After playing through Sumeru and Fontaine archon quests I can say with confidence that this is a great game if you're gonna play casually. It's one of those long winded stories that spans over a long time, very slowly paced.

It's got amazing worldbuilding and some characters get really great development, for example Furina.

The gameplay while not the best thing in the world is diverse enough to the point where it can keep you engaged, and most particle effects and animations are gorgeus.

There's enough content to play for hundreds of hours, for free, without spending any money. And you can even experience a very heartwarming stories like Nahida's, whose archon quest ending is fucking devastating.

I get that people like to shit on the game because its somehow become popular to do so, but it's got one of the best update cycles/ content i've seen in a game and playing casually there's always something to do.