For the four of you who haven’t bought it yet, Black Myth Wukong is a fun Soulslike riff on Journey to the West where you play as a delightfully deadly monkey. Our review gave it 87, a score PC Gamer doesn't often slap on bad games. Wukong is at its best when it throws a spectacular boss fight your way and you get the satisfaction of taking it down with a big whacky stick and several gloriously OTT spells. Conjuring three clones of myself and watching my monkey doppelgangers go absolutely ape on a boss is yet another power fantasy ticked off the ol’ bucket list.
Wukong is also, even by 2024 standards, eye-poppingly gorgeous. I had to turn the graphical settings down a little so my gaming laptop would stop screaming and it still looked spectacular. Lush green forests and blinding-white snowy mountains are game location tropes nearly as old as Pong’s paddles, but that’s a lot easier to ignore when they look this stunning. Until you try exploring them properly and discover how hemmed in you actually are.
