As the year is currently 2025, you could be easily forgiven as a gamer for hearing the words "free game" and immediately assuming you're about to be treated to a web of microtransactions and annoying time gates that stop you having any real enjoyment without spending the pretty pennies you have accumulated.
Fortunately, there are some games out there that really do everything they can to provide an amazing gameplay experience, whilst maintaining a non-predatory free to play model. Warframe is easily one of the best examples of this, but there are others who are doing an admirable job of remaining free in the face of rampant capitalism.
One to potentially add to that list is Where Winds Meet, a Wuxia-based open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China at the tenth century. The game

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