If you want to know how Where Winds Meet developer Everstone Studio can create such an expansive world and give it away to players for free, look at where the money's coming from. The publishing power of NetEase is well-versed in live-service trappings, albeit its fare doesn't usually make our list of the best open-world games. Then, there's the monetization, which is more similar to buying Fortnite skins than the big up-front cost of a traditional RPG. And finally, some corners have been cut during development, most noticeably with the NPCs, who appear more like AI chatbots than real people. It's no surprise that players have quickly turned this to their advantage.Read the full story on PCGamesN: Where Winds Meet players are tricking AI-powered NPCs into giving them rewards by using the 'Solid Snake method'