I've been playing since the release
At first, you can spend days studying the world and lore, but obviously over time, burnout overtakes
The game, although it is designed to suck out donations (like all gacha games), is technically comfortable, you can play even with starting characters (the main thing is to level up correctly them)
As for me, the lore and events compensate for the gacha
The main thing is not to turn the game into work by doing endless farming
Genshin is a garbage dump but my favorite garbage dump
The end of the plot is not soon so you can enjoy the updates and exploring the world