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I Played 6 Hours of Phantom Blade Zero and Can’t Stop Thinking About It | IGN Preview - IGN
Publisher description: After half a day playing Phantom Blade Zero, it’s gone from mostly not on my radar to to the top of my wishlist this fall, and I truly cannot wait to dive back in later this month to see if it can deliver beyond those first handful of hours. At least for now,…
NewsAPI | Oct 9, 2026 | Travis Northup
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Key Preview Takeaways:There are a ton of boss fights, and they’re fantastic so far. If you like style, PBZ is oozing it. Framerate hitches on a beefy PC are a yellow flag this close to launch. I play so many sweaty action games that pit me against insanely difficult bosses and require the most tight reaction times imaginable that it actually takes quite a lot to get me to pay attention these days. I’ll admit that when I first saw the Phantom Blade Zero gameplay trailers, I didn’t immediately get the hype.
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