Hei shen hua: Wu kong

Assuming the role as staff-wielding primate Destined One, 'Black Myth: Wukong' is a world worth wandering. I've seen it compared to FromSoftware titles but it's not nearly difficult enough to warrant as such, and it's all the better for it. It is first and foremost an adventure, more inviting than punishing. Where it does take a page from the Soulslikes; however, is in the manner of which so much content is below the surface and between the lines. You could blast through the game in just under a day as a boss rush, or you could spend the better part of a week hunting down every boss, collectible, and NPC. It's not so much a story being straightforward with you as it is a sprinkling of parables left to you to solve, which leads to as much active interpretation as it does passive enjoyment.

The game shines at its best and brightest in boss fights. There are 81 of them, all of which are simply sensational spectacles. Some are rehashed and repetitive, but the audio-visual view is delightful. Gyrating, sparkling dragons spiraling through the air. A corrupted buddha placing his palm on the plains leads to pulsing, splintering, and erupting.

I'm not particularly familiar with the source text 'Journey to the West,' but I'm inclined to learn based on the gorgeous reconstruction of the world. Each and every area is dripping with detail - vivacious forests and subdued snowfields, intricate temples and rugged rock faces. Demystifying what will come next makes for a pretty powerful lure.

In conclusion, 'Black Myth: Wukong' is a true triumph. It looks and plays as good as advertised, as if GameScience was bursting onto the scene and declaring: "Every other developer has got some stiff competition." I'm hearing them out, and you should be, too.

As a man who used to play all sorts of video games for 10+ years, I am rating this as a 10 out of 10. To me this game is a symbolic art piece which marks the beginning of the 21st century China renaissance. It is not just a top game but soaked in so much profound sense of Chinese culture, history, religion and philosophy. All of these different aspects are so well balanced and built into the touching story and carved out a beautiful new world for the well known characters of the Journey to the West. The #1 superhero in China Sun Wukong is so well depicted in this reinvented version and I can only even argue that it has fleshed out in a way that is better than the original story. Many characters like Bajie, ZiZhuer, YangJian are all very well built and touching.

In terms of the gameplay, the fighting system is a true blessing to most people. The 72 shape changes are great fun. And the stick/staff-based weapon system sucked in so much China martial arts that it's almost a new form by itself. The many bosses are stunning and fun to challenge.

The last but not least is the beautiful graphics, the mountains, forests, deserts, palaces, temples, volcanoes, lakes, sea and countless sculptures and artifacts. All of these are beautiful replication of the ancient world and rich history of China.

I can stay in the beautiful world of WuKong for ever. Ever since I picked up this game, I have spent 200+ hrs playing it and now in the 6th round of the game. It's beyond my expectation and truly amazing game and artwork to recommend to everyone who wants an amazing experience!

No way to adjust difficulty. You cannot continue after a few bosses, no alternatives to go through an alternate mission to gain XP.

Graphics are OK for a PS5. The story seems to be interesting about Chinese myths, but you cannot continue the game after 15% or so due to the ridiculous difficulty.

I regret paying for Black Myth: Wukong. It is money wasted.

Great game about the monkey king.

It has a unique way of playing with more than 100 Bosses!

Great graphics, Great story, Great cinematic.

Alot of secrets and it has 2 different endings.

I really enjoy the action of fighting, you can have different weapons (Ruyi Jingu Bang - Staffs) many upgrades with awesome looking.

The game is kind of God of war but still different.. Worth getting the platinum Trophy 🏆 I would recommend to anyone like action games to give it a try and you wont get be disappointed and its so addictive, for me i cant switch to another game and waiting for the DLC to be release..

I first came across this game while watching faze jev and thought it looked extremely dope, the details on the bosses and every thing and I got hooked immediately. Your quest of the game is to get all the six relics that wukong had left behind after his passing (not a spoiler it's in the first scene). The game takes you on 6 chapters that are all unique and with different bosses. And I was very amazed by how they did the rat king and his brother. It has to have one of the most badass bosses I have ever seen in a game. The game isn't that hard although my hand and desktop that now has a big hole in it says different. I would say that this game has a difficulty of more god of war/elden ring

The biggest problem I had with this game is the frame rate drops on some of the bosses. As an example the secret boss in chapter 5 was extremely hard due to the frame rate. I play on ps5 and I have never had this problem before on any other game, so this was a big bummer for me.

But still and excellent game and had very fun beating it and recommend it to anyone up to a challenge!