With the extended version of Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase we got to know more about all the titles shown this past Sunday. This time Team Ninja unveiled more details of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty which is set to be released in early 2023.
In a recent IGN interview with Fumihiko Yasuda, who directed both Nioh titles and now is a producer on this project along with Masaaki Yamagiwa, known for Bloodborne and Déraciné; we learned some interesting stuff about this production.
For starters…
While many of us thought that Wo Long seemed to resemble Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors, the overall gameplay is closer to Nioh games. So… you can expect it to be a challenging game
According to them, the fact that this one is set during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Three Kingdoms period in China will show us a more severe and dark world, a perfect match for a soulslike game.
“The same can be said for the difficulty. There’s no doubt this will be an extremely challenging and demanding game, but we’ve come up with new ways to approach that difficulty. In that regard, players can look forward to a type of satisfaction that wasn’t present in earlier Team Ninja titles.”
If you get stronger, the enemy can too!
Combat benefits from a new Morale system for the player and enemies. This will lead to new strategies within the Soulslike genre.
“We wanted to create a type of strategism with adversity as its theme. You gain something by defeating a strong enemy, but the same can be said for when an enemy kills the player. The balance between strength changes whenever someone dies.”
Now, this doesn’t mean that the game will be ridiculously unbeatable, nonetheless, it will be challenging, VERY challenging.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is expected for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC.
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