Genshin Impact |OT5| Land of the Resin Sun (game version 2.0, Inazuma region added)

[Tyaren]

Genshin Impact is a F2P open world action RPG with co-op multiplayer by Chinese developer Mihoyo, available for PS4, PS5, PC, Android and iOS.
A Switch version has also been announced without a specific date as of yet.

Your main character is the Traveller from a far away world. You choose between the twins Lumine (girl) or Aether (boy). The twin you don't pick will still play a major role in the game's story.

You are joined on your journey by a big number of unique characters. These are all the playable characters that have so far been revealed:

With the main character and a team of three other party members you make use of elemental powers and their combination to defeat your enemies. Instead of all party members being present on the combat field at once, and part of them being controlled by the AI, you control all of them. With the press of a button you switch instantly from one character to the other, unleashing devastating combos.

There are seven unique open world regions to travel to and to freely explore. These are the three regions that have been released so far:

Exploration and traversal is closely inspired by Breath of the Wild. You will run, swim, climb and glide to every nook and cranny of the game world to discover enemy camps, hidden treasures, puzzles, dungeons, bosses and more.

Genshin Impact is a story driven game. Apart from an extensive main story, many character and world quests bring the world, lore and characters to life. The story is told in many hours of high quality and fully voiced (in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean) dialogue scenes and cutscenes.

Everything is accompanied by a beautiful OST by the award-winning composer Yu-Peng Chen and by Western and Eastern producers and orchestras that also brought us the film and game OSTs of The Lord of the Rings triology, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, God of War (2018) and Final Fantasy XV.

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On what platforms is this game available?
Genshin Impact is available on PS4, PS5, PC, Android and iOS. A Switch version has also been announced without a specific date as of yet.

Is this an MMO?
No, this is a single-player focused experience with co-op multiplayer to invite a couple of friends over to your game world.

Do I need to be online all the time?
Yes, you will need to stay in constant contact with Mihoyo's servers.

Does this feature cross play?
Yes, it does feature cross play on all platforms.

Does this feature cross save?
Yes, as of game version 2.0 all platforms' saves will be compatible.

Is this really F2P? It looks too good to be true.
Yes, it is F2P. Crazy, right?

How is this monetized?
The game is monetized by a character and weapon gacha system.

Hah, I knew it! Will playing this game in the long run cost me an arm and a leg?
No, it is very F2P friendly. The gacha system can be mostly ignored, but even by just playing the game you will earn currency to get into some gacha action to with a bit of luck pull some of the additional characters.

How does the gacha exactly work?
Playing the game, or purchasing them with money, you obtain a rare currency called primogems. You can exchange this currency in the game shop for acquaint and intertwined fates. Those fates are used to pull characters and weapons. Characters are a lot rarer than weapons, there is however a pity system in place in case you have very bad luck pulling characters.
It is also noteworthy that not all characters are obtained just by gacha. Some are obtained by playing the story, by completing game events and some can be obtained by purchasing them in the game shop.

Is this a cheap Breath of the Wild rip-off?
No. It's openess, world exploration and traversal are closely inspired by BotW, everything else, like its world, its lore, its story, its characters and its combat system are its very own thing. This game's production value is also anything but cheap.

What exactly are you, Paimon?
NOT EMERGENCY FOOD!!* Paimon just likes tagging along, guiding the Traveller and helping them out as good as she can while being incredibly adorable.

* Genshin Impact community inside joke. ;)

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Genshin Impact Scenic Beauty Photography Thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/genshin-impacts-incredible-scenic-beauty.424625/

Thanks to DatManOvaDer and Dlanor A. Knox for their great gif work. :)
Thanks to SlyShinobi for coming up with the cool topic title. :)
Thanks to ArcticDonkey for coming up with the note on gacha for newcomers. :)

Genshin Impact is an incredibly fun and rewarding game and is very FTP friendly. All content can be cleared with starting characters and some of the strongest characters are 4*.

It should be noted that the cost of pulling is very high and rates are incredibly low of pulling a 5* character outside of pity. If you're really enjoying the game and don't mind dropping a few bucks, it's generally advised to stick to the $5 Welkin pass or the $10 battle pass.

It can be very tempting to drop money on pulls when posters show off their shiny double off pity 5* pulls, but please be aware that these pulls are extremely rare. Spending real money to chase the hot, new banner character will lead to very real disappointment if they are not in your pity range.

There is no issue spending within your means as long as you're enjoying the game, but be responsible as even spending here and there will really add up over time. If you're considering dropping a large sum of money on pulls for a non-guaranteed 5* here are some general tips:

1) Be prepared to receive nothing for your money. Ask yourself how disappointed you would be.
2) Sleep on it and see if you still want to spend the next day.
3) Set a monthly budget and stick to it.

Now, fun police time over, go do your commissions. :)

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[anemovision]

nice OT design Tyaren !

taking tomorrow off to explore inazuma, hope this heat eases up a bit though its too hot to move

saving until sayu/gorou

 

[Aleh]

Yoimiya's reign is about to begin.

 

[Gacha Santa Alter]

I'm so ready it ain't even funny.

Saving my primos for Yoimiya though.

 

[panda-zebra]

Lovely OT as usual. Still can't bring myself to play the game again, but when I do, wowow, I'll have a lot to go at :D

 

[dstarMDA]

I have not played the game yet, but are there two or three regions? The op states two but then shows three different locations right beneath.

 

[Aly]

Nice OT Tyaren !

 

[Kalor]

I have not played the game yet, but are there two or three regions? The op states two but then shows three different locations right beneath.

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A update tomorrow adds the third

 

[Ralemont]

So new banner is today and Inazuma is tomorrow?

 

[Retromess]

So excited!

I have not played the game yet, but are there two or three regions? The op states two but then shows three different locations right beneath.

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The new region, Inazuma, is launching today. Depending on where you are, it should be available by end of day today (around 6 or 7 pm PST)

 

[Lump]

Sleep on Ayaka
Sleep on Yoimiya

Give me the new artifact domain

 

[Tyaren]

kaebie, it's done! :D Please help this thread not being moved to Hangouts immediately again, lol.

 

[Busaiku]

We're all weebs now.

 

[dstarMDA]

A update tomorrow adds the third

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So excited!

The new region, Inazuma, is launching today. Depending on where you are, it should be available by end of day today (around 6 or 7 pm PST)

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Thanks!

 

[SixtyFourBlades]

This is an awesome OP Tyaren !

New thread, who dis?

 

[Sensei]

its finally happening

 

[hydruxo]

Hyped to explore Inazuma!! I haven't done any pulls since getting Eula so I've got 20k primos ready to go for my girl Ayaka.

 

[PMS341]

First page!

Gonna try and 50/50 Ayaka, but I want Yoimiya way more. Excited for the patch!

 

[Bansai]

Finally! A new thread!

 

[SixtyFourBlades]

Finally! A new thread!

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Stay away from the scam banner!

 

[DantesLink]

Gotta breath in that new thread smell!

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Going for 50/50 Ayaka. Got over 70 wishes saved up and I'm a little over 50 away from my next 5*.

Never won 50/50 before, hope that changes.

 

[Chasing]

Best of luck ya simps.

 

[Moogle]

Excellent OT as usual~

 

[Terraforce]

I'm super hyped for inazuma. First time since launch we're getting a full blown new region like this. Gonna feel like I'm back in September starting the game for the first time.

Shame I'm not into the new five stars. I'm pretty sleep on Ayaka since I have hella cryo between Euya and Ganyu, and I'm not thirsting for a Pyro user either.

 

[III-V]

obligatory

 

[Deleted member 36578]

Here we go again. Forever and ever. Having a new area to explore is awesome.

 

[Shining Star]

I will start playing this again when Inazuma is out. Probably!

Reminder that Eula is the best character.

 

[Bansai]

Stay away from the scam banner!

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I rolled on the weapon banner and got Kazuha's sword first try, so I pulled for him.

Naturally, I'm gonna pull on the new one for the sword, weapon banner DID NOT BURN ME ONCE yet, so here's hoping the streak continues. Still, even if I get it, 0 interest in Ayaya.

 

[Lump]

Exactly one pull into the Ayaka banner and one pull into the weapon banner, just to give the fates a single opportunity to bestow something nice upon me in case they think I'm destined to have it. Otherwise, not interested at all.

 

[Kierric]

New region hyyyyyype

 

[Cordy]

It's Baal'n like Ayaka time. I'm ready to pull her. Might even get her weapon which I've never done for a new character.

 

[Chrono]

Ayaka Hype!

 

[kodax_shc]

Thank you Tyraren for your hard work on these OTs!

 

[SpookySpice]

Beautiful OT!

Can't believe we are finally getting the next nation. Remember when we thought we'd get two per year lol.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Here er go again

thanks 1.6, those islands were fun, i will miss them

speaking about the island...check this:

"Did you know that if you miss the Island Event, Barbara will leave a letter there? She said that she and her friends "spent a most wonderful summer there" and wishes summer joy to everybody else."

 

[zeropercent]

Inazuma actually dropping doesn't feel real... hype!

Just going to do one 10 pull on Ayaka and Yoimiya to try and get a copy of Yanfei and Sayu

someone keep me away from trying for the sword

 

[Sento]

Great OT!

 

[Gacha Santa Alter]

Pouring one for Golden Apple Archipelago though. Hope it becomes permanent one day, it's a fun little playground.

 

[Grimmjow]

Skipping everything till Baal.

I should lvl my Traveler for lightning element

 

[TsuWave]

Hype

 

[Bansai]

So now that Ayaya will finally be out of the "do it for her" memes, will Dainsleif righfully take her place? :>

 

[Xagarath]

Pulling for Ayaka since I fancy building a freeze team, then doing a couple of 10-pulls to try and land Sayu.

 

[Lnds500]

We need a countdown!! ⛩⛩

 

[AuthenticM]

god, I am tempted to return to this game.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Congrats on picking the correct thread title

 

[Peradam]

So close. Good luck to everyone rolling for Ayaka!

 

[rhandino]

Good luck and good wishes to everyone summoning for the Queen

 

[dodo667418]

As someone who lost interest a bit over the last few weeks and months (only played like twice a week at best and largely ignored all event content), I'm super excited to jump back in for Inazuma. The exploration in the game is truly my favorite aspect of Genshin, so I can't wait to discover a whole new region. Also cross-progression will be huge for me, can't wait to play on my PS5 for casual comfort.

I'm not up to speed with the characters, so I'm not sure whether to pull for Ayaka or Yoimiya. I have like 50 pulls saved, so I might try for two or three 10-pulls on Ayaka's banner and then decide what to do next. I'll try to worry less about characters, it's what made me feel kind of burned out on the game months ago. My roster is still solid enough, so I won't sweat getting or not getting the two.

 

[Einbroch]