for those who dont know, Sun WuKong had 72 transformations and bunch of abilities. many might think that it ripped off from anime abilities but it's actually the other way round because Journey To The West was released long ago
Some clarification on the lore to better understand the intro battle: Sun Wukong's biggest weakness, is the Golden Headband he wears on his head. That headband is enchanted and he cannot remove it. The headband shrinks whenever the secret mantra is recited, and it causes him terrible pain. That's how the powerless human monk Tang Sanzang kept him under control. Whenever he misbehaves, the monk recites the mantra and Sun Wukong would be rolling in pain. During the intro, when he was flying as a bird, we can see that the Golden Headband is suddenly activated. That's why he was holding his head because it was crushing his skull. I guess we will find out who recited the mantra later in the game, to find out who caused his demise. If the headband wasn't activated, there's no way Erlang Shen could've defeated him.
Doesn't the headband tighten on its own when he has too strong "humanly" emotions? I remember in Stephen chows version(Chinese Odyssey), he tries to save his love(who got stabbed) but then then headband tightens because he could not let go of love/rage and his past life or something like that. Is that canon lore or just something made up for that movie?
I live in Thailand. There are literally temples built to Sun Wukong, we have a wooden statue of him in our house, he is not only a mythological figure, but a philosophical, and even religious one. The fact that this game holds him with respect and regard while focusing on story opposed to all of the crap that western games focus on is absolutely blowing my mind. You would NEVER see a game like this made by a Western studio, ever. Never ever. Not with so much respect and admiration.
A rating of 9-9.5 is indeed a very high evaluation, which means that someone who lacks understanding of Chinese culture can still enjoy this game. However, for players who are knowledgeable about Chinese culture, this game is definitely a 10/10, because it is filled with numerous details that are REALLY Chinese. Almost every detail you see and hear has undergone rigorous research, which means that a Chinese player may acquire 10 times more information during the gameplay than a non-Chinese player. The buildings, sculptures, and items in the game are not fictional but are based on real world buildings, sculptures, and cultural relics. For example, in every scene of meditation, there is an item resembling a cup, which is called a "Boshan Incense Burner." It is a type of incense burner cast using the lost-wax casting method and was popular in China over 2,000 years ago. Many Boshan Incense Burners of different shapes are now collected in Chinese museums. Another example is the headless man's song in Chapter 2, which is a type of ballad from central and western China called Qin Qiang which is itself a national intangible cultural heritage.
To the people who think that Sun Wukong ripped off of other anime characters: Sun Wukong was the original, with the book Journey to the West first being written and released in the 1500's. Most animes like to create a different storyline based on Sun Wukong or his powers.
I do not know from where they ripped him off, but the game is obviously Souls games ripoff. Played one, played all. The environment is interesting, a lot brighter, usually these games tend to go for very dark themes.
Don't think there're many people doing that. JTTW has been there for more than 400 years and DragonBall is only 40 years. Plus the worship of Monkey King is over 1000 years. People are not stupid
After I learned about "Journey to the West," I really came to appreciate the story. It's full of philosophy and satire. The monk Tang Sanzang is on a quest to get sacred scriptures from the West, and Wukong is there to help him. They face 81 trials along the way, each one involving different Yaoguai. What's ironic is that most of these Yaoguai are actually pets of heavenly beings, let loose because of poor management in Heaven. These Yaoguai have powerful backers, so whenever Wukong tries to defeat them, their divine masters show up to save them. On the other hand, Yaoguai without any connections or background just die with no one coming to their rescue.
To add some explanation, the "West" in "Journey to the West" does not refer to the Western world in today's context. The "West" means a "sky" or a universe that exists in the West direction.
“Labor of love” is the best way to describe this game, every monster’s text is truly based on the story from ancient Chinese text, hell they even have different Chinese dialect for different monsters based on their original region…. The love is showing in so many details it’s mind blowing.
@@Jacob-ec9og Name one game to me, that’s pure original, without any type of influence from previous titles. Come on, I’m waiting. Also, Games like GOW and Black Myth are based on existing mythology, the story is actually a huge part of the selling point. Having this much time commenting and shit talking it, why not go read a little my man, if you like GOW, how much Greek and Nordic mythology do you know? Not even gonna ask if you know anything about Chinese. If you are one of those that only has enough brain cells to smash buttons, too bad.
That Erlang in the beginning is a famous demi-god in Chinese mythology, his mother was the Jade Emperor’s sister and his father was a mortal, Yang Tianyou. His real name is Yang Jian, aka Erlang. With his talent, Erlang became powerful above most gods, however his mother was punished and sealed under a mountain for uniting with a lowly mortal. He is known for saving his mother by cleaving the entire mountain open with a great axe (the one we saw in the game) and fought off everyone who stood in his way. After that, he overcame countless tasks and challenges and earned a rightful place in Tianting (The Celestial Court), as the three-eye warrior and guardian of heaven at his uncle, the Jade Emperor’s side. Also, he keeps a hound called Xiaotian (meaning Howling at the Sky). Sun Wukong always make fun of him, calling him nephew because Wukong is “equal of heaven”, and Yang Jian usually doesn’t give a Fxxk.
In the background, the biggest one is Juling-Shen, a giant vanguard of the army. He was the first god to challenge Wukong in JttW, but lost almost instantly. And the Four Heavenly Kings, former Buddhist gods, aka the Four Generals of House Mo in China, each guarding a direction, all defeated by Wukong at once. Erlang is only one that did not lose to Wukong last time.
He also appears in other stories like Fengshen Bang (League of Gods), which is about the fantasy version of ending of Shang Dynasty, and there is also the story of Nezha
I love how lore accurate they made it. Wukong’s personality, trapping him in rock, the gods threatening to destroy his home and ppl. Journey to the West is a classic and (edit) the abridged versions are a quick read.
not just that, most, if not all of the bosses, mini-bosses in the game are from Journey to the West villain list too, and it totally features the imagination of those characters and their lore. It's not like Chinese hasn't tried to depict those JTTW stories in games, even media (i.e movies) before, but honestly I think it's the best depiction I have ever seen
Wukong,not Goku,is from a Chinese novel called 西游记(meaning journey to the west/India). This novel come to Japan and they translate Wukong to Goku in Japanese. Some western ppl even thought Wukong is a copy of Goku, it's so ridiculous!😂😂
Goku is just the Japanese pronunciation of WuKong, same words in Kanji/Hanzi 悟空, Dragonball is a direct rip from Journey to the West, the characters, the staff, the cloud, etc.
Correction: I forgot that Sun WuKong is 7 Times Immortal, actually.... Don't forget everyone that Sun WuKong is "Immortal 7 Times Over." Kickass? YES! No, it doesn't make logical sense how one cannot die 6 times over but here's how this badass mofo did it (this is a bit long so channel your attention span. FOCUS!!!): 1. He initially became immortal after a Taoist Sage foolishly made WuKong his disciple and taught him a Secret Tao practice that made him immortal. 2. He then became twice immortal when he was taking a nap and was essentially soul kidnapped and sent to hell by "mistake" (the Jade Emperor definitely had a hand in it). While there WuKong is foolishly shown the ledger of life and death which are scrolls that have the names of all things and beings who are destined to live and die (seeing a pattern here) and simply erases his name and as many monkey bois from his mountain from it that he can before the Hell authorities stop him and he just fights his way outta Hell. Making him and most of his monke crew unable to be touched by the Gods of Hell making them virtually immortal. 3. He became thrice immortal after the Jade Emperor foolishly allows WuKong into Heaven and assigns WuKong to tend to the Orchard of Peaches of Immortality. WuKong obviously eats some. 4. He became 4 times immortal when someone foolishly mentions an exclusive Heavenly Party and WuKong sneaks into said Heavenly Party (he wasn't invited) and steals a cask of Immortal Wine and drinks it. 5. He became 5 times immortal when he snuck into the Sage Laozi's alchemical lab (Laozi foolishly left it unlocked and unguarded) and finds gourds full of pills of immortality/immortal elixir. He consumes them all. 6. He became 6 times immortal when he finds a ginseng baby fruit tree and eats one. This fruit only ripens every 9000 years and only 30 fruit at a time. Consuming it grants you 47,000 years of immortality. Making you virtually immortal because you can just wait 9000 years and eat more ginseng baby bruit and keep repeating the process. 7. He became 7 times immortal when the gods, sick of his shit, tried to essentially boil him alive to get the immortality out of him but instead they boiled the mortality out of him. Making him immortal. Oh And BTW, he ALSO achieved Enlightenment aka becoming a Buddha. Technically making him kinda immortal through reincarnation... So yeah... Sun WuKong is all buffs and no nerfs. All this to say, READ JOURNEY TO THE WEST! It reads like an Ancient Chinese Shonen manga and it kicks ass. You can definitely see the influences Akira Toriyama used for Dragonball. Also WuKong isn't even the main character, Tripitaka the Monk/Tang Sanzang is. It's an absolutely awesome read! If you don't wanna read it, the TH-cam channel "Overly Sarcastic Productions" are breaking down the book into short episodes and they currently have 11 episodes as of this comment.
Hes the 7 fold immortal, after stealing the elixir/gourd/pills, the taoist immortal placed him in the distilling fire to try recover his lost pills and purified his mortality. And to top it all off he ascended to budhhahood and was granted a perfect/golden body and titled "The Victorious Fighting Budhha" Sun Wukong, the victorious fighting buddha, 7 fold immortal, and great sage equal to heaven is the OG and GOAT in one mischievious monkey package 😂
@@siliconhawk me too dude, i reread Monkey (abridged journey to the west) in preparation for thisgame. His defiance of the heavenly court and absoloute loyalty to the little monkeys and Tripitaka, sublime character.
The only Context you will ever need, from an Asian man growing up watching all the films and have read all the novels about Sun Wukong : This game happens after the events in the novel Journey To The West - a Chinese novel written in the 16th Century. In the novel, Wukong was a monkey born from a magical stone. At the beginning of the Universe, Nuwa ( the Goddess of Creation ) used her power to create all lives in the Universe, the excess energy from that event takes the form of 5 stones ( Wukong was born from 1 of those 5 stones ). Think of it like the Infinity Stones - enormous cosmic power. These 5 stones are then scattered among the Realms, one of them lands on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. After thousands of years absorbing energy of the Heaven and the Earth, the stone cracked, giving birth to a magical monkey - Sun Wukong. He was incredibly strong and smart from birth, and was named the Monkey King by all the monkeys in the Mountain. But, he still could not defeat aging and death. So he roams the land, seeking a master to learn the secret of immortality. After a long time practicing Taoism magics, and had achieved immortality, he returns to his mountain and named himself The Great Sage equals to Heaven. His playful and cocky nature doesn't sit well with the Celestial Court ( led by the Jade Emperor ) , so between them, there was a beef. Fearing that Wukong would cause destruction, the Jade Emperor offered him a job in Heaven. During this time, he wanders around 33 levels of the Heavenly Palace, achieved 7 more layers of immortality ( by eating A WHOLE ASS GARDEN of immortality peaches, drinking Wine of Immortality, eating gourds of Immortality...... ). He even goes as far as going to Hell, bullying the God of Death, and erases his name out of the Book of Death, granting him another layer of immortality. Wukong is technically a force of the Universe, and now he can't die due to 7 layers of immortality. These acts made the Jade Emperor furious. Then, the Jade Emperor ordered the Celestial Court to sent 100.000 heavenly soldiers ( including Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings in the video above ) upon him, Sun Wukong defeated them all. He destroys the whole Heavenly Palace and threaten the life of the Jade Emperor. In a panic, the Jade Emperor had to ask the All Mighty Buddha to intervene. Buddha defeated Wukong, and trapped him under a mountain for 500 years to teach him a lesson. After leaving, Buddha said that in order to repent for his sins, Wukong must embark on a Journey. His mission was to escort a monk named Tang Sanzang from the East ( China ) to the West Heaven ( India ) to acquire the Scriptures of Buddha. Guanyin ( the right hand of Buddha ) gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Headband to keep Wukong in check ( because Tang Sanzang was only a mere weakling mortal ). By chanting the right words, the Headband will tighten around Wukong's forehead, giving him excruciating headache ( that's what happened in the video - maybe someone was reading the chant when Wukong turns into a bird - could be Buddha or Guanyin, i don't know ). After 17 YEARS of walking ON FOOT, defeating hundreds of monsters, they reached the West Heaven and acquired the Scriptures of Buddha. The party, including Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Pigsy and Sandy - were all given Buddhahood for their achievements. Sun Wukong was named The Victorious Fighting Buddha. All the events in this game happen after that. I hope this would give Western audience more insights, and hopefully, more love for the beautiful story of Journey To The West. I highly suggest you all watch the film adaptations ( the most well-loved in Asia was the 1986 adaptation, the CGI is bad, but the story is beautiful. It is a long and profound story of the Journey, teaching us about love, compassion, and humanity, guiding us all on the Journey to achieve godhood ).
This game is adapted from the 16th century Chinese magic novel Journey to the West. This novel is well known in the People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Republic of China and other regions. Today, I am glad to see that the birthplace of this novel made a game about this novel. I have burst into tears 🥹
The animations in this are so damn clean. Insanely rare to see a progressive walk into sprint animation that isn't just a switch transition from slow to fast. Those little details kill it for me.
Because some people can't think that far, again for beginners 👍 the game has broken records for the number of players because the game is very well received in China, which you can see in the reviews 80% Chinese 👍game is nice would give it a 7/10👍
I'm from China, and people are hyped af! Everyone I know are playing or talking about the game. So happy to finally being able to share some of the culture while bring gamers joy.
As soon as I started playing the game I realized how little exposure we get from Chinese culture in games. Games in the West are always filled with Orcs and Elves and such. The creatures and stories in Wukong are amazing! You have a really rich culture in China and you should be proud of it.
The British literally invented Archeology along with the French and safeguarded ancient artefacts when these cultures were backwardly pawning them off or vandalising them. Only now in the modern day do they give a shit about getting them back for political and monetary reasons.
Hah. A little bit of background here: Wukong's armor here is based on the design used in The Journey to the West 1986, the TV series. It was Koei who copied the design, or may I say they took inspiration of Wukong 1986 and Lu Bu from the 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms. About the TV series, to say it was a classical would be a mighty understatement. It was a huge project by CCTV (the National television of mainland China), consider it a cultural promotion project backed by the government back then. The amount of talents gathered there was huge, to the point I would say it would be impossible to replicate something of that level in the modern days. Imagine artists that were like Barbra Streisand and Taylor Swift of China, several dozens of that all featured in a single project. The only Western equivalent I could think of would be Waterloo 1970. But while Waterloo took 28 weeks for the filming, the production of The Journey to the West took an entire 6 years, and there was not any delay or lackluster in it. Just hard work, and talents. To the Western audience it might be something entirely new and fresh. But to us especially of the South East Asia (Vietnamese here), many of us grew up watching that. To us it's not minty fresh, but of reminiscent. All and all it's great. And then we have other elements like the nimbus or the clone technique. Say, the TV series was based on the novel of the same title. First published around the end of 16th century, and considered 1 of the 4 pillars of classic literature in Chinese culture. How huge it was? Well not just Dragon Balls took inspiration from it, almost any classical writer or scholar from Japan or Vietnam could tell you of the four. The nimbus was there, the original Wukong - Goku rode the cloud, Son Goku later adopted that. Of the 72 spells that Wukong had, one of which he could take a tuft of fur, blow on it and each strand will turn into a clone. Yes the modern manga ninja learned that. All heritage, from centuries ago. Another aspect I find interesting is that the Black Myth Wukong is backed by Tencent, and the China government has a very strong grip on major corps. Take a pinch: The game soundtracks take after many of the 1986 TV series (you can search for that, Journey to the West theme song). Given the Intellectual property would be state-owned, how did Tencent acquire that for Game Science to put them in their game? They must have permission from higher management. So personally, it's an AAA game, but I suspect more or less it's a strategic product, not directly but at least strongly supported by the government. To give back Wukong his proper position, not just some far away, sometimes mentioned predecessor of Goku? Or maybe a culture push, just like how the Korean did with their K-Pop wave. Either way, it's beautiful seeing this. An interesting story to unfold. Eh, have fun guys.
It's always cool to see where the inspirations for many of you favorite franchises come from. And I've long suspected the Chinese Government was happy to support projects like this, it's hard to imagine seeing dozen and dozens of successful franchises based on classical Chinese literature with no one actually knowing said literature. From the reception I have to imagine they feel this was a successful endeavor.
They removed the best part of this stream, a roughly two hour period that occurred in the first 15 minutes of this video where Asmon had a panic attack because the game wouldn't work and he was faced with the real final boss: performing a BIOS update.
@@Mageoftheyear I am not. He spent over an hour just getting the shader pre-cache compiled, rebooted the game at least two dozen times, then had to start the tutorial section over twice due to crashes before he listened to someone and found a fix that worked. I felt bad for the guy, he looked genuinely stressed. He needs to find a way to vet some people so he has advice he can trust.
As a Chinese, I'm really amazed by their production, every monster, be it a boss or a mini-monster, has their own story, which are interspersed with parts of ancient Chinese cultural works, such as the original Journey to the West, the Classic of the Mountains and Seas, and the Feudal Tablet. I this game is like reading super cool literature. I'm worried if their translations, such as the ditties, the monsters' voiceovers, etc. will allow people who don't speak Chinese to perceive the flavor and charm of this work.
"The Journey to the West" tells a story of resistance, and in fact, China has too many stories of this kind, fighting against powerful authorities. Two thousand years ago, someone cried out, "Are kings and ministers born to their stations?" marking the beginning of the rebellion against the rule of the Qin Dynasty. With Sun Wukong, it became a tale of defiance against heaven itself. "I want all the gods in the heavens to vanish into thin air."
To those that don’t understand the English voice over for Sun, it’s intentional. The game is supposed to be an epilogue to the Journey to the West story, and Wukong is based off the 1986 tv series. His voice is meant to be shrill and wild, he is a monkey. If you think the voice is funny, that’s honestly good, he’s meant to be a humorous character. Chinese dub captures that better and has actual lip syncing but honestly the English VA did pretty good. Edit: yes I know the game is based off the “Journey to the west (XiYouJi)” novel I’m saying the way they portray Wukong is based off the 1986 series tv series which is where we get the goofy ass monkey laugh and shrill voice. For Christ’s sake exercise just a little bit of reading comprehension before commenting “ACKSHUALLY👆 🤓”
The evironmental settings are amazing, I found myself taking my time wandering around just to appreciate the effort put into the game by the developers
a cold fact: some of the sceneries in the game, are an actual scenery that can be found in China, particularly one of the murals and walls with sculptures is actually based in JiangXi province
Is it worth exploring every nook and cranny in this game? Because that's how I normally play games with big maps, but that kind of thing also burns me out by the end.
★ This is the story of what happened at the end of chapter one: • It is said that long, long ago, a young novice monk wandered deep into the forest and unexpectedly encountered a colossal Black Bear Guai. Yet, contrary to expectations, the bear did not devour the monk but instead gifted him a sack filled with gold and silver. The bear then guided the novice to a secluded temple at the foot of the mountain. • From a young child, the novice diligently cultivated his practice and eventually became the revered abbot, leading hundreds of monks. He developed a profound passion for collecting kasayas (Buddhist robes), accumulating and wearing countless robes until he believed no other could possibly pique his interest. • One day, the abbot met Tang Sanzang, the master of Sun Wukong. Enchanted by Tang Sanzang's exquisite kasaya, the abbot borrowed it. Influenced by the cunning schemes of Guangzhi and Guangmou to steal the kasaya and burn Tang Sanzang's quarters, the abbot's long-dormant desires resurfaced. Consumed by greed, he set fire to the temple, causing the deaths of countless monks. The precious kasaya, however, fell into the hands of Black Bear Guai. Overwhelmed by grief and remorse, the abbot struck his head against a wall, ending his life. • Despite years of cultivation under the guidance of the Bodhisattva Guan Yin, Black Bear Guai remained perplexed. Why had the young novice resisted the allure of wealth yet succumbed to the temptation of a mere kasaya? • The Bodhisattva Guan Yin smiled and replied, "Without that kasaya, how could sentient beings discern whether their attachments and desires to the mundane world had truly been severed?
They said that this game has three or four endings, each of which will be based on the number of achievements you have completed to battle different bosses and complete different story endings. This may also include the battle of the "Four Heavenly Kings". If you complete all the "81 Hardship" achievements, it will trigger an epic battle between Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court. I haven't watched it yet, so I will leave suspense to complete and challenge the final ending myself. I hope to see it in your video too. Wishing you a happy game.❤❤
I wonder how many westerners actually know Son Goku not as a DBZ character but what Toriyama used as a reference (also taking the name too actually) of the age old Chinese folk lore that is Wukong. (In Asia Goku is pronounced Oh-Gong which in Chinese it sounds out Wukong)
I completely disagree with Zack's sentiment of having this game be an open world, this game reminds me of old games of ~2006, no bullshit involved just raw action combat, great bosses, fun focused, cool characters, no bullshit collectibles or large expanses of meaningless encounters/camps, etc
@@HelmutSalvatore they are fun and all but it gets tiring, just finished forbidden west and it being a really nice game its boring sometimes to go from one point to another because those maps are freaking huge, its nice to see a linear straight to the point game from time to time.
@@HelmutSalvatore also agree. I think in the rise of graphics, computing power, and social gaming there's a bar that we've let drop -- which is whether an open world format justifies itself within a game or not.
@@paoweeo There’s a high possibility that you’re not Chinese (and by Chinese, I mean people who can read and understand even a bit of Hanzi（汉字）, like Koreans, Japanese, Taiwan, Singaporean, Malaysian, Chinese Malaysian, Indonesian Chinese, Thai Chinese, Vietnam Chinese etc.)
I can’t believe people are hating this game calling it a crappy Dark Souls clone. If you want a crappy Dark Souls game go play Lords Of The Fallen. Black Myth: Wukong is true to the story and the gameplay is bar none. This game, just like Elden Ring, has lived up to the hype and people just can’t wrap their heads around that.
My only real complaint is they should have made the enemies hit much harder and made most of them more aggressive. I am as mid as mid gets at games and I haven't died even once in many hours of play.
I really don't get the people complaining about the dub VA. I feel like they have a completely wrong expectation for Sun Wukong, because I think he nails the role. High pitched, teasing and shit stirring with giggles aplenty. That's the Monkey King baby.
Idk to me it initially just sounded like someone doing a bad joker impression. It grew on me as the game went on though. Everyone else's voice on point.
I love reading that this game is not only blowing up for gameplay but because of historical accuracy to real life references as well as the original works. Would love to see someone go through and make a list of such references in detail
Erlang is not related to wukong by blood. Wukong refers to him as brother because erlang was the only one who could match his fighting prowess among the celestial court. After wukong had bested all 100 000 heavenly soldiers, the four celestial kings, ju-ling shen (the big guy in the back), and the third prince nezha, the jade emperor was in distress and didnt know who could stop wukong and subdue him so he could face judgement in heaven. The bodhissatva Guanyin (the one who the black bear referred to as master) stepped in and informed the celestial court that Erlang could best wukong in combat. They fought and were on par with each other but the the supreme heavenly lord of dao (creator of many of the celestial taiyi pills you find throughout the stages) intervened as they were fighting and hit wukong in the head with an elemental ring (this is not wukong's headband shown in the game) and thus wukong was defeated and brought to the celestial court by erlang to be executed. This is why Erlang refers to wukong as "someone he has bested before" (even though it wasnt really a fair fight in a way)
Also, when Erlang took the job of purging and flattening the mountain, he half assed it so much the mountain healed quickly and like 10 percent of the monkeys survived. Wukong was originally super mad the first time he came back, but later he realized just how much Erlang had flipped his uncle the Jade Emperor the bird and conceded that he owed Erlang big time.
FYI, the delevoper said that the black myth is gonna be series like assassin's Creed if the first game is successful, my guess is either gonna be nezha or erlang god next
It’s going to be Jiangziya, about the ancient Shang Dynasty, and how it came to an end. Shang was a Dark Empire of human sacrifice that actually existed 2500 years ago in china.
No, it wouldn't be wukong series, but mythology series, like Erlang or nezha, or maybe some other characters, but aside from wukong, nezha and Erlang is the most famous from Chinese mythology, but who knows maybe they decided to go for another characters
This game happens after the events in the novel Journey To The West - a Chinese novel written in the 16th Century. In the novel, Wukong was a monkey born from a magical stone. At the beginning of the Universe, Nuwa ( the Goddess of Creation ) used her power to create all lives in the Universe. One day, a great flood occurred on the earth. The water came from the sky (consistent with the world-destroying flood in Greek mythology). As the mother of the human race, Nuwa’s mother contributed her own Life collected colorful stones to mend the sky, and Sun Wukong's stone was one of the excess stones. He was incredibly strong and smart from birth, and was named the Monkey King by all the monkeys in the Mountain. But, he still could not defeat aging and death. So he roams the land, seeking a master to learn the secret of immortality. After a long time practicing Taoism magics, and had achieved immortality, he returns to his mountain and named himself The Great Sage equals to Heaven. His playful and cocky nature doesn't sit well with the Celestial Court ( led by the Jade Emperor ) , so between them, there was a beef. Fearing that Wukong would cause destruction, the Jade Emperor offered him a job in Heaven. During this time, he wanders around 33 levels of the Heavenly Palace, achieved 7 more layers of immortality ( by eating A WHOLE ASS GARDEN of immortality peaches, drinking Wine of Immortality, eating gourds of Immortality...... ). He even goes as far as going to Hell, bullying the God of Death, and erases his name out of the Book of Death, granting him another layer of immortality. Wukong is technically a force of the Universe, and now he can't die due to 7 layers of immortality. These acts made the Jade Emperor furious. Then, the Jade Emperor ordered the Celestial Court to sent 100.000 heavenly soldiers ( including Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings in the video above ) upon him, Sun Wukong defeated them all. He destroys the whole Heavenly Palace and threaten the life of the Jade Emperor. In a panic, the Jade Emperor had to ask the All Mighty Buddha to intervene. Buddha defeated Wukong, and trapped him under a mountain for 500 years to teach him a lesson. After leaving, Buddha said that in order to repent for his sins, Wukong must embark on a Journey. His mission was to escort a monk named Tang Sanzang from the East ( China ) to the West Heaven ( India ) to acquire the Scriptures of Buddha. Guanyin ( the right hand of Buddha ) gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Headband to keep Wukong in check ( because Tang Sanzang was only a mere weakling mortal ). By chanting the right words, the Headband will tighten around Wukong's forehead, giving him excruciating headache ( that's what happened in the video - maybe someone was reading the chant when Wukong turns into a bird - could be Buddha or Guanyin, i don't know ). After 17 YEARS of walking ON FOOT, defeating hundreds of monsters, they reached the West Heaven and acquired the Scriptures of Buddha. The party, including Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Pigsy and Sandy - were all given Buddhahood for their achievements. Sun Wukong was named The Victorious Fighting Buddha. All the events in this game happen after that.
@@glitched_matrix Well of course he'd sound obnoxious. Being obnoxious on purpose doesnt make it not obnoxious though. Ill be playing the game regardless, so maybe itll grow on me, but so far its the worst part of the game.
There are flaws that people are going to pick apart to try ‘n make seem worse than they are. But regardless of how bad some may or not be… you can’t argue this is DAMN impressive for their first attempt at a game like this. Absolutely phenomenal, and I’m looking forward to seeing more from them.
That intro was absolutely crazy. Wished that more games would push boundaries like this. God of war was incredible aswell and is much like the scenery in here. in general i just hope to see more like this in the future.
The 72 Earthly Evil Techniques that Sun Wukong knows refer to 1. Passing through the secluded places: Passing through the secluded places means being able to go to and from hell freely. Everyone knows that going to hell is not difficult, but coming back is not so easy. If you master the skill of passing through the secluded places, you can go to hell to play at will. Sun Wukong was able to go to the King of Hell to change the Book of Life and Death, so he used this method. 2. Expelling gods: Expelling gods. 3. Carrying mountains: It means being able to carry the weight of a mountain. Sun Wukong was able to survive under the Five Fingers Mountain because of this method. 4. Forbidding water: Being able to pass through water unimpeded. Although it is unimpeded, Sun Wukong's attack power in water battles is not as good as Sha Wujing, and his ability is even more limited in special waters such as the Flowing Sand River. In the end, Guanyin had to come forward to settle it. After all, everyone has their own expertise and abilities. 5. Borrowing wind: Being able to drive the wind. 6. Spreading fog: As the name suggests, it means making fog appear wherever you want. 7. Pray for clear weather: can make rainy days clear. 8. Pray for rain: when Tang Monk and his three disciples were fighting in Chechi Kingdom, Sun Wukong competed with Huli Daxian in praying for rain. 9. Sitting on fire: not afraid of fire. 10. Entering water: diving into the deep sea. 11. Covering the sun: can avoid the strong light of the sun. 12. Riding the wind: can ride the wind, the "flying skill" in Journey to the West. 13. Boiling stones: alchemy. Can make elixirs. 14. Breathing flames: can spit fire. 15. Swallowing a knife: can eat a knife into the stomach. 16. Pot sky: the small space in the pot can become the sky, can become smaller. 17. Divine movement: the spirit transcends the body and swims freely. 18. Walking on water: walking on the water. 19. Staff: You can abandon your body and go to heaven, or you can escape without leaving your body and just pretend to have an object (such as clothes, staff, sword) to escape. Sun Wukong often escapes by this. 20. Clone: Not only can you create multiple versions of yourself. You can also create multiple versions of other objects. 21. Invisibility: Invisibility. 22. Continuation: You can do this, so Sun Wukong can grow back after being beheaded. 23. Immobilization: There is no problem using this to deal with small monsters. 24. Demon-slaying: Many ghosts and monsters have no physical body. You can chop them by practicing this. 25. Invite the immortals: This depends on your character, and of course your strength, to invite the immortals to help you! 26. Chasing the soul: You can see the soul and track it. 27. Capturing the soul: You can find the soul and eat the soul. 28. Summoning the cloud: Summoning the cloud. 29. Take the moon: Take the moon with one hand. 30. Transport: Can quickly transport things from one place to another, like pushing mountains and filling the sea. 31. Marry a dream: A kind of illusion. Let the other party fall into a nightmare and mentally destroy the other party. 32. Disintegrate: Can separate various parts of the body without any damage. This is why Sun Wukong cannot be killed. 33. Send the stick: Can send the hit of the stick to another object to escape the pain. 34. Stop the flow: Stop the flow of rivers. Sun Wukong used this method to help Tang Seng cross the river. 35. Avert disasters: Use magic to eliminate the disasters faced. 36. Relieve disasters: Rescue dangers. 37. Huangbai: The so-called magic of the sorcerer to turn elixir into gold and silver. 38. Swordsmanship: The method and technique of using a sword. Therefore, most Taoist weapons are swords. 39. Shooting covers: Divination and guessing objects. 40. Earth movement: moving freely in the earth. 41. Star number: being able to observe the stars at night and know one's destiny. 42. Formation: various barriers and formations to trap the enemy. In the third fight with the White Bone Demon, Sun Wukong drew a circle on the spot for Tang Seng. The White Bone Demon turned into a girl, but could not come forward. This circle is the formation. 43. False form: the art of transformation, one of Sun Wukong's most commonly used moves, and he used it to the extreme. 44. Spraying: using magic to point at an object and make it change. 45. Finger transformation: using a finger to change something. 46. Corpse transformation: after Taoists attain the Tao, they can abandon their bodies and become immortals, or leave behind a body and only pretend to be an object (such as clothes, staff, sword) and ascend to heaven. 47. Scenery shifting: a trick, also known as illusion. 48. Summon: being able to summon something by remote control. In Journey to the West, there is an episode where the king wanted to capture the four masters and apprentices pretending to be merchants. After the misunderstanding was resolved, the clothes and boxes used for pretending flew back to their original positions by themselves. This is what they used. 49. Erqu: can make items return. 50. Gathering beasts: various wild beasts can obey your orders. Sun Wukong tamed the celestial horses with this. 51. Adjusting birds: can tame various birds. 52. Qi ban: can not breathe air. 53. Dali: infinite strength. It is powerful enough to be able to play Dinghai Shenzhen. 54. Penetrating stones: can pass through stones. It is more unobstructed when walking on the earth. 55. Shengguang: eyes can emit strong light. 56. Zhanfu: practice inner alchemy. 57. Daoyin: "Dao" refers to "guiding qi", guiding qi makes it harmonious; "Yin" refers to "leading the body", leading the body makes it soft. 58. Taking food: Anything can be swallowed and it is beneficial and harmless. 59. Breaking the wall: Can pass through the wall. 60. Leaping the rock: Can jump high and long. 61. Cute head: Grow a new head. 62. Climbing the copy: Quickly grab something. 63. Drinking water: Drinking as much water as you want is fine. If Jingwei knew this, she wouldn't have to fill the sea. 64. Lying in the snow: Lying in the snow. 65. Exposing to the sun: Can be exposed to the sun. 66. Playing with pills: Nine out of ten are doctors. In Journey to the West, there are several episodes where Sun Wukong can cure diseases, diagnose pulses with a thread, prescribe medicine, and play with pills. 67. Talisman water: Draw or burn talismans in water, and drink it to cure diseases. 68. Medicine: Chinese and Western medicine and surgical operations. 69. Knowing time: Equivalent to having your own watch or clock. 70. Geospatial knowledge: You can also bring your own maps and pointers. 71. Fasting: Don’t be afraid of not eating or drinking. 72. Nightmare prayer: Use nightmares to defeat the enemy.
Journey to the West is a popular Chinese novel published in 1592, the year the Japanese invasion of Korea began (The Imjin War.) WuKong's Japanese pronunciation is Goku.
The golden hoop, which made Wukong defeated in the open into, is given by Buddha to Tangseng(Tang Monk) , to subdue Wukong to protect him during the journey. It has a spell and when Tangseng chant it, will get tighten and make Wukong headache. According to the novel, after Wukong finished the journey, Buddha already removed the golden hoop and give Wukong freedom. But here in opening intro, Wukong is definitely cheated by Buddha, the golden hoop is never removed, and he only got fake freedom.
In 1573, Wu Cheng'en wrote the novel Journey to the West, but because the protagonist was a monkey who had always been hostile to the Heavenly Court, it was regarded as spreading the spirit of rebellion and was deemed a banned book by the Ming Dynasty at that time.
I ran around beating all of the little bosses in white robes that do not respawn at rest, picking up yarn from the wolves and crafted all of the armor set that unlocks by the giant rest station and gained the armor stat boosts before fighting the bosses. You can do more damage after sprinting for 10 seconds, gain armor points from the armor and use gourd while running. Trade gold for will and buy all the yarn. Farm will from an area, get familiar with it, rest and repeat to purchase out all ingredients available at store.
@@Bjorn7342not sure bout the Japanese pronunciation of wukong but I know Sun Goku’s in Chinese version name is exactly same as Sun Wukong in journey to west. They are both 孙悟空
It is, if you ever read the original Japanese version of the dragonball manga, you will see his name as 孫悟空 in Kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese script), the auther didn't even bothere to change the name.
Japanese pronunciation of 孙悟空 is Son Goku, Mandarin pronunciation of 孙悟空 is Sun Wukong. To Anyone who knows Chinese characters, they're the same. The famous Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama borrowed some character settings and plots from the great novel "Journey to the West (which is India where Buddhism was founded)" completed by the Chinese writer Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century to create the equally great "Dragon Ball" comics. Generally speaking, the plot of "Dragon Ball" has little to do with "Journey to the West", which is a novel with a strong Buddhist and Taoist color.
I love how many people in the comment section are pissing themselves and spreading misinformation, because they can't accept a Chinese company made a better game than their 25th copy of Call of Duty or Assasin's Creed.
Grats. China knows how to copy Japanese gaming expertise. You should be proud of yourself China! You've graduated from copying everything the West creates and have moved on to biting all the great things Japan has come up with.
The Chinese have been making insane character designs and set pieces for over a decade, it was only a matter of time before they started putting that awesome artwork into real games instead of mobile gacha games lol
@@ZeallustImmortal Not for long anymore. PirateSoftware talked about a ban from the Chinese government on at least some of the predatory designs in those games. Studios saw their expected profits drop with 80 million over night. I don't know much more about it but if it's true, it might save gaming for the rest of the world as well.
This game has been really fun to play. It gives me hope that there are studios out there willing to make things they are passionate about. You can tell they put a lot of work into this. I got 9 hours streamed and its a 10/10 for me.
So hear me out, I think the game journalists are baiting us. Their engagement has been so low in the past years, so they're doing the opposite now. They praise a bad game, and criticize a good one. This way, we engage more actively, just to tell them how wrong they are. It's just like in Stack-overflow. Asking a question won't get you a lot of responses, but post a wrong answer and there'd be a bunch of people telling you how wrong you are while giving you the right answer. Yup, life hacks. :)
Nah it’s not. 92% of comments on steam are Chinese plus it’s got an 81 on MC (same as Stellar Blade) so any claim that it’s GOTY is pure wishful thinking
In ancient Chinese mythology, besides Sun Wukong, there were also Erlang Shen Yang Jian and the Third Prince Nezha who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace. I really look forward to Game Science making their stories into games in the future. It will definitely be very exciting, and the story will be very meaningful, because these three characters have all resisted power, but were ultimately helpless. Sun Wukong became the Fighting Buddha, Erlang Shen went to Guanjiangkou to become a god, and Nezha went to the Heavenly Palace with his father to become generals of the Emperor of Heaven.
So about the ending anime lore of the 1st chapter , the monk(JingChi) was obsess with Wukong master's kasaya and tried to steal it. He set a fire try to burn them alive, however wukong get this magical fire-resistance cloth (which you obtain from the hanging fox body) and they slept it off while the temple and all the monks in it were burned to the ground. If you pay attention to JingChi(the golden big head boss) last word, he was regretting for his greed.
Always remember to check "Journal" in the game, it will not only tell you the story of these creatures, it also tells how many bosses/mini bosses are not yet found in the specific chapter. There are so many bosses that are hidden or triggered by a special way or a special item. Watch out what NPCs say, it may be a hint. Chapter 1 has at least two hidden bosses, Chapter has at least 3 hidden bosses... Note, these hidden bosses loot the key item that will help you defeat the final boss easily in each chapter.
About that part of black bear guai’s lore, I want explain based on what I understand: Black bear guai was just a little monk, he tries to capture a frog in the middle of the night, that shows his inner violence, and then he encounter Black bear guai whom offer him a bag of jewelries, The frog jumped into the hands of a dead person, which means that someone died in this forest, maybe a traveler or a passing caravan. The black bear did not actually exist, it was the embodiment of his inner greed. As he grew older, he became a powerful monk, but his greed did not subside. The robe that monks wear is called a kasaya(袈裟）, which is a very important and precious item for monks, and Black bear guai has a fetish of collecting them(according to the original novel). Later we see a monk give him a robe，that monk is sanzang（sanzang）, shifu of wukong, and he didn’t give Black bear guai the robe, Black bear actually stole it from Sanzang in the original novel. And we can see he is obsessed with the robe, hi cover himself with it, dream of becoming a great monk like sanzang, His greed and jealousy were like a raging fire, burning out his inner faith and burning down his temple. He, too, changed from a monk to the Black bear guai
The game was completely unexpected for me. I bought it because the trailer looked interesting. The game is definitely good value for the amount of content. At the beginning I thought that the paths were very limited and the game wasn't going to be particularly good. It was only from chapters 2-3 that I realized how much effort went into the story and it's crazy that there are still games like this where a game works completely bug-free. If a lot of things are good in a skill tree and you have to weigh them up, then you know that the developers have put some thought into it. The only sad thing is the reviews that don't appreciate a great game for gamers because it comes from China...
Thanks for your comment after really playing this game.I’ve played black math wukong for almost 82 hours to get all the achievements,like you said,there’re so many hidden maps ,hidden roads and hidden bosses to explore .It’s really weird that some people say that the game is too linear, I seriously doubt that they haven’t actually played the game.
This games really reminds me of the 2000s and 2010s where giant set pieces were popular. Early God of War, Asura's Wrath, Vanquish, Metal Gear Revengeance. It's nice to see something like this be made.
Fromsoft has covered this in just about every game but I'm still glad this ones here. It's about time China came to the table with a great game. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
@@SaintKines Fromsoft has never made this type of giant set piece in any game Idk what you're on about. Giant set piece has never been the focus for fromsoft game.
@@Wanderersea A game being open world is only massive in scale for new player, for older player open world equal massive waste of space with some exclamation mark on the map. Which was true for both Elden Ring and RDR2, and had been true since Skyrim, the actual game that created the open world trending where everything after it need to be open world instead of just some selected few. The intro of Wukong where the camera being tight in closed space only to open up to a vast area, with giant boss figure in the back and main character having to look up to that giant with close up camera, was a scaling trick that was used many times before in game. Especially popular in game like God of War/Asura Wrath/Vanquish or even Bayonetta. Hell the intro of God of War 3 leading to Poseidon reveal, was set up exactly like Wukong intro. All those games were linear, so with camera trick it was able to reveal how puny you were against god like being so big. And overcoming such godlike being while being so small feel goods. Those kind of game was popular during 2010s, these days not many games do that. For game like Elden Ring to create such a feeling, the actual boss has to be at least the size of Gransax or even bigger. But as we all know, Gransax is just static and Greyoll movement crashed Elden Ring.
@@Wanderersea Open world equal a lot of wasted space is a common game design problem, just because they were able to trick you doesn't mean that problem doesn't exist. The first game that make you feel such thing is always special, but after so many open world the formula kinda show and it no longer have any magic over you. So enjoy that first time
Background introduction of Sun Wukong: Parents: Born stone monkey without father or mother Master: Two, the first master is Bodhi Patriarch. The second master, Tang Sanzang Martial arts skills: 72 transformations, cloud somersaults, fiery eyes and golden eyes, golden body not damaged, etc.. Weapon: Ruyi Golden Hoop Rod (Sea God Needle) Sun Wukong (also known as the Monkey King, the Monkey King, the Monkey King, the Monkey King, and the Fighting Buddha) is a character in the classical Chinese mythological novel "Journey to the West". Born from the creation of immortal stones, the birthplace is located on Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou. He is revered as the "Monkey King" for leading a group of monkeys into the Water Curtain Cave. In order to learn the art, he crossed the sea and became a disciple of the founder of Subhuti, named "Sun Wukong". He learned advanced spells such as the Great Immortal Technique, the Seventy Two Transformations, and the Cloud Dance. Sun Wukong, who had just left the army, did not receive any weapons. He obtained the Ruyi Golden Hoop, Phoenix Wings Purple Golden Crown, Lock Gold Armor, Lotus Silk Step Cloud Shoes from the Four Seas Dragon Kings. Later, he caused a stir in the underworld and removed the Book of Life and Death, which alarmed the heavens. He was then summoned by the Jade Emperor and granted the title of Bi Ma Wen. After learning of his lowly position, he angrily returned to Huaguo Mountain and defeated the attacks of Li Tianwang and Nezha, forcing the Jade Emperor to appoint him as the Great Sage of Qi Tian and build a mansion in the Heavenly Palace to manage the Peach Garden. Due to disrupting the Peach Blossom Festival of the Queen Mother and stealing the Golden Elixir of the Supreme Emperor, he was refined into a golden body and smoked into a fiery golden eye in the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Supreme Emperor. Afterwards, he caused a great commotion in the Heavenly Palace. Despite being surrounded by 100000 heavenly soldiers, generals, four heavenly kings, and twenty-eight constellations, he was unable to defeat him. Later, he lost in a bet battle with the Buddha and was forced to repent and reform himself at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain transformed by the Buddha's five fingers. More than five hundred years later, after being enlightened by Guanyin, he was rescued by Tang Sanzang and given the Dharma name "Xingren". He protected Tang Sanzang from traveling to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, conquered demons and monsters along the way, fearlessly endured hardships and difficulties, and finally achieved the true result of cultivating the scriptures. He was awarded the title of "Fighting and Overcoming Buddha". Sun Wukong is naturally intelligent, lively, loyal, and resentful of evil, representing wit and bravery in folk culture. The legend of Journey to the West emerged in the Tang Dynasty and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The collection of these legends in the Ming Dynasty is known as "Journey to the West". In these folk myths of the past dynasties, Sun Wukong was worshipped as a god by the Chinese people.
This game made me purchase Journey to the West, French translation. Almost 2600 pages to read. But I'm well versed in Chinese novels, reading lots of those on wuxiaworld.
9:30 why cant western devs/movies do camera shots like this? The framing is so great. A similar example is the opening to DMC 5. 10:30 This ones pretty innovative. The shot goes from axe impacts the camera down. The frame continues down and under then tilts back to even level revealing a mountain being split in two.
The big circling epic fight shot was great, but it's also a very eastern aesthetic thing that's been done a million times in anime already. It's a long action shot, but all that happens is the two characters circle each other in a circle with one being super close to camera and the other far behind, which combined with the very wide cheater FOV lens makes the shot look super dynamic. So it's a repetitive, super mega cheated non realistic shot even though the characters are rendered with very realistic visuals. It looks cool yes, but "western" aesthetics have tended to try and be more "realistic" in their approach to physics, and try to have a bit more storytelling rather than just "repeat dynamic shots for the sake of being dynamic alone". That may feel like "western isnt as cool", but that's also not the goal. It's easy to make something dynamic and cool, it's less easy to have good story + good physics + still be cool. I don't see how the 2nd shot is "innovative". It's a regular "camera pans to track something on the ground" type of shot, I'd even call it slightly jarring for several reasons, we go from an axe moving mostly level with the horizon to it dropping vertically instead and then immediately stopping, when we're above clouds and don't know what how far up we are in the sky ( was there a mountain ground under us this whole time? do clouds stop metal axes now?). When the camera pans, the pan is late, and the Z roll is very slow to level out, and the clouds have very little texture to them. So the timing is weird, the pan is hard to understand what we're looking at, and it takes too long to understand we're looking at mountains at the end of the shot. So it's not a new shot type and it's hard to read. The cinematic overall was pretty great, but it was largely over-the top anime style eye candy, which are a specific style.
The funniest thing is the "exaggerated swagger" aspect really fits to how Sun Wukong/The Monkey King behaves once he declared war on the Heaven's Court. The dude literally called himself "The Great Sage, Equal To Heaven" just to spite the Jade Emperor (which is basically Chinese Zeus).
honestly Wukong deserves more than GOTY. The work put into this is remarkable, do even the slightest research on JTTW or ancient Chinese culture and you'll be blown away by the details and love shown in the making of the game. and not mention its just a damn good video game too! they pulled off the impossible here, and from a studio known for mobile games? incredible. i really hope they get the recognition they deserve. sadly we may never see another game quite like it but at least the bars been set.
most people tend to forget or not know, Wukong always has a higher pitch. He shouldn't be given a GIGACHAD type of voice if anything he comes close to raiden voice which I wouldn't be surprised if he was the voice actor of Wukong in this game.
Yep. It’s not an entirely alien concept either. Monke is an antihero. Think about an antihero like Deadpool with his snarky, slightly annoying voice. 😂
In short the opening was the story of the great battle between the Heavens and Monkey King (Chinese Opera even has a great play about it). The 3 eye guy and his dog was one of the generals. The battle ended with the Monkey King defeated (not story accurate). The Monkey King was pissed because he promised Buddha he will escort the Great Monk to the West to obtain an important Buddhist scripture, he did that and was awarded. But the story in the game was, the Heavens wanted him to do more and wanted to destroy his home (Flower Fruit Mountain) where his monkey buddies and family live peacefully. That is why he was so pissed. The golden head piece that appeared and caused him great pain was a device given to the Great Monk at the beginning of the Journey to the West as a device to control the Monkey King. The rock was based on the legend that the Monkey King is special because he was born from a rock and I guess they wanted to tied that with his origin. The main character we control was not the Monkey King but the chosen one to retrieve the Monkey King remains. And yes, the great Dragon Ball was inspired by the Journey to the West, and Goku was based on this character Wukong.
At the 3:50:50 mark of the animation, it actually tells the story of the main monsters introduced in the first chapter. Here is what worte in the Journey to the West: "The Black Bear lives in Black Wind Cave and is friends with Master Jinchi of Guanyin Temple. After Jinchi tries to burn Tang Sanzang and steal his valuable kasaya, Sun Wukong intervenes, saving Tang Sanzang and setting the temple on fire. The Black Bear, seeing the flames, rushes to help but instead steals the kasaya, a prized Buddhist treasure. The Black Bear plans to host a "Buddha Robe Banquet" with other Yaoguai, but Sun Wukong, disguised as Jinchi, infiltrates his cave. After a series of battles between Sun Wukong and the Black Bear, Guanyin Bodhisattva intervenes. Guanyin eventually convinces the Black Bear to convert to Buddhism, and he is ordained as a guardian deity on Mount Luojia." This short animation extends the story from the perspective of Jinchi. As a child, Jinchi befriends the Black Bear, and the two bond over their shared greed for treasures, with Jinchi particularly desiring the Kasaya. When they see Tang Sanzang's Kasaya, both are greedy, want to own the treasure, which leads to the end, Jinchi loses his life.
For those who have time, please take a look at my article. I want to provide some background information about "Sun Wukong," especially since Black Myth: Wukong is an adaptation of Journey to the West. So it's important to understand a bit about Journey to the West. Here's a brief overview to help you understand Sun Wukong's background. Sun Wukong was born from a stone on Flower Fruit Mountain, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. To protect the monkeys on the mountain, he decided to become a disciple of Master Subhuti. Under his tutelage, Wukong learned the 72 transformations and the ability to travel on clouds with his somersault cloud technique. After mastering these skills, he returned to Flower Fruit Mountain. To find a suitable weapon, he caused chaos in the Dragon Palace, eventually obtaining the Golden-Banded Staff (the weapon he wields). In Eastern culture, Sun Wukong is considered a demon, so he's not necessarily on the side of righteousness. The Heavenly Court tried to appease him by giving him a minor position in charge of horses. However, true to his mischievous nature, Wukong caused chaos in the Heavenly Court (omitting many details here). Of all the Heavenly warriors, only Erlang Shen was barely able to challenge him, but even he couldn't capture Sun Wukong. In the end, it was Buddha who subdued him, trapping him under Five Element Mountain. It was the monk Tang Sanzang who eventually freed him, and the Bodhisattva placed a headband of obedience on him (this explains why Sun Wukong turns into a bird at the start of the game and later experiences headaches). Thus began Sun Wukong's journey to slay demons and retrieve the sacred scriptures. After the journey, he attained the title of Fighting Buddha. Sun Wukong has had a huge influence in Eastern culture. For example, the late author of Dragon Ball drew inspiration from Sun Wukong’s character. He also appears in the game League of Legends. Journey to the West is a common theme in various Eastern films, TV dramas, and novels. If you're interested, I encourage you to check out Journey to the West, and I hope you can find an English version. This was translated using ChatGPT. Thx for watch
Buy the game so that they can make even bigger and better game for us in future! After 4 years of hard work, this game maker who nobody know just drop a nuclear game in this year.
you would totally see similarity in those 2, because Asura's Wrath takes from Hinduism/Indian myth, while Chinese myth in BWW has Buddhism originated from India too. They would have gods/budhas with kinda similar names and themes
In fact the character archetype of the Monkey King comes from an even older Chinese legend; in ancient China there were two rivers that ran into the sea, one of which was the Huai River. Many of the Monkey King's archetypes, abilities, and stories originated from the water god of the Huai Woe, Wu Zhi Qi. Wu Zhi Qi is a water monster in Chinese mythology. He is ape-like in shape, with a collapsed nose, convex forehead, white head and green body, and fiery eyes. His head and neck were up to 100 feet long, and his strength exceeded that of nine elephants. He often made waves in the Huai River, endangering the people. When Dayu was ruling the water, Wu Zhi Qi, in order to prevent him from controlling the floods, led more than 100,000 mountain spirits and water monsters to fight against King Yu in Huaiyuan, so the floods in the Huai and Eddy water systems could never be solved. Just when Yu was at a loss for what to do, the god Yinglong descended to the earth and pressed Wu Zhiqi under the Turtle Mountain, assisting Yu to successfully manage the flooding, and only then did the Huai River flow calmly into the East China Sea. He was later appropriated by Wu Cheng En into Journey to the West and became the popular Sun Wukong, the Great Sage of Qi Tian Da Sheng who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
For those who doesn’t know. Wukongs headache is from enchanted the headband Bodhisattva gave him. Its to control his temper. Its the only thing holding him back from anything.
If you can't understand the opening CG, you can think of it as:The Heavenly Court is like the CIA, and the monkey used to be a former mob boss. His mission to "go legit" involves delivering an important NPC to pick up some crucial items. After the job's done, they promise the monkey a spot in the system, but along the way, the monkey takes out quite a few of his old mob buddies. In the end, the monkey decides he doesn't want the spot anymore and just wants to retire to the mountains. The CIA, though, plans to kill him to tie up loose ends.
Nothing in this game is new, really, lol. Transformations are in Nioh. So are spells. Flasks are from Dark Souls. Skill trees are common. Stances are in Nioh, except done better there because they're much more unique from eachother than in WuKong. Cinematic cutscenes are very similar to the new God of War games. Invisible walls are from every game in the 2000s... lmao. It's a good game but some of you guys are so hyperbolic
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End of woke, return of Monke
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That doesnt even rhyme.
Monke see, monke doo, monke throws his poo at yoo.
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😂 hell yeah! 🐒
@@vermoe9590 bruh just labels anyone the nerd emoji if they dare correct anything on the internet
for those who dont know, Sun WuKong had 72 transformations and bunch of abilities. many might think that it ripped off from anime abilities but it's actually the other way round because Journey To The West was released long ago
Yeah, it was back in like the 16th century I think.
Its 72 abilities and infinite transformation its just a translation error
We had hundreds of Egyptian gods with different abilities thousands of years before Jesus Christ bro. Wukong is fairly new compared to those 😂
It's similar to how Lord of the Rings inspired modern fantasy.
@@mistydolphin2524as long as over 1000 years from Tang dynasty
Some clarification on the lore to better understand the intro battle: Sun Wukong's biggest weakness, is the Golden Headband he wears on his head. That headband is enchanted and he cannot remove it. The headband shrinks whenever the secret mantra is recited, and it causes him terrible pain. That's how the powerless human monk Tang Sanzang kept him under control. Whenever he misbehaves, the monk recites the mantra and Sun Wukong would be rolling in pain.
During the intro, when he was flying as a bird, we can see that the Golden Headband is suddenly activated. That's why he was holding his head because it was crushing his skull. I guess we will find out who recited the mantra later in the game, to find out who caused his demise. If the headband wasn't activated, there's no way Erlang Shen could've defeated him.
Erlang Shen defeated him in the original novel. He beats Wukong in combat and also beats him among a serious of transformations.
Doesn't the headband tighten on its own when he has too strong "humanly" emotions? I remember in Stephen chows version(Chinese Odyssey), he tries to save his love(who got stabbed) but then then headband tightens because he could not let go of love/rage and his past life or something like that.
Is that canon lore or just something made up for that movie?
@@vincentdesun no he didn't. he had the help of sneak attack from 太上老君
thanks, uncovering the lore in this game will be a treat I'm sure.
@@vincentdesun Yeah true, but it wasn't a fair fight. The gods ganged up on him. But fair enough, Erlang Shen still got the W.
The year is 2024, it's very rare to see a game made for gamers.
Didn’t we just have ER:SoTET and Hades2? And before that, BG3, CP:2077 PL…
@@Ty-v6v-c4r bro tried to sneak in cyberpunk AHASHHASHASHA
no it's not. take a peak outside of the modern AAA bubble and realize that many of the best games are indie or retro titles.
People literally say this about every popular game that's released it's getting old.
@@Ty-v6v-c4ryea but that goes against the gamer hivemind
作為一個從來不玩遊戲的女生，我邊看邊流眼淚，這是每個中國人的神話，是我們的童年回憶。我很驕傲，中國人做出了自己的遊戲，屬於我們獨有的集體回憶，也符合現代審美。我真的好激動好開心！二郎神，花果山，四大天王，定身術，七十二變，這些只有我們中國人才懂，但是現在我相信從這個遊戲開始會有很多人對《西遊記》這部偉大的作品感興趣！這將會更好地幫助玩家理解這些藏在細節裡面的故事！
保护我方女玩家😊
Women don't watch Asmon lol
I actually am very interested in the story... I'll try to find the book
你又流泪了，是牛魔王的绿帽故事打动了你？
仙驴飞升失败现场LOL
I live in Thailand. There are literally temples built to Sun Wukong, we have a wooden statue of him in our house, he is not only a mythological figure, but a philosophical, and even religious one.
The fact that this game holds him with respect and regard while focusing on story opposed to all of the crap that western games focus on is absolutely blowing my mind.
You would NEVER see a game like this made by a Western studio, ever. Never ever. Not with so much respect and admiration.
That's a little harsh. There might be one or two people in the West that respect the characters they base their stories on. Where is YOUR respect?
Well that's because he's not a western figure....would be weird for them to do a Chinese figure better than China wouldnt it?
@@lucyfrye6723no there arent westerners arent even ppl.
Is Sun Wukong the same as Hanuman?
@@lucyfrye6723westurds are npcs not ppl.
A rating of 9-9.5 is indeed a very high evaluation, which means that someone who lacks understanding of Chinese culture can still enjoy this game. However, for players who are knowledgeable about Chinese culture, this game is definitely a 10/10, because it is filled with numerous details that are REALLY Chinese. Almost every detail you see and hear has undergone rigorous research, which means that a Chinese player may acquire 10 times more information during the gameplay than a non-Chinese player. The buildings, sculptures, and items in the game are not fictional but are based on real world buildings, sculptures, and cultural relics. For example, in every scene of meditation, there is an item resembling a cup, which is called a "Boshan Incense Burner." It is a type of incense burner cast using the lost-wax casting method and was popular in China over 2,000 years ago. Many Boshan Incense Burners of different shapes are now collected in Chinese museums. Another example is the headless man's song in Chapter 2, which is a type of ballad from central and western China called Qin Qiang which is itself a national intangible cultural heritage.
As a Chinese player, a lot of the time is spent just looking at the details and not moving much.
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@@3kittenlover that is assuming we need a loan to buy a house. Thanks bro more please.
I like this game but the sino worship is getting a bit much lol
To the people who think that Sun Wukong ripped off of other anime characters: Sun Wukong was the original, with the book Journey to the West first being written and released in the 1500's. Most animes like to create a different storyline based on Sun Wukong or his powers.
Exactly. The book is amazing and full of wonderful adventures, trials, and stories about virtues. Good for all ages.
I do not know from where they ripped him off, but the game is obviously Souls games ripoff. Played one, played all. The environment is interesting, a lot brighter, usually these games tend to go for very dark themes.
erm, this story is based on after he finished the journey to the west and stuff
@@emilnemyl448 It's ultra similar to Jedi Survivor/Fallen Order just better.
Don't think there're many people doing that. JTTW has been there for more than 400 years and DragonBall is only 40 years. Plus the worship of Monkey King is over 1000 years. People are not stupid
After I learned about "Journey to the West," I really came to appreciate the story. It's full of philosophy and satire. The monk Tang Sanzang is on a quest to get sacred scriptures from the West, and Wukong is there to help him. They face 81 trials along the way, each one involving different Yaoguai. What's ironic is that most of these Yaoguai are actually pets of heavenly beings, let loose because of poor management in Heaven. These Yaoguai have powerful backers, so whenever Wukong tries to defeat them, their divine masters show up to save them. On the other hand, Yaoguai without any connections or background just die with no one coming to their rescue.
the whole story is a sarcasm of the religions and government.
To add some explanation, the "West" in "Journey to the West" does not refer to the Western world in today's context. The "West" means a "sky" or a universe that exists in the West direction.
西游记实际上是道教与佛教的争斗，西行小分队和路上的妖怪们都是棋子
@@kexiao4247the west refers to western China/ India
是啊，作者对政府和宗教充满了讽刺，通过故事暗示这种不平等
“Labor of love” is the best way to describe this game, every monster’s text is truly based on the story from ancient Chinese text, hell they even have different Chinese dialect for different monsters based on their original region…. The love is showing in so many details it’s mind blowing.
Black myth wukong story Movies can be searched .{ Journey to the West ep. 01 The Monkey King is born } 1986 (Complete) Eng Sub
gow copy
amazed by the rich chinese culture 4 sure.
@@Jacob-ec9og Name one game to me, that’s pure original, without any type of influence from previous titles. Come on, I’m waiting.
Also,
Games like GOW and Black Myth are based on existing mythology, the story is actually a huge part of the selling point.
Having this much time commenting and shit talking it, why not go read a little my man, if you like GOW, how much Greek and Nordic mythology do you know? Not even gonna ask if you know anything about Chinese.
If you are one of those that only has enough brain cells to smash buttons, too bad.
@@Jacob-ec9ogyep, youre absolutly right, elden ring is obviously a dark souls copy 😂😂😂
That Erlang in the beginning is a famous demi-god in Chinese mythology, his mother was the Jade Emperor’s sister and his father was a mortal, Yang Tianyou. His real name is Yang Jian, aka Erlang.
With his talent, Erlang became powerful above most gods, however his mother was punished and sealed under a mountain for uniting with a lowly mortal. He is known for saving his mother by cleaving the entire mountain open with a great axe (the one we saw in the game) and fought off everyone who stood in his way. After that, he overcame countless tasks and challenges and earned a rightful place in Tianting (The Celestial Court), as the three-eye warrior and guardian of heaven at his uncle, the Jade Emperor’s side.
Also, he keeps a hound called Xiaotian (meaning Howling at the Sky).
Sun Wukong always make fun of him, calling him nephew because Wukong is “equal of heaven”, and Yang Jian usually doesn’t give a Fxxk.
I think you are a person who combines both talent and handsome coexist
In the background, the biggest one is Juling-Shen, a giant vanguard of the army. He was the first god to challenge Wukong in JttW, but lost almost instantly. And the Four Heavenly Kings, former Buddhist gods, aka the Four Generals of House Mo in China, each guarding a direction, all defeated by Wukong at once. Erlang is only one that did not lose to Wukong last time.
And Erlang is pretty much the police officer for the heavenly court
He also appears in other stories like Fengshen Bang (League of Gods), which is about the fantasy version of ending of Shang Dynasty, and there is also the story of Nezha
General Radahn,howling at the sky😂
I love how lore accurate they made it. Wukong’s personality, trapping him in rock, the gods threatening to destroy his home and ppl. Journey to the West is a classic and (edit) the abridged versions are a quick read.
Around 2000 pages as a quick read? I'm impressed.
Bro is speed running Journey to the West lol @@Zorev32
@@Zorev32Bro has godly stamina. He's got a lucky lady
Lol it looks fn lazy wydm. Boss to boss rush mobile game vibes.
not just that, most, if not all of the bosses, mini-bosses in the game are from Journey to the West villain list too, and it totally features the imagination of those characters and their lore. It's not like Chinese hasn't tried to depict those JTTW stories in games, even media (i.e movies) before, but honestly I think it's the best depiction I have ever seen
Wukong,not Goku,is from a Chinese novel called 西游记(meaning journey to the west/India). This novel come to Japan and they translate Wukong to Goku in Japanese. Some western ppl even thought Wukong is a copy of Goku, it's so ridiculous!😂😂
ikr, for someone who knows multiple languages and all that history, it’s hilarious to see people misunderstanding something
没办法，软实力是自己争取来的。
It's even funnier considering Dragonball even literally copied the name for Goku. Son Goku is just the Japanese way to read Sun Wukong (孫悟空).
Goku is just the Japanese pronunciation of WuKong, same words in Kanji/Hanzi 悟空, Dragonball is a direct rip from Journey to the West, the characters, the staff, the cloud, etc.
@@miwako7601More like it's normal people misunderstanding something
Correction: I forgot that Sun WuKong is 7 Times Immortal, actually....
Don't forget everyone that Sun WuKong is "Immortal 7 Times Over." Kickass? YES! No, it doesn't make logical sense how one cannot die 6 times over but here's how this badass mofo did it (this is a bit long so channel your attention span. FOCUS!!!):
1. He initially became immortal after a Taoist Sage foolishly made WuKong his disciple and taught him a Secret Tao practice that made him immortal.
2. He then became twice immortal when he was taking a nap and was essentially soul kidnapped and sent to hell by "mistake" (the Jade Emperor definitely had a hand in it). While there WuKong is foolishly shown the ledger of life and death which are scrolls that have the names of all things and beings who are destined to live and die (seeing a pattern here) and simply erases his name and as many monkey bois from his mountain from it that he can before the Hell authorities stop him and he just fights his way outta Hell. Making him and most of his monke crew unable to be touched by the Gods of Hell making them virtually immortal.
3. He became thrice immortal after the Jade Emperor foolishly allows WuKong into Heaven and assigns WuKong to tend to the Orchard of Peaches of Immortality. WuKong obviously eats some.
4. He became 4 times immortal when someone foolishly mentions an exclusive Heavenly Party and WuKong sneaks into said Heavenly Party (he wasn't invited) and steals a cask of Immortal Wine and drinks it.
5. He became 5 times immortal when he snuck into the Sage Laozi's alchemical lab (Laozi foolishly left it unlocked and unguarded) and finds gourds full of pills of immortality/immortal elixir. He consumes them all.
6. He became 6 times immortal when he finds a ginseng baby fruit tree and eats one. This fruit only ripens every 9000 years and only 30 fruit at a time. Consuming it grants you 47,000 years of immortality. Making you virtually immortal because you can just wait 9000 years and eat more ginseng baby bruit and keep repeating the process.
7. He became 7 times immortal when the gods, sick of his shit, tried to essentially boil him alive to get the immortality out of him but instead they boiled the mortality out of him. Making him immortal.
Oh And BTW, he ALSO achieved Enlightenment aka becoming a Buddha. Technically making him kinda immortal through reincarnation... So yeah... Sun WuKong is all buffs and no nerfs.
All this to say, READ JOURNEY TO THE WEST! It reads like an Ancient Chinese Shonen manga and it kicks ass. You can definitely see the influences Akira Toriyama used for Dragonball. Also WuKong isn't even the main character, Tripitaka the Monk/Tang Sanzang is. It's an absolutely awesome read! If you don't wanna read it, the TH-cam channel "Overly Sarcastic Productions" are breaking down the book into short episodes and they currently have 11 episodes as of this comment.
Damn Wukong sounds like a rascal. What a guy. I love him already XD
天才
Hes the 7 fold immortal, after stealing the elixir/gourd/pills, the taoist immortal placed him in the distilling fire to try recover his lost pills and purified his mortality.
And to top it all off he ascended to budhhahood and was granted a perfect/golden body and titled "The Victorious Fighting Budhha"
Sun Wukong, the victorious fighting buddha, 7 fold immortal, and great sage equal to heaven is the OG and GOAT in one mischievious monkey package 😂
@@empyrealcultist1992 lmao bro is a menace love him. 😂😂
@@siliconhawk me too dude, i reread Monkey (abridged journey to the west) in preparation for thisgame.
His defiance of the heavenly court and absoloute loyalty to the little monkeys and Tripitaka, sublime character.
The only Context you will ever need, from an Asian man growing up watching all the films and have read all the novels about Sun Wukong :
This game happens after the events in the novel Journey To The West - a Chinese novel written in the 16th Century. In the novel, Wukong was a monkey born from a magical stone. At the beginning of the Universe, Nuwa ( the Goddess of Creation ) used her power to create all lives in the Universe, the excess energy from that event takes the form of 5 stones ( Wukong was born from 1 of those 5 stones ). Think of it like the Infinity Stones - enormous cosmic power. These 5 stones are then scattered among the Realms, one of them lands on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. After thousands of years absorbing energy of the Heaven and the Earth, the stone cracked, giving birth to a magical monkey - Sun Wukong.
He was incredibly strong and smart from birth, and was named the Monkey King by all the monkeys in the Mountain. But, he still could not defeat aging and death. So he roams the land, seeking a master to learn the secret of immortality. After a long time practicing Taoism magics, and had achieved immortality, he returns to his mountain and named himself The Great Sage equals to Heaven. His playful and cocky nature doesn't sit well with the Celestial Court ( led by the Jade Emperor ) , so between them, there was a beef. Fearing that Wukong would cause destruction, the Jade Emperor offered him a job in Heaven. During this time, he wanders around 33 levels of the Heavenly Palace, achieved 7 more layers of immortality ( by eating A WHOLE ASS GARDEN of immortality peaches, drinking Wine of Immortality, eating gourds of Immortality...... ). He even goes as far as going to Hell, bullying the God of Death, and erases his name out of the Book of Death, granting him another layer of immortality. Wukong is technically a force of the Universe, and now he can't die due to 7 layers of immortality. These acts made the Jade Emperor furious.
Then, the Jade Emperor ordered the Celestial Court to sent 100.000 heavenly soldiers ( including Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings in the video above ) upon him, Sun Wukong defeated them all. He destroys the whole Heavenly Palace and threaten the life of the Jade Emperor. In a panic, the Jade Emperor had to ask the All Mighty Buddha to intervene. Buddha defeated Wukong, and trapped him under a mountain for 500 years to teach him a lesson. After leaving, Buddha said that in order to repent for his sins, Wukong must embark on a Journey.
His mission was to escort a monk named Tang Sanzang from the East ( China ) to the West Heaven ( India ) to acquire the Scriptures of Buddha. Guanyin ( the right hand of Buddha ) gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Headband to keep Wukong in check ( because Tang Sanzang was only a mere weakling mortal ). By chanting the right words, the Headband will tighten around Wukong's forehead, giving him excruciating headache ( that's what happened in the video - maybe someone was reading the chant when Wukong turns into a bird - could be Buddha or Guanyin, i don't know ). After 17 YEARS of walking ON FOOT, defeating hundreds of monsters, they reached the West Heaven and acquired the Scriptures of Buddha. The party, including Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Pigsy and Sandy - were all given Buddhahood for their achievements. Sun Wukong was named The Victorious Fighting Buddha. All the events in this game happen after that.
I hope this would give Western audience more insights, and hopefully, more love for the beautiful story of Journey To The West. I highly suggest you all watch the film adaptations ( the most well-loved in Asia was the 1986 adaptation, the CGI is bad, but the story is beautiful. It is a long and profound story of the Journey, teaching us about love, compassion, and humanity, guiding us all on the Journey to achieve godhood ).
Thank you for this explanation brother, very informative 🙏🏻
然而这个游戏和原著其实并没有关系.....即便是中国人都觉得它的剧本非常烂
@@CNDD-t3b其实有不少考究的，包括轮回的概念里面也有很多明示。发售前Bilibili有个卡酱预测了剧情，也就知道人家在剧情下了多少工夫
@@CNDD-t3b我觉得剧本叙事还不错吧😅😅
@@CNDD-t3b Its a souls game.... therefore the script was already bad before it was written. no souls like game has a good story.
fun fact. The weapon our monkey carries weight in 6750KG and 6.75Ton
there is a typo earlier please ignore the early data
Adamantium staff
Heh
That staff is the pillar of the sea. It's original form is huge. It's used to calm the sea.
Jing gu bang😂
How is that a fact it weighs nothing because it does not exist
This game is adapted from the 16th century Chinese magic novel Journey to the West. This novel is well known in the People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Republic of China and other regions. Today, I am glad to see that the birthplace of this novel made a game about this novel. I have burst into tears 🥹
因为这些国家的人大多了解这个故事，所以会更加的喜欢这款游戏。这是款有灵魂的游戏。
@@tony7457-q6b 儒家文化圈大概都知道这个
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 中华民国
中华民国已经灭了，现在只有中华人民共和国，和即将收回的美日殖民地台湾省。
Btw,one china ,thanks
The animations in this are so damn clean. Insanely rare to see a progressive walk into sprint animation that isn't just a switch transition from slow to fast. Those little details kill it for me.
Agree! First time i saw this i really couldn’t believe it! Threw me off at first but felt soooo good!
Bro the walking animation when you’re locked on to enemies is toooo stylish love it
Agree!
I remember there is a tool for animation blending built in the Unreal Engine 4 (and im surely is also present in 5). That's a very good stuff!
Unreal motion matching? It’s sick
this game broke records. ppl are mad at this game. lying that the game is bad meanwhile steam shows overwhelmingly positive.
Because some people can't think that far, again for beginners 👍 the game has broken records for the number of players because the game is very well received in China, which you can see in the reviews 80% Chinese 👍game is nice would give it a 7/10👍
it didn't break anything
@@cherno8336 how do yall lie so naturally
@@cherno8336 singleplayer record on steam right ?
@@thenextbigthing187X are you saying that chinese are saying it is bad
I'm from China, and people are hyped af! Everyone I know are playing or talking about the game. So happy to finally being able to share some of the culture while bring gamers joy.
Same in Germany Munich 😊
As soon as I started playing the game I realized how little exposure we get from Chinese culture in games. Games in the West are always filled with Orcs and Elves and such. The creatures and stories in Wukong are amazing! You have a really rich culture in China and you should be proud of it.
Too bad the game sucks and bosses take forever
@@Jim-BagelGitgud
@@rzr0015 boss length has nothing to do with being able to beat them or not. It’s just repetitive and boring.
04:03:50 if you are curious where his head now, it is now in british robbery museum
As opposed to what? Being ransacked by red guards during cultural revolution?
@@martinlutherking6550Your word doesn't make sense bruh. Like the British robbed China just to protect the objects or what?
The British literally invented Archeology along with the French and safeguarded ancient artefacts when these cultures were backwardly pawning them off or vandalising them. Only now in the modern day do they give a shit about getting them back for political and monetary reasons.
我去，讽刺啊
@@martinlutherking6550
If you don't value your own things, then don't complain about us robbing you. Wow, very polite and gentleman.
Hah. A little bit of background here:
Wukong's armor here is based on the design used in The Journey to the West 1986, the TV series. It was Koei who copied the design, or may I say they took inspiration of Wukong 1986 and Lu Bu from the 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
About the TV series, to say it was a classical would be a mighty understatement. It was a huge project by CCTV (the National television of mainland China), consider it a cultural promotion project backed by the government back then. The amount of talents gathered there was huge, to the point I would say it would be impossible to replicate something of that level in the modern days. Imagine artists that were like Barbra Streisand and Taylor Swift of China, several dozens of that all featured in a single project.
The only Western equivalent I could think of would be Waterloo 1970. But while Waterloo took 28 weeks for the filming, the production of The Journey to the West took an entire 6 years, and there was not any delay or lackluster in it. Just hard work, and talents.
To the Western audience it might be something entirely new and fresh. But to us especially of the South East Asia (Vietnamese here), many of us grew up watching that. To us it's not minty fresh, but of reminiscent. All and all it's great.
And then we have other elements like the nimbus or the clone technique. Say, the TV series was based on the novel of the same title. First published around the end of 16th century, and considered 1 of the 4 pillars of classic literature in Chinese culture. How huge it was? Well not just Dragon Balls took inspiration from it, almost any classical writer or scholar from Japan or Vietnam could tell you of the four. The nimbus was there, the original Wukong - Goku rode the cloud, Son Goku later adopted that. Of the 72 spells that Wukong had, one of which he could take a tuft of fur, blow on it and each strand will turn into a clone. Yes the modern manga ninja learned that. All heritage, from centuries ago.
Another aspect I find interesting is that the Black Myth Wukong is backed by Tencent, and the China government has a very strong grip on major corps. Take a pinch: The game soundtracks take after many of the 1986 TV series (you can search for that, Journey to the West theme song). Given the Intellectual property would be state-owned, how did Tencent acquire that for Game Science to put them in their game? They must have permission from higher management. So personally, it's an AAA game, but I suspect more or less it's a strategic product, not directly but at least strongly supported by the government. To give back Wukong his proper position, not just some far away, sometimes mentioned predecessor of Goku? Or maybe a culture push, just like how the Korean did with their K-Pop wave.
Either way, it's beautiful seeing this. An interesting story to unfold. Eh, have fun guys.
It's always cool to see where the inspirations for many of you favorite franchises come from.
And I've long suspected the Chinese Government was happy to support projects like this, it's hard to imagine seeing dozen and dozens of successful franchises based on classical Chinese literature with no one actually knowing said literature.
From the reception I have to imagine they feel this was a successful endeavor.
appreciate your thoughts, gives me enough background to not go googlin
孫悟空的衣著設計是根據原著西遊記而來的，包括電視劇的衣著也是根據原著
Cool read. In the sea of absolute brainrot garbage in the comment section, stuff like this is great and I'm smarter for it.
The series was aired in my country when I was young. Journey to the West and other Wuxia series was what I grow up. Anime was only after high school.
They removed the best part of this stream, a roughly two hour period that occurred in the first 15 minutes of this video where Asmon had a panic attack because the game wouldn't work and he was faced with the real final boss: performing a BIOS update.
Are you exaggerating? If not... aw man, that must have sucked. Was it an Intel problem? I thought this PC had Ryzen?
@@Mageoftheyear It's always an intel problem :)
@@MageoftheyearI watched live.. it was hilarious definitely the best part of the first day
@@Mageoftheyear I am not. He spent over an hour just getting the shader pre-cache compiled, rebooted the game at least two dozen times, then had to start the tutorial section over twice due to crashes before he listened to someone and found a fix that worked. I felt bad for the guy, he looked genuinely stressed. He needs to find a way to vet some people so he has advice he can trust.
@@twinstars8812exactly. Intel sucks
As a Chinese, I'm really amazed by their production, every monster, be it a boss or a mini-monster, has their own story, which are interspersed with parts of ancient Chinese cultural works, such as the original Journey to the West, the Classic of the Mountains and Seas, and the Feudal Tablet. I this game is like reading super cool literature. I'm worried if their translations, such as the ditties, the monsters' voiceovers, etc. will allow people who don't speak Chinese to perceive the flavor and charm of this work.
There's bound to be something lost in translation. Still, it's cool to have a game based on ancient Chinese mythology for a change.
of course as a Chinese you are impressed by everything made by Chinese. Most Steam games are not even playable in China.
If anything, this will get people more interested in Chinese mythology to go beyond the game and research the history of this cool stuff.
As someone learning Chinese, some flavor clearly gets lost but then Journey to the West has always been a kind of Monster of the week book.
As someone who eats Chinese food regularly, I absolutely agree.
"The Journey to the West" tells a story of resistance, and in fact, China has too many stories of this kind, fighting against powerful authorities. Two thousand years ago, someone cried out, "Are kings and ministers born to their stations?" marking the beginning of the rebellion against the rule of the Qin Dynasty. With Sun Wukong, it became a tale of defiance against heaven itself. "I want all the gods in the heavens to vanish into thin air."
王侯将相宁有种乎
王侯将相宁有种乎
To those that don’t understand the English voice over for Sun, it’s intentional. The game is supposed to be an epilogue to the Journey to the West story, and Wukong is based off the 1986 tv series. His voice is meant to be shrill and wild, he is a monkey. If you think the voice is funny, that’s honestly good, he’s meant to be a humorous character. Chinese dub captures that better and has actual lip syncing but honestly the English VA did pretty good.
Edit: yes I know the game is based off the “Journey to the west (XiYouJi)” novel I’m saying the way they portray Wukong is based off the 1986 series tv series which is where we get the goofy ass monkey laugh and shrill voice. For Christ’s sake exercise just a little bit of reading comprehension before commenting “ACKSHUALLY👆 🤓”
The VA in English is honestly not bad at all. I expected far worse so I was positively surprised.
I thought English VA will be weird, but end up loving it as well
應該是是改篇自悟空傳，是西遊記用悟空視角的小說
What? People tought its voice was bad?
Agreed, the English VA did a great job there
The evironmental settings are amazing, I found myself taking my time wandering around just to appreciate the effort put into the game by the developers
a cold fact: some of the sceneries in the game, are an actual scenery that can be found in China, particularly one of the murals and walls with sculptures is actually based in JiangXi province
@@minchutong9296Nice info
@@minchutong9296 山西，ShanXi
Is it worth exploring every nook and cranny in this game? Because that's how I normally play games with big maps, but that kind of thing also burns me out by the end.
@@Krenisphiayes
★ This is the story of what happened at the end of chapter one:
• It is said that long, long ago, a young novice monk wandered deep into the forest and unexpectedly encountered a colossal Black Bear Guai. Yet, contrary to expectations, the bear did not devour the monk but instead gifted him a sack filled with gold and silver. The bear then guided the novice to a secluded temple at the foot of the mountain.
• From a young child, the novice diligently cultivated his practice and eventually became the revered abbot, leading hundreds of monks. He developed a profound passion for collecting kasayas (Buddhist robes), accumulating and wearing countless robes until he believed no other could possibly pique his interest.
• One day, the abbot met Tang Sanzang, the master of Sun Wukong. Enchanted by Tang Sanzang's exquisite kasaya, the abbot borrowed it. Influenced by the cunning schemes of Guangzhi and Guangmou to steal the kasaya and burn Tang Sanzang's quarters, the abbot's long-dormant desires resurfaced. Consumed by greed, he set fire to the temple, causing the deaths of countless monks. The precious kasaya, however, fell into the hands of Black Bear Guai. Overwhelmed by grief and remorse, the abbot struck his head against a wall, ending his life.
• Despite years of cultivation under the guidance of the Bodhisattva Guan Yin, Black Bear Guai remained perplexed. Why had the young novice resisted the allure of wealth yet succumbed to the temptation of a mere kasaya?
• The Bodhisattva Guan Yin smiled and replied, "Without that kasaya, how could sentient beings discern whether their attachments and desires to the mundane world had truly been severed?
Because he was protected by Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang slept soundly until morning, only to awaken and find the entire temple reduced to ashes.
They said that this game has three or four endings, each of which will be based on the number of achievements you have completed to battle different bosses and complete different story endings. This may also include the battle of the "Four Heavenly Kings". If you complete all the "81 Hardship" achievements, it will trigger an epic battle between Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court. I haven't watched it yet, so I will leave suspense to complete and challenge the final ending myself. I hope to see it in your video too. Wishing you a happy game.❤❤
its true，we already have 4 heavenly gods fight here
I think there’s a total of 5 endings for the game
There are only 2 endings
I wonder how many westerners actually know Son Goku not as a DBZ character but what Toriyama used as a reference (also taking the name too actually) of the age old Chinese folk lore that is Wukong. (In Asia Goku is pronounced Oh-Gong which in Chinese it sounds out Wukong)
Not many sadly, and somehow I have some friends that are arrogantly saying Sun Wukong copied DBZ, can't they just do some googling?😂😂😂😂
Not Asia only people in Japan pronounce it as Goku
Which is why I found the english voice fun and accurate it has the goku esque voice 😂
That's a stupid way to word it to be honest, why wouldn't they know Goku as a Dragon Ball character? Just say Wukong
Not in asia bro, only in japan😂, In asia we all watch the 86version JttW
I completely disagree with Zack's sentiment of having this game be an open world, this game reminds me of old games of ~2006, no bullshit involved just raw action combat, great bosses, fun focused, cool characters, no bullshit collectibles or large expanses of meaningless encounters/camps, etc
like question marks all over the map
I agree. Kind of fatigued from open world games.
@@HelmutSalvatore they are fun and all but it gets tiring, just finished forbidden west and it being a really nice game its boring sometimes to go from one point to another because those maps are freaking huge, its nice to see a linear straight to the point game from time to time.
@@HelmutSalvatore also agree. I think in the rise of graphics, computing power, and social gaming there's a bar that we've let drop -- which is whether an open world format justifies itself within a game or not.
@@dongren8620 "Guess you're looking for: UBISoft" XD
People who were born and raised in the East are generally familiar with Sun Wukong’s story, so it’s exciting to see how Westerners react to it.😬
grew up in the Philippines, familiar with goku but not wukong
@@paoweeo There’s a high possibility that you’re not Chinese (and by Chinese, I mean people who can read and understand even a bit of Hanzi（汉字）, like Koreans, Japanese, Taiwan, Singaporean, Malaysian, Chinese Malaysian, Indonesian Chinese, Thai Chinese, Vietnam Chinese etc.)
ive played my fair share of smite
I can’t believe people are hating this game calling it a crappy Dark Souls clone. If you want a crappy Dark Souls game go play Lords Of The Fallen. Black Myth: Wukong is true to the story and the gameplay is bar none. This game, just like Elden Ring, has lived up to the hype and people just can’t wrap their heads around that.
I think you are a person who combines both talent and handsome coexist
Lords of the Fallen is good. It's been massively improved.
I mean it's the same with mmos ofc everything is trash compared to the top dogs of the genre like wow and ff14
My only real complaint is they should have made the enemies hit much harder and made most of them more aggressive.
I am as mid as mid gets at games and I haven't died even once in many hours of play.
@@SaintKinesthat's why so many people will play it and that's also why it's not a great game.
Goku's name is the Japanese translation of Sun WuKong, the exact same full name of the monkey king Sun WuKong
你看看西游记原著，看看唐僧怎么叫孙悟空
@@ramenloverSoySoy And most of them still are so lazy to do research 😂, it's right there in the Google
@@Khann_2102 because noone gives a fuck lmao
@@EhAiron and that's the difference between virgin mindless consoomers (you) and chad mythology knowing enjoyers (me)
@dextersynesterformerlysorb5334 omg you're so cool (not really)
I still can't believe how Black Myth Wukong easily reach 2.2 plus millions players. Definitely one of the best game this year so far.
Because China has a large population.
For normies its good game LULE
@@silver4831 yeah, something like 88% of players are from China.
China has own platform like steam, so 2.2M isn't really Chinese player can pull up
@@irondude71 stop making figures up
I really don't get the people complaining about the dub VA. I feel like they have a completely wrong expectation for Sun Wukong, because I think he nails the role. High pitched, teasing and shit stirring with giggles aplenty. That's the Monkey King baby.
Idk to me it initially just sounded like someone doing a bad joker impression. It grew on me as the game went on though. Everyone else's voice on point.
You got it 😂
gow copy.
@@Jacob-ec9og god of war wishes it was wukong
I love reading that this game is not only blowing up for gameplay but because of historical accuracy to real life references as well as the original works. Would love to see someone go through and make a list of such references in detail
thats the most reddit thing ive ever heard
@@therealone1288 kek
Erlang is not related to wukong by blood. Wukong refers to him as brother because erlang was the only one who could match his fighting prowess among the celestial court.
After wukong had bested all 100 000 heavenly soldiers, the four celestial kings, ju-ling shen (the big guy in the back), and the third prince nezha, the jade emperor was in distress and didnt know who could stop wukong and subdue him so he could face judgement in heaven. The bodhissatva Guanyin (the one who the black bear referred to as master) stepped in and informed the celestial court that Erlang could best wukong in combat. They fought and were on par with each other but the the supreme heavenly lord of dao (creator of many of the celestial taiyi pills you find throughout the stages) intervened as they were fighting and hit wukong in the head with an elemental ring (this is not wukong's headband shown in the game) and thus wukong was defeated and brought to the celestial court by erlang to be executed. This is why Erlang refers to wukong as "someone he has bested before" (even though it wasnt really a fair fight in a way)
道教老子用的环叫“金刚琢”，后来被老子的青牛偷走跑到下界当妖怪，拿金刚琢套走了孙悟空师兄弟的武器
Also brother in mandarin is not used only to relatives, sometimes it's a title or honorific
Actually taishang laojun has the power to stop Wukong but dude is too busy making his holy pills lmao
Also, when Erlang took the job of purging and flattening the mountain, he half assed it so much the mountain healed quickly and like 10 percent of the monkeys survived.
Wukong was originally super mad the first time he came back, but later he realized just how much Erlang had flipped his uncle the Jade Emperor the bird and conceded that he owed Erlang big time.
FYI, the delevoper said that the black myth is gonna be series like assassin's Creed if the first game is successful, my guess is either gonna be nezha or erlang god next
可能是 锦衣卫
Depends, could be assassins creed like the Enzio collection where we get more of Wukong. I totally down for that.
Oh that would be great. Nezha animation serie was also aired here.
It’s going to be Jiangziya, about the ancient Shang Dynasty, and how it came to an end. Shang was a Dark Empire of human sacrifice that actually existed 2500 years ago in china.
No, it wouldn't be wukong series, but mythology series, like Erlang or nezha, or maybe some other characters, but aside from wukong, nezha and Erlang is the most famous from Chinese mythology, but who knows maybe they decided to go for another characters
This game happens after the events in the novel Journey To The West - a Chinese novel written in the 16th Century. In the novel, Wukong was a monkey born from a magical stone. At the beginning of the Universe, Nuwa ( the Goddess of Creation ) used her power to create all lives in the Universe. One day, a great flood occurred on the earth. The water came from the sky (consistent with the world-destroying flood in Greek mythology). As the mother of the human race, Nuwa’s mother contributed her own Life collected colorful stones to mend the sky, and Sun Wukong's stone was one of the excess stones.
He was incredibly strong and smart from birth, and was named the Monkey King by all the monkeys in the Mountain. But, he still could not defeat aging and death. So he roams the land, seeking a master to learn the secret of immortality. After a long time practicing Taoism magics, and had achieved immortality, he returns to his mountain and named himself The Great Sage equals to Heaven. His playful and cocky nature doesn't sit well with the Celestial Court ( led by the Jade Emperor ) , so between them, there was a beef. Fearing that Wukong would cause destruction, the Jade Emperor offered him a job in Heaven. During this time, he wanders around 33 levels of the Heavenly Palace, achieved 7 more layers of immortality ( by eating A WHOLE ASS GARDEN of immortality peaches, drinking Wine of Immortality, eating gourds of Immortality...... ). He even goes as far as going to Hell, bullying the God of Death, and erases his name out of the Book of Death, granting him another layer of immortality. Wukong is technically a force of the Universe, and now he can't die due to 7 layers of immortality. These acts made the Jade Emperor furious.
Then, the Jade Emperor ordered the Celestial Court to sent 100.000 heavenly soldiers ( including Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings in the video above ) upon him, Sun Wukong defeated them all. He destroys the whole Heavenly Palace and threaten the life of the Jade Emperor. In a panic, the Jade Emperor had to ask the All Mighty Buddha to intervene. Buddha defeated Wukong, and trapped him under a mountain for 500 years to teach him a lesson. After leaving, Buddha said that in order to repent for his sins, Wukong must embark on a Journey.
His mission was to escort a monk named Tang Sanzang from the East ( China ) to the West Heaven ( India ) to acquire the Scriptures of Buddha. Guanyin ( the right hand of Buddha ) gave Tang Sanzang the Golden Headband to keep Wukong in check ( because Tang Sanzang was only a mere weakling mortal ). By chanting the right words, the Headband will tighten around Wukong's forehead, giving him excruciating headache ( that's what happened in the video - maybe someone was reading the chant when Wukong turns into a bird - could be Buddha or Guanyin, i don't know ). After 17 YEARS of walking ON FOOT, defeating hundreds of monsters, they reached the West Heaven and acquired the Scriptures of Buddha. The party, including Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Pigsy and Sandy - were all given Buddhahood for their achievements. Sun Wukong was named The Victorious Fighting Buddha. All the events in this game happen after that.
I don't get why everyone is shitting on the english VA, taking into account Wukongs personality I think it's actually really fitting and enjoyable.
It's not just the VA, the English translation is laughably bad (Compared to the original Chinese lines)
The VA makes sense for the character, but its still obnoxious to listen to.
@@effies671 yeah but that's a whole different thing isn't it. It's not the VAs fault for the bad translation
@@ZeallustImmortal maybe I'm in the minority, but I expect wukong to sound obnoxious, so it actually becomes fun to listen to him
@@glitched_matrix Well of course he'd sound obnoxious. Being obnoxious on purpose doesnt make it not obnoxious though. Ill be playing the game regardless, so maybe itll grow on me, but so far its the worst part of the game.
There are flaws that people are going to pick apart to try ‘n make seem worse than they are. But regardless of how bad some may or not be… you can’t argue this is DAMN impressive for their first attempt at a game like this. Absolutely phenomenal, and I’m looking forward to seeing more from them.
That intro was absolutely crazy. Wished that more games would push boundaries like this. God of war was incredible aswell and is much like the scenery in here. in general i just hope to see more like this in the future.
The 72 Earthly Evil Techniques that Sun Wukong knows refer to
1. Passing through the secluded places: Passing through the secluded places means being able to go to and from hell freely. Everyone knows that going to hell is not difficult, but coming back is not so easy. If you master the skill of passing through the secluded places, you can go to hell to play at will. Sun Wukong was able to go to the King of Hell to change the Book of Life and Death, so he used this method.
2. Expelling gods: Expelling gods.
3. Carrying mountains: It means being able to carry the weight of a mountain. Sun Wukong was able to survive under the Five Fingers Mountain because of this method.
4. Forbidding water: Being able to pass through water unimpeded. Although it is unimpeded, Sun Wukong's attack power in water battles is not as good as Sha Wujing, and his ability is even more limited in special waters such as the Flowing Sand River. In the end, Guanyin had to come forward to settle it. After all, everyone has their own expertise and abilities.
5. Borrowing wind: Being able to drive the wind.
6. Spreading fog: As the name suggests, it means making fog appear wherever you want.
7. Pray for clear weather: can make rainy days clear.
8. Pray for rain: when Tang Monk and his three disciples were fighting in Chechi Kingdom, Sun Wukong competed with Huli Daxian in praying for rain.
9. Sitting on fire: not afraid of fire.
10. Entering water: diving into the deep sea.
11. Covering the sun: can avoid the strong light of the sun.
12. Riding the wind: can ride the wind, the "flying skill" in Journey to the West.
13. Boiling stones: alchemy. Can make elixirs.
14. Breathing flames: can spit fire.
15. Swallowing a knife: can eat a knife into the stomach.
16. Pot sky: the small space in the pot can become the sky, can become smaller.
17. Divine movement: the spirit transcends the body and swims freely.
18. Walking on water: walking on the water.
19. Staff: You can abandon your body and go to heaven, or you can escape without leaving your body and just pretend to have an object (such as clothes, staff, sword) to escape. Sun Wukong often escapes by this.
20. Clone: Not only can you create multiple versions of yourself. You can also create multiple versions of other objects.
21. Invisibility: Invisibility.
22. Continuation: You can do this, so Sun Wukong can grow back after being beheaded.
23. Immobilization: There is no problem using this to deal with small monsters.
24. Demon-slaying: Many ghosts and monsters have no physical body. You can chop them by practicing this.
25. Invite the immortals: This depends on your character, and of course your strength, to invite the immortals to help you!
26. Chasing the soul: You can see the soul and track it.
27. Capturing the soul: You can find the soul and eat the soul.
28. Summoning the cloud: Summoning the cloud.
29. Take the moon: Take the moon with one hand.
30. Transport: Can quickly transport things from one place to another, like pushing mountains and filling the sea.
31. Marry a dream: A kind of illusion. Let the other party fall into a nightmare and mentally destroy the other party.
32. Disintegrate: Can separate various parts of the body without any damage. This is why Sun Wukong cannot be killed.
33. Send the stick: Can send the hit of the stick to another object to escape the pain.
34. Stop the flow: Stop the flow of rivers. Sun Wukong used this method to help Tang Seng cross the river.
35. Avert disasters: Use magic to eliminate the disasters faced.
36. Relieve disasters: Rescue dangers.
37. Huangbai: The so-called magic of the sorcerer to turn elixir into gold and silver.
38. Swordsmanship: The method and technique of using a sword. Therefore, most Taoist weapons are swords.
39. Shooting covers: Divination and guessing objects.
40. Earth movement: moving freely in the earth.
41. Star number: being able to observe the stars at night and know one's destiny.
42. Formation: various barriers and formations to trap the enemy. In the third fight with the White Bone Demon, Sun Wukong drew a circle on the spot for Tang Seng. The White Bone Demon turned into a girl, but could not come forward. This circle is the formation.
43. False form: the art of transformation, one of Sun Wukong's most commonly used moves, and he used it to the extreme.
44. Spraying: using magic to point at an object and make it change.
45. Finger transformation: using a finger to change something.
46. Corpse transformation: after Taoists attain the Tao, they can abandon their bodies and become immortals, or leave behind a body and only pretend to be an object (such as clothes, staff, sword) and ascend to heaven.
47. Scenery shifting: a trick, also known as illusion.
48. Summon: being able to summon something by remote control. In Journey to the West, there is an episode where the king wanted to capture the four masters and apprentices pretending to be merchants. After the misunderstanding was resolved, the clothes and boxes used for pretending flew back to their original positions by themselves. This is what they used.
49. Erqu: can make items return.
50. Gathering beasts: various wild beasts can obey your orders. Sun Wukong tamed the celestial horses with this.
51. Adjusting birds: can tame various birds.
52. Qi ban: can not breathe air.
53. Dali: infinite strength. It is powerful enough to be able to play Dinghai Shenzhen.
54. Penetrating stones: can pass through stones. It is more unobstructed when walking on the earth.
55. Shengguang: eyes can emit strong light.
56. Zhanfu: practice inner alchemy.
57. Daoyin: "Dao" refers to "guiding qi", guiding qi makes it harmonious; "Yin" refers to "leading the body", leading the body makes it soft.
58. Taking food: Anything can be swallowed and it is beneficial and harmless.
59. Breaking the wall: Can pass through the wall.
60. Leaping the rock: Can jump high and long.
61. Cute head: Grow a new head.
62. Climbing the copy: Quickly grab something.
63. Drinking water: Drinking as much water as you want is fine. If Jingwei knew this, she wouldn't have to fill the sea.
64. Lying in the snow: Lying in the snow.
65. Exposing to the sun: Can be exposed to the sun.
66. Playing with pills: Nine out of ten are doctors. In Journey to the West, there are several episodes where Sun Wukong can cure diseases, diagnose pulses with a thread, prescribe medicine, and play with pills.
67. Talisman water: Draw or burn talismans in water, and drink it to cure diseases.
68. Medicine: Chinese and Western medicine and surgical operations.
69. Knowing time: Equivalent to having your own watch or clock.
70. Geospatial knowledge: You can also bring your own maps and pointers.
71. Fasting: Don’t be afraid of not eating or drinking.
72. Nightmare prayer: Use nightmares to defeat the enemy.
Brother Jesus christ
Black Myth: Wukong is made for gamers
Made for monkes
It's about damn time somebody made a real game and not another interactive woke agenda
But what about MOdErN auDiAnCe?!
and somehow people still think this game is crap because its from China
Black Myth: Mid Kong. A game for the Chinese
Journey to the West is a popular Chinese novel published in 1592, the year the Japanese invasion of Korea began (The Imjin War.) WuKong's Japanese pronunciation is Goku.
The golden hoop, which made Wukong defeated in the open into, is given by Buddha to Tangseng(Tang Monk) , to subdue Wukong to protect him during the journey. It has a spell and when Tangseng chant it, will get tighten and make Wukong headache. According to the novel, after Wukong finished the journey, Buddha already removed the golden hoop and give Wukong freedom. But here in opening intro, Wukong is definitely cheated by Buddha, the golden hoop is never removed, and he only got fake freedom.
My poor king😢
你说的是头上带的金色王冠😂只要念咒语王冠就会不停缩紧。他是被骗带上的金色王冠😂。武器金棒是定海神针。用来镇压海上风浪的。东海龙王宫殿里获得。本体是一根扎在海底的巨大棍子😂
No guanyin gave it to tang monk who tricked wukong into wearing it
In 1573, Wu Cheng'en wrote the novel Journey to the West, but because the protagonist was a monkey who had always been hostile to the Heavenly Court, it was regarded as spreading the spirit of rebellion and was deemed a banned book by the Ming Dynasty at that time.
I ran around beating all of the little bosses in white robes that do not respawn at rest, picking up yarn from the wolves and crafted all of the armor set that unlocks by the giant rest station and gained the armor stat boosts before fighting the bosses. You can do more damage after sprinting for 10 seconds, gain armor points from the armor and use gourd while running. Trade gold for will and buy all the yarn. Farm will from an area, get familiar with it, rest and repeat to purchase out all ingredients available at store.
Good to know. I was curious what the golds are for.
When you realize that they right off the bat starts the game with saying
“Fuck-That DEI Journalist, We Won’t Bend The Knee”
LOL it definitely is a cheeky allusion. Monke has a sense of humor. 🤣
I havent play the game yet, but i give it a 10/10 or else people will call me a journalist bootlicker.
I mean to be fair. Screen Rant (a no name media journalism website) used it because they knew it would gain traction via bad publicity.
1:54 Goku is Wukong in Japanese pronunciation... Dragon Ball is inspired wukong (Journey to the west)
Really？ first time to hear that
@@Bjorn7342not sure bout the Japanese pronunciation of wukong but I know Sun Goku’s in Chinese version name is exactly same as Sun Wukong in journey to west. They are both 孙悟空
@@Bjorn7342Son Goku and Sun Wukong. Sound familiar ?
It is, if you ever read the original Japanese version of the dragonball manga, you will see his name as 孫悟空 in Kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese script), the auther didn't even bothere to change the name.
@@Bjorn7342 It's real.
Japanese pronunciation of 孙悟空 is Son Goku, Mandarin pronunciation of 孙悟空 is Sun Wukong. To Anyone who knows Chinese characters, they're the same. The famous Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama borrowed some character settings and plots from the great novel "Journey to the West (which is India where Buddhism was founded)" completed by the Chinese writer Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century to create the equally great "Dragon Ball" comics. Generally speaking, the plot of "Dragon Ball" has little to do with "Journey to the West", which is a novel with a strong Buddhist and Taoist color.
I love how many people in the comment section are pissing themselves and spreading misinformation, because they can't accept a Chinese company made a better game than their 25th copy of Call of Duty or Assasin's Creed.
You're spreading miss information cuz I haven't seen any of that yet lol
@@universaltheory5262yeah like they doesn’t release same shits every year with (improved graphics) and changed movements! xdd
Grats.
China knows how to copy Japanese gaming expertise.
You should be proud of yourself China!
You've graduated from copying everything the West creates and have moved on to biting all the great things Japan has come up with.
Tf you mean? Almost everybody here is praising this game. You must've confused the TH-cam tab for a video game journalist website
@@dipsy4005its not what he talk about….learn to read!
The Chinese are investing very heavily into their games and anime for some insanely good visuals.
The Chinese have been making insane character designs and set pieces for over a decade, it was only a matter of time before they started putting that awesome artwork into real games instead of mobile gacha games lol
@@ZeallustImmortal gatcha is pure greed with incredibly lazy design.
This game shows what passion with huge backing can produce.
@@Beer_Wolf Nah man, lots of chinese monile gacha has insanely good designs. Its still pure greed though.
Communism works! This game proves it
@@ZeallustImmortal Not for long anymore. PirateSoftware talked about a ban from the Chinese government on at least some of the predatory designs in those games. Studios saw their expected profits drop with 80 million over night. I don't know much more about it but if it's true, it might save gaming for the rest of the world as well.
Can't wait for Black Myth : Wukong to change his life
Imagine a flower picking, boss rush mobile game changing your life 🎉 man up and go play Stellar blade!!
1:25:40
@@NTMKhanhno way 😂
@@NTMKhanhdamn 😂
This game has been really fun to play. It gives me hope that there are studios out there willing to make things they are passionate about. You can tell they put a lot of work into this. I got 9 hours streamed and its a 10/10 for me.
that last tiger boss might be one of my fav boss of all time, from the design, voice acting, the move set, the animation, everything about it so good
在中国，这个boss被称为《虎先锋》。先锋在中国古代是一个头衔，比小兵厉害一点的小头领，也就是前期boss，但在刚开始玩家还不会玩，经常被虎先锋暴打，有一句玩笑话，虎先锋三拳打碎大圣梦😂
@@森亮张 its so cool to see these things in a game! the lore is quite interesting.
So hear me out, I think the game journalists are baiting us. Their engagement has been so low in the past years, so they're doing the opposite now. They praise a bad game, and criticize a good one. This way, we engage more actively, just to tell them how wrong they are. It's just like in Stack-overflow. Asking a question won't get you a lot of responses, but post a wrong answer and there'd be a bunch of people telling you how wrong you are while giving you the right answer. Yup, life hacks. :)
The scheming bastards
Pretty much, think that is just the way psychology in journalism works
stackoverflow bit is so relatable xD
Lol all the haters are saying it's just 90% Chinese playing this game. Sorry but this game is blowing up in the US as well.
UK here and I’ll probably be buying it as well! So far looks good. Still cautious because of how shit games are these days. But looks good!
All these character are the original characters in the Journey to the west story.
And they are not made up blindly.
Nah it’s not. 92% of comments on steam are Chinese plus it’s got an 81 on MC (same as Stellar Blade) so any claim that it’s GOTY is pure wishful thinking
@@halos04245cope harder😂
In ancient Chinese mythology, besides Sun Wukong, there were also Erlang Shen Yang Jian and the Third Prince Nezha who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace. I really look forward to Game Science making their stories into games in the future. It will definitely be very exciting, and the story will be very meaningful, because these three characters have all resisted power, but were ultimately helpless. Sun Wukong became the Fighting Buddha, Erlang Shen went to Guanjiangkou to become a god, and Nezha went to the Heavenly Palace with his father to become generals of the Emperor of Heaven.
So about the ending anime lore of the 1st chapter , the monk(JingChi) was obsess with Wukong master's kasaya and tried to steal it. He set a fire try to burn them alive, however wukong get this magical fire-resistance cloth (which you obtain from the hanging fox body) and they slept it off while the temple and all the monks in it were burned to the ground. If you pay attention to JingChi(the golden big head boss) last word, he was regretting for his greed.
Always remember to check "Journal" in the game, it will not only tell you the story of these creatures, it also tells how many bosses/mini bosses are not yet found in the specific chapter. There are so many bosses that are hidden or triggered by a special way or a special item. Watch out what NPCs say, it may be a hint. Chapter 1 has at least two hidden bosses, Chapter has at least 3 hidden bosses... Note, these hidden bosses loot the key item that will help you defeat the final boss easily in each chapter.
About that part of black bear guai’s lore, I want explain based on what I understand: Black bear guai was just a little monk, he tries to capture a frog in the middle of the night, that shows his inner violence, and then he encounter Black bear guai whom offer him a bag of jewelries, The frog jumped into the hands of a dead person, which means that someone died in this forest, maybe a traveler or a passing caravan. The black bear did not actually exist, it was the embodiment of his inner greed.
As he grew older, he became a powerful monk, but his greed did not subside. The robe that monks wear is called a kasaya(袈裟）, which is a very important and precious item for monks, and Black bear guai has a fetish of collecting them(according to the original novel).
Later we see a monk give him a robe，that monk is sanzang（sanzang）, shifu of wukong, and he didn’t give Black bear guai the robe, Black bear actually stole it from Sanzang in the original novel.
And we can see he is obsessed with the robe, hi cover himself with it, dream of becoming a great monk like sanzang, His greed and jealousy were like a raging fire, burning out his inner faith and burning down his temple. He, too, changed from a monk to the Black bear guai
Thanks for explaining, I didn’t really understand what was happening
Ty I was confused af
wow，nice！❤
有趣的理解，但是黑熊是存在的。不是他的想象
你可能记错原来的部分内容，小和尚和黑熊精是2个不同的角色。原著里唐三藏从五指山救出孙悟空后来到了观音禅院借宿（第一章的地点）。观音禅院的主持就是金池长老（小和尚）他对袈裟有着异常的执着，在借宿的时候提出想看唐三藏的袈裟，唐三藏借给了他看。他压制不了贪婪想据为己有，这时候他的徒弟广智提出放火烧死唐三藏师徒。但这一切都被孙悟空知道了，将计就计，保护唐三藏住宿的房间，让火焰烧毁了其他放房间，金池长老也在大火中死了。但是火熄灭后发现袈裟不见了,调查之后知道是大火中被黑熊精偷走了。（第一章最后的那张精美的图画内容就是这一幕）
黑熊精的家距离观音禅院二十里，他是一个喜欢佛法的妖怪经常和金池长老来往。动画前半部分的内容，可能是介绍金池小时候和黑熊精的相遇。
The game was completely unexpected for me. I bought it because the trailer looked interesting. The game is definitely good value for the amount of content. At the beginning I thought that the paths were very limited and the game wasn't going to be particularly good. It was only from chapters 2-3 that I realized how much effort went into the story and it's crazy that there are still games like this where a game works completely bug-free. If a lot of things are good in a skill tree and you have to weigh them up, then you know that the developers have put some thought into it. The only sad thing is the reviews that don't appreciate a great game for gamers because it comes from China...
Thanks for your comment after really playing this game.I’ve played black math wukong for almost 82 hours to get all the achievements,like you said,there’re so many hidden maps ,hidden roads and hidden bosses to explore .It’s really weird that some people say that the game is too linear, I seriously doubt that they haven’t actually played the game.
Next title: I Can't Stop Playing This Game
This game changed my life
@@jccchufor sure. 😂
@@jccchulol you called it
@@jccchu Nice
Bro the Intro scene feels exactly like reading the book omfg I love it
He once used that axe to cut a mountain open to rescue his mother, who was imprisoned inside it. [10'35'']
I think you mean his nephew
@@zeyuzhao6273 No he did the same thing as well
@@zeyuzhao6273 历史是一个轮回，出生于凡人的二郎用斧头拯救了自己被囚禁在山下的母亲，而当他后面作为天地间的司法正神的时候，他遵从天帝的命令囚禁了自己的妹妹
I think u mixed this one with another story
@@artkidolee2162 No, actually he first saved his mother with an axe, and then stopped his nephew from saving his mother. It's a bit funny to say.
Black Myth: Wukong，我认为是中国名著《西游记》后续改编故事。很精彩！
国外的朋友在玩这款游戏的过程中，建议阅读或去了解《西游记》这本在中国家喻户晓的书。方便更加清晰的理解游戏中的人物关系和人物对话隐藏的含义。
中国神话体系大体分三界：阴间（死亡世界）、人间、天上（天庭、佛界）
种族大体分三类：人、神（仙、佛、道）、妖魔鬼怪（修炼出法术的动物、堕落的神仙、活死尸和鬼魂、怪（修炼出法术的物品））
声明：下面是游戏人物在《西游记》书中的介绍，不代表后续人物产生的变化（游戏中是《西游记》书外改编产生的变化）。
天庭的十万天兵天将，
巨人是天庭南天门的四大天王。
狗是三眼白衣男子（二郎神）的宠物。
二郎神，名字叫杨戬，是神仙和凡人的混血，是天庭任职的神。人物特点：少年俊雅的神祇，容姿出众，仪表出众，虽然是天庭立场，但内心充满正义感。在中国流传有很多的传说和影视作品。由于某部关于二郎神的影视结局反转。导致部分中国人在看到二郎神说话的时候，需要深入解读。神不代表正义，但是二郎神有可能是正义的。
猴子，人母女娲（中国神话：女娲造人）补天剩下的一块石头，经过吸收天地日月精华诞生的石猴子。后来拜菩提老祖（神仙）为师学习法术，老师给猴子取名叫：孙悟空。特点：聪明、活泼、勇敢、嫉恶如仇，强大正义、勇于抗争、积极乐观。经历：闹东海龙宫，取装备，闹地府，上天当神仙，回人间被讨伐，大战十万天兵天将，大闹天宫，被压五指山，西天取经成佛。历经九九八十一难，被封为斗战胜佛。
This games really reminds me of the 2000s and 2010s where giant set pieces were popular. Early God of War, Asura's Wrath, Vanquish, Metal Gear Revengeance. It's nice to see something like this be made.
Yeah, we missed those feelings of fighting gigantic enemies
Fromsoft has covered this in just about every game but I'm still glad this ones here. It's about time China came to the table with a great game. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
@@SaintKines Fromsoft has never made this type of giant set piece in any game Idk what you're on about. Giant set piece has never been the focus for fromsoft game.
@@Wanderersea A game being open world is only massive in scale for new player, for older player open world equal massive waste of space with some exclamation mark on the map.
Which was true for both Elden Ring and RDR2, and had been true since Skyrim, the actual game that created the open world trending where everything after it need to be open world instead of just some selected few.
The intro of Wukong where the camera being tight in closed space only to open up to a vast area, with giant boss figure in the back and main character having to look up to that giant with close up camera, was a scaling trick that was used many times before in game. Especially popular in game like God of War/Asura Wrath/Vanquish or even Bayonetta. Hell the intro of God of War 3 leading to Poseidon reveal, was set up exactly like Wukong intro.
All those games were linear, so with camera trick it was able to reveal how puny you were against god like being so big. And overcoming such godlike being while being so small feel goods.
Those kind of game was popular during 2010s, these days not many games do that. For game like Elden Ring to create such a feeling, the actual boss has to be at least the size of Gransax or even bigger. But as we all know, Gransax is just static and Greyoll movement crashed Elden Ring.
@@Wanderersea Open world equal a lot of wasted space is a common game design problem, just because they were able to trick you doesn't mean that problem doesn't exist.
The first game that make you feel such thing is always special, but after so many open world the formula kinda show and it no longer have any magic over you.
So enjoy that first time
Background introduction of Sun Wukong:
Parents: Born stone monkey without father or mother
Master: Two, the first master is Bodhi Patriarch. The second master, Tang Sanzang
Martial arts skills: 72 transformations, cloud somersaults, fiery eyes and golden eyes, golden body not damaged, etc..
Weapon: Ruyi Golden Hoop Rod (Sea God Needle)
Sun Wukong (also known as the Monkey King, the Monkey King, the Monkey King, the Monkey King, and the Fighting Buddha) is a character in the classical Chinese mythological novel "Journey to the West". Born from the creation of immortal stones, the birthplace is located on Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou. He is revered as the "Monkey King" for leading a group of monkeys into the Water Curtain Cave. In order to learn the art, he crossed the sea and became a disciple of the founder of Subhuti, named "Sun Wukong". He learned advanced spells such as the Great Immortal Technique, the Seventy Two Transformations, and the Cloud Dance.
Sun Wukong, who had just left the army, did not receive any weapons. He obtained the Ruyi Golden Hoop, Phoenix Wings Purple Golden Crown, Lock Gold Armor, Lotus Silk Step Cloud Shoes from the Four Seas Dragon Kings. Later, he caused a stir in the underworld and removed the Book of Life and Death, which alarmed the heavens. He was then summoned by the Jade Emperor and granted the title of Bi Ma Wen. After learning of his lowly position, he angrily returned to Huaguo Mountain and defeated the attacks of Li Tianwang and Nezha, forcing the Jade Emperor to appoint him as the Great Sage of Qi Tian and build a mansion in the Heavenly Palace to manage the Peach Garden. Due to disrupting the Peach Blossom Festival of the Queen Mother and stealing the Golden Elixir of the Supreme Emperor, he was refined into a golden body and smoked into a fiery golden eye in the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Supreme Emperor. Afterwards, he caused a great commotion in the Heavenly Palace. Despite being surrounded by 100000 heavenly soldiers, generals, four heavenly kings, and twenty-eight constellations, he was unable to defeat him. Later, he lost in a bet battle with the Buddha and was forced to repent and reform himself at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain transformed by the Buddha's five fingers.
More than five hundred years later, after being enlightened by Guanyin, he was rescued by Tang Sanzang and given the Dharma name "Xingren". He protected Tang Sanzang from traveling to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, conquered demons and monsters along the way, fearlessly endured hardships and difficulties, and finally achieved the true result of cultivating the scriptures. He was awarded the title of "Fighting and Overcoming Buddha".
Sun Wukong is naturally intelligent, lively, loyal, and resentful of evil, representing wit and bravery in folk culture. The legend of Journey to the West emerged in the Tang Dynasty and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The collection of these legends in the Ming Dynasty is known as "Journey to the West". In these folk myths of the past dynasties, Sun Wukong was worshipped as a god by the Chinese people.
孙悟空甚至没有性别，是LGBT追求的终极境界
5:39:00 for his impression of the game after playing.
I am Chinese. When I was a child, I watched the TV Journey to the West, so I knew a lot about the relationship between BOSS and characters
This game made me purchase Journey to the West, French translation. Almost 2600 pages to read.
But I'm well versed in Chinese novels, reading lots of those on wuxiaworld.
9:30 why cant western devs/movies do camera shots like this?
The framing is so great. A similar example is the opening to DMC 5.
10:30 This ones pretty innovative. The shot goes from axe impacts the camera down. The frame continues down and under then tilts back to even level revealing a mountain being split in two.
95% of this game is straight ripped from the newer God Of War games down to even the upgrade system...
LOL. @@FrawgfithAmblosewhat a cope
@@JinkypigsThe upgrade menu looks almost the same tho. And i think the devs said that the game is inspired by gow, not sure tho
@@FrawgfithAmblose Keep coping
The big circling epic fight shot was great, but it's also a very eastern aesthetic thing that's been done a million times in anime already. It's a long action shot, but all that happens is the two characters circle each other in a circle with one being super close to camera and the other far behind, which combined with the very wide cheater FOV lens makes the shot look super dynamic. So it's a repetitive, super mega cheated non realistic shot even though the characters are rendered with very realistic visuals. It looks cool yes, but "western" aesthetics have tended to try and be more "realistic" in their approach to physics, and try to have a bit more storytelling rather than just "repeat dynamic shots for the sake of being dynamic alone". That may feel like "western isnt as cool", but that's also not the goal. It's easy to make something dynamic and cool, it's less easy to have good story + good physics + still be cool.
I don't see how the 2nd shot is "innovative". It's a regular "camera pans to track something on the ground" type of shot, I'd even call it slightly jarring for several reasons, we go from an axe moving mostly level with the horizon to it dropping vertically instead and then immediately stopping, when we're above clouds and don't know what how far up we are in the sky ( was there a mountain ground under us this whole time? do clouds stop metal axes now?). When the camera pans, the pan is late, and the Z roll is very slow to level out, and the clouds have very little texture to them. So the timing is weird, the pan is hard to understand what we're looking at, and it takes too long to understand we're looking at mountains at the end of the shot. So it's not a new shot type and it's hard to read.
The cinematic overall was pretty great, but it was largely over-the top anime style eye candy, which are a specific style.
0:23 the real and genuine face of happiness we all did it at this point in game
He's really got the exaggerated swagger of a Black Myth: Wukong...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
When he laughed at the third eye antagonist brooo I already love him
Chinese dialogue is better btw
The funniest thing is the "exaggerated swagger" aspect really fits to how Sun Wukong/The Monkey King behaves once he declared war on the Heaven's Court. The dude literally called himself "The Great Sage, Equal To Heaven" just to spite the Jade Emperor (which is basically Chinese Zeus).
honestly Wukong deserves more than GOTY. The work put into this is remarkable, do even the slightest research on JTTW or ancient Chinese culture and you'll be blown away by the details and love shown in the making of the game. and not mention its just a damn good video game too! they pulled off the impossible here, and from a studio known for mobile games? incredible. i really hope they get the recognition they deserve. sadly we may never see another game quite like it but at least the bars been set.
Those complaining about the dub seem to have forgotten that he's a Monkey. His voice emulates the slightly higher pitch they make and fits perfectly
Sounds like Raiden
@@Kevin-mx4vm Because it is Raiden. Wukong is voiced by Raiden.
most people tend to forget or not know, Wukong always has a higher pitch. He shouldn't be given a GIGACHAD type of voice if anything he comes close to raiden voice which I wouldn't be surprised if he was the voice actor of Wukong in this game.
For real, it's fitting imho and a nice change of pace from "generic deep masculine guy dude"
Yep. It’s not an entirely alien concept either. Monke is an antihero. Think about an antihero like Deadpool with his snarky, slightly annoying voice. 😂
Literally hit the play button as soon as it released
this video or the game?
compared to just staring at the play button?
Stop lying bro
In short the opening was the story of the great battle between the Heavens and Monkey King (Chinese Opera even has a great play about it). The 3 eye guy and his dog was one of the generals. The battle ended with the Monkey King defeated (not story accurate). The Monkey King was pissed because he promised Buddha he will escort the Great Monk to the West to obtain an important Buddhist scripture, he did that and was awarded. But the story in the game was, the Heavens wanted him to do more and wanted to destroy his home (Flower Fruit Mountain) where his monkey buddies and family live peacefully. That is why he was so pissed. The golden head piece that appeared and caused him great pain was a device given to the Great Monk at the beginning of the Journey to the West as a device to control the Monkey King. The rock was based on the legend that the Monkey King is special because he was born from a rock and I guess they wanted to tied that with his origin. The main character we control was not the Monkey King but the chosen one to retrieve the Monkey King remains. And yes, the great Dragon Ball was inspired by the Journey to the West, and Goku was based on this character Wukong.
At the 3:50:50 mark of the animation, it actually tells the story of the main monsters introduced in the first chapter. Here is what worte in the Journey to the West: "The Black Bear lives in Black Wind Cave and is friends with Master Jinchi of Guanyin Temple. After Jinchi tries to burn Tang Sanzang and steal his valuable kasaya, Sun Wukong intervenes, saving Tang Sanzang and setting the temple on fire. The Black Bear, seeing the flames, rushes to help but instead steals the kasaya, a prized Buddhist treasure.
The Black Bear plans to host a "Buddha Robe Banquet" with other Yaoguai, but Sun Wukong, disguised as Jinchi, infiltrates his cave. After a series of battles between Sun Wukong and the Black Bear, Guanyin Bodhisattva intervenes. Guanyin eventually convinces the Black Bear to convert to Buddhism, and he is ordained as a guardian deity on Mount Luojia."
This short animation extends the story from the perspective of Jinchi. As a child, Jinchi befriends the Black Bear, and the two bond over their shared greed for treasures, with Jinchi particularly desiring the Kasaya. When they see Tang Sanzang's Kasaya, both are greedy, want to own the treasure, which leads to the end, Jinchi loses his life.
"I feel like this is a bad tutorial... imma get my ass beat" Got me crying lmao
The Blue Wandering boss took me a while (2 hours😂) to kill but was well worth it from a learning perspective.
The keeper turned you into a cicada for a reason😂 Congrats anyway
Same. Thought about coming back for him, but I got him.
Wow you are bad. This game is ridiculously easy.
@@Pressure115 Tell me you haven't played the game without telling me
Reject Humanity, embrace Monke
idk why people say sun wukong was inspired by dragon ball its the other way around
One thing to add to the lore is that if the closer to human a yaoguai looks, the more powerful and older it is
Sun Wukong's body was broken, his spirit endured into six relics
Impressions: 5:38:00
For those who have time, please take a look at my article. I want to provide some background information about "Sun Wukong," especially since Black Myth: Wukong is an adaptation of Journey to the West. So it's important to understand a bit about Journey to the West. Here's a brief overview to help you understand Sun Wukong's background.
Sun Wukong was born from a stone on Flower Fruit Mountain, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. To protect the monkeys on the mountain, he decided to become a disciple of Master Subhuti. Under his tutelage, Wukong learned the 72 transformations and the ability to travel on clouds with his somersault cloud technique. After mastering these skills, he returned to Flower Fruit Mountain. To find a suitable weapon, he caused chaos in the Dragon Palace, eventually obtaining the Golden-Banded Staff (the weapon he wields).
In Eastern culture, Sun Wukong is considered a demon, so he's not necessarily on the side of righteousness. The Heavenly Court tried to appease him by giving him a minor position in charge of horses. However, true to his mischievous nature, Wukong caused chaos in the Heavenly Court (omitting many details here). Of all the Heavenly warriors, only Erlang Shen was barely able to challenge him, but even he couldn't capture Sun Wukong. In the end, it was Buddha who subdued him, trapping him under Five Element Mountain. It was the monk Tang Sanzang who eventually freed him, and the Bodhisattva placed a headband of obedience on him (this explains why Sun Wukong turns into a bird at the start of the game and later experiences headaches).
Thus began Sun Wukong's journey to slay demons and retrieve the sacred scriptures. After the journey, he attained the title of Fighting Buddha. Sun Wukong has had a huge influence in Eastern culture. For example, the late author of Dragon Ball drew inspiration from Sun Wukong’s character. He also appears in the game League of Legends. Journey to the West is a common theme in various Eastern films, TV dramas, and novels. If you're interested, I encourage you to check out Journey to the West, and I hope you can find an English version.
This was translated using ChatGPT. Thx for watch
As someone who used to main Wukong in League of Legends half a decade back, this gave me goosebumps.
and dota... monkey king bar
Buy the game so that they can make even bigger and better game for us in future!
After 4 years of hard work, this game maker who nobody know just drop a nuclear game in this year.
This game is the spiritual successor to Asura's Wrath.
Yes definitely similar themes, betrayals and struggles. It is great to have new lores for gamers to experience.
you would totally see similarity in those 2, because Asura's Wrath takes from Hinduism/Indian myth, while Chinese myth in BWW has Buddhism originated from India too. They would have gods/budhas with kinda similar names and themes
@@anhkhoanguyen8562 I always think the game would be similar to asura and gow.
in what world
@@anhkhoanguyen8562 不完全是，其实BWW的内容和印度没有什么关系，只是在西游记中，他们要去到的佛教圣地天竺，在游戏里没有关联。
“I died in like 2 hits”
This is the Elden Ring DLC all over again.
In fact the character archetype of the Monkey King comes from an even older Chinese legend; in ancient China there were two rivers that ran into the sea, one of which was the Huai River. Many of the Monkey King's archetypes, abilities, and stories originated from the water god of the Huai Woe, Wu Zhi Qi. Wu Zhi Qi is a water monster in Chinese mythology. He is ape-like in shape, with a collapsed nose, convex forehead, white head and green body, and fiery eyes. His head and neck were up to 100 feet long, and his strength exceeded that of nine elephants. He often made waves in the Huai River, endangering the people. When Dayu was ruling the water, Wu Zhi Qi, in order to prevent him from controlling the floods, led more than 100,000 mountain spirits and water monsters to fight against King Yu in Huaiyuan, so the floods in the Huai and Eddy water systems could never be solved. Just when Yu was at a loss for what to do, the god Yinglong descended to the earth and pressed Wu Zhiqi under the Turtle Mountain, assisting Yu to successfully manage the flooding, and only then did the Huai River flow calmly into the East China Sea. He was later appropriated by Wu Cheng En into Journey to the West and became the popular Sun Wukong, the Great Sage of Qi Tian Da Sheng who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
作为中国人，我都不知道唉。其实孙悟空真实的原型应该是中国唐朝时候唐僧去印度佛教取经，路上陪同的西域胡人。（看不懂的话google trans）
@@blevi2695你是假的
@@blevi2695 不知道的话可以百度一下无支祁是谁，你说的是取经的历史，故事线，我说的是神话原型，猴子的能力典故，包括二郎神捉悟空，也是因为在明代那时候的话本里有这么个捉猴人，只能说古代的文学典籍，人物创作大都有源头可寻
Honestly the english dub is pretty good but it sounds sooo much cooler in chinese
For those who doesn’t know. Wukongs headache is from enchanted the headband Bodhisattva gave him. Its to control his temper. Its the only thing holding him back from anything.
Finally someone knows it was a bodhisattva which is reason wukong has the headpiece on and not Buddha
If you can't understand the opening CG, you can think of it as:The Heavenly Court is like the CIA, and the monkey used to be a former mob boss. His mission to "go legit" involves delivering an important NPC to pick up some crucial items. After the job's done, they promise the monkey a spot in the system, but along the way, the monkey takes out quite a few of his old mob buddies. In the end, the monkey decides he doesn't want the spot anymore and just wants to retire to the mountains. The CIA, though, plans to kill him to tie up loose ends.
I died to that fat baby 40 times leveled from level 5 to 15 w him alone. But after that guy it was smooth sailing
ur level was too high
You could beat Guangzhi to get the transformation spell first, cuz the game developer skipped the fat in their first trailor back in 2018
“Oh no guys I was supposed to die there” bro couldn’t accept defeat so early 😂
People were craving for something new that they haven't seen before, and this game delivers.
@JGWentwort877 Monkey man is new we never had a game where you can be a monkey before
Nothing in this game is new, really, lol.
Transformations are in Nioh. So are spells. Flasks are from Dark Souls. Skill trees are common. Stances are in Nioh, except done better there because they're much more unique from eachother than in WuKong. Cinematic cutscenes are very similar to the new God of War games. Invisible walls are from every game in the 2000s... lmao.
It's a good game but some of you guys are so hyperbolic
@@vangoghsseveredear I think what he means by new is the design and elements from a journey to the west
@@vangoghsseveredear Nice you list common things from a variety of games but not a game that has all the same things as wukong?
@@vangoghsseveredear It isnt about the individual parts, the whole experience itself is unique. There is no real sun wukong game
Challenge me, in this game there's romance with pig/spider/fox/bull, pretty diversity for me