You might have heard, but the launch of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers hasn't exactly gone over well on Steam. Or it's gone over really well - I guess it depends on your perspective. Yesterday, we reported two remarkably conflicting things: a concurrent peak of over 100,000 players, and an "Overwhelmingly Negative" user review score.
If you're an unwise bean counter, the former is cause for champagne; if you're forward-thinking enough to recognize that such a disastrous customer perception of your product can lead to rapidly-shrinking long-term sales prospects, you might hold off on the confetti. In the 24 hours since our initial report, both sides of Wuchang's proverbial coin have gotten all the more extreme - its latest peak is 130,000 (wow) and its user reviews have dipped below 29 percent (also wow).
The question is, which role will she play?
The bulk of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' player criticism has revolved around its dreadful performance issues. That's not to say there aren't critiques; our own review highlights bizarrely back-and-forth difficulty curves and a confusing open world. But if you don't feel like you can play the video game you just purchased, that kind of cancels out the rest....
