Phantom Blade Zero arrives October 29 and early previews are glowing
Several outlets have played six to ten hours of S-GAME's action RPG: they praise the combat and bosses, and warn it is demanding.
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Push Square and Insider Gaming both place Phantom Blade Zero's launch on October 29. Push Square played about six hours of a near-final build and highlights confident combat: basic attacks cost no stamina, but blocking, dodging and special strikes do, and every well-timed defence charges a powerful attack.
Insider Gaming, which spent close to ten hours with the game, stresses the variety of weapons (about 30 planned) and bosses, plus the wuxia-inspired setting. Enemies do not respawn and early areas are fairly linear; the outlet adds that, despite the focus on combat, it is not a Soulslike.
On the downside, Insider Gaming mentions stuttering in the preview build that caused missed parries, which it expects to be fixed before launch, and a high difficulty even on the standard setting. IGN has also published its preview.
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