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DarkmissPlaying
Recommended
10
Great game, that doesn't have any Racism like some journalist idiots would have you believe.
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Unknown_Pham86Playing
Recommended
9
Great game so far. People who know what they are getting into will enjoy it thoroughly. Any complaints about the story are over exaggerated
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joshisalmost30Playing
Recommended
9
Stellar Blade is an entry in a genre that doesn't get enough love. The hack and slash. It's a beautiful marriage between the quick paced action of Devil May Cry and the contemplative patience of the Souls genre. I am still playing the game, so the estimated length of the game listed here by the official review seems to be drastically understated as I've already put roughly 20 hours into the game and still have plenty to go.
The controversy is massively overblown. Fans have spoken with their wallets, and it seems, even after censoring the blood due to the influence of studios and journalists still insisting that adults be treated as children, the game has exceeded all expectations of any first time triple A release for a developer. I understand people being upset by this decision, but still choose to support the developer. The censorship isn't as blatant as some are claiming, aside from the blood, which is an odd decision to remove. But I accept it, as long as I see God of War soon censored in the same way, (because that'll happen lol) [sarcasm.]
In terms of the controversy surrounding the game's design, this game also serves as a wonderful testament to corporations, studios, and social media brigades trying to strong arm their audiences into some moral position of art consumption, and the audience has spoken. Let us reiterate the words we've heard from the other side when art embraces what they love to see,
"If you don't like it, don't buy it. But please, do grow up so the rest of us can."
Fair pacing after the starting area, incredibly challenging yet balanced (fair) combat, loads of unlockable costumes, hairstyles, weapons, different skill trees, and for those who were looking forward to the "fan service" (such a weird term) the skin suit is still in the game, uncensored, in all its physics abiding glory. The game is fantastic. I deduct a point because the opening area does go on for quite a bit, but once you get past it, it's non-stop from there.
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dragonsoki23Playing
Recommended
10
Its very fun game stop the hate on the game
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OmiPlaying
Recommended
10
Don't listen to Ign. The game is good
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Chad KingBeat
Recommended
10
This game was absolutely amazing. I binge played it in a few days and I am replaying it with NG+.
There are 3 endings. One of the endings does not answer a lot of questions. Try to replay the game to hear more of the content!
I can't say enough good things about this game. One of the best–if not the best–games I have ever played. It is similar to NieR: Automata, but there is more customization you can have for your characters.
This game has SO many collectibles, it would take forever to find them all. It has fishing, 72 outfits to find or buy for EVE, memorysticks, and lots of other lore databanks.
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Kadeem StewartPlaying
Recommended
9
If you’re a fan of Soulsbourne and Nier Automata, then you’ll love Stellar Blade. Honestly, my GOTY bucket list for 2024.
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DarianStarfrogPlaying
Recommended
9
Be prepared to be obsessed, it gets in your mind, in the sweetest way.. you play as basic or complicated as you feel, a real fun ride, with much to discover in the environments, and even more in the wardrobe! Combat can be challenge which is very nice, you must learn the patterns, and use the parry, beta energy, and combos to secure your win.. well worth buying the ps5 for..just don't update ifya can.. dam you Sony!
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kanbadcatBeat
Recommended
10
Dull character? Good way to racism our asian girl.
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nitropoweronePlaying
Recommended
10
Great game and it's not a triple aaa tile. Shift Up did a outstanding job.
Keep it up Great game. Can't wait to see what other tiles they may bring. Maybe stellar blade 2
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mohanedmajeed7Beat
Recommended
10
Best game i ever played this year
No lgbt agenda no ****
Game story 10
Gameplay 10
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TheRedScare
Recommended
9
Great game with a great story and gameplay. So nice to see a new IP from a fresh studio. Hope they make DLC or a sequel would be nice to see how the story continues
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Mathew Hammer
Recommended
8
This game lacks what it takes to be stellar but everything it does gets enough right to be great.
The story is one that is clearly derivative and predictable. There may be confusion over what the characters even mean. But it still lands as a good story.
The combat is so engaging and has enough systems to keep you engaged throughout a play through. Additionally the level of customization options to difficulty and accessibility serve all audiences.
The other parts of this game hit home most times such as varied puzzles and hunt quests. There are moments where the polish fades but move on or try enough and you end up seeing the forest through the trees.
I couldn’t recommend this game more to anyone who enjoys action games.
In the end my wife liked all the outfits that Eve had on. Albeit I didn’t unlock any such as the soda can reward.
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JustinJ0728Playing
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10
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TenzseQuit
Not Recommended
6
I really wanted to like the game, honestly. But the combat just feels so bad to me and it doesn’t let me enjoy the game. I’ve played multiple souls-like games and know what it is to be frustrated, but this game just makes me hate my life like no other and I just have to accept that it’s not for me. Visually it’s great and obviously main character is waifu, but other than that I just can’t take time to play this one, sad.
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bryanBeat
Recommended
10
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Enrico Andreuccetti
Recommended
7
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plfy6Beat
Recommended
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Amir.taBeat
Recommended
9
Stellar blade isn't a flawless game but is a must Play title! First big title of shift up studio have a great game play, Ear-catching soundtracks and awesome Set Pieces. Characters Design in this game are Unique but Characterizations isn't Enough. Generally, Stellar Blade take some inspirations from Soulsborne games e.g. Rest Seats, combat and ect that I named it Soul's lite. Boss Designs in Stellar Blade are amazing ( Specially Karakuri 🤯 )
After all these words, it's time for the negative points. Stellar Blade Suffer from slow Beginning, Insufficient Characterizations and defect of innovation.
My Score for this great First big title of Korean Shift Up studio is 9/10 and experience it, is necessary for all Nier and Soulsborne lovers.
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AdroszBeat
Recommended
7
I really wanted to like this game, but till the end I just couldnt get used to this combat system. I have never died this many in a singleplayer game, not even in souls games. What the hell is wrong with this, I had to keep hitting and hitting even the weakest enemies wtf just die already. Oh and the bosses, it takes soo freakin long time to beat them its just boring. Of course you can die from 2 hits easy btw...So after a while I was keep ignoring the fights in open areas, because it takes too much time and for me it was not satisfying enough and not well revarded to do so. Im just fukkin annoyed that I had a hard time with it in a fukkin normal mode...
The platforming caused me rage sometimes, this game is not good with jumping, I died a hundred times just by falling down from everywhere...And the interaction button not always visible so most of the time I had to take some circles back and forth just to sit down to that fukkin chair or open a door wtf...
Another thing is the conversations or the english voice acting is not so good. Too calm and silly and emotionless.
However I did have some fun of course. Say what you want but I really enjoyed that Eve is a s€xy character and you can achive so many cool or s€xy clothes for her that my main motive was to collect a lot of it. And the story was interesting for me, also the graphics were stunning. The exploration was fun at first but gets boring fast. I ended up not feeling good about the exploration when I got to the great desert map...it was so big and too much annoying enemies compared to the size...I just hated it. The small linear story maps were so much better to explore it has a little bit soulslike game feeling, but wasteland and great desert are not for me. The music was unique and okay, chill when exploring and gets fast in fights, it was okay.
I can recommend it but dont expect its a game of the year kind of game.
IGN Review
Stellar Blade is great in all of the most important ways for an action game, but dull characters, a lackluster story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevent it from soaring along with the best of the genre.
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