Heads up, Genshin is about to have it's annual big update and this will be the 2nd year where they give out a "standard" 5-star character for free. Unfortunately I just barely missed last year's anniversary so I'm a year late to join.
I recall learning about the free character here in 2024, but I can't find the thread anymore. Does anyone know where it went?
I haven't played any popular F2P or live service game before, so my knowledge of gacha games is very limited. Beware, F2P games are generally the most greedy, evil, and expensive games there are.
At the same time, this website is a similar type of game, so us here shouldn't rule Genshin out. The money structure is balanced differently from this website. You have to spend 100x more real money on Genshin than here to get anything significant, so therefore I'd recommend trying to be F2P. Unfortunately, Genshin makes sure you are going to be very underpowered and starving if you stay F2P. It's even worse if you are a new F2P who has joined late.
There is a sort of middle tier of money payment if you can figure out what it is, maybe that could be a workable option for some.
I think Genshin is best for players who meet the following criteria:
1) There are just one or two girls you know of from Genshin that you really like, and you are curious to play it because of them. 2) You can resist all the other girls so you don't waste your money. 3) You don't care if you are far from full power, can never reach full power, and certain activities and challenges may forever be beyond your ability since you do not want to Pay To Win. 4) You want to just try the game casually and are willing to abandon it if you ever decide it is too grindy, boring, or greedy.
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