For people who weren't initially interested in Genshin ... what changed your mind?

I remember seeing this game way back in 2020 when it was intially released, although the anime artstyle intrigued me, hearing that gacha = gambling, was a pretty big turn off for me, especially since I was a 'kid' with no real money at the time, so I never really gave it a chance, but it always stuck around in my head.

Then later on, I thought about giving it a chance, but concerns about kernel level anti-cheat kinda scared me ... until I realised multiple other games I had employed the same system. Then I got sidetracked playing other games, but the game always went back into my headspace every now and then.

It took playing another gacha game and saving some money before I felt confident enough to try Genshin in 2025 ... and here I am, 5 years late to the party.

How was your guys' experience with getting into Genshin? Was it love at first sight or did you guys have some reservations that delayed you guys playing, like I did?