Black Myth Wukong IS a Souls Like- They Lied.
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Soulslike or not, the game is a harder game than people anticipated, it certainly won't be beaten by your average gamer. Soulslike or not, if someone doesn't like hard games they're not going to like Wukong.
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I really appreciate you being honest. I'm the casual gamer. I work fulltime and i want to sit down and decompress and not pull my hair out dying over and over. This game is 100% souls like.
I am 15 hours into the game. I am on chapter 3. I dropped the game. I like a challenge, but I am just your average casual gamer. I feel like I have been lied too. It was not a DMC like, like they said it would be. It is a souls like, and I find it harder than Elden RIng and I Completed Elden ring. (base edition)
At least in Elden Ring you can use summons or go to other areas and level up first, in this game there’s very limited mobs to grind and you truly have to grind while in Elden Ring you are just doing new areas first. Elden Ring has a lot of crappy elements to it and is ultimately a Souls like but they did make a genuine effort in that game I believe to make it more accessible they dont really do that in this game.
Agreed, bought the game, to hard I like GOW hard not this insanity!!!!
It's a good game but for most casual gamers the brutal difficulty will turn people off.
I fall victim to this. I bought the game and frankly its too hard for my liking. I bought it because everyone was praising it and i do like the monkey king story but now i feel as if i wasted money on a game i dont even have fun playing with and i just dk what to do
I just refunded it after 3h on Steam. I like difficult games, but I’m too stressed in life to enjoy it right now…or ever. I’m done with these 7 hour boss fights.
Bro you just have to persevere, believe in your self. Maybe you’re not ready to fight the boss yet so go exploring, look for better items that will help you defeat the current boss you’re stuck at, idk this really helped me play through the game tho
@@Kendall-23oeasdI also got it on steam and want to return it but am also over 2 hours of playtime, how did you get a refund?
@@notsad0096i beat the game and it's a 6 out of 10 for me personally
Souls like or not…. Some bosses are absolutely brutal and for this reason it doesn’t feel accessible to me. Difficulty settings make it more accessible where the hardcore gamers can choose the hardest difficulty and casual players like me get to choose an easier difficulty
It’s absolutely brutally hard !
Brutal
Souls games are literally not for people who have a life outside their screens.
I do professional civil engineering work and have a daughter, and also those are my favorite games. Just because you cant do it doesn't mean someone else cant XD, remember that.
Having played several souls game and their likes, all I wanted was a nice beautiful looking game much in vein with God of War- meet fantastic creatures from Chinese mythology, see where the story goes, craft armor and clash against gods. As advertised.
I’m in chapter 4 now. I regret every single dollar spent on this game. No chance for a refund, of course. Every single boss is a wall. A wall that I am not willing to bash my head in anymore. I know they will never place difficulty settings- this is a souls like, after all- but they do need to patch a lot of things when it comes to combat, because I have the best gear up until that point and am barely denting their health bar.
The bosses, of course, one shot. Because of course they do
I will reinstall it when they fix the input delay and add difficulty settings, I don’t appreciate a game increasing stress levels because medically I don’t even get a dopamine rush even if I do beat the game
Yeah soul like games need to die off playing games should be fun from off day from work an stuff life already stress enough lol
@@Thefyture89need to die off? Bruh some ppl like those games tf u mean
@@Thefyture89Bruh...
I enjoy these games just because you don't doesen't mean they should die off.
Got called out for calling it a soulslike in many comments sections I am vindicated still hyped but I’m done with soulslikes for a while after this
so becaue 1 guy on youtube said its soulslike that means you are right ? lol
It isn't a soulslike lmao
@@tehcrusherif it isn't then no game is a soulslike other than the actual souls games. this game has just as many similarities with dark souls as fucking pathetic ass lords of the fallen for crying out loud
@@braevinmaund1210 most people who say it’s not a soulslike have absolutely no clue what they are saying
@@Triannosaurus most people who say it's a soulslike have absolutely no clue what makes a souls game feel good in only the way souls games feel good
thanks for the warning. i absolutely belong in the category of ppl who dont like being stressed and frustrated by their games. i heard ppl say stuff like "its such a great feeling of accomplishment of finally beating a boss", i tried it for one big boss on elden ring and after like 20 tries i beat him and felt nothing but "thank god thats over" and uninstalled. not my idea of fun. i greatly enjoy the jedi fallen order games and play them on highest difficulty, they are challenging but still doable. and for 1 or 2 bosses i can lower difficulty a bit and beat the game.
Go play Dustborne then 😂
@@Lyoko42o its called having a life, you should try it sometime.
@@Adi-mk2lq 💀 what makes you think I don't tf
You get your feeling of accomplishment through a game, that’s why. Some of us who get it elsewhere don’t need it in a game that’s supposed to be fun. Loved these games when I didn’t have a life either so I’m not hating 😂
But in all seriousness, sometimes I want that challenge, sometimes I don’t. You don’t need extremes, why extremely hard or extremely easy, how about a hard game and that’s fuxkin it?
@@Kendall-23oeasd you burned him, ngl
100% a souls like
souls-lite at best. it has basically none of the things that make souls genre games feel good to play and experience. which is good. not everything needs to be a souls-like.
@@tehcrusher it Has Bonfire System, Lose Points on Death, Character does have any dialogue, Linear and Vague progression, No quest markers, No difficulty setting, Dodging is the main defense of combat. How is it not a soulslike when the only unique thing is How good the combat is? Which is still similar to Nioh.. another soulslike?
@@LightDark-pm7qe You lose nothing on death,; that risk/reward is a key component of soulslikes. Wukong is also far more linear than the average soulslike, it's very difficult to get lost and most branches lead to one dead-end and one critical path rather than say Dark Souls where firelink can lead to the Burg, New Londo and the Catacombs. It has some soulslike components but feels more like a character action/ARPG hybrid.
@@karmicbacklash The lose points thing was misinformation, that's on me, I'll add something else instead. Limited healing potion system when fighting, another soulslike feel. I've not gotten lost, but I've had countless friends get lost on this game (IG me and you are smarter). It has far too many things in common with souls game to not be considered a soulslike. What you "Feel" and what I "Feel" while playing is subjective, these other similarities are facts.
@@LightDark-pm7qe Sure, and the things that are not the same are also facts. Irrespective, the devs don't consider their game a soulslike and I'm inclined to side with them in this case. You and your topographically challenged friends beyond counting can enjoy your soulslike, while I enjoy my arpg :)
I was playing it and my child said “I thought you hated elden ring”……….not sure how much more proof you need that it’s a souls like.
I quit elden ring after a few minutes and same here lol it felt exactly the same
Appreciate the honest a lot of people are not reporting this
Saved me from buying at the moment.
Struggle with these type of games
It is way harder than I thought. Spent 2 hours on the first boss till I found a way to cheat it
@@cowel8734 thanks pal gutted. Just not enough time to do that. Should bring in a difficulty setting
Save your money, bro. I wasted $60 because I fell for the marketing.
Same here brother! I just don't like the souls-like genre, so this is a nice dodge! Thanks @Cayle for the honest video!
@@alexhall6427 "should bring in a difficulty setting"....you SERIOUSLY do not understand the purpose of games like this...if you want an easy melee based combat game go play skyrim on novice or some shit..games like this don't have a difficulty setting because they don't need one..these games are the literal definition of skill issue...if you continuously die at the game its not because the games "too hard" its simply because your not good enough at it...and im guessing people like you are to lazy to take time to study boss mechanics and attacks to actually fucking adapt to the enemies in these types of games, like i dont get the point of even playing games if your not willing to adapt and overcome but hey..if your on PC there are plenty of mod menus probably to give you god mode..or one hit kills or increased damage outputs...or you know...just do what everyone else does..and get good at the game like your meant to..its not that hard to understand the game literally isnt hard people like the dude making the video claim any game that is punishing is immediately a souls like..yes it has similarities but by that standard Any game that has a lean mechanic and is a FPS is a rainbow six siege like..or any game that has driving and shooting is a GTA like...the gaming community is so fucked...
it's genuinely baffling to me how people are still in denial of the fact that it's a soulslike
i guess it's the combat pacing that makes them convinced it's not? being able to hit more times in a row (despite the generally low damage you deal) is why i think they believe it's not a souls like
They’re just delusional. It cleary takes alot of aspects for soulsbornes like bonfire checkpoint system. You can skip enemis which you cant in games like ghost of tsushima and god of war which ppl are comparing black myrh to. Game mostly focuses on bosses. *cough cough*
@@Dragonslayer672 the stuff you mentioned can be implemented into a turn based game, would that make it a souls game?
main combat mechanics are the similarities in question, lets be clear.
souls games just feel different, you dont feel like you're being controlled with strings by the game the moment you attack, which leaves us with precise timing and positioning that are indeed quite similar, but not invented by souls games, only enhanced by them
Facts. Wish I had known before I bought it…
@@rerite-oy4xunah it’s invented by them straight up. Couldn’t have put it in better words to be honest.
It’s sad that the industry has moved away from making good old fashioned semi casual single player story-based games, just to appease the critics may be.
Now all we get are MMOs that are multiplayer focused or single-player games that are following the Souls formula and are depressingly hard
I honestly hate it, I used to enjoy single player games a ton but if we’re just gonna move to the trend of every single player game without microtransactions has to be a souls like Im not gonna bother with these new games.
I am happy that they did. I dont like cinematic games that do every thing for you, I enjoy these types of games. You actually have to "play" the game instead of watching a movie.
The sheer number of Souls elements in BMW is undeniably in the majority. Thank you for making this point. Exploration for upgrade materials, Estus Flasks, I-frame dodges, light and heavy attacks, grinding for levels, respawning enemies when you die or hit a checkpoint, and high difficulty, high skill level boss fights. The only thing I see as non-Souls is actually the skill tree, which most Soulslikes actually have. I think BMW is a great game, I'm enjoying it, but it's a Soulslike game.
Bro I'm on chp 4 and beat yin tiger and scorpion lord and struggling on the secret boss smh
Its a soulslike game and sucks I payed 60 for this as i hate and cant stand the difficulty in these games. I thought it wasn’t soulslike.
The only difference between Black Myth and any other Souls game is that when you get rek't by a boss or a mob, you don't lose exp/items. That's it. That's about the major difference, along with, its slightly more forgiving. Its Soulslike, but not the hardest Soulslike, if that makes sense.
Bro this is hard for me. It's like fighting Melania every fight but with input lag, bad hitboxes, and worse camera. Just lots of bad designs
Someone who is finally being honest about this game the game probably is good but the glazing on tik tok for wukong is fucking ridiculous
every game that relelases there are people getting mad at people liking a new game
@@sneakyturtle340 tbf I got no problem with people liking new games I’m glad people like wukong
@@masteryoda5223you literally said it’s ridiculous that people are talking about how much they love a game, how’s that bad
@@louissenekisbecause people can only like it as much as masteryoda5223 says so and any more than that would be considered glazing
China owns tik tok, and the CCP paid a lot of money to the studio who made Wukong, in fact, in China the government describes video games as "spiritual opium" and limits it's people from playing games more than 3 hours or so a week and even more interesting is that the mythology in the game is the same mythology Mao Zedong tried to erase, so ya China's capitalizing on the lack of good Western games to fund the Party in China
I have no idea why so many people pretend it’s not a souls like when it clearly is. Thank you for making this.
have you played and beaten even one dark souls game?
@@tehcrusherquit the yapping. It’s a souls like through and through. Go do something better with your time other than making 20+ comments about “iT nOT bEiNg A sOuLsLiKe”…
@@rockyrex7673fucking preach lol It walks like a soulslike, and quacks like a soulslike.
@@J.bananasit's a linear game with a straight forward story just like how plus you don't lose anything from dying one of the biggest parts of a souls like is the fact that death has consequences and you have to get better you can't just rely on stats
You mean like Sekiro? Where you had to rely on getting better and not stats?
Really though, why are people freaking out over the idea of this being a souls like?
I had no idea what this game was, I just saw the hype and that it was 'good' and not a 'souls like' so I bought it thinking I was about to get a reskinned God of War. I do really like Wukong but it definitely isn't what I thought it was going to be and that's totally my own fault! 🤣
Same here
The stamina health and magic meters are straight out of souls
the way every action costs stamina and you need to chill out for a bit to let stamina recharge is a staple souls mechanic
the way npcs have to have dialogue exhausted by speaking to them multiple times is exactly how souls game npc side quests work
visually the way little bars appear when you are being infected by status effects is a visual style straight out of fromsoft souls games
while you dont need to pick up lost souls when you die, the bonfire and enemy respawn mechanic is straight out of dark souls. even the bonfire menu is super similiar.
the estus system is straight out of dark souls the game even has two upgrades for it, one for potency and one for amount of heals. the heal is even in a flask type object that refills upon death/ resting at bonfire.
the lock on and targeting system where you use the right stick to swap targets is also incredibly similar to how dark souls handles locking on
theres a hub you fill with npc shops just like firelink shrine from dark souls series
dark souls didnt invent most of these gameplay systems, but it definitely has its own flavor whoch this game emulates
i feel like this list isnt exhaustive and that there is so many similarities to the souls games general moment to moment gameplay, that its just silly to say that it isnt a soulslike
Rightly said if you're a soulslike be proud like Lies of P
Its absolutely a soulslike. Its hard affff. Great game its making me want to play more games like it. I never got into soulslikes at all but now i kinda want to. I really enjoyed Stellar Blade and now Wukong even tho i spent 2 hrs on 1 boss im loving it. But damn its hard
Finally somebody said it. Intro kinda fricked me over because how amazing it was. I thought it is gonna story rich game where we explore the story as the Sun Wukong and maybe get his characther into more depth. I was excepting god of war gameplay, while the game would offer you to, of course do some basic dodge and such, but i was suprised how much of a heavy dodge simulator it was. Don't get me wrong the art, boss designs, music, map, graphic is godlike and i would support the devs for it, while i do somewhat enojy the boss fights and i'm at the chapter 2 currectly, i'm not found of the soulslike games. At least dark souls 3 and elden ring gives you an option to play with friends but Black Myth wukong you are alone, some people might appricate that and that is fine but i don't like that. Since i'm on chapter 2 i wil try to finish it, and i'm having fun but i'm also getting annoyed that the story it does seem to have interesting bits but you honestly have to know the book by the tea and the story is somewhat confusing to follow. You are mostly going an area to area killing minions and bosses, i mostly excepted story-rich game with a interesting fighting scenes. You also hit like a pebble while boss hits you like a truck. Again, game is amazing and i'm supporting hardwork put into it because there was an actual hardwork put into it but i wanted a game which i would get immeressed into Wukong's journey and actually have a feeling like i'm well godlike but instead i'm a monkey who rolls and dodges 99% and bonks 99% of a fight. It does have interesting abilites, i love that you can transform but so far that is limited too.
I bought this game specifically because I was told it was not a souls like, and that it was more like the new God of War games and I absolutely regret my purchase
When speaking on the boss that can hit you but you can't hit them if it's that rat guy with the severed head I think that is intentional.
The Rat is making the arena smaller with the sandstorm. So If you try to attack him on the edges he has the advantage.
I do feel some of the attack and drink commands are delayed at times. But overall very fun game.
For people who have it and still don’t think it’s a soulslike, I suggest switching to controller layout type B………..it’s the same set up as elden ring, once I did this the muscle memory kicked in and suddenly my thousand hours of elden ring got me to chapter six before I gave up.
Thank you so much for your opinion I nearly wasted £65.
"wasted" on one of the best games in the last 2 years cause one literal RANDOM white dude on the internet says "its a soulslike" just cause hes to shit at the game XD any game that has fucking dodging nowadays is a "souls" like any game that has leaning is "a rainbow six siege clone"...yall are a bunch of fucking clowns,,,
It feels like sekiro with no parrying and bad bosses I think it’s safe to say it’s a souls like.
ive been thinking this exact same thing ever since I came across the tiger vanguard boss. I feel like this is one of the bigger scams from a developer ive seen in a long time. steam doesnt even have this tagged as a soulslike its tagged as an action rpg. also another thing people arent talking about is how this is just a straight up dodge simulator. the big boss fights like this one you have to dodge attacks 100+ times just to beat it and its just exhausting after awhile. im almost done with chapter 3 now and im enjoying the game alot but idk how the devs got away with what they did cause this game is super frustrating and im starting to get to the point where im not even excited to run into a main boss
Yeah and the battles go way too long sure they’re difficult and you can beat them eventually if you recognise their patterns and act accordingly but my oh my do these fights take a significant chunk of your time.
I'm a casual player and I'm loving it! Love your vids mate
He says it in this video if youre watching his videos youre probably not really a casual gamer, you may think you are but youre probably not compared to the real market of gamers.
Wukong is difficult, quite difficult, but that's just it. Wukong is difficult but beatable, Souls games feel like a waste of time because I'm just bashing my head against a wall and feeling like I'm making no progress.
I feel like I can beat Wukong, I never feel like I can beat Souls games.
Wish I’d seen this before I bought it. £50 bye bye 😢
Same here mate, wasted £50, I wish steam would let you refund if something is to hard...
Difficulty selection, and cheat codes for ps5 are the only thing that will persuade me to give this game another shot
Don’t feel like a souls like to me. It’s difficult. But difficult don’t mean souls like
A Ninja Gaiden like, this game is solid hard, haven't played anything this difficult since Ninja Gaiden.🤣🤣
It’s definitely a souls like game
@@WizzWins Nope, more like a Ninja Gaiden, a Sekiro or a Nioh
It's not open world
@@acurisur sekiro is a souls game
This is exactly what I needed to know
You are right, I don't want anything to do with a souls-like game.. I don't get enjoyment through frustration
I wanted it to be a fun coo game challenging but not the game where I gotta die over and over and over
So, you want a game where once you die you have to start over from the very begining again?
You will need to play it for years to complete it.
16 million copies sold… But I’m willing to bet at least 10 million players have stopped solely due to the difficulty
I got taken in by this, people were saying it wasn't a soulslike. I felt like a noob but there is a very early water-snake boss kept kicking my butt so much it lost any fun for me. I like a decent challenge but I don't like to be punished by games. Doing Jedi Survivor now instead which is a much better difficulty/fun balance IMHO. A bit disappointed I wasted the money on it but at least it went to a studio putting out high quality games, even if they're not for me.
got to chapter 6, uninstalled, erased save file so I wont go back. Absolutely awful boss design, trash combat, and same garbage weapon the entire time. Beginning of chapter 6 is a bullshit boss immediately. im done.
Once again it's proven how gullible gamers are. Believing any nonsense from the developers. How on earth can anyone not see it's a souls like even after watching so many gameplay.
I didn’t watch gameplay to not spoil the game for myself I saw from screenshots it had souls like elements but that wont say anything about the difficulty of the game itself from that. Also most of the mobs are piss easy but the game itself has barely any mobs and is more about just getting to each boss, it’s like a boss rush mode with a few mobs littered throughout.
Y'all in the comments have never played a Ninja Gaiden game to compare it to Black Myth: Wukong, and it shows.
@@no1nozz you haven’t either then nothing really similar other than the Eastern aesthetic. Sekiro would be a better comparison, but even then it plays more like elden ring
@Triannosaurus what? You just told me I never played it then agreed with me 😂
@@no1nozz lol yeah probably, I though you meant that this game is more similar to ninja gaiden, which would honestly be cool if it was
@Triannosaurus Oh, of course. I love Ninja Gaiden. People say that this is just like it, and I'm like, "WHAT? HOW?"
I’ve played enough Dark Souls and Elden Ring to know a souls like game lol. If Ninja Gaiden has a stamina mechanic, an estus flask and bonfires than I guess we should call the games Gaiden like instead. But it doesn’t so please stop spreading around propaganda like this.
I really want a refund they lied
Just did mine.
god forbid a game have boss fights
@@lloydhayden1 god forbid a game where roll roll attack.. roll roll attack is the only form of gameplay for bosses.
@@silloxo9350 Yep, don't get me wrong game is amazing but intro is what actually tricked me. I thought it would be a game where story is focused first then fighting, like god of war. Of course you can choose the difficulty, and you can make bosses more dynamic. There are transformarions, but i noticed just how little damage you do even if i'm lvl 33 at the beginning of chapter 2 atm. I don't regret buying it because i can see that there is passion put into it but it is a souslike and i'm not fan of that. I love dark souls 3 and elder ring, don't get me wrong i love to play those games with my friends but my time is limited and i thought because dev's said it wouldn't be soulslike that i can just chill out. I'm having fun but i'm not chilling out xD
@@archnebula your speaking my mind. The game is not bad by any means no. Same for me i bought it, enjoyed the cool intro and a tiny bit of the start until.. i ran my first time to that wierd blue big headed bald baby boss? Which i read online is suppose to be s troll boss? Like the golden horse rider in Elden Ring.. and fighting the actual main boss the wolf.. that is where i quit and refunded the game because it was at that time i knew i was legit lied to… i think this whole ”its not a soulsgame” its just marketing… shit, fooled me into spending 70 bucks on it. Thank god steam has it’s 2h playtime before refunding. Yo say yourself like.. some of us actually value our time and mental health. I work like a maniac and just want to casually play some games to cool off and get away from reality. And here the devs are promising something that is not a soulslike but it’s still intented to be annoying and difficult. And the wierd fact that so many people are defending it saying it’s not at all a soulslike? Being a soulslike isnt even bad? There is a reason for it being so popular, so many people enjoy it. Personally i dont. And thats okay. But where i draw the line is when they are lying to you… We knew what we got with elden ring, life of pi and all that shit. But never with this. And people defend it by saying ”your just bad, it’s skills issue”… it’s so strange
literally if you lost xp on death the narrative would flip and its a souls like.
I wanted to buy this game day one until they announced it was a digital only release. I will buy it once they announce a proper physical release.
😂😂😂😂u honestly missing out bro the game is good
I just wanted a fun action game. But now I’m stuck on White Clad Noble and don’t want to play anymore. These bosses are ridiculous and I beat almost every Fromsoft game. I just gave up on the Elden Ring DLC for being too hard and now this. Makes me feel defeated and like I just suck at games now.
yellow wind king kinda made me depressed as hell, feelin like i suck at games too, so I feel you on that.
Beat shadow of erd tree on 2nd play through and.....that game is easier for me then wukong. I'm on chp 4 and struggling.
For all the people in the comment section saying "just cuz a game is hard don't make it a souls like" then why do you all bitch and shriek like castrated sheep when someone says "dark/demon/Bourne/elder ring should have an easy mode" the second some one says that YOU ALL SHRIEK "THE DIFFICULTY IS THE DEFINING FEATURE GITGUUUDD" so if the difficulty is a defining feature then wukong who has ALL the hallmarks of a souls game IS in fact a souls like, if it walks like a duck, people
well said.
It's because those games ARE meant to be hard them being soulsbourne has nothing to do with the difficulty
@@EepyBoyo then why does every other fan here and their scream the difficulty it literally part of what makes a souls game a souls game.
If you made it easy it's no longer considered a souls game, if changing an aspect of a game stops it from being part of a sub genre, then that aspect MUST be integral to the sub genre.
Since fans insist difficulty is inherently critical to the souls games on a story and lore level, due to your suffering as the player coinciding with the suffering of the character, then it MUST BE a key factor in what makes a souls game a souls game.
The only difference between wukong and souls, is you don't lose all your currency/exp stuff on death, if that one difference can stop a game from being part of a subgenre, and difficulty doesn't matter, then fans are either lying to themselves NOW about wukong, or they've been lying to themselves this whole time about the souls series entirely. But i still say this was a souls game in denial and their is too much proof of that point out on the internet, go to any souls video or review, and say "man their should be an easy mode" and watch the jackals circle.
this game is artificially hard. if you cant notice that ur just not good at games....
yep, confirmed. it's soulslike or near soulslike. definitely not just a god of war. i'm stuck on the 3rd boss for the past 7 days.
and there are a lot of people who have been playing the game for the 3rd round. 😂 it might be really difficult for you but it's not as difficult as you think.😅
They did lie yes.
And so did a lot of reviewers
Thank you someone said it
It does have a lot of qualities that make it souls like but one thing that's not is the difficulty. I suck at souls games but I've been going through this game pretty easily. Souls like games require a slower more calculated approach with boss fights and if you play this game like that, the bosses will be hard but the difference is that you can actually do a rush and dodge strategy and easily beat them in a few minutes.
It is... I'm still on Chaper One, at level 45. Haha I'm on boss #8. I was pretty stoked, then he entered 2nd phase. 😅 I'm having fun, though.
People just have this misconception about what a 'souls-like' actually is, and assume its not, or just really want it to not be one. Ive had so many people argue in stream chats that its not a souls-like, and give me all their many views, like "if you think this is a souls-like, then you must think GoW is too. Yes, this game is different, but it still has souls-like elements, they just cant/wont accept it.
Me who don’t really like souls likes much still like this game so far even tho it’s hard but they still should add a easy mode for people who don’t want the difficulty, maybe even a harder mode for hardcore souls veterans
I was excited about the game. I bought it a couple days ago. Looking for a heavy action game. Just to be let down. Don't get me wrong i like the game. Just wouldnt pay full price if i knew the gameplay was souls like. Still might try to beat it but like buddy said...stuck on ch. 2
For all the dumfuks in the comment section. If you say Wukong is easier than X game or harder than X game, it's just a subjective experience for YOU NOT FOR EVERYONE. The point of the matter is Wokong is HARDER than what it was MARKETED as. To paraphrase what was said in the video, it doesn't matter what you label it 'souls' or 'souls like' or 'whatever da fuk', its objectively harder than what it was presented as before release.
I like this more than souls games, u are spending more time in boss battles rather than running around headlessly for hours.
Before playing Black Myth wukong don't play Elden Ring or Lies of P, Those Games are S tier Games, Black Myth wukong is more like a C tier, Honestly I think Lords of the falling is a better made game than Black Myth, I just don't think Black Myth lived up to the hype.
It absolutely didn’t. Even Lies of P and Stellar Blade are better than Wukong.
I disagree, although I do like Elden Ring more than Black Myth Wukong, I'm enjoying it more than I did with lies of p. I think the characters and bosses look cool and interesting, the combat is fun and the progression feels good. There is one area that absolutely hated in this game, but most souls games have at least one area like that. It has some enemies and bosses that I dislike or find uninteresting, but then again, I still find them more interesting then the ones in lies of p. Personally I love both Elden Ring and Lies of P and right now I'm loving Black Myth Wukong and I think it's a contender for GOTY.
@@elfarsmarirobertsson8255 So far the Bosses in Black myth is lifeless, I beat Elden Ring 4 times and Lies of P 9 times those games are super fun and replayable, The coolest Boss in Black Myth so far was the Tiger Boss, My biggest gripe is the lack of Weapons and every Boss in Black myth make you feel so underpowered it takes forever to kill a D-tier Boss lol, Even in Dragons Dogma 2 the game took me alittle while to warm up to but the Weapon classes was super fun to play, Am only on chapter 3 on Black myth wukong, Let's see if it gets better.
@@justinthomas6617 I agree Lies of p is one of the best game in recent years, Stella Blade even though I beat it, The game just became super repetitive
@@monroethegreat7539 I’d give Stellar Blade a 7.5/10 and Black Myth Wukong a 7/10. They’re both mid, but Stellar Blade slightly inches above Wukong.
for me personally, wukongs difficulty is more in par with god of war. Regular npcs throughout the game are pretty easy and the main bosses are a bit more challenging. But its weird, they act and move like a souls-like boss but something is missing. Idk if the spells in wukong are just op but i didn’t struggle as much as i normally do with other souls-like games. I haven’t finished wukong yet because of work and life but so far every boss that i had to fight, took 3 or less tries.
The spells are pretty strong, I’m guessing you didn’t make it far into the game because Chapters 1 and 2 are really easy in comparison to the rest and besides, there are a few bosses down the line that counter your spells and/or are immune to them.
Great video. I have never played a souls game because they are too difficult for me. However, this game is so fun that I don’t mind dying 100 times just to beat one boss. On chapter 3 now and it’s a great game.
After beating this you should go back and play Sekiro or elden ring, trust me you won’t regret it, the difficulty is comparable but in many aspects like map design and exploration it’s better than black myth. You definitely see the fromsoft dna in this game it would be an easy transition going to elden ring or Sekiro
I used to say that same thing. Now I have platinum trophy in Demon souls, DS1, bloodborne and Elden ring. It only takes beating one of them to realize you can beat them all.
@@Triannosaurus I might try sekiro. However the rest of the souls games the combat just isn’t very engaging to me. How are you finding wu kong?
@@kal1278 it’s fun really about evenly mixing in your spells with attacking to gain heavy attacks, it reminds me of my dex faith build in elden ring and I’m quite please with the difficulty so far, some bosses in chapter 3 were just as difficult as a boss in Sekiro or elden ring
@@kal1278 game play is closer to elden ring than Sekiro tho, Sekiros main combat focuses on parrying and deflects and elden ring mainly focuses on dodging
Good luck with last boss if you are not a fan of soulslikes ;)
The game beinf souls like does make it bad
For those who dont enjoy the genre, I too find the genre overrated and glazed way too hard but Im not gonna argue with peoples opinions about what they enjoy. If they enjoy it then thats for them, for a lot of normies like me and Im guessing you we immediately associate souls like with bad for good reason though.
You absolutely right, beautiful game but I’m struggling not gonna lie 😅”
Average casual player” I’m not beating the allegations lol
Every Asian developed action game is Soulslike now. It’s so boring, I wished they would do something else. I loved the combat in FF16, probably my favorite combat this gen
I think its like a mix of souls / god of war combat. Enjoying it
The combat feels nothing like god of war this comparison is straight up cap lol Kratos actually does damage
@@coya7083bro!!! Fuckn facts!!! My attacks do no fuckn damage in this game 😂😂😂😂
Fax this game lied. I bought this because it was advertised as not souls like now. I just want my damn money back.
I would say it`s a Nioh-like, myself. It`s absolutely fantastic, i know that for sure.
i think the difficulty perfect (im not causal, but not great at souls games)
i dont need to die over 10 times and pull my hair to finally beat the hard boss
game bosses are manageable here
Only dying 10 times to a boss in a modern fromsoft title is pretty decent actually.
I sure hope you don’t die 10 times a boss in this game cause half the game is bosses
Also the bosses in this game take way longer to fight than most Souls bosses, you can live longer I noticed but they also are way more tanky themselves. Making the fights exhaustingly long.
Question because I’m curious about the game. For someone whose hardest game was Code Vein and God of War on the hardest difficulty, can I beat the game and still enjoy it?
If you are talking about old god of war games, then yes..
@@Twst3628 I meant new the new one.
Excellent video, man. I appreciate you saying WuKong is a souls-like. I've been keeping an eye on this game since the first trailers appeared in 2018, I believe. From the onset, I just assumed it was going to be a souls-like based on the boss gameplay footage we were shown from the very start.
I've found some of the bosses can be very challenging and some I took down on the first or second attempt. At least that's been my experience so far. I'm in chapter 2 and I know it will continue to get progressively more difficult. I have family members who are way ahead of me and have said just that.
I wouldn't call myself a veteran souls player. The main souls game I've completed is Elden Ring and the DLC (all remembrances and main bosses) and an NG+ playthrough. I consider myself a very average player.
I've been really enjoying the unique bosses and the really beautiful environments. But it is very challenging. I think if people are willing to go after some of the bosses 30+ times, they will get past some of these (White Clad Noble was a bitch for me for some reason). Think about how many times people fought Malenia? But when she was defeated it was amazing. If you enjoy difficult boss encounters, you will like Wukong. If this type of thing makes you want to punch puppies, you will hate WuKong in my opinion. Sorry for the wall of text. I think your take on WuKong is right on. I subed to your channel and look forward to more content. Thanks!
Genres and classifications are weird like that. I wouldn't say its souls-likes but maybe souls-adjacent think Sekiro. It does feel like they were intentionally vague though. I also think the hype has blown the quality of the game out of proportion. I think its pretty good but not industry changing.
You’re Using Different Words To Same Thing.. Lmao..
@@ICHIMANExTKND They want to put a barometer on the word like 😂
@@ICHIMANExTKNDJust because a game is challenging doesnt make it a souls-like. Sekiro isnt a souls-like but it is similar. Can you really not tell the difference
Mate, spot on here. I classify myself as someone in the middle. I find the Souls games too difficult for me to enjoy, but I am doing 'okay' in this so far. But I am finding this game beatable for my skill level... bloody challenging, but beatable.
I wish I saw this video 2 weeks ago. Man, I want my $60 back. 😢
I got snared into this trap and ended up spending 60 dollars on it for no reason, 10 hrs in I was like what the fuck is actually that different from a Souls like game in this game exactly? I wrote a negative review on it and left it at that, I am in my mid 30s with a kid and a full time job, wife, life responsibilities etc, at the end of the day when I get a chance to play video games I do not want to be stressed out of my mind. God Of War had challenging areas and optional bosses in it but it did not carry this burden throughout the whole game where as Souls like do and I absolutely do not like them for that. It is what it is but I will be more cautious moving forward buying newer games based on just hype and wording of how a game is suppose to be especially from less known developers.
wish i saw this before i bought this game. this was GOTY before I played, but now... since i'm stuck on the 3rd boss for the past 7 days... no. not goty.
Forget whether or not it is considered a Soulslike or not. I do believe it at least has some Soulslike elements though. Not to mention this game is not what i would consider "pick up and play". It is a game that you have to "get gud" at and have skill to succeed. If your someone who plays all your games on easy difficulty then your probably going to struggle with this game just as much as any Souls or Soulslike game out there.
This excuse of it’s just not for casuals bothers me. I wouldn’t call myself a hardcore gamer but gaming is one of my primary hobbies, single player, multiplayer, challenging, easy I enjoy it all but this formula for games is just shit for a lot of people casual or otherwise. It is an opinion but In my experience this format is boring, repetitive and when it does get exciting it’s more frustrating than challenging.
My question is... why would devs adopt souls like mechanics and obnoxious difficulties in POWER FANTASY games? Wukong is supposed to be this crazy powerhouse and these mechanics are limiting as hell.
Reeks of trend chasing.
@@emmyjr1231 skill issue, you actually feel more like a god when you learn the mechanics as opposed to a easy button mashing game
If you've played the game you know that you're not actually playing as the monkey king.
@Triannosaurus brainlets like you scream "skill issue" to valid complaints. Try forming an actual rebuttal.
FYI, DMC is more complex than any souls game ever will be, and guess what? it still offers the power fantasy and difficulty configurations.
@@dracodawa6870 that still doesn't negate my point. Our protagonist is still this powerful badass with insane abilities but is tied down by slow, dull mechanics like a stamina meter.
Wukong was a weak monkey when his journey started. The game makes you feel that.
Chapter 1 was awesome. It had a fantastic mix of fun/ hard bosses. Then chapter 2 came along…. Yeah I didn’t pay $60 for an EXTREME Souls like. It sucks because I’m on PS5 and I can’t return it. I respect souls games, but I felt I was duped into playing one vs knowing its souls like ( ex Jedi survivor/fallen order) and making that decision on my own. Definitely won’t trust these devs going forward.
Now they use this damn formula there's no innovation in the industry anymore. Remember Dynasty Warriors? They screwed it up. Assassins Creed, they screwed it up, luckily the story is still somewhat incoherently, yet still there. Tired of souls like games... nice stuff, but boring mechanics.
You can’t get extremely op early on. The game requires you learn the boss attacks and fights can be lengthy. Really enjoying it, but it can be hard.
Boss rush? Did u not play past chapter 1?
Bro i just finished the game yesterday and you hit it right on the nail like it’s exactly what i was thinking
Thanks dude, wish I knew it sooner lmao
That’s one thing really getting annoying is a group of people on twitter calling it easy when most aren’t past chapter 1
Maybe you need to play better because this game is easy
@@aaronvasseur6559 well I’m on chapter 3 and only struggled on one boss
But to call it easy is not true and you know it so behave yourself it’s like he said in the video the average gamer won’t complete it any time soon. And have you played the game ?
@@aaronvasseur6559 it might be easy for you but in general it’s not an easy game
@@aaronvasseur6559brain dead
@@micshazam842 it becomes really hard later on 🙏
You literally read my mind with this video
Never played any of the souls games but think I’m going to buy this wish me luck 😊
Good luck man , hope you enjoy the game .. don’t fall for the bait boss in the first chapter (the big head guy ) you can come back to at later just skip it lol
@@iCHRIS-x Thankyou !
@@iCHRIS-xhe’s not that bad, it was the white clad that was a skill check
My biggest wish is for the wolverine to be a souls like game with a strong narrative. Sort of like Jedi survivor.
As you put it very well, the developers were probably very concerned about only appealing to a niche community and didn't want to scare away casual players. Unfortunately, it’s a bit misleading to market a product that clearly falls into the soulslike category.
A little hypocritical of them, especially since the first trailer clearly indicated an inspiration of FromSoftware games.
Exactly! I was expecting a Heavenly Sword gameplay, to my surprise it’s not what I expected. Still a great game, gonna beat it eventually 👍🏼
Loving this game. It can’t be absolutely frustrating. Elden Ring was my first Souls-like game. I defeated every boss in 1-2 tries but in Black Myth Wukong I’m gettin destroyed 😂 only midway thru Chapter 3.
Thankyou and now although I really love the Monkey mythology so I have to leave this now till they add a difficulty level being a casual player who just like to lay and completes a game now on easy with the time limit I have to play games.
I used to play games on normal or some on the hardest settings but many games now are longer so the hours I have to put in would take me 3-4 months to complete one of its around 80-100 hours.
Gutting but I have Enslaved Odyssey To The West on the Xbox 360 which is a great rendition of the Monkey Saga also.
Thanks and I’ll give you a follow for that review and saving me money…. 😊
Absolutely agree!!! Totally wasted my money
I remember the first time I played Elden Ring, I went up to the starter boss for the first time and to my amazement I actually parried his first hit and staggered him, then I died but it left an impression because I suck at parrying in dark souls specifically, bloodborne I could do it, sekiro I could do it, but dark souls? No.
I kept seeing references to DMC and GOW....
A comparison to God Of War was the main reason I purchased it.
A GOW style game with Wukong was a dream come true.
I literally bought my PS5 two weeks ago for Wukong, God of War, Stellar Blade, FF7 rebirth, and some other exclusives.
I was doing well on Wukong until the White Robed Noble. I was behind him, and he was still hitting me despite aiming in front of him.
I'll probably stick at it, though.
A friend of mine asked if I'd recommend it. I answered yes, but no.
If you're a fan of Souls or Elden ring and like that difficulty but want something in a different style, definitely.
If you're more casual and don't like those games or the difficulty of them, then no.
I quite enjoy Elden Ring, although I haven't got that far. Only recently bought it on my Series X as I was put off for a long time.
So I pretty much agree with you.
If the difficulty was known, I don't think it would have sold as well.
I don't think Game Science lied. I think they just want to make clear that their game is trying to be its own thing. Which it is. Somewhat.
But I most definitely consider it a soulslike. It has SOOO many similarities to other games like that and - most importantly - it simply feels like playing a soulslike.
It does partially deviate from the blueprint set by Dark Souls and Demon's Souls, so there's also room to NOT consider it a soulslike.
Personally, I'm more of the "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck" school, so I sort it under soulslike.
Thank you for saying this! I bought the game because of everyone saying that it isn't hard but then I found it to be harder than Elden Ring (I know it likely isn't but, with Elden Ring, when I was playing that, I could just go somewhere else and train up and explore and still enjoy it whereas with this, the maps were too linear). Luckily, I always time new games on Steam and made sure I was still in the refund zone.
I might try it again when cheaper (like I did with Elden Ring when I was concerned I wouldn't be able to beat it) so then I don't feel as bad if I can't manage it. I really want to play it as the world looks engaging and I want to see if I can overcome the bosses, but I can't risk it at the current price, especially when DAVG and KCD2 are on the way at the same price (and I would rather play them).
Feel like we were very lied to by reviewers and developers with this game.
Yeah they just bamboozled everyome to buy this fame saying its nothing like elder ring and drak souls its nothing like god of war if ao were the difficulties they know saying its soul like game this game well not sell good