-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Genshin Impact |OT| 5.0 (Natlan) - Everything Changed When the Fire Nation Arrived
- Thread starter LegendOfKage
- Start date
- |OT|
Unknown Soldier
Member
For anyone who wonders just how profitable the gacha model is.
There's no reason for you to wish they will ever be more lenient about giving F2P players more stuff, because that's dumb. $50 million the first week means half the game's reported budget is already paid for.
There's no reason for you to wish they will ever be more lenient about giving F2P players more stuff, because that's dumb. $50 million the first week means half the game's reported budget is already paid for.
Pejo
Member
Well fug. I tried beating the Hidden Palace of Guizang with 1 level 60 and 3 level 50s, got stomped hard. This was my first death that wasn't a drown/fall/time out (in abyss). Not even Barbara could heal up the constant barrages of bullshit. Guess I'll have to build my team a little more to pass this one. The enemies defense was either stupid high or I'm missing something. My hits that usually do 1200-1800 were doing 200-450.
MagnesG
Banned
Lol they will, it's all about balance at the end.
mcz117chief
Member
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
I just throw this birb and laugh as wet enemies get shocked.
mcz117chief
Member
Pretty sure this is my GOTY now. Everyday I can't wait to get home to play me some Genshin.
mcz117chief
Member
I love the music, the graphics and just the absolute chill feeling when I play. No rush, no hassle, I can spend 10 minutes just walking on the edge of a cliff watching the sun rise and grass move in the wind. An incredibly relaxing experience.
Lanrutcon
Member
Agreed! I feel like I would appreciate the game more if I had more free time. It's the kind of game I could lose like, 6 hours a day on.
mcz117chief
Member
I usually play an hour or two. Do some walking, finish dailies and resin and progress a quest. A nice and quiet evening fun.
Saber
Member
I just throw this birb and laugh as wet enemies get shocked.
Fight the water bird boss and drop the microphone
Pejo
Member
If you can lure the boars to one of the platforms about to sink, they swim reallllly slowly back out of the water, gives you time to take out other animals without dealing with their bullshit. Funny considering they're made of water.
I got my rank 33 regular banner fate last night after leveling up my rank, threw it as a single pull at the banner, out popped a 5* claymore (the one that looks suspiciously like a blue master sword). Now I have to decide if I want to give up all the bulk that my 4* sword is giving Razor for the extra damage. Well, I guess first I have to level the damn thing up.
Did a few more of the hypostasis (cube) boss runs, and finally got a few of the green "sliver" elemental shard drops, so I guess they're still there at higher world level, just stupidly rare for some reason.
Being at level 9/10 for statue levels for both areas sucks. I think I'm going to finally have to turn to that map to find the remaining elemental things. I've explored back and forth across both maps on foot with no warping around unless it was to get to a higher location and am still missing a handful of them. The real pain in the ass is that since I didn't keep track of which ones I already got, I'm going to have to go to every location anyways. It's the last achievement I need for both of the area related achievement groups though, so I guess it'll unlock a few new namecards, but mostly i'll have max stamina which is the real benefit.
*edit*
Read a really interesting thread on Reddit today discussing the lore and the fact that
Paimon and the archons all have demon names.
It starts out as a meme but then gets into some interesting theories.
I actually like the idea about halfway down that suggests that
the MC might be Lucifer. The game actually blocks you from using this name during character creation. Also, there's some cool stuff in there about how the Archons sealed the previous gods 3700 years ago and apparently that lines up with a cataclysmic event.
I really need to track down the manga and the rest of the source material. I already liked the story to this game so far, but it might be even better than I gave it credit for.
Also, just a personal theory that seems pretty obvious, but I'm curious what you guys think (regarding Liyue storyline)
The funeral director guy has to be Morax/Rex Lapis/the Geo Archon, right?
Last edited:
Mossybrew
Banned
Yeah, that's annoying. The radial menu can be very finicky too.
Pejo
Member
And having to mash R2/L2 to increase/decrease stuff like xp books, and having to select every item you want to "destroy" (sell) individually with circle.
I feel like there are some easy QoL things for them to implement that hopefully we'll see sooner than later.
LOLCats
Banned
ya it is annoying. im going to see what that "leave feedback" button does today after work.
Manwithoutfear
Member
it's crazy how much this game blatantly steals things from breath of the wild and nier.
YukiOnna
Member
I'm still early on, but there's also the pattern of the naming being from Goetia & Solomon legends.
Fake
Member
One of my mains complains. The other is change the buttons. I wish the touchpad was a shortcup for the map.
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Paimon was originally a cherub so similarities in appearance might be due to that. Like I said before it can't be just a coincidence.
Last edited by a moderator:
Ogbert
Member
We’re going to see a glut of these games now. Three years after BoTW, it’s mechanics will be baked into every open world game. Ubisoft’s Fenyx Rising is even more shameless.
LOLCats
Banned
im fucked then, waifu collecting games are rad.
Saber
Member
Ok GAF - Challenge time. For those of you that are world level 3 or above, go to this island marked with the skull with your best team and report the outcome (no running away like a coward).
I feel like I took more missiles than the game could handle, fucking lol
I beat them. But fucking god, this is a fucking hard fucking shit. I just lost 3 fucking characters.
I sent a big fucking list of feedback during the beta, including this one.
Guess they use feedback as toilet paper.
Last edited:
LOLCats
Banned
Oh god, are those costumes?pls no
Save up guys!
Last edited:
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
BoTW invented open world games yes lol. (It has the same climbing though)
IfuckinghateReddit
Banned
Genshin Impact censors "Taiwan" and "Hong Kong"
Genshin Impact censors a number of words, including Taiwan and Hong Kong.
www.eurogamer.net
Free Hong Kong and don't play this CCP propaganda trash.
Ogbert
Member
Er, yeah. Ok.
This is an obvious copy. The paragliding. The climbing. The art style. The map even has the underlying blue that gets revealed in chunks. It wears its influence clearly and obviously. Nothing wrong with that.
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
That art style isn't unique to BOTW it is somewhat similar yes. The gliding is also similar but I'd say BOTW's is smoother/better. Might as well say BOTW is literally cartoon Skyrim+AssCreed but with less lore.
Wait...
Nankatsu
Member
Spent a little more time with the game and unlocked Amber. I'm at the very begining, just arrived at the city, but I've lost some time exploring.
It amazes me that this game can be F2P and stand way above some other games of the genre that ask you full price head on.
Sure, it's not the most original one... The similarities with Breath of the Wild and Nier are striking, but for a F2P is amazingly executed and there are differences, the multi character design in terms of combinations works well.
I gotta say, I think I see myself playing this for quite a while, even more after learning there's crossplay, which took me by surprised.
Haven't come across the gacha mechanics yet, but considering I play one of the most greedy gacha games on mobile, this one seems pretty soft on it so far. So yeah, quite surprised by it.
And the game looks fucking gorgeous. And kudos to English VA, really like it.
PS: Paimon is the new Morgana, though.
It amazes me that this game can be F2P and stand way above some other games of the genre that ask you full price head on.
Sure, it's not the most original one... The similarities with Breath of the Wild and Nier are striking, but for a F2P is amazingly executed and there are differences, the multi character design in terms of combinations works well.
I gotta say, I think I see myself playing this for quite a while, even more after learning there's crossplay, which took me by surprised.
Haven't come across the gacha mechanics yet, but considering I play one of the most greedy gacha games on mobile, this one seems pretty soft on it so far. So yeah, quite surprised by it.
And the game looks fucking gorgeous. And kudos to English VA, really like it.
PS: Paimon is the new Morgana, though.
Last edited:
Revolutionary
Member
Just pulled Qiqi but I already have a full-constellation Barbara. Damn it, game! Qiqi's healing is pretty wild, though. But I'm going to miss Barbara's auto-revive.
Fake
Member
Made me want to break my PS4 in public.
Pejo
Member
Same, I have 5 to go and I've been doing my best to avoid that interactive map with all locations, but I think starting this weekend I'm just going to do it. I've searched everywhere I can think of and can't find any more of those damn things.
Finally got my various teams sorted out, which feels good. Sucks that I still have to swap around for stupid shit like collecting dandelion seeds, but at least I have my team synergy down. The only character I am using in multiple teams is Fischl just because her bird is that helpful in taking down shields/high def enemies. Also got 2/4 of my "main" team maxed out as far as level/ascension/weapon level/talent level, and again I am left with no resources or Mora.
Which bow are you guys using on your Fischl btw?
Mithos
Member
I just got Fischl yesterday but I put my Favonius Warbow on her since its 50/50 atm. Havent looked if I have any non purple 4* bow that would be better to use yet.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Rust
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Which ones? There are some that are inside caves via quests. (okay just one)
MagnesG
Banned
Inside cave? Not sure if I've ever get that. I know one of them is on the far lone northeast island.
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The mission where you protect a gem inside a cave has one in the treasure chamber. Er you collect 3 pieces to unlock a "gate" on cave that is outside a waterfall I believe.
mcz117chief
Member
I have seen exactly nothing even remotely similar in this game to NieR. What is so STRIKINGLY similar? Breath of the Wild I can see clearly but not NieR at all.
Ogbert
Member
Everything about the game is designed to remind you of BoTW. And why not? It was a wonderful game. The camps are designed in exactly the same way. The chests open upon beating all the guards. The grass moves in the same way. The music (which is fantastic), also employs the sparse piano pieces that BoTW used. And then yes, there's the climbing, the paragliding. All the mobs looks similar - the trolls and blobs are basically reskins.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of this. They've reskinned BoTW, put a fun elemental combat system on top of it, and shower you in meaningless loot to keep you grinding. They will make a lot and lot and lot of money out of this game.
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The way you carry the sword on your back floating means it is totally Nier.
To be fair slow piano pieces have been a thing in most Asian games for as long as I remember. Or JRPGs anyway.
mcz117chief
Member
Oh yeah, Automata, I can see that. I know you are being /s but really, Automata wasn't the first game with floating weapons on back :/
There are also only so many keys on a piano that are useful for slow songs with this kind of atmosphere. You hear a few of them and then they all start to sound the same. Allow me to illustrate, two completely different games, two very similar pieces:
Hearts of Iron 3
If my Heart Had Wings
Last edited:
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The dragon section where you are flying and shoot things? Copies Automata as well, there were never games before it that did the same thing.
I've actually seen someone say this on another site unironically.