@iggy_bunny Me, a Westerner who's been a Xiyouji fan since 2018 & watched PLENTY of Chinese/Japanese Adaptations & hyped for this Game's release since it was initially announced back in 2020: "Sobbing with Tears of Absolute Joy hearing this PERFECT Rendition of the Song"
For those who don't know what the animation is about, this is a flashback recap of Journey to the West in reverse. - 1:20 [Chapter 100]: After bringing the sutra back to the Land of the East (China), Sun Wukong, Sanzang, and the others pilgrims completed the Journey to the West and thus were granted Buddhahood by Tathagata Buddha. Wukong became the Victorious Fighting Buddha. - 1:38 [Chapter 99]: The pilgrims successfully received all the sutras from Tathagata Buddha from the Spirit Mountain (India) and brought them back to The Land of the East. However, during the trip, they were thrown off in the middle of the Heaven-Crossing River as their final trial, since they failed to make the promise with the Great White Turtle (back then in chapter 49) to ask the Buddha about his cultivations and future. When the pilgrims fell into the river, all the sutras were wet and some were torn, thus making them imperfect (as natural as heaven and earth). - 1:57 [Chapter 87]: The pilgrims saved the Phoenix-Immortal District from a heavy drought by completing 3 trials created by the Jade Emperor of the Celestial Heaven. - 2:06 [Chapter 78-79]: The pilgrims crossed the Kingdom of Bhiksu, where children were captured to create an elixir for a sickened king, as advised by the White Deer Spirit who disguised as an elderly Taoist (appeare in 2:12) as well as the king’s father-in-law. - 2:14 [Chapter 74-77]: The pilgrims passed Lion-Camel Ridge, where they encountered 3 Yaoguai kings, the White Elephant King, the Azure Lion King, and the Golden-winged Great Roc King. This was probably one of the hardest trials that Sun Wukong has ever faced, and the Tathagata Buddha had to directly help him. - 2:21 [Chapter 67]: The pilgrims crossed Tuolue Village and saved them from a giant Python Demon. - 2:39 [Chapter 62-63]: The pilgrims crossed The Sacrifice Kingdom, where the Nine-Headed Beast had stolen a Buddhist Sarira. Wukong, and Bajie had to fight the beast, and they even invited Erlang to support them in killing it. - 2:35 [Chapter 56-58]: Wukong confronted the Six-Eared Macaque, who disguised himself as the fake Wukong to steal his identity. Even all the celestial gods and Buddhas across three realms were unable to identify which one was the true Wukong, except the Tathagata Buddha. - 2:43 [Chapter 50-52]: Wukong and the pilgrims faced the Single-Horned Rhinoceros King, who was able to use a magical diamond armlet to steal all the weapons that Wukong, Bajie, Neiza, and the Celestial army had brought to fight him, even the very abstracted weapons like fire or water. Only the Supreme Exalted Laozi was able to subdue the Rhinoceros King, his personal riding green bull. It turned out the diamond armlet had been used to subdue Wukong when he fought with Erlang in chapter 6 (during the Havoc on Heaven). - 2:47 [Chapter 44-46]: The pilgrims crossed the Cart-Slow Kingdom, where they encountered three Taoist magicans, Tiger Power Great Immortal, Elk Power Great Immortal, and Antelope Power Great Immortal, who were also the royal advisors. These Taoist magicians challenged the pilgrims into a contest of summoning rains, chopping heads, cutting open abdomens, or even bathing in boiling oil. - 2:51[Chapter 40-42]: The pilgrims approached Mount Roaring, where they encountered Crimson Boy, the son of Bull Demon King. Facing the Fire of Samadhi, Wukong almost died from all the smoke, wind, and flames (mainly smoke; the probably only weakness Wukong ever had) if Bajie hadn't saved him with his Heavenly spell of healing. - 2:56 [Chapter 27-33]: The pilgrims faced White Bone Ghost-lady, who transformed into a young village girl, an old woman, and an elderly man to trick the pilgrims. Wukong successfully killed her after the third time, but Sanzang was tricked into believing that Wuking had murdered innocent people and thus banished him away. Later on, Sanzang was captured by Yellow-Robed Yaoguai in the Precious-Image Kingdom, and Bajie had to invite Wukong back to save him again. - 3:06 [Chapter 24-26] The pilgrims arrived at Five Village Abbey, Long Life Mountain, where The Great Immortal Zhenyuan (who is the patriarch of all Earth's Immortals in Taoist) presented Sanzang with some Ginseng Fruits, a baby-shaped fruit that granted immortality when consumed, far more precious than the Immortal Peach. Wukong stole some fruits for himself and other pilgrims, and later, he uprooted the Ginseng Fruit Tree when his crime had been discovered. He had to invite Guanyin Bodhisattva to revive the tree. - 3:14 [Chapter 22] Sanzang, Wukong, and Bajie reached the Flowing-Sand River, where they fought a sand demon, who turned out to be the final disciple, Sha Monk (officially Sha Awakening of Pureness). - 3:22 [Chapter 14] Sanzang had just begun his Journey to the West and arrived at Five Element Mountain, where he freed Wukong by lifting Tathagata Buddha's seal and recruited him as his first disciple. Later on, they subdued Zhu Bajie (officially Zhu Awakening of Ability or Zhu Eight Rules) in Chapter 19 as the second disciple. - 3:43 [Chapter 7] Tathagata Buddha challenged Wukong to escape his palm, but Wukong failed. He was then imprisoned and sealed by the Buddha's palm (as the Five Element Mountain) for his crime against heaven for 500 years. - 4:08 [Chapter 4 - 7] Sun Wukong the Great Sage challenged the Celestial Heaven and battled with Erlang, Neiza, the Four Heavenly Kings, and an army of 100.000 Celestial Soldiers in his second havoc toward the Heaven. He turned himself into a three-head, six-arm body to fight all the celestial generals at once. Notably, Wukong fought with Erlang for days, both in combat and magic. Both are equal, while Erlang proved himself to have the upper hand slightly. Erlang only subdued Wukong with the support of the Supreme Exalted Laozi and his magical diamond circle. - 4:28 [Chapter 3] Sun Wukong got drunk and havoced the Underworld, where he crossed his name and every monkey's name out of the Book of Living and Death, thus making his soul not be managed by anyone. - 4:40 [Chapter 3] After receiving the golden armor and the Jingu Bang, Sun Wukong (literally translated as Awakening of Emptiness) gathered other Yaoguai, including the Bull Demon King, to drink together and become the swon brothers. But the scene is actually in chapter 5, where Wukong proclaimed himself as the Great Sage who Equal to the Heaven and started his first havoc toward the Heaven.
Rather than translate WuKong as Awakening of the Emptiness, I think it should be understand as "the study and understanding of nothingness" - a concept root deep within Buddism. Basically means only when you have cleared everything surrounding you, you can see yourself for what it truly is. WuKong, Bajie and Sha Monk's Buddish name (you gain one when you are officially accepted as a buddish monk) are Wu Kong, Wu Neng and Wu Jing. Which is the progress one soul must gone through to reach Buddha state. Wu Kong is the finding of your true self. Wu Neng is to understand the limits of your being. Wu Jing is to make peace with all that realizations. Then and only then you can embark on the path of a Buddish monk.
The ending may confuse some western audiences, but during the ending of the game, you can see the Destined one getting some of WuKong’s memory back, while carrying all 5 relic pieces, the old monkey said there’s still the last piece of relic that’s missing which is his memories / mind that was lost. However, if you completed all the secrets in every single chapter, and have bested ErLang Shen 二郎神at the secret mountain of Mei etc, in the secret ending / true ending, you see the Destined one getting the final piece of lost memory back, which was the memory of his journey to the west in an anime style told from the ending of the story to the very beginning. Unlike the normal ending / bad ending, right before the crown was put on him, the Destined one is no more, he is now Sun WuKong, receiving the final piece of his memory back which was his lost mind / memory ( before the translation it makes a lot more sense in Chinese ) Holding all 6 relics and finally free of the control of the gods ( the crown was made by Buddha and put on by Guan Yin 观音菩萨 in order to control WuKong who was the lady / god at the end of chapter 1 anime ) Since no one can kill WuKong, and he can not remove the crown by himself, his desire for being free, fuck destiny and the gods in his fashion like he said during the anime talking to ErLang Shen 二郎神 he simply gambled, and killed himself in order to be free of the crown / gods control. And in the secret ending the Destined one which is one of WuKong’s clone all along ( judging by being a piece of WuKong’s fur everytime you die and respawn ) successed and now lives free and no longer be in control of the gods! Who looks exactly like him, fights like him and have all the relics and his memories. So WuKong wins at the end, he is the exact same WuKong but now no longer being controlled by the gods and without the crown! The celestial Symphony classic JTW theme song hits so hard during the ending anime! WuKong is many’s childhood hero, including me, glad to see the devs do him justice in a dark twisted new story, except he is missing a cape on his armour that says 齐天大圣, missing the epic scenes where he swings his mountain size staff and his real title, 花果山水帘洞美猴王齐天大圣孙悟空 / the handsome monkey king from the flower and fruit mountain, the Great sage equal of heaven!
@dylanchua5197 Zhu Bajie was actually implied to be pretty big in the original Novel, Sha Wujing was said to be 12ft tall, while Wukong was basically less than 4ft tall...
@dkducanh I didn't grow up with the 1986 Series, but as a Xiyouji (West-Journey-Record) Fan since 2018 (Thanks to OSP & 1961/1964's Da Nao Tian Gong), hearing that FANATASIC rendition of it's theme song still hit REALLY hard for me! It felt like the cherry on top to an already Amazing Tribute to the Original Novel...
@@leodelonix155 The two-dimensional hand-drawn, stop-motion figure animation and Chinese ink painting that appear at the end of the game chapter are actually very expensive, and the consensus of Chinese players is that the money to buy the game is actually used to watch the animation, and the game is almost free.😅
Is very expensive to animate these as they are hand drawn frame by frame, painted and aggressively review and revision, way too expensive for commercialized China nowadays, Wukong game developers probably paid massive funds just to get the 2d animation done in 4 years.
@@ihatecabbage7270 their total budget for the game was around 80 to 100 million $. They already got more than they spent in the 1st day of the game's launch. Though expensive, they knew people will be captivated asf (one of them is me), this shit was way too good to pass up.
I'd give it an 8.5. It's gameplay is nothing revolutionary, it's mostly nostalgiabait for those who love the mythos. For those uninitiated to Journey to the West; it's just confusing. People outside of East Asia will have a rough time.
@tevisyauwerissa4084 Uh, no. It's not. The story is heard of in the same way Heracles is heard of outside of the West. It's a popular tale that people know is associated with another culture. But know little of the details. Don't exagerrate its popularity outside of East Asia.
@@stephenjenkins7971 The combat is fun Idgaf about it being revolutionary, you think I give a shit? I'd take this combat and lies of p combat over any souls.
Đây là một bình luận bằng Tiếng Việt, mặc dù mình không chơi game và chỉ xem trên RUclips thôi, nhưng clip này lại mang lại cho mình nhiều hoài niệm và ký ức thời thơ ấu, đây là một số thông tin mà mình xem được từ clip trên ( chắc là còn thiếu rồi): 0:54 Lá cờ có 4 chữ “Tề Thiên Đại Thánh” đang bốc cháy, 4 từ này chúng ta quá quen thuộc rồi, đôi khi còn đọc là Tài Thiên nữa, nó có nghĩa là Vị Thánh Lớn Bằng với Trời. 1:23 Tôn Ngộ Không tháo vòng Kim Cô trở thành Đấu Chiến Thắng Phật, theo một ý nghĩa nào đó thì đây là chi tiết đánh dấu Ngộ Khỉ đã trưởng thành sau một quá trình rèn luyện gian khổ (không tính đến mấy cái thuyết âm mưu Hắc Tây Du nha) 1:38 Lần nữa đi qua Thông Thiên Hà, lần này là đã thỉnh kinh về rồi mà quên hỏi giúp con rùa tại sao nó tu hoài mà không thành chánh quả. Tại 4 thầy trò thất hứa nên nó giận quá làm 4 người rớt xuống nước, rồi ướt kinh phải đem đi phơi (trên phim TDK phần 2 có). 1:59 Khúc này đi qua nước gì đó mà bị hạn hán nè, Ngọc Hoàng bắt khi nào con gà ăn hết đống đột, cây đèn đốt chảy cọng dây xích với cái chìa khóa thì chỗ đó có mưa, cái này làm mình nhớ lại cảnh Trư bát giới ăn đống bột, hồi xưa xem cười quá trời. 2:06 Tì Khưu Quốc, con Lộc thành tinh giả thành quốc trượng, con hồ ly thì thành hoàng hậu, dẫn dụ ông vua nấu thuốc trường sinh, cần moi tim con nít, mấy cái lồng chứa trẻ con để trước nhà ấy. 2:14 Ngộ Không Vs Kim sí Đại bằng ( đại bàng cánh vàng), trên phim thì Ngộ không đánh không lại phải chạy lên xin Phật Tổ giúp, còn nghe nói nó nổ nó là cậu của Phật tổ. 2:23 đánh với con yêu quái rắn, trên phim TDK phần 2 có luôn mà trên phim thì màu đen. 2:31 Đánh với Cửu đầu trùng, khứa cắm sừng với đòi hạ độc bạch long mã á, trong tập này có 2 con cá chạch đen, con cá chạch trắng tên là Bôn Ba Nhi Bá với Bá Ba Nhi Bôn (nếu nhớ không lầm). Trên phim thì có Nhị Lang đánh con này nữa. 2:36 Tôn ngộ không ôm xác của lục nhĩ mi hầu đi ra khỏi cái kim bát (bát vàng) của Như Lai, màu mình xem lại mấy lần mới để ý thấy, thấy khúc này Ngộ Khỉ hơi buồn buồn. (mấy cha đừng có đặt thuyết hắc ám gì nha). 2:43 con Trâu Xanh (thanh ngưu) của Thái Thượng Lão Quân lấy hết đồ của Ngộ Khỉ + những người bạn bằng cái Kim Trạc (vòng bằng vàng), fact: hồi đầu phim dương tiễn đánh với ngộ không thì Lão Quân có đánh lén Ngộ không bằng cái vòng này. 2:47 Xa trì quốc, Lần đấu phép giữa ngộ không với 3 đạo sĩ (con hổ, con cừu với con nai - Hổ lực, lộc lực, dương lực đại tiên), gọi mưa, đoán vật với chặt đầu. Khúc chặt đầu, ngộ không biến thành chó tha cái đầu đi mất. 2:54 Không rõ, không biết phải lúc Bát giới cứu Ngộ không sau khi đánh với hoàng phong quái không 2:58 Thật giả Ngộ Không, Tam tạng đọc Khẩn Cô chú để phân biệt. Tôi cũng chịu ông thầy, không nhận ra đệ tử của mình. 3:07 Ngộ Không tức giận bật gốc Nhân Sâm quả của Trấn Nguyên Tử, quả này gặp đất liên chui vào, sao đó đất sẽ cứng như sắt thép. 3:15 Lưu Sa hà, Bát giới VS Sa tăng, khúc này nói là Ngộ Khỉ không đánh dưới nước tốt nên nhờ bát giới đánh thay. 3:22 Ngũ Chỉ sơn, quá nổi tiếng, quá kinh điển. 3:53 Ngộ không tiều vào ngón tay của Như Lai, còn tưởng đây là cây cột chống trời nên lấy viết viết lên chứng minh mình đã đi đến đây. Thật sự sau này khi lớn lên mình thấy chi tiết này ẩn dụ sâu sắc rất nhiều điều hay ho. 4:12 Ngộ Không đại náo Thiên cung. 4:31 Lúc này còn làm quan trên Thiên Đình, đi phá nhà của Dương Tiễn này
@@hunglam5349 kết là uống rượu trước binh khí của huynh đệ (chắc ý là chết hết rồi) rồi lên đường rút gậy như ý ra chắc chuẩn bị đi đánh thiên đình tiếp
Holly shit! the music for the ending is literally a direct homage to the 1986 TV series of Journey to the West, which me and many Vietnamese children grew up watching!
I couldn't bear to hold my tears with this ending. Me and my sister all night long playing as monkey king everytime we finished watched the tv series from vhs tape. whole family just laugh as we could recite all the words even we can't speak mandarin. grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts sit in circle watching us playing and chats. Back in 80s, we only have probably 2 tv channels, not as much entertainment like nowadays. the Journey to the west really nostalgic. Brought back all those memories.
bener, walaupun adaptasi kera sakti era mnctv bukan dari yang the og 1986 journey to the west, tapi tetep merinding pas maen ini. nostalgia at its fineet.
To many people in China, Wukong is our childhood superhero, just like Iron Man and Spider-Man. Wukong symbolizes the spirit of freedom and resist rooted in China culture.
You know who is worthy to be compared with Wukong? Goku because Journey To The West inspired Akira Toriyama to make Dragon Ball and Goku is Japanese version of Wukong.
Goddamned, the old classic theme song. I'm vietnamese, people of the western world have no idea how much this song mean to us vietnamese and chinese😭, our fking childhood😭😭😭
@@ProToken420I agree. It's quite ignorant to think that the 'western world' doesn't know about Jttw. I love the book and the adaptations. The nostalgia isn't ONLY for their side. It's for us too.
Mongolian national TV used to run the series during the 90s and as a kid growing up in the 90s, we also watched and loved it. The nostalgia hits hard. I'm not talking about Inner Mongolia by the way.
Go watch Sun Wukong and Black Lotus (I kind of forget the actual name, it has been so long) series. it is the sequel of "Journey to the west (1986)". That is super dope and you will see how insanely powerful Wukong is.
Most Journey to the west projects use the song, so definitely predictable but still appreciated. As a Sun WuKong fan, not really digging the whole disrespect towards him in the ending, I wish this true ending would have had English subtitles but don't think that it changes anything sadly. But I just think of this game as a myth definitely a black myth ⚫that is bs. But still enjoyable to play. Would have enjoyed a game based on Journey to the west story more but hundred chapters is impossible to be one game. So understandable that they didn't try it.
So our protag has received the original Sun Wukong memories and the transformation is now complete, he is now the new Monkey King, but what comes next? Are there any cliffhangers for a possible sequel or DLC left in the game?
Whenever I hear the voices singing, I can't help crying. It reminds me of my childhood. Sun Wukong is a symbol of resistance and freedom, when he was called the “Da Sheng”, he was so unrestrained, innocent and lovely, his life experience and we are the same, as the more deeply into the society, the more bound, as long as you grow up, you will be worn invisible "jingu". The reason why I love Wukong is because he can protect his good heart with strong strength. In this game, Wukong died, but his will has been inherited, although you are not as strong as him, but as long as you are also willing to maintain the original heart, then you are Wukong
Just started watching it on RUclips. Da Sheng was a menace in the peach garden Currently at the point where jinchanzi is leaving on his journey so I guess the prologue is done and the journey begins.
This is what games should be all about About passion, giving people a good story to remember their entire lifes and even pass it through their families, enjoy good gameplay, music and a good memory to last and be happy about, this is why i enjoy play games, not for a crappy cosmetic but for these moments that compels me to the bottom of my heart and make me feel like im just witnessing the result of many days of hard work, love and passion of many people that love what they do! Im not an asian but i feel so honoured to know more about their stories through this game, for me this is not a masterpiece, is a work of love which sometimes... Is even better than that
@@nghiaduong7888 yes they do, I visited North Korea back in 2011 and they did have TV in hotels. But at that time there was only 1 TV station so basically no need for a remoter, idk about now tho.
This is not just some random cartoon, it is a replay of some of the most classic tales of the Journey to the West, a replay of Sun Wukong's memories. Along with this music from the most classic tv potrayl of the Journey to the West, this is just gold.
This version is about wukong has recall his true memory which fight with erlang in the past.the god erlang was laughing on wukong because if he win or lose he stills have to wear jinggu gave by rulai god and wukong was angry and said i will took it off. Then, the movie review of the legend journey to the west. wukong experience eighty-one difficulties and finally became god called overcome battle god.but it's not true himself. at this time, when player experience all of the story in this game, wukong realize that he wouldn't accept this jingu, instead he will fight as the qitiandasheng (a god who ability as strong as sky, and this name was traditional Journey to the West wukong himself) to fight with the whole heaven god by himself. this is my personal conclusion, perhaps something wrong because my English is very poor.
from the up to date known endings, the real wukong was trying to get rid of the gold hoop (which was put on by Guan Yin Pu Sa （观音菩萨）, you can consider her as one of the mighty Buddha). The golden hoop is the way the God court and Buddha to limit and control wukong. The context of black wukong story defined that the golden hoop is still on wukong’s head even though he became the Buddha after the journey to the west. So wukong pretended to be defeated by ErLang Shen(the opponent in first scene) and break apart to six pieces, and the main character we played is one of the six pieces, 意（I’ll translate it into spirit), the main character has to fight against all the bosses to recover the wukong’s entire memory of the journey to the west. (If we didn’t fight Erlang Shen, we will miss this and have the first ending, putting on the hoop and reincarnation）And remembering all the past and merging with other five pieces and rebirth as the wukong. And the reborn wukong will reject putting the hoop on(second ending, wukong remembered everything and decide fight against and god court and Buddha) resist his life. Hope my understanding make sense to you. My understanding on the potential third endings: In second ending, wukong remembered everything and revisit his memory of the journey to the west, but at the end he found nobody is around him. I think the the third ending could be achieved if we don’t kill any demon boss, but only kill the God boss, and we meet Erlang Shen and remembered everything, then wukong will finally see his peers and they fight back to the God court together.
This is still not the final endings tho, not yet. If the theme of the game is aline with the prologue, then there is still more endings to it( just needs to fight and fight for that ultimate ending)
1:18 If you stop right here and turn the screen upside down, then you'll find this very important hint: *the true essence of the entire Celestial Court is a one hella masive yaoguai cave ..... hidden under the disguise of noble Gods and Saints* 🙊 Wukong fought so hard to reach the top, only to come to such dark full realization and joined the ranks... and eventually, with a deep sense of betrayal and guilt, Wukong decided to break free from the restrictions and attempt to reverse the the order of the whole system like how Neo did with the Matrix 👿 I think there more 'true endings' to come -- *the reincarnated new Wukong is starting a revolution!*
There's indeed more ending, and this one obviously not the true end (there're 4 ending in total, stated in the Achievement, but just only 2 have been found)
I often listened to this song when I was a child. Now that I'm grown, listening to it again always makes me sad and sometime cry, partly because of the hardships the characters face throughout their journey, but above all, because of the difficulties the entire film crew endured during the filming process.
To anyone who may be confused by the good ending, the cartoon flashback (it is actually not a flashback, but more like a connection between past life and current new life):
If you know wukong stories like me as a chinese, you will understand the good ending, the cartoon very easily. first of all, the book "journey to the west" is such a big story, it is considered one of the Four Greatest Classical Novels in chinese history, and the novel ends up with wukong being assigned as one of the buddha and the headband off.
English below - Đây là cái kết đẹp của wukong, sau khi tìm đủ lục căng, wukong đã thực sự hồi sinh vì người được chọn (khỉính) đã kết thừa ký ức của wukong. Ông nhận ra mình đã thất bại trong trận chiến với Nhị Lang Thần, nhưng khoản khắc cuối cùng khi Nhị Lang hỏi, ông đã trả lời "Mở mắt ra và hãy xem", cách duy nhất để tháo vòng kim cô là Wukong phải chết. Và ngay khi tái sinh ở một thân thể mới (kết game) ông mở mắt - Cho thấy việc khả năng sẽ từ chối đội vòng kim cô lần 2. Cảnh animation cũng cho thấy ông sẽ quay lại Hoa Quả Sơn, uống bát rượu tiễn biệt những người đồng đội xưa đã kề vai sát cánh nhưng đã chết hết. Khoảnh khắc cuối cùng ông quay lưng bước đi một hành trình báo thù ... Hoàn thành nốt những gì còn dang dở --- This is the beautiful ending of Wukong. In the animation, we see Wukong die after a battle, only to be revived at the end of the game. The opening line, "Open your eyes and see," shows Wukong refusing to put the golden crown on his head. The final moment shows Wukong returning to where his brothers were previously sacrificed, leaving behind only bloody weapons. He turns his back and begins his journey of revenge
It's a shame that many Westerners didn't enjoy the game simply because the characters belong to a culture they don't know. Still, there are many Westerners like me who were happy to get to know Chinese culture and its incredible mythology. May more games of this level come. Congratulations Game Science, it was a privilege to have seen this. From the south of Brazil.
That's a given since people play to understand and have fun. BMW is a good game with a lot of love behind it, but it is NOT a game that welcomes newcomers to the mythology. It assumes you know all about Journey to the West already.
I can't help but shed tears; 😢listening to this piece of music, reorchestrated so magnificently, feels like a hero from long ago returning with his achievements. Seeing him is like seeing a savior.
Every summer, at least 1 among TV channels in Vietnam broadcasts the 1986 version of Journey to The West. Ever since we were children, Sun Wukong and his journey had always been a great figure in our minds. It really brought me to tear as I heard the 1986 series OP song.
For those wondering, this flashback the Destined One receive is Wukong's life journey in reverse of it's chronological order. The first scene of the flashback is after journey to the west where after he gains budhahood he abandoned it and try to live in peace in mount huaguo but in return the circlet is put back in his head however the celestial court is offended when he refuse to live among them so they try to kill him and Wukong is defeated because the circlet is put back on his head and sealed in a stone afterward.
Na it'll definitely get a few prices. Competition last year was way harder and it is a really solid game - 9.5ish/10. Story and storytelling is 10/10. Graphics/Environment 10/10 most of the time besides a few hiccups. Music is great as well but might be hard to win cause other games have great composers as well. There it'll come to a style preference. For me the best game I've played this year fs. Not reinventing the wheel but solid craftsmanship and no micro transaction bullshit
@@Ruuod Literally everything. I had to do a lot of digging just to understand the prologue. Look up any Western reactor playing this game, and they're all confused. It takes those knowing Journey to the West explaining things to them in the comments to understand. But unlike other games in this genre, the game doesn't have items that explain the series of events. Just enemy lore that makes no sense without background info of Journey to the West.
correct me if im wrong, but this true ending where destined one opens his eyes means he have fully downloaded wukong memories and will not let the old monkey bond him to the headband, thus he is reborn and unleashed.
Fun fact, Er Lang Shen didn't kill Wu Kong at the very beginning, Wu Kong killed himself. That's why in the first memory of Wu Kong that the destined one gains in this video, Wu Kong says I will show you I can take it off (Then proceeds to kill himself). After the Er Lang Shen and four heavenly kings fight, Er Lang Shen very much said: "The only one that can kill that monkey is himself." This also fits the lore that Wu Kong can't be killed. e.g his head and heart regrow back after being removed, when cut to pieces each of his pieces grows into another Wu Kong.
04:43 The seven back figures in the picture are Wukong and his seven sworn brothers, who had previously rebelled together against the injustice of the Heavenly Court. They are: 移山大圣：狮驼王 The Great Saint of Mountain Transfer God: Lion Camel King 混天大圣：鹏魔王 The Great Monarch of the Sky God: Hawk（Dapeng） Demon King 覆海大圣：蛟魔王 Overturning the sea God: Flood dragon Demon King 齐天大圣：美猴王 Great Sage Equal to Heaven God:Monkey King（Wukong） 平天大圣：牛魔王 As Tall As A God: Ox Demon King 通风大圣：猕猴王 Ventilation Great Saint God: Macaque King（Six Eared Macaque） 驱神大圣：禺狨王 The Great Saint of Exorcising God: Golden Monkey King I don't know if the translation is accurate.
Let me, a pure Chinese, explain to you what this video shows! The old monkey was about to put the tight hoop on the man of destiny, when the man of destiny remembered Wukong's memory. The setting of the tight hoop is that the wearer must be willing, and once put on, it cannot be taken off. The memory adopts the flashback technique! In the first scene, this should happen when Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain (Flower and Fruit Mountain) after becoming a Buddha and was persecuted by the Heavenly Court. That is, the opening scene at the beginning of the game, Yang Jian (Erlang Shen) mocked Wukong for still being imprisoned. In the second scene, Tathagata canonized Wukong as the Fighting Buddha. In the third scene, after Wukong went to Lingshan to obtain the scriptures, the scriptures fell into the water (nine x nine = one of the eighty-one difficulties), and in the fourth scene, Fengxian County (Phoenix Fairy) was punished by the Heavenly Court to prohibit rain. Then it continued until Tang Seng (Wukong's second master) chanted the spell to remove the imprisonment talisman on the Five Elements Mountain. Then Wukong urinated on Tathagata's palm and wrote "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven was here". The so-called Five Elements Mountain is actually Tathagata's palm! Wukong made a bet with Tathagata that he would be punished if he could not fly out of Tathagata's palm. Wukong's somersault cloud did not jump out of Tathagata's palm, but he thought he had flown to the end of the world, so he wrote "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven was here" to prove it to Tathagata. Then Wukong fought Erlang Shen and Nezha, and then Wukong made a big fuss in the underworld and crossed out his name and the names of his monkeys and descendants from the Book of Life and Death. Then Wukong and his brothers prepared to revolt in the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain. When Wukong put down the wine bowl, the scene returned to the beginning of the game again. Wukong was alone and ready to fight Erlang Shen! All of Wukong's brothers were gone. It should be that when Wukong became a Buddha and returned to Huaguo Mountain, the Heavenly Court did not want him to be undisciplined, so they persecuted all his brothers and friends! Therefore, Wukong chose to commit suicide at the hands of Erlang Shen in the end. He just wanted to get rid of the shackles of the golden hoop (the ever-present pressure from the heavenly court). You can understand it as getting rid of the golden hoop on his head, but the original novel seems to say that when Wukong became a Buddha, the golden hoop on his head had been removed by Tathagata.
By the way, Buddhism belongs to the West Heaven, and the Jade Emperor belongs to the East Heaven. They are all ancient gods, but they are divided into two factions, each occupying one side of the world! They all want to win over powerful people like Wukong for their own use! Wukong's first master, Bodhi Patriarch, belongs to the neutral, hidden faction. That is the so-called Taoism. We can see this from the Taoist animations we often see. The Taoist school emphasizes that mortals can be promoted to immortals through practicing Taoism. So Wukong is a natural stone monkey, who happened to meet the Taoist master Bodhi Patriarch, and finally he was ranked among the immortals. When he finally saw the truth that the ancient gods of the West Heaven and the East Heaven were actually using living things to make elixirs for immortality and prolong their lifespans, he was unwilling to go along with it, so he chose to return to his hometown, Huaguo Mountain! But knowing the truth and being extraordinary, how could he just leave, so his story is destined to be full of twists and turns!
Originally, Sun Wukong thought that after successfully obtaining the scriptures from the Western Heaven, the Tightening Spell on his head (which Sun Wukong was deceived into wearing and was a tool used by the Heavenly Court and Buddhism to torture Sun Wukong, and could not be removed. If Sun Wukong did not obey, it would be locked and tortured) had already been removed. However, he did not expect that it would only appear to have been removed, but in reality it was hidden. When Sun Wukong wanted to pursue freedom, gave up being a god, and wanted to return to his own home. The Heavenly Court and Buddhism do not allow it, because Sun Wukong had previously led demons to resist the oppression of the Heavenly Court and rebel (causing chaos in the Heavenly Palace). Even if Sun Wukong eventually became a Buddha, he did not truly gain trust. At a critical moment when the Heavenly Court was besieging Sun Wukong, the Tightening Curse appeared again, leading to his defeat. But the plot of the game shows that Sun Wukong knew all of this long ago. He knew that the tight spell on his head could never be taken off by the Heavenly Court while he was alive, and he had to die and be reborn with a new body. Erlang Shen (the strongest general in the Heavenly Court, with the same combat power as Sun Wukong) was originally a rebel who was oppressed by the Heavenly Court earlier, but eventually chose to surrender and become a general of the Heavenly Court. He secretly helped Wukong by distributing 5 of the 6 "Buddhist Root Tools" produced by his dead body to 5 demon kings who assisted the Heavenly Court in killing Sun Wukong, and the remaining 1 was "consciousness" preserved and returned to Huaguo Mountain, becoming a destined person. Erlang God has preserved the memory of Sun Wukong. When the game's protagonist, Tianmingren, defeats the demon king in front and collects 5 root tools, and finally has the strength to defeat Erlang God (indicating that he has the same strength as Sun Wukong), he will return Sun Wukong's memory to the protagonist and eventually become the "Sun Wukong without any shackles", rebelling against the Heavenly Court without any worries
I think this is just the beginning of the black myth. when sunwukong's successor regains his memories with boss characters from 81 disasters on the JTW . and I really hope the game will have part 2 and 3 because there are many powerful characters in the story of black myth that are yet to appear, from the forces of Heaven, Hell, Yaoguai leaders and even the Buddhas...there are too many important characters yet to appear. I don't think this is the end yet, after all, the black myth novel series is a series of dramas and plot twists with many epic battles and deep conspiracy.
There is a secret fight with erlang shen, which leads to this ending. And we know there is something fishy in the background cause erlang was manipulated. Maybe there's another ending? Or it could be made for the sequel.
@@meep-4272 yes, black myth is the story of beween the 3 forces of heaven, nirvana and the yaoguai clan or even up to 6,7 when other forces are also involved. and the current game is just a journey to rediscover memories with "old friends" bosses from the 81 disasters of Journey to the West. and the majority of the setting in the current game is in the human realm "earth". We have not yet discovered the hell realm, the heavenly realm, the nirvana realm, or other worlds (yaoguai, ashura, blabla...)
There will not be a sequel but they will definitely add dlcs in the future. The creators said that they're gonna make a series of black myth games and each game will feature a different Chinese mythological character from different stories written. The first game of the franchise is based on wukong. The next will be based on someone else
No, the game takes place after the end of Journey to the West, Wukong is called the Divine Fighting Buddah in the game, the golden headband is something given to him by Buddah at the begining of Journey to the West and we fight a corrupted Zhu BaJie, one of the past companions of Wukong in Journey to the West.
100% sure there will be a dlc with Ne Zha as main character and the other dude I don't know the name of. Holy sh*t anybody who watches old Hong Kong dramas are getting punched in the face with nostalgia.
@@howardlam6181 erlang is sided with the heaven in this game so maybe his nephew, who has similar backstory as his uncle. The three bear the same ideal of defiance against greater authority.
Because the games were successful... not only success but huge success... Definitely the lore will be expanding... And Chinese lore are quite huge with thousands of character famous in china lore so Yes, it will be expanding. And what sweet is, Chinese lore don't have any pattern so my guess other games developers in China already aspired by Games Science success will definitely join the bandwagon.
I think that song makes people born in China, Vietnam and other countries who were able to watch the CCTV TV show in the 80s feel the same as people who watched Avengers: Endgame, the part about the heroes coming back. My respects to the Legend of the Monkey King, whether it's the Dicky Cheung or Liu Xiao Ling Tong version.
Those scenes are referring to the chapters of the original Journey to the West. Maybe I'm wrong or missing some, please correct for me if you familiar with the story. 0:53 Erlang Zhenjun defeated Wukong (The beginning of the game) 1:17 The Buddha declared the quest was truly over and Wukong ascended to Buddhahood 1:40 The sutras fell into the water of Tongtian River (actually those sutra books were wordless) 2:06 Wukong rescued the babies from the sacrificical ritual in Biyou Kingdom 2:38 Wukong fought his own shadow, the Six-Eared Macaque 2:43 Wukong summoned the Celestial generals to fight Yellowbrow 2:48 The team challenged the three Daoists in Chechi Kingdom 2:58 Sanzang excommunicated Wukong 3:01 Wukong beat the Bone Demon three times 3:07 The Ginseng Fruit tree incident 3:14 Wujing joined the team 3:21 Sanzang released Wukong from Mount Five-Finger 3:53 Wukong challanged the Buddha 4:09 Wukong wrecked havoc in the heaven 4:28 Wukong erased his name and his monkeys' names in the Death Note 4:39 Wukong formed an alliance of Demons to conquer the heaven
@@rahulsonagara007 No, it is Wukong's memory flow into the Destined One. And then the Destined One decided to wreck havoc in the heaven once more, for Wukong and the Yao Guai who defeated by him.
@@Moeflyer6213 does it mean that original wukong defeated by three eye guy because of that headband so which means he can control wukong so after that he was waiting for this new wukong to collect all six stone and be the wukong without headband means he is free now But I have one question in secret ending there is only 5 stone where is six one ? Sorry for my bad English
Small tidbit: This is playing in reverse, and at 2:55, you can see Wukong is begging in pain as Tang recite the mantra of the headband. The reason is that he killed a monster masquerading as a woman (the one in the scene after that), but Tang thought he killed an innocent woman.
I haven’t read Journey to the West but when I saw this ending it gave me nostalgia for something I’d never even read before. Like I could “feel” the bigness of the stories depicted in the flashbacks one by one combined with the way the music and tonal shifts help tell the story. Needless to say I have all 4 volumes of the English translation of JttW on the way right now 😂.
I think the last part of this cutscene, where wukong drank by himself with all his brothers dead, is just before the opening of this game. Hes walking out of the cave to face the heaven army in the opening scence of the game.
@@李星-w6h But the cutscene is all Wukong memories. I don't think we reach the Destined one's action yet. I don't think he will be that stupid to challenge the Heaven alone again after knowing Wukong failed 3 times. He would rather hide and enjoy his freedom I think. It's boring but it make sense. If he wants to challenge the Heaven again, he needs more allies, more than his first attempt.
@@peterteoh6401Wukong only failed because of the Buddha head band binding him. Without it, there’s nothing to hold him back this time against the Heaven courts.
@@キングサイ-d1q That's correct. However, If Wukong attacks the Heaven Court now, Buddha will come and defeat Wukong again. History repeats itself. Current Destined One needs to be smarter to be free.
@@peterteoh6401 the heavens court killed his kind as stated in the beginning of the game. Wukong not just gonna said, since I’m freed now. ima go lived my live happily ever after. We all know he’s attacking heaven that’s why the upcoming DLC is featuring the jade emperor.
The Hidden Boss Fight You Need to Get This Ending: ruclips.net/video/pJv0tVkzlMc/видео.html
Most of Western: Huh, neat song-
Vietnamese and Chinese: *Replay the whole childhood and nostalgia in their mind*
VIETNAM
Fun Fact : Every year during the summer vacation in Vietnam, at least one TV station will re-air this Journey of the West 1986
@iggy_bunny Me, a Westerner who's been a Xiyouji fan since 2018 & watched PLENTY of Chinese/Japanese Adaptations & hyped for this Game's release since it was initially announced back in 2020: "Sobbing with Tears of Absolute Joy hearing this PERFECT Rendition of the Song"
we watch it every day in indonesia, the hot dessert and the centipede arc is my childhood
I believe most Asian people knew about it, at least South East Asia
For those who don't know what the animation is about, this is a flashback recap of Journey to the West in reverse.
- 1:20 [Chapter 100]: After bringing the sutra back to the Land of the East (China), Sun Wukong, Sanzang, and the others pilgrims completed the Journey to the West and thus were granted Buddhahood by Tathagata Buddha. Wukong became the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
- 1:38 [Chapter 99]: The pilgrims successfully received all the sutras from Tathagata Buddha from the Spirit Mountain (India) and brought them back to The Land of the East. However, during the trip, they were thrown off in the middle of the Heaven-Crossing River as their final trial, since they failed to make the promise with the Great White Turtle (back then in chapter 49) to ask the Buddha about his cultivations and future. When the pilgrims fell into the river, all the sutras were wet and some were torn, thus making them imperfect (as natural as heaven and earth).
- 1:57 [Chapter 87]: The pilgrims saved the Phoenix-Immortal District from a heavy drought by completing 3 trials created by the Jade Emperor of the Celestial Heaven.
- 2:06 [Chapter 78-79]: The pilgrims crossed the Kingdom of Bhiksu, where children were captured to create an elixir for a sickened king, as advised by the White Deer Spirit who disguised as an elderly Taoist (appeare in 2:12) as well as the king’s father-in-law.
- 2:14 [Chapter 74-77]: The pilgrims passed Lion-Camel Ridge, where they encountered 3 Yaoguai kings, the White Elephant King, the Azure Lion King, and the Golden-winged Great Roc King. This was probably one of the hardest trials that Sun Wukong has ever faced, and the Tathagata Buddha had to directly help him.
- 2:21 [Chapter 67]: The pilgrims crossed Tuolue Village and saved them from a giant Python Demon.
- 2:39 [Chapter 62-63]: The pilgrims crossed The Sacrifice Kingdom, where the Nine-Headed Beast had stolen a Buddhist Sarira. Wukong, and Bajie had to fight the beast, and they even invited Erlang to support them in killing it.
- 2:35 [Chapter 56-58]: Wukong confronted the Six-Eared Macaque, who disguised himself as the fake Wukong to steal his identity. Even all the celestial gods and Buddhas across three realms were unable to identify which one was the true Wukong, except the Tathagata Buddha.
- 2:43 [Chapter 50-52]: Wukong and the pilgrims faced the Single-Horned Rhinoceros King, who was able to use a magical diamond armlet to steal all the weapons that Wukong, Bajie, Neiza, and the Celestial army had brought to fight him, even the very abstracted weapons like fire or water. Only the Supreme Exalted Laozi was able to subdue the Rhinoceros King, his personal riding green bull. It turned out the diamond armlet had been used to subdue Wukong when he fought with Erlang in chapter 6 (during the Havoc on Heaven).
- 2:47 [Chapter 44-46]: The pilgrims crossed the Cart-Slow Kingdom, where they encountered three Taoist magicans, Tiger Power Great Immortal, Elk Power Great Immortal, and Antelope Power Great Immortal, who were also the royal advisors. These Taoist magicians challenged the pilgrims into a contest of summoning rains, chopping heads, cutting open abdomens, or even bathing in boiling oil.
- 2:51[Chapter 40-42]: The pilgrims approached Mount Roaring, where they encountered Crimson Boy, the son of Bull Demon King. Facing the Fire of Samadhi, Wukong almost died from all the smoke, wind, and flames (mainly smoke; the probably only weakness Wukong ever had) if Bajie hadn't saved him with his Heavenly spell of healing.
- 2:56 [Chapter 27-33]: The pilgrims faced White Bone Ghost-lady, who transformed into a young village girl, an old woman, and an elderly man to trick the pilgrims. Wukong successfully killed her after the third time, but Sanzang was tricked into believing that Wuking had murdered innocent people and thus banished him away. Later on, Sanzang was captured by Yellow-Robed Yaoguai in the Precious-Image Kingdom, and Bajie had to invite Wukong back to save him again.
- 3:06 [Chapter 24-26] The pilgrims arrived at Five Village Abbey, Long Life Mountain, where The Great Immortal Zhenyuan (who is the patriarch of all Earth's Immortals in Taoist) presented Sanzang with some Ginseng Fruits, a baby-shaped fruit that granted immortality when consumed, far more precious than the Immortal Peach. Wukong stole some fruits for himself and other pilgrims, and later, he uprooted the Ginseng Fruit Tree when his crime had been discovered. He had to invite Guanyin Bodhisattva to revive the tree.
- 3:14 [Chapter 22] Sanzang, Wukong, and Bajie reached the Flowing-Sand River, where they fought a sand demon, who turned out to be the final disciple, Sha Monk (officially Sha Awakening of Pureness).
- 3:22 [Chapter 14] Sanzang had just begun his Journey to the West and arrived at Five Element Mountain, where he freed Wukong by lifting Tathagata Buddha's seal and recruited him as his first disciple. Later on, they subdued Zhu Bajie (officially Zhu Awakening of Ability or Zhu Eight Rules) in Chapter 19 as the second disciple.
- 3:43 [Chapter 7] Tathagata Buddha challenged Wukong to escape his palm, but Wukong failed. He was then imprisoned and sealed by the Buddha's palm (as the Five Element Mountain) for his crime against heaven for 500 years.
- 4:08 [Chapter 4 - 7] Sun Wukong the Great Sage challenged the Celestial Heaven and battled with Erlang, Neiza, the Four Heavenly Kings, and an army of 100.000 Celestial Soldiers in his second havoc toward the Heaven. He turned himself into a three-head, six-arm body to fight all the celestial generals at once. Notably, Wukong fought with Erlang for days, both in combat and magic. Both are equal, while Erlang proved himself to have the upper hand slightly. Erlang only subdued Wukong with the support of the Supreme Exalted Laozi and his magical diamond circle.
- 4:28 [Chapter 3] Sun Wukong got drunk and havoced the Underworld, where he crossed his name and every monkey's name out of the Book of Living and Death, thus making his soul not be managed by anyone.
- 4:40 [Chapter 3] After receiving the golden armor and the Jingu Bang, Sun Wukong (literally translated as Awakening of Emptiness) gathered other Yaoguai, including the Bull Demon King, to drink together and become the swon brothers. But the scene is actually in chapter 5, where Wukong proclaimed himself as the Great Sage who Equal to the Heaven and started his first havoc toward the Heaven.
Yeah, same when I saw this ending, it makes me want to see the Journey to the West again.
Rather than translate WuKong as Awakening of the Emptiness, I think it should be understand as "the study and understanding of nothingness" - a concept root deep within Buddism. Basically means only when you have cleared everything surrounding you, you can see yourself for what it truly is.
WuKong, Bajie and Sha Monk's Buddish name (you gain one when you are officially accepted as a buddish monk) are Wu Kong, Wu Neng and Wu Jing. Which is the progress one soul must gone through to reach Buddha state. Wu Kong is the finding of your true self. Wu Neng is to understand the limits of your being. Wu Jing is to make peace with all that realizations. Then and only then you can embark on the path of a Buddish monk.
有一种说法是如果从结尾看到开头这会变成一个完全不同的故事😮
Wait so when does the game take place? Right after he is trapped or "subdued" or after the journey to the west?
@@Jaqeon-r4s after the journey to the west
2:35 Y'all wouldn't understand how MEANINGFUL it was when I hearing this. This is like Star Wars in the East to Asian people.
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Actually it starts at 2:00
The ending may confuse some western audiences, but during the ending of the game, you can see the Destined one getting some of WuKong’s memory back, while carrying all 5 relic pieces, the old monkey said there’s still the last piece of relic that’s missing which is his memories / mind that was lost. However, if you completed all the secrets in every single chapter, and have bested ErLang Shen 二郎神at the secret mountain of Mei etc, in the secret ending / true ending, you see the Destined one getting the final piece of lost memory back, which was the memory of his journey to the west in an anime style told from the ending of the story to the very beginning.
Unlike the normal ending / bad ending, right before the crown was put on him, the Destined one is no more, he is now Sun WuKong, receiving the final piece of his memory back which was his lost mind / memory ( before the translation it makes a lot more sense in Chinese ) Holding all 6 relics and finally free of the control of the gods ( the crown was made by Buddha and put on by Guan Yin 观音菩萨 in order to control WuKong who was the lady / god at the end of chapter 1 anime )
Since no one can kill WuKong, and he can not remove the crown by himself, his desire for being free, fuck destiny and the gods in his fashion like he said during the anime talking to ErLang Shen 二郎神 he simply gambled, and killed himself in order to be free of the crown / gods control. And in the secret ending the Destined one which is one of WuKong’s clone all along ( judging by being a piece of WuKong’s fur everytime you die and respawn ) successed and now lives free and no longer be in control of the gods! Who looks exactly like him, fights like him and have all the relics and his memories. So WuKong wins at the end, he is the exact same WuKong but now no longer being controlled by the gods and without the crown! The celestial Symphony classic JTW theme song hits so hard during the ending anime! WuKong is many’s childhood hero, including me, glad to see the devs do him justice in a dark twisted new story, except he is missing a cape on his armour that says 齐天大圣, missing the epic scenes where he swings his mountain size staff and his real title, 花果山水帘洞美猴王齐天大圣孙悟空 / the handsome monkey king from the flower and fruit mountain, the Great sage equal of heaven!
Thank you for the explanation I didnt play the game so I was always wondering are qe playing as wukong or someone else
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Thank you so much i finally get it now
@@MeretriciousLynn Didn't mom tell you over 8 PM is bed time, go to sleep.
Its cute and funny how they made Zhu Bajie short and adorable in this game when normally he is much bigger than that lol.
they made him adorable 😍... in the lore he was actually the most ugly as punishment by the heaven court for his wrong doing....
Fat representation is not allowed
@@ZalshahZalshahAnd his head was a mixture of Human and Pig.
原著里猪八戒身高大概有3.5m，你觉得正常人有这个身高吗😂
@dylanchua5197 Zhu Bajie was actually implied to be pretty big in the original Novel, Sha Wujing was said to be 12ft tall, while Wukong was basically less than 4ft tall...
It’s a shame people outside of China won’t understand what it means to hear that theme song. Genuinely gave me chills the instant I heard it start up.
not Vietnamese
At least the ethnic Chinese from other part of the world who did watch the original over and over multiple times would know.
@@huuhuy1998kkk
I do, I did growing up with the series. So I know how nostalgic it is
Open your eyes pal. The whole world knows the film.
Gotta say , as someone that grow up with this stuff the music during the animation hits insanely hard
是的很感触，小时候的东西，不知不觉又看回来了
@dkducanh I didn't grow up with the 1986 Series, but as a Xiyouji (West-Journey-Record) Fan since 2018 (Thanks to OSP & 1961/1964's Da Nao Tian Gong), hearing that FANATASIC rendition of it's theme song still hit REALLY hard for me! It felt like the cherry on top to an already Amazing Tribute to the Original Novel...
Same
@@londonjackson8986 1986 is best
@@工作-e4i 东亚男人就是牛逼
The amount of money I would pay to see the whole series animated in this fashion
Yeah, it’s probably the best animated version I have ever seen
@@leodelonix155 The two-dimensional hand-drawn, stop-motion figure animation and Chinese ink painting that appear at the end of the game chapter are actually very expensive, and the consensus of Chinese players is that the money to buy the game is actually used to watch the animation, and the game is almost free.😅
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Is very expensive to animate these as they are hand drawn frame by frame, painted and aggressively review and revision, way too expensive for commercialized China nowadays, Wukong game developers probably paid massive funds just to get the 2d animation done in 4 years.
@@ihatecabbage7270 their total budget for the game was around 80 to 100 million $. They already got more than they spent in the 1st day of the game's launch.
Though expensive, they knew people will be captivated asf (one of them is me), this shit was way too good to pass up.
8 my ass IGN. This game is game of the year.
I'd give it an 8.5. It's gameplay is nothing revolutionary, it's mostly nostalgiabait for those who love the mythos. For those uninitiated to Journey to the West; it's just confusing. People outside of East Asia will have a rough time.
@@stephenjenkins7971 steam上评分9.6，你一个人的评分不重要。
@@stephenjenkins7971 outside east asia ?? more like outside earth. JTTW is like a global franchise to every continent
@tevisyauwerissa4084 Uh, no. It's not. The story is heard of in the same way Heracles is heard of outside of the West. It's a popular tale that people know is associated with another culture. But know little of the details. Don't exagerrate its popularity outside of East Asia.
@@stephenjenkins7971 The combat is fun Idgaf about it being revolutionary, you think I give a shit? I'd take this combat and lies of p combat over any souls.
Đây là một bình luận bằng Tiếng Việt, mặc dù mình không chơi game và chỉ xem trên RUclips thôi, nhưng clip này lại mang lại cho mình nhiều hoài niệm và ký ức thời thơ ấu, đây là một số thông tin mà mình xem được từ clip trên ( chắc là còn thiếu rồi):
0:54 Lá cờ có 4 chữ “Tề Thiên Đại Thánh” đang bốc cháy, 4 từ này chúng ta quá quen thuộc rồi, đôi khi còn đọc là Tài Thiên nữa, nó có nghĩa là Vị Thánh Lớn Bằng với Trời.
1:23 Tôn Ngộ Không tháo vòng Kim Cô trở thành Đấu Chiến Thắng Phật, theo một ý nghĩa nào đó thì đây là chi tiết đánh dấu Ngộ Khỉ đã trưởng thành sau một quá trình rèn luyện gian khổ (không tính đến mấy cái thuyết âm mưu Hắc Tây Du nha)
1:38 Lần nữa đi qua Thông Thiên Hà, lần này là đã thỉnh kinh về rồi mà quên hỏi giúp con rùa tại sao nó tu hoài mà không thành chánh quả. Tại 4 thầy trò thất hứa nên nó giận quá làm 4 người rớt xuống nước, rồi ướt kinh phải đem đi phơi (trên phim TDK phần 2 có).
1:59 Khúc này đi qua nước gì đó mà bị hạn hán nè, Ngọc Hoàng bắt khi nào con gà ăn hết đống đột, cây đèn đốt chảy cọng dây xích với cái chìa khóa thì chỗ đó có mưa, cái này làm mình nhớ lại cảnh Trư bát giới ăn đống bột, hồi xưa xem cười quá trời.
2:06 Tì Khưu Quốc, con Lộc thành tinh giả thành quốc trượng, con hồ ly thì thành hoàng hậu, dẫn dụ ông vua nấu thuốc trường sinh, cần moi tim con nít, mấy cái lồng chứa trẻ con để trước nhà ấy.
2:14 Ngộ Không Vs Kim sí Đại bằng ( đại bàng cánh vàng), trên phim thì Ngộ không đánh không lại phải chạy lên xin Phật Tổ giúp, còn nghe nói nó nổ nó là cậu của Phật tổ.
2:23 đánh với con yêu quái rắn, trên phim TDK phần 2 có luôn mà trên phim thì màu đen.
2:31 Đánh với Cửu đầu trùng, khứa cắm sừng với đòi hạ độc bạch long mã á, trong tập này có 2 con cá chạch đen, con cá chạch trắng tên là Bôn Ba Nhi Bá với Bá Ba Nhi Bôn (nếu nhớ không lầm). Trên phim thì có Nhị Lang đánh con này nữa.
2:36 Tôn ngộ không ôm xác của lục nhĩ mi hầu đi ra khỏi cái kim bát (bát vàng) của Như Lai, màu mình xem lại mấy lần mới để ý thấy, thấy khúc này Ngộ Khỉ hơi buồn buồn. (mấy cha đừng có đặt thuyết hắc ám gì nha).
2:43 con Trâu Xanh (thanh ngưu) của Thái Thượng Lão Quân lấy hết đồ của Ngộ Khỉ + những người bạn bằng cái Kim Trạc (vòng bằng vàng), fact: hồi đầu phim dương tiễn đánh với ngộ không thì Lão Quân có đánh lén Ngộ không bằng cái vòng này.
2:47 Xa trì quốc, Lần đấu phép giữa ngộ không với 3 đạo sĩ (con hổ, con cừu với con nai - Hổ lực, lộc lực, dương lực đại tiên), gọi mưa, đoán vật với chặt đầu. Khúc chặt đầu, ngộ không biến thành chó tha cái đầu đi mất.
2:54 Không rõ, không biết phải lúc Bát giới cứu Ngộ không sau khi đánh với hoàng phong quái không
2:58 Thật giả Ngộ Không, Tam tạng đọc Khẩn Cô chú để phân biệt. Tôi cũng chịu ông thầy, không nhận ra đệ tử của mình.
3:07 Ngộ Không tức giận bật gốc Nhân Sâm quả của Trấn Nguyên Tử, quả này gặp đất liên chui vào, sao đó đất sẽ cứng như sắt thép.
3:15 Lưu Sa hà, Bát giới VS Sa tăng, khúc này nói là Ngộ Khỉ không đánh dưới nước tốt nên nhờ bát giới đánh thay.
3:22 Ngũ Chỉ sơn, quá nổi tiếng, quá kinh điển.
3:53 Ngộ không tiều vào ngón tay của Như Lai, còn tưởng đây là cây cột chống trời nên lấy viết viết lên chứng minh mình đã đi đến đây. Thật sự sau này khi lớn lên mình thấy chi tiết này ẩn dụ sâu sắc rất nhiều điều hay ho.
4:12 Ngộ Không đại náo Thiên cung.
4:31 Lúc này còn làm quan trên Thiên Đình, đi phá nhà của Dương Tiễn này
Kết game hơi hụt hẫng cứ tưởng ngộ không đại náo thiên đình lần nữa 😢😢😢
cái kết này chính là tiếp nối đoạn intro đầu game, Ngộ Không nhớ tới các huynh đệ đã bị Thiên đình giết hết, đi báo thù chỉ còn một mình
2:54 Bát Giới dùng phép Thiên Cang cứu Ngộ Không khỏi phép tam mụôi chân hỏa của Hồng Hài Nhi
Đoạn 3:00 3 lần đánh Bạch Cốt Tinh
@@hunglam5349 kết là uống rượu trước binh khí của huynh đệ (chắc ý là chết hết rồi) rồi lên đường rút gậy như ý ra chắc chuẩn bị đi đánh thiên đình tiếp
4:31 khúc này sau khi ăn nhậu với đám anh em kết nghĩa xong bị âm binh lên bắt hồn xuống âm phủ. Quậy banh chành, rồi xóa sổ sinh tử cho bầy khỉ
Wukong: "Both in heaven and on earth, I am the only one worthy of honor."
Sounds very narcissistic
@@Metanoia7-J这其实是佛祖出生时说的，天上地下唯我独尊，那个我是一个人称代词指的是人，意思就是山之间人为第一尊贵。
Well he is also a buddha so..
@@孙瑜-s8h I don't speak Chinese
@@Metanoia7-JIts called hard work.
Holly shit! the music for the ending is literally a direct homage to the 1986 TV series of Journey to the West, which me and many Vietnamese children grew up watching!
So do we Chinese,we share the same childhood
听说越南人是看中国电视剧长大的。
@@我的爸爸-u1v yeah, almost everyone in VN knows about the 1986 series!
@@我的爸爸-u1v yeah all the east Asia peoples felt it
@@TA-xw8qn Are u guys using subtitles while watching it?
I couldn't bear to hold my tears with this ending. Me and my sister all night long playing as monkey king everytime we finished watched the tv series from vhs tape. whole family just laugh as we could recite all the words even we can't speak mandarin. grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts sit in circle watching us playing and chats. Back in 80s, we only have probably 2 tv channels, not as much entertainment like nowadays. the Journey to the west really nostalgic. Brought back all those memories.
Santai bro
Same
Yes, happy tears
❤
应该是越南人，大家都有一样的童年😂
I'm Indonesia and i'm grow up with this story in television
bener, walaupun adaptasi kera sakti era mnctv bukan dari yang the og 1986 journey to the west, tapi tetep merinding pas maen ini. nostalgia at its fineet.
@@definoryan5953 Yoi, semua generasi bakal gemetaran denger ini, well mungkin kecuali anak muda yg lahir diatas 2010
Merinding brooooo
Versi ini tidak pernah tayang di Indonesia. Yang tayang di indo itu versi Hongkong, banyak perubahan nama.
@@Bijimaru_69 tayang bro...
di antv jam 8 malam klo gak salah..
waktu awal2 antv muncul..
klo yg umum di indosiar..
To many people in China, Wukong is our childhood superhero, just like Iron Man and Spider-Man. Wukong symbolizes the spirit of freedom and resist rooted in China culture.
是的，of course
那他在我心里可是那些漫威英雄比不了的。他是无惧无畏，忠诚勇敢，聪明伶俐又自由自在无拘无束，任何清规戒律都不在他眼里的齐天大圣！是我从小就爱直到现在都没有其他人可以取代的美猴王！
@@LuciaMeidon't make this about comparing other people's heroes. Monkey king is one of the goat's tho
You know who is worthy to be compared with Wukong?
Goku because Journey To The West inspired Akira Toriyama to make Dragon Ball and Goku is Japanese version of Wukong.
Freedom? In China? LOLLLL nah
No Vietnamese boy born between 1980 and 2010 doesn't have a "Sun Wukong phase". One must pick up any object resembling a stick and go "I know kungfu".
"Watch me spin this broom"
Proceed to get whacked
哈哈哈哈。你们也这样啊
No child can resist a straight branch, and neither can an adult.
Yet you love to copy us, but you guys hate chinese people right?
I literally came at " tèn ten tèn ten tèn tén tèn ten "
That music takes me back to the year 2000, when I was a child and addicted to watching the Wukong series.
bro me too
Same bro
Same
😢😢😢😢
early 90s
Goddamned, the old classic theme song. I'm vietnamese, people of the western world have no idea how much this song mean to us vietnamese and chinese😭, our fking childhood😭😭😭
I can assure you that on the Latin American side of the globe, Journey to the West is also quite famous, which makes sense and is incredible.
I really wish people wouldn't assume the western world has no knowledge of Sun Wukong
@@ProToken420I agree. It's quite ignorant to think that the 'western world' doesn't know about Jttw. I love the book and the adaptations. The nostalgia isn't ONLY for their side. It's for us too.
cái ending 2 là gì v bro, ngộ không hồi sinh xong hồi tưởng lại à?
听到这首歌，我的记忆就被拉回童年那个炎热的夏天😭
Mongolian national TV used to run the series during the 90s and as a kid growing up in the 90s, we also watched and loved it. The nostalgia hits hard. I'm not talking about Inner Mongolia by the way.
“大圣，此去欲何？”
“踏南天，碎凌霄。”
“如若一去不回？”
“便一去不回！”
孙猴子哪有这本领 一妖猴 野性难驯 被如来压山下 取经改造修身养性才证得大道。
中国人打仗不怕死，骑士精神也是中国人才有的，正义和不畏死😊
3:53 what a classic scene that Wukong's peeing onto the Buddha's middle finger.
join me to see the cinematic part of chapter 1, thk u
Such a wukong move😂
Love how the animation is literally Journey to the west/ Wu Kong’s past but just backwards.
Go watch Sun Wukong and Black Lotus (I kind of forget the actual name, it has been so long) series. it is the sequel of "Journey to the west (1986)". That is super dope and you will see how insanely powerful Wukong is.
So.. journey to the east?
@@w1-w2-w3And then there is the entirety of the war in heaven
I think it’s called 西游记后传 Xi you ji ho zhuan
@@w1-w2-w3 The 1986 version started from the birth of Wukong the stone monkey. Before that there is no Wukong, so no "sequel" what are you on about?
The animation and colouring choices are just absolutely amazing. This is insane.
Traditional Chinese meticulous painting style
join me to see the cinematic part of chapter 1, thk u
2:02 no way they got the music from 1986 journey to the West TV show a bit of a no brainer but still an awesome call back
Most Journey to the west projects use the song, so definitely predictable but still appreciated. As a Sun WuKong fan, not really digging the whole disrespect towards him in the ending, I wish this true ending would have had English subtitles but don't think that it changes anything sadly. But I just think of this game as a myth definitely a black myth ⚫that is bs. But still enjoyable to play. Would have enjoyed a game based on Journey to the west story more but hundred chapters is impossible to be one game. So understandable that they didn't try it.
@@geraldcortez826 I agree 💯👍
imagine they put............華晨宇【齊天大聖】
From what I heard they were authorised to use it
Immortal Sound Above Cloud Palace
Fell to my knees and start crying when i recognize this song. Sun Wukong you will always be my beloved
为什么要跪倒在地
Holy shit... They used the journey to the west original theme 😭😭😭 such nostalgia... love it!!!
Is soo iconic
Are you Chinese, too?
our childhood
join me to see the cinematic part of chapter 1, thk u
I'm working on subtitles. Just a few hours.
Huge respect
@@longphan5908 Finished
🙏@@freesidecity
So our protag has received the original Sun Wukong memories and the transformation is now complete, he is now the new Monkey King, but what comes next? Are there any cliffhangers for a possible sequel or DLC left in the game?
@@0XDDCC he always been
Whenever I hear the voices singing, I can't help crying. It reminds me of my childhood. Sun Wukong is a symbol of resistance and freedom, when he was called the “Da Sheng”, he was so unrestrained, innocent and lovely, his life experience and we are the same, as the more deeply into the society, the more bound, as long as you grow up, you will be worn invisible "jingu". The reason why I love Wukong is because he can protect his good heart with strong strength. In this game, Wukong died, but his will has been inherited, although you are not as strong as him, but as long as you are also willing to maintain the original heart, then you are Wukong
Just started watching it on RUclips. Da Sheng was a menace in the peach garden
Currently at the point where jinchanzi is leaving on his journey so I guess the prologue is done and the journey begins.
"The Ever Victorious Fighting Buddha"
-Sun Wukong
I think he would prefer Great Sage equalling heaven, 齐天大圣
代表他的从来不是“斗战胜佛”，“斗战胜佛”是一颗纯洁的心被世俗化的产物。真正能代表他的是“齐天大圣”！
@@marsonchow2747WTF, please explain what you just said I really wanna know, I did not watch the anime.
@@BestTrader-hp2sd 第三回关卡boss游戏英文名叫yellowbrow和唐僧的前世名字叫“金蝉子”都属于佛教不同领袖最出色的学生，但是他们对人性的善恶产生了分歧！yellowbrow认为人一出生就是邪恶的，金蝉子认为人一出生是善良的，于是yellowbrow为了证明自己的理论是对的变成一只河蚌怪物，来到一个沿海的村子上，只要他划破一点点皮肤，皮肤里就能流出珍贵的珍珠，他拥有让海里的鱼自动跳到岸上被村民捕获的能力，就连他的体液都能让女人瞬间年轻！于是他被村民们当做佛陀供奉，但是有社会就会有不平等，哪怕是一个小社会，因为等级制度，官吏和平民之间定期分配到的资源是不平等的，在一次分配中，yellowbrow操控一个欲望极大的村民拿起刀刺向了自己变成的河蚌怪物，瞬间无数的珠宝珍珠从伤口处喷涌出来，瞬间现场乱做了一团，分取财务较少的村民纷纷拿起刀刺向河蚌精，就连维持秩序的官吏也拿起武器攻击起了河蚌，最后就连佛教僧人们也控制不了欲望，纷纷捡起了地上散落的名贵珍珠。就这样yellowbrow变成的河蚌怪物被村民们一起肢解了。而那个村庄的村民并没有因为获得了河蚌体内的财富而富裕起来，反而村庄都被废弃荒芜了。不知过了多久金蝉子来到这个废弃的村庄看到了海边残缺不全的河蚌，yellowbrow变成的河蚌怪物像金蝉子炫耀自己的理论是对的，人性从一出生开始就是邪恶的，而金蝉子认为他作弊导致了这一切的发生，而他发出了一声大笑后幽幽的说：“我不作弊，怎么能证明我的结论是正确的！”
@@BestTrader-hp2sd CG内容是回忆，是对孙悟空反抗行为的全盘否定，我认为游戏里最后一个boss就是孙悟空体内最后一丝反抗精神，主角把他打败了他化作一个金箍英文翻译应该是皇冠，但是这个皇冠并不是权力的象征，而是《西游记》原著小说中怕他在西行路上不受管束欺骗他带上的一个带有诅咒的皇冠，只要他不听话，唐僧就会通过咒语让孙悟空头痛！游戏中主角带上了这个金箍，代表着他接受了现有规则，变成了一个愿意受约束的普通人。而“齐天大圣”是孙悟空前期反抗现有规则时他自封的名号，“斗战胜佛”是他反抗失败乖乖西行取经书成功后，佛赏赐给他的职位。
I was born in 1982 in china. This was my childhood relived. Thank you! ❤
yes ,from 1982 to 1986
same
This is what games should be all about
About passion, giving people a good story to remember their entire lifes and even pass it through their families, enjoy good gameplay, music and a good memory to last and be happy about, this is why i enjoy play games, not for a crappy cosmetic but for these moments that compels me to the bottom of my heart and make me feel like im just witnessing the result of many days of hard work, love and passion of many people that love what they do!
Im not an asian but i feel so honoured to know more about their stories through this game, for me this is not a masterpiece, is a work of love which sometimes... Is even better than that
这是中国公元1500年左右的小说改编的游戏作品。
From vietnam. I cried when hear that song plays again. My whole life playback together with this song and this wukong👏👏👏
😭
越南人也看这部电视剧吗
@@junliu8157 whole southeast asia, india and east asia know ab this show. Except for North Korea, i think don't even have tv nowaday 💀
我的童年😭😭😭
@@nghiaduong7888 yes they do, I visited North Korea back in 2011 and they did have TV in hotels. But at that time there was only 1 TV station so basically no need for a remoter, idk about now tho.
Goosebumps, man. Literal goosebumps. I'm proud to be a fan of wukong
I never understand why people crys watching opera, with this music, I got it now.
2:05 the Music !!!!!!!!!
Yeah the journey to the West theme .
Legendary❤.
This is not just some random cartoon, it is a replay of some of the most classic tales of the Journey to the West, a replay of Sun Wukong's memories. Along with this music from the most classic tv potrayl of the Journey to the West, this is just gold.
2:35 The best Journey to the West project ever created and the best representation of the characters, that song is legendary.
I lived in Indonesia, but I watched the 80s and 90s version of journey to the west. I gotten say, the nostalgia is hitting deep with the theme song 🫡
This version is about wukong has recall his true memory which fight with erlang in the past.the god erlang was laughing on wukong because if he win or lose he stills have to wear jinggu gave by rulai god and wukong was angry and said i will took it off. Then, the movie review of the legend journey to the west. wukong experience eighty-one difficulties and finally became god called overcome battle god.but it's not true himself. at this time, when player experience all of the story in this game, wukong realize that he wouldn't accept this
jingu, instead he will fight as the qitiandasheng (a god who ability as strong as sky, and this name was
traditional Journey to the West wukong himself) to fight with the whole heaven god by himself. this is my personal conclusion, perhaps something wrong because my English is very poor.
Yes he is called Great Sage Heaven's Equal after he is wreacking havoc in celestial palace.
@@ryusawakenji3469 Thank you for you help❤
You did great on your English CN Bro
@@AlphaAndDeltaCh Thank you i just try my best to explain this ending to let people know❤
You did great with your explanation thank you that helped a lot
I think the last scene was the destined one himself finished backtracking the memory he got from Wukong and become Wukong
last scene tells you : it's just the begine .play it agine
good one
So very nostalgic with journey to the west tv series, and when this music hit, tear really flow down so bad
from the up to date known endings, the real wukong was trying to get rid of the gold hoop (which was put on by Guan Yin Pu Sa （观音菩萨）, you can consider her as one of the mighty Buddha). The golden hoop is the way the God court and Buddha to limit and control wukong. The context of black wukong story defined that the golden hoop is still on wukong’s head even though he became the Buddha after the journey to the west. So wukong pretended to be defeated by ErLang Shen(the opponent in first scene) and break apart to six pieces, and the main character we played is one of the six pieces, 意（I’ll translate it into spirit), the main character has to fight against all the bosses to recover the wukong’s entire memory of the journey to the west. (If we didn’t fight Erlang Shen, we will miss this and have the first ending, putting on the hoop and reincarnation）And remembering all the past and merging with other five pieces and rebirth as the wukong. And the reborn wukong will reject putting the hoop on(second ending, wukong remembered everything and decide fight against and god court and Buddha) resist his life. Hope my understanding make sense to you.
My understanding on the potential third endings:
In second ending, wukong remembered everything and revisit his memory of the journey to the west, but at the end he found nobody is around him. I think the the third ending could be achieved if we don’t kill any demon boss, but only kill the God boss, and we meet Erlang Shen and remembered everything, then wukong will finally see his peers and they fight back to the God court together.
Im thinking the same as you do !!!
Holy sh*t nice! Great summary and theory! Maybe that is how to achieve the 3rd ending.
This is still not the final endings tho, not yet. If the theme of the game is aline with the prologue, then there is still more endings to it( just needs to fight and fight for that ultimate ending)
I guess this is one way to put it
In the original story when does wukong get the golden loop? Is it before journey to the west to control his rampages??
Please vote Best Music award for this game, beside GOTY.
Wish this song could play at Ceremony Award ❤❤❤
dont care about western goty it is rigged
1:18 If you stop right here and turn the screen upside down, then you'll find this very important hint: *the true essence of the entire Celestial Court is a one hella masive yaoguai cave ..... hidden under the disguise of noble Gods and Saints* 🙊 Wukong fought so hard to reach the top, only to come to such dark full realization and joined the ranks... and eventually, with a deep sense of betrayal and guilt, Wukong decided to break free from the restrictions and attempt to reverse the the order of the whole system like how Neo did with the Matrix 👿 I think there more 'true endings' to come -- *the reincarnated new Wukong is starting a revolution!*
At 2:00 you can also seen many child in the cage as some sort of child sacrifice. That proved that the heaven basically demons
@@M3.Lorenzo lmao it's one of the trial they have to face
Those children forced to sacrifice their life to make a medicine for the king 0:03
There's indeed more ending, and this one obviously not the true end (there're 4 ending in total, stated in the Achievement, but just only 2 have been found)
It's just a beginning of the myth that "never told before".
@@TheChinkeat no that part is actually irrelevant it's about a human king that wanted immortality
“Do not constantly miss me, nor expect my return. After I leave, you are me. Long live the people!”
中国人才懂的浪漫，人民万岁
童年的回忆太强烈了，想起当时无忧无虑的自己，眼里有泪光😭
I often listened to this song when I was a child. Now that I'm grown, listening to it again always makes me sad and sometime cry, partly because of the hardships the characters face throughout their journey, but above all, because of the difficulties the entire film crew endured during the filming process.
To anyone who may be confused by the good ending, the cartoon flashback (it is actually not a flashback, but more like a connection between past life and current new life):
If you know wukong stories like me as a chinese, you will understand the good ending, the cartoon very easily.
first of all, the book "journey to the west" is such a big story, it is considered one of the Four Greatest Classical Novels in chinese history, and the novel ends up with wukong being assigned as one of the buddha and the headband off.
English below - Đây là cái kết đẹp của wukong, sau khi tìm đủ lục căng, wukong đã thực sự hồi sinh vì người được chọn (khỉính) đã kết thừa ký ức của wukong. Ông nhận ra mình đã thất bại trong trận chiến với Nhị Lang Thần, nhưng khoản khắc cuối cùng khi Nhị Lang hỏi, ông đã trả lời "Mở mắt ra và hãy xem", cách duy nhất để tháo vòng kim cô là Wukong phải chết. Và ngay khi tái sinh ở một thân thể mới (kết game) ông mở mắt - Cho thấy việc khả năng sẽ từ chối đội vòng kim cô lần 2.
Cảnh animation cũng cho thấy ông sẽ quay lại Hoa Quả Sơn, uống bát rượu tiễn biệt những người đồng đội xưa đã kề vai sát cánh nhưng đã chết hết.
Khoảnh khắc cuối cùng ông quay lưng bước đi một hành trình báo thù ... Hoàn thành nốt những gì còn dang dở
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This is the beautiful ending of Wukong. In the animation, we see Wukong die after a battle, only to be revived at the end of the game. The opening line, "Open your eyes and see," shows Wukong refusing to put the golden crown on his head. The final moment shows Wukong returning to where his brothers were previously sacrificed, leaving behind only bloody weapons. He turns his back and begins his journey of revenge
This really bring tears to my eyes, it's like my whole childhood has just returned 😢
Man, Black Myth Wukong, what an experience. GOTY 2024, what a gem! Great job Game Science!
Oh this soundtrack, i was just a kids when i watch that series, gave me goosebump
I’m just here to say that this bit here 5:00 was badass and cool as sh*t. Wish the game had this outfit too.
And 4:55
Wukong’s voice actor is just so good. The raspy voice fits perfectly. 😩😭
It's a shame that many Westerners didn't enjoy the game simply because the characters belong to a culture they don't know. Still, there are many Westerners like me who were happy to get to know Chinese culture and its incredible mythology. May more games of this level come. Congratulations Game Science, it was a privilege to have seen this. From the south of Brazil.
That's a given since people play to understand and have fun. BMW is a good game with a lot of love behind it, but it is NOT a game that welcomes newcomers to the mythology. It assumes you know all about Journey to the West already.
I'm glad that after all these years Wukong finally journeyed to the western audiences in a video game
I guess this was a happy ending if played backwards, a path to redemption
I can't help but shed tears; 😢listening to this piece of music, reorchestrated so magnificently, feels like a hero from long ago returning with his achievements. Seeing him is like seeing a savior.
Yeah
这片土地的人们经历了几千年的战争与压迫，所以特别崇拜孙悟空这样的反抗救世主😢
the song is the Asian childhood's anthem
The Chinese version has the original music from the 1986 movie series, which is different from the English version.
Is there a possibility that you didn't trigger the good ending?
That's the playback of Journey to the West since Wukong got his staff.
As Thai, I am proud growing up with this Epic.
Oh gives me chills. It’s so nice to see China reviving its old heroes and myths back.
I wouldn’t say revived since there’s always some remake of JTTW every few years 😂
@@tymistry China has so much to rediscover and reinvent from their past. It’s a step forward
Every summer, at least 1 among TV channels in Vietnam broadcasts the 1986 version of Journey to The West. Ever since we were children, Sun Wukong and his journey had always been a great figure in our minds.
It really brought me to tear as I heard the 1986 series OP song.
原来越南人也看西游记❤
@@BeingHuman-yw2elevery fucking generations my friend, every generations
@@tklam2510 很遗憾这款游戏没有越南语
@@BeingHuman-yw2el wdym the game is not in VN , we still buy and play it through steam
@@MengaSS 游戏字幕和翻译没有越南语
Omg, the music brings back all the childhood memories. I remember me, my cousins, and my grandparents, who would watch the series together.
For those wondering, this flashback the Destined One receive is Wukong's life journey in reverse of it's chronological order. The first scene of the flashback is after journey to the west where after he gains budhahood he abandoned it and try to live in peace in mount huaguo but in return the circlet is put back in his head however the celestial court is offended when he refuse to live among them so they try to kill him and Wukong is defeated because the circlet is put back on his head and sealed in a stone afterward.
I don't expect this game can win the TGA 2024. I wish I can hear the bgm in TGA orchestra
me too
Na it'll definitely get a few prices. Competition last year was way harder and it is a really solid game - 9.5ish/10. Story and storytelling is 10/10. Graphics/Environment 10/10 most of the time besides a few hiccups. Music is great as well but might be hard to win cause other games have great composers as well. There it'll come to a style preference.
For me the best game I've played this year fs. Not reinventing the wheel but solid craftsmanship and no micro transaction bullshit
@Ruuod Storytelling is nor 10/10 ar all. Game assumes you have read the OG Journey to the West. So basically; people only of East Asia.
@@stephenjenkins7971 nah. Where in the main story do you require knowledge from journey to the west to understand whats going on?
@@Ruuod Literally everything. I had to do a lot of digging just to understand the prologue. Look up any Western reactor playing this game, and they're all confused. It takes those knowing Journey to the West explaining things to them in the comments to understand. But unlike other games in this genre, the game doesn't have items that explain the series of events. Just enemy lore that makes no sense without background info of Journey to the West.
correct me if im wrong, but this true ending where destined one opens his eyes means he have fully downloaded wukong memories and will not let the old monkey bond him to the headband, thus he is reborn and unleashed.
Fun fact, Er Lang Shen didn't kill Wu Kong at the very beginning, Wu Kong killed himself. That's why in the first memory of Wu Kong that the destined one gains in this video, Wu Kong says I will show you I can take it off (Then proceeds to kill himself). After the Er Lang Shen and four heavenly kings fight, Er Lang Shen very much said: "The only one that can kill that monkey is himself." This also fits the lore that Wu Kong can't be killed. e.g his head and heart regrow back after being removed, when cut to pieces each of his pieces grows into another Wu Kong.
置之死地而后生
Original soundtrack True Ending name :Celestial symphony
才从小看的西游剧都是用人扮兽。 现在看到用高科技把书里的角色完美的表演出来真的让70后的中年人想哭。
Russian TV used to rerun the TV series from time to time back in the 90s. Fun times!
Music from 1986. Chinese song name 云宫迅音(yun gong xun yin)
The song hits so hard my childhood, I cried like a beach
04:43 The seven back figures in the picture are Wukong and his seven sworn brothers, who had previously rebelled together against the injustice of the Heavenly Court. They are:
移山大圣：狮驼王 The Great Saint of Mountain Transfer God: Lion Camel King
混天大圣：鹏魔王 The Great Monarch of the Sky God: Hawk（Dapeng） Demon King
覆海大圣：蛟魔王 Overturning the sea God: Flood dragon Demon King
齐天大圣：美猴王 Great Sage Equal to Heaven God:Monkey King（Wukong）
平天大圣：牛魔王 As Tall As A God: Ox Demon King
通风大圣：猕猴王 Ventilation Great Saint God: Macaque King（Six Eared Macaque）
驱神大圣：禺狨王 The Great Saint of Exorcising God: Golden Monkey King
I don't know if the translation is accurate.
So is this the same macaque that faked his identity as Wukong later?
Journey to the west, the greatest book ever written in human history. Now, the world knows about it.
Let me, a pure Chinese, explain to you what this video shows!
The old monkey was about to put the tight hoop on the man of destiny, when the man of destiny remembered Wukong's memory. The setting of the tight hoop is that the wearer must be willing, and once put on, it cannot be taken off.
The memory adopts the flashback technique! In the first scene, this should happen when Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain (Flower and Fruit Mountain) after becoming a Buddha and was persecuted by the Heavenly Court. That is, the opening scene at the beginning of the game, Yang Jian (Erlang Shen) mocked Wukong for still being imprisoned.
In the second scene, Tathagata canonized Wukong as the Fighting Buddha. In the third scene, after Wukong went to Lingshan to obtain the scriptures, the scriptures fell into the water (nine x nine = one of the eighty-one difficulties), and in the fourth scene, Fengxian County (Phoenix Fairy) was punished by the Heavenly Court to prohibit rain. Then it continued until Tang Seng (Wukong's second master) chanted the spell to remove the imprisonment talisman on the Five Elements Mountain. Then Wukong urinated on Tathagata's palm and wrote "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven was here". The so-called Five Elements Mountain is actually Tathagata's palm! Wukong made a bet with Tathagata that he would be punished if he could not fly out of Tathagata's palm. Wukong's somersault cloud did not jump out of Tathagata's palm, but he thought he had flown to the end of the world, so he wrote "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven was here" to prove it to Tathagata. Then Wukong fought Erlang Shen and Nezha, and then Wukong made a big fuss in the underworld and crossed out his name and the names of his monkeys and descendants from the Book of Life and Death. Then Wukong and his brothers prepared to revolt in the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain. When Wukong put down the wine bowl, the scene returned to the beginning of the game again. Wukong was alone and ready to fight Erlang Shen! All of Wukong's brothers were gone. It should be that when Wukong became a Buddha and returned to Huaguo Mountain, the Heavenly Court did not want him to be undisciplined, so they persecuted all his brothers and friends! Therefore, Wukong chose to commit suicide at the hands of Erlang Shen in the end. He just wanted to get rid of the shackles of the golden hoop (the ever-present pressure from the heavenly court). You can understand it as getting rid of the golden hoop on his head, but the original novel seems to say that when Wukong became a Buddha, the golden hoop on his head had been removed by Tathagata.
By the way, Buddhism belongs to the West Heaven, and the Jade Emperor belongs to the East Heaven. They are all ancient gods, but they are divided into two factions, each occupying one side of the world! They all want to win over powerful people like Wukong for their own use! Wukong's first master, Bodhi Patriarch, belongs to the neutral, hidden faction. That is the so-called Taoism. We can see this from the Taoist animations we often see. The Taoist school emphasizes that mortals can be promoted to immortals through practicing Taoism. So Wukong is a natural stone monkey, who happened to meet the Taoist master Bodhi Patriarch, and finally he was ranked among the immortals. When he finally saw the truth that the ancient gods of the West Heaven and the East Heaven were actually using living things to make elixirs for immortality and prolong their lifespans, he was unwilling to go along with it, so he chose to return to his hometown, Huaguo Mountain! But knowing the truth and being extraordinary, how could he just leave, so his story is destined to be full of twists and turns!
Originally, Sun Wukong thought that after successfully obtaining the scriptures from the Western Heaven, the Tightening Spell on his head (which Sun Wukong was deceived into wearing and was a tool used by the Heavenly Court and Buddhism to torture Sun Wukong, and could not be removed. If Sun Wukong did not obey, it would be locked and tortured) had already been removed. However, he did not expect that it would only appear to have been removed, but in reality it was hidden.
When Sun Wukong wanted to pursue freedom, gave up being a god, and wanted to return to his own home. The Heavenly Court and Buddhism do not allow it, because Sun Wukong had previously led demons to resist the oppression of the Heavenly Court and rebel (causing chaos in the Heavenly Palace). Even if Sun Wukong eventually became a Buddha, he did not truly gain trust. At a critical moment when the Heavenly Court was besieging Sun Wukong, the Tightening Curse appeared again, leading to his defeat.
But the plot of the game shows that Sun Wukong knew all of this long ago. He knew that the tight spell on his head could never be taken off by the Heavenly Court while he was alive, and he had to die and be reborn with a new body. Erlang Shen (the strongest general in the Heavenly Court, with the same combat power as Sun Wukong) was originally a rebel who was oppressed by the Heavenly Court earlier, but eventually chose to surrender and become a general of the Heavenly Court. He secretly helped Wukong by distributing 5 of the 6 "Buddhist Root Tools" produced by his dead body to 5 demon kings who assisted the Heavenly Court in killing Sun Wukong, and the remaining 1 was "consciousness" preserved and returned to Huaguo Mountain, becoming a destined person. Erlang God has preserved the memory of Sun Wukong. When the game's protagonist, Tianmingren, defeats the demon king in front and collects 5 root tools, and finally has the strength to defeat Erlang God (indicating that he has the same strength as Sun Wukong), he will return Sun Wukong's memory to the protagonist and eventually become the "Sun Wukong without any shackles", rebelling against the Heavenly Court without any worries
We Malaysians are familiar with this story since childhood.❤👍🥰
I think this is just the beginning of the black myth. when sunwukong's successor regains his memories with boss characters from 81 disasters on the JTW . and I really hope the game will have part 2 and 3 because there are many powerful characters in the story of black myth that are yet to appear, from the forces of Heaven, Hell, Yaoguai leaders and even the Buddhas...there are too many important characters yet to appear. I don't think this is the end yet, after all, the black myth novel series is a series of dramas and plot twists with many epic battles and deep conspiracy.
There is a secret fight with erlang shen, which leads to this ending. And we know there is something fishy in the background cause erlang was manipulated. Maybe there's another ending? Or it could be made for the sequel.
@@meep-4272 yes, black myth is the story of beween the 3 forces of heaven, nirvana and the yaoguai clan or even up to 6,7 when other forces are also involved. and the current game is just a journey to rediscover memories with "old friends" bosses from the 81 disasters of Journey to the West. and the majority of the setting in the current game is in the human realm "earth". We have not yet discovered the hell realm, the heavenly realm, the nirvana realm, or other worlds (yaoguai, ashura, blabla...)
There will not be a sequel but they will definitely add dlcs in the future. The creators said that they're gonna make a series of black myth games and each game will feature a different Chinese mythological character from different stories written. The first game of the franchise is based on wukong. The next will be based on someone else
@@calebstephan2083 Next probably Lu Bu
@@benkraze3103he was great in record of ragnorok on Netflix!
What a master piece! I am so exciting to watch it and enjoying it so much! Well Done, Game Science!
3:15 is that ba jie fighting Sha wuijing ?
八戒和沙僧在打架，那时沙僧还没在取经的队伍里
My guess is part two of WUKONG will be" journey to the west "
No, the game takes place after the end of Journey to the West, Wukong is called the Divine Fighting Buddah in the game, the golden headband is something given to him by Buddah at the begining of Journey to the West and we fight a corrupted Zhu BaJie, one of the past companions of Wukong in Journey to the West.
apparently there will be another ending called "Another Journey to the West" (according to a Chinese game website), so we'll see how will that be
@@jupiter138there is also a dlc in the making for this game since it sold so much so they now kept going with finishing the dlc
It may be that the destined one must recover the scripture of tripitaka in order to gain enlightenment. That would make for an amazing dlc.
100% sure there will be a dlc with Ne Zha as main character and the other dude I don't know the name of. Holy sh*t anybody who watches old Hong Kong dramas are getting punched in the face with nostalgia.
Erlang 二朗神 ?
@@howardlam6181 erlang is sided with the heaven in this game so maybe his nephew, who has similar backstory as his uncle. The three bear the same ideal of defiance against greater authority.
Because the games were successful... not only success but huge success... Definitely the lore will be expanding... And Chinese lore are quite huge with thousands of character famous in china lore so Yes, it will be expanding. And what sweet is, Chinese lore don't have any pattern so my guess other games developers in China already aspired by Games Science success will definitely join the bandwagon.
Are you thinking Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) perhaps? Seeing Erlang Shen and Ne Zha are making me think of “封神演義”
@@quangphung9396 oh I see what he means now. But Erlang's rise to his position is also quite interesting. He also faught the celestials
More than 30 years have passed but this music still burns
I think that song makes people born in China, Vietnam and other countries who were able to watch the CCTV TV show in the 80s feel the same as people who watched Avengers: Endgame, the part about the heroes coming back.
My respects to the Legend of the Monkey King, whether it's the Dicky Cheung or Liu Xiao Ling Tong version.
Shit when the music came on, I was breaking out in goosepimples... AWESOME!!!!!!!!! 🤟
Those scenes are referring to the chapters of the original Journey to the West.
Maybe I'm wrong or missing some, please correct for me if you familiar with the story.
0:53 Erlang Zhenjun defeated Wukong (The beginning of the game)
1:17 The Buddha declared the quest was truly over and Wukong ascended to Buddhahood
1:40 The sutras fell into the water of Tongtian River (actually those sutra books were wordless)
2:06 Wukong rescued the babies from the sacrificical ritual in Biyou Kingdom
2:38 Wukong fought his own shadow, the Six-Eared Macaque
2:43 Wukong summoned the Celestial generals to fight Yellowbrow
2:48 The team challenged the three Daoists in Chechi Kingdom
2:58 Sanzang excommunicated Wukong
3:01 Wukong beat the Bone Demon three times
3:07 The Ginseng Fruit tree incident
3:14 Wujing joined the team
3:21 Sanzang released Wukong from Mount Five-Finger
3:53 Wukong challanged the Buddha
4:09 Wukong wrecked havoc in the heaven
4:28 Wukong erased his name and his monkeys' names in the Death Note
4:39 Wukong formed an alliance of Demons to conquer the heaven
The crazy thing is in his band of demons, Wukong is only the 4th strongest.
@@TrungTH1190 It was because he hadn't eaten the Celestial Peaches and Lao Zi's alchemy pills yet at that time.
@@Moeflyer6213so this journey is reverse
@@rahulsonagara007 No, it is Wukong's memory flow into the Destined One. And then the Destined One decided to wreck havoc in the heaven once more, for Wukong and the Yao Guai who defeated by him.
@@Moeflyer6213 does it mean that original wukong defeated by three eye guy because of that headband so which means he can control wukong so after that he was waiting for this new wukong to collect all six stone and be the wukong without headband means he is free now
But I have one question in secret ending there is only 5 stone where is six one ?
Sorry for my bad English
Best song of the childhood Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesia 2:05 song starts ;)
Nostalgia overload
《云宫迅音》
I think most Asian know that song
And Malaysia
I NEED an animated Journey To The West series in this art style.
I don't like playing any Games, but stuck in watching many videos of Black Myth WuKong in RUclips?
My Childhood Hero😭Wukong !We still Here🔥💙
If this game nominated for the GOTY in The Game Award, I hope they will put the part of 4:06 in the orchestra as a hype transitions
Who need GOTY lmao that event is soo rigged 😂 now that woke control everything
100% this melody is the icon of Journey to The West
Small tidbit: This is playing in reverse, and at 2:55, you can see Wukong is begging in pain as Tang recite the mantra of the headband. The reason is that he killed a monster masquerading as a woman (the one in the scene after that), but Tang thought he killed an innocent woman.
I would love to see an animated film, this looks incredible
Mind-blowing, it's a gift for someone who had seen the comic version of [Journey to the West] in their childhood.
I haven’t read Journey to the West but when I saw this ending it gave me nostalgia for something I’d never even read before. Like I could “feel” the bigness of the stories depicted in the flashbacks one by one combined with the way the music and tonal shifts help tell the story.
Needless to say I have all 4 volumes of the English translation of JttW on the way right now 😂.
I've watched the Journey to the West movie a few years back and honestly seeing that animation brought back those memories by. MK is the best!
OMG the music. Childhood ost from tv series !!! So much memories
I think the last part of this cutscene, where wukong drank by himself with all his brothers dead, is just before the opening of this game. Hes walking out of the cave to face the heaven army in the opening scence of the game.
我觉得不是，而是恢复所有孙悟空所有记忆的天命人（也就是完整的孙悟空），喝酒告慰原先已经战死的同伴，独自准备再次去对抗天宫
@@李星-w6h But the cutscene is all Wukong memories. I don't think we reach the Destined one's action yet. I don't think he will be that stupid to challenge the Heaven alone again after knowing Wukong failed 3 times. He would rather hide and enjoy his freedom I think. It's boring but it make sense. If he wants to challenge the Heaven again, he needs more allies, more than his first attempt.
@@peterteoh6401Wukong only failed because of the Buddha head band binding him. Without it, there’s nothing to hold him back this time against the Heaven courts.
@@キングサイ-d1q That's correct. However, If Wukong attacks the Heaven Court now, Buddha will come and defeat Wukong again. History repeats itself. Current Destined One needs to be smarter to be free.
@@peterteoh6401 the heavens court killed his kind as stated in the beginning of the game. Wukong not just gonna said, since I’m freed now. ima go lived my live happily ever after. We all know he’s attacking heaven that’s why the upcoming DLC is featuring the jade emperor.
I didn't bought the game yet and my RUclips algorithm already wants to spoiler me.
Yet you opened this video??
this is the retelling of the journey to the west, and not about the game, should be safe if you already saw many Monkey king adaptations
It's not only Wukong's memory was flashing back but also my childhood memory.