The Many Problems with Genshin Impact

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Music:
Subway Samba - Laryssa Okada
Main Theme - Breath of the Wild
motorized ice sculpture - Going Under
Theater - Sonic Forces
Liberator’s Hideout - SMT Dx2
Fish Hits! - Sonic Adventure
One-Winged Angel - Final Fantasy 7
Piranha Plant’s Lullaby - Super Mario 64
Mirage Saloon (Wildstyle Pistolero) - Sonic Mania
Game Over - Super Mario World
Hurry! - Final Fantasy 7
In Broad Daylight - Chibi-Robo
Egg Golem - Sonic Adventure 2
Peaceful Hike (Qingce Daytime) - Genshin Impact
Rapid as Wildfires - Genshin Impact
the grind - Going Under
Rage Mage - Skylanders
Surviving Exile - Pyre
An Interesting Labour - Genshin Impact
Staff Roll - Super Mario World
The Only Thing They Fear Is You - DOOM Eternal
Looping Steps - Super Mario 64
Hisstocrat - Super Mario 3D World
Map - SMT Dx2
Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) - Celeste B-Sides
Can You Really Call This A Hotel - Undertale
So Happy World - Persona 5 Royal
Painful Retribution - Disbelief Hardmode
Aeolic Guardian - Musashiden 2
Specialist - Persona 4
Ideal and the Real - Persona 5 Royal
The Unseen Ones - Hades
Sakura-Scented Kiseru - Genshin Impact
Streets of Elegance - Genshin Impact
It’s Showtime! - Undertale
FEH Event Theme (Instrumental) - Dragalia Lost
Friday Night - Yakuza 0
Other Sources:
My Original Genshin Article
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Dumpster Fire
• AM/FM 2020 Holiday Dum...
Granblue Fantasy Guild Wars
• Complete Beginner Guid...
Genshin Web Event
• Win an iPad 8th and 10...
Genshin Content Creator Bribe
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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Act 1: The "Open World" - 3:13
Act 2: Grinding. So Much Grinding. - 13:49
Act 3: Gacha Hell - 21:01
Act 4: A Message for the Damned - 27:01
#GenshinImpact

[@unofficialweeb9827]

“You know, so that the toddlers can gamble too.” That line cracked me up

[@Extremezotako]

Lmao

[@unofficialweeb9827]

@@hankgu1328 Really, I never knew

[@unofficialweeb9827]

@@hankgu1328 bruh lmao

[@t-1156]

You think I made the market for Ganyu, Jack? Like every casino's just a Big old conspiracy? BULLSH*T! Gambling's just a part of who we are! I just market it to sexy children!

[@coolklefkisarecool]

I see children watch people gacha in Genshin Impact. Why are the KZbinrs targeting it to children, and why does Genshin allow this?

[@t-1156]

"It should be regulated like a gambling product!" Belgian here, and I can proudly say that in this country, lootboxes and gachas are restricted because of that.

[@Pabloparsil]

and how does that work? What prevents you from downloading the game?

[@MettatexYT]

@@Pabloparsil Lootbox systems in Belgium and The Netherlands are flat out banned i.e you can't download the games. However, if said systems tell you what your odds at getting something are, and its not a flat out lie, they're allowed. For example, Pokémon Masters is not available for download here, but Genshin is. Not sure if that's the answer to your question, though; I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda really braindead.

[@Pabloparsil]

@@MettatexYT I understand but it seems easy to get around that, at least for PC games you can download them in many ways and you can use a VPN to pretend you're not from Belgium so it seems pointless to try to ban it. I like that they allow it if they are transparent about the odds as a compromise though, interesting law

[@sozius0]

@@Pabloparsil I think the fact that it's banned and would require a vpn to download it would serve as a more official warning that could be listened to, Idk how effective it is. Though tbh I feel that it would have been more effective to keep it legal and make it a legal requirement for the game to include warnings on it a fair bit to dissuade it or try to get it banned on a continental scale so that servers in that continent wouldn't be maintained making the likeliness that you could play the game with decent latency low, though even then that may not work, and for the first MiHoYo could just say no and I'm not sure how much the government can do about it besides maybe fining them until compliance but MiHoYo could just do what is being done now and just stop selling it in the country making it just a slightly bit more difficult to get to maybe warn users but it likely won't do much.

[@BraveMoji]

Thank fuck

[@kisa4748]

the lore hidden in the game is SOOO interesting to me, but its literally hidden like the devs dont want their boss to see it

[@sz_b_zstechnix7523]

i remember meeting anton and crew, as well at that cychin mage, who's name currently escapes me.

[@Barnacl3_Boi]

That's intentional. The devs know that if they keep it ambiguous it'll keep the fanbase interested and they'll spin their own fan theories, thereby extending the life of the game in their minds. Been a fly on the wall for that discussion in dev meeting rooms before!

[@Indian_gae_boii]

The main thing keeping me in this game is definitely the lore and story, ive read most readable materials like stpne skates, obelisks, books, weapon descriptions amd artifacts to figure put the lore and put everything in place, but i really do wosh the grind was less headache inducing and the combat wasnt all about just numbers

[@tardarsauce1842]

More like the lore is so "overwhelming" and kinda confusing

[@Indian_gae_boii]

@@tardarsauce1842 it really isn't, if you actually pay attention it dosent become confusing, maybe the language used there is complicated, but such is the case for any good story, genshin's lore is like an onion, it's upon layers upon layers. This is exactly why figuring out the lore is that much more exiting and rewarding

[@doubleslashkarma]

The dead look in his eyes as he puts several throwing axes through a cardboard cutout of a Genshin Impact character is to be cherished

[@ME0_]

ive never been this offended by something i completely agree with

[@Shikaschima]

This sums up my thoughts.

[@sealessseadog2735]

understandable

[@stevenbean3846]

same

[@meeth3r]

shit your right

[@SignOne]

I couldn't really agree since it was actually a nit picking video disguised as being the overarching game. There are so many other aspects of the game and it's lifecycle that are incredible but weren't discussed. Just if you say nothing about something doesn't mean it's not there. Also some of the criticism was just nonsense. If they for example didn't show the items to collect on the minimap when you get close to them.. What does he want? Torture? There's already plenty of gameplay to have in simple things like this. But making it harder just so he could have spent a thousand hours instead of the hundred he did? That was pure nonsense within the context of the video

[@ethikore1131]

Honestly even as a Genshin fan, there are plenty of good points here, and I’ve got mad respect that you’re able to voice them this sincerely despite the games popularity. Personally, Genshin is more of a hobby than something to invest time into, log on, enjoy some views, open some chests, spend resin, maybe do a quest and then chill. It’s also a game that develops plenty of community discussion, both good and bad, and honestly if I didn’t have siblings or friends to share the experience with, I would’ve ditched the game awhile ago. Good job as usual yakko

[@williansantana6602]

Nah these days it's much more popular to talk bad about the game than good. I personally think that despite some fair points in others it was incredibly unfair but ultimately it's just my opinion.

[@ignatoseg4664]

@@williansantana6602 to be fair you his point about the entire super giant games library selling for less than a 5star character is quite strong

[@ignatoseg4664]

Yeah I feel the draw for me personally is a gd enough place that I can come back to and grind for 30 to 40mins every day and chill With a really nice looking world to stare at Amazing music And Once in a while amazing characters That is constantly being updated every 6wks

[@joshuadavey650]

@@williansantana6602 I mean it's fair comparison if some people don't like it no matter how much good a game is not everyone will like it I've even seen many say a masterpiece like rdr2 is just a horse simulator. Just focus on the majority.

[@Mrfake-bt5qp]

well I am a genshin fan too. I never watch any game analysis after I have already played the game, cuz I don't need anyone to tell me how "I" "feel" about the game. I like it I play it, I hate it I quit it. I am not a game developer and I am not here to learn about the game. I'm here cuz I search genshin and YT just leads me here...

[@amberhernandez]

Watching this video hits hard; I've dealt with gacha addiction myself. I dumped about 25% of my monthly income on a single mobile game for about three years. While I knew I was wasting money in the long-term, the dopamine hits from upgrades, RNG drops, and community interaction just kept me hooked short-term, and it took a loooooong time for self-awareness to assert itself. The main thing that finally got me off the game was storage space, ironically. Google has this (sort of dumb) thing where if you want to install an app but are over ~90% storage use, it'll pick the biggest app automatically when asking you to delete apps for more space. I accidentally hit OK and watched in frustration and shock as 6.5 GB of data (that one game's files) were snapped away for an 8.5 MB image editor. That incident caused me to take a break, and I informed my alliance members (who were like family to me by that point) I'd be off for a bit. That bit turned into a month, then two, then six months, then a year, and so on. Here we are, four (almost five) years later, and I haven't gone back since. My finances are in much better shape, and I'm more invested in actual full games rather than F2P energy sinks. Don't get sucked into the gacha machine, folks; it's a slippery slide in, and a hard climb back out. On a less depressing note: The community content (wink wink) is more appealing than Genshin itself, and I will hold this hill.

[@loopii6387]

what game was it?

[@amberhernandez]

@@loopii6387 The game was a Marvel themed hero collector, and that's all I'll say. It's a time/money sink I'm not going to promote, especially after the time and money I let it take from me. I hope you understand, mate.

[@loopii6387]

@@amberhernandez ahh it’s fine, I see. It’d good that you got away from the addiction though, letting too much hard earned money go to waste on video games never truly ends well.

[@sizaak]

@@amberhernandez oh gosh that game. I’ve played both that and Genshin and I gotta say genshin pales in comparison with predatory addictiveness. I’ve been able to manage my time with genshin but absolutely had to cut THAT GAME out of my life because it was preventing me from putting time into anything else. Maybe it’s different for some people but yeah for me, genshin might not be the best game to play but I enjoy it sometimes and take long breaks so it is what it is, while that game was borderline in complete control of my life for the 2 months I played it EDIT: Just wanna clarify that I still would not recommend genshin based on your struggle with the other game. It’s not worth it if it could be a problem, it’s fun at times but there’s plenty of better games out there

[@elipticalecliptic481]

@@SUPRIzEi porn I mean it's not the only cool community contrnt, but they mean porn

[@straivalist8281]

This game really makes you feel really happy while horrible at the same time. The story, cutscenes, gameplay elementals is super good then there is the real deal breaker the "GACHA" which completely absolutely destroys the feel of everything else in the game

[@LittleSparklingStars]

the process goes like this. Like character in story, gameplay and design -> roll for character -> bench character because you don't have enough resources to build them -> quit game -> repeat.

[@I.disagree]

​@@LittleSparklingStarsOr you can just roll for a character and build them instead of getting another character immediately?

[@josephgainey6867]

I love the second I download Genshin impact to see if it's good He instantly makes this video

[@doofs]

It was made to be

[@tunamayo586]

Delete it again :)

[@NoisemanX]

He's your guardian angel

[@900nutboys]

Do yourself a favour and get it out of your library before it’s too late

[@900nutboys]

@@jojomicheldu59 local KZbin user encourages gambling addiction

[@kayukitsu]

"I want to love it but I hate it" is a solid mood here. I still play Genshin every day but I agree with a lot of your very well-presented points and wish the game's amazing potential hadn't been squandered like it has been. Honestly tragic.

[@narius_jaden215]

I'm not sure that's a fair statement. I mean, the greed is absolutely there, and it's gonna be greedy for as long as it exists, but so many gacha games just... flood you with purchase requests. They beg you for your money, on their hands and knees. their promotions are basically just sneaky veiled attempts at siphoning as much cash as they can from you. Once you spend, after all, you don't feel so bad about spending more. Genshin stands to gain from being more consumer friendly, but the world and story/characters of the game are still quite great, and it's still growing at a regular clip. While I can never agree with the Gacha business model, IN SPITE of that horrendous nonsense, Genshin is still an awesome game. One that years from now will be massive in scope. I won't say that it's all good, but squandered? It might be a bit much to say that.

[@Mrfake-bt5qp]

what potential?

[@formdreamer4385]

@@Mrfake-bt5qp In fact, genshin is almost the most successful [anime] game out there, such is its potential ，it should be better than it is

[@mylesobrien7477]

@@narius_jaden215 I agree completely

[@Extremezotako]

Yeah

[@alexanderackerman3807]

One complaint I have that no one seems to talk about is that they characters all have just one personality trait. Like Xiangling is a chef, that's it that's her entire character.

[@jupi_jupi]

Well she's also best friends with her summon Guoba, which is a big part of her character. Guoba himself also has a pretty interesting backstory with some depth to it. That's a pretty weird complaint, that's why you've never heard it. Well, that and because most of the people complaining about the game haven't even tried it.

[@softjytsu]

@@jupi_jupi okay and? That lore was unlocked in a TEMPORARY event which means new players will never know that

[@jupi_jupi]

@@softjytsu and you don't know 95% of the lore when playing Elden Ring. Gotta Google it. Big deal

[@softjytsu]

@@jupi_jupi L game then

[@jupi_jupi]

@@softjytsu Elden Ring is an L game too??? Ahhh, this makes a lot more sense now. U just got bad taste

[@GreatNegus]

The worst part about this game is that when you finally do pull a new character the feeling of accomplishment is immediately dashed by the fact that they're level 1 so you can't even use them for a while because they'll probably be too weak to survive in combat. Once you max out your first 4 or so characters, investing in a new one just feels like a chore.

[@burgerkingfries4941]

Ascending them is so tedious bro. Most of the items required are locked behind daily/weekly activities 💀

[@aliwi3476]

Some stuff you can easily prefarm (if you see leaks) like crystals (For Furina is hydro, Charlotte Cryo, etc) If there no new area , new characters 100% use materials that already in world. Less that week I already have 90 lvl Furina with talent lvls 6+ . And I doubt they change that 🤔

[@byeah4823]

Prefarming

[@ramontavaresdacruz2256]

Now imagine if Genshin was a normal game where you pay once (or even a sub) and then you unlock your characters as the game progress and you meet them, instead of, you know, getting characters into your party way before you even meet them because gacha. That's unironically the biggest problem for me in the game, since it fucks up immersion.

[@maraisfan4life517]

Nah

[@pbnj0]

@@maraisfan4life517 found the genshin employee

[@kanganep3008]

Basically, if Genshin ain't a gacha game. Yep, that's what I hoped for. Genshin has potentials, but it's sad that Muhoyo blew it as a gacha game. Genshin failed at being an open world.... uh.. it never really felt like an open world to begin with for how fokin empty it is.

[@TsukatsukiRio]

​@@kanganep3008 But it IS an open world. The concept of open world is a game where you have a big map to explore without limitations, which is in fact true. You get plenty of scenery, visuals, places to visit, fly and explore. You can (as for now) go back and forth between Monstadt and Liyue without loading screens. The only exception is Inazuma. Still, Inazuma is as big as Liyue, and now Enkanomiya which is another relatively big map. BUT! Since the game is also made for mobile, they have to cut corners. I believe that the lack of NPCs around the map falls into the hardware limitations of mobile devices. So they try to compensate with music and visuals. If the game wasn't a mobile game, they would have room to do much more. Unfortunately, it is what it is.

[@oahkun6263]

@@TsukatsukiRio Yeah but it is still sucks as a open world and as a game.It's like Assassin's Creed Odyssey but anime

[@valkyrchesa]

I've played this game since day 1, and I still love the game, but I also completely agree with your points here, you really presented the good and bad very well Genshin for me has one of the worst gacha and reward systems that I've ever played, but the best gameplay among other gacha games. Luckily, I have the self-control of not spending in the game, but I get that it still doesn't excuse Mihoyo of their predatory tactics. GJ as always Yakko

[@josephstalin3508]

Wait it's the worst reward system you've ever played? Please tell me the other gacha games you've played

[@invictakaizeros7821]

I played a few gacha games before and after genshin, I tried playing Blue archive for a few weeks but got bogged down by multiple mandatory daily log-ins and repetative gameplay, sure it was easier to roll, but that just lessens the value of each 3-star I pulled, Genshin is also that, but at least it's tolerable and fun at times that I still play it to this day, and want to see more stuff, some people complain about resin, but a two time daily login is fine enough for me to stay invested for the long haul

[@valkyrchesa]

@@josephstalin3508 I just said "one of the worst" not the worst reward system.. there's a lot that I've tried throughout the years so I can't remember all of them, but I can name some: seven knights1&2, exos heroes, dragalia lost, illusion connect, HI3, project sekai(jp), alchemy stars, blue archive, priconne, million chain(jp), FGO, soul ark, brave nine, last period(jp)

[@josephstalin3508]

@@valkyrchesa Thank you also i asked because i want to play them not questioning your statement

[@mercuri.]

​@@josephstalin3508 i have played FGO on and off for about 4 years now and that game throws so much gacha currency at you constantly. i know us FGO already had a lot of characters to begin with since it didn't originate from here (us fgo is 2 years behind JPN fgo), but i have 23 5* characters, a few of which i have more than one copy of. i have spent money on 4 occasions: two different new years gachas because they are guaranteed 5*, another guaranteed one for anniversary, and then once to get shuten douji because she was the reason i played the game. it doesnt have a pity system like genshin does either because, honestly IMO it doesnt need it, but perhaps i've just gotten pretty lucky. on one hand, genshin has WAY more stuff to "do" than FGO, but storywise i think they are very much on par with one another. the gameplay is completely different which is why i've migrated to genshin but i do wish more genshin players were self aware in how manipulative the tactics are to get people to keep playing, as it genuinely concerns me the way video games (especially stuff for kids like roblox, or even fortnite) have included so much gambling for stuff that shouldnt be so hard to work for in the game like exp

[@thelemurgods9233]

someone you should check out is moosashi, he has committed himself to breaking the game and hasn't compleated a single story quest but managed to get to inazuma regardless

[@RosePetoo]

He was one of the most enjoyable Genshin content creators for me

[@ohamatchhams]

Moosashi and mistahfeet are among the greatest of Genshin Impact youtubers by their nature of restraining their limits on Nuzlocke-like level of commitment for a lot of the times, while also realising that my boy Aether is fittingly looking goofy, dummy and funny to be the traveller on the story journeys, many Genshin devs would agree with them, me and others

[@Loki-vl9vp]

What frustrates me about Genshin is as you've put, there's a shell of a good game there, but it's buried under a Gacha system and extremely grindy gameplay. I really wish It could be a game I enjoy but I just can't get behind it.

[@korova7097]

agreed. i think he was much too harsh. not every game needs to be RDR2. no clue why everyone calls it a botw clone either. honestly the only glaring issues i see in the game is the handholding, bad writing, & repitition. the rest is genuinely a good game. i also have no clue why he bothers criticizing the gacha aspect of a gacha game, which is most of the games appeal right now.

[@impendingoof964]

Engaging gameplay, banger soundtrack, memorable bosses and characters and one of the most beautiful scenery in gaming. All for them to be overshadowed by extreme grind and P2W.

[@I.disagree]

​@@impendingoof964They give you Xiangling for free and some of the best support characters are 1.0 4 stars, it's only P2W for someone who has a severe skill issue

[@kh3sora]

​@korova7097 bruh, he didn't mention rdr2. It critize the gacha because it's greedy as fuck, the characters from those gacha are way powerful than the characters you got for free in game (expect for xianling). If you want to clear spiral abyss quicker, roll for the gacha, you want a powerful cryo dps, roll for a powerful character like ayaka or wriothesely, you want a giant rock to destroy a boss, roll for zhongli. You might think that he was too "harsh" which is bullshit and you think that these issues that he shows in the video and also, the gacha appears on your screen when you went to Jean's office and as well as the shop so that the iPad kids will get their parents credit card to pull on a character who no personality or something interesting about them at all, look at ayaka, she has a interesting story but feels like a generic, anime girl who has a crush for the main character and she felt like a wasted potential. The reason why gacha is popular is because they make the people think they want the character to make their account powerful and it makes them to have fomo and worry that the characters they want for the account might not be rerunning for months and when they see a 5 star glow on their screen, they might win a character or lose a character to a character that is medicore, yakko critize gachas because they are greedy as fuck and acts more like a casino more than a game and makes your brain to have a gambling addiction to and makes the brain think that you will win that 5 star character like nilou or Raiden shogun who are powerful characters and makes your brain to have those characters and you might pull for the stars you have saved and could end up losing to a character you don't want and many people compare this to loot boxing and example of loot boxes are the stars wars battlefront 2 and if you want darth vader, well then, you have to grind 15,000 credits just to get darth vader and ea even use a physiologist to test if there's flmo in their sports games, he even calls the gameplay felt greedy and more like a chore to do, if you got a new character, then you realize that you have to grind for the materials for that specific character and it repeat itself over and over again to the point it might felt like a chore to do than having fun. you just pick on issues and that's it and stop kissin hoyoverse's ass so much

[@strotch7753]

As someone who still actively plays Genshin, this video rocked and brought up a lot of important issues that need to be talked about. That being said, seemingly opposite to a lot of people who play, the draw for me was never the characters, story, or especially the gacha, but the gameplay & grind. I find the most addictive aspect to be leveling and building teams for specific content and have always been one of those sickos who enjoys grindy games. I honestly hate the obnoxiously annoying, generic, and horny characters but found interactions in their kits to be a blast to find & exploit, which is what keeps me playing. Never once spent a dime on the game either, which lets me still pick up that Supergiant collection that I did not know about. Keep up the good work bro.

[@formdreamer4385]

For a gacha game, the less you pay, the more fun you get

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@formdreamer4385 I agree. I'm a game grinder at heart so none of this bothers me.

[@brendancarter5431]

Oh dude, supergiant is a treasure, hope you like it! Also I agree, those synergies are what keep me entertained in Genshin

[@Irimu_]

As someone that also enjoys grinding, I recommend you play an actual MMO. Genshin just spits in the face of all your effort by releasing the next utterly overpowered 5 star.

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@Irimu_ I don't know man out of 31 people I have 18 level 90s and the rest are 80s. I seem to be doing just fine

[@lamjingningthoujam7156]

I've been playing Genshin for a while. Let's be honest, it is gambling, practically a second job if you decide to grind everyday. I grinded for a while and found myself getting tired out. So now I just hop back in occasionally and find it much more enjoyable. I like the world and the story so I mostly just do a few quests and sight see once in a while.

[@notqrow3654]

I happen to still play the game daily but it’s at a much more tame pace now. Usually just to do dailies, grind a little then sign off to go play something else like Back 4 Blood or Halo Infinite. It’s definitely a lot of fun as a side game when you have to worry less about spending as many hours as possible on it but I agree with you saying that it’s like a second job you have to manage.

[@noname420]

same here, i find it more enjoyable if i play it only 15 minutes a day (or 15 minutes a week a lot of times). the grindy mechanics suck and i just decided to not bother about them.

[@miuletzmitzu6641]

gambling yeah kinda, but it's your own fault for ruining the game. It's not a grindy game at all, and they even try to prevent you from overplaying and burning out with the resin system. It's the type of game you're meant to play for like 30 minutes a day and then log off. I've had days where I grinded (because it was fun, not because i had to), and days where I played for 10 minutes at most. The game is still a lot of fun and it's really enjoyable. People complaining about the grind, or the lack of content, are just the type of people that play 6+ hours a day when the game was not designed like that. It's like ordering 3 whole pizzas and then complaining that you can't eat anymore and that your stomach hurts, when you could just have had a few slices.

[@MartinPurathur]

@@miuletzmitzu6641 The resin system doesn't exist to prevent player burnout, it's there to artificially prolong gametime and to hide how shallow the game actually is. Mobile game energy systems have never existed with the intention of being nice to the players

[@darialomurno05]

Most Genshin players play like this, and I don't get it. Story quests are the worst thing in Genshin, just like yakko said it's all *follow path* *speak to npc* *kill 4 slimes* *fast travel* repeat Also the story quests lack of cutscenes imo

[@imzary]

Games like Genshin Impact remind me of the fact that indie games *HAVE* to become bigger, cause at this point they (and a few, FEW AAA games) are the only really good games that don't view you as a money machine

[@darialomurno05]

Like Hades (I'm not sure if its indie tho) an actual good game unlike Genshin

[@Chris_MarMar]

I can't even remember the last time I bought a AAA game. It's definitely been years for sure. The gaming industry, in the mainstream sense at least, is a mere shell of what it was years ago. That's what happens when something becomes mainstream though. Years ago, when gaming wasn't mainstream, games felt like a work of art and were also fun to play. When gaming st a rted becoming mainstream (I want to say around 2007-2010?) it became more about just making money. Like you said, indie games are probably 90% of what I play anymore because AAA games have just become graphical presentations with boring as fuck game play that also want to become movies rather than games.

[@FreakGeSt]

No, Indie games are good like that, because if they getting bigger, thery just turn in a AAA game and enter again in this vicious cicle on getting money and forget about of making a good game, what makes Indie game good is the freedom, no the length or budget.

[@imzary]

@@FreakGeSt Mojang exists & it disproves your entire argument, ever since minecraft (& mojang) has been part of the xbox games studios (a "AAA" set of studios), mc has been getting better & better (with only a few mishaps along the way)

[@SpaceKarenMonkeyKiller]

@@imzary naming 1 example does not disprove anything

[@ripplingriver9482]

Yeah, I completely agree with this, even as someone deeply rooted in the addictive system at the moment. I have ADHD. For those who don't know, it's much more than a disorder that makes me go "oo! Squirrel!" at anything that catches my eye. My brain is starving for dopamine, constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) craves music, and latches onto repetitive routines and motions like I'll die if I let them go. Thus, Genshin hooked me like a fish on a tantalizing lure. I got into it a month after it came out and I was very easily pulled into the more forgiving and engaging early game. The amount of rolls I was given in the early game hooked me, and I fell in love with so many characters that it almost got overwhelming- almost. Due to my disorder, the addictive undertones of the game (dopamine hits from rolling, leveling characters, weapons, artifacts, pretty cutscenes, pretty music) caught me up instantly, as my dopamine-starved brain immediately sought out more and more rolls. I first got into Genshin when the money I was putting into the game wasn't an issue, as I was living at home without needing to pay rent, on a slightly higher than minimum wage full-time job. Costs didn't matter, I could spend as much as I liked because I was comfortable. However, last year, I moved out of my parent's house and into another state entirely. I could barely afford rent last month, and don't know if I'm going to make rent this month. It's bad. It's really bad. This game preys on people like me and I know it and yet I can't stop, because I'm addicted and I haven't reached the point yet where I can transition myself to some dopamine-dispenser that doesn't drain the soul from my body and the cash from my wallet. At this point I just keep myself to Welkin and the battle pass now, but that's still 15 dollars and I can't afford that. That's more than I earn in an hour. It scares the hell out of me. This game is one of my absolute favorite things right now and I'm losing the ability to keep myself afloat because of it. The scenery makes me happy, the music makes me want to close my eyes and sit still for once, but the stress this game is putting on my life is making me become a hermit- I haven't left my house to do anything other than work in weeks. That time isn't even spent playing the game, I just... At this point I avidly try to point people away from Genshin. I tell them that I'll recap the plot, link them to videos of the cutscenes and overall plot, but I avidly do not recommend this game. Especially for people like me, who's disorders make it so hard to even look away from the devastating car crash that this game is becoming. Apologies for the huge rant, I just.... I get it. And Yakkocmn, thank you for this video. You put things into words that I didn't have the ability to phrase yet, and watching you beat the absolute shit out of an Amber cardboard cutout was a delight. This game should absolutely be regulated like a gambling product, even if every insane fiber of my being wants to protest against it. This is an addiction, this is gambling, and it has to stop. It really, really has to stop.

[@notme8232]

I'm so sorry for your predicament. I firmly believe that there is literally nothing worse than a controlling addiction, let alone one to 2D women. I really hope Genshin and games like it are banned, or at least regulated like the casinos they are.

[@jofol1757]

I'm in the same boat as you before you moved away from home, and I'm starting to feel the same way having spent more money than I'd hope to get C2 Kazuha. I'm a battlepass + welkin player like you but after a horrendous wishing session I was given a lucky early pull for C1 Kazuha and was like "Just 1 constellation more" for that shiny C2, so I splurged on the crystal top ups for the first time. But 'just 1 constellation' is quite a bit of money and I'm honestly quite underwhelmed after getting his C2 despite it being 'one of the best'. Idk it feels bad knowing I gave money to Hoyo after they cucked me for losing 2 50/50s on the way to C2, but hey at least it gave me content to make a silly video (cope). Anyway, the fact that what I spent is probably surface level to what others spend is a scary thought. I'm luckier than most that I got income and living rent free, but I'm moving out soon so I fear things might get tough. I hope your situation gets better

[@notme8232]

@@jofol1757 As odd as it may sound, Minecraft MMO servers offer much of the draw of gacha games, without the lootbox BS. The Skyblock game mode on Hypixel, or Wynncraft are good examples of this model put to good use.

[@panhry243]

@Rippling River Be strong mate. Use some sun, it helps. Best is waking sunshine and dawn sunshine. It helped me to not comit suiside, after my famyli fall apart. My wife left me with my 1 and half year daughter. Soo prase the sun.

[@funnyguy1870]

bro wrote a entire book 💀💀💀💀

[@logannnn]

ive purposefully avoided learning anything about this game, and just learning that it’s already the most profitable game ever, im scared to watch the rest of the video to find out how that happened.

[@sanduba57]

I mean, it's a gacha, it's acessible and free, it has marketing, has a friendly and an anime aesthetic, it is intuitive towards long term playing, has been kind of antecipated since before launch and has content every some days, actually reasonable tbf.

[@logannnn]

@@sanduba57 i mean yeah but fortnite has all of those things, and even though it has been out for like 4 years and became an infinite money printer in that time it still doesn't come close to what genshin has done in a year. there's some spice specific to genshin that's especially insidious for that to be possible

[@sanduba57]

@@logannnn I think it's heavily because of the gathering your favorite characters mechanic, which keeps you going doing missions for the coin you spend in gacha and all. Perhaps the open world also helps it out, making players keep doing stuff to completion compared to Fortnite that is a battle royale almost essentially. Disclamer, sorry for the frequent edits

[@user-dk7ic1ci2z]

@@logannnn man there’s nothing insidious about it, it just hit the sweet spot for a ton of desirable traits plus it came out towards the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was bored at home

[@moosesues8887]

@@user-dk7ic1ci2z tooru more like I regret my life choices

[@StanleyMOV]

I played genshin impact till around adventure rank 15. I wanted something similar to botw so I gave it a shot, and it was actually pretty fun for a while untill the grind really started, and then I completely stopped playing

[@Extremezotako]

Im ar45 and i hate grinding👍

[@timmythh]

ar 58 here, its just the type of game where you have to go through grinding wether u like it or not. personally i stayed for the story and i found the grind quite enjoyable at times especially since i had friends to play with but its definitely not for everyone

[@timjack4650]

But , AR 15 is basically the tutorial level in other RPGs . You aren't able to "grind" for anything at that low ranks , well outside of mindlessly killing enemies for fun instead of doing the main quests or plentiful of side quests to rank up.

[@georgemosidze1794]

that is basically the prologue of the game how did you get bored that fast. it took me until finding 80% of the chests in the game to finally start feeling the grind a bit and I wasn't even done with the story or the side quests. (It took me about a month and a half of nonstop playing to reach that point. I have no idea how you reached it almost immediately)

[@BulletSponge71436]

Grind can be fun sometimes. Especially if you play with friends or even random people.

[@axelblaze4088]

I am playing this game from day 1: AR58 currently, and eventhough I genuinely like the game, I absolutely agree with everything you said here. This game could be WAY better than it is, with more thoughtful features, rather than just financially profiting features. The only thing I was offended by was the abuse of Amber!!

[@Johny9405]

Yea Amber didn't deserve that. I get she's the game intro but Mihoyo has been the most unfair to her. It's not her fault!

[@TheSpeep]

19:05 This right here betrays the game's actual intent. A game made by people wanting to make an actual fun experience would have let you do this. You found a new, fun way using the means provided to you to complete a task the game put before you, a good designer would look at that, make sure it cant actually break the game in any way, and try and encourage that kind of thinking and see if they cant use it elsewhere as well. Otherwise, why hand you the ability to build ice bridges or climb walls if youre going to block your players from doing it anywhere theyre not strictly expected to? As a counterexample, look at all the insane speedrun strategies a game like BotW allows for, barring actually leaving the boundaries of the map, it lets you combine all the different systems the game offers you to do just about anything. For example, you can climb trees, and you can apply increasingly large forces to objects after freezing them in time. Did Nintendo intend for you to combine those and start the Hyrule branch (edit: heh, pun unintended) of NASA? I highly doubt it, but you can still ride your tree rocketships across the map regardless.

[@nandhitanarendratmaja1302]

I wish it is... But there's not a lot of mechanic in this game to make you do that. I love genshin too for what it is, a simple easy game that you can do daily for vibes and simple fun battle. But let's not see this game more than it is, a waifu collection game, i mean you can only use 4 buttons of mechanic, the puzzle are piss easy and the quest are literally can only be finished in one predetermined way the game has designed them without any room for creativity. That's it and i guess it's okay, i have things to do anyway, i wish i had time to fully immersed myself without worrying about time but i guess i can only have time to play short simple games like this

[@mattsandrini180]

To be fair, story whise at that point of the game there is a reason for that, for context, those are the island of the Thunder Goddess, and the nation is in a state of closure, with boarders closed and nobody allowed in or out, the storm isn't just a random event for it, but is there for a narrative reason, the game has loads of problems, and even as a fan I absolutely admit it and have no problem talking about those, and Yakko did point many problems in the game design, but that was kind of a misleading example

[@technicallyinept2120]

Bad example. Now that the county has been opened up, and it’s electro god isn’t so opposed to people coming in, you actually can do this now.

[@Darth_Arcann]

Honestly I feed bad for the content creators that built their career on this game and may have enjoyed it at the beginning but slowly realized how badly designed and unfun the game actually becomes at AR55+ and are probably stuck playing this empty shell of a game if they want to keep their lights on. I've seen it happen.

[@Glacorite]

I love Genshin, but you're absolutely right. It's not hard for endgame players to simply come and do quests and spend resin, which almost always takes about 20min. But if you have to do that, AND constantly edit and create videos on this game, you'll just burn out FAST, and begin to just hate the game from then on. Bwaap might become one of them and lose his viewers. He said he hasn't enjoyed the game for a long time. I really hope he can branch out to other games

[@wqweqwet1804]

"at ar55" this was the same meme at ar45 back when no one knew the level cap and was trying to get to the max level asap.

[@withlovemays]

THIS. A ton of content creators literally have been so careful the last couple of months, literally ASKING their community if it is okay to do something else. I started doing content for genshin as well and it's so frustrating, because there's not much to do and all these people are losing a big following just because Genshin doesn't do it anymore. In the beginning it was super easy to build content for the game and they can't deny they got their fame from Genshin, but now...

[@lostconciousness4255]

@@withlovemays GI fandom is so fucking ravenous, content creators literally have to beg to play something else without being brigaded.

[@SingingGuyFromPh]

I agree, this is the reason why I don't rush the game, I play it on a casual phase, that way I enjoyed the game without losing content.

[@quasilesbianghostkiller]

the community actually carries whatever staleness end game has, I would've dumped this game long ago if it wasn't for the fanartists and ff writers, mihoyo sees this too bc they have been doing a lot of creator incentives recently,, they deserve better

[@titaniafae4114]

actually same lmao. I absolutely love a lot of what the fandom does and things. tbh I was hyper addicted to the game the first time it came out and then I calmed down and realized that it is grindy but its also just fun to try different things and hang out with friends on it.

[@HyunXP]

"The community" I laughed about it so hard- cause from what I've seen- the only thing you see on this community is the endless harassment, the endless racism, the endless nsfw works, the endless shit talking and the endless toxicity that this game community has to offer. Don't get me started on the community's "headcannon" shipping, along side the "if it's not approved by us the it's not okay" kind of mindset. Sure, there are good artists out there- but they are also fully aware of the shit they have to deal with cause of this god awful community. This game is only good with their environment, the region, the music, the characters and some of the lore- others is just plain BORING, STUPID, REPETITIVE AND GRINDY. Also, if you want to make an argument about- "You can play the game for free and use the starting characters to complete end game content." then- would you rather have a ganyu, zhongli or any OP character on your team OR just stick on using amber, barbara, traveler, lisa and kaeya for the entirety of the game? Plus, Genshin anniversary is just plain-- disgusting. It was suppose to give back to the players whether you are a massive whale or a measy f2p, cause of the reason you supported this game by wasting how many hours of your life to it, but what did they give? 10 pulls and some books, mora and enchanting stone for your already maxed out weapons. I won't really praise this community until all of the elephant in the room is just eliminated or addressed by the devs themselves.

[@titaniafae4114]

@@HyunXP can't argue with the part of the community that is heavily like that because its pretty much true but there are a lot of really cool things developed by communities too and I am pretty sure he is commenting on that such as the animations, lore, interaction with voice actors, etc that every fandom has.

[@quasilesbianghostkiller]

@@HyunXP Like sports teams, homestuck and idk, the jesus, the community is big enough to statistically Not have shitty people in it. Shitty people that will be shitty no matter what community they are in. I'm not excusing anyone's harmful behaviour but most people are just bystanders. Putting a blanket statement is not wrong but not accurate?? Topics that are "blown out of proportion" are just those several people chipping in their opinion on a franchise they care about. Unfortunately, the current online culture favours outrage and easy clicks. God forbid, another 'unpopular opinion' engagement bait posts go viral. I agree that the fandom is lenient to the rampant racism, colorism, anti-queerness, misogyny that's unfortunately still common in the internet. Chalking it up to " you're taking a game too seriously"(Making this comment fresh from the genshin subreddit anti-male characters bias controversy let's goo) Not to dismiss your or anyone elses bad experience op. Block all of them and not interact if you so choose, that's definitely valid I just dislike the doom posting that also add to the toxicity. It doesn't take away from the fact that the community has expanded upon this' boring, stupid, repetitive and grindy' game through works of art, fiction, analysis posts even just random discussions and silly memes. People love these characters and world enough that they will spend their precious time outside of consuming the media on it. I love this aspect of fandom culture and before more specific copyright laws, it was a way for a piece of work to propagate. (i.e you can argue that dante's inferno is a mega self insert fanfiction) And in small pockets, you can find friends that vibe with you It isn't part of my original comment but I don't think hyv will address the lack of consistent end game content, at least not anytime soon. They instead focus on more exploration and puzzle focused events, which is arguably a major appeal of the base game. Admittedly not for everyone, I personally just play the events I'm interested in and move on. Since simping is heavily encouraged, there are people who will gladly stick to the starter characters. It's not a hard game, after all. There's no reason to whale outside of bragging rights maybe And even if you don't, other characters will eventually get added to your roster even if you just play casually. (It may be tricky for people with addictive tendencies and gachas tend to lean on that but that's a different discussion) They could definitely be more generous with rewards or a better artifact system or at the very least a load out bc jesus christ ((And why are you even complaining about nsfw and shipping on the internet of all places for a piece of an obviously otaku pandering media))

[@quasilesbianghostkiller]

Whew that was long

[@TaqSoto]

Long story short, Genshin Impact is a mobile game through and through. Don't let them fool you just because the game is on concole and PC. I remember when this game was announced. I was super excited until I heard the words "gacha" and "mobile". These are the two worst things to happen to gaming.

[@iButt]

Despite the fact that it has so many mobile game mechanics and micro-transactions, it can barely run on mobile devices. My 5 year old desktop can't even run it on max settings.

[@smailchali5102]

oooooo mobile games how horrible

[@darialomurno05]

Hoyoverse always tries to do more things at a time, and is it quite annoying. Genshin is primarly a mobile game, however, you must have a really good device or rather it's going to literally melt. But from the other hand, the fact that it's on mobile, blocks the game from reaching its maximum potential, because Hoyoverse has to worry about not making the game too heavy, so that it works properly on mobile, of course.

[@darialomurno05]

@@iButt I tried the game on my old pc on the lowest possible settings, when the game had still only Mondstat and Liyue, and it was an unplayable, laggy mess. So basecally, you need a really good device to run genshin

[@anggadaaryapalastra2706]

Remember Diablo? That shit sucked

[@catbreadnom]

as much as i love the game n the lore and especially the art and open world, i agree sm. Personally, i dont try to make my charachter "the most op" i just sit in the moment and enjoy the lore and the art. Playing like this makes the game much more enjoyable

[@abel8051]

I remember logging in everyday to get more primogems so I could pull for Hu Tao when she reran, and explicitly thinking, “man I have so many other cool games I can play, but i have to make sure i stay on top of things here”. The game was getting super repetitive and boring, but I kept telling myself that I just had to keep playing to get more primogems so I could get Hu Tao, but then I realized, so what? When I get Hu Tao, what changes? I get a new character that I have to spend tons of hours to properly build, and when I finally get her on par with the rest of my characters, what then? Back to the same old grind. Thanks for making this video, hopefully it’ll keep someone else from wasting the time I did.

[@tacemiko3849]

Wow, I was thinking literally the same, so I quit the game right after that

[@TheNameIsSR]

I quit when I realised it was just Breath of The Wild, without what makes BotW fun

[@concernedtablemanners9898]

@@TheNameIsSR breath of the wild without the breath of wild

[@huhhuhuuhh]

It literally happened the same to me with Itto this patch, the only reason I'm still playing and building characters, grinding, etc. Is because pretty much i don't have anything else to do rn in my life, i wake up and after doing my regular irl schedule open the game. I do the dailys, then waste the resin on artifacts that are most likely to be shitte, maybe mine some ores, and that's about it. That's the fucking game, just numbers going up.

[@sealessseadog2735]

@@concernedtablemanners9898 *yeah this seems about right*

[@masonguzman9917]

I absolutely love Genshin, but any time a friend asks about it, I tell them right away that it's a live-service gacha game and that the game isn't for everyone. Honesty though, it's exactly what I want as a low spender. I'm a very routine oriented person and it gives me what I want, a game I can play every day that will continue to grow and improve as time goes on (what with its insane 6 week update cycle for a game like this). Since I got into gacha games, and Genshin in particular, I've spent far less on games and dlc I'll never finish and maybe even touch, because of most of what I want is already here. I think the mistake many people do though is get themselves burned out by treating this as a main game. Genshin is a side game to me, but an excellent one. I generally play for about 30-60 minutes a day, doing dailies and BP quests at minimum, and more stuff if I feel up to it. I also have a friend I play with every week which definitely helps though. But instead of grinding and grinding and burning myself out, I do my daily stuff then hop over to Demon's Souls, Hades, Borderlands, or whatever game I'm playing at the moment. I enjoy Genshin but also understand that much of the enjoyment is in the daily play and the long con stuff, and I'm cool with that. So idk, tldr; Genshin is a great game but only if it's got what you're looking for, like a gacha system or a long-term live-service story. If you don't like the game then save yourself the trouble and continued growing resentment and just quit. Also it's a game that is best paired with other games instead of sinking all your time into Genshin, because it honestly doesn't seem like it was designed for that.

[@kenlorico1529]

I agree with this. I play just a little bit and get on whatever I need to do like work or chores. I don't have enough time for most games anymore since you'll need to sink time to progress. Unlike Genshin where you can just take it slow but still see your overall progression as time goes by. Probably why I enjoyed Animal Crossing's time and date mechanics.

[@ominusomega7803]

As a someone who played this game since day one and have played over 200 hours, I wholeheartedly agree with your observations.

[@archiederham2103]

It was designed to make money, idk if it was even designed to be a cohesive video game either. Just a slot machine.

[@arha13]

@@archiederham2103 every game that people pay for is designed to make money and there is actually a fair amount of nuance to the gameplay. If it’s just a slot machine, why is there an open world? Maybe because the gacha aspect is one tiny (entirely optional) part of a several hundred hour experience.

[@ajburris1087]

@@arha13 okay but if you're not playing for the gambling gacha aspect then why not just play the plethora of open world rpg games with much more content, variety, and charm. Anything from BOTW to Skyrim has an actual fleshed out story and more rewarding exploration. I enjoyed Genshin for a little while because it is just anime BOTW until you realize how barren the world is. Nice views but overall the same rinse and repeat puzzles that rewards you with a singular chest over and over. Can't actually open most dungeon or whatever they're called because the devs need you to put more hours in. Hours of what you may ask? Repetitive tasks. Sorry but it's less of a game and more of a mental obligation for lots of these players including some of my friends. I'm aware lots of games nowadays have paywalls with DLC and addons and so on but gatcha is somehow widely accepted and one of the most predatory formulas out there

[@Mark-xw5yt]

I hate how people deny criticism by saying that the game is free and that we should be grateful to mihoyo. The game isn’t free. It has a price, and a stranger is paying it for you (by spending $1000 on his c6 raiden). MIHOYO is definitely not paying that price though, they’re actually doing the opposite. By making it this “free” p2w model they are making even more money. The “they made it free, they’re so generous” argument is so dumb

[@TiroFinale39]

Which part of Genshin is p2w exactly? 👁👄👁

[@Mark-xw5yt]

@@TiroFinale39 gacha, pay money win character. I understand you can do story/abyss etc without paying but it is a simplification of the model. I could have said gacha instead of p2w though

[@known_questionmark]

​@Vulcan youre absolutely missing the point. Like good on you pat your head for having self control but everyone cant have that?? Everyone cant just be blamed to not have self control either, the game is literally designed to lure people who have spending tendencies so that they can spend money for the company no matter if youve spent no money or not.

[@aster0id225]

@@TiroFinale39 it's not pay to win, it's that paying gives you a massive advantage For example, if you run out of resin, you can buy more to continue grinding, which costs MONEY (again, not pay to win, just a big advantage covered in the vid). Getting more resin = more items/artifacts = faster grinding for stronger characters.

[@poorcompilation7093]

@@aster0id225 isn’t what you just said pay to win pay to win is giving you a massive advantage by paying a certain amount

[@Melotaku]

Yes I love this game, but I also wholeheartedly agree with this video. Genshin could be SO much better. I do love the game but it’s not my favorite. It’s the games that I play less often and have an ending, which are my favorite. (Hollow Knight, Bloodborne, Celeste, etc.) I hate the grinding in this game so much, but luckily for me I don’t need to grind anymore because the game is so laughably easy. I have decently built characters that will probably last me until the very end of the game in 5 or so years.

[@justsomeguy727]

You say that last part like it's somehow a bad thing. Play any other gacha and you'd need to play it religiously and constantly have to keep up with newly released characters to continue enjoying the game. Sounds fun doesn't it ?

[@Stanzbey69]

@@justsomeguy727 killing every enemy in one hit and the bosses being sitting ducks with unfun movesets aren’t much better

[@TheSyrus97]

Idk personally I like the grind and enjoy myself slowly building my characters up over the course of time. Also, I like the idea of knowing there is something to do the next day when I don't have too much time for video games or energy for it. The only time I complain are my days off from work where I dont have much to do and want to play a lot of genshin but have no resin. Anyways, love the video and its always interesting seeing the reasons you like something are the reasons someone dislikes it.

[@luqmanloki4803]

Yup samee.

[@Sidtheriser07]

I've been playing for a year now, haven't paid a coin, and yes I still enjoy it. The grind to improve characters, only to get more primos to get new characters to build again is kinda satisfying, but Genshin's always been a "Background game" for me. I always have something else with me, with genshin just, filling in some time. The only time I treat Genshin as a main game is when there's an archon quest or a nice story related event happening, or a new area is to be discovered. Nonetheless, no matter how much I enjoy it, I haven't recommended it to anyone because the game has lots of potential but gacha mindset of devs and grind kills it. It can be an annoyance, a pain to go through all that. I'll play it to the day it ends, but ha no I can't ask anyone irl to join me

[@d3ly746]

Lol didn't expect seeing you here

[@Sidtheriser07]

@@d3ly746 Yooo D3LY!! What's cooking xD

[@ohamatchhams]

I think Inazuma's Archon Quest has been meh to bleghh recently, I wish they put better attention to it akin to Liyue or Monstadt level but I think it's better for those who kept disappointed with Inazuma to just stop playing the game until Sumeru arrives or move on from Genshin, not to mention they haven't got any resolution to increasing file sizes on top of the atrocious grinds for new players that happens to get the newest characters, but have to slog like absurdly long fetch quests to even grind for one characters' materials or even fixes either resins, artefacts or the long wait of days-gated domains They're too busy to give deceiving presentations of character trailers to actually fixes these

[@Sidtheriser07]

@@ohamatchhams "They're too busy to give deceiving presentations of character trailers to actually fixes these" ++ Man I wish the game story was as hype as the character trailers :( Also I can't really defend the game at this point. It's atrocious, I just keep playing cuz I like it

[@ketanvirbhadre1634]

Oh you're that guy whom I saw at trails ost videos.

[@thedarkcycle]

Bro I got an add for genshin ad while watching 💀

[@shemage5932]

5 month player here, started during 3.4 1st half, which was mid February. I absolutely agree with everything you've said, but what hits home for me is when you said "you shouldn't need self control to enjoy a game" and "you shouldn't blame the addictive tendencies and personal struggles of players to defend the shitty gacha system". I fucking hate the Genshin community for defending this system by saying "muhmuhmuh be grateful they even give you a pity system muhmuhmuh in FGO you need 300+ pulls to get what you want muhmuhmuh most generous gacha game". Genshin playerbase has to be the most white-knighting and apologetic fanbase I've EVER seen. Gacha hell? Mediocre to great story that's pronounced with recycled shitty animations that make characters look like lifeless puppets? Intentionally locked grind? They will go above and beyond to defend ALL of it. This community has absolutely 0 backbone to stand up against Mihoyo. I know this video was uploaded before these things happened, but recently, Mihoyo went 500+ days without rerunning Eula and made Dehya, a very anticipated character, THE worst character in the game. The community made a huge stink over Dehya for a single month, then after that, nothing. Mihoyo finally gave Eula a rerun this month, and now, it's as if nothing happened, nobody will ever mention it again. And now we're a few weeks away from the 5th region being released. And though you didn't mention it, I will. GENSHIN IS ONE OF THE WORST GAMES FOR NEW F2P PLAYERS AND IT GETS WORSE AS TIME GOES BY! People like me who recently started barely have any of the roster, and have to make peace with the fact that they never will have all the characters, meanwhile the day 1 veterans and/or Credit Card Charlies are doing whatever the hell they want, simply because they were there to collect the now long gone premium currency.

[@shemage5932]

@@toptrunks2219 Huh?

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

@@shemage5932 he's saying "well said. glad you stopped playing, and your wallet is probably glad you stopped playing as well"

[@sk8rwhezel]

I played LoL in a bad time in my life, spent way too much money on it, and I've been avoiding Genshin for the same reason - it's *very* easy to get addicted to games like this, especially when you have Depression, ADHD, or even just a family history of addiction. Sometimes self-control is not an option when you're dealing with things like that.

[@MoonTurky]

True

[@Core_shock67]

spent like 200 on a gacha game never playing a gacha game again I was depressed and sad with life and spent money to try and fill that emptiness trying to get a character that i thought would help me. Im Good now btw

[@ASH-dj8mv]

@@Core_shock67 I think you should give yourself a little bit credit that you've understood that after 200 hours. Imagine people who are still playing genshin and will leave it after their 500 hours.

[@Core_shock67]

@@ASH-dj8mv 200 hours and around 300 dollars on genshin complete waste of money i would take even a Penny back of what i spent if i could.

[@lostconciousness4255]

sometimes you gotta get to the bottom before you realize it's a place you don't want to be at. I swore off MMO's for the same reasons.

[@ApexGale]

I think Genshin Impact is great when you don't treat it like a gacha game. The story is entertaining alongside the cast. The big issue is that eventually the game forces you to grind to progress. Like, I just want to enjoy the story. Why do I have to keep doing the unfun shit? Oh yeah, because it's a gacha game.

[@sirshylordy5538]

This is how I treat the game. I have friends who have spent 1000+ on it and get bored. I only get the welkin and battle pass and I've enjoyed my time with it, mostly because I don't think of it like a gacha.

[@formdreamer4385]

For Gacha games, the less you pay, the more fun you get (as I know from my own experience playing Gacha games).

[@ApexGale]

@@formdreamer4385 it's particularly true for Genshin because there's so much to do compared to other games which are just grind > read story > repeat. Playing Genshin as a single player RPG feels much better than playing it as a gacha.

[@DogginsFroggins]

But it has a horrible cringey anime story, why not just watch bad anime if you wanna go that route.

[@ApexGale]

@@DogginsFroggins 1) taste is subjective 2) video games are an interactive medium and anime is not

[@SuperCaitball]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. It's definitely a challenge to fight the evil demons in my brain telling me to give Genshin a try despite the knowledge of its manipulative systems and my on-principle refusal to acknowledge gacha, but this video allows me to quietly slay them, and tune out the discussions from my outer circle of friends who still insist on it. Now please go put 100 hours in Mihoyo's new character action game, because THOSE evil brain demons are looking a HELL of a lot stronger THEY HAVE A ROBOT CAT GIRL WITH TWIN DAGGERS SHES LITERALLY ME PLEASE STOP ME FROM DOING IT

[@Techn0Fox]

It's sad when you find a game that has potential to be something excellent, but it turns out to be a gacha game that forces you to play the way THEY want. In a way, it's like "settling" just to feel like you have something rather than nothing. That's what I feel is the problem with Genshin.

[@Techn0Fox]

@Vulcan that's not the same at all lol

[@arbalest327]

that is destiny 2 but not with gacha but terrible grinding.

[@seresrobertwoodoo2451]

"fans will say: mihoyo is so generous" no we do not say that nobody of this game says it we all know that mihoyo is a bad

[@ShinichiNew1]

Me, a Genshin fan: Mihoyo is actually pretty generous. Remember the anni free 1600 primo everyone complained that is just not enough? That 10 roll actually got me Kokomi. Right after my Raiden pity. So in my experience that 10 roll is actually a free 5 star.

[@darkestnutoftheabyss3641]

@@ShinichiNew1 bruh got lucky and now you think everyone should accept that "they are generous"? The majority of players have to go all the way until 70-85 wishes to get a 5 star. Your luck doesn't disregard that fact. So no, Mihoyo isn't "generous". Just wait until you lose the 50/50 on a character's banner that you actually want to get, and you'll see. Although, for the sake of your mental and emotional well being, I really hope that you don't get addicted to the gacha, if you aren't already.

[@ShinichiNew1]

@@darkestnutoftheabyss3641 I too think anni wasn’t enough. I was just bragging my luck and I still will. I haven’t lost to a 50/50 yet. I have all female characters except Lumine. I am not addict to Gacha just waifus I have yet rolled a single male banner. And in some sense I am addicted to gacha since most anime games all has some sort of loot box or gacha, especially anime games. I don’t like gacha but for characters I like, I just yell angrily on the internet while allowing myself being fisted by gacha.

[@justsomeguy727]

@@darkestnutoftheabyss3641 hi, someone who's lost the 50/50 several times here to let you know that it never mattered cause I was able to save up enough to guarantee them anyway :) your logic only applies to people who have zero self control and have raging addictions. Stop acting like it's somehow universal when it's really just you projecting

[@darkestnutoftheabyss3641]

@@justsomeguy727 oh the sweet irony... On the one hand, I'm projecting(what exactly?) and acting like what I said was universal. On the other hand, you're pretending like your version of the situation is universal based off of your own personal experiences and now you're projecting said personal experiences on everyone. Oh the sweet, hypocritical irony...

[@aldifrpf1188]

Sometimes the game just feels bland and i can't expressed the reason through words, but you pefrectly adressed all of the problems i had with Genshin Impact, i just can't imagine how difficult the proccess of making this video was. As always, great job yakko

[@bam4285]

I think its because there afraid to drift of from the basic skiny pale anime character style- It makes the desings seem repetitive with all the body types being almost exactly the same, even itto dosent have arm mussles just a airbrushed looking abbs- not even any larger scars or things like freckles or slightly diffrent face shapes or jaw lines or hell god forbid a slightly more curvy women whos waist is not that of a tooth pick, and well of course there issue with being practically allergic to making there characters anything but pale- even my mom a white women has more color then some of the "darkest" characters in game. It's always deathly pale to and they should know dam well its unreslistic especially for characers who are always in the sun to be that pale. This is one reason why I adore the models and character desings of the game dystlite- ( the gameplay and story is really boring unfortanatly ) however if you look at the character models there all so stunning and just pure eye candy, they all feel uniqe and full of personality and life. I also feel like genshins characters kind of just lack expresion- the models just dont seem very exspresive to me

[@hirobeez]

I'm so upset I spent time playing this. It also commits one of the biggest crimes it can to me: IRRELEVANT DIALOGUE CHOICES. AAARGH.

[@orpheedupas3859]

I started playing around 2 and a half months ago, after having avoided it for a long time because I was sure I would hate it. Turns out I really like it. There are a lot of good points in this video. Mihoyo isn't generous, the rates are abysmal even compared to other gacha games and there is an insane amount of grind. I have grown quite fond of the game and I find it nice that you mentioned why someone would play. I really love just observing the sunsets with the beautiful soundtrack playing. I like slowly but surely building a team of characters I appreciate and most of all I love talking about it with my friends. I also personally enjoy the combat. Imo ( please don't kill me ) the combat is more fun than in BOTW. I have played 300 hours of it and it is my favourite game ever, but I find the combat to be pretty bad because there are very few weapon types, low enemy variety and no dedicated dodge button. What makes it somewhat fun is the sheikah slate, but even that is not enough (as I said this is only my opinion). I really wish genshin had great quests, less grind and wasn't predatory. I really wish it was perfect, but that most likely won't happen. I will however keep playing because I really like the world and it's characters. A video that shows a pretty opposite experience with the game is "A serious critique of Genshin Impact", by NeverKnowsBest, and I definitely recommend it just because it's very good content. If someone watching this is thinking about starting the game, then try it and make your own opinion of it, but remember to not spend money. Have a nice day everyone Also man you didn't have to do amber like that. She's kinda garbage but cmon

[@gabrielbergi2954]

I think that when he said that the combat is better in Breath of the Wild he meant that there are more ways to approach combat and create solutions to the fight, which in my opinion is completely true. You can not only use the Sheika Slate as you said but use the environment to create unique ways to solve basically everything the game throws at you, and I wish Genshin had something like that. But if we are talking about the combat in "actual fights" I agree 100% with you. The abilities, elemental reactions and team swap mechanics really outshines Link basic "combat" options. Also the feeling that every character is unique is something that Breath of the Wild really lacks in my opinion because every weapon is basically the same with no much variety or uniqueness. But yeah I also really like Genshin but God I wish yakko was wrong about somethings. Its pretty sad to see this game untouched potencial

[@slbhugomarques2]

@@gabrielbergi2954 for me the best part was exploring the open world that he disliked lol He complained extensively about having things locked, but he showed mostly dungeons, which i dont rly count towards the exploration

[@MolnarSPeter]

@@slbhugomarques2 There is only so much to that world, when I explored the whole map and no new areas came out for months I just quit. I liked the combat, but that's not enough long term. I only played with under leveled characters, so like killing level 35 bosses with lvl 13 characters and it adds a whole lot of strategy to it, but if you have to restrict yourself to create a better game that's bad design imo. And I couldnt get into the main quests, the fetch quest shit made me quit doing that right away

[@slbhugomarques2]

@@MolnarSPeter i liked the main quest, and i did the same, i just played until i was satisfied and stopped, now izanuma came out and i came back and stopped, and i plan on repeating the process. The worst thing about this game is that it tries to force you to play every day, but that just doesnt work for a game like this

[@Magatsu_Synergy]

The combat in Genshin isn't interesting, even when fighting bosses there isn't really much difference to fighting regular enemies it's always click, dodge, and use skills. I guess the characters you use can give new strats but it involves gacha and spending resources. if not even the devs can make the gameplay interesting it's not good combat. Botw shouldn't even be compared with Genshin's combat.

[@veneriomg4987]

me listening to this while grinding dailies in Genshin: "Yeah that seems about right".

[@Spiney09]

I got two ads for genshin and one for the sequel Star Rail while watching this video. The irony is palpable.

[@Emerald3ME]

Finally a solid level headed critique of gacha.

[@Zirzon]

As a Granblue player, even I gave up on the Genshin grind. Perhaps the most crushing feeling in this game is pulling a character that you have wanted for months and months, just to realize that you need to spend literally over a month of playtime to get the character to a playable state for the endgame. Most games let you eventually trivialize the levelling process once you get further, but Genshin makes you go through the entire process every single time, and you don't passively gain most of the resources required like you can for most similar games.

[@OyVeey]

Yeah, having to pre-farm like a month before the character's release, based on leaks, just to make them viable if/when you get them is absolute bullshit. If uncapping a character was as effortless as it was in GBF I'd enjoy the game far, FAR more.

[@laranacros]

When a gbf player can't handle the grind of a game honestly no sane person can

[@narius_jaden215]

I agree, but I think the reason I'm okay with Genshin is because I never actually got begged by them to purchase things xD (Other than maybe the battle pass, though even then I wouldn't say it was really begging on that part). I do want MihoYo to be more generous though. But a lot of gacha games I saw (never played any extensively before Genshin) Were just full of adverts for their in game shop before I even started the gameplay.

[@iffatfikri1450]

@@laranacros that is infact true The game is a normal grind not untill a GBF player gave up on it Also a gbf player here

[@yosukethefrogman]

@@OyVeey Eternal uncaps say hi though. Also Evokers. While I quit Genshin for many of the same reasons, Granblue shares a lot of the same issues. I’d say the tremendous disrespect for player time is even worse there, considering the whole game is hitting a raid 200 times for a weapon to then kill a boss in 1 turn for 8+ hours in a row 5 days in the course of a week. And I say this as someone who recruited all the Evokers and has a few Eternal 5* and Dark Opus weapons max uncapped, so I’m no stranger to the grind. Seriously, comparing Granblue to any other gacha in a positive light far too often requires forgetting that Granblue has things that are just as bad, if not worse in there

[@itsstarr_2512]

Most of the stuff in this game requires HOURS of your time to even complete. For example; Artifact RNG. One of the worst things in this game is how long it takes to get a good artifact. I'm at AR55 and have *no* content to complete. A lot of players are looking for actual endgame for older players to complete. The closest we get to "endgame" is events.

[@TibbyII]

I'm AR56 and I agree. I completely stopped farming artifacts and I'm having more fun now lol.

[@ZedEdge]

Goodness gracious, this was so cathartic to hear. You perfectly encapsulated how I feel about this game - from adoring the gorgeous music and visuals, to the frustration of the "gameplay" and offensive overall structure. I was worried that playing something so blatantly stealing from BotW would taint my experience with BotW, but it's only made me appreciate it more. Very well put together - you've earned a subscription, for sure.

[@somethingwithultra7231]

11:36 Legitimately, when I was playing the chasm quest a few months ago. I got so excited when Yelan, the newer investigation character, mentioned Khaenri'ah or something. With us as the player even having gotten an important quest with dainsleif prior to that one... But then they basically don't even mention that itself, mostly due to the protagonist just being silent as per usual.

[@LunarNeedle]

The message at the end is important just as much as the critiques. I find it hard to get attached to things unless I can do it when I'm thinking of other things. I have pretty harsh ADHD, and I find it hard to even play games I fully enjoy because they occupy my entire brainlet. Gachas are great, but when I feel like I 'have' to login or I'll fall behind the power curve I lose interest hard. Don't make my casual funtime an obligation. Solution! MMOs can be a great alternative, namely the top tier ones like OSRS, FFXIV and Guild Wars 2 are two great alternatives. If you don't want to go to another semi-time waster, try simulation games. House Flipper is another brain off game I can enjoy. Power Wash Simulator is very relaxing. Slay The Spire is just plain fun and Minecraft always can be fun. Find solutions to fit your use case. Don't just give into a painful cycle and lock yourself away. And for those who want to get into FFXIV. Don't. It's terrible. Do not get into this and take my spot in queue. Thanks. ' u '

[@oreganothankyou]

Genshin Impact is proof that the only thing I need in a game to enjoy it is good art direction

[@Whodjathink]

Honestly I feel Genshin wanted to be something similar to Xenoblade 2. Xenoblade 2 does everything right that I feel Genshin wanted to do but Genshin wanted to do that with less effort while also being bigger in scope.

[@StanleyG23]

I honestly do feel like Genshin is at least better than Xenoblade 2, though. I mean, have you even seen Dahlia? At least Genshin doesn't have anything near as shameless as that monstrosity.

[@Skallva]

No, that game decisively proves that gacha is a plain terrible system in itself, even if you remove the predatory monetisation. Xenoblade 3 getting rid of it entirely is easily one of the biggest improvements it could have possibly made.

[@Swerich10]

Honeslty, this game to me isnt just some game i installed and started playing just to finish it and move on to the next game. To me, its more like a game i could always come back to and a game that I can calm myself with and always have in the background. Like on days were I dont have anything to do, I could always do stuff in Genshin. The game is cool with the fights and animation, but the truth is; as you've said, the game is mostly story driven and has a lot of dialogue. So I play the game not to fight some hilichurls, but to interact with the story. What you say is completely valid and I nodded my head at every point you were making. But, maybe taking the game for what it is and not what you want it to be is a better way to experience it. Just some shit I've cooked up in my mind just now.

[@LuvLexyU]

This honestly is the biggest points, people need to learn their own expectations will always fail them. "I came to this expecting an open world game like botw" Yakko didn't come to genshin expecting it to be genshin. No other gacha game, or really character-based open world game, is *like* genshin. I can't think of a single open world game that has multiple different characters introduced over time with playable dating sims, quests, housing systems, and more involved in it. "predatory tactics." most of these tactics are free, and MANy players can play the game without spending a dime while investing hundreds to thousands of hours on the game. F2p players often rarely get more out of playing the game than those that invest money.

[@Someone-zn4dh]

This

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

While the game has creative decisions that are Cool. The Grind can easily ruin the enjoyment of the game.

[@adv78]

I play the game for what it is since it released and still. Is just a bad game. I like the exploration and some of the good points in the story. But the story itself is really bad and boring 99% of the time. The End game doesn't have any content unless you wait 2 months for some 4~6 hours of interesting content, blocked by a hours and hours of interesting dialogue about nothing

[@harrylane4]

@@LuvLexyU charging to save time is still predatory I have put a LOT of hours into genshin, and am still playing it. That doesn’t make it any less despicable lmao

[@certainperson]

Now that you've mentioned all these flaws, I honestly have no idea how I managed to get through all the horseshit this game put me through. I even managed to somehow convince myself to through all the grinding and that's something I couldn't imagine doing at all at the beginning, and I STILL grind it to this day. I really do enjoy the combat, but maybe that's because I haven't played many open-world games where the combat is probably better so I haven't been spoiled by them. I'm not quitting Genshin until the devs retire it, which will happen eventually but I'm not putting any more than the $15 I spent on welkins.

[@cope3818]

Thats a long way to say u addicted to it

[@certainperson]

@@cope3818 I wouldn't say addicted because I do only play in the morning and grind every once in a while. But the point is the game really isn't all that good, I'm just way too deep into it to quit.

[@se7en833]

I used to play this game a lot until I saw a few videos and replayed botw. Thats when I realized how scummy and predatory genshin and mihoyo is. And how boring and grindy the game actually was. So I deleted it off my PS4, and decided I won't play a gacha game ever again. So I started playing some genuinely good games like persona 5, Bloons TD 6 and xenoblade Chronicles 2. Games that genuinely feel like good games. And are addictive, yet not in a bad or harmful way. They deserve the praise they get. Unlike genshin. No game is perfect, but genshin has a lot of flaws that many overlook or hide. Flaws that genuinely harm the people who play it. Im glad it was called out.

[@jingusflorpus4274]

@@certainperson you can overcome the sunk cost fallacy man it doesn't have to be like this

[@coolklefkisarecool]

They also treat their fans like trash. I know 2 people who play this game and one said they gave a trash gift in their first anniversary and make many promises without meeting them.

[@tetsupannn]

I started playing Genshin pretty much on launch and quit almost a year ago, logging in once or twice since out of curiosity. All I can say is that the late game felt like a 9 to 5 and logging in for daylies was literally part of my "daily chores"

[@ohnospaghettios]

Why the FU C K doesn’t Genshin have a “skip dialogue” option. Like why don’t they just add that option. It would keep me so intrigued but noooo we gotta go through 2 paragraphs worth of texts before I can absolutely demolish a hydro slime

[@Deporen]

ikr. Even the most basic of jrpgs have a skip function, but nope, got to force players to button mash 10 minutes to skip terrible writing. Probably just so they can tout how much players are spending time in the game because we're forced to sit through it.

[@yumewoame6983]

Hey Yakko! A long time fan here and a Genshin player. I must say I expected you to shit on Genshin way harder then you did, which surprised after all the escapades you had with gacha games. I played gacha games, namely Dragalia, Honkai and Arknights long before coming to Genshin and I think you make a good point about comradery. Honestly the game is flawed, really flawed, but that doesn"t stop me from playing it, as any other game for the fact. I just honestly like the game itself and it came in a perfect time when I wanted to distance myself from LOL so I just picked it up. Ima be honest - the things you point out, the grind the endgame content, how the game is really hollow are points of frustration for the majority of players speaking from experience. But the reason we come back to it is not of the grind, is because of the characters and lore the game subsequently builds. It"s not novel, hell as you said, a lot of the stuffed is ripped and mashed from other games. Hell, just because it"s a gacha, that"s one of the reasons why I don"t recommend it to anyone. I just find the game to be really cosy. Going from something mechanically intensive as League or fighting games to this to just chill out and entertain my three viewer stream is something I think all of us need, a comfort food. Not the highest in quality in any regard but something that evokes that warm feeling. My biggest hot take about genshin in the past was that "THE GAME AINT FOR EVERYONE", and I still think that stands true. The argument you can beat the game as a F2P kinda falters if that"s not your preffered way of playing or you find it less fun. I think Max0r put it the best "Minmax when you want and how much you want." The grind itself is horrendous and tedious, especially artifact farming, not even the world bosess since those are guaranteed. I just like having a game I can boot up after a long day, hop into a discord server, play it and chill out with people, without needing to focus on it too much. I think the best thing Genshin did for me was finding new friends and interesting peeps to talk to. I didn"t had that luck with other games when they came out, like the Persona series or most indie games which I enjoy, so being a new and hot thing, a bunch of people jumped on it. It"s terryfing how much it blew up, but to be honest I kinda expected it. Anime aesthethic, gacha, open-world RPG that"s free to play - it had a lot of things going for it that people craved for. Not saying I don"t find the game itself fun or the story to be a masterclass in storytelling, because truth be told, the story is really hit or miss. Anyways, I quit rambling here. A really well made video as expected from you. To the people saying a lot of people are licking Mihoyo"s shoes - yes that"s true, but you need to realize they also gave a skyrocket increase to many people"s carriers and even those people are turning on them slowly. I was advocating for streamers to take time off or do variety, because I don"t think Genshin is sustainable in the long run as a streaming game in comparison to games like LOL, Valorant or COD. It doesn"t have that and I would honestly love the people I got to know through Genshin to rather have fun with their time streaming and making content then watch them be miserable. Hell, that"s why I was so happy to see Yakko to move from League content in the first place, since apparently he did not enjoy it anymore. Do what you love, don"t look at the numbers peeps

[@yakkocmn]

I think (as is often the case when criticizing something) it's impossible to get my ideas across perfectly, plus I like to ham up my excitement / anger for the sake of comedy, so I've noticed other comments are attempting to pick apart my "subjective" arguments and whatnot. I totally understand that the game is cozy, and tried to touch on that idea at the end of the video. While I poked fun at Genshin players for supporting manipulative design tactics, I really don't wanna fault people just for liking a game - I've felt a very similar sense of comradery and chill-ness from playing FFXIV with my friends, despite grinding classes also not being my cup of tea (but I will say, duties and raids are much more fun than running the same artifact dungeon 20 times). Thanks for the nice comment!

[@BlazeLibra]

@@yakkocmn hoo baby I'd love to see a vid from you about FFXIV, you've got a way with words when it comes to games man

[@Cuprite1024]

From what you've explained, the biggest problem I see with this game (Outside of the predatory shit) is the lack of creative solutions. The fact that you can go about BotW in any way you want, whether that be going straight for Ganon, doing everything, or anything in between, is what makes it *good.* Genshin masquerades as an open-world game while locking you off from the open-world and you have to follow the game's set path and set solutions without allowing any creative input from the player whatsoever. I wouldn't mind if it was just a BotW clone, but it doesn't even have what makes BotW good, so I hesitate to even call it one. This really just reminds me that I've only ever seen *one* non-predatory gacha game (Not gonna name it, but still). Even though that one does still have in-game purchases and daily events, it makes it very clear that those things aren't necessary to play the game. Probably helps that that game wasn't done by a big corporation and was done by an indie dev/team (Idk if it's one person or a small group, I need to check). (Also Xenoblade 2 doesn't count as a gacha game in my eyes, but if it did I'd say there are 2 good ones)

[@hellafineman]

Good opinion

[@ArgenteonYT]

even if Xenoblade 2 *was* considered a gacha I'd say that there is only one good gacha and I don't even know what game that is.

[@HungTran-gz5em]

Hard to demand a free game to match the quality of a 60$ game tbh. Nintendo is a much bigger corporation also

[@joshuadavey650]

@@HungTran-gz5em I would genshin is better in many ways

[@StarlightStar]

me when I see Xenoblade 0.0 I wouldnt consider it a gacha game either ( you dont have to pay money for rolls for blades) I've put so many hourts in that game and I still havent gotten Kos-Mos plzzz gimme Kos-Mos QQ

[@csharpcoffee]

Genshin is that one game I wish so hard wasn't a gacha mobile money black hole. The graphics, sound design and character designs are so good, but I value being able to pay rent more, luckily, so I only spent 30 minutes in the game before listening to my soul and pressing ALT+F4 and smiting my PC with the might of Zeus, burning away all those Zonghli serotonin-to-be.

[@oberon3684]

As someone who played Genshin since launch everyday until the whole anniversary debacle, I completely agree with every single one of your points. Honestly open worlds and gacha games just don't work together. The everyday grindiness of gacha robs the sense of wonder and exploration of open worlds. The dailies and weeklies make everything feel like a chore. I used to love it so much but over time I just grew tired of it. At least with most other gacha games, they have autos for farming and grinding or the gameplay itself is so simple that you can just idle away at it. Genshin is the type of game where you need to dedicate time and energy to play. The biggest problem with Genshin for me is that they targeted a mainstream (and younger) audience. Gacha games are mostly niche so most of the people I know that play them know about how the system works and they are familiar enough with it to play (mostly) responsibly. The trouble with gacha going mainstream is that a bunch of people unfamiliar with the predatory practices of gacha games are gonna get introduced to it and won't know that they are being manipulated. I'm not blaming the players for getting sucked into it, but the mihoyo for knowingly targeting a bunch of young and naive players who get easily attached to characters. Other gacha games also have an older target audience too so at least most of them have their own income, mihoyo targets kids with access to their parents' credit cards. Kids are also much more easily influenced to get addicted to the game. Also, the whole anniversary thing just proved that mihoyo doesn't care about its audience but they have enough die hard fans that they can still do whatever they want and never listen to any criticism. Mihoyo has come under fire with fans about many things but still people defend them regardless. Genshin's overall quality has been going down since the release of Inazuma. That region had one of the worst writing I've seen, not to mention mihoyo being to scared to make an 'evil' playable character that hates the protagonist because they might upset the playerbase so they ruin Raiden's character. The character designs have been getting worse and more generic too. Also they can't decide if they want the protagonist to be a self-insert or their own character so they try to do both at the same time which ruins it. Mihoyo is just the absolute worst gacha company there is. Their massive success let them be as greedy as they want while disrespecting their audience and I'm sick of them raking in billions of dollars while doing the bare minimum as a company.

[@darialomurno05]

Genshin makes 25 monthly million dollars on mobile alone, and I cannot imagine what it'll be if we add pc and consoles, and probably switch in the future, so Sometimes I ask myself, "where do all the money that Genshin makes go?" Because I'm never believing that all of their money goes to their games. I'll make an example of an high quality gacha game, Punishing Gray Raven. Pgr does pretty well as a mobile game, with 1-2 million dollars a month, and the quality stays overall the same. Just like pgr, Honkai Impact makes around 1-2 million dollars a month, so it's almost perfectly capable of sustaining himself without Hoyoverse's help. (Just like all other Hoyo games btw) What distinguishes Honkai and pgr in quality? Well unlike pgr, Honkai is fully dubbed in 2 languages and has open worlds, but I'm never believing that it costs this much just to dub. Kuro games, the devs of pgr, are developing a new game with 60 millions dollars. What the hell? This how much Hoyo makes in two months or less. How can people say that Hoyoverse uses *all* of their money for their games, cuz I'm never believing that. Sure Hoyo games have better quality than your average mobile game, but with what they gain in only *one month*, they could use it for the most high quality anime game ever, with no problem Many people mention that Hoyoverse uses all of its money for their other two games (zzz and Honkai Star Rail) but they never mention that it uses a lot of money for Genshin ads, collabs and sponsors. Genshin sure has a lot of advertisement, and it sure costs a lot, so Hoyoverse uses a big part of their nevenue for ads, collaborations, sponsors, that's for sure. So with all summoned up, Hoyoverse uses barely 3/4 of their revenue for their games and Genshin ads and collaborations. I'm basecally, I'm never believing that Genshin uses *all* of revenue for their games, unless they don't use like super premium engines for their games, Hoyo developes must be swimming in gold rn.

[@CyrilCommando]

That's a stupid argument. "People unfamiliar with the predatory practices of gacha get introduced to it" So it's a members only club, is what you're saying? Only people who have already played a gacha, can get introduced to gacha. This isn't fucking Fight Club. People are going to have to get introduced to gacha one way or another. The solution isn't "oh no, don't let the normies play it!" the solution is to take out the trash.

[@justsomeguy727]

Raiden was never evil to begin with. It's called being misguided. The fact you believe that they "ruined her character for the sake of pleasing fans" while also thinking you know what is and isn't good writing when it comes to inazuma's story quality is laughable.

[@justsomeguy727]

@@darialomurno05 you wrote an entire 5 page thesis on "I don't believe they use their money on X cause I don't wanna believe it" . People in a random KZbin comment section don't know what the inner workings of *any* company are like. Stop pretending like you do.

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

@@justsomeguy727 Bad writing or not, it’s still one of the slimiest gacha games out there right now.

[@Gubacs_Mester]

As a dedicated genshin player i agree with everything in this video. (But why hate amber god damn why does everyone hate her pls!!)

[@Ecastro179]

I think mostly because gameplay wise she’s not that great (maybe the worst pyro character) and the chances to buff her a low when it’s a gacha.

[@yatagarasu_merui]

It's not even her being weak. but it's about her being not fun....

[@sikkouvol.1996]

so you agree that the bell is a lucky pull? hmm...

[@Gubacs_Mester]

@@yatagarasu_merui i poped some semi good gladiator artifacts on her and shes like my 3rd strongest character help

[@haydenrusk3712]

Imma need that ending of you destroying the cut out as a separate video! Lol too perfect!

[@shiinkun]

the part about having fun in trying to go to inazuma by ice bridge really hit home.. been playing since day 1 and the most legit fun i've had with the game lately is boundary breaking the grind and gacha really wore away the initial luster of genshin so bad that doing things you're not supposed to ended up being the most exciting part of the game 😮‍💨 pitiful

[@barbaradesigns1774]

I related, cause, normally I play with my friends and we always trying to do something stupid or break the bounderies of the map too. But, me and my friends are so dumn together, that even farming artifacts is fun.

[@Pm3m_Dia]

It's a chinese game that's monetized with gacha systems. How did it take 100 hours to deduce that it's trash?

[@ironman1458]

He's not saying he needed to play it that long to realize its trash but if he didn't play it that long people would comment "buT yOu dIdnT tRY tHe gAmE"

[@helios8587]

after 600 hours i can say it's an okayish game, i just wish you could get some story-important characters after their quests, and the wishing were just to boost them through the constellation system.

[@helios8587]

@Kureiton it's not kinda boring, it has a lot of really good things and bad things, balancing out to okayish. i personally like the story and worldbuilding, the characters look cool and absolutely all of them are viable in the endgame (some more than others). But the gacha and padding updates are really bad.

[@PlatinumButthurt]

@Kureiton it's not kinda boring, it's REALLY boring. That 600 hours contains at most 10 hours of actual enjoyable content and the rest is padding. It's a huge pile of shitty stripped down mechanics that people who haven't played real games don't recognize.

[@luqmanloki4803]

@@PlatinumButthurt It's a gacha game. I think most people who play gacha games are not there for the plot drive experience and intensity like The Last of Us. We just want to grind the stuff we need and move on with our day.

[@PlatinumButthurt]

​@@luqmanloki4803 Not everyone is OK eating shit with a rusty spoon when there's perfectly good food lying around but sure.

[@Sherolox]

@Kureiton Honestly the game is like this basically: You start, you don't have to worry about anything, get some free 4 stars, enjoy the story and nice looking world. You're having a lot fun! At the middle, you begin to notice how the game gives you a lot less free stuff, the level requirement for the story content becomes higher and higher, and you're starting to feel like you're being forced to do a bit of level grinding. Beyond that, most points from the start still apply. All in all, it's still fun. At the endgame, you notice how you end up just chasing every last source of fates (the item required for the gacha) and building your characters with artifacts and proper weapons takes ages, since they are both based on gacha, basically. (artifacts give you really good stat boosts, but the stats are completely random and it could take you really long to get some good ones). You are also spinning the gacha wheel for a character you've really really wanted or needed for a long time, so you end up skipping certain characters to build up your pity. In the end, you arrive at the 50/50, which gives you a 50% chance for an exclusively available 5 star character and another 50% chance for a regular 5 star you can always get. The usually more desirable option should be pretty obvious.' It takes really, really long to build up your pity to have a 100% chance to get an exclusive 5 star. That is why people refer to the game as 'grindy' sometimes. If you start or have already started the game, I just hope you don't treat the game as your main game, and therefore basically like a job. Just try to enjoy the little things and stuff like the story, and anything you don't have to pay for. It's important to just not force yourself to do anything in the game, and if needs be, take a break and don't think about the things you are likely to miss out upon, it's really all just fear of missing out (FOMO).

[@rycarflareshine]

I've played this game like clockwork every day since day 1 and I can wholeheartedly say that this video deserves to be #1 on Trending.

[@Zyphr24]

I still couldn’t believe the spit in the face mihoyo gave us every update just adding characters instead of fixing anything else

[@canete571]

Same. I hate the fact that im still playing it every day

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

I mean this isn't even the first time all this has been said. I've been seeing videos like this every couple months. Giving the same complaints more or less. Which yeah this game has a lot of flawa

[@lisitchkajojo]

Awesome video, spot on and also hilarious xD Genshin’s trap is it ‘only’ takes 30 minutes to do your daily grind so you reason with yourself that it’s worth it to earn that little bit of levelling materials and 1/3 of a gacha pull. Before you know it you are stuck in a repetitive and tedious gameplay loop that you’re afraid to stop in case you miss out - every gacha pull you earn might be the one that gets you that shiny new character (that you actually won’t enjoy much as there’s so little endgame content to use them in anyway). I only recently broke the habit and I feel like I got my life back. Playing through other actual quality games in my free time instead made me realise how shitty Genshin is in comparison.

[@TRGOTSVODS]

as someone who just recently got into the game, i agree with just about everything you said. my basic thought is "i still really enjoy the game, but GOD would i enjoy it more if everything you said was fixed"

[@ryful_z3]

For me, Xenoblade X scratched the same itch that genshin did and was a big part of why I was able to separate myself from the game. It had more interesting combat and incentivizes exploration a lot better

[@fionam2344]

I've played FGO for years, and just realizing how much fun I was having playing it versus Genshin helped me realize it wasn't fun. I had more fun in 1 FGO hour than I did in 10+ Genshin hours, and if that isn't telling, what is?

[@justinx3537]

@@fionam2344 opposite for me lol, played FGO for 3 years and got bored after the second Lostbelt.Genshin on the other hand was a breath of fresh air for offering actual gameplay in a gacha. Not to mention being on other platforms besides a phone. But eventually even Genshin started feeling like another chore I had to do everyday to not miss on unused resin to grind for artifacts.

[@Mike-fv4ms]

After 1,300 hours I'll say it's the best open world rpg ish cellphone game ever. Having the game on multiple platforms is cool but then people have skewed expectations.

[@luqmanloki4803]

Ikr, why some people treat it like it needs to be a completed plot driven game. It's a gacha, I play like 1 hour of it to do dailies and use resin then go do something else.

[@MoonTurky]

@@luqmanloki4803 people like you are the reason gacha cancer exists and can thrive like it does

[@luqmanloki4803]

@@MoonTurky Yea because people like me are the target audience, what a surprise. I'm not saying gacha is great because I would want there to be regulations on it too.

[@justsomeguy727]

@@MoonTurky and people like you attacking people for simply stating their opinion while trying to play moral high ground are why gaming communities are a fucking joke and make me believe gamers genuinely do deserve to be oppressed lmao

[@moriyoukai2076]

Because it's available on console and marketed as open world RPG, not a gacha game. The thing is, many people not familiar with gacha come to Genshin expecting some decent BOTW clone, instead they're getting some unfun restriction and mechanics that gacha players already accustomed to.

[@PeacefulAutistic]

This is really good editing!! I’m impressed. That soul leaving the body bit was *chefs kiss*

[@mind-of-neo]

The devs controlling how much of the summoning currency and power up materials you can obtain, and therefore how fast you can progress, is ubiquitous among gachas unfortunately

[@Sovarium]

As a Genshin player from day one, these are pretty valid points. While I do have disagreements to the points put in the video. I do feel the lack of QoL improvements the game had seen the past first year sort of soured my opinion of the game, and was a disservice to its playerbase. From the whole Resin regen that plagued the forums since day one, to the apparent foolish decision that new characters' ascension materials had always be some new boss in some locked region far away, which will make the character irrelevant to the new players who got them cause they can't raise it beyond first ascension. And then the wonky targeting of ranged characters in general, and the fact they can't even fix a simple Alternative Sprint bug. Some of the domains debuffs are just straight stupid (Hello, Mondstadt Ascension Domain) and the fact that I'm not allowed to fish indefinitely still annoys me to this day. I still enjoy the game for what it is as it remained a fun for the most part of it. I find its idyllic world to be a relaxing space to just kill off 30 minutes to an hour of my time. I do think that a lot of my particular liking for the game came from the fact that I do not have any other alternatives that provided the sort of enjoyment Genshin had. It's a free game that my semi-potato laptop can run somewhat reliably, and that's already a high enough bar for me to get into it. Given the chance that I have better PC or a console to enjoy anything else. I probably wouldn't have stuck around with Genshin long enough. I'm not sure how much this particular situation is shared by other people, but I could positively say that in my case, circumstances play a huge part. It's probably a good thing that I haven't put any money to the game, since if they do go south, I had my fun with it and there won't be any issue in just bidding it farewell and thanks for the good times, then wander off into the sunset.

[@joshbrosh6626]

Didnt expect to find you here robot

[@Edujs23]

I hope you can get your life back together after your gaccha expericence, Yakko 😞

[@gravitymonkey9300]

omg you're the anti-persona guy from the smt vid. keep up the banger comments king

[@sealessseadog2735]

*haha money goes bbbbbbrrrrrrrr*

[@yakkocmn]

thanks eduardo i know you always got my back

[@rinrinruru1740]

What worries me is seeing people I know that play this game daily (I used to play it) be willing to spend thousand of dollars on character unlocks, but not just that, on characters they barely know. Each character get so little storytime in the end and it feels more like their hype towards getting a new character is more about Fo-mo (fear of missing out.) and the collector tendency kicking in. To use THAT much money on a character you most likely wont play all that much just to "collect them all." is really really concerning. Even with blindbags of Pokemon or magicards these hold a certain amount of value for re-sale and its physical. And spending money on physical merch of your favorite anime character with a deep story and lore you have dived into makes more sense than this. It is absolutely camoflashed gambling, and more about the seretonin shots your brain gives you watching that star swooshing across the sky in hope of "omg this could be it! this could be iiiit!" that makes people believe getting these and spending so much is a good thing. It's extremely concerning.

[@rinrinruru1740]

Like these are people Iwho have trouble paying for food, or kinda goes "meh too pricy" about a pair of boots for 70usd they really need, having worn down shoes, only to go and spend 400usd in one night for a ingame character....what.

[@tranbachuyen6655]

@@rinrinruru1740 not your problem and your money their money their choice

[@rinrinruru1740]

@@tranbachuyen6655 Of course. But I care about these people and they are at the age where you gotta start saving if you wanna live comfortable when you get older. We're not teens or in our early 20. And i see their savings drain away and they barely eat and compromise a game over nutrition. In the end its not my circus, not my monkeys but its hard to watch on.

[@mangshu21]

​@@rinrinruru1740 lie..u dont care about them.

[@lordghetsisofficial]

@@mangshu21lie 🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@michaellee4463]

Really needed that ending clip after the Game Awards : _ )

[@Moon07887]

In the honkai x genshin event, honkai actually made fun of the fact genshin has no skip button

[@SylvalumNight]

You’re legitimately one of my favorite content creators Yakko, I respect you a lot. Great stuff on this video, see ya next year 🎉

[@Johny9405]

Genshin Impact is definitely a mixed bag. While I love the graphics, the music, to an extent the lore and some of it's gameplay aspects. what ultimately pushed me away was the game started feeling like a chore after a while. Log in everyday so you can push your progression a little bit further, do your daily chores (daily quests) like a good boy or girl and maybe by the end of the next banner you'll have a chance at that one character you've been waiting to roll for. Then you roll Qiqi... I want to have the liberty to choose when I want to play a video game, not having it live rent free in my mind nagging at me to log in.

[@squiboco]

This is real late but yeah you really hit the nail on the coffin for the issues with Genshin. It really had potential to be awesome. Some of the quest lines actually made me tear up (Shenhe’s specifically) and Sumeru’s storyline was much better than Inazuma’s. The premise and lore is interesting, music is gorgeous, graphics are beautiful and the world is also really interesting. In fact, Genshin was one of the games that inspired me to begin writing my own story. But going thru the stories themselves feels like playing English class homework. It’s just…so…much…reading. You have to actually do homework to understand lore. Theres so many interesting characters, but because the game is pumping in new content constantly their stories get locked behind time events (cough cough Albedo). The game can’t decide whether it wants you to grind up those numbers or take your time to soak in the story. Also personally the NPCs just break immersion for me because only the playable characters have unique faces which gives even more whiplash when they stand next to each other especially when the NPC character is important to the quest. But one thing Genshin did well for me was introduce me to BOTW. I picked up the game recently and many of the issues I had with Genshin became more glaringly obvious because BOTW just didn’t have them. It’s not a perfect game but it sure as heck feels close to one, especially coming out of Genshin. That said, I’m still excited for Fontaine. I just hope they up their game with the story execution, because they’re not going to fix the other issues just because the game was built to be a gacha with rng.

[@aliwi3476]

Well I enjoy both games for a different reason and what I see GI evolving with more time Qol and story in Fontaine pretty interesting like main world quest and Zelda (of course I play on Pc) with interesting mechanics and fully realized

[@squiboco]

@@aliwi3476 yeh Genshin has problems but I’ve since returned to it for the newest update. I’ve enjoyed Fontaine so far and I feel like they’ve gotten better with their storytelling. BOTW is a complete experience but Genshin has a lot of new content and characters (which can be good or bad depending on what you’re looking for). I love the worldbuilding of both games and I still enjoy them both even if my original comment was critiquing Genshin’s problems

[@justvibingowo736]

FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONED THE NPCS,their proprtions are just so fundamentally different from the playable characters (look at the child model) combined with their different design philosophy (idk if this is the right word),the body type diversity makes them feel like they're from a completely different game,not to mention that they're basically the same 5 models with (sometimes) different outfits and look less rendered than the playable characters,combine that with how every single character (except paimon) uses the exact the same talk,think,excited...etc animation and how weird and stale these animations often are, it seriously makes it hard for me to visually engage with the story and makes it so visually boring and repetitive and outright hilarious at times

[@ACloudCat]

The room specifically to throw axes at the end tooo me out faster than leveling up your world level did 🤣🤣🤣

[@michelebenedetti7507]

I have played Genshin since October 2020 and I will never defend this game, I'm well past my honeymoon phase, and this game works exactly like this: -Do your daily dose copium while waiting the update -Play a usually decent update for a couple of hours while you waited months for an update -Go back to step one

[@MoonTurky]

Just thinking about how this game works makes me sick tbh

[@justsomeguy727]

You're acting like this is exclusive to genshin and it's kinda hysterical

[@lolersthe4th880]

@@justsomeguy727 It not being an exclusively bad piece of game design doesn't make it acceptable. What sort of response is that lol?

[@gervoh]

@lolersthe4th I'd argue realistic in terms of live service. In Destiny you wait a year for a 3-5 hours expansion with seasons in-between but those are time locked with a single 30 minute quest every week. This is just the current market and everybody knows that it's not a great way to design it but we still buy into it en masse, it gets the job done.

[@smolGoddess]

when you watch the genshin ad and it says make an ice bridge to go places

[@tomomato3377]

It feels like Genshin Impact is a lovely world with some interesting characters that is never delved into past surface level in any aspect while it’s held hostage by boring gameplay

[@starazzymn1067]

I was deep into the genshin spiral when my account got hacked and their support quite literally never responded to me about my issue. I can’t understate how thankful I am that I was forcefully pulled from the game so now I quite literally can’t go back to that predatory nightmare. I pulled two five stars in 350 hours btw.

[@Swagbastian]

LOL true tho

[@xXzman9000Xx]

your issue is its not at all clear how to get support for when an account gets hacked. (which is totally their fault their systems suck) i eventually got mine back but it required some dumb stuff and some hoops, but once i did that it was resolved in 24 hours and even got a person to talk to. when my account got hacked i had the same issue, i followed the normal support route from their website, and i emailed them through the their site in the support section. to this day, over a year and a month later i still haven't gotten a reply email. however, i then did some digging online and found out that the in game support tends to reply in 24 hours. so what i did was made a new account, played until the in game support option opened up. then used the in game support through this second account to be the go between. i got a reply in under 24 hours and it was resolved in a day. i lost the account for 3 weeks but got it back. the thing that really helped is i had a good memory and had plenty of screen shots and i was able to pretty accurately date everything to prove it was mine. had to dig a little through old discord messages to friends to figure out exact dates and times i got stuff like 5 stars, but doing so really helped me get my account back.

[@voidbg7017]

This whole video is basically my take on botw Just couldn't get into it The combat in botw was like watching paint dry

[@b.yoshisaurus9363]

I think this video hit a switch in my head I've stopped playing it for over a week Which is more then I've ever gone since I started I genuinely just don't feel like it at all anymore Been playing other stuff It's nice

[@BraveMoji]

Hope your doing good my beeg Yoshi brother

[@dragonwolfeclipse740]

I've decided it's better to alternate between games so it doesn't get boring

[@googleuser3408]

This video made me sad but also happy at the same time. As I played countless hours in Genshin just grinding away to level up and also spending money on it. It was fun but also painfull. I really was happy to see video too because I thought like someone finally said something bad about it. Great Job.

[@Squidmustard]

God its like a korean grindfest mmorpg without the mmo part

[@ainequesadadiaz3813]

Genshin is the most addictive game I have ever played, I played for one year and a half for several hours a day, and had so much anxiety. It was so difficult to pull the plug. I didn’t waste money, but I wasted thousands of hours. Now I started to play “real” games again and everything that happened in Genshin feels like a bad dream. The best thing I got from it it’s the promise I made to myself to never play a gacha game again.

[@mmelo7832]

I had the exact same experience. I did spend a decent amount of money but after playing for a year the hardest thing that kept me from pulling the plug was the time investment I had made. Honestly I don’t know what drove me to uninstall, I think I just kind of realized that the game was very repetitive and honestly overrated. I’m glad to be back playing normal games again.

[@noname420]

same here, i never spent any money on it but spent a lot of my precious time where i could be doing more productive stuff, or play games with great story and great gameplay unlike cough cough genshin cough im so glad i realized this tbh.

[@firefistgaming117]

Shit Your lucky you didn't waste Time AND money on it, I've Wasted plenty of both (day one player here and Quit like 5 months ago). This game made it CLEAR to me I have a Gambling issue and It Also started becoming a 2nd job to me, I legit Cut Time away from friends and Family even My own Wife ect just so I could "Farm artifacts from domains on certain days and do my dailies". Not to mention the Depression and Major Buyers remorse. I'm STILL Trying to recover from the Massive dept hole I put myself in cause of this Fucking game, And Man Playing REAL games after It all makes me have the same feeling that It was all a bad fever dream and Wtf have I been missing cause Actual console/PC games that Arnt Gacha live service shit is SO much better for Both Enjoyment and Just Overall well being. People that manage to Play Genshin F2P I respect but Also... The Whole Time Consumption of it all is just not worth it when ya get AR 55+, Seriously Think bout what Better games ya could play with that time or better yet The Time with friends and family your missing out on, And if your Spending money my opinion is *STOP* even if You are saying "It's just a lil bit" trust me *It Adds Up*. Quitting Genshin has been the best thing I've done In a Very long while tbh, Glad to see Videos and Comments like this that Are calling this crap out.

[@darialomurno05]

Wdym with normal games? Non gacha ones?

[@badgerfish7]

I only got genshin ads for like a week after watching this video

[@crinklyonion1410]

As soon as the climbing clip ended I got an ad for Genshin Impact that opened up with a character climbing. It took a minute to realize it was an ad.

[@Amelia_Whitevoid]

As a genshin fan I agree with quite a lot of your criticisms and think they're valid, but just to throw my few cents in. I think the story quests are enjoyable, even if it they're just fetch quests, just spending time with characters like Zhongli or Childe even if nothing exciting is going on in the story right now is pretty fun for me. I know that's a pretty subjective thing but I find the characters in the game to be pretty well written and fun to learn about

[@PaTaPoN1337]

I legit play since the game came out, still logging in and doing the daily/weekly stuff, playing the events etc and i'm having tons of fun. That said this game is a literal flytrap incarnate, it's fun but seeing how popular it is with kids especially is concerning. I don't mind dropping some cash on a game that's free where i sink in tons of hours for a cosmetic or a dlc but it's so easy to overspend here and not even get the stuff you want it's insane. This definetly feels like something that should be regulated, if lootboxes and fifa packs are on the chopping block this should jump the queue and get regulated first. Most disappointing thing though for me as a long time player (adventure rank 58), is the literal lack of giving a shit from the devs and the amount of times they spat at the very people funding their hefty paychecks, it's just insulting. I wish there were better options for teambuilding games but i've sank hundreds of hours in stuff like darkest dungeon and simmilar games already

[@goncaloferreira6429]

" spat at the very people funding their hefty paychecks" please explain

[@altnova6643]

Most JRPG with a party system are team-building game, though most of them aren't to the level of Darkest Dungeon they can be very engaging if you enjoy the story and combat system. Try the Trails series if you haven't, specifically SC, The 3rd, Cold Steel 2 and 4 as the amount of available party members in those games are astounding, though if you don't have high tolerance for anime bullshit then don't play the Cold Steel games.

[@GatAnarquista]

@@goncaloferreira6429 Eu posso explicar: The players are what keeps the game alive and yet the devs ignore all the feedback we give. Animation bugs, skill bugs, balancing problems, grinding, anniversary rewards, etc, are things players always give feedback about and yet, in more than one year, the devs have only responded to 3 main issues and one of those "fixes" was a complete joke. They just don't care about our feedback at all, specially if you're not part of the chinese community.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@@GatAnarquista thank you for the answer guys.

[@MoonTurky]

This man is preaching the absolute truth here lads

[@Just_Chilling9801]

I do agree the most with critism part. Try saying this about destiny 2 on steam community page and see what happens.

[@thewanderingartists]

😂

[@evil_bratwurst]

I am so mad that I used to play Genshin because I spent $100 on it. For Venti. What a waste of money. Good god, imagine if I didn't stop playing after that. Even more money would get flushed on Zhongli. Now I'm glad my attraction has long since shifted from some old man with a giant rock to the Medic from TF2. I'm even more glad that I stopped playing Genshin entirely!!

[@evil_bratwurst]

Update: now I am obsessed with Gabriel from Ultrakill.

[@blazetbd1102]

Hit the nail on the head in regards to monetization and mobile game elements But BOTW did not invent gliding or climbing lmao

[@darkestnutoftheabyss3641]

Botw is the first game that utilizes the concept of climbing and gliding in that specific way. Anyone who brainlessly says "BOTW didn't invent climbing and gliding lmao" out of defence for Genshin completely copying those concepts is extremely narrow-minded and short sighted.

[@blazetbd1102]

@@darkestnutoftheabyss3641 ironic

[@justsomeguy727]

@@darkestnutoftheabyss3641 oh sweet sweet irony ..

[@Irimu_]

This video is therapy. "I feel upset every time I think about this game" already sold it as the best Genshin video I've seen. Genshin is to gacha what WOW is to MMOs. Not fun, full time job games that suck out every little bit of happiness from your existence.

[@justsomeguy727]

That sounds more like a you thing than a game thing. You people deadass act like you cant play other games while also playing genshin on the side and pretend like the game sucks the life out of a person when in truth people have raging gaming addictions regardless of what they're playing.

[@garenmix365]

@@justsomeguy727 You're basically blaming the playerbase for wanting to have more content, it's like mihoyo doesn't even care about the content of their game. Why does this have to be a casual vs hardcore gamer debate when even in something like animal crossing (a casual game), it has more content than genshin

[@OyVeey]

Not sure if "full time job" is an appropriate description for Genshin since resin discourages you from playing the game for more than like half an hour at a time, lol

[@justingasior2101]

The game is actually enjoyed best when played at a slow pace, I’ve been playing since week one, and the biggest mistake I made for most of that time has been playing too much. When I slowed down I realized i didn’t need to grind that much since it doesn’t take more than a week to mostly max a character, and once you amass a good selection of weapons and artifacts you rarely have to farm those resources any more. The grind and work required to enjoy the game is so grossly exaggerated by many people. I have experienced some burnout, but after taking about a week off recently, I’ve found it’s a blast again. If you make it feel like a job then that is on you, perhaps the way you brain works isn’t compatible with the game, which is totally fine, but it isn’t the games fault. From what I have seen the people that are the least happy with the game, are the ones who spend a lot and play all the time, where as many low or non spenders who play slowly tend to have a great time.

[@garenmix365]

@lleouriii ! Sereniteapot exists and I compared them because people claim genshin is a casual game, not a hardcore one animal crossing is also a casual game. I know you probably hate mihoyo critics, but still Happy New Year!