Overview

• Game launched July 23 on PS5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X after developers lowered PC system requirements pre-launch.
• Reviewers praised its layered combat built around perfect dodges and Skyborn Might, extensive weapon builds and the mythic late-Ming China setting.
• Launch week technical woes on PC and PS5—including frame-rate drops, screen tearing and blurry visuals—have detracted from gameplay.
• Steam users have review-bombed the title over performance issues, pushing its positive review rate down to just 21 percent.
• Critics and players debate its originality and boss balancing as the game seeks to carve out its identity in a saturated Soulslike field.