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Black Myth: Wukong review - a disjointed and uneven action spectacle

Its dramatic and spectacular boss fights just about keep Black Myth: Wukong afloat, but behind all its glitz and glamour is a frustratingly hollow action game.

| Image credit: Eurogamer/Game Science That said, there are also plenty of occasions where that David and Goliath dynamic really works in Black Myth's favour, amping up the drama as you tussle with these enormous, fantastical creatures, and deftly weave through showers of lightning, icy squalls and large, open jaws. The trigger buttons in particular do too much heavy lifting, with spells, spirit summons and twirling your staff to deflect incoming projectiles all mapped to various different trigger-button combos that will have you screaming when the thing you want to happen doesn't and you get clipped round the ear to the tune of half your health bar in the process. It all speaks to Black Myth's clear desire to dazzle and entertain, and there are times when it really delivers on that power fantasy, making you forget the long hours spent grinding and gnashing your teeth as you try and figure out where to go, or whether this boss you're bashing your head against is even relevant to the main story.

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