Black Delusion: Wukong is, as our evaluation mentioned, each confounding and spectacular. It’s an motion RPG soulslike that has numerous the style’s common beats — XP and talent tree, checkpoints that save your progress whereas additionally respawning enemies — whereas additionally placing its personal distinctive spin on them.
Our Black Delusion: Wukong newbie’s information will assist you to begin your journey (to the West) because the Destined One with ideas from our first 15 hours with the sport. We’ve acquired hints and recommendation on degree layouts, the (complicated) crafting mechanic, quick journey, and your gear.
There’s not likely a gameplay loop in Black Delusion: Wukong. You’ll journey from shrine checkpoint to shrine checkpoint, dispatching enemy yaoguais (demons) alongside the best way, however there’s not a lot of a grind. As a substitute, you’ll be extra targeted on getting from one boss combat to the subsequent — there are a lot of bosses and boss-like enemies.
That linearity reveals up in your armor and weapons as nicely. You don’t a lot unlock them as you simply attain a sure shrine and the crafting recipes for brand spanking new gear might be mechanically unlocked (extra on this under). The identical goes for spells — they’re simply given to you after beating sure bosses.
That mentioned, you don’t need to simply dash from one shrine to the subsequent as a result of…
It’s best to look ahead to aspect paths
Whereas your general progress is kind of linear, the routes between the shrine checkpoints do have branching paths which might be virtually at all times value exploring. You’ll often discover at the least a chest and even an elective boss combat.
These boss fights may also offer you loads of XP and often some uncommon improve supplies as nicely. If nothing else, you’ll discover some components. Which might be helpful… finally.
You possibly can’t make medication till chapter 2
As you play via the start of the sport, you’ll discover numerous components like vegetation and mushrooms. Their descriptions will even say they “can be utilized to make medicines,” however you received’t be capable of do something with them.
And that’s as a result of that’s a mechanic that doesn’t unlock till chapter 2, a number of hours into the sport.
Very early in Black Delusion: Wukong, you’ll run into an enemy known as a Wandering Wight. The primary time you meet it, you’ll be able to’t beat it. (Properly, it’s attainable, nevertheless it’s not going to occur.) The trick with that combat, although, is that the best way ahead is previous that enemy. You simply need to run previous it.
That’s not going to work for many fights, nevertheless it’s an necessary lesson about how the sport works — you’ll get much more highly effective and have extra expertise to attract from as you progress (linearly).
For those who hit a tough enemy or boss, you’ll be able to at all times come again later when you’re a bit stronger. Which brings us to…
Quick journey is bizarre with no map
You possibly can (quick) journey from any shrine to every other shrine you’ve beforehand visited. However there’s no map, so it’s a bit of awkward at first.
While you select to journey, you’ll simply get a listing of the names of shrines and their area. The names are descriptive sufficient, although, so it’s not too arduous to determine the place you’re going.
As you progress via Black Delusion: Wukong and defeat bosses, you’ll unlock new gear to craft at shrines. You’ll solely ever combat with one weapon — varied variations of a workers — so these are straightforward sufficient to grasp. The garments — gear on your head, physique, legs, and arms — are a bit extra attention-grabbing.
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Garments have distinctive results that you just acquire whereas carrying them. These embody issues like harm bonuses or velocity will increase. Some gear has a quantity subsequent to the distinctive impact — that signifies what number of items of that set of substances that you must be carrying to activate the distinctive impact.
There are secrets and techniques (that grant rewards)
Whereas Black Delusion: Wukong is usually linear, you’ll discover varied secrets and techniques off the crushed path. A few of these reward Vessels — equipment that grant useful perks. For assist in monitoring down a few of these early-game secrets and techniques, see our guides on the place to search out all hidden bell areas, the way to assist the Yellow-Robed Squire, and the place to search out and ship all Buddha’s Eyes.