Genshin Impact \u201creview bombed\u201d as Anniversary rewards upset players HoYoverseGenshin Impact players were not impressed as the game\u2019s anniversary passed on September 28, opting to \u201creview bomb\u201d the game on mobile app stores. It comes after plenty of community backlash surrounding miHoYo\u2019s choice of anniversary awards. Genshin Impact\u2019s first anniversary was meant to be a celebration of all things Teyvat. Instead, it has only riled up disgruntled players who were expecting more after an electric first year. miHoYo\u2019s anniversary rewards of 10 rolls and a handful of Mora and experience disappointed players. Some wanted free copies of 4-star or 5-star units, and definitely more rolls than just a single 10-pull. Players were vocal in the lead-up to Anniversary, but as the date came and gone, miHoYo didn\u2019t implement any changes. There wasn\u2019t even a livestream. So, players took to social media and app stores to voice their outrage. Genshin Impact\u2019s rating on the Google Play Store plummeted as players \u201creview bombed\u201d miHoYo\u2019s game. After hovering around the 4.5 star mark since launch, it dropped to below a rating of 2 for the first time on September 28. At the time of writing, Genshin Impact\u2019s rating on the Google Play Store sits at 2.3 out of 5, with over half the game\u2019s 2.4 million reviews at 1-star. Most players\u2019 reviews expressed disappointment at not just the anniversary rewards, but the lackluster release of Kokomi, and the lack of end-game content. It wasn\u2019t just Genshin Impact that took the brunt of the review bombing. miHoYo\u2019s other popular mobile titles, including Honkai Impact 3 and Tears of Themis, were targeted. However, the impact on their overall ratings were minimal. On Twitter, the #genshinanniversary hashtag went viral. Some players pointed out that miHoYo gave out better rewards for signing up to Genshin compared to the anniversary. #genshintwt wanna know something sad? we got more rewards for joining the game than the actual #genshinanniversary pic.twitter.com\/27ujGZ8cYo \u2014 mars (@dilxcus__) September 28, 2021 #GenshinImpact #genshinanniversary Who’s the rip off now? pic.twitter.com\/LaXrvcznE9\u2014 Tanezaki (@Tanezaki1) September 28, 2021 With Genshin Impact patch 2.2 on the horizon, miHoYo might have a chance to redeem themselves with a big drop in the next update. However, it seems fans aren\u2019t holding their breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Genshin Impact \u201creview bombed\u201d as Anniversary rewards upset players HoYoverseGenshin Impact players were not impressed as the game\u2019s anniversary passed on September 28, opting to \u201creview bomb\u201d the game on mobile app stores. It comes after plenty of community backlash surrounding miHoYo\u2019s choice of anniversary awards. Genshin Impact\u2019s first anniversary was meant to be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}