Leaving Genshin Impact Behind Was The Best Decision I Ever Made

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It has been several months since I uninstalled the weeaboo pyramid scheme that is Genshin Impact from my PS5. I was a regular player ever since its release, drawn into its Breath of the Wild-esque gameplay, compelling worldbuilding, and beautiful cast of anime characters. On paper, it was a game that felt made for me, but it was also one that understood all the most cynical ways to exploit my worst impulses. So I pulled myself away and never looked back.

Ever since my teenage years I’ve had an addictive personality, and will spend money or jump through hoops to obtain things in games like Genshin Impact or Overwatch even if I’m not in a position to do so financially. That doesn’t matter, I’ll worry about the consequences later as I spend precious pennies on primogems or loot boxes to earn a hero or skin that will elude me forever unless I find a way to earn it right now. I could grind the hours away, but I don’t have the attention span for such a task when I know there’s an easier way out. Genshin Impact knows that too, which is the most sickening part of all this.

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I’m not going to say how much money I’ve spent on Genshin Impact, I’m not sure if I even know off the top of my head, but I do know all of it was thrown away for the wrong reasons. Mihoyo has built a gorgeous fictional world and an overarching narrative to accompany it, but all of these achievements are undermined by a gacha system that makes its characters the stars above all else. Whenever a new update rolls around we aren’t talking about a new region or where the questline will take us next, we’re simping over new character designs and mourning all the primogems we’ll need to earn to