Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

 PlayStation 5
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 681 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 143 out of 681
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  1. boxfire
    Mar 10, 2023
    4
    100% relies on defection. Meaning there is only one style of play. Hard pass
  2. Belafonte
    Mar 6, 2023
    2
    Hope one day Team Ninja will also take inspiration of Fromsoftware in terms of level design and art direction. because environments and ennemies are quite boring. Not very entertaining when you decide to make a die/retry kind of game. Dont trust the high score. I dont get mainstream media these days...
  3. ostadbozorg
    Mar 7, 2023
    0
    i played every soul game and nioh series but this game is so unplayable and so unfair, parry parry parry ,
    so disappointed from team ninja :(
  4. Surlyclaw
    Mar 10, 2023
    1
    What a terrible disappointment. I expected the combat at least to be fun, but after several bosses I want to hurl my controller through my monitor. The almost exclusive reliance of this deflection mechanic is terrible for me and many others, it seems. The morale system is stupid and broken, reducing itself if you don't deflect.
    I loved Nioh and really loved Nioh 2.. but this game is    What a terrible disappointment. I expected the combat at least to be fun, but after several bosses I want to hurl my controller through my monitor. The almost exclusive reliance of this deflection mechanic is terrible for me and many others, it seems. The morale system is stupid and broken, reducing itself if you don't deflect.
    I loved Nioh and really loved Nioh 2.. but this game is torture. When you finally win you just don't care. And the gear... talk about repetitive and boring. The only thing worse is the level design.

    I want my money back.    … Expand
  5. Eiskalt
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    the game is a total disappointment. the game looks like it was from 2012. not even the ps5 version gets a stable frame rate of 60 fps in performance mode... it can't be the graphics. that is worse than with nioh.

    the game is just unfinished.
  6. mr_enry
    Mar 10, 2023
    0
    Que luego de 5 horas de juego no pueda pasar el primer jefe me parece ridículo.

    Solo te lo puedes pasar de una manera, "haciendo parrys". Parece como si hubieran dicho, que le den por cul* a los que no tienen reflejos o no saber timear los ataques, porque no le vamos a dar más opciones. Que quieres ir a bloqueo, o a esquives como en un Souls, pues no, te jod*s y haces parrys, y si no te    Que luego de 5 horas de juego no pueda pasar el primer jefe me parece ridículo.

    Solo te lo puedes pasar de una manera, "haciendo parrys". Parece como si hubieran dicho, que le den por cul* a los que no tienen reflejos o no saber timear los ataques, porque no le vamos a dar más opciones.

    Que quieres ir a bloqueo, o a esquives como en un Souls, pues no, te jod*s y haces parrys, y si no te salen, desinstalas el juego.

    Suerte que está en Game Pass y se puede probar "gratis" porque vaya coraje me hubiera dado pagar por esta basura     … Expand
  7. Mikefight
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    Combat is clunky and story is poorly written and boring. The biggest problem is the way you parry, it's the same as dodge which is a poor choice. They should have just done what sekiro did where L1 is parry and circle is dodge. I wouldn't get this game at full price, just wait until it's on sale for like ten dollars.
  8. hhedd
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    Garbage of the year. this "game" is incredibly and unnecessarily complicated, the interface is crooked and unintuitive, the visuals raise a lot of questions, some buttons sometimes don't click, the story is sparse, the narration is slow and tedious. Not recommended to anyone
  9. Loucet
    Mar 5, 2023
    2
    DO NOT BUY. I am not a person who writes reviews but this game warrants it...I would agree with most of the bad reviews but add that they got the formula for difficulty all wrong. Graphics are bad, game play repetitive, lack of any real customization, weapons and magic do minimal damage..its a parry button masher. Most bosses are passable and some fun but lu bu..the mounted warrior is aDO NOT BUY. I am not a person who writes reviews but this game warrants it...I would agree with most of the bad reviews but add that they got the formula for difficulty all wrong. Graphics are bad, game play repetitive, lack of any real customization, weapons and magic do minimal damage..its a parry button masher. Most bosses are passable and some fun but lu bu..the mounted warrior is a rip off from sekiro even same move set this boss is not passable. Full stop. Unless you are a pro gamer like many u see on you tube. They need go nerf boss damage and increase players damage and make npc summons a tad more useful. Overall just a bad game. Not any fun to spend hours ans hours on one boss.. I do have a life lol… Expand
  10. yipofi118t
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    Big downgrade compared to Nioh. Worse combat with poor variety (no weapon skills ffs). You must rely on parries.. no thx bro. Even parries are not satisfying here.
  11. Szenden
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Horrible game. Feels terrible to play, and the difficulty curve is ridiculous. Even as a Souls veteran this game is too difficult, and not in a fun way.
  12. Rhinogamer
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    This game is utter trash. From the clunky controls, to the bad mechanics, to the ridiculous "tutorial boss". This game should have never been released. Beat all the Souls games, Nioh 1 & 2, and Elden Ring...this game...is a dumpster fire. Don't waste your time, money, or bandwidth on his PoS.
  13. Zeon1982
    Mar 7, 2023
    2
    Wo long is not on the same level as Nioh. Seems like they tried to do something special with the formula but It just didn't quite live up to expectations. I was looking forward to this game so much. I wasted my money by pre ordering. Give it a year and it will be on PS plus.
  14. el-l-luk
    Mar 6, 2023
    2
    A game that shouldn't have been paid. I'm disappointed. The gameplay brings pain.
  15. Paddladrui
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    Got to admit that I'm pretty dissapointed by Wo Long. Tbh I expected an improvement, or at least something as good as, Nioh 2. But sadly what I got is a more than 3-steps-back from what I was looking for. Tho the Combat is very fluid, fast and can be fun (Sometimes), it's more than basic and really lackluster compared to what we had in Nioh 2: Jutsus are gone. Stances are gone. Combos areGot to admit that I'm pretty dissapointed by Wo Long. Tbh I expected an improvement, or at least something as good as, Nioh 2. But sadly what I got is a more than 3-steps-back from what I was looking for. Tho the Combat is very fluid, fast and can be fun (Sometimes), it's more than basic and really lackluster compared to what we had in Nioh 2: Jutsus are gone. Stances are gone. Combos are gone. No Ki-pulse. No switching things up. Omnyo (Magic system) is in no way near as good as in the Nioh Games. What we have instead are generic light attacks that can't be switched Up and 1 strong attack that's pretty much unviable to usw.
    The Game really pushes you to adapt to the parry system. Wich was kind of fun during the first 10 hours, but when there is NO other way to beat any midgame and above Bosses, or duels vs the Story NPCs than to sit back, learn every parry window and spam that stuff, it get's old pretty fast. Your melee-attacks won't do decent dmg, your Special moves will neither, even worse, in most scenarios you'll get punished by Bosses spamming their Specials whilst you perform yours. Or you'll get punished by their Specials while you try poking away with your non-cancelable light attacks.

    They tried mixing up the Nioh formula with sekiro, wich could have been a good Idea, If they wouldn't have kicked out everything that made Nioh 1 + 2 Special and different from the other soulsborne titles.

    My greatest disapointment really is in the forgettable, unbalanced, one-way-approach and boring combat. Even the always repeating enemies where WAY more fun in the Nioh Games. I platinumed every Fromsoftgame and their DLCs, same for both Nioh games and def played them Up and down, back and forth for thousands of hours. Yet I don't think I'll touch Wo Long again after beating the final boss...I really wish I would've waited for the Reviews and could refund the game, wich really saddens me to admit.

    Hope Team Ninja will do better on the next Game. Wich, I hate to admit, won't be a pre-order.    … Expand
  16. mattywre
    Mar 4, 2023
    1
    I’ve Platinumed all the Souls, Borne, Elden and Nioh games but I couldn’t beet the first Wo Long boss. Why? This game (from what the first level teaches us) is that you only do damage when you successfully parry a Red attack. This lets you follow up with a good damage counter. Nothing else does much damage. So all you do is run around waiting for Red attacks. But of course, if you don’tI’ve Platinumed all the Souls, Borne, Elden and Nioh games but I couldn’t beet the first Wo Long boss. Why? This game (from what the first level teaches us) is that you only do damage when you successfully parry a Red attack. This lets you follow up with a good damage counter. Nothing else does much damage. So all you do is run around waiting for Red attacks. But of course, if you don’t time the parry to the perfect second you get destroyed. I hate Parry games for this reason. I’m sure there’s more battle styles once you progress, but this boss will never let that happen. Average graphics and design. Horrible inventory management. Absolute garbage. Wish I could get my money back.… Expand
  17. peyduparda
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Bad animation, bad plot, bad optimization, communist propaganda! I would not recommend anyone to spend money on this.
  18. Knichi22
    Mar 11, 2023
    3
    A ideia do jogo é boa, mas esta cheio de bugs que atrapalham completamente o jogador, tive problemas em enfrentar um boss e ele
    Bugar e ter que mata-ló novamente
  19. Zisis151
    Mar 5, 2023
    3
    Bad game design, on top of a game that was supposed to be "different" but isn't really different. All I'm seeing is Nioh with removed mechanics, lazy level design and horrible bosses. Lu Bu is the only enjoyable challenge, the rest of the fights are either irrelevant because you can beat them on the first try, or they're just straight up artificial difficulty like those 3 on 1 gank fightsBad game design, on top of a game that was supposed to be "different" but isn't really different. All I'm seeing is Nioh with removed mechanics, lazy level design and horrible bosses. Lu Bu is the only enjoyable challenge, the rest of the fights are either irrelevant because you can beat them on the first try, or they're just straight up artificial difficulty like those 3 on 1 gank fights that Team Ninja loves to include on every damn game. What makes this even worse in Wo Long, is the absurdly bad Spirit gauge mechanic that literally punishes you for doing anything other than normal attacking. It's not fun, it's annoying.

    We've went from challenging games that revolve around game knowledge and figuring out what you have to do, to games that revolve around dev egos and for that, I blame FromSoft. Using your design inconsistences against the player is not challenging.. it's bad, lazy and unintelligent game design and you should feel bad for it. 3/10 and I hope this game bombs so bad that Team Ninja would think twice next time they make such a cheap game.    … Expand
  20. Ofviewpoint
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    I love the souls games from "From Software", there is a good balance of difficulty. The level design is great on those games.

    For this game, it is complete trash. Graphically, it is worst than Sekiro, a ps4 game that released 4 years ago. The difficulty is ridiculous and you can only play one way. Time Parry or get destroyed. The first boss after playing 30 min destroyes you. I am out.    I love the souls games from "From Software", there is a good balance of difficulty. The level design is great on those games.

    For this game, it is complete trash. Graphically, it is worst than Sekiro, a ps4 game that released 4 years ago. The difficulty is ridiculous and you can only play one way. Time Parry or get destroyed. The first boss after playing 30 min destroyes you. I am out. They need to learn from "from software"    … Expand
  21. Alex1010500
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    Не понятно для чего нагибают игрока играть только через парирование. Не понятно для чего такой первый босс. Не понятно для чего вообще блок в этой игре и кувырок как таковой. Зачем прокачка тоже не понятно. Удалил эту игру, желания продолжать играть нет никакого. Жаль потраченных денег на ЭТО.Не понятно для чего нагибают игрока играть только через парирование. Не понятно для чего такой первый босс. Не понятно для чего вообще блок в этой игре и кувырок как таковой. Зачем прокачка тоже не понятно. Удалил эту игру, желания продолжать играть нет никакого. Жаль потраченных денег на ЭТО.
  22. LaernuTairo
    Mar 17, 2023
    0
    Game is a joke

    100% the majority of green ratings are bought and paid for indo reviewers.
  23. Steyraus
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    Another brutally hard time sink of a game made for people that dont like to go outside or live life..The amazing graphics, awsome character design, beutiful open world is gated off to you if you have a life and don't want to spend 15 hours, 45 attemts beating bosses and 100s of hours grinding. Sure the in cellabits will tell you to get good or 'it not dat hard' , but what really means isAnother brutally hard time sink of a game made for people that dont like to go outside or live life..The amazing graphics, awsome character design, beutiful open world is gated off to you if you have a life and don't want to spend 15 hours, 45 attemts beating bosses and 100s of hours grinding. Sure the in cellabits will tell you to get good or 'it not dat hard' , but what really means is lock yourself in dark room , hide away from the world and remain involuntarily celebrate just to beat a game and get clout from noone, not even others that play like this.
    Once again Team Ninja has created amazingly fun combat, beutiful and bad arse characters. But none of that matters if you have a life to live or even just other games to play.. At least FromSoftware games are balanced in a way that your always progressing and actually have a chance with bosses. Where in Team Ninja Souls clones you will definitely hit a point where you will have to quit life or quit the game due to gigantic difficulty spikes.    … Expand
  24. Mogmog000
    Mar 5, 2023
    0
    Terrible balance with too strong enemies.
    No mini-map.
    Unattractive enemy design.
  25. djape
    Mar 4, 2023
    1
    Played for few hours and its just a mess. Hitting enemies and getting hit almost makes no sense. Thanks but no thanks for this crazy mess Team Ninja
  26. crs
    Mar 9, 2023
    0
    Beat every souls games,blood borne and Elden ring multiple times couldn’t get past the first boss on this pile of crap

    Poor level design and full of bugs. It’s the 21st century can’t believe developers are still releasing games which rely on perfect timing. Reason the fromsoft games were fun was even though you died a lot you were encouraged to learn from your mistakes and use    Beat every souls games,blood borne and Elden ring multiple times couldn’t get past the first boss on this pile of crap

    Poor level design and full of bugs.

    It’s the 21st century can’t believe developers are still releasing games which rely on perfect timing.

    Reason the fromsoft games were fun was even though you died a lot you were encouraged to learn from your mistakes and use these to improve.

    If you can’t get the timing spot on you will struggle multiple times.

    When you’re overloaded it affects timing but unlike the souls game which affects the characters speed this piece of rubbish gives you no indication you’re overloaded.

    There’s no way to increase your weight limit so you have to contend with being overloaded permanently.

    There’s no way to see if the equipment you’re picking up is useful or not till you’ve picked it up.

    Very inconsistent one character first time I killed him I got 4000 qi.

    Started a new game and killed him again got 1000 qi wtf is that about.

    If you try the training mode to improve your skills but have too much equipment you can’t discard any equipment but can’t complete the training mode because you have too much equipment. If you then try to exit the training mode there’s no option.

    If you do master the parry it’s pointless as it’s different for each weapon you use.

    Come on team ninja it’s not April Fools for a month is this an early Joke and did you honestly play test this pile of crap you released a patch fixing bugs 3 day after this was released.

    Not sure of what you were trying to achieve with this I’d but a fromsoft title without reading any reviews but wouldn’t buy anything you release ever again even if your titles had perfect reviews.

    Will be trading in this rubbish as soon as I have the chance.    … Expand
  27. platDude
    Mar 15, 2023
    4
    Just got the platinum, and here is why I wish I'd have passed on this title, at least until they polish it up a LOT.
    .
    Let's start with the good: - Graphics look great. Sure there's better stuff out there, but this is a good-looking game. - Upload/Download to and fro PS4/5 versions. Wish more games had this feature. - Fairly deep item/equipment build customization. Similar to the    Just got the platinum, and here is why I wish I'd have passed on this title, at least until they polish it up a LOT.
    .
    Let's start with the good:
    - Graphics look great. Sure there's better stuff out there, but this is a good-looking game.
    - Upload/Download to and fro PS4/5 versions. Wish more games had this feature.
    - Fairly deep item/equipment build customization. Similar to the Niohs but slightly simplified.
    - Great trophy list (if that's your jive). Makes you experience the full game with minimal pointless grinding for it's own sake.

    And with that out of the way, here's what sucks:
    The parrying! Don't get me wrong, I've been gaming for over 35 years and Sekiro is in my alltime top 5. This game just didn't do it right. Like, at all. Weapon swings (from every weapon) are too slow to really synergize with fast-paced attacking and parrying, so for most boss battles and a few trash mob fights, you're just going to have to wait out and parry parry parry parry until you break their poise.
    Additionally, lots of enemy attack animations don't accurately reflect the timing of the parry, so you're forced to memorize which ones you do early or after the attack actually hits. When you make a game with tight parrying, this is uber important, but Team Ninja didn't seem to bother with that level of polish.
    Also (more noticeable on the PS4 version) sometimes the parry input doesn't even register. This is kinda crucial, because then if you want to ensure you don't eat an axe to the face, you're tempted to press the button twice. HOWEVER, some genius decided to map dodging to the same button, as a double tap, so then you end up dodging instead, which gives no offensive benefit, and simply allows the enemy's spirit gauge to recharge.

    I really, really wanted to like this game, but it felt like a total chore after the first few hours. Team Ninja was one of only 3 dev shops which I'd buy their stuff no question, site unseen. However, since the first DLC from Stranger of Paradise (base game was freaking awesome, don't get me wrong), it seems like their simply pandering to the elitist faction of the Git Gud club. Great games don't come from a nuclear arms race to see who to make the most challenging one. They come from solid mechanics and decent software performance, both of which were completely left in the dust on this title. Too many critics are giving this an inflated score because they're afraid of their base thinking they're just not Gud enough to enjoy it. Call a spade a spade, this game's not that good.

    We'll see, maybe they can polish this up and tweak a few things. I hope they do. It has the potential to be quite good and fun, but right now it's mostly the opposite of those things.

    -    … Expand
  28. needtohavefun
    Mar 7, 2023
    0
    Terrible difficulty 1st boss. Makes the game not fun at all and you basically get stuck unless you learn parry combos. How anyone finds this fun or how it made it through any play testing is insane. I'm swearing off team ninja products if this is the way its going to be.
  29. RoverDiscover
    Mar 7, 2023
    0
    Another ultra hard game that has nothing to offer besides its difficulty. Bad graphics and awful story.
  30. Decawliss
    Mar 10, 2023
    3
    Boring as hell, fighting system is so bad.. This game would have been good in 2005..
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 74 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 74
  3. Negative: 0 out of 74
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    60
    Bosses are fast, aggressive, tough. They hit you two times and it's over. But they all have the same mechanics and just different timing. So inexperienced players may feel frustration, while for experienced souls it won't be major problem to get through the game without a scratch. [Issue#326]
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Apr 7, 2023
    75
    Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a lovechild between Sekiro and Nioh games with some Chinese mythos and history sprinkled on the top. It is a truly great combat experience that is drawn back by somewhat convoluted storytelling, lackluster decisions to simplify magic and attributes and severe optimization problems. With that said, it is a really fun experience that any fan of the genre will surely love.
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  3. PLAY
    Apr 5, 2023
    90
    An evolution of Nioh 2, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is an action-packed ride through history and dark fantasy that stands out in a post-Elden Ring world. [Issue#26, p.88]
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