Xuan-Yuan Sword 7

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
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  1. JayJayee
    Sep 1, 2023
    2
    When I first started playing this game I was actually enjoying it, however as time went on, my opinion drastically changed. I give this game a 3/10 and here’s why:

    What I liked: - I like the martial art concept they added as the “heavy attack” in the fighting mechanics. It was definitely needed due to the regular “light attack” being so boring a monotonous. - The graphics looked decent. I    When I first started playing this game I was actually enjoying it, however as time went on, my opinion drastically changed. I give this game a 3/10 and here’s why:

    What I liked:
    - I like the martial art concept they added as the “heavy attack” in the fighting mechanics. It was definitely needed due to the regular “light attack” being so boring a monotonous. - The graphics looked decent. I played this game on my PS5 and the environment and character detail looked pretty good. What I didn’t like:
    - The fast traveling in this game was extremely inconvenient and annoying. The totems weren’t always placed in the villages, and fast traveling almost felt pointless which meant a lot of walking/running. - Combat gameplay wasn’t fun at all. The only thing that made it even remotely interesting was the different martial arts abilities. - Sometimes the characters would have dialogue while you’re moving from village to village and due to the game not being in English it was different to try and traverse the environment and read the subtitles. - I don’t think the story was all that good. I wasn’t attached to any of the characters and it felt boring
    - The difficulty spikes between regular enemies and boss fights, between the different areas were ridiculous. I played on Normal and I remember fighting a boss at least 5-10 time before beating them, and the very next boss without upgrading any gear, I was able to crushed convincingly. It just didn’t make any sense to me and was extremely frustrating. - After the final boss fight, you have to travel to various points of the map to trigger a part of the “lady in the green dress’s” story. Honestly this could’ve been explain in a cutscene instead of extending the game an additional 10-15mins All in all I don’t recommend this game. There are FAR BETTER JRPG’s out there to play. I’m happy very happy that I waited to catch this game on sale on the PS Store for $12, because it wouldn’t have been worth anymore than that.    … Expand

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Nov 30, 2021
    65
    Once the controller is in place, there remains a mixed feeling, made of a feeling of too little and the satisfaction of having had a good time anyway.
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  2. GameCritics
    Nov 18, 2021
    60
    While I generally enjoyed my time with Xuan Yuan Sword 7, it’s hard to recommend. Those who can deal with the mediocre and sometimes unfair combat may be able to enjoy the world and story, and there is something to be said for games that can wrap things up in around 15 hours or so, but that’s still a significant amount of time to deal with issues that really need more polish.
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  3. PLAY
    Nov 17, 2021
    70
    As much as we enjoy our first taste of Xuan-Yuan, it’s definitely rough around the edges. We experience framerate drops whenever we go near rivers, hitboxes not being where they should be, and some oddly endearing animation jank. But as long as you’re fine with that, you’ll have a good time hacking through it. [Issue#8, p.84]
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