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I'm not a whale and I've only bought the welkin blessing once but playing this for a few months is enough for me to realize the effort from the sound design to the small details of each character that it's almost surprising we can play this for free. The environment and the uniqueness of the three nations(so far) is just breathtaking. I want to split my review to really talk about the aspects I adore about this game. This is just my opinion and I admit that I tend to ignore the negative things sometimes.

Gameplay:

For someone who's had their fair share of adventure rpg on mobile, I feel like this has become the benchmark for other mobile games. The controls may look intimidating when you first start out but you'll get the hang of it very soon when you play continuously. I also really love the elemental reactions! I still can't do big damage when I solo but with the right supports, they can deal pretty good damage ngl. I alao really like the different puzzles each nation offers us. The puzzles definitely gets harder in each nation but it just reminds us that this game isn't supposed to be speedrunned. Sure, they can get a lot tedious at times(I'M LOOKING AT YOU, INAZUMA) but I guess it reflects that not every puzzle is the same. You'll enjoy Teyvat if you take your time to think about stuff and develop your strategy. If the puzzles are all easy then where's the fun in that? There's also domains which suck the life out of me. I don't ever want to talk about domains because those conviced me that I have the same amount of luck as Bennett.

Environment & Aesthetics:

Perfect. Must I say more? Each region has their own special trait so far and I'm loving the diversity. I can't put my graphics all the way up moat of the time but when I do, I do it to appreciate the scenery. Everything's just so breathtaking and, so far, every time I enter a new region I go WOAH :0 Hopefully Sumeru won't disappoint! Also the domains are really beautiful, too :0 The Shimenawa domain is so dang pretty!!!

Music:

OSTs for every area! I love the part that the battle theme depends on what region your in. Yu-Peng Chen never disappoints, honestly. My favorites will always be the Dragonspine themes(because they're so christmasy and warm♡ all of the Tales From The Snowy Mountain makes me so emotional) and Tender Strength (or Fondest Strength whatever you want to call it!).

Story:

Plot is pretty solid, really. The lore is amazing but sometimes I feel like the character and archon quests are lacking. Not going to go into much detail because I might mention spoilers but if you've played through the latest archon quest, you'll maybe understand what I'm trying to say.

Gacha:

This is where it gets kinda toxic ;-; I'm not sure if each featured character in the event banner has different chances of dropping, the details show that the 4* has the same drop rates but IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT SOMETIMES LMAO. I have a gut feeling that there's always that one featured 4* thats secretly upped. Maybe I'm just unlucky so idk. I like Genshin's gacha system more than Honkai's though. Although I would very much prefer if the pity were lower maybe 60 or something but I hope they never have to change the pity and maintain the same soft/hard pity for each banner(idk how to explain myself better) It also seems like rerun banners will be a consistent thing now which is really cool for us new players who haven't been around since the beginning.

Never had the opportunity to get to pity in the weapon banner :< f2p tingz ig.

I think you can easily go around Teyvat with just the starter characters(Bwaap is my proof), that would be nice since you don't need to build a lot of characters and you don't have to worry about losing much mora and other resources but then again, there's the spiral abyss that requires us to have at least 8 built characters if you plan to 9* each floor. We really can't escape the gacha in this game.

well that's it. pretty lengthy, huh? I've been writing since I was AR45 and now I'm AR50 and still in love with the game. There's a bit of a burnout and I sometimes wish my efforts in the game would be rewarded more.... like the daily comissions (-_-) and my biggest peeve: CHESTS!!! I'm pretty sure chests don't respawn but I often find common chests that don't give me the 2 primogems that I've been exoecting lol. I really hope one day they'd give us more rewards.

and I can't believe I've played this game for 410 hours.... I need to take a break. I adore genshin but please release me from this vicious repetitive cycle and release me from its grasps.

will edit this when the new region comes out or if I want to say more.

Lastly: When Scaramouche redemption arc?

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