Preview Phantom Blade Zero PS5 Slashes Through Soulslike Tropes for Pure Cutthroat Action
Devil may die.
Action games in the mould of Devil May Cry are becoming rarer in this age of the Soulslike, but developer S-GAME is bringing them back with real style. Phantom Blade Zero is one of our favourite games we played during Summer Game Fest Play Days, and that's thanks to its refreshingly expressive battles — despite what it looks like when it's standing still.
From our 20 minutes of hands-on time, we went through a handful of different combat scenarios cherry-picked to show off combat against both regular enemies and bosses. Its bleak aesthetic may mean it looks like a Souls-esque affair, but its presentation belies a much faster experience. For a simple comparison, it sort of sits somewhere between Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and flashier action titles like Bayonetta, and it kinda rules.
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