I think the animation at the end is the reverse story of The Journey of the West story. It will be easier to understand if you watch its 1986 TV series. The game developers did it on purpose, in order to briefly explain Sun Wukong’s original journey in the novel.
Yep. It's supposed to be the Destined One (Wukong's Mind) finally getting all of Wukong's memories in order to not allow the headband to be put on him again.
@@luqmanulhakim9360when wukong was born he shot laser beam on jade emperor throne 😂 he is no match for wukong bro was literally something to be oversmart to defeat
So the moral of the story is there is a wukong inside of all of us trying to get out and that the journey to the west isnt about the distance but about the friends and monke we meet along the way
Eastern philosophy is always about suppressing your base desires and seeking enlightenment and personal growth and doing right by your family and community. The exact opposite of modern Anglo Saxon hyper libertarianism.
@@brandonbaerga4972Journey to the West was written by a man who satires Chinese bureaucracy. The Celestial Court is like the politicians and nobles of China, and Sun Wukong sought freedom. But in his quest for freedom, he was short tempered, too quick to handle things with his staff rather than his words. Over time, he grew patient and understanding. This game shows that Wukong still desires his freedom, but now he’s going about it the ways that he’s learned in his past life.
11:33 OMG, that moment was when the animation transitioned from flashbacks to the present moment. Noticed that right before that there were living people, and right after you only see weapons stuck in the ground. This likely symbolized that his army had fallen. Then Wukong walk out into the world with absolute freedom!
Sorry, but the whole animation sequence was basically a look backwards in time, from the end to the journey to the west to the beginning and Son Wukong's imprisonment. The discarded weapons were actually the weapons that he was offered, but none fit him before he found his staff that was actually a giant pillar meant to measure the ocean. He then shrinked it and stuffed it in his ear
@konstantinoskatsianis3079nah the first part was JTTW played in reverse as The Destined One regains Wukong’s memory. The last part is where the Destined One drinks a toast to the memory of his fallen brothers before he goes forth to destroy the Celestial Court after the end of the game.
At 1:09 you can see them clashing, well if you use Earlongs spear you can see the spear point going through the stone monkeys hand a bit it’s pretty cool difference depending on the weapon you use.
I have a theory, since the celestial court would send those mongrel to guard Huaguo mountain, outside of the stone, of course they wouldn't missed out to place someone inside of the stone to keep track of the Wukong resurrection. So who are that old monkey tbh? Judging by how each of Wukong full armor set could took a living form, why wouldn't that headband which is given by Guanyin Bodhisattva took a living form too? Hence my theory is that old monkey is actually the living form of that headband which is given by Guanyin to serve as Lingshan spy to monitor the resurrection progress at the finish line of the journey and bind the new Wukong once again with that headband constraint once he is about to resurrect.
@@j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process. Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
@j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process. Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
@@j.c1789 @j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process.
@j.c1789 Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
I like the music because it makes it more epic but it's something about everything being silent while still having the appropriate sound effects that just hits different I don't know why.
IIRC the four heavenly monkeys or what they were called, the long armed ape, the red assed monkey (yes that was its name), the six eared macaque and the illuminated stone monkey which is wukong himself. The four were friends back in the huaguo mountain era. At least the arm and ass were wukong's advisors. I'd the way six ears gave wukong a lot of trouble but they never talked about back in the day is kinda strange, considering the whole king bull arc.
Sun Wukong having all this true power true abilities true skills true potential but the one thing he wanted most than anything was to have Immortal immortality and to be enlightenment and be free while he have it all of it dad go to the journey of the west but never put it on that golden headband and then Sun Wukong had to have a Destined one powerful successor that we didn't know what the Reincarnation of him that would free him from the golden headband in the celestial Court
As the Old Monkey said on the boat : "Yes, and no". Wukong is dead, his power are the relics, but not the 6th. The 6th is Mind, but mind always dissipates and is lost on Death. The Destined One is has his own Mind, his own Will. He's like a hybrid of Dead Wukong's Power, and new Destined Wukong's Mind. The old monkey also stated "The Universe will always bear him a successor." This is because the power of Wukong is actually a Primordial Force of The Universe itself. Hence the Stone Egg that Wukong is "born" from. He is basically Primordial Power given form, and The Universe will always make sure a new "Mind" comes to be in the event the current one dies.
@@MrDemonKing21The old monkey is wrong. He doesn’t know that Erlang secretly kept Wukong‘s mind for all these years. So when you regain the mind and combine it with the relics, Wukong is reborn. That’s the good ending.
@@PerkasaJobWukong is fully revived in the good ending. The old monkey doesn’t know that Erlang secretly kept Wukong‘s mind in his third eye, so when you retrieve it from him and combine it with the other relics, Wukong is reborn
Because he's basically a mirror to Wukong and basically his one true peer. Both are Monkey Kings. There were, I think, 4 Monkey Kings in total but Macaque was the only one that could fight Wukong to a stalemate. Wukong respected him.
I no their is no next game and I’m fine with that, but I’d like to imagine the second part would be us being the new wukong and going to the heavens to finally take down the jade emperor and buddha, just like in god of war.
Why did you think there will be no next game? Game Science had already confirmed they are working on a massive story DLC which takes place after the good ending, which is this one and they have made a very clear intention that they want this to be a franchise, much like God of War, Spiderman, etc. That's why this game takes place AFTER Journey to the West and creates its own story, with Wukong gaining his freedom and going off to finally get revenge against the Heavenly Court after he has regained his memories, thats what the finally scene is when he puts the bowl down and he is alone in the cave. That is the destined one/wukong after he left Old Monkey and rejected the headband
@@2Good2BeTrue45Can I ask you something? I know the story takes place after journey to the west . End with wukong finally gaining freedom . But if they are going to do expansion of the story....what's the next game gonna be like ? The story already ended so what's there more to tell ?
Not possible, jade emperor alone is way stronger than both erlang shen and wukong,there's 4 imperials too. And jade is not even the top dogs,there's still 3 pure ones, in the grand scale of themes in Chinese mythology, wukong is really weak
7:48 Erlang's line " what does it matter if you become a budda? That head bad has always been on your head ?" Does this line signify something in particular?
@@annerockstar9851 TL;DR: Monke, "you" are stuck with this headband. Hint hint nudge nudge. Try ending life and pass on to someone else to not be "you". The headband was a tool of control. In the original novel, if he disobeys too much, his master uses a chant to constrict the headband causing him great pain and basically instant KO. Otherwise there's just no way a timid soft monk can control a monkey that's this much monke. At the end of the book, his headband was supposed to have been taken off upon ascension. (Btw in the novel the gang literally watched their own corpses get washed down river as they ascended past mortality) In this fight, he lost mainly due to the headband suddenly KOing him out of nowhere. So the gods still have a firm hold over his head, he isn't and cannot be free. It is permanently bound to his stone monkey body and as long as he's not neatly contained in a rock the gods will want to control him. For whatever reason, Erlangshen seems to want or at least not stop Wukong from breaking out of this control. He is reminding him that HE is bound to this curse. Passing his essence to someone who isn't can rectify that.
@@annerockstar9851 Seems yes. This whole thing was a big plan to let loose the monke. Erlang probably doesn't ball with how the celestial bureaucracy works very much, and, based on myths and tales, he has done things that present himself as villain to help someone before.
@@gethk.gelior4214 There's a lot of take why Erlang is siding with wukong in some scenario, (in the series of journey to the west) As we know Wukong has humiliate him, the celestrial, the buddha overlooked wukong's disrespectful manners towards the upper courts, but yet wukong always get out of trouble, as we know Erlang is like the oldest child who always wants everything perfect.... You could say Erlang is supporting Wukong with his rebellious act against the court and buddhism, becasue Erlang wants Wukong to be hated, so that he can be back to his prime (being loved)
@ so you went into a Journey to the West game with ads and marketing being faithful to Chinese mythology and expected to NOT play as Sun Wukong at some point? You’re kinda special, arent you?
If only the game had an actual story instead of relaying on people's previous knowledge/understanding of the story. One of my biggest complaints is that nothing seemed cohesive.
“use your intellect for a better purpose” yet you look down on those who use them to discuss about the game and the story they love and are passionate about….
I think the animation at the end is the reverse story of The Journey of the West story. It will be easier to understand if you watch its 1986 TV series. The game developers did it on purpose, in order to briefly explain Sun Wukong’s original journey in the novel.
Yep. It's supposed to be the Destined One (Wukong's Mind) finally getting all of Wukong's memories in order to not allow the headband to be put on him again.
Chapter 7 to 12 is the second part of the games. Just wait 2025 announcements
@@cholemahh_1wukong vs jade emperor? i think its not gonna happen because china will anger 😂
@@luqmanulhakim9360when wukong was born he shot laser beam on jade emperor throne 😂 he is no match for wukong bro was literally something to be oversmart to defeat
The theme song when the empty shell emerges is literally the theme of the tv show
This is what Wukong has always wanted since you can’t reach enlightenment and be free, it’s either faithful devotion or spiritual freedom.
So the moral of the story is there is a wukong inside of all of us trying to get out and that the journey to the west isnt about the distance but about the friends and monke we meet along the way
I mean goofiness aside yes that is the story😂
Eastern philosophy is always about suppressing your base desires and seeking enlightenment and personal growth and doing right by your family and community. The exact opposite of modern Anglo Saxon hyper libertarianism.
Inspirational🥲
Literally a game about freedom
Uh oh politics
@@kc8573how lmao
Most American game
@@coolgamer360er wow that was really cool 👏🗣️
@@brandonbaerga4972Journey to the West was written by a man who satires Chinese bureaucracy. The Celestial Court is like the politicians and nobles of China, and Sun Wukong sought freedom. But in his quest for freedom, he was short tempered, too quick to handle things with his staff rather than his words. Over time, he grew patient and understanding.
This game shows that Wukong still desires his freedom, but now he’s going about it the ways that he’s learned in his past life.
I’m really impressed by the storytelling in Black Myth: Wukong.
Black midkong
@@adamarsyad5706ign is that you 😢
11:33 OMG, that moment was when the animation transitioned from flashbacks to the present moment. Noticed that right before that there were living people, and right after you only see weapons stuck in the ground. This likely symbolized that his army had fallen. Then Wukong walk out into the world with absolute freedom!
Sorry, but the whole animation sequence was basically a look backwards in time, from the end to the journey to the west to the beginning and Son Wukong's imprisonment. The discarded weapons were actually the weapons that he was offered, but none fit him before he found his staff that was actually a giant pillar meant to measure the ocean. He then shrinked it and stuffed it in his ear
@konstantinoskatsianis3079nah the first part was JTTW played in reverse as The Destined One regains Wukong’s memory. The last part is where the Destined One drinks a toast to the memory of his fallen brothers before he goes forth to destroy the Celestial Court after the end of the game.
At 1:09 you can see them clashing, well if you use Earlongs spear you can see the spear point going through the stone monkeys hand a bit it’s pretty cool difference depending on the weapon you use.
Oh wow. Yeah I was wondering if it broke through his hand. Looked just like that.
I have a theory, since the celestial court would send those mongrel to guard Huaguo mountain, outside of the stone, of course they wouldn't missed out to place someone inside of the stone to keep track of the Wukong resurrection.
So who are that old monkey tbh? Judging by how each of Wukong full armor set could took a living form, why wouldn't that headband which is given by Guanyin Bodhisattva took a living form too?
Hence my theory is that old monkey is actually the living form of that headband which is given by Guanyin to serve as Lingshan spy to monitor the resurrection progress at the finish line of the journey and bind the new Wukong once again with that headband constraint once he is about to resurrect.
Sadly your theory is not true because we saw the headband fall from wukong broken shell which was his dead body...
@@j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process.
Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
@j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process.
Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
@@j.c1789 @j.c1789 nah, that sounds like another piece of evident to explain, how can that old monkey enter the stone before everyone does, and also how he can enter the battleground in between Wukong broken shell and the destined one, even tho he told bajie they as third party unable to enter and interupt the process.
@j.c1789
Because the real form of the old monkey is the headband that sealed on Wukong forehead, that's why the old monkey can't venture any further than Huaguo mountain, just like how most keeper in each chapter can't leave their territory.
I like the music because it makes it more epic but it's something about everything being silent while still having the appropriate sound effects that just hits different I don't know why.
9:20 Is that a reference to the Six Eared Macaque?
Yes
IIRC the four heavenly monkeys or what they were called, the long armed ape, the red assed monkey (yes that was its name), the six eared macaque and the illuminated stone monkey which is wukong himself. The four were friends back in the huaguo mountain era. At least the arm and ass were wukong's advisors.
I'd the way six ears gave wukong a lot of trouble but they never talked about back in the day is kinda strange, considering the whole king bull arc.
I was literally thinking the same thing.
Yo Thats Crazy, i just realized it
I like how it was told kind of backwards :D from the end of JTTW to the beginning when he jumped through the water fall and became the monkey king.
my dumbass though the game is now free💀
Even if it was free I ain't downloading 130gb
@@Grizzbrowtevr Weird way to say you're broke
@@huynguyenification You rich? 🗿
@@Grizzbrowtevr rich enough to not stress about 130 gb
@@Grizzbrowtevrfolded(
That ending was hard af I gotta buy this game now damn
Did you get it?
A great ending
Why is a great ending
@@DangeloRichardson-l8b Mostly because it is well scripted ,well designed and without words it portrays Wukongs victory to get himself released
why no music in the end animation?
took it out due to copyright issue.. been tagged on my past few videos
@@doreimOndehow is it claimable aint the somg just an original travk of the game?
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nqThe song is 'celestial symphony' a remix of 1986 jttw main theme so it might be copyrighted.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nqThe thing is, that was not an original track, it's a remix of a 40-year old theme song
Even without the music, i can still hear it as the story come along.
Sun Wukong having all this true power true abilities true skills true potential but the one thing he wanted most than anything was to have Immortal immortality and to be enlightenment and be free while he have it all of it dad go to the journey of the west but never put it on that golden headband and then Sun Wukong had to have a Destined one powerful successor that we didn't know what the Reincarnation of him that would free him from the golden headband in the celestial Court
HUH
Mate I beg of you, please use punctuation. I have no idea what you just said.
10:35 NAHHH WE WILDIN WITH THIS ONE
Was he peeing?-
meaning wukong died in the end, and his power become the destined one?
Yep
As the Old Monkey said on the boat : "Yes, and no". Wukong is dead, his power are the relics, but not the 6th. The 6th is Mind, but mind always dissipates and is lost on Death. The Destined One is has his own Mind, his own Will. He's like a hybrid of Dead Wukong's Power, and new Destined Wukong's Mind. The old monkey also stated "The Universe will always bear him a successor."
This is because the power of Wukong is actually a Primordial Force of The Universe itself. Hence the Stone Egg that Wukong is "born" from. He is basically Primordial Power given form, and The Universe will always make sure a new "Mind" comes to be in the event the current one dies.
@@MrDemonKing21 It hurts to know Wukong is dead, coz he is my favorite character since kid, the game designer should not kill him, so saadd,
@@MrDemonKing21The old monkey is wrong. He doesn’t know that Erlang secretly kept Wukong‘s mind for all these years. So when you regain the mind and combine it with the relics, Wukong is reborn. That’s the good ending.
@@PerkasaJobWukong is fully revived in the good ending. The old monkey doesn’t know that Erlang secretly kept Wukong‘s mind in his third eye, so when you retrieve it from him and combine it with the other relics, Wukong is reborn
Lore of Sun Wukong is Finally Free (True Ending) Black Myth WUKONG momentum 100
If the six-eared macaque was an enemy why was wukong crying over him?
Because he's basically a mirror to Wukong and basically his one true peer. Both are Monkey Kings. There were, I think, 4 Monkey Kings in total but Macaque was the only one that could fight Wukong to a stalemate. Wukong respected him.
@@blackmark2899 THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER!!!!
Welp sucks to say chat- once I beat the great sage im afraid im still indeed stuck in the loop of having the crown on my head
I no their is no next game and I’m fine with that, but I’d like to imagine the second part would be us being the new wukong and going to the heavens to finally take down the jade emperor and buddha, just like in god of war.
Why did you think there will be no next game? Game Science had already confirmed they are working on a massive story DLC which takes place after the good ending, which is this one and they have made a very clear intention that they want this to be a franchise, much like God of War, Spiderman, etc.
That's why this game takes place AFTER Journey to the West and creates its own story, with Wukong gaining his freedom and going off to finally get revenge against the Heavenly Court after he has regained his memories, thats what the finally scene is when he puts the bowl down and he is alone in the cave. That is the destined one/wukong after he left Old Monkey and rejected the headband
There is no “taking down” the Buddha
@@2Good2BeTrue45OHHHH DAMN THATS COOL TYSM FOR THE INFO BRO CAN’T WAIT FOR IT
@@2Good2BeTrue45Can I ask you something? I know the story takes place after journey to the west . End with wukong finally gaining freedom . But if they are going to do expansion of the story....what's the next game gonna be like ? The story already ended so what's there more to tell ?
Not possible, jade emperor alone is way stronger than both erlang shen and wukong,there's 4 imperials too. And jade is not even the top dogs,there's still 3 pure ones, in the grand scale of themes in Chinese mythology, wukong is really weak
Was being named or earning title fighting Buddha a cursed title or one Wu Kong was free to define?
17 layers of immortality is not fair
Here's what I want to know. What happened to Baji before the old monkey poped up or rather what did he do to him?
How did you remove the Celestial Symphony? D:
Copyright issues
So did he make it back to heaven or was destined to repeat and reincarnate over and over again.
Classic boss fight game
Free my son kong
7:48 Erlang's line " what does it matter if you become a budda? That head bad has always been on your head ?"
Does this line signify something in particular?
@@annerockstar9851
TL;DR: Monke, "you" are stuck with this headband. Hint hint nudge nudge. Try ending life and pass on to someone else to not be "you".
The headband was a tool of control. In the original novel, if he disobeys too much, his master uses a chant to constrict the headband causing him great pain and basically instant KO. Otherwise there's just no way a timid soft monk can control a monkey that's this much monke. At the end of the book, his headband was supposed to have been taken off upon ascension. (Btw in the novel the gang literally watched their own corpses get washed down river as they ascended past mortality) In this fight, he lost mainly due to the headband suddenly KOing him out of nowhere. So the gods still have a firm hold over his head, he isn't and cannot be free. It is permanently bound to his stone monkey body and as long as he's not neatly contained in a rock the gods will want to control him. For whatever reason, Erlangshen seems to want or at least not stop Wukong from breaking out of this control. He is reminding him that HE is bound to this curse. Passing his essence to someone who isn't can rectify that.
@@gethk.gelior4214 so telling him to try to break out of the "control" ? Erlang wants him to be free ?
@@annerockstar9851 Seems yes. This whole thing was a big plan to let loose the monke. Erlang probably doesn't ball with how the celestial bureaucracy works very much, and, based on myths and tales, he has done things that present himself as villain to help someone before.
@@gethk.gelior4214 There's a lot of take why Erlang is siding with wukong in some scenario, (in the series of journey to the west) As we know Wukong has humiliate him, the celestrial, the buddha overlooked wukong's disrespectful manners towards the upper courts, but yet wukong always get out of trouble, as we know Erlang is like the oldest child who always wants everything perfect.... You could say Erlang is supporting Wukong with his rebellious act against the court and buddhism, becasue Erlang wants Wukong to be hated, so that he can be back to his prime (being loved)
Even as a Buddha you're not free soooo what’s the point
Great game
Didn't know the gods were british
You are telling me that Astro was better than this?
Epic
How to get this ending ???
best erlang first then defeat final boss
It's different endings?
@@duntayen5355 if you beat Erlong before the final boss , you get the true ending
You still never get to play as him. Total rip-off
cry about it
@ so you went into a Journey to the West game with ads and marketing being faithful to Chinese mythology and expected to NOT play as Sun Wukong at some point? You’re kinda special, arent you?
If only the game had an actual story instead of relaying on people's previous knowledge/understanding of the story. One of my biggest complaints is that nothing seemed cohesive.
Haha theories and all for a game... Please use ur intellect for a better purpose.
I pity you.
Local man voices his fears regarding art
“use your intellect for a better purpose” yet you look down on those who use them to discuss about the game and the story they love and are passionate about….
So you think The Arts are pointless?
Ying and yang the sun versus the shadow it casts