Asmongold thinks he’s found his Game of the Year contender with this controversial release

Black Myth: Wukong has received stellar reviews from players and critics alike. Now, even Asmongold considers the game a Game of the Year contender, adding that no other game this year has such potential.

The streamer said this and more about Game Science’s fantastic Soulslike in an Aug. 21 stream, clipped on his YouTube channel. “This game is amazing, at this point I think it’s a 9 to a 9.5,” he said, explaining that the only reason he didn’t give it a straight 10 is the lack of open-world exploration. Asmongold further stated how the game’s world and atmosphere are so well-made, it’s a damn shame players didn’t have a chance to see more of it.

Regarding its gameplay, Asmongold only had praise, saying that “the mechanics in this game are incredible, they are so well done.” He also loved the bosses, complimenting their design, and thought the game was “way better than what he had expected” overall.

“I’m actually shocked at how good this game is,” he said. “What other game would be Game of the Year if not this game?”

Black Myth: Wukong has been seeing a ton of positive feedback from across the gaming world, and is sitting comfortably at a 96 percent positive reviews on Steam alone, putting it in the Overwhelmingly Positive category on Valve’s storefront. It has nearly 200,000 total reviews on the platform at the time of writing, and though most are probably from China (the country in which Game Science is based), it’s still a massive success. It’s the most-played single-player game on Steam, too, and the platform’s second most-played game overall in terms of concurrent numbers.

Suffices to say that Soulslike and hack-and-slash action-adventures are here to stay, considering the overwhelming amount of support they’ve garnered recently with the likes of Elden Ring and Lies of P, among others.