![]() ![]() By this I mean it shows promise, then falls flat on its face and slowly drowns in its own blood. The gameplay doesn’t hold up much better and follows the same path to self-destruction. The final nail is Zhou as the leading man, who is as interesting as a patch of wet paint. There’s an attempt to make a grand tale here, but it hasn’t been executed well. ![]() The scene direction is poor, and many of the game’s emotional moments fail to land because of bad camera work, poor audio balancing, and all that jazz. ![]() The game also has a lot of cutscenes and the quality of these scenes is underwhelming. This happens during the main story, and it happens in a surprising amount of side quests too. It also became apparent that Xuan Yuan Sword 7’s idea of an interesting plot is to throw in periodic scenes of someone you know dying. It’s all very padded, drawn-out, and filled with people and events that couldn’t hold my attention. The game fails to capitalize on its strong beginning, unfortunately. Dead parents are always a good trope to latch onto, but a full-on massacre did pique my interest. Xuan Yuan Sword 7’s story starts fairly strong even if it is a tad predictable. He grows up, becomes a hunter who looks after his perpetually sick sister, and the game starts. Naturally, he grabs his sister, makes a hasty retreat. In the blink of an eye, Zhou’s life is turned upside down and everyone he ever knew is brutally murdered. He potters on home, sings a song, and all is right in the world. On a relatively peaceful day in a quiet village somewhere in the backend of nowhere, Zhou, a strapping young fella, helps a small girl retrieve a missing toy. Being the seventh entry in a long-running series comes with a degree of expectation – like quality – so, let’s see if Xuan Yuan Sword 7 manages to deliver on that expectation. Xuan Yuan Sword, a Chinese action RPG, falls into the category as the seventh entry in the series has only now made its console debut. Not all games are made in the west, and not all games make it overseas and into our grubby little western mitts. ![]()
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