Monkey King: Hero is Back

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About the Game A new, never-before-seen chapter in the Chinese legend of Journey to the West is about to unfold! Based on the 2015 Chinese box office record-shattering CG animated film MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK, this adaptation pits the Great Sage himself, Sun Wukong, newly freed after 500 years of imprisonment, with Liuer, a young boy who looks up to the Monkey King in a journey that brings them close together.

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5
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343 reviews
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Languages:
Developer:
HexaDrive
Publisher:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
16 October 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (343)

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Description

About the Game

A new, never-before-seen chapter in the Chinese legend of Journey to the West is about to unfold! Based on the 2015 Chinese box office record-shattering CG animated film MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK, this adaptation pits the Great Sage himself, Sun Wukong, newly freed after 500 years of imprisonment, with Liuer, a young boy who looks up to the Monkey King in a journey that brings them close together.

Featuring new episodes not portrayed in the original film, this game combines epic, larger than life Chinese mythology with flashy and funny kung fu action for a delightful, pulse-pounding action adventure!

FEATURES

  • Players will explore 10 completely different levels full of fast-paced action, lush environments full of secrets and and epic boss battles

  • Take control of the Monkey King and engage in world-famous Chinese kungfu full of combo's, hilarious finishers, QTE-counters & a plethora of items and skills

  • Unlock skills and abilities while advancing and gain powerful supermovess, a magical staff for superior combat & fire projectiles to hurl at enemies

  • Get the full cinematic experience and more! Scenes from the movie as well as never before seen content combined with top notch voice acting in all major languages

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1 (64-BIT REQ.)
Processor:
i3-3220 INTEL or AMD Equivalent
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 660/GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon HD 7770
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
20 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
WINDOWS 10 (64-BIT REQ.)
Processor:
Intel Core i7 4770K, 3.40 Ghz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.20 Ghz
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 8GB
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
20 GB available space

User reviews

Funkypants
Not recommended | 27 Jul 2020
5.9h played

Soundtrack is bad, voice acting is annoying, animation combat loops cant be broken, very limited enemy types and attacks. The whole game is very, very repetitive. Its trying very, very hard to be Darksiders and fails. I

Helpful: 12
iBe ImmorTaLiiTy
Recommended | 20 May 2020
2.6h played

I bought this day 1 and I was disappointed it was 30 fps and felt underwhelming.. I made a topic for the devs asking if 144 was an option.. They made it 144 fps, it looks amazing, it plays really good an I am enjoying

Helpful: 5
Aldcoran
Not recommended | 25 Apr 2022
4.6h played

While the game has its own charm I cannot recommend it, as content wise there are a lot of better alternatives. If possible I would give it a neutral opinion, but having to choose it's a no from me Game is easy and

Helpful: 9
Valpernikus⁧Lollygag
Recommended | 13 Mar 2022
6.7h played

i mean they fix the lock fps 30. loading screens taking too long and black screens. game breaking bugs, there only like 5 small bugs left. the soundtrack is not the best but it not bad if you ask me. combat system is a

Helpful: 4
DannTaps
Recommended | 05 Dec 2019
26.7h played

<><><><><>Monkey King: Hero is Back Review<><><><><> General: Monkey King is a story about Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) and Jiangliu, a small monk, who by fate meet each other and end up playing pivotal roles in the

Helpful: 1
DarkSlayer
Recommended | 11 Jul 2022
7.9h played

A nice 3D platformer with an adequate skill tree that improve skills/magic. There are also collectible that are tricky to find in each level which can be used to upgrade combo, health and MP. The character can do

Helpful: 2