On October 26, 2021, during a development stream celebrating the 40th anniversary of Koei Tecmo president and CEO Kou Shibusawa's career, it was announced that Team Ninja were currently developing a new action game based on Luo Guanzhong's 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Set in the Later Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, a nameless militia soldier uses the swordplay of the Chinese martial arts to battle demons in a dark fantasy world. Stay tuned in the meantime.The story of a militia soldier fighting for survival in the chaotic Three Kingdoms. Multiplayer is also confirmed and though more details have yet to be revealed, it will be at least similar to Nioh’s. There’s still a large variety of weapons but the team wants “the player to be able to focus on the action more easily.” Also, Three Kingdoms fans can expect the various warlords to have their weapons (though whether the player can earn them remains to be seen). Players won’t have to keep upgrading their weapons and armor, and all enemies won’t be dropping items. Expect to be attacking way more in Wo Long than in Nioh.įinally, loot is getting some changes over Nioh. In that sense, I guess you could say it is more down to earth.” Think of it as a middle-ground between Nioh and Ninja Gaiden in terms of speed. That being said, we did want to maintain that feeling of being in control of an actual human being, so there won’t be too many flashy jumps or wire action. The action is speedier than Nioh, and you can do things such as jump into an enemy and then launch over them. With Soulslike games becoming more and more popular, this kind of design gives Team NINJA an opportunity to display what we do best.” IGN saw some development footage from the PS5 version and noted that the areas within the level seem larger with an “almost wide-linear approach.”Ĭombat is much faster than Nioh with the developer wanting to provide the freedom to “seamlessly switch between offense and defense. That being said, at its core, Wo Long is a linear structured game just as Nioh was. Since the player character can now jump, there’s a lot more room for verticality and exploration in general. Yasuda said, “We do have more freedom in our stage design though. The balance between strength changes whenever someone dies.”Įxploration is still level-based like Nioh but there’s more freedom thanks to one important addition: Jumping. You gain something by defeating a strong enemy, but the same can be said for when an enemy kills the player. “We wanted to create a type of strategism with adversity as its theme. Further details weren’t provided, Yamagiwa says this will “lead to new strategies within the Soulslike genre.” Interestingly, it ties into mechanics where the enemy can gain something from defeating the player. Combat also benefits from a new Morale system for the player and enemies. The main character is a military volunteer (with an important role in the story) and players can customize them fully. In that regard, players can look forward to a type of satisfaction that wasn’t present in earlier Team Ninja titles.” There’s no doubt this will be an extremely challenging and demanding game, but we’ve come up with new ways to approach that difficulty. “The same can be said for the difficulty. Being set in China, Wo Long is more massive in scale compared to our previous games set in Japan, which allowed us to show a more severe and dark world. It was a dark period in which people were constantly fighting, which is a great match for a Soulslike game. Yasuda notes “It was a time of war and devastation. Set during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Three Kingdoms period, the title focuses on the end of the Han Dynasty in China. To that end, Wo Long will be a challenging game. After leaving Sony’s Japan Studio, he joined Team Ninja in October 2021. While it seemed to resemble Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors, the overall gameplay and vibe are more akin to Nioh, as revealed in a recent IGN interview.įumihiko Yasuda, who directed both Nioh titles, is a producer on this project along with Masaaki Yamagiwa, known for Bloodborne and Déraciné. Team Ninja unveiled its next big title Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty during the recent Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, to be released in early 2023 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, PS4, and PS5.
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