Four things you should know before picking up Black Myth: Wukong

Pulling from rich narrative sources, such as the Monkey King mythology and the 16th Century novel Journey To The West, developers GameScience has utilised the power of Unreal Engine 5 to create Black Myth: Wukong—one of the most eagerly anticipated and wishlisted games in recent years.

Taking on the role of the Destined One, you will battle against richly detailed enemies and face challenging bosses. Journey your way through lush forests and frozen lands enhanced by the beautiful lighting of a fully ray traced game, made possible on for RTX gamer through the power of by DLSS 3 possible.

But before you start your journey, we've pulled together the top four things we think you should know before starting your journey as the Destined One.

1. Don't be afraid to fail

Black Myth: Wukong isn't the most forgiving game, and with an onslaught of bosses lurking around every corner, you're going to face a few challenging foes, each demanding their own combat strategy. Fortunately for you, you're the legendary Monkey King and come with your own bag full of tricks. 

First and foremost, it's worth noting that checkpoints are no more than 30 seconds away from the big boss battles—so you can try a variety of tactics until you find one that works for you. Secondly, you have a fair few skill trees that you can use to tailor and amp up your playstyle. And with free skill point refunds, there's no reason not to try a variety of skills until you find something that suits your playstyle.

In the ‘Foundations' tab alone, you have three overarching skill trees:

• Stamina skills that improve your dodging and sprinting—so you can kite to your heart's content 
• Martial Arts such as the Mobile Spin—allowing you to deflect ranged attacks on the go 
• Survival skills bolster your core stats such as health, mana, critical hit, and more

Naturally, there are more skill trees than just these three, such as Staff Stances, Mysticism (for you mage types), and Transformation… but we'll let you discover those as you explore the intricacies of ancient Chinese mythology. 

2.  Keep a keen eye out for special bosses 

While Black Myth: Wukong features a variety of colour-coded gear to kit out the Destined One, he's far too attached to his mystical staff to let you trade it out for another weapon. So while you won't receive an armoury of weapons to choose from, you can instead find rare creatures dropped from bosses dotted around the lands.

These rare creatives empower your staff with powerful passive bonuses and a pretty awesome signature move to boot. Find yourself the right creature and you transform into pretty much anything. Fancy turning yourself into a giant hammer? No problem! Or maybe you want to release your inner swordsman and clear out your enemies in one fell swoop.. Er slash. Well, there's a signature move for that too. There's a signature move for that too, clear your enemies in one clean swoop… or slash.

3. Explore, explore, explore

Venture off the beaten path, chat to every NPC, and soak in everything the game has to offer. Sounds pretty simple, but with six chapters of the game to sink your teeth into, this might seem like such a mountain, but we promise you it's well worth the climb.

But why, we hear you ask?. Well, everyone knows side quests are the key to beefy powerups, but in Black Myth: Wukong, there's more to it than that! You can only find certain skills through side quests, and they're not all easy to find.

During our playthrough, we found a man who had been turned to stone crying out for a specific item to aid his affliction. After some hard graft, we returned only to be mocked and laughed at for being gullible enough to fall for his trick. Suddenly we could lock onto him, so we smacked him a few times and he gave up a spell that let me parry attacks by turning to stone—a wicked and invaluable skill to have as you will face some tricky bosses.

 4. Sit back and soak up the sunshine 

In a game as beautiful as Black Myth: Wukong, it'd be a waste to simply rush your way through the game without taking a beat to enjoy the incredible environment effects and world detail. With Full Ray Tracing enabled, also known as Path Tracing, the real-time lighting, shadows, and reflections are stunningly realistic and push the boundaries of what is possible in PC gaming.

And thanks to NVIDIA tech like DLSS 3 you can really witness the incredible graphics and how it was meant to be enjoyed. DLSS 3 employs two revolutionary technologies: DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Frame Generation The first is also often called an upscaler and when enabled, Black Myth: Wukong renders graphics at a lower resolution before using an AI neural network to scale the frame back to full resolution, without any loss in detail.The second uses AI to generate generates entirely new frames, rather than just pixels, delivering astounding performance boosts.

That brings you to the end of our top tips, but why not treat yourself this summer to not only Black Myth: Wukong but to a new gaming rig to enjoy the mysteries of a glorious past on a sparkly new, and more importantly powerful, PC that'll land on your doorstep tomorrow? 

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