And this is not an online game. Once you finish it, you may come back to time to time, but you are not necessarily are going to play thousands of hours. (some will, but not the majority).
well depends honestly, games like witcher 3 / skyrim / cyberpunk still have thousands of players YEARS after release, they are best example of games that can defend themselves with being good and thriving playerbase, so good singleplayer games like wukong, even if not as replayable as these games, and hardly comparable to rpg should still hold decent player base, of course not as big as cyberpunk, but a portion of that for sure. EDIT: milions of comments about how I can't compare rpg to wukong, apparently people read cyberpunk and end reading the fucking comment - i even wrote it myself that it's hardly comparable.. just gave top examples of games that are alive after years, and noticed that wukong will be lower due to not being rpg too.
Bro i already saw an article when i opened Chrome on my phone literally the day after. "Wukong has already dropped 2 million players overnight, whats happened?" Wow, sheesh, who would have guessed people need to sleep.
Then imagine the mods! Final fanatsy 16 boss fights, shrek, popular memes,etc. Game has infinite replay value! Even just adding more attacks and spells
The devs shared yesterday that the game was supposed to have upto 13 chapters. However, due to their lack of self experiences and resources (nums of devs and money...), they had to cut it off, maybe they'd submit them through future DLCs. They also noted that they will try to fix certain major bugs (invisible walls,...) soon
I just heard this morning that they’re already planning DLC, probably will release soon. Yeah I was kind of bummed it was only 6 chapters. But considering they spend 7 years and 400 millons RMB, I guess investors need to see some results.
@@xueshang1035 yeah i mean this is their 3rd title. the first 1 was a crappy mobile game. 2nd was a decent rts. i doubt investors thought highly of them making a fully fleshed AAA title like this. hopefully this success brings more DLC or sequels in the future. having a studio be able to make games like this is a blessing for the gaming industry.
This. I think the move to another game might not be as good as trying to complete this Wukong franchise in about 2 installations. Now they have learned so much and have also made so much money to either fuel a groundbreaking DLC or a sequel that is fully realized in potential.
I’m only on the 2nd chapter and 5 chapters already seem like a decent amount. Can’t imagine there being 13 chapters lol. Granted I only play a few hours each day and souls games aren’t my forte.
@@xueshang1035 Actually I am more hyped about their next coming games. One of it is Black Myth Zhong Kui It related to ghosts and monsters and hell. Hell itself have 18 stages and each is gruesome than others similiar to Dante Inferno
As a Chinese player, I can say that Journey to the West is a household name in China, known by everyone from 80-year-old elders to 5-year-old children. BMW (Black Myth: Wukong) is so popular not only because it is China's first AAA game, but also because it incorporates a lot of cultural elements, regional music, and more. Many structures in the game, such as statues and temples, are faithfully recreated on a 1:1 scale based on real-life counterparts. It is this high quality and rich cultural content that has attracted many Chinese people, including those who have never played games before, to take an interest in this one. However, as the first AAA game from Game Science, I admit there are still some shortcomings, such as invisible walls, optimization issues, and so on. Therefore, I don't want it to be overly hyped in China or other countries. Sharing a game and its cultural elements with other countries is a joyful thing, but I hope everyone can approach it with a rational perspective.
Crazy how Wukong added its haters into the game as an early optional boss. (blue big headed baby that throws a tantrum when its attacks fail and it gets hit)
Technically, it's not really about Journey to the West. It's what the developers think would happen after Journey to the West, hence the opening line "my master, safe; the scriptures, sound." All the original developers are Journey to the West enthusiasts, so enthusiastic to the point that they'd have hundreds of hours of arguments over what they envision would happen after the journey even off-work even just as friends instead of colleagues, given how their own understanding of Sun Wukong as a character differ. Also technically, it's not their first game as they made their first game Asura (The Victorious Fighting Budda/God), which is an MMORPG also under the setting of Journey to the West, at Tencent before they quit the company when they realized they'd never creat the game they really wanted at Tencent. From Black Myth, you can tell how much they love the story and the characters and how much love and care they've poured into this. Ironically, the Tencent game Asura, which used to have a lot of potential when it was first released more than 10 years ago, is completely in the dust now despite still running at the moment. *Edit A small fun fact: Tencent is actually a shareholder of Game Science, but only 5% under the specific clause of 3 NOs, aka "not interfering with decision-making on how the studio is run (不干预运营决策), not trying to be the dominating force/voice throughout the entire the project（不抢占项目主导), and not pursuing the marketing/monetization right of the game (不寻求发行运营). Guess as former employees, the developers know too damn well what Tencent would do to their beloved game if it's a majority holder. *Edit 2 I think one big reason this game is received so well, at least in China (you gotta understand Chinese gamers are super duper critical of their own Chinese games too, just look at some of the most poorly rated games on Steam), on top of the fact that it's a good game and also arguably the first China's original AAA game, is the rebelliousness and free spirit embedded in Sun Wukong and some other characters (Red boy, for example) throughout the game, unlike the original Journey to the West where it's more about how they are being tamed and disciplined. Chinese young adults need to feel that sometimes somewhere even if it's just in a video game and even if they still need to drag themselves to a 30-floor office building at 8 a.m. the next day. And don't ask me why I know it because I'm one of them.
@@xieibrahim7304 Yes, somehow I got goosebumps while watching all those cutscenes and listening to all those lines. I'm not particularly into Chinese culture even though I was born and raised in China, but I guess some childhood memories just won't fade no matter what.
Awesome, I hope they do a prequel for this and re-create the actual Journey to the west story... and that would be awesome. And they can even expand on the number of player characters to 4, Wukong, Pigsy, Sandy, White Dragon.
I don’t understand why such an intrinsically Chinese game is receiving so much ire from western reviewers because they hate their own race. It’s mind boggling
The fact that a Chinese game developer transcribing an influential Chinese folk tale into the video game medium is triggering the overly sensitive, PC cancel culture vultures is peak irony. This is many peoples first exposure to this story, and it’s hugely successful. If celebrating diversity and honoring other cultures was actually these peoples goal, you’d think they’d be happy about a game like this.
Well, the problem is that SBI didn't get to coerce comsultation fees out of their efforts and are therefore sending in their hounds to blackmail the BMW developers. "You don't get to profit off your own diverse culture and ideas without me leeching off!"
@@timogeerties3487 Is there any tangible proof SBI were involved? Cause this appears to just be a rumour flying around, though one that wouldn't be hard to believe.
Yes the graphics are great and movement is really fluid, but i think i will not get that game. In a souls game i like ARMOR and SHIELDS and SWORDS and KNIGHT style looks etc ( bad ass heavy armor looks ) ... some dark stuff too like in LOTF.... this monkey game with just a stick weapon simply doesn't excite me , despite the gameplay looks really good. Maybe i get it when the game is on sale, but probably not. At the time it will be on sales i bet there are new souls like games out, with cool armor and swords and shields.
Have you played black myth wukong yet? I honestly wasn't going to get it but my buddy told me he was enjoying it alot and it have a pretty good story and overall a really fun gameplay style i would definitely recommend it. I also have hundreds of hours into elden ring and have all the trophies done every ending ect. And in my honest opinion i enjoy Black myth wukong more. I have also beaten every other souls from software game as well and this is still better in my opinion. All the boss variety and secrets in one game is insane i played it all weekend while i was off work and was still going back to early part of the game unlocking hidden special bosses. It's honestly a nice refresher i only hope more games come out like this @ronaldseeder2078
The most hilarious example is Stardew valley imo. A game made by 1 guy, regular updates, zero microtransactions. Its in the top 20 of most sold games the last decades. A lot of the other top sellers have similarities with this, either being made by 1 guy or very small teams (Valheim, Minecraft, Terraria). Imagine being a triple-A studio with hundreads of people working on a game and getting outcompeted by a 1-man studio creating a 2D game.
I played Black Myth Wukong for 12 hours this weekend. It is an easy 9 out of 10 combat RPG. Packed with exciting boss fights, superb combat, and fun builds.
@@randomdan1648 Performance issues. I have a powerful $3K PC built last year, but the game has crashed twice, frozen a few times, stuttered, and has this shadow glitch where building shadows become so black, you can't see anything. Resets have fixed the issues, but they crop back up. That's why I can't give it 10/10.
@@lazero7591 You need to be familliar with Journey To The West story to get half of it. They are lots of summarized videos here on youtube. You should watch it. Specially chapter 3,4, and 5.
Chinese here, on the last opinion Asmongold had I will respectfully disagree. With few following reasons: 1.The social recognition of 'video gaming' is still at least a controversial topic here, so I would not assume any goverment funding going in the gaming industry diectly. 2.Even in the gaming industry, before the Black Myth it is very very obvious that investors prefer moblie games way better than any PC/console only game, let alone an 3A title. 3.The leader of Game Science released a social post on the day the game released saying that 'the main topic we had in the studio this year was on how to reduce the difficulty and lower the entry bar', so my biggest guess on those air walls would be caused by this aspect. Nonetheless, thanks for the subjective attitude as always Mr.Asmon. Hope everyone have a nice time playing this game.
I think the air wall should be the product of a compromise between artistic expression and objective technology. It's a problem, but it's not a big one.
That's one of the things I find funny, they try to tout this as if it's some sort of "gotcha" Of course the majority of players are Chinese, this is Chinese folklore and a lot of people's childhood. It's made by a Chinese company and the main language is in Chinese. I've been playing with Chinese dub and English subtitles, and it sounds great. I especially like the headless singer.
Black Myth Wukong proves that staying faithful to the source material is the recipe for success. Edit: I seem to have misused "faithful" in this instance. Thanks to all who clarified it❤
I hope that wins the game of the year just to spite the journalists. It probably won't but a man can dream though, a man can dream. Edit: wow I didn't expect my comment to get this many likes I think this is the most likes I've gotten on a comment ever
I just finished the game at 41 hours, the amount of variety I experienced is insane, I've missed some secrets I think. But man, I just love that the game is not bloated, like so many games these days. This game has more variety than most 100 hour games and thus did not overstay its welcome.
it has no message, it's just saying hey you want a good experience playing a game? homie we gotchu, *throws wukong- here take it brother... have fun playing
holy shit a game that lets you be strong and doesn’t shove bullshit down your throat HOLY SHIT who would’ve thought that GAMERS would like it, oh and you’re strong af the whole time
A lot folks like to emphasize majority sales are from China which is totally true, but that doesn't mean Wukong sells bad in the west, actually Wukong's global sales performance is impressive. According to Gamalytics and VG insights (this is the source of player population used by these folks), 20% copies sold are from the west, they estimate the total copies sold is between 12 to 14 million, means 2.4 million to 2.8 million in west within 5 days. This is the best global sales performance for AAA single player games in 2024 so far. FF7RE Rebirth sold for months and the total sales globally is over 2 million copies. People should recognize it sells well in both China and the West because it's a good game, instead of trying create a false narrative that this game sells bad in the west.
@@jinniwind exactly! The games that are successful recent years actually have a large portion copies sold in the China market, not to 80% like Wukong tho. BG3 publisher mentioned on his twitter that 37% players of BG3 are from China.
Canada VS china .. 41 millions potential players VS 1.4 billions potential players .. CHina are communist praising anything made in China .. Canadians dont give a damned if a game is made in Canada or elsewhere .. 1 Canadian players = 35 Chinease players .. So 1 millions coccurent players from China = 28 500 coccurent players in Canada .. So the proportions are massive the political argument is also massive .. Chinease from CCP china are Pro chinease everything ! Unlike Canadian who are not that nationalist at all and not as brainwashed into a regime ideology !
Why TF would I ever read the book or hear that's story? Not like RUclips existed when DBZ came out. Nor did I care about theory or orgins. I was playing goldeneye 007 and watching cartoons, or riding my bike cuz my parents kicked me out of the house and locked the door.
My guys I live in Oklahoma(which if u didn’t know is a LONG way from China) and I have been living inside Black Myth sense it dropped last Monday night! Just started chapter 6!
@@paintspot1509 I didnt even try to "find" any drama about this game. I just got bombarded on YT and social media with reports about this. I think the issue is probably that you must have been living under a rock or something.
@@paintspot1509 "Sounds like you need to hop off the Internet for awhile. I didn't even know there was any drama about this game." Not about drama. It's about power and control.
I didn’t like it. It just felt like a PS5 platformer with really bad, stereotypical “shitty 1960s kung fu” acting. I understand that people want to love it because it’s a no bullshit game, however, a no bullshit game isn’t inherently great. If you enjoy it, great! I just didn’t think it was worth $60.
@@thisguy2973 Not liking is fine, I can see how the theatrical "kung fu style" and exagerated combat movement can irc some people (I don't get the platform part). But I don't think it's fair to say it's not worth the price tag. The amount of detailed models (very few reskins) and game content is a lot. It's the same reason why Real Time Strategy games and traditional Fighting Games are pretty expensive on launch. One has to make a lot of unique models to be interesting, the other has to hand animate a lot of stuff. This will jack up the production costs and of course the game price, unless they have other monetization schemes. An analogy would be: I won't ever use a space rocket, riding them seems like a major pain in the ass, but calling them overpriced without a good reason wouldn't sit well. They just fill a certain niche that I have no interest. Side note, I don't play Black Myth these type of cameras tend to give me motion sickness.
@@Yan4yan I’ll update my response by saying that I think it’s worth it to get a complete game with no microtransactions bullshit. I should instead say to me, the game didn’t provide enough value to keep playing for me.
One thing the game doesn't get enough credit for is the smaller stories within. Its basically the first game where I've actually found myself reading the enemy descriptions, as they all have interesting poems and little stories attached that are genuinely thought provoking, you can really feel a sense of Chinese history in the game, and they actually refer to things in the game, so after you have read some of them you will recognise pieces from the story in the scenery and the characters you meet, giving you a way to piece the story together as it happens and getting more context. You can really tell that the developers put a lot of work into the games narrative and having it truly feel like a Chinese thing.
I love the interactable illustrations at the end of each chapter. I’m not sure if all the interaction points are always revealed or if you have to actually find the characters to unlock them, but man it’s such a fantastic way to close off each chapter’s story. It’s hard to really say which is better the animations or that interactable illustration, but combined with the enemy scrolls, illustrations, poems, and stories the artistry behind this game is just next level stunning.
@@footthumb You have to find the characters to unlock them. Some are naturally reveal through the main story, others depend on if you have fought them through a hidden quest or not.
Wukong has taught me true diversity. To embrace the culture and mythology of another country even though western media has made me dislike that other country politically. Let's leave the politics at home and just enjoy the stories we have to tell.
A lot of Asians love Baldur's gate, Metro Exodus, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and many western games. Sales and money get reinvested, mostly. Just another win win
And about "that other country", despite that it has lots of flaws, it is also a beautiful country with good people. Don't believe the western media too much, go visit "that other country" when you can, you might find something interesting.
And let's remember that 99,99% of the people in that country have no power in politics, they can't vote, just normal people living normal lives like us.
1:42 I’ve been saying this the whole time. It’s weird how people think that because Chinese people like the game it doesn’t count. When call of duty comes out no one says “it’s all Americans playing otherwise those numbers wouldn’t be that high”
@@Ichiban_Kasuga.Is praising the game because it's really good and for what it is called biased? Then would japanese praising their own country's game be called biased? Or is it the bias coming from you yourself? Again, same case same argument. The game is good, Chinese people shits on their own games too, especially games from tencent.
@@MarcusHuang-wq5xi biggest difference there is if Japan had the population of China or even half, probably 4 of 5 of the highest numbers games would always be Japanese. Being the highest steam single player game doesn't make it the best when it's mainly supported by a country that censors most games.
Why black myth is successful and will probably win GOTY: -Relatively polished game, no game breaking day 1 bugs that require a patch -no always online or Live service elements -fun and engaging gameplay -no MTX -only $60 (less than the current standard of $79) -its DEI free This is a western gaming industries worst nightmare, another game that spits in the face of what they hold dear - corporate greed and political propoganda
It won't win because the cards are stacked against it. The same journalists hating on it are the same ones who decide which game wins. Even Japanese games have a hard time winning unless they are old and established IPs. Frankly for a game like BMW, these types of awards don't matter.
will happen 100% though I will agree if someone says its overhyped to heaven. it's good but not the best. if u deep dive u gonna find the issues (u don't have to even search for them). God of war was a way better polished game for example. though I love spawning an army of 50 monkeys and made my PC almost crash. or 1 shotting bosses with 1 single attack
@@Vss077what boss could you possibly be fighting to one shot it a mini boss? Also I've seen plenty people use the clone move and not lag at all and many people have claimed to have 0 problems with lag issues at all in the entire game you must be playing whitemyth wukong
As an international student from China studying in US, I feel we know much more about west than ppl here know about us. When someone mentioned almost like Chinese players don’t count, that reminds me how they don’t know us and almost … not imagine us as human beings🙃 It seems some of them just cannot imagine we can eat similar food they eat and play those popular games they play…
Those people are ignorance which builds up this kind of mentality. There is a huge world and population else where but they refuse to acknowledge it. Is like they've just discovered they are not alone on this planet and they don't like it. 😂
No like if China has mandates on what games and how many hours a person / minor can play, the numbers are not giving you the same information and you cant look at them the same. Lazy as it is, it is easier and more concise to discount these numbers altogether instead of trying to correct for any and all externalities. But from there it is only a small step to dimissing the chinese playerbase as a state run collective.
@@Rakschas666 This is the point if you look at china domestic box office of some wildly publicized movies. The figure is astounding because a large majority of citizens are kind of brain washed to go to the cinema. This game is no exception. Mass behaviour is much too easy to be influenced in china. And that is why these numbers generally tell little about the truth.
“It feels like an anime” well Wu Kong was the inspiration for Akira Toriyama for Dragonball, Sun WuKong in Japanese is translated in Son Goku, and the monkey transformation, staff and flying cloud is directly ripped off WuKong, so yeah, WuKong is a tale from the 16th century, without Akira Toriyama most fighting anime/games wouldn’t exist
Wait a month or two for the articles "Black Myth Wukong has dropped 80% of its players, what a big problem for Black Myth Wukong, dead game, it wasn't that good after all huh?".
it's like they are expecting people to watch a blockbuster movie over and over again after a successful week. it's a story driven single player game. ypu play the game, finish the story, and maybe comeback later when you wanna enjoy it again, just like a movie. and besides that the devs already took the banks, it's not like a free to play MMO games which the devs will only makes money when people keeps playing it. nowadays journalism is a joke.
Kids today: Can you believe theres a game without micro tranactions !? 20 years ago the idea of buying pixels, for a game you paid for already, to make the game playable and enjoyable, would have sent most of us into riot mode.
The truth is we would not have. It would have seemed exciting, novel, odd or stupid. None of us would have known were this would go. A few would coorectly asume the worst, most would shake their heads in disbelief that we could collectively be goaded into something this absurd.
i wish i was a gamer still when the slow shift into complacency happened. i stopped playing games from age like 19 to 27 and when i came back with money and a fancy pc. i HAD to get a launcher and couldn't buy sell and trade games in cash. almost all games that would have been free on some flash game websites were $10. (unless its on sale) now I'm watching the price of unfinished bug filled "AAA" games go up with chunks of the game taken out to sell to you later . . . sorry i went on a bit of a rant there
remember about the time when the woke journalists, even game devs from the western side (horizon forbidden west) mald when Elden Ring dropped. Wukong got the same treatment (english is not my first language, sorry)
These woke journalists are ruining gaming by trying to pander to an audience that doesn’t exist. Hopefully this is a wake up call to all those devs. Plus concord just flopped HARD, maybe they’ll finally open their eyes. Also your English is pretty good!
So gamespot gave this game an 8 out of 10. In the review they said, that the game is a boss rush game, that there is nothing to explore and enemies in between bosses are „cannon fodder“. I was a little worried hearing all of this just to find out, that this is not true. This whole debate and journalists trying to crush this game is insane.
Don't trust any "journalist" that isn't investigative. They're just paid propagandists otherwise. Pampered rich kids who wanted a prestigious job without the effort.
Lol Chinese players liking the game automatically discredit the popularity? What about MHW, does it automatically discredit their popularity because a large number of players are also Japanese and Asian?
@@MrEvans1 because of supply and demand, there are so many players in the eastern market and it's cheaper to maintain and run a bot farm in places like Russia and China, both have easy access for computer parts, hardware and even technicians that can be sourced locally in most towns and cities. Their gold can be sold cheaper than their western counterparts, the work force would be more streamlined as the results, people love to use it to mix in some of their racist remarks and try to send some kind of message, but if the situation is reversed, the west would be doing bot farms too, maybe even bigger than the Russian/Chinese ones, that's also why the biggest crypto farms are also in these countries, the reasons are the same.
@@blist14ant People don't understand what that means and they don't care. They just like saying it, BG3 was "woke" as fuck and everyone loved it. Yet the call The suicide squad woke because it was bad. But they overlook all the other problems so they can call something woke.
I just found the scales to fight hidden bosses, there’s a wall where you defeated the rat princes first son, it’s on the right in his fight area, you can break this wall with a spirit that has a heavy hard attack, rock spirit, once broken you can go through the crack and claim the scale this unlocks bosses in each chapter. First boss in chapter two is behind a sand waterfall in area before the boar boss. From the shrine head up the stairs to the right and dispel the sand and then proceed to fight, chapter 1 has a dragon that you fight behind a waterfall similar to chapter 2 it’s in the area you fought the big head spirit. Left of the bridge, opposite side to where big head is.
You can really tell - Ubisoft, EA, etc and the shill journalists who get paid off hate the success of this game- it seems other than elden ring and a few other projects to include Baldurs gate, the gaming industry has cared more about bottom lines than truly making art. You can tell the difference. Look at the early 2000s and early 2010s-to now. I’m glad gamers are waking up and fighting back with their wallet… favoring studios that care more about the ART than the dollar.
We don't get a whole lot of games that release these days that don't feel like beta's, or early access, or a buggy mess, or monetized like shit. It's nice to see one proper full stable game doing well.
I am not the biggest fan of open world and yet I always thought it would be tough for a game to be as fun as Elden Ring but Wukong has been amazing to play through. Now, granted I played ER base game for 400 hours and now after DLC has pushed that beyond 500+. I am not assuming I will play this game for as long but objectively speaking, Wukong seems like a masterclass. I can't wait for whatever this studio does next.
It shows that "we need 10 billion microtransactions to make the game profitable" is a myth, because if you make a good enough game with none if that the audience will come.
It back up the examples set by Hogwarts Legacy and Baldur's Gate 3 in the last year or so. It's really encouraging to see big games with just a box price smashing records recently.
Game Science kinda went for a lower amount of profits with this game, bcos the studio consists of devs that had gotten fed up with gacha games, which is their background.
Actually the amount of people can afford PC or PS5 in China might surprise you 😅 especially with good enough GPU to play AAA games. that’s why mobile games are such big thing in China (most of them are shit of course). That’s why no big Chinese corporations would dare to create any legit AAA games before cuz they don’t think it’ll make any good profit. The market might be big, but might not as big as you think
It’s crazy how much secrets people are missing. It’s not really that linear if you explore. The amount of people who missed the Red Dragon boss behind the waterfalls in chapter 1 is staggering. That and the Mad Tiger in the well in chapter 2. Where the ghost child leads you. These bosses help you defeat the main storyline bosses too.
@@bananaana1860 yes, it’s pretty tricky to find because you need the instrument you get from the tiger acolyte you fight on the bridge. I don’t wanna spoil to much, but once you have that make sure you explore all of chapter 2. You will need to come across 3 areas where you will hear a child asking you to play the instrument. Once you find the last spot a child leads you to a well to ask you to play. In the well is the Mad Tiger though and it’s a pretty tough boss, but definitely far from the most difficult.
The reason why fighting the Boss is quite easy is because you just played the cycle of reincarnation (New Game)for the first time, you need to play more cycles(New Cycles) of reincarnation, then the Bosses and monsters will become harder and harder.
Let Black Myth and Concord be reminders that there are a lot more of us "old fashioned" gamers than there are "modern audience" gamers, and if the games industry wants to survive, it better choose a side now.
You still think our choice matters? Dustborn (the other dogshi game) was literally funded by EU money (to a certain extent). We need more, voting with our wallet is the first step.
3:54 correction, it doesn't tell the story of Journey to the West, it relies on it, being it's own story, heck we aren't even playing as sun wukong, only the destined one.
This game took me back almost 30 years when I played the 1st Devil May Cry or OG God of War way back when. It plays like an old school hack and slash but with modern things thrown to make it feel like a modern day game. This game is easily my game of the year pick (I have finished it btw with over 50 hours in my 1st playthrough). I have just hit the 2nd chapter in my 2nd playthrough. I wont spoil any thing but man, this game hits hard. Yes it has its flaws as do all games even feature complete games. Elden Ring has flaws too as does BG3 but they are still amazing games. Black Myth Wukong is on that level. It knows what it wants to do and it does it very well. Its not a souls like game, though it does have a couple of aspects inspired by souls games. Its not just a havk and slash game or just an RPG yet it has elements from those types of games. Its a fantastic mash up of different genres and I cant get enough.
One thing I don’t like about souls games is the dark, gritty atmosphere and nightmarish theme. BMW is such a breath of fresh air with its beautiful environment more normal looking design.
The respec system in this game is absolute genius and more games need to adopt it. This game is very reminiscent of Ninja Gaiden. This game is nothing like God of War.
its not a scam at least. since Tom Clancy’s The Division to The day Before, there are so many games out there that have trailer scams, I still remember in 2020, when the wukong trailer was released, everyone was attracted by the graphics quality, but I still didn't have any expectations for it, and at this point I'm satisfied .
A point few people are bringing up but I fully agree, this game claim to fame was howngood it looked when the first trailer came out and they actually delivered. That is amazing
For the frog to start doing damage you have to find all the hidden frog bosses in each chapter then level it up. It will then do very good damage and status effects
It would be great if a careful studio could take note of this. In fact, China, as a potential and vast consumer market, has players who truly embody the spirit of gamers when it comes to a good game. Sadly, most Western players are burdened by the shackles of political correctness.
It does for statistics and popularity. The market for such a chinese nationalistic game is huge, compared to other games. So the huge number doesn't mean as much as if this would have been a game from another continent and for another target group. Doesn't mean it's a great game.
Racism - Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 - it's not new, it's been around for a while. The real reason is because they know modern China is challenging USA world dominance. Japan and South Korea do not get that same level of discrimination, as they're under USA protection and control.
I will never believe any modern game journalist again, before playing it i remember reading about the review that said there is no female characters at all in the game. But it turns out there is a female characters in the game.
Amazing game.. The boss fights are really really good.. but like you said, I need a break from the stress of the boss fight sometimes just to explore and solve secret missions and whatnot. But everything else about this game is amazing.
It just keeps expanding, which i love. I thought there'd only be a few options for transforms, currently have 6. I thought the starting staff with it's upgrade path was the only weapon, now i have multiple with their own upgrade paths. Cant get enough
I like how Black Myth Wukong is getting talked about by big youtubers like asmongold and many more youtubers as well and Black Myth Wukong is such a amazing game and great video Asmongold TV :]
This is the most fun Combat I have experienced since DMC5. The Bosses are unbelievably Unique, and Very Fun to right. Almost every single Boss, is Amazing. The Boss Design is peak. Turning into Previous Bosses and enemies is Peak. Graphics are 11/10. Story is Peak, character is Peak. The Soundtrack goes Crazy. The Design of all the characters, is Amazing. This is in my top 3 favorite games👌💯🔥🔥
22:50, actually, i noticed a lot of those comments who wrote off the game's success because it is Chinese are from taiwan, HK, s,korea, vietnam, japan.
I haven't had a chance to dive into the game too deeply, only a couple hours in, same with Stellar Blade. I love both games so far, but I work 7 days a week and every time I try to play my kids bug the crap out of me, LoL. So far, both this and Stellar Blade have been fantastic games, even with my limited time with them. Fortunately, I have a nice 3 day weekend, so I'll be playing both as much as possible, but probably more so with Black Myth Wukong as I love the original story.
Imagine a game where no one cares about the gender or race of any of the characters. Theres a mini boss called Non-White and as a white guy, im not even mad lol.
lol actually what the Non-white means in Chinese is un-innocent, white stand for pure clean like snow, and there are two more Monkes names non-able and non-*(sry i forgot)..you see
lol nobody talks about how the Chinese acutally made a game that was widely accepted in the west, and i mean a real game, not mobile phone bs, this is a major milestone.
That frog spirit is actually busted, though you have to upgrade it. Once it's leveled up a couple times the frog does elemental damage which hits like a truck.
About the Chinese players situation, one thing I might add is that they are way more into multiplayer competitive games, like League or PUBG. So a single player game blowing up there is a much bigger deal than journalists would like you to think.
A non gaming channel I watched said that one company in China was giving the people who pre-ordered the game on steam will get the day off to play it on release and on top of that they were going to buy the deluxe version game for all the employees, that's how you celebrate your culture
In 1999-2000, I played THE BIGGEST MMO of the day. Legend of Mir 2. It had over 1million concurrent players in China. The single official EU server had around 2000 concurrent players at peak.
I don't think that's fair. It should realistically be 60%, considering the highest demographic of gamers is Asians (I am not sure what the breakdown is of specifically China)
@@JPMonster13 The game is pretty popular in China, with a lot of basketball streamers playing it. I’m not too sure about its popularity in the West, but I’ve seen people say it’s only big in China. So, I made a relatively conservative estimate.
You guys are missing the point that this game has nothing to do with the western culture wars of woke vs anti woke. These issues are not relevant in China and most of Asia and we want to keep it that way. Westerners can fight amongst themselves over these issues all that they want. The more that you do the more you will leave Asia alone.
Where are you from? Surely not China, since 'feminism' of the 'garden variety' there is punching left and right now. In Korea it's a full blown war, and in Japan, the worst times are even past. Of course, it's more like normal men vs. woke feminists, but in these three nations which make up East Asia, woke vs. anti-woke is definitely relevant. In China, those 'woke feminists' have been trying to sabotage this game since day 0, someone even sprayed death threats on the dev's office building. Of course you can close your eyes and turn your back, especially if you're not from China to begin with, but this shit is real, much more real than you think. I support your decision to play the game without all the politics, but saying that this game has nothing to do with woke vs. anti-woke is just plain wrong.
It's been long overdue, a breakthrough adaptation of Monkey: Journey To The West for a worldwide, predominantly English-speaking audience. Glad it was a video game.
Just so you guys know: it's not really that you "missed" it (unless you didn't bother to explore at all then yeah you missed it), but you don't get the item required for the chapter 1 boss UNTIL chapter 2. Then you can go back and fight the boss. Hope this helps 😅
I love how the media said Wukong lost millions of players within hours. Yeah, people went to sleep.
And this is not an online game.
Once you finish it, you may come back to time to time, but you are not necessarily are going to play thousands of hours.
(some will, but not the majority).
Man how i wish i have the ability to not sleep and play this game 24/7, this is a masterpiece
most games dont gain and lose 90% of their players on a daily basis unless most players are in one time zone
They say that about almost every big game, just to get clicks.
@@dondahighhh12but there’s like 10-15 times more people in Asia than there are in the USA. So like duh?
This is what diversity is. Enjoying stuff from other cultures. Not forcing stuff that doesnt belong there
Truth
Can't be said any better! What a great perspective!
You sir, have my respect
Nothing Truer can be said
@@jackdu687Then why is the game in English
Can't wait for idiots to call Black Myth Wukong "Dead game" after a few months when almost everyone has already completed the game and moved on.
well depends honestly, games like witcher 3 / skyrim / cyberpunk still have thousands of players YEARS after release, they are best example of games that can defend themselves with being good and thriving playerbase, so good singleplayer games like wukong, even if not as replayable as these games, and hardly comparable to rpg should still hold decent player base, of course not as big as cyberpunk, but a portion of that for sure.
EDIT: milions of comments about how I can't compare rpg to wukong, apparently people read cyberpunk and end reading the fucking comment - i even wrote it myself that it's hardly comparable.. just gave top examples of games that are alive after years, and noticed that wukong will be lower due to not being rpg too.
It's called mod support lol, mods keep every game alive @@poligrant5152
@@poligrant5152 Wukong is a great game, but it doesn't have the amount of content, or varied replayability, that witcher 3, skyrim, and cyberpunk, do.
@@poligrant5152 all those games are still played because they are extremely modable
Bro i already saw an article when i opened Chrome on my phone literally the day after.
"Wukong has already dropped 2 million players overnight, whats happened?"
Wow, sheesh, who would have guessed people need to sleep.
Wukong cost about $40m to make, Concord cost between $50-150 mil to make lmao
Aparantly it works out to be about $215,000 per player 🤣
sounds like labor is still cheap as fck in china
@@ukguy concord costs 200 million..wukong cost 40 million
If you want to compare cost, give us the cost per dev please. Salaries are not comparable.
No concord cost over 300$ million to make Sony bought the company for around 500$ million dollars
Almost done with chapter 3, wukong feels like a mental vacation, away from the slannesh influences that other companies are trying to convert you.
The Emperor protects
modern AAA game female looks more like nurgles great unclean ones
That's why they hate it, it is escapism. Your mind should be 100% focus on racism, homophobia, or whatever ALL THE TIME.
Then imagine the mods! Final fanatsy 16 boss fights, shrek, popular memes,etc. Game has infinite replay value!
Even just adding more attacks and spells
Nice usage of slaneesh their bruh..respect
The devs shared yesterday that the game was supposed to have upto 13 chapters. However, due to their lack of self experiences and resources (nums of devs and money...), they had to cut it off, maybe they'd submit them through future DLCs. They also noted that they will try to fix certain major bugs (invisible walls,...) soon
I just heard this morning that they’re already planning DLC, probably will release soon.
Yeah I was kind of bummed it was only 6 chapters. But considering they spend 7 years and 400 millons RMB, I guess investors need to see some results.
@@xueshang1035 yeah i mean this is their 3rd title. the first 1 was a crappy mobile game. 2nd was a decent rts. i doubt investors thought highly of them making a fully fleshed AAA title like this. hopefully this success brings more DLC or sequels in the future. having a studio be able to make games like this is a blessing for the gaming industry.
This. I think the move to another game might not be as good as trying to complete this Wukong franchise in about 2 installations. Now they have learned so much and have also made so much money to either fuel a groundbreaking DLC or a sequel that is fully realized in potential.
I’m only on the 2nd chapter and 5 chapters already seem like a decent amount. Can’t imagine there being 13 chapters lol. Granted I only play a few hours each day and souls games aren’t my forte.
@@xueshang1035 Actually I am more hyped about their next coming games. One of it is Black Myth Zhong Kui
It related to ghosts and monsters and hell. Hell itself have 18 stages and each is gruesome than others similiar to Dante Inferno
Wukong: Proof that even the most diverse character can't satisfy the diversity police.
monke transes more times during one fight than people on twitter do in a lifetime, but they'll still complain
there is nothing that the diversity police like more than homogeneity.
@@LoremIpsumDolorsthe only movie a woman can lead in is lesbian 0rn.
You ride a horse, people say it's animal abuse,
you carry the horse, and people say it's human right violation.
You can't please everybody.
Literally furries
As a Chinese player, I can say that Journey to the West is a household name in China, known by everyone from 80-year-old elders to 5-year-old children. BMW (Black Myth: Wukong) is so popular not only because it is China's first AAA game, but also because it incorporates a lot of cultural elements, regional music, and more. Many structures in the game, such as statues and temples, are faithfully recreated on a 1:1 scale based on real-life counterparts. It is this high quality and rich cultural content that has attracted many Chinese people, including those who have never played games before, to take an interest in this one.
However, as the first AAA game from Game Science, I admit there are still some shortcomings, such as invisible walls, optimization issues, and so on. Therefore, I don't want it to be overly hyped in China or other countries. Sharing a game and its cultural elements with other countries is a joyful thing, but I hope everyone can approach it with a rational perspective.
A good IELTS writting paper.
@youngtang4971 CCP是他的指導老師。
It’s amazing how we can learn a lot about each others cultures thru gaming. This is one of the best games I’ve ever played in my life.
Greetings 🖖🏼 🇲🇽
Crazy how Wukong added its haters into the game as an early optional boss.
(blue big headed baby that throws a tantrum when its attacks fail and it gets hit)
🗿
how sweet baby inc acts every time a white character is introduced
😂😂
literally saw that baby and was like. hmmm looks like real life to me. its morally acceptable to hate SBI
Technically, it's not really about Journey to the West. It's what the developers think would happen after Journey to the West, hence the opening line "my master, safe; the scriptures, sound." All the original developers are Journey to the West enthusiasts, so enthusiastic to the point that they'd have hundreds of hours of arguments over what they envision would happen after the journey even off-work even just as friends instead of colleagues, given how their own understanding of Sun Wukong as a character differ. Also technically, it's not their first game as they made their first game Asura (The Victorious Fighting Budda/God), which is an MMORPG also under the setting of Journey to the West, at Tencent before they quit the company when they realized they'd never creat the game they really wanted at Tencent. From Black Myth, you can tell how much they love the story and the characters and how much love and care they've poured into this. Ironically, the Tencent game Asura, which used to have a lot of potential when it was first released more than 10 years ago, is completely in the dust now despite still running at the moment.
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A small fun fact: Tencent is actually a shareholder of Game Science, but only 5% under the specific clause of 3 NOs, aka "not interfering with decision-making on how the studio is run (不干预运营决策), not trying to be the dominating force/voice throughout the entire the project（不抢占项目主导), and not pursuing the marketing/monetization right of the game (不寻求发行运营). Guess as former employees, the developers know too damn well what Tencent would do to their beloved game if it's a majority holder.
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I think one big reason this game is received so well, at least in China (you gotta understand Chinese gamers are super duper critical of their own Chinese games too, just look at some of the most poorly rated games on Steam), on top of the fact that it's a good game and also arguably the first China's original AAA game, is the rebelliousness and free spirit embedded in Sun Wukong and some other characters (Red boy, for example) throughout the game, unlike the original Journey to the West where it's more about how they are being tamed and disciplined. Chinese young adults need to feel that sometimes somewhere even if it's just in a video game and even if they still need to drag themselves to a 30-floor office building at 8 a.m. the next day. And don't ask me why I know it because I'm one of them.
It's an ancient artifact or script after gen and gen and thousand year past. Still shining like the precious never leaves us. Tears full of my eyes.
@@xieibrahim7304 Yes, somehow I got goosebumps while watching all those cutscenes and listening to all those lines. I'm not particularly into Chinese culture even though I was born and raised in China, but I guess some childhood memories just won't fade no matter what.
Awesome, I hope they do a prequel for this and re-create the actual Journey to the west story... and that would be awesome. And they can even expand on the number of player characters to 4, Wukong, Pigsy, Sandy, White Dragon.
I don’t understand why such an intrinsically Chinese game is receiving so much ire from western reviewers because they hate their own race. It’s mind boggling
@@MegaMetal96 Their hatred is more ideology-driven than race-driven.
The fact that a Chinese game developer transcribing an influential Chinese folk tale into the video game medium is triggering the overly sensitive, PC cancel culture vultures is peak irony. This is many peoples first exposure to this story, and it’s hugely successful. If celebrating diversity and honoring other cultures was actually these peoples goal, you’d think they’d be happy about a game like this.
Well, the problem is that SBI didn't get to coerce comsultation fees out of their efforts and are therefore sending in their hounds to blackmail the BMW developers. "You don't get to profit off your own diverse culture and ideas without me leeching off!"
@@timogeerties3487 Is there any tangible proof SBI were involved? Cause this appears to just be a rumour flying around, though one that wouldn't be hard to believe.
Yes the graphics are great and movement is really fluid, but i think i will not get that game.
In a souls game i like ARMOR and SHIELDS and SWORDS and KNIGHT style looks etc ( bad ass heavy armor looks ) ... some dark stuff too like in LOTF....
this monkey game with just a stick weapon simply doesn't excite me , despite the gameplay looks really good.
Maybe i get it when the game is on sale, but probably not.
At the time it will be on sales i bet there are new souls like games out, with cool armor and swords and shields.
@@tanelviil9149 you're missing out on a great game holding onto your weirdo niche
@@tanelviil9149ok? U don’t like a game bc ur character doesn’t look like a knight? Lol. Whatever floats ur boat I guess.
It's funny how Elden Ring, Terraria, etc. now B.M.W. are all top of the leader board and none of them have microtransactions.
Elden Ring has far more content and will be still played long after everyone drops overhyped Chinese black myth wukong , overhyped
Have you played black myth wukong yet? I honestly wasn't going to get it but my buddy told me he was enjoying it alot and it have a pretty good story and overall a really fun gameplay style i would definitely recommend it. I also have hundreds of hours into elden ring and have all the trophies done every ending ect. And in my honest opinion i enjoy Black myth wukong more. I have also beaten every other souls from software game as well and this is still better in my opinion. All the boss variety and secrets in one game is insane i played it all weekend while i was off work and was still going back to early part of the game unlocking hidden special bosses. It's honestly a nice refresher i only hope more games come out like this @ronaldseeder2078
@@ronaldseeder2078 seethe and mald get bald fatherless motherless
The most hilarious example is Stardew valley imo. A game made by 1 guy, regular updates, zero microtransactions. Its in the top 20 of most sold games the last decades. A lot of the other top sellers have similarities with this, either being made by 1 guy or very small teams (Valheim, Minecraft, Terraria).
Imagine being a triple-A studio with hundreads of people working on a game and getting outcompeted by a 1-man studio creating a 2D game.
@@ronaldseeder2078 ER is a different game, you're comparing apples and oranges, weebo. Typical one-dimensional thinking just like Asmon hahaha...
I played Black Myth Wukong for 12 hours this weekend. It is an easy 9 out of 10 combat RPG. Packed with exciting boss fights, superb combat, and fun builds.
I can't wait to play it.
@@PandaMacaroni I'm excited for you 😊 no diddy
Out of curiosity why 9 instead of 10?
@@randomdan1648 Performance issues. I have a powerful $3K PC built last year, but the game has crashed twice, frozen a few times, stuttered, and has this shadow glitch where building shadows become so black, you can't see anything. Resets have fixed the issues, but they crop back up. That's why I can't give it 10/10.
@@Doncroft1 I'm confident that the performance issue is because of Denuvo DRM. For some games versions without denuvo (crack) performs better.
I think the end chapter animations are what really set this game apart from others for me and show how much care the studio put into the game.
Yep and its ending chapters use different kinds of animation.
yep each animation manages to suprise me and confuse me at the same time
@@lazero7591 You need to be familliar with Journey To The West story to get half of it. They are lots of summarized videos here on youtube. You should watch it.
Specially chapter 3,4, and 5.
work of art
Bro so true, the amount of passion put into this is crazy
"Black Myth Wukong has no diversity"
Me: There's literally a boss named "Non-White" and "Non-Able" in the game!
You forgot there is Non-gender - woke mindset
For some people diversity is only skindeep.
"Non-White" In Chinese, it means not understanding。。。不白=不明白
@@vivi6167 那应该叫不明。不白 这个名字明显对应这个怪的脸谱，特意把脸涂白。
@@tt_libra哈哈哈哈
Chinese here, on the last opinion Asmongold had I will respectfully disagree. With few following reasons:
1.The social recognition of 'video gaming' is still at least a controversial topic here, so I would not assume any goverment funding going in the gaming industry diectly.
2.Even in the gaming industry, before the Black Myth it is very very obvious that investors prefer moblie games way better than any PC/console only game, let alone an 3A title.
3.The leader of Game Science released a social post on the day the game released saying that 'the main topic we had in the studio this year was on how to reduce the difficulty and lower the entry bar', so my biggest guess on those air walls would be caused by this aspect.
Nonetheless, thanks for the subjective attitude as always Mr.Asmon. Hope everyone have a nice time playing this game.
Great comment. Well worded and polite!
I think the air wall should be the product of a compromise between artistic expression and objective technology. It's a problem, but it's not a big one.
Why is it a big deal that a lot of players are from China? 64% of steam users are running the steam client in Chinese anyway
It's just racism.
That's one of the things I find funny, they try to tout this as if it's some sort of "gotcha"
Of course the majority of players are Chinese, this is Chinese folklore and a lot of people's childhood.
It's made by a Chinese company and the main language is in Chinese.
I've been playing with Chinese dub and English subtitles, and it sounds great. I especially like the headless singer.
Do you really not know why? Lemme break it down for ya. China bad.
Right?? With a billion people living in China most video games have a lot of players from China
It’s not a big deal it’s just people trying to dismiss the game
Black Myth Wukong proves that staying faithful to the source material is the recipe for success.
Edit: I seem to have misused "faithful" in this instance. Thanks to all who clarified it❤
Agreed. Disney should listen and stay faithful to the source of Star Wars. Look how Acolyte bombed and cancelled. LOL
As long as the source material is of cultural value and significance.
@@tarael86 True. Dustborn is a cautionary tale
Keep in mind they do make one major change to the story. You'll see it in Chapter 5.
They did make a few changes though, some we can see at the very beginning.
I hope that wins the game of the year just to spite the journalists. It probably won't but a man can dream though, a man can dream.
Edit: wow I didn't expect my comment to get this many likes I think this is the most likes I've gotten on a comment ever
all it needs is a nomination for the journos to have a meltdown! Will be watching with popcorn
But the TGA IS a game journo circlejerk. No way are they gonna let it win.
@@salmankhan2739 It will get nominated but winning I'm not too sure about.
Game awards is very biased
I hope it wins, not just to spite the journalist but because it is a good game and more people should play it in the west
I just finished the game at 41 hours, the amount of variety I experienced is insane, I've missed some secrets I think. But man, I just love that the game is not bloated, like so many games these days. This game has more variety than most 100 hour games and thus did not overstay its welcome.
It's a good game that focused first on the game then on pushing a message. A rarity nowadays.
it has no message, it's just saying hey you want a good experience playing a game? homie we gotchu, *throws wukong- here take it brother... have fun playing
Technically in many ways it's anti progressivism, because it doesn't feminize/egalitize existing mythology
holy shit a game that lets you be strong and doesn’t shove bullshit down your throat HOLY SHIT who would’ve thought that GAMERS would like it, oh and you’re strong af the whole time
That and the writing of the story and characters wasn’t tailored for “modern audiences” stayed as true to the lore as it comes
How about stop pushing agendas all together
A lot folks like to emphasize majority sales are from China which is totally true, but that doesn't mean Wukong sells bad in the west, actually Wukong's global sales performance is impressive. According to Gamalytics and VG insights (this is the source of player population used by these folks), 20% copies sold are from the west, they estimate the total copies sold is between 12 to 14 million, means 2.4 million to 2.8 million in west within 5 days. This is the best global sales performance for AAA single player games in 2024 so far. FF7RE Rebirth sold for months and the total sales globally is over 2 million copies. People should recognize it sells well in both China and the West because it's a good game, instead of trying create a false narrative that this game sells bad in the west.
Plus Chinese players didn’t come up from nowhere. They have always been around and contributed to sales of other games.
@@jinniwind exactly! The games that are successful recent years actually have a large portion copies sold in the China market, not to 80% like Wukong tho. BG3 publisher mentioned on his twitter that 37% players of BG3 are from China.
Those folks were not really players focusing on game itself. All they wanted to do is to politicalize everything related to China.
Canada VS china .. 41 millions potential players VS 1.4 billions potential players .. CHina are communist praising anything made in China .. Canadians dont give a damned if a game is made in Canada or elsewhere .. 1 Canadian players = 35 Chinease players .. So 1 millions coccurent players from China = 28 500 coccurent players in Canada .. So the proportions are massive the political argument is also massive .. Chinease from CCP china are Pro chinease everything ! Unlike Canadian who are not that nationalist at all and not as brainwashed into a regime ideology !
@@jinniwind Many games are banned or discouraged in China .. So its not apple to apple comparaison at all poor kid !
What i find hilarious is how a lot of dragonball fans only just now learn that Goku is heavily based on Wukong after they played this game
Why TF would I ever read the book or hear that's story? Not like RUclips existed when DBZ came out. Nor did I care about theory or orgins. I was playing goldeneye 007 and watching cartoons, or riding my bike cuz my parents kicked me out of the house and locked the door.
I find hilarious that you think that they actually care.
I find it hilarious that no one even asked LMAO
i feel like most actual db fans knew that
because they don't really care GOKU is GOKU thats all haha
My guys I live in Oklahoma(which if u didn’t know is a LONG way from China) and I have been living inside Black Myth sense it dropped last Monday night! Just started chapter 6!
This is such a satisfying middlefinger to those activists. For us gamers this is a massive victory.
Sounds like you need to hop off the Internet for awhile. I didn't even know there was any drama about this game.
@@paintspot1509Look who’s talking 😂
@@paintspot1509 I didnt even try to "find" any drama about this game. I just got bombarded on YT and social media with reports about this. I think the issue is probably that you must have been living under a rock or something.
@@paintspot1509bro did you not even watch the video this comment section is on?
@@paintspot1509 "Sounds like you need to hop off the Internet for awhile. I didn't even know there was any drama about this game."
Not about drama. It's about power and control.
In India every battle royale streamer is playing wukong it's not just in China. Overall it's just a great game and gamers are loving it.
I didn’t like it. It just felt like a PS5 platformer with really bad, stereotypical “shitty 1960s kung fu” acting. I understand that people want to love it because it’s a no bullshit game, however, a no bullshit game isn’t inherently great. If you enjoy it, great! I just didn’t think it was worth $60.
@@thisguy2973 Not liking is fine, I can see how the theatrical "kung fu style" and exagerated combat movement can irc some people (I don't get the platform part).
But I don't think it's fair to say it's not worth the price tag. The amount of detailed models (very few reskins) and game content is a lot.
It's the same reason why Real Time Strategy games and traditional Fighting Games are pretty expensive on launch. One has to make a lot of unique models to be interesting, the other has to hand animate a lot of stuff. This will jack up the production costs and of course the game price, unless they have other monetization schemes.
An analogy would be: I won't ever use a space rocket, riding them seems like a major pain in the ass, but calling them overpriced without a good reason wouldn't sit well. They just fill a certain niche that I have no interest.
Side note, I don't play Black Myth these type of cameras tend to give me motion sickness.
@@Yan4yan I’ll update my response by saying that I think it’s worth it to get a complete game with no microtransactions bullshit. I should instead say to me, the game didn’t provide enough value to keep playing for me.
@@thisguy2973do you even know what a platformer is ? Or you just love to hate
@@godussop391 of course I know what a platformer is. It has the feel of something you’d see as a PS5 exclusive.
Eastern God of War, minus SBI meddling. Literally just all good. What's not to like?
and not the new God of War either, it's like the OG God of War series
@@cleverman383 what you mean you don't like having an annoying brat following you and spoiling every puzzle?
@@ChauLe-dx3fqOver-the-shoulder walking sim😵
They already had eastern god of war long ago it called "Devil May Cry" and "Onimusha" which god of war itself took inspiration from
Thats nothing like God of war its a souls like
4:46 thinking about the weapons. My favorite is the lightning Staff. It’s just so fun seeing lightning striking the ground.
One thing the game doesn't get enough credit for is the smaller stories within. Its basically the first game where I've actually found myself reading the enemy descriptions, as they all have interesting poems and little stories attached that are genuinely thought provoking, you can really feel a sense of Chinese history in the game, and they actually refer to things in the game, so after you have read some of them you will recognise pieces from the story in the scenery and the characters you meet, giving you a way to piece the story together as it happens and getting more context. You can really tell that the developers put a lot of work into the games narrative and having it truly feel like a Chinese thing.
I love the interactable illustrations at the end of each chapter. I’m not sure if all the interaction points are always revealed or if you have to actually find the characters to unlock them, but man it’s such a fantastic way to close off each chapter’s story. It’s hard to really say which is better the animations or that interactable illustration, but combined with the enemy scrolls, illustrations, poems, and stories the artistry behind this game is just next level stunning.
@@footthumb You have to find the characters to unlock them. Some are naturally reveal through the main story, others depend on if you have fought them through a hidden quest or not.
Wukong has taught me true diversity.
To embrace the culture and mythology of another country even though western media has made me dislike that other country politically.
Let's leave the politics at home and just enjoy the stories we have to tell.
A lot of Asians love Baldur's gate, Metro Exodus, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and many western games. Sales and money get reinvested, mostly. Just another win win
And about "that other country", despite that it has lots of flaws, it is also a beautiful country with good people. Don't believe the western media too much, go visit "that other country" when you can, you might find something interesting.
@@alchen4259 Sure, but doesn't mean the politics of that country is good at all.
And let's remember that 99,99% of the people in that country have no power in politics, they can't vote, just normal people living normal lives like us.
Yeah because China notoriously loves the West
1:42 I’ve been saying this the whole time. It’s weird how people think that because Chinese people like the game it doesn’t count. When call of duty comes out no one says “it’s all Americans playing otherwise those numbers wouldn’t be that high”
Everybody is missing the point about why China being the biggest base of the positive upvotes is that they are biased as fuck 😂
@@Ichiban_Kasuga.Is praising the game because it's really good and for what it is called biased? Then would japanese praising their own country's game be called biased? Or is it the bias coming from you yourself? Again, same case same argument. The game is good, Chinese people shits on their own games too, especially games from tencent.
@@MarcusHuang-wq5xi biggest difference there is if Japan had the population of China or even half, probably 4 of 5 of the highest numbers games would always be Japanese.
Being the highest steam single player game doesn't make it the best when it's mainly supported by a country that censors most games.
This is called racist , sad
@@Ichiban_Kasuga.And you are biased by thinking it's not good and people just pretend it is because they are Chinese.
Why black myth is successful and will probably win GOTY:
-Relatively polished game, no game breaking day 1 bugs that require a patch
-no always online or Live service elements
-fun and engaging gameplay
-no MTX
-only $60 (less than the current standard of $79)
-its DEI free
This is a western gaming industries worst nightmare, another game that spits in the face of what they hold dear - corporate greed and political propoganda
It won’t win GOTY because GOTY is voted on by western media… so it literally has 0 chance of winning as none of them will vote for it.
It won't win because the cards are stacked against it. The same journalists hating on it are the same ones who decide which game wins. Even Japanese games have a hard time winning unless they are old and established IPs. Frankly for a game like BMW, these types of awards don't matter.
@@GollumsJealous maybe that applies to Geoff's crappy show but we both know it will win where it counts...
On steam
Can't wait articles calling it dead when everyone had cleared it
Yep they already tried to imply it was dying when the player count dipped when Chinese players went to sleep.
will happen 100% though I will agree if someone says its overhyped to heaven. it's good but not the best. if u deep dive u gonna find the issues (u don't have to even search for them). God of war was a way better polished game for example. though I love spawning an army of 50 monkeys and made my PC almost crash. or 1 shotting bosses with 1 single attack
@@Vss077Describe the issues please. I'm trying to decide whether to buy the game
@@Vss077what boss could you possibly be fighting to one shot it a mini boss? Also I've seen plenty people use the clone move and not lag at all and many people have claimed to have 0 problems with lag issues at all in the entire game you must be playing whitemyth wukong
Minor, but invisible walls.
As an international student from China studying in US, I feel we know much more about west than ppl here know about us. When someone mentioned almost like Chinese players don’t count, that reminds me how they don’t know us and almost … not imagine us as human beings🙃 It seems some of them just cannot imagine we can eat similar food they eat and play those popular games they play…
It‘s just Americans who think that. The rest of the world does‘t have this weird, warped view
Those people are ignorance which builds up this kind of mentality. There is a huge world and population else where but they refuse to acknowledge it. Is like they've just discovered they are not alone on this planet and they don't like it. 😂
Especially the alphabet modern audience
No like if China has mandates on what games and how many hours a person / minor can play, the numbers are not giving you the same information and you cant look at them the same.
Lazy as it is, it is easier and more concise to discount these numbers altogether instead of trying to correct for any and all externalities.
But from there it is only a small step to dimissing the chinese playerbase as a state run collective.
@@Rakschas666 This is the point if you look at china domestic box office of some wildly publicized movies. The figure is astounding because a large majority of citizens are kind of brain washed to go to the cinema. This game is no exception. Mass behaviour is much too easy to be influenced in china. And that is why these numbers generally tell little about the truth.
“It feels like an anime” well Wu Kong was the inspiration for Akira Toriyama for Dragonball, Sun WuKong in Japanese is translated in Son Goku, and the monkey transformation, staff and flying cloud is directly ripped off WuKong, so yeah, WuKong is a tale from the 16th century, without Akira Toriyama most fighting anime/games wouldn’t exist
Wait a month or two for the articles "Black Myth Wukong has dropped 80% of its players, what a big problem for Black Myth Wukong, dead game, it wasn't that good after all huh?".
it's like they are expecting people to watch a blockbuster movie over and over again after a successful week. it's a story driven single player game. ypu play the game, finish the story, and maybe comeback later when you wanna enjoy it again, just like a movie. and besides that the devs already took the banks, it's not like a free to play MMO games which the devs will only makes money when people keeps playing it. nowadays journalism is a joke.
Kids today: Can you believe theres a game without micro tranactions !?
20 years ago the idea of buying pixels, for a game you paid for already, to make the game playable and enjoyable, would have sent most of us into riot mode.
The truth is we would not have. It would have seemed exciting, novel, odd or stupid. None of us would have known were this would go. A few would coorectly asume the worst, most would shake their heads in disbelief that we could collectively be goaded into something this absurd.
WoW released the celestial horse for Cata I think, and it sold insanely well. That was what, 2010?
i wish i was a gamer still when the slow shift into complacency happened. i stopped playing games from age like 19 to 27
and when i came back with money and a fancy pc. i HAD to get a launcher and couldn't buy sell and trade games in cash. almost all games that would have been free on some flash game websites were $10. (unless its on sale)
now I'm watching the price of unfinished bug filled "AAA" games go up with chunks of the game taken out to sell to you later
. . . sorry i went on a bit of a rant there
20 years ago we were paying for monthly subscription for World of Warcraft already (just saying)
Pre-orders were the beginning of the end
remember about the time when the woke journalists, even game devs from the western side (horizon forbidden west) mald when Elden Ring dropped. Wukong got the same treatment (english is not my first language, sorry)
These woke journalists are ruining gaming by trying to pander to an audience that doesn’t exist. Hopefully this is a wake up call to all those devs. Plus concord just flopped HARD, maybe they’ll finally open their eyes. Also your English is pretty good!
@@jaycefields756 They're pandering to themselves
So gamespot gave this game an 8 out of 10. In the review they said, that the game is a boss rush game, that there is nothing to explore and enemies in between bosses are „cannon fodder“. I was a little worried hearing all of this just to find out, that this is not true. This whole debate and journalists trying to crush this game is insane.
They never made it past chapter 1 probably lol...tons of secrets to explore.
那些测评给低分的，给出不实评测，多半在七天的测评期间没过第二章，而很多高分测评确是实实在在玩了七天并在赶稿，有些媒体让多个员工轮流游玩以便能在出评分前更多的了解游戏的全貌。那些给出高分的媒体，有游玩和测评的讨论音频，说实话太多测评者甚至不愿玩或者请游戏水平高的人代玩，就草草作出低分结论，这就是行业现状。
Don't trust any "journalist" that isn't investigative. They're just paid propagandists otherwise. Pampered rich kids who wanted a prestigious job without the effort.
8/10 is totally fair not every game is an Elden Ring or BG3
Dude! The guy gave an 8 out of 10. Which is a *great* score lol. You're being way too overly sensitive.
Lol Chinese players liking the game automatically discredit the popularity? What about MHW, does it automatically discredit their popularity because a large number of players are also Japanese and Asian?
Its because 90% of all bot farms are in China and Russia, CN easily being no1.
But yeah this game doesnt need artificial number boosts.
thats how propaganda brainwashes people. The inner hate real. Just like when people say "im not racist, but-"
@@MrEvans1 because of supply and demand, there are so many players in the eastern market and it's cheaper to maintain and run a bot farm in places like Russia and China, both have easy access for computer parts, hardware and even technicians that can be sourced locally in most towns and cities. Their gold can be sold cheaper than their western counterparts, the work force would be more streamlined as the results, people love to use it to mix in some of their racist remarks and try to send some kind of message, but if the situation is reversed, the west would be doing bot farms too, maybe even bigger than the Russian/Chinese ones, that's also why the biggest crypto farms are also in these countries, the reasons are the same.
Black Myth Wukong changed my life.
How ?
I think he's just being sarcastic.
@@AverageJoe483 he achieve enlightenment and become Arhat.
@@AverageJoe483that's gonna be the title of asmon's next video
Game industry: A New Hope
Journalists mad the game wasn't named "Black Male wukong".
It's more like blackmail wok(e)ong.
You mean Black Feminist Wukong
More like they angry because its not Black gay trans wukong
🤣🤣🤣
Black Theeykong
When you finally stop bending over for woke executives and DEI obsessed companies, you finally get good games again. Shocker
name the woke games and DEI obsessed companies?
@@blist14ant SBI= DEI Obsessed company. concord=woke game.....
@@jurb417 Easy. Its like these people think we're blind.
@@blist14ant How many do you want? We could be here all day.
@@blist14ant People don't understand what that means and they don't care. They just like saying it, BG3 was "woke" as fuck and everyone loved it. Yet the call The suicide squad woke because it was bad. But they overlook all the other problems so they can call something woke.
I just found the scales to fight hidden bosses, there’s a wall where you defeated the rat princes first son, it’s on the right in his fight area, you can break this wall with a spirit that has a heavy hard attack, rock spirit, once broken you can go through the crack and claim the scale this unlocks bosses in each chapter. First boss in chapter two is behind a sand waterfall in area before the boar boss. From the shrine head up the stairs to the right and dispel the sand and then proceed to fight, chapter 1 has a dragon that you fight behind a waterfall similar to chapter 2 it’s in the area you fought the big head spirit. Left of the bridge, opposite side to where big head is.
You can really tell - Ubisoft, EA, etc and the shill journalists who get paid off hate the success of this game- it seems other than elden ring and a few other projects to include Baldurs gate, the gaming industry has cared more about bottom lines than truly making art. You can tell the difference. Look at the early 2000s and early 2010s-to now.
I’m glad gamers are waking up and fighting back with their wallet… favoring studios that care more about the ART than the dollar.
Well Force Gaming is literally a paid shill so yeah.
We don't get a whole lot of games that release these days that don't feel like beta's, or early access, or a buggy mess, or monetized like shit. It's nice to see one proper full stable game doing well.
If Black Myth wukong is released like 2077, it will be a disaster for the Chinese gaming industry.People will not believe chinese AAA game anymore.
There was technical issues at launch though. It's been pretty well documented
The thing about yellow wind sage is that, you can remove the sandstorm blocking your vision complete by getting an artifact from a hidden quest line.
“The game devs weren’t allowed to promote suicide so they made invisible walls”
Oh boy wait until you play further.
I lost my marbles with the wooden logs you can walk on during ch3 in the prison, I was fuming with rage xd
those damn wood logs in the prison.
Hahaha, ooh boy the rage with that one place
I am not the biggest fan of open world and yet I always thought it would be tough for a game to be as fun as Elden Ring but Wukong has been amazing to play through. Now, granted I played ER base game for 400 hours and now after DLC has pushed that beyond 500+. I am not assuming I will play this game for as long but objectively speaking, Wukong seems like a masterclass. I can't wait for whatever this studio does next.
It shows that "we need 10 billion microtransactions to make the game profitable" is a myth, because if you make a good enough game with none if that the audience will come.
All you need is the chinese market and the game will be a success
I mean it does make sense if you target a big group such as cn. They are the biggest gacha spenders in the world.
It back up the examples set by Hogwarts Legacy and Baldur's Gate 3 in the last year or so.
It's really encouraging to see big games with just a box price smashing records recently.
Game Science kinda went for a lower amount of profits with this game, bcos the studio consists of devs that had gotten fed up with gacha games, which is their background.
Actually the amount of people can afford PC or PS5 in China might surprise you 😅 especially with good enough GPU to play AAA games. that’s why mobile games are such big thing in China (most of them are shit of course). That’s why no big Chinese corporations would dare to create any legit AAA games before cuz they don’t think it’ll make any good profit. The market might be big, but might not as big as you think
It’s crazy how much secrets people are missing. It’s not really that linear if you explore. The amount of people who missed the Red Dragon boss behind the waterfalls in chapter 1 is staggering. That and the Mad Tiger in the well in chapter 2. Where the ghost child leads you. These bosses help you defeat the main storyline bosses too.
There’s a tiger in a well?? Need to look for that before I finish chapter two.
I found the Tiger in the well, I have no idea how, I was just exploring, he was hard to beat. Chapter 1? Yup I missed that lol
Wait, what?
I thought I was well on track with the secret locations but I totally missed both of those
I would have missed them too if I didn't google "secret bosses wukong" before moving from each chapter.
@@bananaana1860 yes, it’s pretty tricky to find because you need the instrument you get from the tiger acolyte you fight on the bridge. I don’t wanna spoil to much, but once you have that make sure you explore all of chapter 2. You will need to come across 3 areas where you will hear a child asking you to play the instrument. Once you find the last spot a child leads you to a well to ask you to play. In the well is the Mad Tiger though and it’s a pretty tough boss, but definitely far from the most difficult.
The reason why fighting the Boss is quite easy is because you just played the cycle of reincarnation (New Game)for the first time, you need to play more cycles(New Cycles) of reincarnation, then the Bosses and monsters will become harder and harder.
Let Black Myth and Concord be reminders that there are a lot more of us "old fashioned" gamers than there are "modern audience" gamers, and if the games industry wants to survive, it better choose a side now.
@ThisOleGamer411 It's a comparison
Pick your side now
You still think our choice matters? Dustborn (the other dogshi game) was literally funded by EU money (to a certain extent). We need more, voting with our wallet is the first step.
The Problem we have is that at some Point we die and i Hope that the new Generation of Players (someone who is Just born in 201x or 202x)dont Go woke😢
@ThisOleGamer4110 reading comprehension
In the eyes of some people, the affection of about ten Chinese players for a game might only equal that of one American player.
Purest form of racism
someone said “Concord needs a chinese monke”
had me on the ground laughing 😭😭
Fr😂
3:54 correction, it doesn't tell the story of Journey to the West, it relies on it, being it's own story, heck we aren't even playing as sun wukong, only the destined one.
This game took me back almost 30 years when I played the 1st Devil May Cry or OG God of War way back when. It plays like an old school hack and slash but with modern things thrown to make it feel like a modern day game. This game is easily my game of the year pick (I have finished it btw with over 50 hours in my 1st playthrough). I have just hit the 2nd chapter in my 2nd playthrough. I wont spoil any thing but man, this game hits hard. Yes it has its flaws as do all games even feature complete games. Elden Ring has flaws too as does BG3 but they are still amazing games. Black Myth Wukong is on that level. It knows what it wants to do and it does it very well. Its not a souls like game, though it does have a couple of aspects inspired by souls games. Its not just a havk and slash game or just an RPG yet it has elements from those types of games. Its a fantastic mash up of different genres and I cant get enough.
One thing I don’t like about souls games is the dark, gritty atmosphere and nightmarish theme. BMW is such a breath of fresh air with its beautiful environment more normal looking design.
@@captainlockes2344 Other than Pagota Realm.
@@captainlockes2344 That's because you haven't played chapters 3 and 4 yet.🤣
The respec system in this game is absolute genius and more games need to adopt it. This game is very reminiscent of Ninja Gaiden. This game is nothing like God of War.
this game has body dismemberment?
@@ayashi9861 it does not.
Its much more like Nioh with some GoW elements.
Ninja gaiden? There's no wall running or anything. So no.
@@kg888 In terms of movement and verticality, it’s similar in pace. Not an exact 1 to 1.
its not a scam at least. since Tom Clancy’s The Division to The day Before, there are so many games out there that have trailer scams, I still remember in 2020, when the wukong trailer was released, everyone was attracted by the graphics quality, but I still didn't have any expectations for it, and at this point I'm satisfied .
A point few people are bringing up but I fully agree, this game claim to fame was howngood it looked when the first trailer came out and they actually delivered. That is amazing
For the frog to start doing damage you have to find all the hidden frog bosses in each chapter then level it up. It will then do very good damage and status effects
Just a heads-up, 37% of BG3's sales came from China, which is interesting considering it's a typical Western-style RPG.
a good game is a good game
Pretty much. Cyberpunk's also got a similar popularity in China. But somehow those awakesters failed to mention that.
It would be great if a careful studio could take note of this. In fact, China, as a potential and vast consumer market, has players who truly embody the spirit of gamers when it comes to a good game. Sadly, most Western players are burdened by the shackles of political correctness.
Calling it Dustbin is absolutely savage
They never say lots of gamer that play Mario or Pokemon are Japanese, why would it matter who's playing Wukong?
It doesn't
It does for statistics and popularity. The market for such a chinese nationalistic game is huge, compared to other games. So the huge number doesn't mean as much as if this would have been a game from another continent and for another target group.
Doesn't mean it's a great game.
I’m not discounting the players, but it’s a no brainer that this game’s current player count is skewed by CCP bot farms.
@@thisguy2973 I think the only no brainer here is you
Racism - Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 - it's not new, it's been around for a while. The real reason is because they know modern China is challenging USA world dominance. Japan and South Korea do not get that same level of discrimination, as they're under USA protection and control.
@@Wilolino oh, you got me😁
Im loving Wukong so far, its really nice to see all the cool creatures and lore i have no idea about
Parties who lost in BMW's success
-Khee Hoon Chan
-Rebekah Valentine
-alyssa mercante
RIP
Ign, verse, gamerant, GameStop, guardians, basically all the remaining urinalist sites.
ok lets not refer to black myth wukong as bmw i think that acronym is taken
@@CHROMEDOME0000😂 I was confused for a good couple of seconds. Let's just go with Wukong.
I will never believe any modern game journalist again, before playing it i remember reading about the review that said there is no female characters at all in the game. But it turns out there is a female characters in the game.
Lightning dragon chick was a solid fight .
There are more than 1. At least 3 are in combats with more as NPCs
why did u believe them in the 1st place? lol
one demale Dragon，one female fox（ghost）as a side quest NPC，and several female spiders。
Most people are giving it an 8. Which is reasonable. People are over-praising it to make a point
BMW brought me back to gaming after a 13 year break. I LOVE this game!
Amazing game.. The boss fights are really really good.. but like you said, I need a break from the stress of the boss fight sometimes just to explore and solve secret missions and whatnot. But everything else about this game is amazing.
It just keeps expanding, which i love. I thought there'd only be a few options for transforms, currently have 6. I thought the starting staff with it's upgrade path was the only weapon, now i have multiple with their own upgrade paths. Cant get enough
The transformations makes me wonder if future RPGs will take inspiration from it for something like a druid-class. Could be interesting!
The numbers Concord wished it had
So stupid they didnt make concord ftp
What is concord?
@@Asphixya fps game that bombed as soon as it launched.
@@Asphixy Or i can make ear very simple in 2 Words : Woke Overwatch.
@@NVH2411 Who tf playing a worse version of overwatch with fat und un exciting characters
I like how Black Myth Wukong is getting talked about by big youtubers like asmongold and many more youtubers as well and Black Myth Wukong is such a amazing game and great video Asmongold TV :]
Remember it’s still only a single player game as well. Also I heard Game science is working on an online multiplayer version
This is the most fun Combat I have experienced since DMC5. The Bosses are unbelievably Unique, and Very Fun to right. Almost every single Boss, is Amazing. The Boss Design is peak. Turning into Previous Bosses and enemies is Peak. Graphics are 11/10. Story is Peak, character is Peak. The Soundtrack goes Crazy. The Design of all the characters, is Amazing. This is in my top 3 favorite games👌💯🔥🔥
22:50, actually, i noticed a lot of those comments who wrote off the game's success because it is Chinese are from taiwan, HK, s,korea, vietnam, japan.
As a Taiwanese,I think this is a good game with Chinese culture and myth.
people just don't understand how popular wukong and journey to the west is in east and south east asia are
@@joyfrog123 Let Americans understand why this game is successful in Asia, tell them that's what it feels like to have a good Star Wars game XD XD
nope, I am a Vietnamese I don't have mentally challenged thoughts like that.
Actaully , there are some Taiwanese don't like China goverment,they also don't like anything from China.
So maybe 22:50 is partly true.
they are trying to tear down one of the best rated games because of politics. But gamers are seeing through all their bullshit
I haven't had a chance to dive into the game too deeply, only a couple hours in, same with Stellar Blade. I love both games so far, but I work 7 days a week and every time I try to play my kids bug the crap out of me, LoL. So far, both this and Stellar Blade have been fantastic games, even with my limited time with them. Fortunately, I have a nice 3 day weekend, so I'll be playing both as much as possible, but probably more so with Black Myth Wukong as I love the original story.
Imagine a game where no one cares about the gender or race of any of the characters. Theres a mini boss called Non-White and as a white guy, im not even mad lol.
Imagine them going harder than ever on this game you mentioned. Make it make sense.
lol actually what the Non-white means in Chinese is un-innocent, white stand for pure clean like snow, and there are two more Monkes names non-able and non-*(sry i forgot)..you see
不空不能不白不净，他们是西游记里的角色。和人种无关
lol nobody talks about how the Chinese acutally made a game that was widely accepted in the west, and i mean a real game, not mobile phone bs, this is a major milestone.
Kinda reaching there.
@@greyjedi1272???
Future looks bright
Hoping it's a sign/start for more to come.
Gacha games are already pretty prevalent, but I'm looking forward to more games like this
Zelda, Elden Ring, Lies of P, and now Wukong, Asian devs have been awesome recently
Stellar Blade?
@@Daniel_C_Griffin Haven't played it, as well as Nioh 2. The art style just didn't fit my taste, but I might give them a try after finishing wukong
That frog spirit is actually busted, though you have to upgrade it. Once it's leveled up a couple times the frog does elemental damage which hits like a truck.
About the Chinese players situation, one thing I might add is that they are way more into multiplayer competitive games, like League or PUBG. So a single player game blowing up there is a much bigger deal than journalists would like you to think.
Because competitive is in china blood like you see on Olympic always Chinese descendants usually I am not racist but it's a fact tho
@@helldronez And Math contest.
@@helldronezIt's ok, it's not racism
A non gaming channel I watched said that one company in China was giving the people who pre-ordered the game on steam will get the day off to play it on release and on top of that they were going to buy the deluxe version game for all the employees, that's how you celebrate your culture
CCP working hard to make the game seems more popular than it is to peneterate the gaming industry worldwide.
@@qozia1370
troll
1:20 A terraria play through would be baller
In 1999-2000, I played THE BIGGEST MMO of the day. Legend of Mir 2. It had over 1million concurrent players in China. The single official EU server had around 2000 concurrent players at peak.
The sales would be much higher, if they had a physical Disc Version.
I doubt it. 99% of people dont give a shit about that.
How to spot a boomer
ya'll both savage hahaha... but have to agree. only few care much of having physical disc - maybe better to sell it as a merch
Let’s assume that 90% of the sales come from China. Then, within three days, this game also sold 1 million copies in the West.
I don't think that's fair. It should realistically be 60%, considering the highest demographic of gamers is Asians (I am not sure what the breakdown is of specifically China)
@@JPMonster13 The game is pretty popular in China, with a lot of basketball streamers playing it. I’m not too sure about its popularity in the West, but I’ve seen people say it’s only big in China. So, I made a relatively conservative estimate.
it's not only big in china tho, it topped the sales in many western countries too.
You guys are missing the point that this game has nothing to do with the western culture wars of woke vs anti woke. These issues are not relevant in China and most of Asia and we want to keep it that way. Westerners can fight amongst themselves over these issues all that they want. The more that you do the more you will leave Asia alone.
Where are you from? Surely not China, since 'feminism' of the 'garden variety' there is punching left and right now. In Korea it's a full blown war, and in Japan, the worst times are even past. Of course, it's more like normal men vs. woke feminists, but in these three nations which make up East Asia, woke vs. anti-woke is definitely relevant.
In China, those 'woke feminists' have been trying to sabotage this game since day 0, someone even sprayed death threats on the dev's office building. Of course you can close your eyes and turn your back, especially if you're not from China to begin with, but this shit is real, much more real than you think. I support your decision to play the game without all the politics, but saying that this game has nothing to do with woke vs. anti-woke is just plain wrong.
1:45 finally someone says it
This is the result when devs don't listen to mentally ill creatures
truly an amazing game
yep，Asmon is right ，it's not easy for many people，and I think the difficulty is very reasonable，to catch more players，for their first product
0:36 I hope it keeps going
With ZERO replay value, it'll go down pretty quick
@smoothlyrough512 I know but I was more on the line of a couple of more days via more players maybe
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@@smoothlyrough512😊😊😊😊😊😊
Free re-spec is something every RPG should have. Or at least make it cheap, not like Elden Ring where you need to search a rare item to do it once
"but but my LGBTQ+, Political, Political Sims. FPS, Action +. CONCORD IS BETTER REEEEEE!" - Silly activist /s
The dude in the video really looks like Asmon's brother. Just younger looking and more hair haha. I wouldn't be surprised if he was older though...
He sounds so much like him that I could barely tell who was talking without watching.
@@itsabouttthattime I thought it was Asmon to start with for a second. I was thinking "Dam Asmon has tidied himself up" lol
It's been long overdue, a breakthrough adaptation of Monkey: Journey To The West for a worldwide, predominantly English-speaking audience. Glad it was a video game.
8:15 Yes fuq that one. I died so much to that guy but I feel like he taught me so much that I became op because of him.
we now need a Gilgamesh game
Black myth showing these other devs you don’t need micros to be successful.
People who say that in Black Myth Wukong not enough enemies are insane
Just so you guys know: it's not really that you "missed" it (unless you didn't bother to explore at all then yeah you missed it), but you don't get the item required for the chapter 1 boss UNTIL chapter 2. Then you can go back and fight the boss. Hope this helps 😅