Black Myth: Wukong Review Round-Up

by Margherita Fanning on September 11, 2025

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Getting Started

Getting Started Beginner Tips Combat Tips How To Access DLC Items Best Skills To Unlock First Cannot Absorb Spirits Without Guidance, Explained Meditate Location Guide Loong Scales Location All Celestial Jade Lotus Pill Locations All Celestial Taiyi Pill Locations Kun Steel Location All Skandha Locations All Transformation Locations All Curios Locations All Awaken Wine Worm Locations All Luojia Fragrant Vine Locations All Spell Locations All Formulas Locations All Celestial Nonary Pill Locations All Gourd Locations How To Craft Celestial Medicine How To Respec How To Get Refined Iron Sand How To Find Fine Gold Thread How To Open The Purple Prison Cells In The Pagoda How To Unlock More Curios Slots How To Get The Elder Amourworm Spirit How To Unlock The Secret Ending How To Get The Ashen Slumber Transformation Who Is Wukong? Who Is Zhu Bajie? Where Is Sha Wujing? Every Animated Cutscene, Explained Endings, Explained

NPC Quest Walkthroughs

NPC Quest Walkthroughs Man-In-Stone Buddha's Eyeball Fox The Old Rattle-Drum The Drunken Boar Horse Guai Chen Loong Prisoner Treasure Hunter Daoist Mi Venom Daoist Purple Talisman Old Man Turtle Tear

Boss Guides

Boss Guides Wandering Wight Guangzhi Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw Guangmou Lingxuzi Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang Black Bear Guai Elder Jinchi Earth Wolf The King Of The Kingdom Of Flowing Sands And His Son Gore-Eye Daoist First Prince Of The Flowing Sands Stone Vanguard Boss Black Wind King Tiger Vanguard Whiteclad Noble Tiger's Acolyte Kang-Jin Loong Shigandang Red Loong Black Loong Yellow Wind Sage Captain Lotus-Vision Mad Tiger Captain Wise-Voice Fuban Kang-Jin Star Apramana Bat Cyan Loong Chen Loong Yin Tiger Non-Able Non-White Non-Void Non-Pure Lang-Li-Guhh-Lang Yellowbrow Captain Kalpa-Wave The Second Sister Old Ginseng Guai Buddha's Right Hand Centipede Guai Green-Capped Martialist Elder Amourworm Yellow Loong Zhu Bajie

News, Features And Lists

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Best Spells Best Weapons

Best Boss Fights

Best Boss Fights Hardest Bosses Best Secret Bosses

Best Armor Sets Best Transformations Best Spirits Best Curios Best Soaks Best Drinks Best Enemy Designs Major Characters And Their Voice Actors Best Journey To The West References Every Chapter, Ranked Every Vessel, Ranked Most Memorable Quotes Best Easter Eggs And Hidden Details Hardest Achievements To Unlock In Black Myth: Wukong Games To Play If You Like Black Myth: Wukong Hidden Areas In Black Myth: Wukong Everyone Completely Missed Lingering Questions We Have After The End Of Black Myth: Wukong Things To Do After You Beat The Game All Bosses In Chapter One, Ranked By Difficulty Black Myth: Wukong's 8BitDo Controller Is Available Now On Amazon China Eclipses 1 Exabyte of Steam Data After Black Myth Wukong Launch Black Myth Wukong Players Are Already Fed Up With Its Invisible Walls Chinese Landmarks Are Offering Free Entry To Players Who Beat Black Myth: Wukong Black Myth: Wukong's Latest Patch Has Nerfed One Of Its Toughest Bosses PSA: You Can Make Certain Bosses Fight Each Other In Black Myth: Wukong Black Myth: Wukong Players Really Hate The Pagoda Realm Black Myth: Wukong Gave Me The Boss Fights I Wanted From God Of War Black Myth: Wukong Has Caused A Huge Spike In Journey To The West Book Sales Black Myth: Wukong Is Reportedly Getting Its First Expansion In Early 2025 Black Myth: Wukong’s Erlang Shen Has 73 Attacks Based On His 73 Transformations If Black Myth: Wukong Isn't Nominated For GOTY, Fans Are Gonna Be Insufferable Black Myth: Wukong Is Getting A Physical PS5 Release "Very Soon" <a href="https://Www.blackmythwukongtalk.com/">Black Myth Wukong weapons</a> Myth: Wukong Gets Rated For Xbox Series X/S Release Black Myth: Wukong FPS Mod Lets You Take Down Erlang With An Assault Rifle Black Myth: Wukong Is The Lowest Rated Game To Get A Game Awards GOTY Nomination Black Myth: Wukong's GOTY Nomination Proves It's Gaming's Barbie Black Myth: Wukong Already Has Its First Game Of The Year Award Black Myth: Wukong Director Teases A Surprise For "Later This Year" At Golden Joystick Awards

Reviews for Black Myth: Wukong have just gone live ahead of the game's launch on August 20, and they seem to be largely positive about the latest Journey to the West adaptation.

Although there have been a ton of great game releases over the last few months , it's been a bit of a quiet Summer for triple-A releases . That's all about to change over the next few weeks though , and it all kicks off with Black Myth: Wukong in a few days. Game Science's adaptation of Journey to the West has been a long time coming since its reveal in 2020 , but it's finally right around the corner.

If you've been looking forward to Black Myth: Wukong since it was announced, then you're likely wondering if the long wait was worth it. Well, it seems that it was because, as of the time of writing, Black Myth: Wukong currently sits at a very strong score of 83 on Metacritic and a current score of 82 on OpenCritic .

Black Myth: Wukong Reviews Are In, And They're Largely Positive

Let's start off with TheGamer's review first , which comes from our lovely news editor Joshua Robertson. Josh gave Black Myth a 4/5 and called it a "beautiful, entertaining, and polished soulslike" that is slightly let down by some frustrating level design. That positive sentiment was shared by IGN's Mitchell Saltzman , who gave the game an 8/10 and praised its combat while critiquing how buggy it was.

Other reviews for Black Myth are largely positive as well. Hardcore Gamer's Adam Beck scored the game a 4.5/5 , praising its presentation values, world and quest design, and bosses, while being slightly less positive about the localization issues and somewhat repetitive combat by the end of the game. <img src="https://burst.shopifycdn.com/photos/black-friday-is-on.mp4"; style="max-width:450px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" />

Although most of the reviews for Black Myth: Wukong are positive right now, there are a few that are more negative. Game Rant's Dalton Cooper gave the game a 3/5 in his review , praising the visuals and boss battles while calling out the exploration and a lack of a map. VGC's currently unscored impressions call the game a "beautiful if slightly boring boss rush" that hasn't left them convinced.

Overall, while there are some reviews that have more criticisms and view the experience as more of a mixed bag, the general consensus so far is that Black Myth: Wukong is a strong soulslike with great bosses and presentation values that ends up having some slightly repetitive combat and exploration. <img src="https://burst.shopifycdn.com/photos/box-of-colorful-thread.jpg?width=746&format=pjpg&exif=0&iptc=0"; style="max-width:440px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" />

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