Both the character banners and the weapon banner have guarantees on next-time pulls, similar to the 50/50 system with five-stars. If a four-star weapon or character is pulled that is not one of the featured ones, the next one pulled is guaranteed to be one of the featured ones. However, it can be any of the featured characters or weapons. If a player obtains a non-featured four-star character, for example, they’re guaranteed to pull one of the three featured four-stars, but cannot choose wh

But as alluded to near the beginning of this review, Genshin Impact does falter at the point where it seems the game is destined for undeniably phenomenal heights. Not entirely a deal-breaker or one that takes the player completely out of the accomplished immersion of its world or even its combat. But when totted up, does signal a game that could’ve used a bit more checking-over. When it comes to tackling some of the more technical components, Genshin Impact drops the ball one too many times. Even if you were to disregard the nature of the narrative or the way in which a group of characters can, at their worst, talk extensively (and absently off-screen worst of all), there’s a notable disconnect when the game, for example, continues to refer to your male sibling character as “she” or “her.” It isn’t the only basic error that crops up with many an instance of dialogue cutting off mid-conversation, not matching up with what’s written on-screen and at one point, a mere line of dialogue getting stuck on-screen for the rest of one’s play session.

If you want the Electro Traveler to play the role of a battery in Genshin Impact , all you have to do is give them 4pc of Emblem of Severed Fate and Favonius Sword . Both Emblem and Favonius are easy to get, on top of maximizing the Energy regeneration the Electro Traveler can offer for treasure compass automation their team. However, adding some Elemental Mastery while building the Electro Traveler on 4pc of Flower of Paradise Lost will allow them to be part of Hyperbloom teams on top of greatly regenerating their team’s ene

Being the main character allows the Traveler to switch between all of Teyvat’s Elements in Genshin Impact . When visiting Statues of the Seven in Genshin Impact , you have the opportunity to switch the Traveler’s Elements. To do this, simply visit one of the Statues of the region featuring the Element you des

Most of the Anemo Traveler’s mechanics revolve around casting their Elemental Skill and Burst. Moreover, if you build your Anemo Traveler with 4pc of Viridescent Venerer , it will take advantage of the Anemo supportive capabilities through every Swirl reaction in Genshin Impact . For this reason, you want to focus on using the Traveler as an Anemo Support to deal Anemo DMG and trigger the Swirl Reaction as often as possible. The Anemo Traveler doesn’t need fancy stats like ATK or the Critical ones. All they need is Elemental Mastery and Energy Recha

Since the Hydro Traveler doesn’t offer anything but DPS, give them weapons that can raise their DMG like the Splendor of Tranquil Waters and Primordial Jade Cutter. These weapons will increase their HP as they grant them some Crit stats in Genshin Impa

While not the most glaring criticism to address, or one that offers any sort of long-term problem, it’s still admittedly a pain to find that the PC version of the game is lacking in the ability to custom map buttons to a player’s controller of choice. Made even more annoying when you factor in Genshin Impact instead has a peculiar interpretation of button layout via a strange decision to swap the generally agreed-upon use of A and B being that of confirm and cancel respectively. What’s worse is that for those playing with a controller, the game in its current state requires you to manually change input settings each and every time you boot it up.

Though the story elements won’t be to everyone’s taste — and as such, the efforts the game makes to inject a sense of drama and interpretation stakes can fall flat and veer into being completely off-putting — the sheer breadth and scale that Genshin Impact offers means that the brief lows in no way impact on the many lofty highs offered up. A free-to-play game whose content rivals the more higher-budgeted AAA releases of the past few years. Where miHoYo’s inspirations and references may be a little too on-the-nose or obvious in parts, it’s similarly made up for via its wealth of content and of an exploration element that is well designed, but more importantly brilliantly emergent. In one moment, it might be the intrigue of a distant landmark, or in another the wild and flashy power-trip that is its elemental-based combat. Wherever it takes you, Genshin Impact is a more-than-convincing proposition, not least for those adamant on never spending a single cent in-game. The grind to get there may not always feel wholly natural or that players are genuinely being left to wander without restraint, but Genshin Impact’s meticulous approach to environment design above all pulls through in many wonderful ways. Crafting one of the year’s more immersive and surprisingly rich open-world RPGs.