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REVIEW: Genshin Impact on the ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro

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AC Coloma

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<div>  <img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17144568550841714456853998.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p>Since Arlecchino was first revealed in a short video of the Fatui in Genshin Impact, I knew I would need to save up for her if she became playable.</p><p>In March, they announced that she would be playable by mid-April. That news meant I had to get moving -- but the ordeal was not easy at all.</p><p>I knew I would have to pour in hours and drag myself to the game to “farm” for primogems for her, if I didn’t want to pay an exorbitant amount of real-life currency for a character I like once again.  Spending thousands of pesos worth of in-game currency to get enough fates for her would be the less time consuming option, but it was far from practical.</p><p>Beyond wishes, I had to gather items, Experience Point items, and Talent books so I have enough materials to get her to level 90 immediately.</p><p>My review unit of the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro came in just in time, and the moment I saw the phone&#x27;s features, I knew I had to test out Genshin Impact on this device. </span></p><div><br/></div><div><span id="isPasted"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17152342574341715234252147.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted" spellcheck="false"><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro</span> plays Genshin Impact very well, and has features that can help ease your journey in Teyvat.<em> AC Coloma, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><strong>BUTTERY SMOOTH GAMEPLAY</strong></div><p><strong></strong>By the time I received the review unit of ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro, I had around 72 intertwined fates reserved just for Arlecchino. I was sure to get her within 90 wishes. But since I was inconsistent in the game as of late, I haven’t saved enough for her constellation. To make matters worse, I was recuperating from a flu bug which kept me off my computer after work hours.</p><p>Pouring in countless hours to farm for primogems in Genshin Impact doesn’t seem to be a problem for the ASUS ROG Phone 8.  More than anything, its 12/16GB RAM Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor makes it more than capable of running the game at the best settings possible. On the day her banner finally went online, I managed to even stream my pulls on TikTok through my phone.</p><p>The device also packs a Samsung AMOLED screen with a refresh rate that could reach as much as 165hz, making it more enticing to pour in hours into the game, even while laid down, and recuperating from sickness. The 6.45 x 3.02 x 0.35-inch screen also allows enough finger room for reflexive and responsive gameplay.</p><p>Most of the time I had the game at 165 Hz, running at 60 frames per second at the highest settings possible. When overclocked it uses 76 percent of the device&#x27;s CPU on average. Frame drops were monitored but not immediately felt. Ultimately, if anything the game ran smoothly even with the highest yet most graphically-appropriate settings.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3036206"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><strong>QUALITY OF LIFE: IT FEELS LIKE A CHEAT CODE! </strong></div><p>Since the game came out in 2020, Genshin Impact players have had one chief complaint: You will have to pour in hours to finish the main quest, and that means trudging through dialogues that span hours, especially with the current game updates. This and other similar experiences are what ROG wanted to address, and the feature feels like a cheat code, even if it&#x27;s still in beta.</p><p>Genshin Impact was even featured on the unit&#x27;s own page -- it&#x27;s as if ASUS decided on these features with the game in mind.</p><p>ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro uses Pattern recognition AI to aid players into &quot;collecting items, proceeding conversation and enhance possibilities for perfect hero control.&quot; My jaw literally dropped when I toggled the pattern recognition AI and decided to run a few cutscenes of Fontaine&#x27;s archon quests. I didn&#x27;t have to bat an eye and just continued working as the long dialogues happened on the background. (I mean, I can just read through walkthroughs later.) If you&#x27;re a lore player, you may not need this feature. But if you&#x27;re pressed for time and need the rewards after finishing a story quest, this might aid you with that.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>VERDICT</strong></div><p>As a burnt-out Genshin Impact player, the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro had </span>the potential to lure me back into the game. The features, especially the AI ones, we feel were created with this particular game in mind, and it could potentially be helpful for similar, upcoming gacha games such as Zenless Zone Zero or Wuthering Waves.</p><p>Ranging from P60,995 to P75,995, ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro stands with phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S24, and even the gaming-optimized iPhone 15 Pro Max.</p><div><span id="isPasted">Its price point also matches that of other phones in the market, including the gaming-optimized iPhone 15 Pro Max. But at the end of the day, it will still be all about what you need for functionality. (And if you want to gauge its functionality as a daily driver, you may want to check out our review </span> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/25/review-is-the-asus-rog-phone-8-pro-a-good-daily-driver-1245"></a><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/25/review-is-the-asus-rog-phone-8-pro-a-good-daily-driver-1245">here</a></span><span id="isPasted">.) </span></div>