If you’re a Chinese gamer, the most important RPG series in the world to you is one that wasn’t translated or available in the West: the Legend of Sword and Fairy, also known as Chinese Paladin. Starting in 1995 with a smash RPG debut, it’s since gone on to have 14 spin offs and 7 games in the main series. Only the last is on Steam or Playstation 4-5, though it’s trivial to find a copy of the first Windows 95 game with English translation if necessary out there. The bulk of the story is based on martial arts novels by Louis Cha like Return of the Condor Heroes, but even so, a large chunk of the story might be a bit culturally impenetrable to Westerners unfamiliar with Chinese Mythology.
