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Black Myth Wukong on Steam Is Still at 10/10 Score Even After 200K User Reviews

After over 200,000 user reviews, GameScience's Black Myth Wukong is still sitting at an "overwhelmingly positive," five-star, 10/10 score.

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In case you didn’t know, GameScience’s release of Black Myth Wukong has been such a success that it managed to amass the most concurrent players for a single-player in Steam history. Not only that, but even after days of being out, and even after 200,000 user reviews, the game is still rated a 10/10 or a full five stars!


Players can see that right now where, at the time of this writing, lists 226,918 reviews with an average score of 101/ or five stars.





The Steam page for Black Myth Wukong lists 224,708 reviews that are “overwhelmingly positive” as of August 22. Of course, most people will likely point to China’s population review padding the action game, which is an assumption at this. Currently, there are over 8,000 negative reviews on Steam, which is even less than 5% of the total user reviews, which explains why it’s sitting at that score at this time.


Of course, GameScience’s debut AAA title is legitimately a good game (according to non-China-based critics), which doesn’t make this sight that odd to see. That said, it is getting a nice boost from players in China, which is understandable given the subject matter.


For those unaware, the Sun Wukong legend is something that’s been told and shared for generations within Chinese families. Heck, even someone that’s half-Chinese (me), have heard the stories and read the books when I was growing up.


To further emphasize its influence, Reddit userElvisis2 made a valid point stating, “Do people not realize what this game means for Chinese people? I’ve seen comparisons to Harry Potter, LOTR, and other fandoms but it much, much deeper than that. Imagine a story your entire family knows and grew up on themselves, with a plot that is YOUR culture and YOUR religion, with hundreds of different characters you’ve known and loved your entire life. It’s astounding what this game means to the people of China. I live in China and I’ve been playing it non-stop. My wife is Chinese and her grandparents were over for dinner and could name every single character on the TV, no matter the scene. It was insane.”

 

[Little Chicken]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

 

[Gaiff]

China is hard carrying it, but I ain't hating. It's a very fun game. Absolutely loving it so far.

 

[SantaC]

How are you able to review a game you barely had time to play

 

[BennyBlanco]

Can’t wait to start it tonight

 

[Magic Carpet]

Any joke reviews? I remember reading that Steam was somehow going to ignore those.

 

[RaduN]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

 

[Gojiira]

And this will likely be a repeating trend for high profile Chinese releases…Good game but nowhere near this masterpiece its being praised as.

 

[Magic Carpet]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

Bot farming

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

宣讲!

除此之外，它还是一款有趣、引人入胜的游戏，确实配得上所有的赞誉。

 

[Hot5pur]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

Review fluffing?

Hold me Pooh daddy

 

[Arsic]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

More like a 6/10.

The more you play the worse it gets.

 

[cormack12]

Well see about that queen

 

[Gaiff]

More like a 6/10.

The more you play the worse it gets.

How far are you? I just finished Chapter 2 and it was stronger than Chapter 1.

 

[Schmendrick]

When everything below a 10 gets you a deduction from your social credit score you score it a 10.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Any joke reviews? I remember reading that Steam was somehow going to ignore those.

only makes them less visible, they still count towards the overall score

 

[rodrigolfp]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

gnibmob weiver

 

[Guilty_AI]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

ƃuᴉqɯoq ʍǝᴉʌǝɹ

 

[Hrk69]

gnibmob weiver

 

[SJRB]

Well see about that queen

 

[adamsapple]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

Whooping Can of Ass

 

[Filben]

Good thing Steam offers refunds. Ultimately it doesn't matter really; just try it out for yourself. There's little to zero risk.

 

[GHG]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

 

[Draugoth]

Most of these reviews are chinese, like completely biased

 

[Shake Your Rump]

How are you able to review a game you barely had time to play

Nationalism.

 

[SantaC]

62K chinese reviews and 2K english reviews

 

[rodrigolfp]

Most of these reviews are chinese, like completely biased

So all reviews done by people the same nationality as the devs are invalid too?

 

[Jedi0608]

Bravo, game is fun as fuck.

 

[Draugoth]

So all reviews done by people the same nationality as the devs are invalid too?

Nah, but it's clear a love project for the chinese, it's their first AAA game based on their most popular story afterall. The game is everywhere in China.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Nah, but it's clear a love project for the chinese, it's their first AAA game based on their most popular story afterall. The game is everywhere in China.

Genshin Impact was/is very AAA.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'd say it's more of an 8/10 kinda game so far, but I've barely started so who knows, might get better later on.

Scores aside it sure is a pretty cool game.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Most Chinese gachas get review bombed by their players. The nationalism excuse is nonsense.

They are praising Wukong because devs nailed it. If the game sucked, an angry mob would go after them.

 

[SlimySnake]

Played for around 2 hours last night. It is surprisingly good. Like Sony first party quality good. I was expecting euro/korean jank but it is extremely well crafted both in terms of visual quality and gameplay. The menus alone feel like they are designed by fucking Apple. yes, games have had next gen visuals before. Alan Wake, Avatar, Demon Souls, but this is like playing a Naughty Dog game. it's just a cut above the rest. It's not just fancy tech, it's actually beautiful like a Naughty Dog game.

As for the combat, it is so much more fun than souls and other souls clones. They give you so many different options and while the game is still challenging, it never feels unfair or frustrating. it's just fun.

Honestly, i dont know if its going to be a 10. i never give out tens. But i dont see how anyone would hate this game. It has none of the hallmarks of modern day issues like woke storytelling, annoying characters, forced walking segments, ugly visuals, dated last gen gameplay, forced multiplayer, bugs, lack of general polish etc. It is just one of those Sony first party titles that used to come in with polish and quality that you didnt quite see in other non-Rockstar games.

 

[FunkMiller]

Deserved.

It's really fucking good.

 

[Gaiff]

Played for around 2 hours last night. It is surprisingly good. Like Sony first party quality good. I was expecting euro/korean jank but it is extremely well crafted both in terms of visual quality and gameplay. The menus alone feel like they are designed by fucking Apple. yes, games have had next gen visuals before. Alan Wake, Avatar, Demon Souls, but this is like playing a Naughty Dog game. it's just a cut above the rest. It's not just fancy tech, it's actually beautiful like a Naughty Dog game.

As for the combat, it is so much more fun than souls and other souls clones. They give you so many different options and while the game is still challenging, it never feels unfair or frustrating. it's just fun.

Honestly, i dont know if its going to be a 10. i never give out tens. But i dont see how anyone would hate this game. It has none of the hallmarks of modern day issues like woke storytelling, annoying characters, forced walking segments, ugly visuals, dated last gen gameplay, forced multiplayer, bugs, lack of general polish etc. It is just one of those Sony first party titles that used to come in with polish and quality that you didnt quite see in other non-Rockstar games.

Yep, and the fact that this was designed solely for single player makes it so devs don't have to worry about multiplayer balance or summons. Shadow of the Erdtree pushed the meter far, far beyond "difficult but fair" for solo players. It got to the point I was just praying for the bosses to chain easily exploitable attacks so I could just punish them. I felt like a lot of my wins were more due to luck than skill.

Wukong so far has a decent level of challenge (even a bit too forgiving so far), but it's quite fair. Still, remains to be seen what the rest of the game has in store. I'm only at Chapter 3 now.

 

[Fess]

Played for around 2 hours last night. It is surprisingly good. Like Sony first party quality good. I was expecting euro/korean jank but it is extremely well crafted both in terms of visual quality and gameplay. The menus alone feel like they are designed by fucking Apple. yes, games have had next gen visuals before. Alan Wake, Avatar, Demon Souls, but this is like playing a Naughty Dog game. it's just a cut above the rest. It's not just fancy tech, it's actually beautiful like a Naughty Dog game.

As for the combat, it is so much more fun than souls and other souls clones. They give you so many different options and while the game is still challenging, it never feels unfair or frustrating. it's just fun.

Honestly, i dont know if its going to be a 10. i never give out tens. But i dont see how anyone would hate this game. It has none of the hallmarks of modern day issues like woke storytelling, annoying characters, forced walking segments, ugly visuals, dated last gen gameplay, forced multiplayer, bugs, lack of general polish etc. It is just one of those Sony first party titles that used to come in with polish and quality that you didnt quite see in other non-Rockstar games.

Yeah 5 hours in and so far it’s my GOTY. It has actually surpassed my already high expectations, very rare. Love the combat, skill tree, bosses, graphics, design.

 

[StueyDuck]

I mean... if you are going to abuse the system. At least be subtle about it China

 

[STARSBarry]

What's the opposite term to review bombing?

Review Smashing

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Any joke reviews? I remember reading that Steam was somehow going to ignore those.

Yes, those in Chinese language.

 

[Arsic]

How far are you? I just finished Chapter 2 and it was stronger than Chapter 1.

Chapter 3 main dungeon.

Fun fell off a cliff here.

 

[Sentenza]

I've been playing it for the past two days and you know what?
All the hype about "breaking records" aside, it's genuinely pretty fucking great.

COmbat isn't as tight as a From Software title, but it's more than serviceable enough and everything else about the game keeps impressing me more and more with every passing hour.

Level structure, character design and density of content are all fairly impressive.
I'm at the tail end of the second chapter (unless I'm missing some other secret I think I've just the final boss left to deal with) and I can't believe how many ENTIRELY DIFFERENT bosses I've already stumbled into so far.
Several of which hidden enough that it would be pretty damn easy to miss them for anyone who doesn't go out of his way to do minor sidequests etc.

 

[Tomi]

Well deverved, game is awesome and it will continue to break records
It will cross 3 million peak on sunday

 

[simpatico]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

Overwhelmingly based

 

[killatopak]

Nationalism skewing what would otherwise be an 8.

Which says a lot when the game has a very anti-government tones with almost like for like comparison with CCP vs HK and Taiwan.

I dunno if it's real but there's a pic of the game director pulling a middle finger in front of a picture of Mao.

 

[proandrad]

We should really stop assuming everyone judges games by western standards. Maybe they don’t care if a game has a surface level rpg leveling system with combat that isn’t very deep. Maybe they just want a game that looks flashy with insane cut scenes. Don’t the transformers movie do well in china for the same reason? Western gamers have become so hard to please. Sometimes I wonder if some of you even enjoy playing video games.

 

[48086]

Well see about that queen

Typical western dev studio employee.

 

[ClosBSAS]

How far are you? I just finished Chapter 2 and it was stronger than Chapter 1.

He's bsing. He doesnt even have the game. It gets much better

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

is it basically a boss rush game?

not for me

 

[Gaiff]

is it basically a boss rush game?

not for me

It's not. Lots of mini-bosses and bosses but also a lot of exploration, secrets, and things to find. It's a very fun game.

 

[CherryFalls]

The game is actually being heavily review bombed if you go look