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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - Complete Edition
From the depths of darkness, a dragon soars. A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team Ninja, the developers of Nioh. 184 AD, Later Han Dynasty China. The land is overcome by chaos and destruction. The imperial dynasty that prospered for many years is now about to collapse. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a 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 creatures and enemy soldiers using swordplay based on the Chinese martial arts, attempting to overcome the odds by awakening the true power from within. Wo Long refers to a crouching dragon, and also refers to a hero or person of greatness who is not yet known. This is the story of officers, who will later become heroes, during their ‘unknown’ period, and also the story of a protagonist’s rise from being a ‘nobody’.
- Team Ninja
Platform scores
| Platform | Metascore | Userscore |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 67 | 6.5 |
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Praise
- There is still a very good game inside Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition. We already reviewed that game before, and after finally playing it myself, I can see why Michiel enjoyed it. The combat is satisfying, I loved its mix of Chinese history and folklore, and newcomers get the base game and all of its additional content in one package. I just wish I could recommend the Switch 2 version as easily. The softer image wouldn’t bother me much if combat ran smoothly all the time, but that wasn’t my experience. In a game where one badly timed deflect can get you killed, those technical problems became difficult to ignore. We’ve already seen demanding games make the jump to Switch 2 with better results, so I’m not willing to give Wo Long a free pass simply because I can now play it on a handheld. So yes Wo Long is good, I just don’t think this is a particularly good version of Wo Long. Chinese history gave us plenty of fallen dynasties, but this particular fall is mostly technical.
Criticism
- Wo Long is a dynamic, hack-and-slash take on the "Soulslike" genre, with solid foundations frequently undermined by poor design choices. The morale and flag systems disrupt the sense of progression and the excessive loot becomes tedious. The Switch 2 port further detracts from the experience, with technical issues.
Mixed
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty works on Switch 2, but the compromises are hard to ignore. It’s a solid action-RPG, offering a good level of challenge and plenty of content, but Nintendo’s console is not the best way to experience it. It’s worth considering if you can overlook its rather poor presentation, but there are better options out there.
- I wanted to love Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty on Switch 2, especially after coming to appreciate recent Soulslikes like Lies of P and Elden Ring, both of which have offered solid experiences on the platform. Unfortunately, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a frustrating and underpolished port that diminishes its clever mechanics and unique twist on the genre by forcing players to choose between an awful framerate or a headache-inducing resolution. While some players may be willing to put those issues aside, I found the poor performance only compounded the game’s unrelenting difficulty spikes and occasionally frustrating design. Despite giving Wo Long several chances to win me over, the combination ultimately made this one of the most infuriating games I’ve had to review. There is a genuinely interesting action RPG buried beneath these problems, and when Wo Long works, its deflection-focused combat can be incredibly satisfying. But on Switch 2, those moments were too often overshadowed by technical shortcomings and de