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Everstone\u2019s debut video game hopes to do for 10th-century China what Ubisoft\u2019s open-world series did for ancient Greece and renaissance Italy\nAssassin\u2019s Creed and Total War have proven that video games can be better than any tattered textbook at bringing history alive \u2013 though they do tend to retread the same old battlegrounds of western Europe. China\u2019s Everstone Studio is hoping to change that, letting players loose on an open world 10th-century China in its debut game, Where Winds Meet.
\nHere, we are put into the sandals of a nameless young martial artist and transported back to the dramatic fall of the Southern Tang dynasty, where the sudden poisoning of Emperor Li Yu thrusts our hero into a dangerous new world. Despite its indie origins, Where Winds Meet looks like a game with a big budget behind it, drawing comparisons to Sucker Punch\u2019s multimillion dollar samurai epic Ghosts of Tsushima. Its sprawling depiction of southern China is a sight to behold; comb through the gameplay videos and you\u2019ll see its hero roaming across a luscious countryside one minute, stumbling upon a serene wildlife-filled pond the next and then being pursued by bandits after dark, dodging arrows on rain-soaked rooftops. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everstone\u2019s debut video game hopes to do for 10th-century China what Ubisoft\u2019s open-world series did for ancient Greece and renaissance Italy Assassin\u2019s Creed and Total War have proven that video games can be better than any tattered textbook at bringing history alive \u2013 though they do tend to retread the same old battlegrounds of western …<\/p>\n