Publisher KOEI TECMO and internal developer Team NINJA have announced that Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has exceeded 3.8 million players (Game Pass included) and 1 million unit sales across all platforms. In addition to free updates, a series of upcoming DLC packs will continue to enrich the popular action-adventure game, one of which the “Battle of Zhongyuan” is scheduled to hit this June.
Our team was quite fond of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, with our reviewer Jesse giving the game positive marks. Have a gander at the press release below. And of course, a reminder that the game is currently available on Xbox Game Pass across consoles, PC and Cloud, having launched right into the service.
KOEI TECMO’S WO LONG: FALLEN DYNASTY TOTAL USERS EXCEEDS 3.8 MILLION AND SELLS OVER 1 MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE! Chinese Martial Arts Thriller Off to a Hot Start Following Popular Demo
Hertfordshire, 28th April 2023 — Today, KOEI TECMO Europe and developer Team NINJA are proud to announce that their dark Three Kingdoms action RPG, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, has achieved sales of over 1 million units worldwide! Total sales are a combination of both physical and digital units across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and PC via Windows and Steam®. In addition, the total number of players including Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass has now exceeded 3.8 million!
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Developed by Team NINJA, the studio behind the popular Nioh series – which has already sold more than 7 million units worldwide – Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s original story takes place during the Later Han Dynasty and features a Three Kingdoms overwhelmed by chaos and destruction. With an imperial dynasty on the verge of collapse, it’s up to a nameless militia solder to battle through adversity while fighting for survival in the turbulence of a land plagued by demons and overrun by some of history’s most powerful and intimidating warriors, including Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian. To overcome the odds, players will need to awaken their inner strength by mastering the fluid swordplay of the Chinese martial arts, cast Wizardry spells based on the Five Phases (elements), and even summon Divine Beasts as they attempt to unravel the conspiracy surrounding a mysterious and powerful elixir.
In addition to a series of free updates, a selection of upcoming DLC packs will be available to purchase in the coming months. The “Battle of Zhongyuan” DLC pack is scheduled to hit in June, with two more special DLC packs ready to follow.
I mean I can play Souls like games, whether it’s Elden Ring, any of the Dark Souls games, Bloodborne or even Nioh. But Wo Long was just… crazy difficult for me. Like a classic Ninja Gaiden title designed to destroy my self respect as an experienced gamer.
It was way, way too hard. I tried via Game Pass but bounced off pretty quickly after getting destroyed in the opening areas.
I had an opposite experience lol. I 1000G’d it in under a week and found it a lot easier than the Nioh games. It’s definitely not meant to be played like a Souls game.
There’s zero consistency with game difficulty for me. I’m finding RE4 Remake borderline too easy in hardcore mode in my first playthrough (it’s very forgiving & I haven’t even been particularly careful with my weapon upgrades either, I just focus on the knife & Red 9). RE Village meanwhile was a nightmare on hardcore, specifically the werewolves which auto dodged my bullets & wrecked me. Bloodborne is very, very manageable if the player is methodical & uses the AI summoning bells for boss fights. Nioh is also quite methodical & rewards careful gameplay.
But then there’s games which people say are fine which absolute destroy me, like Wo Long. It doesn’t have a difficulty setting so that at least makes it a simple ‘get gud’ type of proposition but there’s other games with difficulty settings in which I have literally no idea which difficulty to pick.
I actually have a much easier time with this game than Elden Ring, defeating a lot of the bosses on my first attempt. You might wanna try playing in coop, the few stages I did play in coop were super easy.
If you can get past Zhiang Liang , the rest of the game is easy in comparison. I have to get back to it myself. I was just up to Lu Bu when RE4 Remake dropped.
