Developer S-GAME has launched a brand new “Yr of the Dragon Particular Trailer: Rain and Blood,” trailer for its upcoming motion RPG Phantom Blade. The three-minute trailer reveals an animation. Based on 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 evening, setting in movement a collection of occasions with far-reaching penalties.” Moreover, the trailer additionally reveals gameplay segments displaying new places 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 may be seen under:
It was over 4 years in the past. I used to be working with Mr. Yang Tingmu, one of many prime animators in China, to create video belongings for our cell video games. We utilized conventional Chinese language portray types to trendy animation and invented an entire methodology of it. The legacy of our work is obvious in Phantom Blade: Executioners, particularly the cutscenes whenever you launch Overdrive strikes.
Now, engaged on Phantom Blade Zero, an entire completely different beast backed by Unreal Engine 5, we really feel it’s form of a disgrace to easily abandon all of the arduous work we did through the years on 2D arts. A little bit of repurposing can be good.
We predict it’s fairly cool to mix collectively the previous and the brand new, the simplified and the sophisticated, the quick and the sluggish. If by any likelihood you’ =re an avid reader of Wuxia novels, particularly these by Gu Lengthy, this scene ought to really feel dearly acquainted—a confrontation, ominous environment, the soldiers measurement one another up, contemplating their accessible strikes and attainable penalties. Heavy suspense, all of a sudden somebody makes the primary transfer, and the battle 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 evening, setting in movement a collection of occasions with far-reaching penalties. This second marks a starting and an finish. Within the recreation universe—the demise of adolescent innocence and the rise of grownup ambitions and obligations. 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 of one thing to kick begin the Yr of the Dragon. On the finish of the trailer you will see 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!
Could 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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