Thanks so much for the support from all of you. Our team will continue on the game development. Also the community contributions (subtitles) just turned ON for this video. Thanks again!
Please make at least Russian and English subtitles in the game. The Russians have a large audience and we are also waiting for this game. I am delighted with the game
@@KryptsCorner from their interview, they said they are lacking of peoples, not money. One of the reason they release this teaser trailer now is to attract more talented peoples to join their team. They did this with around 30 peoples and their target is to increase the team size to 80 to 100 peoples. But I guess extra funding is good as well
Hello everyone, we finally added our official UA-cam CC. Thanks to Mr. Siyang Gao, the translator of Discworld. He helped us to polish and revise our in-game translation. So the subtitles are a bit different from in-game ones. Please do not feel confused. Thanks!
If the dev team is reading this. just want to let you guys know man, that music at the end brings tears to my eyes. Journey to the West was such an integral part of my childhood and other Vietnameses'. I hope other characters Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing show up later in the game or the sequels. All the best with the game development. Can't wait.
It's not even so much a matter of "how close". Aside from a few visual cue's for stuff like charging up a heavy attack, and particle effect differences.... graphics fidelity is pretty much EXACTLY as shown. Crazy when you look at games that have come out SINCE this video went live.
When you're a kid, there's a special kind of awestruck that you get when you see something cool that you've never seen anything like before. As an adult, it can feel like you'll never feel this sense of infatuation ever again. I'd like to thank the makers of this for reminding me that I can still feel a sense of wonder even at my age.
I got that feeling too! I think it because Chinese mythology is so unfamiliar to Western gamers. I was awestruck at the creatures, and general design of the game. Very cool
The game got its basis from actual myths and gave it a inspiration to create this gorgeous looking game. Here are some some fun facts about this video if you are not familiar with eastern culture: Journey to the West (which this game is based on) is also is a classic novel in Chinese mythology. It focuses on the adventure of one of the main character, "Sun Wukong" in the novel. His mischievous acts of going to Heaven and causing trouble made Buddha punish him by trapping him in a mountain for 500 years. He was released after he promised to help a Buddhist monk go from China to India to obtain Buddhist holy books. On their journey, they face many obstacles (novel says 9*9=81, that is, 81 obstacles) and have many adventures. Also *Sun Wukong* in the West often called *Monkey King* (Son Goku in Japanese, hello DBZ fans!) or simply Monkey (Saru in Japanese), is a main character, he is The Great Sage and his power is equal to heavens and he is a prominent cultural and folkloric figure across Asia. * 1:40 - This flying cicada is actually Wukong’s Master who is known as "Golden Cicada" (金蝉子) - or this transformation tecnique performed and learnt by Wukong from his master into becoming Cicada to wander around without enemy noticing his presence. This monk is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada, a disciple of the Buddha too lazy to work to achieve enlightenment so much to fall asleep during a sermon, so he is forced to reincarnate many times to become Tripitaka (Xuanzang is his actual name and he is refered to as Tripitaka which is his name in English version of the story and it is a traditional honorific for a Buddhist monk). Being him an important character makes him extremely attractive for all the demons he encounters on his way (as we see in the video that he is attacked or searched by Youkai in the video), as it was believed that eating his flesh made the demon become immortal. This monk is also protected by Wukong when he was the right hand of Buddha. * 2:23 - One of Wukong's abilities is the paralysis (body freezing) spell * 3:28 - This isn't related to the myth, but it's fun to note that most of the Monkey Staff attacks are based on actual Shaolin Kung Fu. One of which you climb the staff (obviously the game exaggerates tho). Also his trademark staff (called 金箍棒 （jin gu bang）) is one of the magical pillars of the Ocean Dragon's Palace. It's a divine pole that works to stable the sea. He eventually took it which really causes a havoc in the early days before he was punished. * 3:51 - One of Wukong's abilities is the barrier (protective circle) spell * 4:04 - In the legend Wukong pulls his staff from his fur/ear... so him "sheathing" the lance in his fur/ear seems like a reference to that * 4:20 - That monster looks like Ayakashi (鬼怪) or also known as Yokai which is a class of supernatural monsters, spirits and demons from Japanese folklore. They are eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them. * 4:45 - Shows an Earth God (there are many) * 6:37 - In the legend Wukong is capable of tranforming into a giant and scary version of himself. This is possibly a reference to that, despite being much smaller. Wukong have 72 transformations in general, so whatever transformation u see in this video is base on that. Wukong has 5 types of immortality too. The one he learned his transformations, skills and magic from 须菩提, or subhuti (Master Puti/the Master of the Sun). He became immortal when he crossed his name out of hell’s archives, then he hate the immortal peaches, and then he drank the immortal wine, and finally he ate the immortal pills. So yeah, Wukong is basically immortal. * 8:52 - One of Wukong's abilities is transforming his hairs into clones of himself, like Kage Bunshin no Jutsu from Naruto universe. * 9:11 - Wukong is often seen taking the appearance of others. Usually it's used to trick his enemies but in this case it seems devs change it to also get the powers of the one he defeated at around 2:51 * 10:37 - The guy that stops you (the player) is actually Sun Wukong (with the classic metal armor and headpiece with the 2 giant feathers). This is quite a plot twist since we we're led to believe we we're Wukong up until now. And also the five shining characters on the golden staff that block player's attack is "如意金箍棒" ( Ruyi Jingu Bang as i mentioned above), implied that it's the real legendary weapon which wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel. * 11:09 - Wukong is forced to wear a circlet that would cause him extremes headaches. I remember reading in wiki but can't remember if it was done by the Buddha in order to restrain him while he accompanies the monk in his journey to west or as a trick by the Dragon King in retaliation for forcing the Dragon King to gift him weapons. Edit: According to @TheWowWow88, The circlet was granted by Guan Yin to Tripitaka to control Wukong (prevent him from any misdeeds) during his journey. * 11:16 - If you pause at 11:17 you can see a glimpse of "Sha Wujing", also known as Sha Heshang is one of the main protagonists in the 1592 Chinese classic novel Journey to the West by the late Wu Cheng'en, and its multiple adaptations. He is the one who carries the luggages for all Xuanzang's (Tripitaka in many English versions of the story as mentioned before) party. * 11:20 - The next scene, I believe it is 黄袍怪 (huang pao guai), who was 奎木狼(kui mu lang), one of the 28 Stars. He fell in love with a girl so he went away with her to the human world. I saw a wolf status standing in the room so I think I am right. * 11:23 - This is a very famous monster called 白骨精(bai gu jing), and this is its real shape. In the fiction, Bai gu jing showed 3 times. Once was the shape of a girl, the second time was an old woman, and the third time was an old man, but was beaten by Wukong every time. * 11:30 - This is Lei Shen, the God of Thunder * 11:34 - That might being is Bird God Garuda and is probably one of the most powerful characters in the fiction. He is the son of Phoenix, and he has a sister, a peacock, who is the Mahamayuri, Buddha's mother. He appeared in 狮驼岭(shi tuo ling), as the 3rd king. (1st king is a lion, 2nd is a white elephant.) * 11:38 - This is Juling Shen, a gigant River God * 11:44 - These are the Four Heavenly Kings, the Buddhist protective deities * 11:49 - The classic "flying cloud" and we see the dragon flies through the sky which might be Bai Longma, a dragon prince son of the "Dragon King of the West Sea" * 11:52 - In the legend, Wukong actually invades the heavens, basically beating every god single-handedly and it seems like we'll get to play this part too which is really awesome! Also, the game didn't really show off just how strong the Ruyi Jingu Bang (monkey staff) is and we can only get to see how it can change size as big as sweeping everyone around him. PS: Those armies that he is trying to defeat in this part are the Heavenly Soldiers. The soldiers that protect the heaven. That's the all the references i got from this teaser like i might skipped some of them but if you see any more references then let me know below, i will edit this message accordingly. Edit: Also, the music at the end of the clip is the iconic theme of the extremely famous "Journey to the West" series in China(by "TheWowWow88"). And here i thought why those tunes sounded so familiar which gave me so much goosebumps! Edit2: It's about other guy that stops Wukong in the video (by Xniper) that i'd like to also share his comment here too: "i think that we are sun wukong, the other guy is the imposter Six Eared Macaque, and im pretty sure that he didnt killed the real wukong. He's more like the counterpart of the same wukong, his evilness, his dark side taking part on the story trying to deceive everyone showing that he is the most powerful one to consume everything and transform himself in that god title thing that the real wukong wanted to achieve, but to control everything as a god, the most powerful and not a benevolent one. When he killed Six Eared Macaque, he change his personality because he was at peace now, he won againts his darkness and grew from the inside, it cleaned his soul confronting his evilness. I dont think that Six Eared Macaque took his position, it is more like a metaphor between his true self VS the self that could have been with his dark emotions and ambitions". EDIT 3: Another fun fact to be mentioned by "Wshch 01": The Black Wind Mountain(黑风山 hei feng shan) where this trailer took place was in the original novel. When Wukong and Sanzang got here the first time. They spent one night in the temple. The monks there tried to burn down the temple together with Wukong and Sanzang to rob Sanzang's precious kasaya(buddha cloth). This is the fire that the earth god was referring. The Black Bear spirit came from his cave to help with the fire(surprisingly he is not bad), but got greedy and took the kasaya for his coming Birthday in two days. Wukong found out about the theft as well as the upcoming Birthday party(Lingxuzi, the wolf boss was invited as a close friend). However, the black bear spirit was scared of him and hid in his cave. Wukong then called Guanyin for help (given this temple is built for Guanyin). They met Lingxuzi on the way to the cave and Wukong killed him in one hit(lol, literally what happened, dunno how he came back to life in the game). Guanyin transformed into Lingxuzi and Wukong transformed into a gift pill (supposed to lengthen one's life by 1000 years). The black bear spirit took the pill and got rekt by Wukong. He was then taken away by Guanyin to guard one of his Mountain.
The first ever gameplay for an upcoming game being 13 minutes of PURE gameplay for the game the developers want to sell?! Be still my swooning heart! And the gameplay is sick as fuck too?! To any of the devs that can read english here, can we get a version of this trailer with english subs? I'm suddenly SUPER excited for this game. Can't wait to hear about what platforms this game will be for and, hopefully, western release.
In the name of all our dearest friends that dreamt so hard in playing this game and passed away before they could do it... Thank you so much, Game Sicience. You made it. We salute you.
It’s honestly amazing that Black Myth Wukong went from a pre-alpha proof of concept to a full game in just 4 years. Dev cycles for a lot of games now take about twice that long.
8 years is not an average dev cycle. Sure, sometimes games, like Cyberpunk, Metroid Dread, Spore etc. takes nearly a decade, but they are the exceptions. An average cycle is much closer to 4-5 years. Also, this video is far more than pre alpha, this is basically the finished game. I would assume that this was a vertical slice and the rest of the game wasn't even close to this finished but, just my guess. All that doesn't take away from the accomplishment. They made a really fantastic game, and put it out in a finished state with few bugs and no microtransactions. And boy oh freakin boy did it pay off for them. The sales are staggering.
Never ever has any game trailer ever made me sit here with mouth hanging open, gasping with awe like this did. Goosebumps! The character design, the details in the environment, the fantasy realism, the combat, the weapons and abilities, all of it blows many games out of the water. This looks beyond incredible and I am excited for it to come out. Holy cow.
Look up “Lost souls aside” it’s a game that is being made primarily by 1 person. He didn’t get help until people decided to help him/sponsor him late in the game development
@@blacksmith2497 EA EA: b-b-but it doesnt have microtransactions!! it cant be good! Activision: A-a-a-nd it doesnt have a subscription-based-thingamagig AAA industry: Wait, thats illegal! CDProjekt RED: Fantastic Indies: Fantastic
Yeah I was thinking the same - I was kinda sad to see Chapter 6 so BIG and BEAUTIFUL but you could clearly tell that it was rushed juding by how much was just left empty there, so that they could bring out an actual finished product that was working on day 1 (which is crazy to see from such a studio these days, compared to triple A companies) but you could tell that there is so much left that they will use for the dlc. Man, I'm so stocked.
Exactly! DLC may include after the destined one became wukong you will go up and fight the celestial once again, I believe they had that planed all along. Also there will be new stance new skills. Very excited.
@@Zombie_Hobo I ve watched another chinese interview, they were actually playing this demo during the clips, and they editted off the end part after the boss fight. ua-cam.com/video/CTYoDre2S7I/v-deo.html
I dunno how many times I watched this trailer since yesterday. I'm super impressed by your work. It feels like you put everything you have in it, heart and soul. I'm gonna read the books while waiting for the game.
You guys created a masterpiece. I can't afford to play this game but still this game is game of the year. Everything is perfect about this game. Huge respect from india🇮🇳🙏🏻
Going back to the first trailer, today I cleared the game, it took me about 100 hours in total, but I only got about 60 + achievements, and I'm ready to go on the road again. Congratulations, Game Science, it's a great game!
Finished the game yesterday (good ending). Possibly top 3 of the best gamers I have ever played. Trully a masterpiece! Thank you. A lot of the scenes didn't go into the game. I would love a game that follows journey to the west... Lot's of us westerners won't read it and I feel a game is an amazing way to tell and adapt the story. Being the destined one is great; being Sun Wukong for the entire game should be amazing (since lots of us didn't grow up with him as a hero). Can't wait for the DLC!
Absolutely incredible, trailer genuinely looks like the first next generation game out there. I hope you guys are able to release this game to the rest of the world.
dude, at 9:45 the giant beast got caught on fire, and then literally shook off the ailment status... That's a gorgeous level of detail in gameplay and animation
According to their website, they played a bunch of monster hunter hence such lovely reactive elements from the enemies. They also cited Sekiro and God of war as inspiration
Holy crap, this looks awesome. I can't believe that this is an indie game and it already looks so much better than ~90% of the AAA games that we get these days. Black Myth, I don't feel like this often these days anymore, but you managed to win me over ! This is already one of my most anticipated upcoming games and please, please take your time making it ! edit. It seems that I've been misinformed and that this isn't an indie game after all. My apologies for spreading false information. But the game still looks far better than the ~90% of the AAA games that we keep getting these days.
People need to understand what "indie" actually means. Its Vague but in general Its simply 'Independent / no external funding or support from a publisher ect..' it doesn't mean that a handful of people slapped it together in a basement in their free time. This game is definitely AAA and is costing many many millions of dollars to make and payroll the 30-40man team creating it. Whoever has been finding it for the last 2 years to this point is LOADED!.
There have been soooo many instances of games looking gorgeous in their trailers and when the game actually releases they are severely downgraded. Please, don't get "won over" from official gameplay trailers. You'll only get jaded and burned like me.
@@bennemann I'm not being "won over" from it. All I'm saying it looks really good and its up to the developers to live up to those expectations that their trailer gave me.
@@MrZoid1980 They already have two mobile games and one of them is very successful. A 30-man company can't be compared with corporations like Activision, EA, or Ubisoft. Unless they are bought by Tencent, they still fit the definition of indie company.
O.O i didn't think it was ever possible to put Sun Wukong in a game without watering his legend down...i have been proven wrong...THIS LOOKS INCREDIBLE! XD
@@jjabblePlayStation The guys behind Fallout new Vegas(widely considered one of the best reactive RPGs of all time) are making their own Skyrim set in the pillars of eternity universe for Microsoft but sure that isn't exciting at all!. But "hALo graFuKs bAd!!!".You're an idiot and demented clown. Maybe don't be a basement turbo-virgin that derives his sense of worth from the type of vidoe game he can't play?. MS games are pretty accessible to now with gamepass soon ,so you really don't have any reason to be fanboy.
0:08 - 1:17 Old Monkey's speech in Chapter 6, but the "This story starts with a golden cicada" line was omitted from the final release. Speaking of Old Monkey, his first design in this trailer was more human-like instead of being a full-on monkey. 1:38 - 2:13 Scenario-exclusive transformations like the Golden Cicada from CH. 1: Black Cloud, Red Fire, and the bat from CH. 3: White Snow, Ice Cold were supposed to be the intended Transformations. The Transformations like Azure Dome and Red Tides were seemingly different according to the trailer (see the symbol(s) on the bottom-right corner). 2:28 Heavy Attacks didn't rely on Focus in the original concept. You simply just charge and go, but the 5 min. gameplay trailer would eventually use the focus meter system but it was too reliant on Perfect Dodges. 2:34 Staff Throw was originally a part of the base moveset prior to being exclusively locked in the secret Wukong Stance in the final release. 2:39 Staff Spin/Mobile Spin was originally a stance, now a fundamental move as of final release. 3:14 Rock Solid uses a different icon. 3:30 Pillar Stance's Heavy Attack was Smash Stance's finisher prior to becoming a separate stance of its own and the Light Attack Combo finisher gained a new animation. 3:52 The Light Attack combo of the Spear-type weapons was originally reserved for Thrust Stance. 3:57 Thrust Stance's Heavy Attack was the finisher before giving it a new one in the final release. 4:08 Able to use more than one Transformation unlike in the final release. 4:22 Wandering Wight. 6:37 Azure Dome being available at the beginning, notice how the attacks are open-handed and how the Heavy Attack is performed four times. Those are the same attack animations the Stone Monkey boss uses in Chapter 6. In the final release, Azure Dome's light attacks use punches and the heavy attack is only a single leap. 7:59 The second attack of Spear/Thrust Stance's Light Attack Combo hits thrice, but it only hits twice in final release. I don't know if it's intentional or a bug on release. 8:12 Spin Stance's Light Attack Combo, notice how the first hit looks exactly like the Wukong Stance's sprinting light attack. 9:12 Guangzhi's Glaive Throw, though in the final release, the move is only exclusive to the boss and not to the transformation itself. It seems that Transformations were originally more sophisticated than what we have now. 8:53 A Pluck of Many but it has the Life-Saving Strand's icon. Unlike in the final release, which spawns six clones once the spell is maxed out, the trailer shows approx. 10 clones instead. 10:56 We can see here that Sun Wukong is wearing the Original Monkey King's Armor Set, which can be found at the starting point (I believe) of Chapter 6: Unfinished, stored inside a chest. Also, notice how his eyes glowed upon opening them? This was the same thing that happened to the Destined One upon achieving the True Ending of the final release. 11:10 The Destined One still has the Golden Headband. (discarded piece of in-game story) 11:20 A snake guai as a boss. Possibly scrapped, but could make a return in the DLCs, one may hope. 11:24 Centipede Guai in Chapter 2, I think? 11:28 A different version of Churning Gale, possibly a finisher like in God of War. 11:31 Possibly a scrapped final boss for Chapter 1, because in the final release, this is where we fought Black Bear Guai. 11:35 A Yaoguai Chief (possibly) that looks like the Supreme Celestial Inspector, but has an eagle for a head instead of a hand. 11:39 Fuban. 11:50 Kang-Jin Loong in Chapter 6, I assume? Because the environment looks like Mount Huaguo. 11:55 A scrapped horde battle against the Celestial Army (possibly the original tutorial prior to fighting Erlang, Sacred Divinity), and Wukong is using a different set of attacks in this one. Possibly meant for either Wukong Stance or Pillar Stance.
It seems like the original idea is you playing as the actual Wukong and fighting against the Six-Eared Macaque (which explains the 'Some say it's not the real him that attain Buddhahood, the real him is already dead on the journey' spoken by the Old Monkey character and another Wukong appeared at the end of Lingxuzi boss fight). But that storyline got scrapped and you played as the 'Destined One' instead.
This looks absolutely increible. And the realism on that fur and how it caught fire and how the wolf creature tried to put it out.... such attention to detail. My mind is blown. The combat animations, particle effects, environment, it all looks amazing. And the transformations seem very promising!
Other than games based on historical contexts (AoE, Civilization, etc), yeah, there isn't much at all from Wuxia. It's a shame, because I love how beautifully intriguing the myths and culture is. I couldn't be less interested in Ghosts of Tsushima from a cultural standpoint, but this is interesting to me.
had faith 4 years before of this release and here again watching it with a big smile on my face today, thanks game science, you delivered more than what you promised.
Had to come back to this reveal 4 years later. It's so surreal to see this game get an official release date & has already sold way more than anticipated. Pat yourself on the back Game science, you made absolute peak gaming
This is not cinematic its actual gameplay if its intended for the new consoles and you a tv capable of displaying the video capabilities it should be any different. Dont expect it to look like that on 720p
This game is still in VERY VERY early stage, 100% not going to be in 2020, hard to say 2021, might even be 2022. This video is actually more of a "recuritment" advertise. They are currently hiring Senior UE4 graphic engineer expert, animation technology art and UE4 special effects designer etc. The studio also mentioned that this game will be launching on PC + all mainstream console paltforms, and cloud gaming platforms that can provide stable environment for this game. There is also a little tease from the main developers saying that not only they love single player, action based and story driven game, they also enjoy games that support online cooperation.
The studio used to belong to Tencent, and they led the development of Tencent's first self-developed game, which is also the theme of Journey to the West, and achieved a 90% favorable rate during the closed beta. Later, because of the development of online games with a stand-alone idea, the effect of making money was not good. Six of them set up the current studio to develop this game. It can be said that they far surpass other studios in subject matter and ability. This is why many people think they have no problems in making AAA games. On the one hand, the video demonstrated their abilities, on the other hand, it was also aimed at recruiting more people with lofty ideals.
I'm more curious about the game platform release, usually, such an indie studio with great potential is acquired by major game studios like Playstation, but given China's heavy restriction on everything, I wonder it will ever get an international release by platforms such as Microsoft, Playstation or Valve.
@@BocchiTheGlock021 I don't think Microsoft or Sony will have any problems letting them publish on their platforms. That being said I don't them purchasing the studios for reasons you mentioned. They probably won't have any troubles releasing a digital version on all stores, as for physical, either Tencent or just partner with a distributor. One thing for sure, this game will sell a lot in China, publishers will back them, not so certain about the west though.
When a game looks so good that the warning in beginning that says its not representative of what the final build will be and you say to yourself God damn I hope it looks this good
This looks fun as hell, and I'm am incredibly impressed with the sound design. When the fire rushes past wu kong, everything gets louder and you hear the crackling. It was very pleasant to hear :3
So many bosses and areas in this trailer that didn't even make it to the final game. Yet it took me over 75h to complete the first game cycle. They could make another game of the assets they already got.
Did you know that the Monkey King Sun Wukong himself from the novel Journey To The West of Chinese religion mythology and Hanuman the monkey god of Indian from Hindu mythology inspired Dragon Ball Son Goku,Naruto,One Piece Luffy,Jin Mori from God Of Highschool,….. The name Sun Wukong in Chinese translated to Son Goku in Japanese and Naruto shadow clone techniques came from Sun Wukong 72 transformations,also the game trailer of black myth Wukong is very detailed animated.
They showed us ! And they delivered ! Much Respected to you guys !!! Hat off !!! To think they get this done 4-5 years ago is mind blowing 🎉 22 hours into this game and I’m at early chapter 4
It was fun to come back to this and see just how much the game changed over the course of four years. The final product is easily my game of the year and one of the best games ever, period.
I've been searching for this moment ever since I first saw that clip years ago, and I can't thank you enough! The way you've brought the legend of Wukong to life, blending the depth of culture, tradition, and myth into something so visually stunning and emotionally powerful, is nothing short of breathtaking. It's beyond what I ever imagined possible. My deepest respect to your team-this is truly legendary work that deserves every bit of recognition and glory. Thank you, Game Science! I can't wait with great anticipation for the next chapter!
An absolute amazing game start to finish, 10 out of 10 for me! Watching this trailer though makes me wonder what else game science was cooking up, I believe they wanted to give us more, but for whatever reasons had to cut it shorter than originally planned, I just hope I get to see more of black myth wukong soon! 👌🏻
@@SangNguyen-vt8jg Definitely not what I would call a AAA game... It's closer to a Fornite than Last of Us 2. Although it does get close it's still a AA game.
@@Rain-ro4qn I think your offended. PC does need excessive optimization because of it's data demanding form factor for majority PC gamers in comparison. I know enough.
I remember listening to the story of JttW as a kid. I was awed by the myths, the story, the fantastic abilities and creatures. And this makes me feel like that little kid again.
Who's here in 2024 to show some love to Game Science for their incredible work on Black Myth: Wukong? From the first trailer to the final product, they've truly outdone themselves.
For anyone dont know The Journey to the West. The West here refers to ancient India. The home of Shakyamuni. Wukong protects a monk to go to ancient India to obtain the true Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures.
I think the game is set before the journey with tan sanzhang, you can see he from the preview he was fighting demon in the beginning, towards the end it was some gods, also the very ends he was fighting bunch of armies possibly when he wreak havoc in heaven, thinking that the final boss could be Erlang God
stfu. Central Asia is where the journey to the west is about, sure India is an part of it but it's not referring to that here. just enjoy the game for its chinese roots and stop tryna up one country over another aight.
They pulled it off! Happy for all the success you guys are enjoying. Also kind of interesting to see this old alpha build running on UE4 instead of 5 like the final game. Biggest difference to me is all the little detail in the final game (more vegetation and other "decoration") which I'm assuming was a benefit of UE5's Nanite virtualized geometry. Also kinda crazy how the layout for this first section doesn't seem like it changed much. Obviously at this point this was probably the only area they had working really. But the layout etc is basically exactly the same as the release build.
@@johnxiong6983 From what I could see, when he uses the fire staff he transforms into the first boss. So yeah, it would make sense that he can be using thr same moves and techniques.
Yeah, did you guys notice when he beat that wolf creature that he can tranform into now that he stuck the boss' weapon into his head? Check it out at 4:06.
@@UFanXtremeXMC Oh it was the opening theme of an old Chinese show "Journey to the West" that came out in the 80s. ua-cam.com/video/biTzhToldz4/v-deo.html
English Subtitles: 1:46- Wolf Soldier A: Can't believe there are some wine jugs here Wonder if there's any left Wolf Soldier B: Stop Drooling! LingXu Zhenren is gonna have us both for dinner with to go with wine if we mess this up 1:58- Wolf Soldier C: Brother, I think I heard something at the mountain door Wolf Soldier D: Relax, with big brother here Whoever dares to come is looking for trouble 2:09 (Character on the right bottom corner: 猿 Yuan- Monkey) 2:13 Mountain Gang Leader: Even if those pups can't see you Don't think for a second you can get past me 2:26 (That bright sigil: 定 Ding- Freeze) 2:33 Wolf Patrol: Somebody help! A fuzzy-faced monk just broke in 2:48 Wolf Pack Patriarch: (刀狼教头 Dao-Knife Lang-Wolf) Whom do I see coming that dares to disturb my Cultivation Practice Hmmm, another monkey Why don't you drop the weapon and learn the ways of Buddhism from me How about that 3:59 (Characters next to the weapon: 拾取 Shi Qu Pick it up.) Wolf Pack Patriarch: You...Are you the one the Master talks about The..One...With...Destiny (Characters across the screen: 赤潮 Chi Chao-Red Tide 新法宝 Xin Fa Bao-New Magical Item Character added to the corner 狼 Lang-Wolf) 4:15 Quick! Follow up! (Voices from underground): Little monkey, you just disturbed the monsters here Be careful if you are going any further 4:31 (Voices from underground): Little monkey, come this way 4:40 (Voices from underground): here, right here Earth God: Little me here the Earth (God) of The Black Wind Mountain have been waiting for your arrival a long time now... (Pause) Like him... You look so much like him... Walk further down is the temple of Guanyin It has had its day Pity about the fire though The temple was rebuilt later But still, when the faith got burned out What's fixing a damn temple gonna do 5:40 Earth God: Little ol'me here is going to take off now When you passed the road ahead, we will meet again 7:04 (观音禅院 Guanyin Chan Yuan Guanyin Temple) Earth God: Shhh, be quiet Careful not to alert the big puppy there The one at the back is a friend of the Black Wind Monster Called himself LingXu Zi At your current level... Argh! Too bad... Run and hide little monkey, there is still time (Runs straight ahead) Earth God: there is no going back once you go through that door (首领 Shou Ling-Boss 灵虚子 LingXu Zi) (10:04 Cute fact-see it trying to pat away the fire but can't manage with its super-long fur which may be why the player chooses to transform and attack it with fire) English is not my first language so don't hesitate to point out any mistakes or parts that don't make much sense!
Thanks so much for the support from all of you. Our team will continue on the game development. Also the community contributions (subtitles) just turned ON for this video. Thanks again!
老哥牛逼。就喜欢看老外的反应。
Its gonna be a legend. Keep it up devs. Wow, truly amazing.
THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC! I HOPE IT SEES INTERNATIONAL RELEASE! GREETINGS FROM MEXICO!
Please make at least Russian and English subtitles in the game. The Russians have a large audience and we are also waiting for this game. I am delighted with the game
@@KryptsCorner from their interview, they said they are lacking of peoples, not money. One of the reason they release this teaser trailer now is to attract more talented peoples to join their team. They did this with around 30 peoples and their target is to increase the team size to 80 to 100 peoples. But I guess extra funding is good as well
I come back here on August 20, 2024, to show my respect. You guys did the unthinkable. 🎉🎉🎉
thank you!🙏
well deserved
Indeed. Haven't beat it yet, about 4 hours in but loving it. And man dose the game look beautiful.
非常棒！
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hello everyone, we finally added our official UA-cam CC. Thanks to Mr. Siyang Gao, the translator of Discworld. He helped us to polish and revise our in-game translation. So the subtitles are a bit different from in-game ones. Please do not feel confused. Thanks!
If the dev team is reading this. just want to let you guys know man, that music at the end brings tears to my eyes. Journey to the West was such an integral part of my childhood and other Vietnameses'. I hope other characters Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing show up later in the game or the sequels. All the best with the game development. Can't wait.
You guys are amazing ❤️ take your time with development, we will support you!
If you guys can make games like this, can't wait for future projects after Wukong Thanks!
Cant wait for the game :)
You guys are the best developers out there
Who's here after 4 years and surprised to see how close the real game came to this?
Me
😂😂💓
exceed my expect, I didn't think it is so perfect
It's not even so much a matter of "how close". Aside from a few visual cue's for stuff like charging up a heavy attack, and particle effect differences.... graphics fidelity is pretty much EXACTLY as shown. Crazy when you look at games that have come out SINCE this video went live.
Wish they kept where you can throw the staff. Pretty cool
When you're a kid, there's a special kind of awestruck that you get when you see something cool that you've never seen anything like before.
As an adult, it can feel like you'll never feel this sense of infatuation ever again.
I'd like to thank the makers of this for reminding me that I can still feel a sense of wonder even at my age.
I got that feeling too! I think it because Chinese mythology is so unfamiliar to Western gamers. I was awestruck at the creatures, and general design of the game. Very cool
For real! Didn't feel this sense of awe for a game in a long time.
Same. My mouth dropped open like I was about to put something in it
👏👏
true :)
The game got its basis from actual myths and gave it a inspiration to create this gorgeous looking game. Here are some some fun facts about this video if you are not familiar with eastern culture:
Journey to the West (which this game is based on) is also is a classic novel in Chinese mythology. It focuses on the adventure of one of the main character, "Sun Wukong" in the novel. His mischievous acts of going to Heaven and causing trouble made Buddha punish him by trapping him in a mountain for 500 years. He was released after he promised to help a Buddhist monk go from China to India to obtain Buddhist holy books. On their journey, they face many obstacles (novel says 9*9=81, that is, 81 obstacles) and have many adventures.
Also *Sun Wukong* in the West often called *Monkey King* (Son Goku in Japanese, hello DBZ fans!) or simply Monkey (Saru in Japanese), is a main character, he is The Great Sage and his power is equal to heavens and he is a prominent cultural and folkloric figure across Asia.
* 1:40 - This flying cicada is actually Wukong’s Master who is known as "Golden Cicada" (金蝉子) - or this transformation tecnique performed and learnt by Wukong from his master into becoming Cicada to wander around without enemy noticing his presence. This monk is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada, a disciple of the Buddha too lazy to work to achieve enlightenment so much to fall asleep during a sermon, so he is forced to reincarnate many times to become Tripitaka (Xuanzang is his actual name and he is refered to as Tripitaka which is his name in English version of the story and it is a traditional honorific for a Buddhist monk). Being him an important character makes him extremely attractive for all the demons he encounters on his way (as we see in the video that he is attacked or searched by Youkai in the video), as it was believed that eating his flesh made the demon become immortal. This monk is also protected by Wukong when he was the right hand of Buddha.
* 2:23 - One of Wukong's abilities is the paralysis (body freezing) spell
* 3:28 - This isn't related to the myth, but it's fun to note that most of the Monkey Staff attacks are based on actual Shaolin Kung Fu. One of which you climb the staff (obviously the game exaggerates tho). Also his trademark staff (called 金箍棒 （jin gu bang）) is one of the magical pillars of the Ocean Dragon's Palace. It's a divine pole that works to stable the sea. He eventually took it which really causes a havoc in the early days before he was punished.
* 3:51 - One of Wukong's abilities is the barrier (protective circle) spell
* 4:04 - In the legend Wukong pulls his staff from his fur/ear... so him "sheathing" the lance in his fur/ear seems like a reference to that
* 4:20 - That monster looks like Ayakashi (鬼怪) or also known as Yokai which is a class of supernatural monsters, spirits and demons from Japanese folklore. They are eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them.
* 4:45 - Shows an Earth God (there are many)
* 6:37 - In the legend Wukong is capable of tranforming into a giant and scary version of himself. This is possibly a reference to that, despite being much smaller. Wukong have 72 transformations in general, so whatever transformation u see in this video is base on that. Wukong has 5 types of immortality too. The one he learned his transformations, skills and magic from 须菩提, or subhuti (Master Puti/the Master of the Sun). He became immortal when he crossed his name out of hell’s archives, then he hate the immortal peaches, and then he drank the immortal wine, and finally he ate the immortal pills. So yeah, Wukong is basically immortal.
* 8:52 - One of Wukong's abilities is transforming his hairs into clones of himself, like Kage Bunshin no Jutsu from Naruto universe.
* 9:11 - Wukong is often seen taking the appearance of others. Usually it's used to trick his enemies but in this case it seems devs change it to also get the powers of the one he defeated at around 2:51
* 10:37 - The guy that stops you (the player) is actually Sun Wukong (with the classic metal armor and headpiece with the 2 giant feathers). This is quite a plot twist since we we're led to believe we we're Wukong up until now. And also the five shining characters on the golden staff that block player's attack is "如意金箍棒" ( Ruyi Jingu Bang as i mentioned above), implied that it's the real legendary weapon which wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel.
* 11:09 - Wukong is forced to wear a circlet that would cause him extremes headaches. I remember reading in wiki but can't remember if it was done by the Buddha in order to restrain him while he accompanies the monk in his journey to west or as a trick by the Dragon King in retaliation for forcing the Dragon King to gift him weapons.
Edit: According to @TheWowWow88, The circlet was granted by Guan Yin to Tripitaka to control Wukong (prevent him from any misdeeds) during his journey.
* 11:16 - If you pause at 11:17 you can see a glimpse of "Sha Wujing", also known as Sha Heshang is one of the main protagonists in the 1592 Chinese classic novel Journey to the West by the late Wu Cheng'en, and its multiple adaptations. He is the one who carries the luggages for all Xuanzang's (Tripitaka in many English versions of the story as mentioned before) party.
* 11:20 - The next scene, I believe it is 黄袍怪 (huang pao guai), who was 奎木狼(kui mu lang), one of the 28 Stars. He fell in love with a girl so he went away with her to the human world. I saw a wolf status standing in the room so I think I am right.
* 11:23 - This is a very famous monster called 白骨精(bai gu jing), and this is its real shape. In the fiction, Bai gu jing showed 3 times. Once was the shape of a girl, the second time was an old woman, and the third time was an old man, but was beaten by Wukong every time.
* 11:30 - This is Lei Shen, the God of Thunder
* 11:34 - That might being is Bird God Garuda and is probably one of the most powerful characters in the fiction. He is the son of Phoenix, and he has a sister, a peacock, who is the Mahamayuri, Buddha's mother. He appeared in 狮驼岭(shi tuo ling), as the 3rd king. (1st king is a lion, 2nd is a white elephant.)
* 11:38 - This is Juling Shen, a gigant River God
* 11:44 - These are the Four Heavenly Kings, the Buddhist protective deities
* 11:49 - The classic "flying cloud" and we see the dragon flies through the sky which might be Bai Longma, a dragon prince son of the "Dragon King of the West Sea"
* 11:52 - In the legend, Wukong actually invades the heavens, basically beating every god single-handedly and it seems like we'll get to play this part too which is really awesome! Also, the game didn't really show off just how strong the Ruyi Jingu Bang (monkey staff) is and we can only get to see how it can change size as big as sweeping everyone around him.
PS: Those armies that he is trying to defeat in this part are the Heavenly Soldiers. The soldiers that protect the heaven.
That's the all the references i got from this teaser like i might skipped some of them but if you see any more references then let me know below, i will edit this message accordingly.
Edit: Also, the music at the end of the clip is the iconic theme of the extremely famous "Journey to the West" series in China(by "TheWowWow88"). And here i thought why those tunes sounded so familiar which gave me so much goosebumps!
Edit2: It's about other guy that stops Wukong in the video (by Xniper) that i'd like to also share his comment here too: "i think that we are sun wukong, the other guy is the imposter Six Eared Macaque, and im pretty sure that he didnt killed the real wukong. He's more like the counterpart of the same wukong, his evilness, his dark side taking part on the story trying to deceive everyone showing that he is the most powerful one to consume everything and transform himself in that god title thing that the real wukong wanted to achieve, but to control everything as a god, the most powerful and not a benevolent one. When he killed Six Eared Macaque, he change his personality because he was at peace now, he won againts his darkness and grew from the inside, it cleaned his soul confronting his evilness. I dont think that Six Eared Macaque took his position, it is more like a metaphor between his true self VS the self that could have been with his dark emotions and ambitions".
EDIT 3: Another fun fact to be mentioned by "Wshch 01":
The Black Wind Mountain(黑风山 hei feng shan) where this trailer took place was in the original novel.
When Wukong and Sanzang got here the first time. They spent one night in the temple. The monks there tried to burn down the temple together with Wukong and Sanzang to rob Sanzang's precious kasaya(buddha cloth). This is the fire that the earth god was referring.
The Black Bear spirit came from his cave to help with the fire(surprisingly he is not bad), but got greedy and took the kasaya for his coming Birthday in two days.
Wukong found out about the theft as well as the upcoming Birthday party(Lingxuzi, the wolf boss was invited as a close friend). However, the black bear spirit was scared of him and hid in his cave. Wukong then called Guanyin for help (given this temple is built for Guanyin).
They met Lingxuzi on the way to the cave and Wukong killed him in one hit(lol, literally what happened, dunno how he came back to life in the game).
Guanyin transformed into Lingxuzi and Wukong transformed into a gift pill (supposed to lengthen one's life by 1000 years). The black bear spirit took the pill and got rekt by Wukong. He was then taken away by Guanyin to guard one of his Mountain.
This is my childhood shit right here. I remember everything what you wrote. Im so happy lmao
the circlet was given to tang seng by guan yin to help control him because he was quite disobedient.
great job. respect!
Monkey is back - long live Monkey Magic
enslaved odyssey to the west is another good one
The first ever gameplay for an upcoming game being 13 minutes of PURE gameplay for the game the developers want to sell?! Be still my swooning heart!
And the gameplay is sick as fuck too?! To any of the devs that can read english here, can we get a version of this trailer with english subs? I'm suddenly SUPER excited for this game. Can't wait to hear about what platforms this game will be for and, hopefully, western release.
PC and all console platforms
@@EricChang-t4v That's awesome! I hope they don't change their minds later.
Small studio, probably don't have money for expensive CG and marketing
I'll see if I can add an English sub for it.
Edit: Apparently they haven't allowed that ...
@@a9udn9u This is a demo for recruitment. The team now only has about 30 members
In the name of all our dearest friends that dreamt so hard in playing this game and passed away before they could do it...
Thank you so much, Game Sicience. You made it. We salute you.
It’s honestly amazing that Black Myth Wukong went from a pre-alpha proof of concept to a full game in just 4 years. Dev cycles for a lot of games now take about twice that long.
5 years
This was more than a poc
8 years is not an average dev cycle. Sure, sometimes games, like Cyberpunk, Metroid Dread, Spore etc. takes nearly a decade, but they are the exceptions. An average cycle is much closer to 4-5 years. Also, this video is far more than pre alpha, this is basically the finished game. I would assume that this was a vertical slice and the rest of the game wasn't even close to this finished but, just my guess. All that doesn't take away from the accomplishment. They made a really fantastic game, and put it out in a finished state with few bugs and no microtransactions. And boy oh freakin boy did it pay off for them. The sales are staggering.
@@joshs2734 star wars jedi survivor took 3 years but it's because those guys intentionally went a very fast development
@@joshs2734 they only have 20-30 people in 2020
This is one of the best trailers I've seen in a while. Incredible job
It's basically Chinese bloodborne. Not complaining bc we never got a sequel for God knows what reason.
You know why?
Because it's all gameplay... GAMEPLAY!!
@@steve87j bloodborn it's pathetic
looks horrible to me mate
@@Collie0602 That is just poor baiting. The game looks good
Finally, Chinese developers is on the rise with our native stories, we have so many good tales to share
This game look amazing not like many free to play and pay 2 win game which is flowding the chinese market .
@@annguyenlehoang7779 true,just wish chinese game market to be better
like the one that you created a virus and destroyed the west civilization?
@@TBVnBIX Yeah, like the propaganda west people created and destroyed the middle east civilization
@@TBVnBIX most Westerners are doing better these past few months of the pandemic. and no. U.S is not the only western civilization.
Very rare game indeed that lived up far beyond the hype. This game company should be very proud of themselves..
Never ever has any game trailer ever made me sit here with mouth hanging open, gasping with awe like this did. Goosebumps! The character design, the details in the environment, the fantasy realism, the combat, the weapons and abilities, all of it blows many games out of the water. This looks beyond incredible and I am excited for it to come out. Holy cow.
Yeah it looks so good, can’t wait! This is going to be huge. Very excited
i'm saying i even came to sub to the channel lol i didn't even believe it was the real one until i cross referenced on yongyea
Say hello to *Unreal Engine 4*
This looks incredible. How is this made by an indie studio? My gods. The talent on this team. I can't wait for a release in europe!
Look up “Lost souls aside” it’s a game that is being made primarily by 1 person. He didn’t get help until people decided to help him/sponsor him late in the game development
this game make AAA games companys looks like complete amateurs ...
@@blacksmith2497 EA
EA: b-b-but it doesnt have microtransactions!! it cant be good!
Activision: A-a-a-nd it doesnt have a subscription-based-thingamagig
AAA industry: Wait, thats illegal!
CDProjekt RED: Fantastic
Indies: Fantastic
Senpire though its a small indie studio，the devs are the veteran with more than 10 years experience developing games
it has been 4 years already 🎉an it will release on 8.20😂 have you ever followed the game? Bro🎉
This is the True Game of the Year 2024 keep doing games like this guys ! Respect !
the game is releasing exactly 4 years after this trailer? it's a full circle moment. what a journey
In fact, they spent a total of 7 years on it, and when this trailer came out, they had been researching for 3 years.
cause 20th aug was wukong 's birthday
12:40 dear god that music, instantly recognizable and brings back so many memories.
Nostalgia hits harder than that staff
Wonder if will include some music from the movies ending ...eg ua-cam.com/video/iBkMCzkHMi0/v-deo.html ?
This is from 1986 version, isn't it ?
Hits you right in the feels doesn't it?
I don't even have feels and somehow it hit me right in the feels.
More like 12:20
Thank you for delivering what you promised!
Guys, be prepared for the DLCs. There are many things in this gameplay video that we have yet to experience in the base game.
EXCITEDDDDDDD
Yeah I was thinking the same - I was kinda sad to see Chapter 6 so BIG and BEAUTIFUL but you could clearly tell that it was rushed juding by how much was just left empty there, so that they could bring out an actual finished product that was working on day 1 (which is crazy to see from such a studio these days, compared to triple A companies) but you could tell that there is so much left that they will use for the dlc. Man, I'm so stocked.
@@matteiasm.3618 let them continue cooking!
Exactly! DLC may include after the destined one became wukong you will go up and fight the celestial once again, I believe they had that planed all along. Also there will be new stance new skills. Very excited.
I can't believe people are disliking this trailer in any way, this is AMAZING!!!!
Wukong: the original "Shadow Clone" user, but using his hair
12:40 this tradition OST kicks in, and nostalgia feeling float all around audience mind. 1986 famous theme song of Journey to the West.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong would be proud
Take note so-called "Triple A" companies, this is what you are SUPPOSE TO SHOW when revealing a game... ACTUAL GAMEPLAY, NOT SCRIPTED CG!
@@Zombie_Hobo I ve watched another chinese interview, they were actually playing this demo during the clips, and they editted off the end part after the boss fight. ua-cam.com/video/CTYoDre2S7I/v-deo.html
I waited 4 years for this amazing game I am not disappointed!! Such a great game
I dunno how many times I watched this trailer since yesterday. I'm super impressed by your work. It feels like you put everything you have in it, heart and soul. I'm gonna read the books while waiting for the game.
Me when the big wolfy dude comes leaping over the roof: He's so fluffy!
we will have furries in this game confirmed
Despicable Me reference
@@habibishapur Wukong is arguably a furry himself
I came back after the game was released. Great work!
You guys created a masterpiece. I can't afford to play this game but still this game is game of the year. Everything is perfect about this game. Huge respect from india🇮🇳🙏🏻
在国外生活了20年， 当我听到 12:40 的曲子，太怀念了，好像我在放学后回家看西游的感觉
Yeah I miss that too buddy, watched that journey to the west show every summer when I was young .
it's my child hood show and the goosebumps are there
当她到 12:31 的那个高调的时候，在想不会吧不可能吧，然后眼睛泪汪汪的，手还发抖。光说起来我都想哭，真的真的太高兴了。接下来希望西游记动画片get a remastered animation
整得很感动🥲
Damnn. The combat system is good, the voice actor is on point too
Need more improvement IMO but it is considered super good as a pre-alpha teaser
love the character design
Going back to the first trailer, today I cleared the game, it took me about 100 hours in total, but I only got about 60 + achievements, and I'm ready to go on the road again. Congratulations, Game Science, it's a great game!
Finished the game yesterday (good ending). Possibly top 3 of the best gamers I have ever played. Trully a masterpiece! Thank you. A lot of the scenes didn't go into the game. I would love a game that follows journey to the west... Lot's of us westerners won't read it and I feel a game is an amazing way to tell and adapt the story. Being the destined one is great; being Sun Wukong for the entire game should be amazing (since lots of us didn't grow up with him as a hero). Can't wait for the DLC!
WTF is this game?!?!?!?!?! I NEED IT O_O
Chinese Sekiro
Black Myth: Wu Kong
Here you go!
@@Randy7777lol
Did you get it?
Absolutely incredible, trailer genuinely looks like the first next generation game out there. I hope you guys are able to release this game to the rest of the world.
Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank look more next-gen to me, but this looks amazing.
@@BlackParade01 Much more people are working on horizon fw and rc
dude, at 9:45 the giant beast got caught on fire, and then literally shook off the ailment status... That's a gorgeous level of detail in gameplay and animation
According to their website, they played a bunch of monster hunter hence such lovely reactive elements from the enemies. They also cited Sekiro and God of war as inspiration
If you fight Erling he will interact withh every one of the ailment
funny how most modern games downgrade since trailer but this one has insane upgrades since trailer
Love how the monster shakes its fur off of the flames at 9:48. It's the little things that make a game immersive
An extremely rare example that lived up to the hype, and somehow managed to surpass all expectations. Amazing job by Game Science
Now this is how you make a proper teaser, and release the game 4 years after that’s fully furnished and completed.
Although the game has released i always came back here to watch the trailer. Never gets old. 👍👍🇨🇳🇨🇳
Holy crap, this looks awesome. I can't believe that this is an indie game and it already looks so much better than ~90% of the AAA games that we get these days.
Black Myth, I don't feel like this often these days anymore, but you managed to win me over !
This is already one of my most anticipated upcoming games and please, please take your time making it !
edit. It seems that I've been misinformed and that this isn't an indie game after all. My apologies for spreading false information.
But the game still looks far better than the ~90% of the AAA games that we keep getting these days.
People need to understand what "indie" actually means. Its Vague but in general Its simply 'Independent / no external funding or support from a publisher ect..' it doesn't mean that a handful of people slapped it together in a basement in their free time.
This game is definitely AAA and is costing many many millions of dollars to make and payroll the 30-40man team creating it. Whoever has been finding it for the last 2 years to this point is LOADED!.
There have been soooo many instances of games looking gorgeous in their trailers and when the game actually releases they are severely downgraded. Please, don't get "won over" from official gameplay trailers. You'll only get jaded and burned like me.
@@bennemann I'm not being "won over" from it.
All I'm saying it looks really good and its up to the developers to live up to those expectations that their trailer gave me.
@@MrZoid1980 They already have two mobile games and one of them is very successful. A 30-man company can't be compared with corporations like Activision, EA, or Ubisoft. Unless they are bought by Tencent, they still fit the definition of indie company.
O.O i didn't think it was ever possible to put Sun Wukong in a game without watering his legend down...i have been proven wrong...THIS LOOKS INCREDIBLE! XD
@@maycontainnuts3127 The Monkey King
@@maycontainnuts3127 the main character you are playing as. I believe he is also know as the monkey king.
@@ndfan2007 is the game based on ab ook or was he a real person?
@@shredderorokusaki3013 google: Journey to the West
@@shredderorokusaki3013 《journey to the West 》written by Wu Chengen in 1952
This game got me more excited than ANYTHING shown at Sony and Microsoft's conference weeks ago!
A giant hot pile of turd would be more exciting than anything from MS tbh.
@@jjabblePlayStation ok then
@@volrogue Not this one though, this is true next gen!..............ua-cam.com/video/K7iVmg0BuQA/v-deo.html
graphics detail better than Ghost of Tsushima
@@jjabblePlayStation The guys behind Fallout new Vegas(widely considered one of the best reactive RPGs of all time) are making their own Skyrim set in the pillars of eternity universe for Microsoft but sure that isn't exciting at all!.
But "hALo graFuKs bAd!!!".You're an idiot and demented clown.
Maybe don't be a basement turbo-virgin that derives his sense of worth from the type of vidoe game he can't play?.
MS games are pretty accessible to now with gamepass soon ,so you really don't have any reason to be fanboy.
0:08 - 1:17 Old Monkey's speech in Chapter 6, but the "This story starts with a golden cicada" line was omitted from the final release. Speaking of Old Monkey, his first design in this trailer was more human-like instead of being a full-on monkey.
1:38 - 2:13 Scenario-exclusive transformations like the Golden Cicada from CH. 1: Black Cloud, Red Fire, and the bat from CH. 3: White Snow, Ice Cold were supposed to be the intended Transformations. The Transformations like Azure Dome and Red Tides were seemingly different according to the trailer (see the symbol(s) on the bottom-right corner).
2:28 Heavy Attacks didn't rely on Focus in the original concept. You simply just charge and go, but the 5 min. gameplay trailer would eventually use the focus meter system but it was too reliant on Perfect Dodges.
2:34 Staff Throw was originally a part of the base moveset prior to being exclusively locked in the secret Wukong Stance in the final release.
2:39 Staff Spin/Mobile Spin was originally a stance, now a fundamental move as of final release.
3:14 Rock Solid uses a different icon.
3:30 Pillar Stance's Heavy Attack was Smash Stance's finisher prior to becoming a separate stance of its own and the Light Attack Combo finisher gained a new animation.
3:52 The Light Attack combo of the Spear-type weapons was originally reserved for Thrust Stance.
3:57 Thrust Stance's Heavy Attack was the finisher before giving it a new one in the final release.
4:08 Able to use more than one Transformation unlike in the final release.
4:22 Wandering Wight.
6:37 Azure Dome being available at the beginning, notice how the attacks are open-handed and how the Heavy Attack is performed four times. Those are the same attack animations the Stone Monkey boss uses in Chapter 6. In the final release, Azure Dome's light attacks use punches and the heavy attack is only a single leap.
7:59 The second attack of Spear/Thrust Stance's Light Attack Combo hits thrice, but it only hits twice in final release. I don't know if it's intentional or a bug on release.
8:12 Spin Stance's Light Attack Combo, notice how the first hit looks exactly like the Wukong Stance's sprinting light attack.
9:12 Guangzhi's Glaive Throw, though in the final release, the move is only exclusive to the boss and not to the transformation itself. It seems that Transformations were originally more sophisticated than what we have now.
8:53 A Pluck of Many but it has the Life-Saving Strand's icon. Unlike in the final release, which spawns six clones once the spell is maxed out, the trailer shows approx. 10 clones instead.
10:56 We can see here that Sun Wukong is wearing the Original Monkey King's Armor Set, which can be found at the starting point (I believe) of Chapter 6: Unfinished, stored inside a chest. Also, notice how his eyes glowed upon opening them? This was the same thing that happened to the Destined One upon achieving the True Ending of the final release.
11:10 The Destined One still has the Golden Headband. (discarded piece of in-game story)
11:20 A snake guai as a boss. Possibly scrapped, but could make a return in the DLCs, one may hope.
11:24 Centipede Guai in Chapter 2, I think?
11:28 A different version of Churning Gale, possibly a finisher like in God of War.
11:31 Possibly a scrapped final boss for Chapter 1, because in the final release, this is where we fought Black Bear Guai.
11:35 A Yaoguai Chief (possibly) that looks like the Supreme Celestial Inspector, but has an eagle for a head instead of a hand.
11:39 Fuban.
11:50 Kang-Jin Loong in Chapter 6, I assume? Because the environment looks like Mount Huaguo.
11:55 A scrapped horde battle against the Celestial Army (possibly the original tutorial prior to fighting Erlang, Sacred Divinity), and Wukong is using a different set of attacks in this one. Possibly meant for either Wukong Stance or Pillar Stance.
It seems like the original idea is you playing as the actual Wukong and fighting against the Six-Eared Macaque (which explains the 'Some say it's not the real him that attain Buddhahood, the real him is already dead on the journey' spoken by the Old Monkey character and another Wukong appeared at the end of Lingxuzi boss fight). But that storyline got scrapped and you played as the 'Destined One' instead.
This looks absolutely increible. And the realism on that fur and how it caught fire and how the wolf creature tried to put it out.... such attention to detail. My mind is blown. The combat animations, particle effects, environment, it all looks amazing. And the transformations seem very promising!
It is about time the Chinese get their ancient myths and folklore into the gaming world...
Glenn Boo hopefully this helps allow for the wuxia genre to be more widely known open the western world, maybe there will be better translation then.
hell yeah
Other than games based on historical contexts (AoE, Civilization, etc), yeah, there isn't much at all from Wuxia. It's a shame, because I love how beautifully intriguing the myths and culture is. I couldn't be less interested in Ghosts of Tsushima from a cultural standpoint, but this is interesting to me.
It would also be cool to see Finnish folklore in a game! Well I kind of revisioned it in my Minecraft Kalevala Spa Cinematic !
Gujian 3 is very good.
had faith 4 years before of this release and here again watching it with a big smile on my face today, thanks game science, you delivered more than what you promised.
Black Myth Wukong is the true 2024 Game of The Year. Thank you for bringing the players an amazing and memorable experience!
This demo just made my day
Had to come back to this reveal 4 years later. It's so surreal to see this game get an official release date & has already sold way more than anticipated. Pat yourself on the back Game science, you made absolute peak gaming
Looks really good. Hope the studio can maintain the same quality of the trailer in the final game.
@Canisay937 It will be most likely released on next-gen so don't worry.
This is not cinematic its actual gameplay if its intended for the new consoles and you a tv capable of displaying the video capabilities it should be any different. Dont expect it to look like that on 720p
Well.. you know it'll be a made in China Product...and hopefully by dedicated no corner cutting indie devs with strong passion.
The game is for chinese players, they are PC players, even this gameplay is shown on PC.
They did indeed deliver on quality. it's game of the year front-runner.
it made it's journey to the west, a masterpiece. Thank you game science, please make more high quality games like this.
Absolutely amazing. One of the most impressive gaming reveals I’ve ever seen.
Martial arts combat? ✅
Chinese mythology and lore? ✅
Big monsters? ✅
Beautiful visuals and music? ✅
My interest is piqued!
*piqued
@@ricardimension whoops. Right you are. Thanks
Hardcore -
Clones? ✔️ Flying Nimbus? ✔️ Staff that grows mid combat? ✔️ Fight against a horde of Heaven’s Army?? ✔️✔️✔️ I’m so ready for this game...
Shut up and take my money! I really hope this comes to the US. Just stay away from activision and EA
That music at the end! As an asian fellow, it brings back so many good memories. Day one purchase!
This game developer promised so much... and delivered. Such a rare thing these days.
Big respect.
This is the most impressive next-gen game I've seen so far. Please don't screw it up.
This game is still in VERY VERY early stage, 100% not going to be in 2020, hard to say 2021, might even be 2022.
This video is actually more of a "recuritment" advertise. They are currently hiring Senior UE4 graphic engineer expert, animation technology art and UE4 special effects designer etc. The studio also mentioned that this game will be launching on PC + all mainstream console paltforms, and cloud gaming platforms that can provide stable environment for this game.
There is also a little tease from the main developers saying that not only they love single player, action based and story driven game, they also enjoy games that support online cooperation.
Think this is unreal 4 so its not even "next-gen", Which is crazy.
The studio used to belong to Tencent, and they led the development of Tencent's first self-developed game, which is also the theme of Journey to the West, and achieved a 90% favorable rate during the closed beta. Later, because of the development of online games with a stand-alone idea, the effect of making money was not good. Six of them set up the current studio to develop this game.
It can be said that they far surpass other studios in subject matter and ability. This is why many people think they have no problems in making AAA games.
On the one hand, the video demonstrated their abilities, on the other hand, it was also aimed at recruiting more people with lofty ideals.
I'm more curious about the game platform release, usually, such an indie studio with great potential is acquired by major game studios like Playstation, but given China's heavy restriction on everything, I wonder it will ever get an international release by platforms such as Microsoft, Playstation or Valve.
@@BocchiTheGlock021 I don't think Microsoft or Sony will have any problems letting them publish on their platforms. That being said I don't them purchasing the studios for reasons you mentioned. They probably won't have any troubles releasing a digital version on all stores, as for physical, either Tencent or just partner with a distributor. One thing for sure, this game will sell a lot in China, publishers will back them, not so certain about the west though.
@@BocchiTheGlock021 I'll gladly buy it day one if it comes to pc on Steam.
goes to show you that when tampering with creative expression to improve profits hurts the end product, in turn hurting profits
They used to belong to Tencent? I thought once you're owned by them you can't break away from them.
When a game looks so good that the warning in beginning that says its not representative of what the final build will be and you say to yourself God damn I hope it looks this good
Can’t believe this is real. Congratulation to Game Science.
The ending scene give me my childhood's goosebump feeling again! So excited !!
Not a single dull moment from start to end. Cloth physics looks amazing and no clipping wow!
This looks fun as hell, and I'm am incredibly impressed with the sound design. When the fire rushes past wu kong, everything gets louder and you hear the crackling. It was very pleasant to hear :3
So many bosses and areas in this trailer that didn't even make it to the final game. Yet it took me over 75h to complete the first game cycle. They could make another game of the assets they already got.
Absolutely stunning! I patiently await it’s arrival. ❤️
Did you know that the Monkey King Sun Wukong himself from the novel Journey To The West of Chinese religion mythology and Hanuman the monkey god of Indian from Hindu mythology inspired Dragon Ball Son Goku,Naruto,One Piece Luffy,Jin Mori from God Of Highschool,…..
The name Sun Wukong in Chinese translated to Son Goku in Japanese and Naruto shadow clone techniques came from Sun Wukong 72 transformations,also the game trailer of black myth Wukong is very detailed animated.
Thank you Game Science for delivering this Masterpiece of a Game in Our Generation.
Simply amazing. It brings me to tears how a promise was made and a promise was delivered. A love letter to a core pillar of our culture and childhood.
Not many games live up to the expectations like how this game did, it's such a gorgeous game and I'm proud to have played and finished it.
the music of 12:41 is a song of the first edition of Journey to the West TV series published in 1986. THE ABSOLUTE PUNCHLINE!
Thank you for quoting that, this tv series is def one of my unforgettable memories. I wished being a monkey son of Wukong when I was a kid lol
OMG! The last song, remind me Journey to the West (1986). My childhood :'(
Bruh, this remind me to tong sam chong/tang sanzang the monk 😂
Isn't a lot of this based on Journey To The West?
sure，its name is《云宫迅音》
@@dovahkiin2241 ua-cam.com/video/ZG01N7ofvGM/v-deo.html
China didn't go home, they went absolute big holy heck
This looks amazing
Chinese mythology needs chinese creators to do right!
@@0xBasedChang yeah no dammn Japanese version anymore.
Came here to show my gratitude to the game developers you did a great job in making the final product. Cant wait for the DLC to come out
感谢杨奇老师，这样的作品才能承载文化输出，想点10000个赞。
真的是文化输出. 一个游戏顶10000个孔子学院.
They showed us ! And they delivered ! Much Respected to you guys !!! Hat off !!! To think they get this done 4-5 years ago is mind blowing 🎉 22 hours into this game and I’m at early chapter 4
It was fun to come back to this and see just how much the game changed over the course of four years. The final product is easily my game of the year and one of the best games ever, period.
I've been searching for this moment ever since I first saw that clip years ago, and I can't thank you enough! The way you've brought the legend of Wukong to life, blending the depth of culture, tradition, and myth into something so visually stunning and emotionally powerful, is nothing short of breathtaking. It's beyond what I ever imagined possible. My deepest respect to your team-this is truly legendary work that deserves every bit of recognition and glory. Thank you, Game Science! I can't wait with great anticipation for the next chapter!
An absolute amazing game start to finish, 10 out of 10 for me!
Watching this trailer though makes me wonder what else game science was cooking up, I believe they wanted to give us more, but for whatever reasons had to cut it shorter than originally planned, I just hope I get to see more of black myth wukong soon! 👌🏻
Gorgeous! First AAA game from China, congratulations to the team :)
You should check out Lost Soul Aside & Bright Memory. They are plenty of gorgeous games from China. Not sure what u meant by first AAA though.
You need to know about Gujian 3. Another AAA game from China.
I guess you didn't know the existence of Genshin Impact huh?
Moonlight Blade
is awesome too
@@SangNguyen-vt8jg Definitely not what I would call a AAA game... It's closer to a Fornite than Last of Us 2. Although it does get close it's still a AA game.
Amazing!!! This is my dream game!
Please optimize for PC. Thanks Team a lot!
lol PC mustard race and their need for optimizations LOL
@@ganyeungazi9129 Consoles still need to ketchup
@@Rain-ro4qn I think your offended. PC does need excessive optimization because of it's data demanding form factor for majority PC gamers in comparison. I know enough.
@@Shieftain I agree, but this coming up gen is going to blow the doors open. FINALLY!
@@ganyeungazi9129 bruh😑
I'm so happy to see you guys succeed. Thank you so much for bringing Wukong to life. Can't wait to see what you guys have next in mind.
4:07 Keeping stuff in his ear/hair! That is pretty detailed and accurate
This looks sick. I also love the fact that he kills that first "boss" gets his weapon after he dies and can transform into him later.
I remember listening to the story of JttW as a kid. I was awed by the myths, the story, the fantastic abilities and creatures.
And this makes me feel like that little kid again.
Who's here in 2024 to show some love to Game Science for their incredible work on Black Myth: Wukong? From the first trailer to the final product, they've truly outdone themselves.
that last soundtrack is so nostalgic.!!
For anyone dont know The Journey to the West. The West here refers to ancient India. The home of Shakyamuni. Wukong protects a monk to go to ancient India to obtain the true Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures.
I think the game is set before the journey with tan sanzhang, you can see he from the preview he was fighting demon in the beginning, towards the end it was some gods, also the very ends he was fighting bunch of armies possibly when he wreak havoc in heaven, thinking that the final boss could be Erlang God
stfu. Central Asia is where the journey to the west is about, sure India is an part of it but it's not referring to that here. just enjoy the game for its chinese roots and stop tryna up one country over another aight.
@@greatshinobi-owlyou are dumb💀
Watching the highly anticipated "next-gen" Halo reveal followed by witnessing this surprise drop:
*This... this is next-gen.*
Tho i would absolutely love to play the new halo despite the way it looks, THIS is some 10/10 shit , i just cant wait to get my hands on this
The most next geny next gen thing I've ever seen in a while .
Playing this game right now. Chapter 3
What you guys delivered is out of this world.
Impeccable work of art. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
They pulled it off! Happy for all the success you guys are enjoying. Also kind of interesting to see this old alpha build running on UE4 instead of 5 like the final game. Biggest difference to me is all the little detail in the final game (more vegetation and other "decoration") which I'm assuming was a benefit of UE5's Nanite virtualized geometry. Also kinda crazy how the layout for this first section doesn't seem like it changed much. Obviously at this point this was probably the only area they had working really. But the layout etc is basically exactly the same as the release build.
The video had a million hits in just two hours on BiliBili, but only 2000 on UA-cam. Please forward more
Update, 3.15m there.
update, 3.26m hits and over 60k people "watching". God I'm so obsessed with this I'm even kinda pissed.
4.4m at 6:40 20/08/2020 already. www.bilibili.com/video/BV1x54y1e7zf
5.1 million views, damn.
@@ShadowBolt995 It is so crazy！
Amazing
this move the player does to the boss at 10:13
is the same move the boss did to the player at 3:49
alphaZomega wow I didn’t even notice that! We can learn/copy moves from our enemies???
@@johnxiong6983 From what I could see, when he uses the fire staff he transforms into the first boss. So yeah, it would make sense that he can be using thr same moves and techniques.
He actually transforms into the enemies that he has killed
Yeah, did you guys notice when he beat that wolf creature that he can tranform into now that he stuck the boss' weapon into his head? Check it out at 4:06.
OMG, today is Aug 8th, the day final trailer releases. We only far from release date 12 days. Hope Wukong can break every world's record
Dang I'm blown away the last game that did this for me was Asura's Wrath this is going to be one awesome game.
^ This
Another one is El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Yes!
Will Pack I mean we don’t know much about this game but yes it was amazing
asura wrath didn't give you that feeling. this game has the right vibe and you really feel like you are the monkey king.
Thank you guys so much. My new favorite game. Love everything about it. GOTY in my book.❤
animation in this looks wild knowing how Wu Kong goes and the final montage you're gonna be crazy powerful by the end
They did a damn good job with his transformation magics. Love this.
That ending song...damn, so much nostalgia 😭
Do you know the name of the Song? Can you tell me plz?
@@UFanXtremeXMC Oh it was the opening theme of an old Chinese show "Journey to the West" that came out in the 80s.
ua-cam.com/video/biTzhToldz4/v-deo.html
@@moulion thank you!!!
@@UFanXtremeXMC You may want to check out this version too. ua-cam.com/video/jJ9Vx_6QqP8/v-deo.html
I'm hyped for this
English Subtitles:
1:46- Wolf Soldier A:
Can't believe there are some wine jugs here
Wonder if there's any left
Wolf Soldier B:
Stop Drooling!
LingXu Zhenren is gonna have us both for dinner with to go with wine if we mess this up
1:58- Wolf Soldier C:
Brother, I think I heard something at the mountain door
Wolf Soldier D:
Relax, with big brother here
Whoever dares to come is looking for trouble
2:09 (Character on the right bottom corner: 猿 Yuan- Monkey)
2:13 Mountain Gang Leader:
Even if those pups can't see you
Don't think for a second you can get past me
2:26 (That bright sigil: 定 Ding- Freeze)
2:33 Wolf Patrol:
Somebody help! A fuzzy-faced monk just broke in
2:48 Wolf Pack Patriarch:
(刀狼教头 Dao-Knife Lang-Wolf)
Whom do I see coming
that dares to disturb my Cultivation Practice
Hmmm, another monkey
Why don't you drop the weapon
and learn the ways of Buddhism from me
How about that
3:59 (Characters next to the weapon:
拾取 Shi Qu Pick it up.)
Wolf Pack Patriarch:
You...Are you the one the Master talks about
The..One...With...Destiny
(Characters across the screen:
赤潮 Chi Chao-Red Tide
新法宝 Xin Fa Bao-New Magical Item
Character added to the corner 狼 Lang-Wolf)
4:15 Quick! Follow up!
(Voices from underground):
Little monkey, you just disturbed the monsters here
Be careful if you are going any further
4:31 (Voices from underground):
Little monkey, come this way
4:40 (Voices from underground):
here, right here
Earth God:
Little me here the Earth (God) of The Black Wind Mountain
have been waiting for your arrival a long time now...
(Pause)
Like him...
You look so much like him...
Walk further down is the temple of Guanyin
It has had its day
Pity about the fire though
The temple was rebuilt later
But still, when the faith got burned out
What's fixing a damn temple gonna do
5:40
Earth God:
Little ol'me here is going to take off now
When you passed the road ahead, we will meet again
7:04 (观音禅院 Guanyin Chan Yuan Guanyin Temple)
Earth God:
Shhh, be quiet
Careful not to alert the big puppy there
The one at the back is a friend of the Black Wind Monster
Called himself LingXu Zi
At your current level...
Argh! Too bad...
Run and hide little monkey, there is still time
(Runs straight ahead)
Earth God:
there is no going back once you go through that door
(首领 Shou Ling-Boss 灵虚子 LingXu Zi)
(10:04 Cute fact-see it trying to pat away the fire but can't manage with its super-long fur
which may be why the player chooses to transform and attack it with fire)
English is not my first language so don't hesitate to point out any mistakes or parts that don't make much sense!
This shit is absolutely incredible 4 years later. New game plus 6 and I love it