New mic, my voice shouldn't Clip ANYWHERE near as bad as it did before. Sadly this mic does not pick up lows very well so i gotta talk a bit higher than usual

@Saberdud

11 ай бұрын

inb4kektonereactstothisforfreecontent PS. hesmellslikecheeseballs

I’d say Sumeru’s story telling was the turning point. Scaramouche and Nahida’s stories didn’t miss a beat and actually progressed the story considerably unlike the first three regions (the chasm excluded).

@komgoo4974

11 ай бұрын

I’m going to say something BOLDER but the turning I believe is Raiden story act 2.

@Custmzir

11 ай бұрын

​@@komgoo4974that was just very Mid. (My opinion) that quest still did absolutely nothing to acknowledge the war crimes she committed. Sumeru was indeed the turning point.

@komgoo4974

11 ай бұрын

@@Custmzir the quest was not meant to acknowledge her war crimes. It was more of a character study and a redemption arc not a punishment act. Acknowledging her crimes and terrible beginning was supposed to be part of the archon quest or her first story quest which flopped.

@turinggirl6432

11 ай бұрын

Sumeru was the first time I cried in a game. So I think it was the turning point

@luckylazaros9653

11 ай бұрын

​@@turinggirl6432The only time I cried because of a video game was at Red dead redemption 2. Crying because of Jenshit Midpact? Lmao never did and never will.

I haven’t actually enjoyed the Archon Quests like all the way through until Fontaine. Massive improvement from past regions

@sharadavinge7408

11 ай бұрын

it was so damn good i kept wishing they were this good in the past, i actually felt excited playing through the quest

I think what finally pushed the shift in their storytelling is their ability to acknowledge "hey. playable characters exist. people want to pull on playable characters. why don't we make the playable characters the main characters of an archon quest who undergo actual character development" like sure, previous archon quests had playable characters, but they dynamics of change and development within those quests almost never go farther than "playable 1 tells traveller to go to playable 2, playable 2 does stupid dialogue and tells traveller to go to playable 3, etc." In Sumeru's archon quest we actually begin to see characters interacting and bouncing off of each other, enhancing their personalities in the audience's mind. I guarantee you if Cyno and Alhaitham didn't have Candace and Dehya to bounce off of, they would be the most boring generically-hot-brooding anime men in the game. Fontaine has taken the jump and just thrown all of it's characters in. Lyney and Lynette are at the center of their problem. Furina is at the center of her problem. Navia's quest to discover the mystery of her dad's death is at the center of her problem. On the side, Neuvilette's set up as a Hydro Dragon is also a major part of the story's foreshadowing. There isn't a single NPC taking center stage beyond maybe Vacher, and that's only because Vacher is an antagonistic foil to Navia. It's really refreshing to actually see the characters be the main centerpiece of their world.

@clover.8147

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, Inazuma was ALL about a NPC random and stupid like Teppei

@JEvans-wy9ln

10 ай бұрын

​@@clover.8147absolutely hated teppei for how weak his character utilization was.

@rickynguyen5108

10 ай бұрын

​@@clover.8147 Yeah, like we give a rat's ass about a random NPC who we don't give a shit about.

@ortah2616

10 ай бұрын

An NPC taking center stage has never been an issue directly, It's whether that NPC is not sharing the stage and is overshadowing playable characters or is unable to enrich the playable characters that is the issue. Dunyazard was super important for Nahida's growth, Hu Tao's quest was pretty bad as it barely told us anything about her and more about the NPC. Lesser known extra example of an NPC being a good addition was Eula's cousin, Lessig, he helped Eula get character development that only he could give her through his unique perspective... Unfortunately that was in a limited time event rendering it likely uncanonical.

@rickynguyen5108

10 ай бұрын

@@ortah2616 Basically, can the NPCs help expand on the playable characters, and that they don't overshadow them? Inazuma and its NPCs were very terrible with this.

Who knew having actual engagement and mature interesting themes in a story would make it high tier

@Indian_gae_boii

9 ай бұрын

genshin always had mature and dark stories just in their side quests and lore, i mean shirin literally lost her mind because her brother potentially r@ped her and she was forced to give brith to way too many jinn children, destroying her body probably

@boyishdude1234

6 ай бұрын

Fontaine is mid. It has a lot of plot holes and bad worldbuilding. Unless you can show me how and why the Primordial Sea is not internally inconsistent in both functions and locations?

@Indian_gae_boii

6 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234 fonTaine had some of the best world building yet, the side quest and the main quest revealed a lot of lore, also what do you mean by "internally inconsistent"?

@boyishdude1234

6 ай бұрын

@@Indian_gae_boii A story being internally inconsistent means that different pieces of information in the story contradict each other and cannot be reconciled. In essence, it's a logic issue because it means that the internal logic of the story is not consistent, and the internal logic of the story _needs_ to be consistent in order for it to be able to tell its stories effectively. Inazuma's last archon quest is criticized for having plot holes for a reason, because it doesn't make sense how or why a sect of the Sanganomiya Forces would be there to help you fight the Raiden Shogun at Tenshukaku at that moment in the story, or why all of the stolen Visions enshrined in the Statue of the Omnipresent God gave the Traveler the ambitions of their respective wielders to increase their power so they can stand a fighting chance against Ei and shake her will to its core. Those plot details are never explained and it diminishes the quality of the storytelling by making the story hinge on information that by all accounts doesn't make any sense. Just because the side quests and main quests revealed a lot of lore that doesn't mean that the lore was revealed competently. They've basically told us that the Primordial Sea is two very different things (without even explaining what makes the two different from each other because they look completely different but are both the Primordial Sea) and that it exists in three (technically four) different locations around the region, but we're expected to get highly invested in the conflict of the prophecy when the story itself can't decide on where or what the Primordial Sea even is? The conflict just doesn't work fundamentally because there's no logic to it because the writers keep changing the answers to the mysteries.

@Indian_gae_boii

6 ай бұрын

@@boyishdude1234 yeah Inazuma was preety bad, i actually felt sleepy doing the first yoimiya quest because it was just so boring and yeah it's full of plot holes, like how ei wants to be closer to the heavenly principals so she impliments her idea of "eternity" yet she gives up her gnosis and has severed all ties with celestia....it's all preety weird, However to my knowledge there's only one explanation as to what the primordial sea is, it's the orginal waters of teyvat and it's dangerous to fonTainians because fonTainians are transformed oceanids and not real humans, I don't think there's any other explanation to what it actually is but yeah the conflicting locations are a little whack but atleast one of them (the domain entrance to fight the narwhal) is just a cool gimmick, as for the one beneath the tower, well idk man

When I first started the quest I was like: Ok dude, just let's get over with this, i want my wishes... But after Lyney's show and the prophecy it made me feel like: Please don´t finish. Hoyoverse finally has the balls to do a good story. (Also, the english VA's made such a great job)

What I liked about Fontaine story: - Deaths are necessary since it's a detective story (for SF/fantasy in general, war or disaster stories tend to have leeways for plot armors and cheap unexpected deathes) - No story bloat (imagine a dragged out running around and taking to NPCs quest for preparing for the magic show Hoyoverse 1 or 2 years ago would do), and dialogue bloat is reducing over time since Sumeru - Details matter from the thief in the beginning to the pattern of raining Also, consider un-quitting Star Rail after at least 6 months?

@Remls

11 ай бұрын

I was so mad they had us do random chores with Lyney in the port city. I was so glad when I found out they were integral to the plot.

@unexpectednoone534

11 ай бұрын

​@@Remlstbh it's not worth to comeback on star rail yet since hsr current story is bad as Inazuma archon quest and there's not much content

@silverhawkscape2677

8 ай бұрын

​@@unexpectednoone534No its not bad. Its leagues better than the Inazuma Quest.

honestly everything so far in fontaine has been a step up from other regions in some way or another. color me surprised but from the archon quest to the exploration, its giving me that fresh feeling i had when i first started the game 3 years ago. i dont know if its recency bias or not, but i already have more exploration in a single area in fontaine than the entirety of the sumerian desert combined. this is all subject to change in the future maybe of course, but im thoroughly am enjoying this region so far

@Aeternum_Zephyria

11 ай бұрын

I think they wanna make sure you don't get overwhelmed like what happened in sumeru-

@mIroscorn

11 ай бұрын

@@Aeternum_Zephyria I sure hope so, I am tired of seeing sand tbh

@Aeternum_Zephyria

11 ай бұрын

it's not even the desert area, remember when the rainforest on 3.0 has so many nook and crannies it felt like it'll take two whole patches just to clear it all? compare that to fontaine only having 3 areas on 4.0.

@Remls

11 ай бұрын

​@@Aeternum_ZephyriaNot to mention that half of it was locked behind a 50-hour gnome-people quest

@Aeternum_Zephyria

11 ай бұрын

ah yes, still wonder how the fek that one NPC got a vision, ALL SHE DID WAS SLEEP THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH

The way they build up The Knave is good, i wouldn't be surprised if she straight up kills somebody on screen

This was the first archon quest since Mondstadt that I've had EN voices on and man I felt it really improved my experience of the story far better had I had CN or JP on instead. Furina and Navia's va really did great on making me love their characters more than I expected

@godtierbp1928

10 ай бұрын

Yea as someone who's been flipping between EN and JP since the beginning to get a feel for the English cast in each reason it's for sure gotten noticeably better. Though to be fair I'd say this started at Sumeru (excluding Wanderer since I'm not a fan of his EN voice) since the va work for even npcs like Dunyarzad was done very well and of course characters like Candace,Dehya,Cyno and AL Haitham were all impressive at times as well.

8:00 I LOVED THIS MOMENT. It reminded me of the witcher quest when you accidentally free a spirit by bringing her lover (she pretends to be his dead girlfriend) and the spirit kills him

I agree this region and characters are so well written, went from not caring about Lyney to him being one of my favorite characters in the game and the archon actually has personality which is crazy

I felt that the archon quest was really good too. Also I’m glad hoyoverse has started stepping up when it comes to character story quests. We actually learn backstory elements on peoples character, and it’s not locked in behind lore. I hope Genshin Impact continues this. Because now I actually have a reason to want to do storyquests

I love the blue tsundere lady (The one with the nice thighs)

@BuiltSimilarG

11 ай бұрын

We’ve learned a bit about you today, hmm

Very understandable. I have Multiple friends who just don’t want to listen to the story in game unlike me. It’s frustrating to see them skip the story, but we gotta understand that people have different tastes and some like games heavy in story and cutscenes like say Death Stranding and some like games with just, full on gameplay with minimal story, like Doom Eternal. But you know what’s un-fkin-forgivable? Playing on GODDAMN 500% saturation!

fontaine story was the only i didnt feel like skipping the dialogue since when dottore showed up in sumeru

Man Sumeru's archon quest was dope too. Fontaines did start with a BANGER though

Furina: Fishcl lvl 100

@Aeternum_Zephyria

11 ай бұрын

Furina: Fischl's celebrity cousin

The only thing I was confused about is why Childe was arrested. But aside from that I loved everything in the story. I didn't even realize it was long?? Like I was just so into it.

@Marika_ER

11 ай бұрын

I guess someone accused a fatui just because

@equinoxflowersofcenturysen5881

11 ай бұрын

@@Marika_ER Yeah that's what I'ma assume till the rest of the story comes out. I hope they explain it later

@ZetaMoolah

11 ай бұрын

My guess is that “thing” inside Childe was recognized by the Oratrice, that thing may be responsible for Fontaine’s issues. So Childe is not exactly guilty himself, but that power inside him is- the remnant of “the whale.”

@audas1536

10 ай бұрын

Theory: Remember when Childe beat a group of people who hounds Estelle for not paying their debts and those people also didn't pay debts in the northland bank? Those group of people came from the Confrerie of Cabriere where Vacher is, so my geuss is that they accused Childe in being the suspect with some resources from Vacher's like lyney. Of course they want to fall the serial case to the fatui.

I agree it's the first story where I actually never skipped dialogue. Paimon is still not that, that's kinda unfortunate, but I think her voice has become less annoying. I wished that we could see a compleat fight between child and all the guards (I love child) and it sucks that Neuvilette silenced him before he could even go in his full legacy mode (that's just kinda respectless) but it was a very cool story and I know that they wana hipe Neuvillette up cuz he's a 4.1 character.

I agree, I thought I could finally at least show the story to one of my friends who doesn't play genshin without turning him off with the slow dialogue. At least this got the murder mystery that caught his interest.

Its didn't fix anything, it's just another story quest. Individually it's interesting. But it's just 1, incomplete part

Fontaine's story is probably gonna be the best in the game but Sumeru also had great story. And also if you went through the hours playing the Jeht world quest until the end you would know that it is also VERY dark. (I was actually quite disturbed)

@Remls

11 ай бұрын

Jeht story should've gotten the archon quest treatment, with voice acting and animated cutscenes.

@Ronttt

11 ай бұрын

SPOILER DUDE, we killed her ENTIRE clan (or tribe? I don't remember the name but it was WILD, and everything Jeth had done for that awful woman... I hope we can see ger again! I mean Jeth ofc)

The chief justice He's definitely a dragon and I don't think he consider himself a human because he's learning what is justice and human emotion are, I think he's a young dragon. Venti,Zhongli and Nahida has a dragon, Ei had a fox and furina definitely had a dragon.

The trials and investigations are so much fun! I hope there will be events after Fontaine ends that still use detective stories/trials. I just hope they come up with a fun mechanic for natlan because it might be difficult to follow up.

Fully agreed, I would like to add something I was surprised at was that the dialogue was cut back. In sumeru, it felt like I had to skip a lot of parts, and sentences could of been shorter or not included, paragraph among paragraph etc. Felt like the way they conveyed info was better, not perfect but better.

I already loved Lyney, already wanted to pull him. I pulled him, and then I played the archon quest. I loved him even more afterwards, and now I must have to protect him at all costs. The characters feel so much better, more complex, and the plotline feels so much better. The fact that murder straight up happens and they possibly hint to human trafficking in Lynettes backstory. Overall, I feel like Fontaine was a lot more of a mature region, and there's still so much going onwards. I'm looking foward to seeing more about the heart of the hearth in particular. ( also how could you say that Lyney gameplay is so nice 😭

If even Soul is saying this quest is good then you know it's going to the best story quest in Genshin's history.

@MrMeisterRoxas

7 ай бұрын

and then it wasn't. 😂

I've always enjoyed the lore of genshin but I can't deny I've sometimes felt extremely bored throughout the story. Fontaine was for once different though, I haven't felt bored ONCE during both act 1 and 2. Now I just hope they will keep it up for the rest of the acts. Btw, the voice actors were amazing. I loved all of the voice actors' preformances. I've always thought the ENG voice actors were superior to the other langages, which usually isn't the case in anime related things so that is amazing. Props to them!

I so agree with you! I loved the dark aspects of the new archon quest and I hope to see more because it honestly adds more to the story

another piece of hint was when we met lynette outside of the opera house, what she told us about the hydro element builds upon both the hydro dragon thing and the oceanid spirit

There is a lot of things with the cases that are do dumb it makes ace attorney court look like it has a good and realistic jurisdiction system in comparison

I could watch the Fontaine quest over and over again, it’s so so GOOD. Like, I was invested once we entered the opera house. The first act was fine, but the second act really did for me, loved it… ESPECIALLY the vacher scene. I loved the direction they took, they could’ve redeemed him but nope. I agree with pretty much everything you said. I think the sumeru quest could’ve been perfect if the first half was sped up a bit, like i was so bored being stuck in the samsara… but if it was hoyoverse’s intention to make the player frustrated while in the samsara, reflecting the traveller’s frustration too- well they did a pretty good job at it haha.

@DaveCalungsod

11 ай бұрын

Hoyo troll

@cara.bella15

11 ай бұрын

@@DaveCalungsod what do you mean

@DaveCalungsod

11 ай бұрын

@cara.bella15 well I thought hoyoverse was trolling with us when they made that samsara archon quest to make us frustrated too

I could listen to your voice all day lol

@Soul_of_the_Og

11 ай бұрын

you didn't say no homo

I love how the archon quest covers the whole Navia lore, better than most character story quests

The story of Genshin really become good on Sumeru and I think they will improve the story telling as we go on As someone who like lore I agree with you that all the dark themes are all hidden in books and artifact like the horrible things people does to Ruu and the sunchildren in Enka and more I can't count but it's all hidden in books and we can't see it in action which is sad I'm glad that the story shows us dark themes it's fun and engaging to experience it.

Navia Best girl .I like the horror theme in the archon quest. I want more! Hope they keep it up.

The first time I search "Vacher" after just seeing that scene during real night time in my timezone is one of the best jumpscare experiences I had, seeing the description of the historical figure being of serial killer and necrophiliac in the first page result of the wikipedia, it was a silly experience for me

Do u have the link to the puni puni server new to it and would like some help with it

Just finish act 1 and currently being an errand boi, running all over Fontaine for quest, chest, etc.... will do act 2 after everything is done. As new player, I experience Sumeru first Act pretty recently, and I really love the "solving mystery" aspect they added, but in Fontaine, oh boi, I love Ace Attorney series, and when they put me into investigate and a trial, its like I'm re-live my experience to play AA again (even though Paimon is the one that do the talking) . I really really love what are they doing with Fontaine, but I can't expect this aspect from other nation like Natlan and Schenaya, I expect they will put us in a scenario like Sumeru, because I imagine Court and Trial are Fontaine exclusive, at least we are just in the few first act of this Nation, I wish this "investigate" and "trial" aspect will appear through out every single act.

although i wont watch this video currently since im not there yet in the story, i love the ykw music! i shall put this in my watch later. im in sumeru story currently

I've skipped many videos.. do I really have to catch up?😢 I'm still on liyue chapter 4, the one before sumeru

i just want a skip button for non voice acted quests please i pay full attention to the archon and main story quests that are fully voice acted, but my attention span during non voice acted quests has me spamming the spacebar even though it does nothing to make it go faster , i typically later watch lore videos by ashikai and others to learn the lore of the game because I DO love the lore and story, its just i cannot handle reading quest text >.

@mikyeediaz120

11 ай бұрын

I wish there were some side quests that had full voice acting because I'll be honest, some are quite interesting. Yes, I feel the whole tired reading long text...

@jessicabowman7169

11 ай бұрын

@@mikyeediaz120 yes i agree, id love if the major world building " side quests " actually had voice acting to hold my attention, instead of getting thru most of the quest not paying attention, then noticing an interesting looking cutscene and wishing i had audio to go with the beautiful visuals, but by then i hadnt payed attention to most of the quest dialog :/

@mikyeediaz120

11 ай бұрын

@@jessicabowman7169 I feel like the Aranara quest could have voice acting. I enjoy it but sadly... Nope, no voices. So I just imagine their voices in my head lol

@Remls

11 ай бұрын

​@@mikyeediaz120Jeht deserved a voice actor

@mikyeediaz120

11 ай бұрын

@@Remls I'm sure everyone would cry afterwards if they give voice acting for that quest :')

I agree Fontaine's story was great, the indications of Nuevillete being the hydro dragon were great, the characters like Navia, Furina, lynny feels like they are doing something as well. Npcs like the two guards of navia, vacher are great, though vacher's context was very little but enough give the links needed. Overall 7.5/10 story.

What did you think of the 4.1 quests??

Ohhh! Not gonna watch yet cause of spoilers, taking my Fontaine slow XD but this seems like high praise so I am even more excited XD

@kaiser-frunn2880

11 ай бұрын

Finally did my archon Quest and man it Really is wonderful such a step up and so engrossing XD I even went and did one of the golden slumber like super quests and WOOO! That was amazing, so dark, so many questions! Such true human feeling characters~ Safe to say Fontaine’s Story Writers are great and i hope they continue writing for a long time ^-^

“Fq the transition” -Soul

Not gonna lie, I have noticed story improving during Sumeru archon quest (loved the Haruhi Suzumiya bit a lot), but story got ruined for me because of npcs being locked in other quests. But Fontaine is a league above it. I 100% agree with your takes, darker themes, less Paimon bs and worthless banter. I did not feel bored for a second. Ace Attorney bits added a lot of fun factor as well since I love the series. 10/10 so far, hope it continues like that in future regions.

new update no skip button :(

Hi, saving this to watch later until someone replies if this video does not have major spoilers!! I just started the Aranara quest halp. I keep falling asleep!!

@kcplacia

11 ай бұрын

@@garbanzolover4604 TYSM

@Soul_of_the_Og

11 ай бұрын

@@kcplacia this guy got to me before you, You only need to do the Sumeru Main Quests and some of the character quests to acess Fontaine

I was very reluctant about doing the archon quest of Fontaine, because I was mentally drained from Sumeru's. Don't get me wrong, I really love the story and everything, but it was so much repeating a day over and over again, I know that was the point of the quest but it was awful how hoyoverse tried to do it and it left a sour taste in my mouth. I do my best to pay attention to the story because I love this game but man, that time it almost killed my interest. But with Fontaine, I was on the edge of my seat everytime lol even the characters are very interesting and liked them so much. I hope hoyoverse keeps this up 👌

When does the traveller acknowledge that neuvellite is the hydro dragon?

But we need skip button for quest too. And imagine have multiple accounts in genshin and doing un skip able quest.

To tell u the truth I thought there was something up with him because he keeps saying humans as if he is not one but I did not expect the hydro dragon I thought we would meet the hydro dragon in a later quest It fully didn't cross my mind I thought he was something like yaimico like a spirit animal in humans form

Fontaine has the best story and best written characters so far. Ex. Neuvillette I saw him in the trailer and i don't care about him at all but when i play the Archon Quest. I ended up thinking about him all the time.

My AQ rating per nation: Mondstadt - ⭐️⭐️ Liyue - ⭐️⭐️ Inazuma - ⭐️ Sumeru - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fontaine - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (so far)

Correction 10:47: It's pronounced "Foeschalor" in french acronym for Focalor. Not Fokalor.

Fontaine people dissolve into water when touch or interact with Primordial Water is reference to Evangelion Third Impact event. Mihoyo CEO is biggest fans of Evagelion.

I like the refutation in the trials because it's actually gameplay, I hate when you get an hour of constant dialogue and only 5 minutes of gameplay.

The achon story quest literally shook me, especially the twin's story and the disappearances

10:14 ayo mate why am I getting bloodborne vibes from this...

Just finished it, alr ill admit act 1 and 2 were good and mostly kept my attention even with some dialougue still being unneeded or drawn out. Navia and Neuvette whatever the judge is called were the 2 characters i actually cared for and i liked their conflict about the past. Rly the most down to earth characters out of everyone i felt. Ok problems i had: -I felt that the traveler defending lyney was stupid and a reach to make a conflict out of anything. Like we just met u, and im not a lawyer for fucks sake, but hey i guess thats every region conflict. -I felt that the evidence minigame was lazy and gave u the illusion of gameplay. I didnt even listen a lot during the investigation and was just able to look at the descriptions and choose with error not being punished. Like bruh idk why they cant just nearly copy ace attorney, with fucking up actually mattering and can send u back to the beginning of the trial if u screw up a lot. ( If a baby game like splatoon 3 can show me the consequences of fucking up with the whole world's ppl being irreversbly turned for the worse, i think this game can too 😭 ). At least ace attorney followed the generic court conflic stories but innovated and stood out on its own with unique gameplay and mostly unique characters. - ok this topic has been discussed a lot but hear me out. I wish this game actually created endgame hard repeatable content so that the devs and storymakers could have more time to make a region conflict,,, not forced/ seem lazy in its overall design. All me problems i know couldve been fixed if they did take time but hey yall and the company are used to mid shit so. But Honestly overall rly good improvement ( from dogshit) 👍 hopefully they can keep this up- - annnd im more than halfway through act 3 and im struggling to stay awake 😭 Also if u want a game like persona 4, But with the story being mature and rly wonderful for 40-30% of game time and dialouge choices rly mattering, play SMT 4 haur haur haur i love this game, the characters, settings, and the MUSIC oh my gahd every human being should experience this game in their lifetime. Emulation exists and websites exist play it peak goat raw fire alright ill shut up.

Make video on aniversary rewards😂

@thewanderingartists

10 ай бұрын

How generous of them

Venti : I act like I'm dumb Zhongli : I need to test these dumbasses Raiden : I do dumb stuff Nahida : my people did some dumb stuff Focalor : I AM dumb

@StayVCA98

11 ай бұрын

I'm seeing this quite a lot but honestly I think Raiden's and Furina's should be switched, that "Thunder" dunderhead b00ba sword is the dumb one, while Furina is only "acting" like one...

@maxcy2890

11 ай бұрын

Venti: needs us to help him solve his problem Zhongli: we get caught up in his problem Raiden: Is the problem Nahida: Her people are the problem Furina (so far): Cant solve her problem

@kevinclement1533

10 ай бұрын

​@@VoxVictusI think it's too early to judge Furina that way. Even Neuvilette mentioned that she is actively trying to find a way to save Fontaine from the prophecy. She probaly just needs to be steered into the right direction, just like Ei.

@kevinclement1533

10 ай бұрын

Funny how Soul loves Furina and hates Ei, even though both of them are problematic archons that need to be steered into the right direction.

@kevinclement1533

10 ай бұрын

​@@StayVCA98We don't know that yet, but I do find that theory interesting. I do agree though that Ei's sakoku decree and vision hunt decree are dumb mistakes, she isn't inherently evil like what Soul ranted in her videos about her.

I wish genshin actually used the dark stories they have, or showed it on screen 2:35

I made a reddit post saying exactly what you said in the intro and I got violated with downvotes and "um akshuallys" 🤓☝️

Small point: Vacher was convicted, not acquitted.

Felt way more like the Star Rail story lines, that are far more dark and mature, and full of Disco Elysium vibes.

@BuiltSimilarG

11 ай бұрын

Star rail ain’t even that dark

@bisayafascist5725

11 ай бұрын

​@@BuiltSimilarGit's probably playable character death=dark

@bisayafascist5725

11 ай бұрын

​@@BuiltSimilarGit's probably playable character death=dark.

@alexismelon

11 ай бұрын

@@BuiltSimilarG did you even played it yet?

@BuiltSimilarG

11 ай бұрын

@@alexismelon I played the first minute it dropped, super hyped for it but decided to quit since last week lol.

Yup, fully agree that Fontaine’s story has been great and a massive improvement from the other regions. Only downside for me is not even story related, but its instead about the gameplay and the whole light / dark mechanics (forgot the names) introduced and how those are also tied to combat and exploration. I can tolerate the exploration bit, but what really is gonna annoy me is when Hoyo brings those mechanics into the abyss. Anyways, great video as always Soul, keep up the great work!

Every new region story feels like completely diff team is making them each time

@mikyeediaz120

11 ай бұрын

I know one game (not this game) where each chapter or region is handled by different people. So it could be applied to Genshin as well? Considering everyone feels differently towards each region's story.

Sumeru was good (Nahida technically carrying) but The amount of Potential wasted on Inazuma and Sumeru are insane

inazuma and liyue feels so boring comparing to fontaine holy

Hmm interesting. I disagree with it being the best but I can't really pinpoint why. I still think it was good, don't get me wrong, but I still found Sumeru's act 1 and 2 more enjoyable. My guess for me feeling this way may simply be that this genre, detective/courtroom mystery and drama, isn't my cup of tea. The lack of focus on adventure or combat is something that I didn't like, but Sumeru's was like that too, yet I still loved it.

Ngl, Raiden's shitty writing (and Inazuma's storyline in general) gave me ptsd. Even during Sumeru, I was sort of wary of Nahida bc I hate loli characters (I ended up appreciating her story) When I saw Furina's appearances, I thought it was going to be another situation where she does nefarious shit and the audience is supposed to be okay with it and forgive her. Luckily, at least for now, my suspicions were wrong. I really like where her character is going and I can't wait to see how the story in Fontaine unfolds because it's very promising, definitely my favorite nation so far. I'm not about to defend Furina's character with my life tho. Some people find her annoying and I can totally understand why, she's not for everyone. Not everyone is into brat characters lol

Sumeru fixed the story, not Fontaine. Fontaine simply built off of that to reach even greater heights

Since Sumeru, the Archon Quests the waiting has grown even the Cariber one was good

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I haven't finished the Fontaine archon quests so far yet (still just started act 2) but i must say, focalors has very quickly become my favorite archon and also i feel the same quality that sumeru's archon quests had which i am very happy about update: finally finished act 2 and holy shit this is way better than most of the story so far bruh

still sounds mid to me

@portisheadenjoyer

9 ай бұрын

right?? the lore in thios game is so overrated and for what?? a bloated storyline and recycled backstory female characters???

I completely agree with this video. For me personally, I was already invested in Genshin's story but it was only until Sumeru that it really picked up for me. Mondstadt's story was good in my opinion since it worked as an introduction to Genshin and a neat conclusion for Mondstadt's story and its important characters (i.e. Venti) as a whole. Liyue's story made me want more. Felt like there wasn't enough but still pretty solid. Inazuma hooked me due to it's premise. An Archon being our enemy sounded AWESOME, so naturally I was invested. While the 1st 2 acts were pretty good the last act kinda went WAY too fast with a lot of story beats and characters not being explored nearly enough, and the ending didn't wrap up as neatly as I thought despite me being hyped at the climax of the action. I feel like they fumbled there, but I still liked it anyway. Then Sumeru came along and oh boy was I excited! The Samsara arc actually had me at the edge of my seat as the Traveler slowly figured out what was going on and Nahida giving us little hints. But it was Scara's arc that really got me hype. The fact the multiple characters that we actually care about got involved for an extended period of time (for most of Sumeru's story), was a breath of fresh air and really brought the story to life. Not to mention Dottore! Overall the best experience at the time. And now we have Fontaine! I didn't know what I was expecting but at this point in time, the Archon quests for Fontaine are probably the best they've ever been. I was hooked the entire way through and Soul pretty much hit all the reasons why I liked it so much. I didn't think I'd end up like Navia, Lyney and Lynette as much as I did. Furina is easily the most entertaining Archon to watch and I can't wait to see what they do with her. Neuvilette is also very interesting and I really want to see his secret be revealed. This comment is already too long so I'll stop there. Overall, I'm very impressed with the improvement that Hoyoverse has made for both the Archon quests and Story Quest and I only hope it gets better from here!

Play Jeht side quest if you want to see a really dark story

Guess I'm in the minority. Up until the last part, I was just bored as hell and finaly just muted the game and tuned out and even that is only like a 6 to barely a 7. The prison was also goddamn insufferable.

I don't have complains about fontaine archon quest YET because it's going to be end in 4.2 But the archon quest II is kinda weird except furina it was focused on navia and it's felt like character story quest then archon quest well i don't mind i enjoyed the quest but i hope they focus on furina more because the archon quest going to be have atleast 6-7 parts until 4.2

Totally enticed to play the story now

Deserved praise for this story. I fkn LOVED it. It was so good. The pacing of it too. Very much a breath of fresh air. And yes, 100% Neuvillette is the hydro dragon. If not, I will be disappointed. They basically confirmed it to us with the rain. Heck, I even took screenshots of the dialogue just to proof it to those who paid less attention. Collecting evidence xD I hope the game continues with the good writing. It adds so much quality to it.

I guess I’m really had at distinguishing the quality of writing in story, Fontaine didn’t strike me as any different besides just being darker because people out here getting murdered and the knave murdered a rich man and took in the orphan girls in his basement, I didn’t notice the rain thing, but I did know that nuevilete was t human because of his line about understanding human emotion better. Hopefully the story stays on this track

There’s also the thing about Tartaglia, he may be passively involved with what’s gonna unfold in fontaine

Furina kit is out , make a video on her.

The story is fun, the way it's told isn't. I fell asleep today playing genshin during a dialogue dump. When I woke up 20 minutes or so later, it was still going.

"Fixed" more like maked Inazuma not the worst story chapter. Outside Act 1 and Act 2.

Omg thank you i try explaining this to my sister, yes we know genshin is dark but the only time you can get dark lore is by books and reading, sometimes side quest, but we want to see that in main quest to, and also i like how Aether is having opinion, he not easy forgive ppl just because they apologized, Aether started to express his feeling more in that character development.

@destinylolo6198

11 ай бұрын

And also I still think sumeru and fountain to me is the best quest.

I got a few new points from this video, but overall I'm not impressed. The trial minigame is a convoluted mess that takes insignificant things and turns them self evident and other important things that are glossed over. It's annoying how Furina is so present compared to all other archons, but impossible to have an actual conversation with her, even with her acknowledgement of you. On another note. 9:08 She brings some arbitrary law, that has some historical or religious meaning (can't find other explanation), that you can't release flying OBJECTS, on the first 3 days of the month, on someone that barely set foot in Fontaine. Leaving everything else aside, this is an old question of why everyone notices Paimon but can't seem to acknowledge her. Like they are colorblind? Not only that, but traveler, who is immune to Teyvat's rules and power of altering the mind, never defended Paimon as being a PERSON and overall doesn't question either why no one is surprised by her. Is there something I miss?

Feels like everyone is so goated in the fontaine archon quest and there's no useless and shit characters. There's actual consequences behind everything that is happening like the prophecy being real based on the furina fountain voiceline, primordial sea water dissolving the people of fontaine, npcs getting killed on-screen, lyney and lynette being fatui as the orphans of house of the hearth and their sad but effective backstory, the oratrice being unreliable, the oceanid with all the girl victims souls drown vacher, childe losing control of his vision and getting destroyed by neuvillette in the middle of his foul legacy while childe scratches him etc. Like they even brought back childe not out of pure fanservice, but because he still has interesting stories to tell like his experience with the abyss, master skirk, how foul legacy affected the hydro dragon even though childe is just a mortal human etc. They definitely didn't hold back with the archon quest

Yet, it fixed nothing else. There is still no endgame content, no QoL... and the story is still pretty bad, with no skip button.

@user-og9nl5mt1b

10 ай бұрын

I agree man , no resin update , no update to condense, no update to paimon shop , no new weapons in standard banner . Like it's pathetic at this point

If your only complaint about the main stories prior to Fontaine is that they didn't have dark stories and themes (that's just not true. What about The Chasm as well as The Morn a Thousand Roses Bring and Caribert in Sumeru?), you're just projecting your lack of maturity onto the game. I've very rarely ever felt like Genshin Impact, even in its early story content, was treating me like a child who "can't handle darker stories and themes". I think it does an overall perfectly fine job respecting my intelligence as an adult for a game that is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. just because a story is dark, that doesn't necessarily make it more mature. Just look at Shadow the Hedgehog; that game is indeed very edgy, but it isn't very mature in many cases. Also... Fontaine has bad storytelling. Sure, it has darker story beats and themes and a more complex story with more character development and the most fleshed out main cast so far, but It also has the most plot holes and most poorly thought out worldbuilding of every region in the game, including Inazuma. Inazuma's archon quest _did_ have some plot holes and parts that needed to be fleshed out more, but only during the last part of the final chapter, which we know was rushed, likely due to lockdowns. Everything prior to that in Inazuma was internally consistent, it just suffered from some pacing problems more than anything. Fontaine boasts the accolade of being the only region in the game with a plot element that is foundational to the entire region's storytelling, including its world quests, that the writers can't decide on a definition for (The Primordial Sea). None of the other regions have this issue because they define their foundational plot elements properly and stay consistent with what they defined.

Ace attorney vibes 💯

Hmmm prolly one of the few that will say that Genshin's story as a whole so far is definitely NOT mid at all, though will admit that the first two is ok, and we don't want to talk abt that TERRIBLE 3rd one, but Sumeru was definitely the turning point, Fontaine just made it seem feel much better because it was included along side with its amazing game updates with the swimming and new character animations etc!!

@maxcy2890

11 ай бұрын

inazuma needed more time in the oven.

@rickynguyen5108

10 ай бұрын

​@@maxcy2890 It's still shitty as fuck, and Mihoyo aren't going to bother fixing their dumbass mistakes.

@Hymn_

7 ай бұрын

i agree. other than inazuma i don't think it's mid (haven't do enkanomiya yet and i personally count it as its own thing just like chasm). liyue's archon quest could've been more interesting (outside of the important lore drops), mondstadt is a great introduction to the story but still not completed yet (the port, god of time, etc), chasm is good but could've been presented in a more interesting way, sumeru is great although it's killing my brain due to the time loop, fontaine further raised the height of the writing.

sumeru was when the writing became a lot better, but fontaine definitely rose the level... excited to see how the other regions writing will be

I think the best part about this region is that the people of Fontaine have a collective view on the idea of judgement. The main characters start to oppose it, and it kind of forces you to think about it and make you question morals in a broad sense. This way you can start to understand the separate main characters, their viewpoints, and their entire culture. (further spoilers) Acts 3 and 4 have been a letdown in my eyes. There's so much buildup and tension with the Fortress. You see certain people who are in cahoots with Wriothesley, and his subtle and ominous presence is actually a threat to you and Lyney's group. All for it to be flushed down the drain with "yeah the primordial sea is right here". I get it would be awkward to have the fortress be something other than a plug stopping a further looming threat of the primordial sea and the prophecy. The acts would build cohesively on top of each other to make a more complete storyline, but I can't help but feel like there could have been a stronger delivery.

Inazuma story is just bad writing.

@champagnegascogne9755

11 ай бұрын

A story so bad it either needs a complete reboot or be completely forgotten through the Irminsul

@rickynguyen5108

10 ай бұрын

Terrible and poor character and story writing. The only way to fix it is to give it a complete reboot from scratch, but Mihoyo aren't going to bother to fix their dumbass mistakes.