Black Myth: Wukong - Let's Play Part 1: Black Cloud, Red Fire

[@FightinCowboy]

Gonna be out of town for a few days but expect 2 parts per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon! As always Tier 2 members and above will have early access!

[@OG_Luciano]

Thank you CB

[@miguell.106]

How can I tell if I’m a tier two member? It says booty warrior, 7 months.

[@tomkuzik7]

Enjoy the trip brotha safe travels 🙏🙌

[@tomkuzik7]

@@miguell.106 I believe upgrading to Booty Champion makes you tier 2 if you're Booty Warrior you need an upgrade 😤🙌

[@Thisguy2532]

Love your vids, enjoy your time away, can’t wait for more.

[@Jackknowshow]

Chinese here, for anyone that’s confused about the beginning, you are not playing as Wukong in this game but a character nicknamed “Destined one”, and you would go on several different journeys to unlock the secrets of the current world that are somehow crucial to the revival of Wukong. The world is set after the events in the Chinese classic novel “Journey to the west”, at the end of the novel, Wukong has finished his assigned duty and was named a Buddha by the Buddha himself, but at the beginning of the game it looks like Wukong has yet again done something that “annoyed” the celestials (because his character by design was a monkey king that does not follow any rules whatsoever) and thus was being punished, he mentioned “what I don’t understand is you killing my kind” was referred to in Chinese his fellow monkeys living with him in his mountains, so the celestials might have been slaughtering his friends as an act of punishment. At the end you could see that on his head there were a glowing ring which made him lose power, that is a direct reference to the novel that in which the Buddha put that ring on his head to restrain him at the beginning of the “journey to the west”. So the Buddha might have again activated it to help the celestials. This game has loads and loads of references to the original novel and as a Chinese this is a real treat! Really hope y’all enjoy this game and maybe dive into the “journey to the west” lore which is just a fantastic book that every single Chinese been familiar with growing up. Love you cowboy and safe travels!

[@jnm92]

Hope this game will motivate people to explore the wonderful, deep and boundless mythology of Chinese Buddhism!

[@jspringer86]

@@jnm92 That's a funny way to spell Nepal.

[@jnm92]

@@jspringer86 ? There are many different branches and sects of Buddhism. It traveled all around Asia after its origin in India and each country it traveled to has its own collection of stories and mythology

[@MisterX867]

How much was the Chinese community anticipating the release for this game?

[@Jackknowshow]

@@MisterX867 huge anticipation, our social medias are blowing up right now and it’s been a Chinese gamer’s wet dream 😂😂

[@sallj2008]

Finished Bloodborne for the first time after multiple tries thanks to your channel. Thank you so much!

[@truonghoangnhan110]

We Vietnamese grew up watching "journey to the west" on TV every night, this gives me flashback to my childhood

[@MightBite]

The only guy we can trust to get this game completed 100%

[@rosemangofairy]

Looking forward to this game so much! 😊 As an Asian lady I remember watching the TV show in the 90s. The Chinese game industry has been booming so great recently, can't wait to see what they create in the future!

[@finxw9374]

I remember a movie about this story with Jackie Chan and Jet Li casting the film

[@ocantu1987]

@@finxw9374 The forbidden kingdom in 2008

[@matthewmartinez9835]

For better or for worse we will see

[@DasBoot03z]

I’m grinding this game right now and it’s incredible the gameplay is addicting

[@nikosxi]

So is it indeed like Nioh? Because the combat certainly didn't seem like Dark Souls.

[@Hankthomas3]

Any issues on ps5?

[@Bulletcase]

@@nikosxibetter comparisons, ppl love putting souls like in tht shi🤦‍♂️

[@jamesgroarke5745]

​@@nikosxiactually it does look like a souls like :/ also nioh is literally a souls like so if it's like that it's a fricking souls like 😂😂

[@nikosxi]

@@jamesgroarke5745 Souls like because, let me guess. It has stamina? And respawns? Dude get out of here and stop embarrassing yourself. Not everything is "souls". Or "souls like". FromSoftware didn't invent video games.

[@GortTheTormentor]

Me and cowboy and basically everyone else watching this rn with our messed up sleep schedules

[@rionone1116]

Real shit😂

[@Thisguy2532]

Yep got home from work at 10:15 pm waiting for this upload while I play the game 😂

[@kunalmahtole9566]

Lucky for me bro its morning here in india 😅

[@TheReaperOfChess]

fr

[@alanwake8008]

Unpacking the game on the deck took awhile 😂

[@MrTmm97]

15:06 PS5 owner here… started playing right when it released. The graphics are pretty great and I haven’t noticed any frame drops. It definitely seems to be running steadily around 60. I know on PS5 there’s no way to know the Framerate for sure but it seems as consistent and smooth enough to other stable 60fps titles.

[@SimonHendry-w5x]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated

[@axter-]

I slightly noticed same frame drops on 4k resolution

[@Zipinater]

I’ve noticed some big drops in like very certain cases like this waterfall in chapter 1 anytime I moved my camera near it I had like 10 fps, other than that 0 bugs no crashes and frame rate has been very solidly consistent aside from few big boss attacks which has costed me a hit or two. Overall tho the gameplay and cinematics is fucking amazing. Enjoying it so much so far

[@axter-]

@@Zipinater what resolution you are playing on

[@EmptyZach]

KZbinr SpawnWave dropped an hour of PS5 footage on performance mode for any who wanna see.

[@NextGenGames0]

Just checked the metrics for how many people are on this game. Damn, I knew it was highly anticipated, but over 1million people in game on launch night for a single player action game is crazy.

[@sneaky7796]

its 2 million now

[@NextGenGames0]

@@sneaky7796 Holy shit man

[@masterthief25]

so much for "no one wants to play single player games anymore" LMAO

[@jamesgroarke5745]

​@@masterthief25all the souls games were the same! Elden ring had more tbh as well!!

[@daviddeacon4258]

It's peak has now beat out palworld and it sits at number 2 on the records list below Player Unknown's Battlegrounds: Battlegrounds

[@Rhan_tu]

Prior to watching, but waited for you to upload a part 1 before I decided to get the game or not, so excited! Thank you for the content you make!

[@S.J.Howland]

Waited til this 1st episode came out! I can't wait to see the rest!

[@Temeturs]

S. J. is here. Stretch Dat Dough!

[@ozar_midrashim]

I've read that the Dragon Ball is based on the Legend of Sun Wukong, but it really takes a visual representation to appreciate the similarities.

[@MisterX867]

I'm just now realizing the guy who you fight in the tutorial is most likely the inspiration for Tien lmaooo

[@DietBajaBlast]

also Monkey D Luffy

[@TheGatewoods1023]

Thank you for all the gaming content. Thanks to you. I was able to get my platinum trophy on Elden Ring. Got me through the entire game and DLC. I look forward to doing the same on Wukong.

[@sonugharial]

I have been waiting for you to upload something Wukong related for so long, thank you.

[@bluedakota9477]

You helped me through sekiro so much so thank you a lot and now we get to watch you play black myth wukong I think it’s just incredible. It’s gonna suck when cowboy wukong finishes his journey but I’ll enjoy every bit.

[@RigoDaKanibul]

I have been following you for years! Never fail with the great detailed walk-through!!

[@troycooper6632]

Just got this game and cleared zone 1. Soon as I got off I checked for a fighting cowboy walkthrough. Dude has literally guided me through hell like 4 times. 5 start tours dude

[@legoguy8829]

I already beat this one but I just wana say your videos are amazing and you've helped me plat so many soulslike's it's unreal!!!! Thank you for all you do!!! Just got plat on bloodborne and the dlc!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@DrayvenWynd]

That was one hell of an opening image with all the huge guys, hope it keeps that going through the whole game.

[@Momoka7]

16:57 "I guess after he got struck back to earth he lost his powers" You do not play Sun Wukong right now. In the opening, yes you played Sun Wukong, but you need to collect the 6 artifacts to free Sun Wukong from the stone he is in right now.

[@Soul3ater_Gaming]

Very excited about this game, I don't care about what the reviews are saying but I still want it and hope I won't be let down when I watch this video.

[@chriskotte8468]

Have it on ps5 and it runs perfectly fine. Great game lot of fun.

[@cooperadamb]

All hit pieces anyway and yellow journalism. Game is incredible. Sales speak for themselves! Lol

[@kirank287]

Same

[@Karim-sr2kp]

We need disk version

[@FrunkU]

Is it worth $60 ? I haven’t bought a full price game in awhile so kinda skeptical

[@Thisguy2532]

Not gonna lie the intro to this game goes hard 😂😂 also anyone else doing there first PT on Chinese dialogue?

[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

加油

[@red.panda23]

I was going to but the subtitles are very small and the English is pretty good

[@cooperadamb]

Same lol

[@dank0x]

I wanted to, but they don't put subtitles for the enemies chatter :( Missed the talks when flying like cicada.

[@rahmellbrown162]

@@dank0xyeah that is true

[@Mimento_Mori]

Feels like a decade since I've been waiting for this game to release.

[@GoudVis56667]

Im so stoked for this game! Voice and game audio was spot on for my studio monitors.

[@rabanrok4643]

This game reminds me way more of God of War than it does a souls game, especially the intro and the mythology focus. For me its like Chinese God of War.

[@wuwei473]

Yeah and it feels BETTER than the new GoWs too!

[@krono5el]

the greeks had a god of wine, the Chinese invented wine, so the greeks true gods are the Chinese. full circle

[@ozar_midrashim]

@@krono5el All major religions have shared origins and interwined stories. Makes you think. The oldest myths we know so far come from ancient Sumerians.

[@DeathComeInPeace]

@@krono5el I am not sure if them having one of the oldest recorded evidence of wine counts them as the ":guys that invented wine". Wine can be made from all kind of fruits and the process is simple, basically all humans who had access to fruits had access to wine.

[@core-grlan]

我们最早有关酒的记载是谷物做的醴酒，大约在九千年左右

[@corn3335]

Damn these animations look slick af. Game has style

[@chasebrammer851]

One of the best games I’ve ever played Kudos to this games success

[@somewhiteguy4197]

Definitely on my list of games to get this year. Just wanted to wait and see how the performance is since that's all I see to be hearing about. The game looks incredible though

[@GrouchyTerror]

What an intro. That was awesome. Captivated the whole time.

[@javiiarroyo6310]

I was about to go to sleep at 2 am & I see you posted. Now I will sleep after this video ends😭😂

[@TCantwell]

You and me both 😂 3 am.

[@MangaOppa]

Here we are after so many souls games now its time for the wukong ❤️ followed him since Sekiro... he's been a great help. Thank u

[@2007farenheit]

Literally the best intro I’ve ever seen for a game. BAD ASS! Sounds better in its original Chinese language tho imo

[@murfeel1173]

ahhhh, so this MC is like a reincarnation of the OG sun wukong, who's dead/asleep in the meteor stone--neat concept!

[@Zoretsu]

I’m calling it. The little old man is actually wukong in disguise 😂

[@pinkbambi13]

This theory now has me hooked to keep watching 😂

[@Zoretsu]

@@pinkbambi13 let me know if it comes out to be true

[@bl7828]

It’s great so far I’m about 4 hours in. Calling it quits for tonight. Also enjoy San Francisco I love it over there. So beautiful.

[@ItsCraddock]

If you can avoid the literal shit in the streets

[@bob_ohms2low75]

California is a cesspool

[@doomslayer4276]

​@@ItsCraddock salty rep ?

[@Thadon36]

@@doomslayer4276no man, the city just isn’t what is used to be. You can open your eyes bud

[@rexpeter1679]

@@doomslayer4276i got robbed 1 ago when i was in san francisco

[@brandonchambers963]

Just beat the game and all the secrets. On my way to tidy up on second PT and get my platinum. Man I love this game. They did such a phenomenal job. I can’t wait for the next two they do.

[@NightreignOshin]

*Black Myth: Wukong* is a groundbreaking experience that far exceeds the expectations set by most modern action RPGs. The fluid combat, rich narrative, and breathtaking cinematography are nothing short of extraordinary. While there may be minor performance issues, they pale in comparison to the game's overall brilliance. Game Science has crafted a visually stunning and culturally rich journey that not only pays homage to its source material but also pushes the boundaries of the genre. For anyone looking for a truly immersive and challenging adventure, *Black Myth: Wukong* is a must-play. *Black Myth: Wukong* is a groundbreaking experience that far exceeds the expectations set by most modern action RPGs. The fluid combat, rich narrative, and breathtaking cinematography are nothing short of extraordinary. While there may be minor performance issues, they pale in comparison to the game's overall brilliance. Game Science has crafted a visually stunning and culturally rich journey that not only pays homage to its source material but also pushes the boundaries of the genre. For anyone looking for a truly immersive and challenging adventure, *Black Myth: Wukong* is a must-play.

[@nurglematthew893]

Cowboy is Best-in-Slot!! Thanks for rockin it as you please.

[@dixongillespie4800]

He broke into multiple parts when he fell down earth, each part representing a sense

[@zikarisg9025]

Game Science cooked well, the God of War, Wo Long fusion dish. Couple of hours in on PS5, no bugs no performance issues. Only criticism I have is the excessive use of invisible walls and less than ideal lip-sync for the dialogue. (Edit: I do recommend Digital Foundry review on PS5 version though, while performance mode is stable 60 and there are no bugs, there are big technical issues with all graphics modes, most notably the uncapped framerates in quality and balance mode and input lag in performance mode...)

[@Philpot1992]

I think the lip syncing is off because it's shot to match the Chinese language possibly. That's what I was thinking as I played the first hour anyway.

[@KCdatdude1]

Opening statement is exactly why I as a black gamer have been an absolute fan of fightincowboy! Stay out the drama, the politics and the nonsense. No ragebait vids about certain political topics. Been following since Sekiro ( thanks for holding my hand btw) and I appreciate and look forward to many more games now and in the future. I cant watch much of this series for now as I dont want to spoil too much but I'lll click and like the vids for my guy

[@anthonylopezjr6997]

Ayyyy!! I am a huge have! I been watching your videos to beat Serkio Die Twice. Thank you for all the help!! Honestly, to see your name come up for this game makes me hyped asf!! I will most definitely cop this game! Once again, thank you for ALL YOUR HELP!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Klaatew]

“Serkio Die Twice” 😂

[@please-wake-up-now]

This game really brings the legend of Wukong to life, and I can already feel the unique vibes! 🌟 The mix of epic battles and storytelling is just wow! I can't wait to see what other surprises are in store. Anyone else super excited about the character backstories? 🤔🎮

[@kingdurin4925]

Once again our faithful Fightincowboy, is here to enlighten us with his guides and walkthroughs

[@shatteredglass7511]

Bloodbourne was my first from software game! Thanks for the best walkthrough! Also just finished sekiro, thanks for that walkthrough! Sekiro is my favorite so far, elden ring is great though lol

[@NextGenGames0]

Black Myth Wukong, a game that will go down in history for being controversial by just being a game

[@eveythingthatsadam]

Why?

[@NextGenGames0]

@@eveythingthatsadam because of all the drama in the past few days, it's a great game but a lot of reviewers shit on this game just because it's from china

[@eveythingthatsadam]

@@NextGenGames0 odd. Haven't seen any negativity about it here in the Uk

[@NextGenGames0]

@@eveythingthatsadam its in the us mainly , even FightinCowboy has mentined it in the start of the video also asmondgold and penguinz0

[@randydonovan7844]

@@NextGenGames0that’s just false. It has a metacritic score of 82. Most reviewers have really enjoyed the game lol. Every game has some people who don’t like it. And it’s not cause it’s from china.

[@williamwalsh3779]

This game is so much richer if you have some knowledge of "Journey to the West" and its mythology. Beautiful and awesome game even if you don't though

[@MechakittenX]

Hello! I'm new to your channel and was looking for a let's play of this game, cause I ain't got the computer nor the patience to run it well. Looks like it'll be a good one! Thanks for the videos!

[@Random_filez]

I love chinese novels and myths. This just makes me shake with ecstacy

[@jinqie1620]

thank god you posted! I’m relying on Cowboy’s let’s play series 🎉❤

[@pharaohlash9284]

Cowboy back at again with the fire ass videos! Thank you cowboy and safe travels!

[@steph50937]

I will watch this first and then make a decision to purchase

[@ramsngt3069]

My brother I love your videos God bless you and your family as well

[@jamesmurray1112]

@fightincowboy, the videos are showing up in the Playlist out of order. It counts down from 9 to 1, then goes to 10 and counts up

[@TJuice1986]

If you’re a souls player I HIGHLY suggest putting the controller configuration on B, not A. Helped me out so much!

[@christiaanswartz7839]

Came from your sekiro walktroughs thanks on the help for that game but I'm this game will have even more to offer!!!

[@EricEzell]

You just don’t know I was hoping you did a walkthrough for this…. I must platinum this one….. Thanks to you I completed Elden Ring so I’ll be tuning in

[@sabonesjones]

I've never been this early to a cowboy video.

[@bustatron]

Graphics here are fantastic. What a beautiful game.

[@blindmetalgamer]

I am curious and would like to know does this game feature any accessibilities such as screen reader support for PS five? 3:26

[@meaCULPA-1985]

THANK YOU… for keeping politics out of gaming COWBOY, but keep us informed to research. And as always having fun doing what you do in an exciting way. I appreciate your efforts and service to great content making. 💙

[@Random_filez]

Yes fighting cowboy remembers wo long 🎉🎉

[@Sukana3]

Please for the love of god do a Walkthrough of this your the one I always come to for games like these with 100% complete walkthrough

[@Rakool]

cant wait another 6 years for you to do a walkthrough :D

[@lilmeep4015]

Hey cowboy found ur channel thru sekiro and its how i got into souls games. Was surprised u pick up nine sols which made my heart giddy with joy. Thank for playing black myth and i enjoy ur content so much. Thank you so much once again.

[@OGvCINDER]

I’m so glad to be a booty champion!!!! I love your videos my brother!!! I hope you have a good and safe trip !!!!

[@rahmellbrown162]

I only got to play the first 30 mins last night being that I have with today. But I can’t wait to get off later to play. I’m off work the next 4 days

[@AndresRodriguez-lg1lj]

Ty for dedicating hours to make us a couple episodes ! Ik they kinda messed u up with the Early Access but thankful nonetheless. Praise the cowboy!!!

[@dylansharma3813]

Cowboy I love y’a and can’t wait to watch the let’s play - question will you be doing a platinum walkthrough of this game when your back???

[@LocNguyen-rv8tz]

Glad to see you making BMW videos. You are my go-to resource when I played Sekiro 😂

[@whatsupdocx]

I was surely hoping you would be covering this game. Can’t wait to watch.

[@craignaylor2648]

What a great game!!!!!!’ I’m totally in love the fights after all the souls I’ve played get my heart going it’s amazing so so fun

[@heyitsstevo77]

FIGHTING COWBOY 🤠 LOVE YOUR CONTENT BRO - thanks for all the Elden ring help! Cant wait to get into Black Myth

[@joseandresdejesus4979]

Hello cowboy…when can we expect the first walkthrough to be completed???will love to see one asap…thanks and god bless

[@ajnasser5547]

Maaan, you’ve became my gaming guide/buddy, waiting for your platinum walkthrough ❤

[@REDSHIFT_9]

PS5 player here. Running smoothly so far with some small frame rate dips, but for the most part it’s holding at around 60

[@FrunkU]

Is it worth $60 ?

[@REDSHIFT_9]

I think so, I’m having a lot of fun. It’s not a perfect game but you can tell it’s made with a lot of passion

[@locksaw94]

Dude you're a beast ! Your release schedule is really tight ! Banger 😂

[@pkwan970]

So glad the game lives up to much of the hype. I was waiting for more reviews on PS5 before buying

[@Fanthomas1742]

Looks good and polished, liking the music as well

[@Remy2947]

Is that armor pre order?

[@amaan7424]

The opening was amazing, I remember the other game which had an amazing opening was FARCRY 3. Definitely would grind this game. Kudos to cowboy.🤠

[@bruceolga3644]

Son Wukong...the Golden Lion 👁️🦁🔥

[@rohanbist3171]

I just started sekiro a few weeks ago and his walkthrough are helping a lot ❤

[@tgm_yassouna9898]

Best youtube channel thank you for doing all this effort for us , best walkthrough and best lets play gameplays ever 🌹

[@ChrisFortney-yc5wl]

Big fan of your work. The walk-throughs help big time. Have a safe trip

[@grumpycloud30]

Hi @FightinCowboy when you added the new episodes, the playlist now reads ep 9-1 and then 10-16. I'm not sure if it's just me experiencing this. Could you take a look when you get a chance?

[@FightinCowboy]

Will do

[@Morf818]

any chance you could show us what settings you have the graphics on?

[@ChelleyMadison]

Thanks for staying away from the stupid drama and focusing on the game, I thought it was fun and looked beautiful.

[@arthurshaw2497]

erlang is supposed to be an extremely high ranking god in the hierarchy of the celestial court, nephew to the jade emperor himself and regarded as the single most powerful fighter in all realms, master of both physical and magical arts, yet somehow in this game he is the tutorial boss

[@FightinCowboy]

They're doing the ol' Genichiro where we fight him now and then have a proper battle later

[@arthurshaw2497]

@@FightinCowboy yeah that would be my guess too😂

[@bob_ohms2low75]

This game is incredible so far. 3 hrs in, & loving it.

[@A_ST-RI_X]

I think the health recovery means the amount of heal you get from your gourd increases. ❤

[@Sargaxiist2022]

There's a handful of bad translations, and the game desperately needs an in depth info system similar to Armored Core 6, where you can hover over every icon and stat to get a description. Other than that the game kicks ass. Ps5 edition has had 0 issues for me so far. (I'm mid ch2) Stable 60fps on performance and it still looks crazy good. So far it seems like a slam dunk

[@svcupc]

plays great on PS5 for me too

[@FGC_Jaha_SUPER_TRASH]

Mr.FightingCowboy, it's time to confront destiny 😁

[@DarksideGmss0513]

This is after Wukong's journey to the west as he's mentioned to be Buddha at this point.

[@vampyricon7026]

Hi Cowboy, love your content. I do have one question though: Why play this dubbed when Sekiro was left in the original Japanese?

[@grven4287]

As a Dragon Ball Z fan, i love this game

[@sudiptasikder3857]

Sir, here we are........ Let's rock with your guidance. Just like SEKIRO. ❤❤😊😊

[@ryanvuljaj3767]

I knew you'd be doing this series. I love watching your content because 9x out of 10 now run past stuff I didn't know it was there. I just finished chapter 1 it's pretty fun. A little frustrating at sometimes but still cool

[@NerdHerdForLife]

The argument about if it's a soulslike or not really comes down to individual I think. I mean how much like Souls does it need to be? At what point does it go from a Souls like to a Sekiro like to... Something else with a souls element or two? That's why I call Sekiro a souls like and I'll agree this is too. Combat has similarities and there's bonfires

[@TheJasonx7]

This really gives off heavy Asuras Wrath vibes.