It is glorified gambling.

I largely don’t care for gacha outside of Genshin, and to be frank I more tolerate it in Genshin because I enjoy the underlying game.

Gacha mechanics are a plague on video games. Truly dystopian shit. But not all gacha games are that bad. Just most of them. Genshin is basically just breath of the wild but more jank.

I appreciate that they’re something I can play casually. When my kid was first born, I need something to do for a couple hours between feedings, and Genshin was great for that.

But there’s definitely some things that I hate about them. Characters ‘disappearing’ after their story area is done sucks. Old characters not getting buffs/nerfs sucks. And the predatory nature of the games, where it feels like players are fighting the devs for resources, sucks.