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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 69 points 2 months ago

This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme; I wonder if we'll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.

[-] Melt@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Sun Wukong is not any Chinese mythology, he's hugely popular. This is like Star War or Lord of the Ring getting the first AAA game ever.

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 23 points 2 months ago

Kinda diff. It's just an influential Chinese story - well known in the country.

The Sun Wukong (Chinese: 孫悟空, pronounced [swə́n ûkʰʊ́ŋ]) is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[1]

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Total DragonBall ripoff.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not knowledgeable enough about Chinese mythology (popular or not) to be able to comment on that, but it does seem to be very under-explored as a genre; it's neat that it's getting a spotlight. I don't have strong feelings one way or the other about the game personally, but it's always cool to see a studio try something new - even if it's only new in theming - and be successful with it. I'd much rather Wukong be wildly successful than another Call of Duty game or whatever.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Sun Wukong is already in Warframe, a game with 50 million players.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

And a ton of other games

MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK

Was published by Sony/THQ 5 years ago, I would say that fits AAA a lot more than this indie game

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Monkey King: Hero Is Back made 153 million dollars. Warframe is 11 years old, and currently has an annual revenue higher than 153 million. Warframe is the bigger game.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Indie game refers to Black Myth and success doesn’t relate to A,AA,AAA

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme

Shit, I'm not even Chinese and I jump any time I see a game with Chinese mythology. Anyone got anything good, tell me! I used to be a huge 9dragons fan. Never got into Jade Empire, maybe I should give that another shot?

I wonder if we’ll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.

If it's within the coming months, they either had to be in development long ago or they're dogshit.

But maybe some upcoming games will be announced with similar themes.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

9Dragons now that is a throwback

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Hell yeah!

I believe it still works but it feels very dated. Still, it just feels very satisfying somehow.

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