Can they put some more effort into seasonal events?

[TheDecay]

Maybe put in a special seasonal event GATE? Or an actual timed competition of finding the mammets?

What is the point of wasting 10 minutes of my time with that quest? The quest wasn't humorous, wasn't dramatic, wasn't interesting, and was so forgettable I already forgot the details after an hour. There's one thing I remember though: credit where it's due, the quest literally felt as boring as writing a high school English class journalist report assignment, so you nailed that part, SE.

(PS: If you haven't done the quest yet, I would highly encourage you to skip the cutscenes. There's no humor, no lore, no drama. Nothing really happened.)

[Shinkuno]

Your mistake was expecting gameplay in the critically acclaimed tv series FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Sir_Tonberry]

Genshin Impact a free to play mobile gatcha game puts out events every 40 days that are fully voiced and an engaging story. FF which is a subscription game with a full price tag does like 5 events a year and still can't put 10% of the effort. Something is wrong.

[DPZ2]

Genshin Impact a free to play mobile gatcha game puts out events every 40 days that are fully voiced and an engaging story. FF which is a subscription game with a full price tag does like 5 events a year and still can't put 10% of the effort. Something is wrong.

Different game, different business model, different set of platforms, different audience, different country of origin, different combat style.

Something isn't "wrong", it's different.

Glad you enjoy playing it. Not particularly happy you chose to compare oranges and bananas.

[MsQi]

gatcha

Maybe you should downplay that.

[Kes13a]

Genshin Impact a free to play mobile gatcha game puts out events every 40 days that are fully voiced and an engaging story. FF which is a subscription game with a full price tag does like 5 events a year and still can't put 10% of the effort. Something is wrong.

well, just to put this out there, Genshin makes Square look like a tiny indie company. with assistance from their gatcha market their income for 2022 was 3.8 billion USD compared to SE's 2.5 billion USD.

did you REALLY want SE to put gatcha into 14 just so you can have more seasonal events to make more money? your 50 cents a day for the subscription doesnt go that far

so I would be careful what you wish for, you may not like the result

[Mimilu]

I'm going to play devil's advocate for both side of the "But Genshin!" argument. o((*^▽^*))o

For the "But Genshin!" argument:
Just because games aren't the same genre or playstyle doesn't mean they can't be inspired or influenced by each other.

Against the "But Genshin!" argument:
Genshin uses their seasonal events for FOMO, having unique stories and dungeons, character moments and interactions, and even lore and background information on the main story that are only available for that year's event. Once that year's event is over, all the things you gone, never to be touched by new players, who now have to worry about missing the next event.
(They also act as interactive advertisement for the characters involved in that year's event, letting you play as that character and giving you character moments with them to get you hooked on the gacha to try and get those characters. Am I salty for not being able to get Kazuha, Mona, or Fischl after playing them and seeing their unique dungeons during the summer event back when I tried Genshin? Maybe. (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و )

[Avoidy]

Genshin Impact a free to play mobile gatcha game puts out events every 40 days that are fully voiced and an engaging story. FF which is a subscription game with a full price tag does like 5 events a year and still can't put 10% of the effort. Something is wrong.

Shhh, don't let them know that literal f2p games do more to keep players engaged during content lulls than a buy to play game that runs on a subscription and also has a cash shop full of items that cost double a monthly sub.

[Lufir]

Genshin Impact a free to play mobile gatcha game puts out events every 40 days that are fully voiced and an engaging story. FF which is a subscription game with a full price tag does like 5 events a year and still can't put 10% of the effort. Something is wrong.

That's all Genshin Impact is: one giant mini game event with no skippable cutscenes or endgame.

[Enkidoh]

And? It's the Make it Rain Campaign, this event has never been anything more than just a way of greatly boosting MGP gained from regular Gold Saucer attractions while the event lasts, it's not a regular seasonal event (lets face it, it's just a form of promotion for the Gold Saucer in-universe by Godbert) Any sidequest connected to it is mere dressing on it.