Just got into it yesterday too, it seems alright so far, but frankly it's nowhere near the 96% rating on Steam for me. Especially considering the technical issues for many, I got a 4080 Super I had expected it to handle better than it does, so anyone with lower cards is going to have to turn down a lot of settings that make it look so good.
Like around 70-80% score would seem more realistic. God of War also has 96% overall rating on Steam, I'd still recommend that game over Wukong if anyone hasn't played either. At least based on the first few hours.
I think it's like a trope for many of these kind of games to put (optional) ridiculously difficult bosses at the start of the game as some kind of skill check.