Why Genshin Impact is an Artistic and Technical Masterpiece
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For decades, Japanese game devs as well as animators have struggled with the 2D to 3D transition. As Western games lead the technology with photorealistic 3D rendering, anime style 3D CGI have always felt unnatural. For years, we either get "Final Fantasy" type of half-realistic half-cartoonish character representation, or plastic-looking characters with anime eyes pasted on their face. Mihoyo is the one who truely mastered the cell-shading technique in 3D and turned anime characters and the 3D environment into one coherent artistic style.
Bro it's not a Japanese game. For god's sake why the hell do people think that?
@@fastlearner292 Of course I know that. Nothing I said suggest the opposite. The Chinese dev mihoyo did what Japanese devs failed to do for decades.
Final fantasy Remake is pretty has a fully realistic style
I'd argue the game guilty gear and the developers "arc system works" have nailed the anime design style far more then genshin. Genshin is beautiful and definitely sets a bench mark, but Arc Sys has perfected 3d anime design far before genshin was even a concept.
@@AndrewAttackkk Aren't all of Arcsys games '2d' fighting games? They're talking about 3d anime games.
It is honestly a really aesthetically pleasing game. It gets frequent updates and tbh its overall really beautiful and fun
@Spin Lock i mean if thats what you wanna do then ok
@Spin Lock You perfectly explained what a gacha game is
@Spin Lock lol yeah when a nerd trying to roast a weeb
@Spin Lock whatever makes you sleep at night
@Spin Lock Spin Lock when s/he sees an unsucked cock: 😋😋😋
I think my favorite thing about Genshin's world is the sheer scale. You can stand on the massive statue in Mondstadt, look across the water, and see the glow of the Narukami shrine in Inazuma. Being able to look across the map of a vast world makes it feel like a real place, and you can imagine the people standing there on the other side of it, just living their lives. Very rarely do I experience visible draw-distance, where things pop in and out of view as they load in, because the world is designed in a way to mask that effect, giving the illusion of a totally cohesive world.
that's something in games since the late 90s/early 2000s...
@@ejokurirulezz ok but you need to understand this game is made as a mobile game mainly
@@ejokurirulezz no one said Genshin was the first to have it, just that it does and it makes it stand out that much more from other mobile games
@@TuriGamer they said its their favorite thing not that its the first to do it please read
literally a thing in every game nowadays but ok
Kinda hurts me when people would put this game down just because of the fandom. I’ve been told millions of times of how bad the game is and those people didn’t even experience the game beforehand. My experience with this game was beautiful. It’s just so aesthetically pleasing. I wish people who hate on this game for no reason would at least see this game as literal art instead of hating on it solely because of the fandom.
Enjoy your journey! Genshin Impact is like a roadtrip that contains probably the most gorgeous scenery for how much it is worth.
Then you get to the point where the road abruptly ends as there is no endgame content, but considering how much front end stuff there is (At least 3 90% full nations, with another 70% complete nation on the way), you really would not have to worry about much when starting now.
Just hope you don't mind the missing event weapons as well. Fomo is strong on those. Fish claymore rerun when.
The fandom is terrible .... thats why the fact that its mostly single player really speaks to me. It may take a while to get into it but by the time you get to inazuma and i think people can see the effort and magic it has
@@havenprice exactly. I hate how the fandom overshadows the artistic direction of the game. The scenery and music is what keeps me engaged in this game. I REALLY hate how people have to put me down for playing this game when I play it for its graphics and ost. However, I am glad there are people who do appreciate its artistic direction 😊
@@spaacedust the fandom really isn't that bad, I'd say it's one of the better fandoms of big games
I've hopped worlds in game hundreds of time and the people are always so nice willing to help, and there's many times where i just start talking with a random person for hours doing nothing
it kinda sucks cuz most of the people that play/played the game long term dont enjoy it, after a certain point youre just doing the same things over and over again that are so easy it just feels meaningless. it is aesthetically pleasing and the world is art but it's wasted on a boring game thats afraid to do something different.
Another thing that makes Genshin's landscape beautiful is the music. The music composition really fits the vibe of each of Genshin's landmarks, and you even get to hear the instruments each region was inspired from. When you're at Wangshu Inn, the music makes you feel safe. When you're underground in the chasm, especially when really deep, the music gives you sense of despair and danger. Speaking of the chasm, the surface music there is beautiful. I remember when "wandering clouds" started and I couldn't help but just gaze out into the chasm and listen to the music.
There's also the fact the music is dynamic there too where it shifts from the normal theme to the battle rendition of itself and then back to normal after combat seamlessly .
yeah, the combo of Idyllic scenery and melodic OST creates such a chill, relaxing vibe, I love playing Genshin before sleep
All this ^^^ More people need to give the music of genshin attention
Don't forget about enkanomiya. The music there make you feel lonely and hopeless
Even though i dont like inazuma music as much as the other ones, i must agree that the music is otherwise perfect.
Also do not forget about sound effect, wether it would be walking sounds, combat sounds etc ... it s way more important than people think
their environment design is really beautiful, and its something you can definitely see even better in the newer regions like enkanomiya and the chasm. its like every section was perfectly composed as a beautiful image no matter where youre looking, with central landmarks and the subtle effects of lighting and plants. i wish they would release a concept art book or something just for the world art alone haha
They just might. It's a crime not to.
Damn i've been wishing for a genshin impact artbook for a while now
Since they have released a music book on how they made the music behind it, there's a chance that they might release a artbook (literally coping rn)
@@weeewoo2823 there is an artbook that they've released, I own one myself
@@hm9935 links (if any)?
The biggest thing about this game: the scalability. This artstyle are not just looks great even on high end pc/consoles, but works great even on low powered mobile devices.
you forget the most important factor for this. performance, which is horrible
@@ejokurirulezz wdym?
@@ejokurirulezz I was looking for negative comments and here it is lol
I get what you're saying, but it's kind of crazy to me how this game struggles to run on Intel HD. It runs on phones with basically the same visuals, how can it not run property on laptops with integrated graphics?? Or did I just not turn them down enough when trying on 3 different computers? (I even tried holding shift and tweaking the Unity settings)
@@HeraldOD let me explain u in simple points
1. Intel hd= potato
2. Laptop = its worse than pc in terms of gaming perfomace with same configuration (for low end)
And finally
3. Flagship Smartphone gpus>intel hd on ur laptop
Playing this game as an open-world adventure game instead of an action 'competitive' gacha game really makes you appreciates the beauty of Genshin's world, and all the efforts that go into creating this masterpiece.
so much effort to copy zelda botw. *shrugs*
@@rattenusrattoonus1880 it's heavily inspired by BOTW, but not blatant plagiarism. There are many things that define this game as "Genshin" instead of a cheap BOTW ripoff.
Even if you think it's a cheap ripoff, it's still undeniable that they did a pretty good job at creating a diverse and favorable open-world environment
@@rattenusrattoonus1880 you still pissed off???
the beauty that was cloned off of botw and exploration of gw2 is called a masterpiece? is mediocre at best.
@@rattenusrattoonus1880 Honestly when mondstadt was released Genshin was pretty much a copy of zelda botw but after that they definitely started becoming their own thing with liyue and inazuma which have completely new mechanics.
I almost forgot the feeling of awe towards genshin, but then the chasm came out and being the first underground area it was insane to me, the way you go down a small narrow hole and it opens up to yet another huge cave was surreal, the tunnel you can glide through to get to the cave with the sheeshroom was the cherry on top
yeya ive aprecitaed genshin evironments so much that i dont use teleporters anymore
Yeah the Chasm and Enka are top for me, best bgm and visuals.. And man exploring both places with good headphones was really surreal
@@Kingsfilth_ absolutely, also as annoying as dragonspine is the osts are amazing, and doing ruu's quest on tsurumi island was 👌👌
@@dan1a_636 yeah dragonspine was an actual bitch to explore yet its one of my top areas for sure, its sad its no longer used for anything. there always felt like there was more and more and more as you go through the mountain and then the finale with the huge pillar thing was just amazing.
@@newp0rt ikr!! I'm still holding on to the hope that we go back to it since its absolutely filled with lore
It's such a breath of fresh air to see there are actually people that know and understand how much effort and work gets put into this type of thing. Such a shame that the majority of the loud side of the playerbase just ignores all of this to justify their anger with the game and claim the devs are "lazy" just because they aren't making the game the exact way they personally want it to be made, when it's very obvious the developers are anything but lazy when it comes to the effort they put into artistically designing their game.
this is indeed true. especially about the sumeru teaser...
The thing is, it's...complicated. Artistically speaking, Genshin Impact is amazing. In terms of game-design, it is lackluster, as in, there are very good things, and then there are very bad things, and the bad things come from...the horrid monetization.
The way I see it, there is a disconnect between the creative aspect and the functionnality. It's the eternal question of Design over Practicality. A beautiful chair that is impractical to use as a chair is still beautiful...but is it a chair still? Genshin Impact is a beautiful gacha, but a lackluster videogame.
And all the artists, musicians, designers, and other people that are making the game, that are getting paid to make the game, they deserve their salary. But it would be foolish to think that they are receiving an amount of money proportional the their work. In other words, Hoyoverse employee deserve their salaires, but Genshin Impact doesn't deserve all the money its making, most of it coming from the manipulative and predatory monetization.
But in the end, it is what it is. You gotta enjoy Genshin Impact for what it is, not for what it could be (asking for better monetization and more content will always be fair game, imho.)
@@ceci--lia Good for you, I'm not here to lessen your fun, I'm here to point out how my fun could be improved, and these two aspects can coexist.
Add people who say genshin is p2w that genshin has horrible monetization,
people speedrunning it and claims 'no content',
twitter users trying to cancel it without even playing it.
@@myhr2320 genshin is far from perfect as a game. The game still offer ton of content that you dont have to pay for it. Its a casual game, and if you decided to go f2p you can actuall get the character you want just by playing the game. Im a gacha player and honestly genshin gacha isnt as bad compared to a lot of mmorpg games like ragnarok. As a company, mihoyo never has any big controversy like blizzard and other western developer regarding their treatment to employees.
One of my favorite things with Genshin Impact is its ability to summon people foaming at their mouths by saying something positive about it. It's amazing how many people let this game live rent-free in their heads lmao. People who don't like the game are more obsessed than the players playing it.
I don't think you know what that phrase means. It's not living in someone's head if they're recommended this video, genius.
@@mechanomics2649 no no they're right there's a worryingly high number of people that never touched the game that simply hate it because it's big. like most mainstream media really.
@@mechanomics2649 Really? You have commented 16 comments on this video alone.
@@tilde5884 and he's even using alt accounts to like and reply to his own comments.
@@azorailke6057 Damn yeah that guy obbessed XD
It's pretty refreshing to finally see something positive about Genshin for once. People hated on Genshin merely because it's a gacha game. I'm aware that gacha isn't exactly the best system but when the game itself is full of masterful artworks carefully intertwined with each other, i think it's very rude to overlook the gacha aspect and ignore the masterpiece that is Genshin world. Besides, the game contents isn't locked behind any paywall, you're free to explore the game contents all for free. Heck, i feel guilty for not spending a single penny on this game
despite being a gacha game, i'm happy that you don't even need gacha to play the game and get the same max quality gameplay. i think this is what distinguishes Genshin from most gacha games.
@@tua3976 very much so. Genshin feels like it was designed to be a good game first with gacha added to keep the servers up, as opposed to a lot of gachas using minial or non existent gameplay to sell characters. Hoyo's first priority is very clearly making a good game.
It isn't rude to "overlook" the gacha aspect. It's the primary function of the game.
You don't have to like it, but it's more or less the typical mobile gacha game that is dressed up very well.
As someone who doesn't like gacha games, I think, Genshin Impact, which is the only one i kept playing after being introduced to the gacha system, managed to create a game, that is, basically, a gacha game, but doesn't feel like one. To me, it feels like an adventure or RPG game with beautiful design, great physics and an interessting story, that just happens to have a gacha system.
@@mechanomics2649 extra emphasis on "very well"
The moments that make me stop and look at the world around me is during the sunset and when it rains, everything gets covered in orange or blue hues. It's also impressive reaching new areas, so much so, I think I remember the first time I visited every area in the game since they are so striking. Even areas that you see in trailers or concept art, once you're reaching the top of that hill and taking in the sight, it's truly breathtaking.
I don't blame anyone who thinks all this game has is the looks, because you gotta play to experience these moments that make the game feel worthy of your attention.
Sometimes when I'm at the end of the day, tired of working, I open Genshin just to enjoy the scenery of the sunset-lit environment in the middle of the night :")
Exactly the sunset transition to orange to purple is simply stunning. One of the most visually appealing game out in the market right now definitely.
Agree. It's like visiting Europe, China and Japan without passport.
And pull out your wallet once you're out of primogems
Would be better if the game had a box price
I 100% thought Genshin Impact was just some cash grab gacha game. No mater how many times it was advertised to me I just immediately dismissed it and moved on. This video has completely changed my view of the game. It is beautiful. You are beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Trust me, the developers put way more attention to detail, research, and passion into this game than is necessary for a gacha game.
Every playable character has their own backstory that you can learn about, even if they're not connected to the main story of the game or don't appear in the main story. For example, so far, the character Fischl has not appeared outside of limited time events, yet she has her own backstory that explains her personality and even her gameplay. Her real name is Amy, and she is simply cosplaying and playing pretend as the protagonist from her favorite book series, Flowers for Princess Fischl, as a way of coping with things from her childhood. We can actually buy and read the first book from the series from a shop in Inazuma.
There are NPCs that have their own little stories and lives, despite not being involved in any quests. For example, in Liyue Harbor, the daughter of a rich family faked her death so she could be with her beloved because her father disapproved of him for being poor. She put a corpse in the water supply so that it could eventually be discovered when it was too decayed to prove it wasn't her. Her father, whose businesses were already on the decline due to diplomats and agents from another nation worming their way into Liyue's economy, ended up having to sell his beloved bank to pay for her funeral. Though, if you talk to him, he really seems more concerned about losing his fortune than losing his daughter.
Even the music in this game and its Character Demo trailers has intense attention to detail. Inazuma has multiple music tracks with influences from the Japanese traditional folk song Sakura Sakura, and it is heavily connected to the Electro Archon's theme music, reflecting both her intention to force Inazuma to keep to tradition and remain unchanging, as well as her influence throughout Inazuma as its Shogun. Albedo's Character Demo makes heavy use of synthetic instrumentation, reflecting the fact that Albedo is a homunculus, a synthetic human.
They even find ways to make gameplay mechanics connect to the lore and worldbuilding of the game so that they can be explained in-universe. For example, the domains that are dungeon-like, have a checkpoint system called the Door of Resurrection. There's a loading screen that explains that Doors of Resurrection work the way they do because they're connected to the ley lines, which are basically a mysterious network of roots capable of various mystical effects.
It is a cashgrab gacha game. It just looks really nice.
@@Swagbastian not really.. you dobt need new characters.. it's only a want..all content can be done with the first four characters you get free.
@@darianstarfrog It's not even a functioning live service game which is what it's supposed to be. It has nothing to do with needing to spend money, it has everything to do with how it's designed as a game.
@@Swagbastian even if im a genshin player for almost 2 years now. i have to agree with you.
the first time my jaw actually dropped due to genshins environment was when i entered enkanomiya. The bright blinding light of the helios together with the beautiful yet saddening music set the story of that place together so well. Even though there were only npc quests in enka, its by far one of my favourite regions. It's completely different from the sunny, green, beautiful landscapes of mondstadt where you first start out. Genshins ability to set the mood through the environment design and music is one reason i like it so much. Walking through enka for the first time made me feel nostalgic for something i didn't even experience, and in awe for the most part. Just saying that genshin makes certain places feel so original to themselves, just like real life. Each area in the game has its own vibe and own set of auras, its just fascinating.
YES Enknanomiya and Byakuyakoku is jaw-droppingly beautiful. I cannot BELIEVE this game is free sometimes
For me it was when I first saw Watatsumi. I remember immediately turning up all my graphics settings and taking a bunch of screenshots.
OH MY GOD no wonder till this day I'm still nostalgic for the first time I really sat down and finished exploring enka 😭 you hit the nail on the head perfectly, and it's one of my fave regions too!!
I just wanted to see the event at the time, so I pushed through the quest chain it required as annoying as it was... only to have my mind blown as I dove beneath the sea and was greeted was an _entirely separate map!_ It was so cool seeing the start shift from Inazuma, only to then lay my eyes on the main open area and all its floating islands. Hands down: _coolest area in the game!_
And it's *_entirely optional!_* You can go the entire game without doing The Moon Bathed Deep and _never realize that it even _*_exists!_*
Well if you play some of their games, then expect that genshin's story is going to be darker and darker.
the reason why I started playing genshin impact was just because of its art. I never played that kind of games before and this was the first one. The art amazed me and I when I started playing it, the story caught my attention, it's really really well written and developed (more than some movies i know lol). The game is very fun to play, Iv'e been playing for months and I can't get tired of it. Genshin also gives me inspiration to draw and to create my art, it's just so beautiful
this is literally me
same, I was attracted to the art and character style.
For me it was the art style AND the lolis! 🥰
Hoyovers is pushing new boundaries of gaming, both in terms of arts and technology. That's a big reason for why I support this company. Many big AAA titles in the past were also innovative and ground-breaking but now most of them have become complacent and just repeat the same thing over and over.
It's crazy how they start from 2d game like Fly me to the moon, GGZ and then investing heavily on Honkai Impact and later Genshin Impact. I heard they invest almost millions of dollar.
mihoyo pushing up the standard of mobile game in china with genshin. you can see in the next few years cn dev actually making a good mobile/ gacha game in the future. 3d anime game are the future.
Genshin has managed to be those uniqe games to break the market. People were tired of the 'new games'' that came out just for the sake of playing or milking you. (monetizations, quik buck etc.) and there were no depth to it. Anime an it's style is massively growing and being more appreciated and taken in as a norm. 7-10 years ago it was considered weard for the western people but times change.
*Innovation* and consistent love for the game is what makes it truly beautiful
@@ceci--lia yeagh..
Every time they put out a little feature video about parts of the work that goes into their entries, be it the team learning how to animate a horse for Palatinus Equinox's gameplay in Honkai Impact 3rd or figuring out how to efficiently fit a large-scaled dragon boss for Genshin Impact, or other parts that make up the whole of their games and the impact they have on others (stories about the voice actors being moved to tears recording the script for a big moment in HI3 or of the cross-cultural collaborative orchestral recording for the soundtrack in Genshin especially during the height of the pandemic), it fills me with greater respect for the hard work the Hoyoverse teams put into the games they make. That passion is great and it's always one to look forward to as new games keep getting put out there!
From hearing you talk about the character's personalities and how the elements influence them and their attacks, and the way you described zhongli, I notice that you don't actually know much about the game, yet you managed to speak true facts about the design ideas. It shows that the concepts are really solid and well thought
so i wonder what traits share dendro characters. passion for knowledge? love of nature? we will see.
@@avatarxs9377 ohhh that's a good question! We'll see!
The elements have exactly zero to do with the characters personalities and traits.
Zhongli and Itto for example couldn't be more different, they don't share a single characteristic aside from being male, but their both geo. Same with Yelan and Barbara, they got nothing in common besides their element. Or Ganyu and Rozaria ... I could go on.
So don't expect dendro characters to share any trait other than their vision.
@@cryoboy They do share something actually. It's not about the personalities being similar, it's about a single trait they share. Pyro is passion, geo is determination or tenacity, cryo is suppression, electro is the rejection of reality, anemo is freedom, hydro idk, I haven't thought about it now that there's more than three characters (now I have something to think about when I go to sleep lol), and dendro might be wisdom, but it could also be dreaming, so we'll see
Hydro could be loyalty
For me, my Genshin "wow" moment was when I entered Liyue. I thought that monstadt is the whole game, and that moment where the world just opened for me, with the gorgeaus view of the Wangshu inn.... Nothing compares.
same, liyue is just absolutely gorgeous and i nearly teared up seeing liyue harbor,,, i'm chinese and i was just so overjoyed to see familiar landscapes and architecture rendered so beautifully
Genshin has quickly become one of my favorite games of all time and it's only going to keep growing which makes me so happy
This is such a pretty game with honestly some of the best bgm and artstyle I've seen in a game. This was such a great breakdown tbh, especially the character details.
Try honkai's bgm, Genshin uses orchestral styles whereas Honkai uses dubstep with beats that drop harder than an atomic bomb
@@SomeGuyWithABlueMask true honkai osts are bangers
which shows yo uhave barely played any game because the only interesting thing in the game is the combat system and environmental design which is a cloned one.
@@ejokurirulezz omg why does everything have to be cloned 😭 like mountains are not only for BOTW
Also, characters has their own job titles like film director, actor/singer, scientist, astrologist ect. which is really cool imo
Don't remember there being any film directors but you're right
hes confused but he got spirit
@@ceci--lia Ohhh yeah
Right on time too, I remember seeing a film-related world quest in patch notes of version 2.8 so it should be him
@@ngaichiyeungernest4987 the casting mission
@@ceci--lia I'm currently doing the quest. So it's 100% true.
I had that "wow" effect for the first time (although I have been playing games for 20 years now) when i played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild but... To be honest, Genshin took my heart, it's so beautiful and amazing game, i play it almost everyday since the launch. :)
The first thing I noticed in the game was the dynamic cloud system. Was absolutely amazing
I’m surprised you didn’t bring up their motion captured animation, from each characters’ idle animations to their pre-rendered cinematics all look amazing
Genshin really knows how to set up beautiful scenaries for the player to walk into and be completely blown away by the environment
A few of the times I can remember personally going "damn, that's sick" when first seeing them:
- Dragonspine/Skyfrost Nail
- Wangshu Inn
- The Jade Chamber battle sequence
- Musoujin Gorge
- Watatsumi (specifically when I first saw the main shrine from a distance)
- Seirai, and the climb up to the boss
- Azhdaha (I remember saying it's such a shame this had to be repeated weekly so that we eventually get bored of seeing it.)
- Enkanomiya/Dainichi Mikoshi (and the deliberate lead-up to it through the dark cramped caves)
- The Chasm, and just how deep it can go
- And most recently, the domains from Perilous Trail (the rotating one, and the one with the giant compass)
@@Remls same, plus some recent characters mirage like Fischl (The puzzles are here too prevent you from rushing the domain probably)
(Immernachtreich is just great, they made the music really fit with the domain)
Mona is an interesting one, I dont think they were lazy designing her domain. (It looks the same as the spiral abyss/abyssal domains, use Dragonspine soundtrack and has Khaenri'ah alike ruins texture)
"The starry sky" is also inspired by a famous painting too, a stunning sight tbh
@@luuhuynh5234 The battle theme from Fischl's domain is my new favourite thing.
All of the mirage domains were great. Hope we get more events like 2.7 and 2.8
so did breath of the wild, oh shit genshin is cloned off of that with exploration system of gw2, i forgot.
@@ejokurirulezz yea
Sumeru is going to break even more records for beautiful landscapes in the game world.
6 months later -- yup it did. Sumeru is beautiful, esp with the music.
bro i love sumeru
Bro, sumeru is good
I enjoy exploring sumeru, the dessert, the forest, all of them is Soo fun to explore
Even though Genshin is still, at its core, a gacha game funded by gambling, it's the only game that arguably earns the right to use this strategy. The pre-launch development took over two years and a hundred million dollars, which *already* put it quite high on the list of most expensive games to produce, with around 80% of the game still years away from completion. Other games in this price range are mostly AAA FPSes and/or sequels to established brands. Genshin only got started because Honkai made preposterous amounts of money, and the company decided to risk it on an ambitious experiment; it's hard to imagine it getting funded in a more traditional way.
And, well, they certainly didn't short-change the artistic side of the budget. They do ads and sponsorships, obviously, but it's almost not necessary since the game's obvious visual appeal and unique style created a critical mass of fans almost immediately. It probably gains more players from word-of-mouth than actual marketing. All they have to do now is keep the train rolling until the end, however long that takes.
No game "earns" the right to be a gacha game. The concept of gacha itself is predatory. It's just gambling under a different name.
and I heard it cost 200m/year to maintain the game and keeping up the update so almost half a billion total.
@@mechanomics2649 no one disagrees about that, but that doesn't change the fact that the sky is blue and water is wet. Even in real life crime happens every day everywhere but that doesn't stop me from loving the country I live in, yea the government kinda suck and kinda corrupt but that's just human. Trying to protest and hopefully improve the situation is a good thing but only looking at the terrible thing in life make you miserable
Oh and you cannot ignore the fact that F2P games be it MMO with P2W mechanics or gacha games with the gambling system is basically a tax for the rich and those that cannot control themselves. How many players do you think have enjoyed this game that cost about half a billion dollars to develop for the past 4 years by hundreds, if not thousands without spending a dime and being able to experience the vast majority of the game? The world, the story, and the music all are free to play and experience, the character cost a fortune to get without luck or a lot of grinds but so what? Honestly, that is trivial in comparison to what people can get out of it.
AAA games cost 60 USD excluding DLC and microtransaction, heck some games cost 70$ nowadays and still have DLC and MTX, if you can't pay you can't play and even if you pay for the base game you still need to pay more to experience everything there is to offer. I'm not saying Gacha system is alright but nothing is.
I'm not defending Genshin, it has a lot of flaws and demanding for improvement is never a bad thing but being negative for negative sake is foolish
Both the story and graphics of Genshin have me stuck on the game too much, but honestly, it is not something I regret.
the story is generic, the features are just irl mythology, graphics are mediocre for its era and cloned schematics. You clearly have 0 experience in gaming.
if you end up doing more videos featuring genshin impact, it has a pretty nice photo mode where you can hide the UI and characters! Not sure when it unlocks but it definitely makes for more flexible camera placement for getting up close on some of the more technical stuff.
particularly interesting is the depth buffer used to determine how much subsurface scattering happens on the leaves - genshin is a REALLY interesting case study into technical art and a lot of very clear demonstrations of techniques used to bring realism into nonstylized games, i find myself often just roaming around and taking in the sights and sounds, so much care was put into making sure that the world has great composition no matter where you look!
this is super cool! where'd you learn about this? any resources of technical breakdowns of genshin that you found interesting?
@@LegitMick the depth buffer tip specifically comes from a BUNCH of observations on my own, and then a genshin shader recreation I found on art station - unfortunately I haven't run into much in the way of a comprehensive technical breakdown, aside from a couple recreations and observations on art station, but maybe that'll change soon! I gotta put all that time staring at genshin to use somehow lol
@@Myserval i would love to see something like that :) sometimes i forget about exercising my own observational skills so I guess it is time for me to open up the game again once more
@@LegitMick yeah! yeah genshin impact totally is where my recent obsession with stylized art started, for sure
there are open-source plugins (aka cheater programs) for genshin that can hide and show UI whenever you need
Finally, a content creator who understands the real references and the amount of effort hoyoverse puts into their game (especially when it comes to region and character design, which was what pulled me into the game in the first place). Genshin is by no means a perfect, inclusive and representative game, as most games are. But they are making great strides in that direction by having so many regions inspired by real places and cultures. The Sumeru controversy made my head hurt because so many critics made it seem like the company did not care about the countries and cultures Sumeru is supposedly based off when the full region and character roster have not even been unveiled yet. From their track record, I would say that I have high hopes for hoyoverse because they do A LOT of research for their regions and characters. While aesthetics sometimes do trump cultural references in their work, they have never been disrespectful towards any culture they took inspiration from.
Yet again of an example where the community complains about something they know nothing about.
And these non genshin players are like "it's a disgusting Chinese game don't play it"
@@ayani633because for them hating it is cool and will make them a superior internet person that is freely to insult any other player
They take advantages of the gacha and the repetitive gameplay and mostly the community to bandwagon hate it
@@ayani633 it's not that... it's the fucking vocal community, most of you guys are shit, thats what steers them away
It's ironic that people complaint about the sumeru culture while the iranian side of genshin fandom loves azdhaha and nilou design so much because they felt their culture is finally being well represented in modern media
no cause literally this is the first time ive been so interested in a open world game like when i first started playing it was breathtaking oh the scenery, the music, the lore, all those little stories of each npc really makes you try to see things from their perspective during a specific point of time
When I started playing Genshin, I thought the art was okay. Not much more than that. It followed most anime game styles tropes without going to far from it. The colours where a bit too uniform and bland. Also, as a European, I have no doubt that starting in Monstadt didn't do much for me either. (keeping in mind that I started playing based on friend's recommendation and hadn't seen any trailers or anything)
But then I got to Liyue. And this area changed that upside down completely for me. It also helped a lot that the first time I arrived in Liyue Harbour was during the Lantern Rite event. It looked so pretty.
And pretty is what every area since then has been. Inazuma, the Chasm, Enkanomiya, they're all so special and beautiful. The world of Genshin is truely masterfully made and is great to look at.
The Characters all look amazing too, with my only issue with them being their nose disappearing when they face the camera hahaha
and then after liyue was the utter disappointment.
@@ejokurirulezz I disagree, Inazuma is gorgeous imo
Enkanomiya wasn't amazing looking but the Chasm was great (especially the outside)
Looking forward to Sumeru personally :)
@@ejokurirulezz it’s easier complaining about things right? 😏
@@MadRaiiden nah
Wow they must have pushed Unity to it's limits as the clouds and light effects were pioneered by DICE a decade and some odd ago in for games like Battlefiald 1943 and Battlefeild 3 with a in house engine! And only intended to run on the latest PCs and consles like the Xbox 360 and Xbox one not patato/phones like Genshin impact is...
Well done MiHoYo and by the way they are also known for the best mobile game graphics in Honkai Impact 3rd.
They've been using unity in making their games for nearly a decade (probably a decade now). If they didn't master it, they don't deserve it. Though sadly they still have that spaghetti code sometimes lol.
Potato phone lmao.... Not at all but yeah I know
All i can say is that there is no game in the world with better music.
Just one region alone has excellent music. Composition, use of local instruments... the writing is amazing. Then its recorded and not midi. I dont think most games have that. Its expensive af. Not only was it recorded, it was done by top tier musicians (who have described the music as difficult!)
All that.... multipled by each region.
I cant think of anything better
Ironically enough Breath of the Wild has better music imo
Hear me out
I knew about genshin for some time, but didnt pay much attantion to this game, thinking it was for girls and kids in general. When I watched this particular video, i wanted to check this for myself. And my, oh my, was i not wrong. Now i play this every single day, listeing to this beautiful music and spectating this amazing landscapes. And first step to my anventures on Teyvat was this video right here. Thank you.
genshin impact is the only game that convinced me was worth my time. i was truly blown away by all the aspects of the game. i believe that everyone behind it is truly talented and passionate at what they do. hoyoverse keeps on giving us new updates to look forward to and it just gets better every time.
Btow is also amazing, still worth a try
@@void8234 also, they copied legend of zelda breath of the wild
@@evane4233 they took inspiration (mainly visual) not copied as i played both botw and genshin they are completely different tf is wrong with you
@@pratyushasurvase3999 because once they hear a someone say “its just a botw copy” they wont do research then will immediately say the same thing even tho its not theyre own opinion
@@okamiso2694 true finally someone with a braincells
This game is beautiful, it’s a shame a very vocal negative community tends to only point out the flaws overshadowing the outstanding good. Not a game I’d typically play, but when they release new areas/story I always come back and just appreciate the atmosphere and music. Regardless I recommend this game to anyone with self control to just play casually and occasionally.
Yeah a lot of streamers tear the game to shreds for not having enough content for them to stream the game hours and hours per day without running out of content, but that's just not feasible with how much time it takes to develop a game. Come in when there's a new update, complete all the content, then move on until the next update drops. I've been doing that and have no issues.
@@youravghuman5231 skin colors ? Forget it. Its not like this game represent japanese and chinese (the dev themselves) correctly 🤣🤣
@@youravghuman5231 I mean there is no excuse for Mihoyo to not have different skin colors. It's litterally just one click on the color slider for the skin textures.
@@raihanrusli2720 Sumeru represents Arabic countries. Yet every sumeru character is still pale. That's just lazyness on Mihoyos part.
@@trashaimgamer7822 liyuean and inazuman characters are inspired by chinese and japanese. We know that chinese and japanese are mostly having slanted eyes. Yet in game, their eyes are da*n big.
Your comment explain your knowledge (or lack of) about races, just like other people who protested on this.
Also protesting skin color inaccuracies is a big lie anyway. This already happened last year, complaining why only kaeya and xinyan only. And surely it will happen with fountaine and snezhnaya in the future. This time it only happen because western people's stereotype that "desert people should be darker", despite that a lot of arabs are also pale, and despite that a lot of arabs and south asians are fine with in game design (yes some of them join the protest)
Also another small but great detail : the grass at the flanks of the dirt paths is smaller and then quickly increases in size the further it is from the paths. It gives a bit more realism and sense to the environment.
I also like the effect when we step on grass / bushes, it looks like they move but it's actually a smooth distorsion effect i guess ? I don't think it's related to the Transform variables, it looks different from other games. Really clean though.
ps: are the camera angles in this video taken by you ? Or does they come from other sources ? Cuz they are so sick. Idk if it's a mod or something
pretty sure most of the ingame content showcasing is from mihoyo's youtube channel (character demos, update trailers, etc)
Listening to a professional’s perspective of the game is a breath of fresh air. This gives me so much profound appreciation and love for Genshin! Been playing since 2020 and the visual and audio experience is what kept me loyal, no other open world rpg has come close to Genshin’s aesthetic quality.
Thank you for this video! Genshin is always so gorgeous that it takes my breath away just moving through the world. Heck, I could barely get through enkanomiya and the chasm without pausing every moment to simply look at the scenery. I learned a lot about how this game was made so beautiful
I really felt the intro to this video. Sometimes I see i new environment abc it takes my breath away. This game is a master at actually giving the feeling of being an explorer in an unknown world.
I’ll never forget the feeling of awe when I first got into the underground chasm, wondering what could be through every tunnel, around every corner.
I have a vague memory of walking over the hill and seeing Liyue harbor for the first time, its breathtaking size and complexity after leaving mondstadt down along the sea.
Standing beside Deshret’s mausoleum, the swirling sand and red sky, looking up at the immense pyramid was an indescribable experience.
You can say all you want about how the gameplay is lackluster and all that but you cannot deny how beautiful of a game it is.
this comment section is so fucking funny like im having a blast reading all these ppl malding 💀
Finally someone can appreciate how amazing genshin is and not nitpick every flaw.
Actually, Never Play That Worst Hated Game in The word
I know god forbid anyone have any criticism.
The Genshin community is the biggest bunch of Hoyo dickriders I’ve ever seen.
Y’all get served literally shit rates in the Gacha and go “WELL YOU SHOULDNT TREAT IT LIKE ONE.”
No, you are monetizing the game I’m allowed to critique it.
Or let’s talk about removing story content from events.
Or pulling fucking Inazuma characters below AR30.
Or how the game is literally one of the least generous gacha games I’ve ever played. Like Hoyo bribes y’all for you free rewards.
Team Ninja and Nexon give their players shit for free just cus they care.
Also don’t get me started on 50/50 in the fucking pity system, or artifact grinding, or how if you want to ever pull on a banner as a F2P player you have to treat the game like a part time job.
Genshin has A LOT of problems and I’m honestly sick of people sweeping the shit under the rug.
I remember when Honkai first came out.
I was really impressed because it captured 2D art with 3D very well and it was done ON MOBILE.
I remember thinking about how cool this would be in an open-world game.
Then they released Genshin. An open world, multiplatform game with crazy world-building.
They did not disappoint. As expected, Genshin blew up. Art is well done and the world-building is even better.
I lose a piece of my soul every time you say something so differently
“Tevy-at” “Ah-knee-mo”
One rare point: you can clear all the game content with free characters with ease if you spend the time farming some good artifacts. Game also quite often features events where a certain charcter are given to a players for free/doing the event.
Then use only mc if you are stupid
Well the game does that by sacrificing a true hard end game content which is quite a shame.
Though yes outside of the spiral abyss everything in the game are extremely easy.
@@sentryion3106 it never supposed to have "endgame"
@@sentryion3106 Had to ask, why do you want the endgame already? Are you planning on streaming a Speedrun?
8:50 When the first time I visited Liyue, I thought it looked awfully familiar with the China-inspired town from Ni no Kuni 2. Both of them are a harbor city wealthed around the concept of wealth. Then I went back to that game and check again, and realised that Genshin did it on a whole new different level...
Seeing Sumeru coming out now and it was such an amazing region to explore. I respect that the music is created and performed by cultural groups of hundreds of people. I watched their orchestral recordings and performances .. they do deep research on each region original references like japan music in Inazuma preformed by Japanese music masters and professionals and in sumeru the Eastern professionals. They do much to put the culture inside of the game and even the people’s culture in some kind of way their mindsets kinda in every region with references to real life 🥰
Genshin is ultimately more of an adventure game than an action game which is reflected by its more thought-out art and animations. As an artist, I personally prefer genshin's slower combat system more than high octane action games like honkai. You can feel gravity and weight working when controlling the characters even when the animations are exaggerated. It feels like the perfect balance between realistic movements and anime-like action. Plus, I enjoy just walking around places to listen to the music and to enjoy the scenery.
I am veteran video games players. I played many games from Playstation era especially RPGs (JRPGs). I have many amazing memories of those golden era of RPG especially in world and character building and lore. After many years, after playing Genshin Impact, I can see, I can feel it how high quality is this game as an RPG. I believe people involved in making these games know well what makes an RPG great. I believe Genshin Impact surpass many things I want in an RPG. This game is not finished yet in almost all their contents and feature, because they can always add new things in it. I am looking forward for the completed Genshin Impact with all the final whole contents it will have.
Also, don't forget how awesome the music, all music, in this game.
stormterror lair ost has been stuck with me ever since i heard it for the first time 2 years ago, i remember i even went there to "farm" hilichurls daily as an excuse to keep hearing it.
Absolutely love dragonspine too
I hope you can do a video like this for Sumeru too maybe later next year when we get a proper view over what it offers, I love this video so much, many people look over how much work and passion goes into the game, this truly made me love Genshin even more!
This game is what happens when you also have a team impassioned by the desire to make something wonderful and when people are pulling their weight. The art style in choice will be 10 years down the line and will still look timeless like games like LoZ Windwaker.
People always rushing on that realistic look when styles like this are crisp clean and just so very easy on the eyes.
it's a shame that such good game has really bad gacha mechanics and it's only competitor is LoZ
I'm F2P and only 5 months into the game AR 45 and have both Zhongli and Venti.. waiting for Raiden in 3.3 update. So I don't know why people think they need to spend too much money. I am just sad that I have not spent any money to enjoy this masterpiece and the hard work of the artists involved ❤️
and the amount of time you’ve spent grinding could’ve been spent working and making 10x more money than it would’ve cost you to pay your way into the game.
@@based854 if we go by that, the time you spend even playing videogames could be spent working, so what's your point lmao?
@@based854 the time you spent writing that comment could've been used to work for more money. wtf is that dumbass point
We all love to dunk on Genshin, and it has its flaws.
But in the end, it's a good game. The developers put a lot of thoughts into each nation, into the characters, into the environment... You can see that especially in how much lore is contained in even artifact sets for example.
It's a big, beautiful, immersive world, with lovable characters, a great story (the dialogue might be a bit wonky at times but the underlying narrative is impressively well done), and a great elemental fighting mechanic.
It's a strong game.
And I just recently noticed this a lot more. Because in the end, even if it has the stupid daily login system, and the evil gacha stuff... It's good. And that's why we're playing it.
I decided to wait until I finished all the other archon quests and honestly it was the best decision I’ve ever made while playing the game, having familiarized myself with every other area and got my main team set up, etc. I fell in love with the chasm immediately, the music was absolutely to my taste, I always loved underground areas because it always just looks so surreal and beautifully massive. You wonder just how big the world is for these massive structures and caves to even exist. Not to mention how the music shifts dynamically when in and out of battle, the places in the chasm, the characters and side quests. I love how much personality the stranded fatui have in the chasm, as well as the tragedy that is their entrapment when the fatui and qixin cut ties, leaving them without any means to get information and assistance. It’s my favorite area by far
would love to see an updated video with your impressions of Sumeru now it's available for exploration...though it may be wise to wait and see what gets added in 3.2 before doing so just to ensure you can cover the entire region in decent detail.
+1
I just discovered you and this video, and as both a fan of the game and an aspiring game dev, I learned so much from this video, you clearly know your stuff from the leaves changing based on the camera angle to the fine details about the elements and characters. You sir, have my respect, and I plan to share this with others and hopefully refresh their love for the game
my favorite thing about genshin is the charcter designe i just love how chacrters looks and cloths are desinged to look exactly like the region that they reporesent in real life it definitly is truely bouatiful
I am not exactly an avid Genshin Impact player anymore because of AR issues but regardless I had to acknowledge that they had an amazing 3D anime aesthetic courtesy of their experience from their Honkai series. Now with Genshin Impact they managed to up their game so much that I can safely say Genshin Impact is probably the game that had brought Ancient China designs into Video games the best in a world that is saturated with too much Medieval Western/Japanese aesthetics in most games.
You can recognize each character just by their eyes
finally watching a serious artistic review video is something ive always wanted since the game released, thank you so much
This was a super cool and informative video! I love running around genshin and appreciating the detail even in small lanterns or doors or even just some of the tile patterns, it looks like so much attention to detail and style was used to make every area feel cohesive and fantastical yet grounded in history. I especially love Sumeru, which i wish i could have seen in this video but of course it came out after you posted!
This was such an interesting deep dive of Genshin's development. I hope you'll continue to make content on Genshin once more of the regions come out.
The whole attention to detail are remarkable.... For me the one of the most genius part is linking sakura and electro... Amazing idea. I always thought lightning should be yellow or blue or maybe violet... To make it into magenta/fuchsia/violet, is very energetic
this is my first video from this channel and i have to say im blown away by your work its both accessible to laymen and very thourough and precise technically thanks so much
I’d honestly would love to see an updated version of this video that also touches on the music, world building along with touching on trailers and maybe even some world quests? It’s a super interesting point of view and it still does hold a candle to the game today, just think that you would’ve had a field trip with Sumeru and Fontaine haha
Amazing graphics in a free game is rare like find out diamond in the road.
A few small details,
Xiao's name means Speed.
More in depth character review of Razor, when you hold his Elemental skill (E button), the clouds go gray. It symbolizes the fact that Lisa is who taught him how to use his Electro vision, as she does the same thing. (This is canonical. You can find it in one of their voicelines in game.)
There are so many small, intricate details in every single character's skill or burst, movements, attacks and voicelines.
xiao's name actually means demon :0
@@atJamie Xiao's real, supposedly hidden name means Speed. He mentions this in the 2.0 Liyue Archon quest & I don't remember why I made this comment but his name meaning Speed probably felt like it fit.
The fact that this game barely ever lags is insane when there is so much detail and effects
fr, I’m on mobile too
@@zz-jn8vd everybody’s gansta til u get to the cutscenes lol
@@lasershriek Ive never lagged on a cutscene, thankfully 🥸
@@zz-jn8vd 👍
There's just something about genshin's visuals and soundtrack that's so soothing and touching. I often find myself tearing up while listening to the OST and just enjoying the landscape, which is something that I've experienced with very few games
Welp.. this video got me to redownload the game and I CANT WAIT. I quit before the additional regions so I'm eager to explore them!
Soon enough the fourth region is gonna be included. You are in for a ride in exploration.
Like Abaquiel said. We're coming up on Version 2.8, which is coming out next week. 6 weeks after that, we'll be moving into Version 3.0 with them adding the nation Sumeru to the game.
Thank you for getting into the artistic details of this game!! I was hesitant to play genshin bc of the things I heard of the gacha aspect, but lemme tell you I started playing a year after the release and oh my goodness… every corner of this game is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! It’s insane how much you can explore in here whether you want to grind or take a chill playing approach. Really makes you appreciate the work and detail the devs paid attention to.
Yes it's true. Started playing a month ago and I was drawn into the world of genshin impact I was literally blown away with everything and the musical tracks that go along with it.
When I'm exploring the world of teyvat, I'm just carefully looking around every new detail and scene, taking photos like a tourist going for the first time to a beautiful place.
Everything is just made with excellency, music, light, animation, architecture, story telling, characters, colours, scenery even game performance, but some times all of it feel obscured by the gacha system full of fomo, limited time events, battle pass and everything that want you to keep playing and playing and spend your money, this is also really good made because is working, but this is 'correct'?
It feels a bit odd to call each country a “faction.” Other than that, great video!
he didnt call each country a faction. he called each element a faction.
@@newp0rt that makes even less sense
There are a few factions that are predominantly based out of a particular nation, but they usually don't represent the nation as a whole.
they're regions, of one country, named teyvat.. not multiple countries.
@@ejokurirulezz They are distinct nations of one _continent._
This makes me appreciate how much time and effort was put into this game. It’s such a huge world with so many small realistic details that not many players would notice but it’s there to make it more 3D and beautiful
9:00 I was so invested and then came that out of nowhere💀
I am amazed away by the hard work you put into making this video. The research you did was very detailed and you have delivered it in an appealing and easy-to-understand way. If I wasn't a player of the game and saw this video, I would definitely change my mind, intrigued by the beautiful presentation of this video. Thank you for creating this, much love.
the game is so good at natural reveals. the world is totally open and you can explore anything you want from any angle and by any method, but everyone always has the same wow moment when discovering something new
They sure have one of the best 3d anime styled cutscenes and game as well definitely sets new standards for upcoming gacha games
Not just gacha games, this should be the standard for upcoming similar-style 3d games out there
@@coolbath8313 yeah bro no matter how much people say genshit genshit it definitely set new standards
@@youravghuman5231 could say 100% new standards for mobile gaming
@@youravghuman5231 i really dont think any other gacha game is as popular as genshin for like the past 1-2 years bro like it has been the top gacha money earner for more than an year now also i dont remember a gacha game being open world and as good looking as genshin though most are just turn based rpg or those fixed camera angle ones if u prefer that style over genshin then good for u bro
@@youravghuman5231 I played gacha and mihoyo has best gacha game art wise. But Fate and Azure is just 2D turn based combat so it's lacks the open world beauty.
Nino Kuni world is just Gibli nostalgia cash grab but not really amazing art or music that give the wow factor.
I'm curious what Gacha you think has better art and world. Why don't you explain what you think is better.
Just now learned and realized they used dynamic light and not baked. No wonder why everything looks flowing and not static!
Thank you!
Why isn't this at 1 million views the amount of work and the detailed analysis that can even rival Digital Foundry's work. Wish I could like this video multiple times.
You have a pair of eyes that understand beauty
And through your explanation, we can see the beauty more deeply
Thank you
Hydro: soft quite and empathetic. And then we got fucking Childe.
And Yelan lmaoo
I got hooked by the Announcement trailer visuals, especially where it opens up to Mondstadt from above.
When I travelled to Liyue by foot, I actually stopped on a mountain top when the sun rose and I could see Liyue from afar
for the first time. Basicllay the perfect scene.
So, true thing.
the way you made this video and narrated it... amazing
I just cannot imagine how much work it took for making every single piece of scenery interesting in such a large map. My only issue with the game is that there are really interesting places that are barely even used in the stories and the quests.
For me, the best thing about genshin is how well game optimization is. I have a laptop that around 15 years old, yet it have no problem running genshin.
12:35 Love the nice transition music on beat with Hu Tao then the "AUUUUGHHHH... character design"
You must have been exhausted xD Good job!
I log in and run around playing just to look at the environment. It’s my relaxing time lol
I like this style if serious, yet playful analysis. Loved tht ending:)
People say this game is for whales and overachievers who just wanna clear the abyss.
Me: i’m just here to explore a beautiful world.
& make my own in my teapot. LOL.
Yeah 🤣 I’m just here to enjoy the scenery and music, too tired to care about meta thingy
then... just watch it on youtube.
Me: I'm just here to look at my character running from behind.
Another thing I always liked about the designs was the Animal design/stylization. All the animals and critters look super cool and/or cute. Top tier appeal. :D
(The dogs are such good puppers that it’s an actual crime that Mihoyo won’t let us pet them ;-; )
The enemy design is also really cool. The Pyro and Cyro Resgisvines come to mind. For a long time I thought they were just palette swaps of each other (usually because I was too busy murdering them), but they’re not, they embody their element in their petal shapes and effects. Idk, I just think it’s neat.
Also, Special shoutout to my gal Cloud Retainer (and all the adepti tbh) for being so pretty and being the best adepti (sorry Xiao and Ganyu, bird mom ftw)
(My only gripe with the video is you sometimes showed footage that was a completely different region or characters than what the narration was saying. It did flow very smoothly from a video editing stand point so congratz, but you still showed a very clearly Inazuman place and character (love you Yoimiya
Simplicity in harmony with complexity always takes my breath away, World Flipper is an example, the immersion is so deep with storyline so simple and emotion so heartfelt in addition to great illustrations, clean ui and music, it is my kind of perfection.
2 years in and its fanbase is oddly still strong. You’d think it’d fall off by now, but there must be something about this game that has its grip on the fans. So much, it won players choice at TGA 2022 lol. I’d give it a couple of years so the crowd of people hating or overhyping this game dies down.
It's a good game. You can get well over a hundred hours out of it without paying a single penny.
I've never played this game myself. My own "wow" game is Witcher 3.
But my two youngest kids are huge fans and players of Genshin Impact.
Lovely video. I enjoyed the comparisons to real life inspirations for the locations and the research into the dev techniques for achieving the graphical style.
What a great video!
Its always nice to get to know how certain games are made and u went really deep wich was awesome to see.