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[Arsic]

Anyone hyped for this one? Stellar blade gang assembling? Black Myth Wukong posse turnt up?

I'm slightly optimistic it could be good…

 

[Dacvak]

I'm personally a little burned out on non-From Soulslike games, but I hope people enjoy this. It looks neat.

 

[DavidGzz]

I think it looks fun. Meaty looking combat and nice eye candy. Also, on Game Pass so no-brainer for me to try.

 

[M.W.]

No difficulty settings, no buy.

Sorry, suck my dick.

 

[Luipadre]

Game pass day 1 for me. Looks like a quality souls like

 

[Sintoid]

Zero

 

[HRK69]

 

[Danjin44]

If this one of those "Souls-like" (I hate word so much) I have zero interest.

The only type of Souls games I play developed by FROM.

 

[Kacho]

I may check it out at some point. Khazan was enough Souls-like for me in 2025.

 

[peish]

zero.

Every other new game now is a Souls, Souls-lite, Souls-less derivatives.

 

[lh032]

nah, currently im burned out with these roguelite games

 

[Pejo]

I'll give it a fair assessment on its own strengths. I like what I've seen from it.

 

[Danjin44]

nah, currently im burned out with these roguelite games

It's rouguelite? God that makes me even less interested….so fucking sick of every game going for roguelite.

 

[Plies]

 

[March Climber]

Every other new game now is a Souls, Souls-lite, Souls-less derivatives.

There was actually a pretty good variety of games previewed this summer, check these threads out to see them:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sgf-day-2-and-3-indie-showcase-recap-thread-showcases-wlg-wgd-lag-seag-ggs.1685115/.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/media-indie-exchange-showcase-now-live.1684800/.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/day-of-the-devs-and-access-ability-showcases-indie-showcases-recap-june-6th-2025.1684986/.

Counting those showcases, and SGF, there were only 9-ish Soulslikes announced out of the many games shown. Hope this helps.

 

[March Climber]

Anyone hyped for this one? Stellar blade gang assembling?

Speaking of Stellar Blade, this game also has a good variety of outfits in it too (around 3:50 in the video):



There will be more on release too.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Looks like UE5 slop. The trailer looks decent, but when you look at the actual uncut gameplay, it's pretty bleh. Phantom Blade 0 and Beast of Reincarnation are the two that i am interested in.

But the Wuchang dev better not bend over, and add difficulty. And if it's just an action game like DMC, difficulty option makes sense, but then do it from the beginning instead of waiting for the game to do poorly in sales, and then add it out of desperation.

 

[Critical Hit]

Zero for this one, but I like 2 other chinese games which looks like old kung fu movies.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

China is flooding the zone with Soulslikes and they are going to create a lot of gamer fatigue even among people who live for and worships Soulslikes

 

[LazyParrot]

Is it just me, or do all Chinese big-budget games share the same art department?

 

[Thief1987]

Hype for a soulslike slop? Lol

 

[Hudo]

Is it just me, or do all Chinese big-budget games share the same art department?

-5000 social credit points, you traitor.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Based on gameplay systems it seems more like a spectacle fighter then a soulslike. Especially with stamina use only for defensive actions and special moves, resource for magic abilities, Madness and Inner Demon system, defenses based around gear, and skill points for skill trees/weapon traits instead of a stat dump system.

And the setting is intriguing. Looks like a good time.

 

[Kotaro]

Hype!! I'm buying it

 

[Lorianus]

Is it just me, or do all Chinese big-budget games share the same art department?

Wuxia/XIanxia/Ancient China is just the western equivalent of castles, dragons and knights as a setting, see one of them and you have seen them all.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Interested but not hyped. Will keep a close eye on it and read impressions first

 

[Bartski]

Its on gamepass so I'll play it, not
Hoping for much but I've been there many times and got pleasantly surprised

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm definitely going to try it. Pretty much totally over soulslikes. Sometimes one will surprise me and compel me to keep playing though like Lies of P. Not hyped but I'll give it a fair shot.

 

[EerieArcade]

I'll probably pick it up at release. Really like the art style and music. The combat looks decent, too.

 

[Techno_Inked]

I'm super hyped for this one. But other factors besides this game has contributed to my hype. As I haven't been gaming much lately and just ordered a high end gaming PC.
Can't wait to play this, Hell is us, Cronos, MGS Delta, Silent Hill f and Nioh 3 this and early next year!

 

[Brakum]

This is the next big hit. That's my prediction. Could be wrong but not only does it look very good, but is also cheap. I expect a nice CCU thread where people will be surprised about it doing extremely well, not me though. I expect it.

 

[Brakum]

China is flooding the zone with Soulslikes and they are going to create a lot of gamer fatigue even among people who live for and worships Soulslikes

We are very far away from a soulslike fatigue since most of them are bad.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

This is the next big hit. That's my prediction. Could be wrong but not only does it look very good, but is also cheap. I expect a nice CCU thread where people will be surprised about it doing extremely well, not me though. I expect it.

It helps that it is also a Chinese developer. I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese gamers back it in full force, even if its just decent, like Wu Kong

 

[Signalis]

Speaking of Stellar Blade, this game also has a good variety of outfits in it too (around 3:50 in the video):



There will be more on release too.

How many times is the guy from IGN in the video going to bring up "the fan service and some of the "risque" outfits he could do without". Go play something else then or just fuck off

 

[Lux R7]

i will be there, very interested and i like what i see

 

[StereoVsn]

Meh, just doesn't look like it does anything particularly different or interesting.

 

[Techno_Inked]

It helps that it is also a Chinese developer. I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese gamers back it in full force, even if its just decent, like Wu Kong

I would say that Black Myth Wukong is definitely a tier above decent. But different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

[yamaci17]

wo long was fun
but nothing memorable
so no hype

 

[Team Andromeda]

Looks like more Souls crap = No thanks

 

[Xbox 360 slim]

Anyone hyped for this one? Stellar blade gang assembling? Black Myth Wukong posse turnt up?

I'm slightly optimistic it could be good…

Checking in

 

[Lions Gate]

No difficulty settings, no buy.

Sorry, suck my dick.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Looks like more Souls crap = No thanks

Might as well say you hate all ARPG games. The combat here is very different than Dark Souls

 

[Lootlord]

Wu What?

 

[nikos]

0%

 

[Rush2112]

watching this closely. potential day one buy if steam reviews are decent.

From the thread responses, looks like people are burned out of soulsbornes. The rest of us fans are still here.

 

[Clear]

For me this has been the least interesting of the recent thematically similar Chinese titles. None of the trailers/footage I've seen seemed particularly interesting or creative.

Maybe its just the way its been promoted, but the truth is there's so much competition in the genre right now it doesn't greatly inspire investigation.

 

[Fbh]

It doesn't look bad, but I'm getting a bit tired of these samey looking action games with very similar "magical ancient China/Japan" setting and theme

 

[Team Andromeda]

Might as well say you hate all ARPG games. The combat here is very different than Dark Souls

I don't like a few of them tbh. I do like Star Wars Jedi mind, so there's always 'hope'

 

[balls of snow]

Perfect for Gamepass fodder.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

worth a refund if it's on gamepass