This is absolutely amazing! It rewrote the history of action games, and time will prove just how powerful and groundbreaking it is. Some people say the plot is bad, but have they carefully read the descriptions of every document and item they pick up in the game? I still remember Lan Shaodi; he looked so carefree that I thought he was a child trafficker, but it turned out he was just using that as a cover to save children. He even gave away all his wealth. He was originally a pampered young master without such troubles, and no one knew about his achievements. In that era, it was incredibly difficult to take in a group of children. He eventually died in front of his own mansion, and no one but us knew or cared. After the mission, we received the jade ring he pawned to the boatman; the words in the description weighed a ton. The plot, characters, ensemble cast, and world-building are all top-notch. And the combat system is incredibly unpredictable. Unlike Japanese games that seem to give you power but actually impose soft limitations, it even allows you to unlock passive abilities to make yourself less restricted! For example, in a Japanese game, if you attack and the boss suddenly raises his hand to attack before the animation ends, you'll just think you're doomed. You've misjudged and attacked at the wrong time, and you can only take the hit because even if you, as a player, realize you need to defend and dodge, the animation isn't over; the boss has to take the attack. But Shadow Blade Zero is different. You can interrupt your animation with a dodge! You can choose when to attack, when to change your rhythm, and various other methods—different solutions! Some say the combat system is empty, which is the biggest smear and misunderstanding! The producer said that the initial design intention was to allow ordinary players to experience the feeling of being a pro, so they simply let you choose a clumsy, no-operation, even near-random button-mashing style to complete the game. But that only means they provided that option. If you don't know how to combine weapons, how to use high-level level 15 gauntlets for blocking, or use other ridiculously rich effects, and you actively choose the guaranteed gameplay set for ordinary players, why blame the design?

This game's combat system has an infinitely high skill ceiling and an extremely low skill floor, making it very forgiving. It's not that the combat system is mediocre as some people claim; they've simply chosen a mediocre solution themselves! Story: 10! World-building: 10! Combat: 10! Exploration: 10! Replayability: 10!