Right, so, I'm here with my chest bandaged and feathers sprouting out of my arms like wild weeds, and I don't know what's about to happen, but I'm sure I'm doomed to fail – that's what makes this Wuchang: Fallen Feathers demo I'm playing at Summer Game Fest such a compelling Soulslike.
When I call Fallen Feathers a Soulsborne "clone," I mean that as the highest compliment; as a card-carrying FromSoftware sicko, I tend to bounce off most titles that are clearly heavily inspired by Dark Souls, but unwilling to steal its best parts for the sake of originality. Fallen Feathers isn't like that – Fallen Feathers is bold, adopting FromSoftware's signature mix of dark fantasy, body horror, and wily motherfuckers trying to kill you and dropping them all into its joyless version of the Ming Dynasty.
