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Phantom Blade Zero producer says foreign themes can "be an advantage, rather than a barrier" for a global audience


Phantom Blade Zero's producer believes authentic cultural themes are important for games and shouldn't be diluted for a…

Phantom Blade Zero's producer believes authentic cultural themes are important for games and shouldn't be diluted for a global audience. Liang Qiwei (known as Soulframe), who's also the CEO of developer S-Game, discussed the topic with Japanese site 4Gamer at this year's Tokyo Game Show (thanks Automaton). "If we look at recent titles, Black Myth: Wukong had a much higher hurdle to overcome than our game does in terms of culture as it's completely based on a classic Chinese work of literature," said Qiwei.

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