Why You Will Never Stop Playing Genshin Impact

[@nameless4635]

Two things: if you play for the story, you'll royally stay. But if you're there for gameplay, I'm sure most have quit already.

[@rev2059]

Genshin has good gameplay tho if u are into open world games

[@Wazurd]

​@@rev2059Not really, the open world design of genshin very outdated until Natlan came, it was too slow and tideous, and not only that gacha open world like genshin and WuWa has these symptoms where we explore for saving up tokens for gacha, exploring in these 2 games felt like a chores rather than playing game like Elden ring or BOTW for example, they both have meaningful exploration and rewarding aftermath sense of action

[@rev2059]

@@Wazurd I played through Zelda ToTK and Elden ring fully and I say with full confidence, genshin has better open world than those 2 games

[@Wazurd]

​@@rev2059I'm speechless if that's true 😅, since Gacha live service Open world always feels like dot to dot and chores compare to finished game design, but you do you.

[@rev2059]

@@Wazurd then u just didn't play Genshin ig

[@IraR.Sirius]

This video will either age like a fine wine or 3 weeks old milk

[@willowthelyxra]

It will definitely age like fine wine, Genshin will never change...

[@fuzyfuzfuz2]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fuzyfuzfuz2]

​@willowthelyxra mmmm if wine sits for TOO long, no matter how good, it turns to vinegar. Nothings impossible. I LOVE genshin!!! But it's not the only game I love nor the only game I play ❤

[@umani9983]

Nah, as a pc gamer i saw Genshin for what it is and quit before the end of first year playing. The key is to remain skeptical and never invest in something so much that you can't afford to pull out later.

[@hehuho890]

wise words, glad i didn't spend on wuwa and blue archive

[@WastedTalent83]

question is... why would you pull out when you can play totally for free? There is no pvp and meta is useless. So anyone can enjoy the game without getting milked really. I hate this company but the game is a good game. So why would you stop yourself from playing a nice game? Just don't give them money and enjoy the game anyway.

[@77wolfblade]

@@WastedTalent83 It's OK to enjoy the game but you have to be wary that the game itself will try and tempt you to spend on something.

[@ANUBISseyes2]

I only started spending on Genshin after I got invested in the story, and to this day I love the story quests but still I only buy welkin and bp, top ups are scams tbh

[@sarveshinsight]

@@WastedTalent83 Well fact being grinding and end game content people are changing people want short form content despite being f2p you have grinding limitations like resign like 180 and it takes more then a day to fully refill I played it for 163 days and then dropped it cause its not fun anymore with they not giving f2p enough primos like I remember I pulled on every banner I got every 4 star except the limited 5 star the lack of f2p reward's is noticed by everyone I can earn about 8-10k astrite's in wuwa and with genshin its way less then that with recent competition it's great for all game I hope to see some changes we are seeing change's but fact being on paper but the new artifact tunner is a scam you need wait atleast 4 months before you get a good artifact

[@Darvs23]

i already stop playing this game 2years ago and never regret it

[@majnunkhiladi1086]

I always heard or see players give their reason why they quit Genshin but lets agree to disagree. Taste is extremely subjective.

[@willowthelyxra]

I wish I could leave and play WuWa, but that game is so laggy and it literally forces my phone to shut down and restart itself...

[@douglasjrza]

Art direction, plot/lore/world building and music keeps me playing

[@latitude990]

Why I will never stop playing Genshin? I played 4 different gacha games this year that I thought at one point were better than Genshin. Now I play those games for 5 minutes a day and Genshin for more.

[@keno-o1484]

At this point in time, new Genshin players would probably only play for the exploration and maybe the new characters. The story already fell-off when they gate-keeped Dragonspine storyline. Gameplay wise, we can all agree it's monotonous rotations, and all it has going is the stats you've managed to grind to reach peak damage over time. If so, I just hope hoyoverse actually improved their exploration. The game's kinda slow, and though the sceneries are good to look at, getting from point A to point B is not so fun as teleporting to a nearby waypoint.

[@xJoeWebster]

Actually exploration in Natlan ans Fontaine are much better

[@despacitoking237]

Calling hoyoverse a monopoly is like calling disney an empire

[@hehuho890]

ironic cause they market on the villains (fatui) more than the Archons and others... but i rather compared them to Activision Blizzard

[@brycehampton8315]

And it’s true

[@Edward_Ardy4671]

ain't that true tho?

[@YOUHUOUGGHHH]

And they're an evil company. Its sickening looking at the treatment of their players when you look at how generously kuro treats theyre players. I genuinely hope someone can somehow bring then to court and sue them for their treatment they've done to their playerbase.

[@smallpatrick6816]

And both are similar to one another lol. Both are doing the bare minimum and get millions, both have a lot of problematic past, both have brainrot fanbase

[@RafaelGonzalez-vs2bu]

Genshin Impact is the only gacha game I play and I love it. I was F2P but decided to support it with welkin moon which is not expensive just less than six dollars with taxes.

[@milicajakovljevic6288]

I will forever be grateful to Genshin, as it (indirectly) led me to the game that literally saved my life. I started playing early January this year, and I was ENAMORED with the world building, characters and the lore. I watched some theory videos, and was introduced to HSR. Once I started HSR, it took a very short amount of time until I found out about the masterpiece that is Honkai Impact 3rd. Oh, boy, where to even begin.... When I started playing it, I was in deep depression, and even my physical health began to decline because of it. Without much expectations, I pushed through the first few chapters (kinda clunky, badly paced and an old interface), but once I got into the story (and the overall quality skyrocketed) I received one after another slap in the face from those characters. Long story short, Honkai Impact's story inspired me to see both myself and the world around me in a more beautiful light, not necessarily because it changed, but because I actively started searching for beauty. It's so masterfully done that I have no words. I believe I'm not going overboard when I say that HI3 is comparable to some of the classic literary works. So, I don't know about whether "Tech Otakus Save the World", but I sure as hell know that they saved me. (I'm still playing Genshin for the story only, so I don't have that much qualms with Hoyo about the here stated issues)

[@ptatocollen]

I did. I miss Itto, Kazuha, and Lyney. I also just gotten Albedo but. I spent too much time on the game. It was unhealthy. And all the controversies and bad choices made by the devs were enough for me to just delete it completely. Maybe not from my life, but still.

[@kyphrin]

I hopped back on Genshin to take a look around the new zone, but the slow movement alone felt so miserable to me after diving into Wuthering Waves that I lasted maybe 30 minutes before I logged back off and ended up uninstalling it again... Love Star Rail though, so at least they're doing good with that game still.

[@ixirion]

I think Genshin is great game - you play 1 month. then delete the game. come 1y later, play 1 month. immerse in the story, delete. repeat.

[@jonomate]

I don't feel sorry for the abused who keep defending their abuser.

[@Markeveli237]

As a guy who is used to playing single player games Genshin offers far more satisfaction than any other Gacha game I've played. I cleared all archon quest without ever pulling for a 5 star only using free characters and other 4 stars thinking it's just a mechanic to get new characters. Never knew I had to aim for 5 star characters or create certain builds until the wuwa launched. I only have 2, 5 stars and recently got 2 with the update. Now I am trying to build characters properly. I have tried Wuwa, star rail, zzz and others but Genshin always feels better for me despite the fact that my characters are poorly built.

[@zetracakep]

when your character fully build it will no longer feel better it will feels worse

[@Markeveli237]

@@zetracakep till then

[@leoster44]

Good thing i stopped playing 3 years ago

[@Patroclus27]

I started in 3.6 and havent stopped, im a casual player and dolphin. I dont do end-game like abyss and the imaganarium. I just enjoy the game, the story the quests. Im looking forward to more storytelling cause that is my favourite part of this game.

[@YOUHUOUGGHHH]

you're literally a brainwashed shill, if you want story telling wuwa got you covered, i don't even need to being up combat because wuwa is most probably peak fast paced dark souls combat there is out now

[@broless]

Nah I jus get burnt out and come on every new region cuz I enjoy the game and I don’t really like the idea of you’ve played the game to long move on if you still want to play and like yeah if u dislike Genshin just delete the game but if u still enjoy it just play the game

[@hoyotard]

Most people don’t quit because of the sunk cost fallacy. Many people have already spent too much money and time, so they feel it’s very hard to leave. What I hate most is not the lack of rewards but that it seems like they don’t care about Genshin players. They know what players want, but instead of giving it to Genshin, they give it to HSR. What they give to Genshin is just a bunch of useless things like Artifact quick equip, which is supposed to be Artifact loadout, TCG, Teapot, Fishing, and now they give an Artifact Selector, but you can only make one if you want a Goblet or Circlet. That’s enough for me to leave the game forever, and I will never bother to touch any games from this company.

[@latitude990]

Every time I hear the "sunk cost fallacy" argument it always comes off as a Genshin non-enjoyer trying to find a "reason" people are still playing. Is it so hard to believe that people can enjoy a game that hasn't hit your definition of it's "full potential?" Would the game be better with more rewards and better QoL? Obviously. Is the game still fun? Obviously, otherwise the community outside the game wouldn't be so massive. It's not that deep... Hoyo doesn't have us "by the balls," people just use phrases like that for engagement and rage-baiting. Most players aren't criminally online shills looking to stir up drama, they probably have enough of a brain to understand when they are no longer having fun with a game. They go to work, have a limited amount of leisure time, and play a game that they enjoy. The more likely reason is the immense amount of Fomo, but even that is a thin argument because you can do 5 minutes of combat every day and log off. You could do dailys while you're on the toilet or riding in the car/bus/plane/train/etc. Did you know that some people don't even log in every day, but still play the game? I know it's CRAZY... The reason they give "all the good stuff" to HSR is because there's not as much to the game compared to an open world Action RPG. Players need something to do... outside of running around in flat lifeless cities where the most complex interaction is conversing with trash cans. HSR is also probably the best place to test out new features before spending more effort to implement them in a game like Genshin.

[@hoyotard]

@@latitude990 you may be right, but still, there are a lot of people who have "sunk cost fallacy" syndrome. This happened to me and a lot of friends of mine who played since day 1. Some can easily dump the game although they spend a lot but some people do not. And who do you think the hate coming from? most of it because of this kind of people. I don't blame them, maybe this is their first gotcha game. To make a statement " HSR is also probably the best place to test out new features" is BS to me. They don't need it, they are professional they run the game for years. They just don't want to give what player want whatever their reason.

[@rev2059]

Most people dont quit cuz they enjoy the game full stop

[@hoyotard]

​@@rev2059 it's better for us to speak for ourselves because both of us don't speak by data. I speak because I see many friends, including myself, who don't quit because we waste too much time and money on Genshit. If u don't quit because u enjoy the games then good for you. For me and my friend who moved to Wuwa is a blessing, it feels like we are free from prison.

[@rev2059]

@@hoyotard idk I felt like the devs were spitting in my face every second I played wuwa with how badly optimized it was and how many bugs it had when I played it so I quit after 2 weeks

[@TheOtherCless]

I started playing Genshin on release just because I wanted to see what all the "Breath of the Waifu" memes were coming from. I quit Genshin this May and haven't looked back. I hate how much money I spent on Genshin and that it's "lost" now, but the bottom line is that it just *stopped being fun*. Maybe I'll go back and do the main story when they finish it, just for closure. I can't imagine doing that daily grind again though.

[@hehuho890]

it's not worth going back just to see how it ends, just go and never looked back... but yeah... sadly it will be everywhere... and i fell you on spending much and wasted due to fatigue and crappy fandom

[@latitude990]

A better way to think about it is that you spent all that money for hundreds/thousands of hours of gameplay. I spent like $1k in the first few months (learned my lesson and stopped spending), but don't even remotely regret it even tho I don't use those items/characters anymore. If I had to tally up all the hours I put into Genshin compared to the amount of money I've spent, it would probably be the equivalent of paying $15 for a movie ticket and it being 100 hours long. Or going to a bar and handing them a $5 bill and they give me an entire bottle of liquor. Or how about buying a $60 triple-A game and it lasting 400 hours... that's some skyrim type shit right there lol.

[@introvert_tah...]

I stopped playing tho...even before wuwa, like it's almost been 2 years

[@RaweneNouara]

Idk i started for the story and i keep playing for the story i wanna know ehat happens in the endand i really like how casual the game is

[@WastedTalent83]

why would i stop playing when i can play free :D I just don't give them any money anymore. That much i can do as im very disappointed with this company.

[@daksh2206]

Because we like hoyo games that's why people love to play

[@YOUHUOUGGHHH]

Brainwashed shill

[@RR-rw5lx]

Well, for me, I quitted playing G.I for 3 years after playing WuWa.

[@leon3589]

That’s not the meaning of monopoly.

[@meltemb1705]

Me who quit at least a year ago and hasn't played since reading the title: 🥴

[@magallanthepenguin9132]

I have a c6 itto. Light spender... got a bunch of characters c2 r1 signature But I don't think I'll play any other hoyo game other then genshin. Too deep in genshin now...I have quit a few times but came back :/ Before natlan release. I feel it is mid....wouldn't recommend it to anyone. But after natlan...it is okay but still wouldn't recommend but it gotten a lot better. What happened to hoyo save the world? They became a powerful company. Reminds me of AMD underdog against Nvidia. Just when AMD gotten good they becoming like Nvidia bruh. Samsung becoming like apple too

[@hehuho890]

mihoyo's old slogan tech otakus saved the world and yet here we are...

[@ivann9924]

That's why you never trust companies. In a way hoyo really "saved" the world. The company provides '"dream" anime games way better than a lot of Japanese titles with great story, gameplay, animation, music, but the underlying goal is of course profit. Its always profit and will be profit, and where there are banks to be made, changes will be made, every company ever is like this so in the end its just choose the best poison really.

[@CtEve8476]

Though I'm late to this video, I do have something I want to share. DISCLAIMER. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO SHARE. I did take a break from Genshin before. After playing WuWa and PGR 5 months ago, I decided to take a break from Genshin, HSR and a whole bunch of other games and tried to focus on only playing WuWa and PGR. Surprisingly, it felt like my life was back together again without so much games to play and without so much feeling like I'm playing games as a chore and not as a hobby. Playing WuWa and PGR felt a lot like a hobby again and not as a lifestyle. A few weeks ago, I tried coming back to Genshin and HSR again and, I gotta say, my life was actually better off without them. I felt so compeled to farm for primogems, cuz I'm an f2p, I have to grind. But I'm also a student, so I don't always have the time to do it. And going through the story in Genshin felt less rewarding for me cuz I can't see the movement of characters in non-cutscenes like kuro did in WuWa. It felt like the characters are less alive, if that makes sense. Now I've deleted Genshin and HSR from my laptop. And I have never felt more relieved than ever. Go ahead, call me a kuroshill but you can't tell me to come back. The biggest reason that made me decide not to come back at all, is how much I feel that Rover and the Commandant ARE main characters and not just bystanders like in Genshin. In a way, when the main character isn't doing much, or is mostly there just to do a chore, I felt less and less attached to wanting to understand more of the world-setting the story is built in because I can't feel like I'm a part of the world itself. I can't step into the main character's shoes because they don't do much. And with Paimon there talking way more the Traveler, I feel like Paimon is more the main character than the Traveler. So, what's the point of choosing to be immersive when I can't even do much as the supposed main character in the first place? Also, changing the goal of the main character or not having a clear goal in the first place makes it hard for me to empathize with the characters because I can't see what they actually want in the first place. That ruins my mood to read the story too. So, yeah that's my experience and my opinion of playing Genshin for years and now, it's gone from my laptop and free from my soul. 😅 AGAIN, DISCLAIMER. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO SHARE.

[@Aswero21]

*sees the title* well i did (thank god)

[@leodalionful]

Super interesting video, thanks! ☺️

[@leodalionful]

My main thing I would like is for genshin to add more resin stores after it caps like wuwa just did so you can play longer without feeling like you have to log in every day and also get rid of all the filler quests and dialogue and get back to meaningful story-driven content.

[@Wazurd]

I mean... Condensed resin exist??

[@sariandoesstuff3587]

I might be wrong here but ig the guy running genshin side of things at mihoyo was changed to Da Wei himself ( hence the rewards) Unfortunately unless you are a lore player like me you mostlikely won't stay ( I say this as someone who quit WuWa for multiple reasons ( story wasn't doing it for me and exploriing being fun and combat being ok are not enough to make me stay on top of that busy with life so I can only handle at most 2 games ( GI and HSR) . Tho I can say this wuwa for all of its problems is quite fun when it works

[@juvian2758]

I played Genshin till version 3.8 then I came back like in version 4.3 I guess? but after finishing the story line I quit again. To me Genshin became a game of logging in daily to get the premium currency for the next premium banner and then to grind for that character, but to what end? the game doesn't really offers any challenge for this new characters to shine (apart from the cosmetics which I don't care that much) so I lost the carrot that drove me onward, the story its "ok" but even the MC is just an observer rather than an MC... and the end content I was able to clear it out since like version 1.2 because is just that easy. Now I'm playing HSR and WuWa and WuWa has what I was missing in Genshin, the reward for playing challenging content and requiring skill to do so.

[@maskchow9731]

Already did Stop Playing Genshin Impact lol. Just like every huge gaming company cough... cough.. "looking at you Blizzard & EA," It's going to be glories to watch Hoyoverse fall from grace with its shit practices. Taking a page outta EA and Blizzard page book won't save your shit practices. That stunt they pulled with the CEO of hoyoverse crying crocodile tears won't last, people will catch on.

[@lvvylwy961]

I might catch flack for this but i was really disappointed by how they handled natlab. Not only do you have the whole can of worms like with sumeru, but the lovebimbing and free five star just reminded me how shit my and many peoples relationship to this game has been for the past 5 years. Watching this video kinda validated the kid in me who played genshin for fun and felt trampled by how the devs just seemed to hate us at every turn, wanting to make players lives as miserable as they could, and for what? If you need an example, why the hell does shenhe use the bathysmal vishaps, and why does alhaitham use a wind serpent (to name a few)? Just to make the player who already play's lives harder, and im this close to quitting.

[@ThomasAndy-qu8dp]

it's actually incredibly to stop when you just try another game and see how bad ytou have it in genshin.

[@noobkingnero7506]

I don't know. I haven't touched Genshin Ever since Wuthering waves. I tried, GI just feels like chore, and feels they artificially trying to extend gameplay. No cap. Reason why, Is because Wuwa's convenience, combat, Story, and gameplay loop. A friend of mine told me the reason why they cant leave genshin is because they spent too much time and money into it, despite it being an unpleasant experience.

[@Kaizer5E]

I stopped playing. Your title is inaccurate. 😅

[@Proxy606]

Easy answer would be, people spend a bunch of time on the game. It’s simple enough for a casual player to enjoy I see a bunch of people saying “I learnt Genshin was toxic after WuWa” But I learnt Genshin was toxic, from Hi3(you don’t need to leave hoyo to learn hoyo is toxic lol) I’m not sure what I’m writing this for, but I do want to talk about some Genshin and WuWa stuff I personally, never played WuWa. Red flag I know. But listen(read) if you wish, and take this knowing it was made by an internet person WuWa was able to do many quality of life stuff, rewards, all that. But what if Genshin didn’t come first? Sure, kuro has their “players come first” motto, so maybe it won’t be that different right? But Genshin was the intro of this genre to the gacha scape, I’m sure there will be elements in WuWa taken from Genshin and improved. It’s only natural for competition to make things better than their competitors. But if Genshin didn’t come first, would WuWa still have the wall run no stamina glide system? Who knows, hard to say And if Genshin came later, would it possibly have been like WuWa now? Again we can’t really tell Why did I write this? I dunno, I don’t really think it relates to the video I just don’t really like players fighting over games, this doesn’t seem to help I’ve come to realise this comment is kinda pointless, but I spent too much time to write it that deleting it seems wasteful and posting it would spark a war Guess I’ll end it here Oh woe is me

[@lesath7883]

Genshin is the abusive partner. WuWa existinf or not does not change that fact. Yes, WuWa exists, builds upon and fixes a lot of the mistakes in Genshin. Just like Genshin exists because BotW exists. And BotW exists because Dark Souls and Assasins Creed exist. And all the way back to Pong. If TuHoyo loved you, they'd delete the 50/50 and guarantee the banner character. But they love your money instead. And that has made them successful, so they may be doing something right.

[@Proxy606]

@@lesath7883 like I said, I made this without any real purpose, I don’t know what or why I was driven to write this entire thing. Maybe it was to vent? Maybe I’m just a man who stans hoyo and needs to get a life The only thing I really know is that I just find it a headache that people fight over games Like, haven’t people heard of play what you want?

[@lesath7883]

@@Proxy606 You are totally right. And I hope that MiHoyo does find reasons to enhance Genshin in meaningful ways that make its players enjoy that game more.

[@SangNguyen-vt8jg]

Bruh, I stopped for 2 months and still stopping 😂.

[@Hyperzan]

Its their strategy to make you play their other game which was treated better than genshin though I just played other games not hoyo.

[@JAYGURUDEVMFG]

Your story telling skills are impressive as well as word chooses..❤❤

[@VoidEnigma]

Thank you so much!

[@JustDavidPlz]

Hello Void, my Genshin account has 1418 activity days, Genshin released 1434 days ago(Yes I went to Google and then Hoyolab). Man...I've played from day one, got excited with friends about the game, truly loved and enjoyed Teyvat, fell in love with my characters, the usual for almost every one devoted and invested. But even if it's just busyness for them, that sensation of someone laughing at you in your face, is something that I won't forgive nor forget from Hoyo. Wuwa gave me peace, and the courage to put Genshin in the background, because there's no Hope left. I won't lie, the 5.0 Livestream ignited something, but it fade away 10 mins after, and then seeing they still were being sneaky and poor with the implementation of things...well, same old Hoyo. I want to know how it ends, that's why I'll keep playing, and because there's still things I love. But my Heart is now in Huanglong

[@VoidEnigma]

Yeah I definitely agree here. I am playing because I am invested in the story, but I definitely dont stress about exploring, and if I miss an event, oh well. Natlan made me a little hopeful, but after playing through it... I began to realize that nothing actually changed. Sure, its an improvement, but just not enough. I have 1339/1434 days active as well!

[@Wazurd]

it's called burnout, back when Inazuma patch i have this urge to stop playing the game but i feel guilty to stop since i already play this game since day 1, Then elden ring came i have a blast playing it and time flew i forgot to login to genshin and that's when i stop playing genshin until Nahida's debut. Lesson Learned, that Gacha live service, whether it's Genshin or WuWa, is just a game that is not ideal to it play everyday, because they want you to stay with their ecosystem, if you bored with one gacha then move to other gacha and in long term with this system it became toxic and unhealthy

[@ChromaticOverLord]

Nothing is ever to big to fail.

[@SamsungGnusmas-o2i]

My fatal flaw was making lynette a 4* and the nail in the coffin was humiliating her just to make arlechinno look good/sales $$.

[@derb1809]

the covid buff is real

[@thorandz]

yes i agree that for hardcore player, its already too late. hoyo knew their biggest consumer is from "casual", so they will stay in that. for me personally, in 5.0 i think they want to say that they are capable to make a changes and they want to established their position for another open world exploration game that already came like wuwa and later will come in 2025 like NTE, azur promilia, etc. wuwa is not a biggest threat, but i think its a good competition. and dont forget this year they have a lot of bad moves like 3 free FATE for 3 years and nevuliette bug, so they need to do some good moves to get their player's trust again. but for me personally, i'm done with genshin. i love the game that always update their contents especially combat/gameplay, not only about lore/story. after almost 3 years playing genshin, i'm staying in star rail and wuthering waves for now starting this nathlan updates

[@ixirion]

I rly dont get it. Why ppl like and praise HSR? I am 3 months in and I am really bored. There is not even actual combat everything is on auto. puzzles are either stupid or very repetitive. I only like main story and the lore. Today I just 30 star the MoC on auto while watching yt.

[@Aezthet1C]

​@@ixiriondifferent person different preference

[@ixirion]

@potatoname8714 hmm I like Xcom and for example Shining force. Honestly what are you pppl doing at the game? I auto all battles. where is the game part in the game?

[@thorandz]

@@ixirion they praise hsr because the team behind hsr almost same like honkai impact (cmiiw). the quality of life update that genshin player wants is always in hsr, the end game content that genshin player wants is in hsr. even the banner is more forgiving and there are free 5 star weapon (herta shop). for gameplay, its not like a open world game that a lot of people love it. personally i love both open world and turn base. i already played from day one and there is no problem with that. if there is nothing to do in that version, i can just play another game and come back later

[@arthurgeier2545]

@@thorandz The joke is that Wuwa is supposed to appeal to hardcore players, yet it fails to do. ToA is a boring punching bag fest tbh. Hardcore players all go back to Sekiro, DS, Elden Ring and Monster Hunter.

[@Maqso]

i already stopped playing more than two years ago. also i'm currently not very excited with the current state of HSR and i'm waiting to see if 3.0 will shake things up. i would say i probably get bored of gacha games after 2 years but i'm still playing arknights for more than 4 and a half years so i guess my issue is with the games

[@paperboy4584]

"Natlan isn't dark enough." If you want a diverse game, go play Concord. Oh, wait...

[@Brite__]

I dunno, I've been doing pretty good about not playing ever since the second or third area lol

[@ivann9924]

(Its true) in my case at least, i designated a time to finish Teyvat chapter. However i do have my reservation, that is if Genshin does make a sequel like Honkai part 2, i will not start again. Its all about the investment and i don't think i will commit again greater than Genshin, its the same reason i didn't touch HSR and ZZZ. Wuwa and upcoming gacha games

[@Kewpiedie]

Im a free to game player im addicted on Genshin Impact but i control my life as well to help myself.

[@voodoomagic90]

all the recent changes they made was only because Wuwa started it first and drew many genshin players to it like bees to honey. So of course Hoyo ended up copying Kuro's marketting strategy. Otherwise why did they not introduce all these things all these years?

[@Kurisu139]

The majority of players play casually. This people who is probably busy with their lives doesnt have the time to start a new game. We try new games when it release just to check it out. But when we already saw it and we see that mechanics is somewhat identical, whats the point on starting a new game and invest time?

[@bacongl]

I quit HSR and wasn't terribly interested in ZZZ. I still play Genshin but only casually when I have some time. I work full time, I just cant do the Gacha crack anymore. I refuse to play another Gacha again. I learned my lesson. I am still SUPER salty over Dehya.

[@snonyabeeswax]

prediction if traveler finally gets skins itll likely be after rover in wuthering waves gets skins

[@Aezthet1C]

Well I'm try my best to not too attached myself to certain game, i learning this from Path of Exile dev (diablo-like ARPG) they really said "try our game, if you don't like current season/update just leave it then comeback again on the next season”. I apply this to both wuwa and genshin, I don't play genshin since inazuma because I don't felt any excitement even after natlan update. Same as wuwa I don't play right now even though they give free 5 star since current patch look like filler patch tho i will comeback for next patch

[@ImproperStandby]

Honestly the best way to approach games and other forms of media, I follow a similar approach and just play when or what I want.

[@budoyong1]

I am a victim of genshin impact

[@arif8967]

I did. Played for 2 months maybe. At launch of course. Never touch any gacha after that. Got into gacha agin at start of 2024 thanks to PGR.

[@mikhailbotnovik1594]

I'm in too deep to quit now

[@maosama3695]

me who quits after a few months of playing .... Ok. i think the ones who quits are people who are already familiar with gacha games. or played mihoyo games before like hi3. they already have insights of what this type of genre do. and usually knows how to spend money on it. i see a lot of 1st time players are the ones loyal to the game and probably because they have invested too much on the game. the game sucks since day 1 for me , lack of animation , lack of content , lack of utilities , world building is ok but the story sucks balls. the main character is charmless and literally has no personality. they copied too much from botw and nothing new inserted. attack animations are boring some are down right lazy like the gunner girl/french cop. some of the 4 and even 5 stars share attack animations. models are too boring as well , early characters are actually ok , a bit on the bland side but some looked good like mona. the further the game progress the more boring the characters and uninspired the character gets. overly designed mish mash asymmetrical designs. it sucks because it has a lot of promise and potential IMO. but fails in all aspects.

[@mimik173]

2:37 6 months??? (venom image)

[@B0b-k3r]

I have no idea how people play both. I had to drop genshin for wuwa. I didn't have enough time for both.

[@leifl8812]

I have a lotta hours and a bit of money invested in my account, but I still quit because it's so freaking boring I will return to pull Tsaritsa and that will be the end of it

[@opbro751]

yeah tsaritsa = bronya then i will pull

[@Kazuk1787]

I stoppped playing Genshin around Inazuma patch. Never went back to it. Other gacha games are just more fun.

[@HopeEsthiem15]

Shit i have not faltered in the slightest since swearing off Hoyoverse and that won't be changing. It was my 1st gacha game tho so that impact is still mega

[@hxite]

blud going all in because he knows he might get blacklisted from HoYo Creator, so now he's glazing Kuro instead. and didn't you say you were gonna move on from genshin when the 'racism' drama popped up? but now you're still comparing both games. I know I get nothing from saying this, but cmon bro, you're just hating at this point, not criticizing properly.

[@yoiko89]

Funniest thing I know Mihoyo exist when i play genshin impact.

[@inser3882]

wuwa release was the thing that got me to quit genshin in the first place. but i still had some hope for the game;s future and was hoping for a come back. but after every update i began to lose hope, so i waited till natlan to see if ver 5 will be new exciting and good. and yeah it was disapointing

[@syeel4523]

playing this for 4 years, and I already stop from patch 4.5, The story become boring because a lot of filler events. yeah I know this game slow pace but too slow. I hate the MC how weak he/she in the main story 🤣🤣🤣 and yapping paimon. idc about gacha characters

[@syeel4523]

and now playing Honkai Star Rail, Reverse1999, and Wuthering Waves.

[@fuzyfuzfuz2]

I mean... There are a LOT of games on the market. I will continue to play Genshin cause I love the story ❤ but thats not gonna stop me from playing OTHER games.

[@notaganyushrimp3496]

Facts, my dude!!

[@michapiasta3072]

The reason why I keep playing Genshin, because there is no competition and all of the "killers" fall flat on the face, they just dont have that insane polish Mihoyo does. The "monopoly" of Gacha sphere is only because none other company is capable of making a competitor as of right now.

[@claire98]

Yeah, they were the best at polishing things for way too long. I'm glad a company has finally managed to reach their standards and go even further. WuWa, I'm looking at you.

[@Lopaloos]

Nah, hoyocuck cope

[@latitude990]

Yeah I've played like 4 different games this year and thought "this might kill Genshin for me," but now I'm back on Genshin because as a total package it's just overall the most fun.

[@arthurgeier2545]

@@michapiasta3072 The "killers" killed themselves with a s s storytelling or crazy powercreep.

[@arthurgeier2545]

@@latitude990 I played Wuwa for some time and at some point those cool boss fights get boring, story is a s s and ToA is spiral abyss minus elemental reactions - deinstalled the so-called "Genshin killers".

[@WolfcatcherWolf]

You are DELUSIONAL if you genuinely believe WuWa had ANY impact on the Genshin's world-wide playerbase, if anything, it flopped so hard that people realized Genshin was actually not as bad as they thought. You are basing your opinion ONLY on the American side, ignoring completely China, Japan and Korea (the three biggest markets for Gacha games, BTW) Not to mention South East Asia and Europe, that are also big parts of the market.

[@skyhart9926]

You are DELUSIONAL if you think Hoyoverse will give you a “Bootlicker’s Trophy.”

[@snonyabeeswax]

same company different dev teams it shows

[@pontoancora]

Hauaaauauu since when ww can be called a competitor?

[@hehuho890]

I cursed the artist (who also made HI3rd, HSR and ZZZ) for their eye-candy catching illustrations... their so-called innovative gameplay may seemed true on the surface but it's just a copy... the only game that they originally made was HI3rd, they never let that game die... the rest are just rip-offs of every other games (genshin to BOTW and HSR to F/GO, ZZZ is just HI3rd with a different model, or same cause uses identical engine) granted that WuWa ripped off some few games but they eventually give out needed mechanics (wall running, grapple and fast dailies) same with Tower of Fantasy despite being a gacha burner on cosmetics. so yeah, been a day 1 teyvat traveler till i had enough when sumeru came out (already noticed the flaws on inazuma) making playable villains for market (childe was an excuse but still a bad taste) and being stuck in the pandemic feeling with no improvements (no mounts cause scumbag varka stole horses) traveler feels like a tool/chore while Rover is rizzing (decent DPS potential) Eventually will leave WuWa soon when i get Shorekeeper cause of open world fatigue, but i can guaranteed you that WuWa won't disappoint, maybe PGR also but yeah, action fighting ain't my forte... hope you will realized and better leave teyvat before the last nation came, will it be worth spending time (and money, also admitted that i spend on genshin and tower of fantasy) on? might be awhile to get off the genshin fever cause PH is the largest simpers (every cosplay convention) but yeah, don't care and will move on and faded into obscurity in time...

[@rev2059]

riiiight, Hi3rd was the first action rpg with that kind of combat ever made... sure

[@SpicyFox-0]

I like the game cuz it has quality. It looks impressive idc what yall say. When there’s no content just don’t play it. When there is content play it. ❤ When you have 160 primos wish on the banner that looks the best. (I remember getting ayato instead of Raiden one time and boy did my friends have something to say)

[@vandergrift5557]

Nah i ain't coming to it until they release xilonen and mauvica

[@Sirnaghost]

Was paying for more then 3 year just deleted last week 👌

[@lesath7883]

Genshin won't die. Because of sunken cost. People have spent so much on Genshin that forfeiting all of that time, effort and money is too mainful for them.

[@ishank942]

I don't get why people are so disappointed with genshin. Genshin is a story focussed game, they gave some of the best world quest + character story quest and archon quest with beautiful open world design and probably the best music in all of gacha. You can clear all of the content except floor 12 with 9 stars so why people are grinding artifacts is beyond my understanding. The game is not combat focused. Why so much negativity and people getting depressed about a game. If u don't want to play genshin don't play why getting so depressed over a game. Is it because u spend to much time on the game doing same thing again and again? People need to remember u don't have to play the game daily if u getting bored or u have something better to do. Gacha games are design to waste time. Wuwa has the same daily login issue. There is nothing to compare between wuwa and genshin. Wuwa is more of the combat focussed games and is nit for casuals. Casual player don't want to waste so much time on combat generally. This is also the reason not many people are playing wuwa. This point is also proven because hsr which is similarly casual focused game as genshin did so good. As casual players generally only play for stories in a game. Hardcore gamers generally don't play gachas they play multiple games while players who are in between who want hardcore game experience while being casual generally cry about genshin end game content and artifact rng. For them just play wuwa and don't burn your blood and waste time arguing about better gacha in the internet

[@plainsalt]

Genshin is a Gacha focused game. I think generally it has a good story but man is the story telling slow and flat and sometimes god awful. I think if you make a gacha game, especially as a greedy company like Hoyo it will be at odds with whatever else the devs might want to focus on. "u don't have to play the game daily if" but it's a gacha, so if you're interested in a character you HAVE TO play it to be able to get that character if you're free to play. You have to be able to survive the increasing world level and domains, which you can't decrease indefinitely if you want to experience the story. "Why so much negativity and people getting depressed about a game." partially because the game is more predatory than a lots of other gachas, and the devs do not listen to the community even after 4 years. They have a right to be upset even if it's not that healthy. "Wuwa has the same daily login issue." I disagree. Wuwa's dailies don't take as much time as Genshin's and domains aren't locked behind certain days so you can farm whatever you want whenever you want. "Wuwa is more of the combat focussed games and is not for casuals." Just because Wuwa has a more complex combat system than Genshin doesn't mean it's hard to understand or play. Casuals can very much have fun with the combat, probably even more fun since it has more skill expression. "This is also the reason not many people are playing wuwa." The reason has more to do with the company being less established than Hoyo, so it's less popular. They should've launched 2 months later for sure but with the situation they were in it's understandable. They have less money to advertise and they're also worse at advertising I'd say but realistically they have a good amount of players and have good revenue. It was also not released during covid. Wuwa's story and quests have been great since 1.1. Everything's improved a lot after release. It's more optimized, the music is better and more memorable (especially the leaked songs). The latest area is very beautiful, the new characters are fun and look nice. Since it's new it doesn't have the same buildup as Genshin but the next patch will be interesting for sure with the area and characters. The devs are very clearly listening to their community and know how to make it better. Hardcore gamers play multiplayer games because those games are actually focused on only combat. "casual generally cry about genshin end game content and artifact rng." that's just live service games, but with the insane amount of money Hoyo has the game can hardly have excuses for most critiques.

[@Alexlovespokemon]

When genshin is an action RPG it's not surprising that some people would expect action RPG elements in it, you know, like combat?

[@ishank942]

@@Alexlovespokemon man if after 4 years of the launch people are still expecting combat then they are really mentally ill, by now they should know that it’s story focused open world exploration game besides there are so many good games which are combat focused like wuwa or any soul game or recently launched game like wukong why be obsessed with Genshin and hate on the game. See I myself am a casual player and if I am honest I am not very good at combat I play wuwa and get around 18, 19 stars in tower of adversity and I play Genshin and get 6,7 stars in floor 12, so I don’t focus much on that expect of the game. For me story, world building and game design comes first. And in that expect Genshin is far better since sumeru. World quest like golden slumber and Pari quest in sumeru. Ann’s quest in fountain are peak story telling. Mind u these quest are very long around 6-12 hours each with heavy lore and great story telling but people generally don’t do it as it’s not voice acted and then they hate the game. But I get it people might not want to read it or they don’t have that much time or they don’t like story game. But people are equating “not for them game”= bad game and hating on it. It’s simply unreasonable Not every game has to cater to every audiences. I don’t like HSR or ZZZ as I don’t like turn based fights so I simply don’t play them. It doesn’t mean both of them are bad games in any way. Same for wuwa. I like wuwa as it’s open world game which i prefer. But story of wuwa is really bad people will say it’s good since 1.1 but it’s bad nothing changed much I wasn’t able to focus on it. And recent example is zhezhi story quest which is simply bad and boring. But wuwa is a great game because it’s a combat focused them and they didn’t focus much on story. And the story may become or great in upcoming versions as it’s a new game and Genshin story sucked in beginning too. But the issue is Genshin story was memorable even when it’s sucked but wuwa story is simply not memorable. People won’t remember it. They need to work on it.

[@ishank942]

@@plainsalt the issue is simple if people are playing daily because it’s gacha and they want certain character but they don’t really like the game and enjoy playing the game then they are just gambling addicts and they should quit the game instead of hating it. Spending money on it because of this addiction will lead to regret only afterwords. It’s not healthy. People are hating genshin since last 1.5 years but still not able to move on from the game is kind of an obsession don’t u think bro. Content creators are farming this hate as they are intelligent people’s and they want to make money and putting Genshin in thumbnail and titles or comparing other games with Genshin just reaches more audience and farms more people who hate on the game. Genshin already made more than 4 billion. They spend 700 million on the game till now including marketing in 4 years. Even if genshin don’t make any money from now on it can sustain itself for more than 10 years if company wants. So hate on Genshin won’t do anything u will just get used by content creators. My point is if u don’t like the game just quit the game and move on quit obsessing over. People’s obsession over anything (whether it’s failed relationship, politics, ideology, food, sports or gacha game) is not healthy. Similarly hating on anything after a point becomes meaningless specially if it’s a video game.

[@apeman9897]

@@ishank942 in this case, its not hate, its because they didnt listen to us, i have every right to hate them for expecting them to do better and fail miserably, i want genshin to fail because of their community which never stop riding its meat

[@sorata1343]

Really??? Wow i stop playing months ago and i never wish to come back lol

[@Honed-]

i was driftting away from genshin impact after wuthering waves was treating me so nicely, then i guess mihoyo saw that they where losing players and decided to add a gage feature like wuthering waves and gave us a free 5 star and even added a way to get 500 premos if you finish the current story.. and it brought me back.. they treated me like i mattered for the first time in such a long time and all it took was wuwa showing up, im still going to play wuwa tho, both are fun. but now im more willing to support mihoyo because of how charitable they are being now. (but wuwa needs my support more so im only buying there monthly pass rn)

[@Plynarax]

I think its bc genshin got a new director or whatever not wuwa

[@opbro751]

@@Plynarax why would you need a new director if old director is efficient enough for the game

[@plainsalt]

Let's just see if they can keep up the "generosity" which only happened due to competition. I think they'll keep rewards low, have a better anniversary but being the same old for the most part. Othervise don't let their PR tactics change your mind.

[@Plynarax]

​​@@plainsalt We don't know that yet

[@vallion07]

i already stopped once you played wuwa you cant go back. Genshins now just feels slow and janky

[@SM-tf3li]

I played Wuwa for 6 weeks and quit. The echo system is a waste of time. They should remove the overworld farming for echos and double or triple the drop rates from the domain. Instead of farming wuwa for hours a day i rather play other games. So i quit. Still play Genshin, HSR, ZZZ.

[@catbrokitty6673]

Just deleted it yesterday, never felt better than before, sure, maybe if sneznahya release i could play it again(in like maybe a year lol), i just wish they improve the gameplay but i realised its hoyo and genshin gameplay system will not change, they just add(idk probab new elements or new skills but still boring compare with wuwa), which is yeah, sure, wuwa can't beat genshin in terms of popularity but wuwa still more fun than genshin since the gameplay, hard bosses, just better, if you seeing my comments think genshin is better, i respect it, its just games in the end, but for an ar60, i can't continue it, it felt like chore to play it even i didn't finish natlan haha

[@Sheerwinter]

The best ost of all time.

[@ardee9337]

5.0 is the update that proved most Genshin players casual or not loves mid stuff and scams as long as it is from Hoyo, it proved something much worse than stockholm or sunk cost which could be absolute brain rot. Let's talk about WuWa's exploration as an example, the most brain rotten Genshin players(don't get offended if you're not like this) hated it with passion, for them infinite stamina outside of combat, wall running + parkour and grappling hook were unrealistic, cheap, faster is not better, clunky, stupid feature etc. even stockholm and sunk cost players would have loved any QoL but many hated great QoL's because it ain't in Genshin instead it is in WuWa a competitor. Now 5.0 came and guess what? Genshin was "inspired" by WuWa, gave players a dumbed down, region locked and character locked version of WuWa's wall running(pokemons, Kachina and soon Xilonen) and grappling hook (Kinich) and they are like thanking gacha god Da Wei for improving Genshin, like seriously?

[@KJRMKP]

Lol i played genshin 2 years uninstall becoz that game becomes boring now and then... I have spent alot on that game but i never install after then.. And never played any hoyoverse game till then.. Present i am playing best game of thus era Wuwa.. Thats what i am looking for realistic and immersive game play just love that...

[@keichizeromemories]

Should change their name to tech otakus are oligarchs hahaah

[@HexaDecimus]

I love Genshin, for a casual FTP player my focus is exploring the world. Honestly a lot of the complaint is just players being entitled. If you hate where the direction of the game is going just leave, and no need to announce your departure.

[@amrradwan1055]

Genshin could've been the best game ever made, but with people like you they don't need to be, and can still get the money they want anyway, stay mediocre 🤷‍♂️

[@timon5413]

I agree bro 😂 leaving the game like they actually achieved something in life like let people play whatever they like playing why forcing other people too quite it they may not like the alternative

[@timon5413]

​@@amrradwan1055stop this brain rot mind set that everybody in this game everybody pays all the time 😑 damm most of casual player don't even spend a single penny

[@joshmayetballoon3103]

@@timon5413 They achieved something, by being free of gacha games

[@timon5413]

@@joshmayetballoon3103 then stop playing all the gacha even wuwa bcz it also have gambling 😂

[@Bullminator]

The CCPV was the only reason they had a chance on market as everyone was inside and not realy making new games.

[@cynicalmandate]

Problem is that it's hard to newcomers to match the production value of Genshin Impact and the look-feel of it is certainly a big factor in whether a person sticks or not. A new game WILL be inferior to Genshin in almost every category except IDEAS. What's going to help the next new competitor is not "doing Genshin better", but creating something different from Genshin. I thought that was WW, but...meh. Honestly, I don't think any gacha will be that much better than Genshin. They all orbit the profit motive so Genshin is inevitably just going to either create replica's or people who've figured out different ways to milk people for nothing.

[@scarletHerbst]

I played between 4.2 - 4.6, quit when WW came out.. Logged in yesterday, same bs, quit again by the end of the day.. Sad to say I splurged a bit but realized how toxic the game is along with the community and devs

[@arthurgeier2545]

How is the game toxic roflmao

[@opbro751]

@@arthurgeier2545 its opinion try to respect it roflmaolol

[@arthurgeier2545]

@@opbro751 But how is the game toxic? No one pours bleach all over eyes when exploring Natlan

[@opbro751]

@@arthurgeier2545 toxic cause u get a free 5 star selector and promise that they will add new 5 star in future but guess what u have to use the 5 star selector within 41 days while wuwa snowbreak 5 star selector is available for 1 year even that free HSR ratio also available for 1 year u get a artifact potion and finally a hope of getting good artifact but a goblet need 3 resin potion and a circlet need 4 resin potion while u can have only one potion each patch if u r f2p

[@arthurgeier2545]

@@opbro751 The standard banner duration is a bit short, agreed. As for artifacts: I have been merging useless artifacts and received many cr, cd pieces which ended up being very good. The main advantage is that we can see the substats right away.

[@khevvillacruz1237]

i just quit....boring

[@jocelreloncillo8093]

lets gooo paywall impact...oh wait their devs won't listen to player feedback that much to roll out substantial qols..😂🤫✌️