Phantom Blade Zero aims to beat Black Myth: Wukong and revive the "golden age" of kung fu cinema

The second philosophy is taking inspiration from 90s game development to ensure the scope is manageable. "We want to get back to the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 era," said Liang, "when the games were not so big, the budgets not sky high, the team manageable, and all the developers were passionate and creative and with experience. It's like a bigger indie game, but with budget and with experience and with a stable hand, and everything feels so integrated from the starting point when you press down the Start button to the finish point of the staff list."