To be honest, when people ask me if I will recommend Genshin to others, I can't find a reason to recommend... It is the kind of the game where if you vibe with it you like it. Really the "there's something for everyone" genre but with a massive chunk of open world exploration, lore, quests, and gacha. Personally I like the exploration, lore and quests aspect the most, especially for the newer areas where the quality and depth of the stories get much, much better than what they were at the beginning.
Well, it's free to try at the end of the day, so you can just hop in if you want to :P there's virtually no daily time investment as well if you're just in for the story and world, although that would make gacha difficult. But, imo, worth giving it a look if you like an anime style open world game!