Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is certainly not a bad game, especially if you like Souls likes a la Sekiro. Unfortunately, the title on the PC joins the long line of botched releases. At least the first patch is here.
Basically, you no longer expect to be able to play a halfway flawless PC version right after the release. Almost every multiplatform release from The Callisto Protocol to Forsaken to Blood Bowl 3 has been technically flawed, especially in terms of performance. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is no exception – the title drew plenty of verbal thrashing from disgruntled PC gamers.
After all, Team Ninja has now managed to get the first patch out fairly quickly. The same has the version number 1.03 and has been released for PC via Steam as well as Playstation, Xbox and Microsoft Store should follow shortly.
The update addresses some of the bigger issues, most notably the camera work with mouse controls. Some crash situations, missing resolutions and problems with the use of graphics cards are said to have been fixed. The same applies to problems when transferring saved games from the demo to the normal game.
Here are the patch notes for update 1.03 in detail:
All Platforms
Adjustments
Major Bug Fixes
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Fixed a bug in which the player would not be able to progress beyond the area where they encounter Zhao Yun in the main battlefield “Two Chivalrous Heroes” if the saved data from the demo version had a specific progress status and was transferred to the full version.
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Fixed a bug in which the special effects of equipment in the storehouse would be lost if the saved data from the demo version was transferred to the full version.
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Fixed a bug that prevented the player from re-entering the boss area of the main battlefield “Fall of the Corrupted Eunuch” if both the player and Baishe had been defeated at the same time.
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Fixed a bug that prevented the player from obtaining the trophy/achievement “Awakening of the Unscrupulous Hero” during online multiplayer sessions.
Note: After the update is applied, this trophy/achievement can be obtained by clearing any of the main or sub battlefields.
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Fixed a bug that caused a crash when hitting enemies with the attacks “Falling Leaves” and “Scattered Leaves” while using dual halberds that had been decorated.
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Fixed a bug that caused some graphics settings to be reset to the default settings each time the game was launched.
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Fixed some other minor bugs.
Steam/Microsoft Store Versions
Adjustments
Major Bug Fixes
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Fixed crash-prone situations that occurred in certain environments.
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Fixed white flickers that occurred in certain environments.
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Fixed a bug that caused some resolutions to not be selectable in certain environments.
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Fixed a problem in which the wrong graphics card was selected to run the game in certain environments.
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Fixed a bug that caused a crash when running the game with a certain screen resolution setting, and then applying a specific filter in Photograph mode and exiting.
That’s not the end of it. As Team Ninja confirmed via Twitter, another patch is being worked on that should take care of problems that have not yet been fixed.