PAGUI打鬼 A ghost story with a beating heart

You play Lin Huo-wang, an orphan who grew up sweeping the floors of a temple. One day he overhears talk of his family, and that same night he slips out toward a village nobody is allowed to enter. What he finds there is not just a haunting: the ghosts he meets are tied to a real tragedy from Taiwan's past, and every clue you gather, from newspapers to overheard conversations, pieces together what happened to his parents and to the village itself. The story is inspired by a true story, and it shows. This is a warm, sad tale about family and loss rather than a pure fright machine, with two endings that give the search a proper payoff. The whole thing runs about three to five hours, so treat it like a long ghost film you get to walk through.

Huo-wang does not run and hide; he fights back. Armed with ritual implements from temple tradition, you brawl with ghosts in third person, mixing close combos with ranged talismans: prayer beads that sense spirits nearby, thunder charms that break an enemy's guard, a turtle shell to shield yourself when a crowd closes in. The martial arts moves were motion captured from real practitioners, and the spells were recreated with guidance from Taoist priests, so the exorcism rituals feel grounded in something real. Between fights you sneak past powerful spirits, solve puzzles built from folk customs like moon blocks and the bagua, and take on boss battles that are a highlight. Fair warning: the controls can feel stiff, and some jumping sections demand more patience than they probably should.