Black Myth: Wukong cover art

Black Myth: Wukong

2024 · Game Science · ~40h to finish

Aggressive rather than punishing — dying costs you almost nothing, so the walls are boss-shaped and the rest is spectacle.

soulslikeactionadventurePCPlayStation 5Xbox Series
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty6.1PUNISHING

Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.

Price on Steam

$59.99

USD · United States · checked 4h ago

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Reaction
7.6
Execution
6.5
Obscurity
6.3
Learning Curve
5.8
Grind
4.0
Strategy
3.6
Punishment
3.4
Puzzle
1.4
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Assist options shave roughly 0.6 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 25% · ~8hObscurity

    the systems the game never explains, including how you are supposed to build anything

    10
  2. 35% · ~12hReaction

    the duel that closes the second chapter, against something considerably faster than you

    5

Assists & accessibility

0/2 SOURCED

MOTOR & INPUT

  • Fully remappable controls [unsourced]

HEARING

  • Full subtitles [unsourced]

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What it is

An action game drawn from Journey to the West: three combat stances, a staff that pole-vaults, and a chapter structure of long linear stretches punctuated by an unusual number of bosses.

Where to go from here

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