Tale of Wuxia (originally published as Xiake Fengyun Zhuan) is a role-playing and single-player PC game, made by Heluo Studio.
In the game, the player takes on the role of a present-day protagonist, who wakes up one day to find himself in the ancient Chinese Jianghu (martial arts world). The player learns that in order to return to modern society, he must find all the fourteen novels by Jin Yong and be declared champion of the Jianghu. The books are scattered around the Jianghu and the player must interact with many characters from the novels, each with his or her own story to tell. Some characters are friendly and willing to help the player in his quest, while others are hostile and certain to fight with him. The player must learn his own martial arts in order to coerce or persuade others into giving him the books. There are a wide variety of martial arts styles and weapons available, including sword, saber, whip, and palm styles. The player can also choose to follow a righteous or evil path through his actions and deeds, with different reactions from characters depending on what path he takes.
The game provides examples of:
- Academy of Evil: The Tianlong sect is this to the other sects.
- Big Damn Heroes: The Xiaoyao senior disciples when they saved the MC and Qin Hongshang from being trapped in the burning building.
- Captain Oblivious: Until Wang Rong joins the Xiaoyao sect, the all-male Xiaoyao disciples never knew that women had monthly periods.
- Drunken Master: There's literally one who's named Drunken Master.
- Fishing Minigame: You can partake in one near some low waterfalls to catch the Divine Fish. Or just get a good catch for points.
- Multiple Endings: If this route guide is to be believed,
there are 5 main endingsnote with a few variations of them that total up to 11, in addition to over several dozen minor ones that depend on other factors such as reaching high stat numbers, raising affection levels with certain characters or triggering special events. - Spit Take: There is a special animation for your character who does this when startled. For instance, walking into another character changing.
- Stock Wushu Weapons: In addition to bare hands and fists (and just fingers), you can learn martial styles that use weapons that include swords, staves, fans and hidden weapons.
- Time Travel: How the MC seems to have gotten to the game's prologue. It's also what one of the endings is about when you access the Sanctuary.
- To Be a Master: The MC's goal is to be the greatest martial artist in the world.
- Useless Protagonist: The MC is extremely weak in the beginning and has to rely on pretty much everyone around him to fight the bad guys.
- Wuxia: Practically in the name—the game features nearly every single trope that can be found in its page.
