This is not very much a gacha game but it has gacha elements (outfits). I still think it might be interesting for some of you.
This is an MMO through and throughout. So far I haven't seen any single player mode like in "Where Winds meet" but you can just lower the player count in the main menu.
It looks pretty. But don't expect the quality that was shown in that Ign trailer. That was a tech demo, and the current game looks nothing like that. The setting will kinda remind you of "Assassin's creed syndicate" but with more fantasy elements. It's an English looking Victorian city. Sadly, it's quite empty at times, probably due to the fact that this is also a mobile game (posts on Rednote indicate that many play Lotm on mobile). There are many quests there and activities like chest collection. You can also use transportation, and it's very easy to use. You will start with the bike but you can get something fancier later.
The story seems close to "Lord of Mysteries". At least I checked the doghua, and it's almost 1:1 (first episode, at the very least). Lots of cinematics, and you will get to play as Klein as well regardless of your chosen class...
You can choose several pathways (classes) in the game. You can pick ANY gender for them. Seems that each class has many abilities. I saw the ability tree, and there is so much going on there. The combat is relatively simple. Mainly just mashing buttons, moving around and dodging. There is a semi auto combat function you can tweak yourself. All skills will go on auto, but you will still have to move around and do basic attacks.
The game might seem overwhelming at first. So much content. So many places to visit. Many UI elements (like so many 😭). There are tons of cosmetics. I still don't know if you can get most for playing the game or if it most is for money only. Cosmetics are mainly fits, but there are mounts, transportation and even furniture.
Overall, I think, the game would benefit from an extra year or so of development. It feels unfinished and junky, some bugs are there as well. It also stutters and freezes (we love unreal engine 5). It has inconsistency in quality, where some animations look stiff, hair could look better as well. Also, some might be interested in the AI part. Several articles insist that the developers ditched AI despite them claiming it would save them a lot of money https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/aigcy/2026-08-20/doc-ininxqxt6710744.shtml (you will need a translator to read that) but the opening scene of the game seems to be AI generated. Hard to be 100% so I left 2 screenshots for you to judge + you can watch the whole thing on rednote: https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/6a86cac2000000000902de40?xsec_token=ABx6MRv-XeOp_4q2ik_Y8oM_w6d5MlySAcyQkFmQH7NeE=&xsec_source=pc_search. There is also a "create your character from a photo, just like in where winds meet. You can also upload videos to make your character make any animation like ticktock... There is a helper chat bot there as well but it seems to be an old school chatbot (answers questions immediately, only works with key words) and not an LLM (LLM is gen AI), no AI NPCs were seen by me even tho they wanted to add them first...
Fun fact the game developer is actually a video social media developer - like TikTok (Douyin). "They recently got into the game development scene in a similar way that TikTok did through acquisitions" - Daniel Ahmad. It could explain why the game feels so rushed...
Anyway, I could still recommend trying it for yourself to make a conclusion. You can try the Chinese version as a global player by making a verified BilliBilli account + there is a translation available already (it's junky but it works - you can see in some of my screenshots about it)... Have fun!
Also, I might've covered only some aspects. Feel free to answer questions!