WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a game that demands your patience, rewards your curiosity and tests your tolerance for tedium in equal measure. For about the first eight hours, I was fully on board. It’s a gorgeous world, rich in gothic rot and mystery, and I found myself wandering through it like I’d stumbled into a fever dream painted with brushstrokes from Sekiro and Bloodborne. That initial impression stuck with me, even as cracks started to form — cracks wide enough to fall into and not always be sure how to get back out.
It’s impossible not to be struck by the sheer craft of WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers environments. There’s a decaying beauty to the world that feels carefully considered in a way few Soulslikes manage. Moss-coated pagodas, corpse-strewn temples, misty ravines — there’s a gorgeous quality here, and the lighting can at times be awe-inspiring when it casts down through the pustular, corrupted landscapes.
But beauty isn’t the same as clarity, and as good as it... Read more