Team Ninja's Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has been rated in the US and Europe and it looks like it isn't going to be different from the studio's recent outings - which is a good sign!
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is one of the most highly anticipated titles of the year https://www.xfire.com/team-ninja-confirms-wo-long-fallen-dynasty-release-date/and fans of the Koei Tecmo subsidiary will be glad to know that the ESRB gave the game a Mature+ rating for blood, gore, and violence as well as in-game purchases.
Here's the ESRB description of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty: This is an action game in which players join a large-scale battle against an evil sorcerer in Late Han Dynasty China. From a third-person perspective, players use swords, spears, hammers, magic, and clubs in melee combat against enemies (e.g., soldiers, demons, ghouls). Combat is fast-paced, highlighted by large blood-splatter effects, screams of pain, and explosions. Finishing moves sometimes depict characters dramatically impaled on swords or lances. Several scenes depict multiple corpses and/or large pools/smears of blood. IGN recently shared a ten-minute gameplay video of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. From the gameplay video, audiences can see the amount of violence and gore present in the game during combat.
The game is being touted as a Soulslike game. However, based on the gameplay video, it may be much closer to a Monster Hunter meets Ghost of Tsushima type of action game in terms of combat and movements. The combat has a nice flow to it and dodging looks to play a huge role, especially when fighting the bosses.
Traversal mechanics and the game's environment may also play a huge part in the game's combat. We can see from the trailer that players can use the terrain as a platform on which they can perform jumping attacks.
While the ESRB rating mentions in-game purchases, but it remains unclear how much the microtransactions will play a part in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja haven't confirmed the extent of the in-game purchases available for players in the upcoming ARPG.
The term "in-game purchases" can be interpreted in different ways. Some microtransactions can be purely cosmetic while other games feature gameplay-aiding items such as XP boosts or starter weapons.
The Digital Deluxe Edition of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty does include several bonus armor sets. We can assume that at least some of the microtransactions will be for cosmetic items that players can use in-game.
We'll find out more as soon as Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty comes out on March 3.