By Izumi, Middle-School Gamer Correspondent

Genshin Impact is an action story game made in China. What is its story? Our correspondent explains.

Genshin Impact: Process and Overview

Genshin Impact is an action RPG made on September 28th, 2020, after the company miHoYo made another similar action RPG called Honkai Impact 3. That game was made on October 14th, 2016. Development of Genshin Impact started in January 2017 and started with a crew of 120 members in Shanghai. That crew grew to 400 at the end of the year and reached 700 by February 2021 (gamefaqs.com). miHoYo revealed Genshin Impact in June 2019, three months before the release. From soundtrack, animation, backgrounds, and character designs, miHoYo worked three hard years on the start of the game and has added lots of updates in the past year, including new characters with each update. As a matter of fact, new character Sangonomiya Kokomi comes out today!

Genshin Impact: Regions and Elements

In Genshin Impact, there are seven regions. Every region has an archon (ruler/god) based on the seven elements. Characters (playable ones mostly) have visions based on the elements. Dendro (nature), Geo (earth), Pyro (fire), Cryo (ice), Hydro (water), Electro (electric), and Anemo (wind). So far only three out of seven regions are in-game, Anemo, Geo, and Electro. Each region is based on another country. In the photos below you can see all three regions. The Anemo Archons city, the first region to come out in Genshin, is based on Germany. The Geo Archons city, Liyue, is based on China. Lastly, the Electro Archons city, Inazuma, is based off of Japan.

Side note: Characters don’t have to have the same vision as the archon for their city. For example, Beidou, an electro character, isn’t from Inazuma; she’s from Liyue, the geo archon’s city.

         

Genshin Impact: Storyline

Here is the story of Genshin Impact. You (player) have a twin, and you both travel from world to world, but one day when you and your twin were traveling to the next world, an unknown god stood in your way. As you try to defeat her, and travel to the next world, she kidnaps your twin. Right after, you’re both sent into an unknown world separated from each other. Your goal is to travel through this new world called Teyvat and be reunited with your twin. Through this journey you have a companion named Paimon, who travels alongside you. You and Paimon will explore Teyvat, adventure through new regions, and meet characters, while in the process, reuniting with your twin.

Next post, I’ll be drawing a character from Inazuma named Ayaka