Having played both, Star Rail is just different. It takes a “quality over quantity” approach, so the content it has is better, but there’s not much of it. There’s maybe 20-30h of game in there right now, if you do everything. Genshin’s more like 200h.

Isn’t it simply anti-totalitarian? As far as I know, Orwell used the USSR for inspiration mostly because it was a contemporary example of totalitarianism.

Grim Dawn is better than both!

Seriously, though, PoE just feels terrible to play. Then again, I feel the same way about most Diablo clones, so if I’m in the mood for shinies I tend to play roguelites, looter shooters or Nioh 2.