Where Winds Meet: should we expect a Wu Xia Pian version of Ghost of Tsushima?

Gamescom 2022's Opening Night Live was full of announcements and nice surprises, and among these, a certain Where Winds Meet piqued the curiosity of Internet users. Developed by Everstone Studio and published by NetEase Games, the game is a pure Chinese product that aims to prove to the West that the Middle Kingdom is now able to compete with Japan and the United States in terms of production. in the video game. It must be said that visually, the game throws a lot, with a very beautiful artistic direction and a universe still little known to the European and American public. Here, the story will take place in China, in the middle of the Song Dynasty which reigned in the country between 960 and 1279. The player will find himself at the controls of a warrior who wields the sword and the bow like no one else, while by being an aesthete of rooftop jumps. With its ultra-varied scenery, its fields of tall grass and its moments when the full moon turns red, many people have compared this Where Winds Meet to a Chinese version of Ghost of Tsushima. On our side, we prefer to allude to Wu Xia Pian, this kind of Chinese swashbuckling film where the heroes are able to fly and perform gracefully choreographed acrobatics.



If the game displays a globally next gen visual rendering, there are however some elements that give the feeling that the game is not developed under Unreal Engine 5, with sometimes not always very pretty textures, sometimes NPCs with irregular modeling. Nevertheless, on the gameplay side, this Where Winds Meet seems to be promising, with a lot of variety in the possible actions. Between wall climbing, running on rooftops, over water, on a boat mast, particularly dynamic fights, the use of magic spells and bosses who eye Chinese folklore, there is what to be impatient to know more. No release date is announced at this time, and only the PC is confirmed for this ambitious game.