Black Myth: Wukong | Who is the Monkey King? | Journey to the West story summary
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- All you need to know about Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and main protagonist of Black Myth: Wukong. This game by the studio Game Science is inspired by the 1592 Chinese novel, "Journey to the West" and looks incredible. I cannot for its release in August!
You can find a list of translations of this novel here: journeytothewe...
#Blackmythwukong #Wukong #Monkeyking
Chinese here. Really fascinated and impressed with how much and how well you know the story. Also really grateful that youtubers like you are spreading the knowledge to people who otherwise will only play the game for fun. Really hope the game is gonna be as impressive as it looks in the trailer lol.
A twist that very few people know about the story: with the novel being so old and classic, it’s no surprise that it’s being analyzed to the bone by scholars and fans. A very popular and commonly accepted interpretation is that while on the surface, the story is about four travelers’ overcoming difficulties, defeating monsters and find buddhism, countless details and questionable plots in the novel actually hint the readers that this is all a power game between the gods to gain advantage and popularity of their teachings. In a way the monkey is powerful, strong and taller than the sky, he’s just a pawn being manipulated by those with true power and he doesn’t know it.
Thank you so much for your high compliment, I really appreciate that! And that's such a cool interpretation of what the story is about, I will definitely have to read up more on that!
i'm hearing this isn't actually based on Journey to the West but the sequel novel.
@@siekensou77 No, Black Myth is adapted from Journey to the West, because the 2023 trailer clearly states that it is adapted from the original Journey to the West.
@loongli5102
Then the question remains.. who is the monkey we are playing as if we arent sun wukong himself.
@@siekensou77 the monkey we are going to play is "tian ming ren" literally translated as the fated one. in a nutshell it's not the "sun" rather someone else with fate to do something to reverse the chaotic world where the real "sun" maybe being trapped and lost his divinity, ending up being that "old man". And I'm just guessing the more enemies we defeat the higher chance we will see one day the "old man" picks up his faith and picks up the iconic "jin gu" that golden ring once on his head also which will be epic!
Remember seeing the first Alpha-Build of this game in 2020.
Four years later, we'll be able to experience it.
Only ten more days.
Sorry if someone has already said this, but the monkey we play as in game isn’t Sun Wukong himself. It’s another monkey with very similar powers following in his footsteps. In the trailer when monkey stops the staff THATS the real Sun Wukong.
Thats mainly what i was wondering, in chapter one and it definitely makes more sense. Im not far but i have to also remember this is buddist (right) so reincarnation is massive so maybe that plays a role
This video came out before we knew this.
Not just a different monkey, but a literal reincarnation of Sun Wukong
Chinese native here 👋 it's heavily implied that the story of black myth happens many years after journey to the west. For example one of the spider demon from the original JJTW showed up in a CG and she is very old now. The team behind game science made a different game in the past called 斗战神 thats also an alternative interpretation of JJTW so thats like their thing 😂
Oh yeah I noticed that hint about the spider demon! And she says something about having met him before. Good hint if Game Science has done an alternate storyline like this before!
I heard that it is more a "black myth" or a different retelling of what happened, like a hidden story, and that maybe the Wukong we play is not the real one, but one of the copies of him the six-eared macaque, passing through the same thing, remember one of the trailers showed two Wukongs so ours must be the macaque
I knew it was a good idea to subscribe to you. After 1200 ps4 hours on elden ring, bought a ps5 for 2 things. Shadow of the erdtree, and black myth wukong
Aww thank you so much! Absolutely can't wait for this game, I'm also playing Shadow of the Erdtree now so looks like we've got the same tastes!
I have some details about this game to share with you. 1. The buildings in this game are ancient buildings modeled through 3D scanning in various parts of China. 2. Do you remember the headless man in one of the pvs? We guess he should be Lingji Bodhisattva. 3. The dragon man who painted the mural is Lan Cai, possibly a son of the Dragon King of Jinghe River. 4. The name of the big-headed monk who appears in the latest PV is Elder Jin Chi. He is the monk who wanted to set fire to steal the cassock in the novel. The wolf with the flame knife is named Guang Zhi, and he is Jin Chi’s student.
Been a fan since your dive into Elden Ring, can't wait for all the videos of Black Myth coming up over the next few months. ❤
Congrats on the award win as well - well deserved.
Thank you so much!! ❤️
So glad you made a Black Myth Wukong video, and I'm looking forward to whatever future content you make from this game! It's my most anticipated game this year, outside of the elden ring DLC
Thank you so much!! Yeah I can’t wait for this game, definitely the one I’m looking forward to the most!
Nice and calm voice. Well-organised storytelling and a good study of the mythology. Love your work.
Thank you so very much! 🙏
The text of the Journey to the West reads like an adventure game too. Monsters after monsters he has to defeat. There are plenty of material for the game.
Playing the game and loving it. It’s making me want to know more about the lore. And the more I learn the more fascinated I get about the novel journey to the west. This video made sense of so many things so far, like why the intro was me fighting these deities in a cloud. which makes me like the game even more.
Going to learn even more before I return to the game. Thanks for this video. So well done.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the game! It’s SO good, and it’s packed full of references. If you enjoy audiobooks, I highly recommend listening to Arthur Waley’s translation of JTTW called “Monkey” narrated by Kenneth Williams, he does an incredible job!
Great vid as always kitetales! I’ve been noticing a lot of people talking more and more about the Monkey King and the Journey to the West which is so awesome. I’m also catching up with the recent livestreams.
Thanks so much, Jake!! Yeah I really hope this game will encourage more people to check out the original story, it's just so good!
Really happy you made such a detailed video on this game! Your insights are impressive and I’m looking forward to more 😊
Thank you so much!! I am fully ready to immersive myself in this world ❤️
Thanks for this divine video and voice over! I rival your excitement for this rendition of Wukong
Thank you so much!! 🙏❤️
More black myth wukong content please!! 🙏 I grew up watching journey to the west and I’m in love with this game
It looks so incredible, I'm really excited for it!
@@kitetales it does! But I’m on Xbox so I gonna have time to wait a little longer to able to pay it 😭
Your voice is incredibly beautiful; it has such a soothing and captivating quality. this's from one of your fans in China.
Thank you so much, so happy to have some fans in China! ❤️
You have such a calming voice. For someone who knows nothing about Journey To The West, this was very informative for me.. thank you.
You have such a soothing voice. You should venture into audio-books or voice acting (specifically as the narrator in a video game)!
Thank you so much!! I would die to get a chance at doing that! ❤️
No really he's right I also agree.The way you narrate on the game was masterfully done.You explained it so well.
Great to see some Wukong love on this channel! This game looks phenomenal in every regard and while I'm still a little skeptical, I really hope it will live up to everyone's expectations!
My fingers are crossed so hard for it!!
I've been really curious about this game since it was announced. It's a concept that hasn't been explored much in the video game medium-the last time that I recall being Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. The idea is intriguing to me, especially since the story has been on my reading list for a while. I just hope the combat isn't Souls-like, lol; that's not my cup of tea.
You HAVE to read the story! The audiobook is so amazing, too. Narrator does an amazing job. And the combat is actually going to be more like God of War which is great news to me because I also am not a fan of Souls combat!
To think this monkey and his gang has inspired so many adventures and writers.
I absolutely love them. My first introduction to Monkey was actually Dragonball Z, I just didn't know it at the time!
I wanted to learn more about the lore of Sun Wukong after reading Omniscient Readers Viewpoint by Shing Shong and the manhwa where the monkey king makes an appearance with the modifier ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’. About 3/4 through the novel, Sun Wukong has a huge battle with Outer Gods alongside the MC of the story. Sun Wukong was one of the myths that sponsered the MC along the whole story along with myths like the Greek Olympians. It’s quite insane. The visuals of this game really let me picture how a battle like that would look. Thanks for explaining!
I am glad videogames actually can bring None Asians (since most Asia already have read Journey to the West and also Three Kingdoms before) to get interested in Chinese literature. So far Three Kingdoms (due to videogames like Dynasty Warrior and Sangokushi) got the interest of war historians.
But now we see Journey to the West being taken interest by a modern audience since the 1970 after the Chinese animation "Uproar in Heaven" that was shown in various Eastern European countries.
Hope in future, Water Margin will be taken interest as it basically Chinese Robin Hood
Er Lang the warrior deity with Three Eyes is interesting in that he is the guy who strike thunder at unfilial sons and daughters who doesn't treat their parent nice. Thus the word "Being hit by Lighting" actually refer to him. He is a deity for Filial duty and his black dog is there to scare away evil spirit. Before the fight with Er Lang, Monkey fought against Nezha the Boy with the Firewheel and spear. He is a forever little boy who wear a "Bib" to cover his belly it an outdated outfit for little kids that cover the belly but expose your butt.
By the way, the Crescent Moon headband and his outfit actually looks more like "Sandy" Sha Wujing the 3rd Disciple of Tripikata who is a sea demon. I think it could be an unlockable extra outfit for Monkey or maybe storyline wise he is wearing this outfit?
Yeah I wonder about the different outfits and how he’ll unlock them, by defeating enemies? Thanks so much for your comment and sharing your knowledge about the story!
You would be surprised how many non asians know about Journey to the west monkey king and chinese literature. Tons of us to be exact. No idea how asians have the idea that non asians dont read about this stuff. Thats pretty ignorant.
Full lore to be take in consideration:
Level 1: [ 西游记 THE Journey to the west (1592) ] a satire novel based on Chinese mythology, story we all eastern grew up and familiar with.
Level 2: [ 大话西游 A Chinese Odyssey (1995) ] Stephen Chow movie series, the OG subversion work of JTTW with WK crazy romance story, starting point of derivative work of the classic.
Level 3: [ 悟空传 WuKong (2000) ] Web Novel by JinHeZai which inspired by Chow work, a dark re-interpretation of WK life story with a lot conspiracy, was a big hit in Chinese internet at the time.
Level 4: [ 斗战神 Asura (2010) ] MMORPG on Tencent, story highly inspired by the web novel, JinHeZai is the game world view chef designer. And the developer team in Tencent at that time, is the dev team of BMW today. In that sense, Asura can be count as prequal of BMW.
This is such an awesome guide, thank you! I guess that means I’m on level 2 ready to move to level 3!
你的声音很好听，你的视频解说内容也很详细。做得好👍
Thank you so much for your kind words, I very much appreciate it ❤️
Beautiful. I’ve been waiting til the dlc settles in before I tried this game out!
Thank you so much!! 2 more months for this one, that’s just enough time to lightly scrape the surface of the DLC 🤣
How is it known the game will have dlc this early i doubt it
@@delb15 I speak with Kite outside of UA-cam. I meant the DLC of Elden ring. Lol
@@K8theKind oh lol
Came here for some background story knowledge of Black Myth Wukong while I wait for it to finish downloading, leaving in love with you from your voice alone! 😂 I have absolutely no idea what you look like, nor do I care! 😂 I could seriously listen to you talk all day long haha.
All jokes aside, you did a fantastic job with not only this video and the editing! Not to mention your supreme storytelling summary of the novel!
Aww thank you so much!! Such a flattering comment! 🥲💙 The game is REALLY fun you’re going to love it!
@@kitetales ur insta id plz
I am your Chinese audience, and your video is done very well. I really like your voice❤❤❤
你好! I am so happy to have you, thank you!! ❤️
The information you provided was incredibly informative, and I really enjoyed the calming, soothing way you presented it. Great work-keep it up!
In ancient China, the theological hierarchy is actually divided into four levels, namely: gods, demons, humans, and monsters.
Sun Wukong, who was born in a stone, belongs to the lowest level of "monsters", so he is called "monkey monster" in the original book, but the author has made the lowest level Wukong into a protagonist who rebels against the highest level "god". This actually also expresses that 500 years ago, the author "Wu Chengen" used the novel to satirize the dark and corrupt era at that time, and a reflection of the spirit of resistance of the ancient Chinese people against the supreme rulers~
Thank you for this insight!!
You have a beautiful voice, babe. And don't stop making videos about ,,Black Myth Wukong" please 🙏.
Thank you!! Looking forward to making more videos for it!
@@kitetales I'm glad to hear that beautiful. I ❤️ U.
Most anticipated game and now even more so because of your trailer 😊
One of the most popular rumours among Chinese community is that the player is the form of Sun Wukong’s one spirit, as in Buddhism there are two. Whether or not, we already can see from current trailers and gameplay videos that those real immortals have lost their power, while Yaoguai (evil monsters), as our enemies, have taken in charge of temples and credibility of Buddhism. Some bosses are immortals being transformed by combing their original shapes with other demons. So from many details we are sure that the game happens in a totally reverted world where evils replace goodness.
That is a great theory, I can see that too! I wondered why the Black Bear Demon’s eyes were red, and he appears to be at his post that he was assigned to after Guanyin subdued him, and I also saw a monster that might be Sandy that had red eyes and flaming red hair, but was missing the skull necklace which would imply that this happened after the initial fight. Very interesting clues and I can’t wait to see what’s going on!
This Game Looks amazing, and Yo I remember watching a bunch of Monkey king media growing up. Thats a good sign there using the source material (with a bit of something new)and not a retelling from a retelling.
Really looking forward to this! Graphics look incredibly photorealistic. Hard to believe that western developers tried to bribe the creators of this game to try to include forced “inclusion” narratives and ideology! It has no place in such a beautiful Chinese game!
Are you kidding me what?? I didn’t know that!! Oh no I hope nothing came of that, I’ll have to go look into that now
The first background brings back so many memories.
It was so amazing they used it. Beautiful version of the song.
I'm aware of journey to the west but am more familiar with the stories inspired by it. You're break down of the references to the original story was really cool.
Thank you so much!
I am Chinese and at first I thought it was the timeline of the original Journey to the West, but after releasing more details, we guessed that it was the story that happened after they completed their mission to the West. This is a guess from Chinese players, hope to help you😊
I’m 8 hours in and I CAN’T STOP PLAYING!!! Damn, this is fun!
@@BillyRunsShow It’s my GOTY for sure- so much fun and just incredible to look at! But damn it’s HARD!! 😂
WOW the game looks amazing! Thanks for the novel summary as I am so unfamiliar with it.
Thanks so much Emerald!!! Yeah doesn’t it look awesome?! Good news for us is that the combat will be more like God of War and not Souls based 🤣
This is such a good video i suddenly got hit with “seek wukong lore” fever
They had not even shown Sun Wukong nemesis yet, the Ox/Bull King. Or his traveling friends: The Pig, Sandy/Fishguy and the main character himself Tang Sanzang/Tripitaka/the monk. This game is gonna be insane.
Can’t wait to see the main cast!!
I'm glad you're excited about this game too, I am looking forward to it for much the same reason. I have to admit I am enamored by journey to the west though I haven't ever finished it haha. I hope to get it again and actually get to the end.
I can’t wait for it!!
You have a wonderful voice! Very easy to listen to.
Thank you so much!!
This voice is so nice and gentle！
As always a very good video with so much attention to detail!
You just remimdes me,
I had a very nice anotated edition of the xiyouji, but I lend it to someone. I have to get it back.
Oh my gosh send pics when you do get it back!! It’s one of my favorite stories now ❤️
Beautiful voice, interesting monkeys, great game
My favorite thing about Elden Ring is reading half the lore on the floor because this game is a collapsed library. I was going to wait a while to play SWK but hearing about the Journey to the West lore sold me, downloading now will play this weekend
JTTW is SO good, and this game is really a tribute to it but I definitely think it’s required reading before playing! It’s such a fun read though. The abridged version, Monkey by Arthur Waley isn’t too long either!
@@kitetales lmk when you record it so I can melt the sound, fill my pool with it and pretend like I’m Michael Phelps 😂
You absolute darling 🥰
Good idea to jump on this now while everyone is busy gooning over Elden Ring DLC (including myself) 😊
2 more months!! People are beating the DLC SUPER fact though dang!
great story intro! plus your voice sounds so "sweet"
Thank you so much! ❤️
Thank for this great video :) Who else is searching videos for the lore so we fully understand the story before next week when it releases lol
Thank you for watching!! ❤️
Idk if they’ll do it but based on the one ending I’d consider this game a spiritual sequel to Sekiro
Actually it's my first time to take the view from a foreigner (as I'm Chinese myself). As for me the game is just calling back to the story known by everyone. But it can feel like getting into a western castle which is not known by me. SUPER EXCITED to wait for the final launch.
well technically you are not playing the monkey king himself for the majority of the game(only the intro you'll play as Sun Wukong). The character you are playing(as a player) is called The Destined One, he is tasked to retrieve all the relics of Sun Wukong and revive him again from being a stone.
This version of Sun Wukong really live up to his "Handsome Monkey King" namesake!
He does!! Now we know why he got that title! 😄
@@kitetales We will be able to enjoy his Sagacious Wisdom in the next 2 days! On his birth day in Lunar Calendar to boot!
In indonesia, the impostor was translated as "Kera Tumpai" Or roughly translated as long arm monkey. I remember in the cinema go kong has a trouble fighting him. Would be so interesting to see his story
"In Eastern mythology, Sun Wukong is regarded as the God of War, and after becoming a deity, he is bestowed the title 'Victorious Fighting Buddha'."
IGN don't like this
Good let’s the woke losers cope
@@b.pack3you guys talking about woke like its 2014 😅
@@ataridc go back to your cave. You have no idea what’s going on in 2024. TRUMP ALIVE YOU LOSER!!!!!!! Go cry about it :)
@@ataridc yeah thats because its more common now, many recent works of entertainment have woke agendas in it, star wars, assassins creed, disney films, and wayyy more I could list
Unfortunately, Doctor Who has joined that list since Russell T Davies became show runner again
We have seperate chapter about xuan zang( huyan tsang) in school books in india i remember reading about him at class 10th,
we await you, sun wukong!! cant wait hypetraaain!!!
wow great explanation.
the story is definitely goty worthy.lets see how the game is overall
Thank you!!
the voice is so catchy！
Thank you so much! ❤️
You forgot to mention that in an attempt to curb the monkey kings behaviour, has invited to heaven as you stated, but was also promised a high position in the heavenly court.
But instead of fulfilling that promise they bestowed the title of heavenly stables stable hand.
That enraged monkey so he started to cause havoc in heaven. He stumbled upon the peach gardens where heavenly immortality granting peaches were grown and being a monkey at heart, he consumed copious amounts of the ripest and largest peaches thus gaining immortality.
In the process he disrupted the preparation of a heavenly feast where the peaches were to be presented to guests. However since monkey had already consumed the choice peaches no good ones were left for the feast.
Then he ended up fighting the heavenly host as you described.
Yeah I had a longer more detailed overview in my first script but didn’t have enough footage to stretch so I cut down to a shorter version. Will absolutely be doing a longer video once the game is out and I have more to work with!
6:59 that’s not the pen, it’s incense that he burn( lit up ) for enshrinement
Yeah that’s my bad I messed that up while I was recording, meant to say same technique as using his hair for the pen transformation 😊
Your voice captured my heart. Subscribed!
A very fun story in the book: when Wukong learned all the magics and fighting skills from his teacher, an immortal, he was grateful and asked how he could repay him.
His teacher said: You don't need to think about repaying me, just remember when you make troubles in the future, please don't tell anyone that I taught you. 😂
That's before Wukong fighting off 100k heavenly soldiers and almost all the gods in heaven, breaking into jade emperor's palace, and finally got taken down and sealed by Buddha himself.😂😂
And Wukong kept his promise, he never mentioned who his teacher was in the whole book.
very nice video, but with some mistakes. Around 7:06 , Wukong used his hair to light the incense. Which is a small ritual for pray and respect.
This video taught me much more about the monkey king than Goku ever did!
No one kills Krillan!
Buddhist philosophy doesn't get nearly as much attention as it probably deserves in Western media so this will be a wonderful learning experience for all of us, I'm sure.
Alot of gaps but it's a decent recap
Yeah there is no way 100 chapters of Journey to the West can be wrapped up in 2 minutes 😅
It's just too ambitious to not be goty material, fighting the all these different bosses, the heaven fight plus the 4 heavenly kings like cmon this definitely has potential to be GOTY.
@@hectorlopez9453 100%. I don’t think any other game this year comes close to Wukong. I am so excited!!
I love your voice!! ❤
Thank you so much! 😊💙
nice work i like you voice~
Thank you so much!! 🙏
Here's my personal theory, we don't play as Wukong, we play as the main character of a much less popular novel "The Later Journey To The West" Sun Luhzen.
I don't believe this is the Six-Eared/Six-Ears Macaque, because he was said to be identical to Sun Wukong, whereas here we can discern multiple differences between both the younger and oldet versions, GameScience has also released a newer version of the old storyteller monkey, with an identical hairstyle to our main character "The Destined One".
I also don't think it's a rogue clone cuz yet again they would look identical to Sun Wukong.
I also do believe we might be dealing with a multiverse here, so my personal thoughts are either a multiverse or sun luhzen.
I just want you to know you’re voice over just let me buy this game thanks for the info can’t wait
Awww I’m so happy to hear that!! Can’t wait to play it next week too!
I wanna see Erlang in Black Myth Wukong
YES!! He’s going to be so cool.
Beautiful voice and game
I’m here for this.
Omg how do you have so much gameplay in this video that I've never seen for this?
Thank you
He is embodiment Lord hanuman son of the Wind god Vayu. Sun Wukong was in a crystal egg which was hatched by the wind. He is immortal same as lord hanuman.
I thought this was about Goku..
(In all seriousness, are there any other versions or media of Journey to the West that you enjoy? The only one I know is like Lego Monkie Kid lol)
Apart from DBZ I love the Stephen Chow film! 😆
“Extraordinary intelligence”
Not with me controlling him
Great video ♥️
Thank you so much!!
For the next Chinese mythology game I want if it's Chinese is a nezsha game after watching it on Netflix I think it cool
I haven’t seen that I might have to check it out!
downloading the game right now and decided to study before hand
I absolutely loved the monkey king movie and tv show,im definitely getting this game just for fantasy,even if it has alot of flaws. I cant wait to especially fight the demon that tricked the monkey king
It’s REALLY fun, very difficult though whew!
great video thank you
Did you post the link for journey to the west translation novels?
Yes!! Just realized I forgot to do that, the link should be up now!
@@kitetales thank you so much!
I think we playing new monkey who following sun wukong journey, i red that this game going be trilogy, each game going follow different Chinese mythology , this just chapter 1 of black myth series
Great video. Thank you 🎉🎉
Your voice is such a angelic ❤🖤😘💝
Thank you so much! ❤️
I can't wait to find out why there are two monkeys.
Same! People think it’s the imposter from the story but I think something else is going on completely
He needed to face Buda because no one can stop him anymore. After his capture he went through many ways of killing him but instead it made him even stronger so that Buda was needed to be called to deal with WuKong. So your story missing a crucial part in your summary.
Multiverse? no its not Marvel. The story teller is only implying that the story that has been told is a or might be a lie and he is going to tell the real story of what happened. So no other verse.
Other than that I am happy with your lovely voice story telling. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!!
How hard is the game? Compared to Sekiro, Lies of P and Elden Ring
I haven't played it yet, but I've read that that combat style will be more like God of War which I'm excited about!
You have a very beautiful speaking voice. 😊
7:00 is not“pen”，it's the “incense”，the intention of offering incense
Oh shoot I meant to put an edit during post I meant technique not pen but forgot to add that; yes same transformation technique he uses during the challenge with Buddha with plucking his hair
You don’t play as Wukong. You are playing as the heir. You are trying to become the next monkey king. Now that the game is released
@@Jazzmany11 yeah this video was done before the game came out so can’t really change it now 😂
@@kitetales Are you planning to make a shorter updated video?
Who is the good guy in this adventure ? Or am i getting the vibe that the biggest ememy is ourselves ?
what would be a good translation of journey to the rest to read
Arthur Waley’s “Monkey” is the version I read, and if you can listen to the audiobook narrated by Kenneth Williams he is the BEST.