I saw a trailer for this game and was intrigued enough to look into it. It made me realize that I’ve never seen a cyberpunk souls-like game before. I’m no souls-like expert but every souls-like I’m aware of has a dark fantasy setting. Yet there’s nothing inherent to the souls-like genre that requires a dark fantasy setting, it just seems to be where most souls-like fans tend to go. Weird.
Anyway, after looking into it, I guess the developers only call this game an “Action RPG” despite users adding the ‘souls-like’ tag in steam. The trailer certainly looks like a souls-like but maybe the gameplay isn’t actually souls-like. I’m not sure, I haven’t played the demo.
Also, I guess this game is the final entry in their Liuyin Trilogy, after Nine Treasures of Liuyin and Redemption of Liuyin. Both those previous games had a dark fantasy setting (maybe souls-likes?) and this game just happens to be far enough into the future to be cyberpunk. So if it isn’t souls-like, it certainly looks souls-like-adjacent.
Liuyin’s World releases on September 19.
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Check out The Surge and The Surge 2. They are definitely cyber if not quite cyberpunk.
Came in here to say The Surge is cyberpunk, it just doesn’t use the aesthetic.
Hell is us just released recently. Futuristic and post apocalyptic, but I don’t think it’s cyberpunk though.
Jedi Fallen Order didn’t have a dark fantasy setting 😉
Good point! I knew someone would come along and correct me. Fallen Order even had a bonfire-equivalent for you to rest at and would respawn enemies. Totally forgot about that game but like I said, I’m no souls-like expert.
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