Recent reviews by HaoZong

Quack, Quack, Quack! This is a very cheerful game with a lovely community.

Now after having played 83 hours and just done my first play-through, I would like to add some more personal views on this game.

As a Chinese player I will start with the emotional cliches. Black Myth Wukong arrived in the summer holiday just like Journey To The West on the TV screen always accompanying us in our every summer vacation in the childhood. Initially I started playing this just to support the devs and our first ever home-grown triple A and check out the new story of Wukong after their journey to the west. I didn't skip any cut scenes and took my time to explore every corner of the map (more for the beautiful scenery). To me, this game is more like a piece of art and a great blend of Chinese traditional culture, Chinese mythology and religions (Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism and Taoism, etc.). The temples, statues, murals etc. in the breath-taking scenery are directly built from the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The story is on par with the original Journey To The West, full of the suspense and deeply absorbing. In our childhood, we read and watch Wukong's Journey to the West and now I have the opportunity, as part of the story itself, to experience the 'Eighty-One Sufferings' (九九八十一难) and revive our great hero Wukong. I felt that I had completed my own journey to the west as well after finishing my first cycle - beating bosses, completing quests and experiencing the story as the destined one, as described in Buddhism, somehow may have slightly 'enlightened' / 'awakened' me.

Aside from the fascinating story and gorgeous scenery, the game content is also very rich. Each chapter has its hidden quest which needs additional effort to explore to unlock and complete. They can be easily missed and the NG+ has very good playability, to make up the missed hidden quests in first cycle to unlock the true ending, or just to complete all 81 achievements (the eighty-one sufferings), or even to unlock the Great Sage Wukong form after completing 3 cycles (NG++). There are a great variety of yaoguais (monsters) in this game as well and each of them is very unique. There is also a story behind each one of them which you can read and I have always learned something after reading their stories, no matter if it's a sad one or a funny one. 81 unique bosses (yaoguai chiefs and kings) seems a lot in the beginning for me as a new player to souls like game. It's surely true as I spent half of the time in this game just to beat these bosses. But it didn't make me feel frustrated or bored. Some of them are really difficult but each one has their own set of moves which you can learn and get used to over time and I did feel bosses became easier over a few more trials. These difficult ones also encourage players to explore different strategies and approaches. Even for most difficult ones like Erlang, Yellow Loong, Yin Tiger, etc. I can find numerous different guides uploaded by other players on Bilibili.
Overall I would say this game is worth every second I spent on it and I will definitely play more than a few cycles. Great thanks to Game Science and other teams who contributed to make Black Myth Wukong happen
and made it another precious memory for the summer. Looking forward to the DLCs!

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Even though it's quite difficult for players like me who barely plays this type of games, it's still very addictive. 24 hours into the game I am still in the 2nd chapter, but the story line is fascinating and the fight has been enjoyable experience. Recommend to use a controller for best experience if you are a novice to this kind of games like me. Definitely the best purchase I have ever made in games.