Wuchang: Fallen Feathers made me grapple with the parry vs. dodge conundrum

The trend of the last decade is alive and well: Soulslikes are still all the rage. Even among the limited selection of demos at Summer Game Fest 2025, I saw numerous games that were either Souls down to their toes or took some degree of inspiration from them. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, a self-described Soulslike action RPG, does feel very familiar in those ways, but it's also trying a few things different that could ultimately make or break its chances.

I got to play about an hour of Wuchang, essentially starting from the beginning.