Wukong testimonials are rolling in and it’s great information, people – WGB

Black Myth: Wukong, the action-RPG from Chinese designer Game Science, is due to start on August 20th for Computers and PS5. The developers released a Computer benchmarking tool only days ago, which is a great, consumer-friendly endeavor. Then, they’ve pulled off a second consumer-friendly technique by allowing testimonials to get live a full four times ahead of the show’s release.

Before we dive into the testimonials themselves, I’d like to give a brief description of what the reviewers are saying: the match takes around 30+ time to play through, and like Game Science made certain to focus it is an action-RPG rather than a Soulslike, which is what some media outlets branded Black Myth: Wukong. Despite that, it is still popular in some circles as being more Soulslike than ARPG.

It’s so big that Eurogamer had to write an article claiming that they need more time to work on it because” we have n’t had enough time with it to make significant enough progress for a full review.”

Additionally, UK outlet Push Square has n’t published a review as of yet, citing that only Computer code has been made available, so it’s understandable they want to wait until they can get some PS5 hands-on day.

Then let’s dive into the testimonials. The sport now has an overall rating of 82 based on 52 critique reviews at the time of writing on Metacritic.

GodisaGeek slapped Black Myth: Wukong with a staggering 10/10 in a review penned by Mick Fraser:” You might argue that GameScience is just putting new gems in old jewellery, but it simply does n’t matter. No one needs to ask for more when the quality is this continuously high. A burst of exquisite conflict, intuitive level tower, and expert manager design, Black Myth: Wukong is, hands-down, one of this year’s best action games”.

GamingBolt was extremely impressed with Black Myth: Wukong. In Rashid Sayed’s review, the author gave it a 10/10:” Black Myth: Wukong delivers amazing conflict, brilliant production quality, and incredible boss fights. Its few flaws keep it from being one of the best games of the genre in recent memory.

On the other end of the scale, we have GameRant’s review which was handled by Dalton Cooper. Scoring it a 3/5, Dalton writes:” Black Myth: Wukong is a game that shies away from the Soulslike label, yet it is clearly gunning for the Soulslike audience. It is far from the best in the genre, but it’s also not the worst game that has followed in Dark Souls ‘ footsteps. You will have a better time than you did if you were going into it expecting to be like a traditional character action game, if you come into it expecting a mostly standard Soulslike experience with some blood-boiling boss encounters mixed in with basic level design.

Jason Coles of The Sixth Axis also was n’t overly impressed, giving the game a solid 6/10. He wrote:” Black Myth: Wukong is a stunning game to look at, but the exploration is lacking, and the fighting is just sort of fine for the most part. It’s just a bit uninspiring, and is n’t a game that I’m expecting to stick with me for any length of time now that I’m done with it”.

Mitchell Saltzman of IGN makes a way into the middle ground. In his review, he mentions that the game has technical problems, and that it could be “even greated if GameScience can Squash the bugs.” It did n’t stop him from handing it an 8/10 though, and saying:” Despite some frustrating technical issues, Black Myth: Wukong is a great action game with fantastic combat, exciting bosses, tantalizing secrets, and a beautiful world”.

Joshua Robertson, who also seemed to have a strong grasp on the concept of Black Myth being a Soulslike, put together a 4/5 review for The Gamer. Here’s what he had to say:” Over the past few years, it’s become clear that we do n’t need to rely solely on FromSoftware for competent and entertaining soulslikes. Lies of P, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, and Another Crab’s Treasure all launched in the past 12 months and managed to impress, but Black Myth: Wukong goes one step further. It’s the most polished, intricate, and entertaining soulslike I’ve ever played outside FromSoftware’s masterpieces”.

In a review posted by Brendan Lowry, who also made mention of some performance issues, Windows Central received a rating of 3.5 % out of 5. Here’s how he described the game:” Ultimately, Black Myth: Wukong is a very solid action RPG with its thrilling cinematic boss fights, diverse, gorgeously rendered locales, rich combat system replete with build options, and well-told story. It struggles, however, with mediocre level design, a weak enemy variety, superfluous gear system, and a few unsightly performance issues.

Let’s wrap up with PC Gamer’s Tyler Colp, who said” Black Myth: Wukong blossoms with an eccentric cast of characters and expressive combat all wrapped up in the rich world of its source material.”