Generally speaking, the popularity of games will slowly subside with the length of time they are online, and few games can maintain their "peak" for several years. However, miHoYo's Genshin Impact is an exception, this game has maintained a high popularity since its launch in 2020, and in its 4th year of launch, not only has each version caused heated discussions around the world, but also developed an exclusive game culture offline.
Take the most common two-dimensional offline event - Comic Con, "Genshin Impact" is not only popular at domestic comic conventions, but also at major foreign comic exhibitions. This is the case at the Comic-Con held in Ikebukuro, Japan, not long ago, where the whole venue was occupied by "Genshin Impact" COS, and there were long queues at the relevant booths.
In the eyes of many old two-dimensional people, Japan can be said to be the birthplace of two-dimensional, but "Genshin Impact" can break this inherent perception and "invade" strongly, which is enough to show that the influence of the game has not become less with time at all, but has gradually penetrated into the local culture and become an important part of the two-dimensional culture.
Moreover, game culture is not limited to COS, but also has a variety of talents. At the Ikebukuro Comic Con, there were a lot of Genshin Impact Cosers performing at the booth, and there was a booth where Zhongli sang passionately, and the melody was supposed to be game music, but it was a Japanese version. What's more fun is the support group off the field, there is a hilichurl waving a support stick, and he almost steals the limelight from Zhongli.
At Comic-Con in the United States, players also played the stage play of "Genshin Impact" with a big brain. It can be seen from here that everyone is not blindly cosizing the popular characters in the game, but according to the script to COS, some common NPCs in the game, and even the big boss that appeared at the beginning of the game - the maintainer of Tianli, this COS is really rare.
In addition to specific venues like Comic-Con, Genshin Impact's gaming culture has appeared on many other occasions. The "Genshin Impact" posters and character painting "Pain Car" on the streets abroad are not unusual, but seeing Paimon's sand sculpture on the beach, or the "Mona Lisa" version of Paimon, makes people a little nervous, and the real master is in the folk.
There are also decorations such as teleportation anchors appearing in foreign stations, which has attracted a lot of discussion among overseas players, and some players joked that why didn't they say that there was a teleportation anchor earlier, knowing that the gas money was saved, and also attracted a series of replies. It can also be seen from here that "Genshin Impact" has indeed gradually formed an exclusive game culture abroad.
Some friends who studied abroad also mentioned that the character stickers they pasted were recognized by foreign classmates at once, and they also developed into game clubs. There are also foreign girls who like Liyue characters and carefully study the Chinese names of the characters. This influence is really rare for a game that has been online for almost four years.
Genshin Impact has been able to maintain high popularity and form its own cultural circle, which is related to the fact that the game has continued to produce high-quality content. I also hope that in future versions, Genshin Impact can maintain this momentum, continue to produce high-quality content, and provide players with a stable and good game experience.