Sport Science has delivered a present for anybody wanting to see and listen to extra from Black Fantasy: Zhong Kui, the sequel to the incredibly successful Black Myth: Wukong. The developer launched 15 chunky minutes of gameplay, giving us a primary have a look at fight and a clearer image of the protagonist, the Chinese language mythological deity Zhong Kui.
What stands out to me within the footage – having performed Wukong – is a bigger concentrate on combating non-boss enemies. Wukong had battles in between bosses, after all, however its world was sparsely populated, focusing nearly fully on boss fights. This may increasingly nonetheless be the case right here, however from the footage, not less than, there seems to be extra occurring on the planet.
The sport’s animations are very detailed and contain a whole lot of weapon entanglement – we see blades bouncing off one another and clashing, as if in prolonged parries. It makes that a part of Zhong Kui look nearer to one thing like Phantom Blade Zero – one other Chinese language motion recreation with a concentrate on martial arts.
Talking of bosses, we see one slightly over midway by way of the video, a big moth-like humanoid creature with shell-like wings lined in barnacles and scales. The protagonist fights a prolonged battle with them, finally summoning a warrior companion to assist, earlier than instantly taking management of them to deal main harm.
The gameplay appears slightly completely different within the footage in comparison with Wukong, and that is intentional. Game Science has said before that it hopes to “protect the various issues gamers cherished” about Wukong, however that the sequel might be “tailor-made to the brand new protagonist”.
With that mentioned, Sport Science harassed that Zhong Kui stays work-in-progress and at this time’s footage could differ from the ultimate launch. “A few of what we’re exploring continues to be experimental,” Sport Science mentioned.
Previous to the discharge of Wukong, Game Science senior staff were accused of sexism and other inappropriate remarks in an IGN report, with quite a few girls portray a detrimental image in regards to the studio’s inner tradition. Studio co-founder Féng Jì has also been linked with making misogynistic comments online.
Zhong Kui was announced almost precisely a year ago during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, with a quick teaser that solely actually unveiled its existence to the world. The Chinese language developer promised to return with an replace the next 12 months, which I suppose that is, although it is curious why it did not wait till Gamescom subsequent week to disclose it.
Black Fantasy: Zhong Kui is presently in improvement for PC and “main consoles” and doesn’t but have a launch date.