Black Myth: Wu Kong - a.k.a. "Sekiro 2: now YOU are the monkey"

[Retardo]

So, what's the konsensus?
I've played for an hour, reaching that big brain blue guy, and it feels like one of those movie-like games, akin to god of war: very limited in combat and very railroaded in exploration.
Will it get better, or should I refund?

 

[Lawful Pacific]

Chyna has won

this game is literally China's AAA Premium gaming watershed moment. A lot of Chinese are invested in this game like Polacks are invested in CDPR with Twitcher 2/3.

The difference is China has a bit more population than Poland

I did a python script to scrap the 1000 reviews in steam and estimate the languages of the game ( to scrap all reviews would take from 6 to 14 hours with a refresh rate of 1 sec, according to my calculations ), over 75% of the reviews are in Chinese. The second most common language is "unknown". LOL

Link to my python script > https://pastebin.com/7wQbJNxt

Even non-Chinese reviews are probably written by chink.

Spoiler

 

[jaekl]

So, what's the konsensus?
I've played for an hour, reaching that big brain blue guy, and it feels like one of those movie-like games, akin to god of war: very limited in combat and very railroaded in exploration.
Will it get better, or should I refund?

Didn't you read Jinn's gay ass post about unfurling rose petals or whatever?

 

[Lyre Mors]

I've played for an hour, reaching that big brain blue guy, and it feels like one of those movie-like games

No.

very limited in combat

No.

very railroaded in exploration.

Compared to something like Gothic 2 or Dark Souls 1, a bit. As has been said before several times in the thread, there will be points in the game with huge areas with 5-6 branching paths at a time. It's a branching linear structure essentially, with free travel back to places you've been before.

Will it get better

Yes.

should I refund?

Probably.

 

[IDtenT]

Refunds are the worst thing that's happened to gaming. Fite me.

 

[Cryomancer]

Refunds are the worst thing that's happened to gaming. Fite me.

Now that the games are full of ESG BS and codded by incompetent diversity hires, they are a necessary evil. People need to buy games without even knowing that they will run.

 

[Raghar]

Why is this game in the jRPG section??

Because JRPG section is for Sino-Japanese Vietnamese Korean games.

 

[Retardo]

Probably

But why?

 

[Retardo]

Refunds are the worst thing that's happened to gaming. Fite me.

We live in this funny period when there's zero ways to know if the game is gud before buying.

Steam reviews are mostly written by monkeys.
The same goes for game discussion forums.
Youtube vids are done by shills.
Demos do not represent the final product.
Game mags...

 

[Lyre Mors]

But why?

You're searching hard for reasons to and the game doesn't really need the support. If you're concerned about the money, refund it and grab it on sale someday or something.

I personally feel it's well worth the $50 I paid for it. The game is a joy to play.

 

[motherfucker]

Alright so when AC Shadows has a black protag in medieval Asia there's a huge shitstorm, but when the chinese do it that's fine? What's the logic here?

 

[cruel]

Skill tree is crazy - more than 250 different skills / upgrades to unlock from what I see, and some of the stuff is still locked. This is between stats, stances, magic and few others.

Pretty good game so far, 8/10 or so. Nothing ground-breaking, but enjoyable to play, with nice creativity mixed here and there - what was the last game that allowed you to stand on your staff, I don't remember. Thrash mobs are a little bit too easy (for now), 3 tries on first boss, 5 tries on second, first tried the wolf. Expecting boss fights to get harder.

What's mind blowing is that Unreal Engine 5 game developed by Chinese devs is in a flawless state on launch, with zero bugs and constant 60fps - while western games like LotF struggled for weeks / months to make the game playable. Such a difference of skill.

 

[Dr1f7]

idk anything about this game but it's making the funny so

 

[Elttharion]

 

[d1r]

I think they were talking about "fEmAlE" characters.

 

[Filthy Sauce]

God I'm fucking garbage at this game. Stuck on the white nobel boss (2nd?) for close to an hour now. Went online to see how the streamer kids are doing and everyones beating him on first/second try. Even that asmond guy who is notoriously crap at these games had no issues.

 

[jaekl]

God I'm fucking garbage at this game. Stuck on the white nobel boss (2nd?) for close to an hour now. Went online to see how the streamer kids are doing and everyones beating him on first/second try. Even that asmond guy who is notoriously crap at these games had no issues.

Mash light attack, mash dodge, mash all the cooldowns, chug chug chug, jump heavy attack to use your focus points like youre playing Elden ring. Bang! Dead boss.

 

[Retardo]

But why?

You're searching hard for reasons to and the game doesn't really need the support. If you're concerned about the money, refund it and grab it on sale someday or something.

I personally feel it's well worth the $50 I paid for it. The game is a joy to play.

Eh, how did you come to this conclusion?
Since when checking if game gets better later became searching for refund reasons?

 

[Lyre Mors]

Eh, how did you come to this conclusion?
Since when checking if game gets better later became searching for refund reasons?

Mainly because there were posts just a few above yours addressing pretty much what you were inquiring about already. I figured if those points weren't enough to convince you, you were essentially just hoping for someone to urge you to refund. If you're feeling that unsure about whether to keep a game or not, it's usually better to just go for the refund, rather than trust the opinions of others and end up disappointed anyway.

 

[Retardo]

Eh, how did you come to this conclusion?
Since when checking if game gets better later became searching for refund reasons?

Mainly because there were posts just a few above yours addressing pretty much what you were inquiring about already. I figured if those points weren't enough to convince you, you were essentially just hoping for someone to urge you to refund. If you're feeling that unsure about whether to keep a game or not, it's usually better to just go for the refund, rather than trust the opinions of others and end up disappointed anyway.

So, what's the konsensus?
I've played for an hour, reaching that big brain blue guy, and it feels like one of those movie-like games, akin to god of war: very limited in combat and very railroaded in exploration.
Will it get better, or should I refund?

consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs/
noun

1. a general agreement.
   "there is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed"

 

[Lyre Mors]

The consensus of those able and willing to share opinions about the game past the first hour should be evident at this point. If you want a true consensus drawing from a majority opinion, you're going to be waiting a week or two.

Keep the game, refund the game, do whatever you want. I figured you didn't want to wait that long for a response, so I gave you one. Your hesitation made me say "Probably" to the refund question. Do what you will with that.

 

[cruel]

I just can't kill Wandering Wight for some reason, 10 tries so far. He seems easy, and it looks like he is optional, but man - no idea how are you supposed to dodge the rock throw (?) he does after 3x earth slam combo, it gets me every time. It looks like you're getting hit the moment animation is done, no time to dodge, standing on staff doesn't help. I will leave him for now, but he is bugging me. The only obvious weakness seems to be fire.

 

[jaekl]

I just can't kill Wandering Wight for some reason, 10 tries so far. He seems easy, and it looks like he is optional, but man - no idea how are you supposed to dodge the rock throw (?) he does after 3x earth slam combo, it gets me every time. It looks like you're getting hit the moment animation is done, no time to dodge, standing on staff doesn't help. I will leave him for now, but he is bugging me. The only obvious weakness seems to be fire.

The final hit in your light attack mashing string stuns him and iirc jumping heavy with focus stuns him, so first thing you do is sprint up to him and mash square until he manages to escape from your stunlocks, then use as many of your op cooldowns as you can and then mash dodge and hope for the best with whatever health remains. He drops an OP move that you'll want to get. If you come back just a little bit later, you'll have more cooldowns and equipment upgrades to abuse him with so you don't have to worry so much about dodging the horseshit gravity moves.

 

[TheDarkUrge]

idk anything about this game but it's making the funny so

Jesus christ is that site ran by off duty secret police what's going on over there?

 

[Elttharion]

idk anything about this game but it's making the funny so

Jesus christ is that site ran by off duty secret police what's going on over there?

You should have seen that site when Hogwarts Legacy was released. The place looked like a mass graveyard.