There is something about Age of Wushu that refuses to be cowed, even by its own idiosyncrasies. The MMO by Snail Games is such a departure from the hand-holding “everyone’s best friend” approach that most games in the genre adhere to, I find it in turns both confusing and thoroughly endearing.

It is very easy to completely misunderstand what Age of Wushu is for a variety of reasons. At first glance, it may appear to be a very simple, straightforward MMO.

Age of Wushu from Snail Games has been causing a stir with a mixture of martial arts combat, authentic Chinese wuxia history and sandbox gameplay hitherto unseen in an MMO.

Even the inimitable Jet Li is on board, which will come as no surprise to fans of martial arts as he is a fervent supporter of the wuxia tradition.

The current beta, CB2 is ongoing, which usually means that players get an extensive, but limited, play time per session to try out the unique MMO.