History VideoGame / GenshinImpact

* MagicSkirt: Even when in freefall, skirts and dresses will never rise past a character's waist.

* TrickArrow: Some archers' charged shots can provide various additional special effects apart from the usual imbuing of elements in the arrow, which can range from debuffs to homing in on targets to exploding, to name a few.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In freeroaming, if a fight breaks out between you and the enemies, any [=NPC=]s who happened to be near the battle won't so much as blink or cower at the sight of violence. Obviously not the case for certain [=NPC=]s who are being attacked by enemies as part of a quest's story.

** Noelle, the character granted by the Beginner's wish banner, is a complicated example. Noelle can be made to hit hard, take a hit great and heal all party members, her Elemental Skill cooldown is a lengthy 27 seconds and her Elemental Burst has the highest energy cost level at 80. Combine that with Geo's lack of offensive reactions and she lags behind in crucial damage dealing, shielding, and debuffing that other characters can benefit from.

** Sumeru is an amalgam of India, Persia, Arabia, and Ancient Egypt; Persia would arguably be the best fit for a direct counterpart since historical Persian Empires have controlled over all four of these territories at different points in history. The eastern half of the country is a lush rainforest whose people bear Indian names, and among whose hostile wildlife are tigers, a national symbol of the Indian subcontinent, while the western half is a desert with a prominent serpentine theme (one character in Liyue even mentions "Sumeru snake wine"), with Cyno bearing a jackal hood that resembles the Anubis, Egyptian god of embalmers. The land's Archon Quest name is "Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana", ''purana'' being a Sanskrit word referring to ancient legends and mythology. The Sumeru Akademiya is heavily themed after Iranian Zoroastrianism. The country’s name is derived from Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

** Sumeru is an amalgam of India, Persia, Islamic Golden Age Arabia, and Ancient Egypt; Persia would arguably be the best fit for a direct counterpart since historical Persian Empires have controlled over all four of these territories at different points in history. The eastern half of the country is a lush rainforest whose people bear Indian names, and among whose hostile wildlife are tigers, a national symbol of the Indian subcontinent, while the western half is a desert with a prominent serpentine theme (one character in Liyue even mentions "Sumeru snake wine"), with Cyno bearing a jackal hood that resembles the Anubis, Egyptian god of embalmers. The land's Archon Quest name is "Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana", ''purana'' being a Sanskrit word referring to ancient legends and mythology. The Sumeru Akademiya is heavily themed after Iranian Zoroastrianism. The country’s name is derived from Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

** Sumeru is an amalgam of India, Persia, Arabia, and Egypt; Persia would arguably be the best fit for a direct counterpart since historical Persian Empires have controlled over all four of these territories at different points in history. The eastern half of the country is a lush rainforest whose people bear Indian names, and among whose hostile wildlife are tigers, a national symbol of the Indian subcontinent, while the western half is a desert with a prominent serpentine theme (one character in Liyue even mentions "Sumeru snake wine"), with Cyno bearing a jackal hood that resembles the Anubis, Egyptian god of embalmers. The land's Archon Quest name is "Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana", ''purana'' being a Sanskrit word referring to ancient legends and mythology. The country’s name is derived from Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

** Sumeru is an amalgam of India, the Middle East, and Egypt. The eastern half of the country is a lush rainforest whose people bear Indian names, and among whose hostile wildlife are tigers, a national symbol of the Indian subcontinent, while the western half is a desert with a prominent serpentine theme (one character in Liyue even mentions "Sumeru snake wine"), with Cyno bearing a jackal hood that resembles the Anubis, Egyptian god of embalmers. The land's Archon Quest name is "Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana", ''purana'' being a Sanskrit word referring to ancient legends and mythology. The country’s name is derived from Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

** The Qixing refers to the Big Dipper stars. The titles for each member (Yuheng, Tianquan) refer to the Chinese names of the stars of the Big Dipper. It is even the Chinese name of one of the characters (Beidou).

* RouteBoss: ''Genshin Impact'' has two route-specific bosses named Lupus Boreas and Azhdaha, who are encountered in Razor's Story Quest and the second part of Zhongli's Story Quest respectively. They stand out among the rest of the game's bosses by being tied to optional character quests and are required to fight in said quests in order to unlock them as Weekly Bosses (bosses who can only be fought once per week for Talent ascension materials).

** Rain constantly applies the Wet status effect to everyone, making Cryo and Electro significantly more dangerous--the former will [[HarmlessFreezing freeze]] and the latter will cause additional damage to both the target and surrounding monsters. Pyro, as you'd expect, is somewhat less useful in rain, since Dendro enemies can't be set on fire.

** The "Weinlesefest" is a festival in Mondstadt focused around wine-tasting, effectively making it the setting's equivalent to Oktoberfest.

** In theory, 3-star weapons that are only obtainable in the overworld and not from Wishes or shops (such as the Fillet Blade) can qualify as this, since they are only available in limited quantities from chests, which do not respawn. If you collected and disposed every single possible copy of these particular weapons, they're permanently unobtainable.
*** A specific 3-star weapon, the Dark Iron Sword, is infamous for how it is only obtainable ''once''[[note]]Because of this, the weapon cannot be refined despite having the option to be refined with duplicate weapons[[/note]] via talking to a specific [=NPC=] in Liyue and cannot be found in the overworld or obtained from Wishes. If the weapon is disposed of (ie. via using it to level up other weapons), you have no way of getting the sword ever again.

--->'''Amber:''' No one escapes my sights!
--->'''Beidou:''' Power that ended Haishan!
--->'''Ningguang:''' Your life is mine!
--->'''Tartaglia:''' You can run, but you can't hide!

->'''Paimon:''' The waiter said that no outside ingredients are allowed.\\

** Sumeru is an amalgam of India, the Middle East, and Egypt. The eastern half of the country is a lush rainforest whose people bear Indian names, and among whose hostile wildlife are tigers, a national symbol of the Indian subcontinent, while the western half is a desert with a prominent serpentine theme (one character in Liyue even mentions "Sumeru snake wine"), with Cyno bearing a jackal hood that resembles the Anubis, Egyptian god of embalmers. The land's Archon Quest name is "Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana", ''purana'' being a Sanskrit word referring to ancient legends and mythology.

* GangUpOnTheHuman: In theory, multiple enemy factions populate the overworld, such as the Treasure Hoarders, Fatui, Hilichurls, and the assorted wildlife. In practice, all of them ignore each other and focus solely and relentlessly on ''you'' and will gang up on you if you manage to aggro multiple groups at once. The game tries to avoid this by keeping enemy groups separated, but occasional quests or randomly-generated content can bump into each other, leading to the odd sight of Fatui soldiers walking past the Abyss Order without a care in the world.

* MarathonLevel: The "Aranyaka" World Quest chain, introduced in 3.0. What begins with saving a Forest Watcher from being attacked by fungi quickly turns into an extensive chain of quests rivaling Archon Quests in duration.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In Kokomi's Story Quest, Tenryou Commission (represented by Kujou Sara) and Watatsumi are getting ready for negotiations after the civil war. Kokomi and Traveler discover some of her soldiers are dissatisfied with current state of affairs and are conspiring to start a war anew. This revelation seems like it could bring a serious disadvantage to them during the negotiations. Luckily, later in the middle of the meeting, it turns out that Tenryou Commission's soldiers were collaborating with [[VillainByDefault Fatui]] for the same purpose. Kokomi uses this fact as a leverage in negotiations against Sara, who had no information about her people's meddling beforehand. Watatsumi being guilty of the same thing is kept secret and eventually doesn't cause any problems.

* YouMeanXMas: The "Lantern Rite" festival is an annual celebration event in Liyue that takes place every first full moon of the year, i.e basically Chinese New Year. What Liyueans actually celebrate in Lantern Rite is the passing of old adepti, [[DueToTheDead to pay respects to their deeds for Liyue]]. Just like in the real world, they release sky lanterns with wishes written on them as part of the festival.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: While the majority of the playable roster are female, only four of [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad The Eleven Fatui Harbingers]] are women [[spoiler:(one of which is dead)]]. It's also rare to see any females in other hostile groups (outside the Fatui and Eremites), such as the Treasure Hoarders. The main antagonist in Chapter II is a woman, but she isn't truly evil and [[spoiler:soon becomes an ally to the Traveler]].

** Technologies such as teleport waypoints, Ruin Guards, and Ruin Hunters are remnants of a lost civilization.
** The Scarlet King's desert civilisation was very technologically advanced, with their automatons being distinctly different to that of Ruin machines, and can still be found in the deserts of Sumeru.

* {{Scienceville}}: The nation of Sumeru prides itself with knowledge and research as a valuable resource per the values of their Archon; the God of Wisdom. Nearly every citizen is required by the Akademiya to wear Akasha Terminals which are {{Magitek}} devices that allow people to access info on the fly anytime they need it, essentially being a magic equivalent to the internet, but it comes with the tradeoff of adults being unable to dream in order to rationalize their thoughts. However, there are limits to what the Akasha Terminals can provoide because certain knowledge is strictly controlled by the Akademiya and cannot be accessed by the public, such as information pertaining to their own god; Lesser Lord Kusanali, [[spoiler:which is really because the Akademiya is trying to {{Unperson}} their god for seeing her unfit to succeed the late Greater Lord Rukkhadevata]].

** SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:The Land of Grounded Dreams, deep underneath the remains of Old Vanarana in the Fane of Ashvattha in Sumeru.]] Everything is withered, diseased, and decayed here with ominous purple tendrils of miasma floating through the air and gnarled arches soaring overhead give the impression of {{Mordor}} in the form of a {{Polluted Wasteland}}, as if an {{Unholy Nuke}} had gone off leaving the area [[EvilTaintedThePlace cursed]].

** WhamShot:
The end of Prologue: Act II. After the heroes plot their next course of action, the next scene shows [[spoiler:the Traveler's sibling with some Abyss Order mooks behind them. It's then revealed that the sibling is leading the Order]].

* WhamShot: The end of Prologue: Act II. After the heroes plot their next course of action, the next scene shows [[spoiler:the Traveler's sibling with some Abyss Order mooks behind them. It's then revealed that the sibling is leading the Order]].