[Nod-Krai AQ Act 8] This game is a masterpiece.

Luna IV’s Act 7 and Act 8 are yet another shining example added to the long list of examples of how Hoyoverse truly puts Genshin’s story front and centre and how much love, care, and attention they put into writing a beautifully written, cohesive, and visually-stunning story.

We’ve come so far from the classic medieval, knights, swords, and dragons aesthetic of Mondstadt back when we first started playing the game. I don’t know what kind of expectations I had for this game back during 1.0, but I was certainly not ever going to expect that at some point, I would be sitting on the literal moon, with a moon goddess, staring back down at Teyvat, in space, with the Traveler’s ship.

Say what you will about other aspects of the game, but I think I speak for most people when I say that Genshin’s story has always been the major spotlight of the game that has constantly displayed an incredibly expansive world of cohesive lore and world-building.

They truly fucking cooked with this one, chief. I am incredibly excited and invested to learn and experience the rest of Nod-Krai, the Mare Jivari, Snezhnaya, Khaenri’ah, Celestia, and everything else this game has to offer. I’m in love with this game and I’m confident in saying I’ll never stop loving it.

Commentaires

BoughKeeper2026-01-18 14:18

the story was good but calling it a masterpiece is stretching it a lot. Also the game was never medieval theme even in 1.X, it was always Sci-Fantasy. Btw, the spaceship has been a pre beta thing

ItsukiKurosawa2026-01-18 14:36

Could you elaborate on why there has never been a medieval theme? Mondstadt has that high fantasy vibe with a walled city, grand cathedrals (although I read that these things were more common in the Renaissance) and terms like knights.

Liyue seemed to distance itself from that since it was based on Ancient China and its style could be based on any era besides the medieval.

BoughKeeper2026-01-18 14:41

Khaenriah, Ruin Machines, and everything Dottore was doing in the manga before the game even released were all Sci-Fi things.

Moreover, while not the final product, the game's original opening had the traveller's spaceship

Gintoki_KotAro2026-01-18 15:18

I don't use the term "masterpiece" but for me the game as a whole package is definitely something I consider to be a masterpiece.

kronpas2026-01-18 16:31

For a 5 years old game to be able reinvent itself that much storytelling wise is a real feat.

BoughKeeper2026-01-18 17:03

what exactly did they reinvent?

kronpas2026-01-18 17:10

These lunar AQs are practically visual novels, you hardly 'play' but watch a massive, hours long chain of cutscenes until the very last battle-scene, with occasional pseudo dialogue choices to keep you from being dozed off.

I_am_indisguise2026-01-18 16:41

The game always had the mediaeval theme. The thing is, it's just one of many

BoughKeeper2026-01-18 17:03

that's why said science-fantasy

I_am_indisguise2026-01-18 17:06

Well, the way u wrote it, it felt like u think there's no medieval theme in game

KibbloMkII2026-01-18 14:47

i wish you could go back to the moon map

ArchRanger2026-01-18 18:33

I’m sure we will have a reason to go back to our ship but I am going to put it in the survey anyways lol

Patient_Piece_80232026-01-18 18:43

A couple days after I finished the archon quest I decided to watch this show called Cyberpunk Edgerunners. After watching the series I realized that this particular shot of them looking down on Teyvat is a reference to that show. That show is also excellent, highly recommend.

Daunomic2026-01-18 19:30

I don't know if you don't know, they're the same voice actors.

loadedhunter30032026-01-18 23:05

THAT'S SO COOL I NEVER KNEW THAT

Patient_Piece_80232026-01-25 04:43

That's a brilliant coincidence

Decidueye_Neuron2026-01-18 19:41

CYBERPUNK MENTIONED, WTF IS A HAPPY ENDING RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Patient_Piece_80232026-01-25 04:44

I'd also recommend Omori and the Red Dead Redemption games if you like not-so-happy games

wathkat2026-01-18 19:09

Eh. Going back to the moon is very likely. Remember Columbina saying that she'd invite friends over after tidying up the place? Maybe an event map that's permanent like Easybreeze Holiday Resort, eh?

KibbloMkII2026-01-18 19:37

I hope so, it's a nice, chill area

BleedingUranium2026-01-18 20:26

Wanting to casually invite friends ***to the moon*** is so on point for Columbina. Like, no big deal, just let me tidy up a bit, as if it's just a slightly messy apartment haha.

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More generally, I really hope we get to take some friends out for a ride in the spaceship. I would very much love to give Amber the most amazing flight of her life, along with some of the other more "grounded/normal" characters.

I just can't get over how cool it is that this is a real possibility now, after *the Traveler went to the moon and found their spaceship.*

looking_at_memes_2026-01-18 22:40

Next teapot location: The Moon

Gibbel20292026-01-19 14:00

Honestly, if Nod-Krai's teapot local is just straight up the moon, it'll be perfect.

GGG1002026-01-18 23:15

It’ll be our main base for Part 2 when space travel between worlds becomes a feature.

Particular_Web32152026-01-19 02:56

Time to start spamming it in the surveys. I am confident that we will visit the ship again or future plot

Lesteross2026-01-19 08:52

Maybe teapot realm on the moon, please?

Sad-Bowl-83742026-01-18 14:54

I liked the story but I disagree on the amount of effort they put it.

Act 7 and 8 being a 6 hours long visual novel and the zones being so small really highlights that Hoyo dedicated less resources to Nod Krai, making it feel more like a filler arc & Snezhnaya waiting room.

Nod Krai is a success, I’m not complaining too much. I just feel we’re lacking the grandiose of other regions.

Original-Shallot58422026-01-18 16:00

"Act 7 and 8 being a 6 hours long visual novel and the zones being so small really highlights that Hoyo dedicated less resources to Nod Krai, making it feel more like a filler arc & Snezhnaya waiting room."

I have to dissagree heavily with this. I wish we had more maps or bigger maps when it comes to exploration.

However, nobody actually tought about the possibility that.. this is how the map just is? Not every region will be the same dimension as the other ones, and we learned that Nod Krai is part of Snezhnaya. This is why is even more compressed when it comes to puzzles, while in other regions you were getting a chest for a puzzle, sometimes even in the new map you will get 2. And keep in mind we should get 1 more or even 2 nod krai expansions (2 more sets of Nod Krai local legends needs to be released), Dornman Port, probably a summer event map, and some mare jivari expansion (based on the livestream when they said they will expand it more in future updates).

And about Archon quest being a visual novel. Respectfully, 1 act of Nod Krai AQ mogs every other archon quests and its not even debatable unless you live in nostalgia.

The ammount lore, explanations, cast, cutscenes, even seeing in game cutscenes fights wich are good, better pacing (with some exceptions) and the lenght its just whole another lvl.

If this region is "filler" I hope everything that comes next is filler.

natiewow2026-01-18 16:47

We had leaks as far back as start of Natlan saying that Hoyo is done with Sumeru-sized maps and will forcus more on the story. Hopefully they will change their minds, but I'm not optimistic. The game is old now, the YoY drop in revenue is pretty massive. Adjustments obviously have to be made.

Original-Shallot58422026-01-18 16:51

I dont know what leaks you saw but the idea stands still.

Maybe the maps are not just as big as Sumeru. No region is as big as sumeru (so far). Thats just how it is.

And Im not sure we are looking at the same statistic but I dont see any drop in revenue, let alone "massive". You will for sure not see inazuma lvl of revenue but the game is pretty steady.

xLordEnder2026-01-18 18:55

This. Nod-Krai’s story presentation, pacing, and cutscene animation quality has been the best it’s ever been.

mephyerst2026-01-18 15:42

It was enjoyable sure. They did a good job. I think Fontaine still had the harder hitting ending though. Furina was just such a well done character.

Head-Photojournalist2026-01-18 16:06

Uh no I fell asleep at many points in the story, 1 hour of good hype moments vs 5-6 hours of boring yap a masterpiece does not make

Unless Hoyo fix their story dialogue, pacing and presentation they will never produce any masterpiece, ever

Looks like children aren't happy I am telling them the truth that their gachaslop isn't peak fiction. I like Genshin alot but I won't go so far to call it a masterpiece

xLordEnder2026-01-18 18:51

>5-6 hours of boring yap

If you dumb down most of the AQ as ‘boring yap’ and falling asleep while playing, you weren’t ever planning to put yourself in an open mindset to want to enjoy something.

Head-Photojournalist2026-01-18 19:59

It is what it is - boring yap: that is because the dialogue is written to be long winded, unimaginative and extremely formal to convey very little information . However this is a problem with Hoyo writing as a whole, their other game HSR is 10x worst

Contrast with say E33, an *actual* masterpiece, with natural flowing, snappy dialogue that feels like real humans interacting with each other

Weird_Construction782026-01-18 23:12

I love e33 but im not going to compare a dev theam will all the time in the world to overworked devs with 6 week windows between major patches usually. Ontop of having to translate the story telling into multiple languages

BlackKnighting202026-01-19 02:12

It’s a yap fest, NPCs talk too much, what can be said in a couple sentences is stretch to a paragraph.

Weird_Construction782026-01-18 23:10

How about you show us what masterpiece's set you above us gachaslop enjoyers

BlackKnighting202026-01-19 02:10

Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, E33, Nier, Dragon Age Origins and GoW (PS4) to compare. Even some chapters from FGO like Babylon, Faery Britain, Olympus are way better than GI best.

Genshin has a problem with the writing, dialogue is so much fluff.

Khronify2026-01-18 16:27

Couldn't agree more, although personally I wouldn't call the game as a whole masterpiece, simply because earlier archon quests and their glaring flaws exist (looking at you especially, Fontaine). Nod-Krai's story though... yeah it's 10/10. I can't wait for Snezhnaya now, it's gonna be so good.

Aromatic_Inspector892026-01-18 16:58

every new archon quests I mourn the wasted potential that was Inazuma. What it could've been if given more time to develop the story

BleedingUranium2026-01-18 18:20

I'm currently halfway through Sumeru, and Inazuma is my favourite AQ thus far. :(

Luster-Purge2026-01-18 18:30

Sumeru is where you will learn Inazuma walked so the rest of the game can run.

Natlan is kind of a stumble in the AQ but it more than makes up for it with Golden Entreaty.

countrpt2026-01-18 23:47

Inazuma is very thematically strong, and the way this theming pervades the whole region (art, music, world design, game mechanics, etc.) is still honestly a highlight in this game, IMO. I personally liked the Inazuma Archon Quest very much, too, but the general consensus (which I can't disagree with) is that Act 3 was too rushed and should have been split into several Acts/patches to help convey the passage of time and further develop various characters. Because it moved so quickly (to the resistance and back again), some of the more subtle points connecting the narrative weren't conveyed well to some people.

The biggest advantage of future Archon quests, in that sense, is that they expanded to 5 acts, and now 8 in the latest one, and this extra time does help give the story a bit more room to develop characters and breathe. I think this is mostly what people mean by "wasted potential" -- it's like a novel that got cut down to a very short TV show and so rushed through the plot skipping a lot of details, but the core ideas were solid so people wish for a better adaptation.

BleedingUranium2026-01-19 00:29

I've heard that about Inazuma's AQ before, but the pacing is actually something I really enjoyed about it. You basically explore all the (main) islands one by one heading west, learning about the factions as you go, then back to the start (Inazuma City) for the big finale.

It felt super natural, *especially* if you follow the age-old RPG rule of *"all side quests before the main quest"*, doing those as they pop up across the journey (Hanachirusato, the Mikage Furnace, the Orobashi one, etc) before moving on to the next island.

countrpt2026-01-19 05:07

Ahh... doing it "side quests first" would change the experience entirely, and I think would give you even deeper immersion in the pervasive theming that's so strong in that region. Honestly, this is probably the best way to enjoy Inazuma, as the "collective package" is very good, and it has many strong world quests. I think most players in this game do more of a "beeline through the Archon Quest first, side-quests after" approach (especially if they're playing as things come out), which otherwise has you jump from place to place rather quickly.

If you continue taking this approach through the other regions, I'll be interested in hearing what you think. (Doing the side-quest first approach in Sumeru could actually result in a rather different perspective on plot and pacing.)

BleedingUranium2026-01-19 05:52

Yeah, I feel that's probably a lot of why it worked so well in my experience of the region. I'm so far behind on stuff that I can't really *avoid* spoilers (and can't if I want to make sure I'm 100%-ing things and not missing stuff), but I sort of... only "spoil" as needed to get everything done, if that makes sense. Wiki quest steps (when needed) and interactive map, basically.

So there's a lot of broad stuff I know ahead but also tons that's surprised/etc me.

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I've been doing the same in Sumeru, yep! After meeting Collei and doing the initial stuff in her village, I ran into Rana on the way to the city and did the ***entire*** Aranara questline before progressing the AQ. Given it was pretty clearly designed to have you explore all the regions of the forest as you progress, it made extra sense to me to do it early.

In hindsight, you're definitely supposed to do the Aranara one *after* Act I (and before Act II, the festival), but I sort of mentally fixed that pacing in my head, if that makes sense haha.

More generally though, doing the Aranara story before you get too far into the AQ (including the festival) to me feels like a great way to get a feel for Sumeru before diving into the meat of the story, as it were.

Or put the other way, speeding through Act I & II of the AQ then zooming off to the desert, leaving Aranara and all the other stuff for later, I definitely feel that would significantly harm the experience, yeah.

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I'm assuming Jeht's story is going to go somewhat similarly for the desert, but I'll figure those stories out as I get to them. :)

countrpt2026-01-19 07:37

Yeah, I guess one tricky point here is to understand the order in which the map expansions originally happened, especially in the desert since there were three different desert map expansions, as that can sort of give at least some hint of the recommending chronology. That said, most of the world quests aren't *so* strongly chronological that it will hurt that much.

Anyway, definitely sounds like a unique experience and a good way to play the game. You'll definitely have a lot of content to experience!

BleedingUranium2026-01-19 14:27

Ah true, I'll have to keep that in mind too! :)

GGG1002026-01-18 23:17

They could do to Inazuma what they did to Penacony in HSR and add another chapter to it that fleshes out some of the elements that weren’t touched upon in the main quest.

Particular_Web32152026-01-19 02:59

Hey at least enkanomiya is still one of the best areas in the game , and the islands are incredibly beaitiful even to this day.

Bit yeah inauzma would have benefited from 5 acts instead of very crammed 3 acts

Lotus-Vale2026-01-18 18:23

I notice you calling Fontaine out specifically so I want to ask, what part of the story makes it the especially bad? I found it especially *good.* Furina's story is rivaled only by Columbina's out of this entire game imo.

hutre2026-01-18 18:59

Not OP but fortress of meropide was long, boring and didn't really progress the story a whole lot from what I remember. The whole lyney's trial before that wasn't as much fun either but I think that's just personal preference.

Particular_Web32152026-01-19 03:05

I would say act 1 and act 2 are propped up by acheron being a very cool villain to the extremely dynamic navia. Act 3 and act4 in meropide are slog tho. Act 5 is carried by furina but the narwhal fight is just so out of nowhere and there to bridge childe's involvement (who also stole arle's harbrigner screentime)

For me, fontaine AQ is very good as a furina, neuv and navia story, but it barely fleshes out the nation unlike suemru and natlan and even inazuma. It sacrificed traveller's agency and It's cast also does barely anything on their own, like clorinde and lynette.

Khronify2026-01-18 19:39

The core of Genshin's story is following the Traveler's footsteps and their journey. For me, what makes a story really compelling is when the protagonist that we've been following for the whole time receives their due—when they actively shape the plot, influence the world around them, and are more than just a passive observer. In Fontaine, though, I felt the opposite: the Traveler was sidelined for most of the plot, particularly when it came to the bigger narrative stakes like the Narwhal and had no overall impact on the outcome.

Speaking of the Narwhal, Fontaine has severe power-scaling whiplash. Neuvillette soloed everything while the Traveler’s strength fluctuated depending on what the scene needed, making their failures feel artificial rather than earned. The prime example is they were literally bodied by Arlecchino for no real reason, they didn't use any elements and only fought with a dull blade. That loss felt so fake for the sake of just selling her character. They intended to show how strong she was in comparison to the Traveler but it fell flat because it looked like they didn't try at all.

On top of this, you have the really slow moments like Meropide in Act 3 and 4. The prophecy was another issue as a whole as well. You have a world-ending event that is framed as catastrophic, but its consequences are short-lived. When a nation-threatening disaster leaves little lasting impact, it undercuts the stakes the story tries to establish. It also doesn't help that the concept of a nation flooding when it's already so elevated compared to the rest of the continent makes absolutely no sense.

I also felt like the character interactions were far weaker than the previous ones in Sumeru. The Traveler had complete animosity towards the Fatui at this point (and justifiably so) but were so quick to trust Lyney and Lynette after a short while. I only really liked Navia and Furina as characters whereas in Sumeru everyone felt more tight-knit as a group in their shared goal of rescuing Nahida.

I do agree with Furina's story being really good, in fact that was
pretty much the only enjoyable part for me. You can have excellent interactions between characters that are not the MC while also not neglecting them at the same time, there doesn't have to be a trade-off. Nod-Krai, and I'd argue Natlan are perfect examples of this being done right.

LousySmarchWeather072026-01-18 21:00

> Speaking of the Narwhal, Fontaine has severe power-scaling whiplash.

Yup. Maybe I missed something, but didn't Skirk later say something like "The Narwhal eats entire planets and it's just the pet that belongs to a guy copying my master"? That's DBZ fanfic levels of power-scaling. Seriously, did I miss something?

Particular_Web32152026-01-19 03:01

Sirtalogi himself is a very weird character power wise. His personality being the battle junkie sinner and being the inventor of foul legacy makes sense, but that whole no one stronger left in tevyat still puzzles me

countrpt2026-01-19 00:17

I actually don't usually view the story through the same lens as you do (though I found the perspective very interesting!), but you did also make me realize that, fundamentally, the biggest commonality in the story arcs the wider community consider great in this game is that they use a "saving the tragic heroine" motif to frame the overall story, whether that's Nahida, Furina, or now Columbina. The strength of this core character arc, and the way it resolves, ends up framing a big part of how people remember the story and their opinion of it. (People love the Fontaine story because they really love Furina's character arc, but few actually sing praises of the two prison acts, for instance.) With Inazuma, you can't really frame it this way unless/until you consider the entirety of Ei's character development, including her two character stories and subsequent seasonal events, but as that happened people's opinions of her and Inazuma improved. And with Mavuika, she's such a "hot-blooded heroine" type that they can't really play up the tragic side that much (though it's there to some degree). Not trying to say that this is all that matters by any means... but, at least, it's an interesting correlation. In the next arc, I honestly expect a "thawing the ice queen" tragic heroine narrative again, because it's pretty clear at this point that the pattern is popular and it works (and, at the end of the day, their business is selling characters).

lenwok2026-01-19 03:20

Fontain was peak at certain times for sure, but they also had that prison (filler) ark...

hellyhellhell2026-01-18 19:32

idm their failings

ultimately these are devs who are doing new things and experimenting; sometimes it hits right, sometimes it doesn't

but they are clearly making improvements each time and I admire their tenacity & passion for it

koko5032026-01-18 20:39

i think their flaws in the past is what makes Genshin so good and 'masterpiece' to me lol it feels like the game is growing beside me y'know

idk but genshin feels like home lol

Khronify2026-01-18 21:13

I can definitely see that sentiment, but for me those flaws made me quit the game for a while lol. I do agree though that because it's been much better recently, I have grown to love the game even more. It shows they're willing to improve on their past mistakes. I can say with absolute certainty that I won't be leaving again anytime soon and I'm committed to experiencing this story out to the end.

koko5032026-01-18 21:23

quitting a game because of its' flaw is really fine idk why some people make a big deal out of it lol because i did quit genshin too for some time because i thought it was getting a bit boring and i wish they would implement better QoL but does that mean i hate genshin? hell nah i'm deeply attached to TEYVAT.

dakrangelolivia2026-01-18 16:59

Uh? The only people that would call GI a 'masterpiece' are kids that played gacha games their entire lives

Admirable_Register892026-01-18 17:53

One of my favourite games are from the nier series specifically drakengard 2 and nier gestalt and I can confidently say yes genshin impact if it locks in regarding its other aspects can wholeheartedly be called a masterpiece

Cocoatrice2026-01-18 17:12

Always has been.

Ok_Sentence93282026-01-18 17:22

Idk this was the last chapter there's must be some meaning to the dottore screen glitch at completion of act 8 like cmon he must've a backup plan just like sandrone ? What do u think?

Luster-Purge2026-01-18 18:35

No way Dottore isn't coming back somehow, but I'm not so sure the glitching *was* him. Rather, since the Abyss seemed largely dormant through all of Nod-Krai (excluding the Wild Hunt/Rerir stuff which Rerir even confirmed was just Dottore pouring gas on a bushfire) and glitchy stuff is more in line with Abyss than Celestia/etc. related activities, I have to think the Abyss is going to come back looking for revenge after getting its face punched in during Natlan AND losing control over one of the Sinners.

Ok_Sentence93282026-01-18 19:11

I mean it makes quite a sense , before snezhnaya ( idk how to spell it sorry) there must be some between quest as always like ? And sorry for that misspelt

xLordEnder2026-01-18 18:42

Oh I doubt this will be the final act of Nod-Krai, or if it is, we definitely haven’t seen the last of Dottore yet. One of the first things we learned about him is that he’s able to create segments (clones) of himself at different points in time, and despite Nahida making him destroy those segments at the end of Sumeru’s AQ, what’s stopping him from making more?

As he said so to Nahida, “You’re just temporarily ahead.” Are we now seeing him finally caught up with us? He may be an incredibly narcissistic asshole, but he’s also an incredibly *intelligent* narcissistic asshole - he’s definitely made some contingencies just in case becoming a demigod with the moon marrows wasn’t enough.

Luster-Purge2026-01-18 19:25

The only things I can think of as to why he wouldn't make more is a mix of time, resources, and the idea he figured the only guy smart enough to defeat him is HIMSELF.

Nitrosad2026-01-18 17:26

Free game btw..

shirone02026-01-18 18:23

That's always a pretty bad take because there's definitely people that are paying for the quality we are getting and the devs make way more money this way than if it was a single purchase game, you can see the love they put in the game but still it's not a charity either

Nitrosad2026-01-18 18:24

Buddy calm down its a running gag.

Significant-Month5642026-01-18 17:28

I can't even imagine what the last chapter is going to be like from the travail teaser, what regions are they even going to add? Sky's the limit, maybe even more so considering where Columbina just took us...

LousySmarchWeather072026-01-18 21:05

> I can't even imagine what the last chapter is going to be like from the travail teaser,

I'm looking forward to the reveal that the female archon will be or was tormented/tortured in isolation for 500 years. Why break tradition, y'know?

Significant-Month5642026-01-19 13:57

Ah yeah i see what you mean, a lot of the archons seem to have undergone centuries of suffering or isolation for centuries. Wait actually i think all of them have wtf?

tagle4202026-01-18 18:06

I really love the visual novel way of story telling and expanding/concluding all the lore we learned over past years

toxikant2026-01-19 14:36

This is a great way of putting it. This comment opened my eyes fr, it really is like a visual novel!

drnotsomuchfascist2026-01-18 18:32

I take like 10 screenshots of my fav angles , feel so bad to leave this area ,hope they add teleport waypoint with beautiful mansion with frostmoon architecture or atleast they add this scenery for serentia pot

Particular_Web32152026-01-19 02:57

My screenshot have been all moon and moon sisters related other than cool world quests tidbits and crazy AQ lore

drnotsomuchfascist2026-01-19 05:53

Same here , I have collage of most beautiful area of whole tevyat from liyue peaks , jade chamber, chasm tree, natlans ancient peak a lot of them

Codtahasabir2026-01-18 18:35

Yeah, pretty good but in my experience because of the back and forth part and the scheming part I would put it behind Fontaine.

Don't why the difference is, but they were very good in letting us feel the danger of the threat in Fontaine compared to the Abyss in Natlan and Rerir/Dottore in Nod Krai.

Blade24142026-01-18 19:09

Nod Krai is the best story ever imo. I didn't think they would top Natlan and they did. Now how in the hell will they top Nod Krai? Every single aspect of the AQ is perfect. Snezhnaya is going to be cinema I can't wait.

JewelKnightJess2026-01-18 19:46

Such a beautiful end to the Quest. I loved the boat ride too.

Rare_Marionberry7822026-01-19 05:27

Nod Krai really went above and beyond, literally.

BlueAlphaShark082026-01-18 20:05

So much love and good energy goes into this game. Best Hoyo game.

fjaoaoaoao2026-01-18 20:12

I think Act 7 could have been edited better but Act 8 was great.

Sumeru beats Nod Krai for me. Fontaine and Nod Krai are close but I’ll give the edge to Fontaine. Comparing Fontaine and Nod Krai, the beats were better in Fontaine but the peaks of the storytelling were better in Nod Krai.

aaa_thepro2026-01-18 21:27

I couldn't wait for you to come and clear the cupboard

multificionado2026-01-18 22:34

Indeed, though ironically, it was a masterpiece I couldn't wait to get done as quickly as possible, if only for the new outfit for the Traveler.

zuran02026-01-18 23:08

Genshin Edge Runners Impact

egudu2026-01-18 23:38

> I don’t know what kind of expectations I had for this game

I started two years ago, shortly before Simulanka (end of Fontaine) and only did Mondstadt and thought this is some middle ages RPG with exploration and maybe some meh story (and to be fair Mondstadt was ok-ish and exactly what I expected).

Then people talked about some false sky and once I saw the Nahida trailer I was totally "*WTF??????" This is no ordinary game that I expected??!*". I think the story is the best I ever played in a video game - I have cried multiple times during quests and actually want to know how the story evolves - unlike *every* other game I played in the past >30 years where I did not care about the story in the slightest.

BlackKnighting202026-01-19 02:17

8/10 game, enjoyable but no masterpiece.

FatalKidneyshot2026-01-19 02:46

I couldn't agree with you more, op. Nod-Krai's MS is absolute peak and it's hard to put into words what they have made here because it's on another level. I've played Genshin close to day one and I can honestly say that I have never been more in love with Genshin Impact than after Nod-Krai. This story has it all, it's heartwarming, heartbreaking, intriguing, exciting, surprising, even overwhelming at times, likeable characters (like all the chars are likeable), it's borderline horror with Dottore (The perfect Genshin Villian imho. His EN VA is 10/10).

I'm sure there's critique to be found, but I just can't be bothered with it, I f\*\*king love Nod-Krai's MS for what it is and how it's being presented.

Nod-Krai's story is 10/10 (Absolute Peak of Peak) and I am right there with you, op! All the way! I can't wait to see what happens next.

Original_Ad99332026-01-19 03:29

I just finished the Quest and while other AQ's had me more in goosebumps or even tears, the constant Quality over all its Chapters and the chemistry between all the chars made this one a 11/10 for me.

Now i hope they will bring Nicole as soon as possible, i want her Friendship 10 and read all the lore this yapper has to tell us.

Confident_River_35832026-01-19 06:21

That scene was genuinely breathtaking...Moments like this really show how far Genshin’s storytelling and atmosphere have come,both visually and emotionally.

MrHaann2026-01-25 08:08

Yeah just got done with it and im in awe... I loved it beginning to end.. seriously gotta be one of my favorite stories in gaming period. I cannot praise them enough for how good of a job they did with the main quest this go around. bra - fucking - vo hoyo.