PS5's Project Jinyiwei Looks Very Scrappy in First Gameplay, But There's Something to Build On | Push Square

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ChinaJoy 2024 was flooded with Soulslikes, but many are utilising dark fantasy settings. Project Jinyiwei’s historical backdrop looks a lot more grounded, but it will ultimately be compared to the likes of Rise of the Ronin. For as scrappy and as early as it seems, though, there’s clear promise here – and it’s easy to understand why Sony has signed the game to its China Hero Project.

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That said, there’s really not much unique for us to introduce from this stage demo captured by Gematsu. It appears to have the tried and trusted gameplay blueprint of locking on to a single opponent, parrying their attacks, and utilising openings to strike. There are some traversal and stealth elements, but we’re effectively seeing a slightly more grounded alternative to a FromSoftware game.

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I can tell from this early footage that it is one of those rare but very original games

It looks alright but I can never really tell until I try games like this myself

man how many of these samurai type games do we really need lets get a different setting in here atleast

Too many soulslikes, but a less arcady Sekiro?
I'm all for it!

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We're finally getting samurai games, so I appreciate them, but we need better ones. We need the sort of grounded samurai game that'd release on PS3. Games now are so floaty and arcady. It's like you're controlling a tall 3yo with the weight of a 3yo

I feel like I’ve seen this same game about 12 times already.

I prefer it over survival game, rogue like, hero shooter, looter shooter, asymmetric MP, battle royale, heart wrench indie,… wait a moment… I guess gaming generally is way too oversaturated at this