Phantom Blade Zero

[DisturbedSwan]

 

[AndyKurosaki]

Looks pretty damn good. I’m in.

[DisturbedSwan]

Yeah, I thought it looked really cool too, combat looked mad in the best way. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Maf]

Stage demo. 
 

Asked if the combat is like a SoulsBourne game, the developers said no it’s more like Devil May Cry, but the map is multi-layered map like Dark Souls (DS1 presumably)

 

I think the game looks quite grey and dim. I would like it if it were brighter and had more pop. Maybe that’s just this beginning area or how it’s been recorded. 

[radiofloyd]

https://www.eurogamer.net/eagerly-awaited-chinese-action-game-phantom-blade-zero-finally-gets-a-release-date-and-yes-its-still-a-ps5-console-exclusive

[Nag]

9/9/2026 for those wondering... 😂

 

I'm interested in this, it looks mental... i just hope it isn't some stupidly difficulty souls like. 

[mfnick]

It looks incredible. I just can’t see how it’s possible for it to look and play that well when we’ve actually got it. If it does it’ll be an all timer for me. 

[one-armed dwarf]

One thing that gets me nowadays is how visually clean these combat games look, before they come out with loads of FSR or whatever making the action fluidity breakup a lot

 

People keep calling this a character action game. I mean, I guess its way more expressive than a Soulslike game, but it feels too grounded to me to be CAG. still looks sick though, in a way modern soulslike does not

[one-armed dwarf]

This was the most viewed trailer coming out of the game awards. Much higher than the Respawn hero shooter. 

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/top-10-most-watched-announcements-from-the-game-awards.1382014/

 

I wonder why? Makes me feel out of touch. Could be the next Wukong, certainly looks a lot better anyway though shame about the colour palette

[Maf]

This might be a stretch but China and South Korea are kind of exploding in video games right now. Maybe there’s just something about their games that has a style catching younger generation’s attention 

[DANGERMAN]

it got a huge cheer on the night which made me wonder what I'd missed. I think the 1st trailer looked more interesting, it's relatively early next year iirc, so at least we don't have ages to wait

[Nag]

25 minutes ago, DANGERMAN said:

it's relatively early next year

 

It's September!... that isn't early in the year. 😂

[mfnick]

Regarding the Chinese market this is worth watching. Less than 10 minutes but relevant here I think and just interesting. 

 

 

[DANGERMAN]

3 hours ago, Nag said:

 

It's September!... that isn't early in the year. 😂

it'll be here before you know it!

[Nag]

 

Rumblings abound that this is digital only too... so grab those pitchforks.

[Maf]

I still not really into this game yet. But by chance I saw a clip of this game today of a boss fight that takes place on a speeding cart, while the boss is doing huge jumps on and off and using some whip style weapon to soar around you and come back to the cart. It’s the coolest thing I’ve seen so far 

[Nag]

I'll probably get the game but due to a (probable) massive backlog by the time it releases I might just wait until Christmas and see if it drops in price a little.

[one-armed dwarf]

 

 

Looks super on rails, maybe some Rondo of Blood fans on the team. Reminds me as well of the motorbike sections in FFVII, original and remake.

 

Hard to know what this will be like. Sometimes it looks cool but then there's QTEs. 

 

edit, also people saying Metal Gear Rising is one of the designer's inspirations. That could go either way, it presaged our parry slop era

 

edit on the other hand, I've been reading comparisons to Ninja Gaiden. Not quite getting that from this, but if that's what is is I'm in 🥷

[mfnick]

Day 1! Easily, looks so damn good. 

[DANGERMAN]

this is probably the most interested I've been in it, I don't think it's a Souls em up at least