Oasis Games, the Hong Kong-based organisation working with Sony and October Media to help release PlayStation 4 exclusive Monkey King: Hero Is Back worldwide, has said that the movie adaptation will feature a campaign “over 10 hours” in length. “[The game] aims to bring the authentic Chinese spirit from the film to a global audience via a high-quality gameplay experience,” a press release reads.
It continues: “Based on the 2015 animated movie of the same name which broke records as the highest-grossing animated film in China at the time of release with a box office of $153 million, Monkey King: Hero Is Back depicts the journey shared by three main characters: Monkey King, Pigsy, and the child character Liu Jiang. These figures fight many different monsters using varied skills and magic alongside their co-operation and shared individual wisdom. As the journey continues, the relationships among three characters are greatly enhanced, and they find the missing puzzles of their own individual lives.”
The game’s set to launch first next year in China, before rolling out worldwide thereafter. Sony is hoping that this game will help boost its profile with the potentially lucrative Chinese market. The manufacturer’s showing a 15 minute demo at the ChinaJoy 2018 event in Shanghai, and it also debuted a new trailer during a press conference earlier in the week.
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Is this ever coming state side or is it a china only thing
@ShadowWarrior Yeah, worldwide release after China.
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Cool thanks
Who the f*** is that guy??
Such a cool mythology but this doesn't look very good. Would love for a big studio to make a Monkey King/Journey to the West game.
@roe that would be Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from a very old tale called Journey to the West
FUN FACT: Journey to the West was the initial inspiration for Dragon Ball and Goku was based on Sun Wukong. with his full name Son Goku being the Japanese translation of Sun Wukong
@WanderingBullet Did you ever play enslaved by ninja theory on ps3. Such a wonderful game and inspired by journey to the west. Always hoped it would see a remake.
@Rob_230 No, I haven't but I am familiar with it.
Finally, a chinese PS4 game that doesn't last for 4 hours or less.
@WanderingBullet I don't think the game looks that bad, though it does need a bit of polish. I don't blame you if you're skeptical on this one. Just keep in mind that this is chinese game, and a lot of chinese games on the PS4 we have gotten so far weren't that great. If anything, they were pretty mediocre (with 4 or 5 of those being terrible). Maybe Oasis Games will learn their lesson but I won't be surprised if people and critics who were hyped on this game will be brutaly critical towards to it. So critical that I'm pretty sure that they won't even bring up the fact that it's a game made by chinese teams, because that might give a bad rep for chinese developers.
@WanderingBullet Enslaved is what you want.
so doesn't anyone remember monkey hero on the ps1? seeing this brought memories, i can't wait to try this out.
@get2sammyb I tried the PS3 demo but the gameplay didn't really impressed me but from what I heard the story and characters are good, though.
@huyi I don't remember that game to be honest, but I want to say I love your avatar.
@get2sammyb Mariah Carey fans for life 😍
I used to love watching monkey magic when I was young. And monkey and pigsy flying on clouds and fighting was really cool for my young self. I also enjoyed enslaved. Fun story and fighting
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