Genshin Impact

An adventure game that offers an immersion into the captivating events of the fairy-tale world of Teyvat. Together with a group of brave companions, you will explore the ruins of ancient empires, use forbidden spells, and test your strength in battles against fantasy creatures and overcome incredible bosses. This journey lasts for hundreds of hours.

The graphics do not claim realism but will be a delight for the eyes. Simple, easily readable shapes of objects, quality drawing, colorful effects, and real-time rendering create a unique artistic style. Characters are well-animated, move naturally, and respond to hits during combat. Lighting and weather change dynamically, bringing the visuals and gameplay to life.

Genshin Impact is a single-player story-driven action RPG from a third-person perspective set in a vast open world. A gacha game focused on character collection, forming a team based on abilities, and endless leveling up.

At the same time, it is a free-to-play grind game, service game with a long development cycle. The single-player experience can be diversified in co-op mode by inviting one to three friends into your world. Regardless of the chosen mode, the game requires an internet connection to function.

In the first days, players are flooded with resources, rewards, and characters, but after a couple of days, the flow of freebies dries up, and leveling slows down significantly.

For the game, the studio miHoYo created the medieval world of Teyvat, well-defined the main rules and laws of the world, the chronology of events, and the current state of affairs in the local states. More details can be learned by visiting the library in the game and listening to dialogues.

Teyvat is governed by 7 gods or Archons — Anemo, Geo, Hydro, Pyro, Electro, Dendro, Cryo, embodying the known elements. The game map is also divided into 7 regions, whose inhabitants worship only one deity. Each region has a major city (capital) and several settlements, farms, and production sites.

The stylistics of the regions are unique due to the medieval culture they embody: Japan, China, India, Russia, Ancient Rome, Germany, and France (including national and climatic features). There is a semblance of ideology: some love order, others - freedom, and others - financial well-being.

The game world of Genshin Impact is truly vast and large, and it can be explored not just back and forth, but up and down. Teyvat is filled with numerous activities: daily and weekly tasks, defeating enemies and bosses, opening chests, and exploring unusual puzzles.

In the spirit of MMOs, the map of each region is divided into zones with levels, which affects the set of quests and enemies. The greater the difference between the zone level and the character level, the harder it is to defeat even a simple mob.

Genshin Impact inherits gameplay and controls from mobile games. One button is responsible for the basic attack - pressing it several times results in a combo. Another is for elemental magic attacks. There is also an "ultimate" that charges over time.

The basic part of the combat consists of one-handed and two-handed swords, bows with magical arrows. Characters gain abilities from elements: fire, water, wind, electricity, ice, earth, and living plants. In addition to offensive spells, there are supportive and defensive ones, like healing auras or summoning pets. The environment also reacts to magic - you can freeze water or set grass on fire.

During combat, only one character is directly controlled, but you can switch between heroes in the party instantly and at any moment, thus using all types of weapons, skills, and "ultimates."

The abilities of different characters can be linked together. Dousing a target with water and hitting it with fire will create a "steam strike." Freezing a target and hitting it with lightning will result in "shattering." Alternatively, you can soak a target with water and strike it with lightning, spreading damage. Earth powers help in defense and crowd control, while air powers enhance attacks.

By using combos, you can deal significantly more damage to a target than with a basic or magical attack. Especially since some enemies and bosses are immune to physical or magical damage. Movement is complemented by climbing any walls and ledges, dashing with dodging, and flying in the air. There is a stamina system.

Building a cool build in Genshin Impact that destroys everything in its path is not easy, because classes are tied to specific characters. And they are already linked to the gacha system. This is a monetization method where a player receives a random set of items for a specific amount. In Genshin Impact, the chance of getting a five-star (ultra-rare) character is 0.6%, and if you need someone specific, like an earth mage, the chance drops to hundredths of a percent.

Technically, the game can be completed with free characters, which will be given out in the first few hours. But storming dungeons or completing cooperative tasks with them will be tough; better heroes are needed. To open quite a few loot boxes, which means hours of grinding or spending real money.

At the same time, the game has many manipulative mechanics that encourage collecting characters or even wishing to get them all. Limited heroes will definitely be a long-awaited surprise. This creates an addiction and makes players invest a significant amount of money in cute anime waifus.

The story of Genshin Impact is simple and full of clichés. In the prologue, the main character loses a brother/sister, after which he puts in all his efforts to return the loved one and defeat the main villain (who is evil just because). However, the script includes unusual plot twists and well-developed characters.

Side quests are simple but will please with an unconventional approach to their completion. Players will need to show ingenuity, unlock a certain skill, or gather in-game money for a bribe. There are also personal quests from characters, which are quite lengthy.

As players complete quests and explore the game world, they gain several types of experience, leveling up their character, friendship , or adventures. The latter is the main measure of success, unlocking further progression in the story, rifts into complex dungeons, and various opportunities.

All collected content is used to improve what is already available; players essentially feed unnecessary weapons or gear to their useful items. The same goes for characters—if a duplicate is obtained, it must be "applied" to the existing hero, thereby enhancing him. This significantly boosts stats and unlocks an additional talent.

Leveling up any element is additionally divided into stages; players cannot just level up weapons or heroes; everything needs to be developed simultaneously, or progress will simply stop.

Unlocks at the sixteenth adventure level. The mode is cross-platform, and friends from any gaming device can join the team. Characters are distributed according to the number of participants. The cooperative offers its own set of quests:

Successful cooperative play requires knowledge of one's abilities and synergies with other characters, as well as good gear. At the time of release, Genshin Impact did not plan a PvP mode.

In cooperative mode, "Twisted Abyss," story, and additional quests are not available for the entire team. Rewards for challenges will only be received by the host, who can also open chests and collect items.