Black Myth: Wukong is MIND BLOWING! - Angry Trailer Reaction!
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AngryJoe, OtherJoe & Alex react to the recent surprise release of the 13 minute Black Myth Wukong Trailer based on a Chinese Epic!
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Explanation for the end of the Wolf boss fight
The one who stopped the fight was the real Sun Wukong himself. The glowing words on his staff read “Ruyi Jingu Bang” which is the name of the legendary weapon used by Wukong. This means that this entire time, we weren’t watching Sun Wukong but the Six Eared Macaque who claims himself to be Wukong. This explains why the game is called “Black Myth” as the Macaque represents Wukong’s dark side.
At the beginning, the old man says that some say Wukong never finished the Journey to The West. This is because there is a theory that Wukong died in the story and the Six Eared Macaque took his place.
As a Chinese person who grew up with this story, there are no words to express just how legit this whole thing is. The tune at the very end of the trailer was from the Wukong TV series from 1986. This is legit.
this is a really good information, thanks!
the end screen title also says white bone's descendent, retracing journey to the west. That old man that tells the story is probably wukong. You are playing his son, and your mother is the white bone monster that wukong supposedly killed, but instead had a kid with. The buddha found out and punished wukong by replacing him with the 6 eared macaque. That six ear finished the journey to the west and become a god and that's the character that stops you from killing that wolf.
@@TentaclePentacle that is wildest theory i've ever read.
yeah! i agree that's the real wukong with the staff. and the six eared macaque is quite convincing :D :D
How could he die? He ate the immortality peaches and the life extending medicine. The guy can survive losing his head. How could he die to some Macaque?
The fact that the FPS dropped during the heaven scene when fighting 100 enemies is a good sign. Shows the game is actually real.
it dropped? timestamp? how can u tell?
ARMYALEX it starts around 13:11.
@@ARMYALEX1869 they're hiding it with screen shaking but you can tell the game is chugging
Yes, agree with you
The dev already said that, all the flaws in the trailer.
Some context for the game:
Game Science Studio is an indie Chinese developer formed from ex-employees of Tencent. They had a vision for a AAA Journey to the West-themed game when they were still working for Tencent, but to the EA of China, that kind of game doesn't make money, so there was a tonne of meddling with it, trying to turn it into an MMO wallet trap until the employees got sick of it and formed Game Science.
The current project Black Myth: Wukong started in 2018 with 13 people. As of this trailer, it's still only about 30. The primary purpose of this trailer was to get exposure and recruit more talent so they can kick this game's development into overdrive.
My dialogue translations for those of us who don't speak Mandarin or read Chinese (may not be 100%; I went for preserving the spirit of the dialogue rather than literal translation, as there are cultural and linguistic nuances that don't translate well)
3:00 - 3:09
Wolf Soldier: There's some wine jugs here...don't know if there's still any wine in there.
Wolf Soldier 2: Forget it! If something goes wrong, we'll be the ones used to distill the next batch!
3:10 - 3:17:
Wolf Soldier: Boss, I think I heard some noises coming from the direction of the mountain gate.
Wolf Soldier 2: Quit worrying! What kind of suicidal idiot would come here when *I'm* watching this place?
3:26 - 3:30
Chief of the Mountain Bandits: Those wolf runts may not be able to see you, but don't think you can get past me so easily!
3:36 - 3:38
Wolf Sentinel: Dammit! There's a fur-faced monk trying to get past us!
4:01 - 4:09
Wolf Cult Leader: Who dares interrupt my meditation? Oh? Another monkey. Why don't you drop your weapon and learn some Dharma (inner peace, "moral" path) from me? What do you say?
5:14 - 5:20
Wolf Cult Leader: You must be the chosen one...the king spoke of...
5:32 - 5:58
(Voice from underground): Little monkey - you've alerted all the yaoguai (monsters) here!
(Voice from underground): You'll need to be even more careful in the area ahead...
(Voice from underground): Little monkey - over here!
(Voice from underground): Here, here! Over here!
6:02 - 7:04
Soil/Earth Spirit: I'm the humble Earth Deity of Black Wind Mountain, I've been waiting for you here for a long time. You look like - you really look like...(doesn't finish his thought)
Soil/Earth Spirit: Oh, up ahead is the Temple of Guanyin (bodhisattva, or enlightened one, who represents mercy and features prominently in Journey to the West). And to think, it used to be full of the scent of incense (he's lamenting the corruption of the mountain and temple).
Soil/Earth Spirit: Such a shame about the fire *gestures at the skulls on the ground* . Afterwards it was rebuilt, but the the hearts of the people (i.e. goodness) were burned to ash...what use is it to fix a broken temple?
Soil/Earth Spirit: *hears howl* I'm out of here! *disappears into the ground* We'll rendezvous after you pass the plank road ahead!
8:26 - 8:45
Soil/Earth Spirit: Shhh! Stay quiet! Take care not to alert that giant hound! Behind that courtyard is an ally of the yaoguai of Black Wind Mountain, he calls himself Ling Xu Zi. If you continue on your current path *hears another howl* - oh no! Little monkey, run quick - it's not too late! There's no coming back if you go through that gate!
12:00 - 12:07
The characters on the stick that glow here are 如意金箍棒 (ru yi jin gu bang). This translates literally into "As-you-wish golden hoop rod", but a better translation for English-speaking audiences might be "Obedient Golden Staff" or "Compliant Golden Rod". The idea is that the staff does what you want it to, including grow as thick or long as it needs to be, being flexible enough to bend into a hoop, and multiply into multiple rods. This is the legendary weapon of the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the Journey of the West story, the implication of this scene is that we have not been playing as the real monkey king up to now, and the one who stops us is the real one. This led most Chinese netizens to speculate that Black Myth: Wukong is the story of the Six-Eared Macaque, another mystical simian who impersonates the Monkey King in the JttW story and is "killed" by Wukong. However, after their encounter, the Monkey King's personality changes to be less rebellious, so a lot of people theorize that it was actually the Macaque who killed the Monkey King and continued the impersonation to attain buddahood.
12:42 - 13:01
The eight characters written in the calligraphic style are 白骨之后 重走西游 ("after the white bone, revisit the Journey to the West").
"White bone" here refers to 白骨精 or White Bone Spirit, one of the more memorable and named villains in the original novel. The White Bone Spirit knows she can't beat the Monkey King in a straight fight, so she uses guile and skullduggery. She shapeshifts into three "innocent" civilians - a village girl who got lost, an elderly woman who's looking for her daughter, and an old man who is looking for his wife and daughter. Each time the main characters encounter her in these disguises, the Monkey King is the only one who has the ability to see past the disguise and he "kills" the demon in front of his horrified companions who only see him murdering a child and her elderly parents. This leads to Tang Seng, the monk whom Wukong is supposed to protect, to exile Wukong from the party. Later, Tang Seng is captured by the White Bone Spirit, and Bajie (another party member) begs Wukong to return and save all their asses, setting a precedent that repeats itself a lot in the story.
Anyway, here "after the white bone" is a clever metaphor for the way the Game Science devs were treated by Tencent. The idea is that Tencent is the White Bone Spirit who shows up asking for their help in supposedly good faith, but in actuality wants to hurt them and their passion project. So "after the white bone", really means "after the nefarious influence of Tencent" - and the second half of the quote, "revisit the Journey to the West" is self-explanatory.
Additions to my translations above:
12:59 - 13:02
Here we see the 四大天王, or Four Great Heavenly Kings. They are derived from the Lokapāla of the Buddhist tradition (from ancient India), and act as the guardians of the four cardinal directions in Chinese mythology. They're basically warrior kings that are often depicted as triumphing over evil. Western audiences can think of depictions of the archangel Michael kicking Lucifer's butt to the cosmic basement during the rebellion - these Four Heavenly Kings are often depicted as triumphing over evil in the same way. During the Monkey King's rebellion against Heaven, he defeats these four along with a massive laundry list of other warriors of Heaven.
13:03 - 13:05
Here we see Wukong on his nimbus cloud, which is what he uses to fly (Dragon Ball fans can feel free to cheer here). We also see what I think is a white dragon, which could be the White Dragon Horse from the Journey to the West novel. In the book he was one of the sons of the Dragon King of the West Sea, and is initially supposed to be executed (I believe it was for offending some big-shot in Heaven? Can't remember) before having his sentence be changed to helping the monk Tang Seng complete his journey. He eats Tang Seng's horse by accident because he didn't recognize him, and transforms into a horse for most of the journey as penance.
13:06 - 13:18
This is definitely Wukong's rebellion against Heaven. It's just the cannon fodder here, so I think we can reasonably expect bigger and more impressive fights after this sequence.
The music that starts at 13:56 is a massive nostalgia bomb for Chinese people, the vast majority of whom (I'm not exaggerating, I'm guessing at least a billion people) have watched the 1986 adaptation of JttW. It's a reinterpretation of the opening theme for that song, and it's analogous to Bohemian Rhapsody or Take Me Home, Country Roads in terms of longevity and reach. We're talkin' tipsy dads and uncles belting it out-of-tune at every karaoke after a family gathering, that sorta vibe.
Explanatory notes:
- Wine (not "wine" in the European tradition, but a type of alcohol today preserved as baijiu in China) in ancient China was traditionally distilled and served from jugs that are shaped kind of like the pottery of ancient Greece
- Yaoguai are pretty much monsters or spirits, anything malicious and supernatural - some of you might know yokai from Japanese mythology, that term was a loanword from Chinese and means the same thing although Japan has its own specific monsters
-The Soil or Earth Spirit (both translations work tbh) is sort of a helpful guide type character who scouts out places without being seen (he is able to move freely underground which is why you see him disappearing and re-appearing all the time)
wtf this only gets 2 likes? this is firkin textbook material!
Thanks for this. Definitely made me more interested in the game and the story
@@SlowSlowSloth Glad it helped!
I think "after White Bone" may mean something else, because the creators used to make DZS at Tencent (a online game based on Journey to the West) and DZS Got interference from Tencent after it was produced to the white bone :(
@@HansYuan Well I'm stupid. Lol.
I always thought Wukong was a Monkey God or a Sun God because of his full name Sun Wukong. or something along that description. Not a Monkey King
Thanks for the clarification! :)
Even more so, thank you for the translation! Definitely looking forward to this game.
The Four Heavenly Kings appearing towards the end before Wukong wrecked the Heaven looks just awe-inspiring.
Can't wait to see Ne Zha and Er Lang Shen, as well. Hope they are in the game.
Like god of war, only in China
Gaming world: That look guud!
This game devs: Sorry some of the animations is not up to par.
AAA gaming company: we can sell this right now and fix it later.
EA: Ship it.
@@proassassin8473 Konami: you spent HOW MUCH?!
The lead designer even made a list of things that he wasn't satisfied with in the gameplay trailer. Another dev also said that they could've fixed a lot of things if they had more time.
Last of us 2 : Yes
Bethesda: Downgrade it first before ship it
It is infact 100% legitimate. The developers themselves, astoundingly enough, actually criticized aspects of the game which they felt were lackluster and required work, such as the water not having any fluid physics and the fur (according to them) needing better rigging/ texture work as well.
Yong did a really great follow up video on this topic, covering the developer's extremely humble and modest response to the footage going viral, and their plans and ambition for the project in general. You should check it out!
Get ready to be spied on when they make you agree to their terms before you start the game.
Where to check this out?
@@chasejackson7248 lol
@@chasejackson7248 You've been spied on for years via smartphones, google, social media, the NSA, and all sorts of other services and institutions.
States at beginning this might not represent the finished product
The last part where Wukong is fighting hoards of enemies in the sky and swinging his extended pole staff around shows the frame rate dropping due to how many enemies are on screen! Shows that it's real gameplay. Good sign!!!
another sign of it been a real gameplay is, when he fights the wolf boss, and monkey jumped into the air to do his ground slam move. the boss moved, and pushed the mokey's model with it. that's something happens in games only. You never see CG movies have model collisions like that
There is another game snippet playing by the CEO of Game Science,can be found on twitter.
Man their Chinese. Half the shit in your house made in China. I almost think it's silly to doubt them. We're so used to the media hype machines in the West having catches to anything good, shit is kinda sad lol.
Or it's just intentional so you would think that
For those that don't know, the Journey to the West mythology with Wukong is what Dragonball and Goku is based off of.
For you who don't know this, the Japanese name of Sun Wukong is Son Goku, its a straight rip off!
@@hungrygrimalkin5610 inspired*
Now THIS is how you showcase a game. I hope they get everything they deserve. Purely amazing. I can't tell you how much to times I've watched that
EUROPOL Intelligence Services : They said they had an inspiration from Sekiro and god of war and you say it's a movie clip 🤦♂️
Well I did watch it 150 time for 2 days I didn't watch anything else
its not even a GAME, is a 15-20 min demo that took them 5 year to make, there is no game behind it
Fun fact: that last bit of the trailer after the man is singing, thats the theme of the journey to the west series way back.
The man is actually an old monkey, maybe one of Wukong's clones
Not really , its the one that begins at 13:56 which is actually the theme.
@@thrace_bot1012 yes my bad, fixed
The 1995 one?
@@al112v4 1986
That old man appeared in 6:00 is the lord of land and soil. Basically in the Chinese Myths, there are many of these lords and they have their own territories. These lords know everything happened on their land and their existence is tied to the land. Normally is a god or higher being passed by and wants to know about the land, the god/being would just knock the ground to call for the lord of land and soil to answer their doubts.( Only if the god/being is good of course), the Chinese people normally worship the lord for harvest. However, as you can tell from the game scene, these lords are weak and cannot battle, if any evil occupies their land they can only call for help.
Basically, this old man in the game scene introduces himself as the lord of the hill they step on, he is telling the monkey about what happened to the shrine/temple and warned him of the danger so that the monkey can run/hide. I am guessing the spiky head of the lord represent the roots from plants since they were underground.
he's a god, not a lord
He's a god, yes. But Lord of the Land and Soil is an acceptable translation, I think.
@@ARMYALEX1869 its more of a lord, ppl still worshiping them in* south east asia, if you see little shrines about 4ft high, yup
ARMYALEX It’s a deity (or deities if u wish) Chinese worshipped. It is called 土地公 and 土地 means earth/land/soil, 公means lord, it is a spirit, not a “god”. Not all Chinese deities are called as “god”. There are many others, Saints, Lord Yama, Buddha, Dragon Kings, Heaven Bureaucrats, etc. All these thanks to many major religions and folk lore coexisting and mix mash their pantheon instead of beating the living sht out of each other like in Middle East.
@@pec1739 lord's a mortal, god is not. that guy is a god, not a mortal.
Angry Joe: "It's just like Dragonball!"
Me: No. Dragonball is like Black Myth: Wukong!
It looks like black myth takes a lot of liberties with the story anyways
it's like saying "Hey Goku! You look like your grand grand grand grandpa!" LMAO
He literally says at the start of the video that Dragonball got inspiration from Wukong so what are you on about?
@@andrewgill3203 Its after the main story of Sun Wukong. Its like The Witcher games to the Witcher books.
@@buddhamack1491 He clearly hasn't unconsciously accepted it. I just found it odd and funny. "This is just like Dragonball!" Don't get so hostile over a silly observation.
I've already seen like 20 people react to this already but one more time won't hurt
20 x 20 = 400 minutes of your life you aren’t getting back.
Same
@@YC-tx3di There are worse ways to spend your time, but also better ones.
I've seen several reactions of every single thing announced at Fandome........wtf is wrong with me?
When a game looks so good you refuse to believe it's real.
if OJ and Alex had a kid, it would be literally Angry Joe
LOL he kinda already is.
Anal?
@@gfullcrayon562 Lol wut?
Well, in the Dragonball Fighter Z skit, Alex was the fusion of Angry Joe and Other Joe. He was... Another Joe.
on point that haha
Dragon Ball takes aspects from journey to the west.
Americans: iTs LiKe dRaGoNbAlL
Yes.they know nothing about China
journey to the west is a masterpiece.
Santa used to be a thin green guy. Coca-cola: make him a fat red grandpa
@@Jay-pz3bw Trump knows more China than Chinese
I was thinking that too lol. When he said "it's like Dragon Ball," I was like "bro... where'd do you think Dragon Ball got it from?" 😆
But at least this awesome mythology is finally gonna be more recognized.
Haha ahhh
Alex: "He put it in his ear."
OJ: "Where did he put it?"
AJ: "Hey he's magical!"
🤣😂🤣😂
According to the website:
-This game started as a joke for April fools 6 years ago.
-They decided to finish the game but they still need a lot of work so they are hiring right now.
-Right now it's a company of 40 people.
-It will come to pc and every mayor console once it's finished completely.
-They want to deliver a good product so it may take some years before we see the full game.
- There will be 3 games for this series.
There are also rumors that the company was build by a group of ex tencent games developer's
They sound passionate like CDPR we might just get another company that cares about quality and their consumers, I'm happy to wait for a game to be done properly rather than getting an unfinished product.
They plan to make this a three games series? Where did you see this on their website? Sounds amazing if it's true!
Erykrockmusic The company CEO post a msg on Weibo, which he kinda say thanks and they r honored that it receives so much attention.
Tho there is an awful, awful news.
Other companies (reminding you, majority of Chinese video game industry are money hunger dog sht company who doesn’t give a rat fking ass about actual video game, all they want is to milk their player base and please the share holders) are now literally digging away their work force, be that is people working on coding, art, modeling or whatever. He doesn’t exactly say this (the exact statement he said can be roughly translated as “please, oh the big names of the industry, please don’t try to take away our staffs, yours are all talented individuals and all you need to do is treat them well. There is no need to dig ours).
There has already been “insider rumors” when the trailer is released that some staffs have been swayed. After all the big ones like Tencent and Netease, being shtholes they want, can offer a way better salary. I really hope this isn’t the case, for if it is true we will never see this game be born.
So it's like the actual story? Like when he started the journey to become the monkey king, the heavenly god war, then journey to the west?? Like that??
@@TonyStark-xx4tt yeah.. I think they made some adjustments for the game..
You know a game looks good when Joe yells out "DAT LOOK GOOD!"
my friend is depressed, would be great if you left a comment on his most recent video on his channel "Rasha Reacts"
More like THAT LOOKS FAAAAAKKEEEEEE!. But hopefully this game is the real thing. it looks too damn good.
Shout out to the guys that been here since the order review!
GUUOD!!
This is a weird comment. I mean, I get it, it's a classic line or whatever, but there's nothing clever about this comment. This comment essentially translates to "When Joe says a game looks good, it looks good". So revolutionary. Mind shattering haha.
In case anyone misunderstands, I'm not upset, this is just...idk. It's the most circle-jerk comment I've read on any Angry Joe video.
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a western take on Journey into the west and it's actually pretty good for when it was made 2010. Too bad more people didn't play it when it came out.
That was one of the few games I've played where I thought the DLC was better than the main game. Playing as Pigsy on his quest to build a robot girlfriend was hilarious and awesome
Dude the Tiny detail they put in this game is amazing. I'm talkin about how they do the motion when wokong takes his staff from his ear . . . . AMAZING!
10:11 U know this is something special if it could make Alex, of all people, go "hhaannhhhhh😯🤯😯🤯😯🤯"
hahahaha, so much that for a second I thought he was making fun of it, but he was legit surprised
Alex the grumpy git
@@John-gy3lj Alex is a liberal snowflake. He is cool though
D Vez Yikes 😬. Bringing up politics on a gaming vid
@@InternalLocuss I wasn't trying to be toxic. I said he is a cool guy.
Here are the rough translation of the ingame conversations online.
1:46 wolf gangster A: wow! Here is some wine jar!
1:47 wolf gangster A: I wonder if there is any wine in it!
1:49 wolf gangster B: Do not be so greedy for wine!
1:50 wolf gangster B: We two would be 灵虚真人's snack if we mess this up!
(keep flying)
1:57 wolf gangster C: Brother, there is some noise at the gate.
1:58 wolf gangster D: Don't be so jumpy. No one dares to intrude here as I guard here.
(meet an elite enemy)
2:12 gangster leader(human): Those wolf puppies can not see you.
2:15 gangster leader(human): DO NOT think you can get away with it under MY nose!
(fight at a bridge)
2:33 wolf scout: Alarm! A hairy face monk intruder!
(minor boss fight)
2:48 wolf sword drillmaster: who are you, dare to disturb my practice?
(after seeing the player's character)
2:54 wolf sword drillmaster: oh, another monkey
2:59 wolf sword drillmaster: sir, why not drop your stick, and learn some Buddhism with me?
3:05 wolf sword drillmaster: how do you think?
(after been beaten)
4:00 wolf sword drillmaster: you ... Can it be that you are the man... of...destiny as our king told us?
(local earth god saying underground)
4:18 voice from underground: You're alarming the monsters over here, little monkey
(meet huge head giant)
4:23 voice from underground: You should be more careful if you go any further.
4:30 voice from underground: come here, little monkey
4:38 voice from underground: here, here
(local earth god show up)
4:47 local earth god: I am the humble local earth god of "black wind hill", and I am waiting here for a long time.
( he look closely )
4:58 local earth god: yes, you do look alike...
5:06 local earth god: Further on, you'll find the Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery
5:10 local earth god: It has prosperous good old days
5:15 local earth god: Too bad the big fire burned everything up.
(this fire should be related to a fire in the original story of "journey to the west")
5:26 local earth god: the monastery was rebuilt then,
5:29 local earth god: but what would rebuild a broken temple help if human's faith burned into ash?
(wolf howling)
5:40 local earth god: excuse me for leaving so soon!....
5:45 local earth god: we will meet again after you go pass the plank road...
7:04 Guanyin (the goddess of mercy) Monastery
(into the yard)
7:14 local earth god: hush, do not disturb that big dog...
7:17 local earth god: the monster in the backyard is a friend of BlackWind Monster. (black bear)
7:18 local earth god: he called himself "灵虚子"
7:20 local earth god: As your current capacity.....
(7:22 wolf howling)
7:23 local earth god: damn!
7:25 local earth god: RUN, you little monkey, before it's too late!
(local earth god hidden)
7:30 local earth god: you CANNOT return if you pass this gate!
(7:38 LEADER: 灵虚子)
你很有耐心叻
Press read more at your own risk; you may get lost in the translation.
Thanks man!
My wife is Chinese (Mandarin) and she was excited for this, and she isn't even into many games
Epic dud
Probably for the story. Some game genres can have stories.
Him: the staff grows like fkin dragon ball!
Yeah because dragon ball is inspired by this chinese novel written 400 years ago
Junior JR yeah he said that at the beginning
Someone is a know it all and doesn't pay attention.
Did you even watch from the start?
The creators are so modest, they sell themselves really short
A lot of people would say he's arrogant or cocky if he was accurate about his accomplishments
The fact is most of them are from a failed project of Tencent, also about Wukong. The leader has witnessed how those investors eager for quick profits force talent to work on mobile and online games, this time developer team wants black myth to be sth solid away with all the disgusting headhunters around which might be the first 3A of China they could not afford to let players down
They*
It's their first time(AAA GAME) I'm guessing but it's better they're honest than bragging about it and the game falling short of their promises...
Right? Apologizing. Yeah, you should be sorry... that I can't give you my money already.
It's real gameplay. There is even a video of the CEO playing the game.
yep, ture.
Can you give video link?
@@loginall124 ok，wait a moment please
@@monacolita9999 i got it bro, thanks
@@loginall124 Not at all
Just a few notes referencing the lore of Journey to the West
1. Wukong (Goku, same thing, different language) has the most iconic and arguably the best weapon in the entire trailer (如意金箍棒, as written on the staff carried by the armoured monkey king after the boss fight)
2. Wukong has the habit of shrinking his staff into his ears, so this is an accurate reference
3. The old short guy is a spirit/god of the earth, in charge of a specific territory
4. One of Wukong's most famous skills is to transform. In the official lore, he can transform into 72 different types of things, and here we see him using this skill to fight
5. Another skill he has is to transform his hair into monkey fighters, as in the lore
6. The 4 giants from the horizon are called the four heavenly gods, who aren't only in the lore of Journey to the West, but in other Chinese mythos too, and can also be seen in many Buddhist or Taoist temples
7. The white dragon flying in front of him is literally called the little white dragon. In the lore, he was the son of a dragon king, and later on joined the journey by turning into a white horse Tang Seng rode, long story.
8. The end fight is the battle against the 100,000 warriors in heaven, which actually happened relatively at the beginning of Journey to the West. This makes me think that they are playing with the timeline of the original lore
9. The end song is actually the main theme song from the TV series Journey to the West, which carries the world record of being replayed (the entire series) more than 3000 times on TV
There's so much more
It's really heart warming to see angry Joe being positive....
The most credible theory right now is that the "real" Wukong we see stopping our character's attack is the six eared macaque, who hijacked Wukong's role during the Journey to the West, and we're playing the real and depowered Wukong on his quest for vengeance and righteous retribution.
Actually the real wukong is the friends we made along the way
@@paulagarciallorente the real journey is the memes we make
okay i have no idea what you are talking about,who is the six eared macaque and what do you mean hijack a journey,how does one even do that?
@@MGrey-qb5xz I think he means he replaced wukong on the journey, for nefarious purposes.
the 6 eared is a master of disguise and shapeshifting, basically a very good copycat, he can do almost everything Wu Kong can do with a little twist in it. He stole Wu Kong's identity during journey of west.
It’s crazy how if it weren’t for Journey To The West, we wouldn’t really have Dragon Ball that we love and adore to this day
To expand on that we probably wouldn't have Shounen anime as we know it. Since most of them take inspiration from Dragonball, which in turn takes inspiration from JTTW.
Never watched Dragon Balls, but I knew of its existence, for me there were Pokemons and Digimons, and Naruto. If it weren't for DBZ, there would be something else.
@Jordan Ghill stop projecting
Jordan Ghill I wha? Where do you even get that???
@Youlo King
It did, but almost every battle shounen to come after Dragon Ball has taken inspiration from it or taken inspiration from something Dragon Ball influenced. Hell, arguably even a good chunk of non-battle shounen have taken from Dragon Ball in some way. For example, Pokemon's Mega Evolution is essentially Pokemon's take on Super Saiyan. Even moreso when you look at the anime and Ash-Greninja.
Wukong's master-Tang Sanzang is a reincarnation of Golden Cicada, a disciple of the Buddha.
Really glad you did a reaction video for this. I watched it about a week ago and it blew me away. It looks fricking amazing.
5:25 for some context. Sun would turn his weapon into an earring and hide it by clipping it to his ear. There’s one story where he challenged someone to lift his “earring” and they couldn’t because of the weight.
So badass
Just to add a footnote, in the original novel he actually turned his staff to the size of a needle and hide it into his ear, and you can actually see how he pinched the 'needle' out of his ear just before he was about to execute the wolf. And to be honest this troubled me since I was a kid as I've always wondered if the needle would damage his ear drum lol!
@@terryzhou3744 , No need to worry, his ear drum is a steel drum. ;D
That's interesting.
LOL... Wukong is a real dickhead for sure with his tricks and antics against people, demons, and gods....
Asian who are sold because of the music at the very end.
yeah the theme song for the only good tv series for a journey to the west, totally sold me.
1st heard the ending music 30 years ago and still epic till now
true
if you read Chinese, the last page says the composer of the theme song Xu Jingqing authorizes it to the game.
wentao xue sweet
"It looks so done!" We are all way to used to early access..
I remember watching the 1986 version of Journey to the West. That was my childhood. I used to wish I was Wukong... it brings up so much memories. Please let this game be in all platform.
You know Joe really likes a game when he sounds like he's been paid to talk about it
Hahahahah hahahahahhaha
That goes for everybody
Yeah, it seemed a little sketchy at times. This game seems good and all but still
@@cameronpeterson6734 alot random reactions are coming out for this Chinese made game
Joe: don’t buy games based off pre launch footage and gameplay trailers
Also joe: BUY THIS GAME AFTER THR FIRST TRAILER
not all pre orders are equal
Absolutely. Never pre order.
Bro they literally showed off game play and he said it could be fake
@@HarshNerf as in it could be an animation or wont look exactly as it does post launch like watch dogs
@@HarshNerf Lots of times what they show off is pre-rendered on a PC that has specs way beyond the average consumer market *and* they also touch it up in post and editing. Sometimes they also make a (tech) demo level specifically for a trailer, one which wouldn't or couldn't be the same in a full game. In these cases what they show off in "gameplay" trailers may not even be possible on current hardware. I'm not saying this is what they've done here, but Joe's scepticism is at least somewhat well-founded. Never give in to the hype machine until you actually get to play the game yourself. Then if you like it, hype away at your heart's content haha.
Although this game is called "Wukong: black myth", the playable character is actually not Wukong. The real Wukong is the one who shows up at 12:10.
Excellent take on this, Joe and team!
I love AJ's optimism when it comes to games from other cultures.
“Im just like how-“.....straight jaw dropped while deflecting arrows 😂
Man I've been wathcing you since i was a kid and man i gotta say i still enjoy your work!!!
I am not sure if someone mentioned this.. but the OST at the end blew me away !
I’ve never been more HYPE for a game. Sun Wukong is my favorite fictional character, the only reason I play Smite, and he’s been played in movies by one of my favorite actors Donnie Yen. I’ve been waiting for a game like this for so long!
This is the only game where it's not game-breaking to be op lol
they actually released this in the hopes of recruiting new talent in order to finish the game. I believe they're already backed by a publisher and are just looking to complete the project. unfortunately i've heard that a lot of the developers are being head-hunted due to how amazing this game looks and that may hamper the completion of this project.
but the good news is, is that since this has garnered so much attention they may be able to replace any developers they lose with people of equal talent. i guess we'll just have see. either way, the game looks like a dream come true personally and i sincerely hope everything works out for the studio.
I hope this game finished in smoothly way without any distrubtion
@Nico Mulack Rumor is they are backed by Alibaba, so they don't really need money. On Chinese forums people say their best bet of foreign cooperation is probably with EGS so they get more support with Unreal Engine.
Not the best for gamers, but probably the most plausible decision to take for them.
a new trailer is out, cant wait to see joe's reaction!
“Some mountains are scaled, some are slain.” Props to Alex for that “Shadow of The Colossus” call.
The perfect way to recruit your potential employee.
I appreciate the Wu Kong T-shirt. Chinese mythology is a HUGE and untapped pool for game story ideas.
Dude, mythology in general is a huge untapped pool for fantasy games, stories, and film. Too much focus on Greek and maybe Norse myths, and not enough on the multitude of pantheons out there. I want to see the Egyptian pantheon, the South American pantheon (eg. Mayan, Aztec, Olmec, etc.), the various African pantheons (eg. Yoruba, etc), Native American, Polynesian, and more. Every culture has their myths, and they're always fascinating. It's how those myths have survived for so long.
Syd M it only seems like God of War and Hell Blade focus on mythology and it’s so frustrating to see just how many cultures are still untapped
hope there are more game that give an idea around Lu Bu or Xiang Yu
@@nutmaster9541 Dynasty Warriors has that covered well. A game based on a Jin Yong novel would be nice and refreshing (not that there hasn't been tons, just that nearly none of them get translated).
As someone who watched movies about Sun Wukong as a kid, I will love this game ever more. I always enjoyed movies/different adaptation about the monkey king
The 13 minute demo was to help find more staff for Game Science to help finish the game. Game Science also Twitter Black Myth: Wukong will have 72 transformations/abilities for Wukong
72 tricks. Transformation is just one of them.
Journey to the West is literally the perfect story to adopt to a game. This looks masterful, and I hope China sweeps me away with Wu Kong.
The old man in the beginning and towards the end of the game view. Is Sun Wukong when he's imprisoned for his crimes... I'm guessing
No, because he was imprisoned in a mountain
@@David-nq8cv It might be a second imprisonment after he was released from the mountain.
@@David-nq8cv That's what I'm saying. He's telling his own story.
@@David-nq8cv im not talking about the little smoking old guy.
@@spyderthegamer6485 I know since at the end you see the floating thing behind which only gods had
Hey Joe, black Myth Wukong released another trailer with the Unreal engine.
The reason why it begins with a cicade, You have to know a bit of Chinese here, The cicade in Chinese is "蝉"，and the "Zen" in Chinese is "禅". the pronunciation is the same. The difference is just the left part of that character.
I've probably looked at 4-5 youtube reacting to this. Can't get enough!!!!
Yooo same here lol cant wait for this game!
Same dude lol
Now the game has it’s official UA-cam channel, where you can get a cc subtitles vision of the video.
Support the official channel and let the studio know our enthusiasm for the game, hope I can donate money to help them make it out faster.
@@lilwatermelon4209 seems like funding isn't the issue, it's rather that they're lacking staff to finish the game
Alan Pereyra it might be but when the group gets bigger, salaries will gets bigger as well
been waiting for this!
Great trailer reaction guys!!Love you guys keep it up!Hope this game comes out on all systems.
13 minutes of gameplay. When will IGN start their “review in progress”
They have already given it "8/10, there's a little something for everyone"
As soon as they beat the tutorial level. Aka, never.
@@speedstriker Dev team said they lowered the difficulty for the demo. idk man, the demo already looks too hard for my rusty fingers. If the real game is even harder, guess I will only buy it and watch streamers playthrough😂
@@rorschachgotnicemask9449 China's market right now is very casual, so I'm sure they will consider the play experience in easier difficulty settings.
Joe, if you watch it again, there are already English subtitles for the whole trailer. :)
little thing at the end of the trailer. the song that wukong - yes im sure that wukong - is humming. that is the theme song of a very old tv show - journey to the west (1986). very famous show in china and viet nam too. love to see they add it into the game.
As far as I know from the Journey to the West:
Wukong has 72 miracles that help him transform into various forms, including flying into the sky realms, diving into the water or going to hell.
His staff was Yu the Great's giant ruler using for measuring the depths of the ocean, it can be turned larger or smaller as the user wants. Wukong used to order it to turn smaller as a sewing needle and put it in his ear.
The cloud he was riding to fight with dragon was one of his 72 miracles, called Nimbus. Nimbus was the name of the miracle, not the name of the cloud like DragonBall.
Four titans are the four great kings who rule over the first heaven realm of the 33 heavens realms.
The dynasty army that ambushed wukong on the clouds was the army of the Jade Emperor. Jade emperor was the ruler of the universe, not the creator.
This game looks gorgeous. The lighting and animations.
It looks good, but I don’t get how everyone is super impressed clearly they haven’t played the last of us 2
@@VIP-ov1qo . I love the last of us 2 so much but it is alright. The graphics are great but Black Myth is greatttttt.
@@VIP-ov1qo graphically this looks better than Last of Us 2
@@VIP-ov1qo Not to mention TLOU is a 3rd person story shooter with a reputable triple A well known developer/studio and this is some game out of nowhere from China tackling a much more difficult genre and still managing to impress.
@@VIP-ov1qo overexeggerated, yes this game looks good, but can look quite outdated down the years. Very muddy graphics. Art style is good.
6:40
An Xbox exclusive?!
"AREOU! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIIIIIND??!"
Better fucking not be an xbox exclusive
There's no way, it's gotta be all platforms.
Panino Manino Xbox can buy this studio rn, so.....
@G C Yeah but Sony don't got that Microsoft Money
@@pox9127 scary honestly this can really benefit from being an all platform game.
He puts it behind his ear because he can adapt the size of it. Fun fact, his staff is actually a pillar from a Dragons Castle that he decided he liked so he took it
I wish all devs would be this creative, really reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Dark Souls
A hybrid of all three, awesome
Joe, i highly doubt this was “touched up.” There were glitches and at the end a noticeable frame drop.
When you're fighting hundreds of enemies, of course there will be frame rate drops. Plus, it is still in pre-alpha.
Though I didn't see any glitches. Do you mind pointing any out?
MrSucc Yes, it is true (of course) when there are many enemies the frame drops. My point was that they didn’t bother “touching it up” or covering it with smoke and mirrors like most publishers will do. Compare it to EA and Ubisoft presentations. Anthem and Rainbow Six Siege comes to my mind easily. Lol. As for glitches, a noticeable one is at 7:48 the enemy moves and is frozen in place until hit. But yeah, its still years away from release many things will get ironed out. Super hyped for this game
@@Kai-vo5zq Ah, my fault. For some reason you saying "touched up" in my mind registered as "refined."
ごめん
MrSucc あ〜 そうゆことか n_n まぁ、大丈夫ですよ
Ye devs explained more in an interview afterwards, sayin/pointing out all the flaws in their reveal but that this was only to help recruit more ppl to finish the game and show what theyre trying to achieve. Very humble devs, i wish them the best honestly. The game is years away but ill def be on the lookout for it
Joe: how do fighting something like that
Alex: shadow of the colossus
Or Cronus from God of War 3.
@@hentikirby7142 nah, wukong is goddamn op. After all, he is the god that beat king yan (god of death) and bested most of the gods on heaven. Even buddha had to show up himsefl to capture the monkey king and imprisoned him for 500 years. An immortal, invulnerable god who possesses 72 transformation technique, can travel 108000 miles in one jump and create thousands of clones from his fur. If they adapt that wukong from journey to the west, the fight may be over in 5 minutes.
@@hentikirby7142 the only guy wukong cant beat is buddha
@@hentikirby7142 i wrote very clearly "most of the gods" , not all the gods. Erlang has 72 magic tricks like wukong and a legendary dog. He was aided by a heaven army and other gods too. Remember Daode Tianzun? He did a sneak attack on wukong while he was fighting erlang
@@hentikirby7142 it is an already unfair fight from the beginning. Erlang was born earlier , trained a lot and still fought on the same par with wukong, who was born much later. Erlang had his dog, a bunch of elder gods on his back, a whole heaven army to fight against a monkey with an old stick. Not to mention the fact that wukong had already fought against countless waves of heaven soldiers, Nezha and many other gods before going head to head against erlang.
Joe you got to excited I had to turn the volume down,it was past 2 am. LOL
I love y'alls reactions to all the amazing stuff in this game.
And that's pre-alpha?! Insane, looks absolutely incredible.
This isn't pre-alpha, every game shown now says that, even tough clearly it is more refined than that.
And what’s halo infinite’s excuse
@@brajuhani The game is long way of from being released it's pre alpha
He wanted to expand the development team and recruit more people.
- But wasn't able to or struggled at achieving that (I think.)
- He just wanted to record an honest trailer for purpose of recruitment and didn't expect to be praised as an industry savior
- 13 minutes of B1 ( I dunno what B1 means - B-roll? )
- There are a lot of patchwork and rough aspects on what was shared of the trailer
- He then talks about areas of the game that in his view, were still in poor shape
- something in regards to the animation of small bodies?
- something in regards to how they made the sculpt/mold of the golden cicada?
- how the body of water in the trailer completely lacked any fluid physics/any feedback
- the poor sound depth/implementation
- how the framerate during the 1,000 enemy musou sequence tanked so bad it gave them PTSD (not sure if the PTSD referred to the devs or not)
- hmm, something about how the fur implementation was still poor compared to hairless skin (I think?)
- He knows many people are currently in a depressed state and he's happy to provide some comfort
- The team is happy that the response to the reveal has been explosive, but they aren't letting it get to their heads.
- Please forget what we have shown as of this time ( p.s. context - it's more of a statement of modesty and how they don't feel like it's necessarily representative of their best work, they also want to do better )
- We will hide again after this to slowly continue, continue, continue working on the game.
"The staff grows just like Dragonball!"
Noooo... Goku's grows just like Wukongs.
Yup. The staff, Nimbus, ape transformations. Son Goku = Sun Wukong.
@Leotis Bennett Now that's a travesty
@Real patriot No it isn’t
@Leotis Bennett it's a bit.... idiotic to say that since the only mainstream media about wukong is dragonball, also is dragonball not dragonballz, speaking of irony...
Nooo they all grow just like the staff in my pants.
man, Joe is not familiar with Journey to the West. This game gonna blow his mind on Wukong awesomeness.
FINALLY JOE .... your reactions are always the most fun
"If all Chinese games are like this I for one welcome our Chinese Overlords" ~Angry Joe "2020"~
LMAO It's kinda scary all this over a shiny new toy.
Angry Joe Chinese spy confirmed.
Yeah, let's just forget about the literal concentration camps over there^^
@@arsenelupin9697 He was literally kidding bros.
@@Priceluked I know that.
But deflecting this kind of topic with humor, just doesn't fly.
When the deaths of hundreds of thousands people is the issue, you either talk seriously about it or avoid it altogether (if you're afraid, you might displease the great chinese mammon).
I was looking forward to the reaction! Yeah this is one of the most amazing looking games recently!
Even Alex was smiling. That's when you know it's good. 😂
That was awesome!
I was waiting for you to review this! Thank you joe! Hopefully it is legit !!
Sony are more likely to get this as an exclusive than Microsoft..
true. especially if it's a single player, one and done, type game.
Bruno Bucciarati
Umm... How?
Sony are Japanese not Chinese so there is no National Link, Microsoft have way more money than Sony, Microsoft have been buying exclusive rights to a lot of games recently one of them being Chinese developed Bright Memory Infinite And Microsoft are not restricting games to Consoles meaning if Game Science did get bought by Microsoft they would make a lot more money than they would with Sony.
If anything Microsoft are so much more likely to buy exclusive rights
Faxxxx
What a racist comment
Well there is also a chance for this to have no exclusives but if there are let's hope for Microsoft. Though I am a Sony fan I want to see Microsoft be an actual competitor against Sony.
The bloods effects are “allowed” for Chinese made games (by allowed, means the authority in charge, ministry of culture, pretend it doesn’t exist). It exist 80% to block imported game until they receive their shares through one way or another.
Big titles such as World of Warcraft still have some skulls here and there. Tho all bloods are gone. Another bizarre thing is this only apply to video game. Anime that include blood spraying everyone or a dude cut in half? That’s totally fine. As long as there is no exposed genitalia’s then it is fine. The problem originated from the facts there is no age grading system for cultural products. When Chairman Jiang was in office he tried one, that turned out quite bad cuz parents are not happy with their child buying adult graded films as local sellers are happy as long as they got paid. They have got more important things to do so they just say “fk it” to the whole thing. Probably should have left some one to alter and supervise the whole thing tho, instead of yeet everything out of the way.
Steam and Valve have managed to jump around the importing mechanics bs, since the platform has been imported to China, the games on it is not. Unless there is some extreme cases, such as CoD. When Tencent want every CoD players to play their trash CoD online, by not making CoD online a good game, but forbid everyone from playing actual CoD. This is by no means the higher ups are not aware, but it seems like whoever in charge for steam is quite chill with the current status.
However by no means can any streamer stream anything video-game that include bloods and extreme violence. Most streaming platforms have include the “auto-censor” function that streamer can turn on that change blood to green and but mosaic on violent scene.
It is some really fking bs thing, no body knows why it is here, since decades ago there was literally Chinese made tv shows that include extremely violence. People constantly joked that they are treated as giant babies, and there is a running meme that bloods are in fact green, and random thing comes with it like earth has been infiltrated by aliens.
now the censorship has started to be applied on Chinese webtoons too. i read a webtoon and the color of blood changed from red to black, and the gore scenes where limbs, etc are getting cut off are hidden behind speech bubbles to censor the scenes.
really mind blowing can't wait for this game !and the classic music theme at the end is 10/10!
well, Dragon Ball was in fact inspired by Journey To The West
I'm surprised that there are Dragon Ball fans out there who are not aware of the origin of their favourite anime.
@Leotis Bennett "Oh yeah, but can he beat goku though?"
This line gets me dead everytime 😂😂😂
Why do people keep saying this. Literally , everyone I know knows its inspired by Journey To The West. Repeatedly saying that Dragonball fans are ignorant of this is almost like people are creating a false narrative. I'm an 80's kid. So maybe my age has something to do with it...but all MY friends knew this growing up.
@@tonyOn1ce yep i think everyone know it. if u don't, U R some sort of illiteracy.
Lee Wenxu thats the dumbest thing ive ever read they’re dbz fans ofc they aren’t
reminds me of Heavenly Sword for the PS3. Such an underrated game.
Heavenly Sword was too underrated.
It's rated low because it's too short. It felt more like a DLC than a game.
wasn't that the giant enemy crab game?
That Four Heavenly Kings at 13:00...oh my god...goosebumps.... Is Wukong is going to fight them? my god...
This game looks insane, i really love the character design...... i love every second of the gameplay :)
Them graphics ruined games for the next 2 years.
Lmfao
Well this probably won't be out for another 2-4 years.
@@MrFlaminggears , True. But since they're already so far ahead, by the time they finish the game itself, the graphics will still look damn good for what'll be the standard. :D
Tiberius 209 Yeah have fun playing those old ass, dead games from the mid 2000s lol. You PC virgins gotta beg for games that’s fuckin sad 😂
@Tiberius 209 yeah naw, even on PC there are only a handful of games that match that kind of quality. My 2080ti doesn't mean shit if the animators and artist didn't put in any effort beyond what the consoles could handle
This better not be a console exclusive or just a pc only game, this better be available on all platforms.
Yeap, pretty sure it'll be on PC, XBox and PS
On their site the developers said it'll come to Pc and all major platforms.
Pretty sure it will be on PC, if they want to hit the Chinese market since the gaming market in China is overwhelmingly PC based.
The Chinese almost play exclusively on PC because consoles have been banned over there until recently.
I don’t know if you guys saw, cause you didn’t mention but in the wolf battle when he was on fire he shook the flames off. Sooooo fucking immersive.
Throughout the whole video I kept saying "I need this game" "I really need this game'
Looks amazing!
This is all and they still feel it is not ready. I feel like this game will be game of the year (Whichever year it is) and a 10/10 material.
Not if ign review it; 6/10, too Chinese.
This game perfectly describes why the staff is my favorite type of weapon, i love it!
The other monkey, is known as Yin Monkey King (Shadow Wukong), the evil version of Sun wukong (Yang Wukong) in the mythology of the Monkey King (Legend of Sun Wukon). Origionaly at the creation of shadow Wukong, both shadow and sun had a fixiation with each other, since Wukong mainly only viewed himself and his counter part as perfect, so shadow viewed his counter part and himself the same way.
Numptie keeps saying Dragonball - Monkey Magic that is all.
The book is also really good AND this game LOOKS GOOD!!! It's a faithful adaptation of the Monkey king. He can even transform and his staff is awesome!
Evidences that this is real:
-7:52 look at that wolfman on the far right, standing there having Vietnam flashback until he get 'shockwaved'.
-9:07 when wukong was executing a jumping attack he was pushed to the left by the boss right arm
-and the final dynasty warrior gameplay obvious FPS drop
-ceo of gamescience played demo in an interview, look it up its on UA-cam.
18:50 dude... that shit was my childhood a part of me died when I heard you say it like that