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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

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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

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