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Phantom Blade Zero State of Play Reaction — This Combat Looks INSANE
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Hey everybody, welcome to uh Jason's
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video game source YouTube channel,
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doctheand the.com platform. Today we are
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going to watch a state of play. Was it
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today? Monday. Oh, Monday. Monday,
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August 17th
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uh 2026 State of Play. This is for
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Phantom Blade Zero, which releases uh in
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October. I forgot what exact date in
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October, but it releases October. So,
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it's going to avoid the Grand Theft Auto
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6 massacre. But, so, yeah, two minutes.
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Uh, as far as the brand goes, I'm going
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to be going to wake up at 2:00 a.m. my
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sinking city 2 by Frogwares, I believe.
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best gaming platform on planet earth. So
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that's about it. Let's get into it.
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Let's listen to the hokey music.
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Now, as far as Phantom Blade Zero's
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concerned, I'm pretty hyped for it. You
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know, I'm a since the early 2000s with
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De Devil May Cry, been an action fan. A
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good world, good action games. Let's say
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that cuz not all action action games are
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good. Hacken slashes, but this looks
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really good. At least the cinem
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cinematography. I mean, they got,
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you know, I'm not a fan of really any
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guy, but you know, Donn, okay, he's in
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it. I watched quite a few of his movies.
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So, yeah, it should be uh should be
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pretty uh pretty exciting game if
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nothing else. cinematography to combat.
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But this supposed to be like a deep a
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20-minute deep dive into the actual
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gameplay mechanics. So that's why I'm
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watch really really want to check this
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out cuz it's an action game. It's going
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to live or die with it gameplay
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mechanics. Okay. How good it feels, how
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crisp it feels. Uh I don't know. I'm
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hearing rumblings that there's a demo
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coming out. I don't know if that's true
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or not. We'll see after this. But yeah,
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I'm looking forward to Phantom Blazer. I
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believe this is a Chinese developer, I
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believe.
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Let's go into the show.
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Oh, and by the way, how how was your
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day? You know, we all live live our
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lives. We all got good or bad days, you
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know, terrible days, great days and
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stuff. So, how was your day? Got 10
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seconds to answer. All right. Now, I
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wish you the best Monday, best Tuesday,
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best week. Let's get into it.
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Captured on PS5 Pro.
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Extinguish the flame. See what burns
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beneath.
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Drop the blade. Let true steel speak.
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>> Hey man, is that just me? That don't
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sound right.
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>> Yet it moves through law.
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That's the path to know.
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Thought it might have been the YouTube's
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AI English voice dubs. You know,
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this is one
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good looking game visually, man.
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She's Donn sucker.
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Yes, sir.
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This game. Yeah, it does.
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Hello everyone. I'm Donn Yen, creative
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consultant for Phantom, the legend
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himself, and the actor behind Oen, a
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formidable martial arts master.
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>> I want players around the world to enter
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our Wuja world driven by old shifting
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alliances and the confrontations that
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forge his legends. Rooted in the
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traditions of Chinese martial arts,
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Phantom Blade Zero embraces bold
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imaginations and distinct cultural
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elements to create a new aesthetic we
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call kung fu punk.
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>> Kung fu punk. Yeah.
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Yeah, the cinematography is just it
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looks even better than Wukong.
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I just I'm really impressed with the
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cinematography.
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If this game nails it gameplay, it'll be
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a great game. Point blank. I mean, if it
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nails the game play, how it feels, it
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has to. That's all it needs to do, you
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know, for me at least. has to nail the
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game play.
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>> Hi everyone, I'm Soul Friend, the
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creator and director of Phantom Blade
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Zero.
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>> That's his actual name, Soul Friend.
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>> Today I'm inviting you into our
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universe, a dark epic filled with
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mystery, vendettas, and lightning fast
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warplay
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>> story.
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>> You play as soul, once the order's most
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feared blade.
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After being set up for your leader's
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murder, you are betrayed by the people
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you once fought beside.
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>> What? What? What have I done?
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>> In a final duel against your childhood
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blood brother, Dang. A blade is driven
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through your heart.
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>> You're late.
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>> Let's get started already.
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The mysterious killer, the flesh
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sculptor, restores your life. But with a
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fatal condition, you have exactly 66
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days to live.
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>> Survival means finding a cure hidden in
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the chaos ahead. But the hunt will force
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you to confront the rod in need of
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betrayal and the skin massive enough to
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break the entire wound.
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The woolen is a marshall underworld
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forged in blood and belief.
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You will walk among the lost guardians
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of righteousness, the fallen who
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surrendered to darkness and the lost
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warriors bound by broken codes. Each
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choice you make here will fracture your
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trajectory and reshape your fate.
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66 days. And that's all the time you
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have.
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But you won't be alone. Martial artists
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from across the wooden have gathered in
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Pongjen, turning the town into a deadly
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trap of rival factions, hidden malice,
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and deadly skills.
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Looks badass. You guys ever play Woo
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Fallen Feathers? that is like a woou uh
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Dark Souls Souls like has some of the
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some of the aesthetics I see of this the
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ideas of the creatures and the monsters
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and the bosses has some of that in the
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game called Woo Shan Fallen Feathers.
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Check it out. Uh should be in a discount
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by now came out last year if you like
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like you know the aesthetic or this type
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the type of wooness of this game.
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But my god, this game visually just
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blows falling falling feathers away. It
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looks much better. I mean, it is on a
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PS5 Pro, but still has entered Pongen.
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It seems the flesh sculptures tainted
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hearts
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has restored his strength.
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>> Change in the game
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may not be such a bad thing.
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I'm looking forward to his next move.
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>> The Phantom World is a stage for the
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style we call kung fu punk, where
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traditional kung fu collides with
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steampunk machinery and body
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modification.
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Your journey takes you through intricate
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but surreal landscapes leading you deep
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into the heart of Pongjun and
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surrounding villages, valleys, lakes,
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and shadowed territories, including a
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valley overrun by ruthless bandits.
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An abandoned warehouse filled with
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hanging puppets where a dark ritual
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seems to be taking place.
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The steam powered iron tower built for
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some kind of dark experiment
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and a vast lake which so must navigate
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aboard a peculiar high-speed vessel.
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>> Your journey is guided by eight
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authentic hand painted Chinese character
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items not system in complexes they offer
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only a rock sense of direction. This map
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you to explore very I mean uh the menu
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the the menu screen and everything
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seamlessly connect into a single world
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where barrels enable fast travel between
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discovered locations.
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>> Phantom Blade Zero is not an open world.
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>> Nor is it a linear adventure from
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beginning to end.
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>> It's probably like Wukong. Instead,
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every corner has been meticulously
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handcrafted, filled with countless
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surprises and secrets waiting to be
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discovered.
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As you explore Phantom Blade Zero, you
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will discover
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a few collectibles to collect, rare
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treasures, and crucial story crews.
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>> In Phantom Blazer, combat is the driving
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force.
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>> Every weapon is forced from martial
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folklore, cinematic legacy, and ancient
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tradition.
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So, we use a massive arsenal of 30
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primary weapons alongside 25 secondary
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weapons known as phantom edges.
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>> For example, the drunken war style
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builds drunken drunken
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>> enhancing soy basic while swaying and
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staggering with every strike.
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The White Serpent and Crimson Viper
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three blades work in tandem. The length
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of the White Serpent allows you to fling
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the Crimson Viper outward for range
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attacks.
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The fluid steel of the soft snake sword
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coils around an opponent's guard,
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striking targets cleanly and even
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slicing through incoming threat base
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attacks in midair.
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However, the light blade
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heavy shields and relying on swords
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alone will turn the fight into a
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punishing struggle.
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>> Crushing those defenses requires the
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brutal momentum of iron fists and
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hammers.
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>> This huh?
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The Tiger Cannon can blast apart distant
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enemy formations with a single shot or
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ignite self-destructing enemies before
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they get close.
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And when bladed weapons force short
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against a swarm of savage dogs, the
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flame spee makes a quick walk of the
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>> remind me of that thing off Elder Ring,
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a dragon head.
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>> Mustery goes far deeper than basic.
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There's a skill tree, abilities tree.
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>> Upgrading a weapon unlocks distinctive
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forms and techniques, carving out the
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unique combat philosophy.
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>> He said it's 30 weapons,
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all upgradeable.
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The [ __ ] was that? A soul. will never
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worry about a newly acquired weapon
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being too weak. With the reforging
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talisman, you can reset the weapons
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level, recover all invested materials,
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and immediately reinvest them into your
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new game.
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>> All right, that's all I need to know.
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So, yeah, it sounds like you're going to
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have to create different builds to fly
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through this game.
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Not builds so much, but weapons.
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We've crafted the options as distinct
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ways to experience the story.
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>> Way far mode is intuitive and cinematic,
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letting anyone feel like a kung fu
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master,
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>> but for those seeking a true challenge
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in poor fighting game mechanics.
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Bosses won't rely on fixed patterns.
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They react to your spacing, punch your
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whips, and adapt your habits in real
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time.
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>> Okay.
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Less mistakes. You can't make that many
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mistakes playing on this game.
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>> Oh, boys get smoked.
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>> For the ultimate test, unlock 66 days
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mode. Unlike the other difficulty
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settings, this mode turns Soul's 66 day
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countdown into a literal gameplay
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timeline.
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>> So you got to go through the game fast.
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Is that what you're saying?
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>> It features the intensity of Hell
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Walker, but every defeat cost you
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precious time.
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>> It's like what the opposite of seafood
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is
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>> zero. It is permanent death.
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>> I remember that game. when you get
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older, each time you get your ass kicked
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or get killed. See,
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>> our ultimate goal is to from the deep
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well of authentic Chinese folk arts and
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martial arts,
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>> infusing them into the sleek visceral
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aesthetic we call kung fu punk.
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To show you what that looks like in
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motion, please take a look at this boss
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encounter.
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Heat. Heat.
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Flying dance grandmaster.
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So you got parries, you got quick steps,
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dodges.
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Saw that red flash, man. You better die.
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Water. Ah.
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Hold some M.
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Man, I I like I like bosses like this.
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brings a different different energy, you
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know.
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It's like a dance of death.
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The final day.
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I am digging these bosses, man. I'm
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killing him.
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Why? Why?
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Heat.
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Heat.
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Man, I'm captivated. I can't even talk.
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Bringing Phantom Blade Zero to life has
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been a massive endeavor and the support
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from our community has allowed us to
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build the exact game we envision.
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It's our way of paying tribute to
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tradition while bringing it to life as
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an immersive experience for players all
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over the world.
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>> Yeah, man.
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>> Now, this is just a quick glimpse of
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Phantom Blade Zero. There's much more
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for you to explore and you may even
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cross paths with the character I play
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along the way.
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Phantom movement is elusive. They are
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striking a way.
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>> That's an actual real martial artist,
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too, by the way. It's not just an actor
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into a divine weapon.
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That's the path to go beyond and out.
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>> All right.
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Yeah. 10 29 2020 2026.
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So, uh, yeah, releases that days for the
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PS5 and a PC, by the way, if you didn't
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know. It's not an Xbox as far as I know.
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Uh, yeah, it's an action game. It's an
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action game. You look at you look at it,
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you know, I play games since my
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university days like Devil May Cry, you
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know, that's what it reminds me of.
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Quick action. It does bring more of a,
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you know, the traditional like Chinese
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element that I haven't seen a lot in a
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lot of games, you know, with the Wooshu
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and the, you know, their traditions and
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how, you know, the enemies and
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everything looks. Like I said, it kind
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of reminds me of Wooong following
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feathers a little bit. Um, but yeah, I'm
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looking forward to it. like it's going
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to be a great action game, you know. Uh,
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so that's about it. Make sure you check
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out my brother streaming. I think he's
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streaming right now actually at Bobby
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that's about it. I'll see you in the
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next one. That concludes uh Phantom
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Blaze Zero State of Play later.
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