Wandering Sword Reviews

great game would highly recommend, great story progression, lots of side quests to do, it takes time to grow your characters but it is very satisfying once they become strong especially your mc.

This game is a gem, and largely overlooked. I am lucky to have come across it purely by accident, and I have loved every moment of it. Well thought out and developed game mechanics and stunning visuals combined with a fun (if morally unambiguous) story, in the finest traditions of the wuxia genre. Sometimes the dialogue translations are a bit shoddy and the choice of words doesn't pay much attention to who is speaking. But this is only occasional. If you like RPGs, pixel graphic games, wuxia, or just feel like trying something completely different, play this game.

Absolutely adore this game. I won't lie, the routes are so complex I played it with a spreadsheet walk-through for my NG+. No regrets. THe new content and cross-over content has been an awesome addition. Great Devs. Great game. Cannot recommend highly enough.

I'm only at the half-way point of the game (I think) but I need to make this comment now, after about 75 hours of gameplay I can't recommend this game enough, an amazing wuxia game, a lot of hidden side quests and recruit-able npcs that you need to active look for as you progress the main quest, the power progression is addicting with each piece of gears, meridian point, book manuals that you earn/learn, a surprisingly good story - one which i didn't really expect since the power-scaling gameplay was what attracted me to the game, like seriously some of the npc allies that you can recruit have insanely good storyline that you must go through before being able to recruit them [spoiler] Xun YaoYao my beloved I hope you can be recruited [/spoiler] . I went in expecting a funny game where you just abuse the system to get stronger (by [strike] robbing [/strike] sparring every character that you can for their [strike] sparring gifts [/strike] loot) and I got way more than I expected - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I never leave reviews for anything, this is one of the all time greatest RPG's I've ever played. It's very reminiscent of Chrono Trigger in the way it tells it's story in a way where you can play a completely different game from one play-through to the next, including a New Game+ style feature where you can enter the game stronger than previous play-through's in order to see more of the game or try out a different play style to see a new ending. My lone complaint of the game stems from something others may find to be a positive. In the vein of older RPG's where you seemingly needed to know the correct way through the game to get a full complete play-through, there are many secrets in this game you can miss by making one decision. I'm not a huge fan of choosing 1 incorrect conversation choice and missing an entire segment of the game because of it. This is a must buy, and if it's on sale and you don't buy it, you're only depriving yourself of a wonderful RPG. This should be the game that ushers in a new era of Chinese mythological RPG's that can give us all new great stories to enjoy for years.

太好玩了，治好了我的电子养胃。甚至让我久违的在steam写下这条评论。 可以说是这么多年以来最好的武侠游戏。 玩法，剧情，文本，画面，音乐，等等如果每个单拉出来可能没有某项极为突出，然而放到一起就产生了极佳的化学反应。 玩法 - 普通难度通过，这个即时模式太有意思了，前期愣是靠操作越级打赢了好多强敌，后期虽然基本碾压但是配队，养成，收集一个不差。后面打算极难试试，还有类肉鸽的继承选项，感觉可以深挖很多。 剧情 - 可以说经典武侠，金庸类武侠的集大成者。 也许没有什么突破范式的东西，但是在经典武侠的框架内可以说缝的相当的好。 许多经典桥段拿来放到一起并不会让人觉得生搬硬套，即使看惯了武侠剧情的人大多能猜出来走向，但真的演出来还是给我带来了相应的感受，从唏嘘，到热血，到感叹，到悲伤，到心动等等等。 无数角色的塑造短小但又给人留下记忆点。各个队友从相识到入队到后来剧情上恰到好处的插入和影响剧情走向，不会给人那种这个人就这点剧情做完了入队了就没下文了的感觉。一开始以为2，3个队友挺有意思的，后来5个，8个，10个甚至还在一直有新队员真是惊呆我了，并且前面加入的大部分还有和后面的剧情交互。 当然人实在太多了有人戏份多些有人少些也跟选项的具体选择有关，至少已经大大超过我的期待了。 文本 - 恰到好处的文学性，如果是中学的我也许会觉得文邹邹但是现在看来刚刚好。给人一种有文化的，武侠世界的代入感又不会让人觉得是在那没文化硬装，或者大白话现代语言甚至网络烂梗就硬缝。越来越感叹文化工作者有文化太好了。 音乐 - 曲子数量好像不多，有时候会觉得重复感比较强，切换地图或进战斗的时候音乐会换在一些特定剧情会破坏沉浸感，算是这个游戏相对平庸不太突出的点。 不过几个曲子单拿出来武侠感氛围感还是到位的。 画面 - 没太多说的, hd2d, 预算有限下很好的选择，小人的一些动作恰到好处的演出还挺有意思的，战斗特效也算是到位。至少比没水平硬做3D做出来一看就是水平不够拉了的要好太多太多了。 最后在这个神作满天飞的时代我不会去说这部作品是神作，没有意义。 他确实让我这个买了一堆神作，大部分玩不了几个小时的人，久违的沉迷在这个游戏里用了1周多的时间50多小时直接通关。 这就是一部不折不扣的好的，优秀的，武侠游戏。 推荐。

Awesome game! If you're into Wuxia this game has it all. Beggars Sect, Wudang, Shaolin, etc. 18 Dragon Subjugation Palms, Tai Chi, Lion's Roar, epic Aura moments!! It's a Wuxia movie/series/novel put into a beautiful pixel graphics game. If someone makes this game into a movie I would watch it! So many epic moments in the story! Characters having that epic moment! Gameplay is fun, typical tactical RPG, with Wuxia twist. Gameplay is simple exp points and character leveling is easy to learn, confusing at first, but is really simple once you get the hang of it. Story 10/10 Keep up the good work Swordsman Studio and Spiral Up Games. My only gripe is I wish there was more!!! Add more content and Ill pay!!!

SAD. This game had the potential to be a masterpiece, but the fundamental game design is just broken. At first, it feels like you’re encouraged to build your dream team from a dozen different characters, which sounds awesome. The problem? The story constantly forces teammates to join and leave at random, and in about half the boss fights… your teammates just don’t even show up. It’s especially frustrating when the two main girls are absent for like 70% of the game. By the end, I realized it’s not worth investing in anyone but your own character, because chances are your favorite teammates will be yanked from your party for some ridiculous story reason right before a tough boss fight. Great concept, but this design choice just kills the fun. 真遗憾。 这款游戏本来有潜力成为神作，但根本性的游戏设计就是坏的。 一开始你会觉得游戏鼓励你从十几个角色中组建自己的梦之队，听起来很棒吧？问题是，剧情会不断强行让队友加入或离开，而且差不多一半的 Boss 战队友都不会出现。 最让人无语的是，两位女主在大约 70% 的游戏时间里都不在队伍里。玩到最后我才明白，根本没必要培养任何队友，除了自己的角色，因为你喜欢的队友很可能会在打大 Boss 前，被各种莫名其妙的剧情理由强行踢出队伍。 概念很好，但这种设计直接毁了游戏的乐趣。

I really didn't expect this game to be this good. It's a fantastic indie RPG. It's a bit rough around the edges, but as an RPG fan that's played a lot of RPGs of all kinds, I had a blast playing it. Fair warning, this game will let you miss important content if you don't explore around. Side quests can alter the main story. Companions alter the main story often, and most companions are optional. Be thorough, don't advance the main story without checking everything, and recruit everyone you can.

Wandering Sword is a game I bought on the spur of the moment, after getting hit with a glance of its HD-2D style graphics. A wuxia style RPG set in a fictional Chinese-inspired setting, I've come away very surprised by how much I got into it. It's a very open ended game, with plenty of optional party members and branching outcomes for quests and even the whole game. There are secrets, characters, and quests to be found as you scour the map, with plenty of freedom for how and when you opt to pursue it. The tradeoff there is that it's very much possible to miss out on quests and entire characters if you progress too far. I've played two complete playthroughs as of the time of this review - one blind, and one where I let myself look up conditions, quests, and characters to recruit. It was interesting to see what played out differently and what remained the same. In regards to the story, it's somewhat rote in many ways - it wears its inspiration on its sleeve, and isn't ashamed of it. It indulges in tropes you will recognize if you've engaged in this sort of literature before. How much this bothers you will vary as a result. You end up playing the martial-art prodigy climbing the ranks of the martial arts world, interacting with heroes, villains, and martial-arts masters as you grapple with the problems of the world. I personally found it well enough executed, with plenty of good characters to keep me engaged, even if they generally did fit into archetypal molds I've seen many times before. The translation at times feels a little clunky - use of some modernisms and slang stick out among the more heroic, epic language. But it's a commendable effort and good enough that I can take the blemishes in good humor. In regards to DLC, my first playthrough I played just the base game. On my second, I picked up both the Legends of the Eastern Sea and Hero's Adventure Collaboration. Both expanded the base game fairly significantly, and the collab (the source of which I have not played) was integrated so seamlessly I would have never known they were characters from another property. I'd definitely recommend them, if not for your first campaign, at least for a second. I'd rate this game around an 8/10. At its current price of $24.99, I find it very reasonably priced, and on sale it's even moreso. If this at all looks like something you'd find interesting, I'd recommend you give it a shot.