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You'll find Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty as a natural evolution of their systems. If you're familiar with Team Ninja's more recent work, namely Nioh 2 and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is so far up my particular alley of video games, it's hard to go into this without any bias.

But if you aren't familiar with this story and its characters, I'm afraid it might fall flat for a lot of people. And knowing this story and its players makes some later reveals exciting. This fits surprisingly well into the events leading up to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. General strokes of the story have your player character hunt a warlock who's the source of the corruption. Sure you'll have to suspend your disbelief, and imagine there were demonic apes and peacocks running wild, but they just add to the twisted dark forces that haunt ancient China. The evil Qi plaguing the land is simply a stand-in for the real-life corruption and manipulation that ran rampant in that age. The supernatural elements are used to give context to the events leading up to its fall. Personally, I liked Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's tale of corruption overwhelming an already suffering dynasty. Especially when you play with Chinese voice-over. Having an idea of who some of the characters are, greatly improves the experience.

Sure everything from the fall of the Han Dynasty to the rise of the three kingdoms makes the game of thrones look like children's play, even if some of the facts are all over the place.Īnd while you can enjoy Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty as a campy (and I say that with affection) dark fantasy take on the fall of a nation. But it also makes it much more fun to spot the differences and see how well Team Ninja has integrated its dark fantasy take on ancient China.Īctually, it's kind of surprising no one has put Three Kingdoms -with all its iconic figures and famed warriors- into a fantasy setting. Sure, knowing the story will definitely spoil some of the game's bigger moments. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not exactly as widespread here in the West, as it is in Asia. And here already is the first hurdle you'll have to overcome. Well, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty takes place before the Three Kingdoms even happen, the game's story actually takes place in the lead-up and fall of the Han Dynasty. But Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is the first time I've seen this story put in the Wuxia/Xianxia genre. While the Three Kingdom setting isn't exactly new to the space of video games, especially for Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja with Dynasty Warriors being kinda their thing. That's why I'll try to refrain from mentioning From Software's work because the ‘It's just like Dark Souls because it's kinda hard' takes make my head hurt. They might look similar, but the comparison also ends there.

And if we talk gameplay, Sekiro doesn't even come close to the pace and finesse that is on offer in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. I've read a couple of reviews that mentioned Sekiro's parry-heavy action title set in demon-infested feudal Japan and spoke of how similar it is to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty parry-heavy action combat set in demon-infested ancient China.Īnd I believe that is a little disingenuous, for one because both settings and vibes play in completely different ballparks. And that's also where the comparison between Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and From Software's Sekiro ends. Then dial the difficulty down just enough that the average person at least had a chance to finish them.

#WO LONG FALLEN DYNASTY INVASIONS SOFTWARE#

Lucky for them that they only had to make it look like one of those From Software games. It must be said that Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is just the latest of Team Ninja's attempts to trick gamers into playing Ninja Gaiden without noticing. We played Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and here is our in-depth review of Team Ninja's latest action title.

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