dude, I miss TH-cam recommending this type of content, just someone talking about their experiences and feelings, not scripted, not forced, no fancy editing, just simply humane commentary. This is a great video
There's actually a bunch of videos like that but they have the youtuber/steamer voice which takes away from the calm. That guy that 100% all locations in genshin matches the vibes in this video tbh, super chill, super nice vibes, great for playing in the background as you farm a game or do some work. Forgot if its RedNasYo or itspaikon or someone else, I only watch like four channels regularly so idk how I forgot lol.
Albedo's event stories should be his permanent character stories. It's a shame new players don't get to play them. Same with the Fischl/Mona Star quest when we first meet Scaramouche.
Don't worry, miHoYo will alter interactions again for older and newer players so they don't have to worry about rerun timed story events. And yes it pisses me off too.
@@purestangel no. It means they rewrite the interactions in which some of them have important lores. Just see Scaramouche and Mona during The Unreconciled Stars event in 1.1. There was a huge lore bomb there and it will make you baffled why miHoYo did that.
some days i have the urge to make a brand new account purely to explore again but then i remember just how much there is and how much time it takes and 💀💀
i made a seperate account after my main got to ar 60 and i took a long break from genshin. After i came back, i wanted something new and to re-experience the nostalgia of being a newbie to genshin and it definately was very therapeutic but i got so burnt out of exploring when i got to sumeru lol.
Kinda envy new players who find the entrance into Enkanomiya on their own without being spoiled by trailers, patch notes or the general hype for when the area was new.
@@903IDFOLEYThat was me. I basically don’t interact with any of the Genshin online community, so I had no idea Enkanomiya even existed. I just thought, “Huh, this side-quest seems to be having a pretty large impact on the terrain.” And, “Wait a minute, this underground cave is big… Like REALLY big.” The cutscene where the door to Enkanomiya opened, and you saw the artificial sun for the first time is still one of my favorite memories with this game. I was completely blown away.
i'm surprised no one's mentioned it yet, but the path leading to the city of Liyue is absolutely beautiful. you follow it as part of the main archon quest, and then you climb up this hill and at its peak you see the whole of Liyue laid out in front of you with its golden lights and the sea, and there's even a watchtower you can climb to get a better view- argh i got chills when they showed the Liyue cutscene for the first time. it's beautiful and reminds me of celebrating CNY when i was younger and things were simpler (lol). plus the music in the whole region is lovely (especially Moon in One's cup and Liyue's theme with the swelling orchestra at the end)! it's even better when they add floating lanterns over the sea during Lantern Rite TT when i'd just unlocked Liyue i used to go there to just run around the city. this video made me very nostalgic haha
I walked fron Mondstadt to Liyue again the other day and you are so right. It's absolutely gorgeous, and my fav place is that little pond of water, right before those bridges that lead you to Liyue town ❤️
I had just started playing the game in 1.3 and had the good fortune to come to Liyue for the first time at night during the very first Lantern Rite. Cresting that hill and seeing the gorgeous illuminated harbor with its lanterns floating in the sky and the Jade Chamber above was the first moment that made me stop in my tracks, stunned, and realize that the game was something truly special.
i try playing with new account and let my map dark (not touching the statue). I paid more attention to the geographical details. Somehow the mountains feel higher and more daunting
Meanwhile me getting chased by a Frostarm Lawachurl from Dragonspine and exiting the place and finding myself in Liyue. I still remember right after i left Dragonspine, I watched the giant tower (Wangshu Inn) into the distance and was mesmerized (and now things like that are pretty common).. Then I completed some world quests near that mining village and I still remember how sad I was witnessing the story of that household. And while most people entered Liyue Harbor through the entrance near Bubu Pharmacy, I entered from the other route (the route that connects to the Golden house).. Ahh how time flies.. I remember some lady gave me a Commission to make her a Sweet madame, and I was looking for sweet flowers for a long time.. And now i have thousands of them 🤣
I actually kinda liked that the game never forces you to go back to enkanomiya. It always had this vibe of an forgotten nation that has no future anymore but you as a traveller rediscovering this said nation. After you fully adventured it, you close that chapter and never walking back but always tell the tale .
Tbe ''forgotten nation'' vibe really fits Enkanomiya. I've been playing Genshin every day during 2 years, and only last week I accidentally unlocked Enkanomiya by clearing some random quest while trying to get a chest. Seriously, I had absolutely no idea that place even existed. When Enjou appeared on Kinich's character quest, I thought he was from some past event I missed.
There’s so many cool places in Genshin and yet most of them are rarely used after release. I remember, for example, some of the Chasm underground looked really cool, like the giant mushroom and the ruined cities, and it’s a shame that we don’t get a real reason to return after we finish exploring these areas. I know that implementing events that take place in these locations would not be a good thing when a good part of the players haven’t explored it at all, but I would really love an event that allowed you to take pictures of these areas for rewards, since it would help the players remember that the Sea of Bygone Eras still exist
Adding onto the idea for an event where you take pictures of forgotten areas, I think it could work as an anniversary event, where you take pictures of areas you have been to and the game tells you when you first went into that area, how much you explored it, etc. IMO, an event like that would be something interesting and nostalgic, especially for older players.
One thing I like about character story quests is how they'd permanently change the world. like how mona broke the seal on the door, how we drain the water in albedo's, and how we opened up sal terrae in Zhongli's. I can't remember if all story quests used to do that nor have I paid attention in the newer ones, but I do remember trying to guess what area they'll touch upon when starting a quest.
nahida's changes the whole of Teyvat! I haven't done Furina's yet so I don't know about hers, hopefully Venti will get a part 2 one day. it's cool when non archons get to also change the world like that
You had to play Razors story quest in order to unlock the wolf weekly boss. There's been this swift in quests eversince 1.3 I think. Now most landmarks are locked behind those big world quests, in which you explore an area with an npc. And the character quests have their own disposable domain that can be only accessed once. And as a "reward" you get a cinematic cutscene.
@@sappyzap it didn't, you're thinking of the Sumeru archon quest. That said, Nahida's 2nd story quest did actually create a permanent change (other than the weekly boss) - you can still visit the Fungi in that area near Mawtiyima forest and they won't be hostile (also, if you completed a short follow-up quest, the 2 Hydro Fungi from the start of the story quest will also move there).
Some other forgotten area at the top of my head: -Tomo's grave (Where Kazuha placed Tomo's vision, the white cat is there too), -Aranana Village the "day version" -Inside the giant ruin guards -Stormterror's Lair main tower, lowest floor and at the very top -Nameless island in Mondstadt -The abandoned wine cabin in Liyue (you can get a lot of low rarity artifacts here) -There is a cave in between the statue's leg in Liyue, near Golden House. -Pervases's Temple and the pond next to it. -The root system in the Chasm that can teleport you up to Sumeru. -The Temple of Silent -The thief's cave underwater of Fontaine (there is a trapped dog there that you can feed) -The researcher hideout at the edge of Fontaine (where Paimon help you out of the cage) -3 torches sand island at the beach of Sumeru (I assumed it's the border of Natlan) -Near the place above is a waterway, there is a small tent of an artist NPC from the mini world quest. -The pari's cave at the end of the desert swamp. -The shinning gold mushroom cave near the dendro chicken. -Pirate ship + cave combo in Serai island -Neko's shrine -The hilichurl camp on water around Watatsumi Island -Kokomi's secret base -The ghost village in Wuwang Hill -The frogs "shrine" in the chasm. -That one special fishing spot in the Chasm's cave with the Black Serpents and monuments puzzle
The underground areas of the desert are stunning. I remember back when it was released, I'd stumble across those big caves with all sorts of tree roots and gigantic gemstones.....only to then get lost and struggle finding them again 😂😅 What a good thing they added the underground map.
I feel one of the reasons people complained is the lack of an underground map but thankfully we've had one since 4.0, so better a bit later than never but yeah I too love the desert, I love how each three desert areas are different from eachother
Places I’d like to add to this list: -The starting beach -The unnamed island in mondstat -the fancy boat floating on liyue harbor -boar king “boss” -Those small islands east of the kamisato estate -the palace of alcazarzaray -vimara village (I suppose it got brought up in bedtime story) -That beached boat with the bar on it in fontaine
The Door to Khaenri'ah is definitely on my list. Just after such a long slog, finally getting to the bottom of the cave and see this massive door across the large cavern, the eight-pointed star emblem emblazoned upon it? Bruh... Stunning. I'd also put the adeptus' retreat place on this list. Y'know, the little floating island above the moutains that you have to do that puzzle to unlock? I love that area. It's so cool and you can see so far and it's so damn pretty. There's no reason at all to go back there after you get the chest, but I still do on occasion just for nostalgia's sake. Also, some of the places in the Chasm! I'm specifically thinking of the old, upside-down ruins, the big, glowing mushroom that talks, and the area with the celestial nail, but I'm sure there are other really cool spots.
my favorite part about it is that they was kinda subtle about what this place is. no paimon saying OH MY GOD IS THAT A FUCKING GATE TO KHAENRIAH or anything, just the gate, the achievement and me being flabbergasted
the door to khaenriah feels soooo haunting to be near, especially bc of the ost that plays there. the "lingering thoughts" track was the first one i heard there and it really stuck with me to the point of stopping in my tracks to listen everytime i hear that ost in game
Playing Genshin Impact in the early days was such a magical experience. I still frequently go to stormterror's lair even with its outdated visuals because the atmosphere is just unmatched. I also love how the music doesn't change when engaging in combat
I miss how genshin gameplays used to be exploring the regions and enjoying the sceneries rather than just farming for primos, artifacts never-ending-ly. I dropped the farming parts just to appreciate how beautiful the game is for now since i have little time to do everything, and just be happy with what i had farm before
Dragonspine will forever be my favorite sub-region in teyvat and its such a shame how little incentive the game gives you to return to any of the main sub-regions after you complete the main reward tree there.
I think Dragonspine's freezing mechanic really makes people not want to go there. I feel like there should have been a quest (after you've completed the tree) to receive something that either slows or permanently removes the freeze mechanic. Yes, now we have Dehya that can out heal the damage, but not everyone will have her. Most people would love to go back to dragonspine IF they actually removed that mechanic.
As a sorta new player I can safely say that I avoided Dragonspine for a long time before deciding to do it solely for the Wind Glider. Dehya certainly helped though.
There’s one food that reduces the freezing mechanics, I find it enough comfortable. I love going back to dragonspine for the atmosphere, I wish there were more activities to do.
Agreed!! I know a lot of people dislike the sheer cold, but i feel like back in 1.2 we were used to dying because our levels were so low, we’d die anyway from the cryo cicin mages and ruin graders. I think the goulash, gadget, and seelies were enough to get by. I also remember finally utilizing Qiqi just so I can stroll in peace - with the current lineup of healers, it should be easier to explore, as annoying as it is.
I sometimes just walk from place to place, no waypoints, no sprinting, and just look around. I remember just walking on the actual roads on the map to find chests and experience the world the way the characters would
Speaking of the graveyard behind the mondstadt church: When I started the game, I was exploring and found the graveyard. Because it was night, an npc was there in front of the grave. I clicked on him and if you know you know but basically he was singing a song to his dead daughter. I was so caught off guard as I was new to the game and now I just occasionally visit the graveyard when I'm near the church cause I just wanna give the dead some company.
one thing i wish genshin would add is the ability to put daily commissions in some of those places, like enka, chasm, and sea of bygone eras, and in some less visited places in the overworld. it'd give a reason to visit some of those beautiful places again great video, i love these places as well ToT
that'd be nice but I'm not sure if it would make sense considering the fact that the npcs in the game issue the comissions at the adventurer's guild, so I don't think there are any people living in those more abandoned/underground places well maybe we can have in like the chasm that's like outside since there are npcs there, that'd be fun
I was thinking that too! And it would also help with varying the dailies we do, 'cause sometimes I really don't wanna choose between giving that inazuma lady a meal for the 1736th time or going to Liyue count boats... At least it would give me more 3 places to choose from 😂
@@ashevoy yeah after I wrote that comment I did remember about tsurumi island, but I guess it's still an island you know, but enkanomiya and the chasm are underground and the sea of bygone era it's not easily accessible
@@purplesanrio7940 i guess i guess, still it doesn't have to make sense but i get where you're coming from for sure. still though, the 3.6 sumeru region doesn't have commissions (or at least i've never seen any there) and it's just as accessible as tsurumi
one of my favorite things is going to the jade chamber and looking out at all the new areas, you can see parts of the whole map from there. like sumeru forest and the pyramid. now fontain and the nail above dragonspine. out far you can see the inazuma Sakura tree. its so nice up there. hopefully we can see parts of natlan too
11:37 you haven't completed the puzzle yet, you need three more slates to unlock two luxurious chests. It's easy to miss, since we probably already solved a puzzle on the same location, so I figured that out thanks to this video
@@Not_Sheo There is a series of hidden side quests about letting all the ghosts on the Tsurumi island go to the afterlife after which they all disapear from the island.
@@Not_Sheo no problem man. I only just switched over to inizuma daily quests so I could finish the gourmet quests... That's a long world quest series. Takes forever. I've been doing monstadt for the last 2 years on dailies. Kinda lazy.
This made me so nostalgic and kinda teary eyed lol. Genshin was my comfort game back in the pandemic and I was always playing it and the most nostalgic for me was mondstadt up to inazuma/enkanomiya. I miss playing with friends in those times. Additionally, whenever I hear watatsumi island's OSTs, that's when the nostalgia always hit lol. Thank you for this vid!
It also sucks how underappreciated it is. Like its so annoying here people say the devs don't care because they won't give rewards or put stuff other games have. Like...all these places are so beautiful and stunning, the exploration of these places is the true end game for genshin, not the abyss or the combat.
@@rushalias8511 right!!! so many people hate on genshin nowadays because its a free game that doesnt give enpugh free stuff... and than theres me thats gets excited like a little kid when they add a newa area outside of the big territory reveals. like in Inazuma patch waiting for one more island to be playable each version.
I would hold unto the top three genshin gave to us that is The World, the stories and the beautiful music. People took it for granted just because gensehen never gave 10 pulls for free every 2 weeks like....certain games loll
@itsceskys I'll be honest I don't really think genshin needs free pulls. Like legit i don't believe that. Spiral abyss is reasonable enough with it. Most people can complete the abyss at least up to floor 10 maybe 11 without relying on overly built characters. There is no reason for a person to invest so much into the game beyond there own desire to invest if they don't want to. The game doesn't force you to do so. There isn't any any leader board or anything. Heck if you want primos so bad then just fair chest and do literally anything else. Abyss is just like the quickes way to get some primos in like two weeks now 4. Genshin is not meant to be played for like long period of combat its meant to be about exploring and having fun with he world that's why it'd all geared towards that.
@@rushalias8511 exactly. im not the typa person who need all meta or all character obtained. only few i really cared and as f2p saving and playing few days a week is enough. meanwhile ppl outthere being obsessed with the meta and needa 100 resin run a day to get top leaderboard on akasha, or those ppl who cant hold their gacha addict and pull on every 160 primos they had only to 'beg' when a good char came and they dont have primos. addicted to pulling and building char made the genshin experience less fulfilling....
I am SO happy you mentioned Qingce Village. The entirety of Bishui Plain is just MAJESTIC, I love going back there occasionally. Just walking around. Also the cleansing Sakura!! So many people forgot about Kazari (Hanachirusato’s original name) yet I still have her mask in my inventory almost 3 years later. She’s my favorite NPC, and I loved her quest and her lore and just the entire story behind her. I was SO invested in the Sacred Sakura lore, I even started writing a book but unfortunetely scrapped the project. I would've also added Asase Shrine to here. It's literally SO pretty but after Seirai Stormchasers we just never go back there. I wish we had more quests that being us back to these beautiful places.
Speaking of forgotten places. Did you know that there was once a place in Teyvat called Serenum? It is hinted to be a place hidden from the maps of Teyvat and quite possibly beyond the borders of its many oceans.
Desert is like a whole vibe of it's own the music, the desolation, the terrain everything is so immersive and each story lost in there is so tragic and u just get lost in it. The pari, the tanit tribe, everything that jeht went through, the golden slumber and deshreth's wasted efforts, apep, zandik's brutal experiments and the asylum, the ancient civilization and their creations, the jinni, the ruin golems and the gateway to khaenriah. Everything there has a story of its own and it's all obscured in the sands and lost to time. Ppl hate to traverse the empty sand planes and solve those puzzles but each has a story to it which i cant move on from. Its one of my favorite regions in this game despite being so grim and gloomy in contrast to all the colourful and joyful areas this game usually brings
the quests are awesome, but the exploration is very boring imo. the place i liked the most is the eleazar hospital and the cave because of how creepy it is.
even some very mundane places can be nostalgic due to one's unique journey through teyvat. one of those locations for me is the portion of liyue near dragonspine around the tenacity/pale flame domain as it was my first path into liyue.
the gazebos in Sumeru city's Razan garden. honestly I love to imagine the playable ex akademiya characters sneaking out into the winding paths leading up to the garden for a quick break. running around the akademiya area all the way up to the sanctuary of surasthana is genuinely one of my favorite things to do when there are no events
I wish they do something about this someday, maybe reset all Teyvat’s chests, make more international events in uncommon locations idk… It’s a such a waste of amazing hard work the artists did just like the temporary maps… They’re all gone.
The sealed gate to khaenriah is another one that slips past people, I still remember walking into that cave by complete accident and standing there in complete awe
9:11 i don't know if you know this, but you can actually get a furnishing of Kazari's mask after finishing the quest. You have to talk to some NPC at Grand Narukami Shrine or something like that to get it. It's a nice alternative if you used up your mask for the catalyst One favorite of mine would be the room where you get the Snowtombed Starsilver claymore, though I'm not sure if majority of players have even been in there for the first time
Seeing Jeht's area again made my heart hurt. Out of all the NPCs we've met, I've wanted to take her with us the most. I hope we get to see her again, and that life has gotten better for her. Or, the pipe dream, make her playable! Thanks for a lovely walk down memory lane.
Ahh the cleansing sakura quest. That quest is really nostalgic for me because its was the first world quest that made me not ignore world quests anymore. It was soo good that I rewatched someone doing it on youtube. I actually have the location beneath the mountain marked as "Here lies Kazari" as a tribute to the awesome npc who is forgotten by the world.
One such place that makes me nostalgic was that secret cave in the undergrounds of the chasm: the place is idyllic, bathed in gentle sun light, a few roots traverse the area, protecting three elemental totems in the center. You are welcomed here by a very quiet and serene soundtrack unique to this specific area, none of the few dendro blob you walk by will trigger the local combat theme; this is a place of peace. The totems element are from the three (at the time of the region releases) current known archon: anemo, geo and electro. That was one subtle tease of sumeru release and it hit me very hard at the time. This pretty little area was enough to get me hooked until the next beautiful region get around and the music in here still gets me emotional for some reason. And fun fact you may already know about, after sumeru released, the top of that place, specifically where the sunlight comes from, is a secret teleport to the entrance of the sumeru forest. Really loved that attention to detail here :)
i often find myself logging in, walking around and then logging out again. ive been playing genshin since day 1, and its world brings me so much comfort and warmth ! i miss the early game yet im very happy to see how it has evolved.
I love the environment art, it does just, tell a story a lot of the time through the props/placements and such. I do hope that we can get like scavenger hunt type things later to really enjoy these old places.
This is one of the cool things about helping newer people with the game. You get reintroduced to older locations and older quests (that are possible in co op anyways). And after 2+ years, it definitely feels like experiencing them for the first time. I didn't actually realize how much I liked dragonspine until i was helping someone else explore it
i love the aboveground portion of the chasm. the colors and shapes of the landscape are stunning, and the MUSIC is so poignant and beautiful. it might be my favorite soundtrack in genshin, which is saying a lot because i love the whole ost sooooo much. enkanomiya music also slaps haha
About cemetery in Mondstadt, you'll be occasionally returning there as part of Mondstadt's weekly reputation requests. The bard in the cemetery needs flowers to put on his daughter's grave.
I wish I could go back to 2020 just to experience this game again. Almost every place you mentioned here made me feel a mixture of happy and sad at the same time
@@Not_Sheo Out of curiosity, I went to check the situation on my alt account that I hardly ever play on. And well.. oddly enough, it turns out Klee's treasure has already been dug up prior to the quest. I would've also sworn it was covered before. Must be some sort of Mandela effect at play, lmao.
@@Not_Sheo can confirm it's always been here. I was trying to 100% starfell valley this weekend and yesterday i found this. I haven't done Klee's story quest yet
As for Kazari, you can actually get her Mask again by talking to the NPC near the Narukami Shrine waypoint! I didn't know that but was so glad to take it finally. You can use it as a decoration inside of your teapot's house
It’s criminal that they don’t voice world quests since most of them are kinda important lorewise. Only a few games I’ve played have quests this memorable.
This! I loveeee putting on a voiced quest and just watching the cutscenes like a movie while I do the dishes... Although occasionally I need to dry my hands and walk to the next cutscene or something like that... I wish more of the quests had voice lines!
Wow this is the type of thoughts when I'm chilling in Genshin too. I just wander around and appreciate the background , scenery and music. Thank you for making this video! Makes me feel relatable.
Don't know if we can consider it "forgettable" because of the immense lore implications, but the Gate of Everlasting Mournings will be for a long time the most impactful thing that I ever came across in Sumeru, and I'm pretty sure that after the Khvarena quest was done, not that many people came back down there to see it again (will say that I'm one of those people, I sometimes go down there just to remind myself of the extreme shock I had when first seeing it). And also, just seeing a Mourning Flower right outside it was the moment I actually teared up (silly, but it was really impactful to me for some reason)
I too think Sumeru desert is absolutely phenomenal, it made me feel like an actual old world explorer uncovering ancient secrets. And the world quest is beautiful and heart wrenching. Sumeru quests in general feel on another level of deeply sad and contemplative. Possibly the desert is my favourite area in the whole game. Hypostyle is the first place I 100 percented without even trying but just from constantly coming back for more. I've only started playing half a year ago so I never experienced it without the map. Second contestant for my favourite area is the Chasm that is actually in Liyue, not the underground part. It is so calming. I can't explain it but the music there makes me feel like all the troubles in life are but dust in the wind. I absolutely love Chasm quests too.
my favourite is the entirety of tsurumi island and girdle of sands, i have so many nostalgic memories from them and genuinely enjoyed explore them, it's a shame that remuria was so short
I really enjoyed this video!!! My favourite place since a long time has always been Stormterror's Lair, the music, the vibe and the atmosphere. I even learnt to play two of the OSTs on piano, making them even more engraved in my memories
The top of the hourglass pyramid in sumeru is really pretty to look out from. The actual ruins in dragonspine are amazing. Specifically the room with the murals that tell the tale of the place. There's also a sort of library overlook that was always neat. Enka in general is just so gorgeous. I really liked the chasm underground. Wasn't much of a fan of the surface for it. Finding the mushroom tree for the first time was a heck of a treat.
One thing that makes me come back to these places, Is Co-op with Friends, we sometimes tp to these areas just to reminisce on times before updates, expansions, quest progressions and more. We rarely co-op nowadays because we're busy but we do go in calls whenever someone opens. We'd do Photoshoots, recordings, Do some trolling with each other and have fun. STORY WISE, It's like Poetic that we mever return to these areas specifically the "Go to these Forgotten Areas of the World to Get/Investigate Objective" because we have done what we were supposed to do and that we have to leave now. Gameplay wise, its a wasted space for the most part unless you're super desperate for Materials or Specific materials or drops are in the area. My Favorite area is really the desert even though it was the most frustrating to explore because of verticality and no underground maps back then, I felt like an explorer, it also made me dizzy and had to explore all the underground for months. Well Sumeru in General but the the Desert was the first super extensive, connected network of underground areas.
the most nostalgic place in the game for me is the little ledge where you stand at the beginning of the game above the first statue of barbatos at starfell lake. its the first stunning view in the game with its own cutscene, but ive never had a reason to go stand there again and take it all in. i might just go do that when i log on today (and maybe add a few other places to this comment). im especially curious how the scenery from that spot has changed with all the new areas since then
Ahhhh this was beautiful to watch! I love that there are still people who notice all the details and how it FELT going through the regions instead of "HoW muCh DamAgE cAn I do?"
Issue is as the game went forward every other area just became so overcomplicated and jam packed with everything around it that Mondatat looks better since everything was spread around and you essentially has more freedom to run around without climbing every 2 seconds or having to teleport everywhere
Sea of bygone made me feels like a disney princess lmaoo really enjoyed it with my kaeya swimmin around The ost on this area is really top tier disney vibes
The Sumeru Desert is my favorite place, the puzzles in all the temples and pyramids were soooo goood, wish they would put some more difficult puzzles/riddles into Genshin again
I love to revisit areas from time to time! specially watatsumi because I've been a Kokomi main since her release. At that point in the game I was still in Liyue story and hadn't unlocked Inazuma yet, so when I was able to finally visit the island, it felt as if I had come home from a long journey. It a warm feeling I always get when revisiting some of my fav areas. Amazing video btw, I really enjoyed it, nostalgia hit my heart :D!
the desert and the eternal oasis are definitely my favorite experience in genshin. having super long world quest that can occupy you after doing story quests and archon quests is just so soothing
I absolutely loved Ruu, I always find myself going back to Tsurumi Island to look at the tree. I literally waited for Ruu's theme on the radiant spincrystal to spawn in the teapot shop so it could play in my teapot.
The summer event is a gift because I even got to see callbacks from previous summer events and it's just so refreshing to reopen the Albedo lore case and dive deeper into it.
Remember the reason playing Genshin because of Zelda and still playing it until now because their world building is never miss, just hope the devs revisiting their old maps again just for event or something else i cant even imagine, and simple example like the last music event in inazuma bring back Watatsumi Island to the radar is refreshing enough for me just hope they do more often something like that
Back when that infamous short totk trailer dropped, I thought myself "I'll check out that Genshin game as a little distraction while waiting for totk". And look at me now, AR 60, a ton of characters, most of the map at 100% and super excited for Natlan. And Totk rocked too, sadly I'm already done with that game 😅
I can't believe how Genshin is already a thing full of nostalgia. It feels like just yesterday I first downloaded the game, and it kept crashing because of my crappy pc at the time, but I was just so breathtaken by how beautiful the world was because I have never played a game with such amazing graphics and scenery. In the past I was looking for an rpg game that I could really immerse myself in the world and when I found genshin I was like "I found it." Sometimes I wish we could just go back before all these regions came out, and before twitter attacked, when we could just immerse ourselves and enjoy the game for what it was. I love the regions now, but it'll never quite be the same as back then.
Key word.... Dainsleif. He and Enjou could be great catalysts to make these areas more relevant. Or maybe return the old story driven event more often. And use these areas as the settings.
Damn. I've never seen someone use roads so much in this game. Most towns and villages i found, i entered from the back of some random house on a cliff top.
The world building of Genshin is just incredible honestly… Not just the various sceneries/environments but NPCs have their own little background that most of the player base don’t pay attention to.. For example, at the cemetery behind the Cathedral, there’s a father who sings to his deceased daughter. These neat details brings more life to Teyvat.
I love the appreciation for the map, exploration is my favorite thing but that also means I complete it super fast. Thanks for this type of content and keep the great vibes!
One of my faves is God of Salt cave - It is so charming and sad at the same time. I go back there quite rarely now tho. And Windrise also with its big tree. My fav from Sumeru is Orachard of Pairidaeza
I still go back to Enkanomiya sometimes. It was my favorite area to explore so far. It hits me every once in a while that I have no reason to return to areas like Enkanomiya, The Chasm, and Dragonspine (except for a couple commisions), and I haven't visited them in ages. It feels so nostalgic seeing the old areas again and hearing the beautiful soundtracks. I've grown and changed as a person since I started genshin. It's an odd, bittersweet feeling remembering how I felt when I first visited certain areas, and the person I was at the time.
The aranara quest line is my favorite in the game. Followed by the 2 quests with Jeht. My gosh I cried so hard at the end of the aranara quest line. I love these little cabbages so much.
Every time I see the cemetery in Mondstadt I remember that one video with Childe saying "This place is quite dead, by which I mean, there's nothing to kill" 😭
I made a second genshin account in 1.6 because I was super bored with my main account. I've just got back to it now and I've been exploring so much around Mondstadt and Liyue that brings back so many memories of my first time seeing everything and it's sooo amazing
9:40 the absolute worst part about trying to get The Catch also to me, you missed a place in Mondstat. that hidden island off the coast where the game starts. i love it for some reason
My gripe with Genshin is that it has an opportunity to take advantage of creating such a massive world but there's almost nothing in it. There's scenic little spots to discover but there's no interaction with it. There are NPCs and townsfolk but there's fewer than 5 people walking around. Mondstadt's main city had an opportunity with its small cozy alleyways, but then you get to somewhere huge like Fontaine and you expect the hustle and bustle of city life but there's also about 5 uninteractable people walking around. Other open world games have a ton of easter eggs and small discoverables, and some have random NPC mini quests that pop up whenever you approach a certain area, which Genshin 1.0/Mondstadt tried to do but eventually dropped it in Liyue and beyond. Once you 100% an area, they move on to the next. There are a ton of empty fields to do nothing but pass through. Genshin is a vast open but sterile, empty world.
honestly, i always dreaded exploring the desert, but after finally biting the bullet and doing it i've grown to really love it. all of the mechanisms and all of the quests in it were so fun to do, and now i really understand just why people love it. sometimes i wish i could explore it all over again or at least do the quests again for the first time.
I think you're a truly authentic fan: You talk truthfully about your favourite places in a calm, very pleasant voice for my ears 😇 - some of which are also my favs. 🥰 Thx a bunch for letting me walk down memory lane❗ 🙏
there was/is an npc that’s at the back of the cathedral in mondstadt!!!! i think he only shows up at a certain time of day though im not sure when that is. its a father mourning his daughter who passed away. i think he plays a lyre for her? it’s actually really bittersweet
I legit was suprised seeing the sea of bygone eras a few days after it release cause there was just nothing to do. (I did the world quest the day it released) It’s a real shame they made the whole area underwater, it really limited the gameplay. They should have added more pockets of air where they could include more puzzles and enemies. It was such a beautiful area, wasted on a one-day adventure.
To watch this brought me really good memories back and kinda made me sad too because we used to, well I used to play Genshin as fun , and now playing Genshin is in my opinion so stressed but because I’m a lazy player and don’t have much time to play and enjoy the game anymore sadly
I made a sequel to this video!
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dude, I miss TH-cam recommending this type of content, just someone talking about their experiences and feelings, not scripted, not forced, no fancy editing, just simply humane commentary. This is a great video
i really appreciate that!
Same, I'm tired of those fast paced videos, they're hard to watch. This really is a great video :)
There's actually a bunch of videos like that but they have the youtuber/steamer voice which takes away from the calm.
That guy that 100% all locations in genshin matches the vibes in this video tbh, super chill, super nice vibes, great for playing in the background as you farm a game or do some work.
Forgot if its RedNasYo or itspaikon or someone else, I only watch like four channels regularly so idk how I forgot lol.
@@LeonardoHamato It’s RednasYo. One of my Favorites.
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the most nostalgic place for me is the very first beginning of the game where you wake up and the way you walk to Mondstadt city.
i can see why!
Yeah the beach i think is the only place in the game that has no music just the serenity of the water and ambience to where it started
I love going there on occasion and taking the walk into Mondstadt
i wish they added a bench you can sit on or a fishing spot near the rocks or that beach would be nice
I love just putting only anemo traveler on my team and then occasionally walking on that path in the same way I did when I first started.
Albedo's event stories should be his permanent character stories. It's a shame new players don't get to play them. Same with the Fischl/Mona Star quest when we first meet Scaramouche.
Don't worry, miHoYo will alter interactions again for older and newer players so they don't have to worry about rerun timed story events. And yes it pisses me off too.
Right? I didn't have the chance to play during that time and once I finally did I was so disappointed. I was really looking forward to those quests 😭
@@shamsielshahar120 really??? this would be so good since ive missed a lot of events due to school/breaks 🙏
@@purestangel no. It means they rewrite the interactions in which some of them have important lores. Just see Scaramouche and Mona during The Unreconciled Stars event in 1.1. There was a huge lore bomb there and it will make you baffled why miHoYo did that.
i agree! I started the game in early 2022, so i didn't actually experience those events.
some days i have the urge to make a brand new account purely to explore again but then i remember just how much there is and how much time it takes and 💀💀
i feel the same way lol
without a skip button aint noway i do a new account lol
If there weren't for the artifacts
trust me dont do it i have two accounts and i still havent finished aranara quests on one of them 😭😭
i made a seperate account after my main got to ar 60 and i took a long break from genshin. After i came back, i wanted something new and to re-experience the nostalgia of being a newbie to genshin and it definately was very therapeutic but i got so burnt out of exploring when i got to sumeru lol.
enkanomiya... i got chills when you walk thru the phase gate and seeing dainishi mikochi and my god its still one of the best looking places imo
And the music is so good!
Enkanomiya OST is the best in the game. and the visuals just add more to the atmosphere of the place. it's just THAT good
@@lanarth4211 its truly one of the most unique places
Kinda envy new players who find the entrance into Enkanomiya on their own without being spoiled by trailers, patch notes or the general hype for when the area was new.
@@903IDFOLEYThat was me. I basically don’t interact with any of the Genshin online community, so I had no idea Enkanomiya even existed.
I just thought, “Huh, this side-quest seems to be having a pretty large impact on the terrain.” And, “Wait a minute, this underground cave is big… Like REALLY big.”
The cutscene where the door to Enkanomiya opened, and you saw the artificial sun for the first time is still one of my favorite memories with this game. I was completely blown away.
Funny story about Klee's treasure, it's actually there before you do that story quest
yeah it's just becomes unburied and gone after the quest I think
No it's still there just a hole with a note lol @@purplesanrio7940
I remember trying to open it and failing, I tried every method too!
I am not up to her story quest yet, but I want to see it before hand. Can you give the exact location?
@millyofdaworldhola984 it's near the area you first see Venti and Dvalin
i'm surprised no one's mentioned it yet, but the path leading to the city of Liyue is absolutely beautiful. you follow it as part of the main archon quest, and then you climb up this hill and at its peak you see the whole of Liyue laid out in front of you with its golden lights and the sea, and there's even a watchtower you can climb to get a better view- argh i got chills when they showed the Liyue cutscene for the first time. it's beautiful and reminds me of celebrating CNY when i was younger and things were simpler (lol). plus the music in the whole region is lovely (especially Moon in One's cup and Liyue's theme with the swelling orchestra at the end)!
it's even better when they add floating lanterns over the sea during Lantern Rite TT when i'd just unlocked Liyue i used to go there to just run around the city. this video made me very nostalgic haha
I walked fron Mondstadt to Liyue again the other day and you are so right. It's absolutely gorgeous, and my fav place is that little pond of water, right before those bridges that lead you to Liyue town ❤️
I had just started playing the game in 1.3 and had the good fortune to come to Liyue for the first time at night during the very first Lantern Rite. Cresting that hill and seeing the gorgeous illuminated harbor with its lanterns floating in the sky and the Jade Chamber above was the first moment that made me stop in my tracks, stunned, and realize that the game was something truly special.
i try playing with new account and let my map dark (not touching the statue). I paid more attention to the geographical details. Somehow the mountains feel higher and more daunting
Without forgetting the part where you go thru Wangshu inn and that gorgeous bit of music plays
Meanwhile me getting chased by a Frostarm Lawachurl from Dragonspine and exiting the place and finding myself in Liyue.
I still remember right after i left Dragonspine, I watched the giant tower (Wangshu Inn) into the distance and was mesmerized (and now things like that are pretty common)..
Then I completed some world quests near that mining village and I still remember how sad I was witnessing the story of that household.
And while most people entered Liyue Harbor through the entrance near Bubu Pharmacy, I entered from the other route (the route that connects to the Golden house)..
Ahh how time flies.. I remember some lady gave me a Commission to make her a Sweet madame, and I was looking for sweet flowers for a long time.. And now i have thousands of them 🤣
I actually kinda liked that the game never forces you to go back to enkanomiya. It always had this vibe of an forgotten nation that has no future anymore but you as a traveller rediscovering this said nation. After you fully adventured it, you close that chapter and never walking back but always tell the tale .
Tbe ''forgotten nation'' vibe really fits Enkanomiya.
I've been playing Genshin every day during 2 years, and only last week I accidentally unlocked Enkanomiya by clearing some random quest while trying to get a chest.
Seriously, I had absolutely no idea that place even existed. When Enjou appeared on Kinich's character quest, I thought he was from some past event I missed.
There’s so many cool places in Genshin and yet most of them are rarely used after release. I remember, for example, some of the Chasm underground looked really cool, like the giant mushroom and the ruined cities, and it’s a shame that we don’t get a real reason to return after we finish exploring these areas. I know that implementing events that take place in these locations would not be a good thing when a good part of the players haven’t explored it at all, but I would really love an event that allowed you to take pictures of these areas for rewards, since it would help the players remember that the Sea of Bygone Eras still exist
Adding onto the idea for an event where you take pictures of forgotten areas, I think it could work as an anniversary event, where you take pictures of areas you have been to and the game tells you when you first went into that area, how much you explored it, etc. IMO, an event like that would be something interesting and nostalgic, especially for older players.
@@animepsyclone i really like that idea!!
I love wuwa for that reason. I return to every single spot on the map again and again
@@Lucy-og1exbecause of echos?
@@Lucy-og1ex wuwa is not that big yet tho, in the beginning i visited every mondstadt spot way more often than now too
One thing I like about character story quests is how they'd permanently change the world.
like how mona broke the seal on the door, how we drain the water in albedo's, and how we opened up sal terrae in Zhongli's. I can't remember if all story quests used to do that nor have I paid attention in the newer ones, but I do remember trying to guess what area they'll touch upon when starting a quest.
yes, i love when they do that!
nahida's changes the whole of Teyvat! I haven't done Furina's yet so I don't know about hers, hopefully Venti will get a part 2 one day. it's cool when non archons get to also change the world like that
You had to play Razors story quest in order to unlock the wolf weekly boss. There's been this swift in quests eversince 1.3 I think. Now most landmarks are locked behind those big world quests, in which you explore an area with an npc. And the character quests have their own disposable domain that can be only accessed once. And as a "reward" you get a cinematic cutscene.
@@sappyzap it didn't, you're thinking of the Sumeru archon quest.
That said, Nahida's 2nd story quest did actually create a permanent change (other than the weekly boss) - you can still visit the Fungi in that area near Mawtiyima forest and they won't be hostile (also, if you completed a short follow-up quest, the 2 Hydro Fungi from the start of the story quest will also move there).
Xiaos quest unlocks those world quests where u can repair pervases temple
Some other forgotten area at the top of my head:
-Tomo's grave (Where Kazuha placed Tomo's vision, the white cat is there too),
-Aranana Village the "day version"
-Inside the giant ruin guards
-Stormterror's Lair main tower, lowest floor and at the very top
-Nameless island in Mondstadt
-The abandoned wine cabin in Liyue (you can get a lot of low rarity artifacts here)
-There is a cave in between the statue's leg in Liyue, near Golden House.
-Pervases's Temple and the pond next to it.
-The root system in the Chasm that can teleport you up to Sumeru.
-The Temple of Silent
-The thief's cave underwater of Fontaine (there is a trapped dog there that you can feed)
-The researcher hideout at the edge of Fontaine (where Paimon help you out of the cage)
-3 torches sand island at the beach of Sumeru (I assumed it's the border of Natlan)
-Near the place above is a waterway, there is a small tent of an artist NPC from the mini world quest.
-The pari's cave at the end of the desert swamp.
-The shinning gold mushroom cave near the dendro chicken.
-Pirate ship + cave combo in Serai island
-Neko's shrine
-The hilichurl camp on water around Watatsumi Island
-Kokomi's secret base
-The ghost village in Wuwang Hill
-The frogs "shrine" in the chasm.
-That one special fishing spot in the Chasm's cave with the Black Serpents and monuments puzzle
great list!
thanks i recognise all of these and it brought back memories
Pervases Temple is amazing. I should go back there
Btw 'Tomo' is not his friends name but 'Tomo' means Friend in Jp
If I ever reincarnated into Genshin Impact... I'd go visit Kazuha's cat 😭
I love the desert too, people complain it was too big and confusing but I love the challenge of figuring out where each corridor leads to.
The underground areas of the desert are stunning. I remember back when it was released, I'd stumble across those big caves with all sorts of tree roots and gigantic gemstones.....only to then get lost and struggle finding them again 😂😅
What a good thing they added the underground map.
I feel one of the reasons people complained is the lack of an underground map
but thankfully we've had one since 4.0, so better a bit later than never
but yeah I too love the desert, I love how each three desert areas are different from eachother
I love that area so I return almost every day to farm my artifacts there. I feel like im tomb rider at that point lol
I unironically love the desert more than the forest. Jeht quest will forever be my favorite.
Bro that place is a great piece of art
It's a minor detail but there is one NPC who appears behind the Mondstadt Cathedral. He's a musician who visits his child's grave to play for her.
Places I’d like to add to this list:
-The starting beach
-The unnamed island in mondstat
-the fancy boat floating on liyue harbor
-boar king “boss”
-Those small islands east of the kamisato estate
-the palace of alcazarzaray
-vimara village (I suppose it got brought up in bedtime story)
-That beached boat with the bar on it in fontaine
oh man the boat in liyue harbor is a great one
I hated boar king boss rip💀
As a Kaveh kinnie I religiously visit the Palace of Alcazazaray every week
The Door to Khaenri'ah is definitely on my list. Just after such a long slog, finally getting to the bottom of the cave and see this massive door across the large cavern, the eight-pointed star emblem emblazoned upon it? Bruh... Stunning.
I'd also put the adeptus' retreat place on this list. Y'know, the little floating island above the moutains that you have to do that puzzle to unlock? I love that area. It's so cool and you can see so far and it's so damn pretty. There's no reason at all to go back there after you get the chest, but I still do on occasion just for nostalgia's sake.
Also, some of the places in the Chasm! I'm specifically thinking of the old, upside-down ruins, the big, glowing mushroom that talks, and the area with the celestial nail, but I'm sure there are other really cool spots.
greta picks!
my favorite part about it is that they was kinda subtle about what this place is. no paimon saying OH MY GOD IS THAT A FUCKING GATE TO KHAENRIAH or anything, just the gate, the achievement and me being flabbergasted
the door to khaenriah feels soooo haunting to be near, especially bc of the ost that plays there. the "lingering thoughts" track was the first one i heard there and it really stuck with me to the point of stopping in my tracks to listen everytime i hear that ost in game
Playing Genshin Impact in the early days was such a magical experience. I still frequently go to stormterror's lair even with its outdated visuals because the atmosphere is just unmatched. I also love how the music doesn't change when engaging in combat
I miss how genshin gameplays used to be exploring the regions and enjoying the sceneries rather than just farming for primos, artifacts never-ending-ly.
I dropped the farming parts just to appreciate how beautiful the game is for now since i have little time to do everything, and just be happy with what i had farm before
honestly, the best/nostalgic place for me is the big venti tree, I always feel safe there.
Dragonspine will forever be my favorite sub-region in teyvat and its such a shame how little incentive the game gives you to return to any of the main sub-regions after you complete the main reward tree there.
i think dragonspine at least has a few commissions but that isn't enough!
I think Dragonspine's freezing mechanic really makes people not want to go there. I feel like there should have been a quest (after you've completed the tree) to receive something that either slows or permanently removes the freeze mechanic. Yes, now we have Dehya that can out heal the damage, but not everyone will have her. Most people would love to go back to dragonspine IF they actually removed that mechanic.
As a sorta new player I can safely say that I avoided Dragonspine for a long time before deciding to do it solely for the Wind Glider. Dehya certainly helped though.
There’s one food that reduces the freezing mechanics, I find it enough comfortable. I love going back to dragonspine for the atmosphere, I wish there were more activities to do.
Agreed!! I know a lot of people dislike the sheer cold, but i feel like back in 1.2 we were used to dying because our levels were so low, we’d die anyway from the cryo cicin mages and ruin graders. I think the goulash, gadget, and seelies were enough to get by. I also remember finally utilizing Qiqi just so I can stroll in peace - with the current lineup of healers, it should be easier to explore, as annoying as it is.
This is one reason I rotate my daily's to a different region each week, it helps to remind me just how vast the game world of Teyvat is.
You can set to random too.
I sometimes just walk from place to place, no waypoints, no sprinting, and just look around. I remember just walking on the actual roads on the map to find chests and experience the world the way the characters would
Speaking of the graveyard behind the mondstadt church:
When I started the game, I was exploring and found the graveyard. Because it was night, an npc was there in front of the grave. I clicked on him and if you know you know but basically he was singing a song to his dead daughter. I was so caught off guard as I was new to the game and now I just occasionally visit the graveyard when I'm near the church cause I just wanna give the dead some company.
one thing i wish genshin would add is the ability to put daily commissions in some of those places, like enka, chasm, and sea of bygone eras, and in some less visited places in the overworld.
it'd give a reason to visit some of those beautiful places again
great video, i love these places as well ToT
that'd be nice but I'm not sure if it would make sense considering the fact that the npcs in the game issue the comissions at the adventurer's guild, so I don't think there are any people living in those more abandoned/underground places
well maybe we can have in like the chasm that's like outside since there are npcs there, that'd be fun
@@purplesanrio7940 tsurumi island has commissions though
I was thinking that too! And it would also help with varying the dailies we do, 'cause sometimes I really don't wanna choose between giving that inazuma lady a meal for the 1736th time or going to Liyue count boats... At least it would give me more 3 places to choose from 😂
@@ashevoy yeah after I wrote that comment I did remember about tsurumi island, but I guess it's still an island you know, but enkanomiya and the chasm are underground and the sea of bygone era it's not easily accessible
@@purplesanrio7940 i guess i guess, still it doesn't have to make sense but i get where you're coming from for sure. still though, the 3.6 sumeru region doesn't have commissions (or at least i've never seen any there) and it's just as accessible as tsurumi
one of my favorite things is going to the jade chamber and looking out at all the new areas, you can see parts of the whole map from there. like sumeru forest and the pyramid. now fontain and the nail above dragonspine. out far you can see the inazuma Sakura tree. its so nice up there. hopefully we can see parts of natlan too
yessss I love that too, or in other high places where you can see different parts of different regions and it fills me with excitement lol
Thats interesting. I never hoes back jade chamber. Perhaps i love fontaine and sumeru high places more
11:37 you haven't completed the puzzle yet, you need three more slates to unlock two luxurious chests. It's easy to miss, since we probably already solved a puzzle on the same location, so I figured that out thanks to this video
hahah yeah i actually did it and cut it out of the video lol, i only just realized too!
wait I also forgot what puzzle was it?
@@sappyzap you had to move stones around the map so that the purple symbols aligned the rewars is 2 lux chests and an achievement
@@Not_Sheo There is a series of hidden side quests about letting all the ghosts on the Tsurumi island go to the afterlife after which they all disapear from the island.
@@bartosek05 hmm, i'll have to double check if i've done that one!
9:49, ahh the Raiden pee puddle, can't believe I spent a month farming there for The Catch
3:59 Only 1.0 players knew how memorable this place was, the place of Torture xD
In mondstat there is a daily quest where you bring flowers to a grieving man at a grave behind the church.
oh that must have been what i was thinking of!
@@Not_Sheo He's there sometimes (dusk maybe) at his daughter's grave. Singing to her if I remember (or reciting a poem?). It's terribly sad.
@@Not_Sheo no problem man. I only just switched over to inizuma daily quests so I could finish the gourmet quests... That's a long world quest series. Takes forever. I've been doing monstadt for the last 2 years on dailies. Kinda lazy.
This made me so nostalgic and kinda teary eyed lol. Genshin was my comfort game back in the pandemic and I was always playing it and the most nostalgic for me was mondstadt up to inazuma/enkanomiya. I miss playing with friends in those times. Additionally, whenever I hear watatsumi island's OSTs, that's when the nostalgia always hit lol. Thank you for this vid!
thanks for watching!
genshin was my comfort game during the pandemic too, and every time i hear any mondstadt theme i get WEAK
this video really makes you appreciate the artists and modellers in the game. like so so much work goes into it and it sucks their work is overlooked
It also sucks how underappreciated it is. Like its so annoying here people say the devs don't care because they won't give rewards or put stuff other games have. Like...all these places are so beautiful and stunning, the exploration of these places is the true end game for genshin, not the abyss or the combat.
@@rushalias8511 right!!! so many people hate on genshin nowadays because its a free game that doesnt give enpugh free stuff... and than theres me thats gets excited like a little kid when they add a newa area outside of the big territory reveals. like in Inazuma patch waiting for one more island to be playable each version.
I would hold unto the top three genshin gave to us that is The World, the stories and the beautiful music. People took it for granted just because gensehen never gave 10 pulls for free every 2 weeks like....certain games loll
@itsceskys I'll be honest I don't really think genshin needs free pulls. Like legit i don't believe that. Spiral abyss is reasonable enough with it. Most people can complete the abyss at least up to floor 10 maybe 11 without relying on overly built characters.
There is no reason for a person to invest so much into the game beyond there own desire to invest if they don't want to.
The game doesn't force you to do so. There isn't any any leader board or anything.
Heck if you want primos so bad then just fair chest and do literally anything else. Abyss is just like the quickes way to get some primos in like two weeks now 4.
Genshin is not meant to be played for like long period of combat its meant to be about exploring and having fun with he world that's why it'd all geared towards that.
@@rushalias8511 exactly. im not the typa person who need all meta or all character obtained. only few i really cared and as f2p saving and playing few days a week is enough.
meanwhile ppl outthere being obsessed with the meta and needa 100 resin run a day to get top leaderboard on akasha, or those ppl who cant hold their gacha addict and pull on every 160 primos they had only to 'beg' when a good char came and they dont have primos.
addicted to pulling and building char made the genshin experience less fulfilling....
I revisit areas too. Windrise, Enka, Arama…. I do visit and play music for Arama once in awhile.
arama deserves it :,)
arama😭😭😭😭
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AAA same!! arama deserves to be remembered
Me too!! I also go back to feed osse, talk to elder zurvan and scylla and spar with Masanori :)
I am SO happy you mentioned Qingce Village. The entirety of Bishui Plain is just MAJESTIC, I love going back there occasionally. Just walking around. Also the cleansing Sakura!! So many people forgot about Kazari (Hanachirusato’s original name) yet I still have her mask in my inventory almost 3 years later. She’s my favorite NPC, and I loved her quest and her lore and just the entire story behind her. I was SO invested in the Sacred Sakura lore, I even started writing a book but unfortunetely scrapped the project. I would've also added Asase Shrine to here. It's literally SO pretty but after Seirai Stormchasers we just never go back there. I wish we had more quests that being us back to these beautiful places.
8:52 if you talk to one of the shrine maidens, they give you a furnishing that is a display of a kitchen mask, supposedly kazari's
Speaking of forgotten places. Did you know that there was once a place in Teyvat called Serenum? It is hinted to be a place hidden from the maps of Teyvat and quite possibly beyond the borders of its many oceans.
Desert is like a whole vibe of it's own the music, the desolation, the terrain everything is so immersive and each story lost in there is so tragic and u just get lost in it. The pari, the tanit tribe, everything that jeht went through, the golden slumber and deshreth's wasted efforts, apep, zandik's brutal experiments and the asylum, the ancient civilization and their creations, the jinni, the ruin golems and the gateway to khaenriah. Everything there has a story of its own and it's all obscured in the sands and lost to time.
Ppl hate to traverse the empty sand planes and solve those puzzles but each has a story to it which i cant move on from. Its one of my favorite regions in this game despite being so grim and gloomy in contrast to all the colourful and joyful areas this game usually brings
the quests are awesome, but the exploration is very boring imo. the place i liked the most is the eleazar hospital and the cave because of how creepy it is.
even some very mundane places can be nostalgic due to one's unique journey through teyvat. one of those locations for me is the portion of liyue near dragonspine around the tenacity/pale flame domain as it was my first path into liyue.
so true
i have beef with it because i was so pissed to find out there was a simple path through after scaling it💀
the gazebos in Sumeru city's Razan garden. honestly I love to imagine the playable ex akademiya characters sneaking out into the winding paths leading up to the garden for a quick break. running around the akademiya area all the way up to the sanctuary of surasthana is genuinely one of my favorite things to do when there are no events
I wish they do something about this someday, maybe reset all Teyvat’s chests, make more international events in uncommon locations idk… It’s a such a waste of amazing hard work the artists did just like the temporary maps… They’re all gone.
for sure!
The sealed gate to khaenriah is another one that slips past people, I still remember walking into that cave by complete accident and standing there in complete awe
That is an impressive visual scene right there.. Will be exciting when the story takes us back there.
Another place that felt nostalgic to me is the Golden Apple Archipelago. Those island + calming BGM when sailing. Such a good memory
9:11 i don't know if you know this, but you can actually get a furnishing of Kazari's mask after finishing the quest. You have to talk to some NPC at Grand Narukami Shrine or something like that to get it. It's a nice alternative if you used up your mask for the catalyst
One favorite of mine would be the room where you get the Snowtombed Starsilver claymore, though I'm not sure if majority of players have even been in there for the first time
I had missed this!!! Talk to Inagi Hotomi (the Shrine maiden right by teleport point) and ask about the cleansing ritual
I love the upside deck of Yelan’s tea shop. The view, the trees are so beautiful
Seeing Jeht's area again made my heart hurt. Out of all the NPCs we've met, I've wanted to take her with us the most. I hope we get to see her again, and that life has gotten better for her. Or, the pipe dream, make her playable!
Thanks for a lovely walk down memory lane.
The fact that the Tanit camp is left empty if you actually go through the complete story makes it feel really lonely.
Ahh the cleansing sakura quest. That quest is really nostalgic for me because its was the first world quest that made me not ignore world quests anymore. It was soo good that I rewatched someone doing it on youtube. I actually have the location beneath the mountain marked as "Here lies Kazari" as a tribute to the awesome npc who is forgotten by the world.
One such place that makes me nostalgic was that secret cave in the undergrounds of the chasm: the place is idyllic, bathed in gentle sun light, a few roots traverse the area, protecting three elemental totems in the center. You are welcomed here by a very quiet and serene soundtrack unique to this specific area, none of the few dendro blob you walk by will trigger the local combat theme; this is a place of peace. The totems element are from the three (at the time of the region releases) current known archon: anemo, geo and electro.
That was one subtle tease of sumeru release and it hit me very hard at the time. This pretty little area was enough to get me hooked until the next beautiful region get around and the music in here still gets me emotional for some reason.
And fun fact you may already know about, after sumeru released, the top of that place, specifically where the sunlight comes from, is a secret teleport to the entrance of the sumeru forest. Really loved that attention to detail here :)
i often find myself logging in, walking around and then logging out again. ive been playing genshin since day 1, and its world brings me so much comfort and warmth ! i miss the early game yet im very happy to see how it has evolved.
6:02 "looks at this beautful area"
Also baizhu dying in the background
I love the environment art, it does just, tell a story a lot of the time through the props/placements and such. I do hope that we can get like scavenger hunt type things later to really enjoy these old places.
Recently ive been working to getting liyue to a full 100% exploration. Its amazing coming back to that beautiful world that i loved so much
This is one of the cool things about helping newer people with the game. You get reintroduced to older locations and older quests (that are possible in co op anyways). And after 2+ years, it definitely feels like experiencing them for the first time. I didn't actually realize how much I liked dragonspine until i was helping someone else explore it
i love the aboveground portion of the chasm. the colors and shapes of the landscape are stunning, and the MUSIC is so poignant and beautiful. it might be my favorite soundtrack in genshin, which is saying a lot because i love the whole ost sooooo much. enkanomiya music also slaps haha
About cemetery in Mondstadt, you'll be occasionally returning there as part of Mondstadt's weekly reputation requests. The bard in the cemetery needs flowers to put on his daughter's grave.
I wish I could go back to 2020 just to experience this game again. Almost every place you mentioned here made me feel a mixture of happy and sad at the same time
1:12 im glad that you include this one, because that was one of my favorite places, i even pulled for venti in that place when i started playing 😭
2:40 - That's actually from Klee's story quest! And it's there even before you start the quest.
oop i forgot she had one lol, is it dug up like that before tho? i swear it's covered until you do the quest
@@Not_Sheo Out of curiosity, I went to check the situation on my alt account that I hardly ever play on.
And well.. oddly enough, it turns out Klee's treasure has already been dug up prior to the quest. I would've also sworn it was covered before. Must be some sort of Mandela effect at play, lmao.
@@testyneko hahah, that's so weird!
@@Not_Sheo can confirm it's always been here. I was trying to 100% starfell valley this weekend and yesterday i found this. I haven't done Klee's story quest yet
The chasm was one if the most beautiful places and we have not had the chance to go back. I wish they had more events there
As for Kazari, you can actually get her Mask again by talking to the NPC near the Narukami Shrine waypoint! I didn't know that but was so glad to take it finally. You can use it as a decoration inside of your teapot's house
It’s criminal that they don’t voice world quests since most of them are kinda important lorewise. Only a few games I’ve played have quests this memorable.
This! I loveeee putting on a voiced quest and just watching the cutscenes like a movie while I do the dishes... Although occasionally I need to dry my hands and walk to the next cutscene or something like that... I wish more of the quests had voice lines!
Wow this is the type of thoughts when I'm chilling in Genshin too. I just wander around and appreciate the background , scenery and music. Thank you for making this video! Makes me feel relatable.
Don't know if we can consider it "forgettable" because of the immense lore implications, but the Gate of Everlasting Mournings will be for a long time the most impactful thing that I ever came across in Sumeru, and I'm pretty sure that after the Khvarena quest was done, not that many people came back down there to see it again (will say that I'm one of those people, I sometimes go down there just to remind myself of the extreme shock I had when first seeing it). And also, just seeing a Mourning Flower right outside it was the moment I actually teared up (silly, but it was really impactful to me for some reason)
Little confusion clearing!! That “My treasure” spot is from Klee’s quest!
hope yall enjoy! what is your favorite place in the game? and also, did you like this sort of free-form, ramble-y type of video?
I too think Sumeru desert is absolutely phenomenal, it made me feel like an actual old world explorer uncovering ancient secrets. And the world quest is beautiful and heart wrenching. Sumeru quests in general feel on another level of deeply sad and contemplative. Possibly the desert is my favourite area in the whole game. Hypostyle is the first place I 100 percented without even trying but just from constantly coming back for more. I've only started playing half a year ago so I never experienced it without the map.
Second contestant for my favourite area is the Chasm that is actually in Liyue, not the underground part. It is so calming. I can't explain it but the music there makes me feel like all the troubles in life are but dust in the wind. I absolutely love Chasm quests too.
@@SparklilyCordiale chasm is totally great, i agree!! nothing quite like it
my favourite is the entirety of tsurumi island and girdle of sands, i have so many nostalgic memories from them and genuinely enjoyed explore them, it's a shame that remuria was so short
I really enjoyed this video!!! My favourite place since a long time has always been Stormterror's Lair, the music, the vibe and the atmosphere. I even learnt to play two of the OSTs on piano, making them even more engraved in my memories
The top of the hourglass pyramid in sumeru is really pretty to look out from.
The actual ruins in dragonspine are amazing. Specifically the room with the murals that tell the tale of the place. There's also a sort of library overlook that was always neat.
Enka in general is just so gorgeous.
I really liked the chasm underground. Wasn't much of a fan of the surface for it. Finding the mushroom tree for the first time was a heck of a treat.
I love to climb high places like dragonspine and just look around the map what changed/expanded and what I can see. It makes me feel good
One thing that makes me come back to these places, Is Co-op with Friends, we sometimes tp to these areas just to reminisce on times before updates, expansions, quest progressions and more. We rarely co-op nowadays because we're busy but we do go in calls whenever someone opens. We'd do Photoshoots, recordings, Do some trolling with each other and have fun.
STORY WISE, It's like Poetic that we mever return to these areas specifically the "Go to these Forgotten Areas of the World to Get/Investigate Objective" because we have done what we were supposed to do and that we have to leave now.
Gameplay wise, its a wasted space for the most part unless you're super desperate for Materials or Specific materials or drops are in the area.
My Favorite area is really the desert even though it was the most frustrating to explore because of verticality and no underground maps back then, I felt like an explorer, it also made me dizzy and had to explore all the underground for months. Well Sumeru in General but the the Desert was the first super extensive, connected network of underground areas.
the most nostalgic place in the game for me is the little ledge where you stand at the beginning of the game above the first statue of barbatos at starfell lake. its the first stunning view in the game with its own cutscene, but ive never had a reason to go stand there again and take it all in. i might just go do that when i log on today (and maybe add a few other places to this comment). im especially curious how the scenery from that spot has changed with all the new areas since then
that's a great idea!
Ahhhh this was beautiful to watch! I love that there are still people who notice all the details and how it FELT going through the regions instead of "HoW muCh DamAgE cAn I do?"
The first walk to Liyue is it for me. You go on the road with a blank map, slowly the terrain change, then the music~
just casually hiking from the bottom of dragon spine to the top without using any teleport and enjoying the music with the view is my guilty pleasure
Issue is as the game went forward every other area just became so overcomplicated and jam packed with everything around it that Mondatat looks better since everything was spread around and you essentially has more freedom to run around without climbing every 2 seconds or having to teleport everywhere
Sea of bygone made me feels like a disney princess lmaoo really enjoyed it with my kaeya swimmin around
The ost on this area is really top tier disney vibes
Im surprised you didnt inclide khavarena since thats also the most beautiful place in sumeru(its blue!) And it has pretty angelic bgm!
i just played an hour of genshin doing quests i didn’t even know existed thanks to ur video i even got 100% exploration on tsurumi island
that's awesome!
The Sumeru Desert is my favorite place, the puzzles in all the temples and pyramids were soooo goood, wish they would put some more difficult puzzles/riddles into Genshin again
There was a NPC in the graveyard in Mondstadt. He was talking about his dead daughter.
I love to revisit areas from time to time! specially watatsumi because I've been a Kokomi main since her release. At that point in the game I was still in Liyue story and hadn't unlocked Inazuma yet, so when I was able to finally visit the island, it felt as if I had come home from a long journey. It a warm feeling I always get when revisiting some of my fav areas. Amazing video btw, I really enjoyed it, nostalgia hit my heart :D!
that's really cute!
There’s a daily quest for the cemetery where you give flowers to a grieving father for his daughters grave.
the desert and the eternal oasis are definitely my favorite experience in genshin. having super long world quest that can occupy you after doing story quests and archon quests is just so soothing
With the summer even story I’m hoping the Durin’s heart actually gets more lore outside of the event.
I absolutely loved Ruu, I always find myself going back to Tsurumi Island to look at the tree. I literally waited for Ruu's theme on the radiant spincrystal to spawn in the teapot shop so it could play in my teapot.
The summer event is a gift because I even got to see callbacks from previous summer events and it's just so refreshing to reopen the Albedo lore case and dive deeper into it.
Remember the reason playing Genshin because of Zelda and still playing it until now because their world building is never miss, just hope the devs revisiting their old maps again just for event or something else i cant even imagine, and simple example like the last music event in inazuma bring back Watatsumi Island to the radar is refreshing enough for me just hope they do more often something like that
Back when that infamous short totk trailer dropped, I thought myself "I'll check out that Genshin game as a little distraction while waiting for totk".
And look at me now, AR 60, a ton of characters, most of the map at 100% and super excited for Natlan.
And Totk rocked too, sadly I'm already done with that game 😅
I can't believe how Genshin is already a thing full of nostalgia. It feels like just yesterday I first downloaded the game, and it kept crashing because of my crappy pc at the time, but I was just so breathtaken by how beautiful the world was because I have never played a game with such amazing graphics and scenery. In the past I was looking for an rpg game that I could really immerse myself in the world and when I found genshin I was like "I found it." Sometimes I wish we could just go back before all these regions came out, and before twitter attacked, when we could just immerse ourselves and enjoy the game for what it was. I love the regions now, but it'll never quite be the same as back then.
Key word.... Dainsleif. He and Enjou could be great catalysts to make these areas more relevant.
Or maybe return the old story driven event more often. And use these areas as the settings.
Enjou will return in Natlan story
Damn. I've never seen someone use roads so much in this game. Most towns and villages i found, i entered from the back of some random house on a cliff top.
The world building of Genshin is just incredible honestly… Not just the various sceneries/environments but NPCs have their own little background that most of the player base don’t pay attention to.. For example, at the cemetery behind the Cathedral, there’s a father who sings to his deceased daughter. These neat details brings more life to Teyvat.
I love the appreciation for the map, exploration is my favorite thing but that also means I complete it super fast. Thanks for this type of content and keep the great vibes!
One of my faves is God of Salt cave - It is so charming and sad at the same time. I go back there quite rarely now tho. And Windrise also with its big tree. My fav from Sumeru is Orachard of Pairidaeza
i love that place too! I go back there to get violetgrass from the walls for my baizhu and qiqi :D
[and cor lapis for chongyun]
i almost included that in this video!
Ah yes, Sal Terrae (and all of Dihua Marsh) is such a beautiful area. Wangshu Inn always gives me such great vibes too!
I still go back to Enkanomiya sometimes. It was my favorite area to explore so far. It hits me every once in a while that I have no reason to return to areas like Enkanomiya, The Chasm, and Dragonspine (except for a couple commisions), and I haven't visited them in ages. It feels so nostalgic seeing the old areas again and hearing the beautiful soundtracks. I've grown and changed as a person since I started genshin. It's an odd, bittersweet feeling remembering how I felt when I first visited certain areas, and the person I was at the time.
I always go back to Mondstadt. It really feels like home.
The aranara quest line is my favorite in the game. Followed by the 2 quests with Jeht.
My gosh I cried so hard at the end of the aranara quest line. I love these little cabbages so much.
Every time I see the cemetery in Mondstadt I remember that one video with Childe saying "This place is quite dead, by which I mean, there's nothing to kill" 😭
I made a second genshin account in 1.6 because I was super bored with my main account. I've just got back to it now and I've been exploring so much around Mondstadt and Liyue that brings back so many memories of my first time seeing everything and it's sooo amazing
9:40 the absolute worst part about trying to get The Catch
also to me, you missed a place in Mondstat. that hidden island off the coast where the game starts. i love it for some reason
My gripe with Genshin is that it has an opportunity to take advantage of creating such a massive world but there's almost nothing in it. There's scenic little spots to discover but there's no interaction with it. There are NPCs and townsfolk but there's fewer than 5 people walking around. Mondstadt's main city had an opportunity with its small cozy alleyways, but then you get to somewhere huge like Fontaine and you expect the hustle and bustle of city life but there's also about 5 uninteractable people walking around. Other open world games have a ton of easter eggs and small discoverables, and some have random NPC mini quests that pop up whenever you approach a certain area, which Genshin 1.0/Mondstadt tried to do but eventually dropped it in Liyue and beyond. Once you 100% an area, they move on to the next. There are a ton of empty fields to do nothing but pass through. Genshin is a vast open but sterile, empty world.
honestly, i always dreaded exploring the desert, but after finally biting the bullet and doing it i've grown to really love it. all of the mechanisms and all of the quests in it were so fun to do, and now i really understand just why people love it. sometimes i wish i could explore it all over again or at least do the quests again for the first time.
You can play the vintage lyre for Arama in the Land of Grounded Dreams. That's one reason to go back there.
I think you're a truly authentic fan: You talk truthfully about your favourite places in a calm, very pleasant voice for my ears 😇 - some of which are also my favs. 🥰 Thx a bunch for letting me walk down memory lane❗ 🙏
there was/is an npc that’s at the back of the cathedral in mondstadt!!!! i think he only shows up at a certain time of day though im not sure when that is. its a father mourning his daughter who passed away. i think he plays a lyre for her? it’s actually really bittersweet
I legit was suprised seeing the sea of bygone eras a few days after it release cause there was just nothing to do. (I did the world quest the day it released) It’s a real shame they made the whole area underwater, it really limited the gameplay. They should have added more pockets of air where they could include more puzzles and enemies. It was such a beautiful area, wasted on a one-day adventure.
Right. The place is very beautiful but there's zero incentive to go back there if you've 100% explored the area.
To watch this brought me really good memories back and kinda made me sad too because we used to, well I used to play Genshin as fun , and now playing Genshin is in my opinion so stressed but because I’m a lazy player and don’t have much time to play and enjoy the game anymore sadly
Because I’m a F2P player and don’t use money ..but still want almost all characters that I don’t have yet , and that are many ..😔