Xuan-Yuan Sword VII
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an ARPG rooted in Chinese history and mythology. Players take on the role of Taishi Zhao, a calm and reliable swordsman who was accidentally involved in a tragic fate. To protect his…
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an adventure developed by DOMO Studio, released 28 October 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is an adventure game developed by DOMO Studio and released in 2020. It was published by Softstar Entertainment Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
At the end the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang, the regent of Han, seized the imperial throne and established the Xin dynasty. During this time, various auspicious signs as well as ominous phenomenons, such as the unearthing of a stone bovine and a white stone carved with writing, and the discovery of ancient tombs were prevalent. A peculiar bamboo scroll was unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Liu, and was swiftly delivered to the court astrologer. Unexpectedly, on the night the scroll was received, a fire broke out, and all within the court astrologer residence perished. The scroll also vanished without a trace. Ten years had gone by, but the prosperous era foretold by the mysterious…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Xuan-Yuan Sword series
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is the 12th of 12 entries we hold in the Xuan-Yuan Sword series. It arrived 6 years after Xuan Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
How it was received
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII launched on 28 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
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