I take issue with labeling this game as "hotly anticipated". Literally did not hear about this game until now and from what I'm reading it seems like another boring ARPG with a new coat of paint slapped onto the same mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s the most impressive video game to come out of china, the first that seems poised to generate significant buzz internationally. Whether it will be any good I do not know, but early demos had been very impressive. So I’d say it is hotly anticipated, you were just late to the party. It may not be that original in gameplay but how many AAA productions are strikingly original nowadays? None that I can remember.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s the most impressive video game to come out of china, the first that seems poised to generate significant buzz internationally.

Uh, Genshin Impact? Massive global buzz around that game, and makes a huge amount in revenue yearly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah sure I was afraid I might have forgotten something. Though again a very different category and not the kind of game I’d play. It would be more accurate to say I guess that Black Myth is the first game out of China that seems like it could make it big in the full price AAA single player action market. I can’t recall another Chinese game of this type that has held similar promise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That may be true. I don't play many games from China, not because of any reason its just the games that come from China usually don't appeal to me. I mean sure, I am concerned about Chinese government spyware, but also I am not anyone that is important so them having my data is completely valueless. I have a lot of fun with Super Mecha Champions, but when I tried out Genshin I just stopped playing after the big controversy of Rosarias bust size getting nerfed and the ice area was added to the game. I just didn't find the game much fun anymore, but it has made a massive amount of money.

Wukong looks like a fun game though, I look forward to its release.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'm into ARPGs and had never heard of it either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Insane take. There's been a lot of hype every time one of its trailers came out, just because you never heard of it doesn't make it unpopular...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

never heard of it

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, 61k subscribers of their YouTube channel and a mere couple of hundred thousand trailer views is not "a lot of hype".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The gameplay trailer has over 10 million views... The release date trailer has 3 million. What are you arguing about, really? Does "hotly anticipated" mean it has to reach GTA 6 levels of hype?

[+] [email protected] -10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The gameplay trailer has over 10 million views…

Videos on IGN's channel get lots of views. News at 11.

Their own channel OTOH recently:

I give you that years ago IGN may have managed to generate a bit of hype but recent uploads on their own channel are anything but "hotly anticipated". If that game was actually "hotly anticipated", the hype would have persisted and not winded down to "mildly anticipated".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No those trailer views don't count because they're not on the official youtube's channel

People watch trailers in well-established channels rather than hunting for a new studio's official channel. More news at 11. Who cares where views come from when you search "game trailer" and click the first thing in front of you? Do you get off being pedantic?

Search the game name anywhere and you will see a slew of popular articles and videos on it. But clearly you, the main character of the universe, never heard of it so it's just not popular.