This game is another Wuxia themed MMORPG and is the direct competitor to Tencent's Moonlight Blade. It just went into open beta today and I managed to get a few hours of play time. The game actually looks really good and is well optimized (unlike another recent MMO *cough* Bless *cough*). I'd even say that the graphics are almost as good as BDO's. Gameplay wise, as much as I can tell, it's almost entirely story driven. I got to level 27 in 3 hours just by following the storyline, and it mostly consists of fully voice acted cutscenes and autopathing (which is really useful for questing but also makes me feel like I'm playing a mobile game). There are traditional PvE and PvP contents as well, dungeons and arenas and factions whatnot, but as far as leveling goes, it doesn't seem necessary to grind your way to the end game. The combat is similar to Moonlight Blade, action heavy but not as much as BDO. Six out of eight classes are playable right now, with the traditional tank/dps/support design. Also like Moonlight Blade, classes are not gender locked.
So here's some interesting things I found about the game.
-RP and socialization minigames where players RP as patrons or actors in theater arts.
-Players can maintain relationships with many NPCs, which have different personalities, likes/dislikes. To the point that you can recruit them as followers or even romance them.
-Life simulation activities. Basically you can work, gamble, or invest to make money, buy properties, get married, and increase stats like your fame, wisdom, beauty, artistic-ness, happiness, overall health etc.
-Home building like in the Sims.
For those who are interested, this is the official site
https://n.163.com/index.html
Unfortunately the game is only available in Mandarin but at least foreigners can still sign up and play it.