Genshin Impact Review

The biggest gacha game to date

If you’ve been following the mobile/free to play scene in the last few months, it would be almost impossible to escape the name Genshin Impact. It’s a free-to-play mobile game with cross-platform launches on console, mobile, and PC, it’s aesthetically gorgeous, and it features gameplay not really seen in a mobile game to this depth. With the game officially launched worldwide, we have a title that depending on your platform of choice is either one of the best examples of a free-to-play game…or just an okay one.

Elemental Exploration

The story of Genshin Impact follows a pair of twins when an evil god captures one of them and banishes the other to a mysterious world. Your mission is to figure out how to get your powers back, save the world, and, of course, rescue your twin with the help of as many colorful characters you can collect. The world design and aesthetics are the highlights of this game. The look puts a lot of mobile games to shame and could easily stand next to titles like the Tales series or Dragon Quest.

In terms of the world, everyone has been comparing the game to Breath of the Wild and that holds up to some extent. The game is open-world with areas gated by story beats and the general strength of enemies. There are so many points of interest to find…