At first I thought that Monkey's design was kind of boring. Just the average hulking videogame character. But the more you see it, the more interesting it becomes. The deadly headband that makes the crown, the flowing belt that makes the tail, it all fits together with the original inspiration of the Monkey King.

Also, I got to the segment where you use the "cloud" and it hit on me. I knew the game was (loosely) based on the Chinese novel, but what I hadn't clicked was that it's the same base material that inspired Dragon Ball! And now I see it clearly. Goku's hair, staff, tail and now.. the flying cloud. I guess that makes Bulma and Trip the same character? I'd need to read the novel.

I really like the visuals & animations, but I just get extremely bored with games that tell me what to do, at every step of the way... "Going through the motions" is what playing games like this feels like. No freedom, no thinking. I kinda wanna keep playing, because it is a beautiful & well made game, but it is just so boring... Feels like I'm wasting my time.

Jump here, Climb up here, jump here, jump here, climb down here, jump there.