Open World Wuxia Game ‘Where Winds Meet’ Confirmed For PS5

Everstone Studio appeared at Sony’s State of Play show to premiere a new gameplay trailer for Where Winds Meet, their open-world wuxia action game set during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era. Unlike the original reveal trailer which aimed to show more of the world, this trailer centers around some of the dramatic set-piece boss fight scenes.

Sony’s PlayStation blog sees Everstone Producer Beralt Lyu talk more about the game’s role-playing and open world aspects:

Your character might use the mystical power of Qinggong to run up sheer cliffs or across the shimmering surface of water at high speed or use the power of Chi to stun enemies from a distance, or grasp objectives from far out of reach. Martial arts skills can also be acquired from observing and mimicking the behavior of animals. Breath fire like a dragon, leap like a giant toad or roar like a lion – all skills that can prove incredible useful when faced with an array of foes, whether human or maybe with that giant bear you accidentally provoked!

It’s really the game’s open world that we can’t wait for you to experience. It’s a vast and seamless open world, that will unfold before your eyes revealing breathtaking landscapes. You’ll venture through different regions, rich in historical and cultural features, interacting with diverse local NPCs and reveling in the Wuxia influence, so evident in the puzzles and plots, the narration and of course the “Wuxia stories”. Whether it is individuals like the erratic behaviour of a villager in the Qinghe region, or the machinations of various factions at play, we think you’ll be intrigued to dive deeper into the narrative thread underlying our martial arts saga.

This game honestly still sounds too good to be true, as it seems like it’s impossibly large yet full of options for both character-building and role-playing. Still, the game’s been in the works for five years and there’s no confirmed release date, so who knows how much longer they plan to work on it. Still, there aren’t any big-budget wuxia RPGs out there in the world, so whenever this hits it’s guaranteed to grab people’s attention.