Re: So, who is playing that new Black Myth: Wukong game?

On 8/26/2024 10:22 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:54:31 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
 

:P

 Not me, but it's surprisingly popular for reasons I don't quite
understand. It has become the fastest selling game on Steam ever, and
that seems weird to me. Sure, Souls-likes are popular, but they are a
bit more niche than other genres. Neither does "Wukong" seem to be
particularly special; it's not from a big-name developer, it's visuals
and art-style aren't extraordinary, and the gameplay seems fairly
average for the type. The game itself seemed to come out of nowhere
too; there wasn't a lot of pre-release hype about it either. So why
it's selling so well seems weird. It's not that I'm surprised it is
popular... I just don't get why it's so INCREDIBLY popular. Maybe its
links to Chinese mythology is prompting a rush from the Chinese
market?
 Having said that, I'm somewhat interested in the game. It doesn't look
like a _bad_ game, and it seems less spirit-numbingly pessimisstic
than most Souls-like games. I wouldn't mind _eventually_ giving it a
try; I'm just not in a rush to play it any time soon. Certainly I've
no intention on paying $60USD for the privilege. Maybe in a year or so
it'll show up on HumbleChoice; I wouldn't be too upset if it did.

Yes I've read it's mostly Chinese buying it because they just love anything Wukong (Monkey King.) There's an very large list of movies and shows both animated and live action that are retellings of the Wukong story. I've watched quite a number of them and have found them all entertaining.
Apparently it's got some souls feel to it too (like GoW and Jedi Outcast.)  I haven't heard anything bad about it so far, just a lot of buzz.  The only thing I don't like, is I tend to prefer games where you make your own character's appearance.
I'm mildly interested as well, but there's too much on my plate for $60 for it either.
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