Of course. Is this game worth it is nothing else than using rhetoric to provide your genuine feedback after beating the game or spending enough time in the game to have a deep enough understanding of the mechanics and features the game comes with. What else do you expect? 1 hour video of gameplay and then providing viable feedback? Use your brain dude
he's just milking it. it's normal. he probably gets mad profit from milking it considering it's the internet's current month long obsession (after palworld, hd2, lethal company, content warning)
The biggest charm of this game for me is the location shooting. Many of the monuments are scanned models of actual sites. The game graphics are so beautiful.
Welcome to visit China! It’s a welcoming and beautiful country. For so long, western media has been black picturing China as a whole, so many westerner hate China.
yes. I was in China for over 30 years but I haven't been to many museums or ancient architectural complexes, and I don't really understand traditional costumes culture. This game reproduces various remaining ancient buildings, ancient ornaments, jewelry and clothing in the game by scanning buildings and cultural relics in real scenes, which really makes me want to travel there.
Not only is this game incredible quality but it's also China's first AAA flagship game, and a truly culturally significant one at that. It's amazing to see how many people have become fascinated with the lore and story of "Journey to the West". It really is one of the greatest literature classics in human history. It deserves the 10 million copies sold❤❤❤
The free respecs is truly the best feature of this game. Getting to try all different kinds of builds and stances really lets you have fun with how you decide to play.
So many games would lock you out (or worse.. *shiver* micro transactions) Love that it lets you play the game how you want when you want - no restarting needed
Many foreigners who are not familiar with Chinese culture understand this game only in terms of gameplay, overlooking its underlying story. This cultural difference leads to varied evaluations of the game. For example, there is a scene where the protagonist, the Destiny Character, encounters a mural depicting Wukong paying respects to his master, Bodhi Patriarch. Many Chinese players feel a deep resonance and can't help but stop to admire it. In the cold-toned scene, the warm light represents Wukong's most beautiful moments. It’s only as he matures that he realizes Bodhi Patriarch is his true and only master, who named him, taught him how to be a person, and imparted his skills without seeking anything in return. Despite knowing Wukong's wild nature, Bodhi Patriarch never thought to control him with a golden hoop. We know that Sun Wukong can transform into 72 different forms, yet no matter what he becomes, we can always recognize him as a monkey. When he dons a Taoist robe, his demeanor takes on an ethereal quality, reflecting his imitation of his master. This makes me wonder if Wukong is reminiscing about those carefree times spent with Bodhi Patriarch, where he felt loved and cared for. Wukong has no parents and no name; he was timid and afraid when he first met Bodhi Patriarch. Even when Wukong misbehaved during his learning, Bodhi Patriarch treated him with understanding, never scolding him. At most, he would lightly tap Wukong on the head. In Bodhi Patriarch's Lingtai Mountain, Wukong was never the eldest disciple but rather a mischievous younger brother, proudly showcasing his newly learned spells to his older brothers, who adored him. When Bodhi Patriarch was upset, the older brothers would secretly pull Wukong away, fearing he would be reprimanded. Bodhi Patriarch watched as Wukong learned many things under his guidance, smiling with the pride of all fathers who hope for their children's growth. He understood that Wukong had a mission to fulfill and would have to face it alone. Although Bodhi Patriarch was reluctant to let Wukong go, he had to release him. Despite sternly instructing Wukong not to tell others that he was his master, Bodhi Patriarch always cared about him. When Wukong was surrounded by countless celestial soldiers and ultimately trapped under Five Finger Mountain by Buddha, Bodhi Patriarch did not blame him. Instead, he would change his appearance each year to celebrate Wukong's birthday, helping him groom his messy hair and watching over him, feeling heartache for his disciple. In Chinese mythology, one day in heaven equals a year on earth, so for Bodhi Patriarch, he could visit Wukong every day. Later, when Wukong made a mistake and knocked over the ginseng fruit tree owned by Zhenyuanzi, he was given three days to revive it. Wukong searched everywhere among the gods he knew but found no solution. In desperation, he went to find Bodhi Patriarch, only to discover that he was not there. Wukong, who had not cried in five hundred years while trapped under the mountain, broke down at the thought of Bodhi Patriarch saying he would never see Wukong again. He curled up into a small ball, ultimately causing Bodhi Patriarch's heart to soften, and he helped his disciple out of trouble. Hearing his master's voice rejuvenated Wukong, as if he were reborn. Yes, even someone as powerful as Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, has his soft side. Only in front of Bodhi Patriarch can Wukong be a carefree and happy little monkey. In the storyline involving the false Monkey King, Wukong says, "If my master were here, he would definitely recognize me." In Bodhi Patriarch's eyes, Wukong is merely a playful little monkey, a clever and lovable disciple, never the "bad monkey" others describe. Thus, a single mural can convey these stories without any animated scenes, allowing us to grasp its significance. This exemplifies how cultural differences influence perception. In "Black Myth: Wukong," many similar stories unfold, and just the appearance of a character brings forth numerous narratives. This is why some people deeply appreciate the game, while those unfamiliar with Chinese culture may not enjoy it as much.
thank you for this comment i really loved reading it. it made me emotional to read about how you describe wukong’s softer side. you definitely made me interested in the game and story
To add to that: Journey to the West is one of the 'Four Classic Novels' of China, these novels are some of the most influential novels in the Sino-sphere. It's the equivalent of what Shakespearean novels Hamlet and Macbeth are to the Anglo-sphere so to speak.
My favorite thing about this game is when you kill a new enemy you get a story about that enemy that fleshes it out as a "person" - like I killed the wolf assassin and learned that his backstory was being scared to kill and take a life, and so he kills from the shadows to give a "merciful death"
Tha Mad Tiger gets me, though. He just wanted revenge against those who killed the little boy he was concerned with. Little did he know that the boy's father did an awful thing which the villagers responded by beating his son to death with sticks.
the thing about the yellow wind sage is that, you can remove the sanstorm blocking your vision completely by getting an artifact from a hidden quest line
It’s a reference to Journey to the West original story. In the og story Wukong also got blinded and whooped by the Yellow Wind sage magic before he got the artifact from a Bodhisattva or something
wait THATS what that does????? I just thought it gave you a free stun on him lmao... tbh tho as long as you save mana for the 3rd phase of the fight most players should be fine
@@KobunLaunch I noticed the stun, but not any sandstorm removing. The visual Sandstorm around the arena goes away after you engaged the boss once, no vessel required.
As a Chinese American who grew up on Journey to the West while being bullied in American public schools for being weird/different if I mentioned Chinese culture, Black Myth Wukong is my Black Panther moment.
If you’re in any way familiar with Chinese culture: yes. If you like cool ass scenes and action: yes. If you like challenging gameplay and stunning graphics: yes.
For Chinese people, from 3-year-olds to 80-year-old ladies, they all know Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, the Golden Cudgel, flying in the clouds, the Flower-Fruit Mountain, and the Seventy-Two Transformations. Everyone has at least one moment when they want to become Sun Wukong, to fight monsters and demons with great pleasure, and to do somersaults in the clouds. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is a national idol. He is cool and handsome. Now is your chance, you can gallop in the game and sweep everything with your Golden Cudgel. This game is a work of art, like walking through a museum. You step into those ancient temples with thousands of years of history, and each of those Buddha statues and antiques has its own real existence and its own story; even the logo fonts in the Black Myth Wukong, each word has a source, all from the copybooks or stone carvings of ancient Chinese calligraphers, such as Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, etc. What an excellent work!
The most remarkable thing is that the development team consisted of just over 100 people, most of whom had no prior experience in AAA game development. However, the final product shows no signs of cutting corners. In fact, even in the most easily overlooked aspect, such as sound effects, they put in considerable effort.
In their resume in future, only have one experience Involve directly developed BMW when working with Game Science... The CEO directly fired their team manager and employed him with ten times what others offered ... Worthy to own a superhuman game designer... .
i dont think one needs a 500 man team to make a banger game. just give 100 people time and money and they will produce gold. that's just how artists work
well you can feel sometimes it lacks contents, like the invisible walls all around the levels. But, it is not a big deal to me, game used to be like that back then. And it's refreshing, to say the least, that game devs do different choices than all ubi-garbage-like game
The brilliance of this game is having clear cut chapters with a super well made animation and illustrations to make you feel good after whatever frustration you had with the bosses
Are these comments from BOT accounts? I’ve seen 3 different accounts saying almost the EXACT same thing about the “chapter end animations.” I’m sure they’re great but for so many different accounts to be making almost identical comments is EXTREMELY fishy. I wouldn’t be surprised by Chinese super-fans botting comment sections about Chinese games, honestly.
@@user-dj9iu2et3rWhat’s the issue with gamers showing love for a well designed game? Does it matter what the gamer's nationality is? I never saw any comments on a video about a game from other countries trying to find their BOT. Why questioning Chinese BOT?
The highlight for me was the healing system. Being able to customise so much is insane, and the fact that you can basically use the gourd as an attack buff is also insane, love it
Not only is this game incredible quality but it's also China's first AAA flagship game, and a truly culturally significant one at that. It's amazing to see how many people have become fascinated with the lore and story of "Journey to the West". It really is one of the greatest literature classics in human history. It deserves the 10 million copies sold
And it's done by only 100 people with their prior experience being mobile games. Can't wait to see what Game Science will bring to the table in the future with more experience under their belt. Also looking forward to seeing how well Marvel Rivals will do later this year, from Chinese studio NetEase Games.
The answer is yes I spent 10 minutes just basking in the ethereal glow of the opening fight and cinematic. My only regret is not buying it earlier enough so I could finish it before classes started
My 2 favourite animation moments are; 1) the injured white wolf love story with a young man that eventually have to kill it after learning what she will do to their family.. 2) the pig unrequited love story with a demon lady
Brother, I think you misunderstood. 1. The story of the white fox is about the young man dreaming that something like this would happen, not knowing it. 2. Bajie and the spider are not in unrequited love, but love each other. If the pig reveals his love for the spider, it will put his lover and child in danger, so he has to do this.
@@snalxe4366 Bro, I'm Chinese and know what I'm talking about.. I grew up on these stories and have the whole book collection to prove it.. OK, it's a fox, my bad
That's awesome but just being Chinese doesn't make you an expert no disrespect, but yes its a fox, and from reading the text Bajie and the spider demon do in fact love each other it's not unrequited love. Amazing game though, hope you're enjoying it.
I can't lie, the boss stunning you, and then yoinking your gourd and taking a sip to heal himself was lit as hell, reminds me of when Thor straight up gave Kratos the defibrillator treatment
Wukong sticking the landing, Lies of P being shockingly polished, & Stellar Blade turning out to be decently solid has me sold on the Chinese&Korean dev scene. Looking forward to Crimson Desert and Phantom Blade Zero.
@asfasfasfasf360 you can go watch some streams of it if you'd like. Was on the fence for it too, and it seems somewhat like god of war like what Charlie said, very hack and slash (and not very souls like to me). No idea how Lies of P is like, so you'll have to see and compare for yourself 👍
Another part I love is the meditations in every chapter that makes my mind slowing down, eases my tense after the boss fights, I really enjoy that instead of rushing too much in game fights. Master piece!🎉🎉
cringe indeed, cuz there are few words that simply cannot be translated into english😂 game science did their best by keeping words like yaoguai instead of monster
25:38 The knucklehead thing is not a mistranslation, is just because the pig in the book represents the basic primal desires or 'seven emotions and six desires' of a person, essentially our base instincts. As a result, he often messes things up because of his need to sleep, eat, have sex, and so on. Sometimes, he's basically just an asshole. On the other hand, the monkey represents a person's spirit, intelligence, and creativity. In the book, he is mainly responsible for fixing the messes caused by the pig and the monsters, which is why he likes to call the pig a knucklehead.
@@Ohenry92it’s hard to have direct translation sometimes especially if you need to dub it and fit the character’s time used to time, Chinese is a very concise language so 3-4 Chinese words may correspond to much more words when directly translated to English
@@Ohenry92 Having a direct translation to any East Asian language is not that simple due to the weird syntax most of them have. Japanese for example: its structure is basically backwards, almost like how Yoda would speak if translated in English. Plus some use phrases and sentences that we as westerners wouldn’t understand.
@@ulfberht4431Chinese syntax isn't actually that complicated. It mostly maintains the basic SVO word order that we use English. There are only a few different rules that are fairly consistent and easy to remember, like words indicating time or position come right after the subject (in Chinese you would say "I today going to the store" instead of "I'm going to the store today")
Yes, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time being an adult I dont get time to play PlayStation but coming from work playing wukong is nothing but joy and excitement
@@makasete30At the moment, imo playing on balanced mode (I believe 40 or 45 fps) is the best course of action, since Performance mode has a noticeable delay, due to it reaching 60fps through frame generation.
That hundred eye Taoist master bs second phase, it’s actually the result of dev trying to be lore accurate. In the original Journey to the West. That hundred eye guai’s second phase shoots out rays of lights from his eyes and those lights restrained Wukong’s movements. Wukong couldn’t pass through those lights, and they were giving him pain. (Wukong is nearly unkillable) so instead of grinding through the pain and fight him toe to toe, wukong asked roaster god (owner of the golden needle) for help.
Is interesting that in game just burns your stamina, also the needle is in the smae chapter and the animation for breaking the illusion wall is amazing
@@thorinhannahs4614 A lot of big shot fantasy stories tend to be like that. The number of heroes who relied only on themselves(and their parent's inheritance like batman) are incredibly few. And if it aint getting blessings from gods, it's from sticking their fingers in radioactive spider nests or being born into a race of supermen.
@@Green.n.Purple At least it made sense to me in that the ordeals had restrictions placed on them and asking for help was part of the Journey especially considering Wukong before he got Buddha clapped.
Chinese here, i cant believe how deep they went into the myth. they probably have couple PHD consulted them, plus the action in this game is just so good i cant believe they delivered it as their debut game
@@vmm666 In my country its HK version starring Dicky Cheung, and the opening song is dub into Rap Monkey King singging Rap is basicly what I remember lol
I know how rich the Chinese language is and that will affect how hard the translation process is going to be , from your perspective does the English dup mistreat some aspects of the story telling of the game ?
@@سهيلالزهراني-غ9ت I think that because the development team was too small and the signs of rushing the release date were too obvious, they also initially thought that this game only had a market in China and did not put much effort into internationalization. In addition, it was mixed with various ancient Chinese and classic Chinese stories. If you don’t have enough knowledge of these knowledge systems, even Chinese people would need to look up information. All of the above caused great trouble to the translation work.
The secret stage against er Lang and the 4 deity giants is crazy epic cinematic. If u realize during the fight Erlang keeps updating u about story and secret lore. It's not just a fight but story telling too.
That's what set it apart from elden ring. Boss fight is just boss fight in elden ring but wukong has got many talking during fight, mid fight cinematic stop scenes. Boss punishing u for spamming attack/spells etc.
Yea both the bosses he complained about both have these items you get from exploring which he was praising. And actually he had the needle when he did the hundred eyed guy and just didn't use it at the right time until the boss was one hp
It sounds like Black Myth Wukong is an exciting experience, especially with its dynamic combat and impressive boss fights. The issues with the health pool and some design choices are notable, but it seems like a game worth trying for fans of action-packed gameplay.
it really does feel like the devs wanted the players to be able to fight with the freedom and joy that Wukong himself always showed in his battles they let you play however you want and if you get bored you can just switch everything you have on a dime into a completely new build without missing a single step and i freaking LOVE that
The reason the secret item to counter final boss in each chapter is actually originated from the Journey To The West novel. They were all previously defeated by these items in the novel. This part of the game is super lore accurate in a way.
I love the fact that it isn't a souls games. Sometimes you just want to enjoy battling some badass looking bosses without having to learn all their moves to avoid being one-hit killed.
For the Yellow Wind Sage, we are suppose to use the item we got from the 'fat pig patting his belly' side quest to stop the tornado. So it's reasonable to feel bad fighting in the tornado and can't see the boss's movement.
Yellow wind sage I somehow beat second try despite getting pummelled by Vanguard Tiger. When he went into the storm and attacks with sand clones I just put out a cloudwalk clone to tank the hits and charged a heavy. Also a cool tip, which was really fun to discover naturally if you'd rather not have it spoiled, is that the wind tamer vessel you unlock from the beetle fight in Ch.2's secret location after doing the boar's quests will stun the Yellow Wind Sage for an extended time and he has unique voice lines questioning where you found that power. Helped a lot. The Tiger Tally curio from the secret area is also one I expect to keep equipped for a long time, it actually helps break up the monotony of light attacks that Charlie mentions as it makes the staff spin a viable way to proc "successive hits" to activate the curio's bonus damage and its also badass seeing the staff get red-hot as you spin it
I heard that the orignal development plan was to make 13 chapters, unfortunately (fortunately) the investors lose patients and pushed the studio to get it online ASAP. Now im just waiting for a few DLCs to drop. 😊
This game is the second since Cyberpunk which made me so happy to be able to run the highest settings on 120fps. Purple cloud mountain was definitely my favourite zone in terms of visuals.
They did so much justice to erlang, Wukong, red boy and others with their boss moveset Erlangshen perfectly encapsulated the "xianxia" trope in one fight.
Black myth wukong is a game that gives you the feeling of those old cool games where they don't try to trick you into spending money on a battle pass or skins or game currency, you just start and go through the game with full access to the gameplay, all quests and items. It is sad that there are very few such games now.
Theres so many things that were inspired with Sekiro in this game, like the bonfire that were close to the boss, the progression character that impacted similarily, and ofc Erlang shen that plays like Isshin Ashina. There was a rumour that an easter egg even exist in this game about Sekiros journey to the west to bring back the dragons immortallity.
I got the game a few days ago and I am on Whiteclad noble. I don’t normally play soulslike games and it’s a bit of a learning curve for me. Even with the fact I’m struggling with figuring it out very early in the game, I’m STILL in love with it!
In chapter 3 against the first actual boss on the frozen lake I went around the whole thing and there was soak in there that is useful for the imbobilize spell,which I highly recommend it’s on the right side of it. It’s insane how much secret stuff is in the game.
This is only semi-related to our beloved Charlie’s video, but please… beware of people that say negative things about any game from or affiliated with China. So much rhetoric is non-generic and forced . There’s a political and commercial agenda that is not rooted in righteousness or morality, it is simply disguised as such. The truth is, many organizations and people simply don’t want anything Chinese to succeed unless it serves their agenda. So kudos to Charlie for being honest, brave, nonjudgmental, and to respectful of Black Myth Wukong. After all, it’s non just a “Chinese game” or a “Chinese Story”. It’s a game, telling a story. Chinese people aren’t just Chinese, they’re people. We need more unity and less division. I’m a white guy, an American, and I’m excited as heck about Black Myth Wukong.
Really appreciate your integrity and openness. Sadly, too many people in the West would simply repeat the same political propaganda that perpetuates sinophobia. In the case of Black Myth: Wukong, because of its vast popularity, the truth about the so-called "controversy" came out quickly thanks to many supporters who voluntarily defended the game developers, so the smearing campaign did not work. However, there are many other cases wherein the mainstream outlets just pile on whatever invented accusations against China as if it is a proven fact (like the Xinjiang genocide narrative) without even hearing the other side of the story. Although the Chinese government and many Chinese companies have obviously done problematic stuff, China does not deserve many of the attacks, especially the baseless ones (the same goes for Chinese and Russian propaganda against the US).
@@thefourthrabbit9516 agreed, 100% I believe speaking out about such things is most effective when done with integrity and polite, mature dialogue. It’s far too often that reactionary sensationalism takes hold, and propaganda thus spread via hate and negativity. In fact, it’s literally the M.O. of many public relations campaigns. That is, to utilize public outrage. It’s easy to fall prey to. Who doesn’t want to stand up for what’s right? Hence, why I mentioned the skewered perception of righteousness and morality. Thank you, as well. I will sleep a little more soundly knowing that I’m not alone in my opinion, and that others are working against such phenomena.
When discussing this topic it's very, VERY important to draw a distinction between talking about China the country, and Chinese the race. Unless you're just quite frankly racist, Chinese people, as is people of Chinese descent, are not the topic of discussion, but rather Chinese culture and government. When people say "Chinese people always fucking cheat in videogames!", it's... not wrong? But people say it for the wrong reasons. A lot of the time, people say it to be racist, but it's not because of their race, it's because of Chinese culture. There's a very predominant "the ends justify the means" lesson that's instilled in most Chinese people. Like, people FROM China. Not people who are ethnically Chinese. That being said, I personally haven't actually seen anyone ragging on Black Myth Wukong for being Chinese. If someone has a problem with the game being Chinese (in an ethnic sense. modern China has no bearing on the story) then that's a racist viewpoint. But let's not act like China as a country isn't flawed, and majorly so. If you want to get an idea for how much kool-aid Chinese regime supporters drink, I suggest browsing r/Sino. Upsetting place, really.
I bought it last night and I love it, I was kinda skeptical because some reviews were talking about the controversy around it but honestly put that aside I love the graphics, I love how smooth the controls feel and I love how cinematic it puts into the gameplay.
A interview came out with Wukong team few days ago. Originally, there were 13 chapters😱, the scene in the first trailer where Wukong fought soldiers on the cloud, that was in the game, but had to cut off because this game is already big enough, and it really took a lot of resources to do all the art design and architectural build up.
DLC or sequel? 🤔 Since there’s lots of material on the cutting room floor! But man, the replayability from the build diversity alone is great if you think the game isn’t already long enough.
Watching Charlie's playthrough was super enjoyable, wish to see more of it. I remember he did that with LA. Norie, but never uploaded the end of the game here.
Chapter 3 and 6 bosses don't have this. And chapter 5 you need to use the chapter 1 vessel to 100% it. Also you need the chapter 5 vessel to have a hope in hell against Erlang which is technically a chapter 3 boss, but counts as a chapter 6 boss
The game is inspired by a character from a book written somewhere in China from the 1500s, called "Journey to the West". The lore is awesome in my opinion.
Simply put, most mainstream media didn't even beat the game when they made the reviews, many conclusions showed that they haven't even passed the first chapters.
Depends on your build and level in God of War. With some builds, the bosses can be squishy. Others melt right through them. Most notably, Zeus's armor gives you the ability to do it. Only downside one hit equals death
@@DavidWelsh-se4loonly hard in second phase when she gets damage reduction and can 1 shot you especially with the ole classic insta grab she has if you mistime your dodge your dead instantly
One of the fun parts that i noticed, is if you have trouble with a chapter boss (bear, and wind sage at least) you clear the hidden mission and you get the ability to nullify their element. You can literally turn the wind sage's wind off by doing the side story about the beetle.
In China we call them Dingfengzhu and Bihuozhao. In the book, they are treasures that Wukong borrowed from the heaven when he couldn't beat these yaoguai. It's so interesting to use them again in the game to restrain the boss.
@@JasonTom-o8z This is why I enjoy the game so much, there's depth and lore in every little part of the game. Feels like a lot of games nowadays lost the point that it's about telling a story. I would love to see the studio put out more mythological games with this level of detail.
The yellow wind sage really is the boss that made me realise how much the devs wanted you to finish the obsession before fighting the final boss because the item you get by finishing it makes the boss 10 times easier. For those who aren't aware, getting the item allows you to just disperse the tornado placed by the sage, and also stun certain bosses like the dragon. If you are having trouble with him, I highly recommand doing the obsession to get it. + This obsession is quite cool.
I heard they originally planned 13 chapters but due to time constraints had to condense it into 6. I guess some of it went into Chapter 3. Hope they'll have DLCs for the other missing chapters.
Boss specific counter item is actually intended. Those items were from the origin novel where the monsters were unbeatable without those item. So, Wukong had to beg for deity’s help.
I dont understand people complaining about the "shallow combat" while praising Souls combat. Oh, THIS light attack, heavy attack, dodge is sooo much deeper than THIS light attack, heavy attack, dodge 🤦🏻♂️ Wukong actually has way more mechanics to its combat.
The counter to this argument is that Dark Souls/Souls games has so many different weapon types that all have their own playstyles.. Elden Ring has much more depth.
@@tachi5408does elden ring have different types of dodges? A focus system? A mid combat stance switching system? Mid combo counters? Heavy attack combo chaining? Distance closers? Jump attack chaining? Transformations?
Well Wukong actually have combination input and elden does not. Yes elden have different animations for each weapons bit you'll still be pressing the same buttons in the same order mostly.
One of the things I thought was the coolest recently... is if you use Pluck of Many against Yellowbrow in his second phase... he'll turn them against you.
People saying the game has no story but idk after each chapter we get a little music video cinematic and tbh half the time you aren’t sure if it has anything to do with what you just went through, Like chapter 2 with the man and the fox come to find out in chapter 3 it’s a pretty big side quest. Side quests in general are some of the best content in the game
@@lajeunesse7988 there's story (telling) and then there's lore. Going out of your way to pick up neat information through codex's is lore. The face value narrative presented to the player is the storytelling. I can agree to some extent about the story telling being "off" for lack of better words.
@@ziontea7045 Ok I see what you mean. I guess the story telling isn't too obvious in that sense. Although I find the overall storyline pretty good, probably because first I know the story of journey to the west, and also I read all the texts in the codex when I am tired of all the fighting, which I find is complementary to the story telling.
Really glad this game worked out after the old teaser was mostly the original solo dev saying "hey, I have a really cool idea and I know a lot of vfx stuff, but I have no idea what I'm doing in terms of game development. Can anyone in and around china help me make this project a reality." Like, good for you bro.
I respectfully disagree. I've played and beaten both God of War and God of War Ragnarök and Black Myth: Wukong bosses are DRAMATICALLY harder than anything in either one of those games. Wukong bosses are insanely fast and aggressive (Tiger Vanguard). I don't know how anyone could fight Tiger Vanguard and Erlang true ending bosses and come to that conclusion?
@goncalopereira4361 If you had actually watched to the end of the video, in the last 3 seconds or so, he says, "If I had to plug it into the moist meter, I'd give it an 85%". Glad Gen Z's attention span is still awful!
>Free Respec 10/10 more games need to do this. Also far as the camera goes I'm a monster hunter veteran and if it's not half as bad as Gravios fights get I'll have no trouble adapting.
well he only really says what most people are saying, and considering BMW is the current internet obsession (after lethal company, helldivers 2, palworld...), what most ppl are saying is "omg bmw is so good"....
fun fact: yellow loong has a habit of just walking around on a certain distance and keeping that distance while charging a smash heavy is what made me defeat him.
According to the Financial Director of Game Science, Black Myth: Wukong cost “more than 300 million yuan” to make. At the current exchange rate, 300 million RMB equates to $42.39 million. Taken alone, this is quite a substantial sum. But, when you consider the cost of AAA titles made in the West, Black Myth: Wukong’s development cost puts companies like Sony and Ubisoft to shame. and thats a lot
So grateful to the Wukong devs, not only for the incredible game but also for setting a precedent now in the games industry. With recent garbage like Dustborn and Concord being huge flops, its good to see high praise being given to devs like that of BM: Wukong that really care about the player experience, polished visuals and enthralling characters and lore. I'm hoping other studios will take note!
I’ve had a great time playing this game. Story, gameplay, graphics, and soundtrack are all incredible. Standards must be really high these days to give this anything less than a 9; I think it’s a 10. I also don’t think that this game is easy, it certainly has some challenging bosses. Not impossible and painful like typical souls games.
Yellow Loong is definitely the hardest boss in the game, took me 6hrs+ just to defeat him but it was fun especially the way he countered some of the attacks like the see-through counter
The only thing thats driving me insane is how much some bosses just run away from the player, its infuriating, YOU ARE THE BOSS, COME HERE AND FIGHT ME
the secret ending boss is the hardest in the game and one of the hardest i've ever beaten, can't wait to see you fight this masterpiece of a secret ending it is.
I will say in regards to cheap challenges that are made easier with some items: this is actually something that’s heavily relied on during the journey to the west in the book. Sun Wukong is ALWAYS running off asking to borrow items from gods and spirits to defeat specific enemies and asking for help for help from heaven to complete certain tasks. I’m not very far in the game so far, but I can tell that there are some very particular items and equipment that you’ll only really use on occasion or maybe even once throughout the game depending on the boss/enemies you’re fighting. I actually like this because it actually reflects on the source material quite well with that in mind.
Charlie will create 10 videos about the game praising it and then ask
‘Is this game worth it?’
Bro got the bot reply lottery 🎉
Of course. Is this game worth it is nothing else than using rhetoric to provide your genuine feedback after beating the game or spending enough time in the game to have a deep enough understanding of the mechanics and features the game comes with.
What else do you expect? 1 hour video of gameplay and then providing viable feedback?
Use your brain dude
Farming bro.
dont forget the part where he already has a video game review format called the Moist Meter
he's just milking it. it's normal. he probably gets mad profit from milking it considering it's the internet's current month long obsession (after palworld, hd2, lethal company, content warning)
The biggest charm of this game for me is the location shooting. Many of the monuments are scanned models of actual sites. The game graphics are so beautiful.
Heard this game really try to keep the lore accurate details
😂是的我们已经找到了他们确实是扫描真实场景的证据，因为我们看到游戏里混泥土钢筋露出来了。
Welcome to visit China! It’s a welcoming and beautiful country. For so long, western media has been black picturing China as a whole, so many westerner hate China.
@@shaowangyoudamn they even got tofu dreg in the game?😂
yes. I was in China for over 30 years but I haven't been to many museums or ancient architectural complexes, and I don't really understand traditional costumes culture. This game reproduces various remaining ancient buildings, ancient ornaments, jewelry and clothing in the game by scanning buildings and cultural relics in real scenes, which really makes me want to travel there.
i'm surprised this wasn't a 5 second video with a deadpan "yes"
"so is black myth wukong worth buying? yep. alright, thats about it, cya"
this game did right unlike god of war ragnarok and spiderman 2
Either that or like close to 30 minutes of saying "Yes. Yup. Very much so. Extremely worth."
@@epzowhat did ragnarok do wrong???
Not only is this game incredible quality but it's also China's first AAA flagship game, and a truly culturally significant one at that. It's amazing to see how many people have become fascinated with the lore and story of "Journey to the West". It really is one of the greatest literature classics in human history.
It deserves the 10 million copies sold❤❤❤
The combat mechanics and its progression system is what sets it apart.
I wonder what he will say after posting 8 wukong videos...
Hii! I’m a big fam
You always in his comment section 😂
@@shuaibkamedien2203it a bot acc
@OmegaJames8989-m3obot
@@cfiber_inc Me?Nevermind I realize literally a second later what you meant
I think the end chapter animations are what really set this game apart from others for me and show how much care the studio put into the game
Once I saw that you could make the 2 stone bosses fight in chapter 2 it won game of the year for me lol
@OmegaJames8989-m3oEnjoy your stay in prison.
agreed, love how crazy good those art style
@@Chris-rj4btwait what?
@@jhcho3002 yup if you spawn the bigger stone guy before you fight the stone vanguard, they fight
The free respecs is truly the best feature of this game. Getting to try all different kinds of builds and stances really lets you have fun with how you decide to play.
So many games would lock you out (or worse.. *shiver* micro transactions)
Love that it lets you play the game how you want when you want - no restarting needed
Best cutsecenes too. Imo this game surpassed modern GOW by a lot
That is one thing I disliked about Elden Ring i could not respec that often. There was not even a way to try builds.
It’s honestly very necessary only because of how badly the whole skill trees and stat upgrades are made but is it a great feature like in wo long
Of all the things in this game to enjoy - the free respecs? Fucking really?
Many foreigners who are not familiar with Chinese culture understand this game only in terms of gameplay, overlooking its underlying story. This cultural difference leads to varied evaluations of the game. For example, there is a scene where the protagonist, the Destiny Character, encounters a mural depicting Wukong paying respects to his master, Bodhi Patriarch. Many Chinese players feel a deep resonance and can't help but stop to admire it. In the cold-toned scene, the warm light represents Wukong's most beautiful moments. It’s only as he matures that he realizes Bodhi Patriarch is his true and only master, who named him, taught him how to be a person, and imparted his skills without seeking anything in return. Despite knowing Wukong's wild nature, Bodhi Patriarch never thought to control him with a golden hoop.
We know that Sun Wukong can transform into 72 different forms, yet no matter what he becomes, we can always recognize him as a monkey. When he dons a Taoist robe, his demeanor takes on an ethereal quality, reflecting his imitation of his master. This makes me wonder if Wukong is reminiscing about those carefree times spent with Bodhi Patriarch, where he felt loved and cared for. Wukong has no parents and no name; he was timid and afraid when he first met Bodhi Patriarch. Even when Wukong misbehaved during his learning, Bodhi Patriarch treated him with understanding, never scolding him. At most, he would lightly tap Wukong on the head. In Bodhi Patriarch's Lingtai Mountain, Wukong was never the eldest disciple but rather a mischievous younger brother, proudly showcasing his newly learned spells to his older brothers, who adored him. When Bodhi Patriarch was upset, the older brothers would secretly pull Wukong away, fearing he would be reprimanded.
Bodhi Patriarch watched as Wukong learned many things under his guidance, smiling with the pride of all fathers who hope for their children's growth. He understood that Wukong had a mission to fulfill and would have to face it alone. Although Bodhi Patriarch was reluctant to let Wukong go, he had to release him. Despite sternly instructing Wukong not to tell others that he was his master, Bodhi Patriarch always cared about him. When Wukong was surrounded by countless celestial soldiers and ultimately trapped under Five Finger Mountain by Buddha, Bodhi Patriarch did not blame him. Instead, he would change his appearance each year to celebrate Wukong's birthday, helping him groom his messy hair and watching over him, feeling heartache for his disciple. In Chinese mythology, one day in heaven equals a year on earth, so for Bodhi Patriarch, he could visit Wukong every day.
Later, when Wukong made a mistake and knocked over the ginseng fruit tree owned by Zhenyuanzi, he was given three days to revive it. Wukong searched everywhere among the gods he knew but found no solution. In desperation, he went to find Bodhi Patriarch, only to discover that he was not there. Wukong, who had not cried in five hundred years while trapped under the mountain, broke down at the thought of Bodhi Patriarch saying he would never see Wukong again. He curled up into a small ball, ultimately causing Bodhi Patriarch's heart to soften, and he helped his disciple out of trouble. Hearing his master's voice rejuvenated Wukong, as if he were reborn. Yes, even someone as powerful as Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, has his soft side. Only in front of Bodhi Patriarch can Wukong be a carefree and happy little monkey.
In the storyline involving the false Monkey King, Wukong says, "If my master were here, he would definitely recognize me." In Bodhi Patriarch's eyes, Wukong is merely a playful little monkey, a clever and lovable disciple, never the "bad monkey" others describe.
Thus, a single mural can convey these stories without any animated scenes, allowing us to grasp its significance. This exemplifies how cultural differences influence perception. In "Black Myth: Wukong," many similar stories unfold, and just the appearance of a character brings forth numerous narratives. This is why some people deeply appreciate the game, while those unfamiliar with Chinese culture may not enjoy it as much.
I read all the journal entries for all the enemies and characters. The short stories are superbly written. The lore is very good.
thank you for this comment i really loved reading it. it made me emotional to read about how you
describe wukong’s softer side. you definitely made me interested in the game and story
To add to that: Journey to the West is one of the 'Four Classic Novels' of China, these novels are some of the most influential novels in the Sino-sphere.
It's the equivalent of what Shakespearean novels Hamlet and Macbeth are to the Anglo-sphere so to speak.
Oo 72 earthly transformation
Ðamm that is a good understanding right there
My favorite thing about this game is when you kill a new enemy you get a story about that enemy that fleshes it out as a "person" - like I killed the wolf assassin and learned that his backstory was being scared to kill and take a life, and so he kills from the shadows to give a "merciful death"
Tha Mad Tiger gets me, though. He just wanted revenge against those who killed the little boy he was concerned with. Little did he know that the boy's father did an awful thing which the villagers responded by beating his son to death with sticks.
Yes, I read all the texts, that's where the main lore is.
Demon slayer demon moment
The Chinese is very well written
It's written as if it's from the 1600s style very prose heavy
@@philipjin4902 "The Chinese"
That's all I need to know. Not buying
the thing about the yellow wind sage is that, you can remove the sanstorm blocking your vision completely by getting an artifact from a hidden quest line
It’s a reference to Journey to the West original story. In the og story Wukong also got blinded and whooped by the Yellow Wind sage magic before he got the artifact from a Bodhisattva or something
@@clorkmagnus that is such a clever attention to detail mechanic
Yes. I beat him without using it tho 🤣
wait THATS what that does????? I just thought it gave you a free stun on him lmao... tbh tho as long as you save mana for the 3rd phase of the fight most players should be fine
@@KobunLaunch I noticed the stun, but not any sandstorm removing. The visual Sandstorm around the arena goes away after you engaged the boss once, no vessel required.
As a Chinese American who grew up on Journey to the West while being bullied in American public schools for being weird/different if I mentioned Chinese culture, Black Myth Wukong is my Black Panther moment.
You could even say it is the real DEI.
Dang I feel this
Need to dig deeper brother, there are plenty more to be proud of.
Black Panther was dogshit
Very nice to see Chinese content being accepted in the west.
The animation at the end of every chapter feels like you’re watching old school Disney films every time, which I always look forward too.
I think they’re more like ghibli movies than anything, reminds me of their princess kaguya movie which also happens to be based on a myth.
Tha Chapter 4 ending man, got me tears
Then I love how you can hover over the bosses from that chapter and get some more lore about them
@@KitsuneCh that one is my favorite too. I always tear up when watching it 😭
@@amelianyoom9545 其实是模仿中国上世纪的动画，中国最早制作动画是1922s
Black Myth Wukong is a perfect example of why single player games are still not dead.
Turtle
I don't think they ever will die. It's the live service games I keep expecting to burn out
You made the exact same comment last vid so ur basically begging for likes
And yeah ur comment is false again, nobody thinks they’re dying
@@Kingarthur-hm5osI hope so, most of them are shit or just unethical business practices like 2k
Yeau@@Kingarthur-hm5os
If you’re in any way familiar with Chinese culture: yes.
If you like cool ass scenes and action: yes.
If you like challenging gameplay and stunning graphics: yes.
Sun Wukong is also just a badass mythology to me
also monke: yes
@@Khreepypastasun wukon isn't really mythology he's a novel character a very cool one though
@@professorpengu502 ty i wasn't really sure tbh but still he's awesome
@@professorpengu502 Sun Wukong is literally worshiped by some people in Asia, he is a god in some religion.
For Chinese people, from 3-year-olds to 80-year-old ladies, they all know Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, the Golden Cudgel, flying in the clouds, the Flower-Fruit Mountain, and the Seventy-Two Transformations.
Everyone has at least one moment when they want to become Sun Wukong, to fight monsters and demons with great pleasure, and to do somersaults in the clouds. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is a national idol. He is cool and handsome. Now is your chance, you can gallop in the game and sweep everything with your Golden Cudgel.
This game is a work of art, like walking through a museum. You step into those ancient temples with thousands of years of history, and each of those Buddha statues and antiques has its own real existence and its own story; even the logo fonts in the Black Myth Wukong, each word has a source, all from the copybooks or stone carvings of ancient Chinese calligraphers, such as Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, etc. What an excellent work!
The battle with silver and gold horn is my favorite...
This is the perfect way I’d describe the game, like walking into a culture
Here comes the propaganda
@@Aych9Here comes I hate on China for no good reason
@@maximilian6072so true, no good reason not to like China /s
The most remarkable thing is that the development team consisted of just over 100 people, most of whom had no prior experience in AAA game development. However, the final product shows no signs of cutting corners. In fact, even in the most easily overlooked aspect, such as sound effects, they put in considerable effort.
I love me some asian dedication
100
Damn
I think small dev team is the way to go
In their resume in future, only have one experience Involve directly developed BMW when working with Game Science... The CEO directly fired their team manager and employed him with ten times what others offered ... Worthy to own a superhuman game designer... .
i dont think one needs a 500 man team to make a banger game.
just give 100 people time and money and they will produce gold. that's just how artists work
well you can feel sometimes it lacks contents, like the invisible walls all around the levels. But, it is not a big deal to me, game used to be like that back then. And it's refreshing, to say the least, that game devs do different choices than all ubi-garbage-like game
The brilliance of this game is having clear cut chapters with a super well made animation and illustrations to make you feel good after whatever frustration you had with the bosses
The cinematics at the end of each chapter are amazing. Beautiful animations. Something that can't be denied is that some love was put into this game.
Are these comments from BOT accounts? I’ve seen 3 different accounts saying almost the EXACT same thing about the “chapter end animations.”
I’m sure they’re great but for so many different accounts to be making almost identical comments is EXTREMELY fishy.
I wouldn’t be surprised by Chinese super-fans botting comment sections about Chinese games, honestly.
@@user-dj9iu2et3rthe world is way much bigger than what you think, kid, people is able to recognize beautiful thing except you
@@user-dj9iu2et3rWhat’s the issue with gamers showing love for a well designed game? Does it matter what the gamer's nationality is? I never saw any comments on a video about a game from other countries trying to find their BOT. Why questioning Chinese BOT?
@@Hlq-wp7rvBecause he discriminates against Chinese people, racial discrimination
@@user-dj9iu2et3r Turns out I'm a BOT lol
Am I crazy to say that I am having more fun with Wukong than I did with Elden Ring?
Yeah me too, wukong has a more beautiful story and I love it.
Same here. Awesome game.
It's fine to like Wukong more than Elden Ring, in my opinion.
Not really both are great games, and honestly comes down to preference to which one you enjoy more
same.
The highlight for me was the healing system. Being able to customise so much is insane, and the fact that you can basically use the gourd as an attack buff is also insane, love it
Not only is this game incredible quality but it's also China's first AAA flagship game, and a truly culturally significant one at that. It's amazing to see how many people have become fascinated with the lore and story of "Journey to the West". It really is one of the greatest literature classics in human history.
It deserves the 10 million copies sold
@ThanhDuong-ud3ex Yeah phantom blade 0 looks really good
Kinda crazy china has never had any big games in the west.
Boycott Chinese products and services. CCP human rights violations
And it's done by only 100 people with their prior experience being mobile games. Can't wait to see what Game Science will bring to the table in the future with more experience under their belt.
Also looking forward to seeing how well Marvel Rivals will do later this year, from Chinese studio NetEase Games.
It's a rare soft power W for China.
The answer is yes I spent 10 minutes just basking in the ethereal glow of the opening fight and cinematic. My only regret is not buying it earlier enough so I could finish it before classes started
My 2 favourite animation moments are;
1) the injured white wolf love story with a young man that eventually have to kill it after learning what she will do to their family..
2) the pig unrequited love story with a demon lady
hahaha, it's actually white fox
Damm inosuke getting a boner for a demon waifu
Brother, I think you misunderstood. 1. The story of the white fox is about the young man dreaming that something like this would happen, not knowing it. 2. Bajie and the spider are not in unrequited love, but love each other. If the pig reveals his love for the spider, it will put his lover and child in danger, so he has to do this.
@@snalxe4366 Bro, I'm Chinese and know what I'm talking about.. I grew up on these stories and have the whole book collection to prove it.. OK, it's a fox, my bad
That's awesome but just being Chinese doesn't make you an expert no disrespect, but yes its a fox, and from reading the text Bajie and the spider demon do in fact love each other it's not unrequited love. Amazing game though, hope you're enjoying it.
You know the game is formidable when Charlie posts this many videos about it.
@@UTTP-WILL-FALL yes, thank you.
I can't lie, the boss stunning you, and then yoinking your gourd and taking a sip to heal himself was lit as hell, reminds me of when Thor straight up gave Kratos the defibrillator treatment
He's also throwing peach at you when you use the circle. Even in his shell he's still a troll 😂
Not only that, he gives you the Hulk Smash, AND the dragon ball z anime beat down 😂 I absolutely love it
0:01 spoilers he says you should buy it if you can afford it and if you can't you should go play it at a friend's house
were so cooked with our attention spans we have this Comment
W adhd summary 🙏
You a real one my brain Thanks you
I was wondering how he’s stretched this for 30 minutes
wow typically brave and unique take from charlie yet again
Wukong sticking the landing, Lies of P being shockingly polished, & Stellar Blade turning out to be decently solid has me sold on the Chinese&Korean dev scene. Looking forward to Crimson Desert and Phantom Blade Zero.
stellar blade is better than wukong in my opinion, I played both
@@Luis1Nevesthe wukong story is just so fckin cool to me ngl
really didnt love lies of p. very floaty and got bored after around 10 hours. Is Wu Kong the same kinda gameplay?
@asfasfasfasf360 you can go watch some streams of it if you'd like. Was on the fence for it too, and it seems somewhat like god of war like what Charlie said, very hack and slash (and not very souls like to me). No idea how Lies of P is like, so you'll have to see and compare for yourself 👍
WUKONG is NO.1
Another part I love is the meditations in every chapter that makes my mind slowing down, eases my tense after the boss fights, I really enjoy that instead of rushing too much in game fights. Master piece!🎉🎉
9:49 for those who don't know, there's a side quest you can go do and get a item that dispel the sandstorm
I wish they would have known that ahead of time that way people frustrated with this fight
Wukong calling someone a rascal or knucklehead may seem cringe but that's exactly how they talked back then.
exactly! it feels weird to us because it’s such a faithful translation
cringe indeed, cuz there are few words that simply cannot be translated into english😂 game science did their best by keeping words like yaoguai instead of monster
@@fjinatic9615How about rizz? "this is fire"? skibidi fanum tax? That's not cringe???
That’s how they talked in the 16th century?
Isn't wukong supposed to be an asshole to the gods
25:38 The knucklehead thing is not a mistranslation, is just because the pig in the book represents the basic primal desires or 'seven emotions and six desires' of a person, essentially our base instincts. As a result, he often messes things up because of his need to sleep, eat, have sex, and so on. Sometimes, he's basically just an asshole. On the other hand, the monkey represents a person's spirit, intelligence, and creativity. In the book, he is mainly responsible for fixing the messes caused by the pig and the monsters, which is why he likes to call the pig a knucklehead.
I still feel like it's not a direct translation.
@@Ohenry92it’s hard to have direct translation sometimes especially if you need to dub it and fit the character’s time used to time, Chinese is a very concise language so 3-4 Chinese words may correspond to much more words when directly translated to English
@@Ohenry92
Having a direct translation to any East Asian language is not that simple due to the weird syntax most of them have. Japanese for example: its structure is basically backwards, almost like how Yoda would speak if translated in English. Plus some use phrases and sentences that we as westerners wouldn’t understand.
@@ulfberht4431Chinese syntax isn't actually that complicated. It mostly maintains the basic SVO word order that we use English. There are only a few different rules that are fairly consistent and easy to remember, like words indicating time or position come right after the subject (in Chinese you would say "I today going to the store" instead of "I'm going to the store today")
@@nathandrake5544 解释的很好
The end of the chapter cutscenes make this game GOTY for me
Yes, I haven’t had this much fun in a long time being an adult I dont get time to play PlayStation but coming from work playing wukong is nothing but joy and excitement
How’s it play on the PlayStation? I’ve heard mixed reports.
@@makasete30At the moment, imo playing on balanced mode (I believe 40 or 45 fps) is the best course of action, since Performance mode has a noticeable delay, due to it reaching 60fps through frame generation.
This game is better than GOW, Elden Ring any recent GOTY for me. The cutscenes and details is also fcking crazy
have fun
That hundred eye Taoist master bs second phase, it’s actually the result of dev trying to be lore accurate.
In the original Journey to the West. That hundred eye guai’s second phase shoots out rays of lights from his eyes and those lights restrained Wukong’s movements. Wukong couldn’t pass through those lights, and they were giving him pain. (Wukong is nearly unkillable) so instead of grinding through the pain and fight him toe to toe, wukong asked roaster god (owner of the golden needle) for help.
Is interesting that in game just burns your stamina, also the needle is in the smae chapter and the animation for breaking the illusion wall is amazing
Yeah most of Journey to the West is the unkillable super strong Sun Wukong asking deities for help.
I kept getting stun locked by the rays. Such BS. Beating that boss made me so happy
@@thorinhannahs4614 A lot of big shot fantasy stories tend to be like that. The number of heroes who relied only on themselves(and their parent's inheritance like batman) are incredibly few. And if it aint getting blessings from gods, it's from sticking their fingers in radioactive spider nests or being born into a race of supermen.
@@Green.n.Purple At least it made sense to me in that the ordeals had restrictions placed on them and asking for help was part of the Journey especially considering Wukong before he got Buddha clapped.
Chinese here, i cant believe how deep they went into the myth. they probably have couple PHD consulted them, plus the action in this game is just so good i cant believe they delivered it as their debut game
Imagine watching the TV series Journey to the West once every summer vacation during your childhood, can you not remember wukong fondly?
@@vmm666 In my country its HK version starring Dicky Cheung, and the opening song is dub into Rap
Monkey King singging Rap is basicly what I remember lol
I know how rich the Chinese language is and that will affect how hard the translation process is going to be , from your perspective does the English dup mistreat some aspects of the story telling of the game ?
作为一名海外华人，此刻无比自豪！正在带着家里的小孩子看1986版西游记😊
@@سهيلالزهراني-غ9ت I think that because the development team was too small and the signs of rushing the release date were too obvious, they also initially thought that this game only had a market in China and did not put much effort into internationalization. In addition, it was mixed with various ancient Chinese and classic Chinese stories. If you don’t have enough knowledge of these knowledge systems, even Chinese people would need to look up information. All of the above caused great trouble to the translation work.
The secret stage against er Lang and the 4 deity giants is crazy epic cinematic. If u realize during the fight Erlang keeps updating u about story and secret lore. It's not just a fight but story telling too.
That's what set it apart from elden ring. Boss fight is just boss fight in elden ring but wukong has got many talking during fight, mid fight cinematic stop scenes. Boss punishing u for spamming attack/spells etc.
@@fantasyrulzreal
To be fair for the yellow wind sage, if you do the area's secret you can get an item that cancels out his sandstorm phase
Same for the 1k eye boss. If you get the gold needle in a secret boss you can cancel that whole phase Charlie cried about
He was hard but fun I feel like Jin tigers more unfair bro goes crazy
@@jrrg123 he mentions the needle too lol
In the original game, Wukong defeated these bosses with the help of these items.
Yea both the bosses he complained about both have these items you get from exploring which he was praising. And actually he had the needle when he did the hundred eyed guy and just didn't use it at the right time until the boss was one hp
It sounds like Black Myth Wukong is an exciting experience, especially with its dynamic combat and impressive boss fights. The issues with the health pool and some design choices are notable, but it seems like a game worth trying for fans of action-packed gameplay.
Just found this Black Myth Wukong channel
That’s not it bro.
it really does feel like the devs wanted the players to be able to fight with the freedom and joy that Wukong himself always showed in his battles
they let you play however you want and if you get bored you can just switch everything you have on a dime into a completely new build without missing a single step and i freaking LOVE that
The reason the secret item to counter final boss in each chapter is actually originated from the Journey To The West novel. They were all previously defeated by these items in the novel.
This part of the game is super lore accurate in a way.
I love the fact that it isn't a souls games. Sometimes you just want to enjoy battling some badass looking bosses without having to learn all their moves to avoid being one-hit killed.
You still have to learn their moves to be fair lol.
This games still pretty challenging tho
I assume you aren't at the Buddha boss yet cuz that comment won't age well. Lmao.
Tf are you talking about 😂 Its a souls game in every single way but losing souls on death.
"Soulless souls like" is the perfect description.
@@rwiii5115do u consider God of war soulslike? this game is more like gow than anything else
For the Yellow Wind Sage, we are suppose to use the item we got from the 'fat pig patting his belly' side quest to stop the tornado. So it's reasonable to feel bad fighting in the tornado and can't see the boss's movement.
I beat him with out using the item and even had it I was too stupid to realize that was what it was for.
@@drade7920 I don't know what's the english translation of the item, but in Chinese it literally means: a pearl can cease the wind😄
Yellow wind sage I somehow beat second try despite getting pummelled by Vanguard Tiger. When he went into the storm and attacks with sand clones I just put out a cloudwalk clone to tank the hits and charged a heavy. Also a cool tip, which was really fun to discover naturally if you'd rather not have it spoiled, is that the wind tamer vessel you unlock from the beetle fight in Ch.2's secret location after doing the boar's quests will stun the Yellow Wind Sage for an extended time and he has unique voice lines questioning where you found that power. Helped a lot.
The Tiger Tally curio from the secret area is also one I expect to keep equipped for a long time, it actually helps break up the monotony of light attacks that Charlie mentions as it makes the staff spin a viable way to proc "successive hits" to activate the curio's bonus damage and its also badass seeing the staff get red-hot as you spin it
I heard that the orignal development plan was to make 13 chapters, unfortunately (fortunately) the investors lose patients and pushed the studio to get it online ASAP. Now im just waiting for a few DLCs to drop. 😊
@@puga4202 so it was supposed to be a 100 hour game?
This game is the second since Cyberpunk which made me so happy to be able to run the highest settings on 120fps. Purple cloud mountain was definitely my favourite zone in terms of visuals.
10:29 it’s okay Charlie no offense taken
i saw this comment exactly when he said this lol
Your wpm must be crazy
@@jihnfpsyea RUclips has this new feature where they show timestamp specific comments on those timestamps
Lol the first comment left by a spider on YT😂
I had to stop the video at 2:11 I don’t want to hear anything more about the game. I trust your advice Mr. Moist
No way 2:07 for me😮😅
@@alibzour8423 I just bought the game today!
@@alibzour8423 I’m going to play it after I finish remnant 2 on apocalypse and the new dlc coming out
Man, you HAVE TO unlock Erlang fight, it's so peak
Plus the Four heavenly kings bonus round
It’s so good
They did so much justice to erlang, Wukong, red boy and others with their boss moveset
Erlangshen perfectly encapsulated the "xianxia" trope in one fight.
Also, after you defeat Erlang and the 4 Gods, you will get another ending
0:30 well I dunno about taller...but I grew 6 inches playing this game
Bro your jingu bang is in thrust stance 😭
@@wedmundsIts actually in pillar stance
Pillar stance,monopod on that thang!
🤨📸
@@forestcampbell8962 how would you feel if i shot myself because of what you said?
Black myth wukong is a game that gives you the feeling of those old cool games where they don't try to trick you into spending money on a battle pass or skins or game currency, you just start and go through the game with full access to the gameplay, all quests and items. It is sad that there are very few such games now.
Fews for indie game as well
Yes… this is the case for most story games.
The secret ending and secrets are what this game truly shine
"The God of war with souls like elements in it", that's the kind of game I'm waiting for years, finally I found it
Its more like Sekiro & God of War tbh.
No. It's more like Devil May Cry.
@@astronomicalreason9807 wukong doesnt have any taunt animation, nor huge moveset like dmc.
Theres so many things that were inspired with Sekiro in this game, like the bonfire that were close to the boss, the progression character that impacted similarily, and ofc Erlang shen that plays like Isshin Ashina. There was a rumour that an easter egg even exist in this game about Sekiros journey to the west to bring back the dragons immortallity.
@vegalucas7782 this game has no block, or traditional parry. They define sekiro. This game is not like sekiro.
I got the game a few days ago and I am on Whiteclad noble. I don’t normally play soulslike games and it’s a bit of a learning curve for me. Even with the fact I’m struggling with figuring it out very early in the game, I’m STILL in love with it!
1:19 unhinged analogy lmaoo
Everything looks like souls but it it not souls😂😂
there's these items that you get from secret maps (from side quests) which are targeted to counter the end-chapter bosses :)
In chapter 3 against the first actual boss on the frozen lake I went around the whole thing and there was soak in there that is useful for the imbobilize spell,which I highly recommend it’s on the right side of it. It’s insane how much secret stuff is in the game.
wait you can do that?
i posted a preview on htsthub aka how to shut the hell up bots (j place's film) on my vid full in about me!! ! . .. .....
Which one the soak for shocked?
@@juanmd26121no it extends the duration of the imobilize spell
Chapter 3 is so freaking big every time I think I'm at a more straight lined area it puts four paths with branching paths in front of me!
Preach sister
@OmegaJames8989-m3o please stand behind trump at his next outdoor rally
Sister with beard, jesus looking as.
@@blessanabey5575 you have a fucking stroke typing that?
NTA divorce him your house your rules
This is only semi-related to our beloved Charlie’s video, but please… beware of people that say negative things about any game from or affiliated with China. So much rhetoric is non-generic and forced . There’s a political and commercial agenda that is not rooted in righteousness or morality, it is simply disguised as such. The truth is, many organizations and people simply don’t want anything Chinese to succeed unless it serves their agenda.
So kudos to Charlie for being honest, brave, nonjudgmental, and to respectful of Black Myth Wukong. After all, it’s non just a “Chinese game” or a “Chinese Story”. It’s a game, telling a story. Chinese people aren’t just Chinese, they’re people. We need more unity and less division.
I’m a white guy, an American, and I’m excited as heck about Black Myth Wukong.
Exploring their culture this close was awesome
Really appreciate your integrity and openness. Sadly, too many people in the West would simply repeat the same political propaganda that perpetuates sinophobia. In the case of Black Myth: Wukong, because of its vast popularity, the truth about the so-called "controversy" came out quickly thanks to many supporters who voluntarily defended the game developers, so the smearing campaign did not work. However, there are many other cases wherein the mainstream outlets just pile on whatever invented accusations against China as if it is a proven fact (like the Xinjiang genocide narrative) without even hearing the other side of the story. Although the Chinese government and many Chinese companies have obviously done problematic stuff, China does not deserve many of the attacks, especially the baseless ones (the same goes for Chinese and Russian propaganda against the US).
@@thefourthrabbit9516 agreed, 100%
I believe speaking out about such things is most effective when done with integrity and polite, mature dialogue. It’s far too often that reactionary sensationalism takes hold, and propaganda thus spread via hate and negativity. In fact, it’s literally the M.O. of many public relations campaigns. That is, to utilize public outrage. It’s easy to fall prey to. Who doesn’t want to stand up for what’s right? Hence, why I mentioned the skewered perception of righteousness and morality.
Thank you, as well. I will sleep a little more soundly knowing that I’m not alone in my opinion, and that others are working against such phenomena.
I feel like people only support black myth wukong because it fits their anti woke narrative, or else it is just a “piece of Chinese trash” for them
When discussing this topic it's very, VERY important to draw a distinction between talking about China the country, and Chinese the race. Unless you're just quite frankly racist, Chinese people, as is people of Chinese descent, are not the topic of discussion, but rather Chinese culture and government. When people say "Chinese people always fucking cheat in videogames!", it's... not wrong? But people say it for the wrong reasons. A lot of the time, people say it to be racist, but it's not because of their race, it's because of Chinese culture. There's a very predominant "the ends justify the means" lesson that's instilled in most Chinese people. Like, people FROM China. Not people who are ethnically Chinese.
That being said, I personally haven't actually seen anyone ragging on Black Myth Wukong for being Chinese. If someone has a problem with the game being Chinese (in an ethnic sense. modern China has no bearing on the story) then that's a racist viewpoint. But let's not act like China as a country isn't flawed, and majorly so. If you want to get an idea for how much kool-aid Chinese regime supporters drink, I suggest browsing r/Sino. Upsetting place, really.
No Erlang Shen mention? Guess he missed the most difficult boss in the game.
I bought it last night and I love it, I was kinda skeptical because some reviews were talking about the controversy around it but honestly put that aside I love the graphics, I love how smooth the controls feel and I love how cinematic it puts into the gameplay.
This controversy is just the wokes complaining that there's no lesbian or gays
A interview came out with Wukong team few days ago. Originally, there were 13 chapters😱, the scene in the first trailer where Wukong fought soldiers on the cloud, that was in the game, but had to cut off because this game is already big enough, and it really took a lot of resources to do all the art design and architectural build up.
I wish there was 13 chapters, even if the game is descently long for a solo game, I can't get enough of funny monkey man 😔
@@el-low6663 DLC is coming
DLC or sequel? 🤔 Since there’s lots of material on the cutting room floor! But man, the replayability from the build diversity alone is great if you think the game isn’t already long enough.
@@user-jk5um1om8lthey are for sure going to do dlc for this game maybe release multiple chapters and release them as dlc
Ooh, maybe some DLC with stuff they already started working on
Watching Charlie's playthrough was super enjoyable, wish to see more of it. I remember he did that with LA. Norie, but never uploaded the end of the game here.
where was he streaming it didnt see it live on youtube
Fun fact: every main boss has a 2nd phase, and EVERY time it can be hard countered by the item obtained in the leading chapters
Chapter 3 and 6 bosses don't have this. And chapter 5 you need to use the chapter 1 vessel to 100% it. Also you need the chapter 5 vessel to have a hope in hell against Erlang which is technically a chapter 3 boss, but counts as a chapter 6 boss
The game is inspired by a character from a book written somewhere in China from the 1500s, called "Journey to the West". The lore is awesome in my opinion.
Simply put, most mainstream media didn't even beat the game when they made the reviews, many conclusions showed that they haven't even passed the first chapters.
Ain’t nobody got time for that
@@AliBaba-hl9qithen what are you playing the game for?
half the reviews were complaining about DEI woke issues, media ratings and reviews aren't worth anything
Like 'there is no female character in this game'. Now we know there are like a dozen of female charaters, but after chapter 3.
@@AliBaba-hl9qi I think you should go back to your primary school and read some fairy tale books.
I'm just glad the bosses weren't as spongy as GoW was.
Depends on your build and level in God of War. With some builds, the bosses can be squishy. Others melt right through them. Most notably, Zeus's armor gives you the ability to do it. Only downside one hit equals death
If you played god of war on hard or god of war mode shits definitely hard. Valkyrie queen is rage worthy for sure.
@@DavidWelsh-se4loonly hard in second phase when she gets damage reduction and can 1 shot you especially with the ole classic insta grab she has if you mistime your dodge your dead instantly
God of War is better than BMW ngl
@@SKIBIDIAUTTP-k9q That first reply is a bot? whats his video i dont want i wanna stay curious
One of the fun parts that i noticed, is if you have trouble with a chapter boss (bear, and wind sage at least) you clear the hidden mission and you get the ability to nullify their element. You can literally turn the wind sage's wind off by doing the side story about the beetle.
In China we call them Dingfengzhu and Bihuozhao. In the book, they are treasures that Wukong borrowed from the heaven when he couldn't beat these yaoguai. It's so interesting to use them again in the game to restrain the boss.
@@JasonTom-o8z This is why I enjoy the game so much, there's depth and lore in every little part of the game. Feels like a lot of games nowadays lost the point that it's about telling a story. I would love to see the studio put out more mythological games with this level of detail.
The yellow wind sage really is the boss that made me realise how much the devs wanted you to finish the obsession before fighting the final boss because the item you get by finishing it makes the boss 10 times easier.
For those who aren't aware, getting the item allows you to just disperse the tornado placed by the sage, and also stun certain bosses like the dragon. If you are having trouble with him, I highly recommand doing the obsession to get it. + This obsession is quite cool.
I’m surprised there wasn’t more praise on the graphics. This game is stunning. Especially fighting in the clouds that part is amazing
I heard they originally planned 13 chapters but due to time constraints had to condense it into 6. I guess some of it went into Chapter 3.
Hope they'll have DLCs for the other missing chapters.
Boss specific counter item is actually intended. Those items were from the origin novel where the monsters were unbeatable without those item. So, Wukong had to beg for deity’s help.
It should’ve been a 3 second video of him saying yes
I dont understand people complaining about the "shallow combat" while praising Souls combat.
Oh, THIS light attack, heavy attack, dodge is sooo much deeper than THIS light attack, heavy attack, dodge 🤦🏻♂️
Wukong actually has way more mechanics to its combat.
The counter to this argument is that Dark Souls/Souls games has so many different weapon types that all have their own playstyles.. Elden Ring has much more depth.
@@tachi5408does elden ring have different types of dodges? A focus system? A mid combat stance switching system? Mid combo counters? Heavy attack combo chaining? Distance closers? Jump attack chaining? Transformations?
Well Wukong actually have combination input and elden does not. Yes elden have different animations for each weapons bit you'll still be pressing the same buttons in the same order mostly.
Same principle with fighting games. You can actually chain combos.
I love Souls, but Monster Hunter combat and playstyle diversity totally outclasses all the Souls games imo.
This is a good Black Myth Wukong channel
You have to complete a secret questline to easily beat the Wind Sage.
One of the things I thought was the coolest recently... is if you use Pluck of Many against Yellowbrow in his second phase... he'll turn them against you.
I was shook af when that happened
I haven’t even watched the video yet and I’m already sold
People saying the game has no story but idk after each chapter we get a little music video cinematic and tbh half the time you aren’t sure if it has anything to do with what you just went through, Like chapter 2 with the man and the fox come to find out in chapter 3 it’s a pretty big side quest. Side quests in general are some of the best content in the game
They just don't read the sotry of the enemies written on the in game book.
@@lajeunesse7988 there's story (telling) and then there's lore. Going out of your way to pick up neat information through codex's is lore. The face value narrative presented to the player is the storytelling. I can agree to some extent about the story telling being "off" for lack of better words.
People are too lazy to read. Never expect them to read JTTW too, with multiple volumes on top of that 😂
@@ziontea7045 Ok I see what you mean. I guess the story telling isn't too obvious in that sense. Although I find the overall storyline pretty good, probably because first I know the story of journey to the west, and also I read all the texts in the codex when I am tired of all the fighting, which I find is complementary to the story telling.
Really glad this game worked out after the old teaser was mostly the original solo dev saying "hey, I have a really cool idea and I know a lot of vfx stuff, but I have no idea what I'm doing in terms of game development. Can anyone in and around china help me make this project a reality." Like, good for you bro.
I respectfully disagree. I've played and beaten both God of War and God of War Ragnarök and Black Myth: Wukong bosses are DRAMATICALLY harder than anything in either one of those games. Wukong bosses are insanely fast and aggressive (Tiger Vanguard). I don't know how anyone could fight Tiger Vanguard and Erlang true ending bosses and come to that conclusion?
😂try perfect dodge,tiger vangard is easy one,so does yellow wing sage
the Valkyries clear tbh.
As Chinese I’m so proud and happy that when you guys talk about China stuff it’s not just bing-chiling or social credits anymore
SAME
Google把你的bing-chiling翻译成了冰雪奇缘
Truly a +100 social credit comment. The ccp offers you a free copy of Black Myth Wukong 🤑👍
@@aahhhhhhhhhhhhh社会信用评分到底是什么？我作为中国人居然不知道
@@aahhhhhhhhhhhhh还有CCP到底是什么？我们只有CPC
He gave it an 85% on the moistmeter
he didn't do a moist meter for this
@goncalopereira4361 If you had actually watched to the end of the video, in the last 3 seconds or so, he says, "If I had to plug it into the moist meter, I'd give it an 85%". Glad Gen Z's attention span is still awful!
You'd think with the way people and Charlie were talking about this game, it'd be an Elden Ring-level score.
85 is great though
@@Manor001 he probably didn't even watch the video but scanned for the moist meter graphic near the end. Lmao.
>Free Respec
10/10 more games need to do this.
Also far as the camera goes I'm a monster hunter veteran and if it's not half as bad as Gravios fights get I'll have no trouble adapting.
The cultural richness and arts of Wukong are definitely amazing.
Holy shit a positive moist meter for once?
Bro ain’t even watch the video yet
@Jimmy-m7pmonke
well he only really says what most people are saying, and considering BMW is the current internet obsession (after lethal company, helldivers 2, palworld...), what most ppl are saying is "omg bmw is so good"....
@katra5673 oh ffs, BMW is way too good of a way to simplofy that and my dumbass will only think of cars.
@@nexus2691 yah i'm sorry lol i didn't know how else to abbreviate it!!! it's literally bmw!!
fun fact: yellow loong has a habit of just walking around on a certain distance and keeping that distance while charging a smash heavy is what made me defeat him.
According to the Financial Director of Game Science, Black Myth: Wukong cost “more than 300 million yuan” to make. At the current exchange rate, 300 million RMB equates to $42.39 million. Taken alone, this is quite a substantial sum. But, when you consider the cost of AAA titles made in the West, Black Myth: Wukong’s development cost puts companies like Sony and Ubisoft to shame. and thats a lot
Which country is named west
Yes.
Indeed
0:36 the blunt honesty 😂😂😂
This game absolutely deserves the 3 million concurrent players it has
So grateful to the Wukong devs, not only for the incredible game but also for setting a precedent now in the games industry. With recent garbage like Dustborn and Concord being huge flops, its good to see high praise being given to devs like that of BM: Wukong that really care about the player experience, polished visuals and enthralling characters and lore. I'm hoping other studios will take note!
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes. Very yes.
Already was my most anticipated game of the year, after your series jus hyped me up more to get it
I’ve had a great time playing this game. Story, gameplay, graphics, and soundtrack are all incredible. Standards must be really high these days to give this anything less than a 9; I think it’s a 10. I also don’t think that this game is easy, it certainly has some challenging bosses. Not impossible and painful like typical souls games.
Yellow Loong is definitely the hardest boss in the game, took me 6hrs+ just to defeat him but it was fun especially the way he countered some of the attacks like the see-through counter
Yellow Long wasnt bad at all. Erlang was the hardest
@rudyjean2745 Erlang was okay for me, only took about 2hrs on him
Short answer: YESSSS ITS REALLY GOOD MATES
The only thing thats driving me insane is how much some bosses just run away from the player, its infuriating, YOU ARE THE BOSS, COME HERE AND FIGHT ME
the secret ending boss is the hardest in the game and one of the hardest i've ever beaten, can't wait to see you fight this masterpiece of a secret ending it is.
Two hours of pain worth it though
@@shaunsteele6970 The absolute cinema behind that boss is worth the entire game itself, what a banger
Erlang u mean? or the 4 heavenly?
@@zamfircristian5032 yeah erlang, the kings are an easy fight its just cinematic.
I will say in regards to cheap challenges that are made easier with some items: this is actually something that’s heavily relied on during the journey to the west in the book. Sun Wukong is ALWAYS running off asking to borrow items from gods and spirits to defeat specific enemies and asking for help for help from heaven to complete certain tasks. I’m not very far in the game so far, but I can tell that there are some very particular items and equipment that you’ll only really use on occasion or maybe even once throughout the game depending on the boss/enemies you’re fighting. I actually like this because it actually reflects on the source material quite well with that in mind.