Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact[lower-alpha 1] is an open-world action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo.[2] The game features a fantasy open-world environment and action-based battle system using elemental magic and character-switching, and uses gacha game monetization for players to obtain new characters, weapons, and other resources.[3][4] The game is online-only and features a limited multiplayer mode allowing up to four players to play together.[5] It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Android and iOS on September 28, 2020.[6] Genshin Impact is also planned to release on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5; PlayStation 5 backward compatibility with the PlayStation 4 version was added on November 11, 2020.[7][8]

Genshin Impact
Developer(s)miHoYo
Publisher(s)miHoYo
Producer(s)Hugh Tsai[1]
Composer(s)Yu-Peng Chen
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows, PS4, Android, iOS
  • September 28, 2020
  • Nintendo Switch, PS5
  • TBA
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Genshin Impact takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat, which is home to seven distinct nations, each of which is tied to an element and ruled by a god associated with it. The story follows a twin, referred to as the Traveler, who has traveled across many worlds with their twin but has become separated from them by an unknown god in Teyvat. The Traveler travels across Teyvat in search of the lost sibling with their companion Paimon and becomes involved in the affairs of the other nations, gods, and the world.

The game received a generally positive reception, with critics praising the combat and open-world freedom, while some criticism was raised at its endgame content and monetization. The game grossed over $393 million on mobile devices within two months.

Gameplay
The player may freely explore an open-world map with tools. Here, Traveler is seen gliding, but the player may switch to other party members indicated on the right during exploration and combat.

Genshin Impact is an open-world action role-playing game that allows the player to control one of four interchangeable characters in a party. Switching between characters can be done quickly during combat, allowing the player to use several different combinations of skills and attacks.[9] Characters may have their strengths enhanced in various ways, such as increasing a character's level and improving artifacts and the weapons that the character equips.[10] In addition to exploration, the player can attempt various challenges for rewards. Scattered across Teyvat are bosses and challenges that reward highly valuable resources, such as Stormterror and the Electro Hypostasis, but claiming them uses up a currency called resin, which slowly regenerates over time.[11] Completing these challenges grants the player progress towards increasing their Adventure Rank, which in turn unlocks new quests, challenges, and raises the World Level.[12] The World Level is a measure of how strong the enemies within the world are and the rarity of rewards that defeating them gives.[13]

The player can control their character and perform actions such as running, climbing, swimming, and gliding which are limited by stamina.[14][9] Some characters possess abilities that can alter the environment, such as freezing water to create a path that can aid the player in traversing terrain.[9] Many teleportation nodes exist throughout the world that players can warp to, and statues known as the Statues of The Seven can heal and revive characters and provide benefits such as increasing player stamina.[15] Items such as food and ore may be procured from the open world, while enemies and treasure chests drop other types of resources that may be used in enhancing a character's strength. Players can obtain food from hunting animals, gathering wild fruit and vegetables, or purchasing them from a store. Ingredients that can be cooked into meals that regenerate characters' health or boost various statistics.[16] Mining can be done by attacking and destroying mining nodes to produce ore.[17] Ore can be refined and then used to enhance weapon strength or create weapons.[18]

Each character has two unique combat skills: an elemental skill and an elemental burst. The elemental skill can be used at any time except for the cooldown period immediately after use.[19] In contrast, the elemental burst has an energy cost, requiring the user to amass sufficient elemental energy by defeating enemies or inflicting elemental status effects.[20][21] Characters have control over one of seven natural elements: Cryo, Dendro,[lower-alpha 2] Pyro, Hydro, Anemo, Electro and Geo, which correspond to ice, nature, fire, water, air, electricity, and earth respectively.[22] These elements can interact in different ways; for example, if a Hydro attack hits a target, the enemy will be inflicted with the "Wet" status effect, and if they are hit with a Cryo attack, it will inflict "Cold".[22] These two status effects combine into the "Frozen" status effect, temporarily preventing the target from performing any actions or until the player deals enough physical damage to the enemy.[22] Switching between characters during combat and executing those skills allows those elemental interactions to take place.[23] Certain elemental abilities may be required to solve puzzles within the overworld.[9]

A multiplayer mode is available in the form of co-op. Up to 4 players can play together in the overworld and join domains.[5] Player matching can either be done by requesting to connect with another player.[5] If the player wishes to clear a domain with other players, they will be automatically matched up with others looking to tackle the same objective.[24] The game features cross-platform play, so players on any platform can play with each other.[25]

By completing quests to advance the story, the player can unlock three additional playable characters,[26] and more characters can be obtained via a gacha mechanic.[27] Several premium in-game currencies, obtainable through in-app purchases and playing the game, can be used to obtain characters and weapons through the gacha system.[28] A pity system guarantees that the player will receive rare items after a set number of draws.[29]

Story

Setting

Genshin Impact takes place in the world of Teyvat, and is composed of seven major nations being Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, and Snezhnaya.[30] In addition to these nations there is Celestia, a mysterious floating island which is allegedly home to gods and mortals who have ascended to godhood through great, heroic feats.[31] The player character, the Traveler, is separated from their twin and becomes trapped on Teyvat. They are joined by a companion, Paimon, as they journey through Teyvat in search for their lost sibling.

Each nation is associated with and worships one of The Seven, a group of gods known as Archons who each preside over one of the seven nations. Each member of The Seven is tied to one of the game's elements, and is also reflected in their nation's aspect. Barbatos, Rex Lapis, Raiden Shogun, and Tsaritsa are archons of Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma and Snezhnaya, respectively.[32] However, the god who is the Archon may change over time as Archons pass away.[33] Specific individuals chosen by the Archons are granted a Vision — magical gemstones that give their bearers the ability to command an element and the potential to ascend to godhood and reside in Celestia.[34][35]

Mondstadt, the city of freedom, worships the Anemo Archon Barbatos and sits on an island in the middle of a lake.[36] The city is protected by the Knights of Favonius, who are tasked with protecting Mondstadt and its citizens.[37] To the southwest, Liyue worships the Geo Archon Rex Lapis and is the largest market harbor in Teyvat. The harbor city is presided over by the Liyue Qixing: a group of business leaders, and ancient guardians known as Adepti, magical beings that includes Rex Lapis himself.[38][39]

Snezhnaya, ruled by the Cryo Archon Tsaritsa, send out diplomats named the Fatui who maintain a friendly appearance while using more underhanded methods secretly.[40] The Fatui are also led by the Eleven Harbingers, individuals given extraordinary powers and executive authority by the Tsaritsa.[41] Among them include Scaramouche, Signora, and Childe, who are respectively the sixth, eighth, and eleventh of the Eleven Harbingers. In addition to the Fatui, another antagonistic faction in the game is the Abyss Order legion of monsters that declares themselves to be enemies to all of humanity, and are led by the "Prince" or "Princess", the lost sibling of the Traveler.[42][43][44]

Plot

A pair of twins who travel across the stars and visit different worlds arrive in Teyvat but are separated by an unknown god, who takes one and seals away the other. Some undisclosed amount of time later the sealed twin, referred to as the "Traveler", awakens and meets Paimon. The pair travel to nearby Mondstadt to start their search for their missing twin.

Paimon and Traveler arrive at Mondstadt, and encounter a dragon named Stormterror which attacks the city. Aided by an unknown entity later revealed to be Venti, Traveler fends off Stormterror and is recognized by Jean, acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius. Traveler helps the Knights restore order to the region, and then meets Venti, who comes up with a plan to stop Stormterror, whose true name is Dvalin. Venti requests for them to retrieve a holy lyre so that he may play it to Dvalin, calming him. After retrieving the lyre, which was first stolen by Fatui, Venti attempts to calm Dvalin but realizes that the Abyss Order have been manipulating him, and Venti's true identity is revealed: Barbatos, the Anemo Archon. Traveler, accompanied by Jean, Diluc and Venti, pursue Dvalin to his domain and free him from the Abyss Order's influence. Returning to Mondstadt Venti is ambushed by the Fatui Harbinger La Signora, who steals his Gnosis.

The Traveler resolves to meet the other six Archons to find the god who took their sibling. Venti advises the Traveler to travel to Liyue next to meet Rex Lapis, the Geo Archon during a ritual. However during the ritual Rex Lapis is apparently killed, and Traveler is a potential suspect. Traveler meets Fatui Harbinger Childe who advises them to find the Adepti to clear their name. To investigate the death, Childe then manipulates Traveler to work with Zhongli, a funeral parlor consultant who is overseeing Rex Lapis' funeral. While working with Zhongli, Childe discovers the location of Rex Lapis' body, which had been hidden away. Traveler confronts Childe who attempts to take the Gnosis from the body, but is unable to find it, concluding that Rex Lapis is still alive. To lure out Rex Lapis Childe summons Osial, an ancient god once defeated by Rex Lapis, but the combined forces of the Traveler, the Liyue Qixing and the Adepti defeat it. In the aftermath Traveler finds out Zhongli's true identity as Rex Lapis, who hands over his Gnosis to La Signora as part of a discreet agreement with Tsaritsa. Zhongli explains he wished to step down from his role as Archon, and that faking his death was a test: if the Liyue Qixing and Adepti could not stop Osial, he would have intervened. Zhongli informs Traveler that their next destination, Inazuma, has closed off its borders under order of the Electro Archon, Raiden Shogun.

Back in Mondstadt, Traveler meets a mysterious individual named Dainsleif, and together they attempt to track down an Abyss Herald, who leads the Abyss Mages. Although they were not able to find the Abyss Herald, the Traveler comes across a trace of their sibling. Dainsleif cautions the Traveler before departing, remarking that they will meet again.

Development

Development of Genshin Impact began in June 2017, with an initial team of 120 people, which grew to 400 by the end of that year.[45] miHoYo revealed Genshin Impact in June 2019 at E3 2019.[46][47] The game had a development and marketing budget of around $100 million , which was recouped quickly after release.[48] Between the announcement and release closed beta tests were held, allowing invited players to explore and interact with the open world.[49][50] Genshin Impact includes voiceovers in four languages, and 13 different languages for text.[51][52][53][lower-alpha 3] The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Android, and iOS on September 28, 2020, and features cross-platform play between them.[54] The game was made playable on PlayStation 5 on November 11, 2020,[55] with improved graphics and loading times over the PlayStation 4 version.[1] The game will also be released for the Nintendo Switch, but no release date has been announced.[7][8]

miHoYo took inspirations from real life locations, such as Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, when developing the world of Teyvat.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is held in high regard by the development team, and is cited as one of the main inspirations for Genshin Impact.[56] In comparison to miHoYo's previous game, Honkai Impact 3rd, development was aimed at differentiating Genshin Impact from its predecessor in terms of its quest and combat systems as well as its random events and mode of exploration.[57] Genshin Impact was designed as a cross platform title, and developing the game for PC and PlayStation platforms allowed the developers to raise graphical fidelity for the game, such as rendering realistic shadows.[56] The overall artistic vision of Genshin Impact is intended to combine "anime" art style with more key elements from real world cultures.[58] For example, Liyue was first conceived of as a reimagining of Chinese culture through a fantasy perspective, and was combined with reference material from Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Tianmen Mountain to create the region.[58]

Yu-Peng Chen of HOYO-MiX composed the game's original score, which was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.[59][60] The score is based upon a foundation of Western music, but has regional and cultural influences added depending upon the region.[61] A soundtrack album featuring music from the Mondstadt chapter of the game, "City of Winds and Idylls", was released digitally on October 15, 2020.[62] "Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds", a soundtrack featuring music from the Liyue region, was released digitally on November 6, 2020.[63]

Shortly after the launch of the game, miHoYo announced a schedule for content updates over the following months.[64] These content updates are planned to be implemented into the game every six weeks.[64] Additional patches in the future will add more events and new areas of Teyvat.[65][1][66] As a long-term project, much of the game remains to be finished. On release, only two of the seven major regions intended for the game were released, and miHoYo anticipates it will take several years for the game's story to be completed.[67] miHoYo has begun releasing a manga detailing the background of its characters and its fictional world of Genshin Impact,[68] other future plans include a line of comics, toys, and a possible movie.[69]

Release

Prior to its release the game had 21.3 million registrations, 16 million of which were based in China. According to some, Genshin Impact was the biggest international release of any Chinese video game.[48][70] In the lead up to release, Genshin Impact won the Tokyo Game Show Media Awards 2020 public poll, ranking first among 14 other games.[71] Genshin Impact was released on September 28, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Android, and iOS. A patch released on November 11, 2020 included adding compatibility for the game to be played on PlayStation 5, increasing performance metrics such as load times and graphical fidelity.[1]

Controversy and censorship

Shortly after release, players discovered that the game's kernel-based anti-cheat system would remain active after the game was closed or uninstalled,[72] which raised concerns that the game had installed spyware.[73] Some Japanese players using iOS devices also observed that the game read the contents of players' clipboards while starting up.[74] miHoYo announced that both issues have been addressed and fixed.[75]

On October 6, 2020, journalist and Twitch streamer Kazuma Hashimoto published a video on social media site Twitter demonstrating how Chinese political terms such as "Hong Kong" and "Taiwan" are censored within the in-game chat.[76] As the developer of the game, miHoYo, is based in China, they are subject to China's censorship policy, which includes complying with a relatively large list of banned words that cannot be used in game or via chat.[76] Other terms not related to Chinese politics are banned as well, such as "Putin", "Hitler", and "Stalin".[77] Several threads on the game's subreddit discussed the censorship, with various users noting that innocuous terms such as "enemies" and "words" were also being censored.[78]

Security concerns

Several security vulnerabilities have been uncovered not long after the game's release, and were discussed on the game's official subreddit. On October 19, 2020, a redditor discovered a vulnerable security flaw that exposed the phone number linked to a player's account during the password recovery attempt on the miHoYo website.[79] However, the issue was not fixed until another Reddit post detailing the same information was posted on November 9, 2020, and shortly thereafter the vulnerability was resolved.[79] Another security leak was discovered on December 6, 2020, when a redditor posted details on the game's subreddit on how the email addresses of players could be publicly accessed simply by entering their username to the password recovery tool.[80] This issue was also resolved a few hours after the Reddit thread was posted.[80] These security leaks, along with the lack of other security protocols such as multi-factor authentication have caused in hundreds of player accounts being stolen.[81] miHoYo has issued notices following the wake of security exposures, informing players to be careful about sharing account details and to bind their account to their email address and phone number.[82][83]

Reception

Genshin Impact received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[85][86] The open world of Teyvat drew praise; IGN's Travis Northup described Teyvat as "a world that is absolutely bursting at the seams with possibilities", and Hardcore Gamer's Jordan Helm described it as "one big environmental puzzle".[23][88] Liyue in particular was picked out by Kotaku's Sisi Jiang for being "one of the most exciting regions that I've visited in a video game in years", before continuing on to discuss how the region "shows an idealized portrayal of Chinese social relations that exists in localized pockets".[92] Game Informer characterized the game as an incredible experience, noting that "[t]he gameplay loop of collection, upgrading, and customization is captivating and compelling".[87] The execution of gameplay impressed Pocket Gamer, and Destructoid's Chris Carter called the combat system "one of the most interesting things about Genshin Impact".[9][91] NPR remarked that the game had an abundance of content despite being free to play, and Forbes commended Genshin Impact as a game that feels coherent and complete.[93][94] Gene Park of The Washington Post lauded the game as revolutionary for the genre, having players "imagine a mobile gaming world with titles with quality that matches the industry's top-tier experiences".[95]

Most of the criticisms about Genshin Impact come from the endgame aspects of the game, Kotaku noting that although the game provides a solid experience it also has "some of the typical bullshit that comes along with a zero-dollar price tag".[96] GameSpot echoed this criticism, noting that Genshin Impact is "hampered a bit by the restrictions its free-to-play model imposes".[14] Paul Tassi of Forbes criticized the resin system, noting that to progress past a certain point one must "spend an absurd amount of money to get around the last few timegates [sic] of the game".[97][98] PC Gamer said that playing the endgame becomes "a slog", and that the resin system "feels so unnecessary".[99] Warning players about how predatory the monetization is, The Washington Post added that such a well designed game from an aesthetic standpoint can lead some to gamble with the game's gacha system.[27] The game's similarities to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sparked controversy at 2019's ChinaJoy convention among some fans of Breath of the Wild.[100]

Apple awarded Genshin Impact with "iPhone Game of the Year" in the App Store Best of 2020.[101] The game also won Google Play's "Best Game of 2020" and was nominated for "Users' Choice Game" at the Best of 2020 awards.[102][103] At the TapTap Game Awards 2020, Genshin Impact won "Game of the Year".[104] Genshin Impact was also nominated for Best RPG and Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2020,[105] and for Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards.[106]

Commercial performance

During the week of its release, Genshin Impact was downloaded over 17 million times and grossed approximately $60 million from mobile platforms.[70] Within two weeks, that figure rose to over $100 million , recouping its development and marketing budget.[107] Its strong performance continued through October 2020 as Genshin Impact was the highest-grossing game worldwide during that month.[108] Its largest revenue came from China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, with 69 percent of mobile revenue coming from outside China itself.[109][110] In the United States, its release is the largest launch of mobile role-playing game.[110]

Within two months, the game had grossed over $393 million on mobile devices, making it the second highest grossing mobile game during that time frame, after Honor of Kings.[111] As of December 2, 2020, Genshin Impact is one of the top 50 highest-grossing mobile games in history.

Notes
  1. Known in East Asian countries as Genshin (Chinese: 原神; pinyin: Yuánshén; Japanese: 原神（げんしん）; rōmaji: Genshin)
  2. As of January 2021, there are no playable characters that utilize Dendro.
  3. Voiceover languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. Text languages include simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

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