Where Winds Meet Open World RPG Revealed at Gamescom
Gamescom is going on now in Cologne, Germany, and runs until August 28. One of the most significant gaming events of the year, the event has already brought several new reveals, including multiple original IPs like the sci-fi shooter Scars Above and the pirate-themed strategy game Tortuga.
Among these new announcements is the upcoming open-world historical fantasy RPG Where Winds Meet. Inspired by Chinese history and mythology, developers revealed the game with a short trailer during Gamescom’s opening event, and a longer extended gameplay trailer the same day.
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Developed by the up-and-coming Everstone Studio, Where Winds Meet is a fantasy martial arts epic set in the closing days of China’s Ten Kingdoms period. Players take the role of a wandering swordsman in a land torn apart by war following the death of China’s last Tang Emperor. The protagonist will encounter a variety of foes as they embark on their epic quest across the land, battling humans, monsters, and wild beasts. Players will also have to decide whether to uphold the swordsman’s code of honor by fighting only to defend the weak or sow chaos by fighting only for themselves.
The Gamescom Premier and Extended Gameplay Trailers open with scenes depicting the Emperor’s final moments, followed by glimpses of the swordsman’s adventures across tenth-century China. Prominent set pieces include scaling a snowy mountain, battling giant warriors’ bamboo forest, and igniting a warship’s gunpowder storage with a flaming arrow. The trailer also features some story teasers, foreshadowing the swordsman’s rivalry with a mysterious white-haired warrior.
Where Winds Meet’s Gameplay trailer features extended versions of those scenes and a
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