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the great sage can transform into tifa, so it makes sense.

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2024-08-30

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author: zili

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after the 72 transformations, the monkey learned a new magical power: the girl becomes 18 different when she grows up.

if you ask me what i want to say most these days, i will definitely quote the famous "league of legends" professional player uzi's words "there has never been such a wonderful start" - "black myth: wukong", which everyone has been looking forward to for four years, not only did not fail in its release, but also broke several industry records in succession with its excellent game quality.

at 10am on august 20, as soon as the pre-loaded content of black myth: wukong was released, the number of "concurrent online players" on steam quickly reached the 1 million mark, and continued to rise, with 2.35 million concurrent online players becoming the "second in steam's historical rankings" and "first in the single-player game rankings." because the whole thing happened too suddenly, some foreign media who didn't know the reason later specifically reported that "after reaching a peak in the number of players, black myth: wukong suddenly lost another 2 million players."

this kind of "clickbait" content soon attracted ridicule from foreign netizens: "is it possible that humans need to sleep?"

just when i saw that the number of simultaneous online users of black myth: wukong exceeded 2 million, and i thought "3 million sales will hopefully pay for itself", it gave me a bigger job - according to official statistics from game science, as of 21:00 beijing time on august 23, 2024, the sales of black myth: wukong across all platforms have exceeded 10 million copies.

even if we look at the whole of 2024, there is probably nothing more exciting than this.

in addition to the excitement of "cheering for sun wukong today", the popularity of black myth: wukong also brought us some things worth paying attention to in other aspects. for example, in just less than a week, various mods emerged.

the first to be affected is naturally "3d zone eternal jerusalem" - a replacement mod for tifa lockhart, a popular female character in "final fantasy 7".

in recent years, as more and more console exclusive games have been launched on the pc platform, you will always see a saying among players: "on pc, you have no right to wear anything." however, in black myth: wukong, this saying has also adapted to the local customs and has become "you have no right to change into anything." after all, the "tianmingren" is a monkey. even if he can achieve 72 transformations through mod, it is difficult to conceal the monkey-like nature in his movements and voiceovers.

however, some netizens said that watching the "tifa version of destiny" in the game playing with a stick reminded them of the classic fan animation "dead or alive vs. final fantasy" that they had watched a long time ago.

of course, "jerusalem" is not the only similar "lsp-type" mod. in addition to "jerusalem", which everyone would think of before the game was released, there is also a "bunny girl" replacement mod that has also attracted the attention of many players.

image source: b station up host @wei shiye

however, in addition to the "lsp ecstasy", there is actually another reason why this mod has become so popular. perhaps it is because the production of this mod is still in the early debugging stage. when you import it into the game, you will find that monkey king's iconic monkey tail is still retained on the bunny girl.

it seems that he is still like in the original "journey to the west", and does not like to change his tail when performing the 72 transformations.

image source: b station up host @祈愿ist

due to some well-known reasons, this kind of "lsp type" mod will always lose its appeal to players after being imported and played for a period of time, making people feel bored. at this time, the "cool type" mod begins to play their latecomer advantage.

for example, the "armor hero emperor" replacement mod, jointly created by chinese bigwigs "hong xi ge" and "xiao xiao ke la yo", evoked many childhood memories and received 800,000 views in just two days.

image source: b station up host @hongxige

to be honest, this mod is really in line with the game content - in the past few days, i don't know how many times i relied on the "flame dragon armor" guangzhi to save a "monkey's life" when i was out of ammunition and food, and defeated the various demon kings by chance.

however, if we talk about childhood memories, it has to be the 1986 version of journey to the west, which has occupied the summer vacations of several generations. it is more famous. the dreamlike co-starring of the two monkeys across time and space is really irresistible.

image source: b station up host @魔改小公举

what's more, the one wearing this outfit is the real great sage. in order not to disgrace the name of the great sage, it is reasonable for me to display the magical power of the wind spirit moon shadow sect, right?

in fact, whether it is the "lsp type" or the "cool type", they only occupy half of the entire mod world. the real flourishing ones are the "lively type" mods that keep up with the times and have endless creativity.

for example, if you feel that becoming a real monkey king is not enough to give a sufficient reason for the "opening", then you can try to transform yourself into the "big brother" who wears a helmet and mask, a bulletproof vest, and has his own bgm that tells him to "pack his bag" at any time. after a few ding-dong sounds, he will kill gods and buddhas.

image source: b station up host @robins

for example, you can also face the dark history of "bimawen" that the monkey king is reluctant to mention, and stage a "sequel to journey to the west" with the title "the horse that bimawen raised comes to save him."

considering that umamusume has become increasingly popular on major video platforms recently with its "living sound effects", i think this type of replacement mod still has a lot of room for improvement. maybe in a while, we will see a matching sound effect mod of "light attack is mambo, heavy attack is wow, and charging is hakimi".

picture source: b station up owner @野hog王cg

it must be said that every time this part comes, the man known as "peter pan" may be late, but he will never be absent. after you install this mod, whether you lose the battle against "zoba yang jian" and fall from a height of 10,000 meters, or have to restart in the burning zen temple because of too high burning damage, it all seems very reasonable.

not only that, if you are confident in your skills, you can also try the new mimicry version of "that man" to replace the mod, and write your own "black mamba myth" after increasing the difficulty.

in this mod carnival, the only victim is probably erlang shen at the beginning of the game. not only are the opponents becoming less and less "monkey-like", but they themselves may also be tagged with mod later, and the battles with these weird species will be put on the internet "copied hundreds of millions of times and freely available for the world to enjoy", becoming a new "big disease area".

of course, these various mods are just a small beginning. perhaps, some mod authors are still fighting in the game, waiting to show their talents after they have completed the game; perhaps, some mod authors are in the process of "holding back their big moves"; or perhaps, some players are learning from scratch and are ready to use their first mod work to express their love for "black myth: wukong".

although i entered the search for lenovo on b station, it may take some time for the actual tutorial to be available.

this is not just talk - looking at the comments section of these mod demonstration videos, there are already a lot of players who have put forward mod inspirations that are worth putting into practice. maybe in the future, you will be able to see them in the steam workshop.

but finally, i still have to remind everyone that if after watching so many demonstrations, you also want to add a few mods to the game and control "tifa wearing an ultraman helmet and holding an mc diamond pickaxe", you must do your homework in advance and download it from regular channels such as "n.com" or major forums.

just like the old saying before the game was released: if you play the game, the monkey king will be very happy because you have always supported him; if you use the mod, the monkey king will also be very happy because he can transform into many different things; if the monkey king sees that you spent a high price to buy a mod integration package from an unknown channel and got a virus, the monkey king might be very excited -

because he hadn't seen his second junior brother for a long time.