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During today's PlayStation Showcase, Sony revealed Phantom Blade 0, a third person action RPG headed to PlayStation 5.


Made by S-Game, Phantom Blade 0 features fast-paced, third-person sword-based combat. The game seems to rely heavily on a samurai theme, emphasizing combat and traversal in a dark and rainy-looking world.

In a PlayStation Blog post, S-Game Founder and CEO Soulframe Liang revealed that the game takes place in a semi-open world that is "bleak and punishing, a constant reminder to never let your guard down." He also described the game's style as "Kung-Fu Punk" and discussed the game's plot.

"In Phantom Blade Zero, you play as Soul, an elite assassin serving an elusive but powerful organization known simply as 'The Order,'" the post reads. "Soul is framed for the murder of The Order's patriarch, gravely injured in the ensuing manhunt, and, though his life is saved by a mystic healer, the makeshift cure will only last for 66 days. Now, he must fight against powerful foes and inhuman monstrosities, all while seeking out the mastermind behind it all before his time runs out."

Liang also revealed that Phantom Blade 0 is based on Rainblood: Town of Death, their 2010 indie game that led to the development of the Phantom Blade franchise, which was only available in China. Liang called Phantom Blade 0 "the spiritual rebirth of the original Rainblood and the game we always wanted to make."

Phantom Blade 0 was not yet given a release date or window.

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[Connificent]

Looked cool.

 

[ShaikhCroft]

Who's developing?

 

[Labadal]

Looks like stupid fun.

 

[Pelta88]

Day 1!

Gameplay looks phenomenal.

 

[Connificent]

Who's developing?

Guess some Chinese or Korean dev lol

 

[nordique]

This game looked great

 

[stn]

Looks amazing, I'm in.

 

[YukiOnna]

Looks fun as hell, I'm in.

 

[Saber]

Hey, that looks pretty cool. Gonna keep my eye on it.

 

[SaintALia]

Who's developing?

Hong Kong based studio

PHANTOM BLADE ZERO | Cruel Man Studio

Coming Soon!

www.cruelmanstudio.com

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

I hope it's long enough!

 

[SaintALia]

Art and design look topnotch. Just not sure about that combat, it looks stellar, but I'm not sure how it controls, a lot of it seems on autopilot.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

The only new announcement from that weak-ass showcase that I even remember lol

 

[sankt-Antonio]

game of the show. By some random chinese dev :/

 

[Spaceman292]

Need to know how it actually controls. The animations are unbelievable. Literally.

 

[dottme]

That was the only good surprise of the show. I didn't know anything about it and it looks interesting.

 

[LazyParrot]

This could be either great or awful depending on the controls.

 

[Ansphn]

Wow I was blown away by this.

 

[{insert code here}]

One of the best games they showed. Not sure on the developer though. Gonna have to prove themselves with this game.

 

[TGO]

Highlight of the show

 

[Danjin44]

This looks very interesting to me.

 

[tomato shrub]

Guess some Chinese or Korean dev lol

So it's never coming out.

 

[BennyBlanco]

This looked awesome but also reminded me of that Chinese Wu Kong game that had an amazing trailer and we never saw again.

 

[Kusarigama]

This was one of the few better/interesting games shown at the showcase. At times it reminded me of an Asian themed Bloodborne-esque action game

 

[SABRE220]

This looks interesting, cant wait for unscripted gameplay though for a honest judgement.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Another chinese game that will never see the light of day. Gameplay looked extremely fake/on rails just like all other chinese games we saw many years ago and are MIA like that wukong shit.

 

[R6Rider]

This one is looking awesome. Those animations were slick.

 

[Apocryphon]

Interesting but I have no idea how that combat will actually work

 

[Elios83]

Looked amazing, hopefully it won't get lost on the radar for years like other chinese games.

 

[10v12]

Man I want to be hyped but there is almost no way the game ends up playing like that

 

[XXL]

This looked really good.

 

[The Skull]

Stole the show for me.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

I wanna believe, but something about the combat looks off, QTEish or manipulated for the trailer.

 

[consoul]

Looks promising!

Not sure it can keep the promise though.

 

[Gone]

I wanna get killed by this thing.
Anyone knows what its pronouns are?

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

10/10 Vaporware day 1

 

[mortal]

This game has a lot of cool factor. Could end up being a shallow experience though, assuming it ever releases.
We shall see.

 

[justonething]

I wanna get killed by this thing.
Anyone knows what its pronouns are?

Damn, you gay, she hot AF don't matter what she identifies as.

 

[RayHell]

This was the only good surprise from that show

 

[Romulus]

The combat looked insanely good.

 

[Malak]

it will come out for PC and steam. It should come out for Xbox too, timed exclusive.

 

[TheKremlinBossMan]

The gameplay looks like Sekiro bumped up to 100 I'm in.

 

[Bartski]

too good to be true in places, another highlight of the show. Very curious how those block and evade mechanics work in practice

 

[SeraphJan]

I wish someday a Chinese Studio will make a Triple A Return of Condor Heroes

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Siiiiiick!!!!

 

[kebaldo]

How to show a game... beautiful.

 

[Raonak]

Looks amazing.

Getting MGSR vibes

 

[Killer8]

Hope there's an original language track, the English dub is really bad. I think I even heard an old Chinese guy in the trailer speaking in an Irish accent...

 

[blackjon24]

Looks amazing but i don't get too excited over those triple A looking chinese and korean games. They never seem to actually release