The mentions of “feminist propaganda” and “politics” are damning enough on their own, but the restrictions on mentioning the pandemic or China’s game industry are completely bizarre. I fail to imagine why anybody would want to bring up COVID-19 in their coverage of a video game, nor why Game Science would see this as a real risk to the image of its game and preemptively try to mitigate t
(Image: https://freestocks.org/fs/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/black_cat_2-1024x683.jpg)With highly anticipated sequels like Hollow Knight: Silksong (potentially) and Sons of the Forest , 2022 is showcasing the continuation of beloved indie titles that give players the chance to dive back into their favorite worlds and stories. On the other end of the spectrum, there are brand new titles like Trek to Yomi and Tunic , which may be reminiscent of games like Ghost of Tsushima or the Legend of Zelda series respectively, but still bring something fresh and innovative to those legac
Among the many great bosses in Black Myth: Wukong , White Clad Noble is not very forgiving, and you experience the fight in a great setting that you can use to enhance your abilities if you utilize the right skills. The design and choreography of this boss fight have had a lot of thought put into
Game Science has had many opportunities to speak out about player perceptions of the studio and media coverage of the allegations against it. The studio’s founders are active on Weibo, and the game has social media accounts that post regularly. At least two journalists have brought up the allegations at hands-on preview sessions, and been met with refusals to comment. One of those journalists was promised a statement “related to the reports of sexism”, and when she asked for the statement, was told the studio would “only answer questions related to gamepl
When the pious Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang embarks on his westward journey to retrieve the Buddhist Sutra, three disciple bodyguards accompany him (four if you count the horse who's actually a shape-shifted dragon). There's Zhu Bajie, a gluttonous pig-demon who wields a giant rake. There's Sha Wujing, a dutiful River Ogre. And then there's the character who steals the show in most adaptations of Journey To The West : Sun Wukong the Monkey King , the “Great Sage Equal To Heaven,” who wields the size-changing staff called Ruyi Jingu Bang, creates clones of himself through tufts of his hair, and shape-shifts into many different forms using Daoist sorc
One of the best things about indie games is that they allow studios to bring all of their whacky and weird ideas to the table, and develop games that might otherwise have caused a lot of raised eyebrows or confused expressions when the concepts are seen on paper. For example, the notion of playing as a stray cat that explores a city populated by robots sounds bizarre, but the glimpses players have been shown of Stray so far paint a compelling and beautifully realized picture . Similarly, the ability to play a game where a bear runs a B&B in the woods in Bear and Breakfast or to control anthropomorphic dinosaur characters who are about to graduate in Goodbye Volcano High may seem like fever dreams, but there's undeniable genius in these concepts if studios can pull them
After a boss fight with the sword-wielding monkey in the snow, the monkey protagonist of the Black Myth: Wukong (who may or may not be the Monkey King) encounters a bizarrely grotesque spirit with the body of a falcon-like bird and a red human head. The dialogue of this spirit, demon, or small god in Wkukong's mythology isn't translated in the trailer, but goes something like t
The calendar for indie game releases across 2022 will no doubt cause a flicker of excited anticipation in the hearts of many gamers, and barring any major delays or setbacks, it's looking like a very strong year. As always, there are some question marks around exact dates for a number of games, but with a strong indication of a 2022 release date, the indie game calendar for this coming year looks just as compelling as 2021 (if not more
In the original Journey To The West 16th century Chinese novel, all the spectacular martial arts battles, scenes of sorcerous trickery, and missions to rescue Sanzang from certain doom (Sanzang gets kidnapped by demons quite a lot) are designed to be entertaining allegories for the principles of Buddhist faith - and its purported superiority to the competing philosophies of Daoism and Confucianism. Sun Wukong, an embodiment of the turbulent desires and whims of the human heart, is not disciplined by the teachings of Daoist immortals, nor is he restrained by the armies and bribes of the Celestial Bureaucracy. Only through his long journey with the Buddhist Sanzang does he liberate himself from desire and learn to be a noble, compassionate being - although the villains in the latest Black Myth: Wukong gameplay trailer may beg to dif
With the potential to have been one of the next best soulslike games and portraying a beloved cultural gem of a novel, Black Myth Wukong Walkthrough Myth: Wukong missed many opportunities and has inherent issues that must be addressed and fixed to be considered a serious contender of other soulslikes. Should this be the case, I would bump the score up to 3.5 at le