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6	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Step Into a Vast Magical World of Adventure]][[note]]From left to right: [[LadyOfBlackMagic Lisa]], [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Jean]], [[GuileHero Kaeya]] and [[ArrowsOnFire Amber]]. Not featured: [[TheHero The Traveler]] and [[NonHumanSidekick Paimon]]... and over 82 notable (playable) characters.[[/note]]]]
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8	->''"You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived."''
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12	''Genshin Impact'' (原神, ''Yuánshén'') is a {{fantasy}} Free-to-Play [[WideOpenSandbox open world]] [[ActionRPG action RPG]] developed and published by Creator/{{miHoYo}} for PC, console and mobile. It was released for PC, iOS, Android, and Platform/PlayStation4 on September 28, 2020 and for Platform/PlayStation5 on April 28, 2021 in multiple languages and regions, with a Platform/NintendoSwitch port planned for a later date. The game is available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, and Russian, and it continues the tradition [=miHoYo=] set in ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' of localizing into South East Asian languages: [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} Vietnamese]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} Thai]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} Bahasa Indonesia]]. It also has full English and Korean voiceovers, on top of the usual Chinese and Japanese ones.
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14	The world of Teyvat is that of seven elements, each ruled over by one of the god-like "Archons" collectively known as The Seven. When an ordinary person meets great peril and frustration at the limitations of their mortality, there is a chance the gods grant them their favor in the form of a "Vision": an elemental focus which grants that person the power of magic, and potentially the means to ascend to divinity themselves.
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16	You play as the "Traveler", one of two [[DimensionalTraveler dimension-hopping siblings]] who traveled to Teyvat on a whim, only to find yourselves in the middle of a world-shaking cataclysm. When you tried to leave, an unknown god stripped you of your powers and spirited away your sibling, [[TrappedInAnotherWorld then dumped you back onto Teyvat]]. An unknown number of years later, you awaken from a deep slumber to find a changed world at peace, your sibling nowhere in sight. Now you must travel the length of Teyvat to regain your elemental powers, track down The Seven and discern the identity of the Unknown God, and reunite with your lost family.
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18	Needless to say, it's much more complicated, as the Traveller meets ''many'' interesting people in their journey and comes into conflict with various other factions with far darker secrets that could decides the fate of all of Teyvat...
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20	As an open-world game, the game puts a big emphasis on exploring. You can sprint, swim, climb, and glide virtually anywhere, to wherever you wish. You can play up to 4 characters in a party, with the TagTeam system akin to miHoYo's earlier game, ''Honkai Impact 3rd''. The progression systems follow the traditional RPG methods of leveling up characters, weapons, and equipment (called Artifacts). Each playable character comes with a specific element and a preferred weapon type. With the characters' different elements and abilities, the game expects players to exploit them both in exploration and combat, particularly by switching the party members to take advantage of the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors seven elements]] and their resulting combinations. There is also the [[GachaGames gacha mechanic]] called Wish, from which you can get new and potentially rare weapons and characters by spending a rare currency called either "Acquaint Fate" or "Intertwined Fate" (which can be acquired slowly or bought by Primogems, another rare currency that can be either acquired or bought by real money).
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22	Version 3.3 introduced ''[[VideoGame/GenshinImpactGeniusInvokationTCG Genius Invokation TCG]]'', a virtual Trading Card Game found at the Cat's Tail tavern in Mondstadt that can be played with [=NPCs=] or online with other players.
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24	There is also a supplementary webcomic/manga that serves to give added backstory and side stories to the main game. It is available on [[https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/manga the official website]], on [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/genshin-impact/list?title_no=242646 Webtoon]], and on [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/genshin-impact/volumes Crunchyroll]].
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26	An anime adaptation by Creator/{{Ufotable}} has been announced on the 16th of September 2022.
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28	!!IMPORTANT NOTE:
29	Please refrain from adding leaked content on any and all sub-pages. While it's understandable that a sub-set of the ''Genshin'' community relies on leaks to prepare for upcoming characters and other future content, ''troping'' the leaks themselves is against TV Tropes policy and any entries involving leaks will be removed. For more information, visit the ContentLeak and Administrivia/CreatingAWorkPageForAnUnreleasedWork pages.
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31	!!Step Into the Magical World of This Game's Tropes:
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33	[[index]]
34	* GenshinImpact/TropesAToD
35	* GenshinImpact/TropesEToG
36	* GenshinImpact/TropesHToN
37	* GenshinImpact/TropesOToS
38	* GenshinImpact/TropesTToZ
39	[[/index]]
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42	->''"Tropes"? Ah, those fictional rules used to push the plot forward, yes? They're definitely effective in achieving a distancing effect.''

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