Xu Jingyu: 'Phantom Blade Zero' is a tribute to me! So souls-like, I must play it

Summary

Xu Jingyu, a well-known game blogger known as "Yushuo Sports Xu Jingyu", recently released a video on Bilibili in which he frame-by-frame watched the gameplay demonstration of "Phantom Blade Zero" and made a highly characteristic statement: the protagonist in the game is called "Lord Soul", which is simply a tribute to himself. During the livestream, Xu forcibly linked the detail that the protagonist "Soul" is respectfully called "Lord Soul" by NPCs to his own identity as a "veteran souls-like player". He jokingly said that the reason the game is designed this way is precisely because of his experience of struggling and suffering through various souls-like games, and that the development team is paying tribute to him as the "master of this school". This is not the first time Xu has shown strong interest in "Phantom Blade Zero". He previously compared the protagonist "Soul" to Arthur Morgan from "Red Dead Redemption 2", believing both are characters living towards death. Xu has also expressed optimism about "Phantom Blade Zero" multiple times, saying it "has the potential to open a new trend for domestic games". This statement quickly sparked discussions in the gaming community. Some think it is typical "trolling" by Xu for laughs; others believe that interaction between well-known bloggers and domestic single-player games can indeed bring more attention. Whether or not one…