Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty could not have loved the kind of near-universal important acclaim that developer Crew Ninja’s Nioh titles did, however it was a profitable sufficient sport in its personal proper, with stable (if not spectacular) opinions and industrial efficiency to match, with over 1,000,000 models offered as of April final yr (and attracting 3.8 million gamers, courtesy of its day one Recreation Move launch).
Given its success then, is Wo Lengthy one thing that Crew Ninja or Koei Tecmo intend to show right into a working franchise? For now, that doesn’t appear to be the plan. Talking in an interview with TouchArcade, Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty director and producer Masakazu Hirayama stated that the developer at present has no plans to work on a sequel to the motion title.
Apparently, nonetheless, Hirayama did add that “if the chance arises”, he could be concerned about creating a follow-up that focuses on the interval in Chinese language historical past that comes after Wo Lengthy’s setting, which depicts the autumn of the Han Dynasty. That, in fact, is the Three Kingdoms period, which Hirayama says he want to “depict with motion and in a narrative” just like Wo Lengthy.
“We have now no plans for a sequel at this stage, as our focus in fiscal 2023 was on the DLCs and updates,” he stated when requested a couple of sequel. “On high of that, I really feel that the historic interval after the one set in Wo Lengthy has its personal distinctive attraction because the period of strategists, and we’ve got a need to depict it with motion and in a narrative, so we’d prefer to tackle this problem if the chance arises.”
Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty launched for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in March, and has obtained three paid expansions since then within the type of Battle of Zhongyuan, Conqueror of Jiangdong, and Upheaval in Jingxiang. The sport has additionally seen a variety of free updates and patches, in addition to collaboration occasions with different video games like Nioh 2, Bladepoint: Naraka, and Lies of P. An entire version is due out at present.
In the meantime, developer Crew Ninja’s subsequent sport, PlayStation 5 unique Rise of the Ronin, launches on March 22.
