I literally can listen to AvenueX talking about this the whole day. The backstory is just too good when she adds on to the real actual places that still exists to current day just make it ten times better.
I always love listening to your explanations regarding Chinese culture and history. This video must have taken days worth of research. I can only imagine the pain of editing it as well. Thank you for giving such thorough explanations. I learned a lot :).
I've never seen another youtuber taking so much care about her audience, and really putting out content that we need. Watching your videos, questions arise in my mind, and a few seconds later you end up answering them. Your videos are so well put together, your entire aesthetic is something I love. Thank you so much for this incredibly informative video, a sub from me!
She just reaction about trailer and describe things that peolple already know, beside true fact, lots of that is misunderstanding, typically wrong about red pant monkey...
@@plantless nothing wrong, she was right, the red pants did represent the red butt...honestly I don’t really want to see Wukong fight some random naked monkey (or baboon), that will be BBC animal world vibe, not Journey to the West vibe.
I think I speak for all of your viewers that not only do we not mind the length of the video, we actively encourage a longer version of you just breaking down scenes :) Thank you for your research!
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to do this. As a late-comer to console gaming (60+ years old), I will undoubtedly be rubbish at it and end up using ‘Story Mode’ (assuming there is one). Nevertheless, at least I will have some understanding of what is actually going on, thanks to your guidance. ❤️
Stephen your a boss my friend! This what makes gaming great. Learning history and incredible stories and myths, but not just watching them but play them too! If you haven’t tried the Dark Souls series, God of War (2018), Red Dead Redemption 2, Control, or Ghosts of Tsushima, I recommend any and all of those as well! Great games and Incredible Stories!
You have no idea how much people from around the world LOVE this mythology and are incredibly interested in all the little details of it. Thank you for teaching us!
As a vietnamese fan of this movie. I feel uncomfortable watching other reactions on youtube. If you haven't seen this movie or read through the novel, you won't understand the character's connection and emotions every second.
Yeah, most youtubers were only interested in the gameplay visuals. I haven't read the novel, but have watched various movie/tv adaptations enough to know the story kinda well.
@@ChenSaiyanG there is also a Japanese manga based on the story as well by Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King, it takes a much darker and more violent spin on the story...I highly recommend it
People always think Japan has rich culture...then they saw Black Myth Wukong and start binge watching cultural videos about China xD What people fail to realize ALOT of Japanese culture and architects are influenced/came from China.
Black Myth Wukong just dropped its final trailer and I had to jump back here to refresh my memory lol! Love your video, there's only a few channels that do analysis regarding its cultural references! Love your video, and would love to see another explanation for the final trailer
Only 10 seconds into this video and let me just quickly mention: This is one of my favourite pieces of Chinese traditional clothing I've ever seen from you. Love the light blue colour scheme and the elegant designs. Suits you so well!
I am not a gamer but this game looks amazing. Thank you for your explanation. I find chinese mythology and demonology fascinating! I am currently reading "A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas" and my God there are so many demons. I'm loving it!
@@francoisechard5474 "A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas"? Yes. You can google it using this title. "CoMaS"? There seems to be: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" (Penguin Classics).
I am absolutely loving all the explanations and points you are making in this video. I'm not a fan of video games but all the insights and descriptions about the culture and background is fascinating to me.. True, I could go and learn Chinese history someplace else, but honestly, your presentation is a whole lot more interesting. I'm definitely going to check out your videos about the Qin. It's one element of Chinese dramas that I want to know more about. My husband and I made a 3 day tour into China back in the 90's but never saw the Dazu Rock carvings. If we visit China again, it will be on the short list of places to visit! On another note, your clothing is gorgeous today. Did you buy it online from China? Thanks so much for being "the Chinese lady" and sharing your thoughts and observations! Oh, wait. I just found the video you made in 2017 about your clothing collection. Beautiful pieces!
Yes, thank you for this video, I have been waiting! Also, for someone who claims to not be a gamer, it's really impressive that you notice the very subtle details in the game such as snow textures and the physics of the staff going through the snow for example. I really appreciate that you show an appreciation of games as you do and am grateful for your deeply informative analysis. When more trailers or even when game itself comes out, I hope you cover it in even greater detail!
I have never heard of AvenueX or your channel but the Wukong trailers brought me here. I was amazed at the depth and realism of the game, but I am even more amazed after listening to your explanations. I had to show my wife this video and, to my surprise, she scoffs and said: "that's AvenueX. I've been watching her drama analysis. She's really good." We're all your fans now. :) Btw, I remember bits and pieces of the original Journey To The West, but nothing to the level you've explained here. Gotta dig deeper.
WOW! Very interesting, you deserve six gold mines for remembering all this information and keeping it straight. Another six gold mines for looking so beautiful! I look forward to checking this game out.
Kudos to the fantastic narrative! Superb combination of background, interpretation and translation! Only thing that may be a bit different from the novel is that, even the white dragon (亢金龙) cannot make a crack on the weapon (Jinnao 金铙) that trapped Wukong. As a matter of fact none of the heavenly gods who came to help can damage it with their "regular" weapons. That is when the dragon proposed that he tries to drill a tiny hole on the Jinnao with his horn, with the hope then Wukong can find a small space from where the horn comes in and then sneak out (Wukong can shrink himself). His horn indeed managed to drill into the Jinnao but still there was no gap/space at all, as if the Jinnao was alive and somehow "grew" to the horn. With no choice, Wukong asked the dragon to bear the pain as he transformed his own weapon into a drill and drilled a hole on the dragons horn. Then he shrank himself, hid inside the horn and finally got out of the trap when all the gods helped to pull the dragon off from the Jinnao. Another great chapter and this reminds me the time reading the novel...
Your explanations were very clear and pleasant to hear. I've just seen both of your videos speaking about the two official videos of Black Myth: Wu Kong, and for me it felt like a few minutes instead of an hour. Thank you very much for your time and your effort to let us comprehend much better the universe surrounding the story of the game. Kudos for you!
Though you have linked the previous video , its better to put it again on the description box so more people can find out, esp. in your 1st wukong vid there was summary of wukong story which is very important 😊 Thank you for the explanations.. I love how they stick close to the original story (including the skills, details,etc) and relate to the real sites as well
So it has been a year I subscribed to your channel, I am glad you decided to make a second video for this second trailer. I have been to all the temples presented in this trailer. The Shanxi Jinchen's jade emperor temple and the Shaanxi Lantian's Shuilu temple are the most difficult to get to and off the beaten paths. They are absolutely magnificent in real life and totally worth a day trip each from the nearest provincial capitals. Thank you once again for this wonderfully prepared introduction of these Chinese acient arts, which most Chinese themselves do not even know of, to the world. I only wish the video comes with English subtitles so I may show it to some of my international friends.
Actually the trailer is completely subbed, at least the one from their official channel is. You just need to turn on UA-cam CC for those "unsubbed" parts (because they forgot to burn in all of the subs before sending it to channels like GameStop and IGN.. amateur mistake)
Literally just watched the 2020 video you made about the trailer and was hoping you would make a video for this trailer! Really adds a lot to the excitement being able to understand the nuances :D
Man I was soooo looking forward to your video the moment the trailer dropped, it's way more detailed than any so-called "missed easter egg" videos on UA-cam!
I really loved this video due to "ONLY Detailed & true to Facts Explanation on internet today about Wukang." Thank you Beautiful lady (inside + Outside) for the knowledge. A lot of Love & Respect from India (Delhi NCR). 🙏🏻
A friend of mine introduced me to your website, sending one of the link with additional remark ‘you should watch this “untie” reviewing movies and other stuff, with very good, clear English pronunciation.. bla bla bla.. ‘ I watched and I get hooked on your channel right away. I love your humorous way of describing anything that you are reviewing on the video, and lots of other stuff.., always looking forward to every new video from you!
Hello, couold you please check out the 2 new Trailers for Black Myth: WuKong again? Would be great to see your take on it again! Also since your channel talks about dramas in general and not games like these, I hope you would take some time to look into these. Thank You and Best Regards!
Really enjoy both of your videos about the Black Myth Wukong. They had the 3rd promotion video came out like last year august, and I believe many here would love to see you make another video explaining the Spider story. Thank you for putting the time to make such a great video!
This is amazing, as well as the previous Black Myth breakdown. A new trailer has just come out (August 2022), will you please do a breakdown of that trailer as well? Thank you in advanced. 🙏🏾
I really love mythologies in general and Chinese ones always fascinated me as it is very rich and full of meaningful things to learn from it. This is my first time on this channel, I am really impressed by the presentation and narration. The narrator is very pretty and graceful looking like the Princess from Chinese historical drama 💖.
You could talk about this trailer for hours and I would probably still think it's too short. ;p Also, even a non gamer like yourself commented on the snow, which made me smile. 😁 Most of the English speaking youtubers have commented on the graphics and the gameplay with only one I've seen kinda touched on the actual story of Journey to the West (cannot comment on the Manadarin speaking ones, other than the fact one of them sang part of the ending theme to the TV series at the end of her reaction). They ARE gamers, so it's only natural. At the same time, I did want some context, as well as confirm some of my suspicions of the scene. So I am glad to see you tackle this for us non-Mandarin speakers.
Thank you so much for such interesting and clear explanations! My hubby and I really enjoyed listening to you talk about this gameplay trailer and point out all the Chinese lore specifics and/or what may have inspired the developers. Definitely sharing this one with my gamer peers!
I have always loved your explanations on the various aspects of chinese culture and the stories behind them. I know that this is way longer than your usual posts but I must say that I am sorry when it ended. Would have loved to hear more. I can watch your videos all day! I appreciate your wonderful articulation, the effort to include the chinese characters and pinyin to accompany key words and phrases and pronouncing it clearly for us. Thank you and stay safe! I am always waiting for new content and updates from you.
Thank you very much for another great explanation video. I happen to be not only interested in the backstory, but waiting for the game itself. I love the Journey to the West and have watched as many versions I could get my hands on and since there is finally a german translation I have started to read it and enjoy it a lot. The game looks of course extremely good, but I was very confused about a lot of the stuff going on. Especially the narrator was confusing for me, I would never have guessed who he is. But luckily you made a second video, yay!
I'm not Chinese obviously with the name and surname. But I do feel intrigued by the culture so I always have much respect for each and every culture... In my county there are more than 29 different cultures and that's only local. I love your content, I love your way of educating most of us that are so not knowledgeable. So I appreciate your content. You are giving us an insite into the book the story and the culture. This might only be appreciated by some but it is so thank you. Yes it's a game.... But we must remember... It stems from a story from someone who loves a long time ago .. which makes it an actual legend. Wu Chen'en the oringal story teller of journey to the west wrote this as much of a comedy. I watched most of the versions but there is only few I loved. But Chinese culture always intrigued me. Chinese mythology in a whole is fascinating..... It's as if the chine see e culture construct their own heavens.... According to culture ... I love it all especially the 7 string instrument.
And all my comments simply is toward the books... Not toward the country or culture. Pls pls plz... I don't want to start a war. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. We All read comments different so I don't want to be misunderstood. Thanks
I was waiting for your video ever since the trailer came out, the wait was totally worth it. Other UA-cam don't put much effort in the video as you. I was worry that this vid might not come, pls feel free to make longer or more video on this game. Love you and thank you
you know what, i don't care about the graphic, the gameplay, but the song at the end, it brought me chill, literal chill. A very well made rendition of the 1986 TV. Hat off to the Game Science's !
to be honest, Your video might be long but very intriguing to me to watch the whole thing. I have grown up with Journey to the West (1986). This game got me hype and your explanation is awesome for me to understand more about both the game and story of Sai Yu Ki.
Thank you so much for a historical and cultural explanations. I learned so much! I loved the long tv series of journey to the west. I’m not a video game person but I hope they made a really good game out of this interesting legend.
Simply amazing information and context. You are incredible and I am overwhelmed with your knowledge and your ability to help others understand the uniqueness of Chinese culture. Understanding and accepting others' uniqueness shows just how much we are the same. Learning to embrace the beliefs of the other demonstrates our humanity and sameness - not our differences. Thank you for sharing your intelligence and soft way of explanation. This 30-minute video has made a profound impact on me far beyond learning about the video game, which I hope to play one day. Thank you again.
Glad you actually made another explanation video of the 2nd Black Myth trailer! I love how you explain the references in the trailer. This clarified a lot of the questions I had on the cultural and literary references.
Oh my god your clips are so interesting in this 30 minute clip there is never a moment where I get bored your storytelling is great. I like the drama 西遊記 very much, I watched almost everyof them but I like 西遊記 1996 the most.
Too many compliments to list. Engrossing, informative and very well presented. For those in the West it helps us to understand the depth of the moral lessons and cultural/historical references from the story. I loved the show in the 80's as a child, and I spotted the references from a trailer of the game. Which in turn brought me here. Thanks so much 😊
Thank you so much for making this vid. Without speaking Chinese or reading JTtW, I kinda of figured out some of this from the trailer; but with the info you provided, the whole trailer becomes WAY better. 😃
Very good over view and explanation of one of the great works of human literature...your outfit is very beautiful and has a soothing color pallet...thank you for the video.
You are an astonashing and wise person, it's a pleasure to learn more about chinese history and culture from someone like you. My mom was a hindu and her best friend was a chinese girl whom's parents were buddhists. My mom accompanied Katrine to the temple every week. I love chinese myth lore. If I'm not mistaken they told me as a young child that there was a female buddha, a princess who had to cut off her both hands to rescue her father. Do you know this story and could you tell us more about it or correct me? I love how you elaborate with such passion and precision on certain topics. IM A FAN
I would love more videos of you breaking down the new gameplay and story trailers for the game. You give such great explanations and I am just so excited for this game I want to know all I can about this world we are about to go into. Thank goodness It is finally coming out next year.
Thank you for making this video! Very thorough and in-depth explanations on not just what we see, but also the stories and context behind each of them. I was slightly disappointed when you said the video was getting too long, I wouldn't actually mind it longer!
Its that time of year again for another translation!! So another trailer dropped. It starts off with a headless Monk singing a song and i'm so curious what the translation is in english. looking fwd to your next video.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to make that second video. I understand your core subject is chinese drama so I'm infinitely grateful for your efforts! Extremely appreciated!
as soon as I watch the recent Black Myth trailer, I goes right to your channel hahaha. I grew up watching the 1996 version of Journey to The West (although its not as popular as the 80s version) and got hook by the Chinese mythological culture and history even take mandarin class for a year in college. Watching your video is very informative and you provide such detail explanation on the Journey to The West references that I very fond with. Thank you so much, I hope sometimes in the future when the game comes out, you are interested to play first hand. 老师，谢谢 😁
With the game just released I can only think of you - the Chinese lady who speaks perfect English, understand Chinese cultural thoroughly, has experience in media production in China to explain maybe not the entire game but just the animation cut scene? I saw them and I loved them very much not just for the aesthetic which I think are very cinematic but also for the deep deep meaning behind. I grew up with Journey to the West and I love the original series and this game gave one add new layers of meaning and I would love to understand what are those and you are the perfect candidate to explain . I know AvenueX is not a game channel but this game have a ton of meanings behind those beautiful action scene and cartoon (some I would say on par with Love Death and Robot). Please please spend you precious time to see them , I believe not just me but many other players have the same desire to know and to understand. Thanks
When I see how much culture Chinese have been able to preserve, it just makes me angrier at Indian leaders of the past who just let our heritage get burried under their personal propaganda
Really? I actually thought it is impressive many indians (in INDIA) still wearing traditional dress as opposed to average chinese which now adopted western wear as their casual wear. This is coming from me who often harbors negative opinion on India as a country. But still Indian earns lots of points for the strength of their traditional culture. The clothing, religions, food n spices, dance etc. Just not your politics though. The chinese are the same. Except that their attire and their manners bears more resemblance with the west
In the Journey to the West novel, Wukong’s clone vellus is a gift from a bodhisattva. It is a leaf from an immortal tree and then attached to Monkey King’s head to become his vellus hair. From then on, Monkey can summon his own clone shadows using his vellus hair. So, please don't say that it is the shadow avatar technique in Naruto. PS: The author of Naruto admitted that his inspiration came from Journey to the West, and the character of Dragon Ball also came from Journey to the West in China.
I appreciate this video as someone who isn't knowledgeable on the lore and cultural references around Journey to the West. Hope you play the video game and analyze its sophisticated story/world too!
Thank-you very much for your insight, I was looking for such material to explain the relation between the game and the "Journey to The West" and how close it is to the real thing, as someone who is into culture and mythology, this is very important, and very informative, much appreciate your time into this. Still looking forward for this game, I hope it sticks to the true mythology and culture.
Henduoxie! Superb great explanation and references. Was looking for the deity and it turns out to be 亢金龙 of the 28 lunar mansions. The first statue impression of him is what caught my attention. And not to forget the reference to the temple in Xi'an. 💖💖💖
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Me, a native Chinese speaker, listening to another Chinese speaker explaining a Chinese game in English and I thoroughly enjoy it. Well done
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"And the horse is actually a dragon, who is actually a prince" ... sold.
I literally can listen to AvenueX talking about this the whole day. The backstory is just too good when she adds on to the real actual places that still exists to current day just make it ten times better.
Dont be shy Avenue, I can watch 10 eps of this😁
I always love listening to your explanations regarding Chinese culture and history. This video must have taken days worth of research. I can only imagine the pain of editing it as well. Thank you for giving such thorough explanations. I learned a lot :).
I just hope they fix the jank, crapy hit detection, and all the objects clippings into everything. I don't buy the hype.
@@b3at2 Good thing the game is nowhere near completion. Save your complaining.
I've never seen another youtuber taking so much care about her audience, and really putting out content that we need. Watching your videos, questions arise in my mind, and a few seconds later you end up answering them. Your videos are so well put together, your entire aesthetic is something I love. Thank you so much for this incredibly informative video, a sub from me!
She just reaction about trailer and describe things that peolple already know, beside true fact, lots of that is misunderstanding, typically wrong about red pant monkey...
@@luizlopez2022 can you break down what's wrong?
@@plantless nothing wrong, she was right, the red pants did represent the red butt...honestly I don’t really want to see Wukong fight some random naked monkey (or baboon), that will be BBC animal world vibe, not Journey to the West vibe.
I think I speak for all of your viewers that not only do we not mind the length of the video, we actively encourage a longer version of you just breaking down scenes :)
Thank you for your research!
"where was that Chinese lady?" LoL. You always have so beautiful hair, love the hairpiece!!! ♥️💐🌺
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to do this. As a late-comer to console gaming (60+ years old), I will undoubtedly be rubbish at it and end up using ‘Story Mode’ (assuming there is one). Nevertheless, at least I will have some understanding of what is actually going on, thanks to your guidance. ❤️
Stephen your a boss my friend! This what makes gaming great. Learning history and incredible stories and myths, but not just watching them but play them too!
If you haven’t tried the Dark Souls series, God of War (2018), Red Dead Redemption 2, Control, or Ghosts of Tsushima, I recommend any and all of those as well! Great games and Incredible Stories!
Never too late to be a gamer. =)
Damn, and I thought I was old 🤣
You have no idea how much people from around the world LOVE this mythology and are incredibly interested in all the little details of it. Thank you for teaching us!
As a vietnamese fan of this movie. I feel uncomfortable watching other reactions on youtube. If you haven't seen this movie or read through the novel, you won't understand the character's connection and emotions every second.
Yeah, most youtubers were only interested in the gameplay visuals. I haven't read the novel, but have watched various movie/tv adaptations enough to know the story kinda well.
@@ChenSaiyanG there is also a Japanese manga based on the story as well by Katsuya Terada, The Monkey King, it takes a much darker and more violent spin on the story...I highly recommend it
I completely understand. I was that gamer as well, but now, after listening to this classy and knowledgeable woman, I'm about to read the novel.
True, one needs to read the novel first, however it has major esoteric messages within that not everyone can understand either.
People always think Japan has rich culture...then they saw Black Myth Wukong and start binge watching cultural videos about China xD
What people fail to realize ALOT of Japanese culture and architects are influenced/came from China.
Chinese arguably the oldest civilization.
@@Stardust799indus valley and sumer
I was so happy when I saw him draw the circle in the trailer. I was like “oh! I know that reference!”
9:04里提到了偶像和obsessions的对应，游戏的台词和英文翻译真的很考究，“偶像”一词本身就是出自佛教用语，中性偏贬义，反倒是当下娱乐圈的盛行使得偶像这一次听起来很褒义，这里返本归元值得称赞！
真的用心了
对对官方翻译和原版中文用词滴都好棒
Black Myth Wukong just dropped its final trailer and I had to jump back here to refresh my memory lol! Love your video, there's only a few channels that do analysis regarding its cultural references! Love your video, and would love to see another explanation for the final trailer
Only 10 seconds into this video and let me just quickly mention:
This is one of my favourite pieces of Chinese traditional clothing I've ever seen from you. Love the light blue colour scheme and the elegant designs. Suits you so well!
As a Chinese person, I watched both of your videos twice. there's so much info and insights in them, even for many Chinese. Thanks for the work.
I am not a gamer but this game looks amazing. Thank you for your explanation. I find chinese mythology and demonology fascinating! I am currently reading "A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas" and my God there are so many demons. I'm loving it!
山海经？
@@yaojianleung Not the "Classic of Mountain and Seas" but "A Chinese Bestiary" by Richard E. Strassberg that talks about the creatures from "CoMaS"
is there an English translation of this book ?
@@lexiblack4560 as a chinese,i haven't seen "CoMaS"before.only know some creatures in it
@@francoisechard5474 "A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas"? Yes. You can google it using this title.
"CoMaS"? There seems to be: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" (Penguin Classics).
I am absolutely loving all the explanations and points you are making in this video. I'm not a fan of video games but all the insights and descriptions about the culture and background is fascinating to me.. True, I could go and learn Chinese history someplace else, but honestly, your presentation is a whole lot more interesting. I'm definitely going to check out your videos about the Qin. It's one element of Chinese dramas that I want to know more about. My husband and I made a 3 day tour into China back in the 90's but never saw the Dazu Rock carvings. If we visit China again, it will be on the short list of places to visit! On another note, your clothing is gorgeous today. Did you buy it online from China? Thanks so much for being "the Chinese lady" and sharing your thoughts and observations! Oh, wait. I just found the video you made in 2017 about your clothing collection. Beautiful pieces!
Greetings! After the rapid development of 30 years , I believe nowadays China truly worth to be visited again, best wish for ur family!
Please making the new video about new released trailer. Thank you.
Yes, thank you for this video, I have been waiting! Also, for someone who claims to not be a gamer, it's really impressive that you notice the very subtle details in the game such as snow textures and the physics of the staff going through the snow for example. I really appreciate that you show an appreciation of games as you do and am grateful for your deeply informative analysis. When more trailers or even when game itself comes out, I hope you cover it in even greater detail!
I have never heard of AvenueX or your channel but the Wukong trailers brought me here. I was amazed at the depth and realism of the game, but I am even more amazed after listening to your explanations.
I had to show my wife this video and, to my surprise, she scoffs and said: "that's AvenueX. I've been watching her drama analysis. She's really good." We're all your fans now. :)
Btw, I remember bits and pieces of the original Journey To The West, but nothing to the level you've explained here. Gotta dig deeper.
你可太了解了~连腾讯入股5%都知道~哈哈哈~，英语解释的也很好~~非常棒的视频，30分钟一点也不觉得长~
因为腾讯是epic大股东，这次可能是以unreal engine 5作为交换条件的
@@dexterdr.7020 那还不亏
WOW! Very interesting, you deserve six gold mines for remembering all this information and keeping it straight. Another six gold mines for looking so beautiful! I look forward to checking this game out.
Your high levels of mythology and languages skill are breath-taking.
Salute.
Kudos to the fantastic narrative! Superb combination of background, interpretation and translation!
Only thing that may be a bit different from the novel is that, even the white dragon (亢金龙) cannot make a crack on the weapon (Jinnao 金铙) that trapped Wukong. As a matter of fact none of the heavenly gods who came to help can damage it with their "regular" weapons. That is when the dragon proposed that he tries to drill a tiny hole on the Jinnao with his horn, with the hope then Wukong can find a small space from where the horn comes in and then sneak out (Wukong can shrink himself). His horn indeed managed to drill into the Jinnao but still there was no gap/space at all, as if the Jinnao was alive and somehow "grew" to the horn. With no choice, Wukong asked the dragon to bear the pain as he transformed his own weapon into a drill and drilled a hole on the dragons horn. Then he shrank himself, hid inside the horn and finally got out of the trap when all the gods helped to pull the dragon off from the Jinnao. Another great chapter and this reminds me the time reading the novel...
Your explanations were very clear and pleasant to hear. I've just seen both of your videos speaking about the two official videos of Black Myth: Wu Kong, and for me it felt like a few minutes instead of an hour.
Thank you very much for your time and your effort to let us comprehend much better the universe surrounding the story of the game. Kudos for you!
Though you have linked the previous video , its better to put it again on the description box so more people can find out, esp. in your 1st wukong vid there was summary of wukong story which is very important 😊
Thank you for the explanations.. I love how they stick close to the original story (including the skills, details,etc) and relate to the real sites as well
So it has been a year I subscribed to your channel, I am glad you decided to make a second video for this second trailer. I have been to all the temples presented in this trailer. The Shanxi Jinchen's jade emperor temple and the Shaanxi Lantian's Shuilu temple are the most difficult to get to and off the beaten paths. They are absolutely magnificent in real life and totally worth a day trip each from the nearest provincial capitals. Thank you once again for this wonderfully prepared introduction of these Chinese acient arts, which most Chinese themselves do not even know of, to the world. I only wish the video comes with English subtitles so I may show it to some of my international friends.
Actually the trailer is completely subbed, at least the one from their official channel is. You just need to turn on UA-cam CC for those "unsubbed" parts (because they forgot to burn in all of the subs before sending it to channels like GameStop and IGN.. amateur mistake)
Literally just watched the 2020 video you made about the trailer and was hoping you would make a video for this trailer! Really adds a lot to the excitement being able to understand the nuances :D
omg you can't imagine how much i love this video THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH this legend is the main reason why i fell in love of chinese culture
Man I was soooo looking forward to your video the moment the trailer dropped, it's way more detailed than any so-called "missed easter egg" videos on UA-cam!
I really loved this video due to "ONLY Detailed & true to Facts Explanation on internet today about Wukang."
Thank you Beautiful lady (inside + Outside) for the knowledge.
A lot of Love & Respect from India (Delhi NCR). 🙏🏻
A friend of mine introduced me to your website, sending one of the link with additional remark ‘you should watch this “untie” reviewing movies and other stuff, with very good, clear English pronunciation.. bla bla bla.. ‘ I watched and I get hooked on your channel right away. I love your humorous way of describing anything that you are reviewing on the video, and lots of other stuff.., always looking forward to every new video from you!
Hello, couold you please check out the 2 new Trailers for Black Myth: WuKong again? Would be great to see your take on it again!
Also since your channel talks about dramas in general and not games like these, I hope you would take some time to look into these.
Thank You and Best Regards!
This video is not too long, it's too short, you are very interesting to listen to and time just flies by.
Suddenly, with this video, I realised how important your channel is. Keep up the good work, and live long and prosper.
Waiting for more Black Myth Content. The New Trailer and Gameplay released!
I found you from the 1st trailer review, i can listen you talk and explain Chinese stuff all day. Great video as usual. Thumbs up.
Really enjoy both of your videos about the Black Myth Wukong. They had the 3rd promotion video came out like last year august, and I believe many here would love to see you make another video explaining the Spider story. Thank you for putting the time to make such a great video!
Thank you for this, I hope you consider doing the next one as well. Regardless I appreciate your time and effort to educate and inform.
Waiting for the next video of Black myth since today is release new trailer.
This is amazing, as well as the previous Black Myth breakdown. A new trailer has just come out (August 2022), will you please do a breakdown of that trailer as well? Thank you in advanced. 🙏🏾
I was searching for the new trailer breakdown but still can't find it
I really love mythologies in general and Chinese ones always fascinated me as it is very rich and full of meaningful things to learn from it. This is my first time on this channel, I am really impressed by the presentation and narration. The narrator is very pretty and graceful looking like the Princess from Chinese historical drama 💖.
no gameplay and 30 minutes of video, already love it.
AvenueX ..I love your flower hair clip. It suits u a lot. lots of love❤️.
Eagerly waiting for this game.❤️
You could talk about this trailer for hours and I would probably still think it's too short. ;p Also, even a non gamer like yourself commented on the snow, which made me smile. 😁
Most of the English speaking youtubers have commented on the graphics and the gameplay with only one I've seen kinda touched on the actual story of Journey to the West (cannot comment on the Manadarin speaking ones, other than the fact one of them sang part of the ending theme to the TV series at the end of her reaction). They ARE gamers, so it's only natural. At the same time, I did want some context, as well as confirm some of my suspicions of the scene. So I am glad to see you tackle this for us non-Mandarin speakers.
the way she said "im just gonna be... the king of this mountain"
so flippant, so sassy, SO in character
i love it
Thank you so much for such interesting and clear explanations! My hubby and I really enjoyed listening to you talk about this gameplay trailer and point out all the Chinese lore specifics and/or what may have inspired the developers. Definitely sharing this one with my gamer peers!
I have always loved your explanations on the various aspects of chinese culture and the stories behind them. I know that this is way longer than your usual posts but I must say that I am sorry when it ended. Would have loved to hear more. I can watch your videos all day!
I appreciate your wonderful articulation, the effort to include the chinese characters and pinyin to accompany key words and phrases and pronouncing it clearly for us.
Thank you and stay safe! I am always waiting for new content and updates from you.
I am not a gamer but your video is still so interesting to me! You are my professor of Chinese culture!
Thank you very much for another great explanation video. I happen to be not only interested in the backstory, but waiting for the game itself. I love the Journey to the West and have watched as many versions I could get my hands on and since there is finally a german translation I have started to read it and enjoy it a lot. The game looks of course extremely good, but I was very confused about a lot of the stuff going on. Especially the narrator was confusing for me, I would never have guessed who he is. But luckily you made a second video, yay!
I'm a gamer, and I love your explanations. I wish they hired you to narrate this Game.
Yes, she is very professional. In fact, there are a lot of people making Black myth analysis videos on the Chinese Internet.
I'm not Chinese obviously with the name and surname. But I do feel intrigued by the culture so I always have much respect for each and every culture... In my county there are more than 29 different cultures and that's only local. I love your content, I love your way of educating most of us that are so not knowledgeable. So I appreciate your content. You are giving us an insite into the book the story and the culture. This might only be appreciated by some but it is so thank you. Yes it's a game.... But we must remember... It stems from a story from someone who loves a long time ago .. which makes it an actual legend. Wu Chen'en the oringal story teller of journey to the west wrote this as much of a comedy. I watched most of the versions but there is only few I loved. But Chinese culture always intrigued me. Chinese mythology in a whole is fascinating..... It's as if the chine see e culture construct their own heavens.... According to culture ... I love it all especially the 7 string instrument.
And all my comments simply is toward the books... Not toward the country or culture.
Pls pls plz... I don't want to start a war. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. We All read comments different so I don't want to be misunderstood. Thanks
I was waiting for your video ever since the trailer came out, the wait was totally worth it. Other UA-cam don't put much effort in the video as you. I was worry that this vid might not come, pls feel free to make longer or more video on this game. Love you and thank you
Thank you for the insightful information. Had no idea there was so much to it.
Thank you for this!
The final trailer dropped last night, do you plan on doing a reaction to it?~
you know what, i don't care about the graphic, the gameplay, but the song at the end, it brought me chill, literal chill. A very well made rendition of the 1986 TV. Hat off to the Game Science's !
to be honest, Your video might be long but very intriguing to me to watch the whole thing. I have grown up with Journey to the West (1986). This game got me hype and your explanation is awesome for me to understand more about both the game and story of Sai Yu Ki.
我英文水平只在高中阶段，还学的不好，但却看完了视频，总感觉大概听懂了。感谢您的视频。希望您可以做一个中国神话系列，盘古开天、女娲补天，三皇五帝，山海经，封神榜，太多的东西可以讲。每次看到外国友人惊叹于中国文化时，我都会很自豪，但可惜没人可以将这些复杂的东西讲解出来。中国文化中太多东西是很难翻译的。但感觉您做到了。看自动翻译的评论就知道外国友人有多么喜欢
Thank you so much for a historical and cultural explanations. I learned so much! I loved the long tv series of journey to the west. I’m not a video game person but I hope they made a really good game out of this interesting legend.
视频中还有一些细节未提及。但主要内容都点到了。
很不错，很用心。
Simply amazing information and context. You are incredible and I am overwhelmed with your knowledge and your ability to help others understand the uniqueness of Chinese culture. Understanding and accepting others' uniqueness shows just how much we are the same. Learning to embrace the beliefs of the other demonstrates our humanity and sameness - not our differences. Thank you for sharing your intelligence and soft way of explanation. This 30-minute video has made a profound impact on me far beyond learning about the video game, which I hope to play one day. Thank you again.
Glad you actually made another explanation video of the 2nd Black Myth trailer!
I love how you explain the references in the trailer. This clarified a lot of the questions I had on the cultural and literary references.
Cant believe its 3years old video...your explanation are deliver pretty well easy to understand.
Very Informative ,❤
Oh my god your clips are so interesting in this 30 minute clip there is never a moment where I get bored your storytelling is great. I like the drama 西遊記 very much, I watched almost everyof them but I like 西遊記 1996 the most.
I love when you illuminate and educate us. Thank you for providing us with an amazing video!
Too many compliments to list. Engrossing, informative and very well presented. For those in the West it helps us to understand the depth of the moral lessons and cultural/historical references from the story. I loved the show in the 80's as a child, and I spotted the references from a trailer of the game. Which in turn brought me here. Thanks so much 😊
Good to see your face again Lady!!! I kinda like watchin you explain Black Myth
Thank you so much for making this vid. Without speaking Chinese or reading JTtW, I kinda of figured out some of this from the trailer; but with the info you provided, the whole trailer becomes WAY better. 😃
Very good over view and explanation of one of the great works of human literature...your outfit is very beautiful and has a soothing color pallet...thank you for the video.
You are an astonashing and wise person, it's a pleasure to learn more about chinese history and culture from someone like you. My mom was a hindu and her best friend was a chinese girl whom's parents were buddhists. My mom accompanied Katrine to the temple every week. I love chinese myth lore. If I'm not mistaken they told me as a young child that there was a female buddha, a princess who had to cut off her both hands to rescue her father. Do you know this story and could you tell us more about it or correct me?
I love how you elaborate with such passion and precision on certain topics. IM A FAN
I would love more videos of you breaking down the new gameplay and story trailers for the game. You give such great explanations and I am just so excited for this game I want to know all I can about this world we are about to go into. Thank goodness It is finally coming out next year.
你的解说终于出来了！！我还不敢确定你会不会再做这种解说的视频。
I could listen to her talk about world history all day fr
Thank you for making both videos, I appreciate being able to gain insight into Chinese mythology and culture !
What an educational video you gift your viewers with ! Thank you.
Thank you for making this video! Very thorough and in-depth explanations on not just what we see, but also the stories and context behind each of them. I was slightly disappointed when you said the video was getting too long, I wouldn't actually mind it longer!
So much context-so much pronunciation guidance-are you a teacher? Thanks for the huge trove of info. Subscribed.
Its that time of year again for another translation!! So another trailer dropped. It starts off with a headless Monk singing a song and i'm so curious what the translation is in english. looking fwd to your next video.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to make that second video. I understand your core subject is chinese drama so I'm infinitely grateful for your efforts! Extremely appreciated!
I am so happy that you made an in depth explanation on the second trailer!!! Thank you!!!! Really enjoy it❣️
as soon as I watch the recent Black Myth trailer, I goes right to your channel hahaha. I grew up watching the 1996 version of Journey to The West (although its not as popular as the 80s version) and got hook by the Chinese mythological culture and history even take mandarin class for a year in college.
Watching your video is very informative and you provide such detail explanation on the Journey to The West references that I very fond with.
Thank you so much, I hope sometimes in the future when the game comes out, you are interested to play first hand. 老师，谢谢 😁
Thank you for this. I’m looking forward to that drama whenever it’s gonna drop. It looks super cool
it's not a drame, it's a game
With the game just released I can only think of you - the Chinese lady who speaks perfect English, understand Chinese cultural thoroughly, has experience in media production in China to explain maybe not the entire game but just the animation cut scene? I saw them and I loved them very much not just for the aesthetic which I think are very cinematic but also for the deep deep meaning behind. I grew up with Journey to the West and I love the original series and this game gave one add new layers of meaning and I would love to understand what are those and you are the perfect candidate to explain . I know AvenueX is not a game channel but this game have a ton of meanings behind those beautiful action scene and cartoon (some I would say on par with Love Death and Robot). Please please spend you precious time to see them , I believe not just me but many other players have the same desire to know and to understand. Thanks
Very detailed explaination... And u even pointed out no. Of claws of the dragon... The singled horned...very observant too
When I see how much culture Chinese have been able to preserve, it just makes me angrier at Indian leaders of the past who just let our heritage get burried under their personal propaganda
Really?
I actually thought it is impressive many indians (in INDIA) still wearing traditional dress as opposed to average chinese which now adopted western wear as their casual wear. This is coming from me who often harbors negative opinion on India as a country. But still Indian earns lots of points for the strength of their traditional culture. The clothing, religions, food n spices, dance etc. Just not your politics though. The chinese are the same. Except that their attire and their manners bears more resemblance with the west
@@massalleh5255 I was talking about our leaders NOT our people. We preserve whatever we can inspite of our craven leaders
@@Sticklemako I read specifically you talking about 'culture'. And YES I am talking about cultures relating to the people
It's SUCH a pleasure to hear you explain all the cultural backgrounds. It's so accurate and well done. 😁
如果加上遊戲影片過場應該會更有感覺的，就像第一部您做的預告分析那樣，但不知道為何這次只放圖片而沒有遊戲影片片段，但您的解說影片還是另我覺得敬佩與喜歡。
可能因为怕太长或者copyright
In the Journey to the West novel, Wukong’s clone vellus is a gift from a bodhisattva. It is a leaf from an immortal tree and then attached to Monkey King’s head to become his vellus hair. From then on, Monkey can summon his own clone shadows using his vellus hair. So, please don't say that it is the shadow avatar technique in Naruto. PS: The author of Naruto admitted that his inspiration came from Journey to the West, and the character of Dragon Ball also came from Journey to the West in China.
greetings from Brazil, loved your first review
It's absolutely fine to talk wayyy longer on this topic. It's not that well known enough.
您講的好到我都想讓我五歲的女兒來聽您說故事。台灣粉絲留。
I love listening to your videos and would love if you can do another video again about the game which comes out today
I appreciate this video as someone who isn't knowledgeable on the lore and cultural references around Journey to the West. Hope you play the video game and analyze its sophisticated story/world too!
Thank-you very much for your insight, I was looking for such material to explain the relation between the game and the "Journey to The West" and how close it is to the real thing, as someone who is into culture and mythology, this is very important, and very informative, much appreciate your time into this.
Still looking forward for this game, I hope it sticks to the true mythology and culture.
I've been in love with this game ever since the first trailer release
So rich in details and research. Looking forward to watching another explained video when the new trailer comes out.
Henduoxie! Superb great explanation and references. Was looking for the deity and it turns out to be 亢金龙 of the 28 lunar mansions. The first statue impression of him is what caught my attention. And not to forget the reference to the temple in Xi'an. 💖💖💖
I appreciate your input. I'm a teacher and I love bringing up the connections between video games, literature and art! Thank you for this.