So how hard is this really?

[Mister Magician]

I'm attracted for two reasons: I like chinese mythology to an extent and I really love the "jedi" series of games as possibly my favorite series of the past 10 years.

I don't think this will be a love letter to early 2000's action games like jedi survivor is (it's basically zelda wind waker crossed with jack and daxter plus ratchet and clank), but I hear that the "jedi" games are the closest analogue to this.

I also hear darksiders and dmc are the other mix-in influence here, which I feel are really dull, unnecessarily hard games where you have to mash in between frame perfect dodges.

I hear some say this is easy if you do every bit of side content, and others say it's hard as nails.

So how would you say the difficulty is in this game? Is it more a reasonable adventure game with slower combat like the jedi series or is it just another hard spectacle fighter without bayonetta's slow down on dodge thing?

[COBRA]

would say hard, almost at the same level of lies of p or elden ring, theres some bosses you probably will need more that 30 tries.

[Mister Magician]

Originally posted by COBRA:

would say hard, almost at the same level of lies of p or elden ring, theres some bosses you probably will need more that 30 tries.

Never played lies of p, and elden ring was a miserable experience.

[user macname]

hard as a rock

[Armando Broncas]

Its terrible the bosses are completely cheap AVOID, Im not joking.

[COBRA]

Originally posted by Mister Magician:

Originally posted by COBRA:

would say hard, almost at the same level of lies of p or elden ring, theres some bosses you probably will need more that 30 tries.

Never played lies of p, and elden ring was a miserable experience.

Im 100% elden ring and dlc and still find this game hard like some points
You cannot cancel attack animations with a dodge. The dodge happens after the animation (SUPER ANNOYING)

The healing animation is way too long. You heal towards the end of the animation which is quite frustrating

[李白乘舟将欲行]

我用中文回答你吧，这个游戏确实很难，就是必须要懂得闪避和寻找破绽。对于刚刚接触这个游戏的玩家来说肯定是很难，毕竟才玩了1天，我想除了少部分有相关游戏经验的人，大部分人都是要很长时间才能体会战斗中攻击和防守的时机。如果游戏只是让你无脑的冲杀，对手都是很容易被击杀。那是不是这个游戏的乐趣和可探索性就低了，这就体现不出，西游记九九八十一难的难，如果这么容易，那人生岂不是无脑冲杀就好。因此，这个游戏确实不容易，但是有一些人掌握了技巧就显得游刃有余。甚至可以不吃药的条件下击杀BOSS。因此，这个游戏是值得你探索的，不是让大家迅速通关的。即所谓，闭关修炼，必须要修炼，才能成仙。

[valrond]

For me it's harder than Elden Ring (except a few zones in the endgame), and yeah, harder than Elden Ring DLC that I only had trouble with 3 bosses: Messmer, Radahn and Bayle. And a bit with the Mother of fingers. But it was relatively easier than the boss rush that this game is. You don't get much of a break from boss to boss, and it is really exhausting, just a few mobs (or one like the last time).
Also, not much variety, at last at the beginning. Just a button to dodge, no block or parry or anything else. Freeze the enemy and hit it with all you have, then transform and do all the damage you can, then dodge doing a hit here and there, cause you do very little damage, and wait for the cooldowns.
Lies of P, Stellar Blade and Wo Long were all a lot more varied in both the maps, enemies, and especially on combat.

[AugustsEve]

DAMN.

I came her to ask if this was a souls like. Why in the heck is everything these days souls like. I hate souls like.

[Linfried]

Very hard. Every boss has a one up on Wukong. Even when you are up, you are down because your damage is so low.

[Jacksonkiethson]

3 hours in, on the second chapter, not too hard just yet

[Dude]

to me quite hard but i am someone who never played souls games

[prusswan]

in between, after a while you learn to abuse CC skill. no rage timers

looks 3d but plays like a platformer

[Milkman]

Um, well Ive been playing for 4 hours just to try to beat 1 single boss of the 3 bosses in the early game. They block me so I cant go anywhere else, and I have to fight the same 7-8 extremely weak enemies over and over to try to gain exp, level up, and try again.

Ive quit playing for now because even after dumping 15-20 points into many attributes and 4+ hours, I cant even come close to beating any boss and the game is becoming boring. They hit you through solid rocks and dodge doesnt seem to have tight timing, like in other games. Im pretty frustrated with this honestly.

Edit: I meant not the VERY first boss (where you learn the freeze spell), but the first 3 bosses in the very next area. The wolf, guy with flame swords, and baby head. They are all SO much higher powered than me, its not fun anymore.

[k4el]

Originally posted by Mister Magician:

... but I hear that the "jedi" games are the closest analogue to this...

The recent two jedi souls likes are considerably easier than Wukong has been so far. I turned the difficulty up on both those games. They share similarities but if Jedi was "just right" for you Wukong will probably feel more difficult.

That said it's a great game so far and I'm enjoying it.

Originally posted by Mister Magician:

Never played lies of p, and elden ring was a miserable experience.

Elden ring is actually one of the easier FromSoft titles so I think Wukong may not be a good choice for you if you did not like ER. BMW has more in common with Bloodborne and Sekiro than it does Elden ring if you ask me.

[surgicalCFe]

Like any game where you have bosses to defeat said bosses are going to be difficult to beat at first. To those complaining about boss difficulty, fire up the original Contra in an emu and get back to me. Or maybe Castlevania? Yeah this game isn't that hard.