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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty | Review Thread

FoxMcChief

Gold Member
I hate how Gamepass is changing the mindset of many gamers out there now. One wonders how much MS paid this team to have it on Gamepass for "free". A game like this needs to continue being funded. And I'm not sure the Gamepass dollars upfront will be enough for them.
Instead of completely bypassing the game, I tried it on game pass. Didn’t like it. So I deleted it. Sounds like the dev got the better end of the exchange.
 

Bragr

Banned
Good game. The English voice acting is impressively bad.

Who knows what this story is about, there is some evil old guy, magic dragons, zombies, evil red vines everywhere, some weird mind control poison, and just a bunch of random nonsense.

I am starting to get tired of the friendly NPC, I can't stand how they kill people for you, it's such a handicap, but they are also part of the story so I feel I can't dismiss them.

Even with all the parrying, it still feels very Nioh to me, which is a good thing.

I also get some weird white flashes and some frame drops.
 

FoxMcChief

Gold Member
You've now irreversibly damaged the Xbox completion achievement ratios. You've shamed all GP subscribers.

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Stafford

Member
I was having such a good time in that tutorial era, and then came the first boss and I got a rude awakening when I had "killed" him, because here was phase 2.

I hate that shit. Hated it in DS3 and I hear Sekiro is even crazier when it comes to that, like bosses where it's 3 or 4 phases. A good reason for me to never continue with that game.

This first boss would have been fine enough if it was just phase 1. He rushes you like crazy, barely have time to breath (so to speak) and it's the fucking tutorial area man, come on.

Not a fan of this. I won't give up though, neither am I going to completely ruin my good mood and scare my dog (my Stafford is super sensitive to me raging over a game, a sigh can be enough and she thinks she's done something wrong, bless her.)

We'll see.
 

yamaci17

Member
I was having such a good time in that tutorial era, and then came the first boss and I got a rude awakening when I had "killed" him, because here was phase 2.

I hate that shit. Hated it in DS3 and I hear Sekiro is even crazier when it comes to that, like bosses where it's 3 or 4 phases. A good reason for me to never continue with that game.

This first boss would have been fine enough if it was just phase 1. He rushes you like crazy, barely have time to breath (so to speak) and it's the fucking tutorial area man, come on.

Not a fan of this. I won't give up though, neither am I going to completely ruin my good mood and scare my dog (my Stafford is super sensitive to me raging over a game, a sigh can be enough and she thinks she's done something wrong, bless her.)

We'll see.
second phase is easier than you can imagine

just have a bit of patience and carry on with the fight
 
Some of the later fights are tough. You basically almost have to perfect parry everything. I am about 4 bosses away from finishing the game.

I would argue though that Sekiro is harder than this game when it comes to boss fights imo.
 
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Clear

CliffyB's Cock Holster
Some of the later fights are tough. You basically almost have to perfect parry everything. I am about 4 bosses away from finishing the game.

I would argue though that Sekiro is harder than this game when it comes to boss fights imo.

This is Team Ninja we're talking about here; the first run-through of the missions is basically a warm-up!

Playing on Way Of The Nioh (NG+5) is whole other thing to straight NG, and not just because of straight stat-scaling although that is a major incentive to craft builds but extra enemies and moves get added forcing you to maybe re-think your approach.

This for me is basically why their titles are superior to FROM's for pure longevity. NG+ in pretty much every Souls' franchise title is basically the same; the hook being to see a different ending. Whereas TN's approach is to continue to evolve the combat raising the skill ceiling as it goes on.

I'm pretty confident in predicting this given that Wo Long is basically the 4th title in a series that amazingly only really began 6 years ago, with each of its predecessors incorporating a year-long season of DLC expansions. Their productivity (especially considering the disruption caused by the pandemic) is frankly on a whole other level to their contemporaries.
 

mcjmetroid

Member
Dogship performance on PC as expected. From Returnal to Harry Potter to this... jesus PC gaming has gone to the dogs.

Avoid
 

Luipadre

Gold Member
Im getting weird white flickering on PC. Really annoying. Might switch to xbox, altho that 120fps is nice
 
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SafeOrAlone

Banned
So there is less loot than Nioh? I know it's no Ninja Gaiden but I'd love to lean a little more into the focus on melee mechanics over loot-related builds.
 

kiunchbb

www.dictionary.com
I was having such a good time in that tutorial era, and then came the first boss and I got a rude awakening when I had "killed" him, because here was phase 2.

I hate that shit. Hated it in DS3 and I hear Sekiro is even crazier when it comes to that, like bosses where it's 3 or 4 phases. A good reason for me to never continue with that game.

This first boss would have been fine enough if it was just phase 1. He rushes you like crazy, barely have time to breath (so to speak) and it's the fucking tutorial area man, come on.

Not a fan of this. I won't give up though, neither am I going to completely ruin my good mood and scare my dog (my Stafford is super sensitive to me raging over a game, a sigh can be enough and she thinks she's done something wrong, bless her.)

We'll see.
The first phase you can just spam attack and he will get interrupted all the time. You only have to worry about parrying the red attack.

Second phase is annoying, especially it is hard to practice the fight since you need to beat the first phase.
 

Bragr

Banned
Some of the later fights are tough. You basically almost have to perfect parry everything. I am about 4 bosses away from finishing the game.

I would argue though that Sekiro is harder than this game when it comes to boss fights imo.
What? you almost finished it in one day?
 

Js562

Member
Great game having fun with this. I haven't beaten any souls games or sekiro because I suck at that shit. Combat feels good to me maybe that's why and parrying is lenient Got through a couple bosses already. Shit is fun and there's a dlc set of armor that's free until the 16th on the store as well
 

j0hnnix

Member
finally spent some time on the demo, i just wanted to get the reward. going to finish it up and download the full game. love it, some things annoy me just like any souls\nioh game but its easily to overcome with some patience.
 

Stafford

Member
The first phase you can just spam attack and he will get interrupted all the time. You only have to worry about parrying the red attack.

Second phase is annoying, especially it is hard to practice the fight since you need to beat the first phase.

That's good to know, because in phase 1 I try to keep distance from him, but he rushed me like hell, I'll return the favor and just have to worry about the red attack. I need to get good at timing those.
 

Bragr

Banned
I would say though, there are some visual interference when fighting, if you fight 3-4 guys at once, AND you have one of your dumbass friends with you, trying to discern who to parry and when is just nonsensical. Everyone is just running into each other and everything is just a blur.

But so far, it's noticeably easier than FromSoftware games, so it doesn't matter too much. I'm still only 2 hours in though, so I expect it to kick my ass soon.
 

nikos

Member
That's good to know, because in phase 1 I try to keep distance from him, but he rushed me like hell, I'll return the favor and just have to worry about the red attack. I need to get good at timing those.

I got him by doing the following.

First phase: Attack him aggressively, parry or avoid red attack and repeat. Go for the critical attacks when he's staggered.
Second phase: Keep distance, pretty much run in circles to avoid attacks and parry the red attack. After two parries, as long as he's under 50% HP you can press triangle + circle to unleash an attack that ends the fight. Your partner will let you know when you can use it.
 

Stafford

Member
I got him by doing the following.

First phase: Attack him aggressively, parry or avoid red attack and repeat. Go for the critical attacks when he's staggered.
Second phase: Keep distance, pretty much run in circles to avoid attacks and parry the red attack. After two parries, as long as he's under 50% HP you can press triangle + circle to unleash an attack that ends the fight. Your partner will let you know when you can use it.

Meh, fuck this boss man.

First phase isn't too bad now, doing pretty OK thanks to the tips of you guys but the second phase is where I barely get a hit in. I fail to deflect his attacks miserably and he does tons of damage to me.

I did go back and fought the tiger, I won, so I got some cool gear, but I'm calling it quits for today. It wouldn't surprise me if plenty people just say "nah I'm good" because of this being the intro to the game.
 

Clear

CliffyB's Cock Holster
Meh, fuck this boss man.

First phase isn't too bad now, doing pretty OK thanks to the tips of you guys but the second phase is where I barely get a hit in. I fail to deflect his attacks miserably and he does tons of damage to me.

I did go back and fought the tiger, I won, so I got some cool gear, but I'm calling it quits for today. It wouldn't surprise me if plenty people just say "nah I'm good" because of this being the intro to the game.

Stick with it! Its honestly not too bad, and when you do pass this "boot camp" final test, the feels are worth it!
 

DragonNCM

Member
Yeah, my bad. I meant deflect with B(Xbox), the normal attacks I do well at but the red ones not yet. Seems I'm either too early or too late.
Parry timing is tricky because he have 3 different red attacks with different timing & also depends on enemy distance from you.
 

Stafford

Member
Stick with it! Its honestly not too bad, and when you do pass this "boot camp" final test, the feels are worth it!

I love that feeling, I the feeling I had when I got past the first phase, thinking it was the only phase, lmao.

Parry timing is tricky because he have 3 different red attacks with different timing & also depends on enemy distance from you.

Yeah, the first phase isn't too bad anymore. I just rush him like crazy and deflect his red attacks. But the second phase is where it gets bad for me. I keep my distance from him, running around him from a good distance and I try to deflect his attacks so that I can get some hits in. I tried magic too, but that clearly isn't doing shit.

I read somewhere a comment that you can get to morale level 13 or so and then apply lightning to your attacks? Or did he just mean the lightning magic? If the former, the game didn't tell me about this at all though.
 
Played for two hours just now.

I feel as though I’m taking crazy pills. It’s really not very good but the internet is going crazy over it.

The controls are so floaty and weird. When you attack you feel as though you’re moving along a straight plane. The enemies are also total sponges, which I hate.

Dark souls/Elden ring is so much more fluid. You feel as though you can express yourself in your attacks in those games.

I keep trying to trick myself into liking it because the setting, the loot, the systems and how damn sexy my character is all tick my boxes. But the moment-to-moment gameplay is lame as hell.
 
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ungalo

Member
The game keeps getting better. The progressive aspect of the game in every departments (challenge, level design) is well made. The morale system seemed useless at first but now it's making sense.
 

Northeastmonk

Gold Member
Are there soft caps for point distribution? For example, I put 18 points into Fire and maybe 6 or so into Life or that particular element. That means I then equip gear that boost fire and utilize fire magic. If I do what I do in NiOh I’ll make my character essentially weaker to say lightning or water because all my gear is boosting fire? For whatever reason I’m not utilizing magic because I focus on melee.

I’ve seen some different magic abilities on equipment but I don’t think I can notice it. Maybe it’s too soon to tell. Idk if this is that technical of a game like NiOh was.
 
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The_Mike

I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Is this a souls type game?

Damn game looked fun but I ain't gonna gonna do frustration gameplay.

I'm playing to have fun, not to feel miserable.
 
Is there any way to turn off the on screen tips when fighting bosses? I can’t seem to find an option and it’s ridiculous how much it obstructs the view. I don’t need to know to hit Y or B on the fourth boss ffs…
 
Game is honestly kinda boring after a couple hours. You can just steamroll through everything. Level design and loot system only marginally better than the Nioh games. Glad this is a Game Pass game.

I guess I’ll keep playing with the hope that it gets better, I dunno.
 
So does this perform really poorly on PC? 10900k / 3080 for reference. Interested in it though.

13900k / 3080 in here, 2560x1440 max settings, it stutters a lot

Btw, kinda disappointed with this, it seems like your average soulsborne with the usual Tecmo Nioh cheap skin over it.
 
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Yumi

Member
At the first boss, still getting used to button presses. A lot of it is timing when to use attacks. Double pressing the dodge to create distance since one button press doesn’t get you very far. Using a martial art after parrying a red attack can open up for a critical.

Like Nioh it feels like an ebb a flow of being defensive then knowing when to open up and unleash your offensive. Looks great when you are doing it right, and embarrassing when you aren’t haha.

So far I think it’s fun.
 
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Shut0wen

Banned
Game is great so far but for a team ninja game its definitely on easier side, especially for how easy it is to parry, makes me have faith in them making a decent ninja gaiden
 

Shut0wen

Banned
Karak calling this the easiest Souls-like he's ever played boggles the mind. Seems insanely tough to me, but maybe I'm just missing something. I agree that parrying nerfs combat, but reliably pulling off parries is way harder than in Sekiro and far more punishing if you miss it.
Its hard, its definitely harder then all the dark soul games, not as hard as sekiro or ninja gaiden though, best advise i can give you is parry every special move an enemy throws at you, doesn't matter what weapon you use because you'll always do huge damage, id also put alot of exp in everything except for metal (unless your really wanting to use magic but most bosses dont give you a chance to use them) but for the first 2 chapters definitely invest in wood and abit in fire and earth, water is decent to
 

Murder187

Member
Its hard, its definitely harder then all the dark soul games, not as hard as sekiro or ninja gaiden though, best advise i can give you is parry every special move an enemy throws at you, doesn't matter what weapon you use because you'll always do huge damage, id also put alot of exp in everything except for metal (unless your really wanting to use magic but most bosses dont give you a chance to use them) but for the first 2 chapters definitely invest in wood and abit in fire and earth, water is decent to
That first boss is kicking my ass 😆 🤣
 

MadPanda

Banned
Some of the later fights are tough. You basically almost have to perfect parry everything. I am about 4 bosses away from finishing the game.

I would argue though that Sekiro is harder than this game when it comes to boss fights imo.
Well, I enjoyed Sekiro a lot, and was just a few fight away from a platinum so this shouldn't be overwhelming. I'll need some time to warm up but it should be doable. Thanks for the input.
 

yamaci17

Member
im too having an easy time dunno
parry seems easy
but i use the open with the highest deflect ratio. i also use super light armor. i think this two combo makes it easier to parry
which i prefer instead of running around in a heavy bulk of armor

i remember renouncing all my armors and stuff when facing malenia. beat her with a rundown light armor randomly put together lol
 
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