Sharp to the touch: Swordsman Online Reveals New Gameplay Trailer

Michael Dunaway
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Swordsman Online, the upcoming fast-paced martial arts MMORPG from Perfect World Entertainment has received a new gameplay trailer which shows off several of Swordsman's 10 customizable fighting styles in action. According to the trailer, these school specific fighting styles present players with the choice of using unique weapons to flow in and out of custom combos thanks to the use of motion capture animations.

Other features touted in the trailer include the use of ragdoll physics, realtime weather and a seemingly freeform parkour system. Swordsman Online has already been released in China where it apparently enjoys a userbase of over 80 million players and is set to begin its closed beta testing here in the west on June 16th.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (49)

Allwynd 9 years ago
i was so looking forward to this game, but its worse than Age of Wulin, for a few reasons:




1. you cant move with just the mouse, you have to press W and hold right click to rotate the camera (but this doesnt matter, because you should check out point 2.)

2. you cant move and cast spells at the same time, not even auto attack, you just stand in one place and mash buttons, so what if there are special jumps and stuff?!

3. the graphics arent that good - only the playable characters' models are well made, the NPCs look like they are recycled models from a 2005 MMORPG, which is a total turn off, because both models should be the same, be it good or bad



there is one good point about the game - its a bit more self-explanatory, it feels more like the previous Perfect World games (FW, PW, ES, JD, HOTK)


to conclude my opinion, i will say that im really disappointed with how this game turned out

Cacalips 9 years ago
Cash shop is sharp in the ass

nubblet 9 years ago
I'm looking forward to test this game, to see if I like it or not.

Redminus 9 years ago
._. all of you suck your nothing more nothing less. Your negative about a game that hasn't hit the west yet. Stop prejudging it and play the game give it a try and shut pp until YOU play the game not a friend not a reviewer on you-tube YOU. Because you never know you might actual like it. Wake up Gamer and cut your crap.

thetrue 9 years ago
taking to much time to release the game ,yeah all the ppl its always the same looking the video they think OMG this game its pretty cool,awesome,etc but once the stupid game comes out they start with the "generic gameplay,its like a WoW Clone" and the retards with the... "Mounted/Mounted Son" . ._. or the classic guy that answer you saying "u mad bro?" those are the generics IRL.

RenTheRose 9 years ago
age of washu in another name?

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alexrocker9 9 years ago
ive actually been playing this game for the past couple of days and I got to say its actually pretty cool and refreshing. three different controls styles for different styles of tastes though I prefer the action one myself. The story is ACTUALLY interesting and keeps me wanting to keep going for me and the different schools are actually all unique and not boring and including three styles or tress in each school makes it really fun and matchmaking into instances is awesome too

Bleh! 9 years ago
Actually this game is great, I'm playing the alpha test and just found it very good. Unlike Age of Wushu has a more fuid, dynamic combat....of course comes not as agile and "action" but does not take the fun.The graphics are great and has some flaws in zones and animations, but also is a familiar pattern of PWI.
If you already played the games of PW will like and adapt.
If you already expecting something more innovative, will not be good.

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Stick Man 9 years ago
80 million players in China? Wow. Didn't know the game was that big anywhere.

Nopese 9 years ago
This game is a grindfest just like Jade Dynasty. It has a similar bot program too. The game looks good but botting program is just meh. The PK system is also bad. In conclusion, this is Jade Dynasty with a better graphic.

notbad 9 years ago
Looks pretty cool. Hurry up and buy! HUWWY UP AND BUUUUY~!

blabla 9 years ago
i believe some of the clips were the gameplay trailer, but without the HUD

Malice 9 years ago
Where's the gameplay trailer?

That was just a lame cinematic trailer with some stuff at the end that could POSSIBLY be 'gameplay', but we'll never know because it wasn't from the players perspective. Basically they're hiding the gameplay. No hype. Games that do that never turn out good.

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Tuga4Ever 9 years ago
This trailer is about almost a week old. First I saw it was in ARC when they announced June 16th for the CB.
:(

POS 9 years ago
This is another AWFUL asian mmo that is a dime a dozen. Everything about it is horrid and it isn't unique in any way. Stop getting your hopes up.

Sincerity 9 years ago
China got 1 Billion Inhabitans so how Is It "so Impossible" that 80 Million of them play that game ;)?

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uteliukas 9 years ago
Lemme get this straight, 80 million players? Let it be atleast 5000 lol, theres no way 80 million or even half a million people will play here, tho im looking forward to play this tho theres no way there will be so many players.

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Bigchang 9 years ago
Well cant be worser than Age of Wushu .

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Eledyenn 9 years ago
Just keep calm and wait ARCHEAGE beta test :)

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CByl 9 years ago
Developed by Perfect World, I can see this thing being a huge disappointment. That aside, the game looks very nice with the awesome animations and effects, even though the graphics are mediocre. The main issue I think with these games however is a matter of ping.

Most action RPG games require players to have good ping to the server so they can do combos and pvp etc fluidly. You can probably still easily PvE though of course. PW will most likely just make a North American and European server, which wouldn't be ideal to solve the issue. I'm looking for something more original though, even if this does turn out to be a well-made game.

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LordHikaru 9 years ago
HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Am I supposed to be laughing too? It seemed like the thing to do at the time. As for disappointment.... I'll let it try to disappoint me. See what happens.

FrosTanK 9 years ago
Yah it looks good on trailer, wait till you get on actual gameplay, it WILL REALLY!! disappoint you LOL

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Kuruotatsu 9 years ago
Just waiting for the beta now, cause I got key. Looks good, most likely will be a Zephyr.

Pilecki 9 years ago
This actually looks pretty damn good!


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