Stellar Blade Review Thread & |OT| "When Voluptuous Beauty and The Blade Meet"
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Finished the game. Exactly 50 hours.
I DID everything. All cans, all outfits, all side quests, fishing. I wanted to make it last as long as possible and I never do this stuff in games. Even in games I like.
Last time I felt this emotional and stunned was with ff16 but Stellar Blade is constant higher quality.
The graphics, art, music it's all 10/10. Incredible stuff. What a story! What a protagonist Eve is!
We don't get games like this anymore. single player, NEW IP, new story, not based on movie or a book. Fully unique and original.
It's 9.5 for me. Just stunning.
Listen to this track. jesus christ.
I DID everything. All cans, all outfits, all side quests, fishing. I wanted to make it last as long as possible and I never do this stuff in games. Even in games I like.
Last time I felt this emotional and stunned was with ff16 but Stellar Blade is constant higher quality.
The graphics, art, music it's all 10/10. Incredible stuff. What a story! What a protagonist Eve is!
We don't get games like this anymore. single player, NEW IP, new story, not based on movie or a book. Fully unique and original.
It's 9.5 for me. Just stunning.
Listen to this track. jesus christ.
I wish I was better at the combat but I'm still really enjoying it although I have to say some if the platforming bits are so ridiculous like I found a can Friday when I was looking for the 1 memory stick I hadn't got & having to jump down onto a stick to swing off was ridiculous lol
Yeah the platforming is wonky.
The combat is not the easiest but remember to use everything. Beta and guns !
I always forget about guns & beta , I got the skills that make perfect dodge & perfect parry easier but I don't think they do anything lol
Yeah these skills don’t do shit. There is also exo spine to help with that.
One thing. Be sure to upgrade your exo spine!!!
Honestly I cannot stand so much about this game I went for a refund through Amazon tonight. The combat feels like dogshit to me and I absolutely hate the mission design, level design, encounter design, pretty much everything so far except Eve's character model and some of the music. Some general graphic design choices are nice too but that ain't saving it for me.
Pretty much everything actually, no one aspect is really appealing to me or very fun in practice. I'm a pretty big fan of character action games and high intensity combat systems the flow and combat design just feels like dogshit across the board to me. I found myself nodding through the entire electric underground critique I posted the other day, he goes through the nuts and bolts of the combat mechanics and how they stack up to other games this is being sold as similar to. On paper this game does many things other highly acclaimed games do but in practice it just doesn't feel right.
The below is copied from the currently playing OT -
Completed Stellar Blade on Story mode in just under 80 hours for my first play-through. Found every collectible except for one damn soda can which I missed at the end and did every side quest.
Visuals looks excellent, loved all the different environments and maps. Great character models and excellent animations. Loved the design of the characters especially the enemies. Just freaking nuts some of the designs they came up with. Interior areas or linear areas do look better than the two open world map type areas. Great game and level design. You always feel like you’re progressing with new skill trees opening up, new gear, upgrades and more. Menus could be more organized for suits and whatnot. It’s just one long list you have to scroll through. Minor complaint though.
Hoping for an expansion and for this franchise to be a trilogy. Would love for that to happen. Will be playing on normal mode when I start new game plus on Thursday while im waiting for Hellblade 2. Simply loved this game and every hour of it. First game in three years since Outriders that I want to replay immediately after completing the game which I almost never ever do. Can’t wait to see all the new stuff added in new game plus and how I do on normal mode.
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To add to it though. Started new game plus on normal this past Friday and did a speed run in order to get the bad ending which I did last night (Saturday) but can't lie, the final boss is insane in terms of difficulty spike. By far the toughest boss I had to fight in the entire game to where after dying four times including using the WB pump to revive myself twice in each fight, I decreased the difficulty to story mode because there was just no way. Not a fan of one hit kills at all in any fucking game because what's the point in building up my character and trying to get overpowered if I can die in a single shot/attack? Like, WTF?
Anyway, completed that and today, started another new game plus. Just made it to Xion after 6+ hours. Playing on hard mode now which has been pretty easy thus far including the few bosses that I have fought. I did die once jumping off a ledge into the water in Eidos 7 but landed on the wooden plank that I moved closer to the ladder but other than that fuck up, no issues thus far but in all honesty, im not expecting to have any until the final boss.
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Outfit wise, im using the mk3 variant of the outfit you start the game with. It's red/black/silver. I was using the cybernetic bondage outfit on my speed run and for the end of the first playthrough. What a great fucking outfit. Hehehe. Another one that's nice is the one you unlock when collecting all 49 cans which I did last night. Forgot the name of the outfit.
Overall, have done and completed everything in the game. Just need to get the third ending which will then give me every trophy and yes, my first ever intentional platinum trophy. In all honesty, I have never cared about trophies (or achievements) but when I completed the game this past Tuesday, it said I completed 39/45 trophies or some shit like that. Once I completed new game plus with the second ending, I ended up with 43/45 trophies so I figured why not go for the platinum?
Loving Stellar Blade. Looking forward to seeing the boss rush mode that is either rumored, speculated or maybe Shift Up said something about it? Not even sure to be honest but that seems like an easy decision for the game. I would like to see them add more skills and perhaps more exo-spines because I have 30+ skill points, over $200K in money and plenty of resources. I have maxed out everything except the sword power which I have five levels to go and one final level for the stage two of the tumbler.
Haven't played and completed a game 2+ times in a row back to back since Outriders three years ago. Really hoping that Stellar Blade sold very well because I want this IP to be a trilogy.
Completed Stellar Blade on Story mode in just under 80 hours for my first play-through. Found every collectible except for one damn soda can which I missed at the end and did every side quest.
- Visuals - 9.0/10 (excellent)
- Audio - 9.0/10 (excellent)
- Combat/Gameplay - 10/10 (superb)
- Story/Characters - 8.0/10 (great)
- Overall - 9.0/10 (excellent)
Visuals looks excellent, loved all the different environments and maps. Great character models and excellent animations. Loved the design of the characters especially the enemies. Just freaking nuts some of the designs they came up with. Interior areas or linear areas do look better than the two open world map type areas. Great game and level design. You always feel like you’re progressing with new skill trees opening up, new gear, upgrades and more. Menus could be more organized for suits and whatnot. It’s just one long list you have to scroll through. Minor complaint though.
Hoping for an expansion and for this franchise to be a trilogy. Would love for that to happen. Will be playing on normal mode when I start new game plus on Thursday while im waiting for Hellblade 2. Simply loved this game and every hour of it. First game in three years since Outriders that I want to replay immediately after completing the game which I almost never ever do. Can’t wait to see all the new stuff added in new game plus and how I do on normal mode.
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To add to it though. Started new game plus on normal this past Friday and did a speed run in order to get the bad ending which I did last night (Saturday) but can't lie, the final boss is insane in terms of difficulty spike. By far the toughest boss I had to fight in the entire game to where after dying four times including using the WB pump to revive myself twice in each fight, I decreased the difficulty to story mode because there was just no way. Not a fan of one hit kills at all in any fucking game because what's the point in building up my character and trying to get overpowered if I can die in a single shot/attack? Like, WTF?
Anyway, completed that and today, started another new game plus. Just made it to Xion after 6+ hours. Playing on hard mode now which has been pretty easy thus far including the few bosses that I have fought. I did die once jumping off a ledge into the water in Eidos 7 but landed on the wooden plank that I moved closer to the ladder but other than that fuck up, no issues thus far but in all honesty, im not expecting to have any until the final boss.
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Outfit wise, im using the mk3 variant of the outfit you start the game with. It's red/black/silver. I was using the cybernetic bondage outfit on my speed run and for the end of the first playthrough. What a great fucking outfit. Hehehe. Another one that's nice is the one you unlock when collecting all 49 cans which I did last night. Forgot the name of the outfit.
Overall, have done and completed everything in the game. Just need to get the third ending which will then give me every trophy and yes, my first ever intentional platinum trophy. In all honesty, I have never cared about trophies (or achievements) but when I completed the game this past Tuesday, it said I completed 39/45 trophies or some shit like that. Once I completed new game plus with the second ending, I ended up with 43/45 trophies so I figured why not go for the platinum?
Loving Stellar Blade. Looking forward to seeing the boss rush mode that is either rumored, speculated or maybe Shift Up said something about it? Not even sure to be honest but that seems like an easy decision for the game. I would like to see them add more skills and perhaps more exo-spines because I have 30+ skill points, over $200K in money and plenty of resources. I have maxed out everything except the sword power which I have five levels to go and one final level for the stage two of the tumbler.
Haven't played and completed a game 2+ times in a row back to back since Outriders three years ago. Really hoping that Stellar Blade sold very well because I want this IP to be a trilogy.
I'm glad you enjoy the game no I don't really care to try and explain to you why something you enjoy doesn't feel right to me. Watch the video I referred to if you are really interested in an in depth critique.
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Im about 3 minutes in and this guy is a clickbaiter. He's malding at having a skill tree??? And having some cutscenes like any normal game would. Lmao these have existed for decades gtfo with this dishonest ass review
Yeah, I watched it too and honestly, I don't think he could ever like the game because he clearly went into it looking for things to criticize. Then you have easily influenced people like @Nym see the video and cling onto it.
What im trying to say is, the combat in this game is exceptional. If you suck at it, thats a skill issue.
very strong 9/10 game here IMO even if im being critical
click click click... it is made by hater for haters even if makes no sense in grand scheme of gaming.