(08/23, add some information) an over-simplified explain here: This game is a re-creation of "journey to the west", and in ancient china myth world which WUKONG lives in, humans can get supernature power to become a "god/神仙". Practicing Buddhism or Taoism is a way of becoming "god/deities". Animals can also receive supernature power, and they become "monster/demon/妖怪", not "god". Here, monster/demon is not always evil, they are just different from humans. In many stories, the monster can live with humans or even have a marriage with a human. in those stories, humans are often more evil or stupid or greedy or coward... The rank or class of this world is roughly like this: god/deities > monster > human > animal. This rank is a metaphor of ancient china society, but not enough room to explain it here, knowing the rank is ok. So monsters want to live in the form of a human, or at least act like a human because they are in the hope of becoming a "god". WUKONG is a monkey born from a stone who finally become a "god", he is not a "pure" god(human -> god), he remains some monster/demon characteristics. This contradiction is the source of many re-creations including this game. From Wukong's point of view, the first half of book 'Journey to the West' is his rebellion against the regime of gods, while the second half is his redemption as a bodyguard of a mortal human, at the end of the journey, he gets the title "Winning Fighter Buddha"(斗战胜佛). His performance before and after was so different that it is suspected that he died halfway and an impostor completed the journey. In this hypothesis, those readers denied his obedience in the latter half of the story, they asked " Can't wukong be himself, real, true self?" Just think in another way, that wukong has always been himself all the way, such "tragedy" has a general meaning. At first, he fights against the world fearlessly, and at last, he compromised, "made peace with God". wukong of the day is now paddling cell phone, waiting for the next subway :). Back to this trailer: This trailer shows a monk tells a story that happens in a temple relic occupied by a group of monster gangsters. -> The giant wolf boss at 7:38 is their leader, he identifies himself as a Taoism priest, and get a Taoism name "灵虚子" or "灵虚真人" he has a friend who is a black bear. but not shown in this game. -> The minor boss at 2:53 is also a wolf. check his feet, you can see that he is a wolf wearing human cloth, not a human with a wolf head. An interesting point that is he is persuading the player to practice Buddhism while himself wearing cloth more like Taoism. But I don't think this is a mistake. Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are peacefully integrated inside ancient Chinese philosophy, although they have different origins. The integration is so strong and stable and so connected to the social structure, that it became a shackle in the mind when the Chinese have to face the outer world in the last several centuries. Among them, Buddhism is even imported from ancient India, the original story "journey to the west" is based on a real tang monk's pilgrimage and study to ancient India at around 630AD. But not many people in modern India believe in Buddhism. May I say it is a good thing that we do not establish crusades? :) -> The little potato-like guy at 4:49 is "土地公/local earth god", a kind of minor god. like a nymph in Greek myth, but not that pretty. -> Many of you may wonder "why he is fighting cloud at the last scene at 12:00?" he is fighting against god's army, the giants in the background are the generals of the gods. also, a scene shows that he is facing four giants at 11:48, they are the four kings of heaven(四大天王). Here also reflect the integration. In the original story, the army belongs to Taoism god, and four kings of heaven are Buddhism god. wukong was captured by a Buddhism god who received a request for help from Taoism god, then been a prisoner for 500 years before his redemption. -> You guys may also be confused about why there is another monkey king with better weapon and better armor stop us from finishing the boss. and spend several seconds showing shining gold characters on his stick at 10:44. We Chinese guys are quite excited seeing this scene because it gets to the most suspenseful part of the story: Who is the real WUKONG? whether the monkey king who finally becomes the god is the real monkey king who born from the stone? (Is the hero at the end of the journey the same person when the journey starts?) (are we still us when we grow up/old ?) if you look carefully enough, you will find that the storyteller(at the beginning and end of the trailer) himself is an old "monkey" too. the floating belt behind him indicating that he is a "god". yes, there are multiple monkey kings and multiple explanations. you can even take them as the "ego", the "id", the "superego" of the monkey king. but it is best to let the game itself to explain it. Here is some subtitle I translated. (time according to original 13 min version) (storytellers start telling, skip it cause it has English subtitle) (sneak in as a cicada) 1:46 wolf gangster A: wow! Here is some wine jar! 1:47 wolf gangster A: I wonder if there is any wine in it! 1:49 wolf gangster B: Do not be so greedy for wine! 1:50 wolf gangster B: We two would be 灵虚真人's snack if we mess this up! (keep flying) 1:57 wolf gangster C: Brother, there is some noise at the gate. 1:58 wolf gangster D: Don't be so jumpy. No one dares to intrude here as I guard here. (meet an elite enemy) 2:12 gangster leader(human): Those wolf puppies can not see you. 2:15 gangster leader(human): DO NOT think you can get away with it under MY nose! (fight at a bridge) 2:33 wolf scout: Alarm! A hairy face monk intruder! (minor boss fight) 2:48 wolf sword drillmaster: who are you, dare to disturb my practice? (after seeing the player's character) 2:54 wolf sword drillmaster: oh, another monkey 2:59 wolf sword drillmaster: sir, why not drop your stick, and learn some Buddhism with me? 3:05 wolf sword drillmaster: how do you think? (after been beaten) 4:00 wolf sword drillmaster: you ... Can it be that you are the man... of...destiny as our king told us? (local earth god saying underground) 4:18 voice from underground: You're alarming the monsters over here, little monkey (meet huge head giant) 4:23 voice from underground: You should be more careful if you go any further. 4:30 voice from underground: come here, little monkey 4:38 voice from underground: here, here (local earth god show up) 4:47 local earth god: I am the humble local earth god of "black wind hill", and I am waiting here for a long time. ( he look closely ) 4:58 local earth god: yes, you do look alike... 5:06 local earth god: Further on, you'll find the Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery 5:10 local earth god: It has prosperous good old days 5:15 local earth god: Too bad the big fire burned everything up. (this fire should be related to a fire in the original story of "journey to the west") 5:26 local earth god: the monastery was rebuilt then, 5:29 local earth god: but what would rebuild a broken temple help if human's faith burned into ash? (wolf howling) 5:40 local earth god: excuse me for leaving so soon!.... 5:45 local earth god: we will meet again after you go pass the plank road... 7:04 Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery (into the yard) 7:14 local earth god: hush, do not disturb that big dog... 7:17 local earth god: the monster in the backyard is a friend of BlackWind Monster. (black bear) 7:18 local earth god: he called himself "灵虚子" 7:20 local earth god: As your current capacity..... (7:22 wolf howling) 7:23 local earth god: damn! 7:25 local earth god: RUN, you little monkey, before it's too late! (local earth god hidden) 7:30 local earth god: you CANNOT return if you pass this gate! (7:38 LEADER: 灵虚子) boss fight ..... (the scene between 11:00 and 12:05 showing his legends, just like Hercules' 12 labors)
As someone who's Chinese, seeing Chinese mythology and culture represented in such an authentic fashion made me so happy. Haven't been this excited since I saw Sleeping Dogs!
Don’t believe that Wukong is killed by six ear macaque! It’s a notorious conspiracy theory! To really understand the plot of this game, you need to know the plot of Journey to the West. Monkey King was born from one rock which was made to fill the broken sky but was not used. Two lights came out from his eyes which shocked the Jade Emperor (the Supreme God of Chinese folk legend). He then became the king of the monkeys in Flower Fruit Mountain where he was born. To get immortality, he left his home and found Grand Master of Bodhi, who taught him 72 methods of transformation, ways to drive clouds, and many other magics. Monkey King also got the religious name of Wu kong from Grand Master of Bodhi. After twenty years of apprenticeship, he came back to the Flower Fruit Mountain. To find a suitable weapon for himself, Monkey King made a havoc in the place of the Dragon King of the East Sea, and robbed Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was left by Dayu to control the flood (China also has a legend about an overwhelming flood, but it was stopped by a legendary emperor Dayu). Ruyi Jingu Bang is so large and heavy that no one can control, but Wu kong can use it and shrink down to the size of a needle and keep in his ear. When he was 342 years old, he was taken to the nether world, for the book of death stipulated that he can only live for 342 years. He was irritated and erased himself and all monkeys from the book of death. Then he and all monkeys became immortal. The Dragon King from of East Sea and the King of the nether world reported Wu kong’s misdeed to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor gave him a minor position in heaven as the Keeper of Horses, so he can control him. When Wu kong realized that, he became angry, granted him as Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and rebelled. The Jade Emperor dispatched a general to suppress him, but the general was defeated. The Jade Emperor had no choice but to accept his title and let him to be the guardian of the heavenly peach garden. The peach tastes good and can bring people immortality, so Wu kong ate all the peaches. The Jade Emperor was irritated and dispatched an army of 100,000 celestial troops, led by the four Heaven Kings, Erlang Shen, and Nezha. Wu kong defeated all of them by himself using the magic of bilocation, transforming his feather to monkeys. However, eventually, tathagata caught him and suppressed him under a mountain made by his hand. After 500 years, he was saved by Tang Sanzang who was going to the west to obtain the Buddhist scriptures. He then took Tang Sanzang as his master and went to the west with his master. After you understand that, you will know my feeling when I see the golden inscription on the golden stick held by the Monkey who stopped the protagonist which says Ruyi Jingu Bang, and the golden armor which was always wore by Wukong when he is Great Sage Equal to Heaven. They indicate that the monkey is Wu kong. Wu kong is a symbol of rebellious spirit. For us Chinese who do not have Marvel of other cartoons, he is like the Captain America for the Americans. So my tears even flow down when I see the story of fight between Wu kong and 100,000 celestial troops is presented in a visible way and understand that I can experience the life of my hero in childhood.
@@captainshnockleyou3537 yep. it's a Ming dynasty classic so the book itself is in the public domain now. you can find it here chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf Also, if you are into Dragon Ball, notice the Chinese at the end (悟空) is the same Japaneses kanji for "Goku". so... the very very first part of Dragon Ball was also an " adaption" of it. there is also an Netflix show The New Legends of Monkey, to me, a Chinese, the show is whitewashed shit, but it is an (very bad ) "english adaption" of Journey to the West.
There are so many details in the trailer which many people might not have noticed. So I have done some researches and the summary is below: There are 4 skills (spells?) that appear at the left bottom corner.
Top = Golden Invincible Body. Wukong's signature defensive skill that offers temporary physical immunity while standing still, lasting for probably 0.25 to 0.5 seconds with 4-second cooldown. Similar to blocking skill in other ARPG but looks much cooler and is effective against attacks from all angles. If the attack is too strong, Wukong would still be pushed back or stunned for a while. If you have played DOTA 2, you would notice that Wukong's mischief skill also offer 0.2 second immunity for the very same reason. Right = Morphing. Another Wukong's signature skill that allows him to morph into a cicada, hulk-like creature, or certain boss he defeated, lasting for 40 seconds with 60 seconds cooldown. While he morphs into a cicada, it allows him to move undetected (much cooler than crouching...). You can only morph once in every phase and you can end the morphing before 40 seconds duration. After morphing, you regain full HP, mana & stamina. Left = Lockdown. A skill that locks the enemy in time for 0.5 second to 3 seconds depending on the strength of the target. The enemy will continue the action once the duration is over. Bottom = Mirror Image. Creates multiple images of himself through his hair. The images are seemingly weak and could be easily destroyed. Besides, you can see that there are many different fancy attack moves so you may wonder how is it possible. If you watch carefully at the right bottom corner, there are 3 different battle stances. 1. Normal stance 2. Defensive stance 3. Assault stance You can switch between stances instantly while not attacking or not being attacked. Btw, I have no connection with the developers at all. The information is gathered by researching all online resources (mostly Chinese). There are many other interesting stuffs I found in the researching process. I will share more if you guys are interested. ============================== UPDATE I have done some more researches about the Indie studio (Game Science) behind this game and found this interview with English subtitles. th-cam.com/video/CTYoDre2S7I/w-d-xo.html You can see the founder playing the demo with an X-box controller. This clearly shows that a playable version is already available. Their office is located in a tech park in a sub-urban area near Hangzhou, which looks pretty cool. They chose this location so that the developers could remain focused on game development. During the researches, I found a comment left by one of the developers in an online forum for Ninja Gaiden. I wept for his genuine words and would like to share my translated version here: My Translated Version: Hello everyone. I am "Jie Ye". I am not sure if my comrades are still around and probably I don't know any of the new blood. You should have watched the trailer released this morning. I have been honored to participate in the development of Black Myth Wukong as the battle planner. I have been making video games for 7 years, living an ignorable life and busy running around the country. Now I am getting close to 30. I once lived in a tiny basement, without air-con in hot summer and survived on instant noodles for half a year. I don't ask for money, comfort, dignity or even my health. All I have been pursuing is to revive our country's action game, just one simple aspiration. All in a sudden 7 years have elapsed. I am writing this with tears in my eyes. I love Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and all action games. This is the passion in my entire life. Before the launch of the trailer, I was a bit worried. I didn't expect the feedback to be so great. At that moment I felt all my sacrifice and effort in the past are totally worthy. From the first demo I started in 2018 to the complete trailer released today, everyone in the team has committed so much. Thank every brother and sister who made this happen and wove the dream together. (In the trailer, you could see the execution of a heaven guard. I have researched similar moves by studying every move & camera mechanism in Ninja Gaiden in-depth. Hehe). People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. I don't want to give up my pursuit of authentic arts for ordinary matters. I am willing to devote my insignificant life to the great action game industry. I am Ninja Dragon "Jie Ye" Original Chinese Version: 大家好,我是哲也.以前的兄弟不知道还在不在.新的兄弟我大概都不认识了. 早上的的视频大家应该也都看到了,我有幸参与黑神话悟空这个项目并担任战斗策划. 从13年开始做游戏,7年,一直苟且偷生,奔波于全国各地(南京,北京,深圳,杭州),一晃已经快30岁了. 我住过地下室,吃过半年多的泡面,在大热天蹲过13平没有空调的隔断屋.不求赚钱,不求安逸,不求体面,甚至不求健康.就为了复兴国产动作游戏,这一简简单单的目的,一晃就是七年. 写到这里我已经有些哽咽,我爱忍龙,我爱鬼泣,我爱所有动作游戏,这是我一生的爱好. 视频发布之前其实我是有些担忧的,但是没想到最后大家的反响这么好,让我瞬间感到这么多年的心酸和隐忍没有白费. 从18年我写的第一个花果山DEMO,到今天的黑神话悟空的完整实机演示,公司各个同事都付出了很多,感谢每一位付出的兄弟姐妹,能够共同编织这样一个伟大的梦想. (在视频的一个剪辑中其实可以看到处决天兵的一个片段,那段是我完全深度研究忍龙的处决动作配位和镜头机制之后制作的嘿嘿) 人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛. 我不愿为了庸俗的事物舍弃真正的艺术,我愿意为了伟大的动作游戏事业奉献我微薄的人生. 我是忍龙吧的哲也,一生忍龙魂的哲也.
There's a lot more to tell about this game. The studio making this game has tried to make something like this before but their work was hijacked by big Chinese gaming corporate Tencent and was totally ruined. So this game, like the 8 characters at the end that states "After the white bones, embark the journey again", is their attempt to realize their, and also millions of Chinese people's dream: to create an authentic yet new take on the beloved Chinese hero. For the story itself, the studio was determined to take a darker, unorthodoxy perspective rather than the original version (thus the name Black Myth). For years Chinese people have been trying to dig up the true meanings behind the mysteries of the journey to the west, and a popular theory argued that Wukong was the representation of Chinese people's rebellious spirit against the feudalism/religious establishment in ancient China, but in the end he still didn't escape the fate of being assimilated (by being granted the title of a Buddha), so in contrary to the traditional view of his story being a glorious adventure, it was actually a tragedy. And there was a famous "conspiracy" stated that the real monkey king was replaced with the Six Eared Macaque who can imitate every living creature in the world, because the former was more rebellious and tended to go rogue and the latter was more "obedient". Judging that there were two monkeys appearing in the game, I assume it's likely that the studio was inspired by this. Thanks for all the likes! For people who want to know more about the original Journey to the West story, here's a link to a tv adaptation classic in the 80s that is widely considered to be the best: th-cam.com/video/K3KNpyKILHM/w-d-xo.html Also I made a podcast about the origin story of journey to the west as requested, the monkey king, game science and the game itself, if you are interested in getting to know more about the game and the legend of Wukong, you are welcome to drop by :): @RB20
According to the original, Sun Wukong(monkey king) has 72 changes(actually he can become anything he has ever seen) and He can turn the hair into more than one himself .Ruyi golden cudgel is Wukong's weapon. It can be changed in size by his mind,he likes to hide it in his ears.The guide is Wukongs exclusive guide and he is the lowest God name is Tudi in the original,he's in charge of a small area and different areas have different Tudi but they look like same. The plot of the game comes from the famous plot of the original.
Quick translation of the dialogue past the intro Wolf Soldier A: Hey, there're some wine jars here Wolf Soldier A: Wonder if there are any wine left inside Wolf Soldier B: Don't be greedy Wolf Soldier B: If we screw this up, LingXu ZhenRen will eat us for appetizers Wolf Soldier C: Boss, something's going on at the entrance of the mountain man, I can hear it. Wolf Soldier D: Stop jumping at shadows, I'm here man. Wolf Soldier D: I'll kick the ass of any trouble makers who come. Bandit Boss: Those wolf bastards can't see you Bandit Boss: Don't think you can get past me just because you got past them Wolf Scout : Shit, a hairy faced monk got in Saber Wolf Head Instructor(direct translation): Who's here Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Who dares disturb my meditation Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Oh? Another monkey Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Will you not consider settling aside your staff, sir. Saber Wolf Head Instructor: And consider learning some scriptures(buddhist) with me Saber Wolf Head Instructor: What do you think Saber Wolf Head Instructor: You....could it be that you are the one the king said was Saber Wolf Head Instructor: He...of...destiny New Artifact : Red Wave Voice from Underground: Little monkey, you've really stirred up this nest of monsters Voice from Underground: Keep going forward, be very careful Voice from Underground: Little monkey, over here Voice from Underground: Here, look here Voice from Underground: I am the Earth God of Black Wind Mountain, I have been waiting for you Earth God: Similiar Earth God: You look really similiar. Earth God: Keep going, it is the temple of Goddess of Mercy (Avalokitesvara) Earth God: It was prosperous back in the day Earth God: Such a shame about that great fire Earth God: They did rebuild the temple later Earth God: But if the hearts of people were all burnt away Earth God: What's the use in rebuilding a lousy temple Earth God: I'm getting out of here Earth God: Once you get past the road of planks, we'll meet again Temple of the Goddess of Mercy Earth God: Shh, don't make a sound Earth God: Careful not to disturb that big dog Earth God: That there in the yard is an ally of the Black Wind Demon Earth God: Calls himself LingXuZi (referred earlier by Wolf Soldier B) Earth God: If you keep going as you are Earth God: Oh shit! Earth God: Run little monkey, there's still time Earth God: If you enter the door, there will be no turning back Boss : LingXuZi
As a Chinese American, this is the stuff of dreams. I wanted something like this ever since I was in middle school, I can’t believe it’s actually happening.
2:52 My Chinese isn't very good, so do forgive me if I make any mistakes or try to fill things in. Wolf Soldier A: ... there are some wine barrels, (but) not sure if there's still wine in them. Wolf Soldier B: Stop being a glutton, if something were to happen, we'd get eaten too! Wolf Soldier C: Brother, there's some sort of commotion at the mountain entrance! Wolf Soldier D: Stop being so suspicious of everything, as long as Brother's (possibly referring to self) here on guard, what sort of fool would come here to die? 3:20 Mountain Bandit Leader: Those wolf pups might not have seen you, but don't you think you can get pass me so easily! Wolf Archer: Sound the alarm, a fur-faced monk has barged in! Wolf Blademaster: Who goes there? To disturb me during cultivation. Oh? Yet another monkey. What say you put down the staff, and let me teach you some dharma (Buddhism teachings)? 5:07 Wolf Blademaster: You... could you be the one our King called... the... Destined... One *Acquired: New Magic Weapon - Red Tide* (Voice from below ground): Little monkey, you've disturbed the demon here. Proceed with caution. Come over here, Little Monkey. Come over, over here. Land Spirit: This Lesser God (referring to self) is the earth of Black Wind Mountain, and I have long awaited for your arrival. Land Spirit: (Possibly realizing player was not the monkey God he was waiting for) Alike... you look like... sigh Land Spirit: Guanyin Temple is down that way. Back in the days, it was filled with incense. Only a shame, that fire. It was later rebuilt, but the human heart was already scorched. Rebuilt an useless, old temple, and for what? *Howling* Land Spirit: Little old me will go on ahead. We shall speak again once you've crossed the planked path! 8:11 [Guanyin Temple] Land Spirit: Hush! Keep quiet. Be careful not to alert that large dog. That fellow in the backyard is a friend of the Black Wind Beast, calls itself Child of Spiritual Void (rough translation of Lingxuzi). With your current skills-- *howling* Oh no! Run, Little Monkey, while there is still time! There's no turning back if you step through those doors! 11:50 The player's strike is blocked by the Golden-Banded Staff, which has the correct inscription of what Wukong's weapon should have. I admit I've butchered some of the translation, but I hope this helps folks feel less blind, I suppose. Stay safe~
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of seventy-two changes. He can change into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to make the enemy freeze. It can pull out his hair and become his own body. His mount is cloud, and his speed is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the west, which is the childhood memory of several generations of Chinese people Music, we all cried.
Yes, he has a solid, immortal body + fireeye + 108,000 km/s +72 variations + infinite body separation spells (every monkey hair on his body can be turned into a body) + infinitely retractable sticks. He was overpowered once and was eventually put in prison, but hundreds of gods could not find a way to kill him, so he ran away and smashed the palace
I am a Chinese, and the bgm at the end of this game moved me. It was the theme song of the TV series that hundreds of millions of Chinese people loved most when they were young. Reminds me of my childhood.
Mr. Trump I’m not Chinese, the bgm at the end of this game did not move me. It’s not a theme song that I loved when I was young. This does not remind me of my childhood.
For people who don't read Chinese dialogues, I explain the plot in this demo video (as I know so far): 1. The tiny little old guy in purple is the Lord of the Soil, a god of a small region. All he can do is to observe around and offering information when needed, despite he is a guardian spirit, he's powerless. 2. During the first met, the Lord of Soil was surprised "you look exactly like him". 3. In the game, we can see the Temple (where monkey fought the giant wolf ) has been abandoned for years (rebuilt after a fire -- said the Lord of Soil), according to the original storyline of Journey To The West, it happened when Wukong and his master Sanzang visited the temple, that means the monkey is not Wukong himself, or at least not the Wukong who followed Sanzang. 4. When encountered the Wolf Chief (fire weapon-wielding guy), he called player "another monkey", soon after defeating him, he mentioned that monkey was probably the Chosen One. This also indicates the monkey is not Wukong, he might be someone to finish the mission that Wukong failed. 5. The giant wolf boss named Ling Xu Zi was the leader of those monsters and the best friend of the Black Bear Spirit. The latter failed to put out the fire in the Temple when the owner of Temple tried to steal Sanzang's treasure clothes by setting the temple on fire. After the incident, Bodhisattva Guanyin subdued the Black Bear Spirit and left Ling Xu Zi alone in the mountain. 6. The staff that Monkey King wielded is Ruyi Jingu Bang, a legendary magical pillar that has its name in Chinese written on the side as shown in 11:54. While the one the monkey used is merely a common iron club (that's still powerful tho). 7. The 13:04 scene is the most well-known battle "Havoc in Heaven" in the Journey to the West franchise. I can't tell if it's just memory of Wukong or a new adventure. 8. In 12:20 is the scene Wukong suffering the pain caused by golden fillet on his head, it was bounded with him since he fought the White Bone Spirit (aka Lady Skeleton) and couldn't be taken off until he finished the journey. But at 12:04 we see there's nothing worn on the "real" Monkey King's forehead, either he's already become a buddha or he couldn't successfully protect Sanzang from monsters after all.
@@quanthinh3487 如意（rúyì: means 'as you wish'. This weapon could deform if the owner wish, be small or big, be a tiny needle or huge column. That is why Wukong can put it in his ear） 金箍（jīngū:means 'golden band'. As you can see, both end of the weapon have golden bands ） 棒（bàng: means 'cudgel，club，staff，or stick'）so you can call it Golden cudgel or Will-following Golden-banded staff.
for those who aren't familiar with Chinese literature and mythology, The monkey king Sun Wukong is a character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West written in the 16th century, depicting his journey along with his master, and 2 sworn brother's journey to the birthplace of buddhism to ask for the scripture. Goku from dragonball Z is loosely based on him. Even though Wukong is capable of getting to the destination in one single backflip, but his master insisted on traveling all the way to India on foot, through the long journey they went through trials and tribulation, Wukong eventually grew from a "Yao" (Chinese terminology, similar to "wild/ evil spirits or monster", but Yao is not always evil) to eventually attain Buddhahood with his master and sworn brothers who have their own amazing story. One of the brother Bajie was previously a Heavenly General, but got drunk in a Heavenly Palace banquet, and tried to get with the Goddess of the Moon, the Jade Emperor banished him to the mortal realm and was accidentally reincarnated into a pig sty, turning him into a pig man. Wukong is capable of transforming into any object, animal or person or monster. shown in the game it seems like he can turn into any enemy that he defeated. he also have habit of shrinking things and storing them in his ears. other abilities like cloud surfing, golden invencible body, and mirror image grown from his hair is all shown. Such a great looking game, and the gameplay seems very smooth, the monster design is otherworldly, oh and the end score is just pure childhood memory.
There are so many details in this game that are easily spotted by any Chinese but not so if you are not familiar with the Journey to the West(Buy the book, it is a classic, a combination of Don Quixote, Lord of the Rings, and it was 500 years old and still read by almost everyone in China.) 1. The main story line seems to draw inspiration from the so-called "conspiracy theory" in the book, that is the real Sun Wukong, the monkey king, was killed by the six-eared macaque. In the original novel, the macaque only appeared in one chapter, but the text was so full of ambiguity and subtext that there is still a genuine academic debate about what he represents and what is his relationship with Sun Wukong and did he really managed to have Sun killed and took his place. Interestingly, if you understand Chinese, you will find the dialogue very intriguing: 1) The first boss first asks who disturbed his meditation, realizing it was the player, he said:" It is you....again." And before battle begins, he was actually trying to persuade the monkey to "follow my path to study some Buddhism" , implying that he might not be a villain we tend to take for granted simply because he is an adversary. 2) The short old man with a cane and pipe is "Lord of earth", a typical household god in Chinese mythology representing earth, although not a very powerful one(that is why he always runs away), When he first see the player, he mutters:"The resemblance is uncanny", possibly means that the monkey is not Sun Wukong. 3) The Lord of Earth speaks of a great fire which destroyed the temple many years ago, probably referring to a chapter in the novel in which the monk Tripiṭaka and Monkey King almost get killed when they were staying in a temple on the way to the West. The fire was set by the abbot who coveted Tripiṭaka 's precious robe. 2. The metamorphosis refers to Sun Wukong's ability to have 72 transformation which allow him to transform into various animals and objects. 3. When the first boss died, the monkey shrinks his weapon and put (not in his brains) but in his ear. It is a typical Monkey king thing, he puts his weapon in his ear. 4. The final boss is called "Lin Xuzi", a demon which appears in the same chapter as the temple on fire referred above(That is why I believe the lord of earth was talking about that incident). 5. That monkey in the end who is none other than the "Monkey King" himself! the shinning characters on his weapon is its name （for lack of better translation, "As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel"） 6. The montage of different levels at the end seems to be(I took my best shots) : 1) Temple of Sound of Thunder, in which Tripiṭaka and his four disciples were captured by demons in the shape of Buddhas, 2) Deer- Demon, who, with his two other brothers, are high priests of a certain kingdom, their contest with Monkey king was one of the most hilarious chapters of the whole novel, 3) the monkey in agony seems to be inspired from the chapter of "bone lady" , a skeleton-demon transformed as normal human being and got Tripiṭaka's trust, but monkey king sees through her and killed her (three times), Tripiṭaka was furious and start incantation which cause the circlet on the monkey's head to shrink, causing tremendous agony for him. As you can see from the scene, there was a Buddha statue in the background 4）The crane thing may be Jia Lou Luo, from one of the darkest and goriest chapter (Diablo 1 butcher kind of dark and gory) in the book 5) The golden giant maybe refers to a god from heaven, from this scene on, all enemy seems from heaven which is definitely a reference to first chapters of the book, in which the monkey king wreck havoc in the heaven. 6) the four giant, may be Chaturmaharaja in Indian mythology (yep, there are so many gods from so many religions in the book) 7) monkey king on the cloud, his best buddy (you know it if you ever read Dragon balls). The white dragon is also one of his comrade, most of time he transforms into a white horse for Tripiṭaka to ride on. 8) The last one, is, the most exciiiiiiiiiiiiiting chapters in the book, the havoc in heaven, in which the monkey king starts a rebellion in heaven, defeating millions of heaven soldiers and gods. This was literally the best part of the book by many readers (even though he failed in the end). 7.The music piece in the end is adopted from main theme from the classic 1980s TV adaptation of the book, itself a classic, and has been never been off the air even now! Again, if you havent read the book, buy and read !
Thank you, i love reading your comments 😅 back in the day, journey to the west is one my fav tv show, here in Indonesia, they dub it but still pretty cool. I dont know what the differents between the show i watched and the book tho..so hyped!
As a Chinese, I have to say I've been waiting for this game my entire life. and I feel obligated to explain the gist of the story for people to get a better understanding of the game and enjoy the details and game as a Chinese person would. First a bit of a background context for those who are not familiar with the story, the game is based on one of the four greatest Chinese literature "Journey to the West", the book has been turned into TV series, movies, mobile games and has a monumental influence to the eastern culture. The TV series has been played on Chinese TV for over 3000 times, yes THREE THOUSAND times, making it one of the if not the most repeated series in history. Dragon Ball's Goku is inspired by the book, the main character in the game is Monkey King "Sun WuKong" who in the book wanted to overthrow the Emperor of the Heavens and become the ruler of the world. he eventually failed and was banished and imprisoned by Buddha under the "five finger mountain" for 500 years. To redeem himself, the Buddha ordered him to protect a Monk to the west for the holy scrolls. they would eventually succeed and Monkey king will become the "Buddha warrior" = "Kratos" Now in the book and in the game, his main weapon is a staff that can change sizes at his will, when he is not using it he turns it into a needle which he then puts into his ear. the game demonstrates that really well. his abilities also consist of 72 forms of shape-shifting, shadow clones, fly on a nimbus, and loads more. In Chinese mythology, there are literally thousands of Gods, the old short guy we see in the demo is one of them called the "god of land"-- one of the lowest ranking Gods. he was warning Wukong not to go into the temple as there is a monster guarding it. In the final montage. we see a number of monsters. the stand out for me would be the 4 titans we see, in the book, they are the "Four Greatest heavenly kings" sort of like the guardians of heaven. each has one unique weapon "Pipa(Chinese instrument )", "Sword", "A Python" and "Umbrella". that is the boss fight I am most excited about. I can't wait for this game to be released. Hope this helps. enjoy the trailer.
@@noahcaelum6796 it's the name of the staff, the first two characters roughly translate to free will or as you wish. Because the staff has the ability of changing sizes on command. The other 3 means golden staff
im indonesian and this is my dream to get wukong master piece class game. i think every 90 kids in the world have this dream in deep inside their heart.
James Kh can you imagine an online game with this game level graphic and gameplay where you can custom your character, and learn from different place to master different technique. and find many ancient place and compete with other people to get various treasure. god too bad i dont have talent to make a game.
He can shove huge things into his ear because, according to legend, the monkey’s got 72 magic tricks. One of them being him able to is expend or shrink things at will. The staff he carries is suppose to be the beam of the ocean. He took it and weaponized it by shrinking it to the size of a staff. He shrinks the staff into the size smaller than a needle, keep it in his ear hole when he’s not using it.
Since, you look surprised every time wukong pulls of a trick. Some of the abilities of wukong you 'must' know about: 1. Boundless strike, his staff can expand. 2. Shape shifting. He can turn into stuff that helps him blend with the surroundings and plan his next attack. 3. He can forge monkey soldiers from his hair. 4. He can transform weapons into small needles that he can hide behind his ear. / He can transform each piece of his hair into a weapon. There are lots of others abilities. But these are the popular ones which i thought the game got it spot on.
@Clipworld Pardon some of the translation cuz I have no idea how some of the words translate to English. But I believe the character controlled is not monkey king but a doppelganger, named Six Eared Macaque, who posses mostly the same ability as monkey king. The actual monkey king is the last one shown at the end because his staff has the word "Ding Hai Shen Zhen" on it (robbed away from the sea god), as well as his outfit.
there is a "there's one more thing..." in the trailer, the tune that played at the end after the old man hummed is the theme song for the tv series based on the book which almost all of the 80s 90s Chinese kids had watched
5:18 Not into the brain but in his ear. In the original novel, he hides his Ruyi Jingu Bang (the golden bar) in his ear like a single string of hair in it. Pull out multiple hairs that can summon his clones to help him fight.
Regarding the 'shoving the spear into his brain' part. I remember from the old series that he could shrink his staff small as a grain of rice and kept it hiding in his ear. Looks like a similar approach here. Also he can use his hair to create clones of himself. If you grew up with Wukong, you know that stuff ;)
incredible awesome! As a Chinese, I've heard about the monkey king's story so many times. I have to say, there are so many details in this trailer that follow the original, such as Wukong hides the stick in his ear, he can transform into 72 kinds of features like a bug, blowing hair to make clones is his signature spell...Guys, if you cannot wait for the game, like me, read the Journey to the West first, to get some background info and I bet u may have a comprehensive understanding and deep experience of this game.
A slightly more detailed version of this comment was posted on Reddit r/BlackMythWukong. For people who are not familiar with the story. Here are some key points. The story was based on the famous novel Journey to the West. Wukong, or Monkey King, is the protagonist of the story. He is basically the Superman, Batman or Spider-man in most Chinese kids’ mind. However, what makes me love the book so much is that there are so many theories, or perspectives to interpret the story. In fact, many believe that the whole book is actually a conspiracy, a tragedy of the King. The game obviously takes this route by naming it “Black Myth.” The old man in the beginning (he looks like an old monkey doesn’t he…I digressed) mentioned that some believe the King is long dead. Now, this is the biggest theory of the book. In the book, there is a chapter where a monkey impersonates the king. He is so good that no one can see the difference. Then everyone asks the Buddha (he kinda like the Living tribunal from Marvel and the most powerful being in the world) for help. The Buddha asked the “god of seeing” who can see all truth to look at the two monkeys, he answered: ”I see the truth, but I dare not to say.” The Buddha then asked the “god of hearing” who can hear all truth, he answered: “I hear the truth, but I dare not to say.” People think that the fact that those gods dare not to say, is because the truth is: the fake King was actually sent by the Buddha himself, to kill the real King. Because of heaven, the King has been such a pain in the A. The gameplay showed the king fighting countless soldiers on the cloud. That is one famous chapter in the book where the king almost destroyed heaven because heaven treated him like garbage because he is a demon. Buddha cannot tolerate the fact that “merely” a demon can challenge him. In the end, one monkey died and the other resumed the journey. But the “black myth” says that the dead one is actually the King. The fake monkey completely replaced him and got all the glory and achieved godhood. And no one knows the truth. I still get chills when I think about this. At the end of the Boss fight, the monkey that stopped the “player” appears to be the real King. Because his staff has the name “如意金箍棒” on it. This is the only weapon the king uses and people believe only the king can wield it. So we may have been controlling the fake king. Another theory of the game plot is also from the old man, he said “it all starts from a “golden cicada””. The king’s master, in the book, is the reincarnation of “Golden Cicada”. So maybe the protagonist is the reincarnation of the King’s master? It’s a stretched theory though. Fun fact: In the book, the golden cicada will reincarnate over and over again to, get this, give people chances to capture him and EAT him. His flesh can give people long life and chances to achieve godhood. This is not a theory though. This is actually one of the handful of ways for mortals to live long and become gods. To be clear, the word “god” I used here is not very accurate. In the book, these god is more powerful than demi-gods and less powerful than actual gods, like the Buddha. I think the old man telling the story is the king. Because he looks like a monkey and in the last scene, you can see a piece of cloth is floating around him. This is a sign that he has godhood, and the king is the only “monkey god”. He looks sad. Everyone who read the book would know that the king would not be happy when he became god, because he is such a free spirit, being god means being controlled to him. The most liked comment has another theory. Go check it out. Other details from the gameplay: All the enemies have animal heads, that is because they are demons just like the king. The short old man who has been guiding the player is one of the “earth god (sorry, this translation is so bad)”. In the book, every major turf has one of them, and they all like little old men and all quite friendly. “Demon” is not accurate as well. They are basically animals, plants, even objects that somehow gain consciousness (there are so many ways to achieve that in Chinese mythology). Many of them has powerful abilities and will try to work their way to godhood. The king has the ability to transform into anything (“72 forms”, called in the book). So he can have many forms in the game. Another famous ability is to blow his hair into foot soldiers, also made it into the game. In the gameplay you can see the king puts away and draws weapon from his ear. This is accurate from the book. In the book, the king only uses the staff “如意金箍棒”. It can turn infinite large or infinite small on his command. So when he doesn’t need to use it, he puts it in his year. In Chinese Buddhism, one cannot kill. Even accidental kills such as stamp on insects or drink water with microorganisms, need to have rituals to “pass them into next life”. But the king kills all the time because he is a demon and a vigilante. As a result, it is kinda confusing to tell which one is the real king at the end of the gameplay. The king who achieved godhood won’t kill, but the original king kills. In the gameplay, you can see him riding a piece of cloud. This is adapted from the anime GOKU. In the anime, the cloud is named 筋斗云 “flip cloud”, because in the book the king can travel the world with one flip. The “earth god” mentioned that the temple was burnt. I am not sure which temple this is, but in the book, there was a famous temple with many believers’ donations. However, the abbot (chief monk of the temple) was a greedy bastard. One day, the protagonists visited the temple overnight. The abbot wants the cloak of the King’s master, so he wanted to set fire on the temple to kill the master (yeah the cloak is that valuable). The king overheard and went to heaven for help (one freaking flip). He asked one of the gods for a shield against fire. The god laughed: “they set fire, why don’t you ask for water”. The king replied: “water will stop the fire. I want the temple to burn because those monks are bad, but I don’t want my master to get hurt.” Eventually, the temple was burnt. This story shows how much he respects and loves his master and how anti-hero he actually is. The book is called “Journey to the west”. It means the kings master’s journey to heaven to get the books of Buddhism. This actually happened (sort of). The King’s master, 唐三藏, is a real monk living in China’s Tang dynasty that went from China to India (the west) to get the original books of Buddhism because he thinks the current translation of those books are not accurate. In the book, there are two forces in heaven, Buddhism and the Taoism. As you know Taoism is a Chinese native idea-turned religion, and Buddhism is foreign. What is interesting is that in the novel Buddhism is much powerful. So as a result, Taoism always seeks Buddhism for help but there are tensions and subtle conflicts littered in the book. That is everything I can share so far. They are all based on my memory so might not be too accurate. I doubt that there is anyone who read it whole, but thank you for your time. I had fun writing this. Journey to the west is such a good book. I really hope this game can succeed. No pressure.
@@zackselby6814 Hey thank you so much for reading. I made some changes and put more details, but it became too long for a comment for I post it on Reddit. r/BlackMythWukong. Go check it out if you want to read more.
@@wallsgreebo8352 Thanks, mate. I put some more detail and post the whole thing on Reddit r/BlackMythWukong. Go check it if you want to know more about the book.
5:19 monkey king can stock his weapons inside his ear. few mins before he transform in and out as a bee. its one of his 72 magic abilities. these two details make him and the novel become unforgettable and lovely things of millions of people. u can watch film series or read comics or novel. that could make this gaming story experience more enjoyful. cheers
So my thoughts on this trailer is what the narrator said "wukong was dead during the journey to the west" now based on that, in the novel wukong and the imposter wukong (6th eared macaque) fought, but couldnt best each other so they went to buddha, where he reveals who the fake is, and the real wu kills him, could that mean in this game, buddha mistakenly chose the real wukong and the imposter kills him? buddha realising his mistake sends the real wu (the golden staff) to stop the fake (us) Or.. the imposter replaces wukong at some point in the story and gains buddahood (becomes the wukong with the gold armor) and we play as the original getting revenge
@@grape7472 from the looks of this game, it takes place before/during and after the journey, as we see in the trailer wukong in pain from the crown, which happens during the journey to the west, and he fights the heavenly army which takes before and the 2nd wukong to appear has been granted Buddhahood which happens at the end of journey to the west
If the cutscene of the monkey being stopped when trying to kill the wolf is real Whoever we are playing arent Wukong himself Because the person who stopped his attack, is holding the real Golden Staff (Pin of the ocean) with full armor set of "Heavens Equals" There maybe alot of plot twist based on the cutscene plus the initial narration of unknown stories The final army scene may be Wukong when he first challenge the Heavens and fight solo against the Army of Heaven. Essentially beating all of them until Buddha stepped in. This was pre-Journey to the West before him being trapped 500 yrs under the mountain and meeting his Sensei Sanzang (Not the 1 that teach him the skills) . I am actually looking forward to how they going to present the story. I also saw pigsy in the cutscenes.
Yes I'm excited about the twists! However I am also immensely nervous about them cos I don't want my childhood dream getting squashed (Wukong died or something)... If for some reason they decide to go with the conspiracy theory of 6-ear replacing wukong I'm just gonna have to leave the game unfinished ;( Wukong's character arc in Journey to the West from being a reckless monkey to being a responsible person with a strong moral compass who used his capability to rescue others in distress, was quite a nice one. It meant a lot to me to see him with a good ending so gosh, I'm scared to see that ending potentially being altered. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A bit of what I think regarding the "personality change" (became more accepting of Buddhism) Wukong exhibited that prompted the conspiracy theory that the real Wukong died: when I re-watched the shows and cartoons as an adult I realised how marginalised he was when starting out -- he was born without parents; was seen as a monster by the humans, and ridiculed by his Taoist "classmates" at the training temple; his training was cut short by his first mentor without notice; he was looked down upon and disrespected by the other Immortals partly due to their fear towards him and partly due to him being a loner with no support network. While being a horse-carer for the sky palace, he had a moment of epiphany, realising that none of these Immortals respected or cared about him. This is when he wrecked havoc and ended up being personally restrained by the Buddha under the Five-Finger mountain. So for him to be eventually accepted by a group (the "fellowship of the scripture" haha) was a big deal for him. Yes at the beginning of the journey, he was still salty and rebellious (he was physically restrained for 500 years so give this dude a break) and had to have a "patrol officer" in the form of a tightening-crown, but he did eventually mature and became more responsible in how he carried out his actions/acts of justice. He also started to care for the others in his journey (albeit with a splash of Stockholm syndrome since he's wearing that magical crown that means he HAD to stay with the mentor Sanzang). The formation of these strong human attachment actually aligns well with his lonely start -- now he cherished that he finally had a family. Consequently he seemed more grounded and receptive of others by the end -- people grow, after all. For someone who had been as lonely as Wukong had, it only made more sense. Wukong's arc is about changes in life goals: as a young orphan monkey he wanted to achieve immortality for immortality's sake; it just sounded a cool thing to do. Later he wasn't focused on immortality anymore, but instead wanted to help people -- through this, he was granted immortality as a buddha. He was not respected by the Taoist heavenly Immortals by displaying manic strength and power, but he was respected as a buddha once he accomplished what he set out to do -- protecting people. What does Wukong's arc reflect in our real world other than a moral lesson on meaningful life goals? If anything, it's probably that Wu Chengen, the author of the novel, saw Buddhist values (people become immortal through their acts of kindness to others) as superior to Taoist values (people become immortal by working on themselves) as he understood it 😂. Digging too much is probably going beyond what the author even intended.
As far as i know this is set after journey to the west. Black myth=conspiracy theory. The theory that Wukong never completed the journey, died and a fake one replaced him. I'm thinking this will be a redemption story where we will play as a depowered Wukong who will try to prove he is the real Monkey King.
Jan Tran the old guy with the smoke said “wait... you look like -“ and then cuts off. I think he was saying the player looks like Wukong so that lead me to believe he might be Wukong’s descendent 🤷♂️
Actually there is a fake wukong in the novel. A prediction about the script of this game is that the fake wukong helped Tang Seng get the Buddhist scriptures while the real one was imprisoned. This is gonna be a story of revenge so you’re actually playing the real one and the second monkey is the fake one.
I love it and it's great because these top notch games set the bar so high where other developers and studios have to compete and deliver great quality.
Actually, transformation is just one of the 72 abilities 七十二变 that Wukong presses. It might translate into “72 transformations” based on the name, but the character“变”(change)here actually means abilities, indicate that the practitioners of 72 transformations have so many different abilities that they can freely change from one to another. The abilities includes transformation, inhumanly strength, the ability to communicate with the deaths and minor gods, cloud riding, etc, and only those who has completed the training and mastered all 72 different abilities can called themselves practitioner of 七十二变. That’s why Wukong is so powerful, because there are only few who can both complet the training and mastered all 72 abilities, and he is the first(or maybe the second) one to accomplish that.
Danzan Sandeev that’s why I said Wukong maybe the second one. And Wukong didn’t defeat Erlang Shen though, their fight was interfered by Taishan Laojun(太上老君the founder of Taoism), which he threw the Ring of Steel金刚圈 at Wukong’s head while the two were fighting, and Wukong got knocked out.
Some guesses of the "Black Myth": The monkey king showed up at the end of the demo is either true Wu Kong or Six Eared Macaque (fake Wu Kong), depending on whether the true Wu Kong died and got replaced during the journey to the west (this is called black myth or conspiracy because the original novel never talked about this). I believe the story of this game happened way after the Journey to the West: Wu Kong finished the journey and became the Victorious Fighting Buddha, a de-facto running dog of Buddha forces (simply put, a servile follower of the ruling class), the one he used to hate the most. This Wu Kong either betrayed his rebellious soul or was replaced by Six Eared Macaque. The main character controlled by the player, however, probably is a brand new character. A new stone-born monkey, a new Wu Kong full of energy, sense of justice, and a rebellious spirit. He may use to be a young follower of Wu Kong, but are depressed to see that Wu Kong betrayed his original ideal and joined the ruling class, even though the world is still suffering. Or, he may know the hidden truth that the true Wu Kong, his King, died during the journey to the west, and he is gonna step on his road of revenge to slain the fake Wu Kong (Six Eared Macaque), and continue the true Wu Kong's unfinished business - fxxk up the ruling class (in this world they are the buddha forces and Jade emperor heaven forces). I may have gone too far, but anyway, there are too many possibilities, and the story as well as the game itself must be AWESOME. This game is a must-buy to me.
Interesting theory. I took it upon the fact that wukong can clone himself and distribute his energy/power/memories accordingly. My guess is the real one got imprisoned after the heavenly battle, robbed off his pole and abilities, and left to die. The cloned one went to the Journey to the west, and attained godhood. This awakened the dying wukong and he escaped, but no memory of his own. You control the real wukong with no memories. The cloned wukong which attained godhood is the one with the real pole.
The staff the armored monkey possessed is either a replica or it was stolen from Wukong, but my guess is it's probably replica as of from 1986 TV series, both Wukong and Macaque possessed same identity, powers, and staff. My other guess is Macaque would probably ruin the Heaven and the Jade Emperor believe it was Wukong who did it and banished him. So Wukong's goal is to fight Macaque and bring himself back to Heaven.
@Win From Within Chinese immortal is different just means you can live forever, doesn't mean you can't die. But chinese immortal also means if your immortal most likely you will reborn as something in the world, either with or without memory of your previous life
I'm excited, but please don't be too happy. We have to be careful. It's just a real-time demonstration. The game could take years to sell, or even fail. There are only 30 people in the game studio! Making a 3A level game is very, very difficult. At the end of the video, the link at the bottom of the video is a recruitment website. I hope to see more people in the game studio tomorrow🙏
Bruh that ending music - most Vietnamese kids of the late 80s and 90s LOVED the OG version of Journey to the West. That jingle was so popular it was in all sorts of toys, even non-Wukong ones. It was just ubiquitous. Hearing it made me relive a lost decade and days of childhood. How they got the license to it I've got no idea but man fucking mint choice right there.
There is a line at the bottom of screen at the final shot saying they have been granted the permission from the original scorer to use the music. That's a highlight to attract people in China who were born in 80s/90s.
Old man at the beginning and end scene WAS the monkey king!! only 13min in And it felt like a Lifetime of gameplay! I yearned for more! Lmbo!! And Yes! This is definitely a must have! I've watched all the movies! The way the Flames caught fire on the Wolf's hair Then the way he shook the flames Out!! LMBO BOSS! can't wait!!
Let's tell you more about the background story of Wukong's skills. 1.Wukong has 72 changes.72 here is actually an imaginary number, which means infinity.That's what started with.He can be transformed into stones, trees, animals, plants and so on. 2. Wukong can shrink the weapon and put it in his ear.Not in his head. 3.Ding:Wukong can use "Ding(定)" to make the enemy unable to move. 4.Sa Dou Cheng Bing（撒豆成兵）：Wukong can pull his hair off and turn into little Wukong to fight the enemy.
@@meck_missile Well... 72 Transformation basically means he can turn to anything. It doesn't equal to the actual number of 72. Zhu Bajie is not as good as what Wukong can do. For example, if wukong can transform himself into all models of the Audi, Bajie might only be able to do like the A-series.
I need this game as asap 2023. Great video, keep up the great work. Black Myth WuKong my #1. I can't wait for this game. Now let's see my man watching trailer 2 demo of black myth wukong.
4 long years i been here and now one day soon i be back to watch the real game play with my man hollow. just great. stay safe and its all about Black Myth Wukong game. all gamers lets make it game of the year for 2024. #1
The words on the stick were: 如意金箍棒（Ruyi Hoop Stick）. It is the artifact that Wukong took from the Dragon Palace and was originally used to control the flood.
I heard that this story may be about Wukong's two personalities (one who has completed the journey west to become a Buddha, and the other who is still a demon).
and the tiny god said “so alike, you look so alike to him” means the guy we watched looks so much like wukong , the tiny god said this monkey must be “the one with the heaven destiny “
That game looks amazing.... the art the characters... they really brought the ideas behind the Monkey King to life and the story's all about his he achieved his role as a deity... all be it a crafty one... looks like I need to upgrade my console again.
Really he should have only able to do that with his "staff". That is the only object that could transform as the owner wills it. The weapons picked up on the way should not be able to do that.
The final cut is Wukong fighting heaven palace, every Chinese childhood dreams! When the system is not fair, and suppressive, you go challenge them, even if it means one against hundreds of thousands. Goosebumps, literally
The boss fight is in 黑风山 Black Wind Mountain, Guanyin temple originally in the novel chapter 16. Where the Wolf 灵虚子 is a friend of the "Head" of Black Wind Mountain, which the Head boss of black wind mount is a black grizzly 黑熊怪. The boss in the video, the wolf went there to celebrate Black Grizzly‘s birthday. 灵虚子 also brought 2 "Golden Revitalizers" as a gift, but he got killed by Wukong - the monkey king midway. Wukong- the monkey king can shape-shift into 72 different creatures, that's why you see him throughout the video as a golden cicada. He was born from a rock, a rock has been getting all the earthen sun and moon essence, that is why he could change to a larger monkey and smash the ground. And also the way he "parrys" the attacks is one of his other abilities, called 铜头铁臂 direct translation is the Copper head and iron arm which makes him durable to physical attacks. The move he freezes others is called 定身术 - Immobilization or paralyzation. His fur(S)/hair can make clones of himself and other things. I guess one of this game's system is to be able to get the defeated mini-bosses' weapon as artifacts and use them against the bosses, that is why he transforms into the wolf using the flame spear. When he was trying to finish off 灵虚子, he got blocked by another version of himself? I assume the play through character represents the dark side of the monkey king? These are just my guesses. His Weapon is a stick/staff called 如意金箍棒 - the Monkey King Bar. Which and elongation, shorten, largen, and shrink. That's why you see him puts/pull it to/from his ear. In the end, the cloud he was riding is called 筋斗云. He can also travel 180K kilometers with one single somersault. Also at the very end, that is him 大闹天宫 - battles in heaven. Chapter 4-6 in the novel. All the bosses in the ending quick flash are all present some gods or demons. Please like this comment if you find this helpful! You can leave questions for me so I can answer more questions for you guys who want to know.
This game looks freaking amazing! If I remember correctly from Chinese myth, Monkey King can shapeshift into 72 forms. As to the "shoving the weapon into his brain", he always miniaturises his staff and stow in his ear so I guess that would become his inventory in the game lol
7:46 he becomes the incredible hulk for a moment 😅 and he even smashes just like the hulk! I belive this game is gonna be super epic. Sorry jin sakai, but i belive this game has really stolen my heart!!! 😊😊😊
There's definitely gonna be a PC version of this game (so that you can max out your graphics), cuz in China PC gaming is way more popular than console gaming.
I cried so loudly when I saw wukong come out , and if you want to learn about the game, you need to read the novel “Journey to the west”（西游记）which was written 400 years ago，the game is based on the story. The game's skill set has no references to Naruto！！The skills, characters and other element are all come from the story, it is based on the Chinese myth system and the most important thing is , Almost everyone in China grew up watching this story. Sun wukong is the god of childhood for all of us, ,just like superman In American,Godzilla In Japan .Now we can see in the game the wild imagination of our ancestors😭😭😭😭😭too much happiness ！
This is a highly promising project put together by a team of young and ambitious people. I am so moved and excited when I first saw this presentation and really hope that this game could be hatched and delivered properly. By the way, the thematic power embedded within is super strong for it has this fantastic literary and rich historical materials to be based upon. Should you have any questions and/or confusions concerning the contents in this presentation, please feel free to leave a comment (including the BGM/OST).
Wukong represents my whole childhood. I am deeply touched by the music and sound effect, especially at fast showcase at the end of the video. A must-buy game for me.
In fact, in Chinese mythology, Wukong's strength is only moderate, but, like many stories, The character of the protagonist is more important than strength。
小蔡同学 well think about it, supposedly he was born from a crystal that created a protective shield around the sky kingdom (I love wukong but there’s a lot of theories)
@@demonknight894 There is a book called （封神演义）The Journey to the West is related to this. You will know after reading that wukong is just a little boss.hahaha， A joke, you can take a look if you are interested
小蔡同学 I’ve heard of it and yeah I can agree that he is a little boss but he broke so many rules which I can’t recall but remember how he got his immortality
the boss`s figure is based on the character in the Tvplay< journey to the west> 1986 ,and the tv character`s figure is based on the novel of in Ming Dynasty
Personally, me being a Dragonball fan and knowing that it’s inspired by Wukongs journey to the west, automatically drew my attention. Gameplay looks solid. Will buy day one.
@Hollow apparently he didn't shove it to his brain, rather he just shrink the staff and put it into his ear canal. The golden staff wukong had or known as "如意金箍棒" (Ru Yi Jin Gu Bang, was written on the staff in ancient chinese wording) was originally a pillar which to measure the depth of the seas. the inscription means that it can be shrunk or expand by the owner's wish and weighs 13500 catties (17550 lbs), 20 ft long when it becomes a staff and a thickness of a chinese rice bowl.
When he made those clones come out, THAT SHIT SO DAMN COLD 🥶, never seen in video game history. 10/10 for me. Game of the year potential. How this game better than newly acclaimed games that’s coming out.
to some who don't know, Son WuKong is a character from a Chinese myth novel 400 years ago called Journey to the West. In the myth, some of his powers include riding clouds, transforming (72 forms), that magical staff he wields can lengthen and shorten, he also hides it in his ears when it's tiny. When he tears off strands of his hair, each strand can turn into a clone of himself. Oh, and let's not forget he can freeze people with words. that's all i remember for the moment. but he's pretty dope.
When the protagonist defeats the wolf and prepares to kill, it is Sun Wukong who stops the protagonist. Because Sun Wukong’s weapon is the "Ruyi Golden Cudgel", I guess what we will play in the future may be Monkey King’s clone or another character we don’t know.
If you dont know the story, here is just some info about wukong's capability described in the book: 1. Transform to 72 different animals, ppl, items etc. 2. Travel 44,906.4 km in one single flip 3. Making himself or his legendary weapon to shrink or enlarge in size just like Ant-man himself 4. See through any disguise, transformation, walls etc. 5. Live forever basically since he went to hell and changed his life length to infinity. 6. He can fly of course. 7. He can turn his hair into monkey armies that can fight for him. 8. He can make his soul to leave his physical body for a while Please add more if I missed anything
@@StellarBoxer according to the book, there are four immortal monkeys in the world. Wukong is just one of them. The one showed up is stronger than him, and wukongs Shifu couldn't tell which is wukong. In the end, they went to the west and ask the all known Buddha who is real wukong. The book says real wukong killed the other one in front of Buddha. But a lot of ppl think it's the other way around, because ever since the incident, wukong's character has changed by a lot. And also killing ppl in front of the all known Buddha doesn't really make sense. Buddha is very kind to living creatures, and never kill any lives. I may went too far about this topic, but this book is actually a political sarcastic genre
I think I jus found the most anticipated game for me for whatever year it drops on this side of the planet. Always was a super fan of Wukong he’s the ultimate warrior in my eyes. Deff looking forward to this.
Guys, this game LOOKS INCREDIBLE!! I cannot wait.
what do you think?
Hey bro
Doesn’t look like my type of game, but it looks great!
Yo im a big fan hollow
Hey
Its something new . Original
(08/23, add some information)
an over-simplified explain here:
This game is a re-creation of "journey to the west",
and in ancient china myth world which WUKONG lives in, humans can get supernature power to become a "god/神仙".
Practicing Buddhism or Taoism is a way of becoming "god/deities".
Animals can also receive supernature power, and they become "monster/demon/妖怪", not "god".
Here, monster/demon is not always evil, they are just different from humans.
In many stories, the monster can live with humans or even have a marriage with a human.
in those stories, humans are often more evil or stupid or greedy or coward...
The rank or class of this world is roughly like this:
god/deities > monster > human > animal.
This rank is a metaphor of ancient china society, but not enough room to explain it here, knowing the rank is ok.
So monsters want to live in the form of a human, or at least act like a human because they are in the hope of becoming a "god".
WUKONG is a monkey born from a stone who finally become a "god",
he is not a "pure" god(human -> god), he remains some monster/demon characteristics.
This contradiction is the source of many re-creations including this game.
From Wukong's point of view, the first half of book 'Journey to the West' is his rebellion against the regime of gods, while the second half is his redemption as a bodyguard of a mortal human, at the end of the journey, he gets the title "Winning Fighter Buddha"(斗战胜佛).
His performance before and after was so different that it is suspected that he died halfway and an impostor completed the journey. In this hypothesis, those readers denied his obedience in the latter half of the story, they asked " Can't wukong be himself, real, true self?"
Just think in another way, that wukong has always been himself all the way, such "tragedy" has a general meaning. At first, he fights against the world fearlessly, and at last, he compromised, "made peace with God".
wukong of the day is now paddling cell phone, waiting for the next subway :).
Back to this trailer:
This trailer shows a monk tells a story that happens in a temple relic occupied by a group of monster gangsters.
-> The giant wolf boss at 7:38 is their leader, he identifies himself as a Taoism priest,
and get a Taoism name "灵虚子" or "灵虚真人"
he has a friend who is a black bear. but not shown in this game.
-> The minor boss at 2:53 is also a wolf. check his feet, you can see that he is a wolf wearing human cloth,
not a human with a wolf head.
An interesting point that is he is persuading the player to practice Buddhism while himself wearing cloth more like Taoism. But I don't think this is a mistake.
Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are peacefully integrated inside ancient Chinese philosophy, although they have different origins.
The integration is so strong and stable and so connected to the social structure, that it became a shackle in the mind when the Chinese have to face the outer world in the last several centuries.
Among them, Buddhism is even imported from ancient India, the original story "journey to the west" is based on a real tang monk's pilgrimage and study to ancient India at around 630AD. But not many people in modern India believe in Buddhism. May I say it is a good thing that we do not establish crusades? :)
-> The little potato-like guy at 4:49 is "土地公/local earth god", a kind of minor god.
like a nymph in Greek myth, but not that pretty.
-> Many of you may wonder "why he is fighting cloud at the last scene at 12:00?"
he is fighting against god's army, the giants in the background are the generals of the gods.
also, a scene shows that he is facing four giants at 11:48, they are the four kings of heaven(四大天王).
Here also reflect the integration. In the original story, the army belongs to Taoism god, and four kings of heaven are Buddhism god. wukong was captured by a Buddhism god who received a request for help from Taoism god, then been a prisoner for 500 years before his redemption.
-> You guys may also be confused about why there is another monkey king with better weapon and better armor stop us from finishing the boss.
and spend several seconds showing shining gold characters on his stick at 10:44.
We Chinese guys are quite excited seeing this scene because it gets to the most suspenseful part of the story:
Who is the real WUKONG?
whether the monkey king who finally becomes the god is the real monkey king who born from the stone?
(Is the hero at the end of the journey the same person when the journey starts?)
(are we still us when we grow up/old ?)
if you look carefully enough,
you will find that the storyteller(at the beginning and end of the trailer) himself is an old "monkey" too.
the floating belt behind him indicating that he is a "god".
yes, there are multiple monkey kings and multiple explanations.
you can even take them as the "ego", the "id", the "superego" of the monkey king.
but it is best to let the game itself to explain it.
Here is some subtitle I translated.
(time according to original 13 min version)
(storytellers start telling, skip it cause it has English subtitle)
(sneak in as a cicada)
1:46 wolf gangster A: wow! Here is some wine jar!
1:47 wolf gangster A: I wonder if there is any wine in it!
1:49 wolf gangster B: Do not be so greedy for wine!
1:50 wolf gangster B: We two would be 灵虚真人's snack if we mess this up!
(keep flying)
1:57 wolf gangster C: Brother, there is some noise at the gate.
1:58 wolf gangster D: Don't be so jumpy. No one dares to intrude here as I guard here.
(meet an elite enemy)
2:12 gangster leader(human): Those wolf puppies can not see you.
2:15 gangster leader(human): DO NOT think you can get away with it under MY nose!
(fight at a bridge)
2:33 wolf scout: Alarm! A hairy face monk intruder!
(minor boss fight)
2:48 wolf sword drillmaster: who are you, dare to disturb my practice?
(after seeing the player's character)
2:54 wolf sword drillmaster: oh, another monkey
2:59 wolf sword drillmaster: sir, why not drop your stick, and learn some Buddhism with me?
3:05 wolf sword drillmaster: how do you think?
(after been beaten)
4:00 wolf sword drillmaster: you ... Can it be that you are the man... of...destiny as our king told us?
(local earth god saying underground)
4:18 voice from underground: You're alarming the monsters over here, little monkey
(meet huge head giant)
4:23 voice from underground: You should be more careful if you go any further.
4:30 voice from underground: come here, little monkey
4:38 voice from underground: here, here
(local earth god show up)
4:47 local earth god: I am the humble local earth god of "black wind hill", and I am waiting here for a long time.
( he look closely )
4:58 local earth god: yes, you do look alike...
5:06 local earth god: Further on, you'll find the Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery
5:10 local earth god: It has prosperous good old days
5:15 local earth god: Too bad the big fire burned everything up.
(this fire should be related to a fire in the original story of "journey to the west")
5:26 local earth god: the monastery was rebuilt then,
5:29 local earth god: but what would rebuild a broken temple help if human's faith burned into ash?
(wolf howling)
5:40 local earth god: excuse me for leaving so soon!....
5:45 local earth god: we will meet again after you go pass the plank road...
7:04 Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery
(into the yard)
7:14 local earth god: hush, do not disturb that big dog...
7:17 local earth god: the monster in the backyard is a friend of BlackWind Monster. (black bear)
7:18 local earth god: he called himself "灵虚子"
7:20 local earth god: As your current capacity.....
(7:22 wolf howling)
7:23 local earth god: damn!
7:25 local earth god: RUN, you little monkey, before it's too late!
(local earth god hidden)
7:30 local earth god: you CANNOT return if you pass this gate!
(7:38 LEADER: 灵虚子)
boss fight .....
(the scene between 11:00 and 12:05 showing his legends, just like Hercules' 12 labors)
Really Nice and Detailed Explanation!! Underrated comment!!
You deserve more likes for this
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Well done！
He deserved the 69 likes for this
As someone who's Chinese, seeing Chinese mythology and culture represented in such an authentic fashion made me so happy. Haven't been this excited since I saw Sleeping Dogs!
Same thought. Although im Thai-Chinese mxd but anyhow.
I agree with your comment, Sleeping Dogs was the last popular Chinese game that was released to success
Sleeping dogs was fye bruh
Sleeping Dogs was amazing. Very underrated game
Sleeping dog was so goat I stayed playin it on the 360 24/7
Don’t believe that Wukong is killed by six ear macaque! It’s a notorious conspiracy theory!
To really understand the plot of this game, you need to know the plot of Journey to the West. Monkey King was born from one rock which was made to fill the broken sky but was not used. Two lights came out from his eyes which shocked the Jade Emperor (the Supreme God of Chinese folk legend). He then became the king of the monkeys in Flower Fruit Mountain where he was born. To get immortality, he left his home and found Grand Master of Bodhi, who taught him 72 methods of transformation, ways to drive clouds, and many other magics. Monkey King also got the religious name of Wu kong from Grand Master of Bodhi. After twenty years of apprenticeship, he came back to the Flower Fruit Mountain. To find a suitable weapon for himself, Monkey King made a havoc in the place of the Dragon King of the East Sea, and robbed Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was left by Dayu to control the flood (China also has a legend about an overwhelming flood, but it was stopped by a legendary emperor Dayu). Ruyi Jingu Bang is so large and heavy that no one can control, but Wu kong can use it and shrink down to the size of a needle and keep in his ear. When he was 342 years old, he was taken to the nether world, for the book of death stipulated that he can only live for 342 years. He was irritated and erased himself and all monkeys from the book of death. Then he and all monkeys became immortal. The Dragon King from of East Sea and the King of the nether world reported Wu kong’s misdeed to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor gave him a minor position in heaven as the Keeper of Horses, so he can control him. When Wu kong realized that, he became angry, granted him as Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and rebelled. The Jade Emperor dispatched a general to suppress him, but the general was defeated. The Jade Emperor had no choice but to accept his title and let him to be the guardian of the heavenly peach garden. The peach tastes good and can bring people immortality, so Wu kong ate all the peaches. The Jade Emperor was irritated and dispatched an army of 100,000 celestial troops, led by the four Heaven Kings, Erlang Shen, and Nezha. Wu kong defeated all of them by himself using the magic of bilocation, transforming his feather to monkeys. However, eventually, tathagata caught him and suppressed him under a mountain made by his hand. After 500 years, he was saved by Tang Sanzang who was going to the west to obtain the Buddhist scriptures. He then took Tang Sanzang as his master and went to the west with his master.
After you understand that, you will know my feeling when I see the golden inscription on the golden stick held by the Monkey who stopped the protagonist which says Ruyi Jingu Bang, and the golden armor which was always wore by Wukong when he is Great Sage Equal to Heaven. They indicate that the monkey is Wu kong. Wu kong is a symbol of rebellious spirit. For us Chinese who do not have Marvel of other cartoons, he is like the Captain America for the Americans. So my tears even flow down when I see the story of fight between Wu kong and 100,000 celestial troops is presented in a visible way and understand that I can experience the life of my hero in childhood.
Thank you for sharing this history! This seems like an amazing story and now I want to read about the Wu kong!
Is there an english adaption? I would like to read the full story
Isn't he like the hurcules of the chinese mythos? Not by appearance of power, but by popularity and a lovable character
@@captainshnockleyou3537 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West
@@captainshnockleyou3537 yep. it's a Ming dynasty classic so the book itself is in the public domain now. you can find it here chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf Also, if you are into Dragon Ball, notice the Chinese at the end (悟空) is the same Japaneses kanji for "Goku". so... the very very first part of Dragon Ball was also an " adaption" of it. there is also an Netflix show The New Legends of Monkey, to me, a Chinese, the show is whitewashed shit, but it is an (very bad ) "english adaption" of Journey to the West.
There are so many details in the trailer which many people might not have noticed. So I have done some researches and the summary is below:
There are 4 skills (spells?) that appear at the left bottom corner.
Top = Golden Invincible Body. Wukong's signature defensive skill that offers temporary physical immunity while standing still, lasting for probably 0.25 to 0.5 seconds with 4-second cooldown. Similar to blocking skill in other ARPG but looks much cooler and is effective against attacks from all angles. If the attack is too strong, Wukong would still be pushed back or stunned for a while. If you have played DOTA 2, you would notice that Wukong's mischief skill also offer 0.2 second immunity for the very same reason.
Right = Morphing. Another Wukong's signature skill that allows him to morph into a cicada, hulk-like creature, or certain boss he defeated, lasting for 40 seconds with 60 seconds cooldown. While he morphs into a cicada, it allows him to move undetected (much cooler than crouching...). You can only morph once in every phase and you can end the morphing before 40 seconds duration. After morphing, you regain full HP, mana & stamina.
Left = Lockdown. A skill that locks the enemy in time for 0.5 second to 3 seconds depending on the strength of the target. The enemy will continue the action once the duration is over.
Bottom = Mirror Image. Creates multiple images of himself through his hair. The images are seemingly weak and could be easily destroyed.
Besides, you can see that there are many different fancy attack moves so you may wonder how is it possible. If you watch carefully at the right bottom corner, there are 3 different battle stances.
1. Normal stance
2. Defensive stance
3. Assault stance
You can switch between stances instantly while not attacking or not being attacked.
Btw, I have no connection with the developers at all. The information is gathered by researching all online resources (mostly Chinese). There are many other interesting stuffs I found in the researching process. I will share more if you guys are interested.
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UPDATE
I have done some more researches about the Indie studio (Game Science) behind this game and found this interview with English subtitles.
th-cam.com/video/CTYoDre2S7I/w-d-xo.html
You can see the founder playing the demo with an X-box controller. This clearly shows that a playable version is already available. Their office is located in a tech park in a sub-urban area near Hangzhou, which looks pretty cool. They chose this location so that the developers could remain focused on game development.
During the researches, I found a comment left by one of the developers in an online forum for Ninja Gaiden. I wept for his genuine words and would like to share my translated version here:
My Translated Version:
Hello everyone. I am "Jie Ye". I am not sure if my comrades are still around and probably I don't know any of the new blood. You should have watched the trailer released this morning. I have been honored to participate in the development of Black Myth Wukong as the battle planner.
I have been making video games for 7 years, living an ignorable life and busy running around the country. Now I am getting close to 30.
I once lived in a tiny basement, without air-con in hot summer and survived on instant noodles for half a year. I don't ask for money, comfort, dignity or even my health. All I have been pursuing is to revive our country's action game, just one simple aspiration. All in a sudden 7 years have elapsed.
I am writing this with tears in my eyes. I love Ninja Gaiden, DMC, and all action games. This is the passion in my entire life.
Before the launch of the trailer, I was a bit worried. I didn't expect the feedback to be so great. At that moment I felt all my sacrifice and effort in the past are totally worthy.
From the first demo I started in 2018 to the complete trailer released today, everyone in the team has committed so much. Thank every brother and sister who made this happen and wove the dream together.
(In the trailer, you could see the execution of a heaven guard. I have researched similar moves by studying every move & camera mechanism in Ninja Gaiden in-depth. Hehe).
People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.
I don't want to give up my pursuit of authentic arts for ordinary matters. I am willing to devote my insignificant life to the great action game industry.
I am Ninja Dragon "Jie Ye"
Original Chinese Version:
大家好,我是哲也.以前的兄弟不知道还在不在.新的兄弟我大概都不认识了.
早上的的视频大家应该也都看到了,我有幸参与黑神话悟空这个项目并担任战斗策划.
从13年开始做游戏,7年,一直苟且偷生,奔波于全国各地(南京,北京,深圳,杭州),一晃已经快30岁了.
我住过地下室,吃过半年多的泡面,在大热天蹲过13平没有空调的隔断屋.不求赚钱,不求安逸,不求体面,甚至不求健康.就为了复兴国产动作游戏,这一简简单单的目的,一晃就是七年.
写到这里我已经有些哽咽,我爱忍龙,我爱鬼泣,我爱所有动作游戏,这是我一生的爱好.
视频发布之前其实我是有些担忧的,但是没想到最后大家的反响这么好,让我瞬间感到这么多年的心酸和隐忍没有白费.
从18年我写的第一个花果山DEMO,到今天的黑神话悟空的完整实机演示,公司各个同事都付出了很多,感谢每一位付出的兄弟姐妹,能够共同编织这样一个伟大的梦想.
(在视频的一个剪辑中其实可以看到处决天兵的一个片段,那段是我完全深度研究忍龙的处决动作配位和镜头机制之后制作的嘿嘿)
人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛.
我不愿为了庸俗的事物舍弃真正的艺术,我愿意为了伟大的动作游戏事业奉献我微薄的人生.
我是忍龙吧的哲也,一生忍龙魂的哲也.
The ending theme right there is from the classic Journey to the West series in the 1986.
Oh yes indeed.
Yesss sirrrr
Search for Yun gong xun. That music name translated roughly: Voice from the Cloud Palace. th-cam.com/video/YzL6las5dxg/w-d-xo.html
yeah pay tribute to the classic
The ending theme hit my soul. Thats my childhood.
There's a lot more to tell about this game. The studio making this game has tried to make something like this before but their work was hijacked by big Chinese gaming corporate Tencent and was totally ruined. So this game, like the 8 characters at the end that states "After the white bones, embark the journey again", is their attempt to realize their, and also millions of Chinese people's dream: to create an authentic yet new take on the beloved Chinese hero.
For the story itself, the studio was determined to take a darker, unorthodoxy perspective rather than the original version (thus the name Black Myth). For years Chinese people have been trying to dig up the true meanings behind the mysteries of the journey to the west, and a popular theory argued that Wukong was the representation of Chinese people's rebellious spirit against the feudalism/religious establishment in ancient China, but in the end he still didn't escape the fate of being assimilated (by being granted the title of a Buddha), so in contrary to the traditional view of his story being a glorious adventure, it was actually a tragedy. And there was a famous "conspiracy" stated that the real monkey king was replaced with the Six Eared Macaque who can imitate every living creature in the world, because the former was more rebellious and tended to go rogue and the latter was more "obedient". Judging that there were two monkeys appearing in the game, I assume it's likely that the studio was inspired by this.
Thanks for all the likes! For people who want to know more about the original Journey to the West story, here's a link to a tv adaptation classic in the 80s that is widely considered to be the best:
th-cam.com/video/K3KNpyKILHM/w-d-xo.html
Also I made a podcast about the origin story of journey to the west as requested, the monkey king, game science and the game itself, if you are interested in getting to know more about the game and the legend of Wukong, you are welcome to drop by :): @RB20
wow Thanks for the info . It makes me more Hype to buy this game . And Support the studios and developer .
i hope microsoft buy this studio
@@lofi1598 why? Cuz trump is gonna ban the game?
@@resurrexi no, so they can ruin it lile most stuff they do
@@resurrexi they need budget they are talented studio
Read the book first. Then everything will make sense. As a Chinese, the story is part of my childhood
You must be excited af to play then
That’s a challenging task😅
Whats the book?
Or the childhood of almost every Chinese who was born after 80s, I was born 1990
@@bagheads1259 book is called: Journey to the West, it's one of the four greatest novels in Chinese history.
According to the original, Sun Wukong(monkey king) has 72 changes(actually he can become anything he has ever seen) and He can turn the hair into more than one himself .Ruyi golden cudgel is Wukong's weapon. It can be changed in size by his mind,he likes to hide it in his ears.The guide is Wukongs exclusive guide and he is the lowest God name is Tudi in the original,he's in charge of a small area and different areas have different Tudi but they look like same.
The plot of the game comes from the famous plot of the original.
It possible ww might see more than just the two we saw..
中国人？
Tudi means the god of land，as you say，different land have different Tudi.
@@leonking3534 是的
BTW, for DotA players, Wukong's weapon has an English name that is more popular: Monkey King Bar, or MKB.
Quick translation of the dialogue past the intro
Wolf Soldier A: Hey, there're some wine jars here
Wolf Soldier A: Wonder if there are any wine left inside
Wolf Soldier B: Don't be greedy
Wolf Soldier B: If we screw this up, LingXu ZhenRen will
eat us for appetizers
Wolf Soldier C: Boss, something's going on at the entrance of the mountain man, I can hear it.
Wolf Soldier D: Stop jumping at shadows, I'm here man.
Wolf Soldier D: I'll kick the ass of any trouble makers who come.
Bandit Boss: Those wolf bastards can't see you
Bandit Boss: Don't think you can get past me just because you got past them
Wolf Scout : Shit, a hairy faced monk got in
Saber Wolf Head Instructor(direct translation): Who's here
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Who dares disturb my meditation
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Oh? Another monkey
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: Will you not consider settling aside your staff, sir.
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: And consider learning some scriptures(buddhist) with me
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: What do you think
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: You....could it be that you are the one the king said was
Saber Wolf Head Instructor: He...of...destiny
New Artifact : Red Wave
Voice from Underground: Little monkey, you've really stirred up this nest of monsters
Voice from Underground: Keep going forward, be very careful
Voice from Underground: Little monkey, over here
Voice from Underground: Here, look here
Voice from Underground: I am the Earth God of Black Wind Mountain, I have been waiting for you
Earth God: Similiar
Earth God: You look really similiar.
Earth God: Keep going, it is the temple of Goddess of Mercy (Avalokitesvara)
Earth God: It was prosperous back in the day
Earth God: Such a shame about that great fire
Earth God: They did rebuild the temple later
Earth God: But if the hearts of people were all burnt away
Earth God: What's the use in rebuilding a lousy temple
Earth God: I'm getting out of here
Earth God: Once you get past the road of planks, we'll meet again
Temple of the Goddess of Mercy
Earth God: Shh, don't make a sound
Earth God: Careful not to disturb that big dog
Earth God: That there in the yard is an ally of the Black Wind Demon
Earth God: Calls himself LingXuZi (referred earlier by Wolf Soldier B)
Earth God: If you keep going as you are
Earth God: Oh shit!
Earth God: Run little monkey, there's still time
Earth God: If you enter the door, there will be no turning back
Boss : LingXuZi
This is great, thanks!!
给力！
Been searching for exactly this, thanks so much for the translation.
I knew it, the old guy is the earth God👍👍
As a Chinese American, this is the stuff of dreams. I wanted something like this ever since I was in middle school, I can’t believe it’s actually happening.
Chinese used to struggle about living, as life gets better, more stuff like this will come!
The classic opening them from Journey to the West made me shed literal tears
i agree
This looks even more epic than how I imagined it as a child.
I can imagine, somewhat, how amazing that must be.
2:52 My Chinese isn't very good, so do forgive me if I make any mistakes or try to fill things in.
Wolf Soldier A: ... there are some wine barrels, (but) not sure if there's still wine in them.
Wolf Soldier B: Stop being a glutton, if something were to happen, we'd get eaten too!
Wolf Soldier C: Brother, there's some sort of commotion at the mountain entrance!
Wolf Soldier D: Stop being so suspicious of everything, as long as Brother's (possibly referring to self) here on guard, what sort of fool would come here to die?
3:20
Mountain Bandit Leader: Those wolf pups might not have seen you, but don't you think you can get pass me so easily!
Wolf Archer: Sound the alarm, a fur-faced monk has barged in!
Wolf Blademaster: Who goes there? To disturb me during cultivation. Oh? Yet another monkey. What say you put down the staff, and let me teach you some dharma (Buddhism teachings)?
5:07
Wolf Blademaster: You... could you be the one our King called... the... Destined... One
*Acquired: New Magic Weapon - Red Tide*
(Voice from below ground): Little monkey, you've disturbed the demon here. Proceed with caution. Come over here, Little Monkey. Come over, over here.
Land Spirit: This Lesser God (referring to self) is the earth of Black Wind Mountain, and I have long awaited for your arrival.
Land Spirit: (Possibly realizing player was not the monkey God he was waiting for) Alike... you look like... sigh
Land Spirit: Guanyin Temple is down that way. Back in the days, it was filled with incense. Only a shame, that fire. It was later rebuilt, but the human heart was already scorched. Rebuilt an useless, old temple, and for what?
*Howling*
Land Spirit: Little old me will go on ahead. We shall speak again once you've crossed the planked path!
8:11 [Guanyin Temple]
Land Spirit: Hush! Keep quiet. Be careful not to alert that large dog. That fellow in the backyard is a friend of the Black Wind Beast, calls itself Child of Spiritual Void (rough translation of Lingxuzi). With your current skills-- *howling* Oh no! Run, Little Monkey, while there is still time! There's no turning back if you step through those doors!
11:50 The player's strike is blocked by the Golden-Banded Staff, which has the correct inscription of what Wukong's weapon should have.
I admit I've butchered some of the translation, but I hope this helps folks feel less blind, I suppose. Stay safe~
That's almost 100%! Great job. To nitpick on you, I would say when Wolf Soldier D says 'Brother', he means their leader, not himself
Wow, actually your Chinese is very good. You must have been lived in China for many years!
@@Fqdunjy Oh no, I can only understand very simple Chinese words, and had to piece things together with the help of Google Translator. :P
@@atorsionx9406 I’m Chinese, I understand them all, but it’s hard for me to translate them into English accurately 😂
Btw anyone else getting childhood flashbacks and goosebumps hearing the last 5 sec music? The classic 1986 drama opening song. Ha.
Stan Yu I made sure to never miss the intro lol.
86版西游记真的是全体中国人的回忆啊，《云宫迅音》就跟国歌一样永远都不可能忘记
Our 6p.m routine : fight for best sit for Hau-ka.
555 when I hearing this music I almost cried
Yes the only 80s and 90s kid will get the goosebumps.....
This game is based on the Ming Dynasty novel Journey to the West. This novel has great influence in China, even in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It has been adapted into countless novels, cartoons, movies and games for hundreds of years. Monkey King is regarded as a superhero in ancient China. He and his two brothers escorted his master to ancient India to collect Buddhist scriptures. The book has millions of words and describes one The grand and profound mythological world. The murals at the beginning of the video are of Tang Dynasty style, and the representative works are Dunhuang frescoes, and the Tang Dynasty is the time of journey to the West.Monkey King has the ability of seventy-two changes. He can change into 72 kinds of objects. All his weapons are installed in his ears. He has the ability to make the enemy freeze. It can pull out his hair and become his own body. His mount is cloud, and his speed is very fast. The last music of the video comes from the 1986 Chinese TV series journey to the west, which is the childhood memory of several generations of Chinese people Music, we all cried.
🙏🏾
Ur so right .. how tho 🧐
Yep. It's a typical Chinese myth story.
Yes, he has a solid, immortal body + fireeye + 108,000 km/s +72 variations + infinite body separation spells (every monkey hair on his body can be turned into a body) + infinitely retractable sticks. He was overpowered once and was eventually put in prison, but hundreds of gods could not find a way to kill him, so he ran away and smashed the palace
The og goku
I am a Chinese, and the bgm at the end of this game moved me. It was the theme song of the TV series that hundreds of millions of Chinese people loved most when they were young. Reminds me of my childhood.
Mr. Trump I’m not Chinese, the bgm at the end of this game did not move me. It’s not a theme song that I loved when I was young. This does not remind me of my childhood.
@@LegendInThaMakin You are an interesting person。
I was moved too but…it's definitely the main theme song of TV series instead of cartoon lol
lol
Gori LLLla yep it’s from a tv show way back and I used to watch it with my grandpa when I was a kid.
got goose bumps when the last two music play.. man, these are epic piece from 1986, which were deeply seeded in mind
Out of all the games I have seen so far, this is the one that screams next gen to me. Amazing visuals.
Michael Kurth that cloud scene especially
They even put the action when Wukong puts his staff and weapons in his ears (Magically). They're definitely not gonna hold back.
And that song at the end was definitely a throw back to the journey to the west tv show. They did not disappoint with this trailer.
For people who don't read Chinese dialogues, I explain the plot in this demo video (as I know so far):
1. The tiny little old guy in purple is the Lord of the Soil, a god of a small region. All he can do is to observe around and offering information when needed, despite he is a guardian spirit, he's powerless.
2. During the first met, the Lord of Soil was surprised "you look exactly like him".
3. In the game, we can see the Temple (where monkey fought the giant wolf ) has been abandoned for years (rebuilt after a fire -- said the Lord of Soil), according to the original storyline of Journey To The West, it happened when Wukong and his master Sanzang visited the temple, that means the monkey is not Wukong himself, or at least not the Wukong who followed Sanzang.
4. When encountered the Wolf Chief (fire weapon-wielding guy), he called player "another monkey", soon after defeating him, he mentioned that monkey was probably the Chosen One. This also indicates the monkey is not Wukong, he might be someone to finish the mission that Wukong failed.
5. The giant wolf boss named Ling Xu Zi was the leader of those monsters and the best friend of the Black Bear Spirit. The latter failed to put out the fire in the Temple when the owner of Temple tried to steal Sanzang's treasure clothes by setting the temple on fire. After the incident, Bodhisattva Guanyin subdued the Black Bear Spirit and left Ling Xu Zi alone in the mountain.
6. The staff that Monkey King wielded is Ruyi Jingu Bang, a legendary magical pillar that has its name in Chinese written on the side as shown in 11:54. While the one the monkey used is merely a common iron club (that's still powerful tho).
7. The 13:04 scene is the most well-known battle "Havoc in Heaven" in the Journey to the West franchise. I can't tell if it's just memory of Wukong or a new adventure.
8. In 12:20 is the scene Wukong suffering the pain caused by golden fillet on his head, it was bounded with him since he fought the White Bone Spirit (aka Lady Skeleton) and couldn't be taken off until he finished the journey. But at 12:04 we see there's nothing worn on the "real" Monkey King's forehead, either he's already become a buddha or he couldn't successfully protect Sanzang from monsters after all.
Nice analysis. Can you tell me what the words in Monkey King's club mean?
@@quanthinh3487 "如意金箍棒" translated as "As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel"
@@quanthinh3487 如意（rúyì: means 'as you wish'. This weapon could deform if the owner wish, be small or big, be a tiny needle or huge column. That is why Wukong can put it in his ear）
金箍（jīngū:means 'golden band'. As you can see, both end of the weapon have golden bands ）
棒（bàng: means 'cudgel，club，staff，or stick'）so you can call it Golden cudgel or Will-following Golden-banded staff.
So this monkey is not the monkey king himself interesting
IM DyNo hah it is a crazy game i think
for those who aren't familiar with Chinese literature and mythology, The monkey king Sun Wukong is a character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West written in the 16th century, depicting his journey along with his master, and 2 sworn brother's journey to the birthplace of buddhism to ask for the scripture. Goku from dragonball Z is loosely based on him.
Even though Wukong is capable of getting to the destination in one single backflip, but his master insisted on traveling all the way to India on foot, through the long journey they went through trials and tribulation, Wukong eventually grew from a "Yao" (Chinese terminology, similar to "wild/ evil spirits or monster", but Yao is not always evil) to eventually attain Buddhahood with his master and sworn brothers who have their own amazing story.
One of the brother Bajie was previously a Heavenly General, but got drunk in a Heavenly Palace banquet, and tried to get with the Goddess of the Moon, the Jade Emperor banished him to the mortal realm and was accidentally reincarnated into a pig sty, turning him into a pig man.
Wukong is capable of transforming into any object, animal or person or monster. shown in the game it seems like he can turn into any enemy that he defeated. he also have habit of shrinking things and storing them in his ears. other abilities like cloud surfing, golden invencible body, and mirror image grown from his hair is all shown.
Such a great looking game, and the gameplay seems very smooth, the monster design is otherworldly, oh and the end score is just pure childhood memory.
Damn you’ve made me want to buy this game 10000x more
India is a place with lots of nations since 2000years ago，Chinese never think India is a really country,but a name of place with many nations.
There are so many details in this game that are easily spotted by any Chinese but not so if you are not familiar with the Journey to the West(Buy the book, it is a classic, a combination of Don Quixote, Lord of the Rings, and it was 500 years old and still read by almost everyone in China.)
1. The main story line seems to draw inspiration from the so-called "conspiracy theory" in the book, that is the real Sun Wukong, the monkey king, was killed by the six-eared macaque. In the original novel, the macaque only appeared in one chapter, but the text was so full of ambiguity and subtext that there is still a genuine academic debate about what he represents and what is his relationship with Sun Wukong and did he really managed to have Sun killed and took his place.
Interestingly, if you understand Chinese, you will find the dialogue very intriguing:
1) The first boss first asks who disturbed his meditation, realizing it was the player, he said:" It is you....again." And before battle begins, he was actually trying to persuade the monkey to "follow my path to study some Buddhism" , implying that he might not be a villain we tend to take for granted simply because he is an adversary.
2) The short old man with a cane and pipe is "Lord of earth", a typical household god in Chinese mythology representing earth, although not a very powerful one(that is why he always runs away), When he first see the player, he mutters:"The resemblance is uncanny", possibly means that the monkey is not Sun Wukong.
3) The Lord of Earth speaks of a great fire which destroyed the temple many years ago, probably referring to a chapter in the novel in which the monk Tripiṭaka and Monkey King almost get killed when they were staying in a temple on the way to the West. The fire was set by the abbot who coveted Tripiṭaka 's precious robe.
2. The metamorphosis refers to Sun Wukong's ability to have 72 transformation which allow him to transform into various animals and objects.
3. When the first boss died, the monkey shrinks his weapon and put (not in his brains) but in his ear. It is a typical Monkey king thing, he puts his weapon in his ear.
4. The final boss is called "Lin Xuzi", a demon which appears in the same chapter as the temple on fire referred above(That is why I believe the lord of earth was talking about that incident).
5. That monkey in the end who is none other than the "Monkey King" himself! the shinning characters on his weapon is its name （for lack of better translation, "As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel"）
6. The montage of different levels at the end seems to be(I took my best shots) :
1) Temple of Sound of Thunder, in which Tripiṭaka and his four disciples were captured by demons in the shape of Buddhas,
2) Deer- Demon, who, with his two other brothers, are high priests of a certain kingdom, their contest with Monkey king was one of the most hilarious chapters of the whole novel,
3) the monkey in agony seems to be inspired from the chapter of "bone lady" , a skeleton-demon transformed as normal human being and got Tripiṭaka's trust, but monkey king sees through her and killed her (three times), Tripiṭaka was furious and start incantation which cause the circlet on the monkey's head to shrink, causing tremendous agony for him. As you can see from the scene, there was a Buddha statue in the background
4）The crane thing may be Jia Lou Luo, from one of the darkest and goriest chapter (Diablo 1 butcher kind of dark and gory) in the book
5) The golden giant maybe refers to a god from heaven, from this scene on, all enemy seems from heaven which is definitely a reference to first chapters of the book, in which the monkey king wreck havoc in the heaven.
6) the four giant, may be Chaturmaharaja in Indian mythology (yep, there are so many gods from so many religions in the book)
7) monkey king on the cloud, his best buddy (you know it if you ever read Dragon balls). The white dragon is also one of his comrade, most of time he transforms into a white horse for Tripiṭaka to ride on.
8) The last one, is, the most exciiiiiiiiiiiiiting chapters in the book, the havoc in heaven, in which the monkey king starts a rebellion in heaven, defeating millions of heaven soldiers and gods. This was literally the best part of the book by many readers (even though he failed in the end).
7.The music piece in the end is adopted from main theme from the classic 1980s TV adaptation of the book, itself a classic, and has been never been off the air even now!
Again, if you havent read the book, buy and read !
Thank you, i love reading your comments 😅 back in the day, journey to the west is one my fav tv show, here in Indonesia, they dub it but still pretty cool. I dont know what the differents between the show i watched and the book tho..so hyped!
@Win From Within There was no way to kill him, so Sukumaran only imprisoned him until he was released by Tang Sanzha.
As a Chinese, I have to say I've been waiting for this game my entire life. and I feel obligated to explain the gist of the story for people to get a better understanding of the game and enjoy the details and game as a Chinese person would.
First a bit of a background context for those who are not familiar with the story, the game is based on one of the four greatest Chinese literature "Journey to the West", the book has been turned into TV series, movies, mobile games and has a monumental influence to the eastern culture. The TV series has been played on Chinese TV for over 3000 times, yes THREE THOUSAND times, making it one of the if not the most repeated series in history. Dragon Ball's Goku is inspired by the book, the main character in the game is Monkey King "Sun WuKong" who in the book wanted to overthrow the Emperor of the Heavens and become the ruler of the world. he eventually failed and was banished and imprisoned by Buddha under the "five finger mountain" for 500 years.
To redeem himself, the Buddha ordered him to protect a Monk to the west for the holy scrolls. they would eventually succeed and Monkey king will become the "Buddha warrior" = "Kratos"
Now in the book and in the game, his main weapon is a staff that can change sizes at his will, when he is not using it he turns it into a needle which he then puts into his ear. the game demonstrates that really well.
his abilities also consist of 72 forms of shape-shifting, shadow clones, fly on a nimbus, and loads more.
In Chinese mythology, there are literally thousands of Gods, the old short guy we see in the demo is one of them called the "god of land"-- one of the lowest ranking Gods. he was warning Wukong not to go into the temple as there is a monster guarding it.
In the final montage. we see a number of monsters. the stand out for me would be the 4 titans we see, in the book, they are the "Four Greatest heavenly kings" sort of like the guardians of heaven. each has one unique weapon "Pipa(Chinese instrument )", "Sword", "A Python" and "Umbrella". that is the boss fight I am most excited about.
I can't wait for this game to be released.
Hope this helps. enjoy the trailer.
What do the letters/words on the staff of the other? Wukong mean?
@@noahcaelum6796 it's the name of the staff, the first two characters roughly translate to free will or as you wish. Because the staff has the ability of changing sizes on command. The other 3 means golden staff
Noah Caelum ru yi Jin gu bang. Direct translation free will golden enclosed staff.
Chords Q Thanks!
The TV series is played every summer in my country Vietnam, literally my childhood series
Game of the year : whenever it releases
Ay a rdr2 lover
Its gonna be a great game but wont be able to compete against cyberpunk 2077 as it just a massive game.
BroToPro It’s probably coming out in 2021 though.
It going to need to come out in 2021
@@djsubliminalreeveits not even out yet
This is Chinese culture, inheritance, legendary and Chinese player’s dream. This will be everything.
對！
true
im indonesian and this is my dream to get wukong master piece class game. i think every 90 kids in the world have this dream in deep inside their heart.
Absolutely, China has amazing vast history of ancient beings and amazing stories, its just incredible to see and experience it in game.
James Kh can you imagine an online game with this game level graphic and gameplay where you can custom your character, and learn from different place to master different technique. and find many ancient place and compete with other people to get various treasure. god too bad i dont have talent to make a game.
He can shove huge things into his ear because, according to legend, the monkey’s got 72 magic tricks. One of them being him able to is expend or shrink things at will. The staff he carries is suppose to be the beam of the ocean. He took it and weaponized it by shrinking it to the size of a staff. He shrinks the staff into the size smaller than a needle, keep it in his ear hole when he’s not using it.
Ahh monkey! 💨 ☁️
I bet the Mk2 oppressor cants kill him
That's a monkey for you.
@@舔狗-w3w translation: it's not 72 magic tricks, it's 72 transformations. and shapeshifting is only one of his powers.
@@舔狗-w3w God sake! I will learn cantonese for you but plz never translate your chinese to english again.
Since, you look surprised every time wukong pulls of a trick. Some of the abilities of wukong you 'must' know about:
1. Boundless strike, his staff can expand.
2. Shape shifting. He can turn into stuff that helps him blend with the surroundings and plan his next attack.
3. He can forge monkey soldiers from his hair.
4. He can transform weapons into small needles that he can hide behind his ear. / He can transform each piece of his hair into a weapon.
There are lots of others abilities. But these are the popular ones which i thought the game got it spot on.
dont forget he can also see through any disguises, thou i feel like itll only be available later in game
Wow, you really explain them perfectly. As a Chinese, I cannot explain them better.
@Clipworld the second monkey is the real wukong. the characters that lit up on his weapon proves it. its in old chinese writing.
@Clipworld Pardon some of the translation cuz I have no idea how some of the words translate to English. But I believe the character controlled is not monkey king but a doppelganger, named Six Eared Macaque, who posses mostly the same ability as monkey king. The actual monkey king is the last one shown at the end because his staff has the word "Ding Hai Shen Zhen" on it (robbed away from the sea god), as well as his outfit.
@Clipworld np, look up the journey to the west. my fav book ever (even harry potter)
The fact that this is pre alpha is insane. this looks so good
No it dous not
RazeFazeGamez you spelled does wrong. And you Are the minority in this debate.
RazeFazeGamez it does
@@razefazegamez6048 man what kind of grub are you on
there is a "there's one more thing..." in the trailer, the tune that played at the end after the old man hummed is the theme song for the tv series based on the book which almost all of the 80s 90s Chinese kids had watched
Thanks for this explanation. I was meaning to ask all the other commenters why they found it nostalgic.
“齐天大圣” 大闹天宫！that final scene wukong is fighting on the heaven. He's challenging the whole army on the heaven by himself.
Do u know there's a monkey God in India too???
@@Vshk00013 no only knowing in China its a really famous stroy
What a badass
the indian/hindu version is hanuman.
i think is flower fruit mountain, not heaven, from background can see some mountains, example 13:04 bottom right
5:18 Not into the brain but in his ear. In the original novel, he hides his Ruyi Jingu Bang (the golden bar) in his ear like a single string of hair in it. Pull out multiple hairs that can summon his clones to help him fight.
Well That explains why the narrator has nothing left🤔
@@marwaynetuldague5010 lol
Incredible the work the developers put into it.
- Robert K.
5:17 He puts it in his ear actually. That's how he keep weapon
i saw that in the hell vs heaven movie of his
incredible, just wish the final one could maintain this quality.
Thats why they show the gameplay to recruit more talents around the world because they are understaff
First Ghost of Tsushima, then Cyberpunk and now Black Myth... The bar just keeps getting higher! I just hope other developers keep up.
EA be like "single player game is dead"
@@Eirocina EA Games will soon be dead
Regarding the 'shoving the spear into his brain' part. I remember from the old series that he could shrink his staff small as a grain of rice and kept it hiding in his ear. Looks like a similar approach here.
Also he can use his hair to create clones of himself.
If you grew up with Wukong, you know that stuff ;)
Well as I hope You know, about 99.9 percent of us didnt LOL so thanks for the explanation
@@kipking511 hehe no worries man!
I wonder why nobody is ever mentioning the amazing smoke effects.
incredible awesome! As a Chinese, I've heard about the monkey king's story so many times. I have to say, there are so many details in this trailer that follow the original, such as Wukong hides the stick in his ear, he can transform into 72 kinds of features like a bug, blowing hair to make clones is his signature spell...Guys, if you cannot wait for the game, like me, read the Journey to the West first, to get some background info and I bet u may have a comprehensive understanding and deep experience of this game.
A slightly more detailed version of this comment was posted on Reddit r/BlackMythWukong.
For people who are not familiar with the story. Here are some key points.
The story was based on the famous novel Journey to the West. Wukong, or Monkey King, is the protagonist of the story. He is basically the Superman, Batman or Spider-man in most Chinese kids’ mind.
However, what makes me love the book so much is that there are so many theories, or perspectives to interpret the story. In fact, many believe that the whole book is actually a conspiracy, a tragedy of the King. The game obviously takes this route by naming it “Black Myth.”
The old man in the beginning (he looks like an old monkey doesn’t he…I digressed) mentioned that some believe the King is long dead. Now, this is the biggest theory of the book. In the book, there is a chapter where a monkey impersonates the king. He is so good that no one can see the difference. Then everyone asks the Buddha (he kinda like the Living tribunal from Marvel and the most powerful being in the world) for help. The Buddha asked the “god of seeing” who can see all truth to look at the two monkeys, he answered: ”I see the truth, but I dare not to say.” The Buddha then asked the “god of hearing” who can hear all truth, he answered: “I hear the truth, but I dare not to say.”
People think that the fact that those gods dare not to say, is because the truth is: the fake King was actually sent by the Buddha himself, to kill the real King. Because of heaven, the King has been such a pain in the A.
The gameplay showed the king fighting countless soldiers on the cloud. That is one famous chapter in the book where the king almost destroyed heaven because heaven treated him like garbage because he is a demon. Buddha cannot tolerate the fact that “merely” a demon can challenge him.
In the end, one monkey died and the other resumed the journey. But the “black myth” says that the dead one is actually the King. The fake monkey completely replaced him and got all the glory and achieved godhood. And no one knows the truth.
I still get chills when I think about this.
At the end of the Boss fight, the monkey that stopped the “player” appears to be the real King. Because his staff has the name “如意金箍棒” on it. This is the only weapon the king uses and people believe only the king can wield it. So we may have been controlling the fake king.
Another theory of the game plot is also from the old man, he said “it all starts from a “golden cicada””. The king’s master, in the book, is the reincarnation of “Golden Cicada”. So maybe the protagonist is the reincarnation of the King’s master? It’s a stretched theory though.
Fun fact: In the book, the golden cicada will reincarnate over and over again to, get this, give people chances to capture him and EAT him. His flesh can give people long life and chances to achieve godhood. This is not a theory though. This is actually one of the handful of ways for mortals to live long and become gods.
To be clear, the word “god” I used here is not very accurate. In the book, these god is more powerful than demi-gods and less powerful than actual gods, like the Buddha.
I think the old man telling the story is the king. Because he looks like a monkey and in the last scene, you can see a piece of cloth is floating around him. This is a sign that he has godhood, and the king is the only “monkey god”. He looks sad. Everyone who read the book would know that the king would not be happy when he became god, because he is such a free spirit, being god means being controlled to him.
The most liked comment has another theory. Go check it out.
Other details from the gameplay:
All the enemies have animal heads, that is because they are demons just like the king. The short old man who has been guiding the player is one of the “earth god (sorry, this translation is so bad)”. In the book, every major turf has one of them, and they all like little old men and all quite friendly.
“Demon” is not accurate as well. They are basically animals, plants, even objects that somehow gain consciousness (there are so many ways to achieve that in Chinese mythology). Many of them has powerful abilities and will try to work their way to godhood.
The king has the ability to transform into anything (“72 forms”, called in the book). So he can have many forms in the game.
Another famous ability is to blow his hair into foot soldiers, also made it into the game.
In the gameplay you can see the king puts away and draws weapon from his ear. This is accurate from the book. In the book, the king only uses the staff “如意金箍棒”. It can turn infinite large or infinite small on his command. So when he doesn’t need to use it, he puts it in his year.
In Chinese Buddhism, one cannot kill. Even accidental kills such as stamp on insects or drink water with microorganisms, need to have rituals to “pass them into next life”. But the king kills all the time because he is a demon and a vigilante. As a result, it is kinda confusing to tell which one is the real king at the end of the gameplay. The king who achieved godhood won’t kill, but the original king kills.
In the gameplay, you can see him riding a piece of cloud. This is adapted from the anime GOKU. In the anime, the cloud is named 筋斗云 “flip cloud”, because in the book the king can travel the world with one flip.
The “earth god” mentioned that the temple was burnt. I am not sure which temple this is, but in the book, there was a famous temple with many believers’ donations. However, the abbot (chief monk of the temple) was a greedy bastard. One day, the protagonists visited the temple overnight. The abbot wants the cloak of the King’s master, so he wanted to set fire on the temple to kill the master (yeah the cloak is that valuable). The king overheard and went to heaven for help (one freaking flip). He asked one of the gods for a shield against fire. The god laughed: “they set fire, why don’t you ask for water”. The king replied: “water will stop the fire. I want the temple to burn because those monks are bad, but I don’t want my master to get hurt.” Eventually, the temple was burnt. This story shows how much he respects and loves his master and how anti-hero he actually is.
The book is called “Journey to the west”. It means the kings master’s journey to heaven to get the books of Buddhism. This actually happened (sort of). The King’s master, 唐三藏, is a real monk living in China’s Tang dynasty that went from China to India (the west) to get the original books of Buddhism because he thinks the current translation of those books are not accurate.
In the book, there are two forces in heaven, Buddhism and the Taoism. As you know Taoism is a Chinese native idea-turned religion, and Buddhism is foreign. What is interesting is that in the novel Buddhism is much powerful. So as a result, Taoism always seeks Buddhism for help but there are tensions and subtle conflicts littered in the book.
That is everything I can share so far. They are all based on my memory so might not be too accurate. I doubt that there is anyone who read it whole, but thank you for your time. I had fun writing this.
Journey to the west is such a good book. I really hope this game can succeed.
No pressure.
Read all of it
Wow thanks very much. As someone who knows nothing about Journey to the West your explanation and links to the gameplay are much appreciated 😃👍
I’d like to read the actual book of this
@@zackselby6814 Hey thank you so much for reading. I made some changes and put more details, but it became too long for a comment for I post it on Reddit. r/BlackMythWukong. Go check it out if you want to read more.
@@wallsgreebo8352 Thanks, mate. I put some more detail and post the whole thing on Reddit r/BlackMythWukong. Go check it if you want to know more about the book.
I'm getting sekiro and god of war vibes from this can't wait
The end when his staff was long af, it gave me goku vibes
@@norapcap8541 goku was inspired by son wukong
@@norapcap8541 yeah lmao goku is inspired by son wukong
Kratos is not the only guy that messed up a pantheon.
No Rap Cap goku is inspired by him thats y
5:19 monkey king can stock his weapons inside his ear. few mins before he transform in and out as a bee. its one of his 72 magic abilities. these two details make him and the novel become unforgettable and lovely things of millions of people. u can watch film series or read comics or novel. that could make this gaming story experience more enjoyful. cheers
Amazing looking game, I’m glad these games exist, really shows how beautiful games could look
These type of games are awesome to watch and chill
could u check out my recent videos and let me know what I need to work on and give me feed back and suggestions thank u have a blessed day💕
FOR YEARS I'VE WANTED A RPG OF JOURNEY TO THE WEST, ITS FINALLY HERE
Actually, its after the journey to the west. This monkey isn't sun wukong
Well to be exact, he IS sun wukong, but not the monkey we all know.
So my thoughts on this trailer is what the narrator said "wukong was dead during the journey to the west" now based on that, in the novel wukong and the imposter wukong (6th eared macaque) fought, but couldnt best each other so they went to buddha, where he reveals who the fake is, and the real wu kills him, could that mean in this game, buddha mistakenly chose the real wukong and the imposter kills him? buddha realising his mistake sends the real wu (the golden staff) to stop the fake (us)
Or.. the imposter replaces wukong at some point in the story and gains buddahood (becomes the wukong with the gold armor) and we play as the original getting revenge
@@grape7472 from the looks of this game, it takes place before/during and after the journey, as we see in the trailer wukong in pain from the crown, which happens during the journey to the west, and he fights the heavenly army which takes before and the 2nd wukong to appear has been granted Buddhahood which happens at the end of journey to the west
and we see Sha wujing but in his form after he joins Tang,
Hollow: Yeah I've heard about him
Also Hollow: surprised that he put a weapon into his ear
If the cutscene of the monkey being stopped when trying to kill the wolf is real
Whoever we are playing arent Wukong himself
Because the person who stopped his attack, is holding the real Golden Staff (Pin of the ocean) with full armor set of "Heavens Equals"
There maybe alot of plot twist based on the cutscene plus the initial narration of unknown stories
The final army scene may be Wukong when he first challenge the Heavens and fight solo against the Army of Heaven. Essentially beating all of them until Buddha stepped in.
This was pre-Journey to the West before him being trapped 500 yrs under the mountain and meeting his Sensei Sanzang (Not the 1 that teach him the skills) .
I am actually looking forward to how they going to present the story.
I also saw pigsy in the cutscenes.
Yes I'm excited about the twists! However I am also immensely nervous about them cos I don't want my childhood dream getting squashed (Wukong died or something)... If for some reason they decide to go with the conspiracy theory of 6-ear replacing wukong I'm just gonna have to leave the game unfinished ;(
Wukong's character arc in Journey to the West from being a reckless monkey to being a responsible person with a strong moral compass who used his capability to rescue others in distress, was quite a nice one. It meant a lot to me to see him with a good ending so gosh, I'm scared to see that ending potentially being altered.
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A bit of what I think regarding the "personality change" (became more accepting of Buddhism) Wukong exhibited that prompted the conspiracy theory that the real Wukong died: when I re-watched the shows and cartoons as an adult I realised how marginalised he was when starting out -- he was born without parents; was seen as a monster by the humans, and ridiculed by his Taoist "classmates" at the training temple; his training was cut short by his first mentor without notice; he was looked down upon and disrespected by the other Immortals partly due to their fear towards him and partly due to him being a loner with no support network. While being a horse-carer for the sky palace, he had a moment of epiphany, realising that none of these Immortals respected or cared about him. This is when he wrecked havoc and ended up being personally restrained by the Buddha under the Five-Finger mountain.
So for him to be eventually accepted by a group (the "fellowship of the scripture" haha) was a big deal for him. Yes at the beginning of the journey, he was still salty and rebellious (he was physically restrained for 500 years so give this dude a break) and had to have a "patrol officer" in the form of a tightening-crown, but he did eventually mature and became more responsible in how he carried out his actions/acts of justice. He also started to care for the others in his journey (albeit with a splash of Stockholm syndrome since he's wearing that magical crown that means he HAD to stay with the mentor Sanzang). The formation of these strong human attachment actually aligns well with his lonely start -- now he cherished that he finally had a family. Consequently he seemed more grounded and receptive of others by the end -- people grow, after all. For someone who had been as lonely as Wukong had, it only made more sense.
Wukong's arc is about changes in life goals: as a young orphan monkey he wanted to achieve immortality for immortality's sake; it just sounded a cool thing to do. Later he wasn't focused on immortality anymore, but instead wanted to help people -- through this, he was granted immortality as a buddha. He was not respected by the Taoist heavenly Immortals by displaying manic strength and power, but he was respected as a buddha once he accomplished what he set out to do -- protecting people.
What does Wukong's arc reflect in our real world other than a moral lesson on meaningful life goals? If anything, it's probably that Wu Chengen, the author of the novel, saw Buddhist values (people become immortal through their acts of kindness to others) as superior to Taoist values (people become immortal by working on themselves) as he understood it 😂. Digging too much is probably going beyond what the author even intended.
As far as i know this is set after journey to the west.
Black myth=conspiracy theory.
The theory that Wukong never completed the journey, died and a fake one replaced him. I'm thinking this will be a redemption story where we will play as a depowered Wukong who will try to prove he is the real Monkey King.
seraby Dude this is such a nice point, I like your interpretation a lot!
The second monkey is real Wukong, on his weapon there is written: 如意金箍棒 with ancient Chinese characters, which is the name of Wukong’s weapon
So the character you are playing is the rival ape, or wukong who goes a-wole
Maybe it’s the six eared macaque
Jan Tran the old guy with the smoke said “wait... you look like -“ and then cuts off. I think he was saying the player looks like Wukong so that lead me to believe he might be Wukong’s descendent 🤷♂️
Actually there is a fake wukong in the novel. A prediction about the script of this game is that the fake wukong helped Tang Seng get the Buddhist scriptures while the real one was imprisoned. This is gonna be a story of revenge so you’re actually playing the real one and the second monkey is the fake one.
陈勇 oh that’s a good point
13:10 that staff brought back memories when Goku was young
I love it and it's great because these top notch games set the bar so high where other developers and studios have to compete and deliver great quality.
The ending song is my favourite song .When i hear it .When remember my childhoods.
what is the name of the song?
“My child life” 😂
@@Lemonandlimefuey 😂😂😂😂
Preto Tupí the song is:云宫迅音（Yun gong xun yin)
Actually, transformation is just one of the 72 abilities 七十二变 that Wukong presses. It might translate into “72 transformations” based on the name, but the character“变”(change)here actually means abilities, indicate that the practitioners of 72 transformations have so many different abilities that they can freely change from one to another. The abilities includes transformation, inhumanly strength, the ability to communicate with the deaths and minor gods, cloud riding, etc, and only those who has completed the training and mastered all 72 different abilities can called themselves practitioner of 七十二变. That’s why Wukong is so powerful, because there are only few who can both complet the training and mastered all 72 abilities, and he is the first(or maybe the second) one to accomplish that.
Wasn’t Erlang Shen first to master 72 transformations? The general of the Heavens who Sun Wukong defeated?
Danzan Sandeev that’s why I said Wukong maybe the second one. And Wukong didn’t defeat Erlang Shen though, their fight was interfered by Taishan Laojun(太上老君the founder of Taoism), which he threw the Ring of Steel金刚圈 at Wukong’s head while the two were fighting, and Wukong got knocked out.
@@rogerlee1941 如来 too, and many other from Buddha side
Me: Sees trailer for a random ass game I never heard of
Also me 13 minutes later: GTFOH. Shut up and take my money
It looks like boring rpg
It looks good don’t get me wrong but I’ve got no clue why ppl are saying game of the year, it not that overly impressive
@@marcusss7565 because of the story behind it I'm guessing
shut up and take my money.jpg🤣
@@marcusss7565 how does this not look like GOTY material
Some guesses of the "Black Myth":
The monkey king showed up at the end of the demo is either true Wu Kong or Six Eared Macaque (fake Wu Kong), depending on whether the true Wu Kong died and got replaced during the journey to the west (this is called black myth or conspiracy because the original novel never talked about this). I believe the story of this game happened way after the Journey to the West: Wu Kong finished the journey and became the Victorious Fighting Buddha, a de-facto running dog of Buddha forces (simply put, a servile follower of the ruling class), the one he used to hate the most. This Wu Kong either betrayed his rebellious soul or was replaced by Six Eared Macaque.
The main character controlled by the player, however, probably is a brand new character. A new stone-born monkey, a new Wu Kong full of energy, sense of justice, and a rebellious spirit. He may use to be a young follower of Wu Kong, but are depressed to see that Wu Kong betrayed his original ideal and joined the ruling class, even though the world is still suffering. Or, he may know the hidden truth that the true Wu Kong, his King, died during the journey to the west, and he is gonna step on his road of revenge to slain the fake Wu Kong (Six Eared Macaque), and continue the true Wu Kong's unfinished business - fxxk up the ruling class (in this world they are the buddha forces and Jade emperor heaven forces).
I may have gone too far, but anyway, there are too many possibilities, and the story as well as the game itself must be AWESOME. This game is a must-buy to me.
Like your aspect, I'm in
Interesting theory. I took it upon the fact that wukong can clone himself and distribute his energy/power/memories accordingly. My guess is the real one got imprisoned after the heavenly battle, robbed off his pole and abilities, and left to die. The cloned one went to the Journey to the west, and attained godhood. This awakened the dying wukong and he escaped, but no memory of his own. You control the real wukong with no memories. The cloned wukong which attained godhood is the one with the real pole.
The staff the armored monkey possessed is either a replica or it was stolen from Wukong, but my guess is it's probably replica as of from 1986 TV series, both Wukong and Macaque possessed same identity, powers, and staff. My other guess is Macaque would probably ruin the Heaven and the Jade Emperor believe it was Wukong who did it and banished him. So Wukong's goal is to fight Macaque and bring himself back to Heaven.
@Win From Within In Chinese myth people believe that one can rejuvenate even from one piece of soul
@Win From Within Chinese immortal is different just means you can live forever, doesn't mean you can't die. But chinese immortal also means if your immortal most likely you will reborn as something in the world, either with or without memory of your previous life
Trump: sell it to EA otherwise I'll ban it.
sell it to Rocksteady
Lol he is not a commie like democrats.
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
lol
LOL
I'm excited, but please don't be too happy. We have to be careful. It's just a real-time demonstration. The game could take years to sell, or even fail. There are only 30 people in the game studio! Making a 3A level game is very, very difficult. At the end of the video, the link at the bottom of the video is a recruitment website. I hope to see more people in the game studio tomorrow🙏
烈酒微笑 yup, they are looking for collaboration.
@@philips170tyes
Yes, but if they fail, please don't blame them. They are a team that is pursuing their dreams. I hope they will succeed🙏
烈酒微笑 祝他们成功！
But as long as it isn’t acquired by Tencent at the end, this game could be a hit.
Bruh that ending music - most Vietnamese kids of the late 80s and 90s LOVED the OG version of Journey to the West. That jingle was so popular it was in all sorts of toys, even non-Wukong ones. It was just ubiquitous. Hearing it made me relive a lost decade and days of childhood. How they got the license to it I've got no idea but man fucking mint choice right there.
There is a line at the bottom of screen at the final shot saying they have been granted the permission from the original scorer to use the music. That's a highlight to attract people in China who were born in 80s/90s.
Old man at the beginning and end scene WAS the monkey king!! only 13min in And it felt like a Lifetime of gameplay! I yearned for more! Lmbo!! And Yes! This is definitely a must have! I've watched all the movies! The way the Flames caught fire on the Wolf's hair Then the way he shook the flames Out!! LMBO BOSS! can't wait!!
He changed his form as the mini-boss he defeated. WuKong can mimic almost anything.
Let's tell you more about the background story of Wukong's skills.
1.Wukong has 72 changes.72 here is actually an imaginary number, which means infinity.That's what started with.He can be transformed into stones, trees, animals, plants and so on.
2. Wukong can shrink the weapon and put it in his ear.Not in his head.
3.Ding:Wukong can use "Ding(定)" to make the enemy unable to move.
4.Sa Dou Cheng Bing（撒豆成兵）：Wukong can pull his hair off and turn into little Wukong to fight the enemy.
Nice intro :)
I have always wondered about this 72 tranform and Bajie's 36 transform thing.
Does that mean Bajie can only do half of what Wukong can?
@@meck_missile Well... 72 Transformation basically means he can turn to anything. It doesn't equal to the actual number of 72. Zhu Bajie is not as good as what Wukong can do. For example, if wukong can transform himself into all models of the Audi, Bajie might only be able to do like the A-series.
@@meck_missile basically it means that pigsy is inferior to monkey.
nah bro 72bian means he has 72 abilities. one of them is transformation, and he can transform into anything.
“I’m getting GOT vibes...”
Bro, SAME! The first time I watched this gameplay, first thing that came to my mind is GOT
Sekiro came to my mind as well
Game of thrones?😀
Im comin for you! :P
anjas dwinarta Ghost of Tsushima bro🙂
I saw wukong in the title i clicked asap!!
10:04 ahhh the classic wukong move!!
That’s how he use his 72 abilities, from the original mythology
@@broaderocean5274 the fact that I just started bleach!
@@broaderocean5274 yup it is chad!! : )
@@broaderocean5274 m only 30 eps in bt yea same tone till now!
ah man, I haven't been this excited about a game since the day i first brought Mortal Kombat home......man I Cant Wait
13:48 That theme is from 1986 TV series Journey to the West.
刚开始观音禅院，原著里是唐僧丢袈裟那地，然后大火，院里和尚就偷了袈裟，后来观音来收了黑熊精。这个游戏算是新猴子又走了一遍原路线吧。土地说大火已经着过了。而且斗战胜佛也出来了，但是大禹的定海神针为啥是个木棒，不是铁棒？没记错什么玄铁的，这成红色木棒了。。。
在中国的1986年版本的TV《西游记续集》的第二集 有真假美猴王，假的的六耳猕猴
tv.cntv.cn/video/VSET100157329615/cad7727301fe44de91fbc0453eda381b（给个链接不香吗~）
You can’t go wrong with that theme music.
大聖💛 西遊記大好きだから見ていてワクワクした
This game looks absolutely incredible! Hopefully it's released soon.
I need this game as asap 2023.
Great video, keep up the great work.
Black Myth WuKong my #1.
I can't wait for this game. Now let's see my man watching trailer 2 demo of black myth wukong.
4 long years i been here and now one day soon i be back to watch the real game play with my man hollow.
just great. stay safe and its all about Black Myth Wukong game.
all gamers lets make it game of the year for 2024.
#1
Me: Looks at my piggy bank
My GTX 1050: Don't Even Think About it
Next gen gpu from nvidia coming in September. Start saving
Go get some work and eco then buy a decent PC
I got a GTX1050 as well and prepared to run this at low settings
@@aurumthebrave3427 🤣🤣 dieing
my GTX1650：me too
Im loving how this footage and news is coming from beyond the depths of media - seems like some genuine game design here
The ending tune gave me goosebumps
The words on the stick were: 如意金箍棒（Ruyi Hoop Stick）. It is the artifact that Wukong took from the Dragon Palace and was originally used to control the flood.
So does that mean THAT was actually wukong and no the guy we watched gameplay of?
I heard that this story may be about Wukong's two personalities (one who has completed the journey west to become a Buddha, and the other who is still a demon).
yep, that’s right, (an answer from a Chinese
and the tiny god said “so alike, you look so alike to him” means the guy we watched looks so much like wukong , the tiny god said this monkey must be “the one with the heaven destiny “
@@kevinw1283 ye I hope they use that story ,but it's hard to writte the story line.
12 year olds be like: Hey, that’s the guy from fortnite!
POGGERS
I would say League of Legends
iSolvano / Games on OLED wtf u talking about lmfaooooo
@@DiegoRamirez-bv5ty Fortnite invented mythology
iSolvano / Games on OLED tf lolllllllllll
That game looks amazing.... the art the characters... they really brought the ideas behind the Monkey King to life and the story's all about his he achieved his role as a deity... all be it a crafty one... looks like I need to upgrade my console again.
The shadow clones are his hairs, and he collects all the weapons in his ear. The original setting from the novel.
Really he should have only able to do that with his "staff". That is the only object that could transform as the owner wills it. The weapons picked up on the way should not be able to do that.
Ok its confirmed, this is one of the most beautiful and interesting games ive ever seen!
Wukong, I remember when that skin came out on fortnite
CKG_ MythJr lmao
I know this is an innocent enough comment, but goddamn I cringed when reading it
No
@@percent1303 i mean it's true though
Disgusting
The final cut is Wukong fighting heaven palace, every Chinese childhood dreams! When the system is not fair, and suppressive, you go challenge them, even if it means one against hundreds of thousands. Goosebumps, literally
The boss fight is in 黑风山 Black Wind Mountain, Guanyin temple originally in the novel chapter 16. Where the Wolf 灵虚子 is a friend of the "Head" of Black Wind Mountain, which the Head boss of black wind mount is a black grizzly 黑熊怪. The boss in the video, the wolf went there to celebrate Black Grizzly‘s birthday. 灵虚子 also brought 2 "Golden Revitalizers" as a gift, but he got killed by Wukong - the monkey king midway.
Wukong- the monkey king can shape-shift into 72 different creatures, that's why you see him throughout the video as a golden cicada. He was born from a rock, a rock has been getting all the earthen sun and moon essence, that is why he could change to a larger monkey and smash the ground. And also the way he "parrys" the attacks is one of his other abilities, called 铜头铁臂 direct translation is the Copper head and iron arm which makes him durable to physical attacks. The move he freezes others is called 定身术 - Immobilization or paralyzation.
His fur(S)/hair can make clones of himself and other things.
I guess one of this game's system is to be able to get the defeated mini-bosses' weapon as artifacts and use them against the bosses, that is why he transforms into the wolf using the flame spear.
When he was trying to finish off 灵虚子, he got blocked by another version of himself? I assume the play through character represents the dark side of the monkey king? These are just my guesses.
His Weapon is a stick/staff called 如意金箍棒 - the Monkey King Bar. Which and elongation, shorten, largen, and shrink. That's why you see him puts/pull it to/from his ear. In the end, the cloud he was riding is called 筋斗云. He can also travel 180K kilometers with one single somersault. Also at the very end, that is him 大闹天宫 - battles in heaven. Chapter 4-6 in the novel.
All the bosses in the ending quick flash are all present some gods or demons.
Please like this comment if you find this helpful! You can leave questions for me so I can answer more questions for you guys who want to know.
This game looks freaking amazing! If I remember correctly from Chinese myth, Monkey King can shapeshift into 72 forms. As to the "shoving the weapon into his brain", he always miniaturises his staff and stow in his ear so I guess that would become his inventory in the game lol
He can shapeshift into anything, the "72" is just a name
He has 72 unique powers, shapeshift is one of them
@@jccnguyen or 72 abilities, including shapshift, blowing hairs into multiple himself
This truly does looks like a next gen game, it's so cool
Who's here after the game's release?!
Honestly didn't know it was revealed 4 years ago that's fuckin crazy
Black Myth Wukong Trailer with ENGLISH SUBTITLE is HERE: th-cam.com/video/YkkmKRYO60Y/w-d-xo.html
7:46 he becomes the incredible hulk for a moment 😅 and he even smashes just like the hulk! I belive this game is gonna be super epic. Sorry jin sakai, but i belive this game has really stolen my heart!!! 😊😊😊
That's the stone ape. The monkey king was born from a stone used to repair the sky by the female goddess Nuwa.
@@KyranSparda thanks for the information
I’d buy PS5 just for this game alone. Damn.
Same tho lmao
It's gonna be on pc and they're hoping for ps5 and xbox series x! So if u have a pc, u might not need a ps5 to play this game!
+1
There's definitely gonna be a PC version of this game (so that you can max out your graphics), cuz in China PC gaming is way more popular than console gaming.
@@rodneygong8226 This is such good news !!! Games like this typically only release on console, so glad they're focusing on PC for this.
I cried so loudly when I saw wukong come out , and if you want to learn about the game, you need to read the novel “Journey to the west”（西游记）which was written 400 years ago，the game is based on the story.
The game's skill set has no references to Naruto！！The skills, characters and other element are all come from the story, it is based on the Chinese myth system and the most important thing is , Almost everyone in China grew up watching this story. Sun wukong is the god of childhood for all of us, ,just like superman In American,Godzilla In Japan .Now we can see in the game the wild imagination of our ancestors😭😭😭😭😭too much happiness ！
if u guys know about "journey to the west"
this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
imagine
Sun Wukong vs GODs
Ikr
@Fishst1ckBoi what?
yep i love his character
first half vs god
2nd half vs demon
"imagine Sun Wu Kong vs Gods" so basically The God of High School.
I am reading Journey to the West and I am so excited for this game!
The graphics is insane, definitely a must buy for me.
This is a highly promising project put together by a team of young and ambitious people. I am so moved and excited when I first saw this presentation and really hope that this game could be hatched and delivered properly. By the way, the thematic power embedded within is super strong for it has this fantastic literary and rich historical materials to be based upon. Should you have any questions and/or confusions concerning the contents in this presentation, please feel free to leave a comment (including the BGM/OST).
Wukong represents my whole childhood. I am deeply touched by the music and sound effect, especially at fast showcase at the end of the video. A must-buy game for me.
For anybody who doesn’t have seen anything about the monkey king he is basically one of the most powerful gods there where
In fact, in Chinese mythology, Wukong's strength is only moderate, but, like many stories,
The character of the protagonist is more important than strength。
小蔡同学 well think about it, supposedly he was born from a crystal that created a protective shield around the sky kingdom (I love wukong but there’s a lot of theories)
@@demonknight894 There is a book called （封神演义）The Journey to the West is related to this. You will know after reading that wukong is just a little boss.hahaha，
A joke, you can take a look if you are interested
小蔡同学 I’ve heard of it and yeah I can agree that he is a little boss but he broke so many rules which I can’t recall but remember how he got his immortality
@@demonknight894 Yes, it seems that in any myth, immortality is the standard for a powerful god
The boss battle gave me Sekiro Guardian ape vibes .
I’m getting demon of hatred vibes
I'm getting ninth sister vibes I think that's the fat one
the boss`s figure is based on the character in the Tvplay< journey to the west> 1986 ,and the tv character`s figure is based on the novel of in Ming Dynasty
Personally, me being a Dragonball fan and knowing that it’s inspired by Wukongs journey to the west, automatically drew my attention. Gameplay looks solid. Will buy day one.
@Hollow apparently he didn't shove it to his brain, rather he just shrink the staff and put it into his ear canal. The golden staff wukong had or known as "如意金箍棒" (Ru Yi Jin Gu Bang, was written on the staff in ancient chinese wording) was originally a pillar which to measure the depth of the seas. the inscription means that it can be shrunk or expand by the owner's wish and weighs 13500 catties (17550 lbs), 20 ft long when it becomes a staff and a thickness of a chinese rice bowl.
I'm literally screaming of joy can't wait for it!
Anyone else notice how hollow looks like he is playing when he reacts to new games
Wait, he’s not playing 😂🤣😂
When he made those clones come out, THAT SHIT SO DAMN COLD 🥶, never seen in video game history. 10/10 for me. Game of the year potential. How this game better than newly acclaimed games that’s coming out.
That is a move based on his legendary skills. He is able to turn his hair into little monkeys
to some who don't know, Son WuKong is a character from a Chinese myth novel 400 years ago called Journey to the West. In the myth, some of his powers include riding clouds, transforming (72 forms), that magical staff he wields can lengthen and shorten, he also hides it in his ears when it's tiny. When he tears off strands of his hair, each strand can turn into a clone of himself. Oh, and let's not forget he can freeze people with words. that's all i remember for the moment. but he's pretty dope.
Everybody: Spiderman is my superhero
Me: WUKONG FOR LIFE
Mine it's Batman
NEZHA FOR LIFE
Spiderman best dude (spiderman is one of us) and monkey king is good..
Nathan Drake Nah inprefer Batman the back story and he's presence it's 1000 times better than spiderman for me .
@@Adrian8-q1m (I respect your opinion) For the majority, Spiderman better than batman/woman/robin sorry dude...
When the protagonist defeats the wolf and prepares to kill, it is Sun Wukong who stops the protagonist. Because Sun Wukong’s weapon is the "Ruyi Golden Cudgel", I guess what we will play in the future may be Monkey King’s clone or another character we don’t know.
I think the plot of story is before journey to the west.. because wukong doesn't have the seal on his forehead..
@@ravensayana2870 or could be after the journey when he became Victorious fighting Buddha
@@Caoderrick Who knows?? Maybe..
If you dont know the story, here is just some info about wukong's capability described in the book:
1. Transform to 72 different animals, ppl, items etc.
2. Travel 44,906.4 km in one single flip
3. Making himself or his legendary weapon to shrink or enlarge in size just like Ant-man himself
4. See through any disguise, transformation, walls etc.
5. Live forever basically since he went to hell and changed his life length to infinity.
6. He can fly of course.
7. He can turn his hair into monkey armies that can fight for him.
8. He can make his soul to leave his physical body for a while
Please add more if I missed anything
Yes there are a lot missed. But you wrote good. Point is his personality, fight for freedom unfair etc.
Why was there another Wukong stopping him from killing the giant wolf at the end?
@@StellarBoxer according to the book, there are four immortal monkeys in the world. Wukong is just one of them. The one showed up is stronger than him, and wukongs Shifu couldn't tell which is wukong. In the end, they went to the west and ask the all known Buddha who is real wukong. The book says real wukong killed the other one in front of Buddha. But a lot of ppl think it's the other way around, because ever since the incident, wukong's character has changed by a lot. And also killing ppl in front of the all known Buddha doesn't really make sense. Buddha is very kind to living creatures, and never kill any lives. I may went too far about this topic, but this book is actually a political sarcastic genre
@@StellarBoxer nobody know it , maybe waiting for 2 years ,we can know when the game done
I think I jus found the most anticipated game for me for whatever year it drops on this side of the planet. Always was a super fan of Wukong he’s the ultimate warrior in my eyes. Deff looking forward to this.