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Phantom Blade Zero is easy to mistake for just another Chinese soulslike, but it is actually a far more approachable hack-and-slash title packed with a massive arsenal of weapons, dozens of bosses, and dizzying kung fu. The game certainly knows how to impress, though its creators seem to have overlooked an old Chinese proverb about quality over quantity. Having reached the true ending, we break down how Phantom Blade Zero turns its own greatest strengths into shortcomings.

ASPIS is an ambitious game by a solo developer. In an alternate Soviet Union, they have learned how to plunge into parallel realities, and the player will have to solve puzzles there, fight off monsters, and try to save their family in the process.