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Completing all the tasks to celebrate Lantern Rite during Genshin Impact's version 4.4 was a significant milestone for me. Throughout my time playing Genshin, I have never managed to fully complete a special festival or version until now. Although I have not finished exploring the new area in Chenyu Vale or the standalone events, completing the main quest for Lantern Rite felt incredibly rewarding.
GENSHIN IMPACT 4.4
In this post, I will share my experience and thoughts about the cutscene and also the activities or events during this festival.
First of all, I want to share my thoughts about the cutscene. At that time, the lights went out, and I remember it clearly. I mean, I really did not expect Gaming to appear out of nowhere from the sea to perform his lion dance. The most heartwarming scene is when Gaming's father saw it and then when they hugged. I was so happy at that moment. For that, I really love the game developers for making such a wholesome gaming experience! Another thousand stars for the storyline too. I cried while watching it. It was just a game, but I was so moved that I even had mucus coming out because of that scene. Overall, it was really great! Not to mention Yaoyao and Qiqi too. Cuteness overload! They are so short, holding hands while running down to Liyue Harbor. Since I met Yaoyao at Mount Aochang, I have been waiting for her and Qiqi to appear in the cutscene because Yaoyao mentioned she wanted to fly a kite with her best friend during Lantern Rite. At that time, Qiqi was not there. So, maybe that’s also one reason why I wanted to finish the main quest this time.
Another thing I want to share with you guys is about my experience during the activities or events. To unlock the main quest with the cutscene above, I had to complete several events first. I regret not taking pictures or videos while doing this quest, so I could share them here. I will do it next time then. The first activity was to help Gouba and Yuegi find ingredients for cooking called paper shadows forging. Gouba and Yuegi are the pets of Xiangling and Yaoyao. Theoretically, that's the story, but in the game, you actually have to push blocks that are blocking their path to get the ingredients. There are also some other rules, but there's no need to be too specific about them. There are seven stages in total. I managed to complete most of the stages quickly, but I struggled a bit with the last stage. The game was quite fun.
Then there is the second event called joyful beasts and their auspiciousness. It has three stages, but you need to reach certain scores. You have to pass the scores first before you can go to the next event. It also requires you to enter co-op mode. Co-op mode means you have to enter the multiplayer mode and compete in the event with other real players. My favorite part of the second event was pushing each other! But that’s not the main purpose. Pushing is just to add scores. The actual goal is to compete with other players in several mini-games. The mini-games include running to collect coins and staying in the safe zone. I even got the highest score at least once! At first, I didn’t really like the event because I rarely accept co-op mode requests in the game. When there’s an event that requires co-op mode, I feel really awkward playing. But eventually, it was not as bad as I thought.
I also liked the event called iridescent cloud striding. Accompanied by the beautiful view of Chenyu Vale, I was asked to be a collector of some sort in the sky. When I searched again, we had to collect those glowing lotus flowers. In the game, they are called lantern jade lotus lanterns. There was a sort of slingshot that made us fly. The slingshot is called golden's carp leap. The important thing is I was able to complete the last event without any problems. After completing all the events above, I got to choose a character from Liyue to join my small crew. So, I chose Yunjin. Since I completed all the mini games, I finally got to enjoy my first free skin. The free skin is for the character Xingqiu. Luckily, I already have him in my crew.
There are actually many other events for this version, but I only mentioned the main quest to get the in-game experience cutscene. Some people have shared it on YouTube, but it doesn’t feel the same if you don't know the full storyline of the quest, right? So far, this is one of my best experiences. I hope I can join the events for the upcoming versions too. Bye!
ᵕ̈೫˚ HERE'S THE CUTSCENE ༉‧₊˚.