The Swordsmen X: Survival
- April 27, 2023
- 上海润梦网络科技有限公司
- 24h median play time
Get on Steam"The Swordsmen X: Survival" is a martial arts open world adventure game built with Unreal Engine 4, featuring a vast world of 256 square kilometers. Players must survive by collecting, crafting, and exploring, while confronting natural challenges and other warriors. The game offers ancient Chinese-style architecture building, unique martial art creation, and variousrandom events for an immersive and engaging experience.
Reviews
- The game has a great concept and potential, with enjoyable combat mechanics and exploration.
- Many players find the game fun to play with friends, offering a unique survival experience.
- Despite its issues, some players appreciate the depth of content and the variety of skills and abilities available.
- The game is plagued with numerous bugs and performance issues, making it frustrating and often unplayable.
- The English translation is poor, leading to confusion and difficulty in progressing through quests.
- There is a significant imbalance in PvP, with many players exploiting bugs and hacks, particularly affecting non-Chinese players.
- gameplay15 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews are mixed, highlighting both enjoyable elements and significant issues. While the core mechanics, crafting, and boss fights are praised for their fun and depth, many players report frustrating bugs, clunky controls, and broken building mechanics that hinder the overall experience. Additionally, the lack of clear direction for non-Chinese speaking players and exploitative gameplay by some users detracts from the potential of the game.
“I was pleasantly surprised to find that the core gameplay loop is actually pretty fun, sort of a mix of Conan Exiles and Valheim.”
“Boss fight mechanics are spot on with no bugs compared to any other survival game in beta.”
“The core mechanics are solid.”
“I really can't give a fair evaluation of the game contents or the gameplay, because with so many bugs, I simply couldn't experience the contents properly.”
“Gameplay also feels stiff and clunky.”
“Lastly, the building mechanics were so broken that walls wouldn’t snap to foundations on perfectly flat terrain, and rotating an object was complicated and broken.”
- story12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game has been heavily criticized due to poor translation and quest tracking issues, making it difficult for players to progress. Many users report that the English translations are either missing or incorrect, leading to confusion and frustration, particularly for those who do not understand Chinese. Overall, the lack of proper localization has significantly hindered the storytelling experience, prompting some players to request refunds.
“The quest line will put way markers automatically on your screen.”
“I don't think the hard part is translating all the first quests in order for you; I have not fixed the translation, but I'm sure you can use your brain to figure it out.”
“Only buy this game when the devs show that they care about their western audience, and when bugs are fixed, and when English and quest tracking is fully supported.”
“The translation is so bad that you can't figure out how to progress in the game, while the Chinese players that can actually read the quests progress at 10x your speed and invade NA servers to take them over.”
“The translation is so laughably poor that it's actually way worse than anything Google Translate would do for free; the tutorial and quest progress isn't tracked properly.”
- optimization9 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization has received mixed reviews. While some players report good performance and minimal lag, others experience significant issues, particularly with shadows and on certain hardware like the RTX 3060. The developers are acknowledged for their responsiveness to optimization concerns, but ongoing performance problems, especially in early access, remain a point of contention.
“I definitely think they are doing an above-average job on this. This game is pretty playable; I barely get lag or have other performance-related issues. Now let's compare this to Apex; that game was legitimately unplayable for about 3 months for anyone on AMD.”
“But unlike the others, these devs seem to know what optimization is and know how to fix stuff fast.”
“Poor performance with an RTX 3060, and ray tracing was greyed out.”
“There are some issues with performance and optimization, but that is being worked on too and is common in early access games.”
“The only criticism maybe is optimization; my laptop gets quite overheated while playing for a while.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players noting that while they can be improved and are acceptable for Unreal Engine 4, they fall short of modern standards, especially given the game's lengthy development time. Others criticize the outdated visuals and poor animations, suggesting that the graphics are not competitive in today's gaming landscape. Overall, the consensus leans towards disappointment, with many feeling that significant enhancements are needed.
“The graphics are okay (UE4), and can be tweaked to look amazing; however, everything is about to come out in UE5.”
“Graphics 4/5”
“Graphics 7/10”
“Horrible graphics and building is just as bad. Maybe this would have been decent 10 years ago, but not by today's standards, especially when it has been in development for over 2 years now.”
“The animations are terrible, the graphics are outdated as hell, movement and interactions are janky, tutorial and quest progress isn't tracked properly, combat is generic as hell (basically just swinging endlessly with any weapon, plus a few hotkey 'special moves').”
“Graphics are bad.”
- stability5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with players reporting significant bugs, including getting stuck in the environment and severe lag due to server issues, particularly for European and Western users. Combat experiences are marred by high ping and rubber banding, leading to an unbalanced and frustrating gameplay experience. While some players find it somewhat playable, frequent glitches and the need for workarounds diminish overall enjoyment.
“Then it's so buggy that I got stuck in the water and can't get out after the latest maintenance.”
“The ping in combat for European and Western players (because the servers are now only in China) spikes to 300+, especially in combat - you have little to no chance with the rubber banding and lag freezes to get away from Chinese players who have low ping.”
“This game is buggy as hell; combat is so unbalanced it's pointless since you can't kill someone and they can't kill you when you're all maxed out.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players express concerns about the safety of their in-game houses, feeling that they are vulnerable to bugs and hacks, which detracts from the enjoyment of grinding and farming. While the farming and exploring aspects are generally well-received, the fear of losing hard-earned items due to external threats overshadows the experience.
“Houses built aren't as safe as they should be in both PvE and PvP; players are worried for their items, imagining farming one day and getting raided by bugs or hacks.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by amusing mob behaviors and comical resource gathering animations, though some players feel that these elements could benefit from further refinement. Overall, the humor adds a charming, albeit imperfect, quality to the gameplay experience.
“Some mobs path funny; sometimes you get stuck in things and need a push, but honestly, it's a gem that just needs refinement.”
“The resource gathering animations are hilariously bad.”
