#🎥 ms lear rants

[brynn-lear]

Finally got the time to sit down and finish playing Natlan.

Honestly though? Idk if it's like a hot take, but if I have to rank AQs from most enjoyable to least in my experience:

literally every dainsleif quest I'm so sorry I'm a simp, but Requiem Of The Echoing Depths 🔛🔝

Sumeru 🌱🌱🌱🌱

Natlan 🔥🔥🔥

Liyue (interlude? the one with Osial. Chasm quest on the same rank if that counts) 🐉🌊

Mondstadt

Fontaine

Liyue (part 1) 🪦🐉💰

Inazuma

take this from someone who does not play Genshin regularly because she has grown to mildly "hate" the game. I couldn't stand consuming a constant stream of Genshin media anymore without feeling a bit ill for reasons I don't know myself.

I'm not talking character design and stuff cause that's a whole nother can of worms I can rant an hour about [I'll never quite get over how Natlan gets a damn bike and DJ crap while Fontaine showed none of that tech I'm sorry]—

but I enjoyed Natlan mostly for how it portrays war. I really liked the NPCs, worldbuilding, and their reaction to constrant strifes of war. I just felt way more connected with how the script adds layers on the amount of lives lost, the pressuring death tolls, the conversations the traveler could have about honor and the grief of those left behind— it felt like an actual nation. The AQ shows so much patriotic spirit and I just find that incredibly refreshing 🤷 I didn't spend much time caring for the Playable Characters, I started caring more for the bigger picture with the NPCs. Which is DEFINITELY not what a lot of people play for, hence why this is just my opinion bro lol

I'd probably ruin my current opinions if I decided to remember by twitter password and check other people malding abt this lmao