The domestic game ＂Black Myth： Wukong＂ maxed out the whole network, netizens： I finally saw the domestic 3A in my lifetime

2024年9月14日 | admin | gzxq

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Have you also been swiped by this game demo video?

13 minutes, produced by a domestic team, Bilibili was launched less than 24 hours ago, and the broadcast volume has exceeded 10 million, quickly becoming popular on the whole network.

This is the 3A masterpiece "Black Myth: Wukong" developed by the domestic game team Game Science.

The impact is so great that it has further spread overseas. Even IGN, a well-known foreign game media, reposted the news of this game on Twitter, and the response was quite strong.

This time, the domestic game is really out of the loop.

Domestic feelings are killed, and culture is finally exported

The game incorporates a lot of elements from the "Journey to the West" novel and TV series, and the opening scene is a "old monkey" memory:

After that, they entered the scene of the real machine demonstration.

Those scenes in "Journey to the West", such as Monkey King pulling a needle out of his ear and turning it into a golden hoop:

Transform into Bee Stealth with 72 skills:

It hurts to kneel on the ground after being chanted a straitjacket:

"Ruyi Golden Hoop" 5 bronzing characters appear:

And the theme song of the last 86 edition of the "Journey to the West" TV series sounded:

These elements invariably evoke childhood memories in everyone.

When we were moved by this string of mythical elements, the foreign players still didn’t know what was going on, and they were just lamenting the gameplay and the sense of graphics.

Even the editor of IGN did not understand the meaning of the game. The official response to the release time of the game will not take 500 years. IGN translated this passage intact, and anyone who has seen Journey to the West should know the meaning of it.

In order to help them understand the game, domestic players have gone to Reddit forums and Twitter for popular science.

The needle hidden in Sun Wukong’s ear is a golden hoop, weighing 6,750 kilograms. It was originally placed by Dayu in the East China Sea Dragon Palace Zhenhai…

What a great wave of cultural exports.

Some netizens said that if this game is released abroad, it would be the best opportunity for cultural export.

After all, everyone’s knowledge of European history is made up by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed.

There are also English-speaking netizens who have started to point out the inappropriate translation in the trailer, and well-known big fans have volunteered to translate subtitles for the game in various languages.

"A world-class 3A masterpiece"

This 13-minute real-world test made netizens marvel at "I can see a world-class 3A masterpiece in my lifetime!".

In fact, this is not the first domestic immersive action RPG game.

But the reason why it has aroused a warm response is because of the game’s excellent graphics special effects, cool action design, and the feeling of punching into the flesh.

And a serious and innovative interpretation of "Journey to the West" and Sun Wukong’s traditional cultural IP.

The actual test released a completed small level clearance process. The story is located in the burned Guanyin Zen Courtyard. The prototype is the home of the 270-year-old Jinchi elder who coveted the Tang monk’s kasaya in "Journey to the West".

In the video, the player is operating a character who looks like the Monkey King, why is it "looks like the Monkey King"? Let’s sell it here.

In addition to physical attacks, the player character has 4 independent skills. These 4 skills are all from Journey to the West, such as Seventy-two Transformations. The golden cicada in the opening video is the transformation of the player character, and this skill CD is not short.

There was also a body-fixing spell, which was also a skill commonly used by Sun Dasheng.

In Journey to the West, this trick is usually used as a stealth aid, but in the game "Wukong", the body-fixing spell is a magic skill that freezes the boss at a critical moment to save his life.

The most creative thing is that the blocking action of the game character is not to raise the weapon, but to directly use Sun Wukong’s "King Kong is not bad", and turn into a golden body in place to resist damage.

There is also Sun Wukong’s ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers, pluck out the hair, and turn into a monkey monkey grandson with one blow.

Each time a small boss is killed and the corresponding weapon is obtained, the character will absorb the boss’s skills and can use them in the subsequent challenges.

In terms of storytelling, the end of the level in the real machine test video gave players a great shock and surprise.

Just as the player was about to kill the boss, he was suddenly blocked by a weapon. As the camera moved up, the words "Ruyi Golden Hoop" gradually appeared, and then Sun Dasheng himself appeared in the camera.

This suggests to players that the story of "Wukong" is not a simple adaptation of the Westward Journey IP, but rather a broader context and engaging character relationships.

Moreover, such a plot setting also allows players to experience better character growth and development.

In other respects, scenes such as Wukong flying through the clouds and facing the Four Heavenly Kings alone are also very consistent with people’s cognition and imagination of the journey to the west.

Many netizens said that when they saw the "Ruyi Golden Hoop", they almost burst into tears.

Unreal Engine 4 Build

"Black Myth: Goku" is built with the famous Unreal Engine 4.

Although Unreal Engine 4 supports multimedia programming interface DX11, physics engine PhysX, APEX, and NVIDIA 3D technologies, it can create very realistic images.

"Big Players" like Nintendo have also developed multiple games based on this.

But according to team member @Dai Wei, who answered on Zhihu, there is still a further pursuit of UE4, believing that everything is not perfect.

Dai Wei, who has previous experience in the film industry, is still not satisfied with the video cutting mirror part and the light and shadow materials.

He believes that this is an inevitable flaw of UE4 itself. At least until the anticipated UE5 is released, this problem will not be solved for the time being.

But even so, this initial achievement of the domestic game team has excited many people.

This was because the "Game Science" team had chosen the most difficult path. After more than a decade of blank gaming consoles in China, pirated games had proliferated, leaving domestic standalone games on the verge of extinction.

"Game Science" did not choose the most profitable mobile platform, nor did it choose the "free + krypton gold" model, but chose the "one-time buyout + paid DLC" rare profit model in China.

I wonder if old PC players still remember the time when they spent 69 yuan to go to the video store to buy "Legend of the Sword" and "Ancient Sword and Strange Tan".

Nowadays, game media has evolved from CD-ROMs to online downloads, and the copyright ecosystem is constantly improving.

Players’ copyright awareness is constantly improving, pirated game download websites are almost disappearing, and the living space for cracking games is getting smaller and smaller. This gives domestic 3A stand-alone games a good space for development.

But the domestic gaming team still faces many problems.

For example, the "Game Science" team released the demo video this time, not to whet the players’ appetite, but to face the problem of scarce developers, and the trailer was also released to better recruit talents.

On social networks, developers have signed up enthusiastically, expressing their willingness to join the team.

On the other hand, the team may also be trying to attract investment.

"Game Science" has been in existence for six years, and "Dark Myth: Goku" has been in development since 2017. Video game analyst Daniel Ahmad said that development is at least two years away.

I wish "Black Myth: Wukong" an early release.

You are also welcome to exchange this "Black Myth: Wukong" in the comment area~

Reference link:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1x54y1e7zf

https://www.ign.com/articles/black-myth-wukong-announced-consoles-next-gen-pc-gameplay

Black Myth: Wu Kong – 13 Minutes Official Gameplay Trailer
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