ANTONY REACTS TO GENSHIN 4.8 + NATLAN

Genshin 4.8 is nearly here and there's a ton to unpack! In this video, I react to the trailers of the new version as well as the teasers of Natlan that were recently released.
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00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Genshin 4.8 Trailer
04:30 - Natlan Preview Teaser
07:15 - Genshin 4.8 Events Overview
10:44 - Outfit Teaser Trailer
13:20 - Natlan Trailer/Discussion

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[antventure]

My overall thoughts summarized from this video! (this is probably gonna be long sorry)

1) Genshin 4.8 looks cool. I don't think it's anything crazy, but I'm always excited for the summer events + new content = win

2) Emilie looks aight. Her design is growing on me a bit, but still not a huge fan and in general I just don't use dendro a lot tbh. Will wait to see how it feels to play her ingame before making any final conclusions tho.

3) Skins are fire. I love the Kirara skins design, too bad I don't use her LOL

4) Natlan shows promise and a lot of characters look dope, but the lack of range in skin tone once again raises questions. Don't get me wrong, I'm honestly super excited for this region and can't wait to learn more about it/the characters (the Capitano reveal was crazy), but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disappointed and confused with the choice of color palette for the overall range of these skin tones. (TL;DR you can’t properly pay homage/take inspiration by just picking and choosing certain parts of different cultures, but leaving out the most important aspect being the people)

It might’ve been hard to follow along in the video since this was just off the top of my head and my initial reaction, but I think the biggest red flag that arises with this situation is that while this is a fictional game, Genshin impact takes inspiration from different cultures/regions in our real world. To borrow and use all these aspects of several different (real) countries, but leave out/replace the people that belong to them is just not a great message to be sending. I'm sure to many people, it feels as if they're being told that their cultures are beautiful and befitting to be used as source material in the game, but they themselves aren’t worthy of being there. Yes, at the end of the day it's a fictional game and HoYoverse chooses to put whatever they want in Genshin Impact, but to a lot of people it would be nice to see not only the music/architecture/clothing etc… of their cultures and countries being represented, but also they the people themselves in this game.

Though it may seem this way on the outside, HoYoverse is definitely not a singular entity and there is no way these choices for the designs were made by a singular person. This was a choice that had to be mutually reached by all parties and teams involved in creating this game, and for that reason I can't imagine that the reason behind it is something that can be so easily explained. I'm sure they're also well aware of community sentiment, so for that reason like I said in the video, I would just love to understand more of the creative direction process behind the scenes at HoYoverse and why it is that they went with this route.

For my thoughts about Natlan as a region and it's gameplay, I like what I see so far but don't have too many thoughts about it until we're shown more about it.

Sorry for the long paragraphs but just wanted to better explain my thoughts from this video after I've had more time to process everything! Overall still excited for the content that's coming up, but just wish there was a bit more representation of the people from the cultures/regions that Natlan is supposedly based on.

[yaepetals]

As someone who lives in a country that is being used as inspiration for Natlan, I am grateful to hear you talking about the problem that is occurring with Natlan

[desforma]

wdym 'scaramouche again' 😭 he hasn't appeared for over a year

[seyongod]

As a 1.0 player, and poc, I really did expect them to kill it with the designs and add more diversity since we have been asking for it for quite a while. They have came a long way since I first started playing. There is no way they havent heard us... the clothes and skins are cool but for Natlan diversity... I am disappointed.

[mk-gwxj]

I'm South American and honestly? I'm used to being disappointed in people for dismissing our culture when it comes to pop media. They can showcase our lands, our music, our food... But we are too weird to show, I guess. lmao

Really hurts to see a game I love so much constantly downplay their colorism and flat out ignore users' feedback. I know that from now on, I won't spend a penny on it. Esp since dollars are 5x my currency, what on Earth was I thinking?

[benbenoy]

damn we really officially not having any dark-skinned archon lol

[asinatroro]

did no one really notice that a skill/burst (maybe) for the pyro archon was revealed when coming at Capitano???😭😭😭😭😭 LIKE GUYS, SHE TRANSFORMED INTO A PHEONIX!?!?!?

[matthewskittles]

I think the region looks nice. Archon is a bit iffy but I'll get used to it. Hoyo really needs to use darker tones though like, Other than Iansan in this trailer, there is pretty much nobody who is dark/even like brown ish. I wouldnt mind if they just darken the skin tone, even a little bit. (also now theres drama with one guy whose based on a god(unsure?) so thats a thing now. Hope they make tweaks before the region comes out.)

[NotMoonlightMagic]

2:22 “What in the bootleg Dvalin was that-“

Wise words -Ant 4.8 reaction “livestream”

[Jaeyuo]

13:58 anyone noticed that her pupils look like fish!?

[rkssk]

ant maining nilou is one piece of lore i learned today 😯😯

[o]

I’m so disappointed to be honest.. I think most of us were excited that there would be actual and better indigenous representation but this is what hoyo “cooked” up? Man I hope they change models and correct names. Very excited for Capitino lore !!

[sophialoverever]

im so, so dissapointed in natlan, i was so excited to at least see other countries being represented in the game ( my country el salvador is not that relevant in games so i had no hope for it to at least be taken as an inspiration ) but when chasca appeared, i got a bit happy, the only thing i didn't like is that her skin is PAPER WHITE and that she's cryo, when in my country, chasca is the virgin of water, it would jave been amazing to see blue colors and a hydro vision on her, maybe not our clothes but our colors.

she's very pretty, i love her, but i just wish they took their time in making her look like she's the virgin of water. TT

[Adayinthelife-keyk]

Capitano the GOAT.
Approve your praise and glazing, keep going🔥🔥

He is for sure menace, the strongest harbinger, apex of strength, absolutele power, HIM

[benbenoy]

Dehya looks more fitting for natlan than the pyro archon lol. She looks cool but like you said, looks out of place. if they used a more "divine" like outfit and dehya's skin tone on her then it would've been perfect imo.

[Deedoubled]

As a poc i alr knew we werent getting any proper representation, but i also know that its down to more than just simply "colourism" or "racism". Business wise, its probably not as profitable to make dark characters as sad as it is. Ive js learned to take it as what it is. The majority dont care about it, the majority dont even like the cultural influence that natlan has. I at LEAST appreciate the work and effort put into music and architecture

[flakekwrld]

If they made archon have a blue flame it would have been nice …

[freya]

The only reason is its for business, ig. Hoyo definitely has a capable research team. And what they produce is definitely the result of the research they conducted. Many players say that they want characters with darker skin tones, but maybe the results of their research say that characters with light skin tones are more desirable, so

[aquxiya]

I just want genshin to have a wider diversity of characters, and I know damn well that isn’t happening next nation cuz we’re going to the most snowy area 💀

[razor]

if Sunset Shimmer was a Genshin character she'd be Mavuika