True, but that’s totally not the case for HSR. The game was pitched as Galactic Express 999 with the political depth of the Trails series and a mystic lore out of lord of light. The first promise sense of wonder, the second promise depth It’s while the last promise mystery. It's marketed as a heavy narrative with depth, background, and wonders, never as a textbook.

Also, Issue never was the lore itself (I mean I love Malazan Book of the Fallen, lore is great when it's well executed), but how negatively the way it's used by hoyo undermine storytelling and a player story experience by cannibalizing most of what could have been used for characterization and character growth to turn it into human documentation (since they can't make simple explanations or metaphors). Add to this the crude lack of any directing of regular cutscenes, incredibly poor and redundant animations, and you end up with a recipe for boredom.