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Despite its rocky launch and disastrous history with last-gen platforms, Cyberpunk 2077 managed to turn around its poor reception. It has since established itself as a behemoth in the video game industry through the sheer dedication of the developers at CD Projekt Red and their long-term supp
The popularity of gaming shows no signs of stopping, as evidenced by ever-growing Steam player numbers , the rise of digital game sales, and huge unexpected releases even from smaller studios. After their launch back in 2020, the current generation of consoles has finally reached substantial owner numbers to result in massive sales for long-anticipated games, not to mention the nearing launch of Nintendo Switch
One of the most beautiful things about gaming is that the market is a big enough cake that almost anyone with a vision and enough money for development can have a slice and present something new to the public. While Western companies with multi-billion dollar budgets mainly dominate the market, lately, other countries' developers have also been able to take a crack at presenting new stories to players worldw
Black Myth: Wukong is considered a soulslike, which means it comes with some pretty tough boss fights. There are dozens of fights to get through, each one varying in difficulty, but most of them share the common trait of being able to end your life in a handful of seconds if you underestimate t
In many ways, Black Myth: Wukong could be considered a sequel to Journey to the West , as it makes regular past-tense references to the original story throughout its own roughly 30-hour narrative. However, Journey to the West is more the bones of Black Myth: Wukong than the muscles, with the novel essentially only serving as the foundation for the moving story and enchanting world Game Science has crafted here. It certainly doesn't shy away from including some of the most notable characters from Journey to the West — though many of them have been reconceptualized for the game — and its heavy reliance on Eastern mythology helps to fill in any gaps left in the wake of its semi-adaptive for
The game also features many of the same locations from Journey to the West , though they have been meticulously crafted from the ground up to provide plenty of room for exploration and Black Myth: Wukong 's countless bosses . Journey to the West locations like Black Wind Mountain, Yellow Wind Ridge, the Flaming Mountains, and Mount Huaguo are all explorable locations in Black Myth: Wukong . However, they have been designed to reflect time-driven change and their current role in a brand-new story centuries ahead of the novel. This helps Black Myth: Wukong to set itself apart from Journey to the West as a standalone experie
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is mainly a Metroidvania game, but there's so much more to it than initially meets the eye. Years after the Machine Legion invaded and conquered Torch City, a war veteran must take up arms once again after his best friend is taken away by force by the tyrannical leaders of the occupat
While it first appeared as though Game Science's Black Myth: Wukong would put players in direct control of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West , the action RPG is set some time after the events of the novel. Ultimately, this means that Black Myth: Wukong is separated enough from Journey to the West that it can attempt to establish its own identity as an original story, as opposed to being a direct adaption of the novel. As a result, rather than playing through Black Myth: Wukong as Sun Wukong himself, players experience a reimagining of the world brought to life by Journey to the West through the eyes of a humble monkey simply referred to as the “Destined One” — an almost identical physical copy of Sun Wuk
This also pushes its developer, Game Science into the limelight as the title features possibly some of the most ambitious use of Epic's Unreal Engine 5 to date as it aims to break into the highly competitive AAA games market.
Faith of Danschant: Hereafter is an action RPG heavily steeped in Chinese mythology and a sequel to the turn-based RPG Faith of Danschant . The game stars Xing Yuan, a demon-slaying swordsman. In the trailer, Yuan adeptly dispatches off many demons in a bid to rescue his abducted daughter, Xia, which culminates in a boss fight. Yuan is extremely agile and quick in combat, which stars fluid swordplay, dash dodges, and dynamic parries. The game also features impressive cinematic finisher mo
Ever since it was first announced way back in February 2020, Black Myth Wukong Missions Myth: Wukong caught the attention of Asian and Western players alike. Even in the earlier stages of development, it showcased visually stunning graphics , an interesting original concept, and fast-paced combat that resembled Soulsborne games. While the game takes its liberties, the Chinese cultural and mythological influences imprinted on it are evid