This game is still in VERY VERY early stage, 100% not going to be in 2020, hard to say 2021, might even be 2022. This video is actually more of a "recuritment" advertise. They are currently hiring Senior UE4 graphic engineer expert, animation technology art and UE4 special effects designer etc. The studio also mentioned that this game will be launching on PC + all mainstream console paltforms, and cloud gaming platforms that can provide stable environment for this game. There is also a little tease from the main developers saying that not only they love single player, action based and story driven game, they also enjoy games that support online cooperation.
Always get bored and feel annoyed with chinese putting so much hype into wukong by making different version of wukong movies every chinese new year, but this game in terms of gameplay is awesome honestly.
My dad used to tell me bedtime stories when I was a kid. One of his favorites to tell, which soon became my favorite to hear, was Wu Kong - The Monkey King. My dad just died in July. So RUclips couldn't have recommended this at a better time. It honestly hits a lot harder now. Love you Papa
I'm 3 hours into the game now and it's actually incredible how accurate the quality represented here in this initial trailer has remained intact in the finished product 4 years later. Well done Game Science, take a bow. 🎉
@@feckrofelix2064apparently there’s no heaven stage, unless it’s a secret ending nobody has found yet, hope there’s one tho, but until now, only two endings has been found
As a Chinese person, it makes me so happy to see Chinese companies make Chinese products instead of trying to make something Western, there is so much mythology and culture to make games and movies from!!!
I wasn't aware of all the western movies China makes ......- swipes thru thousands of Chinese movies......of Chinese history and mythology made in China...
To people that are confused about the ending. The character showed up in the end was the actual Monkey King. If you are slightest familiar with "Journey to the West", I bet you are confused how can there be two Monkey Kings? Well here is a possible theory and some backgrounds. The answer lies in the story the studio is trying to tell which may be lost in the translation of the trailer. At the end of "Journey to the West"all the four main characters obtained Buddha status, or some form of godhood. In doing so, they must abandon their corporal carcasses. The story of the game picks up after this. From the dialogue of the NPCs you can see, they recognize the resemblance of the player controlled monkey with the legendary Monkey King, Sun WuKong. They keep saying, "you really look like him!" or "another monkey", which means they either have heard or seen him before. So, it is possible, the main character that is the player through out the game, is the mortal flesh which the King abandoned in obtaining his godhood. Since WuKong the Monkey King was born from the sky and earth through a sentient stone, this mortal carcass he left behind retained a lot of life, also the sins during his mortal life. Hence, the name of the game "Black Myth". After all, what greater enemy is there if not oneself?! PS: last four characters out of eight of the trailer , literally says “revisit the journey to the west”, which implies the original journey to the west was completed.(This paragraph has been pointed out by many Chinese viewers as incorrect. The last remark of 8 Chinese characters is referring to a past regret the leading dev has with his former employer Tencent) PPS: There is a humongous volume of contemporary Chinese literature debating which monkey (The Stone Monkey or the Six Eared Macaque) made it to the west at the end. Currently the theory that Sun WuKong made it to the west is winning simply because of one piece of evidence. In the original novel, Yama the king of death plane stroke the name Sun WuKong off of his ledger after being threatened to be eliminated from existence by Sun WuKong himself. This cannot be undone, which means, Sun Wukong is hardwired incapable of death. Even the Buddha himself cannot restore the ledger of death. But, in the chapter where two "Monkey Kings" fought, one of them did die. This means the Six Eared Macaque was the one killed.
Yooooo, so many theories about this side of story just from some RUclips comments under this video. Can someone tell me where I can possibly find a compilation of these story in English? There also seem to be many that are centered around how he doesn't reach the end of the journey, so there's replacement, or passing it down to another monkey. Seems interesting
@@kintokisa The "replacement"story was along the journey there was a doppelganger who was as powerful as the Monkey King tried and to replace him. Even without the Monkey King's legendary armor and weapon they still matched each other evenly. So they went to Gautama Buddha for judgement, each claimed to be the real and true Monkey King. The official story was the buddha identified the doppelganger and WuKong then killed him. But, there are theories saying it was the other way around. Either way, this story line does not leave much space for recreation.
@@kintokisa I've heard story about Six-ear Macaque killed Sun Wukong and followed Tang Seng to the west, hence for the later part of the journey the disguised Wukong (Six-ear Macaque) become obedient to his master which is opposite of what Sun Wukong original is. They didn't realise he's not Wukong because they look exactly the same. In the beginning of the video, the old monkey also said: "Some said it wasn't him that granted the buddhahood, the real him was already dead on the journey to the west." This may be the hint of of Six-ear Macaque killing Wukong and replacing him as "Victorious Fighting Buddha".
for those who aren't familiar with Chinese literature and mythology, The monkey king Sun Wukong is a character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West written in the 16th century, depicting his journey along with his master, and 2 sworn brother's journey to the birthplace of buddhism to ask for the scripture. Goku from dragonball Z is loosely based on him. Even though Wukong is capable of getting to the destination in one single backflip, but his master insisted on traveling all the way to India on foot, through the long journey they went through trials and tribulation, Wukong eventually grew from a "Yao" (Chinese terminology, similar to "wild/ evil spirits or monster", but Yao is not always evil) to eventually attain Buddhahood with his master and sworn brothers who have their own amazing story. One of the brother Bajie was previously a Heavenly General, but got drunk in a Heavenly Palace banquet, and tried to get with the Goddess of the Moon, the Jade Emperor banished him to the mortal realm and was accidentally reincarnated into a pig sty, turning him into a pig man. Wukong is capable of transforming into any object, animal or person or monster. shown in the game it seems like he can turn into any enemy that he defeated. he also have habit of shrinking things and storing them in his ears. other abilities like cloud surfing, golden invencible body, and mirror image grown from his hair is all shown. Such a great looking game, and the gameplay seems very smooth, the monster design is otherworldly, oh and the end score is just pure childhood memory.
If you understand Chinese you will never get over how well written the prose and dialogue is in this game. This is literally the kind of prose that’s written for massive Chinese productions
@@ariesdane5876 why would it be japanese? not only is it made by chinese developers but it's heavily based on one of the most well known Chinese stories
The abilities of the Monkey king and the story of "Journey to the West" are common sense for average Chinese, but I can see how it may sound strange to ppl from a different culture. Just want to list some of the main abilities of the Monkey King from the original story, not sure how much will be shown in the game: 1. Transform into 72 different forms. 2. His weapon is "如意金箍棒“, shown as the gold characters on the weapon in the game play. It was originally the pillar of the ocean, and the Monkey King forcefully took it from the dragon king of the ocean. It can change size as he wish. So normally when he is not fighting, he make it needle-sized and hide it inside his ear. 3. He s also known for the ability to pull, blow his own hair, and turn them into his clones to help with the fight. 4. He can travel very long distance instantly on "筋斗云“ which is a special cloud that pretty much function as his personal jet. :) 5. He also has "火眼金睛“ which is an ability that he obtained when he was trapped in the Alchemy furnace in the god's realm. The ability enables him to recognize other transformed/disguised creatures/demons in their original forms. But what shown in the game was likely the story before he obtained the ability. Also it may not be needed for the game play. 6. "金钢之躯" which translate to iron body. He is immune to common metal weapons and regular fire. 7. His spirit can also go out of his body. In the story, when they are in an dangerous environment, he sometimes leave his body with the group to protect his master, but his spirit will travel far away to get help. Again, not sure if this will be shown in the game since the story seemed to be before the actual Journey to the West, also it may not be something needed for the game play. 8. Also common magic spells and superpower that Western super heroes have, such as enormous power, fly, freeze the enemy, moving things in the air, spit fire, ect. He is pretty much the ultimate superhero in ancient China. I am sure this is not a complete list of his abilities. That is why this game gonna be so exciting! I am so hyped! Hopefully they will pull it through and make the game available next year or the year after!
You can tell how it influenced Goku's creation from Dragon Ball. Flying Nimbus and the magic pole are straight up from Son Wukong, not to mention he's also a monkey!
@@8DarthGhost8 i mean... goku's symbol in kanji （悟）means wisdom pronounce "GO" in japanese and pronounce “WU” in chinese and after that （空）KU means emptiness but is pronounced “Kong ”in chinese
The developers actually showed so many hidden references from Journey to the West in this trailer! This might be confusing to the viewers who is not familiar with the story but I believe when a Chinese kid saw this... omg 1. beside the one of 72 transformation (the golden cicada) in 2:26, Sun Wukong's another iconic ability to freeze enemy. There is a golden Chinese character "定“ which means freeze when he used it. 2. 4:06 that he puts the new weapon in his ear which is another ability that Wukong can shrink almost everything and he always stored them in his ear. 3. The short old potato headed man with long wooden crutch in 4:46 is a classical appearance of earth deities in Chinese myth. They will typically pop up with a smoke around the temple in the mountain areas. 4. More interestingly the developers used the earth deity's words to mock Tencent: "The temple caught on a big fire though I heard they rebuilt it, but if one's heart was burnt to ash what's the meaning of recovering that temple?" Many talented developers joined that big company with a dream eventually ended up making garbage. The pure profit driven/capitalized operation of these companies in gaming industry in China burned out the passion of both Chinese players and the developers. If the core of gaming industry was destroyed what's the meaning of how much money u make? 5. 8:55 for sure a lot of people know Naruto as many other J anime you can find tons of inspiration from Journey to the West. Another Sun Wukong's iconic ability which he uses his own hairs to create clones. 6. 10:46 as many ppl already said when those 5 Chinese characters showed up (如意金箍棒), u know who is the real boss. The one u controlled previously in the game is probably the 6 eared macaque who can imitate anything he saw. 7. 11:01 looks like the Thunderclap Monastery and 11:05 is probably the Flaming Mountains which are two of famous chapters in the book. 8. 11:11 Sun Wukong's headache may comes from Tight-Fillet Spell. Guanyin Bodhisattva put a crown on his head and taught Tang Sanzang the spell that can shrink it, so he can use it to control Sun Wukong when he is not obeying certain rules. 9. 11:36 Some very famous characters from the book: Immortals of Tiger, Golden Winged Great Peng and those 4 Heavenly Kings with their iconic weapons. 10. 11:53 the most famous chapter of both TV show and the book for many Chinese kids. Havoc in Haven !! 100k vs 1 and he always wins!! 11. 12:30 the music in countless of Chinese ppl's childhood memories from the TV series in 1986
This is Sun Wokong from Chinese myth. It has movies and drama serial TV in about 1999- 2006 . Some people from the west will not know this characters.. but I agree "what is this" bcs they not implant full English subtitles
0:19 Dazu stone carvings in Chongqing 0:30 Guanyin Pavilion, dule temple, Tianjin 0:37 chenen temple, Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou Province 0:59 Chongqing Dazu shiqianshou Guanyin 1:20 Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu 10:02 Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Yunnan Province 10:29 Shaanxi waterway nunnery 500 Luohan Temple Fair These scenes are adapted from reality
At the end of the boss fight, the five chinese characters lit up one by one on the real monkey king's weapon are “如意金箍棒RuYiJinGuBang”, the name of the weapon. Bluntly translated，“the stick with golden edges that can transform as will”,but in a poewetic choice of words in chinese. It can shrink and grow according to Sun Wukong's will, shorter or longer, thinner or thicker. When Wukong has no need of using it, he would simply hide it in his ear hole. This can explain the confusion of some people who are not familiar with the original story, when he pulled the weapon "out of his brain" in the footage lol. I'm thrilled to see that they present the ear hiding weapon in the game exactly according to the original story, just like what they do to the monkey's classic tricks such as “the 72 forms of changes,” “the monkey hairs doppelgangers”and"the traveling cloud". The original story The Journey To The West, the weapon RuYiJinGuBang (known as the monkey king bar in English)of Sun Wukong has many other names. All these names have no translated version. To my opinion, simple "Monkey King Bar"cannot show the divinity and myth of the weapon. One of the names is “定海神针DingHaiShenZhen” which means “the giant sacred pillar that stabilize the ocean”. Actually the stick is originally not a weapon, but a giant pillar stuck into the ocean to seal the enormous energy of the sea so it would remain calm and peaceful. Before the monkey take on the journey, before he is punished by the Buhda RuLai, when he was still rebellious and wild.The monkey headed to "LongGong" the palace of Long in the ocean to "borrow"(rob actually) a weapon. "LongWang" lord of the ocean offered him all the finest blades hammers and lances. But the monkey waved each of them in his hand and said:"all too light, not heavy enough". Then he fixed his eye one the giant pillar that connect the bottom and the surface of the sea.He held it in both arms and pulled it out said“this one feels just heavy enough for me. I think I'll take it!”. And the pillar itself felt his owner of destiny and shrank to the normal size of a weapon with its new name on it "如意金箍棒(RuYiJinGuBang)", the exact five words shown on the weapon in the end of the trailer when the real monkey king shows up.Since it's an ancient artifact to stabilize the ocean, it enrages LongWang and many other gods that it was taken away by the monkey. By the way, no matter what size the weapon is, whether it's hidden in the ear or it is the size of a normal weapon, its weight remains still to the weight of the giant sacred ocean pillar.
Yea i didnt expect the features where Sun put a weapons in his ear , also what about the crown or something that he used to wear on his forehead that it can become tighter or looser , ive forgot some of the fictional things i read GOH etc
@@chococranel is called 紧箍圈JinGuQuan “a ring that tightens", it's only there for his master SanZang to make him behave, he didn't wear it before the journey to the west, and after they completed the journey, the ring hass been take off.
the developer. They said on Chinese social media that the main purpose for these video they just released is to recruit more competent game developers. They have around 30 at the moment. They had only 13 last year. Normally a game with this quality requires 80-100.
@@thomaslynch5189 When responding to extensive amount of queries on Zhihu (Chinese Quora) the managing developer Ji Feng indicated that the "studio still has a dire shortage of personnels. A game with this much content requires a team of 80-100 people, and they only have less than 30. This number used to be a mere 13 in 2019". Said himself.
People that know Wukong knows how true to character they have done for this game with all the abilities shown. I grew up watching wukong way before dragon ball and he was one of my favorite “hero”. Can’t wait.
Just in case you guys don’t know, he shrink his weapon and put it in his ear just like in the story, perfect for video game explanation of “where did that even come from?”
The music at the end makes me goosebumps and nostalgic ( Journey to the West 1986 opening theme). I am a Vietnamese and I've grown up with this song for years, you can say this song is apart of my childhood.
@@jerrywu5797 it is more popular than you think, the story is famous in alot of asian countries around china. Remember dragon ball from japan? Journey to the west inspired that. It is pretty clear when japan got influenced, other asian countries get influence by journey to the west too.
This is from Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記), a Chinese fiction novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. Arthur Waley's popular abridged translation, Monkey, is well known in English-speaking countries. Actually, many Chinese grew up with this novel and TV series and animations from it.
Wow, immersive, griping; the way they made the gameplay fascinated me because it is so innovative that you can obtain other characters' abilities after defeating them, COUNTING DAYS TO PLAY THIS MASTERPIECE ---- THIS IS NOT ONLY A GAME...THIS IS PURE ART
@@hattorihaso2579 The ending music is part of the opening title music of the TV show "Journey to the West“, debuted in 1986. This version of TV adaptation is widely considered as the best adaptation to the book that has ever been done (at least it is the case in China). The show has been a audience-favorite since the day it first aired, so yeah, the music is as iconic as you can imagine.
For people who confuse about the ending where there is another Wukong: in the novel, Wukong has to face a very, very strong opponent that even him cannot take down, and he has to ask for help from the Gods of the Heaven, and later the Great Buddha. The opponent is Six Ear Macaque, the enemy who is even stronger than Wukong at the time, and looks exactly like him, so similar that his master Tang Seng and brothers cannot differentiate. In the novel, Wukong gets help from many Gods from Heaven to take down this opponent, making the Six Ear Macaque one of the strongest, if not the strongest, enemy that Wukong has ever fought. There is also another myth that during their last fight, the Six Ear Macaque kills Wukong, and replaces him in the team to continue the Journey to the West. That also explains why after the fight, Wukong has changed his personality to be better, more obedient to his master, and also stronger! Fun fact: Goku in the Dragon Ball is based on Son Wu Kong. The full name of Goku is Son Goku. Sorry for my English.
Well I believe this story happens after the actual journey to the west, as the real Wukong stopped the hero here using his own club. And this makes the storyline very interesting: who is the hero? And what did Wukong do during this plot? Game Science will answer at the right time, I think.
In our culture,its called “踱步”or“太师步”（duobu or taishibu），the slow walking react everything is under control. confidence and honor make he wait his enemy attack.
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of 72 changes, which can be changed into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to fix the enemy. His mount is cloud, which is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the West. It is the childhood memories of several generations of Chinese. So we all cried when we heard this music.
j p it’s where Toriyama took the inspiration from, Goku the name, Nimbus, staff and lots more, although after DBZ the Journey to the West elements basically faded out.
Just coming back here after the final trailer. Time flies yet it feels like forever ago but I’m glad this game is finally coming out soon 👍🏼 the reminiscence goes hard on this trailer.
Man, Chinese and Japanese mythology is just so rich and interesting that I am surprised that it is not explored more often by big game development studios... It's a freaking treasure trove of great content...
Wait until African mythology starts coming out, the world has so much to offer in storytelling but it has been dominated by a euro centric view for a while.
There's probably lots of games with an emphasis and accurate representation on Chinese culture and mythology but they either: A. Will never be released outside of China. B. Become delisted or removed from (digital) retailers like that Devotion video game. C. They don't get public appeal. As for Japan, there are tons anime and manga being inspired, referenced or represented by Japanese folklore and mythology. You're probably just not aware of the references, themselves.
I wouldn't be so sure, No Man's Sky and Aliens colonial marines showed us a "trailer gameplay" that later resulted to be just cgi, and both games delivered something different. So i'm not even hyped.
it's actually pretty awesome how "accurate" the character is to the folklore. His transformation ability actually allows him transform into a defeated enemy.
@@mrbrandtastic5473 well in the lore, it's called the "72 transformations" but he can literally transform into anything ranging from animals to objects.
I have no idea what this is. I don't know why it showed up on my recommended. I've never heard of this studio before in my life. But this just became my most anticipated game.
This is just a chinese indie studio adapting the 16th century chinese novel "Journey to the West" into a video game with a little bit of dark souls style of gameplay
@@IAMthatIAM992 You need to leave the house and realize that there are other video games besides cyberpunk 2077. Besides your hype will kill the game if it actually flops, best to reserve zero expectation for any video game
Many people who don't know Chinese characters may be confused at the other Wukong with armor appeared at the end of this Trailer (10:45). The characters on his weapon is "如意金箍棒", indicating that he is the real monkey king who went to the dragon palace deep in the ocean and took the weapon out. This game must have some story to tell between our main character and the other Wukong. This part of story have never appeared on the book "journey to the west", I am really looking forward how the company Gamescience will tell the story.
That's what I was thinking I don't know Chinese but ever since I learned about Wu Kong I read up on him so much that i recognize the characters without knowing Chinese. When I saw him pull his staff out from his ear I was so impressed bc usually when not fighting that's what he would do he would shrink his staff down to the side of a needle and hide it in his ear. But then I saw the characters on the other staff and was like. Hol up....I'm so excited I just hope they don't take 4 years to give us this game.
jiawei so the one who interrupted is the intelligent Stone Monkey, like the one we’re first introduced to. And the one we were following for the first half of the trailer is the 6 Eared Macaque that he fights in the story?
what i heard is this story is not from Journey to the west, but a online story called 悟空传， written by 今何在. It's a dark version of Journey to the west. totally different.
The boss fight is in 黑风山 Black Wind Mountain, Guanyin temple originally in the novel chapter 16. Where the Wolf 灵虚子 is a friend of the "Head" of Black Wind Mountain, which the Head boss of black wind mount is a black grizzly 黑熊怪. The boss in the video, the wolf went there to celebrate Black Grizzly‘s birthday. 灵虚子 also brought 2 "Golden Revitalizers" as a gift, but he got killed by Wukong - the monkey king midway. Wukong- the monkey king can shape-shift into 72 different creatures, that's why you see him throughout the video as a golden cicada. He was born from a rock, a rock has been getting all the earthen sun and moon essence, that is why he could change to a larger monkey and smash the ground. And also the way he "parrys" the attacks is one of his other abilities, called 铜头铁臂 direct translation is the Copper head and iron arm which makes him durable to physical attacks. The move he freezes others is called 定身术 - Immobilization or paralyzation. His fur(S)/hair can make clones of himself and other things. I guess one of this game's system is to be able to get the defeated mini-bosses' weapon as artifacts and use them against the bosses, that is why he transforms into the wolf using the flame spear. When he was trying to finish off 灵虚子, he got blocked by another version of himself? I assume the play through character represents the dark side of the monkey king? These are just my guesses. His Weapon is a stick/staff called 如意金箍棒 - the Monkey King Bar. Which can elongation, shorten, largen, and shrink. That's why you see him puts/pull it to/from his ear. In the end, the cloud he was riding is called 筋斗云. He can also travel 180K kilometers with one single somersault. Also at the very end, that is him 大闹天宫 - battles in heaven. Chapter 4-6 in the novel. All the bosses in the ending quick flash are all present some gods or demons. Please like this comment if you find this helpful! You can leave questions for me so I can answer more questions for you guys who want to know.
Aniq Amsyar Azwan the Jade Emperor never actually fight in the original novel and we don't know if he is actually strong or not. Theoretically, he has pratice Taoist for thousands of lives, so he should be strong. But since Tripitaka (Wukong's second master, whom Wukong have to protect on the journey) also praticed Buddhist for 10 lives and became a Buddha at the end without gaining any super power, we can assume that the Jade Emperor is not strong in combat. If he is, he shouldn't have to ask the Buddha for help in order to defeat Wukong.
There’s tons of Greek Mythological blockbuster games, as well as the Rome, Egypt, Norse, and Japanese. Finally, there will be a Chinese Mythological blockbuster game. I’m so excited as Wukong is the most well known Chinese Mythological character, and heard about all of his stories his tv series, cartoons, movies and even anime since I was a kid. Also, I’m glad that the dev takes the other way of telling the stories instead of the traditional Journey to the West story.
New update from China. In China there is a Chinese post of new gameplay footage circulating around social media. The game is still in progress and they seem to be fine, they believe to finish in around between a year or two
For those who weren't familiar with the story behind Monkey King, according to the novel, this is the summary of his skillset: 1. 72 types of transformation (animals, objects, shapeshifting etc.) 2. Creates clones by blowing his hairlines 3. Creates somersault clouds to fly around 4. Learned the golden flaming eye that can see through any shapeshifting creatures 5. Equips with the strongest weapon from the deep ocean, "The Golden Cudgel" 6. Being invincible to any physical damages.
@@Darkz92 not really,cyberpunk as soon as word got out that it was being made by projeckt CD red became instantly anticipated,it took for them to show the gameplay of this game for everybody to get excited
@@Darkz92 naw don't put this game in the same convo as cyberpunk, this game looks like it has promise but cyberpunk is gonna be like the last game we will ever need that's the difference in expectations
Not sure if you have read about this novel (the game is based on a chinese fantasy novel from almost 500 years ago), and the 80s tv show based on the novel is amazing too. The Chinese music and art is too beautiful. Now it's 2024, game will be out in Aug.
@@razzibcreative6380 well they have a huge arsenal of tools and support from engines such as Unity and Unreal (im just guessing this is made in unreal just from the look and feel, not that the same cannot be achieved in unity, but i could be dead wrong) indie teams are so lucky to have such great things at their disposal at such cheap prices, but yeh animators and design teams must be really skillful too!
@@jameszhang6416 I think it's just a beginning,Chinese are really working hard on games movies stuff these days,there will be more amazing products in the future I believe.The world is beautiful because of diversity after all😊
I love that details where he just put the weapon he found back in his hair, cause in the legend it says that he could pluck his hair and make it a weapon which seems accurate and a nice touch in this game
His weapon can become small like toothpicks so he put it in his ear, not his hair tho, it look like he take it out from his hair but it actually from his ear.
Growing up as a chinese kid, this game is like a dream! Probably many western people won't understand some moments of the gameplay (wukong's headache, the white dragon-horse, tang seng, etc.), but damn I am impressed by how accurate it looks.
Y’all might not relate to this but as someone who grew up in China, seeing the “如意金箍棒” inscription on that staff lighting up is like seeing Vader igniting his light saber in that Rogue One ending scene, it legit gives me goosebumps.
Tbh a lot of indie games nowadays can look like AAA titles. Recently Mortal Shell released and it looks pretty gorgeous for a AAA game. I'm gonna guess the game will be shorter than your average AAA game, but that does not necessarily mean it'll be bad.
Some explanation of the background of this game: The game is based on a book called "The Journey to the West", which is published in the Ming dynasty (16th century). It is one of the four great classics of China, almost every Chinese people know the basic story and the abilities of Wu Kong even some of them have never read the original book or watch the old TV series (for example me) It's really hard to translate the meaning of some words they said to English, for example, the name "Wu Kong"(the name of the monkey) came from an ancient Chinese poem and it has some Taoist connotations. Even in some places, when the translation is accurate, it is still difficult for foreign audiences to experience the artistic conception, because of our different cultural backgrounds. And the whole story is closely linked to myths and legends and Buddhism. When the five golden words "如意金箍棒" appear on the stick of "the other Wu Kong" who is in armor, all the Chinese audience got insane and I've got goosebumps, and I found I can't explain that feeling. (It feels likes the feeling when I see Bucky and all the other characters suddenly came back in Advanger: End Game when they fought Thanos!) The music at the end of the trailer also gave many Chinese people goosebumps because it is toooooo classic. This is the childhood of many people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
@@akumanokage6183 The five words can be translate as “As-Your-Will Golden-Banded Cudgel” or “The Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod”, it was originally the Divine Pillar that work as a stabilizer of the Four Seas and later become the magical weapon of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
It certainly was, downside though, most that highlight reel "trailer" at the end wasn't in the final product. Would've loved that Dynasty Warriors horde fights in the clouds
The music at the end give me goosebumps. Journey to the west was a special part of my childhood. As a kid, I can't watch it often but every time I am lucky enough to catch a episode on tivi, it was magical. And it nice to see eastern myth get make to video game for once. Don't get me wrong, all cultural have fascinating story to tell but western lore starting to get stall for me. If developer worry about marketability just do China and India first. These 2 cultural are all so famous nowaday and they have more than enough material to make hundred of games.
I love how they have sooo many of Wukong's powers included in the game, straight out from the book. The monkey clone army from his hair, the cloud stepping shoes, golden armor, his transformations, it makes me happy they are really incorporating the myth.
@@Neogenesisdiablo Because we think Chinese traditional culture is great, there are countless wonderful cool stories, we just want to share it with the world.
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of 72 changes, which can be changed into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to fix the enemy. His mount is cloud, which is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the West. It is the childhood memories of several generations of Chinese. So we all cried when we heard this music.
As a Chinese person who grew up reading about his *Journey to the West,* I am super impressed that got him down accurately and, as a result, I am super hyped for this!
The fact that they actually nailed down a relatively small detail from the myths, such as the fact that he takes his staff from behind his ear. Really gets my hopes up Edit: I believe those four giant figures on that red landscape are the Four Heavenly Kings which Wukong defeated in the book!
@History of Sepak Takraw (HoST) 12:40 this is the remake of the "Journey to the West" tv series theme song. Its the childhood of every kid in my country
Can't believe this first world-wide gameplay reveal released back in the middle of 2020. Gamescom 2023 just happened, and Game science (Studio behind Black Myth) gave us another look at what's to come hopefully next year! This game has potential to be amongst top 3 best souls like game. Great job Game science!
True..i was expecting some cheap rpg and stuff...but this right here blew my mind. I really hope everything goes well for the devs..and we actually get to play it some day.
For those who don't know, the famous character Goku from Dragon ball is based on Wukong. Akira Toriyama was a big fan of this ancient Chinese tale. I didn't know until my wife (who is Chinese) told me. This game looks so freaking awesome to be honest.
Golden Cicada in Sinophere Culture means "金蝉子" (Vietnamese: "Kim Thiền Tử"), one of first ten Budha's student. He Dead 9 time, reborn and became TangShen (Vietnamese: "Đường Tăng").
@@ThatDudeJCrash Not initially, only when Toriyama's Director changed and demand him to change some aspects of the story to put some western superhero stuff, Goku was never an alien in Toriyama's original idea.
Journey To the West-is a Chinese television series adapted from the classic 16 century novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on 1 October 1986. The series became an instant classic in China and is still praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel for being faithful to it. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season, which was released in 1999. CCTV released the entire series online on YoTube and in addition has an edited version (all episodes are 45 minutes long) withEnglish subtitles.
bgm is 《云宫迅音》 Journey to the West Opening Theme （ Immortal Sound Above Cloud Palace） The song appeared in the form of instrumental music, and the composer Xu Jing-qing boldly chose the orchestration: psychedelic bouncing electric sound, bass guitar; Guzheng(Chinese Zither), Pipa(Chinese lute), Chime; Western trumpet, violin and other orchestral instruments; exotic Africa Tambourine; an ethereal female voice. The various styles of musical instruments and vocals are like mountains one after another, each doing its own thing, but in orderly layers, strong, elegant and soft. In the end, all the people are united and finished with a harp, beautiful and solemn. It is a superb, all-encompassing arrangement.
I'm from Cambodia and I have watched the classic Journey to the west (which made in 1989) so many times, and yes I love that soundtrack at the end so much. Is this will release on console?
I really hope this game... makes its journey to the west.
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This is how you build hype for a game: show gameplay directly.
it do be lookin cool doe
This game is still in VERY VERY early stage, 100% not going to be in 2020, hard to say 2021, might even be 2022.
This video is actually more of a "recuritment" advertise. They are currently hiring Senior UE4 graphic engineer expert, animation technology art and UE4 special effects designer etc. The studio also mentioned that this game will be launching on PC + all mainstream console paltforms, and cloud gaming platforms that can provide stable environment for this game.
There is also a little tease from the main developers saying that not only they love single player, action based and story driven game, they also enjoy games that support online cooperation.
Always get bored and feel annoyed with chinese putting so much hype into wukong by making different version of wukong movies every chinese new year, but this game in terms of gameplay is awesome honestly.
I know, I’m preordering this fricken game it looks amazing
So like a lot of games companies do?
Also; *Pre-Alphas* tend not to represent the final look of a game.
*Aliens Colonial Marines*
My dad used to tell me bedtime stories when I was a kid. One of his favorites to tell, which soon became my favorite to hear, was Wu Kong - The Monkey King.
My dad just died in July. So RUclips couldn't have recommended this at a better time.
It honestly hits a lot harder now. Love you Papa
Bogey Slugs everything will be ok
Be strong bro. Lost my pops a few years ago. Still think about him every single day. Hmu if you need someone to talk 💯
May he Rest In Peace
One day we are see any peaples we are loser. go a head.
Hope you’re well
I'm 3 hours into the game now and it's actually incredible how accurate the quality represented here in this initial trailer has remained intact in the finished product 4 years later.
Well done Game Science, take a bow. 🎉
the finished product has refined so much IMO
The trailer shows at 11:50 that Wukong is fighting in the Heavens as far as the clouds and Heavenʻs troops show. Did you unlock the Heaven stage?
@@feckrofelix2064apparently there’s no heaven stage, unless it’s a secret ending nobody has found yet, hope there’s one tho, but until now, only two endings has been found
😁夹道欢呼
@@LedZeppelinHK absolutely, it's even better. Which is very rare, usually we see some substantial downgrades.
As a Chinese person, it makes me so happy to see Chinese companies make Chinese products instead of trying to make something Western, there is so much mythology and culture to make games and movies from!!!
me2, there are so many elements to dig deep from Chinese mythology. 哪吒 next please
I wasn't aware of all the western movies China makes ......- swipes thru thousands of Chinese movies......of Chinese history and mythology made in China...
Could you help me out and tell if there are any info about what console or what the release date is?
SAGA I think they plan to release to every console, no release date yet
Honestly, it is a breath of fresh air
To people that are confused about the ending.
The character showed up in the end was the actual Monkey King.
If you are slightest familiar with "Journey to the West", I bet you are confused how can there be two Monkey Kings?
Well here is a possible theory and some backgrounds. The answer lies in the story the studio is trying to tell which may be lost in the translation of the trailer.
At the end of "Journey to the West"all the four main characters obtained Buddha status, or some form of godhood. In doing so, they must abandon their corporal carcasses.
The story of the game picks up after this. From the dialogue of the NPCs you can see, they recognize the resemblance of the player controlled monkey with the legendary Monkey King, Sun WuKong. They keep saying, "you really look like him!" or "another monkey", which means they either have heard or seen him before.
So, it is possible, the main character that is the player through out the game, is the mortal flesh which the King abandoned in obtaining his godhood. Since WuKong the Monkey King was born from the sky and earth through a sentient stone, this mortal carcass he left behind retained a lot of life, also the sins during his mortal life. Hence, the name of the game "Black Myth".
After all, what greater enemy is there if not oneself?!
PS: last four characters out of eight of the trailer , literally says “revisit the journey to the west”, which implies the original journey to the west was completed.(This paragraph has been pointed out by many Chinese viewers as incorrect. The last remark of 8 Chinese characters is referring to a past regret the leading dev has with his former employer Tencent)
PPS: There is a humongous volume of contemporary Chinese literature debating which monkey (The Stone Monkey or the Six Eared Macaque) made it to the west at the end. Currently the theory that Sun WuKong made it to the west is winning simply because of one piece of evidence.
In the original novel, Yama the king of death plane stroke the name Sun WuKong off of his ledger after being threatened to be eliminated from existence by Sun WuKong himself. This cannot be undone, which means, Sun Wukong is hardwired incapable of death. Even the Buddha himself cannot restore the ledger of death. But, in the chapter where two "Monkey Kings" fought, one of them did die. This means the Six Eared Macaque was the one killed.
Thanks captain!
Yooooo, so many theories about this side of story just from some RUclips comments under this video. Can someone tell me where I can possibly find a compilation of these story in English?
There also seem to be many that are centered around how he doesn't reach the end of the journey, so there's replacement, or passing it down to another monkey. Seems interesting
i think this is the best explanation just yet. thanks captain
@@kintokisa The "replacement"story was along the journey there was a doppelganger who was as powerful as the Monkey King tried and to replace him. Even without the Monkey King's legendary armor and weapon they still matched each other evenly. So they went to Gautama Buddha for judgement, each claimed to be the real and true Monkey King. The official story was the buddha identified the doppelganger and WuKong then killed him. But, there are theories saying it was the other way around. Either way, this story line does not leave much space for recreation.
@@kintokisa I've heard story about Six-ear Macaque killed Sun Wukong and followed Tang Seng to the west, hence for the later part of the journey the disguised Wukong (Six-ear Macaque) become obedient to his master which is opposite of what Sun Wukong original is. They didn't realise he's not Wukong because they look exactly the same. In the beginning of the video, the old monkey also said: "Some said it wasn't him that granted the buddhahood, the real him was already dead on the journey to the west." This may be the hint of of Six-ear Macaque killing Wukong and replacing him as "Victorious Fighting Buddha".
for those who aren't familiar with Chinese literature and mythology, The monkey king Sun Wukong is a character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West written in the 16th century, depicting his journey along with his master, and 2 sworn brother's journey to the birthplace of buddhism to ask for the scripture. Goku from dragonball Z is loosely based on him.
Even though Wukong is capable of getting to the destination in one single backflip, but his master insisted on traveling all the way to India on foot, through the long journey they went through trials and tribulation, Wukong eventually grew from a "Yao" (Chinese terminology, similar to "wild/ evil spirits or monster", but Yao is not always evil) to eventually attain Buddhahood with his master and sworn brothers who have their own amazing story.
One of the brother Bajie was previously a Heavenly General, but got drunk in a Heavenly Palace banquet, and tried to get with the Goddess of the Moon, the Jade Emperor banished him to the mortal realm and was accidentally reincarnated into a pig sty, turning him into a pig man.
Wukong is capable of transforming into any object, animal or person or monster. shown in the game it seems like he can turn into any enemy that he defeated. he also have habit of shrinking things and storing them in his ears. other abilities like cloud surfing, golden invencible body, and mirror image grown from his hair is all shown.
Such a great looking game, and the gameplay seems very smooth, the monster design is otherworldly, oh and the end score is just pure childhood memory.
3 brothers, don't forget the horse.
thanks for sharing us your knowledge.
@@Ned-gf6gs Lolz.. is common miss will made from every1
Wow tq👍
@@messianic_scam dunno. Maybe it's faster to access than putting them in a pocket?
If you understand Chinese you will never get over how well written the prose and dialogue is in this game. This is literally the kind of prose that’s written for massive Chinese productions
caught my attention without knowing a word!
From what side-hiragana/katagana side or korean Sila side,Wa-/Pi-Xi different side read/write for cartoon creator.....!! And publish.
@@lunassr7212 ???
@@ariesdane5876 have some damn respect. It's still the 2nd most spoken language.
@@ariesdane5876 why would it be japanese? not only is it made by chinese developers but it's heavily based on one of the most well known Chinese stories
The abilities of the Monkey king and the story of "Journey to the West" are common sense for average Chinese, but I can see how it may sound strange to ppl from a different culture. Just want to list some of the main abilities of the Monkey King from the original story, not sure how much will be shown in the game:
1. Transform into 72 different forms.
2. His weapon is "如意金箍棒“, shown as the gold characters on the weapon in the game play. It was originally the pillar of the ocean, and the Monkey King forcefully took it from the dragon king of the ocean. It can change size as he wish. So normally when he is not fighting, he make it needle-sized and hide it inside his ear.
3. He s also known for the ability to pull, blow his own hair, and turn them into his clones to help with the fight.
4. He can travel very long distance instantly on "筋斗云“ which is a special cloud that pretty much function as his personal jet. :)
5. He also has "火眼金睛“ which is an ability that he obtained when he was trapped in the Alchemy furnace in the god's realm. The ability enables him to recognize other transformed/disguised creatures/demons in their original forms. But what shown in the game was likely the story before he obtained the ability. Also it may not be needed for the game play.
6. "金钢之躯" which translate to iron body. He is immune to common metal weapons and regular fire.
7. His spirit can also go out of his body. In the story, when they are in an dangerous environment, he sometimes leave his body with the group to protect his master, but his spirit will travel far away to get help. Again, not sure if this will be shown in the game since the story seemed to be before the actual Journey to the West, also it may not be something needed for the game play.
8. Also common magic spells and superpower that Western super heroes have, such as enormous power, fly, freeze the enemy, moving things in the air, spit fire, ect. He is pretty much the ultimate superhero in ancient China.
I am sure this is not a complete list of his abilities. That is why this game gonna be so exciting! I am so hyped! Hopefully they will pull it through and make the game available next year or the year after!
Yea didn't he take his weapon from Ao Kuang? Think I spelled it right. His hawk and bull form are in game. My main.
You can tell how it influenced Goku's creation from Dragon Ball. Flying Nimbus and the magic pole are straight up from Son Wukong, not to mention he's also a monkey!
@@8DarthGhost8 Naruto too with his shadow clone jutsu.
@@8DarthGhost8 i mean... goku's symbol in kanji （悟）means wisdom pronounce "GO" in japanese and pronounce “WU” in chinese and after that （空）KU means emptiness but is pronounced “Kong ”in chinese
Thank you for sharing the extra info. I am confused. Who is it that shows up and stops him at the 10:51 mark? That looks like the real Wu Kong to me.
The developers actually showed so many hidden references from Journey to the West in this trailer! This might be confusing to the viewers who is not familiar with the story but I believe when a Chinese kid saw this... omg
1. beside the one of 72 transformation (the golden cicada) in 2:26, Sun Wukong's another iconic ability to freeze enemy. There is a golden Chinese character "定“ which means freeze when he used it.
2. 4:06 that he puts the new weapon in his ear which is another ability that Wukong can shrink almost everything and he always stored them in his ear.
3. The short old potato headed man with long wooden crutch in 4:46 is a classical appearance of earth deities in Chinese myth. They will typically pop up with a smoke around the temple in the mountain areas.
4. More interestingly the developers used the earth deity's words to mock Tencent: "The temple caught on a big fire though I heard they rebuilt it, but if one's heart was burnt to ash what's the meaning of recovering that temple?" Many talented developers joined that big company with a dream eventually ended up making garbage. The pure profit driven/capitalized operation of these companies in gaming industry in China burned out the passion of both Chinese players and the developers. If the core of gaming industry was destroyed what's the meaning of how much money u make?
5. 8:55 for sure a lot of people know Naruto as many other J anime you can find tons of inspiration from Journey to the West. Another Sun Wukong's iconic ability which he uses his own hairs to create clones.
6. 10:46 as many ppl already said when those 5 Chinese characters showed up (如意金箍棒), u know who is the real boss. The one u controlled previously in the game is probably the 6 eared macaque who can imitate anything he saw.
7. 11:01 looks like the Thunderclap Monastery and 11:05 is probably the Flaming Mountains which are two of famous chapters in the book.
8. 11:11 Sun Wukong's headache may comes from Tight-Fillet Spell. Guanyin Bodhisattva put a crown on his head and taught Tang Sanzang the spell that can shrink it, so he can use it to control Sun Wukong when he is not obeying certain rules.
9. 11:36 Some very famous characters from the book: Immortals of Tiger, Golden Winged Great Peng and those 4 Heavenly Kings with their iconic weapons.
10. 11:53 the most famous chapter of both TV show and the book for many Chinese kids. Havoc in Haven !! 100k vs 1 and he always wins!!
11. 12:30 the music in countless of Chinese ppl's childhood memories from the TV series in 1986
Thanks for sharing this and your rich culture.
You are legend
Thank you for your understanding
Thank you for the sharing. I loved Dicky Chung's potrayal of Sun Wukong in the TV series and reading your comments here took me back.
Thank you, that's all I can say to you
Me: What is this?
Me 13 minutes later: WHAT IS THIS!!!!
Another 13 minutes have passed
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This is Sun Wokong from Chinese myth. It has movies and drama serial TV in about 1999- 2006 . Some people from the west will not know this characters.. but I agree "what is this" bcs they not implant full English subtitles
This is Wukong, a mascot for gambling machine
Me too LOL
0:19 Dazu stone carvings in Chongqing
0:30 Guanyin Pavilion, dule temple, Tianjin
0:37 chenen temple, Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou Province
0:59 Chongqing Dazu shiqianshou Guanyin
1:20 Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu
10:02 Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Yunnan Province
10:29 Shaanxi waterway nunnery 500 Luohan Temple Fair
These scenes are adapted from reality
11:45 those huge guys?
Who are they?
@@forzahorizon2179 The four heavenly kings
@@forzahorizon2179 Duōwén Tiānwáng (North), Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng (South), Chíguó Tiānwáng (East), Guăngmù Tiānwáng (West)
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@@forzahorizon2179 we call them“the great 4”，kind of the high level guards
At the end of the boss fight, the five chinese characters lit up one by
one on the real monkey king's weapon are “如意金箍棒RuYiJinGuBang”, the name of the weapon. Bluntly translated，“the stick with golden edges that can transform as will”,but in a poewetic choice of words in chinese. It can shrink and grow according to Sun Wukong's will, shorter or longer, thinner or thicker. When Wukong has no need of using it, he would simply hide it in his ear hole. This can explain the confusion of some people who are not familiar with the original story, when he pulled the weapon "out of his brain" in the footage lol. I'm thrilled to see that they present the ear hiding weapon in the game exactly according to the original story, just like what they do to the monkey's classic tricks such as “the 72 forms of changes,” “the monkey hairs doppelgangers”and"the traveling cloud". The original story The Journey To The West, the weapon RuYiJinGuBang (known as the monkey king bar in English)of Sun Wukong has many other names. All these names have no translated version. To my opinion, simple "Monkey King Bar"cannot show the divinity and myth of the weapon. One of the names is “定海神针DingHaiShenZhen” which means “the giant sacred pillar that stabilize the ocean”. Actually the stick is originally not a weapon, but a giant pillar stuck into the ocean to seal the enormous energy of the sea so it would remain calm and peaceful. Before the monkey take on the journey, before he is punished by the Buhda RuLai, when he was still rebellious and wild.The monkey headed to "LongGong" the palace of Long in the ocean to "borrow"(rob actually) a weapon. "LongWang" lord of the ocean offered him all the finest blades hammers and lances. But the monkey waved each of them in his hand and said:"all too light, not heavy enough". Then he fixed his eye one the giant pillar that connect the bottom and the surface of the sea.He held it in both arms and pulled it out said“this one feels just heavy enough for me. I think I'll take it!”. And the pillar itself felt his owner of destiny and shrank to the normal size of a weapon with its new name on it "如意金箍棒(RuYiJinGuBang)", the exact five words shown on the weapon in the end of the trailer when the real monkey king shows up.Since it's an ancient artifact to stabilize the ocean, it enrages LongWang and many other gods that it was taken away by the monkey. By the way, no matter what size the weapon is, whether it's hidden in the ear or it is the size of a normal weapon, its weight remains still to the weight of the giant sacred ocean pillar.
Yea i didnt expect the features where Sun put a weapons in his ear , also what about the crown or something that he used to wear on his forehead that it can become tighter or looser , ive forgot some of the fictional things i read GOH etc
@@chococranel the crown used as punishment tool by his monk teacher
thank you for this explanation!
@@chococranel is called 紧箍圈JinGuQuan “a ring that tightens", it's only there for his master SanZang to make him behave, he didn't wear it before the journey to the west, and after they completed the journey, the ring hass been take off.
@@chococranel 我是中国人我知道
Me 13 minutes ago - Did not know this game existed
Now - My most anticipated upcoming game
You have to be joking
jk12324 you forgot 2 seconds 😂
sad pug why? It looks fantastic
Why ? The game looks great
same with me :)
Whoever is that guy palying behind the controller... He makes every fight look cinematic
the developer. They said on Chinese social media that the main purpose for these video they just released is to recruit more competent game developers. They have around 30 at the moment. They had only 13 last year. Normally a game with this quality requires 80-100.
thats the reason why his hired for this job a pro gamer
He actually knows how to play the game unlike many other demonstrators
@@lukehuang4225 As i know, they just develop this game for 2 years with 28 guys.
@@thomaslynch5189 When responding to extensive amount of queries on Zhihu (Chinese Quora) the managing developer Ji Feng indicated that the "studio still has a dire shortage of personnels. A game with this much content requires a team of 80-100 people, and they only have less than 30. This number used to be a mere 13 in 2019". Said himself.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the iconic music at the end? Ahh my childhood is all in the last few seconds of this video
你挑着担～我牵着马～
如意棒出来的时候太帅了
如意棒出来的时候太帅了
Jesus Christ this already looks like a masterpiece!
“People just aren’t interested in single player linear games” - Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO
as the main story line writer born in 600 years ago.its already a masterpiece lol
jesus christ will be last boss in this game trust me
You mean it looks like a masterpiece by now, it will be downgraded, i'm more than sure
Hey brother I watch all of your videos
People that know Wukong knows how true to character they have done for this game with all the abilities shown. I grew up watching wukong way before dragon ball and he was one of my favorite “hero”. Can’t wait.
they nerfed wukong lol
@@mildxdgoddo7799 maybe u have to unlock his abilities as u progress further in the game
Grew up watching what? Isn't Wukong one of those characters adapted in many different mediums. What did you watch exactly?
Nerd
@@samadprimo4117 im also wondering
He looks absolutely ruthless when he's slowly walking up to the wolf demon to deliver the killing blow...
The art direction here is excellent
Four years later, finally released and is an absolute masterpiece.
Just in case you guys don’t know, he shrink his weapon and put it in his ear just like in the story, perfect for video game explanation of “where did that even come from?”
So perfect. Great for video games. Lore appropriate.
Hey this has nothing to do with ur comment but uhhh very nice display picture chief
he doesn't put his weapon in his ear. The weapon summons when he plucks out his hair
@@VeNoM-wc1fs Sorry, he does, the weapon can go from tiny needle or body hair size to world tree size.
VeNoM yeah he uses his hair to summon clones
The music at the end makes me goosebumps and nostalgic ( Journey to the West 1986 opening theme).
I am a Vietnamese and I've grown up with this song for years, you can say this song is apart of my childhood.
I know right? I was freaking out over that too, as a fellow Vietnamese.
Same here, brother
Vietnamese here
Didn’t realize 西游记 was popular in Vietnam. Every Chinese knows this song.
@@jerrywu5797 it is more popular than you think, the story is famous in alot of asian countries around china.
Remember dragon ball from japan?
Journey to the west inspired that.
It is pretty clear when japan got influenced, other asian countries get influence by journey to the west too.
Holy crap. This came out of nowhere and said "I am now the most important thing to you"
I predicted all the games I wanted for next gen then this appears it's so full of life i hope the final product looks like this.
Lol did u even understand anything in the vid ?
Cause I sure as hell didn’t
This is from Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記), a Chinese fiction novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. Arthur Waley's popular abridged translation, Monkey, is well known in English-speaking countries.
Actually, many Chinese grew up with this novel and TV series and animations from it.
Now this is how you introduce a game! This looks beautiful and amazing!
Wow, immersive, griping; the way they made the gameplay fascinated me because it is so innovative that you can obtain other characters' abilities after defeating them, COUNTING DAYS TO PLAY THIS MASTERPIECE ---- THIS IS NOT ONLY A GAME...THIS IS PURE ART
thanks2 our hope is on crysis 4 and gta 6
Developers, if u can see this, we are looking forward for this game.
I'll help you to deliver this message to them.
I think this might be the official on the RUclips @Black Myth
I’m chinese
@@Anedime y
Bhai kya pc k liye hai?
Wow. Clicked on this with zero expectations and... just wow.
True words
Yea me too
Word!
thanks2
The boss: has no second phase
Monkey King: Aight, Imma do it for you
12:20 When you realise your PC cant handle it
xDDDDDD
😂😂
Potato pc 😂😂😂
lmao
lol
OMG didn’t expect the ending music. Almost brought tears to my eyes in the middle of my lunch!
IKR, the show remains the best even after almost 40 years
Please elaborate
same here, almost cried
@@hattorihaso2579 The ending music is part of the opening title music of the TV show "Journey to the West“, debuted in 1986. This version of TV adaptation is widely considered as the best adaptation to the book that has ever been done (at least it is the case in China). The show has been a audience-favorite since the day it first aired, so yeah, the music is as iconic as you can imagine.
Lol same.
For people who confuse about the ending where there is another Wukong: in the novel, Wukong has to face a very, very strong opponent that even him cannot take down, and he has to ask for help from the Gods of the Heaven, and later the Great Buddha. The opponent is Six Ear Macaque, the enemy who is even stronger than Wukong at the time, and looks exactly like him, so similar that his master Tang Seng and brothers cannot differentiate. In the novel, Wukong gets help from many Gods from Heaven to take down this opponent, making the Six Ear Macaque one of the strongest, if not the strongest, enemy that Wukong has ever fought.
There is also another myth that during their last fight, the Six Ear Macaque kills Wukong, and replaces him in the team to continue the Journey to the West. That also explains why after the fight, Wukong has changed his personality to be better, more obedient to his master, and also stronger!
Fun fact: Goku in the Dragon Ball is based on Son Wu Kong. The full name of Goku is Son Goku.
Sorry for my English.
Well I believe this story happens after the actual journey to the west, as the real Wukong stopped the hero here using his own club. And this makes the storyline very interesting: who is the hero? And what did Wukong do during this plot? Game Science will answer at the right time, I think.
Nicely said.. I am interested how the story going
Interesting, but I want the real WUKONG to beat this imposter
In other words Monkey Magic
I just know Wukong as gambling machine only
After being in so many games like Dota, LoL and several other games. This guy deserved a game of his own.
Haha warframe, afk arena too
Smite
Enslaved?
He had a couple games about him
this guy is the only true hero in chinese people's mind
Can we just talk about the slow walking animation where the player and the boss admired each other before attacking again
9:36 perfection
Ya that scene is indeed more like a movie than a video game.
In our culture,its called “踱步”or“太师步”（duobu or taishibu），the slow walking react everything is under control. confidence and honor make he wait his enemy attack.
There is an idiom called 闲庭信步 (strolling in idle courtyard）in China
that's about it
"Mindblown" doesn't even begin to describe what I'm feeling after watching this.
Wow.... Crazy right like WoW... Wow wowwww
Creature design is incredible
I respect when games let Gameplay speak for itself
True
Yeap
Sony days are numbered as visual masters, 3td party catching up
Amen
@BBBBBBBBBBBefw hhhh
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of 72 changes, which can be changed into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to fix the enemy. His mount is cloud, which is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the West. It is the childhood memories of several generations of Chinese. So we all cried when we heard this music.
nonono,Tang dynasty is right.
The story is based on xuanzang, the Tang dynasty monk, who traveled to Tianzhu (ancient India) for buddhist scriptures
@@ashtonmathew1721 The story in the book happens in Tang Dynasty, but the book was written by the author lived in Ming Dynasty called Wu Chengen.
Sounds like Goku is a bit influenced from the Monkey King.
j p it’s where Toriyama took the inspiration from, Goku the name, Nimbus, staff and lots more, although after DBZ the Journey to the West elements basically faded out.
Thank you for the explanation.
Just coming back here after the final trailer. Time flies yet it feels like forever ago but I’m glad this game is finally coming out soon 👍🏼 the reminiscence goes hard on this trailer.
Man, Chinese and Japanese mythology is just so rich and interesting that I am surprised that it is not explored more often by big game development studios... It's a freaking treasure trove of great content...
For American and European development studios only greek and nordic mythology exists...
Wait until African mythology starts coming out, the world has so much to offer in storytelling but it has been dominated by a euro centric view for a while.
There's probably lots of games with an emphasis and accurate representation on Chinese culture and mythology but they either:
A. Will never be released outside of China.
B. Become delisted or removed from (digital) retailers like that Devotion video game.
C. They don't get public appeal.
As for Japan, there are tons anime and manga being inspired, referenced or represented by Japanese folklore and mythology. You're probably just not aware of the references, themselves.
Have you played Ghost of Tsushima?
@@bogueji1 I would LOVE alAfrican mythology! Heck freaking yes! That and Indian. Both can be used so creatively.
Wow, a gameplay trailer that includes actual gameplay. That's refreshing.
I wouldn't be so sure, No Man's Sky and Aliens colonial marines showed us a "trailer gameplay" that later resulted to be just cgi, and both games delivered something different. So i'm not even hyped.
Also remember anthem?
This isn't a trailer, it's actual gameplay.
@@jacobmorta3047 And also remember that that was a couple of companies known to be shady?
I mean it's literally gameplay
it's actually pretty awesome how "accurate" the character is to the folklore. His transformation ability actually allows him transform into a defeated enemy.
He can actually transform into a fallen enemy in the folklore?
@@mrbrandtastic5473 well in the lore, it's called the "72 transformations" but he can literally transform into anything ranging from animals to objects.
@@kevinlin1992 nice.
He also acquires the combat skills of the fallen enemy?
This game makes me wish we had a video game based on Indian mythologies. (Especially Hanuman). Hanuman & Sun Wukong are VERY similar.
Its interesting seeing the hud changes from the final product. Its nice to see a game not get downgraded over the years of development
better
The music... Those freaking music. I haven't head any Chinese game with this quality music in a long long while.
You should play Gujian 3 then.
GuJian3 is an awesome game!
Jade Empire r3minds me of
Is this Japanese or Chinese
Maithresh chinese game mate
I have no idea what this is. I don't know why it showed up on my recommended. I've never heard of this studio before in my life. But this just became my most anticipated game.
This is just a chinese indie studio adapting the 16th century chinese novel "Journey to the West" into a video game with a little bit of dark souls style of gameplay
Cyberpunk's a joke to you?
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 remove "just" and there you go
@@IAMthatIAM992 You need to leave the house and realize that there are other video games besides cyberpunk 2077. Besides your hype will kill the game if it actually flops, best to reserve zero expectation for any video game
M Giebus Cyberpunk is right around the corner. the anticipation for that game is dying down cuz it’s almost here
Appears out of nowhere,
Giving chills everywhere...
@noponwisdom t no. I mean no. Stop it
It already looked great but UE5 took it to another level
Was this on unreal engine 4?!
@@NightOwl17222 Yes, now they've upgraded to UE5
@@raymalik5171 Holy Bro. To be honest, unreal engine 4 was amazing
Many people who don't know Chinese characters may be confused at the other Wukong with armor appeared at the end of this Trailer (10:45). The characters on his weapon is "如意金箍棒", indicating that he is the real monkey king who went to the dragon palace deep in the ocean and took the weapon out. This game must have some story to tell between our main character and the other Wukong.
This part of story have never appeared on the book "journey to the west", I am really looking forward how the company Gamescience will tell the story.
the one we control should be the monkey with 6 ears which he was born in the same stone with wukong ?
That's what I was thinking I don't know Chinese but ever since I learned about Wu Kong I read up on him so much that i recognize the characters without knowing Chinese. When I saw him pull his staff out from his ear I was so impressed bc usually when not fighting that's what he would do he would shrink his staff down to the side of a needle and hide it in his ear. But then I saw the characters on the other staff and was like. Hol up....I'm so excited I just hope they don't take 4 years to give us this game.
jiawei so the one who interrupted is the intelligent Stone Monkey, like the one we’re first introduced to. And the one we were following for the first half of the trailer is the 6 Eared Macaque that he fights in the story?
The monkey we play could be just a clone or no?
what i heard is this story is not from Journey to the west, but a online story called 悟空传， written by 今何在. It's a dark version of Journey to the west. totally different.
The boss fight is in 黑风山 Black Wind Mountain, Guanyin temple originally in the novel chapter 16. Where the Wolf 灵虚子 is a friend of the "Head" of Black Wind Mountain, which the Head boss of black wind mount is a black grizzly 黑熊怪. The boss in the video, the wolf went there to celebrate Black Grizzly‘s birthday. 灵虚子 also brought 2 "Golden Revitalizers" as a gift, but he got killed by Wukong - the monkey king midway.
Wukong- the monkey king can shape-shift into 72 different creatures, that's why you see him throughout the video as a golden cicada. He was born from a rock, a rock has been getting all the earthen sun and moon essence, that is why he could change to a larger monkey and smash the ground. And also the way he "parrys" the attacks is one of his other abilities, called 铜头铁臂 direct translation is the Copper head and iron arm which makes him durable to physical attacks. The move he freezes others is called 定身术 - Immobilization or paralyzation.
His fur(S)/hair can make clones of himself and other things.
I guess one of this game's system is to be able to get the defeated mini-bosses' weapon as artifacts and use them against the bosses, that is why he transforms into the wolf using the flame spear.
When he was trying to finish off 灵虚子, he got blocked by another version of himself? I assume the play through character represents the dark side of the monkey king? These are just my guesses.
His Weapon is a stick/staff called 如意金箍棒 - the Monkey King Bar. Which can elongation, shorten, largen, and shrink. That's why you see him puts/pull it to/from his ear. In the end, the cloud he was riding is called 筋斗云. He can also travel 180K kilometers with one single somersault. Also at the very end, that is him 大闹天宫 - battles in heaven. Chapter 4-6 in the novel.
All the bosses in the ending quick flash are all present some gods or demons.
Please like this comment if you find this helpful! You can leave questions for me so I can answer more questions for you guys who want to know.
Will he fights the Jade Emperor?
Edit: From the lore perspective ofc.
Aniq Amsyar Azwan the Jade Emperor never actually fight in the original novel and we don't know if he is actually strong or not. Theoretically, he has pratice Taoist for thousands of lives, so he should be strong. But since Tripitaka (Wukong's second master, whom Wukong have to protect on the journey) also praticed Buddhist for 10 lives and became a Buddha at the end without gaining any super power, we can assume that the Jade Emperor is not strong in combat. If he is, he shouldn't have to ask the Buddha for help in order to defeat Wukong.
Amazing comment dude, you explained a lot of the things I was curious about in the video. Major props.
helpful comment!!!
Kenny Dawson np man
There’s tons of Greek Mythological blockbuster games, as well as the Rome, Egypt, Norse, and Japanese.
Finally, there will be a Chinese Mythological blockbuster game. I’m so excited as Wukong is the most well known Chinese Mythological character, and heard about all of his stories his tv series, cartoons, movies and even anime since I was a kid.
Also, I’m glad that the dev takes the other way of telling the stories instead of the traditional Journey to the West story.
Nino Chew i think its indie not blockbuster
It's indie
Bayek
A : The Avengers is a blockbuster movie.
B : it’s action movie.
C : it’s science fiction.
D : it’s fantasy.
🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Africa could use some more too, still waiting for games about Sundieta Keita, Shaka Zulu, Mansa Munsa etc.
I'm not sure but is this like forbidden kingdom?I see scenes from that movie in here.
New update from China. In China there is a Chinese post of new gameplay footage circulating around social media. The game is still in progress and they seem to be fine, they believe to finish in around between a year or two
Can you post the new gameplay footage in RUclips
So cool!
the initial release date is in 2023 :)
2024
For those who weren't familiar with the story behind Monkey King, according to the novel, this is the summary of his skillset:
1. 72 types of transformation (animals, objects, shapeshifting etc.)
2. Creates clones by blowing his hairlines
3. Creates somersault clouds to fly around
4. Learned the golden flaming eye that can see through any shapeshifting creatures
5. Equips with the strongest weapon from the deep ocean, "The Golden Cudgel"
6. Being invincible to any physical damages.
I saw the film bro
Yeah each of his hairs can be a clone
@@oreoex-rwbyhater599 even his pubes?
They make the series popular around the Asia. Everyone in my country know this story
You forget that he can go super saiyen
Explained: This trailer is not even asking you to buy the game, but to join their dev team since they lack manpower
But I'll buy it, no doubt. Just release it and I'll give them my money
Charles Zhao just shut up and take my money
I hope they're not looking for anyone from the US. They'll completely ruin it.
@@SEMARPE Ghost of Tsushima gives me hope on it, but obviously anything can go wrong
@@SEMARPE stop the anti US BS...a US studio just made one of the best samurai games in ages ..and that's coming from Japanese ppl.
Not gonna lie, this game looks amazing. I don't know a lot about Chinese Mythology, but I want to play this game
Don't know much either but I'm sure we'll learn some while playing
Bueno, todos conocemos a Goku, que está basado en la leyenda del rey mono, la nube, el bastón, la cola y la transformación...
Think of him as loki but better and more tricky and not bad haha his full name is sun wukong amazing character to learn 👌🔥
Sun Wu Kong and his 72 transformations. He's beyond badass.
If you were Chinese, you would know how excited we are.
The theme in the end... This isn't just a masterpiece... it's a love-letter.
This is how a game trailer should be done.
Fr hate when they say gameplay trailer show 5 secs of gameplay. And just show nice edits and transitions of cutscenes. pisses me tf off
Absolutely. awesome trailer
Microsoft should learn how to do a gameplay trailer
@@ivankulola5847 when a small indie studio does better next gen graphics compared to a massive studio its so embarrassing
This game went from being under the radar to one of my most anticipated games. Wow.
Sort of like cyberpunk
@@Darkz92 not really,cyberpunk as soon as word got out that it was being made by projeckt CD red became instantly anticipated,it took for them to show the gameplay of this game for everybody to get excited
@@Darkz92 naw don't put this game in the same convo as cyberpunk, this game looks like it has promise but cyberpunk is gonna be like the last game we will ever need that's the difference in expectations
This footage is a scripted bald faced lie. Remember: made in China
@@china-v7d 文明点，兄弟，用汉语骂人不太好吧
Me: I’m way to skeptical to get on the hype train for any game.
Watches this video: Choo choo!
Choo choo!!
Chow chow!!
Too*
“All aboard” choo choo
🚂🚂🚂
This is by far the most beautiful game I’ve ever seen.. and I’m 50!
Not sure if you have read about this novel (the game is based on a chinese fantasy novel from almost 500 years ago), and the 80s tv show based on the novel is amazing too. The Chinese music and art is too beautiful. Now it's 2024, game will be out in Aug.
thank you2
Happy that such games are being developed these days.
Happy to see this game.But hard to believe a Chinese Indie studio can do that.
Well, they must be improved so hard, but i really appreciated what theyve done in this game, salute to the graphics and gameplays 👏👏
@@razzibcreative6380 well they have a huge arsenal of tools and support from engines such as Unity and Unreal (im just guessing this is made in unreal just from the look and feel, not that the same cannot be achieved in unity, but i could be dead wrong) indie teams are so lucky to have such great things at their disposal at such cheap prices, but yeh animators and design teams must be really skillful too!
@@jameszhang6416 I think it's just a beginning,Chinese are really working hard on games movies stuff these days,there will be more amazing products in the future I believe.The world is beautiful because of diversity after all😊
@@jameszhang6416 it's just be wise indie games now can have a AAA coat of paint
I love that details where he just put the weapon he found back in his hair, cause in the legend it says that he could pluck his hair and make it a weapon which seems accurate and a nice touch in this game
Not his hair actually, is hide in his ear. This is exactly how monkey king keep his stick
Wu kong keeps his staff in his ear. He pulls his hair to replicate himself.
no. he put his weapon in his ear
His weapon can become small like toothpicks so he put it in his ear, not his hair tho, it look like he take it out from his hair but it actually from his ear.
Turning into a fly is also a capability he uses in the novel
For every kid who watched Journey to the West in the 80s...you got CHILLS at the end of the video like I did!
You were absolutely right, that soundtrack at the end...I literally felt chills WTF.
I'm not being a dock but there is an 80s version of the modern journey to the west?
Growing up as a chinese kid, this game is like a dream!
Probably many western people won't understand some moments of the gameplay (wukong's headache, the white dragon-horse, tang seng, etc.),
but damn I am impressed by how accurate it looks.
Yan Sterckx As a Korean who grew up reading Xiyouji, I am sooo excited too!
But one thing confuses me. Why are there two Wukongs in the end?
@@SolvayConference probably another version to the story... a reincarnation of wukong
That moment that "如意金箍棒" being embossed, seriously made me chill my spine out!
俗称“大棒”
Do you know how that phrase translates?
The Jade Emperor: “I’m certain he won’t be a hyper murder monkey.”
He was indeed a hyper murder monkey.
Hyper Murder Monkey with magic stick*
looks like boss from sekiro
@@1987mastermind because that boss was based on the protagonist of this game...
Y’all might not relate to this but as someone who grew up in China, seeing the “如意金箍棒” inscription on that staff lighting up is like seeing Vader igniting his light saber in that Rogue One ending scene, it legit gives me goosebumps.
Coronavirus also give me goosebumps
What does it say?
@@schmittza It is the name of the legendary staff that Sun Wukong wields
I can relate completely!
@@vitadude5004 hate the government not the people
This is the most next gen, next gen game I’ve seen. And it’s from an indie studio.
Cyberpunk looks pretty next gen but yeah
Tbh a lot of indie games nowadays can look like AAA titles. Recently Mortal Shell released and it looks pretty gorgeous for a AAA game. I'm gonna guess the game will be shorter than your average AAA game, but that does not necessarily mean it'll be bad.
Oreo *Ex-RWBY Hater* Okay yes I forgot about Cyberpunk. You can’t blame me considering it’s been in development since 1066.
better than a 500 million budget game like halo infinite
Eric Golden settle petal.
Who's here after finishing this absolute legend of a game??? 🐒🐒🐒
Some explanation of the background of this game:
The game is based on a book called "The Journey to the West", which is published in the Ming dynasty (16th century). It is one of the four great classics of China, almost every Chinese people know the basic story and the abilities of Wu Kong even some of them have never read the original book or watch the old TV series (for example me)
It's really hard to translate the meaning of some words they said to English, for example, the name "Wu Kong"(the name of the monkey) came from an ancient Chinese poem and it has some Taoist connotations. Even in some places, when the translation is accurate, it is still difficult for foreign audiences to experience the artistic conception, because of our different cultural backgrounds. And the whole story is closely linked to myths and legends and Buddhism.
When the five golden words "如意金箍棒" appear on the stick of "the other Wu Kong" who is in armor, all the Chinese audience got insane and I've got goosebumps, and I found I can't explain that feeling. (It feels likes the feeling when I see Bucky and all the other characters suddenly came back in Advanger: End Game when they fought Thanos!)
The music at the end of the trailer also gave many Chinese people goosebumps because it is toooooo classic. This is the childhood of many people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
thanks for the insight. i actually remember watching the TV shows. for some reason it aired in my country too lol
what does that 5 golden words mean?
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@@akumanokage6183 The five words can be translate as “As-Your-Will Golden-Banded Cudgel” or “The Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod”, it was originally the Divine Pillar that work as a stabilizer of the Four Seas and later become the magical weapon of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
@@cktan5369 the beauty/handsome-monkey-King
Finally. A game about Wukong himself. Legendary.
@First name last name You mean Journey to the west? Wukong is certainly the main character.
@@xuchen4012 yup definetly
wait at the end of the gameplay was that the future wukong cos that staff was the one he got from the dragon king right?
@@drgru2633 It was.
As a kid growing up watching Journey to the West, I need this in my life!
Only on PS5
@@lalotz Only on PS5? I was hoping for PS4 as well.
So do I, I watched 1986 TV series. It was awesome.
@@lalotz He knows every magic trick under the sun!
Exactly 4 years ago this game was teased... and yesterday it finally came out. So worth the wait.
It certainly was, downside though, most that highlight reel "trailer" at the end wasn't in the final product. Would've loved that Dynasty Warriors horde fights in the clouds
The music at the end give me goosebumps. Journey to the west was a special part of my childhood. As a kid, I can't watch it often but every time I am lucky enough to catch a episode on tivi, it was magical. And it nice to see eastern myth get make to video game for once. Don't get me wrong, all cultural have fascinating story to tell but western lore starting to get stall for me. If developer worry about marketability just do China and India first. These 2 cultural are all so famous nowaday and they have more than enough material to make hundred of games.
Truer words have never been spoken
No game will come out based on pure indian region culture
Tây du kí ông êy
Have you seen Netflix's journey to the west called the new tales of monkey?
Its cheesy and aimed toward kids but its fun
@@dermicool2011 that'd be cool tho
I don’t know why, but something about that scene with the real monkey king showing up is incredibly badass.
i think the monkey king we play, is the clone that will merge with the real one once the clone completes its task
Actually, that's a fake one. It's even in the myth.
''What if goku wouldnt hurt his head,,
Actually this game is about jin mori
@@godsoffice5714 I know this story. It's call "real fake monkey king"
AAA Game publishers: no one can match our quality.
Chinese indie developers: I hope you guys have your resumes' updated...
"Hooman rights? What are those?"
@@charlie1234500 nor heard immunity
INDIE DEVS: Hold my fur animatiom
Keep bragging when your specs cannot handle it
@@DisconnectHack this man spitting fire
Just finished the first chapter. People, it is worth the wait.
1 minute: i'll remain skeptical
10 minutes: Time to pre order.
Nah
You people and pre-ordering based on so little...
预定时间24/8/20
I love how they have sooo many of Wukong's powers included in the game, straight out from the book. The monkey clone army from his hair, the cloud stepping shoes, golden armor, his transformations, it makes me happy they are really incorporating the myth.
Chinese people respect and I mean really respect their ancestors, if they have the capability they would do it before.
Oh snap that is right I completely forgot about that ,the cloning with his hair 🙊
And also I hope he calls his cloud with is two fingers
@@Neogenesisdiablo Because we think Chinese traditional culture is great, there are countless wonderful cool stories, we just want to share it with the world.
Can you tell me the books' name please?
I don't know why, but I've been feeling quite giddy since I saw this trailer.
My happiness is immeasurable and my day is saved.
Same here buddy. Same here.
You will be more excited if you have seen 《Journey to the West》 in many places in the movie，
Like putting a weapon in the ear, etc.
@@imcrazy4152 I've seen "Journey to the West" and intend to read the whole thing aswell.
That's most likely why my exitement level is almost infinite.
Can't wait, growing up watching all the Journey to the West show in China. This is epic!
中国人不管是电视剧还是书籍，西游记都看的10遍以上，每个情节都清清楚楚
Fun Fact: The novel journey to the west which is what this game and goku is based on, is written in the 16th century, 500 years ago!
Just like him under the mountain.
yes！
Leonard Winchester So wukong literally break out in a new form, digital one.
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of 72 changes, which can be changed into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to fix the enemy. His mount is cloud, which is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the West. It is the childhood memories of several generations of Chinese. So we all cried when we heard this music.
@@bolant5183 don't forget about the white dragon horse that followed them throughout the journey
As a Chinese person who grew up reading about his *Journey to the West,* I am super impressed that got him down accurately and, as a result, I am super hyped for this!
dude the song at the end. feels for days
They even got the way he store his weapon in his ear
yes u are coronaman
Agus tri Maulidyanto u family dead from conrona right
oh jesus look like we got some talking shits
The fact that they actually nailed down a relatively small detail from the myths, such as the fact that he takes his staff from behind his ear. Really gets my hopes up
Edit: I believe those four giant figures on that red landscape are the Four Heavenly Kings which Wukong defeated in the book!
Actually the staff is in his ear not behind just saying but u right this is the best and most accurate wukong iv seen in any game
Man of culture I see! made me happy to see it too :)
I'm guessing you've read the myths, any other small details you can share that made it in this?
@@Christhewiztv the protagonist it's most likely the 6 eared macaque and not wukong itself... Tho we see him at the end
@@Christhewiztv the armor he's wearing, he has the gourd on him, the way he summons the clones from his hair, the staff growing.
11:45 The four giants are the 四大金剛 or Caturmaharajika !
Those who are familliar with East Asian mythology should know them. Badass design !
The Four Heavenly Kings 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Actual it's CHATURMAHARAJIKA taken from Sanskrit (oldest language in the world) meaning the four Kings 🙂
Shitenno
When that OG Journey to the West theme song kicked in... screamed like I was an 8 year old again!
Oh man, you know the song!
Ikr
every Asian kid wanted to be Sun Wukong when they were 8 years old
@History of Sepak Takraw (HoST) 12:40 this is the remake of the "Journey to the West" tv series theme song. Its the childhood of every kid in my country
@History of Sepak Takraw (HoST) at the very end when the title and website of the game popped up, very short, but you can tell its a classic.
Really hoping this game be finished with high quality!!!!
*_"Henge Souls"_* looks awesome!
"Apes Together Strong"
Wukong: *Apes Together Dead.*
lol
You may not know this, but the monkey king has an army back home
Caesar : NO!!!!
😆😆😆😆
@@mastersonogashira1796 I know that but he still took the Dragon Emperor's army solo- I think it was overconfidence and pride (not sure)
Can't believe this first world-wide gameplay reveal released back in the middle of 2020. Gamescom 2023 just happened, and Game science (Studio behind Black Myth) gave us another look at what's to come hopefully next year! This game has potential to be amongst top 3 best souls like game. Great job Game science!
The moment he transformed into that big beast, I started saving money
Same, I’ll play Ghost of Tsushima then I’ll play this
Stared ?????
Facts
Slay3r GaMing exactly
ZmTopReasons he meant started
I was skeptical at the start, in the end I was blown away. Props to the developers, they are getting my money that's for sure.
True..i was expecting some cheap rpg and stuff...but this right here blew my mind. I really hope everything goes well for the devs..and we actually get to play it some day.
For those who don't know, the famous character Goku from Dragon ball is based on Wukong. Akira Toriyama was a big fan of this ancient Chinese tale. I didn't know until my wife (who is Chinese) told me. This game looks so freaking awesome to be honest.
Definitely right. Son Goku is the literal Japanese translation of Sun Wukong :D
@@TheSleezyBishop and the literal Korean translation of Son Heung-Min
Christian Utama xD oh man
Goku / Wukong the ultimate warrior
Christian Utama lol
It is released exactly the same as this demo. Incredible.
This should be the ONLY way to introduce a game... OMG!!!!
But I skipped the whole introduction to 2:35 😂
Facts
Love WuKong, hopefully we get a Teemo fps and Fizz platformer too
Reckon is a PS5 title?
@@axlumar588 me to I skip the introduction hahaha
Black myth: wuko-
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
YOU SPELT MONKEY WRONG LOL
You mean monkey...
Take my monkey*
Old dude: This story starts with a golden cicada.
90% of the reactors on youtube: Is tHat A bEE?
Golden Cicada in Sinophere Culture means "金蝉子" (Vietnamese: "Kim Thiền Tử"), one of first ten Budha's student. He Dead 9 time, reborn and became TangShen (Vietnamese: "Đường Tăng").
lmao
I swear most reactors are hollow up top.
Because they're too busy talking and "creating content" to bother to listen.
wow you're sooo smart
THE ICONIC SONG AT THE END! THE REFERANCES- THE GRAPHICS!! I’M SO EXCITED!!
What’s the song called?
@@ljevans3156journey to the west 1986 theme
For those who don't know, Dragonball is inspired by Journey to the West.
Super Man also inspired DBZ well mainly Goku's origin story.
Son goku = Monkey king
@@ThatDudeJCrash Not initially, only when Toriyama's Director changed and demand him to change some aspects of the story to put some western superhero stuff, Goku was never an alien in Toriyama's original idea.
@@TomAndersonn = Sun Wukong
Son Goku is Monkey King+Superman
Finally, we got The Monkey King game 😅
Enslaved
Sean knows.
Brian Kimboll the screen where it said “this is from pre-alpha” reminded me of RE4, the very first mission. Think these visuals for re4 remake 😭
Is there anyone who knows the comic?
@@thedarkfloyd7517 what comic? Journey to the west has been adapted many many times since the 16th century. For all we know you mean dragon ball 😂
When RUclips identifies this game as “Tomb Raider”
yup thats youtube in 2020
Lmfao
Me too I saw that 🤔
Journey To the West-is a Chinese television series adapted from the classic 16 century novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on 1 October 1986. The series became an instant classic in China and is still praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel for being faithful to it. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season, which was released in 1999. CCTV released the entire series online on YoTube and in addition has an edited version (all episodes are 45 minutes long) withEnglish subtitles.
bgm is 《云宫迅音》
Journey to the West Opening Theme
（ Immortal Sound Above Cloud Palace）
The song appeared in the form of instrumental music, and the composer Xu Jing-qing boldly chose the orchestration: psychedelic bouncing electric sound, bass guitar; Guzheng(Chinese Zither), Pipa(Chinese lute), Chime; Western trumpet, violin and other orchestral instruments; exotic Africa Tambourine; an ethereal female voice.
The various styles of musical instruments and vocals are like mountains one after another, each doing its own thing, but in orderly layers, strong, elegant and soft.
In the end, all the people are united and finished with a harp, beautiful and solemn.
It is a superb, all-encompassing arrangement.
So much wish to play. This legend never gets old and the game looks like a masterpiece.
Wukong: Let's go to the west
The Road to the West: *I want every gun we have aimed at that man*
Literally everyone who knows who Wukong is: That's not gonna be enough.
@@Robert_Rankin More like "I want every nuke we have aimed at that monke."
@@swkmjlotr2367 *NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT*
@@Robert_Rankin exactly lol, he's pretty much bulletproof
@@colossaltitan3546
Fireproof and stab proof too
That ending music though, major nostalgia for anyone who watched the journey to the west show back in the day
Yes!!! OMG. I cried.
Same. On the edge of tears.
I'm from Cambodia and I have watched the classic Journey to the west (which made in 1989) so many times, and yes I love that soundtrack at the end so much.
Is this will release on console?
@@karonain9743 Yes，Game Science has obtained the copyright of this song
song：敢问路在何方
When a Indie game studio make better combat animations than EAs studios ..
It's called passion driven. Not profit driven
Ea is a joke, you can tell when a studio is passionate about the work they put out
thats gonna be 2.99 for a reload animation on battlecuck 6
EA is a damn joke, nothing but corporate greed
always EA huh
This could very easily be my next endeavor after years of darksouls, with a really cool twist for a change of pace... Definitely excited for this one.