Softstar is Taiwan’s answer to Square Enix, and Sword and Fairy and Xuan-Yuan Sword are like Taiwan’s Final Fantasy. Both properties are huge in their native language, but have struggled to get much of a foothold outside of Chinese-speaking territories. Publisher, eastasiasoft, is trying to establish them worldwide, however, and the latest release on Nintendo Switch is actually a re-release…
I absolutely love Sword and Fairy: Together Forever. The seventh game in the series (only the second to be localised into English), Sword and Fairy is to China what Final Fantasy is to Japan, and it really feels like that too, offering a gorgeous and culturally interesting wuxia epic. It’s…
If it wasn’t for a compromised localisation, Sword and Fairy 7 –…
Softstar is Taiwan’s answer to Square Enix, and Sword and Fairy and Xuan-Yuan Sword are like Taiwan’s Final Fantasy. Both properties are huge in their native language, but have struggled to get much of a foothold outside of Chinese-speaking territories. Publisher, eastasiasoft, is trying to establish them worldwide, however, and…
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I absolutely love Sword and Fairy: Together Forever. The seventh game in the series (only the second to be localised into English), Sword and Fairy is to China what Final Fantasy is to Japan, and it really feels like that too, offering a gorgeous and culturally interesting wuxia epic. It’s…
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If it wasn’t for a compromised localisation, Sword and Fairy 7 – Sword and Fairy: Together Forever in the west – would be right up there with Elden Ring and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 as the best RPG of the year. In a year that has been almost painfully dense with…
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