Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

Background im a huge nioh fan, dark souls/elden ring fan. But all of those games had mechanics i didn’t like, that being the infinite rolling around like a rolly polly to dodge enemies attacks. I always found it out of place and just stupid. This game has added in a parry like sekiro but god damn does it feel good. Now there is a learning curve, although once you’ve passed that learning curb like sekiro you will feel like a complete and utter badass, and the game actually becomes easier. Ironically the hardest bosses in the game are the first and last boss. Some bosses can be a cake walk, but every single one was enjoyable.

Not only that but enemies stagger when you hit them with each hit unlike sekiro, which makes each battle actually feel like a fight. Now obviously you can’t spam attacks on enemies, they will get to a point of were they cannot be staggered, but it is made much clearer when this happens. This is one of the best combat systems i’ve experienced in any game and is up there with star wars jedi survivor and the god of war games, EASILY.

There are some things holding this game back however, the first being the graphics. God i love this game and it’s easier to get over the fact that the graphics are outdated. But i wish this game had tripple a graphics and wasn’t using the old nioh 2 graphics. The second is the loot system, LESS IS MORE. honeslty loot is dropped way to much in this game, and personally the weapon i got in the first 10 missions is the one i ended up using the entire game. It is a good system as there is some R&G where each weapon has two skills and each weapon type has a unique moveset. So ideally you want a specific type of weapons with the two skills you want for that weapon that are unique to that weapon type. So it gives you a reason to grind for that weapon on specific missions. This easily could of been expanded with legendary skills that you could get, and feels like a missed opportunity. That being said it’s still a good system, but they just go crazy with the amount of loot you get.

PVP code needs to be improved as well. But when players aren’t magically moving around the map and the connection is smooth. This game SHINES. honestly have not had this much fun in a multiplayer game since i was a kid back in the black ops and mw3 days.

All in all there are some things holding this game back. The story could also be improved a bit, but i still found it interesting and good. Overall im giving it a solid 8/10. This could of easily of been a 10, if the graphics and loot system was better. It is such a shame because gems like these are few and far between. Personally think this is the best souls like game for me and brings me back to the days where i actually had fun with games and couldn’t wait to get home to play it. Hopefully we get a sequal, can’t wait for the DLC.