For a country that seems to be doing everything it can to curb-stomp the games industry, China is making a lot of impressive games. There’s Black Myth Wukong with its incredible graphics currently underway from Game Science, And Tales of Immortal just got an English translation as part of its early access period.
And then there’s Seasun, a Chinese developer that’s curiously based in California (although its parent company is based in Hong Kong). Seasun’s latest project just got a two-minute trailer showing off its impressive graphics, beautiful scenery, and superb animations.
The trailer comes courtesy of Daniel Amhad, Niko Partners analyst and our regular gateway to gaming from the Far East. He also provides us with the game's English translation–Xie Yun Liu Chuan–as the game doesn't have an official English name yet.
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Based on Seasun's JX Online series, Xie Yun Liu Chuan looks like a modern triple-A take on the classic movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There's plenty of flowery dodges, fancy swordplay, and trudging through snow before falling down a cliffside. But it's more like "falling in style" since our princely protagonist never seems to be in any danger of plummeting to his death or being crushed under tons of rocks and snow.
At one point, he does the classic kung fu move of hopping from treetop to treetop. Then he descends on a band of brigands to casually kick their collective keisters.
Keep in mind that this is mostly a tech demo. You can see a few animations where controller buttons seem to prompt the "player" to hop from tree to tree, but this isn't necessarily indicative of what the final product will look like.
Further, there's some question whether gaming is even going to still be a thing in China. The Chinese government has just instituted draconian laws that ban anyone under 18 from playing games during the workweek and limits gaming to just three hours per week. It seems like a clear message that the Chinese government doesn’t want its population gaming at all.
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