{"id":614269,"date":"2023-03-04T08:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/wo-long-fallen-dynasty-gets-off-to-a-ridiculously-cool-start\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T08:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:49:51","slug":"wo-long-fallen-dynasty-gets-off-to-a-ridiculously-cool-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/wo-long-fallen-dynasty-gets-off-to-a-ridiculously-cool-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty gets off to a ridiculously cool start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The developers are marketing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty<\/em> all wrong. I\u2019m sure the fact that it\u2019s a Soulsborne-like released in the midst of the Great Elden Ring<\/em> DLC winter is no doubt appealing. As is the fact that Team Ninja, the game\u2019s developers, got Masaaki Yamagiwa \u2014 a producer on Bloodborne <\/em>and the Demon\u2019s Souls<\/em> remake<\/a> \u2014 to work on the game. The combat is also enticing, familiar enough for Soulsborne fans to get a handle on but just different enough to be interesting and exciting. All are excellent points with which to attract players to the game.<\/p>\n

But what they should have done was lead with this simple fact:<\/p>\n

Zhao Yun<\/a> \u2014 one of the Five Tiger Generals, my absolute No. 1 favorite character from every Dynasty Warriors<\/em> game, and my brother from another mother \u2014 comes to your rescue by Akira<\/em> sliding on a horse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You heard me: Akira <\/em>sliding on a horse<\/em>. <\/p>\n

I was already digging Wo Long<\/em> in the short time I\u2019d been playing. As a huge wuxia<\/a> \/ Chinese historical drama fan, the mythology sucked me in in the first moments. With Chinese audio on, it felt like I was a character in Three Kingdoms<\/em><\/a> \u2014 a Romance of the Three Kingdoms<\/em> drama I would watch over and over again because it is just so good.<\/em> But when Zhao Yun showed up, baby I was in.<\/em> And he accompanies you to aid you in battle? And <\/em>the game\u2019s character creator is extremely robust with lots of great options that allowed me to create a total badass-looking Black woman with dreadlocks, an eyepatch, and a huge polearm that gets to run around Yellow Turban Rebellion China? Say. Less.<\/p>\n

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I look like a total badass!<\/em><\/figcaption>

Image: Team Ninja<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I\u2019m three or so hours into the game. It\u2019s a Soulsborne-like, which means progression is touch-and-go as you learn enemy placements and attack patterns. But I do feel that, while the game isn\u2019t easy, it feels less punishing than its FromSoftware cousins. More often than not, I can get away spamming my primary attack against regular mobs \u2014 something that will get you straight-up killed in Elden Ring<\/em>, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em>, or Bloodborne.<\/em> They just don\u2019t seem to have the combat complexity or damage output to warrant greater caution.<\/p>\n

Boss fights, however, are exactly what you\u2019d expect from a Soulsborne. Bosses are tough, beefy, and require a thorough understanding of attack patterns and timing to defeat. I really dig the game\u2019s deflect system that, when timed correctly, lets you punish an enemy\u2019s critical attack. It feels like I\u2019m playing a martial arts movie (the developer\u2019s intent, no doubt). A huge corrupted monkey is barreling toward me with an unblockable attack. I timed my deflect just right to sidestep the monster as it crashes to the ground, allowing me to wail on it while it struggles to get back on its feet. It looks and feels great.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty<\/em> can maintain the energy that it started with. With an entrance like Zhao Yun\u2019s, it\u2019d be very easy for the game to peak there and go nowhere else. I am, however, excited to find out where else it can go. <\/p>\n

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty<\/em> is out today on Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation, and PC.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Ash Parrish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The developers are marketing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty all wrong. I\u2019m sure the fact that it\u2019s a Soulsborne-like released in the midst of the Great Elden Ring DLC winter is no doubt appealing. As is the fact that Team Ninja, the game\u2019s developers, got Masaaki Yamagiwa \u2014 a producer on Bloodborne and the Demon\u2019s Souls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":614270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24950,2573,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-614269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dynasty","8":"category-fallen","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}