New free game comes for Genshin’s crown, and it’s already blowing up
There’s a new free game coming for the mighty Genshin Impact, and it’s already pulling in huge numbers ahead of its first closed beta test in April. Watching the Wuthering Waves gameplay demo, you might be forgiven for thinking you were looking at HoYoverse’s open-world anime game, but the sweeping soundtrack and flowing combat promise to make this new release stand out on its own merits.
An 11-minute Wuthering Waves gameplay demo revealed by IGN (seen below) shows the player exploring the game’s gorgeous post-apocalyptic world, using mid-air grappling hooks and a glider to traverse the environment and flipping between characters seamlessly on the fly as they take on various beasties in slick, stylish action RPG game combat.
Standing out in a field that’s already pretty heavily dominated by the likes of Genshin Impact, alongside other games including Tower of Fantasy and even Genshin developer HoYoverse’s own upcoming games Honkai Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero, is certainly no easy feat. But the initial footage for Wuthering Waves, which takes place in the game’s opening area, already promises big things.
Wuthering Waves makes a fantastic first impression with its combat, which looks to feature a blend of melee and ranged characters with all manner of distinct combos, launchers, and air juggles. You can switch characters on the fly, and flashy dodge-counters allow you to flip away from attacks at the last moment and punish enemies. Add in the aforementioned travel options and some gorgeous super moves that see your characters summoning spirit dragons and lightning storms, and it’s tough not to be impressed.
It seems like plenty of people have indeed taken notice – the gameplay trailer has already racked up close to
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