Black Myth: Wukong | August 20, 2024 | PS5/PC

[Dillah810]

 

[Phillyrider807]

Recently went back to this game and made some good progress. But just got to Yellow wind sage.........

Nothing but a lil bit of straighten. Went back to this after football was done.

I start chapter 3 tomorrow

Spoiler

 

[Dillah810]

Nothing but a lil bit of straighten. Went back to this after football was done.

I start chapter 3 tomorrow

Spoiler

You should have used those four focus point before transforming.

 

[hex]

Took me 64 hours to finish my playthrough

-one of the more challenging games i've played. Haven't been challenged like this throughout a game since i was playing Street Fighter 4. And i was playing online against actual people.
-Story needs a ton of looking up if you don't know the lore (i didnt), but you get the idea after a while
-gameplay is straighforward, but some games don't need a lot of depth to be enjoyable

Gripes I had with this game:
-Chapter 3 is home to some of the worst gaming experiences i've ever had. Very frustrating (electric dragon fight, and Pagoda World)
-A small amount of bosses are poorly designed (inconsistent hitboxes)
-The platforming and traveling needs work. often times i fell off ledges and couldn't get back on track. I had to use the teleport item and go back to a shrine and trek back to where i was. Also, some areas look like i can explore them but it's blocked off (Stellar blade had these same issues). Game could seriously use a double jump feature like most action RPG's
-if you die on certain boss fights you have to do a decent amount of travel to get back to that boss and try the fight again (Monk in Ch3 that dodges your attacks). Game needs a "retry option after death". I've talked about it previously in this thread
-Frame dropping is real in this game. Some might argue it's a boss fight in itself lol. The game also crashed on me about 4 times total. We need an update to make the game run smoothly. It's not a dealbreaker by any means, but you don't want random frame drops in any game you play
-Destined one is a silent protagonist smh. don't see why he couldn't speak. Not a fan of silent protagonists. It's not 2002 anymore (GTA 3, Jak and Daxter)
-Cant pause cutscenes. Just an unnecessary feature that more games have. Not a fan at all, especially since some cutscenes are LONG. Also, you cant pause the game during certain gameplay animations. For example, if Destined one is dodge rolling or doing a light attack combo, the game can't be paused. Especially noticeable during the Heavenly Kings Fight. Why do i need the punching animations to end completely before the pause function can work?
-Pretty much zero guidance in this game (controversial take, some people enjoy the lack of guidance). There is so much you wouldn't know about each chapter if you don't look it up. In Ch2, you can completely miss out on a spirit if you don't kill one enemy before the other. There's no way you can know that unless you look it up. I didn't look it up and ended up missing that spirit. There's no map, no hints, no real info. The game just drops you in each new chapter and says "go explore". You also have to exhaust dialogue before you can progress some side quests. In most games, just talking to an NPC one time will progress a quest. In some cases in this game, you can miss out on content because you didn't repeatedly talking to an NPC
-I flatout don't understand the "see through your opponent feature". I literally never used it.

What I Like About this Game:
-Looking back, now that I've finished, this game is wonderfully challenging. Outside of some very few poorly designed bosses pretty much all the bosses are fair. They require a lot of patience and anticipation. It's normal to have to fight them a few times. The toughest bosses (Black Loong, Erlang, Great Sage) aren't just broken unfair fights. You have to read the fight and learn the patterns. It's very difficult, and you might have to change your builds, but it's all doable
-The music videos at the end of the chapters are nicely animated, a great touch
-Very nice soundtrack
-Game is seen as a "Boss Rush" game. It's not. It's loaded with bosses, but each boss is unique, and has a unique set of skills. You most likely can't approach each boss the same exact way on your first playthrough. You can tell the developers put a ton of effort in each boss
-The game gives you the option of building around different stances. You don't need to stick to one stance to take down certain youguias. Having the freedom to switch between 3 stances at any given moment is great. And none of the stances get in the way of your build. They're all flexible that they can be used no matter the playstyle.
-A shyt ton of Spirit/Summons to choose from. I haven't even come close to using all of them. They all work well in certain situations so players can have fun exploring which ones they want to use throughout the game.

All in all, this game is an 8.5/10 for me (I gotta redo my ratings for previous games i've played at some point)

I'm gonna assume you aren't a fan of/don't play Soulsborne games?

Most of the complaints you have are common in that genre. Although I don't really consider this a Souls-like.

Fred.

 

[Don Homer]

I'm gonna assume you aren't a fan of/don't play Soulsborne games?

Most of the complaints you have are common in that genre. Although I don't really consider this a Souls-like.

Fred.

no, i dont play those games

 

[Flexington]

Nothing but a lil bit of straighten. Went back to this after football was done.

I start chapter 3 tomorrow

Spoiler

Based on how you fought here, you gonna be fine

 

[Dillah810]

Even in NG+ Scorpion Lord isn't an easy win. Especially since I didn't fight him in my first run so I didn't know any of his attack patterns. Even my poison build didn't help much.

Spoiler: Scorpion Lord Fight

Duskveil was the first boss in NG+ to make me use up all of my gourd.

Spoiler: Duskveil New Game Plus

 

[homiedontplaydat]

I found Yellow Loong

 

[Deezay]

Spoiler: Erlang <First Phase> (New Game+)

 

[Rekkapryde]

Do light attacks until you can unlock the "dodge + heavy attack" ultimate he has, that always deals good damage. Use Red Tides and Pluck of Many. ASAP. Don't use them unlessY you are sure ellow Loong isn't close to lose his shyt, go in the air and starts does that series of charge attacks that deal massive damage (and you can't hit him). Best way I found was throw everything at him at first, then survive (read below) and wait till all your spells are back and do one final massive attack with everything.

I'll c/p what I wrote a couple of days ago about that fight

Finally beat that b*stard Sunday. Used the cloud step during that air thunder strike shyt he does. His spell is fukkin beastly. My dumbass didn't realize that each Spell had it's own level up.

Now goin back to deal with that annoying multi eyed boss nikka again since I got the yellow Long spell now.

 

[Jmare007]

Chapter 6 is a breeze after beating Erlang

I think I only have the final boss fight left. This is the most fun I've had with a game in a long ass time

Give these dudes all the money. If this is their first try at a AAA game I can only imagine what they'll do with more budget and learning from their mistakes


ps: the Giant Shingandan fight was by far the laziest of the entire game you can tell they ran out of ideas with that one.

 

[Deezay]

This is my GoTY.

 

[Rekkapryde]

This is my GoTY.

 

[Deezay]

Chapter 6 is a breeze after beating Erlang

I think I only have the final boss fight left. This is the most fun I've had with a game in a long ass time

Give these dudes all the money. If this is their first try at a AAA game I can only imagine what they'll do with more budget and learning from their mistakes


ps: the Giant Shingandan fight was by far the laziest of the entire game you can tell they ran out of ideas with that one.

They originally had 13 Chapters. They cut it short.
That baboon looks like he setting us up. Lol

 

[Jmare007]

They originally had 13 Chapters. They cut it short.
That baboon looks like he setting us up. Lol

And yeah, that baboon shady as fukk lol