The Problem With Skins in Genshin Impact



While I’m usually indifferent to the skin systems in Genshin Impact, I think it’s finally time to talk about the really weird state of the Skin Systems

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24 thoughts on “The Problem With Skins in Genshin Impact”

  1. QOTD : What's a skin you wanna see?

    EDITTED: The problem isn't that they NEED to keep the silhouette, the problem is that they DO. Which is weird??? like imo …why???? That's why im saying it's a problem. They….kinda put the limit too much on themselves imo? At least with the current skins. Maybe it's just an asset thing.

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  2. Another huge factor playing into this is animation. If they stray from the silhouette too much, they have to animate and rebake and retest the new skin. They have to change collision detection– it's a lot more work than simply changing a few textures and a few polygons here and there. I'm not saying they won't do this, but the limitation of maintaining the silhouette isn't an arbitrary one. It makes sense from a gamedev perspective.

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  3. I‘d love to see the archons have their archon outfits as an alternative skin in the future. I really like those and it would be such a missed opportunity otherwise.

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  4. i wish there could be a mod to make custom genshin skins. however if mods were to be enabled for genshin there could be potential. sounds like a bad idea and could be buggy but, the chaos would be interesting lol

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  5. Tbh i see keqing as the worst one mostly because you're spending the same amount as jean which compared you ssee. Jean is more different mostly cause jean has shorts different everything but keqing kinda looks more like a chroma

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  6. I'm fine with not having many skins like other games but I would really love if they added an accessory feature for stuff like the fatui masks or the Inazuma festival masks

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  7. honestly i dont CARE about the silouette. I also think that Mihoyo is wasting a great opportunity? they coulve given traveller a new outfit for each region! there was even a great setup for it but they just DIDNT do it… honestly its such a waste.

    For the other skins i also think that it doesnt MATTER if they are "justifiable" all the time. Barbaras summer outfit is COMPLETELY out of place once the event ended but we can STILL use it so why does it matter TT i just want pretty outfits! I dont rly care about idle poses either, i just wanna have the outfitsssssssssssss. Some characters i DONT play because i think their outfit is ugly, so if they get a new outfit option i might wish for them and spend money on them … so yeah i think mihoyo is rly missing out on a lot of money.

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  8. Speaking as a character artists and someone who looked at the ripped game models the skins are made from scratch, there really isnt any need to match the silhouette or extra elements.
    They way animation works in 3d it dosnt matter how the character looks as long as it has more or less similar proportions.
    If i would have to say why they arent adding extra ones its … they dont think it will make much money.
    They released few skins to test the waters and since new characters make so much more money they rather focus on that. Its not that much work, concept art + modeling + matching the model to existing rig and texturing will be 2 weeks for 2 artists, a small 3 man team could make couple dozen of those in a year, maybe one day they will change the take on this.

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  9. I know this will probably never happen but I really want to have a ball type event held in dawn winery sort of like in the manga where I would die to see characters in beautiful gowns, dresses and suits.
    They would all look so pretty.

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  10. You have a misconception of the base model since the clothes of Genshin models can be layered.
    That means stuff like Albedo coat, can be removed if they want. And a hood can be added since its a separated model.

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  11. If you are worried abt the skins effecting the story and character items ,you don't have to worry abt ,bc sometimes you get tired of their design (ex diluc and amber i want their skins so bad ) so you wanna change them to feel more fresh ,whoever ,genshin doesn't have a menu screen to show thier skin artwork ,so it's a waste of resources bc no one will be able to see the art anywhere in the game

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