bash the game. But Honestly the game gives you a lot of the "premium" currency through game-play and while the drop rates could definitely be better they also could be much much worse. So it's not really "pay to win" it's more like "pay for expedited progress." The game does take a lot of inspiration from Breath of the Wild that is obvious with it's world exploration but it also adds on to that with multiplayer and no terrible durability system that renders weapons useless after a single battle so there is that.… Expand
  49. Tevin_66
    Oct 7, 2020
    8
    Real cute game, The kids will love it :D
    super easy! and really pretty world!! :D
  50. KATANOKA
    Oct 14, 2020
    8
    Cara jogo colorido e bem feito,gostei da história e tbm dos personagens,ótimo pra quem gosta do tema meio MMORPG
  51. MiltonTlouEJDTJ
    Oct 17, 2020
    8
    Me pregunto porque tiene mejor puntuacion de los jugadores que a the last of us part ll mmm no lo entiendo
  52. Rayzan
    Oct 21, 2020
    8
    I've play this game since it was launched 2 weeks ago (Sep, 2020). And obviously, this review only works for ver 1.0, anything about this review after update (ver 1.1, November) might be different and irrelevant, so keep in mind. (reviewed on PS4, PC, and Mobile. 30-60 Hours of gameplay, AR 41) (well, English is my second language, so i'm greatly sorry if there's a grammatical issues inI've play this game since it was launched 2 weeks ago (Sep, 2020). And obviously, this review only works for ver 1.0, anything about this review after update (ver 1.1, November) might be different and irrelevant, so keep in mind. (reviewed on PS4, PC, and Mobile. 30-60 Hours of gameplay, AR 41) (well, English is my second language, so i'm greatly sorry if there's a grammatical issues in this review, Enjoy!)

    1. Gameplay
    Yes, i know, this game is highly inspired by BOTW, but here's the thing, there's a lot of uniqueness in this game's gameplay, like the complicated elemental influenced in the environment and combat, balancing gameplay between one characters to the other, and artefacts that you need to masteries on each role of your characters.

    2.Story
    This game is, based of what i've been played, the best story for free to play game out there. each characters has their own story (even though still some of the characters, but it will be updated) the archon story (main story) is also complex and worth to follow, but.. this argument is only for Monstadt or prolog chapter, why? because the chapter 1 (half of it) and so on, still not yet been updated.. but still, prolog chapter is so long and it can take you like 5-15 hours to finish your activity in Monstadt. Not only story inside the game, but the lore, the other support materials outside the game, and the collectable books (or i can say, light novel) are also great.. overall, even thought archon story is not yet finish, but for free game, i was really amaze of what i get from it. but.. because the story is not yet finish, after AR 36 you most likely to feel empty and not much to do except for finish the daily quests and try to build your characters better.

    3.UI/UX.
    when i first time watch SAO, the only thing that i want from that anime is the game that has the simple yet complex mechanism in their UI, somehow, i never actually find one, even in the "SAO the game". But, this game finally get it, they can show how the complex UI can be simplify by only "you know where to put it", like no longer big and useless button on your screen, the characters tab that simple and informative, and chat tab (thank god) that not fill your entire screen (especially for mobile) that make you cannot see what you want to see. Yes, there's still a lot miniscule issues in UI/UX, like no special "change party" button, no macro for food and power-up, and other little issues, this is ok for me, but many people have been let down by this issues.

    4. Scoring and World Environment
    For free game, they really hire Beijing Orchestra to score this game, it makes me.. little bit guilty for play this game for free because the quality is on a par with other east-RPG games, well, fairly speaking, i found that some of the background sound music is similar with FF or NieR, but that's fine by me.

    Liyue and Monstadt is full of content, a lot of things you can do and most of them are rewarding, from slaughter the hilichurls around the maps, and finish the random challenge. The beautifulness of the landscape of Liyue and the great city of Monstadt are one of selling points of this game, almost all NPCs has it's own story and background (just like the playable characters), like you can actually know every characters in Monstadt and their occupation so when you need something or you find something in the mission you can predict where it will be going.

    5.Political Issue and Gacha Mechanism
    Look, i know you are all worry about how the most of the free games are pay to win, but for this game, it most likely play (and grind until you crazy) to win. the characters mostly balance, even 5 stars it doesn't matter, if you cannot play the characters then you cannot play the characters not because you don't have money to get better characters. I can say, you can actually play the game until AR 40 without gacha. Gacha itself is always guarantee you 4 stars of above if you purchased 10 times, so, don't worry for every free players out there, you still have a chance to get Klee. the only issue about this game that related to money, is maybe the resin, but don't worry, you will feel it in AR35 and above, so as long as you play this game just for fun, this problem might be not the big issue for casual players.

    the real issue is, yeah.. political issue and everything about yourself is being supervise by the government of the place where mihoyo was born. but come on, even the US government know everything about yourself.. or other countries. Well, still this is the major issue for some people, so just keep in mind.

    overall, this game in ver 1.0 is a great game, fantastic world, and wonderful story, and if you still feel this game is not for you, why didn't actually give it a try, it's free after all.. that's why, this game is solid 8,0 for me, i like this game and looking forward for the next update    … Expand
  53. JoaoDFerreira
    Nov 18, 2020
    8
    If the game didn't have microtransactions that make you stronger and all I would give the game a 10, but the gacha-mechanics make it a little unpleasant to play; the gems farm is toooo slow, reaching the point where it's almost impossible for a F2P player get a 5-star character in a fair amount of time.
  54. SmokeyBear
    Nov 30, 2020
    8
    Pretty good. Gacha bad but you dont need 5 stars to win so shut. Has lots of potential.
  55. theprotagonist
    Jan 22, 2023
    8
    Genshin Impact is a lot of fun. However, play the PC version or get a PS5. The PS4 version just simply does not run well.
  56. Koorie
    Dec 8, 2022
    8
    Good game, with really magnificent graphics and a lovely lore and gameplay.
  57. Paradox2
    Aug 18, 2023
    8
    My scores:

    Graphics: 9
    Sound: 10
    History: 9
    Gameplay: 6
    Worldbuilding: 10
    Innovation: 5
    Characters: 8
    Dialogs: 7

    Such a peaceful game. I don't really like the Gatcha system though.
  58. 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.
  59. kylocosplay
    Oct 5, 2020
    7
    Está muy bien, es un free to play hecho por un estudio chino MiHoyo dde estilo anime rpg. Vicia mucho y te hace seguir jugando para desbloquear más personajes con los gatcha y una historia emocionante con unas animaciones y cinemáticas muy logradas. En PS4 PRO hace bastante ruido los ventiladores en algunas zonas pero por lo demás todo perfecto.
  60. 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
  61. Alibou3sba
    Oct 12, 2020
    7
    If miHoYo didn’t plagiarized that obviously from other games, I would give this game 9/10.

    But it indeed has something that seems original to me, and the game itself is quite fun, plus it’s free to play, plus the dialogues are hilarious, plus it’s not very pay to win, I think we still have to acknowledge the work they have done for this game. It would be nice they can fix the bugs    If miHoYo didn’t plagiarized that obviously from other games, I would give this game 9/10.

    But it indeed has something that seems original to me, and the game itself is quite fun, plus it’s free to play, plus the dialogues are hilarious, plus it’s not very pay to win, I think we still have to acknowledge the work they have done for this game.

    It would be nice they can fix the bugs which occurs when fighting enemies and the FPS drop when entering the Mondstadt. And why does the Chinese voice acting sounds like the characters are barely awake?    … Expand
  62. Siome
    Oct 9, 2020
    7
    Better in all aspects it copies from breath of the wild, the game could have been a must pay if only it hasn't gatcha mechanics which make the game Un pleasant to play after a while. Too many farm, too many craft, too many luck to have on rolls
  63. princessfurios
    Oct 19, 2020
    7
    Приятная чилл-игра с анимешными девочками с милыми голосочками на пару вечеров или около того. Удивительно, что бесплатная, Нинтендо отдавали точно такую же игру (вы знаете, о чем я) за пять тысяч рублей. Что еще раз подтверждает несостоятельность этой конторы. Китайцы способны сделать ЛУЧШЕ, чем ненасытная Нинтендо с ее LoZ:BotW, притом бесплатно и качественно. Задумайтесь над этим,Приятная чилл-игра с анимешными девочками с милыми голосочками на пару вечеров или около того. Удивительно, что бесплатная, Нинтендо отдавали точно такую же игру (вы знаете, о чем я) за пять тысяч рублей. Что еще раз подтверждает несостоятельность этой конторы. Китайцы способны сделать ЛУЧШЕ, чем ненасытная Нинтендо с ее LoZ:BotW, притом бесплатно и качественно. Задумайтесь над этим, прежде чем покупать очередной переоцененный "продукт" от Нинтендо.… Expand
  64. 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.
  65. 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
  66. yannanhunter
    Oct 5, 2020
    7
    说一下我对这个游戏的看法吧，实事求是地讲，这游戏30级之前给我的体验还算不错，有些解谜也确实感觉到官方用心做了，璃月地区的风景很漂亮，bgm很不错，这些都是游戏的加分项。但30级之后，特别是做完现阶段的主线支线任务后，这游戏就变的空洞乏味了，玩法太少了，每天就是大地图跑来跑去收集材料开宝箱，玩家和这个开放世界也没什么互动，越往后玩越无聊。说一下我对这个游戏的看法吧，实事求是地讲，这游戏30级之前给我的体验还算不错，有些解谜也确实感觉到官方用心做了，璃月地区的风景很漂亮，bgm很不错，这些都是游戏的加分项。但30级之后，特别是做完现阶段的主线支线任务后，这游戏就变的空洞乏味了，玩法太少了，每天就是大地图跑来跑去收集材料开宝箱，玩家和这个开放世界也没什么互动，越往后玩越无聊。
  67. Sydonay
    Oct 9, 2020
    7
    The first 10 hours of gameplay are very enjoyable with a well thought out and quite original element system, and the map is large with lots to explore and mini puzzles and challenges scattered here and there, the character drop rates are incredibly low even for a gacha, if that were all it would still be a great PVE game but after a certain point (AR 30 or so) the content and to-dos areThe first 10 hours of gameplay are very enjoyable with a well thought out and quite original element system, and the map is large with lots to explore and mini puzzles and challenges scattered here and there, the character drop rates are incredibly low even for a gacha, if that were all it would still be a great PVE game but after a certain point (AR 30 or so) the content and to-dos are stuck behind a pay wall of "original resin" which leaves you with 2 options to stop playing or paying , the mechanic is incredibly stingy given the causality in the statistics of the artifacts and the amount of items needed to level the characters or gold for equipment upgrades.

    Mihoyo increase the amount of resin or remove it just like mechanics, the game is fun, but if I have to pay to play I gladly change game    … Expand
  68. Moune
    Oct 19, 2020
    7
    the game mechanics, atmosphere are good.
    but it is free and pay to win, I always feels it tries to cash-in my wallet :(
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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)
  72. xoa
    Oct 1, 2020
    6
    It's one of the best looking cell-shaded "BotW" games out there, with chill, well composed music but that's where the good stuff ends. The performance is choppy. The gameplay very limited due to it being designed around phones, best thing you can say about is it's functional. This is not a traditional game where you progress slowly and get characters and gear, it is more like a slotIt's one of the best looking cell-shaded "BotW" games out there, with chill, well composed music but that's where the good stuff ends. The performance is choppy. The gameplay very limited due to it being designed around phones, best thing you can say about is it's functional. This is not a traditional game where you progress slowly and get characters and gear, it is more like a slot machine that has horrible chances. it's obvious these low chances only exists to get money out of gambling addicts.… Expand
  73. Thilus
    Oct 16, 2020
    6
    An enjoyable game, but only to a point. Where that point is depends entirely on the player, because every player copes differently with the feeling of growing boredom which comes from repetitiveness.

    Essentially, you have to do the same things over and over again to grind resources, which will allow you to: a) make your characters stronger, b) continue the story as you can only progress    An enjoyable game, but only to a point. Where that point is depends entirely on the player, because every player copes differently with the feeling of growing boredom which comes from repetitiveness.

    Essentially, you have to do the same things over and over again to grind resources, which will allow you to: a) make your characters stronger, b) continue the story as you can only progress the story after you acquire a certain Adventurer Level, c) enter additional dungeons. You can cut this time short by buying premium resources with real money.

    That being said, the game is not pay-to-win. It is 100% beatable with a free-to-play account, you just have to prepare yourself for a festival of grind. So if you're not into grinding and you don't want to spend your money on it, I would take a pass.    … Expand
  74. 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.
  75. luckystrike_bh
    Oct 4, 2020
    6
    Edit: This needs to be upfront because it is not clearly specified. It shows and presents itself that your adventure is going through 6 lands. However, in reality, the game only has two with the other four available at some point in the future. Whether that is free or at cost remains to be seen. I feel this should be stated upfront in the game description. Is it still worth it as aEdit: This needs to be upfront because it is not clearly specified. It shows and presents itself that your adventure is going through 6 lands. However, in reality, the game only has two with the other four available at some point in the future. Whether that is free or at cost remains to be seen. I feel this should be stated upfront in the game description. Is it still worth it as a free 2 play? Yes. Would i feel better about it if the game developer gave us a solid release schedule and prices? Yes.

    I am having a huge amount of fun with this game. I went in with a highly suspicious attitude due to the free gacha format and it being a BOTW clone. At Adventure level 20, I do not see an obvious push to have to spend money to win the game. The potential is there so I am holding out until endgame for a final judgement. But I am using all the free characters and do not feel hobbled.

    Things I enjoy about this game:Huge world to explore, developed lore, game rewards exploration. Things I do not like: online connection required, gacha format, timed energy stamina for opening certain chests, crafting material gated to day of the week, feeling guilty about BOTW cloneness.

    Here is the why I forgive myself for the BOTW cloneness....no weapon durability! It such a relief to explore a BOTW type world without your weapon breaking every few fights.

    I think I would pay full price for this game without the time gates and gacha mechanisms.    … Expand
  76. 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
  77. 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.
  78. 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
  79. INU4SH4
    Sep 30, 2020
    6
    As someone who already played BotW over a year ago and loved it, I was hyped to try this but still expected to be a bit disappointed since the game was also designed for mobile phones. But we're not here to talk about Zelda so let's jump into the actual review.

    I have a mix of positive and negative things to say about the game. Let's start with the positive stuff. The world and    As someone who already played BotW over a year ago and loved it, I was hyped to try this but still expected to be a bit disappointed since the game was also designed for mobile phones. But we're not here to talk about Zelda so let's jump into the actual review.

    I have a mix of positive and negative things to say about the game. Let's start with the positive stuff.

    The world and environment look beautiful. The combat is simple yet fluid and the elemental reactions are also pretty interesting. I like the dungeons and having multiple characters with distinct gameplay to choose from. It includes co-op which looks pretty enjoyable but I haven't tried yet.

    Now, onto the negative stuff.
    I know it's been mentioned plenty of times but it is obvious to anyone who has ever played Breath of the Wild for even one hour that this game is a clone of it. There are way too many things that work exactly like BotW to very specific levels. I'd be fine with using its features as inspiration but blatantly copying is not cool. While the combat is good it doesn't compare to the greats such as The Witcher, Dark Souls, Nier: Automata, etc. (Still above average though). The characters look super generic and I swear I've seen them all in cheap mass-produced fantasy anime. The lip-synch during dialogs is awful. The story isn't very interesting and the pacing is all over the place.

    Overall, Genshin Impact is a good-looking BotW clone but besides its glitter, it doesn't offer much new and feels like a cheap mix of BotW and generic-looking anime characters + bad mobile game p2w features. But not everything is bad, the game is functional despite suffering from low FPS every now and then and its world and dungeons are still fun to explore. Perhaps it is too soon to rate this game yet, it might still surprise me and I might improve the rating. Time will tell. As of now, I'll consider this game a decent effort at trying to emulate Nintendo's success but not quite there yet.    … Expand
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    6
    6/10.......................................................................
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. Satanic-majestY
    Oct 5, 2020
    5
    Even if you close your eyes to all the parallels with Zelda, this game quickly becomes boring, there are many repetitive battles and situations, and you constantly feel an artificial slowdown in progress. The intro for the game is promising enough, but in the end it has nothing to do with what you really have to do in the game.
    The whole atmosphere of the game helps to relax, I like the    Even if you close your eyes to all the parallels with Zelda, this game quickly becomes boring, there are many repetitive battles and situations, and you constantly feel an artificial slowdown in progress. The intro for the game is promising enough, but in the end it has nothing to do with what you really have to do in the game.
    The whole atmosphere of the game helps to relax, I like the idea of such a meditative exploration of the world. But all this is spoiled by terrible optimization for PS4 Pro. Constant stuttering and loadings completely spoil the experience.
    Because of this, all the work of designers, artists, composer and others working for the beauty of the world goes down the drain.    … Expand
  88. 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.
  89. 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
  90. BrbImCarrying
    Oct 4, 2020
    5
    On PC i would give it an 8. I own a ps4 pro and framerate is a joke runs better on my phone...not to mention the loading time to join a game in multiplayer. Ps4 need some love guys
  91. 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
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. hellogamer
    Oct 11, 2020
    5
    Basically everyone who feels attracted to "Jrpgs", should try the game. Yeah, it copied a lot from Zelda. Thats not bad, coz Zelda is easily the best game in the last decade. But, the world is not as vibrant as the world of zelda. Theres not so many things to explore in the World.
    Why am I only giving an average? Thats because of the Gacha mechanics, that u have to accept, if u really    Basically everyone who feels attracted to "Jrpgs", should try the game. Yeah, it copied a lot from Zelda. Thats not bad, coz Zelda is easily the best game in the last decade. But, the world is not as vibrant as the world of zelda. Theres not so many things to explore in the World.
    Why am I only giving an average? Thats because of the Gacha mechanics, that u have to accept, if u really want to have a character to ur liking. It s just hard to live w/o a good character, in an OW game u want to spent 60 hrs. Secondly, there may be no paywall, but theres a huge grindwall at the end. And if u want to push on fast,...well then u have to pay money.
    Third, the difficulty level is just too easy. Fourth, yeah believe it or not, u cannot invert the y axis. For me really hard to play,...well this relativises my complaint about the level of difficulty ;-)

    If u dont have issues with these issues, go 4 it.    … Expand
  95. 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
  96. Mistletainn
    Oct 20, 2020
    5
    I love the characters' interaction in this game, except for the MC, but at least, Paimon makes the interaction around the MC more interesting. The battle is interesting, especially the elemental reaction in this game. I love combining elemental reaction in a fight. The story, even though it is not the greatest story I have seen, but it is not that bad. The huge world can be a pro or a conI love the characters' interaction in this game, except for the MC, but at least, Paimon makes the interaction around the MC more interesting. The battle is interesting, especially the elemental reaction in this game. I love combining elemental reaction in a fight. The story, even though it is not the greatest story I have seen, but it is not that bad. The huge world can be a pro or a con for a player, as it would be interesting to explore the huge world, but also it is extremely exhausting to explore it.

    Some people say that this game is not for F2P. I admit that we need money (and a lot of luck) to get the best characters and weapons in this game. Not to mention the resources needed to level up those characters and the weapons. But even without paying money, I still can enjoy this game a lot.

    I'm AR 38 and haven't spent any money in this game. My team consists of 4 stars characters, my weapons can be forged at blacksmith, and I still can play most of the content in this game. Defeating the enemies took longer, sure, but that's all. Well, it is difficult to beat the time challenges (Abyss), but it is not a problem since even with somewhat weaker characters, I still can enjoy most of the content of the game.

    However, even with all the pros I mentioned above, I still feel that the resin is bad. Like, really bad, that it makes an 8/10 game becomes a 6/10 game (or even less). I believe most people that play in console and PC will spend at least three hours or even more playing a game. Especially when they can only play in the weekends, they may spend their entire weekends playing the game. But the resin is limiting the playtime. It is not bad for mobile games, but it is not good for console and PC games. Daily commissions and killing three world bosses only take half an hour to an hour. After that, there is nothing to do.

    Yes, there is nothing to do, since for someone who have finished all the quests, including the side quests and opened most of the chests in this huge world, there is really nothing to do in this game.

    Like people said, the world becomes barren once you do all the quests. Exploring the world once again to look for chests is not worth it. The monsters are too weak and not challenging enough to make the games fun. Also, even though the level of the monsters increase, the rewards from them is still the same, aside of the materials for ascending characters or weapons. The experience is minuscule that you can ignore it. The mora (the currency of the game) is also like a drop of water in ocean. It is not rewarding at all grinding for monsters, so, there's nothing to do after doing all the quests besides doing daily commissions, that somehow becomes a chore rather than a fun thing to do in a game.

    Want to increase your level by killing monsters? Theoretically, it's possible, you only have to kill thousands or even tens of thousands to increase your level by one. If the world is not so huge, it will be easy to kill ten thousand monsters, but in this game, because the world is huge, it took a lot of time just to go from one monster's camp to another. So, yeah, theoretically, it is possible to increase your level by grinding monsters, but practically, I don't think anyone would intentionally grind like that.

    So, in my opinion, this is really not a game for console and PC. Or even if you want to play in console or PC, play it as a side-game. Or don't play it at all, as it is not designed for console and PC gamers.    … Expand
  97. 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.
  98. 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
  99. 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.
  100. 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.
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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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