A half-demon man, a demon prince, a young woman kept alive by magic, and the direct descendant of a goddess meet mostly by chance before going on to finish once and for all a world-shaking set of events that were set in motion almost two decades earlier, completely destroying an ancient Daoist training ground and … Continue reading Points of view
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Review: Sword and Fairy 7
Sword and Fairy, AKA Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan, AKA Chinese Paladin, AKA The Legend of Sword and Fairy, is a Chinese RPG series that's been running - almost exclusively on PCs - since 1995. It has found not only success within its own sphere of entertainment but outside of it as well, the stories … Continue reading Review: Sword and Fairy 7
The anti-RPG that’s more RPG than most
I first became aware of Chinese/Taiwanese RPGs around fifteen years ago; a few names tied to a smattering of barely-explained screenshots was all it took to spark an interest that eventually snowballed into a mass buying and playing spree thanks to a combination of Yesasia's great selection of PC titles (as it was at the … Continue reading The anti-RPG that’s more RPG than most