OH MY GOODNESS!! I didn't think you'd make a video about the newest trailer as well! When the first trailers for the game appeared I found your channel because I was looking for Black Myth analysis videos. This video was a lot of fun to watch and it's really cool to see on how many different levels you can analyze a trailer. I hope you'll upload a video when the game comes out^^
I’ve really enjoyed these videos on the game so far. I’d love to hear you talk about DC’s Monkey Prince comic; it’s their own little spin on Journey to the West they did a year or so ago and it was super enjoyable
excellent content and expression. and when you say if villains are destined to be villains, it acturally reminds me of the Stephen Chow's movie Ji Gong The Mad Monk at 1993 in which there is this destined villain for nine life circles, one of the people jigong needs to save.
I always loved this book and the Chinese culture, seeing your videos truly helps me get a little bit more understanding and translations of the story. This game and overly sarcastic productions is what got me into the story of Sun Wukong! You can feel the love and passion they put in the game! The biggest thing I like to see is Pigsy, Sandy and the white dragon horse! (I don’t know if the white dragon from the 2021 trailer is supposed to be him or not)
12:36 Wow, didn't knew that our Indian concepts impacted this much in Chinas culture and religious teachings. For information Dharma is a Sanskrit word, it does mean the universal law of everything. According to Hindu philosophy it also means your duties towards your life, your loved ones etc. For example a teachers dharma is teaching and giving knowledge, a warriors dharma is to protect his or her kingdom or country etc.
Long before Buddhism made it to China, we chinese already have our own concept of universal law in our few thousand years of Yin-yang philosophy. You indian hinduism impacted us nothing. This is Buddhism very different from hinduism. Buddhism is lucky enough to be accepted by chinese because it share some similarity with our Taoism but not hinduism.
Although Journey to the West is a story about collecting Buddhist Scriptures, it is undoubtedly a story all about Confucian values. So I think you are missing the point of the original story and the potential point of the game. In Confucian philosophy there is a deep puzzle. Confucians believe that human nature is good but that belief cannot explain who so many people do bad things. The Confucian explanation for this is that human beings can actually be twisted by their environment and often act against their better nature. This is what the game is referring to when it says good people that don't decern between good and bad become allies of evil. The purpose of Confucians is find ways to build society so that it doesn't turn people away from their base good nature. So when Confucians believe that human nature is good it doesn't mean they think that the world is automatically good but that it always has the potential to be good. Now how does this relate to the game. The original story of Journey to the west basically accepts uncritically that order is good. The Jade emperor and the Buda are the recognized order therefore they are good. Wu Kong although he is charismatic is not good because he is rebellious and a source of chaos. The book tantalizes us with the sexy aspects Wu Kong's character which is his honesty, bravery, freedom and loyalty but then tells us unequivocally that these are actually all frivolous traits and that to truly become good WU Kong has to submit to order. The Game is hinting stronger and stronger that it will be taking the counter point to this argument. It will critically examine order and argue in favor of Chaos as the force for good in the story.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! Focusing on chaos as a force for good would be a very interesting and creative direction for Black Myth, but your assertion that Journey to the West is a story "all about Confucian values" is not correct. The novel depicts /Chinese folk religion/ which can be generally described as a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism. It is not supposed to be one specific thing. It's also important to note the author did not write the story from scratch; tales of the Monkey King and retellings of the monk's pilgramage already existed as folk stories and myths multiple centuries before the book was published. So the author was both part-novelist and part-scribe. Given how vast China was and is, especially with its different ethnic groups, various tenants of all three religions were blended and intermingled together -- and we can see them harmoniously co-existing within the novel. Buddha and boddhisatvas were present as gods alongside the Jade emperor, whose heavenly order followed a Confucian structure. The heavens were home to immortals and even Wukong himself originally sought immortality (NOT enlightenment), which is a fundamentally Daoist concept. The original text features many literary devices, poetic language, satire and allegories, thus leaving its religious symbolism very open to interpretation. So much so that many scholars continue to debate what the "point of the original story" is, but the general consensus is it's about self-improvement. Especially with each of the five main characters representing different spiritual concepts and aspects of human nature, each with their own unique vices to overcome. All this to say, I'm definitely on board that challenging order and goodness will be a theme of Black Myth given that we've seen trailers with characters rebelling against "destiny" and making a mockery of spiritual teachings. However, I believe it's a great disservice to the original novel -- and by extension, the lived experience of Chinese people all those centuries ago and the potential impact on Black Myth today -- to discount the role of other religions in favor of one.
@@EmpressXV Misunderstanding the central role of Confucianism in Chinese literature is a common mistake many that analyze Chinese literature make. The version of other religions in The Journey West are simply Chinese depictions of those religions which are the versions of those religions sanitized by Confucians. For example Chinese Buddhism is actually uniquely Chinese. It shares very little in the way of values with Indian or Tibetan Buddhism. The easy way to see this is to see that Chinese Buddhism basically has had all the disagreements it has with Confucianism (which are many) entirely erased. The Chinese version has become entirely complimentary rather than antagonistic to Confucianism. Even in the journey west Buddha is considered essentially an equal brother to the Jade emperor and they compliment each other rather than war with each other. This is a rather unique and ridiculous Chinese depiction of religions that is common in Chinese literature. Religions don't usually interact with each other this way. In most of the world religions simply war ruthlessly against each other until one side is wiped out. You have to give credit to the Confucians for taking a different approach where they attempt instead to domesticate other religions by altering them to take on and championing Confucian values. For any seasoned reader of Chinese literature. The main theme of the Journey West is actually not very unique and quite easy to pick up on. It is idea that for goodness to be truly good it must be supportive rather than antagonistic to the enshrined social order/hierarchy. A good example of another work that revolves around this theme is the Water Margin. Where as the Journey West is essentially in favor of the argument. The Water Margin is doubtful of the argument. The game developers here are taking a turn in the story to make it more like the Water Margin where the legitimacy of the entire enshrined order is questioned.
I hope so too! Chinese is super complex, so it’s definitely a tough job, but I’m optimistic the devs will do their best and the overall meanings should all be conveyed ☺️🤞
No, the story of this game takes place after the Journey to the West, the game company adapted a new story, the main character of the game is not Wu Kong, it's another monkey to continue the previous story line, every Boos in the game can be found in the Journey to the West, in order to understand the story of the game, you have to read the original Journey to the West
@@I平常心la lot of what I've seen in the trailers seem like they follow an anime I've seen on Netflix called The Monkey King 2023, I'm kind of hoping they do because in it he travels to Hell and to Heaven as well, I'm a big fan of games that do that
Ooo is the anime good? I haven’t seen it, but I imagine there are likely some similar elements with the game if they’re both based on Journey to the West.
@@EmpressXVit looks like a Pixar style film, it's very family friendly but I really think the game may follow their story, I don't know that we've seen Hell yet in BMW but we have seen a Wukong type character taking on an army in Heaven, the cartoon has a similar layout, one thing they skip over in a simplistic montage, is to become an immortal the hero has to defeat 100 demons, hence all the boss fights we see in game perhaps, just my thought
It’s a reference to how Wukong’s first teacher tapped him three times on the head as a riddle. I cover in the video that Wukong figured out the answer, so his teacher taught him the secrets of immortality.
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You are literally the only person I trust for these explanations of the game. You do such a great job. 🙏
I appreciate youuuuuu! 🥰
Your understanding to the Journey to the west was really impressed me, can't wait to see your next post.
Kaptain Kuba send us here. I'm looking forward to your Theories and Analysis
Oh wow, I was mentioned by another creator? 😮 Thank you for letting me know and for the kind comment! :3
@@EmpressXVI get the feeling that Nezha will be a secret boss fight.
Its actually pretty deep. Which is what most western games are lacking.
Not all are and not all needs deep lore to be a great game. Theres many games in Japan that isn't deep not just the west
Shut up seanlai
western people don't give a shit about anything made in china.
I’m African and I’m so interested in this masterpiece ❤
An excellent video! Really like your interpretations of the myths and texts.
Yay, thank you very much for watching and for the lovely comment! 🤍
This is such a good and calm video
OH MY GOODNESS!! I didn't think you'd make a video about the newest trailer as well! When the first trailers for the game appeared I found your channel because I was looking for Black Myth analysis videos. This video was a lot of fun to watch and it's really cool to see on how many different levels you can analyze a trailer. I hope you'll upload a video when the game comes out^^
Thank you so much for coming back to watch this one! 🥰 And yes, excited to cover the game when it finally comes out! Wooo
Excited to see this game. Hope to catch you stream it so I can get your unique insight on the culture as you playthrough.
I’ve really enjoyed these videos on the game so far. I’d love to hear you talk about DC’s Monkey Prince comic; it’s their own little spin on Journey to the West they did a year or so ago and it was super enjoyable
I love this video. You did such a great job. Subbed!
Thank you so much!! 🥰🥰
This was a super-cool analysis.
excellent content and expression. and when you say if villains are destined to be villains, it acturally reminds me of the Stephen Chow's movie Ji Gong The Mad Monk at 1993 in which there is this destined villain for nine life circles, one of the people jigong needs to save.
I always loved this book and the Chinese culture, seeing your videos truly helps me get a little bit more understanding and translations of the story.
This game and overly sarcastic productions is what got me into the story of Sun Wukong! You can feel the love and passion they put in the game!
The biggest thing I like to see is Pigsy, Sandy and the white dragon horse! (I don’t know if the white dragon from the 2021 trailer is supposed to be him or not)
Great video! Would love to hear your thoughts on the new trailer
I will do a video on it! I just have a cold and lost my voice for a few days 🤧
I like your popular science about Journey to the West and your understanding of Journey to the West.
This video made me excited for the game!
Thank you i appreciate im looking forward to it have a great day ❤
its been a year since you posted your last video. Good analysis
Yes, it’s been a hot minute. 😅 Attempting to post more long-form videos this year!
博主可以看看b站上一个叫水仙花的鹿的up的剧情分析，他好像被游戏科学招安了😂因为讲得太好了而且一年多没再更新，是我看过所有的剧情预测里面讲得最有理有据、最全面的，完全串起来了。
12:36
Wow, didn't knew that our Indian concepts impacted this much in Chinas culture and religious teachings.
For information Dharma is a Sanskrit word, it does mean the universal law of everything. According to Hindu philosophy it also means your duties towards your life, your loved ones etc. For example a teachers dharma is teaching and giving knowledge, a warriors dharma is to protect his or her kingdom or country etc.
Long before Buddhism made it to China, we chinese already have our own concept of universal law in our few thousand years of Yin-yang philosophy. You indian hinduism impacted us nothing. This is Buddhism very different from hinduism. Buddhism is lucky enough to be accepted by chinese because it share some similarity with our Taoism but not hinduism.
Two of the world's ancient surviving civilizations, side-by-side. Now both sides are beating each other with sticks at the border
Many thanks.
well done beauty
omg , you really do a video about Black myth!!! 😋and there's a song called "戒网“ which sounds really good ~~(我是IG那边的期待你出中文视频的小粉丝)
Although Journey to the West is a story about collecting Buddhist Scriptures, it is undoubtedly a story all about Confucian values. So I think you are missing the point of the original story and the potential point of the game. In Confucian philosophy there is a deep puzzle. Confucians believe that human nature is good but that belief cannot explain who so many people do bad things. The Confucian explanation for this is that human beings can actually be twisted by their environment and often act against their better nature. This is what the game is referring to when it says good people that don't decern between good and bad become allies of evil. The purpose of Confucians is find ways to build society so that it doesn't turn people away from their base good nature. So when Confucians believe that human nature is good it doesn't mean they think that the world is automatically good but that it always has the potential to be good.
Now how does this relate to the game. The original story of Journey to the west basically accepts uncritically that order is good. The Jade emperor and the Buda are the recognized order therefore they are good. Wu Kong although he is charismatic is not good because he is rebellious and a source of chaos. The book tantalizes us with the sexy aspects Wu Kong's character which is his honesty, bravery, freedom and loyalty but then tells us unequivocally that these are actually all frivolous traits and that to truly become good WU Kong has to submit to order. The Game is hinting stronger and stronger that it will be taking the counter point to this argument. It will critically examine order and argue in favor of Chaos as the force for good in the story.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! Focusing on chaos as a force for good would be a very interesting and creative direction for Black Myth, but your assertion that Journey to the West is a story "all about Confucian values" is not correct. The novel depicts /Chinese folk religion/ which can be generally described as a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism. It is not supposed to be one specific thing. It's also important to note the author did not write the story from scratch; tales of the Monkey King and retellings of the monk's pilgramage already existed as folk stories and myths multiple centuries before the book was published. So the author was both part-novelist and part-scribe. Given how vast China was and is, especially with its different ethnic groups, various tenants of all three religions were blended and intermingled together -- and we can see them harmoniously co-existing within the novel. Buddha and boddhisatvas were present as gods alongside the Jade emperor, whose heavenly order followed a Confucian structure. The heavens were home to immortals and even Wukong himself originally sought immortality (NOT enlightenment), which is a fundamentally Daoist concept. The original text features many literary devices, poetic language, satire and allegories, thus leaving its religious symbolism very open to interpretation. So much so that many scholars continue to debate what the "point of the original story" is, but the general consensus is it's about self-improvement. Especially with each of the five main characters representing different spiritual concepts and aspects of human nature, each with their own unique vices to overcome. All this to say, I'm definitely on board that challenging order and goodness will be a theme of Black Myth given that we've seen trailers with characters rebelling against "destiny" and making a mockery of spiritual teachings. However, I believe it's a great disservice to the original novel -- and by extension, the lived experience of Chinese people all those centuries ago and the potential impact on Black Myth today -- to discount the role of other religions in favor of one.
@@EmpressXV Misunderstanding the central role of Confucianism in Chinese literature is a common mistake many that analyze Chinese literature make. The version of other religions in The Journey West are simply Chinese depictions of those religions which are the versions of those religions sanitized by Confucians.
For example Chinese Buddhism is actually uniquely Chinese. It shares very little in the way of values with Indian or Tibetan Buddhism. The easy way to see this is to see that Chinese Buddhism basically has had all the disagreements it has with Confucianism (which are many) entirely erased. The Chinese version has become entirely complimentary rather than antagonistic to Confucianism. Even in the journey west Buddha is considered essentially an equal brother to the Jade emperor and they compliment each other rather than war with each other. This is a rather unique and ridiculous Chinese depiction of religions that is common in Chinese literature. Religions don't usually interact with each other this way. In most of the world religions simply war ruthlessly against each other until one side is wiped out. You have to give credit to the Confucians for taking a different approach where they attempt instead to domesticate other religions by altering them to take on and championing Confucian values.
For any seasoned reader of Chinese literature. The main theme of the Journey West is actually not very unique and quite easy to pick up on. It is idea that for goodness to be truly good it must be supportive rather than antagonistic to the enshrined social order/hierarchy. A good example of another work that revolves around this theme is the Water Margin. Where as the Journey West is essentially in favor of the argument. The Water Margin is doubtful of the argument. The game developers here are taking a turn in the story to make it more like the Water Margin where the legitimacy of the entire enshrined order is questioned.
I really hope the in game translation is better than the trailers, would hate to miss plot points because of poor translation
I hope so too! Chinese is super complex, so it’s definitely a tough job, but I’m optimistic the devs will do their best and the overall meanings should all be conveyed ☺️🤞
this is the best wukong philosophy background analysis i’ve seen and your delivery is truly enjoyable
Wow, thank you! Means a lot! 🥰🥰
很用心的科普，给你点赞
视频做得很棒，讲解也很棒！过来支持一下，希望能有更多对孙悟空和西游记感兴趣的外国人通过这个视频来了解我们的神话传说
I saw another channel reacting to your videos as well! Channel named GameBreakerGod I think
Sweetest voice ever ❤
I wonder if these are events that happened before Wukong was sealed in the mountain for 500 years?
No, the story of this game takes place after the Journey to the West, the game company adapted a new story, the main character of the game is not Wu Kong, it's another monkey to continue the previous story line, every Boos in the game can be found in the Journey to the West, in order to understand the story of the game, you have to read the original Journey to the West
@@I平常心la lot of what I've seen in the trailers seem like they follow an anime I've seen on Netflix called The Monkey King 2023, I'm kind of hoping they do because in it he travels to Hell and to Heaven as well, I'm a big fan of games that do that
There will be original bosses in the game that don’t appear in Journey to the West too! 😊
Ooo is the anime good? I haven’t seen it, but I imagine there are likely some similar elements with the game if they’re both based on Journey to the West.
@@EmpressXVit looks like a Pixar style film, it's very family friendly but I really think the game may follow their story, I don't know that we've seen Hell yet in BMW but we have seen a Wukong type character taking on an army in Heaven, the cartoon has a similar layout, one thing they skip over in a simplistic montage, is to become an immortal the hero has to defeat 100 demons, hence all the boss fights we see in game perhaps, just my thought
The focus of the video is the game, but I can't help but comment: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN 😮
Chinese is very good, thank you for the science, happy life!
Woo Your soo beautiful and also can’t wait for the game too release ;)
That is so kind, thank you so much for watching! Hype for August 20th, haha ☺️
I can understand this video 100% now, because I knew the background story ~~~~😘
You probably know it better than me! ☺️ I think the game studio released more info in China than in the west too
你做的非常地好，英文版视频丢失了很多寓意。我作为一位中国人，感谢你的付出，特地来增加一下播放量和热度。顺便一提，小孩问大师的问题，大师的回答也适用于对 IGN 的毫不负责任的臆想的回应。
謝謝你！🤍 中文實在是太妙，英文根本不能比。我希望我的視頻可以讓外國人懂多一點，可是我也不是專家。😅 聽說很多IGN寫的東西都不是真相，但我也不清楚 >_
感谢你的回复。ign的指责确实是编的，真正看过原文的话就会知道，其实那是好几年前的帖子，发帖的背景是当时中国大陆有大量打着“我们的游戏有很多女玩家，所以男生们快来玩吧”这样的噱头的游戏，杨奇（游戏主创）原帖被指责的那句“这样的女玩家，不要也罢”，说的是游戏厂商捏造出来用来吸引男性玩家的“女性玩家”，骂的反而是那些把女性当做吸引男性玩家的工具，真正物化女性的无良游戏公司。
另外我又想到之前看到对于成语的形容，如何向外国人解释成语在中文中的意义，就如同文档中的“超链接”。
最后，你做的真的很棒，加油！！！@@EmpressXV
从B站赶来支持😄
謝謝你！☺️
你看过B站up“水仙花的鹿”做的超牛逼两个半小时剧情大纲解析么，据说这个解析因为太牛逼所以up被游科招安或者灭口了
沒聽說過，我從來都沒有用過B站 😅
@@EmpressXV 可以看看那个视频，相当炸裂，就是有点长，看完后直接拍案叫绝
Your accent is pretty natural like English is your L1.
The explanation in the video is really good, but the video data is so low.
Do you mean the resolution? I uploaded in 1080p, so maybe TH-cam automatically adjusted on your end based on internet speed, WiFi, etc.
我想他说的应该是播放量，实在太低了，你的视频值得被更多人看到@@EmpressXV
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很好的视频 很好的黑猴子 很好的讲解 爱来自东亚
B站慕名来点赞关注一波！！！👍👍👍
謝謝你🙏☺️
Woah u speak Chinese 😮 excuse me 😍
这播放量 你该考虑B站了。这质量在这有点可惜😂
我從來都沒有用過B站 😅. 在美國就是用TH-cam～
YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT VOICE SEE WHAT I DID THERE
Imma hit you with an UNO REVERSE CARD
Wait but why did u tap me 3 times ?
It’s a reference to how Wukong’s first teacher tapped him three times on the head as a riddle. I cover in the video that Wukong figured out the answer, so his teacher taught him the secrets of immortality.
B站过来的 支持一下😁
多謝！🥰
小姐姐好像长的有几分观音菩萨的感觉😊
在B站看到小姐姐的视频，做的真的好好～用心了～特意赶来支持你哟～₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑
Waaaah 謝謝你！🥰 不知誰把我的視頻放在Ｂ站上，但是很感謝你的支持！
@@EmpressXV 嗯 有很多人做关于黑神话的reaction的搬运视频，都有标明出处～所以我就赶来啦～忙完就好好看一下你做的解析～爱你哟～