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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @XieQiu
    @XieQiu 4 месяца назад +15

    By far the most knowledgeable channel about JTTW on RUclips

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  4 месяца назад +5

      Nuuu, that is such a kind compliment ♥️, but I still have much to learn and there are definitely more knowledgeable creators on RUclips. ☺️ I just really like JTTW and am really excited for the game, so wanted to make it digestible for people who may not be familiar :3

    • @SkimoStories
      @SkimoStories 3 месяца назад

      No offense, these videos are great, but that would be AvenueX, who does much more culturally significant coverage with very faithful pronunciation and linguistic explanations. It is clear that she is a scholar on chinese drama, and has a very deep recap of Journey to the West as well as the Black Myth trailers.

  • @AGamerPS3
    @AGamerPS3 4 месяца назад +12

    Having a person who has read the novels with knowledge of the history and culture surrounding the game makes it that much more fun. Hope to catch you streaming the game on August 20th.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  4 месяца назад +2

      Gamer! Thank you for such a sweet comment. I hope I’ll be decent at the game if I stream it haha. Hope you’ve been well my dear ♥️

  • @周洲-e5b
    @周洲-e5b 5 месяцев назад +8

    All your videos about black myth are very impressive,just want to thank you for introduce this game to the world,as a Chinese player

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for the kind comment. 🥹 Want to do our Chinese myths justice!

  • @alexandriacollins7119
    @alexandriacollins7119 3 месяца назад +3

    Actually, in the novel, no-one-else put the circlet on Sun Wukong; he was tricked into putting it on his-own head, of his own free-will ergo unwittingly giving power over him! 'Same with his bet with the Buddha that he lost; he entered into it of his own free-will, literally-&-figuratively place himself into the Buddha's hands *&* power!

  • @huskytzu7709
    @huskytzu7709 3 месяца назад +4

    The first time i learned about Wukong was when i learned that Goku was inspired by him. Like Kid Goku is literally Wukong even the tail, staff, nimbus xD

  • @universalspaceexpeditioner8259
    @universalspaceexpeditioner8259 5 месяцев назад +15

    I really liked the example you gave about Greek mythology. I am a Greek Cypriot myself and I would like to add that Greek civilization was also suppressed under Turkish control but not only Greeks eventually relearend their anceint history but the whole planet eventually gained an interest. So I am sure that China is on the right path and has an amazing mythology too!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +3

      Wow! I had no idea that the Greeks relearned their ancient history! Were a lot of things destroyed during the Turkish rule too? :(

    • @shrapnelized5891
      @shrapnelized5891 5 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@EmpressXVCypriot here! Unfortunately yes. However, history is never so easily forgotten. Much with a lot of other countries that went through same hardships, as long as their are people who carry their culture with pride, then there is nothing to worry about. Love your videos Empress! Keep up the amazing work!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +5

      Ugh, I’m so sorry that happened 😭, but you’re so right! We’ll preserve our cultures. 😤 Also thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot! ❤️

    • @soniaverma7862
      @soniaverma7862 4 месяца назад +1

      @@EmpressXV sad as an indian i love Chinese mythology but no one is recognising indian even great games can be made on both indian and chinese love to china from india ❤❤

    • @DxV04
      @DxV04 3 месяца назад

      @@soniaverma7862 They will come give it time.

  • @SuperDarksword
    @SuperDarksword 4 месяца назад +6

    These Monkey King videos are amazing, I really enjoy listening to you, someone you knows and loves the story, talking about it. Easy Sub for me and I hope you keep this up and maybe give us a video of suggestions on what English speakers can either watch or read to experience the story of Sun Wukong and The Monk Xuanzang. I've personally found it hard to find good ones, but The Monkey King is so interesting to me I want to find them.

  • @natn41r
    @natn41r 5 месяцев назад +3

    I thought I was quite familiar with the lore but this is the first time I've heard about 2 additional circlets. Cool.

  • @kenwei8434
    @kenwei8434 5 месяцев назад +3

    Based on Game Science's previous work on "Journey to the West," it's clear that they favor subversive storytelling. The original "Journey to the West" can be summarized as a simple tale of good triumphing over evil. However, in their previous game, Game Science introduced some very intriguing ideas and created many new storylines with a subversive twist. For example: Are the good guys really good? Are the gods truly just? How did the villains become villains? What did they go through before turning bad? Are the actions of Sun Wukong's team truly righteous?
    Game Science enjoys delving into the small details of the original "Journey to the West" and expanding them into a subversive and dark new narrative. They aren't fond of the fairy tale-like happy ending in the original story. With "Black Myth: Wukong" set after the events of "Journey to the West," things become even more interesting. What has become of the places Sun Wukong and his team once passed through? Have the enemies they defeated returned? Are the good people they once saved still good, or have they fallen and become monsters?

  • @jonwar833
    @jonwar833 5 месяцев назад +3

    I really liked the part when you talked between 0:00-13:05

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Hahahaha, you’re the best Jonwar! ❤️

  • @DulciToo1
    @DulciToo1 5 месяцев назад +3

    It's always nice to hear your theories, I'm so excited for this game. I haven't bought a PS5 yet but Black Myth: Wukong is reason enough to buy one.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much!! ☺️ And yesss, I imagine it’s ideal to see this beautiful game on a big screen! (I don’t have a PS5 either, so planning to play on PC 😅)

  • @AbbasAlqattan
    @AbbasAlqattan 3 месяца назад +3

    Today a new trailer came out and oh boy the four heavenly kings and other monsters are very dope

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  3 месяца назад +3

      Yessss it all looks amazing! Working on my breakdown video for that too ☺️

  • @mbdpodkast3695
    @mbdpodkast3695 4 месяца назад

    A thing I noticed is that the old monkey that picks up the circlet and the model for the actual Wukong in the game look VERY similar.
    Whereas the model for the storyteller monkey and 'The Destined One' also look very similar. (There's actually an updated version of the Storyteller Monkey on the BmWK website and he now has the same hairstyle as 'The Destined One')
    My theory is that they might be using Sun Luzhen or we have a multiverse story. Sun Luzhen being the main character of "The Later Journey To The West" and due to said story hitting almost the same beats as it JTTW would also make sense and if I'm not wrong in the book LJTTW Sun Wukong does place the restrictive headband on Sun Luzhen.
    It also helps that BmWK is set after JTTW.

  • @RYzE_B3Y0ND
    @RYzE_B3Y0ND 5 месяцев назад +4

    So glad I came across your channel! So introspective. 😊

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Yay, thank you so much for watching! 🥰

  • @darianstarfrog
    @darianstarfrog 3 месяца назад

    SunWukong was very popular in the 80's 90's in the west, like a dark horse, it wasnt promoted, but everyone knew of it, Chinese culture has always been one of top most intriguing cultures ever, and im so happy this game will be out very soon! 4 days! Its my Christmas this year

  • @TheGameSeekers
    @TheGameSeekers 2 месяца назад

    2:27 the way she said it, cute🥰

  • @sunflu
    @sunflu 5 месяцев назад +1

    your video deserves so much more attention. Keep up with the great work. ❤

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      This means a lot, thank you!! ♥️☺️

  • @pytorman
    @pytorman 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great analysis! There was a giant black bear demon in one of the trailers so the other two circlets probably will be in the game

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank youuu for watching! I think I do remember that big bear, but can’t recall if he was wearing a circlet in the scene. Either way, I do hope the devs include! :3

  • @vickalessa
    @vickalessa 3 месяца назад +3

    There's still time to watch the entire 20 episodes of Journey to the west (1986) on YT, before the game is released! I'm glad I did! Do note that there are no other language subtitles other than mandarin & english!

  • @JustinRhythm
    @JustinRhythm 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! I've always appreciated a good story & lore in video games. Keep up the great work on these videos!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Thank youuuu, Justiiinnnnnn ❤️

  • @pytorman
    @pytorman 5 месяцев назад +2

    Also could the old monkey we keep seeing be the six eared macaque? We already know this game is taking some liberties with the source material, changing the fate of some of the characters like the spider demons. They might’ve done the same with the six eared macaque. This would explain why we keep seeing two different types of sun wukong, the old one we see in the beginning of the first trailer, and the enlightened one we see at the end. I don’t know much about enlightenment, but I assume it would stop you from aging.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +2

      Oooooo this is a very interesting theory! Especially since the six eared macaque represents Wukong’s dark side, killing him in the novel was symbolic of him overcoming his vices. So if he’s alive in the game, that would mean Wukong was even less victorious than the legends say and didn’t overcome his dark side at all 👀

  • @huimonkey5070
    @huimonkey5070 5 месяцев назад +1

    The theory about Karmic Cycles could be somewhat accurate. All the enemies shown in the newest trailer are just "golden" forms of previously shown enemies, so that could potentially mean something.

  • @Bikash_1001
    @Bikash_1001 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hey i had many assumptions for this.
    first : was that what if someone strong enemy who could swap bodies with wukong because he wanted to kill him and because of being immortal he couldn't kill him so he swapped bodies with wukong and made him kinda confused so as in the monkey body wukong is right know no one lnows him but still call him destined one because his works are like the one who was destined to do that and ya one more thing is that when he was going to kill that boss monster then the fake monkey in the monkey king's body stopped by the staff glowed because that staff came in contact with the real monkey king soul and the reason why the another monkey swapped his body with monkey king is to kill him in mortal body and by doing that he could live in mo key king body forever.
    2nd: is what if the destened one is someone who is a 3rd person spectator kinda guy that knows what will happen in future and is doing everything because it needs to be done so that the monk, monkey king and his 2 friends could be teached about what they're lacking so thats why he fights with everyone so that he could guide those monsters to fight with monkey king so that both Parties could get benefitted as Monkey king and crew could get more knowledge and enlightenment from their journey and those monster could shift from their villan path to change their destiny so that they could end their life cycle or reincarnation journey and could get peace as the whole journey to the west is a well plotted journey that teaches all of us a valuable lesson as Buddha could have given those scriptures to the monk to spread all over china and world by he didn't instead he said to go on a journey to the west as they all could get enlightened and valuable life lessons as the more we know the less we know and after the end of their journey they could teach more by what happened in their journey and give us wise words I think this might be possible.

    • @Bikash_1001
      @Bikash_1001 5 месяцев назад

      Ya and in 2nd assumption i could add more like the one who has the head band and who is telling the story are the same and he wants to tell us the story that how a plot is made or what things happened for the situations go go like what they were or why they were and ya one reason that why many demons were behind the life of monk even they all knew who was protecting him, then too came to kill monk is because the demons who we fought and told the way to end their reincarnation cycle might have spread news that if they try to kill konk they would be killd my monkey king and crew and because of which they could end their reincarnation cycle but they had to give a name for that purpose as to not to let the monk and crew know the reason and because of which many demons tried to kill the monk even knowing who are his protectors

  • @dejawukong
    @dejawukong 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just came across your videos 😊 love the amount of information you provide. Nice to see the theories too. I never considered the game taking place after the book and always thought it was taking place in the first few chapters but then that also doesn't explain headband 😅 you gave me a lot to think about 😊

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      So kind, thank youuuu!! :3 We did get a lot of trailer scenes that showed events from early in the book, so maybe there will be some flashbacks we’ll be able to play through or something 👀. Let me know if you have any personal theories to share!

    • @dejawukong
      @dejawukong 5 месяцев назад

      @@EmpressXV yeah I always considered when we saw the video of the old monkey holding the crown it was kinda like the end of maybe start and it's wukong retelling his tale but I have another theory that's on my channel in my latest video if you want to check it out 🙂

  • @yankunfang1387
    @yankunfang1387 5 месяцев назад +2

    I think you should participate their on-going lore predictions contest! You would be a perfect match!!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      I didn’t even know they had a predictions contest! 😮

    • @yankunfang1387
      @yankunfang1387 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@EmpressXV Yes! It's a lore contest, and i believe that you should check that out, it seems that you can participate that with this video!! This video should be seen by more people :)

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      You are so kind, thank you!! I’m going to submit today!! Wish me luck ☺️☺️☺️

    • @yankunfang1387
      @yankunfang1387 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@EmpressXV Np! Best Luck to YOU!

  • @porkskin666
    @porkskin666 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm getting a "Sarah in Labyrinth" vibe. What I'm trying to say is, I like your sleeves. Fr though, it's cool to see old legends making there way into the present whether it's east to west or west to east. Really unfortunate how much history has been destroyed to sate the philosophy of the conquering classes.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Such an iconic movie, so I’ll take it, thank you! They are my favorite sleeve style. 🤭 And completely agree; I’m all for leaving terrible traditions in the past, but record-keeping history & stories is important.

  • @JDHD99
    @JDHD99 5 месяцев назад

    There has been a theory that the Player Monkey might be Sun Luzhen, from the “Later Journey to the West”. In that novel Sun Wukong himself put the Circlet on Luzhen to subdue him after his own Raid on heaven. Sun Wukong helps Luzhen achieves his own enlightenment and eventually fuses with him at the end of that Book. Sounds interesting and it lines up with most of the games lore.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +2

      That could be possible! What’s giving me pause about that theory though, is the first gameplay reveal had the old monkey saying Black Myth is a story we haven’t heard before. The novel with Sun Luzhen is an unofficial sequel, so while it’s not at the level of popularity Journey to the West is, it’s still a story many Chinese people are aware of. Also the game descriptions have always described Black Myth as /inspired by/ Journey to the West - as opposed to a retelling. Imo, it would fall short of its promise if it follows the storyline of 後西遊記.

  • @amashizaino
    @amashizaino 5 месяцев назад +2

    So Xin Yuan is the monkey mind? With how you describe it sounds a heck of a lot like ADD or ADHD lol.
    Oh geeze... No it's not ADHD I just got monkeys on my mind! XD
    Man I fell face first down the JTTW rabbit hole this past month. And I've gotta say that tracking down the different JTTW movies or Monkey King movies has been a real ride.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Haha, I didn’t even think of that comparison! 😆 But I’m so glad you’re diving into Journey to the West! Lots of cool existing adaptations out there :3

  • @AegisKHAOS
    @AegisKHAOS 5 месяцев назад +1

    What am I looking the most forward to Black Myth Wukong? Probably a longer take on the 1986 theme song. The trailers tease it too much.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      YES!!! I got chills when it played at the end of the SGF trailer. It’s so good

  • @AbbasAlqattan
    @AbbasAlqattan 5 месяцев назад +1

    The possible theory is that the player is truly sun wukong but you can say he lost his memory and power and the one we see which we think is the monkey king is like the manifestation of what left of his memory in a physical form and it was so strong that people thought that they are two different monkey but they both are the same the one is which is the player is the real sun wukong while the other is basically his what left of his memory and how he was like before he lost his memory and the proof is that in the first trailer when the player wanted to kill that wolf then got stop by the monkey king we see his eye began to shine then we see some events that most of us know that happened in the book like sun wukong fighting the heaven and other things this was seem like that player regain the memories and it could be possible if the player is the real wukong and that something might happened him that made him lose his memory especially in so many trailer we saw several statue of buddha with their head cutoff implying that something happened to buddhas thus why the world is in chaos and of course this include wukong since he became a buddha as well

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      This is very interesting and would be a cool twist! What do you think caused him to lose his memories?

    • @AbbasAlqattan
      @AbbasAlqattan 5 месяцев назад

      @@EmpressXV
      I don't know maybe he was like in verge of death because of something happened that we still don't know about it but someone saved him and sealed his memory and from what i see he maybe got saved by amitabha buddha who is the buddha of the future because he is the only buddha whos statue doesn't have head missing and even we see the player sitting in front of the statue in one of the trailer and we know it's amithaba buddha because the statue that the player is sitting on is based on real life statue which is actually for amitabha buddha and eventually as it is obvious the game follow the concept of the three world buddha

  • @BrindleBoy
    @BrindleBoy 5 месяцев назад +1

    Empresssssss I love all your Black Myth Wukong videos. I might even get the game thanks to them, even though these kinds of games scare the shit out of me.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      BRINDLE!! Haiiii! So appreciate you watching 🥰🥰. But why are you scared? Honestly I’m kinda scared too haha! I’m not the best at souls games, I kinda worry if I’ll even be able to get through all the bosses. Just watch me play before you buy to decide LOL

    • @BrindleBoy
      @BrindleBoy 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@EmpressXV Hello! ^_^ Yeah, it's the difficulty, but also the intensity of it all with the creepy bosses. xD I'd love watching you! You'll upload to RUclips? I am usually sleeping when you are streaming, I think.

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      Totally hear you re: creepy bosses >_

    • @BrindleBoy
      @BrindleBoy 5 месяцев назад

      @@EmpressXV Awww you are the best! :)

  • @johnsantos507
    @johnsantos507 5 месяцев назад

    Hey, EmpressXV. You should watched Black Myth Wukong - Took 2 Years To Create A Personal Short Film. You're gonna love it.

  • @yachachu_yucha
    @yachachu_yucha 4 месяца назад +1

    I think that we are going to play two timelines, wukong when he was starting the path and wukong when he was ending it. I look forward to the spells and transformations. and fight. and the story yes. and graphics. unreal engine 5 should be awesome. this game will be epic!! cant wait to play it!!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  4 месяца назад

      Playing two timelines would be very cool indeed! 👀

  • @enmajr604
    @enmajr604 5 месяцев назад +2

    I think the old monkey is the real Sun Wukong and the one with the golden armor the six eared macaque but we will have multiple ending of the story so everything can change by our choices

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      This could be cool! What makes you think the positions were swapped? 👀

    • @enmajr604
      @enmajr604 5 месяцев назад

      @@EmpressXV maybe the real Sun Wukong decided to not interfere anymore in the mortals realms or he could been trapped by the six eared macaque. He help the destined one in the story

  • @JustinRhythm
    @JustinRhythm 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks!

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      This is so generous, Justin! Thank you so much ❤️

  • @wayneclaude2835
    @wayneclaude2835 5 месяцев назад

    做的很棒,很有考究,很多地方也是没读过原著或有深度了解的人不懂的知识👍 另外小姐姐声音也很好听

  • @CripTikRaZe
    @CripTikRaZe 2 месяца назад

    now the games out id love to see your thoughts on the end of chapter animated stories

  • @sinistaaaa
    @sinistaaaa 3 месяца назад +2

    The final trailer is here cover it too

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  3 месяца назад +2

      I will if you say please. 🤭 Jkjk, it’s in the works!

  • @美丽咪咪党大陆党支部
    @美丽咪咪党大陆党支部 5 месяцев назад +1

    From the channel of GBG. He really like you 😂😂

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад +1

      From his livestream a while ago? 😮 I’m grateful he took the time to watch my videos with his community! :3

  • @tablaninja1
    @tablaninja1 5 месяцев назад

    Can you do a quick story of Journey to the West so that some of us can better understand the game coming out please?

  • @gamerboypj
    @gamerboypj 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great video

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much for watching! ☺️

  • @TheLilPorkChop
    @TheLilPorkChop 3 месяца назад

    @EmpressXV u should watch Monkie Kid, it'd be nice to hear ur thoughts on how that series handles Journey To The West :3

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  3 месяца назад +1

      I’ll check it out!! :3

  • @marikuami6840
    @marikuami6840 5 месяцев назад

    Herd the story could be based on sun luzhen...or a story that was similar to the lego monkey king series

  • @JLacay
    @JLacay 5 месяцев назад

    What are your thoughts on LEGO Monkie Kid in terms of lore?

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      I haven’t looked into it! I admit I haven’t played any of the LEGO games 😅. Is it fun??

    • @JLacay
      @JLacay 5 месяцев назад

      @@EmpressXV It's not a video game, but an animated show.

  • @许炜煌
    @许炜煌 5 месяцев назад +1

    讲的真好 姐姐加油🎉

  • @Nasiran
    @Nasiran 5 месяцев назад +1

    6/10, not enough claymores

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      LMAO I laughed way too long at this 😆. Maybe I should hide hidden claymores in random parts of future videos

  • @Thrillr
    @Thrillr 5 месяцев назад

    7:42 😂

  • @FidouSaraspadee
    @FidouSaraspadee 4 месяца назад

    Do you wait years to upload new video or what

  • @fuzzymidnight2458
    @fuzzymidnight2458 5 месяцев назад

    This is off topic but guuuurl your gorgeous 😫

  • @masew2012
    @masew2012 3 месяца назад

    🥰😍🤩

  • @ExplosionBobXD
    @ExplosionBobXD 5 месяцев назад +1

    who lives in the pineapple under the sea

    • @EmpressXV
      @EmpressXV  5 месяцев назад

      LMAO BOB you are too funny 😆. But thank you kindly for this. ❤️

  • @FidouSaraspadee
    @FidouSaraspadee 4 месяца назад

    Shit man we need more gameplay as you talk
    Make a new video with less mb to download and
    I only liked the spider bride video the rest is soo shirts don't mind

  • @NothingJustaname
    @NothingJustaname 2 месяца назад

    😤🤕

  • @Y55DR4S1L
    @Y55DR4S1L 5 месяцев назад

    Smash

    • @jonwar833
      @jonwar833 5 месяцев назад

      You wouldn't even know what to do. Internet time is over little boy

  • @NothingJustaname
    @NothingJustaname 2 месяца назад

    😒