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On Wednesday, Phantom Blade Zero dropped a brand-new 11-minute gameplay demo and opened pre-orders across all platforms. The video quickly racked up around eight million views on Chinese video platform Bilibili in just one day, while the game has shot to No. 1 on Steam’s global best-sellers chart.
Phantom Blade Zero is a dark wuxia-themed third-person action RPG developed and published by Beijing-based S-Game. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 and features a dark, atmospheric art style and fast-paced combat, set in a fictional world that blends Chinese martial arts with steampunk elements.
Compared with the fragmented trailers and short gameplay clips released previously, this latest demo offers a much more substantial look at the actual game. The developers skipped CG footage and instead showed two complete levels, giving players a much better idea of what the game is actually like to play.
The demo mainly showcases two stages, Fog Forest Hunt and Lone City Showdown, which offer a closer look at both combat and exploration. Fans familiar with the Phantom Blade series will recognize mechanics such as rapid-step combos and Chain Blade armor-breaking attacks, while one of the more notable additions is the newly revealed Reality-Void switching system.
