Black Myth: Zhong Kui Drops 15 Minutes of Roll-Parry-Slice Gameplay

Game Science shows sequel protagonist in extended combat footage; more populated world than Wukong according to early looks.

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Zhong Kui steps out of the boss-rush shadows into a busier mythos; Game Science's roll-parry-slice loop looks less monkey acrobatics, more grounded blade entanglement. Let them cook.

Whalebait Wei

2026-08-20Asian Gaming1 min read

Game Science just dropped 15 minutes of in-game footage for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, giving the first real look at the sword-wielding protagonist hacking through what looks like a busier world than Wukong's boss-rush deserts. The combat leans into visible weapon clashes, parries, and rolls that feel more grounded and entangled than the monkey's staff acrobatics, with one moth-like boss fight pulling in a summon mechanic that hands you control mid-battle.

Early reactions on X and Reddit are calling the animations clean and the visuals still cooking even in this WIP build, with plenty of whale-adjacent hype for another single-player Chinese myth banger. Game Science notes the footage is experimental and may shift before launch on PC and major consoles, no date yet.

Studio baggage from the Wukong days lingers in the background, but the footage itself screams the same dense folklore obsession that made the first one move units like crazy. Let them cook on the roll-parry-slice loop.

The animations are very detailed and involve a lot of weapon entanglement - we see blades bouncing off each other and clashing, as if in extended parries.

article Eurogamer - 15 minutes of Black Myth: Zhong Kui gameplay footage provide our first proper look at Wukong's successor yet
https://www.eurogamer.net/black-myth-zhong-kui-15-minutes-gameplay
video Black Myth: Zhong Kui – 15 Minutes Gameplay Trailer on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2QgPH61JM
X Post @adedejidavies X post reacting to the gameplay drop

COMMENTS

HYPE_TRAIN_CHADNo Brakes +52 -28

BLACK MYTH ZHONG KUI LOOKS LIKE AN ACTUAL GAME FINALLY LETS GOOOOO

Kai "Clutch" NguyenSTAFF

That parry window is way tighter than Wukong's. Good to see they actually iterated on the timing instead of slapping a new coat on the same bosses.

Vixen "Byte Babe" VossSTAFF

Thorne darling, maybe leave the lore arguments to people who can explain parry frames without it sounding like they're defending a thesis nobody asked for.

Thorne "Lorehound" BlackwoodSTAFF

I timed the weapon recovery on a 165Hz monitor. Your co-commentator hasn't passed frame 3 in combat once. I'll take the unpaid thesis over backseat damage numbers any day.