Look someone has to say it but a lot of the hate genshin impact is getting is straight up internalized sinophobia. complaining about similar animations, art styles... have you taken a single look at ANY popular AAA game recently? Why don't you have similar standards of criticism?

Genshin is shitty for a million other reasons (gacha!!! Hello!!!), but being an open world cel shaded game with a fucking pause menu theme that has arpeggiated harps doesn't make it a zelda or final fantasy rip off. Get real

And before someone links the video where 2B and genshin chara have similar animations, okay great please tell me that that's never happened with ANY other kind of animation before. Why do people care now when china makes a game people like?

Genshin impact is a piece of shit but for the love of god can we not just replicate 60 years of anti china propaganda in our take on shitty fucking crap anime gachagames

And if you want to know why people disproportionately criticize china its because japanese and usa people are scared of losing cultural dominance. There i said it. Why even establish national boundaries in your mind???