DO NOT BUY Black Myth： Wukong - VERY Disappointing...

Daniel played Black Myth: Wukong because of an interest in Dark Souls and Elden Ring, but evaluated the game negatively with a 6.2 out of 10 score after finding the first half hour bland, boring, and disappointing despite appreciating its Chinese mythical theme over Japanese settings.

The third-person action RPG features combat controls including camera lock-on, rolling, light and heavy attacks, spells, resting spots that reset enemies and restore health and mana, an eavesdropping bug minigame, and an opening where the player loses god status to become an ordinary monkey.

Daniel criticized the combat as basic and janky, noting an absence of defensive mechanics like guarding, blocking, parrying, or jumping, which contrasted trivial common wolf and fox enemies with frustrating early boss encounters such as a heavy-hitting large-headed boss.

Initial impressions, theme, and numerical score of Black Myth: Wukong.

Combat mechanics, defensive options, enemy balance, and boss encounters.

Game progression systems, resting spots, minigames, and opening narrative sequence.

Daniel played the first half hour of Black Myth: Wukong.

The player character lost god status following the opening cutscene and sky boss fight, restarting as a standard monkey.

Daniel engaged common wolf and fox enemies as well as a large-headed boss with high-damage area-of-effect punches.

Whether a jump tutorial was overlooked or if jumping, blocking, and parrying mechanics become available later in the game.