Phantom Blade Zero reviews had the potential to land just about anywhere. While the advanced trailers showed off hyper-flashy combat in a spooky depiction of China, concerns remained that the game prioritized style over substance and could have performance issues.
Reviews have now dropped, and those concerns have washed away, as it becomes one of the year's highest-scoring action games, with some dubbing it a serious contender for Game of the Year.
Phantom Blade Zero's review score sits at an 88 on both PS5 and PC on Metacritic. That means it outscores two of its biggest rivals this year: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, which scored an 85, and Nioh 3, which got an 86. Things are looking even better on OpenCritic, as Phantom Blade Zero sits at 91. It is missing one major outlier from its scores, though. Here's what the critics had to say:
Starting off with none other than myself, it's safe to say I loved the game. It's the first time in seven years that I've given a game top marks, and it thoroughly deserves it. In my review, I said, "Phantom Blade Zero evoked shades of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Not in...
