The final major update to open-world adventure game Genshin Impact for 2022, in a recently concluded livestream, developer HoYoverse confirmed that Genshin Impact Version 3.3: All Senses Clear, All Existence Void is set to go live on 7 December 2022. This will also be the first chapter following the conclusion of the main Sumeru archon quest, but shall offer players new narratives to follow, brand new events to undertake, two new allies to recruit gacha-style and the introduction of the in-world game, Genius Invokation TCG.
After being defeated as a man-made god in the Archon Quest main story, Scaramouche, now known as the Wanderer, will walk down a different path under Nahida’s custody. In the new Archon Quest Interlude Chapter “Inversion of Genesis,” you will head to Irminsul with the Wanderer to find out how the story unravels. The Wanderer will join the playable cast as a five-star Anemo catalyst wielder/ The Wanderer has been blessed with the ability to hover and attack in mid-air, and his power can be enhanced when coming into contact with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro.
Another character Faruzan will join the lineup as a new four-star Anemo archer. Faruzan is an ageless Akademiya genius in mechanics. During combat, she wields a bow as her weapon and supports teammates by offering Anemo DMG Bonus effects while weakening opponents’ Anemo Resistance. The Wanderer, Faruzan, and Arataki Itto’s rerun will feature in the early stage of Version 3.3’s Event Wishes, and the latter half will see the rerun of Raiden Shogun and Kamisato Ayato.
As a purely in-game trading card game, Genius Invokation TCG seeks to “[combine] the fun of Genshin Impact’s element-based combat system with strategy development, allowing both players and NPCs to compete against each other with their collection of cards“. In a match of Genius Invokation, the winner must defeat all of their opponent’s Character Cards with Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts of their own Character Cards. Therefore, skillfully swapping Character Cards to trigger Elemental Reactions and applying more buffs and effects with various Action Cards are vital to developing a winning strategy. However, performing the above actions often consumes a certain number of Elemental Dice, thus making dice rolling at the beginning of each round an important variable of the game. With more NPC card players defeated, players may redeem more cards and Dynamic Skins from the Card Shop.
On the events side of things, there will be new events and updated returning events alike. In the new seasonal special “Akitsu Kimodameshi,” players will meet with Arataki Itto to master a series of “brick-breaker” mini-games. Another special event “Across the Wilderness” requires players to collect Wilderness Balloons within a limited time. What’s more, the classic hide-and-seek game “Windtrace” and the challenge event “Misty Dungeon” will return in updated forms.
Developed by HoYoVerse and now in its third year of operation, Genshin Impact is now available to download on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android platforms. While free-to-play, the game is supported via premium currencies and a wish “gacha” system.
