VibeRaider Black Myth: Wukong Review

8/10 from users and pros is incredible accurate. This is an excellent game and I really cannot wait for any sequel because the places where this game fall short would easily be fixed in a sequel, but this critical review is to help Wukong 2 be a 10/10 game, which it has potential to be. The gameplay and bosses are the game's strong point, however the build crafting in this game falls completely short, making the user feel like ive they explored most builds half-way through the game. Almost all equippable items beyond weapons feel like they have less impact than they should. The Spark skill tree needs the most work as you can mostly finish the skill tree for any build before half of the game is over. Do you like a light attack build with some good combos? Well, you will have full-access to this entire branch of the skill tree before the end of Act I. Another issue is that the starting spells that you get in chapter 1, aside from transformations, are the best in the game. The other spells either make little sense or arent real spells at all. Like one of 3 late game alteration spells is just a stat buff after locking your other spells. That's not creative. The second issue with this game is that the world is so beautiful and itching to be explored because exploration rewards players with items, but the game also has some of the most vague and unclear invisible walls out of any game ive ever seen. [spoilers of last chapter] In the final chapter, you are finally given the nimbus cloud that lets wukong fly everywhere! you jump on the cloud and see this huge map, waiting to be explored! The only issue is that 95% of this map is EMPTY! and by empty i mean that there arent even any trash mobs. it's literally empty aside from a few bosses! What letdown for a climax! Since the devs know that Wukong is an international success, i would encourage them to improve their story-telling as no amount of 'but this is a historical chinese story' will change the fact that the delivery of the story is often confusing, unconnected with huge gaps in the plot. At the end of one chapter, i beat the boss and the next chapter, i am somehow in a cage with absolutely zero explanation. "Journey to the West" most definitely did not skimp on explaining this point, so i will hold the devs to the same standard. The voice acting and cutscenes are beautiful, and the action is really 9/10 aside from its progression issue. Anyway, when these points are fixed, i believe Wukong 2 could be a 10/10.