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Where Winds Meet |OT| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

You underestimate how much people pays for cosmetics in a f2p game.

If people didn't buy cosmetics then games like PoE and Fortnite would not exist
I have 1500 hours in POE but haven't really played for the past few leagues because I can't stomach doing the campaign again.

However, when I was playing every league, I was buying the supporter pack (cosmetics) each league for $60 a pop. I figured that if I was getting so much gameplay out of the game, I should probably give something back to the devs.
 
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Also why does OT says its single player only?

I know GAF hates to socialize, but there's also online in this game.
 
WuChang: Fallen Feathers did quite well on Gamepass. Beast of Reincarnation is also going to launch Day 1 on Gamepass. Not F2P gacha games but Chinese and Japanese devs. Stellar Blade would've done well on Xbox too, it was actually introduced at an Xbox games showcase. That changed after Sony got involved, same with WuKong.
MS go and do buy something eastern from time to time, preferably something cheap. Especially after their competitor score something big. They even bought 3rd rate gacha of their own, though it's not that much successful.
WuChang is much cheaper than WuKong, and SB was smaller and simplier concept before Sony got involved.

It's not a consistent strategy and it's not like asia-focused devs have a lot of liking for Xbox - it's completely nonexistent platform there, so no real point to spend efforts for it.
And wuxia is kinda specific and very niche genre in the west, unlikely that game will be hugely popular there.

If Genshin Impact got a good deal from Gamepass, for certain benefits added for a F2P game, these other games could get similar good deals too.
Does it cover costs?
Given that it's the biggest and most famous gacha game I would expect that MS went out of their way with contract conditions to attract Mihoyo. We see no such things for other games, as MS can't be too generous for everyone, even for some already notorious games like WuWa

That 80% that Genshin earns from Asis, how much is of it is from PS5? Or iOS and Android?
We know that Genshin earned 1 bil in first 2 years on Playstation, it should be around ~20%. That's a lot considering China is the biggest market the game where it's mainly on Android and PC

So why aren't these games on Switch 2? Is there no market there either?
Switch2 is too new and already underpowered. And switch was too underpowered.
Not to mention usual Nintendo unfriendliness towards 3rd party.
And the fact that Sw/Sw2 doesn't really bring anything on the table for the game - they barely more powerful than phones and the main appeal of PC/Consoles for gacha players is significantly improved graphics over mobile version
 
Souls games also have MP, but the campaign is single player. This is a standard SP rpg with MP elements in it. You can't play any story mission with other people. In fact, you can switch off every online element and play completely solo. Calling this MMO is misleading because it's different from what people understand as MMO.

Switch2 is too new and already underpowered. And switch was too underpowered.
Not to mention usual Nintendo unfriendliness towards 3rd party.
And the fact that Sw/Sw2 doesn't really bring anything on the table for the game - they barely more powerful than phones and the main appeal of PC/Consoles for gacha players is significantly improved graphics over mobile version


You can see this in Infinity Nikki. That game would be great for the Switch audience but the console/PC version wouldn't run on it.
 
Is this free to Play?
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I haven't decided yet whether I'll play or not, although I've been following the game since its Chinese launch last year. I have a lot of questions and doubts right now.
I won't post any more news, but you need to work harder. This topic was given to you for a reason. Show that you're worthy. :messenger_tears_of_joy: (Joke)
 
It's a game made in China
To be completely precise, this is a Chinese game, made for the Chinese market, which was later decided to be released globally. The game has already been available in China for about a year.
You could, go to TapTap, look at and read reviews from Chinese players (Google Translate is terrible at translating from Chinese, though...). Currently, the game sits at a 7.4 rating there. So, it hasn't exactly made a big splash in China. I'll wait for the first brave discoverers on the global version and their reviews. Especially considering that free-to-play games monetization plummets as soon as they leave China, as Chinese players can't be offended, while others will suffer. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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Thanks for the pre-load info! I'm gonna DL it on the Pro (fingers crossed it runs decently there, because my PC's way too old for this game).
I know this isn't quite the right topic, but... So wait, my dear, you don't have time for BD2 and the Steam release, but you do have time for Where Winds Meet? I think someone needs a serious talk. :messenger_tears_of_joy: :messenger_heart:
 
To be completely precise, this is a Chinese game, made for the Chinese market, which was later decided to be released globally. The game has already been available in China for about a year.
You could, go to TapTap, look at and read reviews from Chinese players (Google Translate is terrible at translating from Chinese, though...). Currently, the game sits at a 7.4 rating there. So, it hasn't exactly made a big splash in China. I'll wait for the first brave discoverers on the global version and their reviews. Especially considering that free-to-play games monetization plummets as soon as they leave China, as Chinese players can't be offended, while others will suffer. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
I'll definitely try it this weekend
I certainly not expect it to be really free - it's either hard lockout or grind lockout.

Duet Night Abyss that just came out is also "cosmetics monetization" but when initial supply on secret letters (in-game currency to obtain everything) will run out it becomes living hell of grind for active player - skippable by money or backing out from excessive playstyle (you get a reasonable stable flow of currency as baseline income)
 
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I hope you're ready for daily grinding, judging by the reviews from TAP TAP this is not a game you can play casually.
I don't mind the grind as long as it's fun. If the game hooks me, I'll probably no-life it for a bit, just like I did with DNA. And if I get bored, I'll bounce to something else.
 
It means Mayar Mayar doesn't understand chinese. That's what it means.
You could, go to TapTap, look at and read reviews from Chinese players (Google Translate is terrible at translating from Chinese, though...)
I warned about this right away, if someone speaks Chinese and can translate, that would be great. I don't even want to touch it because the quality of Google translation from Chinese is so bad that it's better not to even try.

But there are reviews like this there too. :messenger_tears_of_joy:
Overall, it's quite fun, but I uninstalled it because it was too big... my computer can't store it anymore 😅

On TapTap, you can also display a statistics graph and see average scores. Naturally, as is typical for online games, scores fluctuate depending on updates.

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But overall, the game confidently holds a 7-point rating throughout its life cycle.

P.S - Nankatsu Nankatsu уou can write me a PM, I'll send you all my findings :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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To be completely precise, this is a Chinese game, made for the Chinese market, which was later decided to be released globally. The game has already been available in China for about a year.
You could, go to TapTap, look at and read reviews from Chinese players (Google Translate is terrible at translating from Chinese, though...). Currently, the game sits at a 7.4 rating there. So, it hasn't exactly made a big splash in China. I'll wait for the first brave discoverers on the global version and their reviews. Especially considering that free-to-play games monetization plummets as soon as they leave China, as Chinese players can't be offended, while others will suffer. :messenger_tears_of_joy:


This game was always set for a global release. I remember having seen teasers in Sony events years ago. 2022-2023 not sure about when exactly, but this has been teased lot of times by Sony.

It makes sense global release was delayed due to its scope. They have had enough time to polish and get players feedback to correct course if needed.
 
This game was always set for a global release. I remember having seen teasers in Sony events years ago. 2022-2023 not sure about when exactly, but this has been teased lot of times by Sony.
It makes sense global release was delayed due to its scope. They have had enough time to polish and get players feedback to correct course if needed.
Everything NetEase releases eventually makes it to global release (with very few exceptions). What I meant was that the game heavily emphasizes Chinese cultural and historical values (Game has an entire built-in encyclopedia, and it's unclear whether it will be ported over - there is a lot to translate). Some aspects might be difficult to understand for someone unfamiliar with Chinese culture. Therefore, the game's primary focus is Chinese market and players. And naturally, the game will gather its audience outside of China, but it is highly doubtful that it will even come close to the Chinese numbers.

Game actually has a huge database built into it, but it's unclear whether it will be available on Global. Here's a video of it from Twitter:
 
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Everything NetEase releases eventually makes it to global release (with very few exceptions). What I meant was that the game heavily emphasizes Chinese cultural and historical values (Game has an entire built-in encyclopedia, and it's unclear whether it will be ported over - there is a lot to translate). Some aspects might be difficult to understand for someone unfamiliar with Chinese culture. Therefore, the game's primary focus is Chinese market and players. And naturally, the game will gather its audience outside of China, but it is highly doubtful that it will even come close to the Chinese numbers.
Similar to Wukong that gathered 75% inside China and the rest probably also heavily skewed to Asia
Those games are just very unfamiliar in a lot of ways, alienating western crowd. Compared to wuxia even anime is mainstream.

I do hope that there will be more related media coming to west formit to become more familiar with it.
 
I warned about this right away, if someone speaks Chinese and can translate, that would be great. I don't even want to touch it because the quality of Google translation from Chinese is so bad that it's better not to even try.

But there are reviews like this there too. :messenger_tears_of_joy:


On TapTap, you can also display a statistics graph and see average scores. Naturally, as is typical for online games, scores fluctuate depending on updates.

5cgbrrob9m5e1.png


But overall, the game confidently holds a 7-point rating throughout its life cycle.

P.S - Nankatsu Nankatsu уou can write me a PM, I'll send you all my findings :messenger_tears_of_joy:
Hmm… that's kind of worrisome as 7/10 is fairly mid usually. Then again, i am not sure what the expectations are from Chinese audience.

As for grinding, I am definitely going to be out if this is grindy as heck as I really don't have more than couple hours a day (and often not even that). Too many other games to play and EU V just released, lol.
 
Similar to Wukong that gathered 75% inside China and the rest probably also heavily skewed to Asia
Those games are just very unfamiliar in a lot of ways, alienating western crowd. Compared to wuxia even anime is mainstream.

I do hope that there will be more related media coming to west formit to become more familiar with it.
Unfamiliar story, but the gameplay of Wukong is excellent.

One of the problems with a lot of Chinese games is that, despite being great gameplay-wise, translation/localization has been sub-par becuase the Chinese game companies tend to use non-native English speakers for their translation. Hopefully, this is something that will be corrected via AI in the future.
 
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Hmm… that's kind of worrisome as 7/10 is fairly mid usually. Then again, i am not sure what the expectations are from Chinese audience.

As for grinding, I am definitely going to be out if this is grindy as heck as I really don't have more than couple hours a day (and often not even that). Too many other games to play and EU V just released, lol.
The novelty principle may be at work here. For the Chinese market, Chinese-themed games are nothing new, they're already accustomed to them, they've grown up with them. For the rest of the world, that's not the case. Here, Chinese games are just beginning to find their way, and we haven't yet become accustomed to them, 7 for China may end up being 8 for the rest of the world. Therefore, it may actually be better received than in China, initially, of course. God only knows what will happen next, with updates, the store, etc.
 
I just want the combat to be good. I'm already expecting it to be a bit floaty to be honest, considering the amount of crazy animations the game seems to have.

All the other stuff Wuxia related it's pretty new for most people. Besides Dynasty Warriors, which is very niche on its own, we usually don't have these types of games around here.
 
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