So I Tried Black Myth: Wukong..

for those who dont know, Sun WuKong had 72 transformations and bunch of abilities. many might think that it ripped off from anime abilities but it's actually the other way round because Journey To The West was released long ago

The year is 2024, it's very rare to see a game made for gamers.

They said that this game has three or four endings, each of which will be based on the number of achievements you have completed to battle different bosses and complete different story endings. This may also include the battle of the "Four Heavenly Kings". If you complete all the "81 Hardship" achievements, it will trigger an epic battle between Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court. I haven't watched it yet, so I will leave suspense to complete and challenge the final ending myself. I hope to see it in your video too. Wishing you a happy game.❤❤

Forgot to include the tutorial boss Intel CPU

I'm from China, and people are hyped af! Everyone I know are playing or talking about the game. So happy to finally being able to share some of the culture while bring gamers joy.

Some clarification on the lore to better understand the intro battle: Sun Wukong's biggest weakness, is the Golden Headband he wears on his head. That headband is enchanted and he cannot remove it. The headband shrinks whenever the secret mantra is recited, and it causes him terrible pain. That's how the powerless human monk Tang Sanzang kept him under control. Whenever he misbehaves, the monk recites the mantra and Sun Wukong would be rolling in pain. During the intro, when he was flying as a bird, we can see that the Golden Headband is suddenly activated. That's why he was holding his head because it was crushing his skull. I guess we will find out who recited the mantra later in the game, to find out who caused his demise. If the headband wasn't activated, there's no way Erlang Shen could've defeated him.

A rating of 9-9.5 is indeed a very high evaluation, which means that someone who lacks understanding of Chinese culture can still enjoy this game. However, for players who are knowledgeable about Chinese culture, this game is definitely a 10/10, because it is filled with numerous details that are REALLY Chinese. Almost every detail you see and hear has undergone rigorous research, which means that a Chinese player may acquire 10 times more information during the gameplay than a non-Chinese player. The buildings, sculptures, and items in the game are not fictional but are based on real world buildings, sculptures, and cultural relics. For example, in every scene of meditation, there is an item resembling a cup, which is called a "Boshan Incense Burner." It is a type of incense burner cast using the lost-wax casting method and was popular in China over 2,000 years ago. Many Boshan Incense Burners of different shapes are now collected in Chinese museums. Another example is the headless man's song in Chapter 2, which is a type of ballad from central and western China called Qin Qiang which is itself a national intangible cultural heritage.

That Erlang in the beginning is a famous demi-god in Chinese mythology, his mother was the Jade Emperor’s sister and his father was a mortal. He has a mortal name called Yang Jian, and Erlang-Shen is his god name. With his talent, Erlang became powerful above most gods, however his mother was punished and sealed under a mountain for uniting with a lowly mortal. He is known for saving his mother by cleaving the entire mountain open with a great axe (the one we saw in the game) and fought off everyone who stood in his way. After that, he overcame countless tasks and challenges and earned a rightful place in Tianting (The Celestial Court), as the three-eye warrior and guardian of heaven at his uncle, the Jade Emperor’s side. Also, he keeps a hound called Xiaotian (meaning Howling at the Sky). Sun Wukong always make fun of him, calling him nephew because Wukong is “equal of heaven”, and Yang Jian usually don’t give a Fxxk.

Don't forget everyone that Sun WuKong is "Immortal 6 Times Over." Kickass? YES! No, it doesn't make logical sense how one cannot die 6 times over but here's how this badass mofo did it: 1. He initially became immortal after a Taoist Sage foolishly made WuKong his disciple and taught him a Secret Tao practice that made him immortal. 2. He then became twice immortal when he was taking a nap and was essentially soul kidnapped and sent to hell by "mistake" (the Jade Emperor definitely had a hand in it). While there WuKong is foolishly shown the ledger of life and death which are scrolls that have the names of all things and beings who are destined to live and die (seeing a pattern here) and simply erases his name and as many monkey bois from his mountain from it that he can before the Hell authorities stop him and he just fights his way outta Hell. Making him and most of his monke crew unable to be touched by the Gods of Hell making them virtually immortal. 3. He became thrice immortal after the Jade Emperor foolishly allows WuKong into Heaven and assigns WuKong to tend to the Orchard of Peaches of Immortality. WuKong obviously eats some. 4. He became 4 times immortal when someone foolishly mentions an exclusive Heavenly Party and WuKong sneaks into said Heavenly Party (he wasn't invited) and steals a cask of Immortal Wine and drinks it. 5. He became 5 times immortal when he snuck into the Sage Laozi's alchemical lab (Laozi foolishly left it unlocked and unguarded) and finds gourds full of pills of immortality/immortal elixir. He consumes them all. 6. Then he finally became 6 times immortal when he finds a ginseng baby fruit tree and eats one. This fruit only ripens every 9000 years and only 30 fruit at a time. Consuming it grants you 47,000 years of immortality. Making you virtually immortal because you can just wait 9000 years and eat more ginseng baby bruit and keep repeating the process. All this to say, READ JOURNEY TO THE WEST! It reads like an Ancient Chinese Shonen manga and it kicks ass. You can definitely see the influences Akira Toriyama used for Dragonball. Also WuKong isn't even the main character, Tripitaka the Monk/Tang Sanzang is. It's an absolutely awesome read! If you don't wanna read it, the YouTube channel "Overly Sarcastic Productions" has broken down the book into short episodes and they're currently have 11 episodes as of this comment.

I love how lore accurate they made it. Wukong’s personality, trapping him in rock, the gods threatening to destroy his home and ppl. Journey to the West is a classic and (edit) the abridged versions are a quick read.

I live in Thailand. There are literally temples built to Sun Wukong, we have a wooden statue of him in our house, he is not only a mythological figure, but a philosophical, and even religious one. The fact that this game holds him with respect and regard while focusing on story opposed to all of the crap that western games focus on is absolutely blowing my mind. You would NEVER see a game like this made by a Western studio, ever. Never ever. Not with so much respect and admiration.

As a Chinese, I'm really amazed by their production, every monster, be it a boss or a mini-monster, has their own story, which are interspersed with parts of ancient Chinese cultural works, such as the original Journey to the West, the Classic of the Mountains and Seas, and the Feudal Tablet. I this game is like reading super cool literature. I'm worried if their translations, such as the ditties, the monsters' voiceovers, etc. will allow people who don't speak Chinese to perceive the flavor and charm of this work.

The animations in this are so damn clean. Insanely rare to see a progressive walk into sprint animation that isn't just a switch transition from slow to fast. Those little details kill it for me.

this game broke records. ppl are mad at this game. lying that the game is bad meanwhile steam shows overwhelmingly positive.

fun fact. The weapon our monkey carries weight in 7650KG and 7.65Ton

To those that don’t understand the English voice over for Sun, it’s intentional. The game is supposed to be an epilogue to the Journey to the West story, and Wukong is based off the 1986 tv series. His voice is meant to be shrill and wild, he is a monkey. If you think the voice is funny, that’s honestly good, he’s meant to be a humorous character. Chinese dub captures that better and has actual lip syncing but honestly the English VA did pretty good. Edit: yes I know the game is based off the “Journey to the west (XiYouJi)” novel I’m saying the way they portray Wukong is based off the 1986 series tv series which is where we get the goofy ass monkey laugh and shrill voice. For Christ’s sake exercise just a little bit of reading comprehension before commenting “ACKSHUALLY👆 🤓”

Hah. A little bit of background here: Wukong's armor here is based on the design used in The Journey to the West 1986, the TV series. It was Koei who copied the design, or may I say they took inspiration of Wukong 1986 and Lu Bu from the 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms. About the TV series, to say it was a classical would be a mighty understatement. It was a huge project by CCTV (the National television of mainland China), consider it a cultural promotion project backed by the government back then. The amount of talents gathered there was huge, to the point I would say it would be impossible to replicate something of that level in the modern days. Imagine artists that were like Barbra Streisand and Taylor Swift of China, several dozens of that all featured in a single project. The only Western equivalent I could think of would be Waterloo 1970. But while Waterloo took 28 weeks for the filming, the production of The Journey to the West took an entire 6 years, and there was not any delay or lackluster in it. Just hard work, and talents. To the Western audience it might be something entirely new and fresh. But to us especially of the South East Asia (Vietnamese here), many of us grew up watching that. To us it's not minty fresh, but of reminiscent. All and all it's great. And then we have other elements like the nimbus or the clone technique. Say, the TV series was based on the novel of the same title. First published around the end of 16th century, and considered 1 of the 4 pillars of classic literature in Chinese culture. How huge it was? Well not just Dragon Balls took inspiration from it, almost any classical writer or scholar from Japan or Vietnam could tell you of the four. The nimbus was there, the original Wukong - Goku rode the cloud, Son Goku later adopted that. Of the 72 spells that Wukong had, one of which he could take a tuft of fur, blow on it and each strand will turn into a clone. Yes the modern manga ninja learned that. All heritage, from centuries ago. Another aspect I find interesting is that the Black Myth Wukong is backed by Tencent, and the China government has a very strong grip on major corps. Take a pinch: The game soundtracks take after many of the 1986 TV series (you can search for that, Journey to the West theme song). Given the Intellectual property would be state-owned, how did Tencent acquire that for Game Science to put them in their game? They must have permission from higher management. So personally, it's an AAA game, but I suspect more or less it's a strategic product, not directly but at least strongly supported by the government. To give back Wukong his proper position, not just some far away, sometimes mentioned predecessor of Goku? Or maybe a culture push, just like how the Korean did with their K-Pop wave. Either way, it's beautiful seeing this. An interesting story to unfold. Eh, have fun guys.

I completely disagree with Zack's sentiment of having this game be an open world, this game reminds me of old games of ~2006, no bullshit involved just raw action combat, great bosses, fun focused, cool characters, no bullshit collectibles or large expanses of meaningless encounters/camps, etc

Goku's name is the Japanese translation of Sun WuKong, the exact same full name of the monkey king Sun WuKong

Black Myth: Wukong is made for gamers