Joe admitted that he sucks on this type of game but still manages to review the game without bias. You are still my number #1 game reviewer since 2010!
In other words he's reviewing a game he didn't even finish. You're right tho, he's not bias. To be bias he would have to have to form his own opinion instead of just reading the room and echoing everyone else.
Can we talk for a second about the enemy variety? It's astounding. 80 regular enemies with a huge amount of variety and 90 bosses that are mostly unique. It really is a breath of fresh air.
When watching videos, I didn't believe the variety and thought it had to be fake. Holy shit US companies have been holding out on us. We have been given garbage and not realizing just how good we could've had it.
I had major issues with the scorpionlord, died mabey 30 times so I took a day off and finally decided to switch my relics and switch my points into other areas, try diffrent curios for critical hit, switched my armor and switched my transformation, used a bunch of different medicines and I violated him! I exploded with joy! This game is awesome! There is always a way in this game. Do not give up!
@jaytico5835 i feel that ! I wish they had made it to save builds, and you can switch back to them easily at any point. But this game is so good, I'm still on chapter 4 , in the secret area.
@@JanBongoO from the devs themselves, it will be in the dlc. Or it will be the dlc. From the start it was supposed to be 12 but due to the low budget they had to drop the game with 6 and polish it BUT the good news is that the last remaining chapters are almost done since they started with them when they started the game.
You're one of the few big guys who actually takes his time to review a game instead of rushing to get recency hype views, I'll always watch your reviews because I can always expect quality.
@@Trocify225 what are you on about? I've been watching him for years, his rapid fire review are a completely different type of reviews and is not what Im talking about
I mean he suffers in the long term. Getting a review out a month and a half after the game is released is pretty slow. Everyone has already moved on and have either bought the game or didn’t
The reason people are confused by the cut scenes and characters is because Game Science originally just intended the game for the Chinese audience, who grew up watching the 1986 version tv show of Journey to the West. It is even more popular and well known to three generals of people than something like Star Wars is to Americans. This is why nothing was explained and even deep cut references are major characters and plot lines in this game. No effort was made for localisation because they didn’t think it was necessary.
@@AzureDrag0n1 Game science only made 1 game so far thats black myth wukong... AAA Gacha games ??? which is Genshin impact? thats different company tho
Chapter 1 teaches you to not be greedy; greed can easily ruin everything you built in life. Chapter 2 teaches you to be discerning; good and evil are not only relative but also depend on the point of view. Chapter 3 teaches you to let go of obsession; it drove many good people mad or worse. Chapter 4 teaches you to treasure your time with loved ones; sometimes people cross paths and never meet again. Chapter 5 teaches you to accept that there is often no correct decision; such is life. Chapter 6 give you two choices; to not learn the lessons and repeat the cycle of life's struggles, or rise above it all to achieve enlightenment(or at least carry on with the journey). Actually there's an overarching plot of conspiracy between the taoist deities and buddhas; much of the story references life of Chairman Mao Zedong, but that requires more reading(reading and understanding journal entries can make it a different story) And the whole thing gets a bit like MGS2, where you're set on a destined path to be conditioned into the next wukong(or not) and you're not necessarily with the "good guys".
Interesting. Chapter 1 sorta gave me the obsession thing too. The elder baby head (forgot name at the moment) was obsessed and had to have the last special object that he could never have. So he burnt the place down looking for it or something
Fun fact: The whiteclad snake initially did have a third phase, but during testing the testers all complained about the fight being too hard too early, so Game Science removed it. And put it in a later chapter (one of the mid-bosses iirc).
The baby Buddha is the Maitreya Buddha, the prophecized future Buddha in the next age. Yellowbrow was his disciple who turned against him, stole some of his power, and pretended to be him a couple times (when hes in the yellow robe and ranting like an egomaniac). This was mostly explained by him explicitly in the cutscene after you defeat Yellowbrow. He's a child in the game as an easter egg, like a reincarnation of the actor who portrayed him on the JttW TV show who passed away
@@XxfieryfirexX The baby Buddha is a part of Buddhist mythology about Past and future Buddhas. The game is base on a novel which reference lot of Taoist and Buddhist mythology after all. To understand it fully you will need to go down the rabbit hole that is Buddhist mythology. It is like you won't be able to understand who Mr. Wednesday(from American Gods) is if you don't understand Norse mythology.
@@MrParis215 There are guides that will help a lot in getting through the tougher parts, and almost every secret boss has skills that will counter the main boss of the stage, while you can skip the optional boss until you've leveled up more. If following those routes the game is much more accessible.
The baby buddha is the Laughing Buddha (Budai, or Maitreya), the buddha that can see future. He can take any form, in this case a kid (9 years old, to pay tribute to the 9th year of passing of the original actor of the laughing buddha in the 80's Journey To the West TV show). Yellowbrow is Budai's pupil.
I’m very selective about which games I make a “Complete Guide” Series for. My only other 3 before this was for Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Dark Souls 3 (which was sort of a throwback). In any case, Black Myth Wukong definitely passed the bar and was easily deserving of such a series in my opinion!
I’m currently going into NG++ on Wukong and can’t thank you enough for your videos! They’ve helped me not only get 100% achievements but also appreciate the game so much more
Wukong doesn't need the GOTY after breaking so many records, after 95% positive feedback from millions of players. The GOTY needs to be Wukong's in order not to maintain its credibility.
Yellow Wind Sage was a pain in the ass, but have you met the secret act 6 boss that affects the ending? That one was REALLY tough for me, wont say more though due to spoilers ^^.
Erlang is kinda corny tbh, has a shield and literally has combo strings that last 20 seconds ffs, once you get his health down the A.I just starts spamming to the point the fight becomes a parody of actual good boss fights. Erlang is more of a tedious chore than anything imo, could’ve been great if they didn’t just go for “secret boss need be hard”
@@yopot37 he literally has an extra white bar that massively reduces any damage he takes and needs to be depleted for you to do your real damage, its a shield
@@heroicsquirrel3195 Turn ur damage number on before u say something stupid like “massively reduced” and that’s called a “stance” ,u literally have 100,000 ways to break his stance, charged heavy,stone transformation,vessels,And yes he has some very long combos so does other bosses like scorpion lord or yellow loong,but this is not like other souls game u can only dodge and wait for enemies finish their move ,fucking stop their combos dude
2 small details I can pick out that I absolutely love in an amazing game would be that gear changes look as you upgrade it, and the different animation styles used for each of the end chapter scenes. So beautifully done all of them
Dragonball was heavily inspired by the novel Journey to the west, which tells the story of Sun Wukong, Saiyens transforming into monkeys, Son Goku having a tail when he was a young boy etc etc
It’s been 3 weeks, 5 days, and 17 hrs since I last felt sleep. The voices in my head tell me sweet nothings. The shadows look at me with awe. The still air fills me with solemnity. And yet, here I am. For another Joe video.
For almost all the main bosses, if you go through the hidden optional area, you will get vessels (4 of them in total), which will help you immensely in boss c ombat. For the Rat, you can go and get the wind tamer which will give you Damage Reduction and immunity to Strong Winds so you won't be affected by the Sand Tornado in the 3rd phase. For the Centipede, if you use the weaver's needle at the right time, you can skip the whole stamina reduction phase. To understand the watermelon scene you have to know the original story which a little digging will help.
You also get the fire piece mantle in the first chapter after defeating the greedy monk in the secret area, that helps you immensely against the chapter 1's final boss
I believe the game was funded in part by the ccp, especially after covid whenever the chinese economy wasnt doing the best. It wasnt a small amount of money either, also alot of western players love the game just not the goverment who help fund it
I love how everyone got to experience the lore of the OG monkey king. Everyone loves goku, wukong deserves some of that love too! I recommend the lore explanation videos frome AvenueX, hours of lore.
Just finished watching the video. I 100% agree on the 9/10 (that was my own rating) and I think you were very on point with all of your criticisms that keep this from being a 10/10. I am equally looking forward to what these developers do next. Definitely a GOTY contender (if not winner) in my opinion!
Yeah at least it didn't reuse bosses like Elden Ring or give you no direction or have only one NPC put a mark on your map the entire game, or make armor useless or have 100's of weapons and most of them garbage, I could go on. ER gets too many passes just because it's a "mer Fromsoft" game it's 7/10 unlike this.
@@The1stDuhZeezIt does reuse several bosses with different color palettes or elemental-themed moves. some ppl complained about it, but its a dumb thing to complain about in Black Myth Wukong and its dumb thing to complain about in Elden Ring, which has 2-3x the number of unique bosses (counted once) and unique enemy types as any other FromSoft game, who are very ahead of the curve on enemy variety, and which Black Myth Wukong roughly matches, but in a much smaller & more linear game space.
@@mediumvillain What are you talking about ? "Elden Ring has 2-3x the number of unique bosses" ??? Compared to the unique bosses in Black Myth, Elden Ring is just a copy-paste, recycle, and lazy reused models sticking together everywhere...There are only 40+ actually unique bosses max...While BMW has like 80+
Just to be clear, I think Elden Ring is a 10/10, and I place Baldur’s Gate 3 at 10/10 as well. Those games are not without flaws, but their strengths far outweigh and hold up the rest to reach 10/10 status. Wukong has 10/10 potential but just has a bit too much invisible wall issues and a significant number of bosses are difficult because of hit box issues rather than fighting mechanics.
@@mediumvillain I was referring to Elden Ring and it's only a "dumb thing" for get gud chodes, it's lazy and needs to be called out it was overdone in Elden Ring a solid 7/10 game.
the story is a lot less confusing when you learn about journey to the west, this game was definitely made for Chinese and Asian people who grew up with the 1986 tv show
Yeah, Joe, I know you couldn't breathe at all with that duck mask over that lion mask. Edit: Annnnnnnnd I just skipped to the end to see if there was an outtake and sure enough I was correct.
Totally agree on everything here. Perfect 9/10 game that would’ve been 10/10 had the invisible walls not been such a huge thing. The art, the lore, the expansive gameplay, the awesome bosses, the level design, everything. There was so much work put into this game. They deserve GOTY
I didn't mind the invisible walls THAT much.... I mean yeah, it was a bit annoying having such a beautiful looking open world and not being able to explore... but lets face it, we all know it would have otherwise turned into a game where we end up exploring for hours on end, and then thinking "Uuh...... what were we supposed to be doing in this game 3 hours ago?" The ONLY frustrating invisible wall I encountered was in the temple near the end of Chapter 5 after fighting in the monotone arena. I looked over a railing and noticed there was a tiny turtle chest that I hadn't opened. I tried jumping over the railing but it WOULDN'T LET ME! Had to literally walk the entire way around just to get to that freaking little chest.
One of a few games that will not tell you the Ending if you played it as a Speedrunner and I love it. No *_"Yellow Paint"_* (that will treat you like a toddler of what to do or will hand hold you to your exploration) I encountered so far in the game except the yellow sparkling lights whenever you are close to Shrines and that's fine.
Funny thing, is, Yellow Rat is the only one I use the exploit back when it was not patched yet. 🤣 Then, on New Game+, I tried to beat all of them on first try just for revenge.
On steam, I took 627 screenshots. That's not hyperbole, that's the actual number. I wanted to chronicle my journey with this game. The game is a masterpiece. Im now up to Broken Shell in NG+ and I have 82 hours. Missing 4 achievements until I get my 100%
@@nickmaisano5770 Hopefully the next time I play the game is with my kid. My wife and I really hope our kid gravitates towards gaming like we did as kids.
@RatedMforMatt-ure it's far too easy to. It would be better to live a life not hindered by addiction to games tbh. If I could go back in time to rip the controller out of my 5 year old hands I would.
For in depth myth and lore explanations I recommend watching AvenueX’s Black Myth Wukong playlist. She goes through the chapters one by one and compares the in game story with the original JTTW and does great breakdowns of naming conventions and other cultural traditions that are easily missed.
one baby buddha is the buddhavasta or whatever, the other is yellowbrow also the alien who bleeds gold in the cartoon, the monk who was wukongs ally during the journey is the one who comes to yellowbrow. Yellowbrow just mimics him to trick you
I think you guys should get Alex to do tutorial videos on each boss in Souls like games. He would be good at it and help me out tremendously because I suck at souls like !!
I didn't want to rest and respawn all the enemies before the rock golem fight so I started it with no potions and half health and I found out there's a boulder on the southwest side of the battlefield that you can use to make him keep canceling his attacks. Cheesed the shit out of that boy!
The performance issues of the game are all over the internet, lag spikes and visual stuff, and it is what scares me away from buying it for PS5...Joe does not mention a word about that.. how do you have fun fighting difficult bosses if the game is lagging?
Honestly with the lore, artistry, and detail that went into this game. This is a pretty solid 10 out of 10 for me. The sheer amount of lore in just the enemy portraits, the beautiful artwork slabs at the end of every chapter, the subliminal life lessons, and the insane enemy and boss variety. Chapter three was probably the weakest for me but just about every other chapter I can't even think of a point in the game I was just hoping to get done with. Up there with Elden ring, the Witcher 3, Baldur's gate 3. I'm doing a new game plus run right now because I wanna make sure I platinum this game.
@@ElNiNjA246 Yeah I get it i'd say a 9 is still pretty fair. It really didn't bother me too much on the larger levels. I am glad this was not fully open world though.
@JJsiN84 oh well that's good to know thanks. I wasn't gonna buy it cos of that. And I'm still playing cyberpunk and jedi survivor so it'll be awhile before I play it anyways
@@ElNiNjA246 Jedi survivor is a great game so yeah take your time with that for sure. Wu Kong definitely opens up after chapter one. If you're not into overly difficult bosses most of the really hard ones are optional anyway.
Angry joe was in his prime WAY back in those days ykwim? I'm glad he's just taking his time off now, retired atp LOL but not relly. He's doing what he loves at a reasonable pace, and I used to be SUPER impatient for his reviews but now idc he can release them whenever he wants I'll still watch. Love him and his friends,
actually we already see a lot of chinese lore in western media, it's just they sell it as japanese lore or korean lore. for example: 9 tails fox actually was originally chinese lore, but more popular in western media as japanese and korean lore. there's many more actually.
Even Chinese can't understand all or know all the lores, it's the hybrid of Buddhist, Taoist and Chinese demons. That baby buddha in the game is Maitreya Buddha.
I couldn't agree more about this chapter's 2 final boss! There is in fact a way to make the last third of the fight easier but it is hidden behind a side quest. Literally broke my teeth several times against this boss, went to level up and explore, completed that quest, came back: beaten him 2nd try. Same for the last boss, lost 4h trying to beat it in a fair way, without leveling up, but couldn't. Did some level up, discovered that one ability was really OP for that boss, beaten it 1st try afterwards. So for those getting stuck at any point, do not get too stubborn: explore, re-visit some areas, upgrade some abilities, and you'll be fine.
Having lived in China for about 15 years, it's good to see that the game is introducing people to a more nuanced and balanced view of this country. We only hear the bad things about China if we switch on the news in the West (and yes, we only hear about the bad things about the West if you switch on the news here) but in fact both cultures are full of rich history and nuance that really makes us feel that we aren't so different after all. If it takes a game to do that, bring on gaming.
@@dtriarchives9 pc definitely had it but only recently did I stopped encountering it. I hope that means they fixed it but at launch it was really really bad.
Given that China had struggled to export soft power compared to Japan and Korea, I’m really happy that their first AAA game ever released with this large of a bang. Gave culture shock to most people who didn’t know Journey to the West, from the looks of it.
@@tonimmcx KPop is popular culture and is superficial and created purely for profit. Journey to the West is more akin to 'Intangible Cultural Heritage.'
Much love AJ, I know this Genre of games isnt your forte but hot damn did I love watching the Streams of you just going at it and never giving up. Getting angry sure, but never once gave up. I also just love how when it comes to this Genre Alex is like Big Brother. "No don't give the controller to him, he will just beat it on his first attempt". It just cracked me up because it sent me back to my childhood with my older brother back when we use to play NES, SNES and Genesis games. I am really glad you stuck with this game and beat it. I got so enraptured by it that I 100% it, because I just couldn't put it down and just loved exploring every nook and cranny in the game. Definitely one of the top contenders for Game of the Year. Fantastic review my dudes!
Holy shit Joe did a game review. I remember when he used to do these all the time. I didn't know he still did these. I feel like he's just really burnt out on creating content for his channel
Hmm, really? He has over 3 million followers. He consumes and relates to all the content we all are exposed to. Video game industry is BIGGER than movie industry. Take your time Joe. Enjoy these amazing works of art. They are becoming more rare.
Joe '"You may have defeated me, but can you defeat my second form?!"
'hands the controler to Alex'
Lmfao
hahaha Second form meets god tier ,while aj has a beer
Hahahaha this is gold
Lmao right this game was like elden ring for him but you're so OP here he's just not that good at games
Accurate. 😂😂😂
You know as much as i love to see joe tearing apart bad games,it is so exciting to see him gush over great ones.
that's what makes him a great game reviewer
@@theglassbomb3570Has anyone heard of the video game from AJ's new Angry Review?
This will be interesting.
Hopefully we get to see more and more of these, there's always the annual Madden review for THAT stuff after all 😂
@@ookami-chan3328 AJ's annual Madden review is a tradition at this point 🤣🤣
I mean he's only done a total of 4 angry reviews this year in 9 months, man's slacking big time 😂
Joe admitted that he sucks on this type of game but still manages to review the game without bias. You are still my number #1 game reviewer since 2010!
In other words he's reviewing a game he didn't even finish. You're right tho, he's not bias. To be bias he would have to have to form his own opinion instead of just reading the room and echoing everyone else.
What a coincidence I too learned about angry Joe in 2010 when RDR came out
Something that IGN professional game reviewers find it impossible to do
What for? Now I have to watch it all. 😢 no still poor and late. I see a team of one do better content per month.
Seen better reviews by the Meto. Poor Joe need his gfeul money though. Poor
Can we talk for a second about the enemy variety? It's astounding. 80 regular enemies with a huge amount of variety and 90 bosses that are mostly unique. It really is a breath of fresh air.
When watching videos, I didn't believe the variety and thought it had to be fake. Holy shit US companies have been holding out on us. We have been given garbage and not realizing just how good we could've had it.
Whoa talk about variety damn that's a lot
The only reused one i can think of are the frogs but they are still very different
its all based on the Novel too.
literally had more enemy varieties than people in the studio. 140 people made this!
I had major issues with the scorpionlord, died mabey 30 times so I took a day off and finally decided to switch my relics and switch my points into other areas, try diffrent curios for critical hit, switched my armor and switched my transformation, used a bunch of different medicines and I violated him! I exploded with joy! This game is awesome! There is always a way in this game. Do not give up!
It seems like I switched my points around for every boss fight. I even had a “build” I would use when exploring.
@jaytico5835 i feel that ! I wish they had made it to save builds, and you can switch back to them easily at any point. But this game is so good, I'm still on chapter 4 , in the secret area.
Got screwed out of that one by getting to another boss first rip. Recommend reading up on this area BEFORE you start encountering bosses
Also, watch play through. Too many days on the Tiger. Too many.
Lower the difficulty ✖
Pass the controller to alex ✔
There is no difficulty adjustment
I cracked up when joe started laughing at Alex dying. I've been there, when u expect your friend who's better to breeze it.
@@Bush_Goremenmods are always an option
All those game journalists just need an Alex
@@TurquazCannabizbruh😂 It's not that hard😂😂 DS3 is harder😂😂😂
115 unique mobs in one game, not mention 100s of bosses with different mechanics.. thats some extraordinary masterpiece here. Respect for devs
Only 70million budget over 4 years, that's the miracle
@@Lil.Lon3Ly that includes marketing
And this is only 6 chapters out of 12
@@TheKidtattoo where did you read 12 ? I heard about dlc rumors, but nothing specific
@@JanBongoO from the devs themselves, it will be in the dlc. Or it will be the dlc. From the start it was supposed to be 12 but due to the low budget they had to drop the game with 6 and polish it BUT the good news is that the last remaining chapters are almost done since they started with them when they started the game.
You're one of the few big guys who actually takes his time to review a game instead of rushing to get recency hype views, I'll always watch your reviews because I can always expect quality.
You may want to check his channels videos then
@@Trocify225 what are you on about? I've been watching him for years, his rapid fire review are a completely different type of reviews and is not what Im talking about
@@UnclePatchesI think he meant to say that you should check the rest of his videos if you like this one. A recommendation of sorts.
@@Great-Dao-of-Elegance Nope, there's nothing in my comment that implied I don't watch his video already, quite the contrary actually.
I mean he suffers in the long term. Getting a review out a month and a half after the game is released is pretty slow. Everyone has already moved on and have either bought the game or didn’t
This game is made with 17.5% of concord budget and yet got 2 million more active players lmao...
Let me give you a clue: China
@@elqord.1118 what do you mean?Other games also include Chinese players right？
@@elqord.1118 China is like 30-40% of sales of games like CP2077 and GOW, what's your point?
@@peterlin5454that’s actually a really good point
@@peterlin5454 I think it is clear that this game’s numbers are what they are because of Chinese players.
The reason people are confused by the cut scenes and characters is because Game Science originally just intended the game for the Chinese audience, who grew up watching the 1986 version tv show of Journey to the West. It is even more popular and well known to three generals of people than something like Star Wars is to Americans. This is why nothing was explained and even deep cut references are major characters and plot lines in this game. No effort was made for localisation because they didn’t think it was necessary.
If you read all the journal entries, I think they provide enough context.
他们其实给你了背景，在影神图里面，每一个角色的故事写的都很清楚，甚至连小妖怪的故事都写了。
@@necrago That might be the case, but the game play and cut scenes are what they should focus on.
@@追忆-s1b 也许吧，但是有多少人会看啊？
@@iamsheep fair
The fact this is their first ever AAA game is honestly still insane to me
Its their first single player AAA game. Technically they have made AAA gacha games.
@@AzureDrag0n1 lol nah, their mobile game budget are pretty low
@@AzureDrag0n1 There’s no such thing as an AAA mobile game.
@@AzureDrag0n1 Game science only made 1 game so far thats black myth wukong... AAA Gacha games ??? which is Genshin impact? thats different company tho
@ragnarokws2670 This is China's first single player AAA game. At least under Tencent backed companies.
"It's not my fault the wine is a healing potion and I suck at this game!"
My favorite line in this video!
Right before he said that i was like "you're pouring it in your nose" and it was such a fitting line to follow up what i was thinking
Chapter 1 teaches you to not be greedy; greed can easily ruin everything you built in life.
Chapter 2 teaches you to be discerning; good and evil are not only relative but also depend on the point of view.
Chapter 3 teaches you to let go of obsession; it drove many good people mad or worse.
Chapter 4 teaches you to treasure your time with loved ones; sometimes people cross paths and never meet again.
Chapter 5 teaches you to accept that there is often no correct decision; such is life.
Chapter 6 give you two choices; to not learn the lessons and repeat the cycle of life's struggles, or rise above it all to achieve enlightenment(or at least carry on with the journey).
Actually there's an overarching plot of conspiracy between the taoist deities and buddhas; much of the story references life of Chairman Mao Zedong, but that requires more reading(reading and understanding journal entries can make it a different story) And the whole thing gets a bit like MGS2, where you're set on a destined path to be conditioned into the next wukong(or not) and you're not necessarily with the "good guys".
Beautifully summarized
Interesting. Chapter 1 sorta gave me the obsession thing too. The elder baby head (forgot name at the moment) was obsessed and had to have the last special object that he could never have. So he burnt the place down looking for it or something
Not only are you buying a game, but a Buddha lesson from its religion. 🤔
meh.. Makers of wukong hates Mao..
and every chapter requires you to control a monke to bonk a lot of people so that they would agree to tell you their life stories.
Fun fact: The whiteclad snake initially did have a third phase, but during testing the testers all complained about the fight being too hard too early, so Game Science removed it. And put it in a later chapter (one of the mid-bosses iirc).
What boss was phase 3 repurposed as?
It should give you a gimme after say 100 tries. I mean $80 to get ... stuck? Yeah that is tiresome.
@@justimagine2403skill issue
The baby Buddha is the Maitreya Buddha, the prophecized future Buddha in the next age. Yellowbrow was his disciple who turned against him, stole some of his power, and pretended to be him a couple times (when hes in the yellow robe and ranting like an egomaniac). This was mostly explained by him explicitly in the cutscene after you defeat Yellowbrow. He's a child in the game as an easter egg, like a reincarnation of the actor who portrayed him on the JttW TV show who passed away
I see..... actually I still don't get it
@@XxfieryfirexX myths are weird.
@@XxfieryfirexX The baby Buddha is a part of Buddhist mythology about Past and future Buddhas. The game is base on a novel which reference lot of Taoist and Buddhist mythology after all. To understand it fully you will need to go down the rabbit hole that is Buddhist mythology. It is like you won't be able to understand who Mr. Wednesday(from American Gods) is if you don't understand Norse mythology.
@@XxfieryfirexX there is nothing to get, they are end bosses, and you beat it lol
@@XxfieryfirexX Do you have is are stuopid?
"Dragon deez nutz..." may be one of the greatest lines in any video game review ever.
I laughed way harder than you'd think at this one. Like several minutes 😂
You act like this has never been said before
Black Myth Wukong is an awesome game. My wife and I purchased over the weekend and have been taking turns, dying, and we are in Chapter 2 now.
Congratulations to you and your wife for soon being able to enjoy the most exciting chapters 3 and 4!
Wife? Ya right
I wish I could enjoy this game
BUUUUUUUUT I'm absolute Trash at these type games🤦🏾😅😅😅
My wife wanted it for her birthday. We spent 8 hours of her birthday dying at bosses. :D It's our in-joke now.
@@MrParis215 There are guides that will help a lot in getting through the tougher parts, and almost every secret boss has skills that will counter the main boss of the stage, while you can skip the optional boss until you've leveled up more. If following those routes the game is much more accessible.
For those in the West that don't understand The Journey to the West story, this is a great game. For us Asians, this game is more than legendary
Naw America's love it. Alot of Americans over here actually love Asian Mytholgy.
The baby buddha is the Laughing Buddha (Budai, or Maitreya), the buddha that can see future. He can take any form, in this case a kid (9 years old, to pay tribute to the 9th year of passing of the original actor of the laughing buddha in the 80's Journey To the West TV show).
Yellowbrow is Budai's pupil.
i like how the jacket never gets old. i wonder if he washes it
You wash leather?
I'm positive at some point he said he gets it dry cleaned
This jacket is dry clean only... which means it's dirty.
Huh??
Never.
I’m very selective about which games I make a “Complete Guide” Series for. My only other 3 before this was for Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Dark Souls 3 (which was sort of a throwback).
In any case, Black Myth Wukong definitely passed the bar and was easily deserving of such a series in my opinion!
I’m currently going into NG++ on Wukong and can’t thank you enough for your videos! They’ve helped me not only get 100% achievements but also appreciate the game so much more
Your videos helped so much to get platinum!
Thanks for the guides man! Much appreciated!
Botted channel 💀
Move along.
Love your Elden Ring guides. The effort is very much appreciated.
Alex is like the older brother you ask for help when the boss won't stop bullying you! lol 😆
Facts
And there is no bullshit monetization like most of the games these day.
China already stole my data; no need for micros, lol. 😂
Wukong doesn't need the GOTY after breaking so many records, after 95% positive feedback from millions of players. The GOTY needs to be Wukong's in order not to maintain its credibility.
Astro Bot has a higher critic and user score
That lion in the beginning sounds suspiciously alot like corporate commander
I thought he was Joe
You dont see any money in the lions hands so no. 😂😂😂
That’s lieutenant lion 😂
2024: the year of Monke.
This is now my favorite year
actually 2024 is the year of dragon, but I get what you mean. And real year of monkey is 2028.
It is the year of Deez. @@ch20060602
not according to ign
@@ch20060602ohh now I know when the DLC will come out 😏
2:06 review starts
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4:40 to be exactly
@@DjNoNameNLnot even close
Yeah, getting tired of that chinesemalware i mean Opera GX thing.
the 7 hardest boss fights for me:
1) yellow wind sage (80 attempts)
2) sun wukong (70) attempts
2) wandering wight (60 attempts)
3) kan-jing loong (55 attempts)
4) cloudtreader deer (50 attempts)
5) yellowbrow (35 attempts)
6) yellow loong (30 attempts)
7) erlang (20 attempts)
this shows you've never met erlang shen
Yellow Wind Sage was a pain in the ass, but have you met the secret act 6 boss that affects the ending? That one was REALLY tough for me, wont say more though due to spoilers ^^.
@@xzqqq6659 i'm still stuck on broken shell. i'm well aware he's the hardest guy in the game, so not looking forward to it lol.
@@d0ntreply Do Erlang first, to get the real ending
@@sultanjelle9168 can i still go to erlang, even though i'm actively fighting broken shell?
omg an actual game review?? i almost unsubscribed already from the lack of content i subbed for. this will make me stay a little more. thank you JOe
You have to get the secret ending. The secret final boss fight is the single best boss fight sequence I’ve seen in games in the past 5-10 years
Erlang is kinda corny tbh, has a shield and literally has combo strings that last 20 seconds ffs, once you get his health down the A.I just starts spamming to the point the fight becomes a parody of actual good boss fights. Erlang is more of a tedious chore than anything imo, could’ve been great if they didn’t just go for “secret boss need be hard”
@@heroicsquirrel3195That’s totally not a“shield”
@@yopot37 he literally has an extra white bar that massively reduces any damage he takes and needs to be depleted for you to do your real damage, its a shield
I call it super armour where im from
@@heroicsquirrel3195 Turn ur damage number on before u say something stupid like “massively reduced” and that’s called a “stance” ,u literally have 100,000 ways to break his stance, charged heavy,stone transformation,vessels,And yes he has some very long combos so does other bosses like scorpion lord or yellow loong,but this is not like other souls game u can only dodge and wait for enemies finish their move ,fucking stop their combos dude
2 small details I can pick out that I absolutely love in an amazing game would be that gear changes look as you upgrade it, and the different animation styles used for each of the end chapter scenes. So beautifully done all of them
Took me way too long to realize that Sun Wukong has 100+ transformations which explains why there are so many transformations in DBZ and after series
Wukong has 72
Bajie has 36
Dragon Ball? No, no, no, these are not the same character, they just have the same name.
Dragonball was heavily inspired by the novel Journey to the west, which tells the story of Sun Wukong,
Saiyens transforming into monkeys, Son Goku having a tail when he was a young boy etc etc
@@shehryartariq007the flying nimbus cloud too
@@kevinz2000 It's a miss translation. It's technically 72 mystical spells and infinite transformations.
IGN botted game of review awards votes against wukong at 5am. 40k+ votes under an hour. All that because its a Chinese made game? IGN is embarrassing
Proof ? Lol what a wild claim
they did same on death stranding last time XD
Plenty videos on it exposing IGN
@@ThoraxtheDarkk SweetBaby Inc. Controls IGN and they have become woke as F*ck.
For a company like IGN, it's weird to see them pull such a right wing move, lol.
F*** the white clad noble, and Tiger Vanguard made me quit for 3 days. I screamed like a kid when I beat him.
哈哈，许多人和你一样，回到了自己的童年。这就是意义。
OJ as the drunk monk was pretty darn funny I’ll tell you hwhat
FFS Joe it's almost 2AM here and I need to wake up at 6AM for work.... Have some mercy for the Europeans!
Haha same story 3AM in South Africa and I just got into bed planning to sleep when I saw this on my notifications 😂
Best time to upload for engagement is around 230EST/PM/1430
How is it hos fault, go to bed mf
I mean how are you even awake lol
Trust me save it for work bro
Remember when Alex played the giant straight man? It never gets old! You guys nailed this one! Thank you!
It doesnt have alot of views because we all know he didn't finish it 😂
It’s been 3 weeks, 5 days, and 17 hrs since I last felt sleep. The voices in my head tell me sweet nothings. The shadows look at me with awe. The still air fills me with solemnity. And yet, here I am. For another Joe video.
For almost all the main bosses, if you go through the hidden optional area, you will get vessels (4 of them in total), which will help you immensely in boss c ombat. For the Rat, you can go and get the wind tamer which will give you Damage Reduction and immunity to Strong Winds so you won't be affected by the Sand Tornado in the 3rd phase. For the Centipede, if you use the weaver's needle at the right time, you can skip the whole stamina reduction phase. To understand the watermelon scene you have to know the original story which a little digging will help.
Baby Buddha is Mi Le, the future Buddha. The current Buddha is Ru Lai. (Who is currently in charge)
You also get the fire piece mantle in the first chapter after defeating the greedy monk in the secret area, that helps you immensely against the chapter 1's final boss
@@Bush_Goremen I thought that it was Rulai in disguise? My bad then
You can see that there is no sandstorm around the arena when he beats the boss, so he did use that.
Wukong: I have fought and defeated countless gods and monsters.
krators: Finally, a worthy opponent!
Kratos aint shit
I like the last 2 God of war games overall better than black myth, but man I don't know, the destined one could maybe beat the piss out of Kratos.
Krators is dog shit
@@Kastor0311 Kratos has killed two pantheons, I think he can take on the monkey.
Kratonks getting absolutely washed
The game: you're drunk go home.
The player: I am not drinking, I am healing my self.
You’re*
@@gusgoof358 That is correct. Happy other people, care about such things still.
So the final boss of this game is Cirrhosis?
一个只有140人的团队，用了很少的钱做出了这样一个作品，哪怕做的不好，作为游戏媒体也应该对一个新团队鼓励而不是挑剔，这才是媒体应该做的，更何况这个游戏做的如此的优秀，我相信每一个玩家都能从游戏中看出制作者的热爱，用心，努力想把最好的交给玩家的精神。
I believe the game was funded in part by the ccp, especially after covid whenever the chinese economy wasnt doing the best. It wasnt a small amount of money either, also alot of western players love the game just not the goverment who help fund it
Angry Joe living his anime dreams in that opening skit. He was just missing the Super Saiyan aura 😂
I love how everyone got to experience the lore of the OG monkey king. Everyone loves goku, wukong deserves some of that love too! I recommend the lore explanation videos frome AvenueX, hours of lore.
Na Bing has the best lore explanation fr
Wukong doesn't need your attention or love. Its people need to learn where Goku comes from and who Wukong is.
Goku is because Wukong was. Wukong started eveything which have now come to love and admire.
Just finished watching the video. I 100% agree on the 9/10 (that was my own rating) and I think you were very on point with all of your criticisms that keep this from being a 10/10. I am equally looking forward to what these developers do next. Definitely a GOTY contender (if not winner) in my opinion!
Yeah at least it didn't reuse bosses like Elden Ring or give you no direction or have only one NPC put a mark on your map the entire game, or make armor useless or have 100's of weapons and most of them garbage, I could go on. ER gets too many passes just because it's a "mer Fromsoft" game it's 7/10 unlike this.
@@The1stDuhZeezIt does reuse several bosses with different color palettes or elemental-themed moves. some ppl complained about it, but its a dumb thing to complain about in Black Myth Wukong and its dumb thing to complain about in Elden Ring, which has 2-3x the number of unique bosses (counted once) and unique enemy types as any other FromSoft game, who are very ahead of the curve on enemy variety, and which Black Myth Wukong roughly matches, but in a much smaller & more linear game space.
@@mediumvillain What are you talking about ? "Elden Ring has 2-3x the number of unique bosses" ??? Compared to the unique bosses in Black Myth, Elden Ring is just a copy-paste, recycle, and lazy reused models sticking together everywhere...There are only 40+ actually unique bosses max...While BMW has like 80+
Just to be clear, I think Elden Ring is a 10/10, and I place Baldur’s Gate 3 at 10/10 as well. Those games are not without flaws, but their strengths far outweigh and hold up the rest to reach 10/10 status.
Wukong has 10/10 potential but just has a bit too much invisible wall issues and a significant number of bosses are difficult because of hit box issues rather than fighting mechanics.
@@mediumvillain I was referring to Elden Ring and it's only a "dumb thing" for get gud chodes, it's lazy and needs to be called out it was overdone in Elden Ring a solid 7/10 game.
Can’t wait to see how many DBZ references he makes in this review.
Dragonball not Z
@@flemishlion69and?
@@flemishlion69 please dont be the Ackchyually Guy.
@@flemishlion69🤓🤓🤓
Surprisingly only 2.
the story is a lot less confusing when you learn about journey to the west, this game was definitely made for Chinese and Asian people who grew up with the 1986 tv show
Yeah, Joe, I know you couldn't breathe at all with that duck mask over that lion mask.
Edit: Annnnnnnnd I just skipped to the end to see if there was an outtake and sure enough I was correct.
Thank the Buddha, I was worried for a while that we might not get this review.
00:44am here, just about to go to bed and this review is up. Guess I’m going to bed later…need to wake up at 6am though!!
Totally agree on everything here. Perfect 9/10 game that would’ve been 10/10 had the invisible walls not been such a huge thing.
The art, the lore, the expansive gameplay, the awesome bosses, the level design, everything. There was so much work put into this game.
They deserve GOTY
I’m glad you mention the invisible walls. It’s extremely frustrating especially during a boss fight
I didn't mind the invisible walls THAT much.... I mean yeah, it was a bit annoying having such a beautiful looking open world and not being able to explore... but lets face it, we all know it would have otherwise turned into a game where we end up exploring for hours on end, and then thinking "Uuh...... what were we supposed to be doing in this game 3 hours ago?"
The ONLY frustrating invisible wall I encountered was in the temple near the end of Chapter 5 after fighting in the monotone arena. I looked over a railing and noticed there was a tiny turtle chest that I hadn't opened. I tried jumping over the railing but it WOULDN'T LET ME! Had to literally walk the entire way around just to get to that freaking little chest.
You know why characters in DB have so many forms? Journey to the west did it first. Its the "can Goku defeat this character" of its time
If you read the books the chapters even end with lines like “how will monkey defeat this new threat, find out in the next chapter!”
One of a few games that will not tell you the Ending if you played it as a Speedrunner and I love it. No *_"Yellow Paint"_* (that will treat you like a toddler of what to do or will hand hold you to your exploration) I encountered so far in the game except the yellow sparkling lights whenever you are close to Shrines and that's fine.
Finally, the Angry review we all deserved, for high quality game like this 👍
The game is ass tf you talking about
@@manwithballsonarm6775we get it you aren’t good at video games
@manwithballsonarm6775 sit down, kid, the adults are gaming
It was all worth it just to see Tiger Joe transform into his ultimate form: Yellow Duck.
You did Stellar Blade dirty by not doing one of these for it.
Thank God. I'm not sure I'd want to see them dressed up as Eve 😂
@25:00 the real reason for the delayed review is they had to wait for Spirit Halloween to open for the season
Funny thing, is, Yellow Rat is the only one I use the exploit back when it was not patched yet. 🤣 Then, on New Game+, I tried to beat all of them on first try just for revenge.
You can climb on board, cause the Nimbus doesn't wait
A fantastic journey for your dreams, a thrilling mystery
On steam, I took 627 screenshots. That's not hyperbole, that's the actual number. I wanted to chronicle my journey with this game. The game is a masterpiece. Im now up to Broken Shell in NG+ and I have 82 hours. Missing 4 achievements until I get my 100%
Ha, gayyyy
Yeah when are you ever going to revisit them lol, better off cleansing it in your mind and re experiencing the actual game in a couple years
@@nickmaisano5770 Hopefully the next time I play the game is with my kid. My wife and I really hope our kid gravitates towards gaming like we did as kids.
@RatedMforMatt-ure it's far too easy to. It would be better to live a life not hindered by addiction to games tbh. If I could go back in time to rip the controller out of my 5 year old hands I would.
@@RatedMforMatt-ure thats cool bro, how olds your kid cause i doubt any young ones will play this haha
For in depth myth and lore explanations I recommend watching AvenueX’s Black Myth Wukong playlist. She goes through the chapters one by one and compares the in game story with the original JTTW and does great breakdowns of naming conventions and other cultural traditions that are easily missed.
Video actually starts at 4:29
one baby buddha is the buddhavasta or whatever, the other is yellowbrow also the alien who bleeds gold in the cartoon, the monk who was wukongs ally during the journey is the one who comes to yellowbrow. Yellowbrow just mimics him to trick you
I think you guys should get Alex to do tutorial videos on each boss in Souls like games. He would be good at it and help me out tremendously because I suck at souls like !!
I didn't want to rest and respawn all the enemies before the rock golem fight so I started it with no potions and half health and I found out there's a boulder on the southwest side of the battlefield that you can use to make him keep canceling his attacks. Cheesed the shit out of that boy!
There's also another rock boss that you can spawn in that area and you can use that one to fight the rock golem.
Do dragons have asses or just a magic hole? This is now my favorite quote.
The performance issues of the game are all over the internet, lag spikes and visual stuff, and it is what scares me away from buying it for PS5...Joe does not mention a word about that.. how do you have fun fighting difficult bosses if the game is lagging?
Joe better do a review on DB Sparking Zero. He been sleeping on the most highly anticipated Dragon Ball game in nearly 2 decades
it’s odd he has done like no coverage on the game unlike past DBZ games, when this one actually matters
He’s big on Dragon Ball, I’m sure he will
@@codliokoNine He did cover quite a few. He's covered FighterZ, Kakarot, Breakers, Xenoverse 1, and DBZ Kinect.
Is that gonna be like a fighting game or open world ?
Ye. Its budokai teikachi 4. It needs review
Goku: Yeah! Haha! I caught the monkey!!!
Sun Wukong is a dick without the monk holding him back, makes his actions in the game believable
"Do dragons have asses or magic holes?" LMFAO
Nice to see a new game studio kick ass like this, I'm gonna get it around Christmas! Thanks for the review Joe!
When you needed help, you called Alex to come back from vacation early to defeat a boss. lol
Honestly with the lore, artistry, and detail that went into this game. This is a pretty solid 10 out of 10 for me. The sheer amount of lore in just the enemy portraits, the beautiful artwork slabs at the end of every chapter, the subliminal life lessons, and the insane enemy and boss variety. Chapter three was probably the weakest for me but just about every other chapter I can't even think of a point in the game I was just hoping to get done with. Up there with Elden ring, the Witcher 3, Baldur's gate 3. I'm doing a new game plus run right now because I wanna make sure I platinum this game.
tbh the amount of invisible walls it has brings it to a 9 lol i havent plyed yet but i know itsg onna do my head in
@@ElNiNjA246 Yeah I get it i'd say a 9 is still pretty fair. It really didn't bother me too much on the larger levels. I am glad this was not fully open world though.
@JJsiN84 oh well that's good to know thanks. I wasn't gonna buy it cos of that. And I'm still playing cyberpunk and jedi survivor so it'll be awhile before I play it anyways
@@ElNiNjA246 Jedi survivor is a great game so yeah take your time with that for sure. Wu Kong definitely opens up after chapter one. If you're not into overly difficult bosses most of the really hard ones are optional anyway.
Angry joe was in his prime WAY back in those days ykwim? I'm glad he's just taking his time off now, retired atp LOL but not relly. He's doing what he loves at a reasonable pace, and I used to be SUPER impatient for his reviews but now idc he can release them whenever he wants I'll still watch. Love him and his friends,
Definitely not even half retired but I agree with everything else.
actually we already see a lot of chinese lore in western media, it's just they sell it as japanese lore or korean lore. for example: 9 tails fox actually was originally chinese lore, but more popular in western media as japanese and korean lore. there's many more actually.
13:49 if i can describe this game in one word its HUMBLE
The Texas Tech bell ringer? Lmao 😂
Even Chinese can't understand all or know all the lores, it's the hybrid of Buddhist, Taoist and Chinese demons. That baby buddha in the game is Maitreya Buddha.
Still can't believe how Joe STILL has less than 3.5M subs, this channel deserves more than 15M at least
I couldn't agree more about this chapter's 2 final boss! There is in fact a way to make the last third of the fight easier but it is hidden behind a side quest. Literally broke my teeth several times against this boss, went to level up and explore, completed that quest, came back: beaten him 2nd try. Same for the last boss, lost 4h trying to beat it in a fair way, without leveling up, but couldn't. Did some level up, discovered that one ability was really OP for that boss, beaten it 1st try afterwards. So for those getting stuck at any point, do not get too stubborn: explore, re-visit some areas, upgrade some abilities, and you'll be fine.
Wait till u reach hundred eyed daoist ch 4 boss
@@jacksmith-mu3ee Tough one but took me about 5 try only.
Having lived in China for about 15 years, it's good to see that the game is introducing people to a more nuanced and balanced view of this country. We only hear the bad things about China if we switch on the news in the West (and yes, we only hear about the bad things about the West if you switch on the news here) but in fact both cultures are full of rich history and nuance that really makes us feel that we aren't so different after all. If it takes a game to do that, bring on gaming.
The invisible walls would be fine if the game had something like a map.
A map will ruined this games. It's the mystery not knowing where your heading that makes exploration so much fun.
Meanwhile IGN adds fake negative votes to their GOTY rating so Wukong can't win.
Lack of diversity 😂
When has ign ever been credible? Really.
Finally IGN and Republicans have something in common, even though the context is different. 😂
Can’t wait for Space Marine 2 review!
You know he gonna rage from those connectivity issues unless PC had none
@@dtriarchives9 pc definitely had it but only recently did I stopped encountering it. I hope that means they fixed it but at launch it was really really bad.
@King91OM On PS it was bad man mostly for operations and PvP
@@dtriarchives9, how about recently? I played for two days now & no longer faced disconnection using steam. I mainly played PVE
Joe really shines with Skits and Game Reviews. He has a good sense of humor and is a talented writer.
Im so happy he brought up the invisible walls, shit really pissed me off during my first playthrough
'IGN GOTY' manipulating votes for Wukong LOL! It droped from 90% to 70% within an hour
Embrace the Monke! 🙌
Reject DEI; Embrace Monke
What about Mobile game is loot box in free to play games vs paid games like EA star wars and sport games, 2K and Ubisoft vs Genshin impact?
The whole game is about do not kneel down to power , Every one should be equal . Fuck the hierarchy
Ok, I was waiting for an angry review to see ANYTHING (aside from the trailer) about this game. I love what I see! I'm buying it right freaking now!
Given that China had struggled to export soft power compared to Japan and Korea, I’m really happy that their first AAA game ever released with this large of a bang. Gave culture shock to most people who didn’t know Journey to the West, from the looks of it.
Yeahhh Stellar Ass Blade is real soft power from Korea.
@@captives6479 I was referring to KPop, Kdrama and MapleStory, but I guess I can settle with butt ladder physics.
@@tonimmcx KPop is popular culture and is superficial and created purely for profit. Journey to the West is more akin to 'Intangible Cultural Heritage.'
This game had the best intro out of any game. To be honest I can't think of any game that had an intro that bad ass.
What about asura's wrath or gow3?
Much love AJ, I know this Genre of games isnt your forte but hot damn did I love watching the Streams of you just going at it and never giving up. Getting angry sure, but never once gave up.
I also just love how when it comes to this Genre Alex is like Big Brother. "No don't give the controller to him, he will just beat it on his first attempt". It just cracked me up because it sent me back to my childhood with my older brother back when we use to play NES, SNES and Genesis games.
I am really glad you stuck with this game and beat it. I got so enraptured by it that I 100% it, because I just couldn't put it down and just loved exploring every nook and cranny in the game.
Definitely one of the top contenders for Game of the Year.
Fantastic review my dudes!
I didn't buy this game but I knew it would be a success just by the visuals, glad the studio put time & effort into making a badass game.
The prophecy is true, we all return to monke.
Holy shit Joe did a game review. I remember when he used to do these all the time. I didn't know he still did these.
I feel like he's just really burnt out on creating content for his channel
Hmm, really? He has over 3 million followers. He consumes and relates to all the content we all are exposed to. Video game industry is BIGGER than movie industry. Take your time Joe. Enjoy these amazing works of art. They are becoming more rare.