Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is currently in development, with Team Ninja hard at work polishing the project, which is slated to launch sometime in 2023. A demo just came out, and it's shaping up to be a solid action RPG.
In an interview with MP1st at TGS 2022, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa mentions a mechanic in passing that piqued our interest, describing a situation in which an "enemy may be able to bring in regular NPC enemies or other players–and then you can decide, do I want to fight the player first or do I want to fight the big enemy?"
This brings to mind the Old Monk boss fight from Demons Souls, who could summon in other players and have them fight in its stead. This was a trick FromSoftware would repeat in Dark Souls 2 with the Looking Glass Knight, who could also summon in players, or NPCs if you were playing offline.
It's an incredibly cool concept, and a challenge we relish undertaking when the game launches. In another interview, Yamagiwa describes the length and structure of the game, which will follow a linear, level-based structure, and take around 40 hours to complete.
Are you excited about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty? Do you relish the prospect of certain enemies being able to summon in real players? Let your true thoughts bloom in the comments section below.
[source mp1st.com]
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Not really keen on these fights, they're always really boring. I'll probably just play these offline or with a friend, but Old Monk and Looking Glass Knight are two of my least favorite fights in Souls games. It's either a gang fest you're bringing in, or you try to duel and end up fighting a Soulbrandt/Demonbrandt/Northern Regalia user that has 1500hp and does 900 damage a hit.
Not fun.
Bloodborne did something slightly similar with the bell maidens and you had to search and kill them to cut off the player invasions.
Demo was pretty solid but nothing truly game changing. Worth a look at some point when on sale (from what I’ve played so far).
I try to stick to single player games as much as I can, so although I did enjoy the game a lot, I am not in the least bit excited about the prospect of fighting enemies that can drag real people into match ups. Hopefully the game can be played offline.
As others have said, I'm not too keen on this kinda thing. A cool idea in theory but I tend to play games like this strictly in offline mode... until I'm begging a friend to help me with a boss lol
Been playing the demo, and so far it hasn’t grabbed me. The combat feels a bit sluggish compared to Nioh, but hopefully they’ll tighten it up. Looking forward to giving them some feedback, which apparently we’ll be able to do.
I go offline for those fights as it just less hassle to get passed it that way. Nice idea but not worth the effort in practice.
Nice, the Old Monk head piece was the ticket for magic users, I welcome these fights.
Cool.haha.i dont mind that.i l💚ve challenging games.this game will be a instant classic.word up son
Liking the demo and looks fantastic! Cant wait to get the real deal.
@ShadowofSparta Agreed. Its just Nioh 3.
@brazzios_84 "just" Nioh games are two of the best games made.
@JohntheRaptor lol no
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