As you defeat your foes, and plant flags, your morale rises, and this means that you do more damage to enemies with lower morale. Without going into too much depth, the combat system in Wo Long runs on Morale and Spirit. When an enemy glows red (and not just bosses, even run of the mill foot soldiers can do it too) you have to counter doing so can turn the tide of a battle. You can obviously block ordinary attacks if you aren’t confident about countering, but critical attacks have to be countered. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Well, when some enemies land strings of attacks on you, and each hit needs to be countered, it rapidly gets harder. Luckily, parrying is pretty simple – just press B as an attack lands. You know how in Dark Souls you can parry attacks if you are good enough? In Wo Long, you have to parry in order to survive. See, the combat is much more timing based, and learning to counter is absolutely vital. Look away from that though and you’ll need to know that you should not approach Wo Long as a Dark Souls type game. The monsters all make different noises, the bosses (some of them) talk and taunt you, and all in all, the presentation of Wo Long is first rate. The sound is also very well done with some great voice acting on display in the cutscenes, and lovely music to listen to as you wander about. Choosing the right companions (at a certain point in the story) is very important. Having these guys fight by your side can be a great boon, especially as every different NPC has a buff that they apply just by being with you. It’s nice that the NPC characters that we meet are all drawn from actual Chinese history, and there’s a good chance you’ll recognise many of the names if you have played the likes of Dynasty Warriors previously. The bosses we face are again all very well designed, and certainly bring an increase in challenge to the game. The enemies that you face are a well designed bunch too, with various flavours of enemy soldiers and demons seemingly mixed in and working together. The levels are varied, from a burning village to a mountain rising into the clouds, whilst the design and look of the backgrounds is awesome. The story is absolutely bang on, as are the visuals – Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a beautiful game to look at.
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