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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a new upcoming action RPG from Team Ninja, the same minds behind the excellent Nioh series. While Nioh was based on Japanese folklore, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty focuses on Chinese mythology, giving it a new refreshing approach compared to Team Ninja’s other game. The studio confirmed this week that the game would be getting a playable demo before its early 2023 release date, and now a new leak has detailed some of the gameplay elements you can look forward to.

As with most leaks, take this with a grain of salt for now. Most of the details seem quite believable and the gameplay details are described intricately enough to make this leak sound real. However, someone might get really bored there, so you’ve been warned not to get excited just yet.

According to the leak Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty focuses on five elements, including wood, water, fire, and earth. These elements play into the fighting style of the game and each element type changes the way you fight. For example, fire makes the player more aggressive, water is a defense style, and earth focuses on defense. Switching styles boosts your morale in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty similar to how Ki was raised in No.

morals in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty also plays a big part in the overall game. The more enemies you kill and the more successful your attacks/counters and parries are, the more morale you get. Higher morale means that low-level enemies will flee when they see you. They will either cringe in fear or run away and give you a chance to attack. Elite enemies and bosses, however, need a much higher morale level to be affected in the same way. Getting hit also lowers your morale, making enemies more aggressive towards you.

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The morale system also allows players to go into the area and fight weaker enemies to gain morale, making upcoming battles easier. Certain high-skill attacks and abilities also require a certain morale to succeed. While Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has no difficulty, the moral system will try to create a balance for players.

Players can also lean in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasties defense systems. According to the report, players can defend against most attacks in the game and depending on your weapon type, this will depend on how the defense works. Some weapons will turn your guard into a counter-attack, while others will stagger the enemy. Depending on the enemy’s health, you can also perform an execution move described as “very brutal”.

Some movements are detailed as fluid and dynamic. Players can jump on an enemy’s head to jump into the air. This can be done to attack enemies behind the group or even reach higher areas to grab our archers who could shoot you from above.

Outside the fights, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Reportedly focuses on the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Ten Attendants and the story of the campaign against Dong Zhuo. However, these are reportedly only the first few chapters of the game. The leak continues:

  • You can fight against many famous characters. The one in the trailer who took the pill is Zhang Jue, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yokai Squad is his second stage. He can use different spells.
  • Lu Bu is really challenging, he is the boss of the Hulao pass, his weapon and equipment can be obtained after you defeat him.
  • Other main bosses are Dong Zhuo, Zhang Rang, Hua Xiong, Li Jue & Guo Si (double boss fight). Sub-bosses include Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
  • Many yokai/demon bosses in this game and four dangers from Chinese mythology will also make an appearance.
  • Human bosses drop unique weapons and armor that have different abilities or effects; Demon bosses drop spells and other abilities.
  • Proverbs are based on the eight trigrams and Yin Yang. Your enchantment master is Zuo Ci (a famous Fangshi from the Three Kingdoms period), the items used to cast spells are talismans and pills.
  • Weapons: Jian (sword), double swords, Dao (single-edged sword, also includes dao with pommel), Zhanmadao (large sword), Guduo (hammer and the mace is called Jili, Tie bian is also there), Guandao (glaive), long rod, spear, halberd, shield, Yue (axe), meteor hammer & rope dart, dagger, bow and crossbow. There is no gun and cannon or anything like that, because gunpowder was not invented in the Three Kingdoms period.
  • Bow now has a skill tree, it is no longer limited to normal attacks in Nioh. You can learn skills by fighting characters who are good with bow, but melee combat is still important.
  • The dragon in the trailer (below) is a boss in the fire of the Luoyang city mission.
  • The loot system still exists, it’s simpler than Nioh, but there are still different builds.
  • Character creation is similar to Nioh, it seems you can share a character’s appearance via code.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty launches in early 2023 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Source: 4Cha

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