Alright, you beautiful people, strap in!
For three long years, I’ve been waiting for Where Winds Meet. Ever since that first trailer, it’s been the great, shining promise on the horizon—a massive, open-world, Wuxia RPG. We’re talking Ghost of Tsushima meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [09:58], a world where we can run on water, scale walls, and become the legendary martial arts heroes of our dreams.
Well, launch day finally arrived. I booted up the stream, ready to become a legend. And, as you know, I immediately became a “legend of the settings menu” instead.
This VOD isn’t just a playthrough; it’s a journey. A journey of high hopes, technical gremlins, questionable weapon choices, and the discovery that the most dangerous foes in ancient China aren’t warriors… they’re poultry.
Want to see if the 3-year wait was worth the pain? Check out the full 4.5-hour saga below.
The Good, The Bad, and The Utterly Baffling
So, is Where Winds Meet actually good? Let me put it this way: it’s an experience. It’s a game that promises god-tier Wuxia action and then immediately asks you to fight the settings menu [14:14]. Here are the moments that truly defined my first steps into the “Jianghu.”
- A Hero for the “Casual” Gamer Let’s be honest, you all know my… let’s call it “rage affinity” [11:14]. I am not a “git gud” Souls-like player. I’m the guy who is thankful for an “automatic parry” option so I don’t “f**king smash my controller” [12:14]. This game gets me. It provides the fantasy for those of us who want to look cool without developing a stress-induced facial twitch. Though, as the “Divine Might” Fangu proved by repeatedly mopping the floor with me [03:28:37], “casual” doesn’t mean “easy.”
- The True End-Game: Character Creation I spent what felt like an eternity in the character creator, and I’m still not sure what happened. The game has a “smart customization” feature where you can… read a poem… to generate a face? I did it [44:41], and the game just sort of stared at me, bewildered. After 20 minutes of wrestling with sliders, I ended up with what can only be described as an “ugly ass character” [48:49]. 10/10, truly immersive.
- Meet the True Kung Fu Masters You can keep your shadowy sects and wise old masters. The real teachers in this world are the wildlife. I’m not making this up. I ran into a bear that “seems to know martial arts” [01:27:25], and by watching it, I literally “comprehended” a new Tai Chi skill [01:27:31]. I learned martial arts from a bear. This was, of course, immediately followed by me getting absolutely, unceremoniously murdered by a… goose [04:39:41]. A goose. A kung fu goose. Forget the “Killer Blade,” that’s the villain of this story.
- The Boss That Broke Me: The 218MB Patch The most challenging boss I faced wasn’t a bear, a goose, or even Fangu. It was a 218-megabyte patch. After a “classic” FPS drop, I restarted the game, only to be locked into a 30-minute update [02:43:16]. This led to the surreal spectacle of me having a full-blown conversation with my Google AI about the game I was supposed to be playing [03:07:44], begging it for fun facts [03:08:45] and gaming jokes [03:16:44] just to pass the time.
The Warscar Verdict: Is It Good Tho?
So, after 4.5 hours of technical woes, AI-powered chit-chat, and getting styled on by waterfowl, is Where Winds Meet good?
…Yeah, I think so?
The world is gorgeous [01:09:31]. The movement feels fluid. The promise of “no pay to win” had me wanting to yell “He should teach some other studios this!” [20:16]. But it’s also a hot, beautiful mess. It’s janky, my “turret” umbrella was a choice I immediately regretted [01:45:42], and the game is clearly still finding its footing.
But you know what? I’m having fun. It’s a throwback to those old-school Chinese action movies I grew up with [14:05], and it has heart. And at the end of the day, isn’t the real Wuxia adventure the friends, bears, and homicidal geese we meet along the way?
What do you think? Are you diving into Where Winds Meet? Or have you found your own kung fu goose to battle? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Warscar channel for more adventures!
