Genshin Impact

 PlayStation 4
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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1236 Ratings

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  1. Hyperion2012
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    Don't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling inDon't play this game if u have any intention of spending any more then 20 min a day playing . ounce u reach a pony in progression it locks u out so hard u can only progress meaningfully with 20 min a day due to a system they placed that. Locks resources behingd a currency that regens too slow to even call this fun its annoyi g and its anger inducing save urself the heartbreak of falling in love with tjis game only to be punched in the face by the fact the this games mechancs basically say dont play this game… Expand
  2. Zerpad
    Oct 22, 2020
    4
    Initially this game is decent, but after a couple of hours all the fault start to show through and the gameplay becomes pretty shallow. I've played a dozen or so gachas, and Genshin Impact is just average for the category. It doesn't have any major faults, but also doesn't stand out in any way whatsoever.

    Combat is fairly boring. A majority of the enemies have invulnerability shields    Initially this game is decent, but after a couple of hours all the fault start to show through and the gameplay becomes pretty shallow. I've played a dozen or so gachas, and Genshin Impact is just average for the category. It doesn't have any major faults, but also doesn't stand out in any way whatsoever.

    Combat is fairly boring. A majority of the enemies have invulnerability shields that need to be destroyed by using abilities from certain elements. So bullet sponges abound. Strong enemies also add in oversized explosions to their attacks, so you spend a lot of time running away. You're not really dodging at this point. It run away, and then run in briefly to attack, and then run away again. Managing stamina during a fight is pretty important, so it's very annoying that you can't toggle running on/off. You're forced to stop and pause for a moment to stop running. Did I mention that you spend a lot of time running away from enemy attacks in this game?

    The gacha rate is very bad, and currency is fairly stingy. You may not need the fancy characters to complete content, but it really takes away the fun of pulling for characters when the rates are so low. Also, there are no 3* characters to get from the gacha. You just get a 3* weapon instead, which is typically converted to experience for an existing weapon. This really hurts new players and prevents them from trying out different weapon types and elements.

    You're further restricted from experimenting with new characters by the world level. As you increase adventure rank, the creatures of the world level up. This keeps areas from becoming useless due to low levels, but also renders any new character you acquire as useless till you can level them up to the current standard of your team. At adventure rank 31, I need to level a character up to 50 (feeding them a bunch of materials to unlock those levels) before I can put them in a team and see how they play. This isn't a trivial matter, since all my resources right now get spent leveling my team of 4. There's not much to spare for raising a 5th.

    Finally, after you've finished all of the quests, the game doesn't give you a lot of motivation to keep playing and improving your team. Normally, Gacha games have regular events to keep players engaged and logging in. The regular content updates is one of the things that makes Gacha games fun to play.

    I could probably keep going on for another couple of paragraph ranting about all the various issues that this game has. The core concept of the game is nice and interesting, but they missed on a lot of the details that are needed to make the experience fun and enjoyable for the players.    … Expand
  3. M0lestia
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you - NO Communication what so ever from    A Good early game (like 20/30 Hours when you are slow).
    - Gacha mechanic > the worst possible (0.6% chance to get a 5* unit, and almost 100$ for 50 pulls)
    - Best weapons lock behind paywall
    - After 30 Hours of "good" gameplay you'll be locked behing gate with 20 min/day
    - you need to pay 15$ PER DAY to play the max amount of time they'll let you
    - NO Communication what so ever from Mihoyo
    - 1 YEAR of BetaTest and they didn't change anything (the things that ruin the game right now)
    - 5/10 on taptap, China Burn cause they DIDN'T Listen and spit on est their face

    They must change their politics, but that's not the priority.
    If you wanna play 30h of "WaifuBOTW", do it, but the "LateGame" is Empty.
    Even Forbes made 3 articles on them (and not good review ones ...)    … Expand
  4. Vek17
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    The game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quicklyThe game starts out great with fun game play, a wonderful aesthetic, and smooth consistent progression of your characters. Once you get out of the prolog though you realize all of the smoothness you experience then was a bait and switch when you hit the hard timewalls where the game asks you to wait weeks to level characters or pay money to shorten it to days. The content is quickly exhausted and there is nothing really repeatable outside of dailies that take around 5 minutes to finish in total.

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

    I can live with the TERRIBLE gacha rates and the poor value for money spent there, but I cannot recommend to anyone a game that actively discourages you to play it.    … Expand
  5. tian1711
    Oct 22, 2020
    10
    Awesome free game, with many nice characters and beautiful world. I have played for almost a month already and I really love it!
  6. 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
  7. Canto
    Oct 22, 2020
    0
    +++ The Resin Booster Cult Manifesto +++

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    +++ Thus ends the Resin Booster Cult Manifesto +++    … Expand
  8. lonkbonks
    Oct 21, 2020
    0
    Cheap BotW ripoff. Just because you import some of the mechanics doesn't mean the game is good. Interesting traversal mechanics like climbing and paragliding in a bland and uninspired world defeats the purpose of having them
  9. Ihadtomajeanacc
    Oct 21, 2020
    0
    Would be a good game, but the problems all start at AR 30-35 where the game becomes a chore and you have to wait for resin which is the stamina system that cripples the game.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. nevedymka
    Oct 20, 2020
    4
    Beautiful wrapper with a void inside. Or I can call it this: A beautiful wrapper, inside which, DOHERA! stupid grind.
    Played enough up to rank 38.
    Bottom line: Useless and ruthless grind. Donat, you just need a fierce one in order to get something out of a gacha .. Don't believe me !? Download, play, and then make a conclusion.    Beautiful wrapper with a void inside. Or I can call it this: A beautiful wrapper, inside which, DOHERA! stupid grind.
    Played enough up to rank 38.
    Bottom line: Useless and ruthless grind.
    Donat, you just need a fierce one in order to get something out of a gacha ..
    Don't believe me !? Download, play, and then make a conclusion.
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    Красивая обёртка с пустотой внутри. Или могу назвать так: Красивая обёртка, внутри которой, ДОХЕРА! тупого гринда.
    Наигрался до 38 ранга.
    Итог: Бесполезный и беспощадный гринд.
    Донат, нужен просто лютый, дабы что то получить из гачи..
    Не верите!? Скачайте, поиграйте, и потом делайте вывод.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Lalelulelo
    Oct 19, 2020
    2
    Has one of the slowest stamina system in gacha history. Wish system is also very expensive due to low drop chance compared to most gacha. Definitely not a good trend to support.
  16. Nickonpc
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Take resin out its killing the game making it unbearable to even play at times
  17. 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
  18. celaka
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Genshin Impact really is an ambitious game. Putting gacha system for playable characters inside open world action rpg, making chance for player to pull for their favorite character in the gacha pool and doing some action gameplay with them. The action gameplay is really nice. The story is pretty good. The open world is beautiful. The soundtrack is absolutely stunning. I would totally giveGenshin Impact really is an ambitious game. Putting gacha system for playable characters inside open world action rpg, making chance for player to pull for their favorite character in the gacha pool and doing some action gameplay with them. The action gameplay is really nice. The story is pretty good. The open world is beautiful. The soundtrack is absolutely stunning. I would totally give them 10/10 rating if not for the **** mobile energy system getting in the way of character's progressions.

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

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

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

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

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

    I suggest you to stay away from this game at least until they actually heard the community, and change this massive **** system.    … Expand
  19. 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 :(
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. wrRhonin
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Stupid kryptonite games, copying nintendo, capcom, putting mobile game routines on consoles and PCS, junk pictures, empty worlds, very little to explore, rewards for exploration are nothing compared to top-up, illegal program implantation, **** like games.
  23. Pustus
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Gameplay is fun, but the Gacha Rates are horrendous, need to spend about ~300$ to get a (Guaranteed) 5 Star Character and then you just need to get it 7 more times to fully level up...

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

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

    TLDR: Unless you spend thousands of Dollars don't even bother investing some money.    … Expand
  24. lolicow
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    1.There is some fun gameplay, but limited.
    2.More gameplay is gated by resources, resources now matters more than gameplay.
    3.Feed players with limited daily/weekly/monthly activities that give resources so players don't starve, but never give them enough if they don't PAY. 4.Players who played for an enough long period will be very attached to the game as they've spend so many time    1.There is some fun gameplay, but limited.
    2.More gameplay is gated by resources, resources now matters more than gameplay.
    3.Feed players with limited daily/weekly/monthly activities that give resources so players don't starve, but never give them enough if they don't PAY.
    4.Players who played for an enough long period will be very attached to the game as they've spend so many time keeping log into the game to finish those repetitive activities as a part-time job. They now are the Gacha slaves who will defend the game no matter what because they just do not want to admit the characters they rolled and the resources they spent actually does not worth too much.

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

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

    Well I'm not a Mihoyo employee so you might consider all this just my personal guess. Actually if Mihoyo decide to change Genshin into something more like a single-player RPG or an MMORPG I would be happy as well. But again, taking consideration from what this company has done in the past, for Genshin CBT and other games, that chance is too low.    … Expand
  25. dvadarling
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    trash gacha wrapped in a very good looking wrap, the game has no flaws because "tHatS hOw gAchAs wOrK hurr durr deal with it"
  26. 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
  27. bdave04
    Oct 16, 2020
    0
    I'm giving this game a zero because this is in my view what it deserves. I keep hearing "If you don't like gacha games then you won't like this game" like this is a concept we should all accept? This "game" promotes child gambling. How the f*** is this legal and why have we normalized it? We used to unlock items and characters in games by putting in hard work and earning them. Now weI'm giving this game a zero because this is in my view what it deserves. I keep hearing "If you don't like gacha games then you won't like this game" like this is a concept we should all accept? This "game" promotes child gambling. How the f*** is this legal and why have we normalized it? We used to unlock items and characters in games by putting in hard work and earning them. Now we are apparently buying these items and characters that should be in the game to earn and ignoring all the horrific consequences that comes with it.

    You pouring money into this game or any game like it means you are supporting child/adult gambling and the gambling addiction that comes with it. I guarantee if you stop giving this game company and all the other gacha game companies money, you'll force them to make way better games and if you have the empathy and compassion you'll save people from throwing their lives down the toilet. To make a long story short this is WRONG. When people are paying 2000 dollars for one character it's time to pull the plug on this. If you want good video games now and in the future you have to learn to say NO. and adults to gam    … Expand
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. DrHasDan
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    I've played genshin impact on all platforms which includes pc, ps4 and a high end android mobile device. From what I've gathered is that the ps4 version does tend to have a few performance and control issues which hopefully can be fixed in the future. Whereas pc runs the best (no surprises there) I think its best if you hook a controller up to your pc as well for the smoothest experience.I've played genshin impact on all platforms which includes pc, ps4 and a high end android mobile device. From what I've gathered is that the ps4 version does tend to have a few performance and control issues which hopefully can be fixed in the future. Whereas pc runs the best (no surprises there) I think its best if you hook a controller up to your pc as well for the smoothest experience. On phone the game also runs extremely well with less issues than ps4 surprisingly. Overall the game is an absolute blast and I can't wait what mihoyo has in store for us in the future.… Expand
  31. Djeronimo
    Oct 15, 2020
    0
    Huge greed of developer will kill a great game and their own fanbase
    Its rly awful, this FREE TO PLAY its to expensive, i ready to pay full price for this game, but 60 dollars for this game it's a joke, that won't be enough for anything. Plz miHoYo, you make a great game, keep it alive, stop killing this project
  32. Krispo123
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    Very good game! Got 30-40 hours (AR35) of fun so far without feeling the need to spend any money at all. I did throw 6 dollar at them for 30 days with gems that have a much much higher of total value after 30 days.

    I like there is spesific grinds from day to day so it feels like there is always something to do. The world is packed with stuff, and Im sure they will add more down the line.
  33. 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.
  34. JackeysSnow
    Oct 14, 2020
    1
    Hmm, seems duplicated Japanese toon games. And the same motion, game design and art. I don’t think this doesn’t have originality.
  35. 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
  36. blince
    Oct 13, 2020
    1
    This game is fun until you reach level 30 and becomes very difficult to play without a 5-star character over time, whereas this game only has a 0.6% chance of being 5-star and the possibility of drawing a 5-star weapon instead of a 5-star character!
  37. Gamexpert
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    This is weird, seriously.
    I never in my life saw a game with so many Microtransactions, or with such an elaborate concept to get your money. It is nothing more than an Pay to Win Concept in a singleplayer game. You cant play it the way you want, unless you pay a lot of money. You cant upgrade your characters, you cant even play as the characters you want. If your energy runs out you are    This is weird, seriously.
    I never in my life saw a game with so many Microtransactions, or with such an elaborate concept to get your money. It is nothing more than an Pay to Win Concept in a singleplayer game. You cant play it the way you want, unless you pay a lot of money. You cant upgrade your characters, you cant even play as the characters you want. If your energy runs out you are unable to make any progress at all.
    Its a shame that this seems to be what a lot of Gamers nowadays want. How is it normal to spend thousands of dollards for these Slot Machines. This should be illegal.

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

    0 is quite generate for this game. People are blaming EA for Surprise Mechanics, China/Tencent does it with Genshin Impact a thousand times worse and nobody seems to care about it.    … Expand
  38. Saintkarl
    Oct 12, 2020
    3
    This game would be great as a mobile gacha game. Problem is, it's not a mobile game, but a PC / PS4 one.
    At the start, everything is cool. You get lot of stuff, you can upgrade your characters. Then, when you cleared all the quest, all you can do need "Resin" (like energy in Gacha game), and can do nothing after 30 minutes per day.
    This need to change, or the game won't keep it's player base.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. garyw_81
    Oct 11, 2020
    2
    sh*t version of Breath of the wild
    straight up rip off and not a very good one at that.
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. Igneelz
    Oct 11, 2020
    10
    Very good game is excellent, online is in the beginning buit is good, it's free to play, and mult platforms, but they go update and make the better
  45. yhc1994
    Oct 11, 2020
    10
    Good game, but need further optimization of frame rate on PS4
    And the price of crystal is too expensive, USD 150 for just one 5 star character
  46. raptus21
    Oct 11, 2020
    9
    It is free game (possible to finish current plot without paying anything), but looking like AAA title. For me it resembles MMO games, due to grind/crafting, daily quests and many "dungeons". Plot is interesting, visuals very good, voice acting as well. I haven't found any bugs, one minor glitch with brother/sister naming. For sure it is pleasant to play and relaxing, not very demanding.It is free game (possible to finish current plot without paying anything), but looking like AAA title. For me it resembles MMO games, due to grind/crafting, daily quests and many "dungeons". Plot is interesting, visuals very good, voice acting as well. I haven't found any bugs, one minor glitch with brother/sister naming. For sure it is pleasant to play and relaxing, not very demanding. Fight is more clever-based than agility of fingers. Playing for two weeks so far and still on it.… Expand
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. taro5
    Oct 11, 2020
    0
    In order to play the game I taught myself Chinese, download the advance version on September 15, now my adventure level is 40, play time more than five hours a day. It was a very, very bad experience after the high level game. I had a great time in the first 20 hours. I charged $300, but after that there was nothing new to play. I didn’t think it was worth it, and the graphics on the PS4In order to play the game I taught myself Chinese, download the advance version on September 15, now my adventure level is 40, play time more than five hours a day. It was a very, very bad experience after the high level game. I had a great time in the first 20 hours. I charged $300, but after that there was nothing new to play. I didn’t think it was worth it, and the graphics on the PS4 PRO were terrible.

    If you are short of games to play at this stage, I will recommend it to you, but please do not invest too much time and recharge to gamble.    … Expand
  50. Rikatchu
    Oct 10, 2020
    4
    The game would deserve 8/10 if it didn’t have the raisin system. If that’s not removed, the game is fun for a day or two, then turns into garbage.
  51. Dreizehn
    Oct 10, 2020
    10
    Excellent PVE exploration game. The story really keeps you going and the magistral exploration will keep you busy for days. Microtransactions don't impact the experience and it is totally doable to play the game for free for at least the first 20 or 30 hours.
  52. 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
  53. Papilla
    Oct 10, 2020
    9
    This is the best free to play game ever created. If you like games such as Red dead redemption or Zelda: Breath of the wild where you can explore a huge map full of action and life, this is the game for you. Play it!, It's free and you don't lose anything.
  54. horizonsmoon1
    Oct 10, 2020
    2
    Graphics are exceptional but game keeps trying to get me to spend money. Everytime I click on the wheel it pops me to an add instead of where I wanted to go. Big turn off I will be uninstalling game. That is why I gave it such a low score.
  55. MaccMosley
    Oct 10, 2020
    9
    Wow,what a surprise this game turned out to be. It reminds me alot of Breath of the Wild,so much that its almost criminal how many things they took from Zelda. Im having a blast with this game,its an open world action rpg thats full of fun things to do. Whats crazy is how many things they took from Zelda,from Cooking,you have a glider,you can climb trees,walls,everything actually but thatsWow,what a surprise this game turned out to be. It reminds me alot of Breath of the Wild,so much that its almost criminal how many things they took from Zelda. Im having a blast with this game,its an open world action rpg thats full of fun things to do. Whats crazy is how many things they took from Zelda,from Cooking,you have a glider,you can climb trees,walls,everything actually but thats a gold thing,this game is at least worth a try and I know if you liked Zelda youll like this.… Expand
  56. 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
  57. Eltiokevan
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
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  58. Myudepapelao
    Oct 9, 2020
    10
    Maravilhoso!!!!
    Adorei os gráficos e o estilo de arte. Mapa ótimo e muito interativo. Com o sistema de troca de personagem deixando o combate frenético e diferenciado. Com história boa até onde joguei, diria ser um dos melhores jogos do ano!!!
  59. TakashiiSenpai
    Oct 9, 2020
    10
    it's a great game, in the graphics of Zelda, captivating story, charismatic character, they nailed that game, without abusive practices, congratulations to the servants
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. Guh_
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    this game has constant drops of fps, the story is not good and the gameplay is bad
  63. kennywwh
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    P2W trash game, copied everything from Zelda BOTW. Doesn't deserve to be published on any other platforms than mobile. The game has the exact same UI n combat system as BOTW, but worse.
  64. JJJAGUAR
    Oct 9, 2020
    10
    One of the most fun open world game created. And for the price of $0. No, you don't need spend anything unless you want to have the absolute best team in a single player game...
  65. 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
  66. ElitePraetorian
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild called. They want their game back.

    Seriously though - delete this.
  67. AngelDavid123
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Sinceramente me parece un juego bastante amplio y de aspecto bonito pero hay algo que hay que recalcar y es la copia descarada de las mecánicas de este juego con respecta a Zelda Botw, como por ejemplo el aspecto artístico es casi idéntico solo con colores mas vivos y saturados no es el hecho que este desarrollado a base de Cel Shading literalmente copia y pega la vegetación de Botw enSinceramente me parece un juego bastante amplio y de aspecto bonito pero hay algo que hay que recalcar y es la copia descarada de las mecánicas de este juego con respecta a Zelda Botw, como por ejemplo el aspecto artístico es casi idéntico solo con colores mas vivos y saturados no es el hecho que este desarrollado a base de Cel Shading literalmente copia y pega la vegetación de Botw en ese genshin ¡Hay Zonas casi idénticas!!! en su mapa que porciento también al de Botw copiando es sistema de puntos en el mapa Etc, La Interacción con el ambiente es idéntico, como podemos apreciar cada juego tiene distintas formas de interactuar con el ambiente pero este es demasido similar si la comparamos entre las dos, la manera de cocinar no digamos que es copia es una gran inspiración por lo cual hay no me quejo si tiene un sistema un poco distinto de Botw, Lo peor es que hay enemigos como los Guardianes que directamente lo aparecen en el juego de forma muy alterada al igual que algunos enemigos en el mapa y sus refugios parecidos al de Botw. Se que diran que es una critica sin sentido una cosa es copia y otra inspiración pero si analizan Botw tras jugarlo y despues tocas este juego es que todo lo que te digo romo fuerza, MiHoyo pudo haberse inspirado en sus mecánicas de Botw mejorandolas cambiando un poco su funcion para que no sea tan identico y hacerla propia de su juego pero es que es increible el nivel de copia en su mundo. Cuidado no hablo de todo los pueblos tienen un sistema distinto y los pesonajes he historia me quejo de Su similitud tan brutal En mecánicas, artística, físicas y jugabilidad de este… Expand
  68. zeroX52
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    the performance in ps4 pro is bad enough, only play it if you have a decent pc
  69. Reprisoft
    Oct 8, 2020
    9
    Awesome game, incredible free game. Spanish subtitles are more than great.
    Action fight is more than good.
  70. Nightrage713
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    The game is good for the story everything else about it signals the $$$ signs. The duplicate gacha system is still very steep and the rates are terrible. If you are free to play you will enjoy it like a regular rpg but beyond that it's play at your leisure. If you are wondering why it is zero rating is because gacha systems are very evil and it isn't how games are suppose to be made.
  71. 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
  72. Matrakalon16
    Oct 7, 2020
    9
    Un mundo abierto precioso, Gameplay sencillo pero adictivo, historia interesante, siempre hay algo que hacer para hacerlo algo frenético por así decirlo, a veces se caen los fps y el sistema de monetización es algo abusivo, de ahí no hay mucho que criticar, un juego gratis excelente.
  73. BaphyGames
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    its pay to win. unless you drop money on the game half way through you dont get the things you need nor can you actually beat enemies ten levels below you. upgrading artifacts and weapons does jack all and gods forbid its the wrong day for you to need materials to ascend stuff. plus the story is incomplete and there is NO end game content. im very mad that i wasted 60 hours to get more madits pay to win. unless you drop money on the game half way through you dont get the things you need nor can you actually beat enemies ten levels below you. upgrading artifacts and weapons does jack all and gods forbid its the wrong day for you to need materials to ascend stuff. plus the story is incomplete and there is NO end game content. im very mad that i wasted 60 hours to get more mad at this game than dark souls. its like the developers didnt do anything but make it pretty.… Expand
  74. Tevin_66
    Oct 7, 2020
    8
    Real cute game, The kids will love it :D
    super easy! and really pretty world!! :D
  75. SuperFSonico
    Oct 7, 2020
    10
    Un juego verdaderamente épico que recuerda a The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
  76. 86it
    Oct 7, 2020
    9
    Ставлю 9 только из-за того, что в игре нет кроссейва на пс4
  77. cwz
    Oct 6, 2020
    9
    No começo achei muito fácil, o mundo aberto me prendeu pela beleza dos gráficos e o capricho na ambientação. Apesar da história não ser muito envolvente no inicio, algo me dizia que iria melhorar e pra minha surpresa melhorou e muito. Aos poucos os personagens aparecem e entregam muita personalidade e profundidade a história e o gameplay cresce junto e se mostra complexo e desafiador. QuemNo começo achei muito fácil, o mundo aberto me prendeu pela beleza dos gráficos e o capricho na ambientação. Apesar da história não ser muito envolvente no inicio, algo me dizia que iria melhorar e pra minha surpresa melhorou e muito. Aos poucos os personagens aparecem e entregam muita personalidade e profundidade a história e o gameplay cresce junto e se mostra complexo e desafiador. Quem tiver um pouco de paciência e passar da fase inicial vai encontrar um jogo grandioso em todos os sentidos. Recomendo muito, e mesmo eu nunca ter jogado esse tipo de jogo e não ser um grande fã de anime me peguei gastando horas desbravando esse universo.… Expand
  78. joash
    Oct 6, 2020
    0
    I don't expect much from the studio that keeps stealing game design idea but I still disappointed anyway. If this is a complete copy of Zelda: botw then it probably can get a 6/10 but sadly they put tons of typical Chinese game design choices such as the gacha system which you can buy pretty underage anime girl to your party, I guess to attract degenerated to their games? and from theI don't expect much from the studio that keeps stealing game design idea but I still disappointed anyway. If this is a complete copy of Zelda: botw then it probably can get a 6/10 but sadly they put tons of typical Chinese game design choices such as the gacha system which you can buy pretty underage anime girl to your party, I guess to attract degenerated to their games? and from the positive review, I guess it works. In the end, if you like to look at flashy graphic and anime girl then this is for you, the gameplay is just water down version of Zelda, Nier, etc. Some people said it does not pay to win, just you wait and see, I played their game before so I know where is this game gonna heading.… Expand
  79. chilingpepe
    Oct 6, 2020
    10
    It's the first MMO RPG I enjoyed. Extremly good sountrack, chill gameplay, and marvelous quests will not make you bored!
  80. Henrygor
    Oct 6, 2020
    0
    A copy of Zelda. All graphics, music, combat style backgrounds are copied from Zelda. **** game!
  81. sex69
    Oct 6, 2020
    10
    It's amazing that it's more fun than I thought.
    The story was boring at first, but going to the second half is fun.
    However, the difficulty of the game is high. It's a difficult game like Dark Souls 3
  82. Inuyasha1
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    액션도 좋고,
    스토리도 좋고,
    게다가 몰입감도 좋습니다. 젤다의전설보다 한참 뒤떨어진 게임인건 사실. 그러나 유비소프트의 이모탈스 피닉스 라이징 역시 젤다의전설 아류작입니다. 그러나 원신이 이모탈스 피닉스 라이징보다는 훨씬 뛰어난 게임같아요. Good behavior, Story is good Besides, the immersion is good. In fact, it's far behind the Legend of Zelda. However, the Ubisoft Store's Immortals Fenyx Rising is also a Legend of Zelda fake. However, Genshin Impact seems to be a much    액션도 좋고,
    스토리도 좋고,
    게다가 몰입감도 좋습니다.
    젤다의전설보다 한참 뒤떨어진 게임인건 사실.
    그러나 유비소프트의 이모탈스 피닉스 라이징 역시 젤다의전설 아류작입니다.

    그러나 원신이 이모탈스 피닉스 라이징보다는 훨씬 뛰어난 게임같아요.

    Good behavior,
    Story is good
    Besides, the immersion is good.
    In fact, it's far behind the Legend of Zelda.
    However, the Ubisoft Store's Immortals Fenyx Rising is also a Legend of Zelda fake.

    However, Genshin Impact seems to be a much better game than Immortals Fenyx Rising from the Ubisoft Store.    … Expand
  83. Oaz
    Oct 5, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so **** zelda.Gameplay and Combat are pretty boring Characters are bad Zelda >>>>> Genshin… Expand
  84. ChrisJin815
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Really enjoying this game, cannot believe it's can be played on mobile!! The best mobile game I played ever.
    And most important, it's free to play. Have no reason don't have a try.
  85. Inuyasha17
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    타격감도 좋고 그래픽도 뛰어납니다.
    게다가 무료 RPG게임이라는 사실도 훌륭합니다.
    가챠가 없으면 더 재밌었겠지만, 진짜 잘 만든 게임인건 확실함.
  86. 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
  87. 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。
  88. WubWolf
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Basically a open world and gacha game free with more and nothing bad to say about it, just perfect
  89. Hij45g
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    It's completely dissapointing game as it did resemble much like legend of Zelda breath of the wild but it only looks the part doesn't do anything it doesn't have horses ,bear , dear to ride , it doesn't have any weapon customization, no magnetic device , or any natural open world elements
  90. EunjiMoon
    Oct 5, 2020
    9
    It is a very well optimized game that is on cell phone, console, and computer. the game mode is similar to Zelda breath of the wind. even so, it is very good it has its own functions and combos and it is more entertaining it has many characters and more to come out, an open world with a very good story, different audio and text languages. very impressive for a free game. Of course, it is aIt is a very well optimized game that is on cell phone, console, and computer. the game mode is similar to Zelda breath of the wind. even so, it is very good it has its own functions and combos and it is more entertaining it has many characters and more to come out, an open world with a very good story, different audio and text languages. very impressive for a free game. Of course, it is a gacha game, but as you progress it gives you coins that allow you to buy without spending real money. Without a doubt it will be mention of game of the year, I even have hopes that I win game of the year… Expand
  91. mikerivera29
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    i love this game very fun and beautful i like world very cool awsome pretty
  92. KoreaTKD
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Melhor jogo mult plataforma da atualidade. Belos gráficos, ótima trilha sonora, gameplay limpo. Mihoyo têm meus parabéns.
  93. SWERY_51
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    I will not criticize the game itself here, but only its technical aspect.
    To make it short, the game is running way better on my smart phone than on my PS4 PRO, which is just a shame. It barely reach 30 fps and there are a lot of technical issues (stuttering, micro-freezes, frame drops, pop up...) on PS4. Just avoid it on this platform until they fix all that mess with a patch (if they    I will not criticize the game itself here, but only its technical aspect.
    To make it short, the game is running way better on my smart phone than on my PS4 PRO, which is just a shame. It barely reach 30 fps and there are a lot of technical issues (stuttering, micro-freezes, frame drops, pop up...) on PS4. Just avoid it on this platform until they fix all that mess with a patch (if they did it someday), unless you don't care getting a headache after 30 minutes of playing...    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. Huntergate475
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Juego precioso y gran banda sonora, buena jugabilidad y que el gacha sea opcional es un muy buen punto
  97. superkman
    Oct 5, 2020
    9
    เกมที่ดี ไม่กาชาก็สนุกได้ ติดงอมแงมเลยจ้า
    ขอให้มีการอัพเดทต่อไป
    เสียตรงที่ไฟจอยกับเพื่อนเก็บของไม่ได้ Resin น้อย
  98. xisailuo261
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Many Chinese players don't like this game, it is their reason: MHY's games' feature: Great Graphic, it asks you to spend a lot of time on farming this game every day（especially you have played above 20 hours) & copy other game's features, especially characters & action
  99. 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.
  100. 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
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. MGG Spain
    Nov 22, 2021
    86
    Genshin Impact is a well above average RPG to which we will dedicate many hours, but that gets lost in a monetization system typical of the gacha genre that sometimes demands too much from us. However, the free to play experience is wonderful offering us a beautiful and colorful world that can boast an absurdly good character design and a story capable of keeping us hooked.
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  2. Gaming Age
    Dec 2, 2020
    91
    Genshin Impact is part of a wave of titles from China that is slowly eroding the bad stereotype that Chinese devs are devoid of creativity and skill. While the initial comparisons are there, Genshin Impact does go beyond to distinguish itself…now if only the gacha rates and the free primogem are better I would have no hesitation recommending the title.
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  3. RPG Fan
    Nov 18, 2020
    81
    Genshin Impact might not be the most original game in a lot of respects, but it certainly has a wealth of things to offer players should they still be willing to give it a chance. Overall, I greatly enjoyed my time with it, and I plan to continue playing once future updates are implemented. The fact that it can be played for free is also quite impressive given just how much time you can invest in the game, especially with people perhaps staying at home more and being on a budget. All in all, Genshin Impact is a surprisingly solid action RPG adventure!
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