Genshin Impact drops controversial anti-Hack mechanism after fans scream

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The game has many similarities with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Genshin Impact finally officially released. On PC, the game’s launch sparked controversy when players discovered that Genshin Impact’s anti-cheat program would continue to run even after shutting down or deleting the game.

The developers said anti-cheat software will “no more” Running hidden after disabling or uninstalling Genshin Impact.” The update will be available on September 29. The developers shared that they decided to change it after realizing that the default activation of the anti-fraud mechanism The above cheat may affect the privacy of the player.
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During the previous beta, the anti-cheat software did not process, save or post personal data, but only read system information while the player turned off Genshin Impact. Anti-cheat software running in the background to prevent the use of external plugins; this is to help protect fairness for all Genshin Impact players.

Several other games have had similar problems running protection programs – Valorant’s anti-cheat system is the most prominent example. However, Genshin Impact’s argument for maintaining “fairness” is not so convincing because the game’s multiplayer mode only includes co-op and does not have a major competitive element.
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Several other games have had similar problems running protection programs – Valorant’s anti-cheat system is the most prominent example. However, the developer’s argument for maintaining “fairness” is not so convincing because Genshin Impact’s multiplayer mode only includes co-op and does not have a major competitive element. The effect of anti-cheat software may be to maintain the free gacha mechanism of the game.​