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First of all if you open this thread and your reaction is "Well that's what you get for expecting a good story in a gacha game" or "Genshin Impact? Isn't that the chinese anime BOTW ripoff for pedophiles?", close the thread, go back to your hole and go discuss Berserk or lara croft's ethnicities with your other crab friends. Ok so I played Genshin Impact since 1.0 back in 2020. I love the characters and gameplay, but what made me stay all this years was the worldbuilding. The premise is just so engaging. You are travelling a world of seven nations where each nations have a corresponding element, and each element has a ruling god who corresponds to different ideals, and each nation is based on real world culture. And the main antagonist is a numbered villain group like the Arrancars from Bleach but with Commedia del Arte theme. This is pure unfiltered anime rule of cool. If I want to enjoy more of this worldbuilding, I have to try to delve into the lore. Genshin itself takes heavy inspiration from Gnostic mythology, it is very esoteric and there are a lot of parallels with themes like fake worlds and the like. An interesting thing with Genshin lore is there is heavy restriction of lore dumping in-universe because the world is being constantly monitored by an authoritarian deity, so the way you can pass down the 'truth' about the world without having the heavens smiting you to dust is by disguising the truth as a fictional story. There are hundreds of examples of this, this is also a very good worldbuilding concept. The way Genshin presents its lore to the players, other than directly stating them in quests, is by scattering pieces of texts in various objects in the world. Story books from a bookseller, tombstones, tavern bulletin boards, weapon descriptions, enemy descriptions, item descriptions, etc. Others have stated that this drip-fed practice is similar to Dark Souls or Hollow Knight. This should be fun, right? Well... 1. The number of texts in the game is astronomical. For comparison, and I apologize if I'm wrong, Skyrim has an estimated number of 820 pieces of readable literature, with an estimated total of 316,000 words. How many words does Genshin Impact has? 500.000 words? 1 million? Wrong. Genshin has more than TEN MILLION WORDS. And that was from 2023! I would not complain if all of those words are rich, sublime pieces of lore that satisfies my curiosity. But for every piece of important world quests, there are 10 quests about random city hall clerks trying to navigate the bureaucracy of replacing his printer button (that quest was funny, but still). For every book revealing an important ancient history, there are 20 books about some random kung fu practicing boy. And the way that in-universe historical truths have to be disguised as stories, sometimes the kung fu book actually contains hidden important lore! And we will never know this until five years later. Finding which book or quests are important to the lore is already a chore, and even if we know which quests we want to invest in, there is the second problem: 2. There is too much fluff and filler in the quests itself There is a common criticism among Genshin Impact players that the dialogue in this game is bloated with unnecessary texts. Character overexplains in overly verbose dialogue, Paimon repeats exactly what was already said 2 seconds ago to the players, dialogues can't be skipped when the characters are moving, etc. Some even said that this was done deliberately to maximize time spent in the game. This is tolerable if you're only doing the main questline, but imagine if you have to endure this with ALL quests. And speaking about lore quests: 3. Sometimes the lore doesn't present itself in an interesting manner. I want to tell you about one of my favorite world quests. So there was an island, tucked alone in the ocean far from any land, that is constantly enveloped by thunderclouds and dense fog. According to locals, this island's civilization was wiped out a long time ago, so it was odd that you find a little boy name Ruu there. He talks about completing a certain ritual. You spend some time with him and the other inhabitants of this island. It was only later that you find out the horrifying truth about this island: this island worshipped a powerful thunder bird. The thunder bird doesn't care about being worshipped, but he was fond of this one little boy, Ruu, who played him a song on his flute once. The dumb villagers, hoping to gain favor from the bird, ceremoniously killed Ruu as sacrificial offering. The thunder bird was heartbroken and wiped out the island in a massive thunder storm in a suicidal rage. Not only that, he made the villagers relive their doom over and over again in a thousand year time loop, that's why this island is always enveloped by thunderstorms. Only after we came to this island that this cursed cycle can be stopped. Now does that story sound interesting to you? Because that was not how the story was presented by the game. You first go into this island because you are hired by a novelist who wants to write about a musical instrument that can be found here. And this novelist character just. Won't. Stop. Talking. And we have to go back and forth from the island to the novelist at least three times to progress the quest. And it's not like this character existing is crucial to the lore of the island above, she existed just to give us a reason to go there. Why does this middleman character need to exist is beyond me. 4. The game also lies to you sometimes. A character that made me invested in the game back then was a man called Zhongli. He is a dapper gentleman who is actually the Geo Archon in disguise -- the strongest, oldest, wisest god ruling over fantasy china. He is *very cool*, and I was obsessed with finding every little detail I could find about him. There was a book titled Rex Incognito, which tells the story of the Geo Archon in the old days, disguising himself as a woman to mingle with mortals. Fun, right. You get subtle characterizations from this. Until about two years ago, that is. Where there is an event when we talked to Zhongli about this book and he said "Lmao my child, this was a fun read but this is fiction. I've never turned into a milf." I cannot understate how this is a good worldbuilding detail about how myths and legends can be wrong, but you understand how frustrating it is to experience, right? This was the point I gave up reading in-game books because they lie apparently. I only take notes from direct character quotes, and even then the characters also lies sometimes, but I won't get into that this time. So what is the solution for all of this? One of the reasonable takes I've read is Genshin is a massive live service open world game, players are not expected to consume all of it alone. It is meant to be a community activity. To encourage players to discuss their findings and discuss their theories. So why don't I do it? Well the first reason is because it's more fun if I encounter them on my own. The second reason is 5. Lore enthusiasts are so fucking smug about it. Thank you for reading, don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification bell. submitted by /u/Schizof to r/CharacterRant [link] [comments]

I’m a (fairly) young LP at a small fund and I’m torn between two paths for my next chunk of capital. On one side: a very “traditional” PE-style opportunity with solid historical IRR, but zero real consideration for climate/societal impact beyond basic ESG checkboxes. On the other: a longer-horizon vehicle that backs early-stage, impact-focused companies and real assets (think climate infra, circular economy, etc.). The thesis is that solving big systemic problems at scale will drive outsized financial returns over 10–15 years. I genuinely *want* to believe this, but I’m trying not to drink the Kool‑Aid. For those of you actually allocating to impact / climate / “profit + purpose” strategies: - Have your financial returns matched your more conventional investments? - Any frameworks or metrics you use to separate real impact from greenwashing? - Anything you wish you’d known before committing to this kind of strategy? Would really appreciate brutally honest takes, success/failure stories, books/blogs/pods, or even specific fund structures you think get this balance right. submitted by /u/Aghaiva to r/investing [link] [comments]

Hello all, I have around 9 years of experience in the impact and development sector. I am applying to the MBA programs at LBS and INSEAD, with the ultimate goal of pivoting into impact investing (I am an Indian national). The people I've spoken with have suggested that given my non-finance background, it's best for me to first do a few years in consulting, and then attempt a pivot into impact investing. I'd love your thoughts on LBS vs INSEAD for an international student like me, looking to get into consulting in either the UK or the Middle East, if this is the path I eventually decide to take. Thank you for your time! submitted by /u/LongjumpingPass8554 to r/InternationalMBA [link] [comments]

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