WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

Here's what I will say: it took me 40 hours to beat Wuchang and get the best ending while defeating all of the bosses. There's some Dark Souls 1 style exploration and map shortcuts which is great, the combat feels good and the hits feel weighty depending on the weapon, and the sound works well for the game. HOWEVER If the story and lore is what brings you into Fromsoft titles, know that's not here. If you asked me after 40 hours what the story of Wuchang was, I could tell you just about what we get from the synopsis. It leans heavily into you having a passing knowledge of Chinese history/the Three Kingdoms era, but I wouldn't say it's a negative; just know that if your thing is to have deep amazing lore, you wont find it here. If you do grab the game and early on you find the weapon switching mechanic is problematic, you don't need to use it. Like, at all. I died during a boss fight early in the game due to swapping weapons on accident and from that point on I just ran with a single weapon equipped and had no issue the rest of the game. So if that's your struggle, you can just ignore it entirely (and just not put points into the skill that buffs weapon swapping). I thought it …

Excellent Game - I have already played this previously via Xbox Games Pass so now I enjoy it on PC where the graphics are way better and the gameplay is crisp and fun and punishing if you are going to be a noob. Enjoy! Top tier game - I like this BETTER than wukong black myth but Elden Ring remains #1. locked

So I finally took the time to play Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Took me around 32 hours to complete for a first blind playthrough, with taking my time. 24/40 Achievements. Wuchang is probably one of the most Soulslikes I've played, and I played a ton of those. And that's not a bad thing. Let's get a few things out of the way first. Graphically it looks pretty and overall it runs really well. I had some small stutterings when the Game loads a new area but never while fighting or exploring. Sound Design is good, voices are also good (played in Chinese with English subtitles) and so is the Music. Gameplay is basically Dark Souls 1-3. There is not that much innovation here (a few mechanics here and there) and the Game plays it pretty safe, which is fine. I think the level design was sometimes a bit too labyrinthine and big, but it was still well made and circling back to a save shrine or another area that you visited a long time ago was very satisfying. So yeah, I had a few gripes with the level design in terms of the levels being a bit too big and interwoven but it was still cleverly made. Combat feels good in this Game and just works as it should. The bosses all pl…

Played 1.3 hours and not considering refunding. That's rare enough for me.

Big NO. Bad performance. Bad explanation of all the mechanics.

It had big performance issues for me.