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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: So, who is playing that new Black Myth: Wukong game?
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:01:12 -0700
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On 8/26/2024 10:22 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:54:31 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> 
>> :P
> 
> Not me, but it's surprisingly popular for reasons I don't quite
> understand. It has become the fastest selling game on Steam ever, and
> that seems weird to me. Sure, Souls-likes are popular, but they are a
> bit more niche than other genres. Neither does "Wukong" seem to be
> particularly special; it's not from a big-name developer, it's visuals
> and art-style aren't extraordinary, and the gameplay seems fairly
> average for the type. The game itself seemed to come out of nowhere
> too; there wasn't a lot of pre-release hype about it either. So why
> it's selling so well seems weird. It's not that I'm surprised it is
> popular... I just don't get why it's so INCREDIBLY popular. Maybe its
> links to Chinese mythology is prompting a rush from the Chinese
> market?
> 
> Having said that, I'm somewhat interested in the game. It doesn't look
> like a _bad_ game, and it seems less spirit-numbingly pessimisstic
> than most Souls-like games. I wouldn't mind _eventually_ giving it a
> try; I'm just not in a rush to play it any time soon. Certainly I've
> no intention on paying $60USD for the privilege. Maybe in a year or so
> it'll show up on HumbleChoice; I wouldn't be too upset if it did.

Yes I've read it's mostly Chinese buying it because they just love 
anything Wukong (Monkey King.) There's an very large list of movies and 
shows both animated and live action that are retellings of the Wukong 
story. I've watched quite a number of them and have found them all 
entertaining.

Apparently it's got some souls feel to it too (like GoW and Jedi 
Outcast.)  I haven't heard anything bad about it so far, just a lot of 
buzz.  The only thing I don't like, is I tend to prefer games where you 
make your own character's appearance.

I'm mildly interested as well, but there's too much on my plate for $60 
for it either.

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