How could my first encounter - when I didn’t know anything about the monster - be my best one?Įventually, I managed to take down Changgui on my fifth or sixth try. What’s worse is that Changgui got even tougher after I challenged it again.
By gaming standards, however, that’s a pretty tight margin for error. I mean, yeah that sounds exactly like what a tiger would do in real life. The tiger was killing me in one to two hits. Subsequent failed challenges only made me realize that while my skills were apparently a joke, Changgui was not. Let’s just say that it was not grrrrrreat! I thought he was done, but Changgui actually saved the best for the last hit. See, Tony, er, Changgui the tiger actually pauses toward the end of that combo to do a pouncing attack. Little did I realize that the tiger’s attack was not done. To make things even better, I actually successfully parried its multi-combo paw swipes before responding with a flurry of my own attacks. I actually gave Changgui - that’s the demon tiger’s name - the respect it deserved by sneaking behind it and taking out a huge chunk of its health with a surprise attack. Mind you, I was not overconfident or discounting the tiger. As someone who’s been gaming for decades, I know a designed encounter for skill progression when I see one. I figured it was just some minor mid-boss that was supposed to be a step up from the human cannon fodder I’ve been dispatching so far. It all started after I rounded a corner and ran into an ominous-looking tiger that was snacking on some poor dead soul. It’s also a lesson on the importance of paying attention to pop-up hints in games and not just blow past them lest you end up missing an important hint that completely changes everything. It’s a testament to just how challenging Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is. Nevertheless, I continue to play my fair share of challenging games such as Monster Hunter, Dark Souls and Elden Ring while still doing relatively well. Granted, my reflexes weren’t what they were back in my high school and college days. Not even Sekiro served up that tough of a foe on my plate that quickly. More in gaming: Wild Hearts video game review Just a few minutes into my first time playing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, I was already facing a wall. Just barely 15 minutes into Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, I met my first wall.
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