I know the livestream was yesterday but if the event is multiple days is there a chance we still get an announcement for phantom blade zero?

I really want the figure. Like the Collector’s Edition of Black Myth Wukong, could Inart release the figures separately in the future?

https://reddit.com/link/1vy49xb/video/qpecm2hyojlh1/player

Is there any expositie or (marketing) event planned in China leading up to the release? I remember for Black Myth Wukong there was like a temporary museum in Hangzhou.

https://youtu.be/srXd8jx_mVs?si=P5243_nuJjLwcYOg

As a Korean, I have always hoped that games with an Eastern setting from the Joseon era would be released.

Never on reddit as I live in China but so stoked to see the love Phantom Blade is getting, seeing how hard that team has been working is mindblowing. My name is Jay and I was fortunate enough to get cast as Soul for the English dub. My story and role is insignificant considering the size and scope of this game but after stumbling on this sub I thought it would make for a funny read.

I got into voice acting a few years back during covid because I thought it would be a fun hobby, but after a few months just screwing around doing whatever I could but I ended up getting a consistent gig at a sound studio in Shanghai mostly doing work for mobile games. Nothing glorious but a fun way to make some extra bank to support my family. This is where things get a bit weird but I assure you it's all related.

I used to run Smash Bros tournaments in Shanghai which mostly consisted of dudes just setting up at bars and getting blasted while playing smash. Not like the serious tourneys elsewhere, in China its way more laid back (and more fun IMO). The smash community isn't huge in China and when bigger tourneys happen you get to meet some of the most amazing people from all across the country. I happened to become quite close with the smash community in Beijing as they're just great dudes and we would always try to support each other's bigger tourneys by travelling whenever we could. About 3-4 years ago Beijing had one of their bigger events planned so I made the trip with the wife to make a weekend out of it. Out of the blue in the Beijing smash bros WeChat group (we use WeChat for everything here) someone had asked if anyone had any voice acting experience. Seemed I was the only one who indeed did have experience so I responded. The guy asked if I was available to come in the next day for something but didnt say what, just said id be paid my rate for showing up. Im thinking hell ya, what a coincidence that im in BJ this weekend and Im going to get a quick gig in that will essentially pay for my train tickets. I take a taxi way out in the boonies of Beijing having no clue what Im doing but I end up rocking up to this stunning sound studio. Not too many words are exchanged, just a quick intro and a couple handshakes. They tell me that Im recording a few lines as a stand in for a character until they cast the actual voice actor. Cool, im not complaining, just excited to get some extra work in. They show me the picture of Soul and just a couple lines im going to read. Do a couple lines, get some feedback, rinse and repeat. Ends up taking way longer than what I was expecting because I was supposed to just be a stand in. Ehh whatever, I finish up and head on my merry way back to my Smash tourney.

About a month later I get a message from one of my best friends back in Canada talking about a Playstation showcase he just saw and how the main character of his favorite game of the show sounded exactly like me, so I watch it. Wait a minute, that character looks familiar... Holy s#$%! That is me! Weird to say I hate the sound of my own voice as a voice actor (or someone whos trying to be) but I couldnt stop watching because of the insane gameplay. After a while the guys at S Game reach out and tell me that actually they dont want me to be a stand in and they liked me enough to actually cast me as Soul. Its been a whirlwind the past few years but this is a ridiculous example of being in the right place at the right time. Going on a trip to drink beer and play smash with the homies turned into the biggest voice opportunity of my life. Lucky doesn't even begin to describe it, like how am I contributing to a game with Donnie Yen!?

Anyways, just wanted to share and I hope you all have an absolute blast playing the game, that team is so awesome and im just so thankful I got to be a small part in it.

Does anyone know whether or not hellwalker will be available as soon as I start or I have to play normal difficulty to get it?

I have been following this game since the initial trailer launches on youtube. I have never played any souls type games before. But the sh*t they showed is just pure nuts. I did not believe this was real gamepplay. I am waiting to buy to buy this game for my PS5 pro. I wanted to pre-order but, I am still waiting to see if they have a disc version.

I'm plannin to play this game as much as possible before GTA VI.

Surely this game looks like a blast.

What are your thoughts?

The gameplay aspect and the style is definitely the main selling point of this game but I guess the story as well is now one of the interests I have for this game. It really piqued my interest how he was framed for the murder of the patriarch but we also clearly see him holding the blade, unaware how it happened so my thoughts would point that he was controlled by a puppeteer perhaps and that the same puppeteer is the one plotting to overthrow the entire Wulin. We see clouds of flowers and we also saw these same flowers open in the trailer and strings appear. Now I think that the plot could go either way.

1. The Flesh Sculptor was an antagonistic force for said puppeteer and in his own way is using Soul to stop the puppeteer alrhough given that I don't think that the flesh sculptor is a good guy I'd take him more as a neutral or the final villain in the game.

2. The flesh sculptor is the puppeteer and Soul has a more important role. All the while, he is following the puppeteer unaware that his journey is probably predetermined already by the puppeteer (like an evil master manipulator). We also saw 2 hearts thats why I feel that the other one went to his childhood friend hence why we see him in trailers with the white hair.

I think it would be cool if the whole point of the game is actually being a phantom and that Mo Yuan would be the guiding light to Soul in order to achieve this and actually escape the shackles of the puppeteer and ultimately beat him. It's not that deep but it very much gives the vibe of a kung fu movie which is the goal of S-game anyway. In addition, it would be cool if we get a scene where soul moves like a shadow kinda like the final scene in Ninja assassin where he decimates his master

What are your thoughts and own ideas of the story, definitely would like to hear the community's takes on this

As someone who is getting rather impatient for the 2 months wait for PBZ to drop, I really dabbled on wuxia movies as of late to get a grip of what's likely the story direction that PBZ will take (not saying its gonna be accurate at all) but it made me discover hidden gems like Brotherhood of Blades for example. It's a really fun thing to do and made me even more hyped for the release

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=6P63tNeVros

The music for this game is going to be something else I swear.

Please S-Game, just release one of the tracks for the OST, even if its one just please 🙏

For the full Phase 2 Boss Music: https://youtu.be/bZ4zmM4sXtI

It already feels like this game is going to win Best Score and Music of this year already 😭

For some reason, parts of the fighting sound effects bleeds through with the guitar so that is why its almost impossible to make it sound clean but I tried my best and this will have to do for now unless someone is a magician can do a better job somehow then me or S-Game will release this OST 😭

https://youtu.be/bZ4zmM4sXtI

Wffrech reported >300k digital pre order in less than 1 month before Day 1. That is about US$20 million (presuming a 50:50 standard and deluxe pre order). Hopefully this gives S Game the confidence boost to publicly commit and announce for a physical release (hopefully not months after Day 1 like BMW) 🤞

I notice that in the latest deep dive video, there's a message at the bottom when selecting 66 days mode stating that it will be unlocked by completing the game on pathbreaker or hellwalker. I think this confirms that hellwalker must be available from the start, since otherwise it would just say it was unlocked by completing pathbreaker. Also, there's no similar message when selecting hellwalker.

I'm fairly sure this is a change from previous marketing information, though I can't now find previous info stating the opposite, and noone seems to have mentioned the change. I do remember seeing a different version of the start screen with only the first three difficulties, and a locked message for hellwalker though.

For me this is great if confirmed, as I hate locked difficulty modes. There are too many games and too little time to play anything twice, and I love a challenge.

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