Series Xuan-Yuan Sword from a Taiwanese company DOMO Studio has been in existence for over 30 years and is one of the oldest on the market. But it so happened that Asian games based on traditional Chinese mythology (not to be confused with Japanese ones) began to gain some popularity only relatively recently, finally reaching the European audience.
At the moment Xuan-Yuan Sword VII appeared in Asia in the version for Playstation 4 and the rest of the world on PC… However, until early 2023, the game still lacked support for the Russian language and notable bugs were fixed. Only now, after a series of patches, you can safely get to know the brainchild DOMO Studio on PC or wait a little longer for the European PS4 release.
The history of Xuan-Yuan Sword VII begins at the end of the Han dynasty, when a minister replaced a weakened emperor and founded his Xin dynasty. Along with the arrival of a new ruler, strange signs began to occur in the world: people turn to stone and monsters appear. Simultaneously with these events, the court astrologer became the owner of the mysterious and powerful scroll of Elysium. Soon the cruel and power hungry Moists broke into the astrologer’s house and burned it to the ground, but they did not manage to find the scroll and two children who miraculously escaped in the mountains. Years later, the matured Taishi Zhao and his sister Li Xiang, who fell under the care of a hunter, by chance meet a detachment of Lijun moists who have long been looking for the missing scroll, and here begins a story full of betrayal, friendship and dangerous adventures.
Like most oriental RPGs, Xuan-Yuan Sword VII relies on history, offering players a large yet linear world divided into sections by war and hordes of monsters and monsters. The main characters visit ruined villages, ruins and mountain passes in search of answers to their questions. It takes a long time to get to some points.
As the main storyline progresses, you can take on side quests that offer quite simple tasks, such as “following a villager” or “finding the missing parents of a single child”. You will not receive any special revelations in these side missions, except for experience points or valuable resources. If you wish, you are free to return to them a little later, using the teleportation points scattered along the way.
Quite often you will encounter numerous opponents that you can run around or attack. In the second case, the heroes enter the battle. Taishi Zhao uses normal and empowered sword strikes, as well as special abilities that take time to recharge. Dealing with normal attacks consumes stamina, gradually replenishing. The hero knows how to counterattack or dodge, avoiding damage. His companions also have special moves that can be set in a separate menu window and applied at any time, and they also take time to recharge. In addition, the main character is able to create a ring of captivity of souls, which will allow him to capture the spirits of opponents after defeating them and then use them in the Elysium leveling menu. The final ability is to summon the spirit of the demon, causing maximum damage to enemies.
