Project Windless creative director says the developers chose a 9-foot warlike rooster goliath as their protagonist because literally 'every candidate' interviewed to work on the game wanted to play as one: 'All of them—and we were like, OK'

The Hero King, a massive avian warrior, cleaves through enemy soldiers in Project Windless.

In Sony's February State of Play, Krafton Montreal revealed Project Windless, an open world action RPG set in the world of acclaimed Korean fantasy series, Lee Youngdo's The Bird That Drinks Tears. With the books' first English translation being published later this year, Project Windless will be the first exposure for many in the West to a setting that's been called "the Korean Lord of the Rings."

It will also feature a sick-as-hell nine-foot sword-wielding warlike rooster man as its protagonist, a choice of hero that's drawn unironic delight from many—PC Gamer staff included—since the game's reveal. In an interview with PC Gamer, head of Krafton Montreal and Project Windless creative director Patrik Méthé said the reaction is exactly what the studio was hoping for.