It's not a boss rush game!

[Alvarez_Tiago]

I keep hearing people call BM:W a boss rush game and this is not true at all!

You have a ton o bosses, yes, but the game has a ton of normal mobs and a huge variety of them as well. Tons to explore and a lot a secrets to hunt down.

Boss rush implies that you go from boss to boss with little to nothing else in between.

I'm in chapter 4, nearing the end of it and I can guarantee anyone who's on the fence due to that narrative that there's a lot to this game than only boss fights.

Sure, boss fights are some of the highlight of the game but many bosses are more like mini bosses you find in open areas like the ones in Sekiro or Elden Ring.

Cuphead is a boss rush game, Black Myth: Wukong is not.

[Xinv]

There was literally a spot in Ch 3 where I beat a boss, got to a resting spot, and immediately fought another boss with no normal enemies between. I feel like it is a boss rush game.

[VGShrine]

It is

[Viltae]

Originally posted by Xinv:

There was literally a spot in Ch 3 where I beat a boss, got to a resting spot, and immediately fought another boss with no normal enemies between. I feel like it is a boss rush game.

Yes, just like Elden Ring. Nothing to do but run from boss to boss.

[Wypum]

No it's not.
Chinese players do not have this feeling because it is integrated into the culture of Journey to the West. We can associate a scene, an object, or even a person with a mythological story that we have known since childhood.
sorry bro.

[Hey]

It's not a boss rush in chap 3 unless you choose to play it that way. Objectively though, what's so bad about fighting many bosses? Better than minion rush games like Star Wars Outlaws and other AAA slop, no?

[Wheee333ee33e3e]

It's not. Bird dudes in the snow level were killing me non stop. Also, the scorpions in chapter 4. And the bulls with shields in chapter 5. Double rat head and archers in chapter 2.

Only chapter 1 is a boss rush, and it's not even really a boss rush, more like kill 1 hard boss (blue baby) and steamroller over everything else.

[Alvarez_Tiago]

Originally posted by Xinv:

There was literally a spot in Ch 3 where I beat a boss, got to a resting spot, and immediately fought another boss with no normal enemies between. I feel like it is a boss rush game.

So, because there was this once where you fought boss back to back now the whole game is a boss rush?

I spent almost an hour if not more exploring in chapter 3 as well without fighting a single boss, should I now say that the game has no boss fights?

Boss rush equals boss only gameplay, that's why you call it a boss rush, you rush from boss to boss. This game is objectively not a boss rush game.

[Dumar]

Yea -- This game is not a boss-rush, not at all.

Chapter 2 but especially Chap 3 is fackin masssssssssssssive with a ton of stuff to do, lots of regular enemies, wayyy too many secrets. The map is so big, its a bit overwhelming and nauseating, but I love every second of the exploration.

I do wish Wukong could somehow, build a map on a scroll manually as some sort of in-game mechanic the player can optionally perform.

Chap 3 being so big, its brutal with many missables.

Chap 3 is the reason why I racked up roughly 32 hours and I'm such high lv entering chap 4...

The completionist in me, the gorgeous environments etc.

Anyway, ignorant publications / youtube influencers with a lack of genre vocabulary are idiots for plastering "Boss Rush" game. Its absolutely not a boss-rush.

[Alvarez_Tiago]

Originally posted by Kylix:

I think you're taking the term far too literally. People call it a "boss rush" game because it has 96 bosses (which is an insane amount) and the majority of your playtime will be spent fighting them or clearing useless trash mobs in boring areas on your way to the next one. There isn't much else to do in this game other than clear trash mobs, find a few meditation spots and fight bosses. That's it. It's a boss rush game figuratively, not literally.

I hear you but I disagree.
You could say the exact same thing about Elden Ring, more than 100 bosses and you do the same thing, you fight some trash mobs, find some secrets and kill the bosses and depending on how good you are, the majority of your time will be fighting them.
This game has many secrets worth hunting down that you present you with entirely new areas.
Secret NPCs
And I don't think the areas a boring, this is of course subjective, but I really like the art in this game.
And the trash mobs variety is insane.

To call this game a boss rush is almost like saying GTA is a racing game.

[kpr]

yep. I was initially calling it a boss rush. But after chapter 1 - not so much anymore.

[Cokonaut]

ya it's not. chapter 6 kinda is. 1 and 5 maybe a little. 2, 3 and 4 definitely are not (long chapters); just the secret area quest, requires to run around a lot.

[modojojo]

Welp, It Is a Boss Rush game In chapter 1 After you make It to the first Boss Wandering White, You litterally Will fight 5/6 bosses Im a row , with little to no chance to power up. I guess that's why they allow you to allocate sparks to try and make the game a bit more fair.

[Slip]

I’m trying to figure out how people don’t think this game isn’t boring as ♥♥♥♥. Literally just hack at stuff, run to next area, hack some more…rinse and repeat. It’s up for GOTY?! The absolute ♥♥♥♥?

[Alvarez_Tiago]

Originally posted by Slip:

I’m trying to figure out how people don’t think this game isn’t boring as ♥♥♥♥. Literally just hack at stuff, run to next area, hack some more…rinse and repeat. It’s up for GOTY?! The absolute ♥♥♥♥?

Maybe because what people like or dislike, think is boring or not, get enjoyment or not is subjective?
You're not wrong to think it's boring but people who disagree are equally not wrong...
The world would definitely be a better place if people would respect more other people's options, you don't have to agree, just respect...
Think about ir...

[Anatolius]

Originally posted by Alvarez_Tiago:

Cuphead is a boss rush game, Black Myth: Wukong is not.

I haven't played Cuphead, but i did see few speedruns of it ... Wukong is a boss rush.