Genshin Impact

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1236 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 492 out of 1236
  2. Mixed: 114 out of 1236
  3. Negative: 630 out of 1236

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  1. genshinistrash
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    **** mobile game filled with microtransactions, boring and repetetive , majority of quests were written by chat gpt
  2. Ortana
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Mobile games shouldn't belong on console. Rubbish Gambling mechanic. Trashy.
  3. Paradox2
    Aug 18, 2023
    8
    My scores:

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

    Such a peaceful game. I don't really like the Gatcha system though.
  4. AngelChan09
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    I hate this game. It was interesting at first but then gets very boring the more you play it. The characters are bland and forgettable. The gacha system is horrible and stupid, it uses an ingame currency called primogems to obtain characters and weapons, to get these primogems you either have to find chests and complete quests or take out the credit card. The game is very **** and lazy. II hate this game. It was interesting at first but then gets very boring the more you play it. The characters are bland and forgettable. The gacha system is horrible and stupid, it uses an ingame currency called primogems to obtain characters and weapons, to get these primogems you either have to find chests and complete quests or take out the credit card. The game is very **** and lazy. I wish it wasn't a gacha game and only a single player game with a good story and characters and not this **** I'm so glad I deleted it that **** took up all my damn storage. Even though its free I still do NOT recommend this game. There are far better games out there to play and not like this pedo bait anime pile of trash. **** this game.… Expand
  5. ZeroRod
    May 30, 2023
    0
    While the game has interesting mechanics and visuals, the story is lack luster and is a complete rehash of Breath of the wild, thank you for listening to my Ted talk
  6. Alba98
    May 3, 2023
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played.
    I love everything about the game from the outstanding and interesting story and events to the beautifully designed and varied world with an equally beautiful and super fitting soundtrack. I love exploring the world so incredibly much.
    I also really love the different characters, both from the character design and the interesting backstory, and the    One of the best games I have ever played.
    I love everything about the game from the outstanding and interesting story and events to the beautifully designed and varied world with an equally beautiful and super fitting soundtrack. I love exploring the world so incredibly much.
    I also really love the different characters, both from the character design and the interesting backstory, and the gameplay with the different abilities is also a lot of fun.
    It's definitely a beautiful game with long-term motivation.
    The game is also always improving and new areas, characters, events and so on are added. Also, the multiplayer is very good and it's a lot of fun to enjoy this wonderful game together with other players.

    I can highly recommend this masterpiece in any case.    … Expand
  7. larfenix
    Apr 16, 2023
    4
    El juego habría estado muy bien si no fuera por que es un saca dineros descarado, ni en su aniversario hicieron regalos potentes a su comunidad, esta todo enfocado a que gastes dinero y eso hace que acabes dejando el juego si no quieres arruinarte u ofuscarte.
  8. samorsalmon
    Apr 16, 2023
    5
    the game starts of fun but as it goes on you can start to lose intrest becease some quests have WAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAYWAY too much text also gacha **** GACHA so honestly kinda **** lategame
  9. therealjudge
    Apr 2, 2023
    1
    The game on ps4 is really awful. The performance is poor and it has a lot of problems. Also, it is full of bugs and limitations during the co-op mode. The story is written really badly, probably the dialogues were done by a software automatically, because they don't make any kind of sense. They probably did it to increase the hours of play.
    But the biggest problem are the continuous and    The game on ps4 is really awful. The performance is poor and it has a lot of problems. Also, it is full of bugs and limitations during the co-op mode. The story is written really badly, probably the dialogues were done by a software automatically, because they don't make any kind of sense. They probably did it to increase the hours of play.
    But the biggest problem are the continuous and long uploads and the lack of the button to skip the useless, soporific and repetitive dialogues    … Expand
  10. aaronnmp96
    Feb 3, 2023
    6
    It has a similarity to Zelda, but over time you realize that no, I don't like how to win characters, too many hours of farming, and maybe it gets boring over time, The soundtrack is good and it's free after all
  11. BeeMan175
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    I do not under stand how it work pleas help me with my spelling it is not here?
  12. VioIrdsGX
    Jan 28, 2023
    10
    I criticized this game in 2021 but it was very short, this game is good, I know there are people who are being cruel and angry for being more of a game with microtransactions, but I don't care about the complaints, the game complied, I liked it, I stayed playing like 150 hours in total that I forgot to play the rest of the games, I personally consider the best.
  13. theprotagonist
    Jan 22, 2023
    8
    Genshin Impact is a lot of fun. However, play the PC version or get a PS5. The PS4 version just simply does not run well.
  14. Mockalove
    Jan 20, 2023
    10
    Tiene un apartado técnico muy bien logrado para ser un juego gratis y por su modelo de juego no es necesario ni invasivo el sistema de micropagos
  15. YannySp101
    Jun 22, 2021
    7
    I'm not really into free to play/mobile games e.t.c, but when I heard that Genshin Impact is a role playing game inspired by Breath of the Wild, without pay to win microtransactions, it caught my attention.
    I haven't played Breath of the Wild, so, I can't compared them, but I can assure you that Genshin Impact is more than just a "clone".
    I can't share my thoughts for the story because    I'm not really into free to play/mobile games e.t.c, but when I heard that Genshin Impact is a role playing game inspired by Breath of the Wild, without pay to win microtransactions, it caught my attention.
    I haven't played Breath of the Wild, so, I can't compared them, but I can assure you that Genshin Impact is more than just a "clone".
    I can't share my thoughts for the story because it's not complete yet but it's quite intriguing so far.
    The gameplay is pretty good. It looks cool, it feels satisfying and it plays well.
    The world is arguably the best part of the game, it's fun and rewarding to explore this massive world filled with content and unique areas.
    It's quite impressive how this game has more content than most full-priced titles out there, even if the quest design is quite repetitious.
    Also, the art style is quite beautiful.
    Unfortunately though, there are some things that bothered me a bit.
    There's not enough enemy variety, grinding to level up the Adventure Rank in order to progress is tedious after a while, and I hope the developers will add mounts in the game someday because the traversal feels slow at times.
    The microtransactions were an after-thought for the most part, but more characters should've been for free.

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

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

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

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

    Do I recommend it?:
    Yes, it's fun and for free.    … Expand
  16. Italiangamer5_
    Dec 30, 2022
    1
    I guess people likes to meet underaged girls.
    Also, the gacha system is horrible. The only good thing of this game is the open world map
  17. MidianP
    Dec 25, 2022
    5
    I'm gonna give my honest review on this not according to critics or anyone else.
    people seemed to review bombed it negatively, mostly according to the game's fanbase.
    I actually tried this "Game" out of curiosity and to see how bad it is according to everyone on the internet and i was met with disappointment. it's not a good game and not a bad game, it's just average, or the term I    I'm gonna give my honest review on this not according to critics or anyone else.
    people seemed to review bombed it negatively, mostly according to the game's fanbase.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    but if this game is Pay to Play then it will be a different review. I will mercilessly rate it a 0 or negative -10000 and will call it a Piece of Turd that came from the Italian Novel: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. but since it's free then I'll put it in the middle because it's meh. the game is playable but it's nothing special.    … Expand
  18. NairMcgee
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Screw you Genshin! SONIC FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  19. ronisoni14
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    The base game seems pretty well made and the open world is very good. However, it's still a predatory gacha game that prays on your money and will often end up forcing you to spend way more than you'd spend on any AAA game just to progress, and the abundance of child characters in questionable clothing really drove me away as well
  20. Koorie
    Dec 8, 2022
    8
    Good game, with really magnificent graphics and a lovely lore and gameplay.
  21. KrillerBomb
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Horrid, terrible BotW clone with racism, whitewashing, pedophilia and gambling. Do not get this.
  22. FluteSalad
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Genshin impact is one of those rare games that has literally zero redeeming features. It’s about as far from fun as you can get
  23. GuizinUwyoe
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Bad Gacha System with too much fanservice when the games does not progride in story
  24. Keimor35
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Gran juego mundo abierto inmenso , combates divertido , un lore que te de sumerge , música increíble bien optimizado para ps4 ( muchas críticas es que el juego no corre a 60fps en ps4 ningún juego corre así en una ps4 , no es pay to win denle una oportunidad 1 hora , te garantizo más de 120 horas de juego
  25. shaqsbodypillow
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    The only redeeming quality is that the game and art style looks good, however, i feel as though it is likely i will go to jail upon playing this game
  26. Eboytimmy
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Sh't game. Literally all the characters are pale or white, and the devs won't create a single character that is even slightly brown.
    Again with putting characters that are pretty much only good looking. The perfect game for weebs and creeps who can't bother to get a life.
    Stay fatherless, Genshin players.
  27. 360barrier
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    this version of the game is an absolute joke. thankfully the game runs perfect on ps5 but this version sucks with **** ass lag and stuttering. the game is notorious for the worst community going with people dumping on people and voice actors calling their fantasy weird even though they also are part of the people with weird ass bloody fantasies that does not matter at all
  28. Selond
    Oct 13, 2022
    1
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  29. Dpdpdp
    Oct 11, 2022
    9
    Great game with a cool story. Pete can enjoy the story even as f2p and get a character here and there, there is a guaranteedcharacter after a certain amount of pulls, but it can be pricy. Hours of gameplay, many quests, and seasonal events. Beautiful music.
  30. GeoffKeighley
    Oct 5, 2022
    0
    Anything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that'sAnything that requires effort the company refuses to do. Constantly releasing characters that function so bad they are borderline unusable. And now they're taking interviews and proudly telling the player base they won't make anything that shows their incompetence at making balanced, well designed characters or any progression based content. This game is run by a greedy company that's incapable of appreciating it's players. I'm tired of this incompetent, greedy, lazy company. Don't play this or any of their other trash… Expand
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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. MGG Spain
    Nov 22, 2021
    86
    Genshin Impact is a well above average RPG to which we will dedicate many hours, but that gets lost in a monetization system typical of the gacha genre that sometimes demands too much from us. However, the free to play experience is wonderful offering us a beautiful and colorful world that can boast an absurdly good character design and a story capable of keeping us hooked.
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  2. Gaming Age
    Dec 2, 2020
    91
    Genshin Impact is part of a wave of titles from China that is slowly eroding the bad stereotype that Chinese devs are devoid of creativity and skill. While the initial comparisons are there, Genshin Impact does go beyond to distinguish itself…now if only the gacha rates and the free primogem are better I would have no hesitation recommending the title.
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  3. RPG Fan
    Nov 18, 2020
    81
    Genshin Impact might not be the most original game in a lot of respects, but it certainly has a wealth of things to offer players should they still be willing to give it a chance. Overall, I greatly enjoyed my time with it, and I plan to continue playing once future updates are implemented. The fact that it can be played for free is also quite impressive given just how much time you can invest in the game, especially with people perhaps staying at home more and being on a budget. All in all, Genshin Impact is a surprisingly solid action RPG adventure!
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