S-Game's Phantom Blade Zero made more than a few heads turn when it was revealed back in 2023 with its haunting dark setting and intense action gameplay. The game looked so nice that many believed the trailer wasn't a proper representation of the experience, myself included, but every doubt I had about what looked like yet another soulslike were completely squashed last year when I had the chance to try out a few slices of the game during Gamescom 2024 focused on extremely satisfying combat and action gameplay whose best qualities managed to shine through even in a version of the game that was clearly rather far from release. And although I felt combat was great, I couldn't help but wonder how the rest of the experience would shape up.

An answer to this question arrived during this ye

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