Edo - 田艾德

Review culture is completely broken, and Fextralife’s coverage of Phantom Blade Zero proves it. When reviewers drop these numbers. like Mortismal 100% in 50–60 hours( a week) or Fextralife claiming 95% completion in 35 hours. It makes no sense! I’ve been playing non-stop since launch day, I’m 51 hours in, and I’m literally at 55% progression. Do the math. There is zero chance Fextralife played this game on Hellwalker for his entire playthrough. Since there’s no punishment or lock for swapping difficulty mid-game, he just dropped it to standard, spammed dialogue skip, followed dev press guides, and rushed the credits to beat the embargo. He crutched on one comfortable meta build to speed-run the review build, and now suddenly he's uploading video guides on all these different weapons and builds he barely touched before scoring the game. How are you gonna review an action game packed with parry mechanics, boss phases, and hidden builds when you bypassed all the mechanical depth just to drop a video first? If you’re treating a game like a chore on a checklist, you aren't reviewing it. You’re just reviewing how fast you can turn a press key into views