@@diamondhamster4320 yeah don't make money making content that we all enjoy! Shame on Force for trying to make a living while we watch his content for free.
They said in an interview when they first started creating the game, there were no digital assets in the market pertaining to Chinese temples for UE5. So they literally went around all over China scanning historical temples, I believe the count was well over 60 across the whole country. So when you see a visually stunning temple (especially in chapter 3) with an absurd amount of details. That’s because it’s straight out of a historical site. Heck even the engravings can be scanned and found in scriptures and buddhist hymns. That is why it has such an insane amount of support from Chinese players, because they recognize the effort Game Science put into details and historical correctness.
Yes they did, there are numerous grottos and temples with painting and statues of the beasts. Now some of these places are tourists attractions to match the theme of Black Myth : Wukong. These people are capitalists as hell :)
@@danielcheng769 Old temples dude. One example, check out the Mogao cave Temple in Dun Huang. The journey to the West is based on the true story of a Tang monk who went to India to learn about Buddism. He travelled mostly along the ancient silk road. Dun Huang is one of these cities on the silk road.
"...because we want to make money with micor transactions" thats why they said it. Single Player games require a lot of effort but you buy it once, play it, finish it and tahts it, they dont want that, hence Dota, world of tanks WoW ....
Crazy what can be done when someone isn’t forcing their ideology or agenda in a game. Concord and Dustborn has sent a very very clear message. So now it’s East vs. West will the West wake up in time to save development, or will the East have a walk in the park taking over the industry as they will have none of the fodder in their games.
100% Trying to walk that tightrope between appeasing an overly oppressive government, whilst reaching a huge player base, all while dropping your first game. Isn't an easy dance. They have stood on their values and delivered a beautiful game. Best 60$ I've spent in a while.
I’m disappointed there’s not much talk about the art design. It’s modeling Of actual Chinese historical sites/relics is next level, adds another realm of visual depth that’s rarely seen. Also the story deserves some credit (Not just a revenge story). But maybe these things are hard to get for a western audience, but it’s quite obvious from an Asian perspective.
No MTX, no battlepass, no DLC, no expasion. No content being cut off the game to add for money latter. That's how you make money. Make a GOOD GAME AND COMPLETE. No all games need to be live services. The industry need more games and less services. The industry needs more complete package instead of cut content.
yet a mobile games with 50% of the effort still makes 5x more than wukong in terms of money. lmao, also the industry prob would do more games like this but the people wont pay 3x the price of the game. In China u can have min. wage developers that also take a lot of crunch time. so i would overthink it.
*2000:* _I go into a store to find a game._ *2020:* _I go into a game to find a store._ *Black Myth Wukong:* _Let's respect the time, mind, and wallet of our customers._ *AAA games:* _Wait! You're making us look bad!"_
Elden Ring also showed you can make good games with no store or bs. But still these idiot companies are trying to push it anyway. I dont think Wukong will change that, it is a greedy mindset of the higher ups even if they see its not working they still try because they are desperate most likely because they cant make good enough games/arent creative enough.
The number of people pissed just on this video because the game is from a Chinese publisher is amazing... No other publisher gets hate for being a specific nationality. Some guys need to drop their politics.
@@GothPaoki I'm going to guess that you haven't been to China and you don't see that they hate Americans and Japanese over there. But it's okay they'll take your money. Call you names and tell you how much they hate you at the same time ccp good now that they made a game that you like
As a not Chinese the Trailer already made me cry and the game is Unbelievable like i feld proud😂 and i don't know anything about wukong ! I just feld that supehero proud feeling😂
A fully finished game with no early access, no cash shop, no battle pass in 2024 and its developed in China? This is the greatest thing ever to happen in this DECADE.
@supernewbeebeeAll of Insomniac's games. Every Sucker Puch Game I can remember. Every Nintendo game, I can recall. So look up a list of those developers. Agian, it's only really the developers that guy listed that do this excessively.
For some weird bizarre reason, people are indeed trying to write off chinese players. But why? In my point of view, another cultures and devs making new single players driven games without any BS is a win to any person that like video games on the whole planet. It's a win/win situation here.
It's weird, people shit on the CCP for it's very dystopian censorship and that's fine, but it's crickets on how western media picks and chooses what we hear too. It's this weird toxic nationalism masquerading as patriotism looking down on other people, the Chinese people are not their government, they just are.
It has to do with the narrative around the game. Lots of culture war stuff causing one side to want to over hype the success of the game and the other side to play it down. One side arguing "see none of that woke stuff and a game becomes super popular" and the other side arguing back "it's popularity is mostly from it being a successful Chinese game played mostly by Chinese players".
Everyone else? My guy half of the top peak concurrent player list on steam released in just the last like 3-4 years. The same greatness is happening off steam as well with titles like Zelda's new sequel, Paper Mario remaster, and tons of others.
To be fair this game is a really big moment for China. Not only is it a really awesome looking representation of Journey to the West (basically China’s equivalent to something like Heracles or Thor), but it’s also a very impressive AAA title in its own right. So it’s not really surprising that China would support something like this coming from their own country. With that being said I’m still surprised on how much this did in one day (also people on both sides need to stop shoving western politics into this game. China from what I’ve seen doesn’t give a damn about the current western culture war).
@@TheAlmighty972 I haven’t played this game yet (my backlog is kind of stacked right now) so I can’t really refute or support your claim, but that’s not my point. My point is that China has never really had a AAA title of this scale before and no less adapting one of their most celebrated mythological stories. I’m sure it has its flaws here and there but that’s for another discussion.
That's true, but I still can't held my laugh when a Tuber talk about "he wants Trump and Harris compete to jump into a waterfall for getting the seat in white house" 🤣🤣🤣
I find it incredible that out of all the different people I’ve seen talk about this game none of them so much as mention the incredible post chapter animations and interactive illustrations. The artistry on display in BM:W is just next level stuff. And to think this is their first game.
1) Game Science released a polish game 2) Battle is very well design to give gamer a good challenge. 3) Graphics are gorgeous 4) Game don't have that BS monetization (found usually in western game to suck more $$$ out of gamer)
@@kaanarmutcu6740right but this proves the problem. Not every game has a massive market. Everyone can say just make a good game but it’s not that simple.
@@nathanhargenrader645 I mean thats the way it is, 20 years ago RTS were the way to success but now they are dead on arrival. You have to understand the market and make a game based on that. And you absolutely have to understand that twitter people are not your customers and you shouldn't listen to them.
Saw a chart saying about 90% of the playercount is from China (there's a reason western companies want to tap into the Chinese market). I'm just happy China is finally putting out high quality single player games now instead of just a ton of gacha mobile games.
Thats great, it means china has a huge market for video games and hopefully it can give western markets the competitive edge we desperately need. the games coming out in the states is terrible , ive been mostly playing japanese games.
The 'concurrent player' count peak is the same time for Counterstrike, Dota 2, GTA 5, Stardew Valley, Once Human... etc etc. Madden 2025 is about the only sort of game that peaks outside the asia timezone.
@@SlitheringpeanutYou guys just can’t let the game be what it is huh? You actually look so pathetic and uninformed for standing up for Tencent. Touch some grass, do some legitimate research and don’t look like an asinine imbecile.
I'd bet my whole savings this game was review botted by China. I haven't played it and I don't need to, I can tell just by looking at the gameplay there's no fkn way on Gods green earth it's rated as highly as games like Elden Ring, Terraria, ect.
@@bfrfoxtrot Isn’t pubg played the most by Chinese people? Why is it abnormal that there are so many Chinese people in games made in China? It can only show that many games in the past were too rubbish, and Chinese people are more willing to play good games.
@@kimberly4275 people keep saying this but it’s not entirely true, there are a lot of Chinese players but there are also a lot of western players too. Everyone I know into Souls games are playing BMWK.
Secret of the success of Wukong is simple. they make a good game, polished the entire details from intro to ending of games. it's rare to see a game put so much detail into the graphic, storyline, bosses, skills, etc. and if the player knew the story of journey to the west, he will impressed more by all the details in the game coz everything in this game match the novel
@@DegenerateFilthbecause theyre dismissing the vast number as 'chinese many'. How thick do you have to be to not see the issue lmao. This game had 5k english steam reviews in 1 day. Thats fucking massive even taking out the chinese players. Even say 2m are chinese, thats still 350k western players. Witcher3 never broke 100k
Though being a small company, they actually built their own motion capture studio. they captured massive motion data and used AI tech to make character's motion transitions as natural as possible. there is hardly any animal motion data can be used off the shelf but there are many animal yaoguais in "Journey to the west" origin book . So the also captured cats actions and put a lot effort in 4 feet animal action technology.
Basically Wukong had solid target audience, meanwhile Western devs are picking the most Mythical and rarest demographic called _"Modern Audiences."_ Also if Ubisoft made this surely you'll be seeing all kinds of Monitization.
First of the bulk of sales are in china, 2nd the generalization of western devs is just as dumb when they do it to eastern devs. The goal post moving on what the boogie man of the week is gonna be is getting old, and is mostly done by people who think everything is pol or some dei trap.
The Chinese VA is also spot on. Hearing the dialogue was like watching the TV series all over again, which in the first place had fantastic voice over. Really brings the characters to life and immerses you in the world
350K All Languages 14K English reviews. Obviously it's Chinese players boosting the first half decent (big) game coming out of their country. The game is decent, but it's definitely nowhere near the score it has. It's the most 80% game I've ever played.
@@TheRealXartaX Exactly lol. It's a decent game so far. I'd rate it as 8.5/10. I'd recommend it, but the hype is too much for a game that's really nothing extraordinary.
People used to complain about China's gaming and regulation policy when it comes to predatory practice in the game industry...now Black Myth: Pure Game and Entertainment like it used to, no DLC, no battlepass, no gamestore, no predictory nonsense = PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Thanks China for bringing the soul back to the gaming industry!
Hot take: Linear is way better than open world in MOST cases, linear generally = good level design and less grind. I'm so tired of open world bloat, a good example of this is The Shadow of The Tomb Raider where the previous games felt so much more enjoyable. The open world exception would obviously be Elden Ring or Cyberpunk, where they actually did open world spectacularly.
The game got marketed incredibly successfully in China and it is based on a story that is very dear to the peoples heart. Add that to the fact that it is actually quite decent the formula for success has be realised. AAA devlopers have left a nice hole in the market which others are gladly taking advantage of.
WHO THE EFF CARES WHO MADE THE GAME? The bigger picture is that the game doesn’t include microtransactions, isn’t a live service, doesn’t have pay-to-win mechanics, lacks day-one DLC, doesn’t feature a battle pass, doesn’t withhold content to be sold later, and avoids content hidden behind special editions. It’s also not a "gacha" game. And thank goodness it’s not burdened with diverse or "woke" nonsense. Games like Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and this one are the kinds we need to support and celebrate. There’s no point debating the nationality of the player base. Even if you don’t like the game, be positive and happy about its success. Hopefully, it will encourage developers and publishers to focus on creating good games rather than the GAAS (Games as a Service) content we’re force-fed (pun intended-who gets it?).
Okay, of all the things said about the game I've seen so far...these words convinced me to buy the game. So many things to support and I want more games like this so putting my money where my mouth is. Thank you. I appreciate you pointing out why we all should support this game. Plus, I'd like to hear more chinese music and myths/lore. Despite the country being communistic atm, there is a ton of great history there as well.
@@backseatdriver9576 just understand the country is communist coz of their government its not like the citizens have a choice just like north korea. you think north koreans dont like to live like south koreans who live in a democratic governance they do but dare not say so as they risk being jailed or killed if they do so not just them but their immediate family.as well.
PUBGs player count also attributed to Chinese players , so are we going to write it off? Literally every net caffe in China back then was full of people playing pubg.
It's not that simple. The novel is based on Buddhism, Taoist, Chinese mythology and folk tales. It's one of the best example of cultural integration happened in ancient China between different beliefs and local cultures. Also I'd like to point out the credit of ancient India as it has a huge influence on the novel.
@@realsong-fake It's not simple yes but it is still Mythology, not literature. That was my point. No need for you to inform the world that you know how to google.
The fact that some people act like chinese players didnt exist before this game is wild. Like obvioulsy a lot of players are chinese but the game its still good and it wouldnt have a lot of players otherwise
This. I just said the same thing, Chinese players have been existing for decades and many of them are avid players and contributed a lot to western and Japanese game sales. It’s not like they never existed before and jumped onto steam on August 20 out of blue. Plus, if the game itself is shit, many Chinese would have felt embarrassed and attacked the devs way harder than the west.
@@frankhungtw this game is equivalent to a fantastic cowboy game coming out in the united states that had massively positive reviews. (red dead redemption 2) journey to the west is probably one of the most famous books of all time, so its not suprising that a game based on journey to west that is well done, polished and visually stunning gets positive reviees
@@cr1ym Monke literally transforms into different things. If that's not genderfluid representation idk what is Also people are pissed about the _studio's_ sexist practices. Not the game's.
@@st.altair4936 The people who are pissed seem to be limited to a handful of games "journalist" and as far as I can tell the allegations of "sexist practices" seem to soly be based on silly and wrong translation of a few comments from some of the devs.
I like that it isn't some live service or MTX cash shop simulator trying to extract money from you. It's just a buy it once and enjoy it kind of game. No bs. They just focus on making the game fun.
@@moonpresence9707 yes 1 game but its a trend. everywhere actually. China is advancing at full speed ahead. something like this was unthinkable only 20 yrs ago but look at this. it sets the precedent
This game showed me how trash most of these big western studios are.. Why is it that a small Chinese studio can have amazing graphics, some of the best animations, boss designs while western studios release - well trash in comparison. Nice to have a linear game rather than an open world with all these filler quests.
Also the western devs launder money I'll still never understand how games can cost millions but modders usually do there jobs for them for free. Something doesn't add up we have game devs who dont want to be game devs the west is in a weird period right now
Because those things cost money. All executives care about now is spending the least amount of money on a game while making as much money as possible from their consumers. Game developers are often overworked and forced to rush development. Video games got worse as soon as Wall Street saw how much money could be milked from the market.
The majority Chinese players are playing this game on Wegame which is a Chinese version of Steam run by Tencent with a 10% discount .Wukong is also HUGE in SEA , so that may explain the populaltion drops during bed time. (we are in the same time zone btw).
@@dantev3236 An elitist "Games Journalist" cried that the monkey game with the magic stick didn't conform to their culture. Because everyone knows that western values are the only correct ones and other cultures are barbarians... right? :P
A polished game created in China that won't have battle passes, early access, or a cash store in 2024? The best thing that has happened in this decade is this.
@@kynsella6141 So? What's your point? Look at the steam charts, most popular games has their online player number align with China time-zone activities. It's not like Chinese player swamed into Steam yesterday just for BMW.
Correction: this game is not a "boss rush." Chapter one (of six) has a large amount of bosses and is borderline a boss rush, but after that it opens up significantly and the boss-to-exploration ratio becomes close to what you'd expect from the average souls-like. The game also becomes much less linear after chapter one.
@@88888888Rocket1 I think he means it only took him one try to kill some of the bosses (not that he literally killed the boss in one hit). This was definitely true for me as well, which helps make the relatively high number of bosses feel less overwhelming. Cause then you also have bosses that are much more challenging and take 10+ tries to beat. Some of the enemies that have boss health bars are closer to what would just be considered very strong enemies in other souls-like games.
Unpopular opinion, I would've personally preferred if the game *was* a boss rush style game. After chapter 1, and especially chapter 3 and onwards, the open world exploration is by far the worst part of this game. There's no rhyme and reason to several locations, entire areas just feel like one giant circle that you go around just to end up where you started and gain nothing from it. If there was less aimless exploration with smaller zones but more condensed content in each zone it honestly would've felt better to me.
I’m surprised people believe the Devs placed those restrictions for reasons entirely their own. They did it to appease the government. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp.
Restricting for their own or the government's doesn't really matter, opinions should be expressed solely on the game's technical aspects and narratives, no need to bring politics and anything non gaming to a video-game.
@@MrDarkKorner Yeah honestly the people bashing it are so out of touch and don't want games to be fun. They demand narratives, which is why western AAA gaming is floundering so badly.
who ever thought simply making a good game will make people play it. i think even if the graphics looks like darks souls people will still play it because its fun.
One more thing i want to add, success in gaming industrial is HARD people, not easy. Sure everyone knows elden ring, but how many played demonsouls??? Bmw is their FIRST GAME, it will take sometime for the dev to really take off, all they needed is some workable money, thats it.
current peak player count is up to 2.4m now according to steamdb, that's incredible, now I'm curious to see weekend numbers. And of course in a week or 2 reporters will call out how the player numbers have fallen, well its single player experience and naturally as people get the the end of the game and finish it of course player numbers will start to fall, perfectly normal, but watch those 'journalists' try and have their 'ah-ha!' moment
- No micro transaction - No day 1 pay extra content -No moderns dayisim - Designed for the base game to be replayed, not as a vehicle for dlc - Monkey King lore (are awesome and accurate. They are true to the lore and respect it). Its quit simple actually... and the western devs are afraid of this becaus they say "its impossible to make games this way any more". (I wouldn't say there "restrictions" to streamers didn't go over well isn't really true. I would say most don't care and just want to talk about a game. Except the ideological possessed people off course, but most people are tiered of those small minded people, that only think black/white narrowminded and devisive)
I went to Shan'xi province to visit some of the historical sites back in 2021. I was really amazed by those temples from hundreds of years ago built by our ancestors, and I'm proud that GameScience presented not only these national treasures but also our culture to the world via this game. Glad that you enjoyed it, and thanks for the review.
Are people retarded? It's a game about Chinese mythology and culture. Imagine if Greece had a 1.5 billion population and a god of war game was released.
@@albert2006xp Go and see other languages, dude, Korean, Japanese, Thai, the whole of Southeast Asia, East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, this game is very hot, in your eyes, only English represents everything, go and see the number of live broadcasts, you are too far behind
What happened to days when us gamers were outcast nerds? Who didn’t care about politics in gaming? Who just played a game to have fun? We didn’t care if the protagonist had blue hair and 6 nipples. Or was Asian or a crashinbadicoot (whatever the heck that is) we just had fun. Let’s go back to those days. If you can’t keep your political crap out of gaming then you’re not welcome. It’s our last bastion that we can hide in to escape that crap.
I gotta add another way this thing is like souls games. Big secrets. There's a quest between a grumpy dragon gardener and the medicine guy that unlocks a hub, with a blacksmith who upgrades your gear. I think a lot of people missed that, as a lot of reviews think the equipment progression is just the first level you can craft after defeating a relevant boss. Gosh, I hope there's NG+
I heard there's day-1 NG+ already? Love that the side quests are not handholding you. Found the hub by myself because I remember the name of the pill-making dog which made me feel pretty good lol I think the journos reviewers just played the first 2 chapters - which kinda defeats the point of revewing
The invisible walls were the only thing that bothered me in the beginning but after a couple hours I didn't really notice it anymore since the rest of the game is so freaking amazing that I can't stop playing it!
I had a few framerate issues on a pretty ridiculous PC. Lots of invisible walls. Some voices/dialogue is a bit weird. Sometimes the game kinda eats my inputs. That being said -- I really enjoy the game. The end of chapter story telling is absolutely beautiful. This is just a global W imo. It's kinda funny really. So much anti China propaganda in the US... but at the end of the day, we're all team human and I love being able to appreciate that. I hate how divided we are as a species, and seeing art transcend politics just makes me really happy.
In the Chinese classic Journey to the West, the protagonist is Sun Wukong. Born from a stone monkey, unruly Travel around the world and learn from teachers. After returning, he took over the mountain and became the king. Organize many monsters (mountains, ghosts, demons and monsters) to defy heaven (where destiny is). Later, destiny could not be violated. Sun Houhou followed Tang Monk to obtain the true scriptures, but he couldn't fight against the heaven. Then join Heavenly Court and rank in the Immortal Class (established by Heavenly Court). In the end, he couldn't stand the bastard shit in heaven and tried to escape. Although not confrontational, he wishes to live in seclusion. But Heaven only gives you two choices: either die or return to Heaven to be imprisoned.
My beef so far is the invisible walls, they just aren't consistent. Sometimes I'm like that looks like it's a path and I'm blocked, okay fine. Then an hour later I try basically the same set up and I can walk through it.
10 million sold in less than a week. And Sony just released an online multiplayer hero, GaaS that took 8 years to develop, a studio full of ex-Bungie devs, a boatload of cash to buy a studio that had never released a game together. A game that currently has 580 players on Steam. Congrats to Wukong and their studio for celebrating the single player game.
This game begins a new era, if you didn’t drop $2500+ on a rig we will be seeing you on console and if you don’t have the right TV please stay out of any gaming convos the devs are now designing with the TV tech in mind. Things are about to get interesting
@@OldManGamingGuru if you dropped 2500 on your rig to play this game this tells me you have no idea how to make a gaming setup. It really speaks to your own ignorance and not game issues
IF a woke person tells me not to do something or buy something, I probably will do it, and will buy it. Wokies said it wasn't diverse enough...that's it, the only reason it's not good. Sure, Ok. I'm downloading it right now🤣🤣🤣
@@kimberly4275 na, so far its been working out great. I had no idea this game even existed until i was told not to play it because there aren't enough gay black women in it. I knew this game would be a hit. Not because it doesn't have any gay black women in it, but because that's the only thing they could criticize. Not the gameplay, or story...oh but they did perpetuate a complete lie about SA taking place during development of the game, and all y'all woke weirdos (because yes, you people are the weird ones, not us) ate it up and spread the lie, while review bombing the game before it came out. How'd that work for ya? 10million sales and the 2nd highest played game in steam history? yea, we're the weirdos...sure. Go to turn on CNN and get your brainwashing in for the day.
Game is awesome. I'm terrible so progression has been slow but rewarding for me. Only crap reviews I've seen are the that skinny little blond haired kid with the butt cut ( Pyro something?) and pretty much anyone that is serious about easy fake virtue, that doesn't demand rigorous things like being a person of your word, integrity or honesty.
I guess, the difference between Game Science and the major industry studios is that, they are the devs and creators truly have passions and cares about the players. I think most of devs know what gamers want, but a job is a job, and the company wants this and that. When you fulfill something with a pride and attention to the detail, you manage to get it done well. They are just a small studios staffed about 100 people without much experiences and resources. However, they want to deliver the product. We actually need more studios like them truly care about gamers.
I think being easy is to its credit. I know many people who praise Elden Ring, but nearly none of them finished it. People just get lost on where to go. Or they just get sick of dying and tune out. I think difficulty only has value when it’s fair. I would argue a good boss is good because the mechanics are fun and their attacks are telegraphed adequately. I always thought difficulty should come from the amount of mistakes you’re allowed to make, not dying again and again until you memorize every move set of unpredictable cheap shots.
true which is why dark souls / elden ring are the GOAT. Sure it's hard but nothing is cheap. Cheap to me is when you can't evade certain attack and fromsoft games bosses attacks can be dodged. There are no hit runs for those game for a reason. If you want cheap boss then look at older games like ninja gaiden. Most veteran souls player beat bosses in a few tries.
Well, the hardest Elden ring bosses are all optional. The only actual hard elden ring boss in the main story line is Godfrey. Every other boss is easy compared to the optional ones.
All I’m saying is this game proved all the “people don’t buy single player games” or “modern audiences” crowd is extremely salty rn. Despite the technical issues it faces at launch it’s an absolutely amazing game that in some ways reminds me of how cyberpunk 2077 launched with its issues on console. Those realities in no way take away from it being an amazing game. This game is only gonna get better and I’m happy to see it! And remember this is like their first swing at a triple A game. Superb stuff game science
The Chinese players understand the lore and what's happening inside the game. They know that there will be no sequel but maybe a prequel of Wukong's actual journey.
I'm loving this game so far! I just can't believe the game actually ended up being what they promised and more! I was skeptical the entire time but got a copy as a birthday present and within the first 2 hours I knew we had something special here.
As a non China Chinese here’s some of my thought regarding to player number and positive review The gaming industry in China has been a let down for the past few decades. There’s many broken promises and shitty game came out which honestly just ruined all hype and hope so when this game was announced there were many Chinese are skeptical about it While I don’t have the data, I believe 60 to 70% of the 2 million player are Chinese or Asian who grew up with Journey to the west. So yes the result maybe biased because this is the first good 3A title came from China and it is indeed a good game that many of us has been waiting for the last 30 years. It is more than just a game to us. Some people may think “oh the Chinese boost up the rating because of bias blah blah blah”. There are many other game came from a Chinese developer that’s not as popular. We are human with a brain too we can certainly differentiate a bad game and a good game and this is a darn good game. It maybe a bit higher rated than it should be but in no way this is a bad game or not worth buying at all. Edited: typo
There's nothing wrong with the players mostly being Chinese also. I think everyone is just surprised that there are enough Chinese gamers that something popular in China can immediately shoot to #2 all time concurrent players 😂 With a high enough middle class with disposable income, the Chinese market may soon begin to dictate entertainment in the west.
@@xbmarx of course! I’m just trying to explain why is this game such a big deal in Asia. High player number or not doesn’t change the fact that the game is fun. But it is understandable where the doubt is coming from. Most of us are shock by the number too 😂
So what if they are mostly Chinese/Asian? Every game in the market competes with the same audience. Why separate China’s gamers as if they aren’t valid? If a game is mostly US gamers does it suddenly not matter?
This game has a boss mechanic where bosses only change into second phase if players are able to defeat the boss within a certain time frame. So if you're good and the boss is too easy for you, the boss will get a second phase to make the fight more difficult. If you are struggling and is just barely able to beat the boss, it won't go into second phase and your boss fight ends there.
Listen kids, I'm old enough to experience the early years when Japanese Anime first introduce to western audience. It had similar discourse & controversies b.s like this even without social media, but eventually your mom & pops embrace this foreign pop culture eventough some granny & grandad doesnt like it. so embrace yourself for another eastern invasion, this time it would come from China with their game based culture like Wukong 😂
I like how the combat animations look nice, and are not crazy flash-bang over the top effects like many games have. I'm sure some players would rather have a female character, but that doesn't seem to matter since the game is good. Thumbs up.
To understand the story, please check Portraits after you beat enemies and bosses. They are really good. Also if you read Journey to the west before, there are tons of estern eggs there.
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MOONMOON once again being BASED and you all UA-camrs being WEAK.
@@diamondhamster4320 Who gives a fuck?
Skip his egregious ad at the 5:01 mark.
@@diamondhamster4320 yeah don't make money making content that we all enjoy! Shame on Force for trying to make a living while we watch his content for free.
@@CastisV What is even the point you are trying to make??? Try sound less like an AI Generated Bot speech next time.
They said in an interview when they first started creating the game, there were no digital assets in the market pertaining to Chinese temples for UE5. So they literally went around all over China scanning historical temples, I believe the count was well over 60 across the whole country. So when you see a visually stunning temple (especially in chapter 3) with an absurd amount of details. That’s because it’s straight out of a historical site. Heck even the engravings can be scanned and found in scriptures and buddhist hymns. That is why it has such an insane amount of support from Chinese players, because they recognize the effort Game Science put into details and historical correctness.
Yes they did, there are numerous grottos and temples with painting and statues of the beasts. Now some of these places are tourists attractions to match the theme of Black Myth : Wukong. These people are capitalists as hell :)
@@kevinlaw6191 wtf are u talking about, no one built new temples based on buildings in a video game.
@@danielcheng769 Old temples dude. One example, check out the Mogao cave Temple in Dun Huang. The journey to the West is based on the true story of a Tang monk who went to India to learn about Buddism. He travelled mostly along the ancient silk road. Dun Huang is one of these cities on the silk road.
@@danielcheng769 he means that the temples in game are digital copies from a lot of realworld sites.
That’s Amazing 🥲 so Awesome WOW 🤩
Remember when those AAAA devs were all like "Single Player games are dead"?
Outside of CoD and the few popular F2P games, the vast majority of games are single player. Even AAA games
"...because we want to make money with micor transactions" thats why they said it. Single Player games require a lot of effort but you buy it once, play it, finish it and tahts it, they dont want that, hence Dota, world of tanks WoW ....
...wasn't the original Dota a fangame of sorta? Why are mentioning that one?
I always laugh when I remember this quote they really thought all gamers only play mmo,mmorpg,fps and ect. Lol
The fact that a SIngleplayer game could have a battlepass is criminal
the fact that this is their first game is pretty impressive already
Crazy what can be done when someone isn’t forcing their ideology or agenda in a game. Concord and Dustborn has sent a very very clear message. So now it’s East vs. West will the West wake up in time to save development, or will the East have a walk in the park taking over the industry as they will have none of the fodder in their games.
100% Trying to walk that tightrope between appeasing an overly oppressive government, whilst reaching a huge player base, all while dropping your first game. Isn't an easy dance. They have stood on their values and delivered a beautiful game. Best 60$ I've spent in a while.
Although it is their first AAA game they made but it is not their first game.
Borderline unbelievable I'd say. But if you care for making games anything is possible i guess
Well, it's Sun Wukong. A globally famous character plus it's a good game.
This game made me like Chinese folklore music. What a treat!
how about mongolian folk METAL?!
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even my Chinese friends said so. It's amazing how a video game could make people fall in love with their own culture
Watch Kungfu Hustle, killer music!
Lol i got reminded of the headless guy. He's chill
@@stevehunter8267Let me try
I’m disappointed there’s not much talk about the art design. It’s modeling Of actual Chinese historical sites/relics is next level, adds another realm of visual depth that’s rarely seen. Also the story deserves some credit (Not just a revenge story). But maybe these things are hard to get for a western audience, but it’s quite obvious from an Asian perspective.
That nuance fly’s right over my head 🇺🇸
Wtf are you talking every review says something about that
Thing is not many western players or reviewers know much about the culture art etc. it’s new and people need time to do research before anything.
The artwork and design in every single sense is absolutely amazing!
Your comment makes no sense. You're disappointed but then proceeds to talk positive about the game. Conflicting much?
No MTX, no battlepass, no DLC, no expasion. No content being cut off the game to add for money latter.
That's how you make money. Make a GOOD GAME AND COMPLETE. No all games need to be live services. The industry need more games and less services. The industry needs more complete package instead of cut content.
It did havea pre-order bonus through STEAM. A armor set and a fancy Gord (health potion).
yeah this game is impressive, i'm not Chinese but i don't understand why many woke people keep saying this game "lack of diversity", what a joke
They basically saw what Fromsoft does and copied it. For some reason no one else really has had the balls to do this outside small indie studios.
There is DLC but very limited.
yet a mobile games with 50% of the effort still makes 5x more than wukong in terms of money. lmao, also the industry prob would do more games like this but the people wont pay 3x the price of the game. In China u can have min. wage developers that also take a lot of crunch time. so i would overthink it.
*2000:* _I go into a store to find a game._
*2020:* _I go into a game to find a store._
*Black Myth Wukong:* _Let's respect the time, mind, and wallet of our customers._
*AAA games:* _Wait! You're making us look bad!"_
Elden Ring also showed you can make good games with no store or bs. But still these idiot companies are trying to push it anyway. I dont think Wukong will change that, it is a greedy mindset of the higher ups even if they see its not working they still try because they are desperate most likely because they cant make good enough games/arent creative enough.
I guess if you ignore like Fromsoft, Nintendo, Larian...
Corny
lmao yah those bs monetization stuff is getting out of hand and lame
The number of people pissed just on this video because the game is from a Chinese publisher is amazing...
No other publisher gets hate for being a specific nationality. Some guys need to drop their politics.
@@GothPaoki I'm going to guess that you haven't been to China and you don't see that they hate Americans and Japanese over there. But it's okay they'll take your money. Call you names and tell you how much they hate you at the same time ccp good now that they made a game that you like
gotta thank the west for that
People have serious brain issues.
Those fools eat too much MSM propaganda 😂
It's been mostly the woke crowd trying to hate on this game. Most of us lot it!
As a Chinese, my superhero from childhood suddenly being well known globally makes me cry.
Nah, I don't give it shit, the story was there hundreds years ago, it's their loss not knowing it. Thanks to the western propagenda.
Same
+1
As a not Chinese the Trailer already made me cry and the game is Unbelievable like i feld proud😂 and i don't know anything about wukong ! I just feld that supehero proud feeling😂
@@HeinzWissikhthis game is based on a very famous book in China. i think you can have a look ,the book is more great than the game😁
Remember the narrative? Nobody wants single player games remember? The AAA industry continues to be proven wrong.
Single player games are all I'll play. Don't want to deal with the BS in so many multi-player games.
I still play PvP but I’ve found myself enjoying single player experiences much more at the moment
Pvp and live service games with elements of pvp was good only tfrom 2009 to 2016 rest all are pure greed and profit driven
They say it because it's a market tactic to manipulate uneducated players into buying more multiplayer games, by telling them singleplayer games suck.
A fully finished game with no early access, no cash shop, no battle pass in 2024 and its developed in China? This is the greatest thing ever to happen in this DECADE.
Have you replayed for other endings? I heard that there are 4 different endings .
Other than the developed in China part it's not that rare. Stop paying attention only to Ubisoft and EA.
Hope this will set the way for future games - no more sucking $$$ from gamers
@supernewbeebeeAll of Insomniac's games. Every Sucker Puch Game I can remember. Every Nintendo game, I can recall. So look up a list of those developers. Agian, it's only really the developers that guy listed that do this excessively.
DENUVO.
Ruined.
For some weird bizarre reason, people are indeed trying to write off chinese players. But why?
In my point of view, another cultures and devs making new single players driven games without any BS is a win to any person that like video games on the whole planet. It's a win/win situation here.
It's weird, people shit on the CCP for it's very dystopian censorship and that's fine, but it's crickets on how western media picks and chooses what we hear too. It's this weird toxic nationalism masquerading as patriotism looking down on other people, the Chinese people are not their government, they just are.
Just like the Paris Olympics..if U.S. can't win ..disqualified them 😂
It has to do with the narrative around the game. Lots of culture war stuff causing one side to want to over hype the success of the game and the other side to play it down. One side arguing "see none of that woke stuff and a game becomes super popular" and the other side arguing back "it's popularity is mostly from it being a successful Chinese game played mostly by Chinese players".
It's racism straight up.
Just racism
These polished Chinese games are actually killing it, doing what everyone else is failing to do. Delta Force is crazy popular and now so is this.
Everyone else? My guy half of the top peak concurrent player list on steam released in just the last like 3-4 years. The same greatness is happening off steam as well with titles like Zelda's new sequel, Paper Mario remaster, and tons of others.
Polished is a big stretch to claim, but it’s still great game, even in ps5.
@kuri_sg does it? Didn't notice any problem on 3060 with Dlss on. Not even frame drops.
"these polished chinese games"... Its like you know and are still just feeding straight into Tencent.
@kuri_sg maybe u never thought shitty computer
To be fair this game is a really big moment for China. Not only is it a really awesome looking representation of Journey to the West (basically China’s equivalent to something like Heracles or Thor), but it’s also a very impressive AAA title in its own right. So it’s not really surprising that China would support something like this coming from their own country. With that being said I’m still surprised on how much this did in one day (also people on both sides need to stop shoving western politics into this game. China from what I’ve seen doesn’t give a damn about the current western culture war).
But what else is impressive else then the graphic ? Everything else is mid
@@TheAlmighty972if this is mid then you must be playing GTA 7 and dark souls 5😭😭
@@TheAlmighty972 I haven’t played this game yet (my backlog is kind of stacked right now) so I can’t really refute or support your claim, but that’s not my point. My point is that China has never really had a AAA title of this scale before and no less adapting one of their most celebrated mythological stories. I’m sure it has its flaws here and there but that’s for another discussion.
@@ImKrabb it is mid . Please explain me what make this game special when we had GoW, Elden ring even stellar blade
That's true, but I still can't held my laugh when a Tuber talk about "he wants Trump and Harris compete to jump into a waterfall for getting the seat in white house" 🤣🤣🤣
I find it incredible that out of all the different people I’ve seen talk about this game none of them so much as mention the incredible post chapter animations and interactive illustrations. The artistry on display in BM:W is just next level stuff. And to think this is their first game.
Wild how if you make a really enjoyable game, you'll make all the money without being predatory.
1) Game Science released a polish game
2) Battle is very well design to give gamer a good challenge.
3) Graphics are gorgeous
4) Game don't have that BS monetization (found usually in western game to suck more $$$ out of gamer)
Helps if you have direct access and catering to the biggest market.
@@albert2006xp maybe you should fucking cater to a big audience if you want your product to be successfull crazy amirite?
@@kaanarmutcu6740right but this proves the problem. Not every game has a massive market. Everyone can say just make a good game but it’s not that simple.
@@nathanhargenrader645 I mean thats the way it is, 20 years ago RTS were the way to success but now they are dead on arrival. You have to understand the market and make a game based on that. And you absolutely have to understand that twitter people are not your customers and you shouldn't listen to them.
Small company like 100 staff made AAA,
Big company that over 1000 staff made unfinished game+macro transactions👍🏽
Indeed.
This is the first game that feel like a AAA, if this doesn’t get game of the year I would be very much shocked.
It might go to concord because politics and feminism is more important
Saw a chart saying about 90% of the playercount is from China (there's a reason western companies want to tap into the Chinese market). I'm just happy China is finally putting out high quality single player games now instead of just a ton of gacha mobile games.
It's a lie. It's from an account that likes to retweet itself and has dodgy numbers behind it.
Thats great, it means china has a huge market for video games and hopefully it can give western markets the competitive edge we desperately need. the games coming out in the states is terrible , ive been mostly playing japanese games.
@@Slitheringpeanutyes you are right..just look at steam top sales by countries and wukong is top 5 in almost all countries
The 'concurrent player' count peak is the same time for Counterstrike, Dota 2, GTA 5, Stardew Valley, Once Human... etc etc. Madden 2025 is about the only sort of game that peaks outside the asia timezone.
@@SlitheringpeanutYou guys just can’t let the game be what it is huh? You actually look so pathetic and uninformed for standing up for Tencent. Touch some grass, do some legitimate research and don’t look like an asinine imbecile.
According to StreamDB, today's peak is 2.4 million players online
Twitch numbered around 280k viewer, around twice of LoL
and Chinese gamers not use twitch for Stream/watch
wait for the weekend
I'd bet my whole savings this game was review botted by China. I haven't played it and I don't need to, I can tell just by looking at the gameplay there's no fkn way on Gods green earth it's rated as highly as games like Elden Ring, Terraria, ect.
During Chinas peak time. Much lower during NA times.
@@bfrfoxtrot Isn’t pubg played the most by Chinese people? Why is it abnormal that there are so many Chinese people in games made in China? It can only show that many games in the past were too rubbish, and Chinese people are more willing to play good games.
Just reached chapter 2. Such a good game. 10/10 and I love that China made it.
I started Chapter 3 yesterday night.
PURE CINEMA
And the music are awesome
Proof that most players don't care about "Games as a Service" and just want "Games as a game".
95% of the reviews are Chinese and they for sure don't care about stuff like p2w
@@kimberly4275 people keep saying this but it’s not entirely true, there are a lot of Chinese players but there are also a lot of western players too. Everyone I know into Souls games are playing BMWK.
i'm from Singapore, but it cost 79sgd here, hence I change my steam region to China and I get like 40% discount.
@@kimberly4275 but how come this game is number one in every country and region on Steams, that's just
insane
Secret of the success of Wukong is simple. they make a good game, polished the entire details from intro to ending of games. it's rare to see a game put so much detail into the graphic, storyline, bosses, skills, etc. and if the player knew the story of journey to the west, he will impressed more by all the details in the game coz everything in this game match the novel
And be Chinese plus anti woke
People being mad and dismissing the numbers because most of them are chinese players has to be the most Murican thing ever😂
This
It's actual racism at play here
How is it racist? The numbers are going to be huge when china supports it. Its a chinese game. They have the highest population. What? @Crippledsteel
@@DegenerateFilthbecause theyre dismissing the vast number as 'chinese many'. How thick do you have to be to not see the issue lmao. This game had 5k english steam reviews in 1 day. Thats fucking massive even taking out the chinese players. Even say 2m are chinese, thats still 350k western players. Witcher3 never broke 100k
@@DegenerateFilth they are dismissing a game's success because it's popular with Chinese people
Though being a small company, they actually built their own motion capture studio. they captured massive motion data and used AI tech to make character's motion transitions as natural as possible. there is hardly any animal motion data can be used off the shelf but there are many animal yaoguais in "Journey to the west" origin book . So the also captured cats actions and put a lot effort in 4 feet animal action technology.
Basically Wukong had solid target audience, meanwhile Western devs are picking the most Mythical and rarest demographic called _"Modern Audiences."_
Also if Ubisoft made this surely you'll be seeing all kinds of Monitization.
Yeah Fk monetization
and 'feminist propaganda' 😂
First of the bulk of sales are in china, 2nd the generalization of western devs is just as dumb when they do it to eastern devs. The goal post moving on what the boogie man of the week is gonna be is getting old, and is mostly done by people who think everything is pol or some dei trap.
theres a bunch of shit games from everywhere in the world. youre just dumb
Genuinely curious as to why it's such a big deal if a developer offers a COMPLETELY voluntary monetization feature in a game?
EA: single player games are dead, you need multiplayer and mtx to make a successful game.
BMW: go fuck yourselves.
The Chinese VA is also spot on. Hearing the dialogue was like watching the TV series all over again, which in the first place had fantastic voice over. Really brings the characters to life and immerses you in the world
jesus fucking christ the reviews is the wildest part. 96% with 200k+ reviews is just wild
The gamers have spoken.
I think most of those are biased ratings by chinese people.
350K All Languages
14K English reviews.
Obviously it's Chinese players boosting the first half decent (big) game coming out of their country. The game is decent, but it's definitely nowhere near the score it has. It's the most 80% game I've ever played.
Steam only has negative or positive, even 7 is still positive. This game is good, with a lot of flaws. 82 is an accurate score
@@TheRealXartaX Exactly lol. It's a decent game so far. I'd rate it as 8.5/10. I'd recommend it, but the hype is too much for a game that's really nothing extraordinary.
So far all the major and minor bosses have been really fun to fight
All feel like copy paste
@@lurker668 They don't, but whatever you say buddy
@@vamperic lol always a hater dude
@@lurker668im early, but only wight and jinchi were similar
@@dominikgose2609 and turns out they are the same person
This is the best game to come out in a long time.
i prefer elden ring, its more hardcore
@@pete531 elden ring was easy bruh
If you played nioh they are almost identical gameplay wise to me
@@HDGaminTutorialsquite similar yeah, it made me so happy cos of how much I enjoyed nioh 2
BG3 is 100x better.
People used to complain about China's gaming and regulation policy when it comes to predatory practice in the game industry...now Black Myth: Pure Game and Entertainment like it used to, no DLC, no battlepass, no gamestore, no predictory nonsense = PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Thanks China for bringing the soul back to the gaming industry!
So far* Hopefully it stays like that but lets not jizz in our pants just yet
ROFL. Never thank the chinese.
@ZRG22 never thank the West either for their endless lootboxes and paid dlc content with pay2win mechanics.
@@ZRG22why？
@@ZRG22 Why not list the outstanding games produced by the democratic free market in Europe and the United States over the past four years?☺☺☺☺☺
Hot take: Linear is way better than open world in MOST cases, linear generally = good level design and less grind.
I'm so tired of open world bloat, a good example of this is The Shadow of The Tomb Raider where the previous games felt so much more enjoyable.
The open world exception would obviously be Elden Ring or Cyberpunk, where they actually did open world spectacularly.
I think it's because devs focus on making the BIGGEST open world they can instead of making dense worlds full of things to discover and explore.
The only OPEN WORLD games i want more of are racing games like Forza. Unfortunately FH5 feels a bit empty
@@xJayhawkFANx Lol yeah, like "2800x the size of Skyrim".. Bra just thinking about that makes me tired
@@oldbot64 100%. Though I did enjoy Need for speed underground back in the day, I'd agree that I prefer open world for racing games nowadays
tbh, only chapter 1 seems to be super linear. Ch2 and Ch3 have more branching paths and side quests.
The game got marketed incredibly successfully in China and it is based on a story that is very dear to the peoples heart. Add that to the fact that it is actually quite decent the formula for success has be realised. AAA devlopers have left a nice hole in the market which others are gladly taking advantage of.
WHO THE EFF CARES WHO MADE THE GAME? The bigger picture is that the game doesn’t include microtransactions, isn’t a live service, doesn’t have pay-to-win mechanics, lacks day-one DLC, doesn’t feature a battle pass, doesn’t withhold content to be sold later, and avoids content hidden behind special editions. It’s also not a "gacha" game. And thank goodness it’s not burdened with diverse or "woke" nonsense.
Games like Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and this one are the kinds we need to support and celebrate. There’s no point debating the nationality of the player base. Even if you don’t like the game, be positive and happy about its success. Hopefully, it will encourage developers and publishers to focus on creating good games rather than the GAAS (Games as a Service) content we’re force-fed (pun intended-who gets it?).
Okay, of all the things said about the game I've seen so far...these words convinced me to buy the game. So many things to support and I want more games like this so putting my money where my mouth is. Thank you. I appreciate you pointing out why we all should support this game. Plus, I'd like to hear more chinese music and myths/lore. Despite the country being communistic atm, there is a ton of great history there as well.
You've hit the nail on the head, bro
@@backseatdriver9576 just understand the country is communist coz of their government its not like the citizens have a choice just like north korea. you think north koreans dont like to live like south koreans who live in a democratic governance they do but dare not say so as they risk being jailed or killed if they do so not just them but their immediate family.as well.
The devs 100% earned the success you can see that it's a passion project from the lore the art design and the unique stylized cutscenes it's great
PUBGs player count also attributed to Chinese players , so are we going to write it off? Literally every net caffe in China back then was full of people playing pubg.
Yeah I'm Chinese and I remember everyone around me was playing PUBG in 2017😂😂
差不多，初中买的pubg
This game is how you make a unique game in UE5. Even while using some assets it stands out from all the other generic UE5 games.
Ue also suffered from performance problems
The developers had to build their own assets because UE5 doesn’t come with many Chinese assets.
@@Blankskeen ohh that's insane
From developers who actually love our culture and show respect for it at every turn. It deserves all the praise.
free respecs, free travel, lore isn't hidden in some journals you have to find, can craft at any bonfire no traveling needed.
Its ART...by the way is based on Chinese literature not quite mythology
The novel is based on Mythology. Pure Chinese mythology...
@@iluvatarchem All your comments are correct. The novel was written hundreds of years ago based on ancient myths
@@yaotang-d6dyes,that's true,but it has something different
It's not that simple. The novel is based on Buddhism, Taoist, Chinese mythology and folk tales. It's one of the best example of cultural integration happened in ancient China between different beliefs and local cultures. Also I'd like to point out the credit of ancient India as it has a huge influence on the novel.
@@realsong-fake It's not simple yes but it is still Mythology, not literature.
That was my point. No need for you to inform the world that you know how to google.
The fact that some people act like chinese players didnt exist before this game is wild. Like obvioulsy a lot of players are chinese but the game its still good and it wouldnt have a lot of players otherwise
This. I just said the same thing, Chinese players have been existing for decades and many of them are avid players and contributed a lot to western and Japanese game sales. It’s not like they never existed before and jumped onto steam on August 20 out of blue. Plus, if the game itself is shit, many Chinese would have felt embarrassed and attacked the devs way harder than the west.
@@jinniwind they are morbidly patriotic thats the problem. they spam positive reviews
@@frankhungtw this game is equivalent to a fantastic cowboy game coming out in the united states that had massively positive reviews. (red dead redemption 2)
journey to the west is probably one of the most famous books of all time, so its not suprising that a game based on journey to west that is well done, polished and visually stunning gets positive reviees
@@frankhungtw actually Wukong is very well known character in South East Asia too.. many of streamers and youtubers played this game Live
Yeh aiming your games at people who literally hate games and gamers seems odd
This game has honestly exceeded my expectations, but the online discourse around it is so brain dead it’s staggering
people are pissed that a game with a monkey protagonist set in ancient china doesn't relish in genderfluidity
@@cr1ymit totally does boddisattvas are the og gendeefluid entity. The journalists just don’t know
@@cr1ym wukong is an aesexual vegetarian buddist that was born from a rock and challenges authority! it is getting all the woke buffs!
@@cr1ym Monke literally transforms into different things. If that's not genderfluid representation idk what is
Also people are pissed about the _studio's_ sexist practices. Not the game's.
@@st.altair4936 The people who are pissed seem to be limited to a handful of games "journalist" and as far as I can tell the allegations of "sexist practices" seem to soly be based on silly and wrong translation of a few comments from some of the devs.
I like that it isn't some live service or MTX cash shop simulator trying to extract money from you. It's just a buy it once and enjoy it kind of game. No bs. They just focus on making the game fun.
This is the first game ever, where the specific location the players are from was so heavily focused on...isn't that crazy ? :)
Just regular old racism, that's all.
Huh?
Western logic...
China beats US dominance in swimming: they cheated
China beats US dominance in AAA gaming : they cheated
When did they beat US dominance in AAA gaming? You mean with 1 game?
@@moonpresence9707 yes 1 game but its a trend. everywhere actually. China is advancing at full speed ahead. something like this was unthinkable only 20 yrs ago but look at this. it sets the precedent
@@moonpresence9707 no way they can beat a woke game system in America lol.
China beats US dominance in EV: they cheated
China beats US dominance in affordable smartphones: they cheated
@moonpresence9707 lmao one game, look at the trends, western studios churning out AAAA unplayable dogshit for 70 bucks.
It's almost like the devs knew they had a winner and waited to let the game speak for itself. Good for them
I'm a long time fan, just can't get enough of how GREAT you explain every game. Plus, your Reviews for games are fair.
This game showed me how trash most of these big western studios are.. Why is it that a small Chinese studio can have amazing graphics, some of the best animations, boss designs while western studios release - well trash in comparison. Nice to have a linear game rather than an open world with all these filler quests.
West are preoccupied with the khardashians, pronouns and mac donalds
Also the western devs launder money I'll still never understand how games can cost millions but modders usually do there jobs for them for free. Something doesn't add up we have game devs who dont want to be game devs the west is in a weird period right now
western devs are enslaved by Blackrock's DEI funds. Either sell out and make a compromised game, or dont make anything at all
Because those things cost money. All executives care about now is spending the least amount of money on a game while making as much money as possible from their consumers. Game developers are often overworked and forced to rush development. Video games got worse as soon as Wall Street saw how much money could be milked from the market.
@@HDGaminTutorials Do you know how much you have to pay a western dev? Vs a Chinese dev? Salaries are way different.
The majority Chinese players are playing this game on Wegame which is a Chinese version of Steam run by Tencent with a 10% discount .Wukong is also HUGE in SEA , so that may explain the populaltion drops during bed time. (we are in the same time zone btw).
中国人大部分还是在steam玩的，wegame是💩
and we also human not some random ass bot.
@@zeb91105好吧那游戏的确大部分都是中国人在玩
@@zeb91105 nah, wegame no need for vpn and cheaper. not that many chinese on steam when u need vpn which slows down game play.
@@zeb91105 你是想解释什么？西方正在打造一个谣言，这个游戏不好，百分之九十是中国玩家，而你蠢到要去说中国都在玩steam？别人在帮你解释，而你傻傻分不清
I can't believe they tried to cancel this game. None of what they claimed seems to be true.
who tried to cancel it?
It's just the DEI whiners getting up to the usual
@@Corusamesay what you really mean
@@dantev3236 ok here it is "its just the DEI whiners getting up to the usual". There you go 😊
@@dantev3236 An elitist "Games Journalist" cried that the monkey game with the magic stick didn't conform to their culture. Because everyone knows that western values are the only correct ones and other cultures are barbarians... right? :P
A polished game created in China that won't have battle passes, early access, or a cash store in 2024? The best thing that has happened in this decade is this.
Decade?? Tf
@@kimberly4275you read right. Tf
This bot just copied another comment almost word for word 🤖
I'm already curious to see what this company does next.
dlc,maybe.
注册了两个游戏商标，姜子牙和钟馗。后续游戏应该会出这两个，至于dlc目前没有看到相关计划
There will be 2 more black myth series, but not for journey to the west. Other Chinese classic stories will be covered.
dlc应该是有的，原本游戏的预计是13个章节，最后由于资方的压力过大，缩减成了6个章节，游戏科学没有更多的时间再开发下去了。现在他们成功了，有充足的资金增加团队，一定会把其他的章节完成的。
@@sonicran9232 故事剧情后面两章依托答辩，这不是dlc可以解决的了，主线崩了，但是不管怎么说其他项目都是满分10分可以给8-10分不等。剧情我真欣赏不来他们的改动
The game has no social agenda. And journalists are loosing their minds at its success. First Deadpool Wolverine, now this!
2,4 mil at the moment cant wait to see the Weekend numbers
its mostly chinese players, When they go to bed it goes back to 200-500k
@@kynsella6141 What's your point?
@@kynsella6141 your point being?
@@kynsella6141 Sheesh bruv. They don`t like cold, hard, facts here.
@@kynsella6141 So? What's your point? Look at the steam charts, most popular games has their online player number align with China time-zone activities. It's not like Chinese player swamed into Steam yesterday just for BMW.
Correction: this game is not a "boss rush." Chapter one (of six) has a large amount of bosses and is borderline a boss rush, but after that it opens up significantly and the boss-to-exploration ratio becomes close to what you'd expect from the average souls-like. The game also becomes much less linear after chapter one.
Thank you for the comment. What about this guy suggesting that he one shot most of the bosses?
@@88888888Rocket1 I think he means it only took him one try to kill some of the bosses (not that he literally killed the boss in one hit). This was definitely true for me as well, which helps make the relatively high number of bosses feel less overwhelming. Cause then you also have bosses that are much more challenging and take 10+ tries to beat.
Some of the enemies that have boss health bars are closer to what would just be considered very strong enemies in other souls-like games.
Unpopular opinion, I would've personally preferred if the game *was* a boss rush style game.
After chapter 1, and especially chapter 3 and onwards, the open world exploration is by far the worst part of this game. There's no rhyme and reason to several locations, entire areas just feel like one giant circle that you go around just to end up where you started and gain nothing from it. If there was less aimless exploration with smaller zones but more condensed content in each zone it honestly would've felt better to me.
The game is F E N O M E N A L . There has not been a game of such a quality in a long time. The game couldnt be better 10/10!
I’m surprised people believe the Devs placed those restrictions for reasons entirely their own. They did it to appease the government. It’s not a difficult concept to grasp.
Yeah this. Chinese goverment is no joke.
It’s wild how we’re already starting to move on from Covid-19 but CCP had to drag it back to the spotlight once again like it’s still a big deal.
Restricting for their own or the government's doesn't really matter, opinions should be expressed solely on the game's technical aspects and narratives, no need to bring politics and anything non gaming to a video-game.
Funny thing is that they didn't. It was their western publisher, not the devs
@@MrDarkKorner Yeah honestly the people bashing it are so out of touch and don't want games to be fun. They demand narratives, which is why western AAA gaming is floundering so badly.
who ever thought simply making a good game will make people play it.
i think even if the graphics looks like darks souls people will still play it because its fun.
I can feel the enthusiasm in the ad read 😂
lol for real. Such low energy haha.
I love wukong !!!!!
One more thing i want to add, success in gaming industrial is HARD people, not easy. Sure everyone knows elden ring, but how many played demonsouls??? Bmw is their FIRST GAME, it will take sometime for the dev to really take off, all they needed is some workable money, thats it.
原始初期「悟空」的文化來自中國.日本後來也運用了「悟空」
hope all this positive talk about the game reaches the devs. Good for them. Success in the purest form!
I have it on PS5 and have ZERO issues, also I play on Performance mode. Also been playing since it came out and still on chapter 2. Totally recommend
current peak player count is up to 2.4m now according to steamdb, that's incredible, now I'm curious to see weekend numbers. And of course in a week or 2 reporters will call out how the player numbers have fallen, well its single player experience and naturally as people get the the end of the game and finish it of course player numbers will start to fall, perfectly normal, but watch those 'journalists' try and have their 'ah-ha!' moment
- No micro transaction
- No day 1 pay extra content
-No moderns dayisim
- Designed for the base game to be replayed, not as a vehicle for dlc
- Monkey King lore (are awesome and accurate. They are true to the lore and respect it).
Its quit simple actually... and the western devs are afraid of this becaus they say "its impossible to make games this way any more".
(I wouldn't say there "restrictions" to streamers didn't go over well isn't really true. I would say most don't care and just want to talk about a game. Except the ideological possessed people off course, but most people are tiered of those small minded people, that only think black/white narrowminded and devisive)
I went to Shan'xi province to visit some of the historical sites back in 2021. I was really amazed by those temples from hundreds of years ago built by our ancestors, and I'm proud that GameScience presented not only these national treasures but also our culture to the world via this game. Glad that you enjoyed it, and thanks for the review.
They did a fantastic job with this game I hope to see more from this studio
Prolly a million are from China, but 1.23 million player outside of their homeland is still pretty impressive especially for a 1st outing.
Are people retarded? It's a game about Chinese mythology and culture. Imagine if Greece had a 1.5 billion population and a god of war game was released.
English reviews are like 14k. I'd say maybe 100k are outside china.
@@albert2006xp Go and see other languages, dude, Korean, Japanese, Thai, the whole of Southeast Asia, East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, this game is very hot, in your eyes, only English represents everything, go and see the number of live broadcasts, you are too far behind
@@albert2006xplil bro think there's only two countries on earth
I would argue only few are from China.. a lot of people here in Japan where I live are playing it
What happened to days when us gamers were outcast nerds? Who didn’t care about politics in gaming? Who just played a game to have fun? We didn’t care if the protagonist had blue hair and 6 nipples. Or was Asian or a crashinbadicoot (whatever the heck that is) we just had fun. Let’s go back to those days. If you can’t keep your political crap out of gaming then you’re not welcome. It’s our last bastion that we can hide in to escape that crap.
This right here! I've been asking myself these questions lately.
Iam not interested in politics, I just love wukong !!!’nn
The consequence of gaming getting more popular is that you have more people bringing more of their real-life baggage into it.
This game about to single-handedly revive the single-player AAA industry
No
Nah. China game boosted by anti woke and China nationalist. Nothing revolutionary
I gotta add another way this thing is like souls games. Big secrets. There's a quest between a grumpy dragon gardener and the medicine guy that unlocks a hub, with a blacksmith who upgrades your gear. I think a lot of people missed that, as a lot of reviews think the equipment progression is just the first level you can craft after defeating a relevant boss. Gosh, I hope there's NG+
I heard there's day-1 NG+ already?
Love that the side quests are not handholding you. Found the hub by myself because I remember the name of the pill-making dog which made me feel pretty good lol
I think the journos reviewers just played the first 2 chapters - which kinda defeats the point of revewing
The invisible walls were the only thing that bothered me in the beginning but after a couple hours I didn't really notice it anymore since the rest of the game is so freaking amazing that I can't stop playing it!
Game's great. Unfortunate that western discussion around it is filled with sinophobia, even in these comments.
It's deserved.
@@austinchang6360 Cope harder
What cope? Sina delenda est@@st.altair4936
I had a few framerate issues on a pretty ridiculous PC. Lots of invisible walls. Some voices/dialogue is a bit weird. Sometimes the game kinda eats my inputs.
That being said -- I really enjoy the game. The end of chapter story telling is absolutely beautiful. This is just a global W imo. It's kinda funny really. So much anti China propaganda in the US... but at the end of the day, we're all team human and I love being able to appreciate that. I hate how divided we are as a species, and seeing art transcend politics just makes me really happy.
Together we build the world a better place for our offsprings.
In the Chinese classic Journey to the West, the protagonist is Sun Wukong.
Born from a stone monkey, unruly
Travel around the world and learn from teachers. After returning, he took over the mountain and became the king. Organize many monsters (mountains, ghosts, demons and monsters) to defy heaven (where destiny is). Later, destiny could not be violated. Sun Houhou followed Tang Monk to obtain the true scriptures, but he couldn't fight against the heaven. Then join Heavenly Court and rank in the Immortal Class (established by Heavenly Court). In the end, he couldn't stand the bastard shit in heaven and tried to escape. Although not confrontational, he wishes to live in seclusion. But Heaven only gives you two choices: either die or return to Heaven to be imprisoned.
My beef so far is the invisible walls, they just aren't consistent. Sometimes I'm like that looks like it's a path and I'm blocked, okay fine. Then an hour later I try basically the same set up and I can walk through it.
10 million sold in less than a week.
And Sony just released an online multiplayer hero, GaaS that took 8 years to develop, a studio full of ex-Bungie devs, a boatload of cash to buy a studio that had never released a game together.
A game that currently has 580 players on Steam.
Congrats to Wukong and their studio for celebrating the single player game.
Despite the CPU problems the game is very good
What do u mean by cpu problems? With intel u mean?
I have zero issues. I run max settings DLSS all cranked up. Runs perfect
This game begins a new era, if you didn’t drop $2500+ on a rig we will be seeing you on console and if you don’t have the right TV please stay out of any gaming convos the devs are now designing with the TV tech in mind. Things are about to get interesting
It's more of a GPU intensive game I would say. The CPU didn't really outputed that much on my side.
@@OldManGamingGuru if you dropped 2500 on your rig to play this game this tells me you have no idea how to make a gaming setup.
It really speaks to your own ignorance and not game issues
IF a woke person tells me not to do something or buy something, I probably will do it, and will buy it. Wokies said it wasn't diverse enough...that's it, the only reason it's not good. Sure, Ok. I'm downloading it right now🤣🤣🤣
That the room temperature stuff I expect from the anti DEI or whatever obsessed weirdos like y'all.
@@kimberly4275 na, so far its been working out great. I had no idea this game even existed until i was told not to play it because there aren't enough gay black women in it. I knew this game would be a hit. Not because it doesn't have any gay black women in it, but because that's the only thing they could criticize. Not the gameplay, or story...oh but they did perpetuate a complete lie about SA taking place during development of the game, and all y'all woke weirdos (because yes, you people are the weird ones, not us) ate it up and spread the lie, while review bombing the game before it came out. How'd that work for ya? 10million sales and the 2nd highest played game in steam history? yea, we're the weirdos...sure. Go to turn on CNN and get your brainwashing in for the day.
Game is awesome. I'm terrible so progression has been slow but rewarding for me.
Only crap reviews I've seen are the that skinny little blond haired kid with the butt cut ( Pyro something?) and pretty much anyone that is serious about easy fake virtue, that doesn't demand rigorous things like being a person of your word, integrity or honesty.
You summed up Pyro perfectly
Iam teenager, I love wukong !!!!!!!
I guess, the difference between Game Science and the major industry studios is that, they are the devs and creators truly have passions and cares about the players. I think most of devs know what gamers want, but a job is a job, and the company wants this and that. When you fulfill something with a pride and attention to the detail, you manage to get it done well. They are just a small studios staffed about 100 people without much experiences and resources. However, they want to deliver the product. We actually need more studios like them truly care about gamers.
Black Myth Wukong proves the existence of the modern audience. It’s just very, very small.
I think being easy is to its credit. I know many people who praise Elden Ring, but nearly none of them finished it. People just get lost on where to go. Or they just get sick of dying and tune out. I think difficulty only has value when it’s fair. I would argue a good boss is good because the mechanics are fun and their attacks are telegraphed adequately. I always thought difficulty should come from the amount of mistakes you’re allowed to make, not dying again and again until you memorize every move set of unpredictable cheap shots.
true which is why dark souls / elden ring are the GOAT. Sure it's hard but nothing is cheap. Cheap to me is when you can't evade certain attack and fromsoft games bosses attacks can be dodged. There are no hit runs for those game for a reason. If you want cheap boss then look at older games like ninja gaiden. Most veteran souls player beat bosses in a few tries.
@@sabin692elden ring is just easy game but good at making the boss intimidate player so they actually dead because of over reacting,
Well, the hardest Elden ring bosses are all optional. The only actual hard elden ring boss in the main story line is Godfrey. Every other boss is easy compared to the optional ones.
Elden ring needs "baby easy mode" so casuals can one shot everything and stop playing cause they one shot everything
@@rebeltheharem7028 I don't know. I am a wizard player.
All I’m saying is this game proved all the “people don’t buy single player games” or “modern audiences” crowd is extremely salty rn.
Despite the technical issues it faces at launch it’s an absolutely amazing game that in some ways reminds me of how cyberpunk 2077 launched with its issues on console. Those realities in no way take away from it being an amazing game.
This game is only gonna get better and I’m happy to see it! And remember this is like their first swing at a triple A game. Superb stuff game science
赛博朋克2077刚发售我就玩了。感觉像一个半成品。还不如老游戏孤岛惊魂3
This looks like a return to the Onimusha Franchise. Im all for it.
To me, this is pre ps2 era. Game for game sake.
The Chinese players understand the lore and what's happening inside the game. They know that there will be no sequel but maybe a prequel of Wukong's actual journey.
Congrats on over 1 million subs! Just noticed!
I'm loving this game so far! I just can't believe the game actually ended up being what they promised and more! I was skeptical the entire time but got a copy as a birthday present and within the first 2 hours I knew we had something special here.
As a non China Chinese here’s some of my thought regarding to player number and positive review
The gaming industry in China has been a let down for the past few decades. There’s many broken promises and shitty game came out which honestly just ruined all hype and hope so when this game was announced there were many Chinese are skeptical about it
While I don’t have the data, I believe 60 to 70% of the 2 million player are Chinese or Asian who grew up with Journey to the west. So yes the result maybe biased because this is the first good 3A title came from China and it is indeed a good game that many of us has been waiting for the last 30 years. It is more than just a game to us.
Some people may think “oh the Chinese boost up the rating because of bias blah blah blah”. There are many other game came from a Chinese developer that’s not as popular. We are human with a brain too we can certainly differentiate a bad game and a good game and this is a darn good game. It maybe a bit higher rated than it should be but in no way this is a bad game or not worth buying at all.
Edited: typo
There's nothing wrong with the players mostly being Chinese also. I think everyone is just surprised that there are enough Chinese gamers that something popular in China can immediately shoot to #2 all time concurrent players 😂 With a high enough middle class with disposable income, the Chinese market may soon begin to dictate entertainment in the west.
"darn" is primarily british slang - It's not really used anywhere else.
@@xbmarx of course! I’m just trying to explain why is this game such a big deal in Asia. High player number or not doesn’t change the fact that the game is fun. But it is understandable where the doubt is coming from. Most of us are shock by the number too 😂
The game is sold well in most countries tho, not just China
So what if they are mostly Chinese/Asian? Every game in the market competes with the same audience. Why separate China’s gamers as if they aren’t valid? If a game is mostly US gamers does it suddenly not matter?
This game has a boss mechanic where bosses only change into second phase if players are able to defeat the boss within a certain time frame.
So if you're good and the boss is too easy for you, the boss will get a second phase to make the fight more difficult.
If you are struggling and is just barely able to beat the boss, it won't go into second phase and your boss fight ends there.
A game that actually is just a game for the players
Listen kids, I'm old enough to experience the early years when Japanese Anime first introduce to western audience. It had similar discourse & controversies b.s like this even without social media, but eventually your mom & pops embrace this foreign pop culture eventough some granny & grandad doesnt like it. so embrace yourself for another eastern invasion, this time it would come from China with their game based culture like Wukong 😂
No mention of the chapter end cutscenes?? Those were amazing, basically a full animated film
He probably didn't finish chapter 1
EV cars and now AAA gaming. Chinese are owning the west right now.
Gamers really don't like being gaslit and told what they should like/should have a problem with.
I like how the combat animations look nice, and are not crazy flash-bang over the top effects like many games have. I'm sure some players would rather have a female character, but that doesn't seem to matter since the game is good. Thumbs up.
Why does it even matter? isn't it more important for a game just yo be fun?
I mean, Wukong is a shapeshifter, transforming into a girl wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility in the mythos.
Can't play as female George Washington. 0/10
@@weirdodude1173 the fact this convo even exists due to dumb review journos like screenrant is crazy
Can we focus on gameplay and lore instead of gender equality. This is not what the game is about. r/woosh
It’s pretty good. Absolutely needs
difficultly settings.
To understand the story, please check Portraits after you beat enemies and bosses. They are really good.
Also if you read Journey to the west before, there are tons of estern eggs there.