MULTI Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty reveal trailer - Day 1 Game Pass

[venom]

I just cleared the first 2 parts of the game and a sub-mission of the 2nd part as well. Really really enjoying my time with the game. I dont think the parry mechanic is going to get repetitive anytime soon. IT IS SOO GOOD !!!

But as usual, Team Ninja's story telling and characterization is sub par similar to NIOH, if not worse. I dont give 2 shits about whats going on and why am I fighting. Its a minor complaint in the grand scheme of things but it is what it is. Also, the game looks really muddy and dated at times. Perhaps thats because its on the previous gen as well.

The fortitude and morale rank was a bit hard to grasp at first. I saw several YT videos explaining it but for some reason i just wasnt able to understand it until I played through the first couple of hours myself. Its a really unique mechanic that i dont thing i have seen earlier.

All in all this is turning out to be a solid game much better than NIOH imo.

 

[Necrokiller]

Yeah you might as well make your own story as you go along and you'll have a better time. I switched the audio to Japanese so that's helps slightly.

I just cleared the first 2 parts of the game and a sub-mission of the 2nd part as well. Really really enjoying my time with the game. I dont think the parry mechanic is going to get repetitive anytime soon. IT IS SOO GOOD !!!

Try the weapon switch counter. RB+B (or R1+O). You'll have to adjust your timing a bit since its based on your weapon specific animation but its oh so satisfying and gives a bigger Spirit gain.

All in all this is turning out to be a solid game much better than NIOH imo.

Yeah, definitely. Though its disappointing that the loot vomit has carried over from Nioh even if it's not as bad as in those games.

 

[Danish_karachi]

Apparently the Steam demo (and full version?) is capped at 60fps but Game Pass version for me goes upto 120fps. Usually its the other way around.

Pretty poor QA/delivery from Tecmo can't even push out the same builds.

Microsoft Store version goes up to 120 fps. But like any port it's not optimized for PC with occasional stuttering.

I will stick to console for ports. Extremely bad experience with ports on PC esp. uncharted 4 and FFXIII. Wo long is the same as per reviews but I am certain not as bad as these two developed by Naughty Dogs and Square Enix.

 

[Necrokiller]

Microsoft Store version goes up to 120 fps. But like any port it's not optimized for PC with occasional stuttering.

Its not optimized well for consoles either. Plenty of people are reporting crashes and performance issues on Resetera.

I haven't had any problems in the pre-release version of Wo Long on Xbox Series X, okay, the game crashed for me 3 times in the first 50 hours, but that was it, as for performance, everything was smooth. After the patch, I have been only playing invasion, also, no problems at all.

EDIT: Had glitches while I was recording in the terms the sound was cut from cutscenes, but it was only temporary.

Got my first game crash on PS5 while on a loading screen.

I had 4 crashes in 30min span only when trying to invade on ps5, otherwise no problem in other modes.

Its a terrible port on PC for reasons that are rare to see in games today.. only common resolutions are selectable "1080p, 1440, 4k" like they are hard coded or something. Amateur stuff, but doesn't apply to everyone. Like, Volumetric Cloud quality tanks the fps but has zero meaningful impact on visuals. Why not lower it yourself on PC? Are consoles running with all the settings maxed out and performing better? Fuck no.

Performance is more than fine for me but that doesn't mean its justified given how outdated the game looks but that's true for consoles too. 1440p60 in a cross gen game that is as outdated looking as this is doesn't make the console versions better. Even all the settings cranked all the way up, its a mediocre looking game. Its a shit port for many technical reasons, but you're not getting all the bells and whistles and how it should be running on modern hardware on consoles either

Its such a timing critical game with fast combat and I have zero issues progressing and am blazing through the game. Could it have been better? Sure, that's true for all platforms

 

[Danish_karachi]

Just played the demo version. I can vouch that it crashed to the home screen once during nearly 3:30 hours of play.

Plus the boss fight was psycho. Why such a hard boss at the start of the game? It was no fun; it was like taking a final exam during your first day in college.
What were the devs thinking placing such a hard boss at the beginning of the game?
I just couldn't parry his critical blow. I had been playing for about 3 hours and got beaten repeatedly by the same boss. Phase 2 of the boss is like being in Sparta! I will have a go at it again another day. I have never played souls like games before so that may be the reason I am finding it frustratingly hard.

 

[Necrokiller]

I have not had a single crash so far or any glitch.

I did record a boss fight video just now. It plays perfectly fine but for some odd reason there is a moment in the recorded video where it froze. Never happened when I was actually playing the game, just showed up in the video file. Could be related to Geforce Experience app itself.

But as you can see, performance is fine.

Having a great time with the game. Its exactly like Ninja Gaiden meets Sekiro.

 

[Danish_karachi]

I have not had a single crash so far or any glitch.

I did record a boss fight video just now. It plays perfectly fine but for some odd reason there is a moment in the recorded video where it froze. Never happened when I was actually playing the game, just showed up in the video file. Could be related to Geforce Experience app itself.

But as you can see, performance is fine.

Having a great time with the game. Its exactly like Ninja Gaiden meets Sekiro.

Wow. Awesome skills

I found it extremely hard to master having mostly played easy games like FF, Uncharted, LoU, and Batman. Never played Souls or Sekiro like game before.

I bet the game becomes fun once you learn the timing and technique.

Other PakGamers: what's your experience regarding first boss fight and crashes?
Am I the only one who found this game brazingly hard?
If so, I may be getting old; or it may be due to the .

I will have a go at it again.
But if it crashes my system again, I will set it aside. Don't want to damage my system as no warranty in Pakistan.

 

[Danish_karachi]

After the umpteenth time, I was finally able to defeat the first boss at last. Wow! What a great feeling after beating that bad a@# boss.

The rest of the bosses are not that hard but defeating them does bring a sense of achievement. I have never played Soul like games before. But man they feel great to play.

I changed the settings to Performance mode (1440p at 60fps) and there were no crashes. The native 1440p resolution looks far better anyway than upscaled 4k.

The game may not be perfect.
But I now believe it does deserve the high score. Bashing the buttons to defeat hard bosses give a big dose of adrenaline that I have never experienced before in any previous games. And I have probably played thousands by now.

The storyline gives a taste of ancient Chinese culture.
This is a big and welcome change than the gay and woke filled garbage of western developers aka AC Valhalla, Mass effect, Balder Gate 3, Dead Space Remake, and other gay games.

Wo Long has no woke content, no homo gay dialogues, no loot boxes, and has a hard but satisfying game mechanics. I am now definitely including this in my 'To Buy' list.

 

[Necrokiller]

After umpteenthtime I was able to defeat the first boss at lastm Wow! What a great feeling after beating that bad a@# boss.

Good job.

One advice however, when you attack you fill up the Spirit Gauge (blue gauge under your health bar), you have to press Y/triangle attack which consumes the gauge and lands heavy blows. This is crucial for this game.

 

[Danish_karachi]

Good job.

One advice however, when you attack you fill up the Spirit Gauge (blue gauge under your health bar), you have to press Y/triangle attack which consumes the gauge and lands heavy blows. This is crucial for this game.

Thanks for the advice.
I will keep this in mind during the next gameplay.

 

[venom]

I have not had a single crash so far or any glitch.

I did record a boss fight video just now. It plays perfectly fine but for some odd reason there is a moment in the recorded video where it froze. Never happened when I was actually playing the game, just showed up in the video file. Could be related to Geforce Experience app itself.

But as you can see, performance is fine.

Having a great time with the game. Its exactly like Ninja Gaiden meets Sekiro.

My MAANNNNNN!!!! I'm also using the dual swords and it is just too good to play the game with them.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Not that I care one bit about this game, but the Series X version suffers from stuttering issues in both graphics and performance modes. Yet another multiplatform game that runs best on PS5

 

[Chandoo]

Series X's resolution mode is a similar story, but offers a slightly higher average frame-rate

Performance mode is identical, resolution mode runs smoother on Series X. All versions have visual bugs and glitches and SX had one instance of a multi-second freeze in their testing.

 

[venom]

And DONE with the game. I literally bulldozed my way through the last 3 parts of the game lol.

All in all, it was an absolutely amazing experience and i had a blast during the entire 30ish hours time i spent completing the game.

Having said that, there were a lot of things that held the game back from being a genuine GOTY contender. Mediocre writing and atrocious loot mechanics along with a muddy and dated looking game were some of things that held it back. Especially the writing was so so so bad that i bet even an intern could have done a better job than the actual writer. And the abundance of loot made weapon and armor management into a chore. I was so fed up of the loot system that i actually ignored even the spells and the first spell i got was after i finished the game lol.

But the god damn parry system of the game was super addictive and hooked me right from the start to the very end. IT WAS JUST SOOOO GOOD !!!

This is a very very good start for Gamepass this year. Hi-Fi rush and then Wo Long and now Redfall is also not very far away. I think this is the year that xbox and gamepass might shine.

 

[Danish_karachi]

And DONE with the game. I literally bulldozed my way through the last 3 parts of the game lol.

All in all, it was an absolutely amazing experience and i had a blast during the entire 30ish hours time i spent completing the game.

Congrats. Good going.

The overall gaming experience may not be as epic as Elden Ring, which is GOY without any doubt, but Wo Long Dynasty does contain an element of adrenaline pumping fun due to its gameplay mechanics, and this is what will satisfy most gamers.

 

[Danish_karachi]

Post Game Review of Wo Long Dynasty.





LOL...PC Gaming sucks big time! So, much for the master race. The games are poorly optimized for inferior PC race.

Source: https://exputer.com/news/games/wo-long-fallen-dynasty-negative-reviews/

 

[Danish_karachi]

Massive dead zones and stuttering even on top of the line 7900XT equivalent to Nvidia's RTX 4080.

Steam Deck version also plagued with these issues.

RIP PC Gaming

 

[genious]

Tried it could not get in deleted parry system is bakwas nowhere near sekiro level which it tried to imitate.
Writing graphics and skills all are mediocre.

 

[Radical]

Good game that got extremely repetitive in the end.

Never liked the recent level designs from Team Ninja, this has more of the same.

 

[Danish_karachi]

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