Age of Wushu cover art

Age of Wushu

An open-world martial arts MMO testing build cultivation and stance prediction in PvP.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    Real-time martial combat rewards timing and positioning

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    5/10

    PvP rock-paper-scissors stance combat means outguessing humans

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Open-world events add some unpredictability

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Skill-set building and cultivation grinding define long-term power

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

Compare with

Similar games

see all →

Ranked by shared genre first, then by how closely the cheat-test profile matches - a cross-genre tag means a pick matched on skill profile alone.

Guild Wars 2 cover art

Guild Wars 2

Practiced Mastery · action MMORPG

E
R
V
O
Guild Wars 2
V Rising cover art

V Rising

Practiced Mastery · survival ARPG

E
R
V
O
V Rising
The Elder Scrolls Online cover art

The Elder Scrolls Online

Practiced Mastery · MMORPG

E
R
V
O
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Division 2 cover art

The Division 2

Practiced Mastery · looter shooter

E
R
V
O
The Division 2
Rust cover art

Rust

Grand Arena · survival sandbox

E
R
V
O
Rust
Star Wars: The Old Republic cover art

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Practiced Mastery · theme park MMORPG

E
R
V
O
Star Wars: The Old Republic

Game details

Released
2013
Developer
Suzhou Snail Electronic
Platforms
PC
Modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
IGDB critics
60/100
IGDB users
71/100
FightingRole-playing (RPG)Action