INFO
FORMAT PS5 (reviewed), PS4
PRICE £54.99
ETA Out now
PUB Koei Tecmo
DEV Team Ninja
PLAYERS 1-4
LENGTH 50-70 hrs
ACCESSIBILITY Subtitles
Following in the soulslike tradition isn’t easy, and Team Ninja’s Nioh needed a sequel before it could truly establish itself as a peer to From Software’s best. Now, in the wake of Elden Ring, the studio has to do it all over again. Fortunately, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty distinguishes itself effortlessly thanks to a potent blend of wuxia sensibilities and dark fantasy horror.
It would be easy to expect Wo Long to be just another tough-as-demon-hide action RPG, and sure, it those things – but it’s also liberated from the punishing constraints that can define the genre. As a roaming warrior pulled into both the conflicts of the Three Kingdoms era and a supernatural