Drunken Sword

Drunken Sword is one of the confirmed fighting styles in Phantom Blade Zero. S-Game has shown it off in a behind-the-scenes video featuring motion-capture footage of a stunt performer working in the classic drunken-boxing tradition and translating it into Soul's sword combat.

The Style

Drunken combat in martial-arts cinema is built on unpredictability. The fighter's stance and weight shift constantly, which makes it hard for opponents to read attack timings or commit to a counter. Drunken Sword leans into that feel, layering feints and off-axis strikes onto Soul's normal attack animations rather than reskinning them.

Place in the Kung Fu Punk Design

Drunken Sword is an example of how the kung fu punk aesthetic pulls specific historical and cinematic martial-arts styles into a futuristic wuxia setting. The same design priority runs through the rest of combat system, which treats Hong Kong martial-arts cinema as a direct reference rather than just a general influence.

Motion Capture

S-Game has publicly credited the motion-capture performance as the reason Drunken Sword reads clearly on screen. The team has shown the raw mocap footage alongside the in-engine animation to emphasise how much of the style's rhythm is preserved verbatim in the final build.