God I Wish I Could Have Played Black Myth: Wukong At Gamescom

It was unusual for me, who usually jumps aboard any hype train with reckless abandon, not to understand the hype for Wukong, but that all changed after the incredible Opening Night Live trailer. From the moment Wukong deflected bullets by spinning his staff around while looking like a total badass, I was hooked and finally saw what everyone was so excited about. Sindel’s brutal fatality might have made me wince beyond belief, but Black Myth: Wukong was easily one of the best parts of the s

A proper Soulslike needs to be punishing, making the player feel as insignificant as possible. Every single enemy in a Soulslike game , not just boss encounters, needs to pose a threat to the player. This is ultimately where Black Myth: Wukong may fall short, based on one major fact about the figure its protagonist is based

Bonus content from the pre-order and Special Editions for Black Myth: Wukong has been revealed. Gamers were given a first-hand look at what was on offer for Black Myth: Wukong ‘s bonus content during a trailer shown during the 2024 Summer Game F

I walked away from Opening Night Live with Black Myth: Wukong having rocketed up my most anticipated games of 2024 list and the trailer’s incredible music doing a loop-de-loop around my brain. I was totally monkey-pilled and excited to see more of the game, whenever that fateful day might

Players were given 30 minutes to try and defeat four of the game’s different bosses, with most people I spoke to only managing to defeat two of them. The Elite Macaque Chief and Tiger Vanguard were two of the more popular bosses, with Game Science saying the Tiger was the harder of the two, but a member of the public sharing that «actually, the Monkey was hard

If you were planning to buy a physical copy of Black Myth: Wukong when the game launches in August , you might want to rethink that decision. Not because we think the game will be bad, in fact, it looks like another interesting entry in the Soulslike subgenre that’s sprung up. But because the physical edition of the game won’t have a disc at all.

Black Myth: Wukong has been built on the impressive Unreal Engine 5 , and the result is a game that looks well and truly next-gen. One encounter in the heavy snow pits the Monkey King against the dangerous, fast-moving Macaque Chief boss. As the protagonist moves quickly around the terrain, the surrounding snow begins to accumulate in noticeable piles. Another boss fight against the Tiger Vanguard takes place partially in the water, which acts incredibly naturally as the fight thrashes around it. These are subtle but noticeable examples of Unreal Engine 5’s power and Gamescom 2023 could well show off more of this in full eff

While some found the difficulty too much, others certainly didn’t, and I spoke to one person who had queued up twice, totaling nearly five hours, who told me that they loved the Chinese mythology theming of Black Myth, that they loved Soulslikes and that it is simply «such a wonderful game.» They also touched on the mechanics, something which others were keen to talk about. «The attacks are super-smooth,» one player told us, while another mentioned how much the three different stances had an «impact on the enemi

Where the Soulslike elements of Black Myth: Wukong may fall flat is in the game’s protagonist, who is based on Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. Best known as one of the players in Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is a monkey who acquires supernatural abilities through dedication to Taoist practices. He is incredibly strong, he can run «with the speed of a meteor,» and he can even transform into various animals, weapons, and other objects. He is also a very skilled warrior who can freeze people in place, and he can even cloak himself and become invisi

Black Myth: Wukong is based on the 16th-Century novel Journey to the West , set in Ancient China. It puts its own spin on the story of the Monkey King and his adventures. The game looks to fuse Chinese mythology with traditional Soulslike mechanics in order to provide gamers with an exciting experience. The Monkey King has been shown to be a highly capable and acrobatic protagonist who wields a staff to devastating effect. As well as his staff, he can also wield magical powers and even transform into other forms should the need arise. Now, Gamescom 2023 offers the chance for a deeper dive into the game’s mechan

As to be expected from a game in the Souls tradition, the difficulty wasn’t for everybody, and after two hours of queuing, one member of the public told me that while they could appreciate what the game was trying to do, they weren’t a fan of the difficulty. Another person revealed to me that although they loved the game, Blackmythwukongfans.Com they couldn’t beat the first boss as «it was a little bit too tou

WIth that said, it would be remiss to discuss Black Myth: Wukong without mentioning that its studio, Game Science, has been accused of fostering a sexist work environment . Yang Qi, the studio’s co-founder, once wrote a lengthy sexist post that touched on the biological differences between men and women as it pertains to games . To our knowledge, the studio has not responded to these accusations.