Get revenge against an enemy that killed you, and you’ll get your morale back along with the Genuine Qi (i.e. The higher their morale, the more damage they’ll deal in a fight. If they kill you, their morale will go up and you’ll lose a big chunk of yours. There’s a big twist to this: enemies also have a morale rank. This, combined with your weapons and other items, impacts the relative strength of the damage you dish out and your resistance to attacks. Koei Tecmo/Team Ninja Protect Your Morale RankĪs you slice through opponents, you’ll improve your morale rank. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's combat is fast and brutal, so you'll want to protect your morale rank. There’s one system I find particularly intriguing, though.

There are, of course, multiple skill trees (oriented around the elements in this case) and a wide variety of gear to find and play around with, as you might expect from a game of this ilk. It looks and sounds great, and the setting is compelling too. Wo Long’s expectations of you are clear - as long as you learn its rules and play by them, you can thrive. I never felt like it was drawing outside the lines. While the combat is challenging, it’s fair. Still, there’s a lot I admire and like about this game. As such, I’m not sure I’ll stick with it. That’s the case for me with Wo Long thus far. In other words, I can get through difficult games, but I might not find them edifying. But for me the juice is not always worth the long, arduous squeeze. and just as long to figure out and conquer his second stage.įelling a tough boss after a string of defeats can definitely be satisfying.

Then I needed another half hour’s worth of attempts until I took down the boss. It took 30 minutes or so of repeated failures before I internalized the information I needed to topple Zhang Liang. However, hacking and slashing at an enemy can help too, since it wears down their spirit to leave them vulnerable to a fatal strike. Add in unguardable attacks and the fact that counterattacking with a fatal strike after a parry can deal massive damage, and you’ll quickly see why parrying is so important.įiguring out the timing and patterns of an enemy’s attacks, then when to respond with a parry, melee attack, block, martial arts strike, magic spell or dodge, is vital. Hold the guard button for too long and you’ll run out of juice for your magic attacks. There’s no stamina meter for melee attacks (a fact I very much welcome), but adopting the guard position will wear down your spirit meter.

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