Important takeaways
- Modders have added a tank to the Chinese mythology-based action RPG Black Myth: Wukong.
- The tank mod features the protagonist as a war machine.
Those who are particularly interested in both armored fighting vehicles and the Chinese literary classic The journey to the west may find themselves checking out Black Myth: Wukong soon, as modders have finally been able to put a working tank in Game Science's acclaimed action RPG. The first in a planned trilogy of titles based on Chinese stories, Black Myth: Wukong has seemingly attracted a solid community of modders.
Plenty of Black Myth: Wukong Mods have been popping up ever since it came out in August, with hundreds being uploaded to the Nexusmods repository alone. While some of the most popular mods only slightly adjust game settings or apply quality of life improvements, many of them replace the main character, giving people the ability to theoretically play as anyone. Such a mod has managed to stand out from the rest when it transforms Black Myth: Wukongs main character into a literal war machine.
In a recent Reddit post that has received more than 1,600 upvotes, user DanielColins_623 shared a tank mod for Black Myth: Wukong which turns the protagonist into what appears to be a late variant of the Type 96. Also called the ZTZ96, the Type 96 is a Chinese main battle that is also in Armored warfare and Thunder of war. One more link Black Myth: Wukong mod that DanielColins_623 shared was not provided, nor was there a source for the featured gameplay footage. However, other videos seemingly displaying the same courage could be traced to REDnote, an app that has been described as the Chinese equivalent of Instagram.
Tank Mod for Black Myth: Wukong
Modders add tanks and other military vehicles to games all the time. Flan's Mod, for example, includes fully functional tanks and fighter jets, transforming Mojang's popular survival sandbox game Minecraft to something more like an action-packed title from Electronic Arts Battlefield franchise. Even the disgraced from Fire Ringa fantasy RPG that features real dragons and magic, can access such powerful war machines through the Broken AF Edition of the Garden of Eyes mod.
Needless to say, people interested in experiencing a more realistic depiction of tank combat should probably stick to simulators like Arma 3 and Steel animal. The latter, although dated, has actually been used for training purposes by the armies of Chile, Greece and the United States, among many other countries.
Black Myth: Wukongs latest update, patch 1.0.9.15179, went live on September 23 and delivered a long list of bug fixes and made various other changes to the Unreal Engine 5-powered soulslike. Game Science noted that the 1.7GB patch may cause compatibility issues with mods.
