Black Myth: Wukong - Angry Review

[@elitemook4234]

Joe '"You may have defeated me, but can you defeat my second form?!" 'hands the controler to Alex'

[@xxcampheroxx]

Lmfao

[@Evilnebz]

hahaha Second form meets god tier ,while aj has a beer

[@thecelestialape8148]

Hahahaha this is gold

[@KyubiCloaks]

Lmao right this game was like elden ring for him but you're so OP here he's just not that good at games

[@Zaznin]

Accurate. 😂😂😂

[@noahthompson5030]

You know as much as i love to see joe tearing apart bad games,it is so exciting to see him gush over great ones.

[@theglassbomb3570]

that's what makes him a great game reviewer

[@kenterminateddq5311]

​@@theglassbomb3570Has anyone heard of the video game from AJ's new Angry Review? This will be interesting.

[@ookami-chan3328]

Hopefully we get to see more and more of these, there's always the annual Madden review for THAT stuff after all 😂

[@theglassbomb3570]

@@ookami-chan3328 AJ's annual Madden review is a tradition at this point 🤣🤣

[@daniellevy7733]

I mean he's only done a total of 4 angry reviews this year in 9 months, man's slacking big time 😂

[@MrTMP007]

Joe admitted that he sucks on this type of game but still manages to review the game without bias. You are still my number #1 game reviewer since 2010!

[@DGiovanni]

In other words he's reviewing a game he didn't even finish. You're right tho, he's not bias. To be bias he would have to have to form his own opinion instead of just reading the room and echoing everyone else.

[@TreeFiddyBandit]

What a coincidence I too learned about angry Joe in 2010 when RDR came out

[@kylelucien7632]

Something that IGN professional game reviewers find it impossible to do

[@davidchristmas2652]

What for? Now I have to watch it all. 😢 no still poor and late. I see a team of one do better content per month.

[@davidchristmas2652]

Seen better reviews by the Meto. Poor Joe need his gfeul money though. Poor

[@thewarhamster8139]

Can we talk for a second about the enemy variety? It's astounding. 80 regular enemies with a huge amount of variety and 90 bosses that are mostly unique. It really is a breath of fresh air.

[@DC-hw7fw]

When watching videos, I didn't believe the variety and thought it had to be fake. Holy shit US companies have been holding out on us. We have been given garbage and not realizing just how good we could've had it.

[@JuliusAmobi]

Whoa talk about variety damn that's a lot

[@nigguin]

The only reused one i can think of are the frogs but they are still very different

[@TrickyJebus]

its all based on the Novel too.

[@oliverliu5065]

literally had more enemy varieties than people in the studio. 140 people made this!

[@mordsven]

This game is made with 17.5% of concord budget and yet got 2 million more active players lmao...

[@elqord.1118]

Let me give you a clue: China

[@peterlin5454]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@elqord.1118 what do you mean?Other games also include Chinese players right？

[@EcchiRevenge]

@@elqord.1118 China is like 30-40% of sales of games like CP2077 and GOW, what's your point?

[@flowaeater9489]

@@peterlin5454that’s actually a really good point

[@elqord.1118]

@@peterlin5454 I think it is clear that this game’s numbers are what they are because of Chinese players.

[@Law33n]

Lower the difficulty ✖ Pass the controller to alex ✔

[@Bush_Goremen]

There is no difficulty adjustment

[@whydoyoukeeptalking]

I cracked up when joe started laughing at Alex dying. I've been there, when u expect your friend who's better to breeze it.

[@TurquazCannabiz]

@@Bush_Goremenmods are always an option

[@dylanyap5983]

All those game journalists just need an Alex

[@xemera1d]

​@@TurquazCannabizbruh😂 It's not that hard😂😂 DS3 is harder😂😂😂

[@UnclePatches]

You're one of the few big guys who actually takes his time to review a game instead of rushing to get recency hype views, I'll always watch your reviews because I can always expect quality.

[@Trocify225]

You may want to check his channels videos then

[@UnclePatches]

@@Trocify225 what are you on about? I've been watching him for years, his rapid fire review are a completely different type of reviews and is not what Im talking about

[@Great-Dao-of-Elegance]

​@@UnclePatchesI think he meant to say that you should check the rest of his videos if you like this one. A recommendation of sorts.

[@UnclePatches]

@@Great-Dao-of-Elegance Nope, there's nothing in my comment that implied I don't watch his video already, quite the contrary actually.

[@sikeyouthought3887]

I mean he suffers in the long term. Getting a review out a month and a half after the game is released is pretty slow. Everyone has already moved on and have either bought the game or didn’t

[@JanBongoO]

115 unique mobs in one game, not mention 100s of bosses with different mechanics.. thats some extraordinary masterpiece here. Respect for devs

[@Lil.Lon3Ly]

Only 70million budget over 4 years, that's the miracle

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

​@@Lil.Lon3Ly that includes marketing

[@TheKidtattoo]

And this is only 6 chapters out of 12

[@JanBongoO]

@@TheKidtattoo where did you read 12 ? I heard about dlc rumors, but nothing specific

[@TheKidtattoo]

@@JanBongoO from the devs themselves, it will be in the dlc. Or it will be the dlc. From the start it was supposed to be 12 but due to the low budget they had to drop the game with 6 and polish it BUT the good news is that the last remaining chapters are almost done since they started with them when they started the game.

[@DanielFanzwicky]

Fun fact: The whiteclad snake initially did have a third phase, but during testing the testers all complained about the fight being too hard too early, so Game Science removed it. And put it in a later chapter (one of the mid-bosses iirc).

[@chrisdaughen5257]

What boss was phase 3 repurposed as?

[@justimagine2403]

It should give you a gimme after say 100 tries. I mean $80 to get ... stuck? Yeah that is tiresome.

[@Xuhtig]

​@@justimagine2403skill issue

[@asoto718]

I had major issues with the scorpionlord, died mabey 30 times so I took a day off and finally decided to switch my relics and switch my points into other areas, try diffrent curios for critical hit, switched my armor and switched my transformation, used a bunch of different medicines and I violated him! I exploded with joy! This game is awesome! There is always a way in this game. Do not give up!

[@jaytico5835]

It seems like I switched my points around for every boss fight. I even had a “build” I would use when exploring.

[@asoto718]

@jaytico5835 i feel that ! I wish they had made it to save builds, and you can switch back to them easily at any point. But this game is so good, I'm still on chapter 4 , in the secret area.

[@barnakl]

Got screwed out of that one by getting to another boss first rip. Recommend reading up on this area BEFORE you start encountering bosses

[@justimagine2403]

Also, watch play through. Too many days on the Tiger. Too many.

[@uni-sister]

For me, I almost gave up on the game because of tiger vanguard.

[@ZelBellz]

The fact this is their first ever AAA game is honestly still insane to me

[@AzureDrag0n1]

Its their first single player AAA game. Technically they have made AAA gacha games.

[@nagi-springfield93]

@@AzureDrag0n1 lol nah, their mobile game budget are pretty low

[@LarryWater]

@@AzureDrag0n1 There’s no such thing as an AAA mobile game.

[@ragnarokws2670]

@@AzureDrag0n1 Game science only made 1 game so far thats black myth wukong... AAA Gacha games ??? which is Genshin impact? thats different company tho

[@AzureDrag0n1]

@ragnarokws2670 This is China's first single player AAA game. At least under Tencent backed companies.

[@EcchiRevenge]

Chapter 1 teaches you to not be greedy; greed can easily ruin everything you built in life. Chapter 2 teaches you to be discerning; good and evil are not only relative but also depend on the point of view. Chapter 3 teaches you to let go of obsession; it drove many good people mad or worse. Chapter 4 teaches you to treasure your time with loved ones; sometimes people cross paths and never meet again. Chapter 5 teaches you to accept that there is often no correct decision; such is life. Chapter 6 give you two choices; to not learn the lessons and repeat the cycle of life's struggles, or rise above it all to achieve enlightenment(or at least carry on with the journey). Actually there's an overarching plot of conspiracy between the taoist deities and buddhas; much of the story references life of Chairman Mao Zedong, but that requires more reading(reading and understanding journal entries can make it a different story) And the whole thing gets a bit like MGS2, where you're set on a destined path to be conditioned into the next wukong(or not) and you're not necessarily with the "good guys".

[@newbielives]

Beautifully summarized

[@NaruBrilu]

Interesting. Chapter 1 sorta gave me the obsession thing too. The elder baby head (forgot name at the moment) was obsessed and had to have the last special object that he could never have. So he burnt the place down looking for it or something

[@Froggy4Eyez]

Not only are you buying a game, but a Buddha lesson from its religion. 🤔

[@tenzintsenpey5274]

meh.. Makers of wukong hates Mao..

[@kukuhimanputraraharja8084]

and every chapter requires you to control a monke to bonk a lot of people so that they would agree to tell you their life stories.

[@zacharybartolo5111]

"It's not my fault the wine is a healing potion and I suck at this game!" My favorite line in this video!

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

Right before he said that i was like "you're pouring it in your nose" and it was such a fitting line to follow up what i was thinking

[@mingyuhuang8944]

For those in the West that don't understand The Journey to the West story, this is a great game. For us Asians, this game is more than legendary

[@onestepclosertoheaven7347]

Naw America's love it. Alot of Americans over here actually love Asian Mytholgy.

[@BrayWs]

The mechanics of this game are insanely broken 😂a lot of these bosses were not play tested

[@meruemo776]

IGN botted game of review awards votes against wukong at 5am. 40k+ votes under an hour. All that because its a Chinese made game? IGN is embarrassing

[@ThoraxtheDarkk]

Proof ? Lol what a wild claim

[@dinx3815]

they did same on death stranding last time XD

[@glenmcl]

Plenty videos on it exposing IGN

[@chillstep4life]

​@@ThoraxtheDarkk SweetBaby Inc. Controls IGN and they have become woke as F*ck.

[@FaceBack18]

For a company like IGN, it's weird to see them pull such a right wing move, lol.

[@mediumvillain]

The baby Buddha is the Maitreya Buddha, the prophecized future Buddha in the next age. Yellowbrow was his disciple who turned against him, stole some of his power, and pretended to be him a couple times (when hes in the yellow robe and ranting like an egomaniac). This was mostly explained by him explicitly in the cutscene after you defeat Yellowbrow. He's a child in the game as an easter egg, like a reincarnation of the actor who portrayed him on the JttW TV show who passed away

[@XxfieryfirexX]

I see..... actually I still don't get it

[@V4Now]

@@XxfieryfirexX myths are weird.

[@ellenchu4049]

@@XxfieryfirexX The baby Buddha is a part of Buddhist mythology about Past and future Buddhas. The game is base on a novel which reference lot of Taoist and Buddhist mythology after all. To understand it fully you will need to go down the rabbit hole that is Buddhist mythology. It is like you won't be able to understand who Mr. Wednesday(from American Gods) is if you don't understand Norse mythology.

[@body187j3x1]

@@XxfieryfirexX there is nothing to get, they are end bosses, and you beat it lol

[@xavierhouston4650]

@@XxfieryfirexX Do you have is are stuopid?

[@burtonmaugans2943]

"Dragon deez nutz..." may be one of the greatest lines in any video game review ever.

[@sjf96]

I laughed way harder than you'd think at this one. Like several minutes 😂

[@Xuhtig]

You act like this has never been said before

[@mysticstrikeforce5957]

i like how the jacket never gets old. i wonder if he washes it

[@MotorheadForever7]

You wash leather?

[@LapGodGaming]

I'm positive at some point he said he gets it dry cleaned

[@Blackjack-2028]

This jacket is dry clean only... which means it's dirty.

[@Law33n]

Huh??

[@lordcrayzar]

Never.

[@holylight17]

And there is no bullshit monetization like most of the games these day.

[@williamyoung9401]

China already stole my data; no need for micros, lol. 😂

[@tempoaccla4041]

the story is a lot less confusing when you learn about journey to the west, this game was definitely made for Chinese and Asian people who grew up with the 1986 tv show

[@hxi7141]

You have to get the secret ending. The secret final boss fight is the single best boss fight sequence I’ve seen in games in the past 5-10 years

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Erlang is kinda corny tbh, has a shield and literally has combo strings that last 20 seconds ffs, once you get his health down the A.I just starts spamming to the point the fight becomes a parody of actual good boss fights. Erlang is more of a tedious chore than anything imo, could’ve been great if they didn’t just go for “secret boss need be hard”

[@yopot37]

@@heroicsquirrel3195That’s totally not a“shield”

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

@@yopot37 he literally has an extra white bar that massively reduces any damage he takes and needs to be depleted for you to do your real damage, its a shield

[@permafrostyx]

I call it super armour where im from

[@yopot37]

@@heroicsquirrel3195 Turn ur damage number on before u say something stupid like “massively reduced” and that’s called a “stance” ,u literally have 100,000 ways to break his stance, charged heavy,stone transformation,vessels,And yes he has some very long combos so does other bosses like scorpion lord or yellow loong,but this is not like other souls game u can only dodge and wait for enemies finish their move ,fucking stop their combos dude

[@ItsShatter]

I’m very selective about which games I make a “Complete Guide” Series for. My only other 3 before this was for Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Dark Souls 3 (which was sort of a throwback). In any case, Black Myth Wukong definitely passed the bar and was easily deserving of such a series in my opinion!

[@vscostello]

I’m currently going into NG++ on Wukong and can’t thank you enough for your videos! They’ve helped me not only get 100% achievements but also appreciate the game so much more

[@cocklet695]

Your videos helped so much to get platinum!

[@ryananderson586]

Thanks for the guides man! Much appreciated!

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Botted channel 💀 Move along.

[@deltawldr]

Love your Elden Ring guides. The effort is very much appreciated.

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

Black Myth Wukong is an awesome game. My wife and I purchased over the weekend and have been taking turns, dying, and we are in Chapter 2 now.

[@bruces-c3c]

Congratulations to you and your wife for soon being able to enjoy the most exciting chapters 3 and 4!

[@Louey_]

Wife? Ya right

[@MrParis215]

I wish I could enjoy this game BUUUUUUUUT I'm absolute Trash at these type games🤦🏾😅😅😅

[@lanzer22]

My wife wanted it for her birthday. We spent 8 hours of her birthday dying at bosses. :D It's our in-joke now.

[@lanzer22]

@@MrParis215 There are guides that will help a lot in getting through the tougher parts, and almost every secret boss has skills that will counter the main boss of the stage, while you can skip the optional boss until you've leveled up more. If following those routes the game is much more accessible.

[@luism007]

Wukong doesn't need the GOTY after breaking so many records, after 95% positive feedback from millions of players. The GOTY needs to be Wukong's in order not to maintain its credibility.

[@Mohgenstein]

Astro Bot has a higher critic and user score

[@dannyCoolSwag]

No mate it's rebirth

[@billjacobs521]

@@dannyCoolSwag No, giving awards to a game that craps all over a classic would just be farcical.

[@dannyCoolSwag]

@billjacobs521 i never played the classics. So idc. It's bedt game this year by far everyone loves it and everyone ranks it high. Your very strange by saying that. And it's gonna get goty guaranteed

[@blakekellinger5063]

2024: the year of Monke. This is now my favorite year

[@ch20060602]

actually 2024 is the year of dragon, but I get what you mean. And real year of monkey is 2028.

[@emceeunderdogrising]

It is the year of Deez. ​@@ch20060602

[@gtr58ab]

not according to ign

[@thomaszhang3101]

@@ch20060602ohh now I know when the DLC will come out 😏

[@iamsheep]

The reason people are confused by the cut scenes and characters is because Game Science originally just intended the game for the Chinese audience, who grew up watching the 1986 version tv show of Journey to the West. It is even more popular and well known to three generals of people than something like Star Wars is to Americans. This is why nothing was explained and even deep cut references are major characters and plot lines in this game. No effort was made for localisation because they didn’t think it was necessary.

[@necrago]

If you read all the journal entries, I think they provide enough context.

[@追忆-s1b]

他们其实给你了背景，在影神图里面，每一个角色的故事写的都很清楚，甚至连小妖怪的故事都写了。

[@iamsheep]

@@necrago That might be the case, but the game play and cut scenes are what they should focus on.

[@iamsheep]

@@追忆-s1b 也许吧，但是有多少人会看啊？

[@necrago]

@@iamsheep fair

[@d0ntreply]

the 7 hardest boss fights for me: 1) yellow wind sage (80 attempts) 2) sun wukong (70) attempts 2) wandering wight (60 attempts) 3) kan-jing loong (55 attempts) 4) cloudtreader deer (50 attempts) 5) yellowbrow (35 attempts) 6) yellow loong (30 attempts) 7) erlang (20 attempts)

[@xzqqq6659]

this shows you've never met erlang shen

[@Crankclawhammer]

Yellow Wind Sage was a pain in the ass, but have you met the secret act 6 boss that affects the ending? That one was REALLY tough for me, wont say more though due to spoilers ^^.

[@d0ntreply]

@@xzqqq6659 i'm still stuck on broken shell. i'm well aware he's the hardest guy in the game, so not looking forward to it lol.

[@sultanjelle9168]

@@d0ntreply Do Erlang first, to get the real ending

[@d0ntreply]

@@sultanjelle9168 can i still go to erlang, even though i'm actively fighting broken shell?

[@uni-sister]

This game should be goty! Although its system is a DS copycat but holy moly it gave you the same dopamine just like any other DS series. Any dev who can copy the essence of DS system properly is a big welcome (yes lop is also great game and not you nioh/broken system soulslike game). Thankfully it's optimized, kudos to the dev for letting me play without any big lag with gtx 1660ti. Some flaws in the game: 1. Invisible wall but you can die because of falling in some places. Weird inconsistencies from game science. 2. The map is huuge in some chapter but without any clues where to go. I could've been lost and got dizzy (esp. chapter 3). Fortunately, its shatter provided us with great walkthrough. So as a souls game lover from the heart, YES AGREED 9/10! what a breath of fresh air for AAA game.

[@Dudi4PoLFr]

FFS Joe it's almost 2AM here and I need to wake up at 6AM for work.... Have some mercy for the Europeans!

[@omgkid]

Haha same story 3AM in South Africa and I just got into bed planning to sleep when I saw this on my notifications 😂

[@Bignuke87]

Best time to upload for engagement is around 230EST/PM/1430

[@balsabozovic4510]

How is it hos fault, go to bed mf

[@WillStopka]

I mean how are you even awake lol

[@Wandering_Chemist]

Trust me save it for work bro

[@nscoby9311]

Alex is like the older brother you ask for help when the boss won't stop bullying you! lol 😆

[@PowerHouseDream]

Facts

[@LeoHwzrChannel]

Took me way too long to realize that Sun Wukong has 100+ transformations which explains why there are so many transformations in DBZ and after series

[@kevinz2000]

Wukong has 72 Bajie has 36

[@独钓寒江独自愁]

Dragon Ball? No, no, no, these are not the same character, they just have the same name.

[@shehryartariq007]

Dragonball was heavily inspired by the novel Journey to the west, which tells the story of Sun Wukong, Saiyens transforming into monkeys, Son Goku having a tail when he was a young boy etc etc

[@TurquazCannabiz]

@@shehryartariq007the flying nimbus cloud too

[@mr.q337]

@@kevinz2000 It's a miss translation. It's technically 72 mystical spells and infinite transformations.

[@2bitnerd]

This review convinced me that this game is not for me, thank you for making it.

[@pizzas4breakfast]

That lion in the beginning sounds suspiciously alot like corporate commander

[@teenflash19]

I thought he was Joe

[@kaly8329]

You dont see any money in the lions hands so no. 😂😂😂

[@nikorobinson317]

That’s lieutenant lion 😂

[@TommasoFirmini]

2 small details I can pick out that I absolutely love in an amazing game would be that gear changes look as you upgrade it, and the different animation styles used for each of the end chapter scenes. So beautifully done all of them

[@heetsees]

Remember when Alex played the giant straight man? It never gets old! You guys nailed this one! Thank you!

[@Joanlow1440p]

It doesnt have alot of views because we all know he didn't finish it 😂

[@sithazzazzin7329]

F*** the white clad noble, and Tiger Vanguard made me quit for 3 days. I screamed like a kid when I beat him.

[@大大棉花糖]

哈哈，许多人和你一样，回到了自己的童年。这就是意义。

[@_aKaneki]

You did Stellar Blade dirty by not doing one of these for it.

[@sonictelephone1526]

Thank God. I'm not sure I'd want to see them dressed up as Eve 😂

[@patricknoonan3610]

The game: you're drunk go home. The player: I am not drinking, I am healing my self.

[@gusgoof358]

You’re*

[@patricknoonan3610]

@@gusgoof358 That is correct. Happy other people, care about such things still.

[@cskiller86]

So the final boss of this game is Cirrhosis?

[@nobody-yk2hu]

That's what they all say

[@JohnnyLancast]

OJ as the drunk monk was pretty darn funny I’ll tell you hwhat

[@mr.heisenberg0122]

Wukong: I have fought and defeated countless gods and monsters. krators: Finally, a worthy opponent!

[@dolabala1755]

Kratos aint shit

[@Kastor0311]

I like the last 2 God of war games overall better than black myth, but man I don't know, the destined one could maybe beat the piss out of Kratos.

[@andrewabrams1535]

Krators is dog shit

[@joeallen3388]

@@Kastor0311 Kratos has killed two pantheons, I think he can take on the monkey.

[@RyuN100]

Kratonks getting absolutely washed

[@0RZ0WEI]

You readed my mind man... This game is SOOOOO FREAKING HARD many times, but also sooo beautiful and spectacular! It´s a masterpiece, and it really deserve to be the GOTY!!

[@privatefrizz8627]

It’s been 3 weeks, 5 days, and 17 hrs since I last felt sleep. The voices in my head tell me sweet nothings. The shadows look at me with awe. The still air fills me with solemnity. And yet, here I am. For another Joe video.

[@arjunkorpal9973]

Can’t wait to see how many DBZ references he makes in this review.

[@flemishlion69]

Dragonball not Z

[@arjunkorpal9973]

@@flemishlion69and?

[@EXMachina.]

@@flemishlion69 please dont be the Ackchyually Guy.

[@justaneditygangstar]

@@flemishlion69🤓🤓🤓

[@topazlynx2228]

Surprisingly only 2.

[@ddawngaming]

For almost all the main bosses, if you go through the hidden optional area, you will get vessels (4 of them in total), which will help you immensely in boss c ombat. For the Rat, you can go and get the wind tamer which will give you Damage Reduction and immunity to Strong Winds so you won't be affected by the Sand Tornado in the 3rd phase. For the Centipede, if you use the weaver's needle at the right time, you can skip the whole stamina reduction phase. To understand the watermelon scene you have to know the original story which a little digging will help.

[@Bush_Goremen]

Baby Buddha is Mi Le, the future Buddha. The current Buddha is Ru Lai. (Who is currently in charge)

[@shehryartariq007]

You also get the fire piece mantle in the first chapter after defeating the greedy monk in the secret area, that helps you immensely against the chapter 1's final boss

[@ddawngaming]

@@Bush_Goremen I thought that it was Rulai in disguise? My bad then

[@AndresLionheart]

You can see that there is no sandstorm around the arena when he beats the boss, so he did use that.

[@RatedMforMatt-ure]

On steam, I took 627 screenshots. That's not hyperbole, that's the actual number. I wanted to chronicle my journey with this game. The game is a masterpiece. Im now up to Broken Shell in NG+ and I have 82 hours. Missing 4 achievements until I get my 100%

[@TheRealSAFN]

Ha, gayyyy

[@nickmaisano5770]

Yeah when are you ever going to revisit them lol, better off cleansing it in your mind and re experiencing the actual game in a couple years

[@RatedMforMatt-ure]

@@nickmaisano5770 Hopefully the next time I play the game is with my kid. My wife and I really hope our kid gravitates towards gaming like we did as kids.

[@craigsovilla6578]

​@RatedMforMatt-ure it's far too easy to. It would be better to live a life not hindered by addiction to games tbh. If I could go back in time to rip the controller out of my 5 year old hands I would.

[@nickmaisano5770]

@@RatedMforMatt-ure thats cool bro, how olds your kid cause i doubt any young ones will play this haha

[@RokinDokin]

2:06 review starts

[@Burrdmizzle]

🐐

[@DjNoNameNL]

4:40 to be exactly

[@J9hunna]

@@DjNoNameNLnot even close

[@algomi9280]

Yeah, getting tired of that chinesemalware i mean Opera GX thing.

[@billjacobs521]

@@algomi9280 Meh, I got to Mutahar for advice on stuff like that; I'd never assume Joe knows anything about tech besides how to run Steam.

[@audeamus7388]

omg an actual game review?? i almost unsubscribed already from the lack of content i subbed for. this will make me stay a little more. thank you JOe

[@silverkw]

The baby buddha is the Laughing Buddha (Budai, or Maitreya), the buddha that can see future. He can take any form, in this case a kid (9 years old, to pay tribute to the 9th year of passing of the original actor of the laughing buddha in the 80's Journey To the West TV show). Yellowbrow is Budai's pupil.

[@nyx766]

Totally agree on everything here. Perfect 9/10 game that would’ve been 10/10 had the invisible walls not been such a huge thing. The art, the lore, the expansive gameplay, the awesome bosses, the level design, everything. There was so much work put into this game. They deserve GOTY

[@ItsShatter]

Just finished watching the video. I 100% agree on the 9/10 (that was my own rating) and I think you were very on point with all of your criticisms that keep this from being a 10/10. I am equally looking forward to what these developers do next. Definitely a GOTY contender (if not winner) in my opinion!

[@The1stDuhZeez]

Yeah at least it didn't reuse bosses like Elden Ring or give you no direction or have only one NPC put a mark on your map the entire game, or make armor useless or have 100's of weapons and most of them garbage, I could go on. ER gets too many passes just because it's a "mer Fromsoft" game it's 7/10 unlike this.

[@mediumvillain]

​@@The1stDuhZeezIt does reuse several bosses with different color palettes or elemental-themed moves. some ppl complained about it, but its a dumb thing to complain about in Black Myth Wukong and its dumb thing to complain about in Elden Ring, which has 2-3x the number of unique bosses (counted once) and unique enemy types as any other FromSoft game, who are very ahead of the curve on enemy variety, and which Black Myth Wukong roughly matches, but in a much smaller & more linear game space.

[@StephenYoung1379]

@@mediumvillain What are you talking about ? "Elden Ring has 2-3x the number of unique bosses" ??? Compared to the unique bosses in Black Myth, Elden Ring is just a copy-paste, recycle, and lazy reused models sticking together everywhere...There are only 40+ actually unique bosses max...While BMW has like 80+

[@ItsShatter]

Just to be clear, I think Elden Ring is a 10/10, and I place Baldur’s Gate 3 at 10/10 as well. Those games are not without flaws, but their strengths far outweigh and hold up the rest to reach 10/10 status. Wukong has 10/10 potential but just has a bit too much invisible wall issues and a significant number of bosses are difficult because of hit box issues rather than fighting mechanics.

[@The1stDuhZeez]

@@mediumvillain I was referring to Elden Ring and it's only a "dumb thing" for get gud chodes, it's lazy and needs to be called out it was overdone in Elden Ring a solid 7/10 game.

[@andymingni]

I love how everyone got to experience the lore of the OG monkey king. Everyone loves goku, wukong deserves some of that love too! I recommend the lore explanation videos frome AvenueX, hours of lore.

[@Praisestothemosthigh369]

Na Bing has the best lore explanation fr

[@StephenYoung1379]

Wukong doesn't need your attention or love. Its people need to learn where Goku comes from and who Wukong is.

[@shehryartariq007]

Goku is because Wukong was. Wukong started eveything which have now come to love and admire.

[@billjacobs521]

I actually never liked Goku, but sure.

[@gabe5476]

I’m glad you mention the invisible walls. It’s extremely frustrating especially during a boss fight

[@nodaysoff2005]

I wanted to quit a lot. 4 bosses took me 2 days to beat. I have kids so i could only play an hour or 2 at a time. Beating the bosses gave me so much pleasure. My 6 year old would root me on and then tell me at certain bosses i need to stop fighting him and go back to practicing on the little guys lol

[@jonathan-kh3zy]

You know why characters in DB have so many forms? Journey to the west did it first. Its the "can Goku defeat this character" of its time

[@lradmclovin9]

If you read the books the chapters even end with lines like “how will monkey defeat this new threat, find out in the next chapter!”

[@mr.heisenberg0122]

Thank the Buddha, I was worried for a while that we might not get this review.

[@joeslickback]

You can climb on board, cause the Nimbus doesn't wait A fantastic journey for your dreams, a thrilling mystery

[@xmb6793]

actually we already see a lot of chinese lore in western media, it's just they sell it as japanese lore or korean lore. for example: 9 tails fox actually was originally chinese lore, but more popular in western media as japanese and korean lore. there's many more actually.

[@billjacobs521]

Well, yeah, China and India are basically the sources of all lore and culture for everything east of Central Asia. It'd be sort of hard to find too much lore that is truly and originally Japanese or Vietnamese, unless it was fairly recent.

[@MoriartyTheFifth]

Yeah, Joe, I know you couldn't breathe at all with that duck mask over that lion mask. Edit: Annnnnnnnd I just skipped to the end to see if there was an outtake and sure enough I was correct.

[@rudra7615]

00:44am here, just about to go to bed and this review is up. Guess I’m going to bed later…need to wake up at 6am though!!

[@japhetaguirre4880]

Funny thing, is, Yellow Rat is the only one I use the exploit back when it was not patched yet. 🤣 Then, on New Game+, I tried to beat all of them on first try just for revenge.

[@SonGokuuuuuuu]

Joe better do a review on DB Sparking Zero. He been sleeping on the most highly anticipated Dragon Ball game in nearly 2 decades

[@codliokoNine]

it’s odd he has done like no coverage on the game unlike past DBZ games, when this one actually matters

[@II-hh8gj]

He’s big on Dragon Ball, I’m sure he will

[@StarEximus]

@@codliokoNine He did cover quite a few. He's covered FighterZ, Kakarot, Breakers, Xenoverse 1, and DBZ Kinect.

[@ajnunez8788]

Is that gonna be like a fighting game or open world ?

[@kamilus4220]

Ye. Its budokai teikachi 4. It needs review

[@seanhealy8522]

Having lived in China for about 15 years, it's good to see that the game is introducing people to a more nuanced and balanced view of this country. We only hear the bad things about China if we switch on the news in the West (and yes, we only hear about the bad things about the West if you switch on the news here) but in fact both cultures are full of rich history and nuance that really makes us feel that we aren't so different after all. If it takes a game to do that, bring on gaming.

[@billjacobs521]

I love Chinese history and culture. I hate practically every government.

[@Bignuke87]

@25:00 the real reason for the delayed review is they had to wait for Spirit Halloween to open for the season

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

It was all worth it just to see Tiger Joe transform into his ultimate form: Yellow Duck.

[@Firzj]

Finally, the Angry review we all deserved, for high quality game like this 👍

[@manwithballsonarm6775]

The game is ass tf you talking about

[@Ayoooo99-p3m]

@@manwithballsonarm6775we get it you aren’t good at video games

[@giovannisalinas2976]

​@manwithballsonarm6775 sit down, kid, the adults are gaming

[@aoihitori]

One of a few games that will not tell you the Ending if you played it as a Speedrunner and I love it. No *_"Yellow Paint"_* (that will treat you like a toddler of what to do or will hand hold you to your exploration) I encountered so far in the game except the yellow sparkling lights whenever you are close to Shrines and that's fine.

[@5p3cu10]

Angry Joe living his anime dreams in that opening skit. He was just missing the Super Saiyan aura 😂

[@alexusman]

Meanwhile IGN adds fake negative votes to their GOTY rating so Wukong can't win.

[@LoxD123]

Lack of diversity 😂

[@UberHeroMystic]

When has ign ever been credible? Really.

[@FaceBack18]

Finally IGN and Republicans have something in common, even though the context is different. 😂

[@billjacobs521]

@@FaceBack18 Not Republicans with a decades-long record of votes from fictional people and the dead.

[@tengr0057]

I was stuck on the rat too and beat it with just memorising the patterns. I completely forgot the monkey who upgrades your drinks, so I just went chapters 1 and 2 grinding those enemy patterns like a madman. When I got to New West I finally paid attention to those little npc-icons where they are. Meth-maker -dogbro and drunk-monkey made the rest of the journey much more easier and EPIC as hell. Looking aback I wouldn't change anything about my first playthrough. This is solid 9/10 if I ever saw one.

[@awolpeace1781]

Sun Wukong is a dick without the monk holding him back, makes his actions in the game believable

[@moonlightaffairs]

Even Chinese can't understand all or know all the lores, it's the hybrid of Buddhist, Taoist and Chinese demons. That baby buddha in the game is Maitreya Buddha.

[@endarius1992]

one baby buddha is the buddhavasta or whatever, the other is yellowbrow also the alien who bleeds gold in the cartoon, the monk who was wukongs ally during the journey is the one who comes to yellowbrow. Yellowbrow just mimics him to trick you

[@Godeias]

I didn't want to rest and respawn all the enemies before the rock golem fight so I started it with no potions and half health and I found out there's a boulder on the southwest side of the battlefield that you can use to make him keep canceling his attacks. Cheesed the shit out of that boy!

[@zuriyel5368]

There's also another rock boss that you can spawn in that area and you can use that one to fight the rock golem.

[@scarrantsandreviews]

I remember seeing a gameplay demonstration of the giant wolf boss from the first chapter years ago. It looked amazing. I think I said something in the comments like "this game will never come out and, if it does, it won't look like this." Not only was I wrong, but that wolf boss isn't even the most impressive thing in Black Myth Wukong

[@tonimmcx]

Given that China had struggled to export soft power compared to Japan and Korea, I’m really happy that their first AAA game ever released with this large of a bang. Gave culture shock to most people who didn’t know Journey to the West, from the looks of it.

[@captives6479]

Yeahhh Stellar Ass Blade is real soft power from Korea.

[@tonimmcx]

@@captives6479 I was referring to KPop, Kdrama and MapleStory, but I guess I can settle with butt ladder physics.

[@captives6479]

@@tonimmcx KPop is popular culture and is superficial and created purely for profit. Journey to the West is more akin to 'Intangible Cultural Heritage.'

[@billjacobs521]

@@captives6479 I think that fact is besides the point he was making.

[@captives6479]

@@billjacobs521 We both have our different points. Both quite valid.

[@ankur313]

I think you guys should get Alex to do tutorial videos on each boss in Souls like games. He would be good at it and help me out tremendously because I suck at souls like !!

[@robertdurcan1629]

When you needed help, you called Alex to come back from vacation early to defeat a boss. lol

[@alexdeghost2729]

Goku: Yeah! Haha! I caught the monkey!!!

[@LesmondesduJV]

I couldn't agree more about this chapter's 2 final boss! There is in fact a way to make the last third of the fight easier but it is hidden behind a side quest. Literally broke my teeth several times against this boss, went to level up and explore, completed that quest, came back: beaten him 2nd try. Same for the last boss, lost 4h trying to beat it in a fair way, without leveling up, but couldn't. Did some level up, discovered that one ability was really OP for that boss, beaten it 1st try afterwards. So for those getting stuck at any point, do not get too stubborn: explore, re-visit some areas, upgrade some abilities, and you'll be fine.

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

Wait till u reach hundred eyed daoist ch 4 boss

[@LesmondesduJV]

@@jacksmith-mu3ee Tough one but took me about 5 try only.

[@theElemDragon]

I didn't mind the invisible walls THAT much.... I mean yeah, it was a bit annoying having such a beautiful looking open world and not being able to explore... but lets face it, we all know it would have otherwise turned into a game where we end up exploring for hours on end, and then thinking "Uuh...... what were we supposed to be doing in this game 3 hours ago?" The ONLY frustrating invisible wall I encountered was in the temple near the end of Chapter 5 after fighting in the monotone arena. I looked over a railing and noticed there was a tiny turtle chest that I hadn't opened. I tried jumping over the railing but it WOULDN'T LET ME! Had to literally walk the entire way around just to get to that freaking little chest.

[@billjacobs521]

I don't really agree, because I think there are better ways to do it; steep cliffs, thick forests, deep water, big rocks, all of these can be effective barriers. Sure, yeah, you can always be pedantic and say "Why can't I slip between the trees?" or whatever, but it's more immersive than random barriers for no apparent reason. It also lets devs get lazy, which is what I'd describe your situation as. Similar to having gaps in the invisible wall that lead to secrets. But it's forgivable when everything else is great--hopefully a bigger budget follow-up of some sort will do a better job with level design.

[@kenway346]

Still can't believe how Joe STILL has less than 3.5M subs, this channel deserves more than 15M at least

[@JJsiN84]

Honestly with the lore, artistry, and detail that went into this game. This is a pretty solid 10 out of 10 for me. The sheer amount of lore in just the enemy portraits, the beautiful artwork slabs at the end of every chapter, the subliminal life lessons, and the insane enemy and boss variety. Chapter three was probably the weakest for me but just about every other chapter I can't even think of a point in the game I was just hoping to get done with. Up there with Elden ring, the Witcher 3, Baldur's gate 3. I'm doing a new game plus run right now because I wanna make sure I platinum this game.

[@ElNiNjA246]

tbh the amount of invisible walls it has brings it to a 9 lol i havent plyed yet but i know itsg onna do my head in

[@JJsiN84]

@@ElNiNjA246 Yeah I get it i'd say a 9 is still pretty fair. It really didn't bother me too much on the larger levels. I am glad this was not fully open world though.

[@ElNiNjA246]

@JJsiN84 oh well that's good to know thanks. I wasn't gonna buy it cos of that. And I'm still playing cyberpunk and jedi survivor so it'll be awhile before I play it anyways

[@JJsiN84]

@@ElNiNjA246 Jedi survivor is a great game so yeah take your time with that for sure. Wu Kong definitely opens up after chapter one. If you're not into overly difficult bosses most of the really hard ones are optional anyway.

[@killerofprimes]

'IGN GOTY' manipulating votes for Wukong LOL! It droped from 90% to 70% within an hour

[@jmeowmeowmeow]

For in depth myth and lore explanations I recommend watching AvenueX’s Black Myth Wukong playlist. She goes through the chapters one by one and compares the in game story with the original JTTW and does great breakdowns of naming conventions and other cultural traditions that are easily missed.

[@Vaporwave_Z]

Look at it this way, other famous steamers like xQc, penguinz0, DrDisRespect and Asmongold said Wukong is their GOTY too

[@disaxis1]

Video actually starts at 4:29

[@instantrameng0d36]

Angry joe was in his prime WAY back in those days ykwim? I'm glad he's just taking his time off now, retired atp LOL but not relly. He's doing what he loves at a reasonable pace, and I used to be SUPER impatient for his reviews but now idc he can release them whenever he wants I'll still watch. Love him and his friends,

[@wack...]

Definitely not even half retired but I agree with everything else.

[@追忆-s1b]

一个只有140人的团队，用了很少的钱做出了这样一个作品，哪怕做的不好，作为游戏媒体也应该对一个新团队鼓励而不是挑剔，这才是媒体应该做的，更何况这个游戏做的如此的优秀，我相信每一个玩家都能从游戏中看出制作者的热爱，用心，努力想把最好的交给玩家的精神。

[@bigfig420]

I believe the game was funded in part by the ccp, especially after covid whenever the chinese economy wasnt doing the best. It wasnt a small amount of money either, also alot of western players love the game just not the goverment who help fund it

[@Zenphoshen]

Much love AJ, I know this Genre of games isnt your forte but hot damn did I love watching the Streams of you just going at it and never giving up. Getting angry sure, but never once gave up. I also just love how when it comes to this Genre Alex is like Big Brother. "No don't give the controller to him, he will just beat it on his first attempt". It just cracked me up because it sent me back to my childhood with my older brother back when we use to play NES, SNES and Genesis games. I am really glad you stuck with this game and beat it. I got so enraptured by it that I 100% it, because I just couldn't put it down and just loved exploring every nook and cranny in the game. Definitely one of the top contenders for Game of the Year. Fantastic review my dudes!

[@MrMestapholese]

Dude... Tiger Vanguard was my hardest hurdle. Once I got past him I found that even the most difficult bosses weren't near as bad as that sudden climb in difficulty had been.

[@richardkutsera4992]

The performance issues of the game are all over the internet, lag spikes and visual stuff, and it is what scares me away from buying it for PS5...Joe does not mention a word about that.. how do you have fun fighting difficult bosses if the game is lagging?

[@billjacobs521]

Maybe he had it on PC? Maybe he didn't have lag spikes? I'm guessing his PC is probably fairly powerful and expensive.

[@RokinDokin]

"Do dragons have asses or magic holes?" LMFAO

[@kengo192]

Do dragons have asses or just a magic hole? This is now my favorite quote.

[@urbanapache2]

Nice to see a new game studio kick ass like this, I'm gonna get it around Christmas! Thanks for the review Joe!

[@stygianphantasm8761]

Holy shit Joe did a game review. I remember when he used to do these all the time. I didn't know he still did these. I feel like he's just really burnt out on creating content for his channel

[@justimagine2403]

Hmm, really? He has over 3 million followers. He consumes and relates to all the content we all are exposed to. Video game industry is BIGGER than movie industry. Take your time Joe. Enjoy these amazing works of art. They are becoming more rare.

[@billjacobs521]

He never stopped doing them.

[@Sunsuperman]

This game had the best intro out of any game. To be honest I can't think of any game that had an intro that bad ass.

[@V4Now]

What about asura's wrath or gow3?

[@jasonhubbard6775]

Invisible walls and Asian game design go together like PB&J.

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

I d rather have walls then dead area

[@captives6479]

@@JonySmith-bb4gx Dead areas takes up some of your hard drive space.

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

@@captives6479 agreed . That's why I prefer invisible walls as long as the gameplay and story is great I defeated the hundred eyed daoist yesterday I did it not with my best weapon , I did it with one of my weakest . The Chu bai spear . Why ? Bcz it clings to his legs . My mighty weapons were nothing Infront of him

[@captives6479]

@@JonySmith-bb4gx You should also play the first DLC to be released around Feb. 2025 that will have 4 chapters. There will also be a second DLC with 3 chapters....release date unknow.

[@billjacobs521]

@@JonySmith-bb4gx You can make walls that are visible, you know.

[@tderanged8625]

Absolutely love the game. The only complaint I have about these games is I gotta sit there and watch a guide play areas before I go in so I dont miss any secrets. I dont have time to play a game a hundreded times over to still not find cool things. So i watch a guide collect it all my first time then I can new game plus on my own. Watching guides sucks tho cuz it ruins seeing thing by myself for the first time. I already missed the whole horse quest line because i didnt use a guide for the first two chapters. Pissed.

[@内田ガネーシュ]

The highest level you can get in BMW is 322 which the total number of years Wukong lived. A level for every year. That's some detail!

[@Quintessence4444]

The invisible walls would be fine if the game had something like a map.

[@studior3dd]

A map will ruined this games. It's the mystery not knowing where your heading that makes exploration so much fun.

[@billjacobs521]

@@studior3dd The map doesn't have to show you where you're going, it can just track where the walls are. Hell, you can have the map only fill in the area around you as you walk, so it's just a blank slate until you actually find something.