Genshin Impact 2.2 leaks: New Hangout Events files uncovered

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The Hangout Events were first introduced as a new and different way of creating characters’ story quests. After receiving some of them during the 1.4 and 1.5 versions, it’s finally time to see them again.

In a recent datamine, which revealed the contents of the next banners, some files indicating new Hangout Events for the next update were also found. This time, we’ll follow the sleepy ninja Sayu and the housekeeper Thoma.

As posted by Reddit user u/Mrgoot9999, some placeholder files can already be found within the game. Those were pushed early to the game in order to facilitate the official arrival of the quests, as it’s usual with game development.

The Hangout Events are similar to character story quests, like Amber’s Gliding License Test or Kaeya’s Treasure Hunting adventure. But instead of following a predetermined quest which always plays the same way, we can actually choose how we’ll advance in the story.

Depending on our choices, we can get a different ending, and we can get achievements for completing all possible routes.

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Those quests also have a different layout, which resembles visual novel games, the obvious inspirations for those events.

Because of its multi-route nature, those quests are usually not considered canon by the community.

The game doesn’t establish any “true ending” either, but since even seasonal events are indeed canon, one of the routes may be the “official” one.

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They are usually focused on a character we didn’t meet during our main quests, serving as a way for the Traveler to meet them. But there are exceptions like Barbara, who is present in the story and has a Hangout event.

Thoma and Sayu events will also be the case since both had their brief appearances in the main story.

This will be a chance to know more about the two characters brought to us during the Inazuma updates. We may expect new Hangout Events in the future for more forgotten characters.

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Genshin Impact is currently on its 2.1 version, “Floating World Under the Moonlight”, featuring the conclusion of the Archon Quests in Inazuma, a new Weekly Boss, 2 new World Bosses, new characters, and two new areas for exploration.

You can play the game for free on mobile devices including Android, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, and Pc on both miHoYo’s official launcher and Epic Games Store. A Nintendo Switch version is stated to be in development.

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