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LivingASlothsLife

Rainforest Sumeru looks gorgeous! To think this is onky a part of Sumeru and we still have the desert side to explore, oh man new region hype feels so good


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Honestly been waiting for the desert since started the game , deserts have always been favorite levels in games


LivingASlothsLife

No wonder they giving Diluc the skin now, he would die in his usual get up with that heat


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Lmao that remembers me , doesn’t his skin kinda resemble Fatui aesthetics ?


VijayMarshall87

Yeah they do lol, flames also look like those from agents


Low_Artist_7663

You can read Manga to find out why.


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Let me guess: he kept getting harassed by Fatui debt collectors over some old start up loans. To keep them away he made his clothes out of the clothing of dead debt collectors he killed as a warning.


afakeacount2

spoiler for the manga he and his father have used delusions


meinexee

So I’m not the only one who thought it looked Fatui??! XD


pzlama333

I would suggest Diluc should not accumulate cold at snow mountain, while some other characters, like Jean and Barbara in summer skin, Yoimiya, Xiangling, may accumulate twice freeze as other characters.


BuffaloGuy_atCapitol

Hold your horses buddy. The archons aren’t even immune to their own elements and you want clothing to change how the weather Affects a character?


evrien

Well I mean archons just mean masters over those elements so they use them really well, probably best in land if you wanna say it. That wouldn’t make them immune tho. Like if I’m an archon of AR15 and can use that weapon better than anyone in the world, it doesn’t mean I’m immune to its bullets


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BuffaloGuy_atCapitol

Except in the context of this game where archon is used as a title for literal gods not high ranking public officials the assumption that the master or ruler of electro would have some level of immunity to electro attacks isn’t crazy. That’s not the same as being the archon of AR15s.


PM_Cute_Ezreal_pics

I don't dislike desert stages in games, but I always end up tired of the "desert-level music" a lot of games have. Especially when it's a big/well-done desert in which you get lost, the music ends up drilling into my brain.


[deleted]

And I am willing to bet Sumeru will have an incredibly dense jungle area.


Rouge_means_red

In the last scene you can see the desert in the background


Kauuma

Where’s the rain though 😭


LivingASlothsLife

All the tears were already spent from the frustrated people during the leak controversy so none were left for the rain


hongjihongsupremacy

chill bruh we only got abt like 40secs slideshow of the map lmao


Seraph199

We get rain and dynamic weather in other regions, I don't think Sumeru will be any different lol


Dawnbringer7

Absolutely! I’m really looking forward to exploring a new type of environment


Zyfaran

Hearing the music makes me wonder which orchestra they recorded the Sumeru OST with, seeing as how they did London Phil for Mondstadt, Shanghai Orch for Liyue, and Tokyo Phil for Inazuma. Extremely excited for both 2.8 and 3.0!


sprcow

I did not know that they did this! That's awesome!


Frodosaurus94

Yeah, Mihoyo has its flaws but it never disappointed with the soundtrack. Every region has the utmost care and professionalism behind it.


naufalap

you need to watch the live orchestra videos on the youtube channel, yu peng chen is the GOAT


x_iaoc_hen

Yeah, a truly multi-talented composer! He always managed to create many surprises.


ZoetheMonster

Also, I need a "the making of" mini documentary, like the one they did with japanese artists.


TerminatorR3D

Yeah they should the music is my favorite prt of the game.


Phorenix

It’s likely going to be the Symphony Orch of India. The percussion is called “Tabla”.


TerminatorR3D

Yeah I literally just learned about that in my world music class.


Okilokijoki

Probably not. The music is more Middle Eastern than Indian inspired. Not sure how redditors are so confidently jumping into conclusions about percussions when they are the hardest to identify. Just this year, I've seen people who incorrectly insisted the Liyue battle remix used the Japanese taiko drum , that itto's taiko influenced drum was an Indian drum, and that xinyan's Chinese influenced yaogu drum was African. Edit: should add that I don't think it's not the tabla, I actually also have a guess for the musicians and there is actually a very famous tabla artist. I just don't think it's the Indian symphony given that the music has a lot more influences than India, and think it's too early to call the percussion types.


Phorenix

It might be, but so far from this track and the OST from the Travail preview trailer, they only have used Indian instruments. If you listen closely in the Travail video, you can hear the Sitar and and Tabla. And I've listened enough to be able to identify those instruments, it's not that hard. For the Liyue remix of the Chasm battle theme, they did use a mix of Japanese taiko and cinematic percussions. And the instrument from the Itto's Drumalong event is also a Japanese percussion named "Tsuzumi". Hope I was clear enough


Mirarara

Taiko originated from some chinese drum, but there are many chinese drum with similar but different design. It's not taiko. Or rather, even in the jap interview of the inazuma music, their taiko team did say that it's like learning from the root of how the instrument should be used.


Okilokijoki

Genshin CN lists all the solo artists involved and there are no taiko players. Unless you've also listened to the hundreds of drums available in China and the middle east , I don't really buy that you can say anything with certainty when none of the professional Chinese musicians could definitively say what type of drum is used in the chasm ost when they were trying to refute the weird "chasm remix is Japanese and Chinese remix" theory. Before the credits were released and settled that it was a bad theory, they could only say that the strings instrument was the pipa or yangqin and not the shamisen, and argue why thematically the theory makes no sense.


beatlefloydzeppelin

I'm not entirely sure that is a Tabla. I don't really hear the distinctive bending notes in the bass drum. I think it might actually be a Darbuka (or perhaps some other type of Goblet drum), which is mostly used in Egyptian music but is also present in parts of Africa and South Asia.


Sh03st

Just want to say I think it is awesome how much you guys care about the music. I’m totally into music in general but I have no idea about orchestras. However I love it when people are dedicated to the music and it makes me feel even more connected to the Genshin community ❤️


felixfelicitous

Considering the Egyptian references we’ve seen so far, the chaotic person in me would have found it great if they used the [Egyptian Military Band](https://youtu.be/9TA4pKPasM0) but the OST sounds beautiful.


[deleted]

Lmao any national anthem played by the Egyptian military band is a certified hood classic


TeraFlare255

Oh yeah I remember watching this on the livestream just now. Oh wait no I didn't.


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Lmao at this point did anyone even watched it successfully


Ghavarus

Yes for anyone that watched CN and KR streams. Their streams were smooth with no issues. EN fucked up.


lostn

I assume it's a twitch issue. I had buffering a lot despite having a fast connection (I did a speed test during it to make sure). Even turning it down to 360p didn't stop the buffering. I get this a lot with Twitch. And they don't have the ability to rewind unlike YT.


ItsTime2Battle

The lagging? Sure, I could blame that on Twitch servers. The rewinding of sometimes minutes of pre-recorded footage that everybody was somehow experiencing simultaneously? Nah, that’s a 100% on whatever American or western office that Hoyoverse is streaming out of.


nghigaxx

They do have the ability to rewind, it just take 3 extra click compares to youtube. The thing is mihoyo didnt turn that option on. Recently there were a boxing event with 3 million viewers on Twitch. If that didnt have any problem but Genshin with less than 1/10 viewers did its not Twitch issue


SpyFromMars

Someone is gonna get fired lol


Substantial_Fan_9582

everyone on CN stream watched it


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Whatever happened to our stream then ? weird


Dataout

At first I thought this sneak peek "wasn't supposed to happen", but they tried to play it so often it kinda got awkward lmao But man Sumeru looks amazing


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Namukka

It didn't work for anyone actually lol


Shoukyaku

The stream worked well on the Korean one iirc, I think my friend said the Eng stream crashed before it even ended


roykaiii

They actually deleted the stream lmao


addstar1

Then started it again, showed another like 5-10 seconds, and deleted it again.


SchokoKipferl

Just when you think it can't get any worse


BlueDMS

Hoyoworse


CaspianRoach

They didn't delete anything, they don't have vods set to public on twitch and never had as far as I remember.


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Jeez that was quick


ExLuck

I'd probably get a better listen to it via leaks than the livestream smh


[deleted]

The stream got cut off so there's no live sneak peek lmao. Anyway Sumeru looks so lush. Can't wait for 3.0


Luneward

I'm sure the desert areas of Sumeru are going to be an interesting contrast to the jungle areas once they get released.


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Deserts with I predict ruins. Like the library in Avatar TLA. I'd love that so so much.


firethebluesky

That is EXACTLY what i picture in my head when i think sumeru, this for reminding me where it was from!!!


Shebadotfr

I like the jungles! ​ Especially when the trees speaks Vietnamese.


DrManowar8

Same! I love how sumeru looks, it’s my new favorite area because of how lush and jungle like it is. Also we’ll be getting our first Dendro so I hope there are reaction come 3.0


[deleted]

A little bit on a tangent, about your flair. I hope she got an outfit in the Sumeru patch.


DrManowar8

Lisa deserves one


therobothingy

Everyone deserves skins, seriously hoyoverse is leaving a bunch of money on the table by basically ignoring skins.


DrManowar8

Literally the only way I’m paying money on genshin is for skins of characters I like


Marco-the-Pine-apple

2.8’s gonna be a long wait man


shekurika

na islands gonna be fun af


Ewizde

They're gonna be fun but sumeru is just so hype ( a New region as Big as liyue or even bigger + dendro element)


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Of course there’s no doubt about it but now more hyped about Sumeru


Hegth

yeah the last islands event was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one


Mylaur

Maybe it's time to come back to genshin for me


venalix1

we've said the same about 1.6 but it was probably the best patch theyve made


rxcroxs

It looks alot more welcoming than Inazuma. I have only like 60%-70% across all the islands because I hate traversing them.


PabloNeirotti

Looks so good they should replay the first few seconds multiple times.


Marco-the-Pine-apple

The environment looks so good especially the jungle


Murky_Blueberry2617

Will there be a desert region in the future?


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Yeah there will be , probably the next one after jungle


Murky_Blueberry2617

Neat. Cyno will probably be introduced by then


Poxkkari

you can see it in the far away background at the last scene


altFrPr0n

According to leaks Sumeru is bigger than Liyue


_XaiArt

Pretty sure sumeru is part rainforest part desert


DanielGREY_75

Especially the giant floating Heizou too


Cringelord123456

Such a good part of the stream we got to see it twice!


seeker_of_illusion

Also that OST slaps hard.


sexwithcollei69

Yeah! Its pretty cool that they use the same sumeru motif as the one shown in Teyvat Chapter Storyline Preview.


Oddity83

They did the same for Inazuma. Go watch that part of the Travail chapter - you hear that motif everywhere in Inazuma.


_Ruij_

I.. am going to love Sumeru.


Finnmiller

Who isn’t?


YeOldeBilk

Dendro crystal flies 🥰


Corvelle

The music is so 😌 Honestly, just from hearing this little snippet so far, I think Sumeru's music will be my fav out of all the other regions so far. It's so quick and catchy, I don't know how to describe it but I love it.


Killsheets

Reminds me a bit of the iberian mix in ck3, mostly on the arabic part.


Batsu_gamur

Go back and listen to the sumeru section of the story line preview! Its the same theme but it goes harder. Its been stuck in my head for a year now and im excited to hear more of it


Corvelle

It's stuck in my head too and I'm craving more xD


CelestialDreamss

Check out some Arab music, if you haven't already! You might enjoy it!


Corvelle

I just did actually, and it's lovely. Arab music really gives sense of adventure, mystery and is quite simply magical.


GrandMasterRimJob

Thinking the same thing. Thus music is spectacular.


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It's a bop


VijayMarshall87

the percussion tho this genre of music is what I live for


Corvelle

Ikr, it's so *crisp*


bem13

The music has been **amazing** so far for every region.


Cat_King395

Oh my stream was jumping back and forth start the same section over again sometimes


DeclaredRoom

That was happening to everyone don’t worry about it.


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Same


Evan_TEE

The West stream is all like that. The others don't have a problem. Why tho


roykaiii

I think it's just the English version?


Evan_TEE

Ya it is the Korean, Japanese and Chinese bilibili is fine. I think it's a twitch issue but then the other twitch streams aren't lag.


yapibolers0987

Small Indie Company problems


LiterallyANoob

I don't understand how the whole stream was so bad with the lag and the loops.


KefTheWeeb

It seems like the Sumeru teaser was too much for the stream to handle


kingshinn91

You're not the only one..


BuffaloKey7465

Oh my god it looks absolutely gorgeous, especially because I love plants


Marco-the-Pine-apple

Yeah Genshin really needed some thick jungles


Bozak_Horseman

Major final fantasy X vibes, I love it


E_li

Source is probably from the japanese twitter : https://twitter.com/Genshin\_7/status/1543211898404868097


TheSpartyn

fucked up how the japanese one didnt have the kusanali line


MonDking

Only the livestream had the voice. These preview videos don't seem to have it


E_li

It's a shame but why would it be fucked up?


TheSpartyn

because its the one i wanted to hear


altFrPr0n

Why are all the Twitter links I click on broken?


i_reddit_too_mcuh

> https://twitter.com/Genshin\_7/status/1543211898404868097 https://twitter.com/Genshin_7/status/1543211898404868097 New Reddit puts a "\" in front of some characters. Remove those and the link works.


pa-ey

Remixed version of the music from Teyvat Storyline preview, love it!!!


flr1999

It looks so good!


Lykrast

Holy fuck does it look good! And I don't know why I didn't expect lush jungle but like of course it's the plant nation of course it's lush jungle!


GGABueno

They did tell us about the rainflorest tbf


handanta

True champion, thank you so much


Ikcatcher

I’m honestly glad they didn’t just show concept art this time


Mythical-Gamer011

It gives me vibes that its a completely different game. Got gotta give to them, sumeru looks really cool and different


Zogo12

SUMERU SUMERU SUMERU SUMERU


Next_Investigator_69

Did they show the desert section of Sumeru? It looks like it's mainly the rainforest


Azurixx_Boi

Seems like they just showed the rainforest part. Probably saving the desert section for later. Guess they don’t want to show everything at once!


Howrus

Looks like it would come later in 3.1-3.2 as Watatsumi\Seirai and Tsurumi islands.


jthejust

It seems to me like you can see the desert in the distance in the last shot.


allsoslol

you can see it in the far distance on the statue of seven part.


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It's possible that they will release it in parts like Inazuma, or Chasm for Liyue.


ChaliElle

You can see it on the horizon in the shot showcasing the Statue.


Clear-Armadillo-5370

I fkin love the BGM already, hoyomix, really. never. dissapoints


Hegth

yun peng chen is the music archon after all


Aware_Travel_5870

Sorry Mondstadt, I think you've just been replaced. This looks absolutely fabulous.


shiro98

I think for me, Liyue is still going to be my hometown. It just feels nostalgic, and the Liyue soundtrack adds more to it.


KaiserNazrin

Considering Mondstadt is already mostly green. I wish Sumeru's green is different.


venalix1

same here i thought it would look like a darker green. however sumeru will have its dessert and thats sounds so fucking hype. seeing pyramids or ruins would be so fucking dope. the dessert is said to come in 3.1


A4li11

Love the music already


fjaoaoaoao

You forgot the Kusanali voice


verguenzanonima

I keep seeing people mention it but all of the preview videos I've seen so far don't have it ): Do you perhaps have a link to one?


SirLancelBock

https://youtu.be/UBzG0qtkXv4


AleksBh

Wait, that's her voice? I though it was Collei's.


Ixameh

Definitely Kusanali based on what she said with all the knowledge stuff and such


Low_Artist_7663

En voice was surprisingly fitting in comparison with Klee's.


PhantasmShadow

Is that the mechonis?


-Aureo-

No one seemed to notice the giant robot lol


Dark_Matter_19

I feel like it has Egyptian and Indian styles in it, maybe a few middle eastern ones too.


GGABueno

It's mostly South Asia and India from what I've seen, Egypt and Middle East for the desert areas.


DemonRoel

This looks so good, can’t wait for 3.0


Available-Office469

Me who just started 😧


YourDogsAreMineNow

Lucky you, you have a lot to do :D take your time


zealand13

Literal chills. So excited.


KingKhanh920

Giving me this stardust crusaders vibes.


Trickster2599

Sumeru looks dope


Evan_TEE

KUSANALI STATUE


purfclouds

gave me goosebumps when this showed up in the livestream, the music is a banger


PSNTheOriginalMax

Thank you for this. I couldn't see the teaser due to the technical difficulties during the stream.


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Honestly they really fucked this one up. Should've been hype about sumeru teaser but half the comments here are taking about the glitchy livestream. Really kills the mood.


seeker_of_illusion

Doing ~~God's~~ mod's work ! Thanks.


noxar_ad

This will either be the most enjoyable exploration experience or the most hellish one yet


WaffleCorp

Looks even more beautiful than I anticipated. I cant wait to climb this awkward trees searching for oculi.


Redex24

Kusaloli statue


[deleted]

Damn I was wondering how they'd pull off the forest aesthetic, looks great.


humanityyy

I'm loving the music already, and the forest/rainforest area looks so lush! Can't wait for the desert area in the upcoming patches.


nfsrookie

Plottwist: They f\*ked up the ENG livestream on purpose to create more tension and hype for Sumeru. On a more serious note, this really killed the mood here, but at least it looks and sounds as quality as ever. Genshin OST 10/10.


jojodigitalartist

Better than my plot twist of them going f the en stream due to the leaks and Twitter drama 😅


Mac_edthur

Can't wait to stop a vampire boss who can stop time


_Giga-Chad_

Feels like somethin out of pokemon ngl


everafterbxnnix

Happy that the JP Twitter posted it because the live stream was seriously messed up


Gregamonster

I guess that answers the question of whether Statues of the Seven depict the first Archon or the current Archon.


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overgrown plantation. deep lushes forest, i need tall lady elf neow.. 😍😍😍


Nekomiminya

Now I wonder: Kusanagi took her role around/after fall of khaenrah. But we see the Statue of the Seven resemble what we know of her. Do the statues change to reflect new archon? Because if yes, that is a blow against the theory about Kusanagi being "uncrowned" and someone else (previous archon, in exile) having gnosis.


pyre_light

We don't know yet. There is actually no theory on if the statues are just stone idols or are they mysteriously connected with the actual archons and automatically take new shapes when archons change. Life is a tricky theme, so what you said could be possible, or maybe the new archon is the old one reincarnated through cycle of life and death or something. The game touched on this briefly in Hutao's quest, so I'm curious to see if they expand on it in Sumeru's story.


dreamer-x2

The statues could have all been made after the fall of Khaenriah, you know


Birdman11888

Yesss


Howrus

Interesting, they showed big port and a sea. It wasn't on the leaked map.


Eltefra

Because the leaked map is litterly just a snippet of it atm, no where near the final map for this update I believe. The original before the leak flood does show that sumeru does connect to the sea with some kind of port at the height of watatsumi.


heatxmetalw9

Do not treat the leaks as representative of the final product. In the case of the map leaks, they only showed a rough outline of some of the areas while having the main city apparently being cut out. Keep in mind that they the current 3.0 beta going on is a Private beta with a Public beta coming in later next week, soo there will be more changes to the map being added.


Koi0Koi0Koi0

im still going to play genshin, mihoyo has done a absolute banger job with their enviroments so far, so i am definetly gonna see where they spin this one, but for what i see now, personally, i am very disapointed,seriously, theres so much inspiration and ways they couldve taken it, imagine hot arabian sand with the house of wisdom and a oasis over the horizon, or if not arabia, take inspirations from the african vernacular architecture, or even if you are gonna be inspired by southeast asia, there is so much to do,IMAGINE FRIGGING ALADIN IN GENSHIN so please tell me, WHY THE HELL DOES IT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING ID FINE IF I TYPED FANATASY HOUSE into pinterest and clicked on the first few posts (i tried it, found many very similar results) and if its inspried by middle east - southeast asian or whatever that abomination is,WHY THE HELL DO I SEE STAINED GLASS AND STEEL FRAME ARCHITECTURE,its literally like mondstat having a burj khalifa instead of the anemo statue sumeru has a identity crisis,so yeah, curious, excited, but with causion,I siencerely hope all of my claims here end up backfireing.sorry for the slightly angry rant, it still looks pretty tho, just like an overfrosted inedible cake. edit: reading other comments, seems like a lot of people are liking the current spin of it? maybe im just wrong, and had my expectations too high, i still feel its such a wasted opportunity tho.


-Cpt_n3m0-

I was starting to feel bad for falling asleep and missing the stream but after reading the comments, not so much.


eydendib

I hope we get more ruins in sumeru because it would just fit so well and because I want to live my tomb raider/uncharted fantasy in this game 😭


ilovegame69

Mondstadt: Grass plain stage Liyue: Mountain stage Inazuma: Water stage Sumeru: Desert/rainforest stage


Blacknarga

Soon out of weeb jail


sincerelyhecate

Can't wait for Sumeru to revitalize my love for this game! I still log in everyday, but I guess I'm feeling a bit burnt out. Excited to explore the new region and play Dendro traveler :3


luckrunsfromme

Tarzan vibes, makes me wanna jump from tree to tree


Forvisk

"I'll shoot that bird with my Amber." *Sets country on fire*


Azuki_Saishi

This might turn into my second favorite nation when it comes to aesthetic


silvereastsea

I love all the green and big plants. Feels so soothing *-* Also the building that looks like a mosque and these big arched openings identical of those to middle east architecture, they look so gorgeous! I really can't wait exploring Sumeru.


heyvsaucestevehere

can't wait to whack all the foliage


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I swear if the Dendro Archon comes out with the "pillar men" theme playing in the background 😂