
However, the Chinese setting of the game does result in some extremely beautiful levels in terms of Art Direction and the overall Atmosphere, which is something I’ve personally been looking for in a game for a long time. It is the gameplay that is the key highlight of Team Ninja’s games, and following that logic, the story is just barely serviceable in Wo Long as well. The story is as basic as it gets, and not something that you should expect to leave you in awe at the end of the journey. You, the player, have a really simple goal in the game, and that is to fight the evil forces that threaten the land. Without spoiling anything, the game is set in ancient China during the fall of the Imperial Han Dynasty. So let’s discuss all of that and more in much more detail below. And the studio definitely managed to deliver an overall great experience here, but there are a few shortcomings as well. It’s a bit of a departure from what they’ve been doing with Nioh in terms of the setting, but the overall tone and gameplay are still the exact same.
