Hot take

As a long time player (since public release) I miss when Genshin felt like a game, and not a cashgrab :(
The only reason I play anymore is because I want to see the main story thru.
Any1 remember theater mechanicus? The first windbloom festival? Events that you actually had to work for, not just grabbing coins or being locked behind building your entire character base?
Idk I just wish there wasn't so much fomo being theown in my face.

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Open-Ad-80442026-01-24 07:58

This ISNT. a hot take. Alot of people agreed, me included however I do feel like the character designs are recently amazing , I feel like the major issue with them is them being restrictive and team comp is limited, and making u pull for 2 5 stars to fully enjoy 1 is def a cashgrab

While yes events have stopped being fun "lore" wise and feel like just getting free primos, i personally enjoyed the recent saurian ones and it was fun to do challenges with them.

CHONPSCa2026-01-24 08:01

Theater mechanicus didn't come back but windtrace is still there. Just had its run last month.

The photo event is starting to get better. Hopefully the camera will be as detailed as infinity nikki's eventually. Permanent features start from events afterall.

As for the fomo, the only fomo i see is they added more primos so speedrunners get something. The rewards are the exact same if you didn't bother doing it.

Event weapons, it's the same too.

It's all old player nostalgia but to say the old days were better is just wrong. I'm also a day 1 player. I'm not gonna do 4 commissions to do my daily and get locked with 120 resin.

Salad_Lord2026-01-24 08:14

Fair enough, I know this is just my opinion, but in terms of fomo, it's the events (imaginarium, story quest and area exploration type stuff). Like you said, (and as I often do) you can just Not do them and the rewards are the same as early game when there was less events and stuff outside normal gameplay. But the addition of all these things, and the manekins, is a little too 'please please please play our game and throw your life away and give us your money 😭'. Just shifts the experience away from just playing a game for me.

CHONPSCa2026-01-24 08:22

Yeah the manekin clothes are on the wallet side lol. I remember it being announced and i was so excited to see infinity nikki format in genshin. (Outfit gacha, outfit crafting, outfit changes when you do a skill)

Then it's paywalled XD

Low_Artist_76632026-01-24 08:06

All of this changes happen because people don't want to PLAY the game.

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-24 08:57

Theatre Mechanicus came back twice, when Inazuma was released and again during the light novel festival.

We already know people complained a lot early game about difficulty of puzzles, so I think it's safe to assume Theatre Mechanicus also didn't have a good reception as people might think it had, that's why it never came back after Sumeru. Hoyo has the data after all, they know how much players interact with each part of the game.

But I don't know what you mean about FOMO. Wasn't Theatre Mechanicus also a FOMO event? It was time limited and with gated rewards, just like every event ever, from 6 years ago or from today.

issm2026-01-24 10:55

Breaking news: Gacha game is being a cash grab.