Black Myth: Wukong Review Round-Up

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Overall, while there are some reviews that have more criticisms and view the experience as more of a mixed bag, the general consensus so far is that Black Myth: Wukong is a strong soulslike with great bosses and presentation values that ends up having some slightly repetitive combat and explorat


Let's start off with TheGamer's review first , which comes from our lovely news editor Joshua Robertson. Josh gave Black Myth a 4/5 and called it a "beautiful, entertaining, and polished soulslike" that is slightly let down by some frustrating level design. That positive sentiment was shared by IGN's Mitchell Saltzman , who gave the game an 8/10 and praised its combat while critiquing how buggy it

The story is one of the more compelling parts, meeting characters that you may be familiar with in the lore, but how it’s told isn’t always particularly well done. While we’ll get to the amazing aesthetics and presentation later, most of the chapters generally start in a rather confusing manner. Our little monkey friend will end up in these new lands by methods unknown to the viewer. Whether it’s sneaking in a chest, waking up with a hundred arrows in you, or just teleporting through an ancient warrior statue, there’s never a good linear path for the storytelling, with what seems like portions of it left out.


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While players may attempt many things, including using up their Goards, knowing how to cure yourself of this damage-over-time condition is crucial to your survival throughout Chapter 1 as The Destined One. This becomes more important as you progress through the game and enter the next realm, where the surrounding threats and enemies become even more formida
With that said, while we make the comparison to Souls games, Black Myth: Wukong is much easier than what you might expect. There were only a handful of bosses that we ran into any sort of trouble, namely taking five or more attempts, with the majority of the encounters taking one or two tries. The normal enemies do get progressively more advanced as the campaign progresses, and there are the staple traps that will send you over the edge of a cliff, but for the most part, Black Myth: Wukong rarely puts you up against more than one or two enemies at a given time. We found the balance of difficulty good, though, as learning patterns is enjoyable and never feels like they punish too harshly. You can die from a couple of hits, but most of the time it’s easy to recover.


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