Liuyin's world on Steam
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A 3D cyber-fantasy ARPG with metroidvania levels & multiple endings. Combat rewards aggression – hesitation means defeat. In a world where the Wheel of Reincarnation, corrupted by tainted energy, became an AI that merged flesh, souls, and machines to create new life, survivors reject this evolution.

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.

    • Hammerjack@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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      11 days ago

      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.