What I REALLY Think Of The Genshin 5.3 Update

[@Doro44c]

Im excited for the update! Let me know if you like this style of video btw, im experimenting rn but yeah, anyways, have a great holiday everyone!

[@nicolemolgo-th9mo]

@@Doro44c quick question can someone win 3 55/45 in a row

[@Anatomeow11]

@@Doro44c I excited too!

[@UkeyM]

Hi dorooo 🫶🫶

[@UkeyM]

Hi dorooo!!! Say hi to auty!!❤

[@xOrionNebula2708]

nice christmas tree

[@melonati3488]

Last time after the musical event i BEGGED them in the survey to make the event permanent and they listened T_T I'm so happy about it, because this event was incredibly fun for me.

[@soulsilvia7947]

I've also been saying this in every survey!!!! Thank god they actually listened liek i never felt so excited for a permanent gameplay

[@lulufortytwo3884]

I don't even care about rhythm games, but genshin has some fantastic music. It's been cool to see them add more features each time it came back. It makes so much more sense to have that feature more than GENIUS INVOCATION TCG ™

[@skyK7711]

I made maps with my friends and we competed with each other. This is just the best thing ever.

[@uhhsmile1746]

What event did you wanted permanent?

[@ouroboros6738]

I hope they do this too with Windtrace. It's so much fun yk

[@baconkingofficiaI]

I do agree with the motorcycle thing, but we can't forget Chasca who rides a litteral GUN. Also, I'm slightly worried about the Archon Quests not gettng voiced for EN (becuase of the VA Strike). There were no EN voicelines on the trailer, and for being the last Natlan Quest, (arguably the most important quest in Natlan) i'm unsure of what's to come. Btw add LOADOUTS PLEASE.

[@AnCatalyst]

A gun is a lot different then a bike tho

[@snake-eyes211]

I think they did the gun because they didn’t wanna have a big dragon flying around. It would’ve been very cool but the motorcycle just seems terrible to me and I truly love this game and it’s so offputting.

[@InmateOmighty]

Both the gun and the motorcycle are immersion breaking its not a mutually exclusive thing 😂

[@snake-eyes211]

The motorcycle to me is not Genshin, especially that they did it like four months ago in tower of fantasy, and they both have practically the same animations 😞🤦🏻

[@karakuri3035]

Question. People said that the bike is dragons technology. But then the first dragon-like being we see in ochkanatlan quest doesnt even have legs. How does it work then? Like how does he sit in the bike?😅

[@Lyney14]

WAIT I LOVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE BACKGROUND :O

[@Doro44c]

thank you!

[@It_is_Pizza_time]

​@@Doro44c They were complimanting the christmas tree, not you. 😒 I'm just being silly btw, good job with the tree.

[@xOrionNebula2708]

@@It_is_Pizza_time my guy that was unesscary im sure his viewers respect him too and appericiate him too

[@It_is_Pizza_time]

@@xOrionNebula2708 I am his viewer too and I do respect him, if you read my comment to the end it actually says "I'm just being silly good job with the tree". I do apreciate the intent you had with writing this comment tho.

[@kristievaughan525]

We’ll he own the Christmas tree so….

[@livingpers0n485]

I feel like a big thing with natlan is they try and do high tech things like motorcycles or dj stations, but they dont add enough magical elements for it to feel in place for the world. We already have tons of hoyo games with modern or futuristic settings like zzz or the honkai games, so with genshin your expecting more older times for inspiration, and modern technology to have some elemental magic reasoning. I could get behind motorcycles and everything, but when you remember things like the camera being a new invention in this world, and them just getting black and white film it just seems so weird for natlan to seemingly be based off of modern times for the cultures they took inspiration from. having some small advancements cause of phlogiston can make sense, but at least try to make the designs of those advancements to look so modern. If she rode some sort of magical vehicle that used phlogiston but didnt look like a motorcyle I feel it would be fine.

[@Hie_Hyoumaki]

I think camera isnt a neccesarily new things. If you remember Neuvi's SQ, Alain appeared in that quest as a flashback and told Seymour to RECORD the happenings in Elynas. Camera is not very recent, but I think that gnsn's tech dev building is a bit of a mess simply bc this is not a complete game. Like back at mondst, the dev dont have the ability to make unique traversal mechanics, Inazuma was the game changer with those electric ropes and turn into a bolt gates and since then, we have more and more unique traversal mechanics even in the chara themselves. But everyone is more caring about the EXTERIOR APPEARANCE of the bike. And its laughable. They dont deny the existence of motorbikes in gnsn, they just dont like "modernism" bc plastic dont exist in gnsn, when ayato's plastic boba cup has always been here sincr 2021 😂

[@alexandrab3310]

someone mentioned that Alice is likely (and i think canonically) a world/universe traveler. they gave a couple examples like the dodoco phone thing during one of the summer events and i think it makes sense that she would bring back modern things. yes Mavuika’s bike is super modern looking and it could be different. i think a Harley would suit her better.

[@Anonim-jc7vg]

I think HoYo outright stated that they love futuristic settings way more and feel more comfortable around something like HI3rd. That's why Genshin Impact seems like less loved child, because they don't want to do the medieval/magical world anymore. I mean, even if they didn't say it outloud, it still shows 😅

[@dragon3dnet]

I kind of wonder if Snezhnaya is going to be even more futuristic and techy than Natlan, because of all the hints about inventions by the Fatui... But I agree the tech of Natlan is the most out of place in the world. The steampunk style of Fontaine worked for me because it was more crude industrial and mechanical rather than futuristic.

[@newthian1783]

the problem with natlan is they don't spread or place high tech things all over the place and it made the vibe like two different realities. Some playable characters have high tech (chasca, xilonen, and mavuika) yet the tribe, village feels so ancient, barely has any tech. unlike fontaine which their tech all spread (garde mech, guns, even the blacksmith not smithing with hand). Natlan vibes feel older than Mondstad which has medieval settings. Natlan feels like rock and wood age and Mond feels like iron age. My suggestions if they intended to make Natlan more like Solarpunk (Tech and Nature coexist), would be like putting more electronic instrument in People of the Spring, high tech smithing, drilling, in Children of Echoes, A zeppelin with jet rather than traditional hot air ballon in Feather Flower Clan, less open air flame lighting, maybe wingsuits in Canopy. Less wood architecture more Ancient Rock Artefact style but high tech. Open air flame stove => Phlogiston powered stove, that looks like induction stove Lift in Canopy, package rail track powered by phogiston.

[@justanaveragehumanbean]

Yeah I’m excited too, but also still quite disappointed if we still have voiceless characters. Screw AI Edit: guys I didn’t mean to start a war in the replies

[@Doro44c]

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[@kingdoom5022]

Especially since the traveller didn't have voice acting in act 4 and 5 , this patch should be focused heavily on him and paimon leaving him

[@baguette_connoisseur]

There are so many benefits to AI though

[@justanaveragehumanbean]

@@baguette_connoisseur I think it’s fine for inspiration, but no AI could ever truly mimic the emotions and passion that a VA can put into their character

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

It isn't AI's fault the VAs are acting like children though??

[@Faiza_Yo.]

Ive felt that Fontaine and Sumeru were focuced on the story, suspense and all that how Fontaine's arc kept all of us at the edge of our seats. While as Natlan is focused more on the lore, and not much on how it delivers it i guess u could say? Like its more lore focused with the fake sky, abyss secrets, the curse Kh'aneriah's got, pyro arconS, ancient civilizations and ancient powers like the Phlogiston. And so i think thats a reason why Natlans Archon Quest didnt feel that "fun"? Like Fontaine and Suneru. Its more focused on getting the lore out there, the secrets on Teyvat. And personally im enjoying it alot even if its not as peak as Fontaines, bc i play genshin for its lore so when i saw Ronova mentioned, fake sky all these things, that truely made my mind blow. And especially 5.3's trailer had me shook the whole time, especially the abyss that has taken its form of THE pyro dragon sovereign.

[@Nationalist166]

İ mean when you play the AQ it's because you're excited to learn something about the lore, and the story itself will always be less interesting and a lot of time boring compared to it, the problem is Sumeru and Fontaine felt really better written story wise, while it's cleary hype to learn more about the lore because that's the real deal, the story should still also deliver which Natlan didn't do as well, though Sumeru and Fontaine themselves have their own obvious issues.

[@McNugge.]

People only love fontaine more because of Masquerade of the Guilty hard carry and nostlagia rose tinted glasses. I said what I said. Give it a few more months, and people are gonna meatride Natlan, too😂😂

[@lolidemon3163]

Outside of the sky stuff in the aq, the aq didn't really show lore, now if u said wq then i'd agree but the aq? Yeah no

[@lolidemon3163]

​@McNugge. Genuinely hate fontaine ngl, i found it to be the worse aq by a mile

[@Faiza_Yo.]

@@lolidemon3163 Kh'aneriah curse? Capitano lore? Shining shade of death Ronova? Were they also not mentioned in the A ??

[@Creeperific]

5:20 100% agree with the fighting style with the bike. Looks so damn weird seeing her throwing and slamming her bike around instead of using her claymore. The archon quest didnt even showcase her using her bike, but using a claymore and her fists during the fight with capitano and the abyss. Maybe hoyo should at least make mavuika fighting style similar to medieval knights on horses where she swings her claymore around while riding her bike, less immersion breaking

[@Silverrfox247]

Ik.. it looks kinda awkward and ngl I think it would be funny to see in coop

[@Vexxx___XD]

Im soo exited for lantern rite!!! Xianglings new skin is so cute😁

[@pranavsharma5101]

I liked Fontaine region and its archon quest is best of all. The Focalors sacrifice and Neuvilette power up was so emotional, it literally gave me goosebumps watching both Furina and Focalors dancing in the cut scenes 🥶

[@Farhan.waseem76]

Well.. the scenes you mentioned did take place at the end of the archon quest so judging natlan before its archon quest is kinda wild But i do agree with you on that. Those scenes were really heart touching

[@thomaskennedy5728]

Still natlan v5.0 to v5.1 archon are miles better than Fontaine v4.0 to v4.1 archon quest. Remember that only final acts were good.

[@Farhan.waseem76]

@@thomaskennedy5728 yup i agree

[@pranavsharma5101]

​@@thomaskennedy5728maybe they were better but the war depiction in Natlan and that balloon thing really throws me off. It was so long and boring. The same face NPCs and bosses along with Kinich VA absence really did a number on me. I hope they manage to bring tension like at the end of Fontaine archon quest but let's see

[@ManiacalBlueberry]

I like natlan better than Fontaine tbh

[@pro_keeper5275]

It's amazing how opinions can differ, especially when it comes to balloon-section. I thought the trip was very good, because you got another complete overview of the horror of the war... But this one balloon ride in particular divides the community so extremely....its fascinating. I know many people with your opinion and many with the exact opposite.

[@patrickrocheleau8185]

I doubt ppl would dislike it if it was faster, instead of a balloon if we rode a quackosaur or whatever the birds are called we could have seen everything while keeping the urgency and show more bodies ahead of us distracting us while de-spawning bodies behind if need be

[@onlineresident2174]

@@patrickrocheleau8185 That! How come we didn't get that. How come natlan doesn't have more people riding guns and bikes. This is just favoritism at this point.

[@cocosyui3842]

I didn't mind that it was slow but it seemed so stupid to have us take a medieval ah balloon when Mavuika has a motorcycle. It makes no sense that some of the characters have so much tech but not their nation as a whole. If it was consistent we would have been flying a damn drone or a helicopter. It would have been better to just stick to the historical steampunk fantasy type and not this futuristic.

[@McNugge.]

​@@onlineresident2174Because they are literally unable to? This isn't favouritism. This is using your brain. Most npcs, hell, most of teyvat do not have a vision, nor are they able to handle PURE phlogiston like the traveller does. Most they can do is waiting for Vision users to create stuff that makes accessing elements or plogiston accessible, at maximum.....

[@Jeeze]

natlan maps are honestly awesome and the natlan quests are pretty good - we also have much more QOL and exploration tools now, so all in all it's very pleasant to play what puts me off of it, is that i think everyone from playables to npcs are dressed like clowns and the "modern" elements do not blend well in the fantasy setup like previous characters did (nahida pc skills, xianyun drone, charlotte camera,... werent shocking) which is strange because character designs were one of genshin's strongest points. so yea kinda hyped, mostly for primos, lan yan and replacing xiangling

[@onlineresident2174]

truest comment

[@Kokomi_lover4000]

1:20 "if you guys care about my opinion at all" bro is 80% the reason I play genshin to this day, ofc its THE MOST matter😭

[@TresEspada]

Love raw videos like this doro, keep em cooking

[@Aiden-iy9du]

The thing thats really bothering and ruining Natlan for me is that I dont want to do the archon quest with voices missing but then the game is also forcing me with fomo to play it if I want to keep up so now I'm going into 5.3 with the thought that I'm going to experience a worse story than it should've been and that kills my excitement.

[@shaami8622]

seeing the storyline so far i doubt its gonna be any worse than inazuma. most of the problem comes from the height of fontaine since that story was so good. so if im assuming youre new, you dont hv to worry abt being disappointed.

[@tabletennisstars1227]

yeah they should just give more primos for completing the archon quests like star rail. no fomo limited extra rewards bs.

[@Aiden-iy9du]

@@shaami8622 I'm not new I'm day 1, inazuma was ass except the cutscenes, Natlan has been great so far, not as good as fontaine but alongside Sumeru, they definitely did improve though from fontaine on the execution of the story, its just that fontaine plot was too good.

[@tunderblood]

People still hating on inazuma in 2025 is the most npc behavior I've ever seen like how much more proof do you need to see the story isnt finish and they'll touch more on it later (it's literally the shortest archon quest and the least touched upon nation post archon quest ☠️) like people literally seem to be incapable of using their brains. In my opinion it's the same as natlan and better than liyue

[@Sishpoo]

3:32 This is what usually happens anyway in terms of archon quests, like I’m pretty sure Act 5 of Fontaine basically overrode Act 3 and the earlier parts of Act 4 which were well let’s just say that Wrio’s SQ and the WQ showed a better Metropede atmosphere. Besides this looks like one of their better animated SQs, the boss itself has impact frames in their animations

[@NiramBG]

Yeah, I think people just deleted most of Fontaine act 3 and 4 from their mind (and for good reason) :D . Almost all we did was just go around the prison and talk to people to discover the "secret's" of it. All of which ended up not mattering at the end!

[@joshuaw.7882]

I feel like I’m only one who’s excited for Mavuika and her motorcycle. I like the different mechanics they add into the game, keeps the game more intriguing for me personally.

[@toasttrev5456]

I'm in your camp) I'll celebrate the New Year with my family, and in the morning, when I sober up, I'll go and pull two beautiful women and admire it)

[@alexandrab3310]

i am excited for her and her bike bc it’s super up my alley, but i do think a Harley would’ve suited her better than something out of Tron

[@skirnchskirnch]

you're not alone, I like the bike aswell

[@iforgetiamacat8348]

Mauvika can ride me instead, who even need bikes 😈

[@foxianjade]

Pulling Mavuika as well 🩷

[@dazastian01]

I honestly agree with all of these so I won't repeat myself, I just hope 5.3 will make it better but at the same time I don't want to keep my hopes up and get disappointed, especially cuz I really want Capitano to be playable and it's been pretty stressful regarding that as of late lol

[@rimuru_slime1634]

No, Dw mavuika is gonna revive him, and she's gonna say, " You've been a big help capitano, here have the gnosis." The way things are going rn in natlan. Its so dumb

[@dazastian01]

@rimuru_slime1634 it's honestly possible but I mean, if he dies, I just hope it's written well

[@hecateazureen6020]

Honestly I would be more disappointed if it's not in English. I don't understand Chinese at all so if they do the archon quest with CN voice it will break the immersion😢 even if they do provide subtitles it's still different (don't mention "what aboutanime*, I actually do study Japanese a bit so I understand some what they were saying but as for Mandarin I really have no clue)

[@dazastian01]

@hecateazureen6020 that won't happen. If there's no English voices then they won't be switching the language, because all that depends on the settings you have in your game, if you have your voice overs in english you'll only get them in english. If there's no english voice lines, then they will be quiet.

[@hecateazureen6020]

@@dazastian01 yes either way this AQ is so over. Some groups of people are definitely not going to play the 5.3 AQ until the voice is back

[@itsKevix]

This video is a breath of fresh air, most hoyo creators don't usually share how they genuinely feel about the game and its updates.

[@MommaHonu7]

Been playing Genshin and Star Rail about a year, but have only found your channel in the past couple weeks. I enjoy your content a lot. The relaxed, just being yourself, etc. I find endearing. It also is nice to listen to you while I play (I play after my 4 year old goes to bed), and it makes it feel as though a friend is playing with me. Enjoying the content thus far. 😊

[@Cedarparsnip]

Yes to all of this, I love this comment! ☺️

[@The.Viewer]

One thing about Mavuikas motorcycle is that I wished it looked more like the old dragons tech more, or like something similar to the 'vehicles' in BOTW. I kinda wanna draw it...

[@thebibegenesis1068]

I wish it was a dragon that turned into a motorcycle, like the main legendary pokemons in scarlet and violet

[@samuelchensantoso9677]

2:18 I think this is Intentional thought, if You notice Act 4 have a lot of "comforting" and gave vibes like "the war is over" kinda thing which lower the stake a lot, however this is just a simple trick, if I am not wrong with this writing style, act 5 will prob gonna be a super banger and slap in the face.Fontaine and Sumeru are different at that regard because the conflict is still on-going, however I have high hope for Natlan, this is the most unique writing style Genshin have yet, I am also kinda glad some people are thrown out of Natlan AQ, because that will just make Act 5 slap ever harder

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Yeah, Mihoyo is known to tie every tiny detail together in the final act with a constant barrage of lore and story thrown at you for hours on end. Natlans Act 5 won't disappoint. I can feel the suspense they've built up to Mavuika's death, Capitano's mission and the Sacred Flame burning out.

[@lolidemon3163]

​@idkatthispoint-s9s fun fact, its not mavuika who'll die

[@rimuru_slime1634]

​@idkatthispoint-s9s bro you can easily skip the entire prison arc from Fontaine, and you wouldn't be missing any context, how is it known to tie every last detail again?

[@Hie_Hyoumaki]

​@@rimuru_slime1634the entire prison arc is quite important bc it has the gate to primodial sea. And we rly need to find a clue about childe's sudden disappearance and help fontaine officials explaining it to Arlecchino, bc shes a diplomat of Snezh and imagine the chaos if she reported the wrongs fontaine did to her fellow harbinger to the Tsaritsa , the Fatui will force a "diplomacy" to Fontaine. I feel that what you meant to express is "skip the whole prison gameplay" instead of both gameplay and story, bc storywise its still have relevancy, but gameplay wise its skipable to some extent.

[@rimuru_slime1634]

@Hie_Hyoumaki no i meant the sotry they could've easily went with one of those black screens that says " you and neuvilette go down to the prison and see how the primordial gate is doing" cuz wrio surly wouldn't stop us if we told him his prison would flood, we would also get childe's whereabouts from him cuz he has connections ibstead of going through the secret language and metaphores and the chores.

[@tydalwave_]

I just miss Fontaine too much, it's hard to top. I do really love Natlan's 5.2 map extension, especially the altar, THAT, took me to a place in my mind that made me feel like a fulfilled child somehow. The music, the clouds, the architecture, it was simply beautiful beyond comparison.

[@nattcattt]

I agree that Mavuikas bike is really goofy. The gameplay of her combat borders on ridiculous to me and because of that I might not even pull for her honestly. As someone who enjoys catalyst users personally and would benefit more from support characters, Citlali’s kit is more attractive and I might just pull for Citlali instead.

[@yueyueqinn]

I actually ended up deciding to skip mavuika entirely because of that, even though I really like her design. The bike was just a decision of all time honestly.

[@JoAnn8759]

Seriously, I double agree there, no hate tho 😊😊

[@Kisara-ST]

I loved Mavuika in the story but the goofy bike and her complete dependance on Natlan units made her the easiest skip since Sigewinne Sure, I was a bit disappointed when we learnt she was yet another pyro main dps, but I was at least hoping for a badass super saiyan woman fighting with her claymore, like during the fight with Capitano But instead we pull for her bike, not for her

[@Akefia]

@@yueyueqinn For me it was the same with Chasca. The gun was just too ridiculous. Mavuikas bike was easily...to be expected. Still makes me not pulling. She might have a slight chance later on a rerun because of her character, btu there are a lot of characters who come first for me...

[@Akefia]

@@Kisara-ST Same. I heard someone say in Natlan you don't pull for the characters, you pull for transportation. Sadly true if you think about it. And yes, easy skipps for me sadly...I expected so much more from the trailer. I liked Ororon and Iansan..and possibly Ifa...I hope Iansan is not a 4*, too...otherwise I don't know what to think any more... Kinich, Chasca and Mavuika all disqualified themselves with their gadjets/sidekick...Citalil with...other things...while I loved their designs before. Just Kachina is perfect. Must. Protect. At. All. Costs.

[@kaas2597]

Nice video, I prefer watching this over the livestream reaction because I have seen the stream already, and I don't want to spend another hour watching it again. So this 16min condensed version of your thoughts is great. I am exited for this update too. It looks good: new story, Lantern Rite events, Chronicled wish (I think it's great, I will pull my Shenhe and maybe Ganyu). The biggest reason the bike looks off putting is because they limit cool tech to playable characters and they look completely isolated from the rest of Natlan. In Fontaine tech belonged to everyone in the nation, same with Sumeru, but in Natlan it belongs to select few playable characters. Also it's design could be made more Genshin-like, it's too unique.

[@UnofficialAstronaut-ul7zh]

In Natlan’s defense, the hot air balloon is intentionally slow as shit. It is there for you to feel helpless. The first time you go on a mission, you are not yet aware of the whole situation, so you just kinda chill, and it is quickly replaced with tp. Then, when you are on a verge, they give you the time to reflect on the horrors and give this feeling of “not being able to be everywhere at once”. Still weird though, ‘cause the traveler is able to use waypoints canonically.

[@happycorn7421]

If you do try to use the waypoints during the 4th Archon Quest, the description of the waypoints will say they're unavailable due to the high amount of Abyss energy messing with the leylines. AKA the waypoints can't connect with each other.

[@WastedTalent83]

You cannot feel the tension because Natlan is Disenyland with grand canyon vibe wild wild west music and nothing happening around at all except events. So we have this huge crisis and war going on , which has ZERO impact on the world. Of course we would feel nothing :O Also the immersion its totally broken by many factors, like going around with a slow ass balloon, while WE KNOW they have the technology to build bikes... and flying guns "you just need the power of anemo" well yes the traveler has ALL elements almost, so i don't think she should have been traveling on a slow ass balloon. while people die left and right during the quest, because of course 2 days after the quest, its like nothing ever happened.

[@Evee_Shimada]

I actually hope Capitano dosen't die. He is highly anticipated by many (including me) and I think Hoyo wouldn't waste that opportunity. I do fear they change him up from his current design (which I hope they WON'T). What I and my friends theorized about is that Hoyo keeps any Info about him in the shadows so the community pulls for the, in the stream mentioned, characters. If they would show Capitano in the roaster, they know nobody would pull for other Characters besides him. Or I'm just coping and being delulu TvT I just hope, his situation won't be another Sunday, Dehya or Emelie situation or that he gets nerfed into the ground. Overall, I'm excited for 5.3, I love the Lore and finding out more about everything that's going on! ✨️

[@dazastian01]

you're not delulu, as a fellow Capitano enjoyer, I actually agree. they said it themselves ''he's an important character'' so why would they kill him? it makes 0 sense

[@aaayaya]

If he dies I'm quitting genshin

[@MrsJoker-fo9ls]

The only thing i want them to NOT do is giving him Itto noodle arms 😂

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

I wouldn't trust them to not kill Capitano just because he's a money maker, Signore was insanely popular but that didn't stop Hoyo from putting Raidens sword through her.

[@dazastian01]

@@idkatthispoint-s9s signora wasn't as important to the story as capitano is

[@It_is_Pizza_time]

I liked this review type of video and I wouldn't mind more of it, I actually like it when people voice their opinions.

[@onlineresident2174]

This is what I love about Doro. Probably the chillest and nicest genshin content creator. Hope everybody's pulls go well for 5.3

[@IAmMcLovin4Lifegahhh]

I really like this style of video. It feels genuine and just chill so I hope to see more of it along with your other content ♡! Keep it up Doro

[@xRaychx]

really enjoyed this video. Would be keen for more of these Doro

[@justanoob6331]

2:50 I understand that feeling, the point of the Globe is to make you feel overloaded with that you cant do it all, you cannot singlehandely save a entire nation being present everywhere everytime. But it crash with the context that some people would be fine with the suspensión of belief with a tp and still "oh sure we didnt just tp" after the load screen. But then you have the people calling out the " show dont tell" in genshin. They show you what has happening in "real time" around the traveler and the war and you can get the same feeling Doro has. Same with the prision of fontaine that its there to make you feel trap in a loop cut of outside reference of day and night. Like people trap underwater would be. It doesnt helps that there is a real problem with people attencion spawn and being segments of story VERY unfriendly for streaming, because you have an audience that needs constant visual and emocional content to consume and waiting a mere 1-2 minutes on a globe it's too munch to handle as you want to keep the battery monkey clapping the dishes for the audience to be reactive to. And just to make it clear, you can still dont like it, or like it actually. Thats just my reading on what happens on that kinda moments on the story, there is never a 100% correct answer and thats life, we are all different and are having different moments on life that affects how we react to the same situación.

[@zillo1600]

I think you summerize the situation really well. I think the scene was really well done from a storytelling perspective. Genshin is always criticized for not really doing 'show don't tell' so i think this scene was a good attempt to go more in that direction.

[@michaeldumanayos8910]

3:07 I actually liked how hoyo executed the idea of the traveling aspect during the war, as it is almost realistic, highlighting the fact that natlan is mountainous and vast. So the most efficient travel medium is the hot air balloon. It is slow, yes, but there's no faster method to use when going from one place to the other other than hot air balloon. The emphasis of it is so beautiful, for me at least

[@Zog64]

I appreciate you being honest nowadays unlike certain ccs

[@Kaze8822]

The future looks bright for Genshin. Keep up the good work man.( Also here’s a video: Genshin characters ranked on who would save you from the from the abyss)

[@Doro44c]

writing it down!

[@Kaze8822]

@ awesome thank you

[@EthNet34756]

No it doesn’t 😂

[@Kaze8822]

@@EthNet34756 I’m talking about the content we are getting, not the story

[@-Xenovia]

​@@EthNet34756 Play the dying game they called "Wuthering waves" then 😂

[@T3l3machhs]

2:33 I swear this is so true. There was so much hype not only amongst the players but it was obvious that the tensions were so high back then which made the experience so much more fun and memorable but what the hell is going on in Natlan? This is the climax of the story, so what are they even doing!? First of all, it was the nation that I was so excited for, especially with the concept of war like I expected so much from Natlan but what did we get instead? -Overly shounen anime type stuff -Wasting time on focusing on other characters rather than the actual story in general. -trying to glaze the fact that people should work together -dishonourable mention: some of the not great character designs. Like if they wanted to focus on the writings of the characters so badly, they should’ve just made a separate story quest about it because what’s even worse is that these characters like Kachina and Mualani pay little significance to the actual storyline, I’m sorry but I had to say it. Sure they’re important in Natlan itself but the story as a whole, they are nothing. If they were to focus more on Mavuika and write her, perhaps the story would’ve been slightly more better but no - she is an absolute Mary Sue, there I said it. She lacks an interesting personality All she is is ‘just nice’ For the archon of war, what the hell??? I REALLY HOPE that the upcoming quests will change my current feelings towards all this or else I’m just gonna scream into a pillow because then my hopes for Snezhnaya will be shattered. 😭😭 Anyways sorry for the rant, I just had to say it somewhere :(((

[@eloise9709]

I think that videos like this one are really good, because we are able to see what you truly think about something, and I find this really interesting. Thank you for what you are doing Doro, you always manage to make me laugh^^ Keep doing what you like to do and what makes you feel good, it's the most important thing

[@FourFexXOXO]

I enjoy hearing more of your thoughts! Please continue to upload these kinds of videos! I would love to see a WuWa 2.0 reaction when the time comes and if thats something youre interested in! Thanks for giving us such great content!

[@FaolanKitekaze]

Same, 2.0 looks really good. But genshin is gonna have to free the cryo characters from prison if I'm gonna come back

[@the.knave812]

I personally like this new type of videos you’ve started, I’d love to see more of this format !

[@TheAAJYu]

Patches with the final act of an Archon Quest will always have me hyped, but this might also be the first time I have to skip the region’s Archon. Mavuika will undoubtedly be a great character, but if I had to choose between her and getting a copy of Shenhe and Jade Cutter, I’d prefer the latter option since Archons usually run at least one more time before the next patch cycle.

[@yoni_kx1705]

Loving these types of video's as much as your others ones 👌🏼

[@thelittleal1212]

My excitement and overall motivation for Genshin has definitely dwindled due to how messy of a year it was for Genshin, especially when the Natlan ark started, even tho I loved the story, but it took me longer to get back to it to play the next stories. And I also have a few opinion toward natlan as well

[@greenvega]

I remember leaks about mavuika riding bike 3 months ago was sus and funny, i wish they would stay sus, moment i saw chasca riding huge gun, i kinda lost interest, they overcooked and burned kitchen, it's not that fantasy world with magic and dragons what hooked me in 3 years ago sadly

[@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101]

Messy??? How has it been messy. Literally every thing has been fire

[@Peter-sr8gv]

@@greenvega "magic and dragons" > Fights a walking automaton in mondstadt as a boss. Alright bro

[@elite03]

​@@greenvegait's never just magic and dragons? Even the dragon got a spaceship. What are your points exactly?

[@thelittleal1212]

@@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101if you look at things outside of the game itself, it’s far from pretty. Sure, I try to avoid the drama, but, just knowing how bad it’s been lately, it can be unmotivating. And even besides drama, the game itself recently, I’m kinda loosing my touch on it, honestly, I loved natlan and many of the things and I think a lot is overhated, but even I felt a slight bit disappointed about natlan. It’s something I can’t properly explain, and Im not trying to make you agree

[@bloqmayus]

I'm glad you're trying to be more honest with your community; I'll be following you again.

[@foxtaunt]

People's nostalgia for Fontaine makes them forget how boring Act 3 and 4 were. Surprised to hear Doro saying that Natlan's War is less interesting than the Fortress of Meriopide.... certainly a very hot take lmao

[@neh4797]

Exactly And they keep judging natlan story before the final act .

[@mapazlk]

Hard agree, I left the game and did the whole Fontaine story a year later lol cuz I couldn't get past the first court case whatever thing we had to do at the beginning. And same with Sumeru actually, because I was traumatized by how awfully slow and uneventful Inazuma was for me. I later learned to love the two regions but we can't act as if they were peak from start to finish.

[@pinneqple_5060]

Meropide was boring but other acts were insane. Also act 4 ended on a very high note and i was so excited for the next patch. This however didnt happened to me in Nathan, storywise it was ok but charater designs and absence of voicelines lowered my interest in a region. We still have to wait for the last acts to judge but rn fontaine>>>natlan for me

[@tidf-wh1zg]

I guess because there's suspense in the air unlike on Natlan where it feels predictable

[@foxtaunt]

@@tidf-wh1zg Really.... since its so predictable please tell me what happens to Capitano in the next patch, I can't wait any longer to find out!

[@tiara.777]

i actually loveee this type of just talking videos. i am now expoloring in genshin while listening to you and it makes expoloring even fun to me. but also i like to hear your real thoughts

[@CubeShot-7]

IK THIS ISNT ABOUT THE VIDEO BUT YOU MENTIONED IT #JUSTICEFORFURINA we need a second character quest or a hang out or something with furina

[@introvertedley]

AGREED!!

[@TheIdiotRae]

Doro please make more of these pod cast videos. They’re so comforting to me and I play them in the BG while working 😭

[@zatzu9618]

People really just love to overhype the Fontaine 4.2 Archon Quest when the 4.1 AQ is so boring. The 5.1 AQ War in Natlan is still much better than the quest Fotress of meropide.

[@winderwind8489]

7:40 To me at one point in the Trailer when Citlali said that even tho we now have an ancient name, the Ode of Resurrection will only work if we come back victorious, she then immidiatly followed that by reminding us that Mavuika's fate is still to die as compensation to Ronova To me I feel like what's gonna happend from how Citlali said that is that Mavuika IS gonna die during or right after the fight, we will then come back and use the ode of resurrection somehow to bring her back

[@axagonychen]

In my opinion, it's gonna be good. If there is voiceless characters, I honestly won't be that excited. I saw the trailer, and our traveler is gonna be great. I think your opinion is valid, not loving it but being excited. Natlan honestly feels to futuristic, I feel like it could be less vehicles and technology. But in general I like the update!

[@Cedarparsnip]

Yes Doro, more of these videos please! ☺️🤙🏽

[@AnnoyingAhhPyroUnit]

Hopefully the lantern rite will have voices, like cmon its the best event

[@bigbumer5719]

Its probably the lantern rite that is missing them.

[@BriannaDrobot]

Well, considering the fact that the trailer was in everything but English, I doubt it so we'll have to switch dubs for a while. Hopefully by 5.4, everything will be back to normal. And Hoyo, it wouldn't hurt to make a replayability feature. Just a suggestion.

[@mystery8820]

@@BriannaDrobot The strike is hurting the immersion of the audience in long-term projects that you patch each month like gacha games. Moreso than the union actors or the bargaining group the union is striking against, the strike is hurting us the audience/consumer.

[@bruce45894]

Just curious if they do va for a living and how are they living in a strike this long.

[@silverX3870]

​@@bruce45894 they get paid by the higher ups

[@xxSERENEKOxx]

I mean, if they put re-runs in the Chronicle that people are really waiting for but accompany it with 2 new characters in the first banner and two of the stronger characters in the second...it obviously reduces the amount of people that with tears in their eyes cannot pull them. I am honestly upsed with these banners. 5.2 had very limited amount of primogems one could collect so even not pulling for the second banner...still...

[@Hilda-m8l]

Me when seeing the thumbnail: DORO WDYM Doro: I’m excited! Me: you scared the **** out of me.

[@Doro44c]

hehe

[@Hilda-m8l]

@ NOT HEHE DORO 😔

[@cobydo4186]

I enjoy these type of videos from you. I feel it has more substance and earnestness! I like to draw an analogy of subjective quality to food. Guilty pleasure shows and Reaction type videos to me are like junk food. It's surface level entertainment where there's hardly any deeper thought put behind it; there is no nutritional substance. I enjoy them, but I'd like my proper meals that would leave me more fulfilled. These raw uncut videos where you can take your time expressing your collective thoughts and opinions feels genuine! And they're fun and interesting! Great stuff! Keep these coming!

[@Obsessed-D.Otaku00]

When WW had not so good updates it was very heavily criticized but if Genshin does it then it's something different I mean how dare you criticize my multi billion company

[@tinitits089]

maybe spend less time on youtube twitter and have a happy life

[@KontoruID]

4 years vs 7 months, if they objectively criticized 4 years doing nothing improvement is NUTS. At this point they are brainwashed by the game or.. Genshin is the first game for them

[@tinitits089]

@KontoruID it's simple hoyo listen to Chinese Player there are the biggest player base,if they are ok whit Game then Game stay as it is,wuwa is not so much popular in china and Kuro is trying to get more Chinese people to play,both wuwa and Ganshin are same when you do all you can just farm artifact and ecos,so max gameplay 15 min a day for both game,third just w8 a year or two when dicktone start to shit on wuwa it happened whit tof it will happen whit wuwa to,he is just a someone who doesn't play game only react to other people content and insult people.ganshin makes him a good money and kid's like to watch that 👍

[@justsomeguy727]

Acting like that stuff isn't a two way street is so crazy to me. Especially when most of wuwa's community can't even praise WuWa without also mentioning genshin somewhere like someone who won't stfu about their toxic ex girlfriend. Both sides are children, full stop. Lmao you don't need to try and make it seem like one is any better or worse. Especially not when they're MOSTLY the same people lmaoooo

[@greenth-mac2550]

7:32 Something in the trailer caught my attention: "The life of a descendent is more valuable, do you realize what you have done" Based on this, I have a theory that the traveler might actually die (hes' a descender as we all know) and then is brought back by the ode of resurrection which could be possible since in 5.3 the traveler will get his ancient name. Also, remember what the teyvat chapter trailer says about Natlan: "When the Pyro archon shares this secret with the traveler, it is because she has her reasons". Wonder what secret it could be and what her reasons are.

[@efebs4978]

Am I one of the few people who doesn't mind Mavuika's bike? Sure I wanted a more "traditional" attire and gameplay but I am welcome to change. People always bring up her bike and Xilonen's dj board when talking about Natlan's "lack of identity". I do get it but I really don't find it immersion breaking.

[@ploppledoodledoo17]

Ever since I saw Mavuika's design I was praying for a race car or a motorcycle !! It seemed so obvious. I'm one of the 4 Mavuika fans I guess 😂 It's ok, because the people who don't want her will not have to spend their primogems on it, everyone will be happy in the end

[@VaishnaviSharma-s4b]

Same I don't mind They don't mind robots , vr but bike

[@logikx1325]

I found Wriothesly's flying submarine a lot more immersion breaking than I do a motorcycle. Xilonen, Chaska and Mauvuika can power these things because they can channel elemental energy. I wish the "doesn't make sense because why isn't everyone using these things" crowd would just sit down and read the lore a bit instead of mashing the spacebar to get through the dialogue.

[@amanbarnwal6102]

​@@ploppledoodledoo17I want her as soon as I saw her on trailer not gona lie tho I want a horse type but bike is still good❤❤❤

[@karmaascendant3936]

@@logikx1325I get why only the main characters can use the phlogiston based mechanics but do you not find it as a huge gap between the main cast and literally everyone else in the country. Stuff like the fact that Xilonen was apparently the only one who bothered to sign up for the dragon tech classes is absolutely insane to me. Everyone in natlan lives like incredibly low tech lives but the playable characters have stuff from the 80s(or even futuristic with Mavuika’s bike) whereas in Fontaine the tech was actually being integrated into every day life which is how technology SHOULD AND IS USED in real life. It’s used by law enforcement (Chevreuse,Clorinde) and Civilians alike(Charlotte) and in a bunch of different ways . The fact that the only time we’ve seen someone attempt to make dragon tech be widely accessible is the jet packs in Chasca’s story quest whereas we’ve been seeing attempts to develop and spread Fontaine’s tech since pretty much the beginning of the game is why there’s so much consternation.

[@izachs]

I like this new formatted video

[@Lychiis]

I totally agree about that hot airballoon segment!! That part of the story made it seem we got to hurry, but the mechanism of the hot airballoon was soo slow... definitely could've done that better.

[@Lychiis]

I wanted to add that I'm excited for the rythmic event being permanent, b/c it lets us play the lovely music ourselves. 😅😅😊😊

[@drip_boy39]

Bro looked at me like I did something wrong with that thumbmail

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

So I love Natlan, probably my 2nd Favorite Region believe it or not. Pros: 1. There's just such a beautiful mix of Culture and Vibrancy that tickles my brain just right. Every Tribe feels like it's own Mini-Region while all still feeling like they belong IN the Natlan space. 2. The Music has been phenomenal, I mean at its Highs it's some of the Best in the Game. And again, the way it captures the Culture of every different Tribe yet still feeling like Natlan is so satisfying. 3. I like the Story's direction on Lore. One of the Worst parts of playing Genshin for me is having these really Lore Specific yet Interesting Storylines be Locked behind Voiceless World Quests, like I'm reading a book rather than actually engaging in a Story beat. So Natlan has been good in that regard, giving us info on someone one of the least talked about Lore Topics yet one of the most Important ones; The Abyss. Cons: 1. However, the Cons are still apparent. The Lore takes up such a large chunk of the Story without being too engaging. The Archon Quest for 5.0 is literally just a build up to 5.1, and then it's over all in that same Patch. 5.2 was ridiculous, and 5.3 will probably just focus on more Abyss Lore and the last Fight with the Core Characters, that's it. For an overarching Story it's pretty...lame? The War didn't even last a full Patch, it was like half of one, and with now the stakes only falling on the Traveler and Mavuika (maybe Capitano too), it feels...too easy, anticlimactic, meh. 2. I know another Cons for most people is the weird Disconnect with Technology being randomly put in for the Natlan Characters. Flying a GUN, DJing, Motorcycles, I get it. For me, I love it, I think it's Unique, there is a Story behind it at least (Xilonen Builds with Tech), and not EVERYONE is using it. Mualani, Kinich (Excluding Pixel Style Points), Kachina, Ororon, Citlali all still use methods of Transportation that are completely Teyvat Lore-In-Line Friendly, so you really only have 3 & 1/2 "ridiculous" Characters. At the very least, they are Unique, I doubt the other Regions will have anything like it so enjoy them while you can, or skip them for literally the 80+ other Characters that are "Normal". 3. The English VA Strike. Look I get it, it's for a good cause, but I'm not going to pretend it doesn't suck and totally dig down the experience for me. For someone who's been playing the Game for over 2 Years, HAVING to suddenly switch to another Language or go full Mute for only SOME Characters is infuriating, and breaks the Immersion of the Story. There was nothing worse than falling in love with everything about Kachina Day 1, only to have her Radio silent the next Patch. Or missing out on the Voice Acting for the Eng Vas that DID show up, just because the others didn't. Not doing your Job for a good cause is still not doing your Job, and it hurts. Overall it's still really good. Not the best but its Highs are crazy man, definitely my thing but maybe that's just me.

[@bubblesparks]

Huge agree with u man!! Esp the point 1 for the con I love heroic stories but the way they write natlan is kind of childish in a way? Like u said, its too ez. Not enough stakes and more 'realism' take on war. Inazuma's World Quest felt even more depressing and written 100% better when it comes to the theme of war

[@abhishekbhattacharyya2950]

Thank you for giving your honest opinion. Hopefully the community dont crucify you for your honesty 💀.

[@AL-xf1ww]

Story : Fontaine act 1 > natlan act 1 > sumeru act 1 Natlan act 2 > Fontaine act 2 > sumeru act 2 Sumeru act 3 > Natlan act 3 >> Fontaine act 3 Natlan act 4>sumeru 4 > Fontaine 4 Exploration: Natlan > sumeru > Fontaine Characters (for now ): Fontaine > sumeru > natlan Music: Sumeru = Fontaine = natlan = peak😊

[@pinneqple_5060]

Sumeru exloration was hell lol(esp without multilayer map) , Fontaine exploration felt like i was exploring Mondsthad again

[@generaltoszur1036]

Nice to see that some people still have good taste , i would rank all these the same way

[@kingdoom5022]

Lol what ? Fontaine and sumeru act 2 were infinitely better than natlan act 2 , natlan act 2 all have to it is the capitano vs mavuika fight

[@lolidemon3163]

​@@pinneqple_5060 i'm the opposite, fontaine has the worst exploration out of any region to me

[@Peter-sr8gv]

Liking the Natlan characters the most personally so far.

[@xvgarnet]

I personally love these kind of videos! please keep em coming!

[@florlscnt]

I can’t wait for Natlan to end already, saving my primos for the next region… I hope it won’t be done dirty like Natlan was. It was SO promising at the start but it fell off fast

[@onlineresident2174]

For real but people don't want to hear it lol

[@justsomeguy727]

​​@@onlineresident2174"people don't want to hear it" what you mean to say is "I want people to agree with my opinions" . Grow up. People are allowed to like something you don't like. Genuinely, how old are some of you people to be going around thinking the way that you do?

[@gogohoffman]

Doro unleashed. Love it!

[@tidf-wh1zg]

Natlan archon quest might be underwhelming but man Natlan world quests is very interesting like storytelling alone make it enjoyable and I enjoyed exploring Natlan a lot because there's a chance I might die if I mindlessly explore it unlike on previous region where there's very little to no risk to explore it.

[@patrickkukuk9947]

You make some points, and nevertheless, I am also excited about 5.3! However, about the whole reason why they never just give the 1600 primos to us in one day is because they want us to keep playing. Unlike zzz and star rail, genshin is open world where we can go whereever we want and get 100s of primos just by exploring its expansive world (star rail and zzz is more limited; not to mention theyre more recent games too compared to genshin). Now that's not everyones thing, and I get that, but I think that's just how hoyo sees it.

[@patrickkukuk9947]

Also, it is a good video idea to give us a more in-depth look at your thoughts on the new update. I enjoyed it. Anyway, happy holidays, Doro! (And Auty!)

[@jhonlhorbae9430]

At first, I was ok with the motobike. Then I realized that I am playing the motorbike, not Mavuika. So I'm skipping her. I'm pulling for Arlecchino given that I really liked her in Fontaine.

[@mamunabdulla781]

Harsh truth of reality. It was always "THAT" the bike all the way, not her damn 😂. Bottom line is that's how a nation of war fights 😂😂. 👏

[@bubblesparks]

As an Arle haver, u can at least appreciate each of her own attack animation cuz her poses are so good and unique. Even her walk is different too from other tall fem char.

[@MDPete_21]

Im one of those who'll be pulling for Arle instead. For me the motorbike attack anim looks way to funny. Even if you're an Archon, you'd think its easier to just use your weapon than having to carry and throw your 500 lb vehicle around.

[@opbro751]

Arle looks great with her weapon..

[@marcuscaestus3583]

If anyone is annoyed that hoyo is running two new characters at once in between two sets of old characters and looking for a reason not to pull, it should be that damn bike lmao

[@tcransandman]

this is the kind of content i like to have from creators just chatting having casual thoughts about the game i love to play. its what i want when im not playing and just wanna chore up around the house do my irl dailies

[@gojirabh9383]

While i definitely agree with the community always finding something to complain about, clowning on people for complaining about things like the Imaginarium Theater is stupid cuz a lot those complaints are very much valid. It could've been a cool alternative to the spiral abyss but it was implenented with so many annoying and completely unnecessary restrictions that it essentially became just a way worse version of the abyss.

[@Hope_On_The_Stage]

I just wanted to say that I started playing Genshin 2-3 weeks ago because of you. I saw your yt short, then another and I really like your enthusiasm so I thought I try. I don't regret it. I didn't have so much fun in a while playing games. Sorry if my english sucks lol.

[@FrigidMoonlight]

Title: "What i REALLY think" 0 sec into the vid: "Im excited: Alright, cool nice video man. Thought that was funny lol

[@L3XI-x3d]

RIP capitiano, you are a hero.

[@jonathanrobinson198]

My entire thing about the “immersion” is people never stopped to realize every nation is in a time period that’s radically different that shouldn’t make sense with each other. Natlan is only sucker punching so many people because it’s a time period most of us lived in. It’s like if historical tribes lived in the early 2000’s Fontaine is a time period piece of France but with steampunk futuristic robots. Players accept that easier because both concepts are distant from how we live now so it doesn’t seem as weird.

[@ChaosRune]

The thing about this is that only part of Natlan is in the early 2000, like the motorcyle and DJ turntables, the rest of the nation is stuck living in caves. It's as jarring as seeing a caveman playing around with a smartphone

[@mk_gamíng0609]

@@ChaosRune But its not like that? The high tech stuff is rare and can only be crafted by a select few Xilonen is using knowledge from a advanced ancient civilisation to produce these things for a select few. You do realise that when cars were first invented , they were not instantly everywhere?

[@jonathanrobinson198]

@@ChaosRune Except for the fact they’re not living in caves. An entire is chilling with hot air balloons and experimenting with flight while another has made advances with graffiti art. Parkour expressions, surfs shops, drill machinery; all of these are modern concepts and practices. It’s also no more advanced than the factory in Liyue that has an assembly line with lasers and giant robots.

[@karmaascendant3936]

@@mk_gamíng0609the high tech stuff is rare because no one apart from Xilonen apparently even bothered to try and learn it which is insane. The only attempt we’ve seen to try to make dragon tech widely available is the jet packs in Chasca’s story quest whereas we’ve seen Fontaine who also have a dangerous “magical” source of power in Arkium actually figure it out and try and integrate it into Fontaine’s daily life. Natlan spends half its time pretending like it’s based off of tech from the Aztec and other South American empires but then decides to throw in tech that’s available in our lifetime and says there’s no gap whereas Fontaine at least kept its advanced technology in mechs visually based in the 1700-1900 range through the cogs. Sumeru similar kept the Akasha internet feeling consistent by making it use the Gnosis and basing it off of dendro.

[@onlineresident2174]

@@jonathanrobinson198 Natlan just doesn't make sense. Why do they live like that if they are so 'modern'. The only factory I remember is the one that used to Dottore's lab and the ruin guard is khaenriahn technology. The only nation that is far advanced than fontaine is Snezhnaya who actually knows what to do to fight a war unlike Mavuika who had the knowledge that war is coming but didn't even think about creating protocols or creating safety bunkers or maybe idk, mass produce bikes or flying guns.

[@leonardodevera7412]

I thought that we would have seen a "Duality of men" part 2 with the thumbnail xD

[@ironwoodkid9577]

What i love about genshin community is how they have the memory of a gold fish. I rememeber how people were trashing Fontaine acts 1,2,3 and 4. How they were slow burn with a lot happening, but nothing happening. Or how act 1 and 2 of Sumeru were boring, because you spend the first act tripping balls and learning about Collei, and 2nd act was going through the same scenario like 5 times. People trashing Natlan conveniently forgot how boring these slow-burn acts of Sumeru and Fontaine story were, they only remember the hype climax.... a climax which Natlan's story hasn't gotten yet. So, again, wait with your opinions until AFTER Natlan's quest concludes.

[@EnderGearRay]

Fr, I just watched a friend go through the Fontaine archon quest 2 days ago, acts 1,3 and 4 were torture not just for him but for me, people love to look at past quests with rose tinted glasses because they only remember the last parts of those quests. Maybe its just recency bias but I didn't feel like Natlan was too slow for the most part, but only after a few months after the archon quest is over can I really give a opinion about it. Overall im still excited for the final act.

[@iforgetiamacat8348]

TRUE and REAL!

[@harfi212]

You perfectly describe the brain of genshin player & their ability to read. Also these people who saying natlan is bad coz the character not black enough for them. 🤭

[@WittyFalls]

idk about the others but for me I was already hooked with Sumeru when the loop started and fontaine when the magic fail cutscene started. The only acts i didn't like with Fontaine was Act 3 and Sumeru with Act 4 cause I wish that desert arc was a little longer cause it felt too short. Natlan Acts 1-3 were alright with only Act 4 i don't like cause the presentation of the war arc felt kinda meh especially with how it just ended like that

[@ungabunga2]

No. The initial acts of fontaine were pure hype and very well written. There was a flow. The same can't be said for Sumeru. Natlan still needs time for an opinion to be performed.

[@MimiChanPlays]

Saved up 200 fates and still counting for Citlali since Nahida banner.

[@nickb2478]

best of luck hope you get her early and win your 50/50 🫡

[@GolDAcze]

100 fates now and still counting for Arlechinno

[@Duppy0906]

i get the sensation that this video was made cause people have been hating on bran and others for calling this one of the best updates ever and to all those people insulting and talking shit about bran or anyone hyped, why do u care what others think? like genuently why is it such a crime to like different things, it feels like in the last half a year or so genshin has been getting more and more flack than ever and its just tiring, im just gonna casually enjoy the game screw the haters obvs this also applies to people hating on others hyped for like wuwa 2.0 or any games, im personally super excited for 5.3 but if someone isnt thats completely fine too And these kinds of videos are nice from time to time yeah, sometimes a hit of a more real upfront conversation can be good imo

[@Seth34864]

Because it's toxic positivity and it's annoying as hell. Like there is no need for us to act like every genshin update is the second coming of Jesus Christ

[@onlineresident2174]

cause people get attacked for simply saying they don't like genshin anymore. People can't hear it if we have some criticism and expectations. I am hyped for lantern rite too, but people acting like I don't get to be disappointed with Mavuika's design just sours my mood lol. Anyway, hope your pulls go well and hope more people think like you.

[@Duppy0906]

@@Seth34864 its just one persons opinion on how a patch was amazing its literally nothing more than that, let people be happy be it for a genshin patch or a wuwa patch what does it really matter

[@Duppy0906]

@@onlineresident2174 its totally normal to be weirded out by mavuikas motorcycle or other aspects,not everything in a update has to be loved, you can like certain things and not others thats fine :D

[@Seth34864]

@@Duppy0906 I know but most youtubers doing it are fake asf. Like when you're doing videos on a gacha game directed to kids at least be honest instead of pretending and being fake during the whole video for likes and views. His past video on this patch is a literal example. Bro finally made a honest video which made me respect him more

[@cmajalis]

I think it's because we won the war that it feels like we got a conclusion for the archon quest even though we know there's still a bigger threat ahead and many loose ends to be resolved. In Fontaine the flood was built up to be the final conflict and that's what we got in the end, so it never felt like the story was over if that makes sense. We're probably going to get more lore related to the fake sky and khaenri'ah in the following patches as well as mare jivari. I look forward to see how it's going to play out.

[@patrickanderson3373]

This may be a hot-take/unpopular opinion, but I think the big issue with Natlan, the source of the lack of tension, is Mavuika. She is just this super strong, reliable, Mary-Sue type character who always prevails, and always comes out on top, no matter what. And no SHE is the one who is going to fight the abyss with the Traveler, so nobody's really afraid. Sure, some people are worried about this god of death thing, but after what happened in Fontaine, we aren't as easily affected by such preophecies. If they DID actually kill her off, that would be interesting, but I'm sure I'll get downvoted for even suggesting that...

[@JoeEver123]

Well there are hints here and there that while she is OP, she is way less strong than she let appear. For exemple after she break the sky, you can see her being exhausted and then going back to her normal state to give a speech. She is clearly pushing herself at this point and is obviously hiding her fatigue from the people of Natlan, because if they loose faith, she will get weaker and not being able to defend Natlan anymore. I think one of the message from the region is that while she is spreading her idea of unity, she is in fact ironically fighting the abyss alone.

[@whim5446]

Mavuika is definetly NOT Mary Sue. she may not be complicated as other archons, but she’s sacrificed everything for natlan

[@karmaascendant3936]

@@whim5446it’s not necessarily the Mary sue energy but it’s more the “everything is going according to my plan “ energy. It’s like sure Zhongli would have stepped in if the Liyue archon quest wasn’t dealt correctly but we didn’t know that. We know that we can’t die because we’re the main character and Mavuika has doubled down by giving us an ancient name . Despite Capitano trying to take over she fought him, made him run and then talked him into following her offscreen. This might have been more interesting if Capitano’s plan was more clearly being run parallel to hers with more than 1 point of conflict on the end point of Natlan and that he hadn’t basically lost immediately in an unrecoverable way. MC vs the Abyss order has Dainsleif vs Abyss Sibling as important characters ( and the 5 sinners now) but the abyss itself doesn’t have any personality to fight against.

[@bubblesparks]

​​​@@whim5446 her making sacrifices isnt a flaw, hence making her Mary Sue. Instead, those became another point of her strength (since she doesnt display any emotional drawbacks or other similar things) She's given so many good traits, capable leader that has saved the crew lots of times. But now when the very leader is faced with the last fight, even she doesn't seem to falter or going through internal doubt or smth like that. There just isnt enough flaw/other sides to humanize her as the human archon. Imo, even venti is much more compelling than mavuika. He hides things, seemed to be on bad terms with other archons (hence doesnt speak to them) and was always in hiding until we coerced him. As simple as Mondstadt's prologue was, venti was written to be mischiveous and kinda bratty but thats to hide his sadness. So far Mavuika's only painted as a strong president kinda vibe.

[@Trist_Playz]

I like these more than your regular videos because I’m a podcast nerd

[@IbbyMelbourne]

Agree about the Archon Quest. I remember before Fontaine's finale, people were theorizing for weeks on what was going to happen, and then the 4.2 trailer opened with Furina getting the death sentence. Everyone in the fandom was so shocked. There's nothing like that in Natlan. In a lot of ways, it feels like it's only getting started, because 5.0 spent most of its time introducing us to the tribes, and 5.1 finally got the full team together. I feel like 5.3 is finally going to get into the story I actually care about, but it's already at the end. I'm just not seeing the same level of hype, theorizing, and conversations leading up to Natlan's finale.

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

There's a lot of people speculating about Mavuika's death, Xbalanque's resurrection, the sacred flame going out (which was proven by the trailer), Capitano's goals and what the ignition teaser is even supposed to mean (since it hasn't had any correlation to the story yet) Speculation and suspense isn't the problem, it's just that they've chosen to show and not tell (probably a little too much) which just means we don't have as much information as we did before the final acts of Sumeru and Fontaine.

[@IbbyMelbourne]

@@idkatthispoint-s9s Fontaine had large scale stakes, but also the prophesy allowed for most of the Fontaine characters at that time to have personal motivations that could play off all the other characters for interpersonal drama. Examples: Navia's arc was about wanting to protect Poisson and blaming Neuvillette for her father's death. Neuvillette was trying to protect Fontaine from the prophesy, but also avoid a political incident between Furina and Arlecchino, and Navia helps him learn to feel more human. The House of the Hearth were investigating Furina and helping the citizens. Wriothesley was building his Arc to save everyone. The large stakes were a way for these characters to have personal journeys and interesting drama with each other. Natlan doesn't really have this. Asside from Mavuika and Capitano's dynamic with each other, everyone is basically friends with everyone else. Sure, some of the characters are insecure, but their friends will help them. The "goal" (stoping the Abyss) doesn't change most of the champions in any way. The reason they're helping is just because it's the right thing to do. The story is still good, but a step down for me.

[@bubblesparks]

​​@@IbbyMelbourne i think what furthers the disparity of suspension in Fontaine and Natlan was their archon too Every AQ so far has an absent Archon, we were always lead hanging by threads bc the archon is either elsewhere/mia/or straight up useless as ppl love to call it. The execution in Fontaine with how they connect the archon to her people is what makes it so intriguing imo. The ppl love Furina as idol, a celeb, sensation. She herself loves putting up a stage, persona. But once she's delegated to do Archon duty, she suddenly seems so powerless, always deviating from topic and runs away. Almost like she has something hidden behind the lights, right? Foreshadowing in Fontaine was also super good and I love how with each patch, we were met with ppl trying their best to save fontaine. In hindsight, its similar plot line with Natlan but now, the archon solves everything by herself. Its a recipe of either a truly amazing story or a straight up boring journey. Bc, why do all this when eventually the archon has the most power and hold the final key to saving natlan? Its a very predictable outcome even from 4.0, bc she's painted as super reliable, nearly a Mary Sue Mavuika's design also does not help with characterization imo... what else is going on in her design other than 'oh, she's a mommy biker'. Definitely a common marketable, profitable design choice. The glowing hair indicates she's the archon and.. thats it? At least nahida has her overall white garment resembling the designs of sumeru architecture and also her wide dome. Her not wearing any footwear also indicates her closeness/love for her environment. The white overall is also an indicative of purity. Just like the name of her banner. Furina's design has been loved by all people and I can make essays abt it alone. Yet for Mavuika.. even after 3 whole patches i still cant love it

[@zeroyashik4239]

about archon quest not being impactful enough i think they just concluded the battle really fast against the abyss and now more or less natlan is out of danger since abyss has lost nearly all of it's control over night kingdom and now we are just going to defeat it's main body. now, we were all expecting the final quest "incandescent ode of ressurection" to be about someone's revival maybe the previous pyro archon xbalanque or the pyro soverighn dragon or the third decented and that is what all the hype was about but now we know most likely no one is getting revived so it has lost a lot of it's significance. i think if the story had been like this it would be more impactful: traveller not being too included with natlan whould have given characters like mauvika and capitano a lot more element of mystery. like they did in fontain. traveller trying to also help the friends he made there to fight against the abyss and everything coming together by the end of the final quest with someone being revived like mauvika's true form as an archon or pyro sovregin's powers with traveller being a major game changer in the development of plot and coming in clutch would have been better. all i am trying to say here is that they made mauvika on equal terms with the traveller and really close friends real fast and told us about all the plans and backups really early same with capitano also. they did not needed to let traveller know everything and should have had him trying to find things and clues himself

[@ItsViolet180]

5.3 is just another patch tbh . Not bad not good , just another one . Listening to you talking is telling me you are very careful with every word you spit because you know the consequences. Your career is good , at least from my perspective so i understand why you take that approach.

[@treycain8932]

I actually like this type of content from you because it gives more focus on your thoughts without any distractions from gameplays and such. I treat it like a commercial break of some sorts? Where I could just wind down and relax for a while. I hope I made sense

[@lemonZzzzs]

I like the motorcycle, the DJ rig, and the flying gun. What is off to me is the way the settlements look in Natlan. They should have more futuristic elements weaved into them.

[@alexandrab3310]

2:41 i feel like at this point (eg. 5.3/4.3/etc) there were indeed higher stakes AND a lot more going on so it felt like a lot and was hard to process. maybe they’re trying to make Nathan easier to process but still feel like a lot?

[@ccBAZZ]

Doro i think you got lost in a toxic community and you made genshin your biggest main game You can no longer try different games because this community will follow you and remind you that genshin is a good game which (let's be honest) in terms of lore and gameplay genshin impact is fundamentally lacking BIG improvements And... please take this from a nikke player that wants you to explore new games and stories, come on man... you deserve better 😔

[@gabrieltoderescu2141]

15:54 These types of videos are great because we can play it in the background and listen to it more like a podcast. I personally like it because I can multitask while listening! 🥳🥳

[@arcann_de]

05:28 don´t wanna sound like a kurobot but it kinda looks like the movepattern from the inferno rider of wuthering waves ngl ... i´m still torn if i should pull her or not. i will def get the granny but mavuika i dunno. i really dont like the bike

[@navavelu151]

It's not being a kuro bot it's just noticing something that is just true. The attack patterns are incredibly close to each other. I don't think it was on purpose oddly enough. it may just be a limitation of attacking with a motorcycle I guess.

[@Pepegaphone--]

I'm sorry Doro but I have to disagree on some of your points here. The topic of events and enjoying it, sure it's subjective, but it hasn't been innovative for the longest time, the game is 4 damn years old. We've always been getting 1 or 2 event gamemodes that is recycled with one consistent being the battle gamemode. The last time I really saw them try something after the create your own challenge event is the platforming event during academia extravaganza. The idea on it is really good, but they failed to deliver. They keep giving either eploration or battle events that are REDUDANT already tp what the game mainly is, exploration and fighting shit. It's a 4 year old game. They can do better. As per the endgame being IT, I'm sorry but there's a reason many people dislike it. It's our SECOND endgame for 3 and a half years(during it's release) of genshin's span and they made it the most restrictive and most unsatisfying endgame even compared to their other games. I do believe IT has the formula for a good end game, but the way it was done is so shitty. I still believe a dungeon rush sort of endgame where it expands the more it's updated is a better idea rather than IT. Even Sim Univ did better than IT. Like come on, I know these things are subjective, but we can't just be so lenient to the game, Hoyo milked the shit out of this game racking revenue to the point that they are on their way to create their own digital distribution of their own games. Can we acknowledge that genshin, for what it's worth is progressing the slowest?

[@logikx1325]

6:40 To be fair this banner set is so stacked it is hard to justify spending primos on chronicled wish right after the Archon and new busted support and one of the best easy to play dps and a fun dps. The "batarangs" are chakrams.

[@GachaDrone]

Fontaine was peak for both story and characters, I like Natlan characters but man the balance for male and female 5 star characters fell off hard now that we know Capitano wasn't in the teaser. Also, the VA situation really hurt this region.

[@παναγιωταζερβουλη]

I really like these chill sit-down and talk videos and you basically covered everything about the 5.3 update. Keep up the good work Doro !

[@Baguettish]

I think with regards to Mavuika's gameplay, I'm really disappointed that in an element already oversaturated with main DPS characters and BEGGING for supports that aren't Bennett... she's yet another main DPS. I'll pull her for my Archon collection, but if I'm being totally honest, I don't think she's going to be a mainstay in many teams the way that Furina, Nahida, Zhongli, and Raiden are. and she feels like a step backwards in that she relies on other Natlan characters to function, rather than all the other Archons who act as universal supports and enable new teams/playstyles (like Furina enabling HP drain mechanics for everyone, Zhongli having universal res shred, and Raiden being a super-battery and burst buffer). idk. she just doesn't feel like an Archon. she feels like just a somewhat powercrept but more restrictive Arlecchino. and I agree, the motorcycle just feels silly and out of place (then again, so did Chasca's goofy-ass flying gun).

[@captainhadock2575]

i love when Doro44 fills me up with amazing content

[@effortlessfury]

Big disagree about the balloon. You have to conserve your energy, man. The stress/anxiety of the moment only works if you accept the reality that running from place to place would leave an actual person exhausted, but that's not really on the devs to convince you of that truth. Maybe they could've introduced a mechanic that let you run from place to place, but would actively apply a debuff, making you do less damage and fights take longer, but I doubt that would go over well either.

[@rimuru_slime1634]

Yeah it's the player's fault for not liking the story and how it's presented and dragged out and one of the most anticipated "evil" character becomes our best buddy because he just cares about natlan more than the tseritsa orders he's just such a good boy. And we go through the "war" arc, and we solve it with the power of friendship. Tbh i was liking the sotry of genshin before but natlan just fucked everything up. It's badly written and dragged out.

[@Hie_Hyoumaki]

​​@@rimuru_slime1634capitano is never depicted as EVIL. The fatui soldiers always remark him in a good light and even glazing him, they dont have such regards for Scara and Signo. Capitano has always been the good-hearted fellow, he's both idealistic and pragmatic kind of leader. He just happened to work for the "evil" organization, and him defending his "second" home isnt strange. He was rescued during his lowest, he felt grateful for the people of the nation, and he wanted to return the favor by saving them from another catastrope. The Tsaritsa allowed her Harbingers some freedom to do what they wish as long as in the end she still got what she wanted is actually in character for her, perhaps, as a god of love, this is her last "love" for her "servants".

[@Peter-sr8gv]

Thank you for telling us that you never paid attention to the narrative. The fatui are never depicted as bad but rather morally dubious because they're doing almost anything for their own aims. And capitano was literally alive during the pyro archons era so who are you to say that he doesn't care about the pyro archon ​@@rimuru_slime1634

[@rimuru_slime1634]

@@Hie_Hyoumaki good point on capitano but that still doesn't change how he went from the most hyped opponent we we're gonna face to just our other buddy you know? And even if he is a good character still doesn't change the fact that natlan story is poorly presented

[@rimuru_slime1634]

@Peter-sr8gv im sorry to critique you're 5 billion dollar company's story, its mid at best i enjoyed fontain and sumeru but not natlan, and every harbinger we met so far except childe so far has been evil so how dare i assume this guy is evil too? So sorry.