Genshin Impact
Developer/publisher MiHoYo Format Android, iOS, PC, PS4, PS5 Release 2020
Climbing a peak and taking in the vista before you – surely the defining moment of any open-world game worth its salt. Your eye scans a distant mountain; a structure that was previously out of view; a landmark just itching to be discovered. In between are plenty of enemy encounters, trinkets and tucked-away secrets to divert your attention. And beyond, it’s suggested, uncharted territory yet to be revealed.
In most open-world games, you know those foggy patches will be made visible before too long, whether it’s ten hours later or 60. But that’s simply not the case in Genshin Impact. The world of Teyvat is still being built by developer MiHoYo, and seeing those far-off places? It might be another five years away yet.
Take, for example, Inazuma. Not until nine months after launch were we able to cross the sea to this isolated archipelago nation. The community, though,
