Liuyin's World - a cyberpunk souls-like? (store.steampowered.com)

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I saw a trailer for this game and was intrigued enough to look into it. It made me realize that I've never seen a cyberpunk souls-like game before. I'm no souls-like expert but every souls-like I'm aware of has a dark fantasy setting. Yet there's nothing inherent to the souls-like genre that requires a dark fantasy setting, it just seems to be where most souls-like fans tend to go. Weird.

Anyway, after looking into it, I guess the developers only call this game an "Action RPG" despite users adding the 'souls-like' tag in steam. The trailer certainly looks like a souls-like but maybe the gameplay isn't actually souls-like. I'm not sure, I haven't played the demo.

Also, I guess this game is the final entry in their Liuyin Trilogy, after Nine Treasures of Liuyin and Redemption of Liuyin. Both those previous games had a dark fantasy setting (maybe souls-likes?) and this game just happens to be far enough into the future to be cyberpunk. So if it isn't souls-like, it certainly looks souls-like-adjacent.

Liuyin's World releases on September 19.

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[-] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

Check out The Surge and The Surge 2. They are definitely cyber if not quite cyberpunk.

[-] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

Hell is us just released recently. Futuristic and post apocalyptic, but I don't think it's cyberpunk though.

[-] tatann@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Jedi Fallen Order didn't have a dark fantasy setting 😉

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

Good point! I knew someone would come along and correct me. Fallen Order even had a bonfire-equivalent for you to rest at and would respawn enemies. Totally forgot about that game but like I said, I'm no souls-like expert.

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