So, my issue with gacha games is that they're typically designed to try to get you to spend money, and that has a tendency of ruining a game that I would otherwise enjoy if they're too aggressive with it.
It's not a gacha, but I'm gonna use GTA Online for my example since I used to play that a lot and the type of issue is more or less the same. I spent a lot of time playing GTAO in the past because it was a pretty enjoyable time, but over the years they got more and more aggressive with their monetization of it to the point where you basically had to treat the game as a second job if you wanted to do basically any of the new stuff without having to drop a bunch of money on it.
It's just one of those things where Genshin is a game that you're meant to put a lot of time into it, but the fact that it's a Gacha just makes me want to stick with the long term games I already play and know don't try to nickel and dime me. Asking existing and former players for their opinion on how aggressive the Gacha is doesn't help, because, again, I've seen plenty say you can easily play without spending money, and plenty saying the exact opposite. The only real way for me to find out would be to play it myself, but I'm not really willing to put the time into actually doing that. Not right now at the very least. Maybe someday down the line I'll bite the bullet and give it a try.
Honestly, I don't even mind throwing money at a game like this if I'm having a good time and don't feel like they're trying to force me to give them money to continue enjoying it. I've thrown money at Warframe several times over the years cause I've never actually felt I needed to spend money on the game, but I get massive amounts of enjoyment from it so I'll occasionally buy cosmetics and such to show support.
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