Certain Enemies in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Can Summon Actual Players

AKA the "Old Monk switcheroo"

by Khayl Adam Wed 21st Sep 2022

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is currently in development, with Team Ninja hard at work polishing the project, which is slated to launch sometime in 2023. A demo just came out, and it's shaping up to be a solid action RPG.

In an interview with MP1st at TGS 2022, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa mentions a mechanic in passing that piqued our interest, describing a situation in which an "enemy may be able to bring in regular NPC enemies or other players–and then you can decide, do I want to fight the player first or do I want to fight the big enemy?"

This brings to mind the Old Monk boss fight from Demons Souls, who could summon in other players and have them fight in its stead. This was a trick FromSoftware would repeat in Dark Souls 2 with the Looking Glass Knight, who could also summon in players, or NPCs if you were playing offline.

It's an incredibly cool concept, and a challenge we relish undertaking when the game launches. In another interview, Yamagiwa describes the length and structure of the game, which will follow a linear, level-based structure, and take around 40 hours to complete.

Are you excited about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty? Do you relish the prospect of certain enemies being able to summon in real players? Let your true thoughts bloom in the comments section below.

[source mp1st.com]

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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Constable_What
Wed 21st Sep 2022

Not really keen on these fights, they're always really boring. I'll probably just play these offline or with a friend, but Old Monk and Looking Glass Knight are two of my least favorite fights in Souls games. It's either a gang fest you're bringing in, or you try to duel and end up fighting a Soulbrandt/Demonbrandt/Northern Regalia user that has 1500hp and does 900 damage a hit.

Not fun.

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Nepp67
Wed 21st Sep 2022

Bloodborne did something slightly similar with the bell maidens and you had to search and kill them to cut off the player invasions.

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ShadowofSparta
Wed 21st Sep 2022

Demo was pretty solid but nothing truly game changing. Worth a look at some point when on sale (from what I’ve played so far).

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Bionic-Spencer
Wed 21st Sep 2022

I try to stick to single player games as much as I can, so although I did enjoy the game a lot, I am not in the least bit excited about the prospect of fighting enemies that can drag real people into match ups. Hopefully the game can be played offline.

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ear_wig
Wed 21st Sep 2022

Been playing the demo, and so far it hasn’t grabbed me. The combat feels a bit sluggish compared to Nioh, but hopefully they’ll tighten it up. Looking forward to giving them some feedback, which apparently we’ll be able to do.