Phantom Blade Zero Stuns With Spectacular Wuxia Action and PC Visuals

WHO:

TechRadar - S-Game made its debut with *Phantom Blade Zero*.

Wccftech - The article identifies *Phantom Blade Zero* as an action-RPG developed by S-Game.

Wccftech - Francesco De Meo rated the game 10/10 and said S-Game had “delivered a masterpiece with its first major PC and console release that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the absolute peak of the genre”.

Wccftech - The test system used an Intel Core i9-13900K, an MSI MEG Z790 ACE motherboard, 32 GB of DDR5-7600 (CL36) memory, and NVIDIA 581.42, AMD 25.10.1, and Intel 32.0.101.8136 drivers.

WHAT:

TechRadar - After 20 hours of play, the reviewer called *Phantom Blade Zero* one of the best action games in recent memory, praising its combat, weapon variety, and atmosphere, while describing the atmosphere as sometimes obtuse.

Wccftech - The game features fast-paced combat, Unreal Engine 5 (version 5.7.4), and PC support for NVIDIA DLSS 4.5, ray tracing, and path tracing.

Wccftech - The game supports TSR, NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, Intel XeSS, and frame generation of up to 2x on AMD, 4x on Intel, and 6x on NVIDIA.

Wccftech - At 4K on the Ultra preset, the RTX 5090 reached 63 FPS; the RTX 4090, 51; RTX 5080, 40; RTX 4080 SUPER, 36; RTX 5070 Ti, 34; and RX 9070 XT, 31.

Wccftech - At 1440p Ultra, the RTX 5090 reached 100 FPS and the RTX 5070 Ti 62 FPS. At 1080p Ultra, the RTX 5090 reached 122 FPS.

Wccftech - At 4K, enabling ray tracing reduced performance by 20–22% versus native Ultra; path tracing reduced performance by 35–40% versus ray tracing and 50% versus native Ultra.

Wccftech - Wccftech described the game’s visuals as especially impressive with path tracing and said high-end graphics settings often require upscaling or frame generation for stronger performance.

WHERE:

Wccftech - The article covers the game’s PC release and PC performance testing.

WHEN:

TechRadar - The review was based on 20 hours with the game.

WHY:

Wccftech - Wccftech said the game’s detailed visuals demand powerful hardware; its tests found that native Very High and Ultra settings were difficult to run on existing GPUs without upscaling or frame generation.

HOW:

Wccftech - The game offers display, graphics, and image-quality settings, including V-Sync, HDR, motion blur, resolution options, graphics presets, and adjustable detail settings.

Wccftech - The game begins with a shader-compilation process that the article describes as a one-time process.

Wccftech - The article says DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction improves image quality when using ray tracing or path tracing.

(UPDATED October 27, 2026 18:02 UTC)

S-Game has made its debut with *Phantom Blade Zero*, an action-RPG whose fast-paced combat, varied weapons, and atmosphere earned one reviewer praise after 20 hours of play, while another rated it 10 out of 10. The PC release supports ray tracing and path tracing, but demanding graphics settings can require upscaling or frame generation; at 4K on Ultra, an RTX 5090 reached 63 frames per second, compared with 51 on an RTX 4090. Testing also found that ray tracing lowered 4K performance by 20 to 22 percent versus native Ultra, while path tracing cut performance by half compared with native Ultra.