Genshin Impact Dev Hoping to Make the Game More Welcoming to Newcomers
A HoYoverse developer goes on the record in the monthly edition of PLAY Magazine to discuss the difficult learning curve and the attempts to make Genshin Impact more welcoming for newcomers. Genshin Impact recently received the big 3.0 update which streamlined some aspects of the action RPG and may have been one of the first steps to appeal to a broader audience.
Having done many collaborations like with Pizza Hut and KFC already, HoYoverse is already expanding the Genshin Impact IP across multiple areas, but the developers are aware that the game can be «an issue» for fresh accounts. Similar to other live service games such as Destiny 2 and Apex Legends, Genshin Impact players are bombarded with loads of information in early games as they pick up new characters and items, and HoYoverse has hinted that changes are being worked on.
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Just like with Genshin Impact 3.0, it seems like HoYoverse wants to continue to improve things for new players as it brings a ton of content for veteran ones to explore as well and the developer doubled down on this. Suggesting that HoYoverse is taking a multi-pronged approach to the patches, the Genshin Impact developer said «while we continue to produce more exciting content, we are also trying to ease the burden of returning players or new players.» On top of the optimizations hinted at by the dev, Genshin Impact players can also expect tutorial adjustments and «intelligent management of past content.»
Not setting a time frame for improvements to the new player experience, the HoYoverse developer stated that things are «in development» and even after the tutorial is adjusted effectively, future patches may continue
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