Both in the macro and at the micro scale, Genshin Impact is about communism. so we all know how in genshin impact there are archons, gods that are appointed by celestia that rule the 7 nations that currently exist, and there are civilizations long gone. So far we have discovered two celestial nails that wiped out the civilization at dragonspine and the other civilization. we know that the nations that were wiped out were advancing far beyond their capabilities, and potentially looked to usurp celestia's throne. so my theory is that they were smitten by celestia (america) because they were communist. also khaenriah is the biggest example of this, but this is obvious, which is why i did not bring it up until half way into my memerant. additionally, as the traveler we are the witness that can record information even as we go through samsara, which is what i would call Marx and Communists et al. as we saw through the lies of the dominant class to attain class consciousness no matter the point in time during our world's cycle. also in the latest archon quest (spoiler alert for masquerade of the guilty AQ) we learn that focalors was cursed by celestia, so she hid herself and used furina to take over her role as an archon, until she sacrificed herself to stand up to celestia. this is reminiscent of how china is playing with the bourgeoissie in their country to pretend they are capatilism. (end spoiler) also also also we know that there were old old civilizations like the seven sovereigns that existed in what was yet to become teyvat when phanes came and killed or subdued them all representing the settler state of america. actually the world of genshin has discrete periods of time that could potentially represent the well known developments of historical materialism if i cared to stretch the truth enough.
I hope this elucidated the world of Genshin Impact and convinced you that it is Marxist. Please repost to /r/Genshin_Lore
edit fuck turns out someone did this already ironically-unironically on the actual sub 💀💀
The game itself is actualy very good. It is basicaly a AAA anime RPG at a consistent 6 week update schedule for years now with no sign of stopping. Always polished, almost no bugs, lots of free PvE content. Its the anime MMORPG without being an MMO thank god. It is not an pure RPG like Persona series, but it also got a lot more to it. The combat system is quite in depth and it is fun when you know all the intricacies.
The problem is monetization it is a gacha game, they earn money from you directly buying currency to roll for the new high limited time characters with a 50/50 chance of getting them. They do give you enough currency to get one such 50/50 roll per patch which is not much.
If you have a tendency to enjoy sudden dopamine bursts then gacha is not for you as you may become addicted and should stay away.
If you are responsible and have enough self control you can spend very little like $5 a month for some extra currency. Most spenders just buy a battlepass for $15 every patch.
The majority of their profits are from whales and that is a the biggest issue, whales are not always wealthy people but also impulse buyers spending above their limit.
So can it be reasonably played like a solo game? Is it just like Poe where mmo is slapped on it needlessly?
I think MMORPG in this case is describing the structure of everything around the gameplay. IE there are daily quests, repeatable things you grind for materials, etc. There are story missions but they're all on rails with no meaningful choice for the player. That said, the only multiplayer is optional 2 player co-op (though IIRC progression was weird and one player didn't get full rewards or something).