8月12日，隨著《影之刃零》11分鐘實機預告的公布，一個「藏」了兩年的秘密也隨之揭曉——國際動作巨星甄子丹不僅自2023年起便擔任本作的創意顧問，還親自為遊戲中的關鍵角色「暗魔天堡之主：魔淵」進行了面部與動作捕捉。
Pre-orders for Phantom Blade Zero are now open! Watch the 11-minute trailer and follow Soul deeper into his journey, where new faces and encounters await along the way. Donnie Yen has served as Creative Consultant on Phantom Blade Zero since 2023, bringing his martial arts and action filmmaking expertise to the game’s combat design. He also takes on the role of Facial & Motion Capture Actor for Mó Yuan. Huge thanks to Donnie and his stunt team for bringing authentic kung fu to the game.
消息一出，海外玩家的反應比預想中來得更加直接——留言區幾乎被「IP MAN」（葉問）洗版了。
有玩家看完預告後感嘆「感覺不像在玩遊戲，而是在看甄子丹演的武俠片」，認為戰鬥「絲滑流暢」，對遊戲的期待值「直接拉滿」。
Just watched the trailer It has to be the craziest game all of time omg
I love Donnie Yen, his IP man movies were amazing! Can’t wait to play!
Wait, what? Donnie?! You mean Donnie Yen?! Damn, I'm so hyped about this game! 🤯
This game looks amazing, and they got my boy Donnie Yen?! 🔥 Take my money! 💳
在海外媒體看來，甄子丹為《影之刃零》帶來的不僅是明星效應，更是實打實的武術功底。
PC Gamer在報道中寫道，甄子丹這些作品積累下來的動作設計經驗，正是《影之刃零》所需要的。當「葉問」本人親自下場為一款遊戲把關動作設計時，海外玩家的期待值被推到新高度也就不足為奇了。
