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Cailianshe News, August 17 (Editor: Shi Zhengcheng)At 22:00 Beijing time on Friday evening, Black Myth: Wukong, which was highly anticipated by the capital market, was released from global media reviews before its official launch. Judging from the "overall positive reviews" from all over the world, the long-awaited milestone for the Chinese game industry has finally arrived.

As a brief introduction, we need to explain why this game has received so much attention.

Black Myth: Wukong is an action-adventure game developed by Chinese developer Game Science.All the core content of the game is based on the original world view of "Journey to the West", aiming to use modern technology to restore a real and credible world of Journey to the West.

(Source: Game Science)

The main storyline of the story takes place after Tang Monk and his disciples successfully obtain the Buddhist scriptures. The little monkey played by the player (called "the man of destiny" in the setting) is determined to follow the footsteps of Sun Wukong's journey to the West to obtain the scriptures. After going through various difficulties and tests, he finally achieves the polishing and transformation of his own will.

For the Chinese game industry,Black Myth: Wukong also marks that Chinese local developers are finally capable of making AAA masterpieces that are recognized worldwide.——Represents the highest level of work in the game industry. Such works require a lot of cost, time and manpower, and in the past only European, American and Japanese developers were able to get involved.

First batch of test results released

According to statistics from Metacritic, a global game ratings website, as of early Saturday morning, 52 global media outlets gave the game an average rating of 82 points. GamingBolt, God is a Geek, GamersRD, and the Chinese game website GamerStar all gave it full marks. In addition, eight other media outlets gave it a rating higher than 90 points (or 9 out of 10).

Among them, Youmi Star wrote in the review article:

On August 20, four years ago, a golden cicada flapped its wings and changed the timeline of a Chinese single-player game. From then on, the grand proposition of "the first domestic 3A game" was placed on these two thin cicada wings, bumping towards the unknown.

Today, four years later, we have completed the journey west and can finally announce to everyone - open the champagne, all the waiting is worth it, and August 20 is destined to be remembered by generations of Chinese game developers.

In addition, in the "IGN China Full Score" review that became a hot search on Weibo, the game was also praised for its "proud quality", and it was particularly emphasized that this was "the throbbing in the blood of Chinese players."

Black Myth: Wukong is adapted from the world view of the ancient Chinese myth novel Journey to the West, which is a unique advantage for Chinese players. We don’t need to understand Greek mythology or Japanese history. The story of Sun Wukong escorting Tang Monk to obtain Buddhist scriptures is almost engraved in the DNA of every Chinese player. This makes us feel a throbbing in our blood when we see those familiar names in the game.

Of course, for a game like "Black Myth" that topped the global game sales list, it also prompted many foreign players to embark on a journey of catching up on "Journey to the West".

Jason Rodriguez, editor of the well-known gaming website Polygon, said that "Black Myth: Wukong" is an epic legend. Rodriguez said that after spending the first 20 hours scratching his head and being confused by various characters, opponents and concepts, a turning point finally occurred halfway through.

(Source: Polygon)

He commented:The moment things finally started to click, I couldn't help but smile. I was hooked, and there was no turning back.。”

IGN headquarters, which gave the game a score of 8 (out of 10), explained that there are a lot of references to characters and events in the novel "Journey to the West" in the game, so while playing, you have to go online from time to time to check things like "Who is Zhu Bajie", what he and Wukong experienced, and what the significance of those important events is.

As a reason for not giving a higher score, IGN also mentioned that Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most gorgeous games, butThe splendor and detail of the scene also comes at a priceDuring the review process, I encountered multiple crashes, disconnected dialogue audio and subtitles, and the localization work for non-Chinese players was also lacking.

It is common for new games to have some technical issues in the early stages of release, and game manufacturers usually need to release patches multiple times to fix them.

As the game will be officially launched on August 20, millions of players around the world will give the most direct evaluation on whether this issue affects the experience. This is the first time in the history of domestic games that this has been treated this way.Nvidia, the gaming graphics card manufacturer, also announced this week that it will release a driver specifically designed for Black Myth: Wukong when the game goes online next week.

(Source: NVIDIA official website)