Developer: KOEI TECMO AMERICA | Publisher: KOEI TECMO AMERICA, KOEI TECMO EUROPE | Release Date: 07/02/2024
Price: $54.99 | Review Code Provided by the Publishers | Genre: Role-Playing, Action & adventure | Platform: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam)
Story/Description
Worldwide praise of the dark Three Kingdoms action RPG “Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty” has resulted in the creation of a complete edition of the game, including all three DLCs with a wide variety of additional content, from new weapons, to new scenarios and characters, to new Divine Beasts. About the game: 184 AD, Later Han Dynasty China. The land is overcome by chaos and destruction. The imperial dynasty that prospered for many years is on the verge of collapse. “Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty” is the dramatic, action-packed story of a nameless militia soldier fighting for survival in a dark fantasy version of the Later Han Dynasty where demons plague the Three Kingdoms. Players fight off deadly demons and superhuman enemy warriors using swordplay based on Chinese martial arts, attempting to overcome the odds by awakening the true power within. From the depths of darkness, a dragon soars.
The Complete Edition includes: –
The base game “Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty” – DLC 1, “Battle of Zhongyuan” After the collapse of the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition, Cao Cao’s forces strive to expand their influence throughout the Zhongyuan region. – DLC 2, “Conqueror of Jiangdong” The warriors of the Sun clan fight to overcome the struggles they face following the death of Sun Jian. – DLC 3, “Upheaval in Jingxiang” Liu Bei’s forces fight back against the threat of Elixir that has gripped Jing Province since the death of Yu Ji. – In addition to the three in-game bonus items “Qinglong Armor Set,” “Zhuque Armor Set,” and “Baihu Armor Set” that were distributed upon purchase of the base game, the Complete Edition will include a purchase bonus in the form of a small icon of “The Records of the Grand Historian,” which will indicate the locations of Marking Flags on the minimap. Note: – Except for “The Records of the Grand Historian,” all content is the same as in past and current releases. Please be careful not to make duplicate purchases. –
You must have an internet connection in order to access various content. – Please see the official site for details https://teamninja-studio.com/wolong/
Gameplay/Controls
The game is a fresh inspiration of Dynasty warriors games with some inspiration from dark Soulsgenre with awesome combat style and nice controls.
Came across the game as a wonderful special and hoping to try it out on console either on Xbox one or on PC. Luckily it came out as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which it could play on Xcloud on either on PC and console or my iPhone.
Having to try out the character customisation to make the character customisation either as a male or female character, made it fun to mess around with it and hoping to make them in one’s imagination as possible.
The DLC contains different outfits that come with different packs that would either give players an edge in battle or look good via character customisation. Each pack has different prices which might not favour people which come to budgeting. My recommendation is to get the complete edition at a sale if budgeting or at full price if one can afford it.
The user interface is almost matched with the user interface used on games such as Assassin Creed Origin, Odyssey and Valhalla but somewhat different that almost looked identical.
The combat system of the game is based on a real-time RPG with a level system that makes it impossible to level at some point in time. Enemies AI are quite good which it comes to battles, bosses both mini and major are quite challenging to fight off which makes it quite interesting to play the game with checkpoints that is convenient to go back to the various points of death and fight off them off but at the same time could be found to be annoying to fight the same enemies again.
What I enjoyed most about the game is the combat style, the mechanics that bring RPG and real-time action together to a certain time and gives players the momentum to fight back at a certain point.
To conclude this review, the game is an inspiration of Dark soul games with some similarities to the controls and mechanics that makes the game entertaining and challenging for players to work with, if they are used to such a game in question.
Graphics
The visuals of the game are quite nice and I like how the character design and landscape design are both wonderful and well-polished based on which console one would choose to play the game on. On mobile while playing xcloud is a bit different when it comes to the frame rate which it favours the consoles, other than that playing on mobile via Xcloud.
Audio
The voice acting is good and enemy AI has its own merit. I like how each scenario brings out the suspension and intensity that comes with the game when it comes to fighting enemies while being stealthy.
Verdict
Story – 8/10
Gameplay – 8/10
Graphics – 8/10
Audio – 8/10
Overall – 8/10
I want to thank you all for reading my review and God bless.
I also want to thank the publishers for giving me the opportunity to make a review of their amazing game.
Mahddyboy 