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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 67 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

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 3 weeks ago (5 children)

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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago

Total DragonBall ripoff.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not knowledgeable enough with 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

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