A Whisper of Fall: JinYiWei is an action RPG blending martial-arts combat with soulslike mechanics, coming to PlayStation 5 and PC. The game emphasizes vertical exploration within its world, encouraging players to navigate environments with a focus on verticality rather than traditional open areas.
Early impressions highlight the game's commitment to martial-arts spectacle and atmospheric immersion, though there's interest in seeing how its towns and communities factor into the broader experience beyond the core exploration loop. The title appears positioned as a soulslike that takes its martial-arts identity seriously, though the balance between combat-focused design and deeper world-building remains a point of discussion as the game approaches release.
via IGN
A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei does an impressive job of drawing players into its world of martial-arts action, and I appreciated that it really leaned into the vertical exploration. I would have liked to see more open exploration of towns and communities to understand what the larg…