Codex Review RPG Codex Review: Tale of Wuxia

[Abu Antar]

This was one of the bigesst positive surprises for me. You guys should also play the Pre-Sequel, even if that is a bit more of a traditional style of RPG.

Is the pre-sequel as buggy as they say? How different is it from the original?

It's more standard fare.
You have a world map and as you open up more places, you can do things in a slightly non-linear fashion. Battle system is the same. Standard fare is 6 controllable characters, while there are some smaller scale fights or larger scale fights. Your characters gain levels, unlike Tale of Wuxia, which raises health and focus. You can learn passive and active skills from books/scrolls. There's also something called perspective points that you gain during the game. These are used to raise the attributes of your characters.
It also has a DLC, which plays more like a TRPG than a regular rpg.

I didn't really suffer any bugs that I can remember. It's a bit janky and the translation is less than stellar, but there was absolutely nothing that stopped me from finishing the game.

 

[Konjad]

Since Steam sale will come in less than 3 days, I guess it's time to finally purchase it as it has been on my wishlist for long enough.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Do these assorted things like tea-making or caligraphy only serve as secondary combat skills or do they have some use outside of it?

They get checked in all sorts of weird circumstances or unlock new events. They also influence minigames.

 

[getter77]

A shame they just can't get the resources to polish the international releases up to the standard they've earned to have a real audience breakthrough as of yet---the fan translated screenshot LP on SA for the original version of the game made it clear that they had surely achieved the core of something wonderful and evocative.

 

[Serious_Business]

Get fucked Darth Turd, if I ever saw you in person I would, huh, probably just awkwardly laugh and avoid eye contact. Whatever, man. You're not getting out of this alive

 

[Darth Roxor]

every great xia knows that there are ruffians in search of whoopass waiting around every corner

average day in the life of darth roxor:

 

[Delterius]

Do these assorted things like tea-making or caligraphy only serve as secondary combat skills or do they have some use outside of it?

They get checked in all sorts of weird circumstances or unlock new events. They also influence minigames.

are you telling me there isn't some kind of gimmicky fighting style that scales off caligraphy called cursive fist of the 5 mountains

 

[ERYFKRAD]

You're not getting out of this alive

Nobody's getting outta life alive.

 

[abnaxus]

It's a shame that despite everything Heluo Studio isn't really worth supporting.

Ho Tu Lo Shu doesn't even run for a lot of ang moh.

This always cracks me up

he's literally Drog

 

[Nostaljaded]

The would-be ENG translator will have a hard time just translating that line;
either at excessive length, intentional segment(s) omission, nonsensical OR a combination of the 3.


Roughly how many hours in would a normal let's play video reach the 'You are just a delicacy... send you to heaven' part?
Wish to know whether it's just bad translation or the original text is already as such.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Roughly how many hours in would a normal let's play video reach the 'You are just a delicacy... send you to heaven' part?

Idk, but many. It's basically in the final chapter.

 

[True Ukrainian]

Do these assorted things like tea-making or caligraphy only serve as secondary combat skills or do they have some use outside of it?

They get checked in all sorts of weird circumstances or unlock new events. They also influence minigames.

There's an important skill check half way through the game that involves all the misc skills. You need to pass every single check to unlock the "true" path of the game.

 

[baud]

Do these assorted things like tea-making or caligraphy only serve as secondary combat skills or do they have some use outside of it?

They get checked in all sorts of weird circumstances or unlock new events. They also influence minigames.

There's an important skill check half way through the game that involves all the misc skills. You need to pass every single check to unlock the "true" path of the game.

Isn't that the skill check to unlock the

Spoiler

harem ending?

 

[Nostaljaded]

Thanks Roxor.

Gaggle Machine Translation:
Is there a way to eat the fat sheep that comes to the door?
You can rest assured that I will hurt you first, and then send you a comfortable sword!

Bling Machine Translation:
How can a fat sheep come to the door without eating?
You rest assured that I will first good pain you, and then a sword to send you comfortable down!

Baidu Machine Translation:
Is there any reason why the fat sheep that come to you do not eat?
Don't worry, I will hurt you well first, and then I will give you a sword to go down comfortably!

Literal translation for 1st part:
Who wouldn't eat a premium lamb offered at our doorstep?

Official Translation:
You are just a delicacy waiting for me!
Rest assure, I'll send you to heaven with my penis... Then with my sword!

Proper translation could be along the following lines:
Who wouldn't accept a beautiful lady who turns up on her own?
Don't worry, I'll first make you feel good, before I send you comfortably down under with my sword!


Chinese game writing mostly, if not all, uses figurative terms, so not sure why does the translator did so?
It's definitely a good way to promote the game though.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I prefer the official

 

[Jimmious]

Darth Roxor maybe I missed it somewhere in the review... Do you get to have companions or are you always fighting solo?

 

[Darth Roxor]

You have backup for most of the fights.

 

[ntonystinson]

Tale of Wuxia: The Pre-Sequel, the authentic sequel of Tale of Wuxia which surpasses the latter in every way

From the Steam Page of the Pre Sequel

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Thanks Roxor.

Gaggle Machine Translation:
Is there a way to eat the fat sheep that comes to the door?
You can rest assured that I will hurt you first, and then send you a comfortable sword!

Bling Machine Translation:
How can a fat sheep come to the door without eating?
You rest assured that I will first good pain you, and then a sword to send you comfortable down!

Baidu Machine Translation:
Is there any reason why the fat sheep that come to you do not eat?
Don't worry, I will hurt you well first, and then I will give you a sword to go down comfortably!

Literal translation for 1st part:
Who wouldn't eat a premium lamb offered at our doorstep?

Official Translation:
You are just a delicacy waiting for me!
Rest assure, I'll send you to heaven with my penis... Then with my sword!

Proper translation could be along the following lines:
Who wouldn't accept a beautiful lady who turns up on her own?
Don't worry, I'll first make you feel good, before I send you comfortably down under with my sword!


Chinese game writing mostly, if not all, uses figurative terms, so not sure why does the translator did so?
It's definitely a good way to promote the game though.

So he's going to rape her then murder her? Typical chinese empire for you i guess.

er

 

[True Ukrainian]

Do these assorted things like tea-making or caligraphy only serve as secondary combat skills or do they have some use outside of it?

They get checked in all sorts of weird circumstances or unlock new events. They also influence minigames.

There's an important skill check half way through the game that involves all the misc skills. You need to pass every single check to unlock the "true" path of the game.

Isn't that the skill check to unlock the

Spoiler

harem ending?

Yes, but not entirely. There are a whole bunch of other requirements to fulfill in order to get the ending you are talking about. The skill check's main function is to

Spoiler

allow you to join the utopia society

 

[True Ukrainian]

Thanks Roxor.

Gaggle Machine Translation:
Is there a way to eat the fat sheep that comes to the door?
You can rest assured that I will hurt you first, and then send you a comfortable sword!

Bling Machine Translation:
How can a fat sheep come to the door without eating?
You rest assured that I will first good pain you, and then a sword to send you comfortable down!

Baidu Machine Translation:
Is there any reason why the fat sheep that come to you do not eat?
Don't worry, I will hurt you well first, and then I will give you a sword to go down comfortably!

Literal translation for 1st part:
Who wouldn't eat a premium lamb offered at our doorstep?

Official Translation:
You are just a delicacy waiting for me!
Rest assure, I'll send you to heaven with my penis... Then with my sword!

Proper translation could be along the following lines:
Who wouldn't accept a beautiful lady who turns up on her own?
Don't worry, I'll first make you feel good, before I send you comfortably down under with my sword!


Chinese game writing mostly, if not all, uses figurative terms, so not sure why does the translator did so?
It's definitely a good way to promote the game though.

So he's going to rape her then murder her? Typical chinese empire for you i guess.

er

Fun bit of trivia, Xi's sister was actually raped and murdered during the cultural revolution.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

How many golden thrones are there that "leaders" across the world rule from?

 

[Delterius]

don't forget the original great satan

 

[Junmarko]

It's time for a CRPG. By which I mean a Chinese RPG of course. So read on, gweilos:

Infintron jokes are rare moments when you see there's a soul in there.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

A Typical working day in China... watch out for the Dragon Emperor Xi or even the empirical soldiers. They're just waiting to bust your ass for being lazy.

Spoiler

YES!! THEY EAT THEIR OWN!!!

And why this work??? For this

Spoiler

you know for NSFW situations..

Spoiler

Ok, enough China bashing from me. Or was it advertising?

 

[lightbane]

Looks like this Chinese RPG is way better than the other one recently released. I mean The Outer Worlds, of course.