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  1. 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
  2. Apr 17, 2021
    10
    sooo good waifu game, the mechanics are awesome, the grapics, the story, and on the ps4 slim is so good and play well, the gacha is regular, and i dont spent any money and play much and catch new waifus every two weeks.
  3. Apr 16, 2021
    10
    This would amazing game I loved and I like story I like combat it is perfect and mission is gooooooooood
  4. Mar 30, 2021
    0
    Is good the first 4 hours but then you realise it only wants you to waste money in the gacha and the lake of content in lake game makes you think if there even exist a "late game" in Genshin Impact. every actualization is about more gacha, gacha gacha....6 months ans theres no god content only more gacha....bad drop rates in bosses, game limited by resin, no lategame,
    the game is fun but
    Is good the first 4 hours but then you realise it only wants you to waste money in the gacha and the lake of content in lake game makes you think if there even exist a "late game" in Genshin Impact. every actualization is about more gacha, gacha gacha....6 months ans theres no god content only more gacha....bad drop rates in bosses, game limited by resin, no lategame,
    the game is fun but do not spect too much just bc someone say its an "Action RPG with some gacha"... its a gacha, a slot machine...the RPG ended in the first hours of the game.
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  5. Mar 18, 2021
    0
    Игра без продолжения. Игра в которой вы встретитесь с абсурдом. Достигнув игрового предела, когда разработчик просто заставляет вас остановится и ждать изобретение miHoYo чего-нибудь нового. Вас просто остановят и вы не сможете играть. Теряется смысл потраченных часов. Если кто-то ещё и ДЕНЬГИ пытается тратить на эту игру- Остановитесь и не в коем случае этого не делайте! Потому как этоИгра без продолжения. Игра в которой вы встретитесь с абсурдом. Достигнув игрового предела, когда разработчик просто заставляет вас остановится и ждать изобретение miHoYo чего-нибудь нового. Вас просто остановят и вы не сможете играть. Теряется смысл потраченных часов. Если кто-то ещё и ДЕНЬГИ пытается тратить на эту игру- Остановитесь и не в коем случае этого не делайте! Потому как это вообще бессмысленно, прокачивать персонажей вы не сможете Expand
  6. 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.
  7. Oct 16, 2020
    2
    Runs horrendously on a regular ps4 , getting around 20 frames with tons of stutters , like playing an slide show. Other than that the gacha system is just plain evil and dont forget who all your hard earned money is going to. Terrible game , at least on ps4. There's a good game burried under a wasteland of **** but i cant see it coming out of it with how much money it makes from gamers whoRuns horrendously on a regular ps4 , getting around 20 frames with tons of stutters , like playing an slide show. Other than that the gacha system is just plain evil and dont forget who all your hard earned money is going to. Terrible game , at least on ps4. There's a good game burried under a wasteland of **** but i cant see it coming out of it with how much money it makes from gamers who refuse to think or have morals Expand
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. Mar 3, 2021
    8
    Сесионный Клон зельды с гача элементами. Гуд гейм
  11. Feb 16, 2021
    10
    I love this game it gives me the desire to explore to find everyrhing that the game offers.
    Only one other game managed to do that and its destiny(1).That feeling that every time you log out you feel a bit sad because it's such a beautiful and immersive game.
    I konw its a gacha but i managed to pull 3 5 stars in 4 pulls a mona an two xiaos (in the same pull) without spending anythinf i do
    I love this game it gives me the desire to explore to find everyrhing that the game offers.
    Only one other game managed to do that and its destiny(1).That feeling that every time you log out you feel a bit sad because it's such a beautiful and immersive game.
    I konw its a gacha but i managed to pull 3 5 stars in 4 pulls a mona an two xiaos (in the same pull) without spending anythinf i do plan to spend some money on this game just to support the developers of this beautiful that gave me a emotion that i didn't feel since 2014.
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  12. Feb 6, 2021
    10
    i adore this game. the characters are so awesome with their designs/backstories and the world feels so full and colorful. i’ve put so many hours into this game over the past few months and i’m looking forward to what they add into this game over time and putting even more hours into it.
  13. Feb 2, 2021
    0
    You need to spend over 600$ to complete the game, after level 35 its just an addictive gambling scheme, people underage shouldn't be allowed to play it. And if you think its a gatcha game well, it is not unfortunately. With gashapons you actually have a sense of what you arespending and are not Lurex in an addictive spending pattern to complete the game.you are spendi
  14. Jan 28, 2021
    1
    A lot of bosses are just down right unfair in all respects, farming is a chore, enemy tracking often means dodging is useless, enemy shields need to be nerfed, ridiculous time limits over used, and drop rates are among some of the worst in gacha history. be prepared to spend 20 hours farming and getting almost nothing. Or even better, some bosses can only be done once a week. if you getA lot of bosses are just down right unfair in all respects, farming is a chore, enemy tracking often means dodging is useless, enemy shields need to be nerfed, ridiculous time limits over used, and drop rates are among some of the worst in gacha history. be prepared to spend 20 hours farming and getting almost nothing. Or even better, some bosses can only be done once a week. if you get bad drops oh well better wait a whole week to try again. garbage. Runs like absolute dog crap on the PS4. Oh and even after nerfing him Childe is still the most OP boss in any video game of all time seriously mihoyo just delete the son of a ***** and pretend he never existed Expand
  15. 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.
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  16. 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
  17. 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.
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  18. Jan 10, 2021
    10
    Оооочень залипательно. 500 часов пролетели незаметно...
  19. 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.
  20. Jan 1, 2021
    0
    This game has an awhfull balancing, the enemie are to tough and it takes ages to beat them. The droprate for charaktor is almost 0 and I just don't get it why so many people like this game. It has a good graphic yes but it is brutally Pay2Win. There are summoning items which you almost has 0 chance to get them.
  21. Jan 1, 2021
    1
    1 Score point for that beautifull world and good music but that's all I like in this game. 1 Omega Pay2Win 2. Almost non existant droprate for Heroes, 3. No special gifts like Christmas 4. Bad balancing - the enemy are bullet sponges and they even have an totally OP shield all the time + they can freeze you, water bubble you and much more so you have to press like crazy a button to get rid1 Score point for that beautifull world and good music but that's all I like in this game. 1 Omega Pay2Win 2. Almost non existant droprate for Heroes, 3. No special gifts like Christmas 4. Bad balancing - the enemy are bullet sponges and they even have an totally OP shield all the time + they can freeze you, water bubble you and much more so you have to press like crazy a button to get rid of it. Many booster summons cost special coins / items that you hardly and almost never get. This game is just a heavy grinding Pay2Win game. I don't understand the hype for it. Expand
  22. Dec 23, 2020
    10
    This game is absolutely charming anyone leaving a zero can go to hell just bunch of japan elitist no lives. I get it having some problems few depending on your country but the rest are seriously stupid, no eye for greatness that is being close minded ignorant. Hail Genshin!
  23. Dec 19, 2020
    10
    Free to play bir oyun için inanılmaz güzel bir oyun. Kontrol şeması, vuruş hissi, açık dünyası, müzikleri, sanat tasarımı, oyun mekanikleri ve düşman tasarımları olağan üstü güzellikte. Hem Zelda gibi hem de Zelda’dan çok farklı. Bu kapsamda kendine has bir oyun olmuş. Yapanların ellerine sağlık. Tek eksiği Türkçe dil desteğinin olmaması.
  24. 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.
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  25. 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
  26. Dec 14, 2020
    3
    This will hold your attention until it gets to the inevitable progression blocks early with appalling grinds in areas that are limited to only certain days of the week.

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

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

    The thing that is most disturbing though is the monetisation model is nothing more than unregulated gambling. Beware.
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  27. 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
  28. Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Лучший открытый мир 2020 года. Бесплатная игра, лучшая во всем по сравнению с дрочильнями Юбисофт. После Геншина платить за них - нонсенс.
    Донат здесь только условный - легко дошел до 48 уровня приключений и иду дальше.
    Если кто-то не может завалить Тарталью и жалуется на пей-ту-вин - просто не понял боевую систему
    Лучший открытый мир 2020 года. Бесплатная игра, лучшая во всем по сравнению с дрочильнями Юбисофт. После Геншина платить за них - нонсенс.
    Донат здесь только условный - легко дошел до 48 уровня приключений и иду дальше.
    Если кто-то не может завалить Тарталью и жалуется на пей-ту-вин - просто не понял боевую систему
  29. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. guys, let's have a look on my favourite character——Zhongli:Weakman!
    How many dollars should I keep spending in this game for a common experience. This game is a black hole.
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  30. Dec 11, 2020
    4
    Very very poor optimization, the game is really boring. A giant map with no vehicles to move around.
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Nov 18, 2020
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    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!