I don't really know what to title it.
What I'm referring to is a trend that happens to most live-service/mmo games in general.
Inazuma looks too good compared to the rest of the game. I am not talking about the art style. The fact that the 3 main regions look so different is a good thing. What I am talking about is the fact that the other (especially Mondstadt) look very outdated by comparison. I walk around through Inazuma, there's a lot of cool landmarks and I learned to navigate the region without looking at the map in a very short time, there are small settlements, statues, shrines, the city layout is easy to navigate and shops are conveniently placed. Inazuma is 10/10 peak map layout design. Even puzzles are way better. I don't really remember the name of the area but there's a part where it's storming, and there's constant lighting striking at you. Now that created suspense, made you rush to cover and dodge while climbing, jumping, fighting. In my opinion the best place in the whole game, danger like that should be more present.
Now, let's talk about the other regions.
Mondstadt feels... disappointing now... The city feels tiny. Surrounding area are a few cliffs but mostly identical forests, stormterror's lair is baren and boring (an epic setpiece for a domain door). There's no civilization around the area, Springvale and Dawn Winery are the only places that seem lived but that's it. There is really not much to tell about Mondstadt right now.
Now Liyue looks amazing esthetically, but jeez is it a pain to navigate, half of Liyue is expanded lakes you can't cross well, and half are 90degree+ mountains. I love the look of Liyue but exploring it takes too much, I can't take a few steps without saying "yeah, i'm going to teleport". I barely used the teleports in Inazuma because there is just so much to see. The Harbor? Looks great but again, terrible. Long stairs and walkways separating the merchants in all the different corners, those weird stairs if you wanna go to the bank or the librarly, praised be the archons because without Zhong Li and Venti I would have pulled my hair out trying to figure out which stairway to take in that labyrinth of a city.
TL;DR.
Inazuma raised the standard for what a region in Genshin should be, and Mondstadt and Liyue need a bit of polish.
