It's just a kind reminder, all the skills Wukong uses can be found in the novel Journey to the West, immobilization, transformation, multi-form, and even the stick that can grow bigger or smaller. So it's not copying any games, instead, some games and cartoons were inspired by that novel.
Unlike other AAA games we had in those past few years, this one really is very well made and we feel that the developers put their whole art and love in it.
Sheesh Dragon Ball had ALOT of inspiration from this story. Akira Toriyama wasn't kidding that he was inspired from the Myth Story. Well done and RIP, Akira.
@@stellviahohenheim Please do not speak if you don't understand the origins of Dragon ball and the lore that was written 500 years ago, that inspired written literature for hundreds of years in Northeast Asia Korea China Japan and Vietnam. Do not insult yourself and the majesty of this literature.
Western audience might view these monsters or figures as some mere random amalgamations with asian traits, aka just dude punching stabbing grotesque oversized monsters over n over etc..thus the accusation of darksoul/GoW rippoffs. But for those who grew up with Wukong from journey to the west adaptations, these are in facts very loyal interpretations of actual characters from the novel, as well as taoist/budhist pantheons, along with familiar details of their back stories. Like that yellow eyebrow dude also faking being a Buddha canonically.
Well, the Journey to the West stays perhaps the most well known Chinese tale, perhaps only Mulan is more famous, especially since the Disney animation movie. So no, the Western audience "in general" won't just consider it a rip off of the Souls like games. On the other hand, the bleak tone, filled with regrets and sadness, is very inspired by Elden Ring, Bloodborne and Dark Souls. That doesn't mean that the game won't be appreciated for itself. The art design is gorgeous, the characters intriguing (fantastic if you know the tale and a bit of Chinese mythology). The only thing, the main character is just a blank vessel. That's a bit sad, especially if you compare to the amazing introduction of Sun Wukong at the beginning. Many would be a bit confused to the fact of not playing the Monkey King himself.
@@klug5916 ye after watching this clip i think so too. I would love to have a new version that we playing the previous Sun Wukong on the Journey to the west haha
@thaimperial97 no clear indication they referred to gameplay. Even then, that wouldnt explain why they gave a different standard for this one, while being noticeablly silent on western counterparts being similar to one another. And let be honest , these guys , beside criticism, offer no idea of how differently things should be done. People just say things these days.
@@david998899 you can search up Journey to the West TV series 1986 or the remade version in 1996. Most people like the 1986 version cuz its the og but I like the 1996 version more. I think it's gonna be hard to find Eng sub tho.
This is a well-known Chinese myth that has been popular not only in China for thousands of years, but also in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. If you know this myth, you will be surprised by the story setting and scene setting of the game! (Real scenes, statues of legendary figures, temple relics actually exist in China). In the myth, Wukong's main weapon (golden hoop) weighs 6750 kilograms!
@@randomworld4662the most common reason is that it’s a fantasy epic like Lord Of The Rings. The other reason is because it’s a well-written satire of the corrupt Ming Dynasty government and beauracracy. Back then authors or poets, no matter their dissatisfaction towards the ruling class, couldn’t directly name names, lest they want to offend the higher-ups and risk a death penalty, so they had to make loads of allegories using historical figures. There’s a lot of allegories in Journey To The West: the Buddha represents the Emperor, the monsters that used to be the gods’ steeds represent the troublemakers who have powerful people to clean up their messes. Even Monkey can be seen as the author’s self-insert fanfiction: how he started out fearless until he was repeatedly bullied and mistreated until he was pinned under the mountain. The mission to retrieve the sutras can be interpreted as the author’s own journey to the capital to become a bureaucrat himself. There’s lots of depth, symbolism, allegories and lessons in this epic fantasy adventure that can be used even today, and that’s why Journey To The West remains famous and popular until today.
@@randomworld4662 The novel Journey to the west was released in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty, but the "Monkey" myth was documented in a book as early as in Song Dynasty (960-1279).
A theory goes that the destined One is a string of hair from Wukong that spawned as a clone of Wukong to resurrect him, as the destined One appears to know the skill of transformation and immortality too, its not possible for another Monkey to obtain these powers, as it requires immense amount of centuries to train these skills. also when you die in the game you respawn from a hair aswell, so the destined One must have been related to Wukong. 😁
@@mirkoruhl9324 Well in the game Zhu Bajie the Pig companion revealed that the Destined One wasn't the first one searching for Wukongs relic. Zhu Bajie said, I quote: "Oh great, they send me another mute" meaning that probably alot of other Wukong clones tried the journey but probably didn't succeeded. And it was waiting for the actual Destined One to actually succeed.
This is the bad ending of Quick Pass, a metaphor. The most important thing to learn the scriptures is not to learn the scriptures, but to learn the way to learn the scriptures. The Great Sage is still sealed in the stone because of the lack of the root of intention, which is to tell those who modifiers and pass quickly pass quickly. You lack the original intention to get the scriptures (play games), so the great saint in your heart can only be sealed in the stone, and the destiny man you play can only bring a golden hoop to worship into Buddhism, controlled by the rules and the golden hoop, and wait for the next destiny to continue this reincarnation.
I'm very sure, all this time the one who was looking for the Wukong artifact was one of his feathers that was removed before he actually fell asleep. Therefore, every Wukong artifact is always active when touched by the character being played. I'm sure that in the next game, who knows when it will be released, Wukong's fur will return to its original owner and Wukong will return and defy the sky.
The dude wakes up from his dream and kills the fox is extremely accurate, especially in China. There are mutiple cases some guy just wakes up and leads a rebellion just because he sees himself as a king in the dream.
@@dmssb2319No, that's the normal ending, not because of modifiers. There's another ending that hasn't changed much, and the one you're talking about is unlikely to exist
Chapter 2 Animation has two meanings, 1. People, monsters, demons, and Buddhas can all have good and evil thoughts, and they can be both kind and cruel. For example, Lingji, although he is a Bodhisattva, the bugs in the Golden Kingdom are her mounts. In order to suppress the people who once opposed Buddhism, the Yellow Wind Monster killed bugs to save the people. At the same time, he became greedy and harmed the people. Crazy tigers eat countless people, but they can play with sick children! 2. The final narration was also spoken by a person from above, meaning that there is a hierarchy between gods, Buddhas, humans, and demons. If you are a demon stock, you are inferior. You, Huang Feng, have been doing good deeds for a hundred years, but if you do one bad thing, you will be executed, just like Huang Feng and Sun Wukong who are doing well. He threatens the Heavenly Court and will be executed! So the narrator is not telling us the truth, he is just a person from above threatening and mocking Sun Wukong. You can say that people from above are racism, so they want to kill Sun Wukong, who is a monster! What I said may not be correct, everyone's understanding is different, and this fable has a deep connotation!
the anime at 1:19:03 spoke volumes to me regarding humanity as a whole. No matter how much you provide greed is always a means to an end and flesh is never satisfied. Im ready to study Buddhism now.
It's also about the god and his own arrogance. He made everything worse for the villagers to force them to depend on him. And he got himself ripped apart just to prove a silly point.
@@rosesweetcharlotte it's pretty awesome the angles you can take and all are valid. For me personally it would be nice to still have reason and logic when desperation arises. I got a ways to go.
I’m not a gamer but I have been watching the Black Myth Wukong related videos non stop for a few days. I appreciate this video because it showed me some characters and details I missed. ❤
But amazing. How to encapsulate a love story in a few minutes. It's Pixar level in term of emotion (I'm referring to the opening of Up, even if Pixar had more time)
The pronunciation of "pig" and "spider" in Chinese is very similar, with the pig pronounced as "zhu" and the spider pronounced as "zhizhu". This is probably the reason for their love.
Spider is Chang'e's maid. She fell in love with Bajie at first sight, but Bajie liked Chang'e. However, Chang'e was with the gods, so the gods exiled Bajie and the maid to the human world. Bajie became a pig demon and the maid became a spider, but the maid always loved Bajie. Unfortunately, Bajie did not love the maid! This story tells us never to love someone who doesn't love you!
i mean the game is great and all. But what a pity they didn't mention the rest of the gangs: The Tang monk, the river yaoguai disciple and the white dragon horse
Technically aside from Wukong and Bajie/Pigsy being such integral characters in the game Sandy I think gets seen in the boat trip at the end of the game as one of Wukong’s memories (the dragon swimming in the water at 2:54:10 I think is Sandy considering he was a dragon river spirit). Tang as Jinchizi is in the chapter 3 ending music video and gets mentioned at least a few times by Bajie/Pigsy in the game. Dragon Horse is out of luck. I didn’t spot him lol. But obviously all of them make an appearance together again during the music video ending for the true ending. But I do wish they actually showed up all together again in the actual game instead of the animations.
As an East Asian guy, I grew up watching the Journey to the West TV series, and this darker and more intense version brings me so much joy. I mean look at those huge bosses/villains, the designs are so epic.
Damn the part with the Bull king and Wukong really got me. We used to have things like that but we can't have that now because that's now called toxic masculinity
But isn't that sort of the point? That these characters are sort of toxic? And their own need to for glory and significance led them down some very bad paths?
DAMN I MUST SAY THE ADAPTATION OF THIS GAME IS STRICT TO THE NOVEL! I come from a long line of Chinese heritage, so i grew up watching wukong. The most surprising part is the music at the end! It is the pièce de resistence of the movie that I watched! It turns me so much back to my childhood!
We are all born as monkey kings. Initially full of ego about our power and potential, desires, basically good, ignorant, rebellious etc. As we go through life we learn our shortcomings, hopefully overcome our shortcomings and become enlightened. Sun Wukong is a brilliant, deep and philosophical story with Buddhist roots
For anyone interested to learn more about Wukong. Watch the movie "A Chinese Odyssey" Part 1 and Part 2. They are both on RUclips for free and Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer & Kungfu Hustle) was the lead. You will not regret watching this timeless classic. Mark my words
If you can get to the last level, let me share with you a piece of knowledge: There is a forbidden magic in Journey to the West called Faxiang Tiandi, which only Yang Jian and Wukong can master. The effect of the spell is that it will turn into a huge image with the sky above its head and the ground beneath its feet. The lion is just one manifestation of the art of change.
These cutscenes are a work of art. As for the game overall, from what I gathered since Aug 20 to today, many of the players so far put give this a solid 8/10 to 9/10. Everyone has their own take on hardness and interests, but overall positive views seems to be the general consensus. It could very well be GOTY.
I may be wrong but don't think it's official. More like reimagined what happened after. All he ever wanted was to not die and keep his kind with him. But his journey to seek immortality took him to the path of journeying to the west with monk xuan zhang for the scriptures.
Loving the lore of Black Myth Wukong! The way it intertwines with the Journey to the West legends is fascinating. Immersive Translate made the cultural context much clearer.
I know there are monkeys in Indian religions, but Wukong is not even remotely similar to them, especially not to Hanuman. 😂 Wukong is essentially a character who tried his best to fight for his freedom and eternal happiness, but ends up being subdued by authority (both Buddha and the Chinese Taoist gods) and has to work for them. He had to help a Chinese monk during a long journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West, or India. It’s a sad story for Wukong. It basically hints children who love freedom and adults who have to work and become part of the system. The broader context is the struggle between Buddhism and Chinese Taoism for more believers in China during the Tang Dynasty, around 1,000 years ago. But nevertheless, unlike most other countries, religions are never a critical part of Chinese daily lives. We believe in our ancestors and ourselves more than any god.
WOW, that was very interesting and detailed. I live in the 🇺🇸 (Florida) and this was Mosley all new to me. So thank you for explaining a lot of it to me! That being said, I had to say my favorite is the singing guy with no head! Something about the song is just very catchy👌👍👍👍👍
well, the first time the buddha banished him, he did wreck havoc in the celestial court and stole a bunch of ambrosia foods. Buddha gave him a chance to redeam himself. The second time though, after he became a Buddha and given a position in the court, which is the original story from this game, they did do the monkey dirty.
This game has been the new hot topic. Glad to see this on youtube because normally I won't be interested in games😅. But just watching the beginning caught my attention. It's job well done! 👍 I would recommend you to familiarize yourself to the original story " Journey to the West" first then you would appreciate this more.❤
Sun Wukong is the protagonist of the ancient Chinese mythological novel 《Journey to the West》. The earliest version of this novel was discovered in the Ming Dynasty of China 432 years ago.Japanese animations and games about SongGoku are inspired by this novel.
3:03:15: I know it's from a way older JTTW show, but I'm SOOOO happy Lego Monkie Kid used it for Sun Wukong’s light-motif because the chill this game me 😭 THAT is my monkey man!
Journey to the West was written in the 16th century, that's only 400 years ago. In Europe the Renaissance was happening and the America's were being colonized. And *all* history goes back thousands of years 😂. That's how time works.
Wow, the new 2024 Black Myth Wukong trailer in 4K is stunning! The visuals are breathtaking and the action-packed scenes have me eagerly anticipating its release. Cant wait to see more!
Wow, the new Black Myth Wukong 4K ULTRA HD cutscenes look absolutely stunning! Cant wait to dive into this epic experience. Exciting clips previewing the grand visuals and thrilling action for 2024!
@@Hamui-kk8mw I mean they're not wrong. But it's also like saying siegfried is a copy of sigurd. Or Hercules (roman) being a copy of heracles (Greek). Both are the same but writen by different cultures.
@@Hamui-kk8mw sigurd married a valkyrie while siegfried married a queen. Siegfried had the cursed gold of fafnir and sigurd had the magic of the gods. Siegfried became invulnerable by bathing in fafnir's blood, sigurd became nearly imortal because of the runes. And with hercules he's just a toned down version of heracles.
Absolutely thrilling! The 2024 Black Myth Wukong trailer showcases breathtaking visuals and intense action. Cant wait for the full release in 4K Ultra HD. Stunning clips, simply mesmerizing!
As somoene who is relatively new to the Sun Wukong Mythos, and most of my knowledge comes from the Lego Monkie Kid cartoon, i still think I managed to follow along to most of this. The biggest difference is, here everyone's actual Chinese names are bwing used, whereas in tne cartoon, the majority of characters are given simplified names. Example, the Bull character is simply Demon Bull King, or DBK, along with his Beloved wife, Princess Iron Fan, and even his Son, Red Sun (Or is it Red Boy?) The cartoon also refrences the Samadhi Fire, The Lady Bone Demon, Ne Zha, Azure Lion, the story of the Yellow Robed Sage, all of which, If not most of it, im pretty sure i recognized when they appeared in these scenes. But now im wondering, if Sun Wukong Dies, and we play through the game as Dark haired monkey, using Sun Wukong's Fighting Style. If thats the case. Are we playing as just a random Silent Protag with a darkwr asthetic, or are we playing as Macaque?
This game is the best thing that have happens in these years. The story, plot and animation are truly top-not. This game is based on the story "journey to the west" which is a really popular novel and series in China
You’ve got to admit the music really helps make such a narrative perspective in every game such as this but also agreeing to everyone it would be cool if there was a English sub and original(Chinese) dub to this gameplay
@@xposelies2417Good point. The same people complaining about people complaining about this game are the people who forget that this game is so big exactly because it offers representation for Chinese gamers
Please don't think of the game's plot as Journey to the West! The developers claim to be based on the original Journey to the West, but many of the plots are actually from conspiracy novels on the internet and an MMO（斗战神/douzhanshen/Asura） that was once a project of their developers. For example, the love story between the Monkey King（sun wukong） and the White Bone Monster（bai gu jing）, the love story between Piggy（zhu bajie） and the Spider Monster（zhi zhu jing）, and the fact that Red Child（hong hai er） is a boy in the original story, but the game's Red Child was born when Princess Iron Fan drank the water of the River of childbearing, which can only give birth to a girl, which means that the game's Red Child is a transgender. These changes are hard to accept for most people who have seen Journey to the West, and there has been some controversy on Chinese social media so far (Use Google Translate, some names may not be the same as in the game)
You completed a game?
Me: Yes
PC or PS5?
Me: RUclips
GOAT comment
🥺
Same reply of mine as well 😂
Its great fun to play.
Me reading the subtitles
It's just a kind reminder, all the skills Wukong uses can be found in the novel Journey to the West, immobilization, transformation, multi-form, and even the stick that can grow bigger or smaller. So it's not copying any games, instead, some games and cartoons were inspired by that novel.
Dragonball and one piece to name a few
龍珠是日本人偷了幾例
西游記中各人物的功率數據已經在幾百上千年前的中國人書中已經規劃
@@huangpang-hy7sk "stolen" What an absolute joke. All creative works are built upon what came before. No one owns the past.
@@huangpang-hy7skyes
Oh my, this game is too beautiful. Truly Game Of The Year material.
this game so cool
IGN：no
Yeah this gem is going to get the hogwarts legacy treatment sadly
Unlike other AAA games we had in those past few years, this one really is very well made and we feel that the developers put their whole art and love in it.
❤Fun fact
In 2017 a movie named wukong was created in which wukong and erlang face off .
Is awesome.
Sheesh Dragon Ball had ALOT of inspiration from this story. Akira Toriyama wasn't kidding that he was inspired from the Myth Story. Well done and RIP, Akira.
No Dragon Ball came out in 1985
@@stellviahohenheim No, Journey to the West is based on a 16th century novel.
@@albionpucciarelli1910 Journey to the West IS the name of the 16th Century novel.
@@stellviahohenheim Please do not speak if you don't understand the origins of Dragon ball and the lore that was written 500 years ago, that inspired written literature for hundreds of years in Northeast Asia Korea China Japan and Vietnam. Do not insult yourself and the majesty of this literature.
@@cart172 yeh you’re right
Western audience might view these monsters or figures as some mere random amalgamations with asian traits, aka just dude punching stabbing grotesque oversized monsters over n over etc..thus the accusation of darksoul/GoW rippoffs. But for those who grew up with Wukong from journey to the west adaptations, these are in facts very loyal interpretations of actual characters from the novel, as well as taoist/budhist pantheons, along with familiar details of their back stories. Like that yellow eyebrow dude also faking being a Buddha canonically.
but the only reason ppl compared it to Darksouls or GOW was because of the gameplay. Not the characters
Well, the Journey to the West stays perhaps the most well known Chinese tale, perhaps only Mulan is more famous, especially since the Disney animation movie. So no, the Western audience "in general" won't just consider it a rip off of the Souls like games.
On the other hand, the bleak tone, filled with regrets and sadness, is very inspired by Elden Ring, Bloodborne and Dark Souls. That doesn't mean that the game won't be appreciated for itself. The art design is gorgeous, the characters intriguing (fantastic if you know the tale and a bit of Chinese mythology). The only thing, the main character is just a blank vessel. That's a bit sad, especially if you compare to the amazing introduction of Sun Wukong at the beginning. Many would be a bit confused to the fact of not playing the Monkey King himself.
@@klug5916 ye after watching this clip i think so too. I would love to have a new version that we playing the previous Sun Wukong on the Journey to the west haha
@thaimperial97 no clear indication they referred to gameplay. Even then, that wouldnt explain why they gave a different standard for this one, while being noticeablly silent on western counterparts being similar to one another. And let be honest , these guys , beside criticism, offer no idea of how differently things should be done. People just say things these days.
@@klug5916Mulan is not more famous than journey to the west....
There are also hidden cutscenes like Wukong fighting against Erlang Shen and Four Heaven Kings also Wukong fighting against the Buddha
just watched that and it‘s totally a work of art😭😭
Wukong vs Buddha which chapter??
I can’t find the Buddha one anywhere, where did you see this?
link?
@@lesei6116 If you win against Erlang Shen, you will unlock the Havoc in Heaven CG finally. That is one of a hidden ending
Unparalleled magnificence and beauty, the culture and music of oriental aesthetics are also fascinating.
through the heavens and the earths wukong alone is the honored one
Until Buddha comes and sons his ass lol otherwise yeah you're right
We will never escape Lobotomy kaisen
@@memyself_and_i It's a saying from the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. It's also Escanor's ult "The One" from the Seven Deadly Sins
Till Buddha came along and made himself WuKong's Daddy LOL
This gotta be the bullshiest lore I have ever seen in a game. Just lots of nonesense happening.
3:03:15 only the real ones who watched the famous series when they were young know this iconic song.
When I heard the music crescendos into this melody at 3:00:14, it was so nostalgic and epic my eyes were teary man
whats the name of the famous series?
@@david998899西游记！
@@david998899 you can search up Journey to the West TV series 1986 or the remade version in 1996. Most people like the 1986 version cuz its the og but I like the 1996 version more. I think it's gonna be hard to find Eng sub tho.
The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.
Wow Brotherhood between monkey and bull broke my heart 🙁
3:03:15 music, the nostalgia hit so hard. I watch this show like 5 times as a kid.
love that they use the sang, I was like holee is that the song
西游记伴随了我的整个童年，现在能把他做成游戏，让自己成为主角。圆了自己一个美猴王的梦❤
This is the beauty of video games, my brother!
确实而且是国产3a的里程碑
没人关心
@@kungfucooking7567you care enough to reply 🤡
@@赵华心 我的齊天大聖😜
This is a well-known Chinese myth that has been popular not only in China for thousands of years, but also in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. If you know this myth, you will be surprised by the story setting and scene setting of the game! (Real scenes, statues of legendary figures, temple relics actually exist in China). In the myth, Wukong's main weapon (golden hoop) weighs 6750 kilograms!
it's release in 1600 how it's popular from thousands of years
@@randomworld4662the most common reason is that it’s a fantasy epic like Lord Of The Rings. The other reason is because it’s a well-written satire of the corrupt Ming Dynasty government and beauracracy. Back then authors or poets, no matter their dissatisfaction towards the ruling class, couldn’t directly name names, lest they want to offend the higher-ups and risk a death penalty, so they had to make loads of allegories using historical figures. There’s a lot of allegories in Journey To The West: the Buddha represents the Emperor, the monsters that used to be the gods’ steeds represent the troublemakers who have powerful people to clean up their messes. Even Monkey can be seen as the author’s self-insert fanfiction: how he started out fearless until he was repeatedly bullied and mistreated until he was pinned under the mountain. The mission to retrieve the sutras can be interpreted as the author’s own journey to the capital to become a bureaucrat himself. There’s lots of depth, symbolism, allegories and lessons in this epic fantasy adventure that can be used even today, and that’s why Journey To The West remains famous and popular until today.
@@randomworld4662 The novel Journey to the west was released in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty, but the "Monkey" myth was documented in a book as early as in Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Wukong's golden hoop can change small to hide in his ear....you know that?
저는 한국인입니다 서유기 너무 좋아합니다 한국에서는 치키차카초코코촉 이라는 날아라 슈퍼보드라는 만화를 서유기의 원작에 따라 만들었는데 너무 재미있게 봤습니다
2:47:14 Bajie did not say this for no reason. In fact, it was what Wukong said to Bajie on the way to the West. Therefore, Bajie was missing Wukong.
start at 2:46:26
A theory goes that the destined One is a string of hair from Wukong that spawned as a clone of Wukong to resurrect him, as the destined One appears to know the skill of transformation and immortality too, its not possible for another Monkey to obtain these powers, as it requires immense amount of centuries to train these skills. also when you die in the game you respawn from a hair aswell, so the destined One must have been related to Wukong. 😁
Obviously he is not a random monkey.
I wonder then why it took him so long to start his journey
@@mirkoruhl9324 Well in the game Zhu Bajie the Pig companion revealed that the Destined One wasn't the first one searching for Wukongs relic. Zhu Bajie said, I quote: "Oh great, they send me another mute" meaning that probably alot of other Wukong clones tried the journey but probably didn't succeeded. And it was waiting for the actual Destined One to actually succeed.
Damn Forbidden Kingdom vibes
This is the bad ending of Quick Pass, a metaphor. The most important thing to learn the scriptures is not to learn the scriptures, but to learn the way to learn the scriptures. The Great Sage is still sealed in the stone because of the lack of the root of intention, which is to tell those who modifiers and pass quickly pass quickly. You lack the original intention to get the scriptures (play games), so the great saint in your heart can only be sealed in the stone, and the destiny man you play can only bring a golden hoop to worship into Buddhism, controlled by the rules and the golden hoop, and wait for the next destiny to continue this reincarnation.
Yes, the hoop is wrong. And it's the nature of the Monkey to seek freedom. But one day the hoop will be truly broken.
you're drunk aren't you.
Wise words
1:37:40 I can't help but repeat this moment over and over.... What a beautiful soundtrack...
I'm very sure, all this time the one who was looking for the Wukong artifact was one of his feathers that was removed before he actually fell asleep. Therefore, every Wukong artifact is always active when touched by the character being played. I'm sure that in the next game, who knows when it will be released, Wukong's fur will return to its original owner and Wukong will return and defy the sky.
Ya, just like in that movie where Jackie Chen and Jetli casted
Gotta say the english dub doesn't sound great, if i close my eyes all i hear is the joker 😂 the chinese dub on the other hand is 🔥
Yeah I wish this was in Chinese.. would help me practice my comprehension too
Well most Americans don't speak Chinese...tht would be silly to have the Chinese dub
@@thaimperial97 I would prefer Chinese with english subtitles
Not we all understand Chinese, English still better for me
Just watch
i'm so happy that Zhu Bajie is so small cute but so rude
Pigsy?
@@Tamikawashere yep
In fact,he is not rude,the impression of Pigsy on our Chinese persons is foolish,cute and greediness
@@JuyeMetal He is strong willed. But adorable.
Ooloong?
short story animation 1.26:00 2.45:00 3.1:19:00 4.1:52:00 5.2:25:53
These animation so good
Also what is second story meaning is he killed the fox?
The animation, especially the tale of Zhu Baijie, is a work of art.
The choice of various styles is a wonder. This will be remember.
Wow the pig animation is a great portray of his story.
@@MerryChristmas-me8lrBasically he killed the fox to prevent what would had happen in the future.
This is pure aesthetic feast to a non-PRG game player. I'm really amazed by these cutscenes.
3:03:18 that song....so epic and familiar, still hit me hard since i was a kid
The dude wakes up from his dream and kills the fox is extremely accurate, especially in China.
There are mutiple cases some guy just wakes up and leads a rebellion just because he sees himself as a king in the dream.
This is the bad ending of opening a modifier! We need to complete all tasks before we can start the happy ending of the chaos in the Heavenly Palace
@@dmssb2319No, that's the normal ending, not because of modifiers. There's another ending that hasn't changed much, and the one you're talking about is unlikely to exist
Chapter 2 Animation has two meanings,
1. People, monsters, demons, and Buddhas can all have good and evil thoughts, and they can be both kind and cruel. For example, Lingji, although he is a Bodhisattva, the bugs in the Golden Kingdom are her mounts. In order to suppress the people who once opposed Buddhism, the Yellow Wind Monster killed bugs to save the people. At the same time, he became greedy and harmed the people. Crazy tigers eat countless people, but they can play with sick children!
2. The final narration was also spoken by a person from above, meaning that there is a hierarchy between gods, Buddhas, humans, and demons. If you are a demon stock, you are inferior. You, Huang Feng, have been doing good deeds for a hundred years, but if you do one bad thing, you will be executed, just like Huang Feng and Sun Wukong who are doing well. He threatens the Heavenly Court and will be executed! So the narrator is not telling us the truth, he is just a person from above threatening and mocking Sun Wukong. You can say that people from above are racism, so they want to kill Sun Wukong, who is a monster!
What I said may not be correct, everyone's understanding is different, and this fable has a deep connotation!
I was wondering if he killed it
Nice getting this out. Was waiting for your video gameplay 🔥
02:34 That ding sfx in the opening still sounds funny to me
这是他武器打在肩膀上面的盔甲的声音
it's like a meme lmao
Welcome to summoners rift
@@dipitinyourtea1 True, i watched it while finding match in LOL
CinemaSins ding
the anime at 1:19:03 spoke volumes to me regarding humanity as a whole. No matter how much you provide greed is always a means to an end and flesh is never satisfied. Im ready to study Buddhism now.
👊
Taoism might interest you too, it is the only religion originated from China
It's also about the god and his own arrogance. He made everything worse for the villagers to force them to depend on him. And he got himself ripped apart just to prove a silly point.
@@rosesweetcharlotte it's pretty awesome the angles you can take and all are valid. For me personally it would be nice to still have reason and logic when desperation arises. I got a ways to go.
32:28 this is amazing 🎉🎉❤
what this song?
@@liolidas a kind of impromptu song from Shaanxi China call 信天游, lyrics is almost freestyle and like a rap song
@@Matt20245 这是哪门子的信天游？
黄风起兮
FYI our piggy company used to be an heaven's Admiral. he was exiled and reincarnated as a pig demon
So he never gets his human appearance back?
@@Tamikawashere he can use magic and transform to a human but his true form is a pig demon for this life.
Man dude that piggy was a handsome human unfortunately he break the rule
lol love this piggy attitude he hella funny
@@laituanhoang That's really sad.
I’m not a gamer but I have been watching the Black Myth Wukong related videos non stop for a few days. I appreciate this video because it showed me some characters and details I missed. ❤
1:52:30 beautiful animation, beautiful story, beautiful song...feel so sad for both of em'
do u know the song name ?
@@thachlehuu4086 its called Listen Not but idk whos singing tho
@@thachlehuu4086 it is newly created song for the short movie
@@thachlehuu4086 the song's name is ：《勿听》
@@thachlehuu4086《勿听》
Pig and spider love story....sad scene
But amazing. How to encapsulate a love story in a few minutes. It's Pixar level in term of emotion (I'm referring to the opening of Up, even if Pixar had more time)
The pronunciation of "pig" and "spider" in Chinese is very similar, with the pig pronounced as "zhu" and the spider pronounced as "zhizhu". This is probably the reason for their love.
What time stamp?
How diverse it is.
@@boyang8609 That's what cause it to be so sweet... baby
this is only one of the ending, there 3 different ends and this is worse one which means you didnt actually played the entire game.
Fun fact: Son Goku is the Japanese pronunciation of Sun Wukong (孫悟空)
I bet Kratos would cross paths with Sun Wukong in the future.
🤣That day will come. Wukong has already defeated the Transformers, Gold Saints, and Ultraman.
I like the fact you mentioned GOW cause last movie to fill my mythology was GOD
If Hollywood made a movie😂
@@seiko-customs when u say gold saint are u referring to knights of zodiac?
@@Capperbappper YES
OMG, Pigsy and the Spider Woman were lovers. Heavy af ❤ 1:52:57
Chinese odyssey! 😢😢
Spider is Chang'e's maid. She fell in love with Bajie at first sight, but Bajie liked Chang'e. However, Chang'e was with the gods, so the gods exiled Bajie and the maid to the human world. Bajie became a pig demon and the maid became a spider, but the maid always loved Bajie. Unfortunately, Bajie did not love the maid! This story tells us never to love someone who doesn't love you!
天庭
:天蓬转世成什么了
回:转世成只猪🐖
:是吗,那我也转世成蜘蛛🕷
Bajie as a Celestial Court Admiral in the past starts in 1:42:20 ...
in China's myth logic, all species are equal
Ahhh fantastic...time to watch this awesome movie as I'm unable to run it myself🤣
Same 😅 no more monkey business 🐒
多謝！
1:51:33 damn this was very emotional...
bajie😭😭😭😭
Ye this made me really sad too
i mean the game is great and all. But what a pity they didn't mention the rest of the gangs: The Tang monk, the river yaoguai disciple and the white dragon horse
Wukong black myth 2 inc xD
in game zhe pig will talk about them with you in forth theme,Tang hiding himself and the river yaoguai went away(just wait for DLC
@@Shian936gods I can’t wait
Technically aside from Wukong and Bajie/Pigsy being such integral characters in the game Sandy I think gets seen in the boat trip at the end of the game as one of Wukong’s memories (the dragon swimming in the water at 2:54:10 I think is Sandy considering he was a dragon river spirit). Tang as Jinchizi is in the chapter 3 ending music video and gets mentioned at least a few times by Bajie/Pigsy in the game. Dragon Horse is out of luck. I didn’t spot him lol.
But obviously all of them make an appearance together again during the music video ending for the true ending. But I do wish they actually showed up all together again in the actual game instead of the animations.
As an East Asian guy, I grew up watching the Journey to the West TV series, and this darker and more intense version brings me so much joy. I mean look at those huge bosses/villains, the designs are so epic.
Damn the part with the Bull king and Wukong really got me. We used to have things like that but we can't have that now because that's now called toxic masculinity
can you put the timestamp
@@kdpham1002 2:25:50
Wait what was toxic about that?
Ur dumb
But isn't that sort of the point? That these characters are sort of toxic? And their own need to for glory and significance led them down some very bad paths?
A sub Chinese version would be awesome. Just like Ghost of Tsushima where they speak Japanese with English subtitles.
Hopefully one day…
Its in chinese
@@alessandrotosto9618 uhhhhh… yeah. Exactly what I said… 🤨
the whole game is in chinese. its not hard to do someone just has to edit it.
This game is not an RPG. Its a combat action game with added cartoon storytelling in between action scenes.
DAMN I MUST SAY THE ADAPTATION OF THIS GAME IS STRICT TO THE NOVEL! I come from a long line of Chinese heritage, so i grew up watching wukong. The most surprising part is the music at the end! It is the pièce de resistence of the movie that I watched! It turns me so much back to my childhood!
All characters in this game is pure skill from heaven
Bruh after having nightmare marrying a fox maiden he just decide to turn the fox he was saved into a neck warmer. That's fucked up 😢
No matter what other say..good job to all the voice actor....not an easy job..
Please do one with Chinese dub with Eng sub! Thank you! 🙏🏻
I dont think those are the only monsters we have in this game.
Goku: So you're my inspiration
Wukong: I'm your father too
Bardock:Lies I'm his father
We are all born as monkey kings. Initially full of ego about our power and potential, desires, basically good, ignorant, rebellious etc. As we go through life we learn our shortcomings, hopefully overcome our shortcomings and become enlightened. Sun Wukong is a brilliant, deep and philosophical story with Buddhist roots
In Hindu-Buddhist philosophy, yes, our "Monkey Mind" is to be harnessed.
一个中国人和你解释：悟空是道教的
Shame we don’t get monkeys kings powers, to clone ourselves and have super strength and fly on a cloud.
When's the headless dude dropping his album I want one
For anyone interested to learn more about Wukong. Watch the movie "A Chinese Odyssey" Part 1 and Part 2. They are both on RUclips for free and Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer & Kungfu Hustle) was the lead. You will not regret watching this timeless classic. Mark my words
我就是特意来看一下海外版本 没想到还真有另外的英语配音声优 感觉还是中文版的听着有感觉 嘿嘿 Welcome to China We are Family
family个鸡毛，保持距离，有点城府
Me : I saved so much money in my life just by playing the games on RUclips.
游戏里的很多建筑和塑像都有古建筑原型，而这些建筑都还现存在中国，已经存在几百年甚至上千年了。
Could you please make a Chinese version?
Lol, and play the game all over again
@@ThwipThwipBoom Are you motherf* stupid? The game is made by Chinese company. Who cares about you, lmao.
@@ThwipThwipBoomthis game and the story that inspired it came from China dude
Why don't you buy one? The original version is chinese.
@@ThwipThwipBoom stupid as always
很不错👍，人物的面部表情有待提高！加油！
Agreed. There’s no excuses for how one dimensional the character’s seem to be, I’ve seen better on older consoles.
Every video you upload is a hit. Keep up the awesome work!
If you can get to the last level, let me share with you a piece of knowledge: There is a forbidden magic in Journey to the West called Faxiang Tiandi, which only Yang Jian and Wukong can master. The effect of the spell is that it will turn into a huge image with the sky above its head and the ground beneath its feet. The lion is just one manifestation of the art of change.
These cutscenes are a work of art.
As for the game overall, from what I gathered since Aug 20 to today, many of the players so far put give this a solid 8/10 to 9/10. Everyone has their own take on hardness and interests, but overall positive views seems to be the general consensus.
It could very well be GOTY.
so this story is about after the great journey of wukong and his friends, am i correct ?
Yes
I may be wrong but don't think it's official. More like reimagined what happened after. All he ever wanted was to not die and keep his kind with him. But his journey to seek immortality took him to the path of journeying to the west with monk xuan zhang for the scriptures.
It's fanfiction
@@RonLarhzWell yeah ofc it's "what if" because Wukong dies at the start, that guy is like 4 levels of immortality, he ain't gonna be dead lul.
It's also Buddhism eh so you guys can probably guess who you play as
Loving the lore of Black Myth Wukong! The way it intertwines with the Journey to the West legends is fascinating. Immersive Translate made the cultural context much clearer.
This looks incredible.
Ty!
Dame I feel so bad for bulking this shit really is black myth 😢
Imagine The Bull Demon king can hold back all 4 heavenly Gods at once so Wukong can "play" (or have fun) with Erlang.
Legend of legends.
3:03:07 That music moved me to tears, evoking a flood of memories
Unc Baije a real stand up guy
Never played this game thought I’d check out the cutscenes but man his voice is making it hard
I know there are monkeys in Indian religions, but Wukong is not even remotely similar to them, especially not to Hanuman. 😂 Wukong is essentially a character who tried his best to fight for his freedom and eternal happiness, but ends up being subdued by authority (both Buddha and the Chinese Taoist gods) and has to work for them. He had to help a Chinese monk during a long journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West, or India. It’s a sad story for Wukong. It basically hints children who love freedom and adults who have to work and become part of the system. The broader context is the struggle between Buddhism and Chinese Taoism for more believers in China during the Tang Dynasty, around 1,000 years ago. But nevertheless, unlike most other countries, religions are never a critical part of Chinese daily lives. We believe in our ancestors and ourselves more than any god.
WOW, that was very interesting and detailed. I live in the 🇺🇸 (Florida) and this was Mosley all new to me. So thank you for explaining a lot of it to me! That being said, I had to say my favorite is the singing guy with no head! Something about the song is just very catchy👌👍👍👍👍
It's a fictional novel by Wu Cheng'en, a novelist from Ming Dynasty. Based on the journey of Xuanzang, a Tang Dynasty monk.
well, the first time the buddha banished him, he did wreck havoc in the celestial court and stole a bunch of ambrosia foods. Buddha gave him a chance to redeam himself. The second time though, after he became a Buddha and given a position in the court, which is the original story from this game, they did do the monkey dirty.
Yeah Hanuman is inferior
@@howardlam6181wreak* redeem*
This game has been the new hot topic. Glad to see this on youtube because normally I won't be interested in games😅. But just watching the beginning caught my attention. It's job well done! 👍 I would recommend you to familiarize yourself to the original story " Journey to the West" first then you would appreciate this more.❤
Would you mind giving a extended version with all boss fights included
Every character, every story, every picture and even every sound/music are made carefully with heart, respect and love. Great game of the year 2024.
Man where is the scene where Xuanzang sings Only You in cantonese 😭😭😭
😮
you devil
LOL THAT STEPHEN CHOW VERSION🤣🤣🤣🤣 EVEN THE MONK CANNOT SURVIVE WUKONG RAGE
大话西游1
There are 5 endings for 5 Relics , each ending after the first continues from where the other left off and there are 81 bosses for 81 tribulations
you should really include boss fights .....
Touching when he wear wukong's clothes and took the weapon...such a honor!!!😭
Sun Wukong is the protagonist of the ancient Chinese mythological novel 《Journey to the West》. The earliest version of this novel was discovered in the Ming Dynasty of China 432 years ago.Japanese animations and games about SongGoku are inspired by this novel.
damn this is beautiful
3:03:15: I know it's from a way older JTTW show, but I'm SOOOO happy Lego Monkie Kid used it for Sun Wukong’s light-motif because the chill this game me 😭
THAT is my monkey man!
western people realizing for the first time that Chinese culture dates back thousands of years - from a computer game in 2024
That's a very silly thing to say.
bluh
Do you feel smart now?
@@Firm-Tofu-King😂
Journey to the West was written in the 16th century, that's only 400 years ago. In Europe the Renaissance was happening and the America's were being colonized.
And *all* history goes back thousands of years 😂. That's how time works.
Wow, the new 2024 Black Myth Wukong trailer in 4K is stunning! The visuals are breathtaking and the action-packed scenes have me eagerly anticipating its release. Cant wait to see more!
这样水平的团队不去重新拍一部《西游记》真是可惜了。
Wow, the new Black Myth Wukong 4K ULTRA HD cutscenes look absolutely stunning! Cant wait to dive into this epic experience. Exciting clips previewing the grand visuals and thrilling action for 2024!
I wonder how are the Indians reacting to the game.
My guess is something like "why didn't we thought about this sooner?".
They are claiming WuKong was a copy of their Hanuman.
@@Hamui-kk8mw I mean they're not wrong.
But it's also like saying siegfried is a copy of sigurd. Or Hercules (roman) being a copy of heracles (Greek). Both are the same but writen by different cultures.
@@no.notfromRDR they are not the same. WuKong was born from a rock while Hunaman wasn’t.
@@Hamui-kk8mw sigurd married a valkyrie while siegfried married a queen. Siegfried had the cursed gold of fafnir and sigurd had the magic of the gods. Siegfried became invulnerable by bathing in fafnir's blood, sigurd became nearly imortal because of the runes.
And with hercules he's just a toned down version of heracles.
@@no.notfromRDR I have no idea what you are talking about.
[02:40] Wukong’s transformation abilities are so fluid and cool, I can't wait to try them all! 💥
You know, for being the "destined one" he sure gets his ass saved a lot. He should've died so many times but was saved by someone.
I think that was sort of the point. Ultimately, Son Wukong would have gotten nowhere without his friends.
Absolutely thrilling! The 2024 Black Myth Wukong trailer showcases breathtaking visuals and intense action. Cant wait for the full release in 4K Ultra HD. Stunning clips, simply mesmerizing!
make a movie pls, a 4 hour movie, or 10
The music scoring in this game was phenomenal!
As somoene who is relatively new to the Sun Wukong Mythos, and most of my knowledge comes from the Lego Monkie Kid cartoon, i still think I managed to follow along to most of this.
The biggest difference is, here everyone's actual Chinese names are bwing used, whereas in tne cartoon, the majority of characters are given simplified names.
Example, the Bull character is simply Demon Bull King, or DBK, along with his Beloved wife, Princess Iron Fan, and even his Son, Red Sun (Or is it Red Boy?)
The cartoon also refrences the Samadhi Fire, The Lady Bone Demon, Ne Zha, Azure Lion, the story of the Yellow Robed Sage, all of which, If not most of it, im pretty sure i recognized when they appeared in these scenes.
But now im wondering, if Sun Wukong Dies, and we play through the game as Dark haired monkey, using Sun Wukong's Fighting Style. If thats the case. Are we playing as just a random Silent Protag with a darkwr asthetic, or are we playing as Macaque?
你没发现角色每次开始和死亡角色都会变成一根毛,最开始的时候一群猴子打二郎神,这群猴子就是孙悟空用身上的毛变化出来的
你没发现角色每次开始和死亡角色都会变成一根毛,最开始的时候一群猴子打二郎神,这群猴子就是孙悟空用身上的毛变化出来的
I love that show makes me so happy people know about it
This game is the best thing that have happens in these years. The story, plot and animation are truly top-not. This game is based on the story "journey to the west" which is a really popular novel and series in China
This looks better than dark souls and such lol
Wow you mean a new game looks better than much older games 😮 also don’t mention China or women, the devs can’t handle that
@fluffly8935 the devs are anti china bud
You’ve got to admit the music really helps make such a narrative perspective in every game such as this but also agreeing to everyone it would be cool if there was a English sub and original(Chinese) dub to this gameplay
Western don’t know anything at all but very good in criticism.
Is that not the same thing you do to other people?
@@xposelies2417Good point. The same people complaining about people complaining about this game are the people who forget that this game is so big exactly because it offers representation for Chinese gamers
I've finished the game, and i little bit cry along my journey from the sad backstories...
Please don't think of the game's plot as Journey to the West!
The developers claim to be based on the original Journey to the West, but many of the plots are actually from conspiracy novels on the internet and an MMO（斗战神/douzhanshen/Asura） that was once a project of their developers.
For example, the love story between the Monkey King（sun wukong） and the White Bone Monster（bai gu jing）, the love story between Piggy（zhu bajie） and the Spider Monster（zhi zhu jing）, and the fact that Red Child（hong hai er） is a boy in the original story, but the game's Red Child was born when Princess Iron Fan drank the water of the River of childbearing, which can only give birth to a girl, which means that the game's Red Child is a transgender. These changes are hard to accept for most people who have seen Journey to the West, and there has been some controversy on Chinese social media so far
(Use Google Translate, some names may not be the same as in the game)
True
The clothe rendering is insane where has china been hiding this talent?