Black Myth: Wu Kong, the preview

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Surprise Journey By Ruyi Jingu Bang Artistically inspired Certainties and Doubts "The Journey to the West", when it comes to Asian video games, is a bit like parsley: you can find it everywhere, sometimes simply quoted, others used as a source of inspiration and in some cases the direct transposition of the literary classic of Wú Chéng'ēn has been attempted. For this reason, from a certain point of view, it is not surprising that Black Myth: Wu Kong deals with the theme once again. But when the visual impact instinctively leads us to think of Saiyukiden Daienō by Katsuya Terada, in a definitely less violent and lustful key than the manga (of which we are still waiting for the conclusion), it is appropriate to stop and take a closer look at a project. which could have all the credentials to become, after years of more or less successful attempts, the best videogame version of the work.

Is it possible that such an ambitious game has passed on the sly until now? Actually yes if we consider that Game Science, the studio in charge of development, was founded only in 2014 and to date has only made three titles focusing on the mobile / PC market: of these only Art of War: Red Tides is the best known. . Previously, the developers had worked at Tencent's Quantum Studio on a computer MMORPG inspired by "Journey to the West", Asura, which did not turn out to be the desired success. The thematic link in any case is there and right from here, after founding Game Science and accumulating additional experience, the developers have decided to take back the character of Sun Wukong - this time aiming for a triple A title for single player.