Genshin Impact - PC/Android/IOS crossplay (and PS4 non-crossplay)

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Single player ARPG, with gacha elements and some co-op.

As someone who has played a fair share of gacha mobile games (including Honkai Impact 3 from the same developer as Genshin), I have been intrigued by this.

It is a fully-fledged, free to play ARPG in a similar vein to Breath Of The Wild, and is (imo) gorgeous!

It launched yesterday, and I have been playing on both my pc (buttery smooth) and mobile (SD 845 struggles a bit, but then it is an open world rpg). Being able to play properly on PC, but also jump in on mobile is actually really cool and (to the best of my knowledge) a unique feature of this game?

Gacha isn't a requirement, you will pick up and get viable characters to complete the main story, but those that are collectors and whatnot will essentially fund the game.

Very much enjoying this, and worth a punt imo.
 
What is the F2P model like? is it fair or do you need to pay £20 to open a bag of crisps?

Seems fair to me, especially as you can complete the whole game without spending a penny.

Chasing husbandos/waifus though will be pricey as the drop rates for 5 stars is very low, and the pity for a focused banner will only guarantee you the rate up hero after 180 pulls (though you do have a 50% chance of getting them at 90 pulls).

As it standard, I used my 20x free pulls on the beginner banner, and got a decent 4 star hero, and also what some say is the best 4 star hero, so I am happy to plod along without paying anything for now.
 
as far as I understand it's just a coop game with upto 4 people though? there's no city areas etc that act like hubs where you see other players? like say GuildWars ?

It is a single player RPG, with limited co-op when you are further in the game (Adventure Rank 16), it is not an MMO.

Which one is that? Beside the maid character I got the electric archer one with the raven abilities

Fischl, you got her too :) Her raven can be triggered, then switch out to another hero for elemental triggers.
 
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