Black Fantasy: Wukong is, as our assessment stated, each confounding and spectacular. It’s an motion RPG soulslike that has a whole lot of the style’s regular beats — XP and talent tree, checkpoints that save your progress whereas additionally respawning enemies — whereas additionally placing its personal distinctive spin on them.
Our Black Fantasy: Wukong newbie’s information will enable you to begin your journey (to the West) because the Destined One with suggestions from our first 15 hours with the sport. We’ve obtained hints and recommendation on stage layouts, the (complicated) crafting mechanic, quick journey, and your tools.
There’s not likely a gameplay loop in Black Fantasy: Wukong. You’ll journey from shrine checkpoint to shrine checkpoint, dispatching enemy yaoguais (demons) alongside the best way, however there’s not a lot of a grind. As an alternative, you’ll be extra centered on getting from one boss struggle to the following — there are a lot of bosses and boss-like enemies.
That linearity exhibits up in your armor and weapons as effectively. You don’t a lot unlock them as you simply attain a sure shrine and the crafting recipes for brand new tools might be mechanically unlocked (extra on this beneath). The identical goes for spells — they’re simply given to you after beating sure bosses.
That stated, you don’t need to simply dash from one shrine to the following as a result of…
You need to look ahead to facet paths
Whereas your general progress is sort of linear, the routes between the shrine checkpoints do have branching paths which are virtually all the time value exploring. You’ll often discover at the very least a chest and even an elective boss struggle.
These boss fights may even provide you with loads of XP and often some uncommon improve supplies as effectively. If nothing else, you’ll discover some elements. Which might be helpful… ultimately.
You’ll be able to’t make drugs till chapter 2
As you play by the start of the sport, you’ll discover a whole lot of elements like vegetation and mushrooms. Their descriptions will even say they “can be utilized to make medicines,” however you gained’t be capable to do something with them.
And that’s as a result of that’s a mechanic that doesn’t unlock till chapter 2, a number of hours into the sport.
Very early in Black Fantasy: Wukong, you’ll run into an enemy referred to as a Wandering Wight. The primary time you meet it, you may’t beat it. (Properly, it’s potential, however it’s not going to occur.) The trick with that struggle, although, is that the best way ahead is previous that enemy. You simply must run previous it.
That’s not going to work for many fights, however it’s an vital lesson about how the sport works — you’ll get much more highly effective and have extra abilities to attract from as you progress (linearly).
In the event you hit a tough enemy or boss, you may all the time come again later when you’re a bit stronger. Which brings us to…
Quick journey is bizarre with no map
You’ll be able to (quick) journey from any shrine to every other shrine you’ve beforehand visited. However there’s no map, so it’s a bit awkward at first.
Once you select to journey, you’ll simply get a listing of the names of shrines and their area. The names are descriptive sufficient, although, so it’s not too arduous to determine the place you’re going.
As you progress by Black Fantasy: Wukong and defeat bosses, you’ll unlock new tools to craft at shrines. You’ll solely ever struggle with one weapon — numerous variations of a employees — so these are simple sufficient to know. The garments — gear to your head, physique, legs, and arms — are a bit extra fascinating.
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Garments have distinctive results that you simply achieve whereas carrying them. These embrace issues like harm bonuses or velocity will increase. Some tools has a quantity subsequent to the distinctive impact — that signifies what number of items of that set of substances you must be carrying to activate the distinctive impact.
There are secrets and techniques (that grant rewards)
Whereas Black Fantasy: Wukong is usually linear, you’ll discover numerous secrets and techniques off the crushed path. A few of these reward Vessels — equipment that grant useful perks. For assist in monitoring down a few of these early-game secrets and techniques, see our guides on the place to seek out all hidden bell places, methods to assist the Yellow-Robed Squire, and the place to seek out and ship all Buddha’s Eyes.
