As a Chinese, I want to tell all the viewers who are not from the Chinese cultural circle that this video is the most detailed English analysis of Black Myth: Wukong so far.
Fantastic! You really understand it deeply even more than a lot Chinese people. This is the video satisfying me the most since 20th Aug. Appreciate andappreciate from China.
Thank you! There are still many character details that haven’t been mentioned, like the Frog yaoguais, the Old Monkey’s true identity, and the Four Primates-only the Six-Eared Macaque hasn’t appeared yet. Now I realize I missed the chance to include Ma Tianba (the horse) in the Mind-Monkey, Will-Horse part. Lol.
Love thsi game so much. As a chinese kid that watched and loved journey to the west and the monkey king, its great to see this game. I feel like we could get a god of war style story where wukong goes head to head with the jade emperor
you forgot to explain the part at the ending sequence where he erased his names from the death note and gaining another layer of immortality, but other than that, it was a great explanation
@@Williamsweeb I have a guess that the character the player is controlling is actually one of Sun Wukong's hairs. It doesn’t talk, and every time it dies, it turns back into a hair before becoming a monkey again.😃
There is one theory from Chinese community that I love and want to share. Once we finish the first round of the game and start the second we get the sixth relic whichever ending we reach. But the looking of that relic is different by the two endings. The rebellion ending gives a headband with flame effect on it but the other ending gives just the headband. Meanwhile, the headband has always been the sign of constraint and control on Wukong, making every Chinese player confused for the reason to use it as the relic of will. Here comes that theory: The real relic of will is the flame on the headband, signifies the unbreakable will of exterminating all constraints and control.
Thank you for this info! I tried to search for some screenshots of the relic and indeed there's are some has the halo ring around them while some doesn't. I think this detail further confirms that Destined One hold different mind sense/memory in 2 ending.
Hi, I shared this movie of yours again to those Chinese gamers who can't access UA-cam, they like your movie very much, of course I like your movie too, I still recommend your channel to them, hope it can help you!
Thank you so much for sharing my video with others, especially with Chinese gamers who can’t access UA-cam! I’m really glad to hear that they enjoyed it, and it means a lot that you continue to recommend my channel. Your support truly helps, and I really appreciate it!
I think the dlc will have the destined one and wukong fusion combined in one body will have unfinished business such as saving the fourth spider guai sister whom the destined one has a romantic interest similar to wukong who fell in love with lady white bone and wanted to run away to be with her but he can't due to the celstial court and the buddhist pantheon watching his every move during journey to the west and they are tolerant of immortals and yaoguais alike to fall in love as taboo.
I love this. Thank you. I also have a three questions: One, is Wang Lingguan the same boss we fight in Chapter 4? Two, are the Macaque King and the Six-Eared Macaque the same being, or are they completely different beings? And three, I saw five giant beings in both the prologue and Chapter 5’s short film. I know four of them are the Four Heavenly Kings, but who is the fifth giant in both scenarios?
Macaque king is one of wukong sworn brother that they meet and celerbrate Six ears macaque is one disguse as wukong Dont confused him with six ears macaque They not the same
Right Wang Lingguan accompanies the Crane Immortal in Chapter 4. He leaves after the Crane Immortal tells him not to kill The Destined One. He is also the deity who stopped Wukong from attacking the Lingxiao Hall (Where Jade Emperor's throne is) after his escape from the furnace. I think that’s why he serves as the last obstacle from the Celestial Court in the game. Because he successfully stopped Wukong’s advance once before. The Macaque King is one of the Seven Great Sages (Míhóu Wáng - 獼猴王). It’s easy to mistake him for Wukong (Měi Hóuwáng - 美猴王). The Six-Eared Macaque is known as (Liù'ěr Míhóu - 六耳獼猴) The one in the prologue is Juling Shen, one of the first generals sent by the Jade Emperor to capture Sun Wukong. But in Chapter 5, it’s the capture of the Bull Demon King. In the novel, he is stopped by four Dharmapalas (those with wrathful face) while running in different directions. The fifth one wearing a red half-robe with long brows, looks like an Arhat. I guess he might be Asita Arhat. You can look him up to see the resemblance.
I like your explanation as it really tells everything i want to know. But the music in the background is partly louder then your voice which makes hard to listen.
I saw the ending scene a bit differently. When he puts down his cup, we see all the empty weapons and no one else; I believe this is after the Monkey King is revived again and is now free. Then he walks through the waterfall with his bo-staff in hand, ready for an adventure, finally free of the band. Any thoughts?
Minor yaoguais both have background related to others in different chapters to tell deeper stories like the Frog Yaoguais, Stone Family, Yakshas and Rakshasa...I hope I can cover them as much as I can in next videos.
Just another question if during the final battle with the broken shell if it has taken the 5 relics plus the memories that erlang gave to the destined one, wouldnt that literaly revive wukong in completion? I know it was not wukong's plan of course
I also feel like Wukong truly regained his full power at that moment. His consciousness seemed to return, his iconic arrogant walk and constant taunting during the fight. I believe that was the moment he truly came back. Even he was revived like that, the headband was still on his head, and he still longed for death. That’s why he wanted to test if the Destined One were worthy of carrying on his name, challenging to defeat him at his full power. From that moment, the fight felt like Wukong was testing his successor. His taunts and the way he gave second chances, like picking up the staff and signaling to continue or drinking from the gourd, all felt like master-like gestures toward a disciple When he was defeated, I believe he let out a satisfied laugh, relieved to have found a worthy successor and liberated from the headband
Your video is wrong BTW. If you take the headband you become the next broken shell the relics reject the new broken shell. Because they will not accept to be reincarnated into a controlled by the headband. You see you turn into the same stone monkey you fought at the end. And we also heard there were many destin ones before who were mutes. This is because the destin one is the broken vessel of the true mind relic. Empty of WuKong's memories. The cycle will continue forever until you break free. This game is not really based on journey to the west but a Chinese novel that the game studio loves, because they based their last game on this same book. The book is named the Legend of WuKong. And only available to read in Chinese. But Budda and the monk make a bet that WuKong can escape the cycle of reincarnation that everything is in Budda's hand and the monk says WuKong can escape. I have heard of the book and it sounds interesting. The monk also goes into hiding in the book. Just like this game. If you can read Chinese this would be a great book to read and then explain if it and the game matches. I have only hear a Chinese woman say what I said. I am very interested though. And hope for a English Version sooner or later.
Thank you. I know about the Wùkōng chuán 悟空传 book you mention and the game Asura Online by Game Science. I believe the game just inspired by the book’s idea of memory and shell loop to metaphor the unending journey of enlightenment and freedom. The wisdom behind Wukong’s name, 'enlightened to emptiness' is Wu Cheng'en's idea of continuous practice, where Wukong is destined to start over again like the never-ending pursuit of enlightenment. The game’s ending also about Wukong begins the journey anew. The Old Monkey’s journal entry, especially the part about betting hinting he might be Tang Sanzang like the monk in the book. However, this idea isn’t new. Wagering and betting are recurring themes in the original novel. Like Wukong wagers he can escape Buddha’s hand; Or a bet with Zhenyuan Daxian about saving the Ginseng tree to secure Sanzang’s release, Jinchanzi's (Tang Sanzang) bet with Yellowbrow is like what we see in the game. The Old Monkey’s bet is not about winning or losing like in the book. It emphasizes that the journey (the process) is more important than enlightenment (the result). As stated in the game, 'He says he neither gambles nor loses. He is just waiting for the stories the Destined Ones will tell him upon their return. And he has never heard two identical stories.' The Wùkōng Chuán book is a fanfic with heavy romantic, conspiracy elements and a more human-like, attracted a modern audience especially women. But as I explained above, the game remains closer to the original novel’s wisdom and events. (Like the 4 long king sons and Yuan Soucheng which set the ground for the journey, and Black Bear Guai, Red Boy really practiced under Guanyin which indicated that the journey did happen, not just a scam like in the book plot) I think the devs made a wise choice by including the line 'Maybe the journey to the west never happened,' similar to the plot twist in the Wùkōng Chuán book. This adds a sense of jeopardy and intrigue for the audience. Besides, if every time a Destined One becomes the next Broken Shell, the Court has to shred 5 relics and bring them to the 5 yaoguais again? It seems unlikely. We’ve killed some of those yaoguais, haven't we? Even if they use different yaoguais each time, they will eventually run out of options not to mention it contradict many journal entry. I think when some characters in the game say 'another monkey again' upon seeing the Destined One, they’re referring to previous monkeys who couldn’t defeat the yaoguais but also couldn’t die (Wukong erased monkeys from the book of death). Those monkeys returned to Mount Huaguo and told the Old Monkey about their journey. Also a metaphor for us players die repeatedly in the game.
@@Williamsweeb thanks for the information. I do look forward to reading it when it is translated. But I do prefer the original Sun WuKong, to not having interest in love and women. But it is nothing new. Chinese tv shows have had Sun WuKong have love interest in them. Like the monkey king 3 tv show that brought back Dicky. And introduce me to my favorite made up curse word. 😆 🤣 😂 😹 Pick-pock-ligga-long-tick-thong. 😆 i love it. And who could forget that cow tongue twister. But anyway I still enjoy these shows even though I have not seen them in over a decade. But the book WuKong is definitely my favorite character. No matter how many tv shows I have seen.
@@Williamsweeb So what about New Game + , because you need to play the game 3 times to activate all relics function ... but Destined One already killed Yellow Rat, Hundred Eyes & RedBoy suicided ... only Black Bear, Yellow Brow, and Erlang still survive.
@@Vietnameseee I don't know if I understand your question correctly. I mean because Destined One have killed some of those 5 yaoguais so if he become a next Broken Shell, the next Destined One will have to beat all of those yaoguais once again before getting to him. The Destined One's loop theory doesn't make sense in that part.
As a Chinese, I want to tell all the viewers who are not from the Chinese cultural circle that this video is the most detailed English analysis of Black Myth: Wukong so far.
Thank you kindly for this recognition!
Fantastic! You really understand it deeply even more than a lot Chinese people. This is the video satisfying me the most since 20th Aug. Appreciate andappreciate from China.
😊作为一名中国游戏玩家，感谢您在解析此视频时所做的努力
your explanation looks excellent. They bury the story so deep, even many Chinese find the story of this game incomprehensible
Thank you so much!
“BOYS HERE I COME” my favorite line from NG+4 can’t wait for this DLC
Your explanation is the best I've seen so far from a Chinese point of view!
Thank you! Happy to hear that.
So glad I came to this channel for all the lore, it’s definitely the best one! I’ll stick around for any future lore vids you may make.
Thank you! There are still many character details that haven’t been mentioned, like the Frog yaoguais, the Old Monkey’s true identity, and the Four Primates-only the Six-Eared Macaque hasn’t appeared yet. Now I realize I missed the chance to include Ma Tianba (the horse) in the Mind-Monkey, Will-Horse part. Lol.
@@Williamsweeb Six-Eared Macaque got killed by Wukong in the journey to the west ... Game Science don't bring back dead characters.
Love thsi game so much. As a chinese kid that watched and loved journey to the west and the monkey king, its great to see this game. I feel like we could get a god of war style story where wukong goes head to head with the jade emperor
you forgot to explain the part at the ending sequence where he erased his names from the death note and gaining another layer of immortality, but other than that, it was a great explanation
You have a keen eye. I sped up too fast on that one.
非常棒的视频,好强的观察力,作为中国玩家,视频里提到的很多细节信息,我自己玩游戏的时候都没注意到😆你对游戏的理解 可能超越80%以上的中国玩家
It means a lot coming from a Chinese player, and I'm honored that my understanding of the game resonated with you.
@@Williamsweeb I have a guess that the character the player is controlling is actually one of Sun Wukong's hairs. It doesn’t talk, and every time it dies, it turns back into a hair before becoming a monkey again.😃
我很感谢这位博主的英文分享，只是让更多外国玩家更好理解。但是你说什么超过百分之八十点中国玩家，不知道你是什么目的，也许没有目的，就是单纯的臆想判断。我看这位博主的第一个视频的时候，特别开心，因为他说的很多细节和可能被误解遗漏的核心都是我在国内评论区和视频里看到最符合逻辑和最细的解析。所以你说的这个百分之八十点意义在哪里不知道，但绝对不是事实。博主绝绝对对很诚心的研究了国内的解析，然后辛苦做出来的视频，并不是为什么彰显外面比我们更懂西游记。
西游记已经在中国世世代代传承几百年了，并不是只有我们这一代知道，包括我外公甚至我外公的外公都能找到共同话题，感谢博主辛苦分享的同时，请不要把分享出去的人扣在盖子下面。
@@openbook8068 臆想这块我愿称你为最强😆,什么彰显什么脑回路,,意义就是说别人研究的很仔细啦,国内的up分析对黑猴的理解?,可能超过95%以上的黑猴玩家,任何3a游戏的现状就是大部分玩家,不研究游戏故事细节,和深刻探讨游戏的内核,就单纯的玩通关而已,西游记也一样,大部分人的接触只是86版且记忆模糊,大概有一个认识,在玩黑猴且仔细去研究西游的是在黑猴玩家里本就是占比极少的,
觉得我说95%的夸张了?,看看最多播放量的视频 你先别管播放量几百万,抛开不是玩家的用户除外,你觉得看视频的大部分人是已经和分析视频的人有了同等水平的理解,还是大部分人理解没那么到位所以来看分析视频?
不知道怎么滴说个80%就促动了你某处神经
There is one theory from Chinese community that I love and want to share.
Once we finish the first round of the game and start the second we get the sixth relic whichever ending we reach. But the looking of that relic is different by the two endings. The rebellion ending gives a headband with flame effect on it but the other ending gives just the headband. Meanwhile, the headband has always been the sign of constraint and control on Wukong, making every Chinese player confused for the reason to use it as the relic of will.
Here comes that theory: The real relic of will is the flame on the headband, signifies the unbreakable will of exterminating all constraints and control.
Thank you for this info! I tried to search for some screenshots of the relic and indeed there's are some has the halo ring around them while some doesn't.
I think this detail further confirms that Destined One hold different mind sense/memory in 2 ending.
AWSOME ABSOLUTE AWSOME
you did amazing explain
Your the best
Thank you so much 😀
Your toaster almost exploded from recording the footage 😂
This video is aces. Great job
Hi, I shared this movie of yours again to those Chinese gamers who can't access UA-cam, they like your movie very much, of course I like your movie too, I still recommend your channel to them, hope it can help you!
Thank you so much for sharing my video with others, especially with Chinese gamers who can’t access UA-cam! I’m really glad to hear that they enjoyed it, and it means a lot that you continue to recommend my channel. Your support truly helps, and I really appreciate it!
I think the dlc will have the destined one and wukong fusion combined in one body will have unfinished business such as saving the fourth spider guai sister whom the destined one has a romantic interest similar to wukong who fell in love with lady white bone and wanted to run away to be with her but he can't due to the celstial court and the buddhist pantheon watching his every move during journey to the west and they are tolerant of immortals and yaoguais alike to fall in love as taboo.
If I had Wukong’s agility, I’d be the star of every game of tag… and avoid all adulting
I love this. Thank you. I also have a three questions:
One, is Wang Lingguan the same boss we fight in Chapter 4?
Two, are the Macaque King and the Six-Eared Macaque the same being, or are they completely different beings?
And three, I saw five giant beings in both the prologue and Chapter 5’s short film. I know four of them are the Four Heavenly Kings, but who is the fifth giant in both scenarios?
Macaque king is one of wukong sworn brother that they meet and celerbrate
Six ears macaque is one disguse as wukong
Dont confused him with six ears macaque
They not the same
Right Wang Lingguan accompanies the Crane Immortal in Chapter 4. He leaves after the Crane Immortal tells him not to kill The Destined One. He is also the deity who stopped Wukong from attacking the Lingxiao Hall (Where Jade Emperor's throne is) after his escape from the furnace. I think that’s why he serves as the last obstacle from the Celestial Court in the game. Because he successfully stopped Wukong’s advance once before.
The Macaque King is one of the Seven Great Sages (Míhóu Wáng - 獼猴王). It’s easy to mistake him for Wukong (Měi Hóuwáng - 美猴王). The Six-Eared Macaque is known as (Liù'ěr Míhóu - 六耳獼猴)
The one in the prologue is Juling Shen, one of the first generals sent by the Jade Emperor to capture Sun Wukong. But in Chapter 5, it’s the capture of the Bull Demon King. In the novel, he is stopped by four Dharmapalas (those with wrathful face) while running in different directions. The fifth one wearing a red half-robe with long brows, looks like an Arhat. I guess he might be Asita Arhat. You can look him up to see the resemblance.
The fifth giant is Ju Ling ，which means a god of huge size and immense power.
You’re talking about the fifth giant in Chapter 5, right?
@@Williamsweeb those caught Bull King are not 4 heavenly kings ??? i saw the Umbrella guy there.
I like your explanation as it really tells everything i want to know. But the music in the background is partly louder then your voice which makes hard to listen.
Thank you. I'll adjust it next time
I saw the ending scene a bit differently. When he puts down his cup, we see all the empty weapons and no one else; I believe this is after the Monkey King is revived again and is now free. Then he walks through the waterfall with his bo-staff in hand, ready for an adventure, finally free of the band. Any thoughts?
That scene is before he start fight the celestial court not the end of black myth wukong
The cutscene is retell wukong backstory
You missed three bosses from chapter 6.the hippo, the son of stones and the poison chiefs. Or are those just random yaoguais?
Minor yaoguais both have background related to others in different chapters to tell deeper stories like the Frog Yaoguais, Stone Family, Yakshas and Rakshasa...I hope I can cover them as much as I can in next videos.
Just another question if during the final battle with the broken shell if it has taken the 5 relics plus the memories that erlang gave to the destined one, wouldnt that literaly revive wukong in completion? I know it was not wukong's plan of course
I also feel like Wukong truly regained his full power at that moment. His consciousness seemed to return, his iconic arrogant walk and constant taunting during the fight. I believe that was the moment he truly came back. Even he was revived like that, the headband was still on his head, and he still longed for death. That’s why he wanted to test if the Destined One were worthy of carrying on his name, challenging to defeat him at his full power.
From that moment, the fight felt like Wukong was testing his successor. His taunts and the way he gave second chances, like picking up the staff and signaling to continue or drinking from the gourd, all felt like master-like gestures toward a disciple
When he was defeated, I believe he let out a satisfied laugh, relieved to have found a worthy successor and liberated from the headband
I dont think u have to do ng+4 to unlock the stance and talking isnt ng+3 enough??
1st
Cheers!
NO DEI so not goty...
Your video is wrong BTW. If you take the headband you become the next broken shell the relics reject the new broken shell. Because they will not accept to be reincarnated into a controlled by the headband. You see you turn into the same stone monkey you fought at the end. And we also heard there were many destin ones before who were mutes. This is because the destin one is the broken vessel of the true mind relic. Empty of WuKong's memories. The cycle will continue forever until you break free. This game is not really based on journey to the west but a Chinese novel that the game studio loves, because they based their last game on this same book. The book is named the Legend of WuKong. And only available to read in Chinese. But Budda and the monk make a bet that WuKong can escape the cycle of reincarnation that everything is in Budda's hand and the monk says WuKong can escape. I have heard of the book and it sounds interesting. The monk also goes into hiding in the book. Just like this game. If you can read Chinese this would be a great book to read and then explain if it and the game matches. I have only hear a Chinese woman say what I said. I am very interested though. And hope for a English Version sooner or later.
Thank you. I know about the Wùkōng chuán 悟空传 book you mention and the game Asura Online by Game Science.
I believe the game just inspired by the book’s idea of memory and shell loop to metaphor the unending journey of enlightenment and freedom. The wisdom behind Wukong’s name, 'enlightened to emptiness' is Wu Cheng'en's idea of continuous practice, where Wukong is destined to start over again like the never-ending pursuit of enlightenment. The game’s ending also about Wukong begins the journey anew.
The Old Monkey’s journal entry, especially the part about betting hinting he might be Tang Sanzang like the monk in the book. However, this idea isn’t new. Wagering and betting are recurring themes in the original novel. Like Wukong wagers he can escape Buddha’s hand; Or a bet with Zhenyuan Daxian about saving the Ginseng tree to secure Sanzang’s release, Jinchanzi's (Tang Sanzang) bet with Yellowbrow is like what we see in the game.
The Old Monkey’s bet is not about winning or losing like in the book. It emphasizes that the journey (the process) is more important than enlightenment (the result). As stated in the game, 'He says he neither gambles nor loses. He is just waiting for the stories the Destined Ones will tell him upon their return. And he has never heard two identical stories.'
The Wùkōng Chuán book is a fanfic with heavy romantic, conspiracy elements and a more human-like, attracted a modern audience especially women. But as I explained above, the game remains closer to the original novel’s wisdom and events. (Like the 4 long king sons and Yuan Soucheng which set the ground for the journey, and Black Bear Guai, Red Boy really practiced under Guanyin which indicated that the journey did happen, not just a scam like in the book plot)
I think the devs made a wise choice by including the line 'Maybe the journey to the west never happened,' similar to the plot twist in the Wùkōng Chuán book. This adds a sense of jeopardy and intrigue for the audience.
Besides, if every time a Destined One becomes the next Broken Shell, the Court has to shred 5 relics and bring them to the 5 yaoguais again? It seems unlikely. We’ve killed some of those yaoguais, haven't we? Even if they use different yaoguais each time, they will eventually run out of options not to mention it contradict many journal entry. I think when some characters in the game say 'another monkey again' upon seeing the Destined One, they’re referring to previous monkeys who couldn’t defeat the yaoguais but also couldn’t die (Wukong erased monkeys from the book of death). Those monkeys returned to Mount Huaguo and told the Old Monkey about their journey. Also a metaphor for us players die repeatedly in the game.
@@Williamsweeb thanks for the information. I do look forward to reading it when it is translated. But I do prefer the original Sun WuKong, to not having interest in love and women. But it is nothing new. Chinese tv shows have had Sun WuKong have love interest in them. Like the monkey king 3 tv show that brought back Dicky. And introduce me to my favorite made up curse word. 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Pick-pock-ligga-long-tick-thong.
😆 i love it. And who could forget that cow tongue twister. But anyway I still enjoy these shows even though I have not seen them in over a decade. But the book WuKong is definitely my favorite character. No matter how many tv shows I have seen.
@@Williamsweeb So what about New Game + , because you need to play the game 3 times to activate all relics function ... but Destined One already killed Yellow Rat, Hundred Eyes & RedBoy suicided ... only Black Bear, Yellow Brow, and Erlang still survive.
@@geraldcortez826 That's right. Every Wukong's depiction have it's own charms 😆
@@Vietnameseee I don't know if I understand your question correctly. I mean because Destined One have killed some of those 5 yaoguais so if he become a next Broken Shell, the next Destined One will have to beat all of those yaoguais once again before getting to him. The Destined One's loop theory doesn't make sense in that part.