WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a thoughtful, stylish, and confident soulslike that knows exactly what it wants to be. With excellent level design, an atmospheric world rooted in Chinese mythology, and plenty of original ideas, it feels like far more than just a cheap Dark Souls imitation. While technical issues and a few unfortunate design choices hold it back from true greatness, it still stands out as one of the strongest entries in the genre – sure to satisfy both seasoned veterans and newcomers to challenging action RPGs.

As a Soulslike player with tens of thousands of hours invested in the genre, I came away from Wuchang: Fallen Feathers with a complex mix of emotions. It’s one of the best-looking of the recent Soulslikes, and when its combat feels balanced, it is a lot of fun. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is encumbered by a few too many mechanics, sluggish animations, boss fights that need a tune up and slow progression. But it’s also a value-priced, substantial game with multiple endings and the potential for long-term play beyond the credits. It treads extremely familiar ground to be sure. Its greatest appeal might be to those devoted Soulslike players who are looking for an unadulterated old school challenge with up-to-date production values and new systems to learn.

While I don’t think Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is going to become the sudden favourite of soulslike fans, I can see it getting plenty of time in the sun. The issues I felt are, in the grand scheme of things, relatively minor and can all be worked around, or even patched out by the developers. Which leaves me with an utterly engaging world, filled with sheer beauty, and plenty of fresh ideas.

A surprisingly fast and aggressive Soulslike with enough creativity to excite, but fundamentally, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers doesn't subvert the genre or offer enough to break free of its inspirations.

WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a solid soulslike title, though it lacks the standout features needed to distinguish itself among the many games inspired by FromSoftware’s successes. Given its modest budget, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers combines decent artistic direction with a handful of original ideas, managing to entertain without delivering any major highs but providing an overall honest experience. The game offers an interesting progression system, which unfortunately clashes at times with some shortcomings in the combat mechanics—particularly inconsistent parrying. Still, there are several intriguing aspects, such as the Temperance mechanic, the skill tree, the wide variety of weapons, and the Fury system that introduces the Inner Demon. At times, the game feels a bit overloaded with features, risking a somewhat scattered experience. However, with enough discipline (and believe me, you’ll need it), players can enjoy themselves without focusing too much on the story, which is not always particularly inspired. For those already familiar with soulslikes, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers offers a fresh challenge that may not become a landmark in the genre, but definitely has something unique to contribute.

Wuchang may not become a pillar to the genre, but the boss fights, combat system, soundtrack and the great usage of Chinese mythology show the potential of a debuting studio.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers attempts to imitate the greats of the genre but doesn't seem to understand what it is that makes them great, resulting in a game that is desperately lacking not only in identity, but in enjoyment.

Fantastic souls game. Don't pay attention to negative reviews and try this gem

Great sound design and a decent gameplay, with some truly fun bosses. However, it suffers from serious balance issues and some mechanics end up being simply annoying

im excited to try this game after reading alot of the good and bad reviews to see for myself what it's like. i just installed it and am about to start but for all i can tell from what i read i think this is the game for me and the graphics are very good but i will raise the score or lower it after i have played for a day or two... and now i'm updating it lol... i bought this game and then returned it remembering that i've already played it and I think it was free on xbox game pass maybe but ya it's a hard game and im glad i don't have to trudge through that **** again even though it was enjoyable but overall give it a try if you like souls like games

this game is tryes to be like DS or other souls games but it fails but this is not a bad start.

I swear, I have tried to like this game, i really tried. But... it is confusing, unfair and unoptimized. It tries to be like dark souls or bloodborne, but it fails miserably, especially regarding world building. Bosses are awful and unfair, there are constantly ambushes from everywhere, upgrade system is confusing. I am sorry, it started decent and but it soon showed its limits. Dropped it after 12 hours. I would do the 100th run of dark souls instead playing this awful game.