Phantom Blade Zero’s First Patch Changed Bosses. Did It Change This One?

Before Phantom Blade Zero came out, the big question was whether it's too easy. Less than a week after launch, its first patch made one early boss easier, on two of its settings. I downloaded patch 1.3 on PS5 and went through everything a PS5 player can actually see: Hua's grab, the two new hit sound sliders, and the line that says some bosses now fight differently. Then I tested one boss I can still fight, before and after. From 4:53 the picture shows a hidden fight (spoilers), none of the story. 0:00 The first patch 0:58 What landed on PS5 2:37 Hua, Deadly Betrothed 4:04 The two hit sound sliders 5:57 The Gold-Masked One, before and after (spoilers) 9:02 What to do This is part of my series on Phantom Blade Zero after launch. My launch day video    • Phantom Blade Zero Launch Day, What Chines...   The setting that turns it into Sekiro    • China Says a Setting Turns Phantom Blade Z...   The bride and her letters    • China Says the Bride Is Phantom Blade Zero...   The drunken sword [FILM 19 URL] My pre-launch series on Phantom Blade Zero Whether it's too easy    • Phantom Blade Zero Feels Easy Because Dyin...   Whether its weapons are real    • Phantom Blade Zero Has a Lute, a Lion’s He...   The man who made it, Soulframe Liang    • He Lost His Master’s Place Over a Free Gam...   What the critics said about it    • Western Critics Say Phantom Blade Zero's S...   The man who wrote its music    • He Emailed Phantom Blade Zero's Director F...   Whether to play it in Chinese or English    • Should You Play Phantom Blade Zero in Chin...   Why you take your weapons from bosses    • You Don’t Find Weapons in Phantom Blade Ze...   The launch trailer's hidden message    • Phantom Blade Zero's Launch Trailer Has a ...   The Chinese words the English version keeps    • Phantom Blade Zero Doesn’t Translate These...   The real places hidden inside it    • What Dynasty Is Phantom Blade Zero? Its Di...   How the fights were made    • Donnie Yen Didn't Just Lend His Name to Ph...   The films and books behind it    • Phantom Blade Zero's Hero Isn't a Chosen O...   What China really thinks of it    • What China Really Thinks of Phantom Blade ...   How it compares with its closest rivals    • Phantom Blade Zero vs Wukong, Sekiro, Nioh...   How its combat actually works    • Phantom Blade Zero Isn't Sekiro: How Its C...   The lore, the story behind Soul across 18 years    • Phantom Blade Zero Lore Explained: The 18-...   The previews are in    • Phantom Blade Zero: The Previews Are In   Everything we know before launch    • Phantom Blade Zero: Everything We Know Bef...   Sources Patch notes, version 1.0302256, posted by S-GAME on Steam on 4 Nov 2026 (quoted word for word) PS5 version 1.302.289 and its 4.102 GB size, from my own PS5's download screen, 5 Nov 2026 The WeGame roll-out on 3 Nov 2026, from Gamersky and 17173 Patch 1.3 on PS5, from Push Square The two sliders' descriptions, from the game's own Audio settings on my PS5 The reviews that called it too easy and the ones that didn't, as gathered for my pre-launch film on difficulty (GameSpot, Fextralife, Skill Up, Polygon, IGN, Wccftech, Press Start, PSU) A Bilibili video title by 未尽歌未竟, read on 5 Nov 2026 The flash counts are my own, counted by eye on my own captures of 2 and 5 Nov 2026 Gameplay captured by me on PS5 Pro.