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Black Myth: Wukong[a] is a 2024 action role-playing game developed and published by Game Science. The game is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West and follows an anthropomorphic monkey based on Sun Wukong from the novel.

Black Myth: Wukong
Developer(s)Game Science
Publisher(s)Game Science
Producer(s)Feng Ji[1][2]
Designer(s)Jiang Baicun[1][2]
Programmer(s)Zhao Wenyong[1]
Artist(s)Yang Qi[1][2]
Composer(s)8082 Audio
EngineUnreal Engine 5
Platform(s)
Release
  • PlayStation 5, Windows
  • August 20, 2024
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • TBA
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Black Myth: Wukong was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on August 20, 2024, with an Xbox Series X/S version and an expansion planned for release. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics. It sold 18 million units within two weeks, making it one of the fastest-selling games of all time.

Gameplay

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Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game,[3][4][5][6] with Soulslike elements.[4][7][8] It is a single-player game,[6][9][10] which is played from a third-person perspective.[5]

The player controls a monkey protagonist referred to as the Destined One, who is based on Sun Wukong from the Journey to the West.[7][6] The protagonist's weapon is a staff, which is based on the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the novel.[7][11] The staff can extend and shrink in size during combat.[7] The three staff stances, which are the smash stance, the pillar stance, and the thrust stance, provide versatility in fights.[6][12][13] The combat mechanics involve resource management.[8] Focus can be accumulated by landing light attacks, executing well-timed dodges, and other means.[14] A focus point is gained when the meter for focus is filled up.[8] These points can be used to initiate a varied combo, chained to light attacks, or to charge a heavy attack on its own.[8] Stamina is depleted by sprinting, dodging, and attacking.[15]

Spells have cooldowns and consume mana.[5][7] They are categorized in mysticism, alteration, strand, and transformations.[16] The protagonist uses transformations to shapeshift into a different creature or being.[3][7] An example is the transformation Red Tides, which takes the form of Guangzhi, a wolfman who wields a flaming glaive.[7] The transformations come with their own movesets and health.[3][7] They are available on cooldown, but do not cost mana.[8] They last until their might, which is depleted by attacking, or health runs out.[7]

Spirits provide a skill and passive effect if they are equipped.[17][18] Defeated yaoguai chiefs may leave behind their spirits, which can be acquired if they are absorbed into a gourd.[19] Spirit skills function as transformations to do a unique attack.[18] Qi is used to activate spirit skills.[5][18] An example of a spirit is the Wandering Wight, who does a headbutt attack.[17]

The game follows a mostly linear progression interspersed with expansive areas.[7] There are keeper's shrines, which act as checkpoints for the player, along the way.[20] Throughout the world, the protagonist encounters various yaoguai as enemies.[3][7] The game's difficulty cannot be changed by players, but it does not remain the same throughout a playthrough.[21]

Synopsis

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Setting

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The Stork Tower is one of many landmarks featured in the game.[22][23]

Black Myth: Wukong is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.[3][5][7][12] The game spans six chapters, each focusing on the journey through a specific fictional location: Black Wind Mountain, Yellow Wind Ridge, The New West, The Webbed Hollow, Flaming Mountains, and Mount Huaguo.[24] It introduces cultural and natural landmarks derived from the real world into its setting. It features, for example, several locations from Shanxi Province, such as the Yungang Grottoes,[25] Little Western Paradise,[22] Nanchan Temple,[22] Iron Buddha Temple,[22] Guangsheng Temple,[22] and Stork Tower,[22] as well as locations from other provinces, such as the Kaiyuan Temple in Fujian Province.[26]

Each chapter concludes with an animated cutscene providing a reflection and exploration of the narrative and thematic elements of Black Myth Wukong.[27]

Plot

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After escorting his master Tang Sanzang and retrieving the Buddhist scriptures in a perilous pilgrimage to the West, Sun Wukong ascends to Buddhahood. Yet, he rejects life in the Celestial Court and chooses the simple joys of life on Mount Huaguo instead. The Court grows mistrustful of his choice to forgo the life above and sends an army led by Erlang Shen to force him to submit. Sun Wukong duels Erlang Shen, but he is incapacitated by the circlet that binds him to the Court and is sealed in stone on the mountain. He is severed from his six senses, corresponding to six relics scattered across the mortal realm. Over the next few centuries, the monkeys of the mountain send out young warriors to recover the relics in order to revive Sun Wukong. A monkey referred to as "The Destined One" sets out on this path.

The Destined One traverses through Black Wind Mountain. There he meets the Keeper of Black Wind Mountain, who helps and guides him through the path. Along the way, he passes through Guanyin Temple, which was devastated by a fire and later rebuilt. The Destined One defeats the Black Bear Guai, who has the "Craving Eyes" relic enshrined atop a pagoda. He takes the relic, while the Black Bear Guai surrenders.

The Destined One proceeds to the desolate Yellow Wind Ridge. Occasionally, a mysterious Headless Monk, who sings and plays a sanxian, appears and provides help. The Destined One defeats the Yellow Wind Sage, who uses Bodhisattva Lingji's severed head to contain the "Fuming Ears" relic. The Headless Monk, who turns out to be Lingji, places his head back on his body and hands over the relic to the Destined One.

 
 
The game features statues of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, such as Kang-Jin Loong[b] (left) and others, from the Yuhuang Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi Province.[26]

The Destined One continues to The New West, a cold mountainous place. Yellowbrow, who possesses the "Hubris Nose" relic and has taken the guise of Maitreya, sends Kang-Jin Star after the Destined One. In their last battle, the Destined One causes her to crash into and separate the Gold Cymbals imprisoning Zhu Bajie, an old friend of Sun Wukong. Zhu Bajie joins the quest to gather the relics. The Destined One defeats Yellowbrow at New Thunderclap Temple, but Yellowbrow flees toward the relic kept in a frozen lake and falls into the cold waters. Maitreya fishes the relic out of the lake for the Destined One.

The Destined One and Zhu Bajie arrive at The Webbed Hollow. The Fourth Sister of the spider guai family watches over and aids the Destined One. The Second Sister captures Zhu Bajie and brings him to the matriarch, the Violet Spider, but the Destined One goes to rescue him. The Violet Spider is defeated by the Destined One and flees to the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master, who betrays and violently takes the "Envious Tongue" relic back from her. The spider sisters and the Destined One attack and defeat the Daoist Master. Zhu Bajie and the injured Violet Spider, who both fell in love a long time ago, share a last glance at each other before he sorrowfully walks away toward the relic.

 
 
Black Myth: Wukong (left) features characters from the Journey to the West (right, first edition), such as Rakshasi who wields the Plantain Fan.[29][30]

The Destined One and Zhu Bajie fight their way to the Flaming Mountains. They meet someone who claims to be the Bull King and Princess Fair Fox's daughter Pingping, but the Bull King could tell his son Red Boy disguised himself as his daughter to deceive them. The Bull King attempts to give the "Grieved Body" relic to the Destined One, but Red Boy takes it by feigning defeat after a battle with the Destined One and consumes it for power. After Red Boy's defeat by the Destined One and Zhu Bajie, his mother Rakshasi pleas for mercy and offers her Plantain Fan, but Red Boy refuses to submit and kills himself. After his death, the relic reappears for them to take.

The ending is determined by the following optional storyline: In the Great Pagoda located in The New West, Maitreya guides both Erlang Shen and the Destined One to Mount Mei, where they confront each other. Here, the Destined One battles Erlang Shen and the Four Heavenly Kings. Upon their defeat, Erlang Shen, who took Sun Wukong's mind in the past, unleashes Sun Wukong's memories contained in his third eye to the Destined One and shares his realization that his fight a long time ago allowed Sun Wukong to set a path to break free through a mortal death.

Endings

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The Destined One and Zhu Bajie return to Mount Huaguo, where they retrieve Sun Wukong's armor and Jingubang. They enter a realm shaped by Sun Wukong's lingering memories through the stone on the mountain's summit. The Old Monkey ferries them through its waters. However, they encounter versions of their current selves, representing the Destined One's last memory. The Old Monkey explains that Sun Wukong's mind is lost, as the mind is an essence unique to every life and is destined to fade away at life's end. Therefore, Sun Wukong can never return as he was before. The true purpose of the journey is for the Destined One to become Sun Wukong's successor, inheriting his name and nature.

At the end of the journey, the Destined One defeats Sun Wukong's broken shell. The five relics, obtained during the journey, unite with the Destined One. As the shell dissipates, Sun Wukong's circlet appears on the shell's head and falls into the shallow water. In one ending, the Old Monkey places the circlet on the Destined One, which traps him in the stone. In the other ending, as the Destined One has recovered Sun Wukong's memories, he does not wear the circlet. The latter ending provides the "Freed Mind" relic in a New Game Plus.[31]

Development

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The development team scanned landmarks such as the Dazu Rock Carvings.[32]

Black Myth: Wukong is a game developed and published by Game Science.[11][33][6] The decision to make a single-player game was made on February 25, 2018.[34] The development team moved from Shenzhen to Hangzhou in December 2018.[34] They wanted to create a single-player game in their own style with a focus on traditional cultural themes.[32] They discussed themes such as xianxia and wuxia, but were most enthusiastic about the Journey to the West.[35] The team chose to use Unreal Engine 4 and familiarized themselves with it in the level for Mount Huaguo, which briefly appeared in the announcement trailer, before they put work on it down and started on the level for Black Wind Mountain.[1][34]

Black Myth: Wukong was first announced with a trailer showcasing gameplay in its pre-alpha build on August 20, 2020.[36][37] The trailer demonstrated the game built on Unreal Engine 4.[36] It showed the protagonist exploring the environment and fighting various foes[36] in a location known as Black Wind Mountain.[2] Within one day, the trailer had nearly two million views on YouTube and ten million views on Bilibili.[38] As Game Science's development team was small, the trailer was released to attract people to the studio to help build the game.[1][39] Therefore, the principle of the trailer was to show the level for Black Wind Mountain in its current state, rather than make adjustment for the sake of the demonstration.[1] The team started with seven people and had thirty people around the time of the announcement.[2] In the past, they would recruit within their own personal network, but they realized that this was not enough for the project.[1] The popularity of the trailer far exceeded their expectations and had resulted in over 10 thousand applicants, but they maintained their plans to recruit between ten and fifteen people for the time being to not expand too quickly and lose their original vision.[1]

 
The artist Xiong Zhuying performed the Shanbei storytelling, using song and the instrument sanxian, for the character Headless Monk.[40]

Black Myth: Wukong is developed on Unreal Engine 5.[41][42] It was initially developed on its previous iteration, Unreal Engine 4.[21] The move to the newer version was revealed through a trailer on August 20, 2021.[43][44] Game Science explained that, in 2021, they had switched to Unreal Engine 5 as this would help with their pursuit for realism in the style.[21] In designing the environment, the development team conducted on-site studies of various locations.[32] They made scans of many buildings and statues to recreate them or use them as a basis in the design.[32] Motion capture performed by several actors was used for the movement of different characters.[45][46] The actor Yin Kai provided the motion capture for the Destined One and several other characters.[45] He, a practitioner of martial arts, remarked that most of his performances were for actions done by the protagonist during combat.[46] The sound, including the music and voices, was co-produced by 8082 Audio.[47][48] The game features an adaptation of the theme song "Yungong Xunyin", originally composed by Xu Jingqing, from the 1986 television series Journey to the West.[49] The game's end credits listed 140 people for the development team.[50]

Black Myth: Wukong had a budget of $70 million throughout its six years of development, as reported by Bloomberg.[51] This was partly contributed by the investor Hero Games.[51][52] Feng Ji stated that they could not undertake such a project at the beginning, so they made two mobile games before they cautiously began the project, as they previously worked at Tencent and thus knew the possible risks from experience.[53] Yang Qi stated that they considered the cost for research and development to be high as early as the start, so they did not have high expectations for profitability initially.[32]

Feng Ji revealed that they planned Black Myth: Wukong to be the first installment in a Black Myth series, which would explore different stories in Chinese mythology.[1][2] The game was internally referred to as B1, meaning Black Myth One, in reference to its status as the first work in the series.[1] They already have ideas for two other titles in the series, but have not publicly revealed them.[1]

Hero Games' Daniel Wu confirmed that an expansion for the game is in the works.[51]

Release

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Black Myth: Wukong was released for PlayStation 5 and PC (Windows) on August 20, 2024, at 10 AM (UTC+8).[54][55] An Xbox Series X/S version is planned, although the release date has not been announced.[42][54]

In January 2023, Game Science published a promotional short film celebrating the upcoming Year of the Rabbit which revealed that Black Myth: Wukong would be released in the summer of 2024.[56][57] During The Game Awards in December 2023, they released a trailer announcing the release date as August 20, 2024.[58][59] In June 2024, they disclosed that the Xbox Series X/S version of the game was delayed for optimization to meet their quality standards.[60][61] Reports suggested that this may be due to the technical limitations of Xbox Series S;[62][63] some sources suggested a memory leak on Xbox as the possible issue.[64][65] IGN reported that the delay was, according to an unnamed source, because of an exclusivity deal with Sony and not technical issues.[66] Microsoft responded that the delay was not due to Xbox limitations "that have been raised to us."[64][67] Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb stated, after speaking to his sources, that Sony had no marketing deal in place to keep the game as an exclusive.[68][69]

Black Myth: Wukong received four editions: Digital Standard Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition.[54] The Digital Standard Edition contains the base game.[54] The Digital Deluxe Edition, additionally, provides in-game bonus content and a selected digital soundtrack.[54] The content consists of the weapon Bronzecloud Staff; the equipment Folk Opera Mask, Folk Opera Almsgiving Armor, Folk Opera Leather Bracers, and Folk Opera Buskins; and the curio Wind Chimes.[54] The two physical editions, the Deluxe Edition and the Collector's Edition, contain an activation code for the Digital Deluxe Edition on WeGame for JD.com purchases or Steam for overseas purchases.[70] The Deluxe Edition comes with the physical collectibles: Steel Case, The Constricting Headband, Chaos at the Peach Banquet (color print on silk scroll), Wind Chime (necklace), Thunderstone (ring), Gold Sun Crow (pin), Stamps and Postcard, and Warranty Certificate.[54] For the Collector's Edition, these are: Steel Case, Confront Destiny (protagonist figurine), Teaching of the Heart Sutra (color print on silk scroll), Wind Chime, Thunderstone, Gold Sun Crow, Stamps and Postcard, and Warranty Certificate.[54] A physical disc is not included in any edition.[54] Game Science stated that they are exploring options to offer physical discs, but that limitations in offline resources have made it difficult to offer physical discs simultaneously with the release.[70]

Black Myth: Wukong was the most-wishlisted game on Steam from May 2024.[33][71] Pre-orders for the game launched on June 8, 2024.[72] This came with the in-game content Trailblazer's Scarlet Gourd, which is also obtainable through in-game progression.[54] As reported in early August, the game ranked first on Steam's global top sellers chart.[73] When the game's preload went live shortly before release, the download bandwidth usage on Steam reached its highest-ever peak at 70 terabytes per second, superseding the previous record held by Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020.[74] Hero Games, a marketing partner, reportedly sent some content creators an email with an activation code for the game and guidelines to not discuss topics including politics, feminism, and other things in their coverage of the game at launch.[75]

Reception

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Black Myth: Wukong received "generally favorable" reviews on PC and PlayStation 5 from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[76][77]

The game won "Best Visuals" and was nominated for "Most Epic" at Gamescom in 2023.[106]

Sales

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On the day of release, Black Myth: Wukong reached over 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, which placed it as the second highest game of all time by this metric, surpassing other popular games such as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077.[107][108] Within hours, it became the single-player game with the most concurrent players of all time on Steam.[108][109] Bloomberg reported that this ascent could help the game "seal its place in industry lore."[110] On August 22, the game reached its all-time peak of over 2.4 million concurrent players on Steam, only following PUBG: Battlegrounds.[111][112]

Game Science announced that Black Myth: Wukong had sold 10 million units, derived from data as of August 23, 2024, at 9 PM (UTC+8), and had reached 3 million concurrent players across all platforms.[111][113][114][115] The game is one of the fastest-selling of all time.[116] The physical editions were in high demand, with 700 thousand people signed up to purchase a supply of only 30 thousand units on the retailer JD.com for example.[117]

Hero Games' Daniel Wu, an investor, shared to Bloomberg that Black Myth: Wukong had sold 18 million units within two weeks.[51] Bloomberg described this as "one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen."[51] Sony revealed that it was the most-downloaded PlayStation 5 game in North America (United States and Canada), Europe, and Japan during August 2024.[118][119]

Impact

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Nikkei Asia reported that Black Myth: Wukong is regarded as a new standard bearer for games in the Chinese video game industry, which undergoes a gradual shift from mobile games toward console games, and could inspire Chinese developers to undertake ambitious projects that draw international audiences.[120] During the pre-release, Soulframe Liang, the director of Phantom Blade Zero, commented that, if Black Myth: Wukong succeeds in the domestic and international market, people would be confident about other games in their industry and that he thought that it would indeed be a large success.[71]

The popularity of the game managed to boost sales of PlayStation 5, which reached the top for video game hardware and had twice the sales from the same period last year on Alibaba's Tmall in the week before the game's launch for example, in the Chinese market.[121][122] The game led to a substantial increase of tourism to the real-world locations of scenes in the game.[123]

The character Fourth Sister has become a popular subject for cosplay on Bilibili, Douyin, and other platforms.[124]

Notes

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  1. ^ Simplified Chinese: 黑神话：悟空; traditional Chinese: 黑神話：悟空; pinyin: Hēishénhuà: Wùkōng.
  2. ^ The character appears as Kang-Jin Loong for her dragon form and Kang-Jin Star for her humanoid form in the game.[28]

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