Genshin Impact has been review bombed and its official Douyin (TikTok) account has lost nearly 1m followers after the recent version 4.4 livestream announced that three only dollops of Intertwined Fate material will be gifted to players during the game’s Lantern Rite event.
Before the 4.4 livestream, Genshin’s official Douyin account had 9.35m followers, but as of writing, it’s down to 8.41m.
From 9.3m to 8.7m from the 4.4 livestream till last night 😵💫#GenshinImpact #原神 #원신 https://t.co/6Z3GgexEZl pic.twitter.com/u6ReHjFQwa
— Genshin Update (@GenshinUpdate) January 22, 2024
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Lantern Rite is a yearly event in Genshin Impact that celebrates Chinese New Year in-game, dishing out regular rewards like a free four-star character picker and Primogems, the currency used to buy the Intertwined Fate material used for pulling characters in the gacha system.
Although 2024’s rewards are not too much different from previous Lantern Rites, the frustration from Chinese Genshin Impact fans this year seems to stem from the lacklustre Lantern Rite rewards on top of the recent announcement that a free character skin selector is only available when purchasing a new PS5, while developer HoYoverse’s other mainline game, Honkai: Star Rail, gifted a free five-star character for simply logging into the game.