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you need to read the journal entries at least to get the full story. For example in the first animated segment, it references the original Journey To the West chapter in which the Elder Jinchi(the gold big head boss, blinded by greed)'s disciples(who you see in game) set fire to the temple to try to kill Xuanzang to claim the monk robe thing. There are lots of into in introduction of those minibosses that are not included in the video. 34:05 you quickly find out in game why you start off as a pincushion. And it's natural to wonder where the regular human went, but you've been fighting them the whole chapter(they were men turned into rats for certain reasons that is revealed in the journal entries, which is related to how things may not be what they seem from cutscenes of main story).
I hope after this u will react to the god of war cutscenes like u we’re talking about earlier in the video and I would love to see your reaction to the Spiderman game scene cutscenes
The real story is this: at the beginning, Erlang Shen is actually a friend of Wukong (aka Monkey King). They both have experience rebelling against the Heavenly Court, so they appreciate each other. Wukong wants to get rid of the tight hoop and seek freedom, but he realizes that the hoop can only be removed if he dies. Therefore, Erlang Shen and Wukong reach a gentleman's agreement: Erlang Shen will kill Wukong in a show for the Heavenly Court to see. Wukong knows that six magic objects will be split after his death. After several years, a man of destiny will overcome many difficulties, collect all six magic objects, revive the spirit of the Monkey King, inherit his will, and truly gain freedom. The first five of these six magic objects are placed by Erlang Shen on the monsters in the first five chapters, serving as tests for the man of destiny. If the five monsters are successfully defeated, it can be proved that the man of destiny may be the chosen one. However, the location of the last magic item is deliberately hidden in the plot. After Wukong was killed, Erlang Shen secretly stole the last magic item when no one was paying attention and killed all the heavenly witnesses to protect this item, making himself the final obstacle to guard it. Since killing Wukong, he has been waiting for the appearance of the man of destiny in the mural. Now, back to the game plot: if you don’t defeat Erlang Shen first and go directly to the body of the Great Sage, you will wear the golden hoop, symbolizing that you haven’t yet rid yourself of the heavenly shackles, haven’t resurrected the real Wukong, and aren’t the true man of destiny, so you will have to restart the game. If you defeat Erlang Shen first, you will obtain the last magic item, truly resurrect Wukong, inherit all his will, become the real man of destiny, and soar into the sky to once again rebel against the gods of heaven with freedom. (Note: The first time he soared into the sky to rebel against the gods, Wukong was still a monkey with divine power, which happened before *Journey to the West*). Erlang has been guarding the last relic for Wukong. He is the leader of the seven saints of MeiShan (Plum Blossom Mountain). Throughout the storyline, Erlang’s subordinates, the Meishan Six Yaoguai, have been assisting us. These include: - The white-robed scholar, who helps you obtain the fireproof mantle. - The wild boar in yellow, who assists in acquiring the wind tamer. - The bamboo hat wearer, who guides you to the true Maitreya Buddha. - The centipede man, who helps you find the Embroidered Needle. - The bull demon, who leads you to the final passage to Meishan. At the end of the game, the Destined One regains some of Wukong’s memories while holding all five relic pieces. However, it is revealed that the final relic piece-Wukong’s lost memories or mind-is still missing. If players unlock all secrets and defeat Erlang Shen on the secret mountain, the true ending shows that the Destined One retrieves this final memory. This memory recounts Wukong’s journey to the West in an anime style, starting from the end of the story and moving backward. In the true ending, just before the crown is placed on him, the Destined One transforms back into Sun Wukong, now fully restored with all six relics and free from the gods' control. The crown, created by Buddha and placed by Guan Yin, was meant to control Wukong, but his desire for freedom led him to gamble his life to escape this control. The Destined One, revealed to be a clone of Wukong, succeeds in freeing himself and now lives independently, no longer bound by the gods. The game concludes with Wukong victorious, now free of the crown and fully himself, as the Celestial Symphony plays a powerful rendition of the classic *Journey to the West* theme. While the game presents a dark, twisted new story for Wukong, some iconic elements like his cape and epic battles are missing, but it still does justice to this beloved childhood hero.
Excellent write up, though I thought the DO is a reincarnation, not a clone. Wukong knew that nature, which birthed him, would reincarnate him. He thus had Erlang assist by hiding his powers and memories (i.e. senses) to pass on to this reincarnation. DO looked like Wukong, but he had to undergo the same trials and tribulations to test his mettle before he can retrieve all of them. And Erlang gave him the final sense, the memories of Wukong, which he finally awakens in the good ending, before the bangle is put back on.
@@khinweepang in the good ending, the Jingu headband was never put on the Destined One. The reason is that in the good ending, Wukong is finally free of the Jingu headband through reincarnating into Destined One. The Jingu headband is the only thing that really holds him back and he cannot get rid of it until he literally dies.
I believe the Destined One was created/set on this path by the celestial and those of Lingshan. They wanted a monkey with Wukong’s full might under their control. So they chose him to regain all of it. The old monkey was also planted there to train and send out waves of chosen monkeys for this task. If you the player has been fooled by all those who “helped” you along the way, like the keeper of black wind mountain and Lingji. You will only collect 5 relics, believing yourself to be the 6th. Inherit the title and be a puppet. But Wukong and Erlang better on the destined one finding the 6th relic, so they can be free.
Bajie's story is very sad. Basically the reason he was cruel to the little girl and didn't say anything to her in the end, is because as part of his punishment to the mortal realm, he's meant to suffer from heart break. He is afraid if the celestrial gods found he fathered a child, they will come down to hunt the kid down. That's why he was cruel to the kid, is just to protect his daughter.
Yes & the human faces too, they are scanned from real actors, although the character voices are from different actors than the face actors. There are some youtube videos on this.
34:35 If you read all the in game journals and lores, listen to all the dialogues outside of cutscenes, find all the secrets the game is about 60-ish hours long, so this 3 hours cutscene is about 5% of the game. BTW great reaction as always, thx for the video ^^
Thank you for telling me, I worry sometimes when I find a gem like this that when I cover it on the channel, will it ruin the experience for me personally however, thanks to your comment, I know I've got loads of fun myself to have with it. Picked it up this morning and I'm buzzing to play! I really appreciate your comment and time watching!!
These cutscenes are all that he/she can put together ( cause whoever put this together, he/she is playing the game in a bosses-rush style), and so some secret scenes isn’t in it, many part of the story isn’t even in it for anyone to get a even better idea of what the story is. Also not to mention that the player(gamer) didn’t take enough time to listen to the narrator to talks about the other details surrounding the story on the painting at the end of each chapter.
The conversation between Wukong and Erlang God in the opening was a bit weird, but if you finished the "good" ending, you would know the two are actually allies and that's why their conversation has things that are meant to misguide the other gods.
unreliable narrative has been hinted at the entire game with the in-between levels animation and even the journal entries. That's why many people were trashing on/confused about the story, because the full story requires a bit of reading and thinking to get, and it's pretty good.
@@seananime_copyingthats not really what it is. They're not allies Erlend just wanted to understand wukong. But he also legitimately tried to kill him.
Wukong and Erlang were never allies. Erlang strived to reach buddhahood rank from a soldiers side and wukong literally achieved that. Then in Erlang eyes, wukong threw away the rank he earned and any other merit gained just to being free from the court's control. During the end of their 1st duel, Erlang thought he bested wukong through the help of the celestial court bribing some of wukong's allies. But as he meditated on that fight for many years, he noticed inconsistency in how wukong fought. Once Erlang had his rematch with the wukong (player), he finally understood wukong's goal and reasoning. If an incomplete reincarnated wukong kicked his and the 4 heavenly king's asses then it is to believed that the original had more than enough power to wipe all of them in a much shorter time. At first wukong was playing with the entire celestial army before slaughtering them all. But once circlet was played back onto wukong, his goal changed. He knew his only chance to remove it permanently was to reincarnate but it is hard to do that. That was where his relics came in. As Erlang was ripping the relics out of wukong, it weaken his immortality enough for his soul to separate from his old body while at the same time infecting Erlang 3rd eye with his memories to prevent his reincarnated from falling into the same trap.
Hi :) I'm currently playing through the end of Chapter 4, and I can definitely say that the game is a masterpiece. Only the storyline is shown here, and that's barely 1/2 of the game. The story, the graphics, the animated scenes at the end of each chapter (I cried at Chapter 4, because I only saw them on your site, I haven't gotten to them in the game yet), the gameplay, the hidden bosses and locations, and their scenes - just awesome. The atmosphere is gorgeous. For me, this is truly the standard of a single-player game and how a quality product with soul should look! I felt the same delight when playing Baldur's Gate 3. Thank you for the content, legend :)
That's epic to hear , I'm really glad you're enjoying the content both here on the channel and the game your playing, nothing better! Regarding the game; so there's plenty for me to watch and play still! I purchased the game this morning, I want to play it!
Your video is what I need, videographer myself but when I play, I almost forget how good the camera movement and position are. Cinematic scene blocking and lighting also. Incredible game.
I'm the same When I play games, I semi switch off and you should too! This is the only way I can truly talk filmmaking when I'm only watching but even then, I stop about 2 hours in because the story has turned my filmmaker switch off. Enjoy it as a consumer you've earned it!
After watching all of that, you only watched the bad ending. He wasn't supposed to have that crown on his head. It's not honor for the next in line, but a jail to repeat his actions.
@@kaizammit The first half is not just an idea, the real life equivalent was stolen/taken and kept in a private collection, later it was donated by a half Chinese, half English man to the British Museum.
I just want to explain the background story of Chapter 4: -Baijie was originally a general in the Heavenly Palace, and was deeply in love with the fairy Chang'e in the Moon Palace. So in the animation at the end of the chapter, Bajie was seen chasing Chang'e, but accidentally bumped into a little fairy in the Moon Palace - Zizhuer, who fell in love with Baijie at first sight. But Baijie accidentally discovered that Chang'e was having a tryst with another fairy, so she was demoted from the Heavenly Palace. -Zizhuer gave up her fairy identity and chased Baijie to the human world. She heard the boss of the Heavenly Palace mention that he would punish Baijie and let him reincarnate as a pig demon. But in Chinese, "turning into a pig" and "transforming into a spider" have very similar pronunciations. So Zizhuer chose to turn into a spider monster in order to be with Bajie. But she didn't know that Baijie had joined the team. -In this way, Zizhuer waited for many lifetimes until Jinchanzi's team came to one of the disasters - the spider spirit and the hundred-eyed demon king. At this time, Zizhuer was one of the seven spider monsters. One day, BAIJIE met the spider monsters who turned into beauties bathing in the river. He turned into a catfish and went to peek at the spider spirits bathing. BAIJIE was recognized by Zizhuer. He was the general of heaven that she had been waiting for hundreds of years. The two spent a night together and had BAIJIE's daughter, the little spider girl. -But BAIJIE didn't know that the spider monster was the previous Zizhuer. In order to survive the disaster and keep going to the West, WUKONG and BAJIE killed all the spider monsters, including Zizhuer. Zizhuer survived in the end and still loved BAIJIE deeply, waiting for him to come back. -Then comes the plot of the fourth chapter of our game......
My 73 year old asian mother decided to watch all the cut scenes to the whole game for 2 hours.... i was shocked... she is like "i can't play it can i, i always in love with that story"
For old Asian people know about this series Coz, we watch it with whole family sit in front of tv And, yea watch this cutscene, we still love that story Even this happen after Journey To the West finished
To clear up some doubts about who set the fire in the first chapter's Animation, which I find really interesting and gives insight to the dynamic between yaoguais and Wukong in the original novel: The animation is about the story of Elder Jinchi. In the original novel, Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang (the monk Wukong is guarding) arrived at the Guayin Temple to seek refuge for a night, and was welcomed by the host monk of the temple, Elder Jinchi. Jinchi is 270 years old, due to some mystic tricks taught to him by his friend Black Bear Yaoguai. After arriving at the temple, Elder Jinchi took them to the room where he stored his kasaya collection to impress them. But Wukong seemed unimpressed, flaunting the beautiful kasaya that the Tang emperor had given to Sanzang. Upon seeing that kasaya, Jinchi begged them to "lend" it to him for the night. In order to make that kasaya his, Jinchi tried burning Sanzang and Wukong at night, but his scheme was discovered by Wukong, who saves Sanzang and fanned wind into the fire, resulting in the destruction of the entire temple. Amidst the chaos, the Black Bear stole the kasaya and fled to the mountains. Elder Jinchi ended up killing himself after losing all his kasayas and his temple, and Wukong, with the help of Guanyin (the buddhist figure that speaks behind the bamboo at the end of the animation), retrieved the kasaya, with the black bear becoming Guanyin's mount.
The original story, if I recall correctly, only talks about the destructive power of greed. But Black Myth: Wukong transformed the theme into the paradoxical nature of some Buddist monks: in order to legitimate their positions, some high ranks monks amasses enormous amounts of wealth, in violation of their Buddhist tenets.
I think in this case there is some slight difference. In the original novel the bear was suppose to have helped Elder Jinchi during his youth and stole the kasaya during the fire while in the game, the black bear was suppose to represent Jinchi greed. When Jinchi was young, he found some golden coins which the form of the bear appeared. As he grew older and joined Buddhism, he greed switched from common materialistic like gold to kasaya which buddhism acolytes tend to wear. Since he saw many during his time, he collected different ones and the one Jinchi was the best, he wore. During his "magic" trick he did to other acolytes, it can be interpreted that he is flaunting his wealth while being a in religion that is suppose to move away from materialistic. Near the end, when Tang Sanzang, wukong and his crew went to Jinchi temple to rest for the day. Jinchi saw the kasaya Tang was given and his greed appeared again with the black bear shadow. Jinchi tried burning the section of the temple Tang was sleeping in but wukong redirected the fire to burn the rest of the temple instead including Jinchi.
@@waihochow4635 Unfortunately, if you only read books, you cannot understand this point. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when you became a monk, you needed to pay a considerable amount of property before being issued a certificate to prove that you were a legitimate monk. Legitimate monks did not need to pay taxes and could preach everywhere, while also having interests in developing in the temple. This is also the reason why Jinchi had to quickly move forward in the animation
@@waihochow4635 The section on the kasaya corresponds to the question the black bear asks Guanyin at the end of the animation. If I don't good drive, how will others know that I am a wealthy person?
the headband isnt really explained in the game. the celestial court gave the "tang monk" in journey to the west a headband and spell to use against wukong on their journey. if wukong disobeys, the spell will give him a headache. he had the headband removed after his journey but the celestial courts control over him still remained. the same spell could be used against him regardless if the headband was physically on his head. the headband being allowed to be removed was merely symbolic. so in the intro and final cutscene, the existence of the headband is symbolic itself. he was a wanted fugitive of the celestial court, and that status was inescapable, so he had to give up immortality and die to truly be free of their influence, which is symbolized by the circlet/headband edit: this video doesn't include the "true ending." where the destined one is not crowned by the circlet. look up true ending! those are the best cinematics.
It wasn't the celestial court that gave the tang monk the headband, it was Guanyin Bodhisattva. The command to tighten the head band and cause immense pain is a Buddhist scripture.
@@kaizammit Glad that you saw this message.Hope you enjoy the game.Maybe you can search in youtube,some youtubers introduce the Journey to the West and show the background of the game.
@@劉炎-p9z you're exactly right, but I made my explanation take liberties for the sake of quickly explaining the symbolism in the game. guanyin gave the tang monk the headband, but in the game, wukong's conflict is framed as him vs the celestial court, and the headband symbolizes his inability to remove himself from that conflict
@@lavabeard5939 I get you point, and I agree, just to express some of my opinions : I think in the story, the celestial court and the Buddhsim conspired together as they always have (in this sense you can actually technically say the heasband was given by the celestial court). The four heavenly kings are Buddhist deities, but they somehow fought for the celestial court (this is also what heppened in the novel) and the decorations on erlangshen's chest are also Buddhist symbols. The Buddhism and the celestial court together stood for the hierarchy in the story as well portrayed in the original novel.
Amazing, you have spent 3 hours walking through the entire video, great job!! Wukong is a beautiful fusion of history and creativity, making it visually stunning and culturally rich! Wukong's free spirit, breaking away from rules, showcases his desire for independence and self-determination. Yet his loyalty to his choices reflects a deeper sense of commitment and honor. He embodies the tension between individuality and responsibility. This contradiction makes him relatable and compelling. it's like he’s constantly balancing his wild nature with a profound sense of duty. The struggle between freedom and loyalty is something many people navigate in their own lives.
Since Bajie had to keep his promise to protect the Bhiksu Xuanzang on his journey to the West (referring to India), he had to leave behind his brief encounter with the spider woman. His promise stems from being banished from heaven to earth, where he awaited the day he could meet his master and companions, including Wu Kong, to journey to the West. This left him in a great dilemma-torn between his promise and his lust for the woman. This internal struggle is one of the reasons he is known as Eight Precepts. I read this entire classical book several times long ago, and I have a PhD in Buddhist philosophy, along with knowledge of Sanskrit and Pali etc.
People dont realize in Erlang Shen's early life he fought 10 sun god son's of the jade emperor and killed 9 of them because they burned his mother to death, he rebelled as well.
29:50 It was Elder Jinchi and his monks plan to burn Tang Sanzang alive in the tower he was staying in because Jinchi wanted to take Sanzang's kasaya for his own. Wukong leant about their scheme and borrowed a flame resistant from the Heaven to save Sanzang. The flame eventually burnt all of the temple and Elder Jinchi suicide out of shame.
The presentation of this game is truly incredible. You can just feel how much passion the devs have put into presenting their culture. You should definitely react to the God of War and God of War Ragnarok cutscenes as well!
1:52:11 That girl is BaJie ( the pig ) 's daughter with the spider. The Spider implied it, and BaJie knows it. But BaJie can't take her in, or acknowledge her existence, if he does, the celestial court's army will kill the spiders to vanquish any ties between YaoGuai. ( yes, after the events from Journey to the West novel, BaJie is count as a member of celestial court ).
This is called "Nan Ke Yi Meng" in the Chinese context, which means that he did not marry a beautiful fox fairy, but had a dream. When he woke up, he killed the injured fox and made it into a scarf.
so the short version, yes there is a secret ending, a few more in game cut-scenes, and one more animated epilogue. The developers really harnessed the story of Wu Kong as he was always meant to be; a rebel with the mind to liberate all life. The source material, Journey to the West was written in the mid-late Ming dynasty (1592) and many modern scholars and historians have argued it was written not only as a fantasy novel but a political satire as well, critiquing the political corruption at the time. It is way too big a topic to write in a comment section, but from a Chinese perspective, this game have been a real treat, and it did justice to our beloved character! So glad you enjoyed it too!
The animation at the end of second chapter is not related to the main story, but a question posted to Wukong. The young man saved a fox and he dreamed of it becoming a woman (which is rather common in Chinese mythology) and they created a family. Yet many years later, the fox reverted to a beast and killed the family. When the young man woke from his dream, he killed the fox instead. The supposed moral from it was that beasts and men, gods and demons are not equals. Their birth determines their places in the celestial order. However, was that true? It turned out later in the game that the fox never had ill intentions, it was indeed just the man's dream. So which is scarier, a fox demon or a paranoid man? The moral of the entire game is that gods, buddhas, men and demons are all the same. The celestial order is nothing more than the god and buddhas' scheme to obtain immortality by killing and feeding on the spirits of demons. Occasionally, they would accept a powerful demon like Wukong into their ranks. Wukong's crime was that he rejected the buddhahood, so he had to be killed to set an example for all demons.
You can become wukong after NG+4 and fill up all your relics upgrade, each time you have used 4 focus point with smash stance you will become wukong fpr 1 min, get wukong stance and increase damage by 30%
Yeah so Bajie the piggy was one of the protagonists in Journey to the West. He was mostly the comedic character, but he was probably the closest thing to a friend for Wukong, while the other 2 on their team were more like coworkers.
@@farenhaight4133no, he means the white horse 😂 That white horse is also a disciple of Tang Sanzang lol, he was the 3rd dragon prince of Western Dragon King
It's truly astonishing how many people beat this game and still completely misunderstood the ending. The Wukong you play as IS Wukong. The "destined one" IS WUKONG. The one that you fight at the end is a shell of the prior Sun Wukong that he left behind to test his reincarnation before ascending. The "Destined One" is not a clone or a fake. He is Wukongs being, reincarnated with a clean slate so he can cast off the binds that the celestials placed on him in his prior life. The Wukong that you see die in the beginning of the game is no less a reincarnation than the one you play as throughout the game. The entire premise of Wukong is that he's eternal and reincarnates several times and reaches immortality several times. There's no real or fake Wukong, JUST WUKONG. The old man spells most of it out for you and you still don't get it.
Honestly, the game is so deep and layered that, even as a Chinese, I need to watch detailed analyses from Chinese youtubers to uncover all the interpretations.
1:51:53 That youngest spider girl's expression is priceless! This is human like for CGI! Wukong's team did a remarkable in the details!!! This is a piece of art!
Glad you enjoyed watching this; can't wait to see you play this! I believe the best description for this game is "dark souls/elden ring, god of war, and ghosts of tsushima had a baby and no one knows who the father is" 🤣
Some context for the spider lady and ba jie. ba jie was once a general/admiral for the celestial court, but due to how lecherous he is, the court cursed him to become a pig. The game takes place after the journey to the west. During the journey to the west sun wukong, ba jie, and their master pass through this very town where the spider yaoguais reside. The master is kidnapped (because its said that consuming his flesh will grant someone immortality) wu kong and ba jie kill the yaoguai that were responsible except for the spider lady (who ba jie had a intimate relationship with once upon a time so he spares her). The little girl/little spider is insinuated to be ba jie's daughter which he clearly denies. after rescuing their master ba jie decides to continue his journey with his master rather than stay behind thus abandoning the spider lady (hence her resentment against him and sun wukong/monkeys)
This is why I love this game. the story telling assuming that you know about journey to the west (or at least have watched the tv show, which from my experiences, every kid in China would have watched it at least 5 times as that's all they show on TV during summer breaks). It knows that the audience is mainly Chinese players. To put it this way, if they make a game continuing on Much Ado About Nothing, having to explain the work of Shakespear in the game to a Eastern audience would have been weird. So yes, some of the plot would be a little disjointed to people who's not watched the TV show, but it's assuming you have (and knows its main audience).
Loved the video, Kai, amazing as usual. Unfortunately, the source video you watched missed quite a few cinematics (all secrets but act 1) and most of the dialogues explaining the story outside cinematics, so it's normal that you've felt lost in various points. This game also has an awesome mechanic integrated which tells the story of each boss/miniboss/character/enemy archetype you find, giving you a lot of information that you couldn't know from the cinematics alone. Regarding your questions: that circlet function as a "connection" with the Celestial Court; there is a secret ending that you unlock after the one you've seen that requires fighting and beating Erlang (the 3-eyed lightning guy) in both his forms and redo the fight against Wukong's Shell; Yaoguais are Chinese "demons", that lack the western connotation of "supreme evil" and are more of an aspect of a particular human trait, like greed, ambition, etc and could either be positive or negative. I've spent 50ish hours to beat this game and while I don't consider it a GOTY, it's ranked really high on my list of "must- play". It's more of a God Of War than a Souls, it's much more chill while still being a hard game. I think that before playing it, you should watch or read a recap of Journey to the West, as the original chinese novel is over 2k pages. Many characters you meet comes directly from that novel (Bajie and Jinchanzi, to name two) and a lot of the terms you hear come from the Buddhist tradition. I also heard that they've remade it recently into a series, but I don't know how good it is. I would suggest you to play it if you can, it was a really amazing experience.
You watched the bad ending version of chapter 6. There's another ending with a secret boss fight against Er Lang Shen and a different cinematic cut scene after the Wukong fight
The game is an adaptation from Journey to the West. Regards as one of the Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著). (Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber were written during the 50s). A lots of people know it from watching 80s and 90s tv dramas. The weebs know it from the anime Dragon Ball and Saiyuki. While i know it from the korean drama 😂😂 adaptation. Pretty sure they have hundred of movies every few years the asians like Wukong.
loved this vid. You watched and tried to understand. and had all the right reactions to everything for someone who didnt play the game. yes some of the bosses looked scary and died instantly but thats becausde of how they spliced the cutscenes. the bosses are SO HARD
Glad to see this uploaded after recommending it to you on the stream. Now if only you didn't upload a 3 hour video right before I go to work. Going to be spending all day waiting to watch it.
U need to read into "journey to the west", this game is like the sequel and many details need some understanding of the story before Wukong became the Fighting Buddha. Then you will understand more
I just beat the game yesterday so finally I am able to enjoy your reaction video without worrying being spoiled, and I loved every moment of the video! I like your analysis from a filmmaker's perspective and they are very refreshing and informative. It was a shame, however, that you didn't go for the true ending. I would like nothing more than watch you react to the extra cutscenes and ending animation. With that being said, I enjoyed this long and well edited video and looking forward to more! 😃
I didn't know and this isn't my video. What I'll do is when I get there on my own game, I'll record it and upload it for you guys. Thank you for hanging out with me! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻
The old monkey puts a dog chain on the player instead of a crown. In the original novel, Wukong was tricked into wearing the headband. As long as Tang Monk recites a spell, Wukong will have a headache, making it easier to control Wukong.
I'm sorry this cut scene is the bad ending: the destined one finally wears the golden band and continues to be bound. The real ending can only be unlocked by defeating Erlang Shen and obtaining Wukong's memory.Erlang has always kept wukong's memory. After getting wukong's memory, destined one will no longer wear the golden band, and will play the animation of Chapter 6, which is the memory of wukong, the Great Sage.
Watched all the way through after finishing the game! I loved your inputs ❤️❤️ Side note: I just wished that you also reacted to the Erlang boss fight cutscenes and the true ending animation, they were also beautiful❤
I've heard but when I get there myself in the game, I'll record it and upload it for you guys ✌🏻💪🏻. Thank you so much for watching and leaving a super duper comment. Makes such a difference.
This bad ending, which the destined puts on the headband, is most likely what most player will get, because the player focuses too much on rush through the maps and doesn't clear secret quests and bosses. The headband, which is used by Buddha to control Wukong, indicates the destined didn't break free from the control and went back into another reincarnation. The good ending is the destined needs to fight Erlang again, then fight the real Wukong, If he wins both fights, the destined won't put on the headband and get his freedom. You can find video of the good ending .
The video for the True Ending is worth a watch as it contains a really good cinematic. Also I recommend you to search for final boss fight interactions . Really great small details there to let you understand the character of the orriginal Wukong better even in the very last bits of the game.
49:20 feels very meta, like the narrator is asking if you found the secrets in the chapter. If you shut your ears and heed only your inner murmur… you’ll miss out and the ending you get (in the game) won’t be the true ending.
The clothes fading through characters and all is because those are not actual pre rendered cutscenes they are rendered in game in real time. So fixxing stuff like that is not an option ^^
All the confusion and the cultural reference, I can understand cause the dialog are referring to the actual 16th century novel and the numerous grand offshoot of the story , including plenty of literature and literature critiques and many can only fully be comprehend if one is versed in the actual novels contents
Wukong is basically THE guy in Chinese mythology. Answers only to himself, lives free and true to himself. He’s one of the strongest apart from the highest gods and Buddha and, most importantly… monke.
I never played the game but I'm familiar with Sun Wukong's myths and legends. I watched the whole playthrough (most importantly the cutscenes and animations) and said to myself, "Kai would LOVE watching this and catch all the small details!" I will say though, you didn't get to watch the "good" ending. You should check it out again with the second to last fight before facing Wukong, and then after the final fight you get the last animation.
You can understand 'Yaoguai' (妖怪) as animals/plants that has learnt some spells and managed to become more or less like human, they can shift into human form and trick them in order to eat them. (well in black myth here, yaoguais are doing good, buddhas only make profit for themselves, celestial court is corrupted..) In most of the case, they're under this setting of the world where there's ''Buddha', 'Yaoguai', and 'Shenxian' ←(this word can be generally seen as 'god' but basically all those in the celestial court with official position are Shenxian). To put this concept under historical background, Buddha is obviously from Buddhism, words like Shenxian and Yaoguai are more from local Taoism system. Fun fact: Wukong's first master/mentor is from Taoism and has taught him a lot 🥺
Elder Jinchi is the old man from the first animation. Sun Wukong and The Tang Monk went to Guai Temple. They ended up meeting Elder Jinchi in a turn of events. He invited Sun Wukong and The Tang Monk to the back chamber for some tea . While Tang and Elder Jinchi enjoyed their time Wukong asked why he could smell Yaoguai in the temple. Elder Jinchi ignored him and went on but Wukong knew there was ill intent and kept trying to get it out of Elder Jinchi eventually leading to Tang telling Wukong to mind his words and not to be rude. Guangzhi (a boss from the beginning of the game) was the man who was pouring the tea I'm Wukong looked at him and said "this one has a furry face and a strange head, he's a bit scary". He was one of the of Elder Jinchis closest monks next to Guangmou who is also in the game as a boss. These two Yaoguai would try and enforce Elder Jinchis greed later on. Elder Jinchi asked Tang if he had any treasures seeing as he is an Elder. He declined having anything that would suffice and Wukong scoffed and said "what about that golden kasaya you have." This Kasaya was special on some next level stuff being gifted to Tang from Buddha, and granting the wearer protection. He ended up showing him the kasaya and Elder Jinchi asked to "inspect" it overnight and he'll give it back tomorrow. Wukong encouraged Tang to let him take it. He went to the back chamber that night and just cried over the kasaya because he wanted it to be his. Now Guangzhi and his master were conspiring with Black Bear Guai. Black Bear Guai turned Guanzhi into a little monk to go and study under Elder Jinchi. Who as you saw from the cinematic were "friends". They learned how to act somewhat human leading them to their spot with Elder Jinchi. Guanzhi proposed killing Wukong and the Tang Monk in their sleep to take the kasaya for himself. Guangmou proposed just straight up burning down the building they slept in. Jinchi took Guangmous plan over Guanhzhis. Wukong knew something was up so he stayed up and when they lit the fire he protected tang monk with a fireproof mantle. He fanned the flames back toward the temple burning so ferociously it couldn't be stopped. Black Bear Guai seeing the temple in ruin took his chance to snatch the kasaya and run away. Wukong and Tang already being furious with nearly being set on fire they asked for the kasaya back but none of the remaining monks could find it. They couldn't find Guangzhi or Guangmou either assumed to be killed in the fire. Elder Jinchi was instead consumed by his own greed rather then the fire and killed himself. Creating a spirit of pure greed stuck in his little area looking for his golden kasaya. That noise you heard with the pan shot of the fire at the temple was Elder Jinchis soul being consumed... but i also feel like they hinted towards Black Bear Guai starting the fire. but he didnt, it was Guangmou.
With dialogue at the end of the stop motion clip, the narrator is telling the viewer that the nature of something/someone should not cloud the judgement of someone based on the form it takes, no matter how gentle it may appear. Sun Wukong, the monkey king defies the laws of nature. He went against the idea of life and death, even going so far as to remove his name from the book of life and death in the literature. He also challenges hierarchy and disrupts bureaucracies in all forms. The heavens despise him because no matter how powerful he became and despite reaching status of buddhahood, a title granted by the Buddha himself, as well as immortality that the gods themselves had, the bureaucracy of heaven always saw him as a lowly earthly being, a monkey from the beginning and a monkey to the very end. They do not care that he has done good, he will always be viewed as a monkey with primitive impulses no matter how intelligent he may be. It's why you see him in pain with a terrible headache in the first scene. That magical head band can't be removed. It's what keeps him in place, never truly free, making his immortality more of a curse than a blessing. This game is basically a What If? of how the developers think Sun Wukong's life would turn out after the end of the original literary work.
36:24 - It was just a game thing, the guy ran away from a small mini boss up there and the cutscene started while that mini boss was chasing him trying to kill him and so during the cutscene it just kept trying to kill him.
In chapter 2, the fire behind the gate was due to an NPC locked onto the player while they were in a cutscene. If the NPC was taken out prior to entering that wouldn't have happened.
Important note: you watched the BAD ENDING. It has a large clip of animation and cut scenes lost. Would highly recommend watching the TRUE ending otherwise the plot looks like it’s cut short
yaoguai (妖怪) = Monster (or demons) In chinese myths, all animals upon reaching a certain level of cultivation (buddism/taoism), takes on humanoid or human form because humans are considered a higher form of life.
Please don't miss the true ending when you play. It'll brings the entire story to another perspective, and the journals are quite a read in itself giving some backstory and motivation to the characters.
Great video. I have not read journey to the west yet but have read a bit of lore and while it isn't vital to know it prior to playing/watching the game it definitely helps tie together the events in the game. For example the elder jinchi wanted to keep the kasaia that (the original) wukong and his master had after they had visited the temple. Jinchi being a monk couldn't kill them however he had his followers set a fire to wukong's room. Wukong or his master had fire mantles that kept the room safe while the rest of the temple burned. Eventually Jinchi killed himself by crushing his head which explains why it is cracked and bleeding in game. Quite a lot of fascinating backstory.
watching the cutscene without knowledge of journey to the west - 20% Fun watching with knowledge - 60% Fun watching with knowledge and defeating the boss - 100% FUN
For some context, Wukong is basically the most insanely overpowered fictional character. He has like 6 or 7 layers of immortality, his hair/fur has magical properties and he can use 1 strand of hair to make pretty much anything he wants and is only limited by his imagination so he could make thousands of clones of himself who are all equally as powerful as him. His staff weighs roughly 7 tons from what i remember (could be a lot more) but in short the only way he was "controllable" was Buddha tricking Wukong into wearing the crown you see as he falls from the sky. Buddha imbues it in a way that nerfs Wukongs power but he still has layers of immortality and the theory is that the only way he can break the crown/headbands nerfing of him is to willingly die since its the only way he can actually die. He is also the master of transformations, he has roughly 72 different forms if im not mistaken as well. The character he battles in the intro is Erlang Shen who is similar to Wukong in his own disdain for the Celestial court and their corruption and what not the only issue with the games story is they have it written in a way that you kinda need to know at least a decent bit of Journey to the west to really understand a lot of it. Wukongs also a massive inspiration for a lot of anime, movie and game characters like Goku from DBZ for example. Im not an expert and have left a lot of stuff out on this because my memory of it is really bad so im just sharing what I think I remember lol. Breath of fresh air playing through this game though definitely my GOTY vote
@DjtmwibuWdym didnt he eat mupltiple imortallity items like the peach, the jade empereror drink and the pills of immortality pretty sure theres more but thats all O remember
@Djtmwibuur the one spreading misinformation. So what is ur excuse for him removing his name of the book of life and death? He has 7 layers of immortality and they all stack with his infinite amount of clones.
@Djtmwibu red boy can't easily kill sun wukong. they fought, and he almost burned wukong to death, but he survived. i don't know why you say he doesn't have six layers of immortality, he objectively does. why spread lies ?
@@divinrth5187IIRC they are; - standard Taoist-based immortality from his original master. - Named erased from the ledger of the Afterlife. - eating divine peach fruit gives 1000 years each. - smelling the fragrance of said fruits. - eating immortality pills. - being cooked in the urn which gave him extra abilities. Those are the ones I remember and boy do they stack. The peaches alone give him thousand years worth of immortality.
2:13:00 For some context in journey to the west the gang encounters a flaming mountain in the way. The mountain was due to a cestial cauldron spilling when the OG Sun Wukong originally fought heaven (the cauldron's attendant was demoted to be the flaming mountains local god). The only way to put out flaming mountain was the magical fan owned by the Bull Demon Kings wife (Princess Iron Fan). Sun Wukong and Bull Demon King where once blood brothers but things have been strained since Sun Wukong got their son (Red Boy) captured by the celestial court. Bull King and Princess Iron fan refused to hand over the fan, fights occured and culminated in the giant bull fight referenced in the animated cutscene. For a while Bull Demon King was also seperated from Iron Fan to be with a fox princess and a huge dowry (the fox princess was killed by Pig). The fox girl was allegedly a product of this union.
I had been watched this movie since year 1999. that was one of my fav movie ever since I was childhood, all the memories are came back. This game is so amazing, 100/100. This game let's the world understand more about china culture and history is real one
The Game takes place after journey to the West, if you read it before the game it will help you a lot with knowing characters and references and all Easter eggs developers have put in. In the novel Sun Wukong is the most powerful character ever created in all of fiction, only beaten by Buddha himself, the game goes on a completely different route, from the start of it in the novel, Wukong gained 7 types of immortality so in the start of the game Erlang could have never killed him, that's why it's called black myth bcs it's a dark spin on the story written 400 years ago
there is a lot more to the death of WuKong in the prolog. (including a big twist about the Old Monkey no one is talking about) You saw more at the Bull King's animation where Wukong died, that's actually the truth behind his death. Erlang had the Bull King toke his body (the 5th relic) and the 4 others with each chp bosses. He actually stored the 6th relic, WuKong's mind, in his 3rd eye. In the last chapter, if you have done enough, you get to fight Erlang. There you found out that ErLang helped the Destined One all along with some mid bosses in each chapter. You also found out the ErLang couldn't have killed WuKong but that WuKong chose to kill himself. You obtained WuKong's mind and memories by besting Erlang, which then he sent you off. By doing this first, the later stages are the same until you merge the relics. Now that you actually have WuKong's mind, once you merged all 6, you recalled every event as WuKong. You see the last chapter animation, which details WuKong's memories of his life, including at the fight of the beginning vs ErLang, where WuKong is telling ErLang to witness how he will rip off the controlling headband himself. This ending suggests WuKong awakened before the old Monkey had the chance to put the headband on his head, thus breaking free from the celestial's control. BTW, I don't see anyone saying this, but the Old Monkey is clearly not just a monkey. His flowing cloth suggests him being some sort of divinity. IMO, He is probably a form of buddha or an agent of the celestial court. His whole job is to prevent WuKong break free by putting the golden headband back on. I guess we will see more on DLC
You actually missed some cutscenes related to the secret ending. The ending you watched here is a regular ending for playthroughs without doing secret quests. And many details and Easter Eggs are in the game play.
Loved the video, there is a 2nd secret ending that I along with many others would definitely consider as the good ending. It basically is a similar thing as the ending you watched but instead of letting the old man put the crown on, your character awakens (avoiding putting the crown on) and a cutscene plays that is quite possibly the best cutscene in the game. Sad you missed it, but worth a watch in your own time!
You need to check out all of god of war 2018- and ragnaroks cut scenes, imo a cinematic masterpiece that exceeds even wukongs, the storytelling is amazing
not sure if youve played yet but if you havent, this maybe covers 50-60% of the actual content. there are so many side quest and secret areas with their own small stories that are just as deep and well made. its worth a playthrough yourself!
The pig is a loyal friend of wu kong and accompanied him throught the journey to the west. These two together with the monk tang san, a third friend that isnt shown in the game and a horse(who is a dragon), they reached india, obtained the scripture, brought it back to china, thus started buddhism in china. In the end they all reached nirvana and obtained godhood. The story of the game takes place a few centuries after that.
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Could you please watch the titanfall 2 executions because they are pretty cool.
you need to read the journal entries at least to get the full story.
For example in the first animated segment, it references the original Journey To the West chapter in which the Elder Jinchi(the gold big head boss, blinded by greed)'s disciples(who you see in game) set fire to the temple to try to kill Xuanzang to claim the monk robe thing. There are lots of into in introduction of those minibosses that are not included in the video.
34:05 you quickly find out in game why you start off as a pincushion.
And it's natural to wonder where the regular human went, but you've been fighting them the whole chapter(they were men turned into rats for certain reasons that is revealed in the journal entries, which is related to how things may not be what they seem from cutscenes of main story).
This isn't all the cutscences. There are 3 in the intro of the game. The 2nd one wasn't triggered.
I hope after this u will react to the god of war cutscenes like u we’re talking about earlier in the video and I would love to see your reaction to the Spiderman game scene cutscenes
This is not the true ending.
Game of the year. 10/10 no joke best game I’ve played in forever. I’m blown away by this masterpiece
The real story is this: at the beginning, Erlang Shen is actually a friend of Wukong (aka Monkey King). They both have experience rebelling against the Heavenly Court, so they appreciate each other. Wukong wants to get rid of the tight hoop and seek freedom, but he realizes that the hoop can only be removed if he dies. Therefore, Erlang Shen and Wukong reach a gentleman's agreement: Erlang Shen will kill Wukong in a show for the Heavenly Court to see. Wukong knows that six magic objects will be split after his death. After several years, a man of destiny will overcome many difficulties, collect all six magic objects, revive the spirit of the Monkey King, inherit his will, and truly gain freedom.
The first five of these six magic objects are placed by Erlang Shen on the monsters in the first five chapters, serving as tests for the man of destiny. If the five monsters are successfully defeated, it can be proved that the man of destiny may be the chosen one. However, the location of the last magic item is deliberately hidden in the plot. After Wukong was killed, Erlang Shen secretly stole the last magic item when no one was paying attention and killed all the heavenly witnesses to protect this item, making himself the final obstacle to guard it. Since killing Wukong, he has been waiting for the appearance of the man of destiny in the mural.
Now, back to the game plot: if you don’t defeat Erlang Shen first and go directly to the body of the Great Sage, you will wear the golden hoop, symbolizing that you haven’t yet rid yourself of the heavenly shackles, haven’t resurrected the real Wukong, and aren’t the true man of destiny, so you will have to restart the game. If you defeat Erlang Shen first, you will obtain the last magic item, truly resurrect Wukong, inherit all his will, become the real man of destiny, and soar into the sky to once again rebel against the gods of heaven with freedom. (Note: The first time he soared into the sky to rebel against the gods, Wukong was still a monkey with divine power, which happened before *Journey to the West*).
Erlang has been guarding the last relic for Wukong. He is the leader of the seven saints of MeiShan (Plum Blossom Mountain). Throughout the storyline, Erlang’s subordinates, the Meishan Six Yaoguai, have been assisting us. These include:
- The white-robed scholar, who helps you obtain the fireproof mantle.
- The wild boar in yellow, who assists in acquiring the wind tamer.
- The bamboo hat wearer, who guides you to the true Maitreya Buddha.
- The centipede man, who helps you find the Embroidered Needle.
- The bull demon, who leads you to the final passage to Meishan.
At the end of the game, the Destined One regains some of Wukong’s memories while holding all five relic pieces. However, it is revealed that the final relic piece-Wukong’s lost memories or mind-is still missing. If players unlock all secrets and defeat Erlang Shen on the secret mountain, the true ending shows that the Destined One retrieves this final memory. This memory recounts Wukong’s journey to the West in an anime style, starting from the end of the story and moving backward.
In the true ending, just before the crown is placed on him, the Destined One transforms back into Sun Wukong, now fully restored with all six relics and free from the gods' control. The crown, created by Buddha and placed by Guan Yin, was meant to control Wukong, but his desire for freedom led him to gamble his life to escape this control. The Destined One, revealed to be a clone of Wukong, succeeds in freeing himself and now lives independently, no longer bound by the gods.
The game concludes with Wukong victorious, now free of the crown and fully himself, as the Celestial Symphony plays a powerful rendition of the classic *Journey to the West* theme. While the game presents a dark, twisted new story for Wukong, some iconic elements like his cape and epic battles are missing, but it still does justice to this beloved childhood hero.
Excellent write up, though I thought the DO is a reincarnation, not a clone. Wukong knew that nature, which birthed him, would reincarnate him. He thus had Erlang assist by hiding his powers and memories (i.e. senses) to pass on to this reincarnation. DO looked like Wukong, but he had to undergo the same trials and tribulations to test his mettle before he can retrieve all of them. And Erlang gave him the final sense, the memories of Wukong, which he finally awakens in the good ending, before the bangle is put back on.
@@khinweepang in the good ending, the Jingu headband was never put on the Destined One. The reason is that in the good ending, Wukong is finally free of the Jingu headband through reincarnating into Destined One. The Jingu headband is the only thing that really holds him back and he cannot get rid of it until he literally dies.
Wow thank you 🙏
Erlang Shen 😭❤️❤️ I love this dude sm
I believe the Destined One was created/set on this path by the celestial and those of Lingshan. They wanted a monkey with Wukong’s full might under their control. So they chose him to regain all of it. The old monkey was also planted there to train and send out waves of chosen monkeys for this task.
If you the player has been fooled by all those who “helped” you along the way, like the keeper of black wind mountain and Lingji. You will only collect 5 relics, believing yourself to be the 6th. Inherit the title and be a puppet.
But Wukong and Erlang better on the destined one finding the 6th relic, so they can be free.
Bajie's story is very sad. Basically the reason he was cruel to the little girl and didn't say anything to her in the end, is because as part of his punishment to the mortal realm, he's meant to suffer from heart break. He is afraid if the celestrial gods found he fathered a child, they will come down to hunt the kid down. That's why he was cruel to the kid, is just to protect his daughter.
AHH, that makes sense. Thank you for commenting.
The moment you realize a lot of the buildings and sculptures are scanned from real life
Yes & the human faces too, they are scanned from real actors, although the character voices are from different actors than the face actors. There are some youtube videos on this.
From my province! Now the buildings are flooded with tourists.
@@YesNOMaybeist I am from Shanxi province too assuming you are.
The tigers were scanned from real life house cats.
@@YesNOMaybeist 山西nb
34:35 If you read all the in game journals and lores, listen to all the dialogues outside of cutscenes, find all the secrets the game is about 60-ish hours long, so this 3 hours cutscene is about 5% of the game. BTW great reaction as always, thx for the video ^^
Thank you for telling me, I worry sometimes when I find a gem like this that when I cover it on the channel, will it ruin the experience for me personally however, thanks to your comment, I know I've got loads of fun myself to have with it. Picked it up this morning and I'm buzzing to play! I really appreciate your comment and time watching!!
@@kaizammit Fortunately these aren't all of the cutscenes so you still have some to explore by yourself.
These cutscenes are all that he/she can put together ( cause whoever put this together, he/she is playing the game in a bosses-rush style), and so some secret scenes isn’t in it, many part of the story isn’t even in it for anyone to get a even better idea of what the story is. Also not to mention that the player(gamer) didn’t take enough time to listen to the narrator to talks about the other details surrounding the story on the painting at the end of each chapter.
@@kaizammityou will have a blast. I finished true ending and now on New Game +. Story is chef's kiss.
The conversation between Wukong and Erlang God in the opening was a bit weird, but if you finished the "good" ending, you would know the two are actually allies and that's why their conversation has things that are meant to misguide the other gods.
unreliable narrative has been hinted at the entire game with the in-between levels animation and even the journal entries.
That's why many people were trashing on/confused about the story, because the full story requires a bit of reading and thinking to get, and it's pretty good.
Oh,did二郎神 translate to Erlang God ?😂 haha ,I didn’t know why but I want to laugh
@@seananime_copyingthats not really what it is. They're not allies Erlend just wanted to understand wukong. But he also legitimately tried to kill him.
Wukong and Erlang were never allies. Erlang strived to reach buddhahood rank from a soldiers side and wukong literally achieved that. Then in Erlang eyes, wukong threw away the rank he earned and any other merit gained just to being free from the court's control. During the end of their 1st duel, Erlang thought he bested wukong through the help of the celestial court bribing some of wukong's allies. But as he meditated on that fight for many years, he noticed inconsistency in how wukong fought. Once Erlang had his rematch with the wukong (player), he finally understood wukong's goal and reasoning. If an incomplete reincarnated wukong kicked his and the 4 heavenly king's asses then it is to believed that the original had more than enough power to wipe all of them in a much shorter time.
At first wukong was playing with the entire celestial army before slaughtering them all. But once circlet was played back onto wukong, his goal changed. He knew his only chance to remove it permanently was to reincarnate but it is hard to do that. That was where his relics came in. As Erlang was ripping the relics out of wukong, it weaken his immortality enough for his soul to separate from his old body while at the same time infecting Erlang 3rd eye with his memories to prevent his reincarnated from falling into the same trap.
@@waihochow4635erlang god dosent like his uncle ( jade emperor). How could he tried to get in the rank
Hi :)
I'm currently playing through the end of Chapter 4, and I can definitely say that the game is a masterpiece. Only the storyline is shown here, and that's barely 1/2 of the game.
The story, the graphics, the animated scenes at the end of each chapter (I cried at Chapter 4, because I only saw them on your site, I haven't gotten to them in the game yet), the gameplay, the hidden bosses and locations, and their scenes - just awesome. The atmosphere is gorgeous. For me, this is truly the standard of a single-player game and how a quality product with soul should look!
I felt the same delight when playing Baldur's Gate 3.
Thank you for the content, legend :)
That's epic to hear , I'm really glad you're enjoying the content both here on the channel and the game your playing, nothing better! Regarding the game; so there's plenty for me to watch and play still! I purchased the game this morning, I want to play it!
@@kaizammit Good idea, you won't regret it!
Your video is what I need, videographer myself but when I play, I almost forget how good the camera movement and position are. Cinematic scene blocking and lighting also. Incredible game.
I'm the same When I play games, I semi switch off and you should too! This is the only way I can truly talk filmmaking when I'm only watching but even then, I stop about 2 hours in because the story has turned my filmmaker switch off. Enjoy it as a consumer you've earned it!
After watching all of that, you only watched the bad ending. He wasn't supposed to have that crown on his head. It's not honor for the next in line, but a jail to repeat his actions.
The headless guy is headless because his head is in the British museum where he might picked off the Scottish accent 😂
I love the idea of this.
UK guys were thieves and stole a lot of treasure from China during Qing dynasty.
The head was stolen by the Rat. The British.
@@kaizammit The first half is not just an idea, the real life equivalent was stolen/taken and kept in a private collection, later it was donated by a half Chinese, half English man to the British Museum.
@@kaizammit thats the turth
Kai, the final fight between Wukong and Erlang Shen as giants, you missed that part. That was epic. You also need to watch the TRUE ENDING. pleeease
I just want to explain the background story of Chapter 4:
-Baijie was originally a general in the Heavenly Palace, and was deeply in love with the fairy Chang'e in the Moon Palace. So in the animation at the end of the chapter, Bajie was seen chasing Chang'e, but accidentally bumped into a little fairy in the Moon Palace - Zizhuer, who fell in love with Baijie at first sight. But Baijie accidentally discovered that Chang'e was having a tryst with another fairy, so she was demoted from the Heavenly Palace.
-Zizhuer gave up her fairy identity and chased Baijie to the human world. She heard the boss of the Heavenly Palace mention that he would punish Baijie and let him reincarnate as a pig demon. But in Chinese, "turning into a pig" and "transforming into a spider" have very similar pronunciations. So Zizhuer chose to turn into a spider monster in order to be with Bajie. But she didn't know that Baijie had joined the team.
-In this way, Zizhuer waited for many lifetimes until Jinchanzi's team came to one of the disasters - the spider spirit and the hundred-eyed demon king. At this time, Zizhuer was one of the seven spider monsters. One day, BAIJIE met the spider monsters who turned into beauties bathing in the river. He turned into a catfish and went to peek at the spider spirits bathing. BAIJIE was recognized by Zizhuer. He was the general of heaven that she had been waiting for hundreds of years. The two spent a night together and had BAIJIE's daughter, the little spider girl.
-But BAIJIE didn't know that the spider monster was the previous Zizhuer. In order to survive the disaster and keep going to the West, WUKONG and BAJIE killed all the spider monsters, including Zizhuer. Zizhuer survived in the end and still loved BAIJIE deeply, waiting for him to come back.
-Then comes the plot of the fourth chapter of our game......
Thank you so much!
你的叙述并不是那么准确。
@@Derek-p1f哥们儿你说话好人机哦哈哈
My 73 year old asian mother decided to watch all the cut scenes to the whole game for 2 hours.... i was shocked... she is like "i can't play it can i, i always in love with that story"
That's so awesome to hear. Could you imagine, she might be a grand master herself!
For old Asian people know about this series
Coz, we watch it with whole family sit in front of tv
And, yea watch this cutscene, we still love that story
Even this happen after Journey To the West finished
Sun is his last name, and Wukong is a concept in Buddhism meaning ”understand emptiness”
THIS GAME IS SO COOL AND SO WELL MADE, LOVE IS POURED IN THIS GAME.
To clear up some doubts about who set the fire in the first chapter's Animation, which I find really interesting and gives insight to the dynamic between yaoguais and Wukong in the original novel:
The animation is about the story of Elder Jinchi. In the original novel, Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang (the monk Wukong is guarding) arrived at the Guayin Temple to seek refuge for a night, and was welcomed by the host monk of the temple, Elder Jinchi. Jinchi is 270 years old, due to some mystic tricks taught to him by his friend Black Bear Yaoguai.
After arriving at the temple, Elder Jinchi took them to the room where he stored his kasaya collection to impress them. But Wukong seemed unimpressed, flaunting the beautiful kasaya that the Tang emperor had given to Sanzang. Upon seeing that kasaya, Jinchi begged them to "lend" it to him for the night. In order to make that kasaya his, Jinchi tried burning Sanzang and Wukong at night, but his scheme was discovered by Wukong, who saves Sanzang and fanned wind into the fire, resulting in the destruction of the entire temple. Amidst the chaos, the Black Bear stole the kasaya and fled to the mountains.
Elder Jinchi ended up killing himself after losing all his kasayas and his temple, and Wukong, with the help of Guanyin (the buddhist figure that speaks behind the bamboo at the end of the animation), retrieved the kasaya, with the black bear becoming Guanyin's mount.
The original story, if I recall correctly, only talks about the destructive power of greed. But Black Myth: Wukong transformed the theme into the paradoxical nature of some Buddist monks: in order to legitimate their positions, some high ranks monks amasses enormous amounts of wealth, in violation of their Buddhist tenets.
I think in this case there is some slight difference. In the original novel the bear was suppose to have helped Elder Jinchi during his youth and stole the kasaya during the fire while in the game, the black bear was suppose to represent Jinchi greed. When Jinchi was young, he found some golden coins which the form of the bear appeared. As he grew older and joined Buddhism, he greed switched from common materialistic like gold to kasaya which buddhism acolytes tend to wear. Since he saw many during his time, he collected different ones and the one Jinchi was the best, he wore. During his "magic" trick he did to other acolytes, it can be interpreted that he is flaunting his wealth while being a in religion that is suppose to move away from materialistic. Near the end, when Tang Sanzang, wukong and his crew went to Jinchi temple to rest for the day. Jinchi saw the kasaya Tang was given and his greed appeared again with the black bear shadow. Jinchi tried burning the section of the temple Tang was sleeping in but wukong redirected the fire to burn the rest of the temple instead including Jinchi.
@@waihochow4635 Unfortunately, if you only read books, you cannot understand this point. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when you became a monk, you needed to pay a considerable amount of property before being issued a certificate to prove that you were a legitimate monk. Legitimate monks did not need to pay taxes and could preach everywhere, while also having interests in developing in the temple. This is also the reason why Jinchi had to quickly move forward in the animation
@@waihochow4635 The section on the kasaya corresponds to the question the black bear asks Guanyin at the end of the animation. If I don't good drive, how will others know that I am a wealthy person?
@@waihochow4635 He flaunted his robe not to show off money, but as a proof of his status as a high-ranking monk
the headband isnt really explained in the game. the celestial court gave the "tang monk" in journey to the west a headband and spell to use against wukong on their journey. if wukong disobeys, the spell will give him a headache. he had the headband removed after his journey but the celestial courts control over him still remained. the same spell could be used against him regardless if the headband was physically on his head. the headband being allowed to be removed was merely symbolic. so in the intro and final cutscene, the existence of the headband is symbolic itself. he was a wanted fugitive of the celestial court, and that status was inescapable, so he had to give up immortality and die to truly be free of their influence, which is symbolized by the circlet/headband
edit: this video doesn't include the "true ending." where the destined one is not crowned by the circlet. look up true ending! those are the best cinematics.
I will do, thank you
It wasn't the celestial court that gave the tang monk the headband, it was Guanyin Bodhisattva. The command to tighten the head band and cause immense pain is a Buddhist scripture.
@@kaizammit Glad that you saw this message.Hope you enjoy the game.Maybe you can search in youtube,some youtubers introduce the Journey to the West and show the background of the game.
@@劉炎-p9z you're exactly right, but I made my explanation take liberties for the sake of quickly explaining the symbolism in the game.
guanyin gave the tang monk the headband, but in the game, wukong's conflict is framed as him vs the celestial court, and the headband symbolizes his inability to remove himself from that conflict
@@lavabeard5939 I get you point, and I agree, just to express some of my opinions :
I think in the story, the celestial court and the Buddhsim conspired together as they always have (in this sense you can actually technically say the heasband was given by the celestial court). The four heavenly kings are Buddhist deities, but they somehow fought for the celestial court (this is also what heppened in the novel) and the decorations on erlangshen's chest are also Buddhist symbols. The Buddhism and the celestial court together stood for the hierarchy in the story as well portrayed in the original novel.
Amazing, you have spent 3 hours walking through the entire video, great job!! Wukong is a beautiful fusion of history and creativity, making it visually stunning and culturally rich! Wukong's free spirit, breaking away from rules, showcases his desire for independence and self-determination. Yet his loyalty to his choices reflects a deeper sense of commitment and honor. He embodies the tension between individuality and responsibility. This contradiction makes him relatable and compelling. it's like he’s constantly balancing his wild nature with a profound sense of duty. The struggle between freedom and loyalty is something many people navigate in their own lives.
The fact that a beginning studio made this game is even more insane
That's crazy!
how in the hell did they get the budget for that?
You fight the gods in a secret area, then you get another ending with one more super epic animation cutscene.
Since Bajie had to keep his promise to protect the Bhiksu Xuanzang on his journey to the West (referring to India), he had to leave behind his brief encounter with the spider woman. His promise stems from being banished from heaven to earth, where he awaited the day he could meet his master and companions, including Wu Kong, to journey to the West. This left him in a great dilemma-torn between his promise and his lust for the woman. This internal struggle is one of the reasons he is known as Eight Precepts. I read this entire classical book several times long ago, and I have a PhD in Buddhist philosophy, along with knowledge of Sanskrit and Pali etc.
Ancient India（not India）
People dont realize in Erlang Shen's early life he fought 10 sun god son's of the jade emperor and killed 9 of them because they burned his mother to death, he rebelled as well.
Erlang doesn't kill 9/10 Suns, it's Houyi.
29:50 It was Elder Jinchi and his monks plan to burn Tang Sanzang alive in the tower he was staying in because Jinchi wanted to take Sanzang's kasaya for his own. Wukong leant about their scheme and borrowed a flame resistant from the Heaven to save Sanzang. The flame eventually burnt all of the temple and Elder Jinchi suicide out of shame.
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GOTY for sure. They put their passion into it as we can see.
The presentation of this game is truly incredible. You can just feel how much passion the devs have put into presenting their culture.
You should definitely react to the God of War and God of War Ragnarok cutscenes as well!
Yao means spirit/goblin(it can be animal or plants), Guai means monster. So Yaoguai is a general term refers to both creatures.
They should have added the true ending cutscene which is phenomenal
1:52:11 That girl is BaJie ( the pig ) 's daughter with the spider. The Spider implied it, and BaJie knows it. But BaJie can't take her in, or acknowledge her existence, if he does, the celestial court's army will kill the spiders to vanquish any ties between YaoGuai. ( yes, after the events from Journey to the West novel, BaJie is count as a member of celestial court ).
This is called "Nan Ke Yi Meng" in the Chinese context, which means that he did not marry a beautiful fox fairy, but had a dream. When he woke up, he killed the injured fox and made it into a scarf.
so the short version, yes there is a secret ending, a few more in game cut-scenes, and one more animated epilogue. The developers really harnessed the story of Wu Kong as he was always meant to be; a rebel with the mind to liberate all life. The source material, Journey to the West was written in the mid-late Ming dynasty (1592) and many modern scholars and historians have argued it was written not only as a fantasy novel but a political satire as well, critiquing the political corruption at the time. It is way too big a topic to write in a comment section, but from a Chinese perspective, this game have been a real treat, and it did justice to our beloved character! So glad you enjoyed it too!
The animation at the end of second chapter is not related to the main story, but a question posted to Wukong. The young man saved a fox and he dreamed of it becoming a woman (which is rather common in Chinese mythology) and they created a family. Yet many years later, the fox reverted to a beast and killed the family. When the young man woke from his dream, he killed the fox instead. The supposed moral from it was that beasts and men, gods and demons are not equals. Their birth determines their places in the celestial order. However, was that true? It turned out later in the game that the fox never had ill intentions, it was indeed just the man's dream. So which is scarier, a fox demon or a paranoid man? The moral of the entire game is that gods, buddhas, men and demons are all the same. The celestial order is nothing more than the god and buddhas' scheme to obtain immortality by killing and feeding on the spirits of demons. Occasionally, they would accept a powerful demon like Wukong into their ranks. Wukong's crime was that he rejected the buddhahood, so he had to be killed to set an example for all demons.
You can become wukong after NG+4 and fill up all your relics upgrade, each time you have used 4 focus point with smash stance you will become wukong fpr 1 min, get wukong stance and increase damage by 30%
Yeah so Bajie the piggy was one of the protagonists in Journey to the West. He was mostly the comedic character, but he was probably the closest thing to a friend for Wukong, while the other 2 on their team were more like coworkers.
Sanzang acts more or less like his boss at work though, that or an Asian parent with how often he chastises Wukong.
@@farenhaight4133 True
@@farenhaight4133no, he means the white horse 😂
That white horse is also a disciple of Tang Sanzang lol, he was the 3rd dragon prince of Western Dragon King
@@farenhaight4133 Yeah Wukong's real Teacher/fatherfigure was the master who taught him 72 transformations...etc.
@@EcchiRevenge right, one mural in the game illustrated that.
It's truly astonishing how many people beat this game and still completely misunderstood the ending. The Wukong you play as IS Wukong. The "destined one" IS WUKONG. The one that you fight at the end is a shell of the prior Sun Wukong that he left behind to test his reincarnation before ascending. The "Destined One" is not a clone or a fake. He is Wukongs being, reincarnated with a clean slate so he can cast off the binds that the celestials placed on him in his prior life. The Wukong that you see die in the beginning of the game is no less a reincarnation than the one you play as throughout the game. The entire premise of Wukong is that he's eternal and reincarnates several times and reaches immortality several times. There's no real or fake Wukong, JUST WUKONG. The old man spells most of it out for you and you still don't get it.
kai you are truly a legend in this field/industry. thank you for your videos
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos! Have fun
Honestly, the game is so deep and layered that, even as a Chinese, I need to watch detailed analyses from Chinese youtubers to uncover all the interpretations.
1:51:53 That youngest spider girl's expression is priceless! This is human like for CGI! Wukong's team did a remarkable in the details!!! This is a piece of art!
Glad you enjoyed watching this; can't wait to see you play this! I believe the best description for this game is "dark souls/elden ring, god of war, and ghosts of tsushima had a baby and no one knows who the father is" 🤣
Some context for the spider lady and ba jie. ba jie was once a general/admiral for the celestial court, but due to how lecherous he is, the court cursed him to become a pig. The game takes place after the journey to the west. During the journey to the west sun wukong, ba jie, and their master pass through this very town where the spider yaoguais reside. The master is kidnapped (because its said that consuming his flesh will grant someone immortality) wu kong and ba jie kill the yaoguai that were responsible except for the spider lady (who ba jie had a intimate relationship with once upon a time so he spares her). The little girl/little spider is insinuated to be ba jie's daughter which he clearly denies. after rescuing their master ba jie decides to continue his journey with his master rather than stay behind thus abandoning the spider lady (hence her resentment against him and sun wukong/monkeys)
你对故事 的描述不对。
The best game I’ve played in like forever. 10/10 I just finished it and this game truly deserves GOTY.
This is why I love this game. the story telling assuming that you know about journey to the west (or at least have watched the tv show, which from my experiences, every kid in China would have watched it at least 5 times as that's all they show on TV during summer breaks). It knows that the audience is mainly Chinese players. To put it this way, if they make a game continuing on Much Ado About Nothing, having to explain the work of Shakespear in the game to a Eastern audience would have been weird. So yes, some of the plot would be a little disjointed to people who's not watched the TV show, but it's assuming you have (and knows its main audience).
This games presentation is incredible. They put in alot of work into it. Amazing really. A masterpiece. 10/10
Loved the video, Kai, amazing as usual. Unfortunately, the source video you watched missed quite a few cinematics (all secrets but act 1) and most of the dialogues explaining the story outside cinematics, so it's normal that you've felt lost in various points. This game also has an awesome mechanic integrated which tells the story of each boss/miniboss/character/enemy archetype you find, giving you a lot of information that you couldn't know from the cinematics alone.
Regarding your questions: that circlet function as a "connection" with the Celestial Court; there is a secret ending that you unlock after the one you've seen that requires fighting and beating Erlang (the 3-eyed lightning guy) in both his forms and redo the fight against Wukong's Shell; Yaoguais are Chinese "demons", that lack the western connotation of "supreme evil" and are more of an aspect of a particular human trait, like greed, ambition, etc and could either be positive or negative.
I've spent 50ish hours to beat this game and while I don't consider it a GOTY, it's ranked really high on my list of "must- play". It's more of a God Of War than a Souls, it's much more chill while still being a hard game. I think that before playing it, you should watch or read a recap of Journey to the West, as the original chinese novel is over 2k pages. Many characters you meet comes directly from that novel (Bajie and Jinchanzi, to name two) and a lot of the terms you hear come from the Buddhist tradition. I also heard that they've remade it recently into a series, but I don't know how good it is.
I would suggest you to play it if you can, it was a really amazing experience.
Purchased it this morning and I'm super excited to play it tonight. Thank you so much for watching!
You watched the bad ending version of chapter 6. There's another ending with a secret boss fight against Er Lang Shen and a different cinematic cut scene after the Wukong fight
The game is an adaptation from Journey to the West. Regards as one of the Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著). (Journey to the West, Outlaws of the Marsh, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber were written during the 50s). A lots of people know it from watching 80s and 90s tv dramas.
The weebs know it from the anime Dragon Ball and Saiyuki.
While i know it from the korean drama 😂😂 adaptation.
Pretty sure they have hundred of movies every few years the asians like Wukong.
Chapter Two: The headless musician is Lingji Bodhisattva. His Buddha head is currently housed in the British Museum. Hence, his accent...
loved this vid. You watched and tried to understand. and had all the right reactions to everything for someone who didnt play the game. yes some of the bosses looked scary and died instantly but thats becausde of how they spliced the cutscenes. the bosses are SO HARD
Glad to see this uploaded after recommending it to you on the stream. Now if only you didn't upload a 3 hour video right before I go to work. Going to be spending all day waiting to watch it.
U need to read into "journey to the west", this game is like the sequel and many details need some understanding of the story before Wukong became the Fighting Buddha. Then you will understand more
"Destiny's favour calls for the resolution to sever all desires."
HARDEST. FUCKING. SENTENCE. EVER.
The fact the real time fight scenes themselves are better than cinemas tell you a lot about this game.
I just beat the game yesterday so finally I am able to enjoy your reaction video without worrying being spoiled, and I loved every moment of the video! I like your analysis from a filmmaker's perspective and they are very refreshing and informative. It was a shame, however, that you didn't go for the true ending. I would like nothing more than watch you react to the extra cutscenes and ending animation. With that being said, I enjoyed this long and well edited video and looking forward to more! 😃
I didn't know and this isn't my video. What I'll do is when I get there on my own game, I'll record it and upload it for you guys.
Thank you for hanging out with me! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻
The old monkey puts a dog chain on the player instead of a crown.
In the original novel, Wukong was tricked into wearing the headband. As long as Tang Monk recites a spell, Wukong will have a headache, making it easier to control Wukong.
I'm sorry this cut scene is the bad ending: the destined one finally wears the golden band and continues to be bound. The real ending can only be unlocked by defeating Erlang Shen and obtaining Wukong's memory.Erlang has always kept wukong's memory. After getting wukong's memory, destined one will no longer wear the golden band, and will play the animation of Chapter 6, which is the memory of wukong, the Great Sage.
Watched all the way through after finishing the game! I loved your inputs ❤️❤️
Side note: I just wished that you also reacted to the Erlang boss fight cutscenes and the true ending animation, they were also beautiful❤
I've heard but when I get there myself in the game, I'll record it and upload it for you guys ✌🏻💪🏻.
Thank you so much for watching and leaving a super duper comment. Makes such a difference.
This bad ending, which the destined puts on the headband, is most likely what most player will get, because the player focuses too much on rush through the maps and doesn't clear secret quests and bosses. The headband, which is used by Buddha to control Wukong, indicates the destined didn't break free from the control and went back into another reincarnation. The good ending is the destined needs to fight Erlang again, then fight the real Wukong, If he wins both fights, the destined won't put on the headband and get his freedom. You can find video of the good ending .
I love watching your reaction and explaining! Please keep posting!!
Will do! Any games I should take a look at?
@@kaizammit Could you do Valorant all cinematic trailer, please? They have quite a good amount out now and they're not too long either!
@@KAminhanh Sounds good, depending how many there are, I could break one of them down at the end. Thanks for the recommendation!
The video for the True Ending is worth a watch as it contains a really good cinematic. Also I recommend you to search for final boss fight interactions . Really great small details there to let you understand the character of the orriginal Wukong better even in the very last bits of the game.
“YoulnowhowlongIbeenwaitingforthis?”
49:20 feels very meta, like the narrator is asking if you found the secrets in the chapter. If you shut your ears and heed only your inner murmur… you’ll miss out and the ending you get (in the game) won’t be the true ending.
if you unlock the true ending you get another cutscene and the song celestial symphony remixed for the game, very worth watching
The Handsome Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Heaven's Equal, The Victorious Fighting Buddha, The SWAG King.
I don't play games but this is beautiful just like a movie
The clothes fading through characters and all is because those are not actual pre rendered cutscenes they are rendered in game in real time. So fixxing stuff like that is not an option ^^
All the confusion and the cultural reference, I can understand cause the dialog are referring to the actual 16th century novel and the numerous grand offshoot of the story , including plenty of literature and literature critiques and many can only fully be comprehend if one is versed in the actual novels contents
Wukong is basically THE guy in Chinese mythology. Answers only to himself, lives free and true to himself. He’s one of the strongest apart from the highest gods and Buddha and, most importantly… monke.
Uncle Bajie's Cutscene is the best!
Kai you should watch the playlist “the journey to the west” by overly sarcastic studios if you want a fun and comprehensive retelling of the book
I never played the game but I'm familiar with Sun Wukong's myths and legends. I watched the whole playthrough (most importantly the cutscenes and animations) and said to myself, "Kai would LOVE watching this and catch all the small details!"
I will say though, you didn't get to watch the "good" ending. You should check it out again with the second to last fight before facing Wukong, and then after the final fight you get the last animation.
That Zhu Baijie animation gets me every fucking time.
You can understand 'Yaoguai' (妖怪) as animals/plants that has learnt some spells and managed to become more or less like human, they can shift into human form and trick them in order to eat them. (well in black myth here, yaoguais are doing good, buddhas only make profit for themselves, celestial court is corrupted..) In most of the case, they're under this setting of the world where there's ''Buddha', 'Yaoguai', and 'Shenxian' ←(this word can be generally seen as 'god' but basically all those in the celestial court with official position are Shenxian). To put this concept under historical background, Buddha is obviously from Buddhism, words like Shenxian and Yaoguai are more from local Taoism system. Fun fact: Wukong's first master/mentor is from Taoism and has taught him a lot 🥺
Elder Jinchi is the old man from the first animation. Sun Wukong and The Tang Monk went to Guai Temple. They ended up meeting Elder Jinchi in a turn of events. He invited Sun Wukong and The Tang Monk to the back chamber for some tea . While Tang and Elder Jinchi enjoyed their time Wukong asked why he could smell Yaoguai in the temple. Elder Jinchi ignored him and went on but Wukong knew there was ill intent and kept trying to get it out of Elder Jinchi eventually leading to Tang telling Wukong to mind his words and not to be rude. Guangzhi (a boss from the beginning of the game) was the man who was pouring the tea I'm Wukong looked at him and said "this one has a furry face and a strange head, he's a bit scary". He was one of the of Elder Jinchis closest monks next to Guangmou who is also in the game as a boss. These two Yaoguai would try and enforce Elder Jinchis greed later on. Elder Jinchi asked Tang if he had any treasures seeing as he is an Elder. He declined having anything that would suffice and Wukong scoffed and said "what about that golden kasaya you have." This Kasaya was special on some next level stuff being gifted to Tang from Buddha, and granting the wearer protection. He ended up showing him the kasaya and Elder Jinchi asked to "inspect" it overnight and he'll give it back tomorrow. Wukong encouraged Tang to let him take it. He went to the back chamber that night and just cried over the kasaya because he wanted it to be his. Now Guangzhi and his master were conspiring with Black Bear Guai. Black Bear Guai turned Guanzhi into a little monk to go and study under Elder Jinchi. Who as you saw from the cinematic were "friends". They learned how to act somewhat human leading them to their spot with Elder Jinchi. Guanzhi proposed killing Wukong and the Tang Monk in their sleep to take the kasaya for himself. Guangmou proposed just straight up burning down the building they slept in. Jinchi took Guangmous plan over Guanhzhis. Wukong knew something was up so he stayed up and when they lit the fire he protected tang monk with a fireproof mantle. He fanned the flames back toward the temple burning so ferociously it couldn't be stopped. Black Bear Guai seeing the temple in ruin took his chance to snatch the kasaya and run away. Wukong and Tang already being furious with nearly being set on fire they asked for the kasaya back but none of the remaining monks could find it. They couldn't find Guangzhi or Guangmou either assumed to be killed in the fire. Elder Jinchi was instead consumed by his own greed rather then the fire and killed himself. Creating a spirit of pure greed stuck in his little area looking for his golden kasaya. That noise you heard with the pan shot of the fire at the temple was Elder Jinchis soul being consumed... but i also feel like they hinted towards Black Bear Guai starting the fire. but he didnt, it was Guangmou.
Lmao when he clocked the monk didn't have a head hilarious 😂😂😂
With dialogue at the end of the stop motion clip, the narrator is telling the viewer that the nature of something/someone should not cloud the judgement of someone based on the form it takes, no matter how gentle it may appear. Sun Wukong, the monkey king defies the laws of nature. He went against the idea of life and death, even going so far as to remove his name from the book of life and death in the literature. He also challenges hierarchy and disrupts bureaucracies in all forms. The heavens despise him because no matter how powerful he became and despite reaching status of buddhahood, a title granted by the Buddha himself, as well as immortality that the gods themselves had, the bureaucracy of heaven always saw him as a lowly earthly being, a monkey from the beginning and a monkey to the very end. They do not care that he has done good, he will always be viewed as a monkey with primitive impulses no matter how intelligent he may be.
It's why you see him in pain with a terrible headache in the first scene. That magical head band can't be removed. It's what keeps him in place, never truly free, making his immortality more of a curse than a blessing. This game is basically a What If? of how the developers think Sun Wukong's life would turn out after the end of the original literary work.
36:24 - It was just a game thing, the guy ran away from a small mini boss up there and the cutscene started while that mini boss was chasing him trying to kill him and so during the cutscene it just kept trying to kill him.
In chapter 2, the fire behind the gate was due to an NPC locked onto the player while they were in a cutscene. If the NPC was taken out prior to entering that wouldn't have happened.
10/10 game, no notes, best game in forever.
You should also react to the good ending cutscenes, the one you watched didn't show you the full ending.
Love the reaction btw, earned a sub!
Important note: you watched the BAD ENDING. It has a large clip of animation and cut scenes lost. Would highly recommend watching the TRUE ending otherwise the plot looks like it’s cut short
I just wanted to watch 1-2 reactions, now I'm 2 Hours in 😂
I appreciate your time and I hope you're enjoying yourself!
yaoguai (妖怪) = Monster (or demons)
In chinese myths, all animals upon reaching a certain level of cultivation (buddism/taoism), takes on humanoid or human form because humans are considered a higher form of life.
Please don't miss the true ending when you play. It'll brings the entire story to another perspective, and the journals are quite a read in itself giving some backstory and motivation to the characters.
would love to see the Eve online cinematic trailers looked at, some are exceedingly beautiful
I've got something with that name on my list... I'll check them out.
Great video. I have not read journey to the west yet but have read a bit of lore and while it isn't vital to know it prior to playing/watching the game it definitely helps tie together the events in the game. For example the elder jinchi wanted to keep the kasaia that (the original) wukong and his master had after they had visited the temple. Jinchi being a monk couldn't kill them however he had his followers set a fire to wukong's room. Wukong or his master had fire mantles that kept the room safe while the rest of the temple burned. Eventually Jinchi killed himself by crushing his head which explains why it is cracked and bleeding in game. Quite a lot of fascinating backstory.
watching the cutscene without knowledge of journey to the west - 20% Fun
watching with knowledge - 60% Fun
watching with knowledge and defeating the boss - 100% FUN
For some context, Wukong is basically the most insanely overpowered fictional character. He has like 6 or 7 layers of immortality, his hair/fur has magical properties and he can use 1 strand of hair to make pretty much anything he wants and is only limited by his imagination so he could make thousands of clones of himself who are all equally as powerful as him. His staff weighs roughly 7 tons from what i remember (could be a lot more) but in short the only way he was "controllable" was Buddha tricking Wukong into wearing the crown you see as he falls from the sky. Buddha imbues it in a way that nerfs Wukongs power but he still has layers of immortality and the theory is that the only way he can break the crown/headbands nerfing of him is to willingly die since its the only way he can actually die. He is also the master of transformations, he has roughly 72 different forms if im not mistaken as well.
The character he battles in the intro is Erlang Shen who is similar to Wukong in his own disdain for the Celestial court and their corruption and what not the only issue with the games story is they have it written in a way that you kinda need to know at least a decent bit of Journey to the west to really understand a lot of it. Wukongs also a massive inspiration for a lot of anime, movie and game characters like Goku from DBZ for example. Im not an expert and have left a lot of stuff out on this because my memory of it is really bad so im just sharing what I think I remember lol. Breath of fresh air playing through this game though definitely my GOTY vote
you are an expert🎉🎉🎉
@DjtmwibuWdym didnt he eat mupltiple imortallity items like the peach, the jade empereror drink and the pills of immortality pretty sure theres more but thats all O remember
@Djtmwibuur the one spreading misinformation. So what is ur excuse for him removing his name of the book of life and death? He has 7 layers of immortality and they all stack with his infinite amount of clones.
@Djtmwibu red boy can't easily kill sun wukong. they fought, and he almost burned wukong to death, but he survived. i don't know why you say he doesn't have six layers of immortality, he objectively does. why spread lies ?
@@divinrth5187IIRC they are;
- standard Taoist-based immortality from his original master.
- Named erased from the ledger of the Afterlife.
- eating divine peach fruit gives 1000 years each.
- smelling the fragrance of said fruits.
- eating immortality pills.
- being cooked in the urn which gave him extra abilities.
Those are the ones I remember and boy do they stack. The peaches alone give him thousand years worth of immortality.
Great to learn a filmmaker's perspective on Wukong
2:13:00 For some context in journey to the west the gang encounters a flaming mountain in the way. The mountain was due to a cestial cauldron spilling when the OG Sun Wukong originally fought heaven (the cauldron's attendant was demoted to be the flaming mountains local god).
The only way to put out flaming mountain was the magical fan owned by the Bull Demon Kings wife (Princess Iron Fan). Sun Wukong and Bull Demon King where once blood brothers but things have been strained since Sun Wukong got their son (Red Boy) captured by the celestial court. Bull King and Princess Iron fan refused to hand over the fan, fights occured and culminated in the giant bull fight referenced in the animated cutscene.
For a while Bull Demon King was also seperated from Iron Fan to be with a fox princess and a huge dowry (the fox princess was killed by Pig). The fox girl was allegedly a product of this union.
Your reaction to the headless singer was amazing 😂
"Looks handheld as well, they sh..." 🤨
I had been watched this movie since year 1999. that was one of my fav movie ever since I was childhood, all the memories are came back. This game is so amazing, 100/100. This game let's the world understand more about china culture and history is real one
The singer in Chapter 5 is 81 years old. His name is Chen Bide.
The Game takes place after journey to the West, if you read it before the game it will help you a lot with knowing characters and references and all Easter eggs developers have put in. In the novel Sun Wukong is the most powerful character ever created in all of fiction, only beaten by Buddha himself, the game goes on a completely different route, from the start of it in the novel, Wukong gained 7 types of immortality so in the start of the game Erlang could have never killed him, that's why it's called black myth bcs it's a dark spin on the story written 400 years ago
there is a lot more to the death of WuKong in the prolog. (including a big twist about the Old Monkey no one is talking about)
You saw more at the Bull King's animation where Wukong died, that's actually the truth behind his death. Erlang had the Bull King toke his body (the 5th relic) and the 4 others with each chp bosses. He actually stored the 6th relic, WuKong's mind, in his 3rd eye.
In the last chapter, if you have done enough, you get to fight Erlang. There you found out that ErLang helped the Destined One all along with some mid bosses in each chapter. You also found out the ErLang couldn't have killed WuKong but that WuKong chose to kill himself.
You obtained WuKong's mind and memories by besting Erlang, which then he sent you off.
By doing this first, the later stages are the same until you merge the relics. Now that you actually have WuKong's mind, once you merged all 6, you recalled every event as WuKong. You see the last chapter animation, which details WuKong's memories of his life, including at the fight of the beginning vs ErLang, where WuKong is telling ErLang to witness how he will rip off the controlling headband himself.
This ending suggests WuKong awakened before the old Monkey had the chance to put the headband on his head, thus breaking free from the celestial's control.
BTW, I don't see anyone saying this, but the Old Monkey is clearly not just a monkey. His flowing cloth suggests him being some sort of divinity. IMO, He is probably a form of buddha or an agent of the celestial court. His whole job is to prevent WuKong break free by putting the golden headband back on.
I guess we will see more on DLC
You actually missed some cutscenes related to the secret ending. The ending you watched here is a regular ending for playthroughs without doing secret quests. And many details and Easter Eggs are in the game play.
No secret scene where it reveals that you're in fact real Wukong all along? that's literally the best scene in the whole game!
Loved the video, there is a 2nd secret ending that I along with many others would definitely consider as the good ending. It basically is a similar thing as the ending you watched but instead of letting the old man put the crown on, your character awakens (avoiding putting the crown on) and a cutscene plays that is quite possibly the best cutscene in the game. Sad you missed it, but worth a watch in your own time!
You need to check out all of god of war 2018- and ragnaroks cut scenes, imo a cinematic masterpiece that exceeds even wukongs, the storytelling is amazing
not sure if youve played yet but if you havent, this maybe covers 50-60% of the actual content. there are so many side quest and secret areas with their own small stories that are just as deep and well made. its worth a playthrough yourself!
The pig is a loyal friend of wu kong and accompanied him throught the journey to the west. These two together with the monk tang san, a third friend that isnt shown in the game and a horse(who is a dragon), they reached india, obtained the scripture, brought it back to china, thus started buddhism in china. In the end they all reached nirvana and obtained godhood. The story of the game takes place a few centuries after that.
Yes, Wukong is the Heaven's Equal