During the PlayStation Showcase 2023, the announcement of the Phantom Blade Zero, the Chinese action, which attracted the general attention of its unique combat system. As expected for such a promising game from an unknown studio, many doubted the existence of the project. But the head of the studio under the pseudonym Soulframe Liang claims that the game exists and compared it to the first The Witcher and Demon’s Souls.
It `s naturally. A developer that no one has ever heard about appears from nowhere with an ambitious trailer. I would doubt myself if I were in the place of players. But I am a person who was part of the S -Game from the very first day, so I know well what we do. Honestly, we have more than ten years of experience in creating an action game, so we are not quite newcomers.
For us, Phantom Blade Zero is that the original The Witcher and Demon’s Souls was meant for CD Projekt Red and Fromsoftware. This is a fairly ambitious project, and it is created for those resources that we were able to collect. The purpose of the team is to create something that will highlight it against the background of competitors and will become the basis for creating much larger projects in the future. We did not dream on the first attempt to create an analogue of The Witcher 3 or Elden Ring. What you saw, it actually exists, it is already under development. The trailer is not "Just a video".
In particular, as a source of inspiration when creating Phantom Blade Zero, the head of the S-Game calls games such as Devil May Cry, especially the gameplay for Virgilia. In addition, the game contains a lot of elements from classic cung fu films of past years.
We were inspired by games such as Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry, especially with regard to such moments as the plot, for example, Virgilia. But mostly we are trying to convey the essence of classic films about the Kung fu of the 70s and 90s, like "The tavern of the dragon" And "One -armed swordsman".
As for the complexity of Phantom Blade Zero, the developers, being large fans of Soulslike, plan to create a game that everyone will like. However, there will be no choice of difficulty in the game, because they want everyone to get the same impressions of the game.
As gamers, we really like Soulslike in S-Game. However, as developers, we prefer users to enjoy the plot. We do not really like the idea of choosing complexity, since ideally everyone should play the same game, possibly with some parts specially designed for those who are looking for a higher level of complexity.
Phantom Blade Zero is described by the studio as Kung-Fu Punk, which combines occultism, mechanisms in the style of steampunk and other intriguing elements. Destroying powerful enemies, the player will receive a new weapon, armor, artifacts, skills and other opportunities for the development and configuration of his character as a reward.
Phantom Blade Zero will appear on PS5. There is no exact release date at the moment.