Thread 714215496

I want the TRUTH about Black Myth Wukong
+ post your game time

>>714215496 (OP)
it was worth it for what it was...a video game.
better than NuGOW only because it has a fucking gameplay.

>>714215496 (OP)
Feels like a really juiced up PS2 game, and I mean that in a good way. The gameplay itself isn't super complicated but it's easy to just sit down and enjoy exploring the levels. Which are genuinely really nice looking. The game is very graphically maximalist, from the enemies to the armor to the decorated shrines that serve as bonfires/checkpoints. Not too hard either, I beat a fair few bosses on my first attempt. The final boss is appropriately challenging though. All in all I beat it after about 28 hours. I'd recommend it if you miss when action games were called "Button Mashers" and they'd make about 3-4 a quarter. Honestly, the most baffling element is the stamina meter. It feels pretty tacked on, and a lot of skills you can unlock let you outright ignore it. It seems like they wanted to have certain elements from Dark Souls but it probably would've been better for the game to do it's own thing.

My only other thoughts are that the story is... very strange. It's very Chinese, which sounds obvious but the thing is, I've read Journey to the West and this game's story still confused me. If anything, reading the original myth just makes things worse because you'll be seeing tropes, themes, and characters from that myth being thrown around almost totally without context. Like does anyone ITT know that the pig guy with a rake that shows up halfway through the game is actually a major character from the original story? He's significant in that he's the only member of Wukong's party that doesn't ascend to enlightenment at the end. Which I guess explains why he's hanging around, since the game takes place after JttW.

>>714215727
It's more Dark Souls than God of War 2018

I liked it overall, nice spectacles and good graphics. Last few chapters felt kind of rushed though.

>>714216391
28 hours?
It took me 55-60.

>>714216391
Typing all of this out I realized that Wukong actually has a lot in common with Kingdom Hearts, except instead of Disney it's classical Chinese mythology. Your character has a single combo string they build the melee combat out of, plus a magic meter you can use to cast powerful spells. You visit different worlds and play through contained micro stories based on the myths/properties from China/Disney. Later in the game your character gains the ability to transform into different modes to change their abilities or vastly enhance them. You have a goofy comic relief animal sidekick that joins you in battle. The goal of the story is to prove yourself as Wukong's successor/A Keyblade master. You get the ability to fly in later levels. One of the bosses is even the remnants of an extremely powerful warrior's soul. There's a lot more parallels than I initially realized.

>>714216757
Dang you must've been a completionist. I only did 2 out of the 5 "Secret" levels, so that might have something to do with it.

>>714215496 (OP)
A lot of variety and cool bossfights.
Secret ending blew my mind

What's YOUR transformation?

>>714215496 (OP)
So this game atleast is like 8/10 right?, Only Jeets and Spics hated this game because they're too poor and NEVER catch up to China game devs

I thought it was a competent adventure with decent build potential. Khazan was a great followup game.

I'm only in chapter 2 but it's fun. Some of the hitboxes seem a bit jank and I'm kinda tired of dodgeslop wish it had some parryslop. Overall better than I thought it would be.

>>714215496 (OP)
I thought it was really good, I like it a lot. For anyone more knowledgeable about action games, is there any with more bosses than Wukong? The closest I can think of is Elden Ring with 37.
My playtime is 190 hours on Steam and 110 hours on PS5
>>714221553
I think 8/10 is a fair rating. It's pretty well made mostly, but there is flaws to it like the invisible walls, kind of odd story, slightly poor pacing.
>>714222650
If you get used to using the see-through mechanic you can kind of make it a more parry focused game, but I don't think you can ever get away with not dodging at all.

>>714221302
Yellow Loong is the one I use for NG+. I use see-throughs normally so it's easy to build up three focus and then for most bosses the dive-bombs take out 1/3 of their HP. For bosses immune to lightning damage I use Yin Tiger usually since they are usually immune to other status effects as well.

>>714217297
You should do the others when you have a chance. The final secret boss is one of the top 3 best bosses in the game.

I want to try it but I fucking hate monkeys they are disgusting.

>>714222364
If I play Khazan now the game will be on easy mode thanks to the patch.

>>714226794
Look at the mirror Hernandez

>>714223135
Why did you buy the game twice

>>714226794
Animals and monsters are everywhere in this game

>>714227063
Its just a thing with monkeys not beaners

Please let this thread get 500+ replies, post fanart, post memes, post more discussion, theorize about the lore, show the cultural impact this game had on the world.

>>714227085
My brother bought it first on PS5. I played it there up to NG+5 then decided I wanted to have it on PC where I prefer to play so I bought it myself.

>>714221553
>We clearly have the talent
???

Only finished it the once and didn't do a heap of the side content. I thought it was alright, felt like a mix of Dad of War and a simplified Nioh. Great art direction and character designs obviously, though I've never read Journey to the West so a lot of it was probably lost on me. Some Lords of the Fallen-tier design choices though like some of the bosses actually nerfing you to the point of uselessness (as in removing core gameplay mechanics from you) if you didn't do some massively missable sidequest.

I'd say a 7/10, would be happy to give a sequel a go.

>>714226927
It's not really that much easier if you make sure to put the difficulty to Expert (the old normal).