While Genshin Impact was only released back in September, players already want more to do and are reporting getting bored fast with the limited release format that this free-to-play RPG has to offer. The game offers only 30 hours of main story content, but the main selling point of Genshin Impact is really the open world experience on offer.
Genshin Impact offers players access to a massively open-world fantasy experience filled with engaging characters, satisfying combat, and a sense of adventure. The game borrows many of these aspects right out of the award-winning The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, with elements like the glider and ancient beacons scattered across the map as teleports. Players can even climb walls and swim in a similar way to BOTW, with a stamina bar limiting how far players can go.
One of the biggest issues that players have with Genshin Impact is the requirement for players to farm Original Resin in order to really enjoy the game. This resource is required for the completion of some missions and activities, or even access boss rewards, scattered across the two zones of Teyvat, but once players run out of Original Resin, they will be unable to even access these modes of game play. In a recent Reddit thread started by user Brokeng3ars, this issue topped the list of player complaints, which also included calls for the introduction of player housing, cosmetics, and more mini-games.
One of the things players need to know going into Genshin Impact is that the game is not yet finished. The current story line does have an ending, but this isn’t the actual end of the story for the player’s main character. New content and story lines are set to be added by developer miHoYo periodically, with entire new zones eventually being added in one of the five massive updates said to be coming in the future. However, this leaves players with only two zones to explore, and a rather fast conclusion to what appeared to be the main quest line. Limiting players to these two zones, in what is promised to be an open world adventure game, for slowly grinding towards minimal improvements for weapons and character levels have left players feeling bored with the title only a month after release.
One way in which Genshin Impact tries to stretch out the limited amount of content currently available is to place requirements on unlocking certain features, hidden behind the player’s Adventure Level. Multiplayer, along with a number of other features, are kept away from the player until a fair amount of hours have been poured into the game already, with players needing to reach an Adventure Level of 16 to play with other people. That strategy seems to be keeping players on board for the early part of the game, but it's seeming more and more like miHoYo has its work cut out for it if it's going to retain players.
These paywalls and grinding requirements have caused some players to become burnt out with the game, while others who have pushed through to the end of the story line are finding themselves bored with the lack of content post main quest line. Genshin Impact will need to hurry up with those major updates and new content expansions quickly if they intend to keep the attention of those who jumped onto the phenomenon that was Genshin Impact in the first few weeks.
Genshin Impact is available for free on PS4, PC, Android, and iOS.
Source: Brokeng3ars/Reddit