Exploring miHoYo, The Past and Present - Summary

Summary

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- A video that tells the history of Mihoyo, a Chinese game developer that created Genshin Impact, a popular open-world RPG.
- The video covers the origins of Mihoyo as a student project, their first games such as Fly Me to the Moon and Gun Girl Z, their success with Honkai Impact 3rd, and their controversies and achievements with Genshin Impact.
- The video uses humor, sarcasm, memes, and references to other games and media to make the story entertaining and engaging.
- The video ends with a thank you message to the viewers and a joke about another Mihoyo game called Tears of Themis.

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1. Mihoyo is a Chinese game developer that was established in 2011 by three post-graduates from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2. Mihoyo's first game was Flyme to the Moon, an iOS game featuring cute anime girls and jetpacks, which was released in 2011 and received positive reviews.
3. Mihoyo's second game was Zombie Gao Kawaii, a zombie-themed game that flopped and put the company in financial trouble in 2013.
4. Mihoyo's third game was Gun Girl Z, also known as Honkai Gakuen 2 or Houkai 3rd, a mobile action game with anime-style characters and gacha elements, which was a huge success in China and abroad, earning them over $150 million by 2016.
5. Mihoyo's fourth game was Genshin Impact, an open-world action RPG with cel-shaded graphics and elemental combat, which was announced in 2019 and released in 2020, becoming one of the most profitable games of the year with over $1 billion in revenue in six months.
6. Mihoyo faced backlash from some gamers who accused them of plagiarizing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, especially after a PS4 promotional event in China where a protester smashed his console on the ground.
7. Mihoyo revealed that they took inspiration from various games such as Fallout, Skyrim, GTA, Naughty Dog games, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Breath of the Wild for different aspects of Genshin Impact's design.
8. Mihoyo also has another game called Tears of Themis, a dating sim with hot dudes, which was not mentioned in the text.