Sony broadcasted a PlayStation Showcase yesterday, notable because these days very little they show is actually exclusive to PlayStation. Spider-Man 2 looks amazing, sure, but given the original and Miles Morales are already on PC it's only a matter of time before that hits Steam. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater? We got that too. The only game I wasn't sure about was my personal highlight of the night, an OTT hack-and-slash game called Phantom Blade: Zero.
It seemed like this might be a PlayStation exclusive but the developers subsequently posted the trailer to YouTube, and there were two very important logo additions at the end: the Epic Games Store and Steam. Now, the most obvious thing to say about this trailer is that it seems to be a mix of pre-rendered action sequences and what looks like genuine clips of the combat system, though given the absence of any HUD or other indicators it's hard to say. But if this combat system looks anything like it does here, and feels good in the hands, then this could be a winner.
Phantom Blade: Zero is also a continuation of a series with humble beginnings. Soulframe Liang, the founder & CEO of S-Game, says it began with an indie game they made in RPG Maker in 2010, called Rainblood: Town of Death. Liang was studying at the time but, when he returned to China, founded S-Game and Rainblood became a mobile series in China: Liang says it has «a fan base of over 20 million».
Phantom Blade Zero is apparently a «spiritual rebirth» of the original Rainblood, with similar elements like «Chinese Kungfu, intricate machines reminiscent of steampunk, arts of the occult, and intriguing stuff that doesn’t quite fit into any of these categories». The player is cast as Soul, a warrior who's
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