Review: Genshin Impact

For example, if a player is sitting at 89 Wishes without a 5-star on the Venti banner when it ends, their first wish on the subsequent character promo banner will guarantee a 5-star. Additionally, both limited Character Banners share a pity pool. A player can put wishes on each one back and forth and it will all contribute to their pity for b


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Geo Traveler can be a decent Sub-DPS if they get their hands on the right build. Their playstyle changes the shape of the battlefield as they spam their Geo constructions. As a Sub-DPS, the Geo Traveler will barely spend time on the field, so it’s better to equip a set that buffs their team. 4pc of Noblesse Oblige and 4pc of Archaic Petra are the best options for applying this kind of buff. Noblesse comes first as it’s a simple addition of 20% ATK whenever the Traveler uses their Bu

The next generation is here and unfortunately with it comes few games that utilize the power they offer. If you were lucky enough to obtain a PlayStation 5, you would be met with only one major game that was truly exclusive to Sony’s next generation platform: Demon’s Souls. While there’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Sackboy: A Big Adventure, each incredibly well-designed games, both were also released on the PS4. It’s a sad state of affairs when the PlayStation 5’s only next-generation exclusive is a remake of a PlayStation 3 game, but at least Bluepoint was able to properly honor the original’s vision with adding and slightly refining it. While there are elements that do feel dated to later iterations in the Souls franchise, there’s nothing like revisiting the classic and experience where the award-winning franchise began. Beautiful visuals, a 60fps mode and excruciatingly-challenging scenarios, while FromSoftware was not at the helm, the remake shines as one of the best games this year. If there’s one game to get on the new platform in 2020, it’s this fifty-plus hour RPG with so much replayability. Without Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 5’s launch would be just plain embarrassing, making me so very thankful of its existence.


As one of the earliest characters to be introduced to Genshin Impact , Diona Kätzlein has had ample time to solidify her role in the SLG game news. The alcohol-despising bartender is still Genshin Impact’s only Cryo healer and shielder (Kaeya’s C4 shield doesn’t really count), meaning that Diona has no contest for her role until another Cryo support like her comes al


For starters, they immediately get 300 Genesis Crystals and get 90 Primogems whenever they log in for the first time across the next 30 days. Players who plan on investing their time playing Genshin Impact - which means doing the Daily Commissions that earn them 60 Primogems - should get them as many as 150 Primogems everyday or 4,500 Primogems in a month. Players gunning for a character or want to invest in an upcoming character should start earning their Primogems with a Welkin on hand. That way, they maximize their time spent grinding for Pri


As for four-star characters, they have (at the time of writing) always been the same three characters on both limited Character Banners. Whether any type of difference would apply if the two character banners had different four-stars is currently not confir


Thankfully, there is a pity system in place that makes getting 4-star and 5-star items in Genshin Impact slightly easier, though some players may be confused about certain aspects of this mechanic. For those fans that are looking to have these confusions alleviated, this guide has full details on Genshin Impact 's pity syst


The Epitomized Path mechanic was introduced to combat this problem. Players choose their "path," or the weapon they want to pull for. If they obtain a different five-star weapon (the other promotional featured weapon or a Standard weapon), they'll earn a Fate Point. Then, the next time they pull the limited five-star weapon, the Fate Point will be consumed and the weapon they charted their path for is guaranteed to be


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


In 2024, Hoyoverse introduced the Chronicled Wish, a new type of banner that only runs periodically. This banner is special in that it features a large roster of limited five-star characters and weapons, some Standard five-stars, and a specific pool of four-star weapons and characters. Three-star weapons are also obtaina

Choosing a game to be thankful for in 2020 can be tricky. Given the current state of the world and how many of us are looking for ways to keep occupied while cooped up, I feel like we should be thankful for virtually any good, engaging games. But the one that I was thankful for the most is a game that felt optimistic, warm, comforting and colorful. Even if said game is about ferrying the souls of the dead towards the afterlife. I am, of course, referring to Thunder Lotus' Spiritfarer. Aside from being a possible GOTY contender in general, Spiritfarer hit a certain sweet spot for me, not only giving me the freedom to craft an insane ship filled with tons of activities and giving me an open world to explore, but also providing one of the year's best casts of characters. Azul, Gustav, Stanley...all of them were a blast to hang out with and I truly felt a bond between them as I learned more about their stories. It got to the point where I actually purchased the art book because I heard it had more info about them, and once I learned what not only went into their backstories, but how the world around them is all related to everyone and Stella in various ways, and the absolute tons of metaphorical layers that went into everything, I couldn't stop thinking about Spiritfarer for the longest time, about how what I thought were small bits suddenly had much more meaning. And all of this is just so refreshing. In a year where other games try to attempt drama by being continuously blunt, bleak and depressing by presenting horrible situation after horrible situation to the point where it almost cartoonishly feels like award bait and you stop caring about everyone in the plot, Spiritfarer decided to go hard in the opposite direction. Vibrant landscapes, cute animal characters who just want to hang out with you, a vast ocean filled with magical adventures...all of this means that when the emotional moments reveal themselves in a natural way and do hit, they hit hard. Spiritfarer never stops being comforting as a whole, but it deals with the themes of death and how everyone approaches them in such a beautiful, mature fashion. It's a brilliant bit of fantasy with the year's best writing and it's something we all need right now.