The trailer sells attacks with tight angles and dramatic cuts.
Honestly, I think a bit of the dust-up is justified, because after watching the reveal trailer for Sword and Fairy 4 Remake, I also noticed more than just a passing resemblance to Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the RPG crowned GOTY 2025. Anyway, here are more details about the matter and the game itself.
Sword and Fairy 4 Remake just showed its first real look, with publisher CubeGame and developer UP software releasing an official in-game trailer for the project. The team calls it a single-player turn-based RPG built in Unreal Engine 5, framed as a full remake of the 2007 original.
The footage mixes cutscenes with combat, and it leans hard on presentation. Characters move through fully rebuilt locations, then battles snap into turn-based sequences with close camera work during attacks.
Several outlets noted that the UI and cinematic staging reminded people of Clair Obscur Expedition 33, which has turned the trailer comment sections into more of a comparison war than a pure nostalgia lap.
That part is fan-driven chatter, but it is hard to miss how much the remake is aiming for a modern, camera-forward take on classic menu-driven fights.
This remake targets PC plus consoles, though no specific platforms are locked in publicly yet. A release date is not announced. Gematsu reports that an English version of the trailer is planned through a regional publisher, which lines up with the idea that wider localization details will come later.
For context, Sword and Fairy 4 was first released in 2007 as an xianxia-themed fantasy RPG from Softstar, and it sits as the fifth main entry in the broader Legend of Sword and Fairy series while acting as a prequel to Sword and Fairy 3.
Its story starts with Yun Tianhe, a teenager raised in isolation on a mountain, whose run-in with tomb raider Han Lingsha drags him into his parents’ sealed past and a larger pilgrimage tied to immortals and old grudges. The remake’s official blurb keeps that core hook, describing a journey with Yun Tianhe’s group to seek the immortals while a long-buried truth surfaces.
The new trailer lines up with that cast focus, showing Yun Tianhe and Han Lingsha on screen, with other key characters returning as well. Taiwanese outlet reporting says the studio has announced a Mandarin voice cast for the main roles, including Yun Tianhe voiced by Gu Jiangshan and Han Lingsha voiced by Liu Xiaoyu.
If UP software sticks the landing, Sword and Fairy 4 Remake could become the cleanest entry point for players, like me, who never touched the original, while giving long-time fans a version that does not feel trapped in 2007 tech. For now, you can watch the trailer below.
