《影之刃零》正式发售：研发成本3至4亿元，媒体评分超越《黑神话：悟空》

国产动作游戏《影之刃零》于2024年10月29日正式登陆PC与PS5平台 1。该项目自2017年启动构思、2022年初立项，总研发成本约为3亿至4亿元 1。在定价方面，国区标准版为268元，豪华版为328元，限量典藏版售价1199元且仅发行2万套 1。

市场数据显示，截至10月28日，《影之刃零》全平台预购量约85万份，预售收入约4300万美元（约合2.87亿元人民币） 1。游戏首日Steam同时在线峰值最高触及72万人左右 1。媒体评价方面，该作在Metacritic平台的PC版均分达88分，PS5版均分为86分，IGN打分9分 1。作为对比，《黑神话：悟空》开发周期约7年、成本约4亿元，其PC版Metacritic均分为81分 1。

《黑神话：悟空》制作人冯骥发文回应 1。他回忆了与《影之刃零》创始人梁其伟的早期交往经历，并感叹当前是国产单机游戏“更好也更难”的时代 1。冯骥表示：“单机游戏，并非更高级的游戏...这是一个更好的时代，也是一个更难的时代。” 1

The Chinese action game Phantom Blade Zero officially launched on PC and PS5 platforms on October 29 1. Developed by S-GAME, the title has achieved a Metacritic average score of 88 for the PC version and 86 for the PS5 version, surpassing the PC average of 81 for Black Myth: Wukong 1. IGN awarded the game a score of 9 1. Pre-orders across all platforms reached approximately 850,000 copies as of October 28, generating estimated pre-sale revenue of $43 million (approximately 287 million RMB) 1. On its first day, the peak concurrent user count on Steam reached roughly 720,000 players 1.

The total development cost for Phantom Blade Zero is reported to be between 300 million and 400 million RMB 1. The project's conception began in 2017, with formal project initiation occurring in early 2022 1. In China, the standard edition is priced at 268 RMB, the deluxe edition at 328 RMB, and a limited collector's edition at 1,199 RMB, with only 20,000 units available 1. By comparison, Black Myth: Wukong had a development cost of approximately 400 million RMB and a production cycle of about seven years 1.

Feng Ji, the producer of Black Myth: Wukong, publicly responded to the launch by recalling his early interactions with Liang Qiwei, the founder of S-GAME 1. Feng commented that "single-player games are not more advanced games" and stated that the current era is "a better era, but also a harder era" 1.