Hey I'm sorry I got a little too excited and talked over some of the story stuff at the beginning. I was honestly really blown away by the look and feel of everything and I got carried away. I'm really loving the game and I've been so excited about it for so long that I guess I went a little too hard when I finally got to experience it.
Hi I just thought it was funny how you were talking about everything and missed how they were talking about that everything you keep saying had already happened I'm sure once you restart the game a listen than watch this video you to would have a good laugh
The biggest one is Julin-Shen the Tremendous Spirit, a giant vanguard of heaven's army, obeying general Li Jin, he was the first god to challenge wukong last time, but lost almost immediately. Wukong smashed Julin's weapon, but he escaped thanks to General Li's son, Nezha. General Li was so angry about Julin being a deserter, even wanted to have him executed, again Nezha saved him, persuaded his father to spare Julin because even him could not defeat Sun Wukong. In the end, only Erlang (Jade Emperor's nephew) can fight Wukong as equal. PS: Yang Jian, aka Erlang (meaning the second son of house Yang), the Jade Emperor's demigod nephew, has a goddess mother and a mortal father, with a magical third-eye (the Eye of Heaven), keeps a hound named Xiaotian (Sky Howler). He is usually described as a man of gentle and honor, strange for him to act like a dick in the game's intro. Li Nezha, third born of General Li Jin, known for slaying the dragon prince Ao Bin, son of king Ao Guang (who was robbed by Wukong, of the staff and the armor). Nezha appears as a young lad wearing crimson, wielding the Fire-Tip Spear, and can transform into three-head-six-arm. Wukong, Erlang, Nezha are known as the three troublemakers of Heaven. They listen, but they do not take commands. If the Court wants their service, say "please".
This Battle is AFTER Journey to the west: -Erlang mentions that monkey was named Buddha -Monkey mentions Zhu bajie -Erlang calls him Victorious Fighting Buddha -The old monkey said that monkey attained Buddhahood.
The very same thoughts I had while playing this opening sequence. I appreciate how subtle the delivery is - it feels natural. I almost missed a few of these revelations because of it.
Everyone else has pointed out that the battle actually takes place after the original journey to the west, but also, there's one pretty big mythology reference that you missed: Erlang cutting open a mountain with his axe is a reference to one of his myths, where he cuts open a mountain to save his mother
It was Erlang's nephew who took the axe and saved his (the nephew's) mother (Erlang's sister) by splitting a mountain. The story is called The Lotus Lamp. It was animated in the year 2000, check it out, it was a timeless masterpiece.
@@luckystarplays1837 i see you ve done your homework. It was indeed Erlang who splitted the mountain and saved his mother in Journey to the West. But this version of the story in JTTW stem from The Lotus Lamp. And Erlang is the villain in that story, the protagonist is Chen Xiang. You are not wrong since it was Journey to the West we are talking about here. Here's the Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Lotus_Lantern As you can see. The Lotus Lamp predates the JTTW by almost another 1000 years.
Wow, it’s amazing that you fought much more skillfully from the very beginning than many other players - very impressive! As you probably know, this is ancient Chinese mythology but also based on Chinese Zen/Tao/Philosophy. To appreciate the deeper meanings hidden behind all those details in the game, one could check out the Chinese novel “A journey to the west” or the Chinese Zen Book “How to be Happy: the Wisdom to Attain Happiness and Success by Constructing an Invincible Mind”.
Really wish you'd have payed attention to the dialog in the beginning. They outright tell you that this is after journey to the west. They make references to previous fights and Wukong wouldn't have the circlet the first time he fights Shen.
@@mennnn972 thank you you know they gotta feel embarrassed after they read all these comments like here they are saying when this battle took place even duo that is a completely different fight that already happened say Sun should have his armor after he becomes Buddha literally just said he was a Buddha their going to have so much yoke on their faces after this and all they had to do was stop talking a listen
this is after Journey to the west. at start, WUKONG said : my master - saved, the scriptures- sound he want go back to his mountain, live free, but somehow~ they wont let him~ thats why they sent the army to get him. To make sure Er Lang Shen can beat him, someone put his JINGU (the crown) back, to Limit him. then Wukong got killed, split to 6 parts, we are his descendants. try to collect all 6 parts to bring him back~
lol, the Buddha play trick on him again, he never take the crown off him. Wukong too strong for Heaven sake after he obtain Buddhahood. What why the game called black myth
Watching him miss every hint that this takes place AFTER Journey to the West is actually a little funny. Kept waiting for every line thinking he was gonna go "....wait a minute -"
If he wasn't too busy explaining every single thing he would have realized it was post journey to the west instead of the whole comment section correcting him, victorious fighting buddha was the most clear hint in the dialogue
@@mennnn972 wukong's first speech was "master-safe, scripture-sound" that alone was hinting what timeline they were in or at least make you ponder on the timeframe
The intro of black myth takes place after wukongs journey to the west and the bulk of the game you play as a member of his tribe with similar powers trying revive the monkey king
How did he miss litrally EVERY reffrence to the Journey to west and saying that Wukong had already been made in to a Buddha? He even speaks about his monk master and the holy scriptures. and was reffrenced as "The Victorious Fighting Buddha".....
14:35 you're the Mythology Guy who knows practically everything about the legend. How did you not question the fact that Aiming already has the headpiece?
The big guy at the back was Juling Shen, or Giant Spirit God, the giant river god of the Yellow River. In the original JttW, Juling Shen was the first guy the Heavenly Court sent to subdue Wukong. The subsequent no effort beating he took from Wukong was so embarrassing that the Heavenly Court almost had him executed.
Also as you probably noticed later, the first fight is set after the end of the JttW. Having been trapped under a mountain for 500 years even before the start of the journey, Wukong was well over the "wanting to be a big shot" phase, as we see in the JttW during the few times Wukong was expelled from Sanzang's fellowship, he would simply return to Mount Huaguo to chill with his monkey subjects.
13:58 Alright time for an explanation, spoilers ahead. Ok hear goes In one of the endings for this game, an animated cutscene is shown revealing that unlike the ending of the Original Journey to the West. The Buddha actually left the Golden Headband on Wukong without him knowing, to Wukong he saw it be removed. Why?? Simple: The Heavens never trusted the Great Sage.
thank you for putting the spoiler tag. with that said that`s a dumb reason. heaven would clearly not trust him but they fall below Budha in the hieratic and Budha took care of Wukong.
@Fppiq Wow, I mean get the saying "Better Safe Than Sorry" but still what a VERY asshole move for Gautama to do on Wukong, especially given all the stuff that happened during that 14-Year Long Journey...
You guys are amazing! After watching many TH-camrs' gameplay videos, I astonishedly found that you have a thorough understanding of the novel itself. Although the game's story happens after the original one, it's deeply rooted in the Journey to the West. I hope the following information helps you: - As mentioned on the Wiki, the original novel is "at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a source of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory." So, besides the mythology, the story is more about reflecting on ancient Chinese political traditions and Buddhism. - Frankly, Wukong is also a Yaoguai, and he was the only one not initially connected to heaven (Master, Pig, Sand, and even the horse were all descended from either heaven or Linshan); that's why he was the protagonist of the novel and also the reason that he was the only one put on the golden band. - Erlang Shen is also a god with his own story; some weapons he used against Wukong were not described in the original novel but collected from his own mythology. Just want to mention that the huge axe was used to split the mountain to save his imprisoned mother (briefly mentioned in the Journey to the West in the introduction of Erlang Shen). Look forward to seeing more of your amazing plays!
Japanese kanji characters were borrowed from Chinese hanzi as a writing system. The two languages share some of the same characters, and the pronunciation of kanji in Japanese is based on ancient Chinese pronunciation. For example, the character name 孫悟空 is written the same in both Chinese and Japanese, but in Chinese, it is pronounced 'Sun Wukong,' while in Japanese, it is pronounced 'Son Goku.'
This is after Journey to the west, Wukong gave up his buddhahood to be with his people but the heaven ain't having the wrecker of the imperial palace loose.
A funny little detail is when Sun Wukong tells Erlang Shen to "fight him in the woods" in English, in Chinese he tells him to "fight in uncle's woods", which is also from Journey to the West, as Sun Wukong calls Erlang Shen "nephew" all the time in the book 😂
If you actually paid attention, you can notice that Sun Wukong didn't have a health bar at the beginning since he's immortal. That's a good way to make a tutorial.
The ONE person I wanted to see there reaction in the intro to catch that this is set after journey to the west and you talked over all the dialog Sucks to see oh well, I guess
Me too, after his demonstration of knowledge in the trailer reaction, such a disappointment that this his how they're gonna play the game, having bunch of friends around and talk all over everything.
the mythology guy - has amazing indepth knowledge about the story and lore also the mythology guy - talks over entire introduction so he misses everything introducing the game's story and lore 😅😅😅 haha hope you enjoy the game ❤
i'm only vaguely familiar with the journey to the west, mainly from fate grand order and whatever was referenced in the first couple dragonball arcs, but that intro still made me giddy like a kid on christmas, plenty of stuff i recognized and remembered "oh yeah he was able to do that", i also really like Wukong's english voice, it fits his character pretty well and it's easy to tell that the va is doing his best
Concurrent players on Steam peaked at 2.3 million, meaning each of the one hundred thousand celestial troops will have to fight 23 monke at the same time😂
Shoutout to TheMythologyGuy to nail the mythology, so accurately! This brings so much meaning and joy to the game review, which truly set you apart from other reviewers. This video deserves a much higher views! 🎉
I liked as soon as you said "That's a pretty good monkey king voice"! Yes! I see a lot of people saying the voice is off or even bad, but it's exactly how I imagined him to sound in English even though it's not a typical western hero voice.
This story is basically AFTER the Journey to the West... Where he has returned but the Gods turned on him again... refusing to let him live in peace...
I am honestly surprised how long it took you to catch onto this being set post-Journey to the West. I caught on at the scriptures line (master could have been referencing the teacher that taught him the 72 transformations) and the second Erlang called him a buddha/claimed to have beaten him once before, then it was pretty obvious.
There’s a mistake. Master refers to Tang Sanzang, whom Sun Wukong was tasked with protecting during the journey to the West. Master puti, who taught him his skills, is as powerful as the Buddha, and does not need Sun Wukong's protection.
@@ZelinW I know its referring to Tang Sanzang. I just pointed out I caught on at the mention of the scriptures since him saying "his master" doesn't give away the time frame on its own.
This game reminds me my Dad used to tell my brother and I bedtime stories from a famous Chinese novel named 'The Journey to the West'. This game makes all the characters from the book alive.
these events take place after journey to the west, Wukong was made Buddha and his title as Buddha was brought up, Wukong mentions that Erlang Shen talks the tallest tails "after that pig" and his Buddhahood was mentioned by the old monkey as well. the plot for the beginning was basically that after reaching the peak he sought Wukong just wanted to return to his mountain and live a simpler life but the court viewed him as a threat and his return to Mt Huaguo was viewed as a sign of rebellion (the crown as well shows it's after the journey)
I think the intro was after the journey of the west - my master safe, the scriptures sound - mentioned erlang shen as 2nd biggest boaster after the pig - wukong is already called as victorious fighting buddha And going by what’s going on in the myths wukong just chill after Buddhahood but game story now the heavenly court still distrust him so they send an army again and this time erlang shen cheats to win again by using the mantra to control the headband although I thought it’s supposed to be gone after journey to the west
FYI: Even though you’ve mistakenly said Journey to the East when you mentioned at 9:11 …. I don’t know if you guys know this but in fact （loosely speaking) there is another Chinese mythology about ‘Journey to the East’ as well and it’s called ‘Legend of the Eight Immortals’ and it’s also about Taoist deities within Chinese folklore. To be frank, I can’t recall who are the 8 main characters were but they were called 八仙 literally translates as 8 immortals/deities and Chinese even has an idiom that says 八仙过海各显神通 which is to sum up the so-called moral of the entire lore because individually, each of them have their weaknesses but as destiny has it, all 8 of them would eventually cross paths and travel as a group overcoming obstacles where they would’ve otherwise failed if they hadn’t came together, harnessed their respective unique abilities in order to pass each challenge they were faced with. Since y’all are all about Mythologies, be sure to look that one up as well!
I come to know about Journey To The West from Overly Sarcastic Productions, and I love it! I even started a build in Minecraft based on Sun-Wukong's home in the mountain!
loop of binding is what some call it, In this we play as someone trying to bring wukong back. The intro is after the journey to the west that's the reason why he said "you talk more than the pig" as in some boss fights when you die you hear "you look like him but aren't him"
thing is erlang Sheng is trying to bring "wukong" back. we are actually just the 6th relic of wukong and in every ending sun wukong is dead. we are black myth wukong since we are his successor
I think wukong is inspired from bajrangbali 😮 like story and stuff character power journey and so on because ramayan happened around 7000 to 8000 thousand years ago And you can find lot of similarities between journey to the west and ramayan And lot of hindu gods
It is so refreshing to see you guys understand and know the story of Sun Wukong and Journey to the West. More refreshing is you are non Asians. Every Asian culture even if you not Chinese grew up watching or reading the Journey to the West story and was waiting for a true Sun Wukong game instead of some Japanese Dragon Ball crap they made up. Glad this game is here and glad you guys love it.
I think you missed that this game takes place after Son Goku😂 I mean Wukong has already finished his journey, that's why he's wearing the headpiece, and his composure and attitude towards immortality is different. He might have reached Buddhahood or is close to it.
One thing about the immortality thing. Except for the time he canceled himself out of the book of death, every other type of immortality is just him extending his life. All the peaches and elixirs are just for extending life but is called immortality items in the translation
Both Chinese and Japanese are written as 孫 悟空，but the Japanese pronunciation is Son Goku, and the Chinese pronunciation is Sun Wukong. Both refer to the SAME monkey king.
lol I needed more info so I just watched the one and only mythology guy, like bro I don’t know what the fk was going on when I played the game TwT. All I was noticing was stuff I’ve seen in anime like nimbus and the cloud area that reminded me of skypiea from One Piece 😭
don't you love how they mention not wanting to hear the game in chinese (would of been way better btw) so they can pay attention to chat and the dialogue but proceeds to talk over all of the dialog in the beginning just flexing his knowledge rather than pay attention to the story idk how every youtuber keep missing or not knowing when this game takes place when they tell you that with like 6 different lines of text back to back. man everyone using I'm streaming as a excuse to not listen to this game in its original language which is a damn shame cus so much is lost in translation
wukong is named the fighting buddha in the end of the “journey to the west ” So when erlang shen call wukong the fighting buddha,we can know the battle is after journey to the west
The brightness setting is always fun because often the game is not optimized for the amount of brightness the screen is suggesting you choose. I always find the level they suggest and then step up the brightness by about 2 or 3 notches
I think this game is set after Journey to the West cause he mentions the safety of his master (Tang Xuanzang) and the scriptures. And Erlang said he was made Budha once. Spoiler: Also, later in the game they mention Sun Wukong fought several demons to save Tang Xuanzang
13:16 is an axe that was previously own by a primordial god of Chinese mythology, he use the axe to split the world into three realms which is the mortal realm, the realm of the afterlife and heaven
The most gigantic god is 巨灵神（Ju Ling Shen, the god of gigantic spirit）, although immense in size, but just a piece of cake for Sun Wukong in original novel.
Hey I'm sorry I got a little too excited and talked over some of the story stuff at the beginning. I was honestly really blown away by the look and feel of everything and I got carried away. I'm really loving the game and I've been so excited about it for so long that I guess I went a little too hard when I finally got to experience it.
Bro please do it again! It made it 10x interesting for me since I always was obsessed with mythology stories and you always have the answers
You're good man, I'm here to listen to your reactions and commentary wtih all the lore!
Hi I just thought it was funny how you were talking about everything and missed how they were talking about that everything you keep saying had already happened I'm sure once you restart the game a listen than watch this video you to would have a good laugh
Actually the real funny part was you didn't even talk over the first part but still missed it 😂😅
The biggest one is Julin-Shen the Tremendous Spirit, a giant vanguard of heaven's army, obeying general Li Jin, he was the first god to challenge wukong last time, but lost almost immediately.
Wukong smashed Julin's weapon, but he escaped thanks to General Li's son, Nezha. General Li was so angry about Julin being a deserter, even wanted to have him executed, again Nezha saved him, persuaded his father to spare Julin because even him could not defeat Sun Wukong. In the end, only Erlang (Jade Emperor's nephew) can fight Wukong as equal.
PS:
Yang Jian, aka Erlang (meaning the second son of house Yang), the Jade Emperor's demigod nephew, has a goddess mother and a mortal father, with a magical third-eye (the Eye of Heaven), keeps a hound named Xiaotian (Sky Howler). He is usually described as a man of gentle and honor, strange for him to act like a dick in the game's intro.
Li Nezha, third born of General Li Jin, known for slaying the dragon prince Ao Bin, son of king Ao Guang (who was robbed by Wukong, of the staff and the armor). Nezha appears as a young lad wearing crimson, wielding the Fire-Tip Spear, and can transform into three-head-six-arm.
Wukong, Erlang, Nezha are known as the three troublemakers of Heaven. They listen, but they do not take commands. If the Court wants their service, say "please".
This Battle is AFTER Journey to the west:
-Erlang mentions that monkey was named Buddha
-Monkey mentions Zhu bajie
-Erlang calls him Victorious Fighting Buddha
-The old monkey said that monkey attained Buddhahood.
The very same thoughts I had while playing this opening sequence. I appreciate how subtle the delivery is - it feels natural. I almost missed a few of these revelations because of it.
idk how he missed every single one of that references.
@@lucifuge927 because he was talking over the dialogue
and Erlang says that he has bested Wukong before, so this is clearly not their first fight
@@DennisJ16 Yup, tho I like how Wukong litrally calls Erlang a liar for it which is true lmao
Everyone else has pointed out that the battle actually takes place after the original journey to the west, but also, there's one pretty big mythology reference that you missed: Erlang cutting open a mountain with his axe is a reference to one of his myths, where he cuts open a mountain to save his mother
It was Erlang's nephew who took the axe and saved his (the nephew's) mother (Erlang's sister) by splitting a mountain. The story is called The Lotus Lamp. It was animated in the year 2000, check it out, it was a timeless masterpiece.
Black myth Wukong story Movies can be searched .{ Journey to the West ep. 01 The Monkey King is born } 1986 (Complete) Eng Sub
@@maxchen9185 erlang is the nephew. His mom was the sister to the jade emperor I think
@@luckystarplays1837 i see you ve done your homework. It was indeed Erlang who splitted the mountain and saved his mother in Journey to the West. But this version of the story in JTTW stem from The Lotus Lamp. And Erlang is the villain in that story, the protagonist is Chen Xiang.
You are not wrong since it was Journey to the West we are talking about here.
Here's the Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Lotus_Lantern
As you can see. The Lotus Lamp predates the JTTW by almost another 1000 years.
@@maxchen9185 oh. I didn’t know this one. Thanks for the info 😊
I won't mind you making this a series
Same
I mind, I extremely want him to make it a series😂
I'm waiting.
He talks too much
Wow, it’s amazing that you fought much more skillfully from the very beginning than many other players - very impressive! As you probably know, this is ancient Chinese mythology but also based on Chinese Zen/Tao/Philosophy. To appreciate the deeper meanings hidden behind all those details in the game, one could check out the Chinese novel “A journey to the west” or the Chinese Zen Book “How to be Happy: the Wisdom to Attain Happiness and Success by Constructing an Invincible Mind”.
Really wish you'd have payed attention to the dialog in the beginning. They outright tell you that this is after journey to the west. They make references to previous fights and Wukong wouldn't have the circlet the first time he fights Shen.
If you guys pay attention you would notice that they made mention of journey to the west this takes place after
yeah fr
@@mennnn972 thank you you know they gotta feel embarrassed after they read all these comments like here they are saying when this battle took place even duo that is a completely different fight that already happened say Sun should have his armor after he becomes Buddha literally just said he was a Buddha their going to have so much yoke on their faces after this and all they had to do was stop talking a listen
They were too busy talking.
this is after Journey to the west.
at start, WUKONG said : my master - saved, the scriptures- sound
he want go back to his mountain, live free, but somehow~ they wont let him~ thats why they sent the army to get him.
To make sure Er Lang Shen can beat him, someone put his JINGU (the crown) back, to Limit him.
then Wukong got killed, split to 6 parts,
we are his descendants. try to collect all 6 parts to bring him back~
In some movie or series, Wukong still keep the jingu as souvenir from the journey
lol, the Buddha play trick on him again, he never take the crown off him. Wukong too strong for Heaven sake after he obtain Buddhahood. What why the game called black myth
It’s a disgrace to the gods. Can u imagine Jesus invite u to heaven and u reject it? He would be mad it shamed heaven. Story make total sense. 😮
@@user-pm4ko9uk8g read the story buddy then understand why Wukong pissed
@@user-pm4ko9uk8g Simping for the heavens huh?
Couldn't be me.
Monkey mode all the way
Don't ya just love the talking over dialogue that shows that this after the journey
Too exited maybe haha. My Chinese friend spent 30 minutes non stop yapping about JTTW when i said i bought the game 😂
Watching him miss every hint that this takes place AFTER Journey to the West is actually a little funny. Kept waiting for every line thinking he was gonna go "....wait a minute -"
This is happening after the Journey to the west
If he wasn't too busy explaining every single thing he would have realized it was post journey to the west instead of the whole comment section correcting him, victorious fighting buddha was the most clear hint in the dialogue
or when Erling shin indicated that they fought before
@@mennnn972 wukong's first speech was "master-safe, scripture-sound" that alone was hinting what timeline they were in or at least make you ponder on the timeframe
Like men just relax, of course you know the story but just calm down
Relax he just got over excited
The intro of black myth takes place after wukongs journey to the west and the bulk of the game you play as a member of his tribe with similar powers trying revive the monkey king
How did he miss litrally EVERY reffrence to the Journey to west and saying that Wukong had already been made in to a Buddha?
He even speaks about his monk master and the holy scriptures. and was reffrenced as "The Victorious Fighting Buddha".....
He was making to many jokes
14:35 you're the Mythology Guy who knows practically everything about the legend. How did you not question the fact that Aiming already has the headpiece?
Wukong, not Aiming.
I feel like this mythology has inspired so many games. This has to be one of the most faithful.
Out of everyone I watch, your reaction to this game was the one I was most eager to see! Looking forward to more here on the channel!
The big guy at the back was Juling Shen, or Giant Spirit God, the giant river god of the Yellow River.
In the original JttW, Juling Shen was the first guy the Heavenly Court sent to subdue Wukong. The subsequent no effort beating he took from Wukong was so embarrassing that the Heavenly Court almost had him executed.
Also as you probably noticed later, the first fight is set after the end of the JttW. Having been trapped under a mountain for 500 years even before the start of the journey, Wukong was well over the "wanting to be a big shot" phase, as we see in the JttW during the few times Wukong was expelled from Sanzang's fellowship, he would simply return to Mount Huaguo to chill with his monkey subjects.
巨灵神和四大天王
I love how they talked over the dialogue and ignore the conversation :)
After all the crap they said at the beginning at how having it on english audio would make it easier to follow 🙄🙄🙄
For full immersion, Chinese voice, English subtitles. It makes it feel literally like a wuxia movie.
I would have done that if subtitles weren't so small.
13:58 Alright time for an explanation, spoilers ahead.
Ok hear goes
In one of the endings for this game, an animated cutscene is shown revealing that unlike the ending of the Original Journey to the West. The Buddha actually left the Golden Headband on Wukong without him knowing, to Wukong he saw it be removed. Why?? Simple: The Heavens never trusted the Great Sage.
thank you for putting the spoiler tag. with that said that`s a dumb reason. heaven would clearly not trust him but they fall below Budha in the hieratic and Budha took care of Wukong.
And in that ending, we don't take the headband again.
@Fppiq Wow, I mean get the saying "Better Safe Than Sorry" but still what a VERY asshole move for Gautama to do on Wukong, especially given all the stuff that happened during that 14-Year Long Journey...
@@londonjackson8986in Buddha defense Wukong rekt the Jade Palace to the ground until he arrived so yeah he don't want to deal with him again
You guys are amazing! After watching many TH-camrs' gameplay videos, I astonishedly found that you have a thorough understanding of the novel itself. Although the game's story happens after the original one, it's deeply rooted in the Journey to the West.
I hope the following information helps you:
- As mentioned on the Wiki, the original novel is "at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a source of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory." So, besides the mythology, the story is more about reflecting on ancient Chinese political traditions and Buddhism.
- Frankly, Wukong is also a Yaoguai, and he was the only one not initially connected to heaven (Master, Pig, Sand, and even the horse were all descended from either heaven or Linshan); that's why he was the protagonist of the novel and also the reason that he was the only one put on the golden band.
- Erlang Shen is also a god with his own story; some weapons he used against Wukong were not described in the original novel but collected from his own mythology. Just want to mention that the huge axe was used to split the mountain to save his imprisoned mother (briefly mentioned in the Journey to the West in the introduction of Erlang Shen).
Look forward to seeing more of your amazing plays!
As a native Chinese, I’m really impressed by how much you know about Wukong. Great video! I can’t wait to watch the next one.
Japanese kanji characters were borrowed from Chinese hanzi as a writing system. The two languages share some of the same characters, and the pronunciation of kanji in Japanese is based on ancient Chinese pronunciation.
For example, the character name 孫悟空 is written the same in both Chinese and Japanese, but in Chinese, it is pronounced 'Sun Wukong,' while in Japanese, it is pronounced 'Son Goku.'
@sihouhisou948 Yep, pretty much, also...
Tang Sanzang (To Sanzo)
Zhu Bajie/Wuneng (Cho Hakkai/Gono)
Sha Wujing (Sa Gojo)
Erlang Shen (Jiro Shin)
Nezha (Nata or Nataku)
Yinjiao Dawang (Ginkaku Daiō)
Jinjiao Dawang (Kinkaku Daiō)
Hong Hai'er (Kōgaiji)
Tieshan Gongzhu / Luosha (Tessen Koshu / Rasetsunyo)
Niu Mowang (Gyu Maō)
Bonus:
Ruyi Jingu Bang (Nyoi Kinsō Bo)
0:10 a binding if you want to be specific
This is after Journey to the west, Wukong gave up his buddhahood to be with his people but the heaven ain't having the wrecker of the imperial palace loose.
真正的故事是上天加妖怪杀死了悟空（是悟空想死，他们才能杀死他）。
A funny little detail is when Sun Wukong tells Erlang Shen to "fight him in the woods" in English, in Chinese he tells him to "fight in uncle's woods", which is also from Journey to the West, as Sun Wukong calls Erlang Shen "nephew" all the time in the book 😂
The Handsome Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, The Victorious Fighting Buddha.
@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184
Intelligent Stone-Monkey
Beautiful Monkey-King
Monkey Awake-Void
Ban Horse Plague
Equal-Tian, Great-Sage
Monkey Pilgrim/Walker
Fighting Victorious Buddha
Yeah the first moniker/nickname should be Handsome/Beautiful Monkey King 美猴王
If you actually paid attention, you can notice that Sun Wukong didn't have a health bar at the beginning since he's immortal. That's a good way to make a tutorial.
Man, This is so hard to much. A man so eager to show off knowledge and does not pay attention to actual dialog and story. 😢
LOL
When your friend never shuts up to let you hear what's actually being said so you miss it 🙄
Fr man does not shut up
The ONE person I wanted to see there reaction in the intro to catch that this is set after journey to the west and you talked over all the dialog
Sucks to see oh well, I guess
Me too, after his demonstration of knowledge in the trailer reaction, such a disappointment that this his how they're gonna play the game, having bunch of friends around and talk all over everything.
the mythology guy - has amazing indepth knowledge about the story and lore
also the mythology guy - talks over entire introduction so he misses everything introducing the game's story and lore 😅😅😅
haha hope you enjoy the game ❤
I love how instantly i'm already learning things
You guys did the best on covering the story background during the intro! Really enjoyed it
i'm only vaguely familiar with the journey to the west, mainly from fate grand order and whatever was referenced in the first couple dragonball arcs, but that intro still made me giddy like a kid on christmas, plenty of stuff i recognized and remembered "oh yeah he was able to do that", i also really like Wukong's english voice, it fits his character pretty well and it's easy to tell that the va is doing his best
Concurrent players on Steam peaked at 2.3 million, meaning each of the one hundred thousand celestial troops will have to fight 23 monke at the same time😂
And each monkey with clones lol
What the hell is it with Sun WuKong having some of the most visually hype things recently. First Lego Monkie Kid, now this!
RIP Flying Bark studios
Black Myth: Wukong - original story back dated to 16th century 1592 ( China Ming Dynasty )
- wikipedia
17:53 its the furnace of 8 trigrams , inspiring the hyuga fighting style that neji uses in naruto
Shoutout to TheMythologyGuy to nail the mythology, so accurately! This brings so much meaning and joy to the game review, which truly set you apart from other reviewers. This video deserves a much higher views! 🎉
erlangshen has his own story, he used that axe, slides a montain and saved his mother.
Also, this is after journey to the west
他的母亲最终死了
原唱 : 戴荃
作詞 : 戴荃
月濺星河 長路漫漫
風煙殘盡 獨影闌珊
誰叫我身手不凡
誰讓我愛恨兩難
到後來 肝腸寸斷
幻世當空 恩怨休懷
舍悟離迷 六塵不改
且怒且悲且狂哉
是人是鬼是妖怪
不過是 心有魔債
叫一聲佛祖 回頭無岸
跪一人為師 生死無關
善惡浮世真假界
塵緣散聚不分明 難斷
我要 這鐵棒有何用
我有 這變化又如何
還是不安（不安）
還是氐惆（還是氐惆）
金箍當頭 欲說還休
踏碎靈霄 放肆桀驁
世惡道險 終究難逃
拂袖青雲上
打散迷霧 看穿塵寰
俯首卻見你遊世上
放肆桀驁 踏碎靈霄
我要 這鐵棒醉舞魔
我有 這變化亂迷濁
踏碎靈霄 放肆桀驁
世惡道險 終究難逃
這一棒
叫你灰飛煙滅
I liked as soon as you said "That's a pretty good monkey king voice"! Yes! I see a lot of people saying the voice is off or even bad, but it's exactly how I imagined him to sound in English even though it's not a typical western hero voice.
Listening to the stomping of the heavenly gods and war drums I was so hype with goosebumps to play the game, it’s crazy. Epic epic intro.
This story is basically AFTER the Journey to the West... Where he has returned but the Gods turned on him again... refusing to let him live in peace...
lmao you guys turn on English dub, but barely pay attention what character was saying, they didn't change story Journey to the west, this is the after
Literally the first words were, “my master - safe. The scriptures - sound.” The very first thing, and they didn’t put it together.
@@XanthosAcanthus yeah they keep yapping about knowing the story then who can hear character said anything even which the native dub turn on
as a Chinese person who has just moved and settled in America, love u guys so much you are so interested in Chinese mythology
I am honestly surprised how long it took you to catch onto this being set post-Journey to the West. I caught on at the scriptures line (master could have been referencing the teacher that taught him the 72 transformations) and the second Erlang called him a buddha/claimed to have beaten him once before, then it was pretty obvious.
There’s a mistake. Master refers to Tang Sanzang, whom Sun Wukong was tasked with protecting during the journey to the West. Master puti, who taught him his skills, is as powerful as the Buddha, and does not need Sun Wukong's protection.
@@ZelinW I know its referring to Tang Sanzang. I just pointed out I caught on at the mention of the scriptures since him saying "his master" doesn't give away the time frame on its own.
Thanks. I had no idea why the crown limit his powers but it all makes sense. Can't wait for a follow-up breakdown if you want to explain more.
This game reminds me my Dad used to tell my brother and I bedtime stories from a famous Chinese novel named 'The Journey to the West'. This game makes all the characters from the book alive.
15:40 I think I saw King Charles III
these events take place after journey to the west, Wukong was made Buddha and his title as Buddha was brought up, Wukong mentions that Erlang Shen talks the tallest tails "after that pig" and his Buddhahood was mentioned by the old monkey as well. the plot for the beginning was basically that after reaching the peak he sought Wukong just wanted to return to his mountain and live a simpler life but the court viewed him as a threat and his return to Mt Huaguo was viewed as a sign of rebellion (the crown as well shows it's after the journey)
Lets gooooooooooo ive been waiting for this who else is as happy 😁 this needs to be a series.
I think the intro was after the journey of the west
- my master safe, the scriptures sound
- mentioned erlang shen as 2nd biggest boaster after the pig
- wukong is already called as victorious fighting buddha
And going by what’s going on in the myths wukong just chill after Buddhahood
but game story now the heavenly court still distrust him so they send an army again and this time erlang shen cheats to win again by using the mantra to control the headband although I thought it’s supposed to be gone after journey to the west
if you listened to the dialogue he calls waking "Victorious fighting Buddha"
First sentence he says:
- my master safe
- scriptures sound
Hmmm. I wonder when is this story set in
Amen to wanting figures of this! Man, I want a freaking statue I can put in my display case; his armor is just so amazing!
FYI: Even though you’ve mistakenly said Journey to the East when you mentioned at 9:11 ….
I don’t know if you guys know this but in fact （loosely speaking) there is another Chinese mythology about ‘Journey to the East’ as well and it’s called ‘Legend of the Eight Immortals’ and it’s also about Taoist deities within Chinese folklore.
To be frank, I can’t recall who are the 8 main characters were but they were called 八仙 literally translates as 8 immortals/deities and Chinese even has an idiom that says 八仙过海各显神通 which is to sum up the so-called moral of the entire lore because individually, each of them have their weaknesses but as destiny has it, all 8 of them would eventually cross paths and travel as a group overcoming obstacles where they would’ve otherwise failed if they hadn’t came together, harnessed their respective unique abilities in order to pass each challenge they were faced with. Since y’all are all about Mythologies, be sure to look that one up as well!
I love how much he knows about jttw. I rarely get to see people get to truly nerd out about it.
Can't be more excited for him to continue this series!!
Wow bro really knows a lot about journey to the west，appreciate you
Im really glad you loved this game, this game is amazing.
And the stream was a lot of fun
They didn’t change the story at the beginning, this is a different fight entirely. He even says that he “bested” Wukong before in the dialogue.
I come to know about Journey To The West from Overly Sarcastic Productions, and I love it! I even started a build in Minecraft based on Sun-Wukong's home in the mountain!
I love their videos
loop of binding is what some call it, In this we play as someone trying to bring wukong back. The intro is after the journey to the west that's the reason why he said "you talk more than the pig" as in some boss fights when you die you hear "you look like him but aren't him"
thing is erlang Sheng is trying to bring "wukong" back.
we are actually just the 6th relic of wukong and in every ending sun wukong is dead.
we are black myth wukong since we are his successor
@@XxCringyKidxX ik that elrangs fight was fun af
The big dude at the middle is Ju Ling Shen, the river god known for his strength
I'm excited, most reviews they don't have any background knowledge, so this is nice
I think wukong is inspired from bajrangbali 😮 like story and stuff character power journey and so on because ramayan happened around 7000 to 8000 thousand years ago
And you can find lot of similarities between journey to the west and ramayan
And lot of hindu gods
It is so refreshing to see you guys understand and know the story of Sun Wukong and Journey to the West. More refreshing is you are non Asians. Every Asian culture even if you not Chinese grew up watching or reading the Journey to the West story and was waiting for a true Sun Wukong game instead of some Japanese Dragon Ball crap they made up. Glad this game is here and glad you guys love it.
These guys' excitement is contagious :)
20 seconds in and he's already explained what happened to him in the beginning and confused me xd I love this channel
I think you missed that this game takes place after Son Goku😂 I mean Wukong has already finished his journey, that's why he's wearing the headpiece, and his composure and attitude towards immortality is different. He might have reached Buddhahood or is close to it.
He had been "appointed" as a buddha by Shakyamuni (because buddhism in JttW is different from buddhism IRL) but he now wants to quit.
You are the first steamer who knows the background story.
One thing about the immortality thing. Except for the time he canceled himself out of the book of death, every other type of immortality is just him extending his life. All the peaches and elixirs are just for extending life but is called immortality items in the translation
Both Chinese and Japanese are written as 孫 悟空，but the Japanese pronunciation is Son Goku, and the Chinese pronunciation is Sun Wukong.
Both refer to the SAME monkey king.
lol I needed more info so I just watched the one and only mythology guy, like bro I don’t know what the fk was going on when I played the game TwT. All I was noticing was stuff I’ve seen in anime like nimbus and the cloud area that reminded me of skypiea from One Piece 😭
I Just Want To Say That This Game Takes Place AFTER the Journey to the west
Oh pleeeease make it a series. i am on chapter 2 so far and I LOVE it
its refreshing to see, that these guys actually know the lore of Wukong prior to playing this game 👍
Been waiting for this game for ages
There are plenty of anime that journalty to the West inspired. But there are a lot of anime that it didn't inspire.
don't you love how they mention not wanting to hear the game in chinese (would of been way better btw) so they can pay attention to chat and the dialogue but proceeds to talk over all of the dialog in the beginning just flexing his knowledge rather than pay attention to the story idk how every youtuber keep missing or not knowing when this game takes place when they tell you that with like 6 different lines of text back to back. man everyone using I'm streaming as a excuse to not listen to this game in its original language which is a damn shame cus so much is lost in translation
wukong is named the fighting buddha in the end of the “journey to the west ”
So when erlang shen call wukong the fighting buddha,we can know the battle is after journey to the west
The brightness setting is always fun because often the game is not optimized for the amount of brightness the screen is suggesting you choose. I always find the level they suggest and then step up the brightness by about 2 or 3 notches
Honestly, I want this to be a full series, not gonna lie.
Also, this takes place AFTER the Journey to the West
This is the best commentary I heard from a non-asian. This dude almost has explained all of the detail.
I’ve been having a blast playing this game
I would like you to cover the Journey to the West story, it'd be interesting to hear
Hope you do another Mythical Inaccurate Episode with this game.😊
Oh wwow finally someone know the freaking lore. Thank god
I hope you make more videos on this game
I think this game is set after Journey to the West cause he mentions the safety of his master (Tang Xuanzang) and the scriptures. And Erlang said he was made Budha once. Spoiler:
Also, later in the game they mention Sun Wukong fought several demons to save Tang Xuanzang
13:16 is an axe that was previously own by a primordial god of Chinese mythology, he use the axe to split the world into three realms which is the mortal realm, the realm of the afterlife and heaven
The mythology guy really knows his stuff.
Please tell me this will be a series, i want to see some lore dives during gameplay
love you Mythology Guy
5:17 Wow I was surprised that he knows Yangjian and his dog! Every other streamer I watched was like "Wow who's this?" 🤣
I wish you could read the subtitles more… so this is after the story of JTTW
The game did not change the story in novel, it just creates a new follow up story that is right after the journey to the west.
The most gigantic god is 巨灵神（Ju Ling Shen, the god of gigantic spirit）, although immense in size, but just a piece of cake for Sun Wukong in original novel.