Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 23rd
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 23rd
Whatcha all playing?
Do I even need to ask?! Elden ring!! Shadow of the erdtree! It's so good 😊
Ofc I know the game is not for everyone though! So, shadow of the erdtree or not, what are you playing :)
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Against my better judgement, i decided to look into Genshin Impact.
I've resolved to not spend any money on it, and I'm fairly happy with my experience so far. I'm currently in act 2 in Inazuma, and I've really been enjoying the Archon quests. Despite the fact that I spent 0 dollars on it, this part of the game really does feel like a full retail game experience.
The world quests are alright, though I'm honestly having trouble fitting them into my adventures; too much adventure experience is coming in, which is causing me to hit world level increases, which is causing me to need to grind ascension mats for my roster, which is causing too much adventure xp. It's a lot! Dragonspine was a fun detour, though.
Story quests are probably my favorite feature in this game. Low stakes hang outs with the weirdos in your party is a fun and important part of RPGs. And Genshin really gets that. The only problem is... A lot of these weirdos aren't in my party! If Story quests unlocked the characters at their conclusion, I'd have had no qualms with putting $60 down on this game, but they're pretty much all locked behind the gacha mechanic which suuuucks. Shenhe and Diluc should be in my gang right now, but the funny gacha rocks disagree. Not a fan of that.
The resin and primogem stuff I feel really negatively about. I don't want that stuff getting in the way of the fun parts, but I'm constantly scraping up against both. It's not intrusive enough to dampen my experience while actually playing through the quests or exploring though, so I think I'll put up with it until I'm satisfied with exploring Teyvat.
genshin is surprisingly good (I was also wow'd when I started playing), but ultimately I found the story lacking in a lot of key places for me (justice for Inazuma's story especially!) which ultimately led me to quit for now. I played for two years, and have a pretty well established account. however, I have really bad fatigue issues and wasn't able to keep up as well with the adventuring requirements, such as having to unlock chests for free primogems.
I think playing it until you're tired of the grating parts is a totally valid way to experience it. especially because it's free!
like the other comment, I tried Honkai: Star Rail and honestly I love it so much more. it is turn-based combat, but I feel like the writing is better, and they treat their characters better storywise (in contrast to genshin, which imho the hangouts for four stars are not comparable to the story quests some four stars get.) it's my gacha game of choice, and while I've had my nitpicks, I have those with every game I play pretty much. I also agree it's more f2p friendly.
these are all just my opinion tho! I hope you enjoy your time with the game and that you get the characters you want. may your pulls be blessed!
"...and that you get the characters you want. may your pulls be blessed!"
Thanks, I could really use the bless. I have yet to get a fire character I like and can use. I'd take the bomb goblin in Jean's basement at this rate.
Amber could not leave my party fast enough, and Xiangling is in the timeout corner from the time her rat refused to light the torches on dragonspine. I did get Thoma from the character event, but he absolutely refuses to be ascended past level 20.
I feel you. I dislike most of the pyro characters honestly! and also, oof, Thoma requires ascension materials from a special huge questline island in Inazuma. he's kind of a pain to level. the pyro four star I like the most is a tie between Gaming and Yanfei. Yoimiya is my favorite 5 star one, and she works well with Thoma, actually.
you can probably guess who some of my favorites are based on profile pic and banner (eventually, anyway, they're both in Inazuma.)
who do you have your eyes on that you want, anyone besides Diluc and Shenhe? I don't know what the banners are currently.
I think that's Raiden Shogun & Kujou Sara on your profile? I juuuust met the latter on the Archon questline.
My ideal lineup would have a Greatsword, Bow, and 2x Tomes, with Anemo, Pyro, Dendro, and Hydro represented. I don't really know the cast well enough to say who would go where. I'm currently rolling with Electro Aether, Collei, Sucrose (The MVP of my crew), and Barbie, though I'm really hopeful to sub out barbie soon, as her healing has been falling off.
I'd definitely fit Zhongli in if I somehow got him, as well as Razor and Jean. Rosaria showed up for like half a second in the story, and I'm all about that tired priestess vibe she's got going on. Yomiya is cool, I'd have her in my team too.
absolutely! Genshin is actually a surprisingly good game as a f2p player! If you're having a lot of fun with it, I'd highly recommend checking Honkai: Star Rail! It's somehow even more f2p friendly, and it's clear they learned a LOT from Genshin when making it. It is a linear turn-based RPG though, so quite a different game from Genshin.