Developer S-GAME has launched a brand new “12 months of the Dragon Particular Trailer: Rain and Blood,” trailer for its upcoming motion RPG Phantom Blade. The three-minute trailer reveals an animated combat scene. In line with the developer, “the duel on this scene harkens again to the unique Rainblood in 2008, the sport on the root of the Phantom Blade universe. Two pals parted methods on a darkish and stormy night time, setting in movement a collection of occasions with far-reaching penalties.” Moreover, the trailer additionally reveals gameplay segments exhibiting new areas and enemies. Lastly, the developer additionally confirmed {that a} playable demo for the sport will launch someday this month. Phantom Blade Zero will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC. A launch date has but to be introduced.
A message concerning the trailer from the developer’s founder will be seen beneath:
It was over 4 years in the past. I used to be working with Mr. Yang Tingmu, one of many high animators in China, to create video property for our cell video games. We utilized conventional Chinese language portray kinds to trendy animation and invented a complete methodology of it. The legacy of our work is clear in Phantom Blade: Executioners, particularly the cutscenes once you launch Overdrive strikes.
Now, engaged on Phantom Blade Zero, a complete completely different beast backed by Unreal Engine 5, we really feel it’s sort of a disgrace to easily abandon all of the arduous work we did over time on 2D arts. A little bit of repurposing can be good.
We expect it’s fairly cool to mix collectively the outdated and the brand new, the simplified and the difficult, the quick and the gradual. If by any probability you’ =re an avid reader of Wuxia novels, particularly these by Gu Lengthy, this scene ought to really feel dearly acquainted—a confrontation, ominous ambiance, the soldiers dimension one another up, contemplating their out there strikes and potential penalties. Heavy suspense, all of a sudden somebody makes the primary transfer, and the combat is over the second two blades conflict.
The duel on this scene harkens again to the unique Rainblood in 2008, the sport on the root of the Phantom Blade universe. Two pals parted methods on a darkish and stormy night time, setting in movement a collection of occasions with far-reaching penalties. This second marks a starting and an finish. Within the recreation universe—the dying of adolescent innocence and the rise of grownup ambitions and duties. Exterior the sport, within the real-life universe—a transition from 2D to 3D, from cell to console and PC, from native operation to worldwide publishing.
So! Right here it’s, a bit one thing to kick begin the 12 months of the Dragon. On the finish of the trailer you will see that new footage of Phantom Blade Zero—operating on PlayStation 5. Yep, you learn it proper. The sport is R-E-A-L actual and we’re actively engaged on it! Anticipate extra reveals in addition to a playable demo as we plunge deeper into 2024!
Might you all have the grace and energy of the dragon!
Soulframe Liang
Founding father of S-GAME
Director of the Phantom Blade Franchise
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