Genshin Impact Gacha Guide: How Many Characters Will $50 of Real Money Unlock?

How does Genshin Impact's "gacha" system work? How much can you unlock for roughly the amount of a full-price game? Is this game exploitative when all is said and done?

[Sonyslave3]

It all depends on your luck lol watch a guy on YouTube drop 4 thousand dollars in a video trying to get dulic still didn't get him. Then he try again in another video dropping damn near 10 thousand for dulic and barely got him and make even worst we have new characters on the way.

[Jackhass]

Yeah, if the luck doesn't go your way, the gacha system can go from unfair to frankly ridiculous.

[xTonyMontana]

Someone needs to stick that moron in a straight jacket, he needs professional help.

[Chris_Wray]

Yeah, it's very luck-based but honestly seems that while Genshin does some things wrong, the percentages particularly, it's sort of making up for it with that seems like a very well developed game.

[Jackhass]

It's a shame, because the design of the world is kind of amazing. As good as BOTW, if maybe even better.

[IanTH]

I'm at a complete loss here. You really think this game is better than BotW? I'm not arguing you are wrong to hold that opinion, of course, just that it feels a bit like hyperbole to me since I'm clearly missing something. I personally feel like it is a pretty decent mobile game, but that's kinda it. I have read a lot praise for this game, even from conventional sites, and decided to give it a go. Downloaded it on PC and Android. The game seems fun enough when viewed as a mobile game, but I'm not quite sure what it is that is elevating it to the levels of hype it is getting.

Do you need to get a lot further in the game to fully appreciate it? The overworld feels fine, but not mind blowing. The dungeons feel very one-note and linear. I haven't played it a ton, but I've played a decent amount. The game has been fairly generous with currencies early, so I was able to do like 30 gacha pulls and got some characters and stuff. But I feel like I'm missing something. Did you like it from minute one, or does it take a bit to really show what makes it special?

[Eidolon]

Gotcha system?

[Elda]

I've been playing a little here & there. It's a cute jrpg.

[Angyobangyo]

With a drop rate of 0.7% for a 5 star, $50 will net you almost nothing worthwhile if luck isn’t on your side. It’s all luck. You need 90 rolls to guarantee a 5 star and even then it could be a 5 star character your not after or even worse...a weapon.

[GameBoyColor]

Yup for character banners, the actually gaurenteed pull is 180. It's ridiculous, that's like $300+

[Outlawzz]

So if the game is developed well enough but still incorporates insane money grubbing tactics are the devs still douchey for incorporating it? Hmmmm... That's a tough one.
Haven't tried the game myself yet but at "free to start" it's easy to find out.

[CrimsonWing69]

Why do we have a guide for microtransactions?

Are they acceptable now?

[Jackhass]

To let people know what they're getting into.

[CrimsonWing69]

isn't it the same with any "gacha" system? I mean the whole point is to make you gamb--I mean spend more and more money.

Otherwise they'd just release it as a one time paid DLC.

[hballa]

I will say playing this game for 30+ hours and having spent $60 The game is great even when I was free to play for the first 20+ hours. T]he game gives you all the characters you need and if buit correctly they are all viable into the hardest levels of the game. You may not get exactly what you want but your not missing much if you just build what you got.

If you do spend money duplicates actually start making you characters OP even ones people think are weaker. The constelllation and star glitter system eases the blow of duplicates constellation makes the character stronger star glitter can buy a weapon or character depending on the store rotation. All in all the game is very polished there is a lot to farm and their are many systems to make your characters stronger f2p or not.

P.S this game is not pay to win you can have all the five star characters and items but artifacts are the keys to your power and getting materials to upgrade everything is a grind.