Author: Meta Space DAO
Black Myth: Wukong was officially launched at 10am this morning. Within an hour of its launch, the number of concurrent online users exceeded 1 million, and the peak reached 1.437 million before the deadline, surpassing Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring, setting a new record for Steam stand-alone games. Influenced by the high popularity of the game, the eponymous meme coin $Wukong on the Solana chain once soared by more than 440%.
The Chinese game "Black Myth: Wukong" was officially launched at 10 am this morning, and quickly triggered a wave of enthusiasm among players. According to official data from Steam, the number of concurrent online users exceeded 1 million within one hour of its launch, and the peak reached 1.437 million before the deadline, surpassing the 1.04 million peak of "Dragon Rider 2077" and the 950,000 peak of "Elden Ring", setting a new record for Steam stand-alone games, showing its explosive popularity.
Chinese netizens: Beautiful pictures, extremely fun
Many Chinese netizens expressed satisfaction with the gaming experience of Black Myth: Wukong:
"It's fun, difficult, but really fun."
"I played Coach Daolang on PS5 this morning. I can only say he is invincible."
"It's so fun!!!"
"I haven't encountered any bugs yet, and the graphics are stunning"
"You know what, Black Monkey's atmosphere is really strong. Although the little monsters are just for show, the NPC dialogues are basically not repeated. It's true that there are many bosses."
"The music invincibility, light and heavy sticks, and charging sticks feel great. This is just the beginning, and the skill system hasn't been unlocked yet. ... If you have the conditions, I recommend playing with your hands."
Some netizens even speculated that the number of online users of Black Wukong exceeded 1.4 million, 400,000 higher than the peak of 2077. And now it is Tuesday daytime, will the number of online users reach 2 million by the weekend night? The only suspense is whether it can break the 3 million record of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
However, some netizens reacted: "The combat in Black Myth is boring, it's just a stick from beginning to end. I wonder if there will be any changes later?", to which other netizens responded: "The experience mainly depends on the skills of monsters picked up through exploration", "Sekiro also uses a sword from beginning to end. To be honest, I prefer the feeling of trying new weapons in other souls, but it's not bad if a weapon is well made."
In addition, the map design flaws of Black Myth: Wukong have caused many netizens to complain. They said:
Not bad, but it’s really easy to get lost without a map;
The map guidance is really rubbish, with walls of air everywhere;
The map is too realistic and the directions are not clear enough;
I don't agree, because I did get lost. If the map guidance was good, I wouldn't say anything, but now it's hard to describe.
$Wukong surged more than 400%
With the high popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong", many related meme coins have emerged in the crypto.
Among them, the most active transaction volume is the eponymous meme coin $Wukong on the Solana chain. Yesterday, the maximum increase of the coin reached 441%, and it rose by more than 127% in the past 24 hours. The current market value is about 146,000 US dollars, and the current price is 0.0001467 US dollars.
In addition, there are also multiple Wukong tokens with the same name, some of which have soared 1003% in the past 24 hours, but some have plummeted 33%. The price of meme coins fluctuates greatly, and the investment risk is extremely high. Please do not blindly follow the trend and invest with caution.
It is currently speculated that these tokens have no official connection with "Black Myth: Wukong", and it is not yet certain whether the creator of the tokens is related to the game developer Game Science.
Black Myth: Wukong: China's first 3A game
"Black Myth: Wukong" is an action role-playing game developed by Chinese game developer "Game Science" using the Unreal Engine 5. It is based on the classic novel "Journey to the West" and is set in a world of immortals, Buddhas, monsters and myths.
The opening of pre-loading yesterday caused Steam download bandwidth to soar to 70Tbps, breaking the 50Tbps record set by "Cyberpunk 2077" at the end of 2020.
Due to its high development cost and long development cycle, the game is known as China's first 3A game masterpiece and is highly anticipated by Chinese players, who call it "the light of domestic games" and claim it to be the Chinese version of "God of War" and "Elden Ring". Players will play the role of Sun Wukong, a character in Chinese mythological novels, and defeat the monsters that are wreaking havoc on the world.
