MiniMe3388 said:
Any of you played Genshin Impact?
Is it worth playing?
Yeah, I'd say so. It's incredibly fun in my opinion, with a lovely story with huge, beautiful environments and immersive atmosphere, music and the gameplay is very relaxed until you get to the Adventure Rank 45+ / 50+ dungeons.
Story wise in our SS viewpoint, it gets interesting, though... and somewhat questionable.
The game's world features "Archons", the gods of the lands and areas that rule over different elements, which happen to use the names of the Demons. Careful,
Genshin Impact spoilers by the way.
The interesting thing in my opinion, is that the usage of the names of the Demons in this game, don't tend to depict horrible monsters as they usually would in other games that blaspheme their names. Again, in Genshin they actually depict gods, although the characters named after our real Gods don't tend to resemble anything about them at all.
The Wind Archon of Mondstadt, the first area, is introduced as Venti, whose real name is
Barbatos. Venti is depicted as a cute, cheerfully playful bard who is very fond of music, using a divine harp and powers of the wind. I personally forgot this arc since it was a while ago for me, but I know that the people of Mondstadt, the nation he rules, strongly revere him and have a big statue in the city and even a "church" which plays a big part of that area's story as well.
The Geo Archon of Liyue, the second area, is initially named Rex Lapis, the god of the Earth element, whose name is later revealed to be
Morax. Morax in the game is depicted as a very handsome, patient man who is very knowledgeable about the culture and civilisation that he rules. He's very humble and respectful, and very likeable by the female players of the game.
The Electro Archon of Inazuma, is named
Baal from what I remember. I don't know if that area is out yet, but Baal in the game is supposed to be a very beautiful royal kind of lady.
There's also
Paimon, the first character you meet, who's like... well, you've probably seen her already.
The game and its story are years from being finished, because there's still many areas and their Archons named after more Demons. But up until now it's already very big of a game and the story feels like it won't end, so don't rush it, and enjoy it for a relaxing experience and the amazing environments.
In conclusion, yeah, the game tends to use the Demons' names for characters of either opposite gender and/or mismatching personalities, which can feel very strange to those of us who actually know the real Demons they're named after. There's even the name of my own GD, lol. But again, at least it's not as bad as most other media that do the same thing, and in Genshin they're actually named after the idea of Gods.
Honestly, try it. The story doesn't say anything bad about Demons or praise the idea of muh jeebus cross and "angels" like a lot of other fantasy-themed media. Xiao in Genshin, however,
is an ancient being stated to have "fought ""demons""" but that's just a bad English interpretation of the term Yaksha (spirits of battle and war in Eastern mythology).
