Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty review: Sekiro, Dark Souls, and Chinese myth

Perhaps the most telling thing about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is that its first boss, a towering figure of a commander named Zhang Liang, took me about three hours to topple. Throughout a litany of my futile attempts, he staggered me repeatedly with a gargantuan mace, wiping out nearly a third of my health each time it bloodied my face. Within seconds, the battle was over, a dull red washing over the graceless sight of my crumpled, defeated body, and the Chinese phrase for "crushing defeat" was emblazoned across the screen. It soon became clear that what I was doing…