Black Myth Wukong Collector's Edition Surprised Me

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[@lindafreeman6408]

1. The first envelope marked “通关文牒”, in the original novel, was an official document issued by Tang government to the monk Tang Sanzang for his journey to the West, asking for foreign governments’ protection and assistance, it is equivalent to passport, so if it is a game code , it makes sense, because it is your passport to the game journey. ❤ 2. the letter was written by the head developer, telling some stories and his feelings when developing this game; 3. The stamps are real stamps, issued by China Postal Services, they have collection values, please make sure there is no finger prints or stains on it😂. 4. The necklace like stuff is a wind bell 风铎, used on roof edges in ancient temples, as a decoration. 5. The bird on the pin was from an old mythology book 山海经，the bird has three legs, if you see it closer, it represents brightness, sun energy, I believe it will protect you and bring you good luck ❤ edited for typos.

[@TheEMangz]

Thanks for the explanation. There are a lot of beautiful stuff in that box.

[@Pigpig55]

❤

[@AdamDaviesSussex]

@@Pigpig55 Good story, CCP agent

[@aw3s0me12]

You mean the RED stamp, on the white sheet of paper? > Looked like nothing, BUT as my mum worked in a Jap. Company & with that traditions,... *there is NOTHING* without importance to it, on a stamp. He fk'ed it up a bit, BUT to his excuse, he could not have known it. Simple bc he can't read it, nore knows cultural seen what a "stamp" in color red can mean in the Asian culture room. Thanks for pointing it out! o7

[@Darkyryus_]

W explanation

[@Byron804]

I think the easiest way to explain Wukong's popularity is imagine if Witcher 3 released but Poland had a population of 1.4 billion people. It's a game about Chinese mythology and folklore, made by Chinese people and on top of that it is a good game that had a good amount of hype before it released. It's almost perfectly comparable to Witcher 3, it is a successful game in the entire world, but it is almost a cultural phenomenon in it's country of origin.

[@RF-xj1ej]

Thank you.

[@goprochef6352]

Yah I think it’ll hit even higher peak players on the weekend because it’s all they’re talking about this week (judging by my WeChat)

[@GunShark0]

Bingo.

[@equos5060]

As a Polish person I say fuck yeah.

[@Lurker_Z]

It's successful because it's good. The Streisand effect by game-hating journalists helped popularize it too, but if it were garbage, it'd be called out as such.

[@segoverial]

Lost opportunity. They should have sent him a T-shirt; he would have worn it for a month straight.

[@thorodinson7996]

Month? probably closer to 3 months lol

[@hellraiser666666]

of a bar of soap

[@Zymandis]

Hold up, let me get marketing on the phone.

[@AXharoth]

i like how you think

[@beastboy1712]

​@@hellraiser666666he won't ever touch it

[@Anonymous-x1x]

Somewhere, there's a Chinese Asmongold opening up a God of War collectors edition.

[@kylespevak6781]

God of War?

[@bobbaseball5182]

yeah you know the one with kratos

[@kylespevak6781]

@@bobbaseball5182 But like, what is the correlation?

[@None38389]

@@kylespevak6781 Wukong and Kratos shared pretty similar character arc.

[@Tudas]

@@kylespevak6781 Because the game also has some GoW vibe?

[@silverwolf813]

Game Journos: It's horrible and should be cancelled Game Science: Hold my Monkee

[@Official_RetroMania]

Reject modernity, embrace monke 🐒👏🏻

[@johnnykeener3727]

Most Game Journos are woke, hence lame!

[@ItsJustDoz]

Literally like one journalist lol

[@hp5310]

More like monkey paw lol

[@jackb8410]

Hijacking this comment to say Reddit mods are lame.

[@zexalblazer3314]

As a Chinese person, I am tremendously grateful to you for covering Black Myth Wukong. I applaud you, sincerely. 😊

[@jayc342009]

As an englishman, thank you for rejecting the woke virus.

[@AlgaeEater09]

This game is the biggest game in the world right now! The west is tired of DEI. We want fun and quality.

[@thatindiandude4602]

Man, what a heartwarming comment 😊

[@陈小马]

作为地球上的普通人类，我个人觉得我们的喜怒哀乐是相通的​，来自中国的问候@@jayc342009

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

As a woman of xolor, I have nothing to say

[@kyouninja]

As a non-Chinese, I feel my Chinese ancestors course through my body when I play this game

[@blues05]

Western people's hatred towards us Asians is so buzzing to me! What did we ever do to you? 🤔

[@simpletimes2819]

Based.. lol

[@zigmus00A]

You can feel the spirit of Wukong giving you his staff. "Go, do crimes."

[@blues05]

@@zigmus00A Did Wukong tell you to cheat, steal and lie?

[@oger_ROG]

​@@zigmus00ASpirit of wukong gave him a tail

[@N4chtigall]

Whats the most insane is that it's single player game. Almost every other game on the list is either multiplayer or have option to play with people.

[@hugo-pg5tv]

Pubg is a free game too which makes it way more popular

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@hugo-pg5tv TBH it got the top spot when it wasn't free. The top 3 games on Steam are there because it caught the attention of Chinese players. It's a no-brainer to tap in to that market.

[@daybot1634]

@@hugo-pg5tvpubg peak is in 1/2018, when the game is still a paid game

[@HectorGerald837]

@@hugo-pg5tvPubg was not free when it came out.

[@kissesuwu5282]

Yeah nah there are plenty of super popular games that have no multiplayer. It's not really surprising in that aspect. It's surprising because it's very good. I think multiplayer games are really only capitalizing on microtransactions instead of gameplay then you see their numbers and think must be a good game.

[@Airyiyy]

I like how they sent him the letter in Chinese, and he just assumed it said thank you lmao

[@MatthewKelley-mq4ce]

I mean pretty safe assumption to be fair. Some variation of that wouldn't be unheard of. Someone has probably translated it though

[@snazzydrew]

With ALL the coverage our Goblin King has given the game, it better be a thank you letter.

[@Kross415]

Like every dev letter on a collector's edition...What do you think it says 🤣

[@bushmonster1702]

I can confirm that it actually says 'hey baldy.'

[@neehime6]

Maybe he is a secret agent from other country monitoring the streamers from the west xD

[@zefho6949]

Just btw the little envolope with the code card inside, it saids “通關文牒” on the top. That's the noun for passport in ancient China. In the original story of Journey to the West (the story where Wukong was from), the trip starts with the Emperor issuing Xuanzang (the monk) the passport to travel all the way to the west to obtain the sacret text. So it's REALLY cool to see how they put that little detail on the envelope as a symbol of the start of the player's journey

[@zefho6949]

And I just looked up, those stamps are a colab with the official Chinese post office, so it can actually be used as a stamp. That's fking crazy.

[@user-es6fg5xd8r]

that's so cool!

[@FengLaiZ]

​@@zefho6949极具收藏价值。

[@jtang8768]

Someone says it's CCP propaganda, insane

[@张Carrey]

点了😊

[@nooux1966]

If this isn’t a wake up call for other companies that single player games without all the reality pushing agendas are still hot af requested on the market then I don’t know what is.

[@cainsalem3544]

They know this they just don’t gaf

[@LS-zt8ih]

@@cainsalem3544 hehe if they keep losing money they have to change because they're driven by money no?

[@xXHashassinXx]

They don't care about us. They're training the next generation of consumers to be more pliant to their greedy whims. Those of us that remember a better time will die out and the corporations will win long term, and they know it.

[@JackCarsonite]

​@@LS-zt8ihNo, ESG/DEI is not driven by money and Disney is currently being sued over it 😂

[@riezapriansyah]

we hope game developers will think twice before release a game with woke agenda in there games.

[@user-br2pw5tx3o]

Somebody gotta tell him at the bottom of the box there's a Wukong headband 😅

[@hattiewu1151]

What he got is the collector's version. The head band is in delux version.

[@drumnbassdan]

Hogwarts Legacy, Stellar Blade, Elden Ring, Black Myth Wukong and other such games immense success really puts into perspective how irrelevant game journalists are & how they exist in an echo chamber. They are disconnected with the end consumers. The end consumers really dgaf about their opinions & it shows in the sales statistics of all the games these games journalists have either tried to cancel or promote. The games they cancel sell millions of copies & some even become GOTY. And the games they try to hype up tank horribly with just some 200 players playing the game lmao.

[@danmbradley]

They think the uglification of game characters, the removal of male and female and the insertion of DEI narratives matter. They are slowly waking up to realise not only does their core audience hate all the things they think are important but they are realising they picked the wrong industry to push their agendas and will have to go cope with their "Cosy" indie games for much smaller audiences. Big money knows DEI means failure now. Its become synonymous and undeniable at this point.

[@ggadams639]

Stellar Blade is a very mid game only carried by the controversy. So you gotta thanks the journalists

[@marlow21]

hope developers, especially the western ones, would realize how little to no influence a game journalist/twitter backlash is on a game's success.

[@MatthewKelley-mq4ce]

​@@ggadams639mid games have their place to. Solid B titles are great to relax with. Sometimes that's all your after.

[@snazzydrew]

Yeah Hogwarts Legacy is legit a very good game crafted with love. The fact that games journalist did not at all care about the jobs of people who actually worked hard on such a great game makes me really want to see most of these journos get fired.

[@RickyMakesBadVideos]

The cockroaches just got a new mansion.

[@samn6760]

Made me laugh so hard 😂

[@kg888]

Dude said that. 😂

[@nurlanshukurov3864]

Lol

[@HEAVENLY_DEMON_ALPHA]

True true

[@kastenedwards1217]

All jokes aside does he really have roaches ?

[@stevegonzales527]

chinese collectors edition is like the old days. modern western collectors edition - DLC no physical stuff

[@LordOfSweden]

Really? Ive seen a lot of collectors edition with stuff, that's the whole point.

[@Philpot1992]

That isnt really true to be honest. Not everything is east vs west.

[@Introversion399]

Agreed, the physical stuff that we get over here in the West, are often pieces of paper and/or small worthless plastics. THAT Collector's Edition is something else!

[@anakon]

BG3 Collectors was fire.

[@cantinadudes]

I think KCD2 has a physical collectors edition and czechia is in the west depending on who you ask

[@downygao6309]

This set was available for pre order two months ago, limited 10000 copies. in day one, there were more than 300000 pre-orders LOL

[@dylh7559]

Wukong, BG3, Cyberpunk (DLC, not on release), Elden ring dlc. How are most studios still not learning with amazing examples

[@Rex_the_Badger]

because all those companies have shareholders that can only see as far as the next quarterly profit announcement, they would prefer to have games churned out with live service monetisation to make money.

[@tallesmagno201]

Because they get Dividends from Blackrock and Vanguard for putting DEI in their game so they get rich and the devs dont and the players get a bad product. Also means they can liquidate the company and collect their golden handshake while the devs are left jobless.

[@MatthewKelley-mq4ce]

Sort, of true. They don't look at other companies, but what other people are doing in the sphere. What's 'normal', what's pushed as what people want, etc. I don't think people realize how insulated we can be.

[@snazzydrew]

Cyberpunk was actually pretty great in it's first year after they patched it a few times. Like 2 months after release it was highly playable on PC.

[@user-yk7vr3ve9b]

​@@snazzydrewtrue, but still lacking all the promised feature that get implemented only on 2.0 version

[@PollyO_YT44]

They are sold out. They were $400. eBay sellers have them going for $800-$1900. Looks really nice but I’m not paying double or triple $ for it. They are also breaking down the set and selling pieces separately like the staff.

[@Nomad-Poker]

collector edition should include a 1:1 Wukong's golden headband. if thats included, 400 bucks totally worth it. but did't saw it from Asmon's unboxing.

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

must consume product

[@hendrayudhapratama1027]

@@Nomad-Poker you either get a headband or a statue i think. I've seen a youtuber unboxing a collector edition with headband in it, he also use it in his live stream.

[@jackeylee2924]

@@Nomad-Poker Actually, there is. He just might not see it.

[@taitoufeiguo]

it's over $2000 and there are a lot of fakes now.

[@CRZ69]

Something they tried to Cancel was actually good and got the attention it deserved. Hope it's lesson for Western Companies Appease customers not activists

[@drumnbassdan]

Lets hope so.

[@danmbradley]

They will never learn. The types of people they employ are too consumed by hatred.

[@Razer5542]

Too bad they will never learn, give it a few weeks and they will be back doing the same shit as always.. Making mediocre games full of microtransactions..

[@jakob3044]

Gee, it's almost as if cancellation does not mean anything at all when someone has made a good product.

[@dustysmoke4996]

If the journos don't like it and try to cancel it, you can automatically assume it's probably a very good game. I guess they are useful in that way, lol!

[@TheGiantBunnysaid]

6:09 "They could've been in American and it would've been the same thing..I still wouldn't have read em." LMAO

[@danny3120]

These guys really know what they are doing, sending Asmond that collectors edition. God tier marketing. This move alone will boost sales in the hundreds of thousands.

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

Asmongold popularity is entirely artificial, so your conclusion is overly estimated

[@dustybeaver6823]

@@youtubeenjoyer1743 lol... Whatever makes you feel better about yourself.

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

@@dustybeaver6823 sorry, i don't talk to blackrock employees

[@sergentpopoy7055]

They don't need journalists politics 😂

[@asefasdf8503]

@@youtubeenjoyer1743 lmao right his millions of followers around the world are just made up right copium on max

[@sharkk127]

This is when i wish my grnadfather was still alive, he went to china i believe in the 50s and fell in love with thier culture, i feel like he wouldve loved hearing about this game

[@nsebast]

He should go again, he'll be amazed at the advancement of China. You feel like going back to a less developed world when travelling from China to USA.

[@hellbunniez3]

@@nsebasthis grandpa isn’t alive anymore.

[@anas-oj8yx]

Bro is finally happy

[@jimthelegend9992]

I’m not sure if other devs do this for big games, but I fucking love limited edition/“legendary” copies with PHYSICAL goodies like this. Brings you so much closer to the game/studio/devs

[@putneg97]

It's interesting because one very prevalent Chinese culture quirk is that they put a lot of importance on a box when you gift stuff. I'm guessing but it might be because it is actually customary not to open a gift in presence of others so if the box is super boss you look like you're giving a great gift. It's like that for a lot of products there and I loved it. I'm glad the studio is embracing its own culture and showing us how they do it in their own way instead of trying to be like western studio and pander to the usual crowd that actually hate games. Never thought of buying the game before but with the way this studio is behaving, this is next level. I just might have to throw money their way...

[@nsebast]

In China it makes sense to do this because production is cheap there and delivery service there is like Amazon on crack. Sometimes you can get your delivery in a matter of hours ordering some goods online.

[@katkat2673]

@@nsebast I can tell you for one the quality on the figurine itself is premium, maybe not 400$ premium but definitely somewhere around 1000-150. And if you add up all the other stuff and the game itself i'd say 400$ is a fair price tbh

[@AlfieFrost2651]

Reject woke Embrace monke

[@Theblackvortex75]

SUPPORT MONKE

[@accelerator8558]

RETURN TO MONKE!!!

[@MightyRude]

But I don’t want to support communism.

[@Namaka420]

​@@nuudelz3711it has nothing to do with ccp either

[@JustSomeChatter]

MONKE

[@JohnSmith-hv6ks]

My God. Put this against the $120 for an alpha test. Imagine paying to help test a game

[@kagar3465]

What game?

[@JimRaynor2001]

@@kagar3465Ashes of Creation 😂

[@jurb417]

​@@JimRaynor2001ashes of credit cards

[@draddadandawg3363]

Y'all are late to this. Kickstarted mmos have been selling $500+ packages to get into alpha for years now. I was pretty sure AoC was always one of them

[@JimRaynor2001]

@@draddadandawg3363 AoC is destined to be failed tbh

[@StevenLeeStudios]

Its always good to know that Asmon is on the right side of gaming history. The guy supports real developers who care about their fanbase, and in return, the dev notices and gives him free stuff to show off and promote the game even more. Anyone would be happy to promote something they truly like. The games always seem to end up being a banger the moment he supports the game due to the woke mob attacking these devs. Go opposite of woke, you get a GOTY

[@Lamren]

It's not that deep, he has enough viewers and thus influence that he's a no-brainer when it comes to sending gifts to the biggest streamers. I've seen how he played Lies of P that's no what I'd call the right side of gaming lmao (and I'm not talking about skill issue, but specifically about giving a fuck about what you're playing)

[@fatcat22able]

“Go opposite of woke, you get a GOTY” Dude what does “woke” even mean anymore? I guarantee you if an American studio made & promoted Black Myth Wukong, yall would be calling it woke/DEI until the end of time. I also guarantee you that Game Science didn’t give half a shit about being the “opposite of woke” when they set out to make this game. They just wanted to make a great game that paid sufficient respect to the most culturally significant story in Eastern mythology. That’s it. Stop injecting your brainrot American politics into everything, least of all a video game made by a Chinese studio.

[@dondahighhh12]

do the Chinese know you're using their games to fuel a culture war in another country? and every big studio sends goodies to streamers dude,

[@nak3dxsnake]

@@fatcat22able This game has been on everyone's mind since they first showed it. It only got backlash right before it was gonna release. Other studios were nervous someone actually took their time on a game and put out an entire new thing to enjoy.

[@bruh-bn3ni]

@@fatcat22able can you give an example of a western studio making a game similar to Black Myth Wukong and having it called "woke" so you can give us your guarantee? Woke is deliberate. What we saw in Game Science is literally the opposite of woke. It's like how you described it, they paid a sufficient respect to culture and made a great game out of it. Games focused on wokeness do not respect the culture, they more so twist it to make sure it is acceptable for current standards of politics where diversity and inclusion is involved

[@RadianMeasure]

this is the most people of China and America has been genuinely united since WW2 regardless of the journies trying to create a divide

[@MrPuckpunk]

the biggest unite was still Pokemon Go, but this is also pretty cool

[@nsebast]

American propaganda has made China look evil. Most Chinese has a good view on America, there is no bad propaganda on America in China.

[@SchifferThe2nd]

Surprise surprise. Who would have thought that making games that people want actually works, instead of making games for "modern audience".

[@oompalumpus699]

The modern audience is the real myth. A blacked myth, if you will.

[@jmalonemyth]

Every time he opens a package, I feel like he is one step from the emergency room.

[@coolsyang]

Lmao

[@Pork-Chop-Suey]

Some game journalists are going to be fuming if Wukong wins game of the year.

[@RicardoPerez-rz8pu]

It's going to win game of the year just like God of War since it's based off of the actual myth of Sun Wukong and his War against the gods .

[@FactsDawg]

There is no competition, what other game will be goty? Wukong is the only great game this year

[@AlexxAMV]

mai not win it because....china....probably...tho it deserves it entirelly, enjoying the game verry much

[@FlippableFlappy]

Nope. You have to pass the westurd censors to win goty. Its a very heavily regulated and censored competition. Inb4 elden ring - it had body type 1&2 , they took blackrocks money.

[@dondahighhh12]

it doesnt deserve GOTY over FF7 Rebirth or Hades 2, thats why

[@RadiantGlows]

The love that was put in Black Myth: Wukong is awesome, the developers actually respect gaming

[@0x0404]

That is a really good way to export your mythical history

[@KenobiStark1]

I was just thinking that haha

[@janusjones6519]

Well to be fair, the journey to the west novel was a fantasy retelling of the actual journey undertook by a real person. Which makes this game a lot more historically solid than something like God of War

[@KenobiStark1]

@@janusjones6519 like how GOW exported Greek and Norse mythology. I never would have thought Western Audiences would know of Jotuns and Titans, the Agoge and Spartan life and customs. The Valkyries being feared by men once again haha I’m all for it. I love all these mythologies. We all need to learn.

[@fatcat22able]

Honestly I couldn’t have asked for a better representation of Journey to the West. This is by far the most influential story in Chinese & East Asian culture, and as someone who has seen multiple adaptations of the original story, I’m of the opinion that this is one of the greatest tales ever told in humanity. So it makes me so happy that western audiences are finally learning about this mythology in the mainstream.

[@malcolm_in_the_middle]

@@fatcat22able I mean sure, Journey to the West is one of the four classics, so obviously it's influential, but do you really think it's more influential than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

[@RevanDeralia]

Developers are taking notes... hopefully. Tell the DEI people to kick rocks, and your game will sell pretty well. This game seems to be one of the nails in the coffin of the DEI push. Acolyte cancelation was another. We are winning, gentlemen.

[@Template93]

I'm still kinda mad at myself for sleeping a couple minutes too long to get the CE. It sold out in like 12 minutes. I got on the computer to pre-order, as it sold out. Now if I want to get this edition, i'm looking at around $1,600.00 on Ebay. At least I got the Deluxe Edition Pre-ordered.

[@user-nm5sc8vj4m]

我也抢不到...

[@redragon9588]

and someone will definitely buy for 1600

[@Deltaworks23]

Imagine preordering anything.

[@ayw5118]

The package is just jaw droppingly gorgeous. Love the scrolls of 'em old Chinese paintings.

[@BoredBoredman]

2.3m and that only steam alone. Probably more sale on PS5 and other pc store like epic store.

[@69Nero]

Bro, now you have 10+m sales

[@AWonderingTraveIer]

Asmon was wholesome asf in this seeing him excited and putting on the rings and stuff was like seeing a little kid happy

[@t.dinelkabandara8752]

5:13 the music synced so well...😌

[@stu.chainz]

He always does this. It’s on purpose. He knows all these songs by heart

[@lingjunni7763]

Man im so jealous. All the physical wukong products are limited in China; and i couldn't get it. And they gave u for free!

[@you1027]

This reignites my ire for 'Western devs.' Game Science really out here just looking to make an honest-to-Buddha good game, and that they did. None of the cynical bs we're plagued with over here. It's a very expensive collector's edition, for sure, but it looks like they really did try to load it up with a thoughtful suite of goodies a superfan would like.

[@MPaz-ART]

man, even the box is a better piece of art than any SBI games and i mean the very first box

[@Cybertech134]

There's something about East Asian artistry that makes even the packaging something I would mount on my wall

[@puregarbage2329]

This is legitimately the best CE I’ve seen in my life. Monke

[@Beautiful-ModelBarbara-Hut-s1j]

Amazing edition! The only time I ordered one of those was for The Witcher 3, the box was much flimsier but it got signed by every employee of CD Project Red! I ended up meeting some of them randomly when tripping balls on acid at friend's place, their housemate came back home with some friends and those were some of the devs. Very surreal experience, even more so because of the lsd.

[@andreabrembilla6466]

Yeah sure, and then you woke up😂

[@davethebrave.]

I love how he's so excited for the box! Also he's happy to see this.

[@TheInnocentRabbitofCaerbannog]

This thing has more thought and value put into it than every ubisoft, activision and bethesda premium sets in the last decade combined

[@aryasthule1219]

This is like watching the rich neighbor kid opening his Christmas presents when you are poor.

[@sharkk127]

I love how on steam charts you can see dips in literally every game while the moment wukong released

[@Zenithity]

NOW THATS A F-ING COLLECTORS EDITION! Not those rinky dink electric candles that dont even come with a game or DLC packs.

[@rLxJake]

Asmon: “Oh my god! Look at this. It’s huge!” Michael Scott: “That’s what she said!”

[@coolsyang]

lol

[@breaksilence100]

The current price on EBay for collector edition is $1600

[@ryanvacation7319]

Yikes.

[@FatherZeus-]

60% through the game. Chapter 4. Games amazing

[@Max-ej4oh]

Blizzard new boxes in 2024: *Sends you the stamps, a G.I Joe recolor as Anduin shitily, and a cease & desist in a cardboard box as the janitor drew the logo on the side*

[@mystyinsandiego]

😂😂

[@coolsyang]

lol

[@kevinoldman232]

What i love is Woke loses again just like with Hogwarts legacy.

[@leonkennedy9739]

An ideology of destruction and nihilism will always lose eventually. Wokism lack of balance is like the fire nation conquering all other nations eventually balance will restore itself.

[@yanicmb]

agree wholeheartedly

[@JustSomeChatter]

Preach brother.

[@renmcmanus]

And stellar blade

[@Stormychan64]

@@renmcmanus Stellar blade buckled and censored the game

[@hankwang2951]

@15'48" its a instrument in ancient China. That they scale down. @17'10" skinny like the Wu kong himself. Plus u have long nail. @19'50" That is the ancient chinese parchment. They used to draw or write on. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@klopakarus]

Not like anybody gonna care but stamps design looks like an Immortal Sun (actual ancient relic from Sanxingdui culture from current Sichuan, super unique stuff) I wonder if it has reference in-game

[@aritradas4558]

First time studio making a debut game which is also the 2nd most played game on steam is utter insanity.😮😮😮

[@e-1260]

The developers of Game Science used to be staff members of Tencent's game development department in China, and also developed popular products in the market. However, due to the company's interests, they had to make changes to that game. Since then, the founder Feng Ji left Tencent and founded Game Science Studio. They have been dedicated to developing products that players love and have attracted a large number of excellent developers to join the team, ultimately giving birth to the popular game "Black Myth Wukong".

[@leatherDarkhorse]

wukong is the peak of no woke no broke/.

[@fatcat22able]

What does woke even mean to you guys? If an American studio made a game about Chinese mythology, yall would call that woke until the end of time.

[@TengouX]

@@fatcat22able Woke is when the traditions and the wisdoms of the source material and the very culture itself are being subordinated to the narratives and views being pushed by insufferable, disrespectful, entitled, barely sapient homunculus activists. Woke is what a game like Assassin's Creed Shadows is, and what a game like Ghost of Tsushima is not.

[@LarsV62]

Big tip: Use an app that can translate from a photo taken by your phone. That will take away lots of the guesswork when fit go through the assembly instructions.

[@Zagreus248]

Bold of you to assume he’s not too lazy to install an app on his phone

[@TheObicobiHD]

Which apps best in your opinion? ☺️

[@simpletimes2819]

When game developers make a good fuckin game and doesn't have to say a word.. when will they get it boys? Stay based and let the community decide.

[@body187j3x1]

just the collectors edition is already worth 500 US dollars. So its a win for Asmon to have bought and supported the game.

[@MedalionDS9]

Black Myth Donkey Kong is great

[@Starlas.]

The amount of care they put into making that box alone is more effort than some other companies are currently putting into their entire games.

[@RobsRemixes]

Just watched a grown man fumble around a box for half an hour. Takes me back to a specific video on the hub.

[@BrainofQuinn]

"This will be a bit of a struggle, hang on guys." If only there was a clear table or desk to set it on...

[@Tr.-nf3kc]

😂😂my thoughts too

[@BasedBill]

14:58 Top left corner of the screen, you can see a paranormal entity

[@InvidiousApple]

... Or the reflection of the sun off the window of a car passing by. Lol

[@hippocreation]

I replayed that part to make sure it was not my pc ...

[@sergentpopoy7055]

UFO

[@jgon12]

Just some passing car

[@dantekun1203]

1 in 6 figurienes would be crazy. That would be worth a lot of money.

[@randomorc9493]

mainstream game reviewers who did not get that box must be fuming... LMAO!

[@AsaelTheBeast]

The Wall art is from "Journey to the West". It's basically a pro-buddhist narrative taking a jab at Taoism and Confucianism. It's considered one of the great classical fiction works of China- and is an often refrenced story for fiction throughout the east. (OG dragon ball is *full* of Journey to the West refrences, for instance.) Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, represents Human ability within the story- and is one of several protagonist the story revolves around.

[@gugordon2363]

In my opinion, the original Journey to the West does not praise Buddhism, nor does it overwhelm Taoism. It is a satire on the ruling class. Because of this, Journey to the West was once a banned book during the Ming Dynasty. For example, in Journey to the West, why does Tang Monk want to learn scriptures? Is it because he wants to learn Buddhist scriptures? This is not the case. In the original work, the real motivation for learning scriptures is because it can ensure the eternal stability of the Tang Dynasty. And it can eliminate the sins caused by the killing when the Tang Dynasty seized power.

[@gugordon2363]

In the original Journey to the West, Buddha made a big plan in order to spread Buddhism to the Tang Dynasty.

[@user-cx6rg6mr7d]

the painting outside the box and the post card are from ch19 in novel "journey to the west"

[@lokinslawomir0793]

That really is a really nice box. Quite a nice box.

[@MehdiBouzidi]

You seem very happy with that Box

[@gaburierusan8179]

Bethesda should learn from Estern devs

[@BobbyWhitby]

Thinking about the rarity of physical items for video games now, might be a glimpse into the future of when looking at a physical item is like looking at a relic from the past.

[@A-SpectNDO]

Few things to know: 1. The Wukong 1/6 action figure made by a company call "In-Art'. They made the most realistic high-end collectible, can range from $400 -$1000. 2. The figure is expensive not because is name brand, is because they are just that high quality. $400 for the "Collector Edition" is a steal! 3. Watch some review of "In-Art 1/6 Joker Action Figure" you can get an idea how good they are at making action figure.

[@UncensoredScion]

even knowing he got this for free I don't think he's assessment of the game is cap, I don't think he can be that easily bought and honestly, the collectors edition looks amazing on its own.

[@iyziejane]

If a couple $ for lunch means that much to him, you really think he will turn down sponsorship deals that are worth more than most people's salary? Naive. Of course the 20-30 videos on this clips channel are part of a paid marketing campaign.

[@UncensoredScion]

@@iyziejane lol seethe much game journo?

[@Mana-br4ew]

@@iyziejane Cry harder

[@hippocreation]

That set is already worth $1000+

[@alan_5540]

Seeing a grown man unbox black myth collector edition feel like a child during christmas

[@Sakrosankt-Bierstube]

Wait.. so... the collectors edition actually has valuable collectibles in a decent quality? Wtf?

[@meigyntay9226]

Hi there, I think there should be a headband in the box as that's the thing uniquely Wukong's, just like the magical staff.

[@kuoyulu6714]

When there is a box in a box you know it’s gona be something good.

[@BreakawayBites]

Wow, the design of the box is so epic. It's a picture of Xuanzang , the monk - accompanied by his 3 disciples, ( Monkey King, Pigsy & Sandy ) ,otherwise known as "Journey to the West" So meaningful for a collector's items

[@wealthybone2990]

Asmon now has the monkeypox.

[@celto107]

You could even say monkeybox

[@TheRealMystermaN]

@@celto107 i think you missed the joke

[@T.Rig.T]

😂💀

[@V4Now]

It's MPox now

[@wealthybone2990]

@@V4Now Why MPox is it just short form or something?

[@muhammadjawadzahid9675]

It's MASSIVE! NO! it's fucking HUGE!! two statements she's never made 😢😢😢😢😢

[@figgypudding6277]

Thats actually a very decent collectors addition

[@paltrax]

Damn its an actual articulated figure. And not a statue.

[@darkshadowstalker2074]

I would make that box into a wall decoration

[@leli6261]

Wukong's eye balls also can move.

[@erwint3163]

Petition for Asmon's clips editor to get a collector's edition

[@Ennar]

I'm complete noob to action RPG and bought the game today. Spent two hours to kill first two bosses, which is better than I expected it would go, and all I can say is I'm utterly amazed at how good the game is. I've been waiting for such a game where I can first build up my confidence to enter true souls-like (Elden Ring for start and then Dark Souls) and this is it.

[@CEO_FADeD]

I bought this game without being "gud" at ANY Soulslike game. I thought the mythology and folklore is new to me, so at least try it out with some effort. Sure, it might be taking me longer to get through the game unlike typical Soulslike veterans, maybe even have to grind a lil to stack ability points... But, I'm enjoying the game very much. It's a nice intro-like game to other less forgiving Souslike games, so it's more justified (to me) to keep trying, rather than "get gud" and die for 2 hours on ONE boss. The mythology and folklore is super interesting to me also. Just something about this game feels fresh and new, the same way I felt playing Hogwarts Legacy. I'm not rushing it though. I put in around 2-4 hours everyday usually and that keeps it fresh for me.

[@rLxJake]

Asmon: “it’s a very big box!” Michael Scot: “That’s what she said!”

[@tobiaskrieger9481]

The most uncomfortable box opening ever, but most entertaining too😂

[@icultivatebooks]

In the Son Wukong mythology, you can summon a clone of him to come help you if you have a piece of his hair.

[@Yup-xr7qk]

Wow, you’re so lucky to have a collector’s edition! 😅 Also, have you noticed that YongYea doesn’t mention the game in his recent videos? I think he’s slowly becoming woke…

[@dabalolaa]

Yongyea only goes for low-hanging fruits that both sides can agree with - people call asmon a fence sitter but this guy is a true form of what a fence sitter is

[@hightierplayers2454]

He's been silently woke for a while. I mean, he moved TO Los Angeles not that many years ago (in other words, way too late) with a dream of becoming a voice actor. Everyone smart got the hell out of there in 2015/2016 and they've been bleeding the wealthy and affluent population (totaling several million already) to better states for 4 consecutive years now after over a 100 year streak of positive immigration to the state. I was an executive working WITH (not under, WITH) Alan Horne and Michael Klausman who were the Presidents of Disney and CBS Studios respectively, and got the F out of there in 2016 when I saw all that was coming and realized I hated the woke direction that was to become every project for years. If you aren't stupidly california-level woke when you go there, you WILL BE because your position and opportunities in the film/tv/voiceover industry quite literally demand your thought obedience. No other thoughts or non-far-left political views are allowed in the entire industry.

[@1_underthesun]

@@hightierplayers2454 I'm moving out of California/LA area to Texas in 9 days! Took a break from packing to watch this unboxing.

[@Yup-xr7qk]

@@hightierplayers2454 damn. What were some of the signs you saw when they were going in a “woke direction”?

[@azurebluegames]

slowly???😅

[@lexmc7432]

A collectors edition I’d actually consider buying that’s some pretty cool shit

[@Azhureus]

Number 2 is bloody insane ! Im happy for them.

[@irevisibel9237]

Now THATS a Collectors Edition! 👏

[@TheApostle101]

It took him longer to launch the game than to unbox this

[@greatshinobi-owl]

Man, that collectors edition is so rare, only 500 pc, and the figures made by inArt