Awesome in its ambition but the dodgy level design will make you go ape A fter years of anticipation, Black Myth: Wukong is finally here – and the game’s stunning, flashy combat delivers spectacularly. This action adventure follows in the epic footsteps of Elden Ring as players venture across various lands to obtain a set of relics in a tale inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey To The West . These lands are filled with a variety of enemies to fight, bosses to challenge, characters to talk to, and secrets to discover.
These moments are where Black Myth: Wukong shines, as combat is fast, fluid, and incredibly satisfying. The game offers a collection of powers and abilities, like ‘Immobilise’ (freezing enemies in place) and ‘A Pluck Of Many’ (a powerful spell that casts dozens of copies of yourself), on top of your regular staff, which can be swung to deal damage and spun to reflect projectiles. Utilising all these abilities and powers allows you to be incredibly menacing, strolling up towards an enemy or mini-boss, freezing them in place, and then offloading a ton of damage with a charged heavy attack.
You can even turn into enemies briefly by collecting their spirits when they die. Black Myth: Wukong is an incredible power fantasy, and you feel like an imposing force in this world as you move through it. It helps that the game’s visuals are gorgeous too.
Difficulty spikes are a problem though. The game bounces between extended periods where enemies die a.