We went hands-on with Phantom Blade Zero, and wow — this Chinese action game might be the biggest surprise of next year. Wes Fenlon, PC Gamer, Senior Editor recently returned from a trip to Beijing, where he spent a weekend playing upcoming Chinese action game.
Director Soulframe Liang told us straight up: there are too many Soulslike games, and despite the comparisons, Phantom Blade Zero is NOT one of them. Instead, it’s carving out its own identity.
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00:00 – Intro
00:39 Phantom Ladders
02:07 Soulframe on Soulslikes
03:32 Combat
05:27 Parrying and dogging
06:37 Mo-cap
07:46 Phantom Blade world
09:02 Not a Soulslike?
11:05 Story
12:20 Outro
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