

That said, Genshin Impact is still definitely a gacha game, with all of the trappings you will usually find in those games. I am not used to playing what feels like a full-scale AAA game for free. I'm not even joking - I've played countless free to play mobile games, and so often I'm bombarded with microtransaction discounts, difficulty walls which would be easier to get around with a few payments, hyper-rare materials that, again, I can easily pay actual money for… I am used to playing free to play games and feeling like the target of spam emails while playing.

Playing Genshin Impact for free almost feels like stealing.
