›

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Register

Quick Links

The RPG Files - Genshin Impact Review In Progress | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited October 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imageThe RPG Files - Genshin Impact Review In Progress | MMORPG.com

Join Jonathan as he breaks down his early thoughts on Genshin Impact in his review in progress. Is it worth jumping into the free-to-play Gacha RPG from miHoYo?

Read the full story here


Comments

  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    It really feels like a great game that could have and should have been sold at box price without gacha elements. The gacha elements aren't necessarily a deal-breaker because it's designed to be beatable by the free characters, but that also highlights just how arbitrary the business model is.
    alkarionlogrojoArcueid[Deleted User]ValentinaDoctorhooRoinYashaXFTrunks21etlarAlbatroesand 1 other.
  • Pher0ciousPher0cious Member RarePosts: 529
    Finally, a game where you can buy Anime WAIFUS.

    Of course, you get a few free samples at first.
    ('''\( ',.:.,' )/''')
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    Breath of the wild visuals, Nier Automata Combat and Fire Emblem Heroes gacha. The game is a lot of fun but i agree with @Aeander, a retail price would have been totally worth it in place of the gacha system. Co-op is fun as well.
    FTrunks21etlarValdheim




  • coleman11bcoleman11b Member UncommonPosts: 76
    I'm confused. Is this a review in progress of a good, fun game, or a platform for you to take some shots at an equally good game?

    "It’s like someone took a Tales game and rebuilt it inside of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and you know, finally turned that game into an actual good game."

    You may not care for Breath of the Wild, but it's a pretty dumb thing to suggest in your review that it's not a good game. I prefer Genshin over Zelda: BOTW, but I have the intellectual maturity to recognize that doesn't make Zelda a bad game. This seems like just another case of MMORPG letting anyone with a keyboard write some opinions.
    [Deleted User]MendelIselinFTrunks21
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited October 2020
    Breath of the wild visuals, Nier Automata Combat and Fire Emblem Heroes gacha. The game is a lot of fun but i agree with @Aeander, a retail price would have been totally worth it in place of the gacha system. Co-op is fun as well.
    FE Heroes gacha is actually more generous. At 3%/3% (regular), 5%/3% (hero fest), 8%/0% (legendary/mythic), or 4%/2% (weekly revival) focus/non-focus depending on the banner. The pity system is also better because it incrementally increases your odds rather than an all or nothing 90 summon system that you're unlikely to see any benefit from.

    That doesn't make FE Heroes gacha good. Heavens no! From experience, it's bloody awful. But it does highlight just how poor Genshin Impacts rates are.

    Funny thing is, even with the gacha system, I still enjoy this more than the BotW it's so closely cribbing. Because it replaces most of the survival mechanics with RPG mechanics. Meaning that I'm actually progressing instead of finding fragile weapons that are literally too good to use.
    Post edited by Aeander on
    [Deleted User]
  • exile01exile01 Member RarePosts: 1,089
    Pointless game with piss poor story. Stop deleting my comments from you paid ads.
    unfilteredJWuriel_mafess
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,053
    exile01 said:
    Pointless game with piss poor story. Stop deleting my comments from you paid ads.
    Start making proper posts then.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    AeanderrojoArcueid[Deleted User]ElvocRoinunfilteredJWValdheim
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • mcrippinsmcrippins Member RarePosts: 1,642
    The fact that you can't change key binds is a deal breaker for me. So frustrating as I really want to play it. How can a game be this polished and not have that feature?
    Scot
  • vegetableoilvegetableoil Member RarePosts: 768
    I like it, the key bind is a bit a downer, but the buttons are not bad so it's still ok, the grinds are increasing the higher your level, and There are adventure level that actually scale the mobs, which I don't like, the gacha part, there are worst game when it comes to monetization it's still acceptable, I was hoping for more character customization which is lacking. Overall it's not a bad game, but it's not an mmorpg, it's more like a coop game limited to 4 people.
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499
    Wait, this is a mobile game? I suppose that doesn't intrinsically make it bad, but it does greatly restrict what the game can do if it needs to be playable on Android and iOS.

    A lot of item mall or gacha games will seem fine at first. They don't want your very first experience with the game to be "and now pay $1 to progress". They want you to be invested with the game before they hit you with that and then start increasing the amounts of money that you have to pay to continue. I'd be much more comfortable with saying that the gacha is fine if people who had played for months could give a detailed explanation of how much pressure there is to buy stuff how soon. But of course, there aren't people who have played for months yet.
    Mendel
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    edited October 2020
    Quizzical said:
    Wait, this is a mobile game? I suppose that doesn't intrinsically make it bad, but it does greatly restrict what the game can do if it needs to be playable on Android and iOS.

    A lot of item mall or gacha games will seem fine at first. They don't want your very first experience with the game to be "and now pay $1 to progress". They want you to be invested with the game before they hit you with that and then start increasing the amounts of money that you have to pay to continue. I'd be much more comfortable with saying that the gacha is fine if people who had played for months could give a detailed explanation of how much pressure there is to buy stuff how soon. But of course, there aren't people who have played for months yet.
    TBH, if I wasn't told it was a mobile game, I wouldn't know. I've been playing on PS4, and it controls as well as any action game I've played. A bit low on number of skill inputs, but they make up for that by giving you the inputs of 4 characters to play with. I actually couldn't see myself playing it on phone and doing well.

    The only real indicator is that unfortunate business model.
  • DoctorhooDoctorhoo Member UncommonPosts: 237
    Anime Vibe and the Exploration factor is rather fun
    rojoArcueidYashaX
  • aldisunaldisun Member UncommonPosts: 8
    I don't think I'll ever spend a dime on a game like this because I hate gambling.

    I only make purchases for things I want and not for a small chance of what I want. Either way this game is going to milk some wallets dry.
  • KaliGoldKaliGold Member UncommonPosts: 138
    I havent spent a penny and am getting so much out of this game. The world is huge and full of awesome things to do. Multi char play and great combat and progression systems keep me playing.

    Love it so far!
    Valdheim
  • sybaritictrancesybaritictrance Member UncommonPosts: 27

    coleman11b said:

    You may not care for Breath of the Wild, but it's a pretty dumb thing to suggest in your review that it's not a good game. I prefer Genshin over Zelda: BOTW, but I have the intellectual maturity to recognize that doesn't make Zelda a bad game. This seems like just another case of MMORPG letting anyone with a keyboard write some opinions.


    Well, ya see, reviews are based on the writer’s subjective opinion, which means I can say whatever I want because that’s my prerogative based on my personal experiences. Just because other critics drool all over themselves and hand out 9+ scores for literally anything Nintendo wants to slap Zelda’s brand on, doesn’t mean we all can’t see through nostalgia to call something inferior when it is. Intellectual maturity doesn’t have anything to do with stating that I disliked a game, and pot shots might be low brow, but they are a form of humor.

    Perhaps it would be better if we make sure that all contributions going forward include consulting “Coleman11b” before jokes make it into articles?

    What is it you kids say on the twitch? OMEGALUL
    unfilteredJW
  • unfilteredJWunfilteredJW Member RarePosts: 398
    edited October 2020
    Found the Skyward Sword fan.

    I'm a MUDder. I play MUDs.

    Current: Dragonrealms

  • Allwynd_01Allwynd_01 Member UncommonPosts: 193
    I can't get into this game. I dislike the fact that you can't customize your character at least with skin and hair color and a few hairstyles and faces... Vanilla WoW type level of customization at least.

    The other thing I dislike is you switch characters - your character automatically disappears and another one takes place, I found is as un-immersive as Druids in Diablo 2 and WoW and Shamans in WoW were with their shape-shifting .. I just can't immerse myself like that. But with Genshin Impact is even worse as they are completely different characters, with Druid and Shaman, it was at least the same character changing form.

    But the graphics looked nice, combat felt nice and choice for voice acting in different languages was also welcome, shame I couldn't get into it.
    MoonWolfen
  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,061
    So far, I'm adventure rank 11. Haven't spent any money and don't intend to. (If I do, maybe it'll just be on that premium pass thing to keep any spending under control). 

    Two 10-summons on the beginner banner and 1 10 summon on the permanent banner resulted in an Amber, Razor, Xiangling and (free) Noelle. 

    I'd really like to free roll a Diluc. But so far, I am having fun with Razor. Saving all primogems for Dainsleaf and Zhongli. That's what you really have to do in these gacha games - stockpile until they release something you want.
    MoonWolfen
  • mussolinimussolini Member UncommonPosts: 200
    For me this game is boring. I cant get its success all is too simple and easy, boring, I think im too old for this game... This just for the new gen, whos lazy, want everything from the beginning, want daily log in rewards, etc. I remember when I started to play mmos and had no money for even potions.... I like the graphics but this game is just not as good as its hype.... Curious how its going after few months.
    uriel_mafessMoonWolfen
  • uriel_mafessuriel_mafess Member UncommonPosts: 258
    edited October 2020
    This game is so bland I cant even explain it. Its not the F2P mobile vibe. Nor de Gacha. Its the game itself.

    Boring, slow, combat is horrible... ARGG? A from Action? Where is it? It takes more time to get somewhere with a decent density of mobs than to clear them. RPG? Where is it? Customization is nonexistent, progression is dull, 2 skills per character and 2-3 passives... even gear/loot is lacking.

    Graphics are ok, sound/music is good, voice acting is cringe but decent.

    Seriously I wouldnt give this game more than a 7 being magnanimous.
    Post edited by uriel_mafess on
  • blamo2000blamo2000 Member RarePosts: 1,130

    uriel_mafess said:

    This game is so bland I cant even explain it. Its not the F2P mobile vibe. Nor de Gacha. Its the game itself.



    Boring, slow, combat is horrible... ARGG? A from Action? Where is it? It takes more time to get somewhere with a decent density of mobs than to clear them. RPG? Where is it? Customization is nonexistent, progression is dull, 2 skills per character and 2-3 passives... even gear/loot is lacking.



    Graphics are ok, sound/music is good, voice acting is cringe but decent.



    Seriously I wouldnt give this game more than a 7 being magnanimous.



    I can't find any info on the rpg system. I really wish this was mandatory to put in any review of any game labeled as rpg.

    You say 2 skills per character and 2 to 3 passives? That is it? In total? Do you get to select the skills and passives or does the game select them for you?
  • FoomerangFoomerang Member UncommonPosts: 5,628
    I didnt realize this was an mmorpg. Will def check it oit now
Sign In or Register to comment.