@@regulator18E I remember hearing about blade and soul. Don’t think it did particularly well. But they obviously gained some experience from that project towards stellar blade
@@XiLock_Alotx yea I think it was one of those middle of the pack MMOs that just kinda blended in with all the others that came out at the time. I'm vaguely familiar with it but never tried it, it's wuxia themed, and that's not really my thing. Stellar blade seems great so far though. I knew nothing of it before the drama started, but the demo instantly sold me, I'm a sucker for most ARPGs lol
Gamers around the world will reward great games and developers no matter were they are from. Shift Up is about to become a household name amongst gamers.
It's amazing how much Korea has progressed since they stopped eating fido. On a serious note though, last I heard of such things occurring was somewhere around the mid 2000s, likely a more rural thing but shit happens. Since then, Korea has seemingly turned into a great destination for tourism and technology, and is now looking to be on the cusp of becoming a new technological powerhouse to replace Japan. I wager, if current progression can be maintained, Korea will effectively be the new Japan in another ten or so years, and a few Korean developers will be held in equal regard to top Japanese ones. Or better even, especially when considering that many of the old marks are kinda currently pissing in their own whisky barrels these days with all the pandering to twatter leftists.
i got spooked for a sec because as i was reading this comment, that comment came up in the video at the exact timing i started reading your quote lmao. That was weirdly perfectly timed
GOW R ? Horizon Forbidden West ? Because yeah, HFW is far more detailed than This. Not even talking about DMC V and his 120FPS Mode and has far ahead characters details than This.
Releasing a demo shows how confident they are in their game. Good for them. I’m sure it’ll massively boost pre-orders. Looking forward to trying it out after I finish Dark Souls 3 (I know, I’m years behind 😅).
One of the best parts of this game is honestly the soundtrack, I found myself just chilling at the save points just to listen to the record player music. Lol
This almost never happen to PlayStation exclusives games. Only handful of games sometime shows some lunch but it fixed very fast. Days Gone is the only game that lunch kinda bad but it fixed within first week almost
I knew Balance mode was the one, just by looking at Eve's bangs in the pause menu, and comparing to the other modes. It was the best looking image, while retaining the higher framerate. Plus, the jiggle physics simply look better at 60fps.
@@MrWizardGGCombat is pretty good. Music is an absolute banger. Presentation is very satisfying and feels huge, like a sci-fi epos. Visuals are also very good. And the level design feels very nice and scratches and itch that not many games did for me. This feels like a mix of Devil May Cry, NieR Automata and Sekiro and I’m all here for it.
I'd just like to note that for anyone familiar with Hyung Tae Kim's illustration work over the last 20 years or so, I think he actually is showing some restraint in his character designs here.
I was half half on the game before trying out the demo, then the boss & trailer at the end of the demo blew me away on top of the soundtrack. Happy to see a DF review about it great work.
Hope you stayed for the bonus new boss fight that unlocks afterwards, because I grinded that sucker for at least three hours to really test out the combat.
I briefly saw the graphics settings in this video - it's very nice that they let you tweak the motion blur intensity! :) Lots of console, even PC games, have a simple on/off toggle.
Looks rather solid in every aspect, nice surprise. Combat and music are a treat. It's a blast from the past, fun and beautiful, no bs. I hope it sells millions. Great coverage Tom, thank you.
@@ignacio6454 it will sell a few millions and thats about it... Lets be serious... It will come nowhere close to something like Bayonett or DMC, and those games' sales range from 2 to 7 million the most successful.
I definitely enjoyed it more with their native, Korean language with English subtitles. However, I appreciate that they lip-synced the characters to all the spoken languages which is very rare.
I really like the English vo, which is very rare for me. I play all Japanese games in Japanese and most others in German including the last of us, so those characters belong to those actors in my mind.
@@charliemilroy6497 indeed, the English one is good, much better than I expected. I usually choose that by default but for an Asian game like this, Korean language felt more fitting.
@cun7us I think the setting makes a big difference as well as the voice cast. English VO for Asian games as well as anime is notoriously bad because they often try to mimic the style of the Japanese or whatever. Yakuza has to be Japanese for me, but Final Fantasy XVI I will play in English when I get round to it. Stellar Blade doesn't appear to be a Korean setting even though the cast all seem to be Asian (not very diverse, I know), and I don't know any Korean and subtitles in games are poorly presented and/or I need glasses (I'm fine with TV and movie subtitles).
DD2 running at 30 FPS is honestly just embarrassing and speaks to the dev's laziness. The PS5 and XBSX are more than capable of running a game with the last gen graphics DD2 has at 60 FPS.
@@ThwipThwipBoom As someone who knows it well, I mostly blame the Engine. It wasn't made for a game of that scale, it was originally made for linear horror games and is now being hamfisted into every major Capcom project forcefully.
@@TheReclusiveGamer I know exactly what unsolicited means, champ. The guy literally paid to give his opinions on games on a podcast where they discuss games and go around the table asking each others opinions does not fit that definition. Maybe pick up an actual dictionary for once instead of your incel handbook.
Which is weird. He made a totally valid point. The character design is bland and generic fanservice. People make fun of this stuff on twitch all the time with all the e-girls, but somehow it's bad when you say it about this game?
@hihihi1q23 just sounds like a debate between west and east. She's not bland to a lot of people. Also she will have 30 costumes. I think Tifa looks more bland and I dont dislike tifa. But so many animes have done characters like this. But when its done in live action or a game people come out of the woodwork to shit on it pretending like there aren't millions of people who love it and will pay money for it.
You get games like stellar blade and lies of p coming out with flawless performance from small studios, then you have games like dragon's dookie 2, or skull bones from large studios. Bruh.
Interestingly enough both Stellar Blade and Lies of P are from South Korean studios using UE4. It's like the Hyundai cars beating Toyotas all over again.
@@LN.2233 And nobody forced the devs to make a open world game. Their choice, their responsibility to put out a decently performing game. You are not going to buy a mechanically flawed performance sedan based on the logic of "it is much more difficult to make a performance car compared to an everyday car," are you?
@@turbotrup96 everything from level design, character design, combat, performance, visual quality, game mechanics... all of this was executed with such high standards in Stellar Blade that it easily rivals the work done by much larger and more experienced dev teams
@@sabakunovedo The character design is the very generic Eastern 'waifu' aesthetic that you see in a million Korean mmos and live service games. The other elements of the game are pretty mediocre. I'd recommend you play Lies of P, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Nioh. This game had the backing of Sony, it's not like it's a tiny team with zero budget.
@@sabakunovedo Graphics' quality is on a level of PS4 games. In fact, some of said games actually look better than Stellar Blade (FF7R, DMC5, Horizon games, TLoU2). And because of that, PS5 is able to hold it all together with decent performance. (EDIT: and also, just like the person above me said, they obviously did get some of Sony's help) Artistic choices are very generic, at least when it comes to the environment; just a post apo destroyed city, not much else to see here. Game mechanics? It adds nothing new to the genre, or did I miss something? The freshest idea it's had that I've noticed was moving a footbridge while swimming, and I'm pretty sure even that is not new. I don't mind the character designs, but I also see nothing new here besides simple, tight, shiny suits inspired by works like Gantz -- being worn by typical moe characters designed by eastern asian artists. Level design, as in: platforming - is decent. I think they did a bit more than they would do in most other eastern slashers, and, especially, jRPGs.
@@hihihi1q23 yep, played all of the listed games and still appreciate what Shift Up did here If the team sucks, no amount of backing and money will help turn the game into a polished final product
Now this is a best way to promote a game - show a demo that runs great, looks great, has options, and looks fun to play and experience and is old-school - totally wish-listed it! Thanks Tom! (I just hope there won't be any bg3 act3 performance moments in the full game )
The second best way. The best way would be to have a _free_ demo. I really don't get what's behind this new trend to make people pay for what's essential an ad.
Alex: 0/10, design of a bygone area, not for modern audiences (FYI he's from Germany, a country religiously following the wokeness agenda to the point of self destruction.)
Imagine that, individual members of the team can have personal opinions on character design, without affecting the team's ability to do their job. Unbelievable, I know.
@@MrKnaives A misogynistic comment, shortly after he made his take on the MC, Shift Up tweeted a photo of the actual woman they 3D scanned for the game.
The Physics. Yep. Jokes aside, I was very impressed and frankly surprised the actual gameplay is so good. It takes from my favorite games and improves on some of them. Nier automata had basically no boss fights and you fight the same robot in various configuration ad nauseum, so it's great to see cool enemy designs instead. EDIT: Where is the photo mode though? You can't make a game like this and NOT have a photo mode...
Quite the Stellar performance. I disagree that it needed some of the new visual goodies now in fashion like RT etc. By keeping it relatively "old tech" they managed to perfect what they had and make it perform quite well. If they went with UE5 stuff and RT lighting and all that it would have been another immortals of Avion that gets upscaled from extremely low resolutions and looks like Vaseline was all over the screen.
10:55 Feel like they should have an option to disable the frame-cap for people with 120hz VRR displays. Especially with the performance mode being what it is.
@@TheRedRaven_ I’d love to know this news I’ve been missing. Crazy how you loons get to know all this news before all of us NPC peasants get around to it. Boy yall must be smart, getting upset over video game characters and all. Maybe one day I’ll be as educated as you.
@@baronsengir187 Parrying that is well rewarded and forgiving. Enemy attack patterns that are well telegraphed but punishing if you try to spam through them. Enemy types that require different approaches. And I say foundationally because the demo is the opening to the game, where Eve is at her most limited in terms of what she can do. For instance, one of the first free gets is a pseudo mikiri counter.
Gotta love these Korean games from studios almost none of us have heard of coming out highly polished while Japanese and western games come out the gate blind drunk.
As nice as the ladies and graphics are to look at, I REALLY dig the creature and world design, I’m looking forward to playing the game just to see more of the insane designs.
Imagine spending +2,000€ just on a professional graphics card, not counting the rest of the components in 2024 to play the same for teenagers console game 1/2 years later, if it comes out at all.
Good game! I've finished the demo and I'm sure I will buy the full version. I really like their approach with changing only the resolution. It simplifies the choice for people with 4k displays and is a a "no brainer" for people with full HD screens.
Day 1. The demo was a blast, ran very well, and the characters are easy on the eyes. Perfect combination. Was going to wait for PC but the Ps5 balanced mode looks good and is basically 60fps with VRR TVs. Getting mad Nier vibes which I am all for. Would have liked to see an uncapped VRR mode for us with those TVs, especially the performance mode.
@@TimeMasterOG i’m waiting for certain games like FF7 Rebirth. That game has a terrible performance mode on PS5. I buy on PS5 so long as the performance mode is good.
@@TimeMasterOG Correct. My PC demolishes the PS5 but if the game looks and runs well on PS5 i’ll never wait. Spiderman 2, GoWR and Horizon FW are all games i’ve bought on PS5. GoW 2018 is absolutely stunning on PC though.
Shift Up and Neowiz/Round 8 (Lies of P) came out swinging and hit a homerun on their first attempt at making a quality game with smooth, consistent performance! It's wild how some game devs can make these beautiful games run at 60FPS but some devs simply can't figure it out. I love Fromsoftware but just about all their games have terrible frame pacing and usually suffer with poor performance when they first release. I don't know anything about making games but it's just interesting to me that some devs really know how to make a well polished game and some still struggle after years of knowledge and experience...
for some reason japan is perpetually like 20 fucking years behind tech and optimization wise. none of them seem to understand how to fucking optimize and stabilize their goddamn games anymore. fromsoft, capcom, square, they all have been putting out just dogshit performance in their games recently.
Eve hair is one of the most incredible visual art I have ever seen in a video game n even animation from Hollywood. How her hair move n how amazing long that hair is is mind blowing
The demo actually convinced me to buy the game and support Shift Up. I actually chose Performance mode as I was playing, it was evident it was a 60fps lock 🙂, but I guess I'll try balanced mode now.
@Kosta / Can WE suppose that ALL your games library have RT effects? It's your choice to limit yourself with a small games number, but it's a strange choice. It would be nice for this game, but RT tech is not a must have in every games. The small team focused on FPS first and rendering in mind. Maybe in the release for the graphic mode, or a patch. But WE cannot complain with the solid demo right now.
@mattmaas5790 Well, the sentence, by itself, has nothing to do with T or A. But, when you add perspective to the sentence, the relevance of T&A becomes apparent. That's what grown-ups refer to as "context." What you're questioning has nothing to do with "learning English" but with context. Now you know.
It's crazy how the locked 60fps mode in a freakin' action game is now considered a "backup" for "some players". Thank god SHIFT UP doesn't think like this.
No kidding. I don't care how good a game is, I won't play 30 fps anymore. I'm glad people still enjoy 30 fps, but for me it's a major headache waiting to happen. This is especially true if the game is action focused. And for $70 per game, that 60 fps better be locked with solid frame pacing.
6:58 the green ring on her back has more resolve in Performance mode than Balanced mode. I've seen similar cases where Performance mode has more resolve than Balanced in many other areas, even when camera is still.
This is turning out to be a really well-produced game. And pretty fun too, going from the demo! I think this will be looked back upon as a classic in the PS5 generation.
I love that they included a native 1440p option with no reconstruction, I can't stand the artifacting in these methods, especially in hair and particle effects, IMO the performance mode looks best.
Good overview... and whoever was playing took their time to learn the game. I appreciated the decent combat performance with good parries and dodges throughout!
Solid tech, intriguing design, tight gameplay and no western pandering. If Shift Up manages to nail the narrative just as well, this will be a massive hit and a big BIG finger to western developers on how to make games for gamers instead of „journalists“.
I was honestly blown away by the technical performance and presentation of Stellar Blade when I played through the demo a couple of times. I expected the worst when I saw how little experience the developer had, but if this opening segment is representative of the rest of the game they have really hit it out of the park. I played once on a 1440p 240hz Gsync monitor, and once on a non-VRR capable 60hz 4K TV. I actually preferred how the performance mode looked and felt on my monitor, but I definitely saw big advantages to the balanced mode on the 4k TV. I was surprised that I could barely notice the frame drops on the balanced mode most of the time, despite not having VRR on. Games like Elden Ring which typically run between similar framerates on PS5 feel significantly worse without VRR.
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
Considering that this is Shift Up's first fully 3D game, it's quite impressive what this studio did
Not many are aware that this is a studio made of veterans with pretty famous games under their belt prior to grouping up under this new name.
@@Phyllion- what games?
@@daysgone2997 im not claiming its famous, but i think a lot of them worked on Blade and Soul together
@@regulator18E I remember hearing about blade and soul. Don’t think it did particularly well. But they obviously gained some experience from that project towards stellar blade
@@XiLock_Alotx yea I think it was one of those middle of the pack MMOs that just kinda blended in with all the others that came out at the time. I'm vaguely familiar with it but never tried it, it's wuxia themed, and that's not really my thing. Stellar blade seems great so far though. I knew nothing of it before the drama started, but the demo instantly sold me, I'm a sucker for most ARPGs lol
I’m a Korean and it’s surreal to see a console game from my country getting this much attention (Lies of P as well). Heartwarming!
I hope more korean studios will focus on singleplayer AAA PC and console games instead of endless MMO and mobile stuff!
Asia will win. Stay strong, brother.
Gamers around the world will reward great games and developers no matter were they are from. Shift Up is about to become a household name amongst gamers.
It's amazing how much Korea has progressed since they stopped eating fido. On a serious note though, last I heard of such things occurring was somewhere around the mid 2000s, likely a more rural thing but shit happens. Since then, Korea has seemingly turned into a great destination for tourism and technology, and is now looking to be on the cusp of becoming a new technological powerhouse to replace Japan.
I wager, if current progression can be maintained, Korea will effectively be the new Japan in another ten or so years, and a few Korean developers will be held in equal regard to top Japanese ones. Or better even, especially when considering that many of the old marks are kinda currently pissing in their own whisky barrels these days with all the pandering to twatter leftists.
Enjoy the moment friend, and be proud of your fellow countrymen! Hope there's many more great Korean single player games in the future!
Love Toms sense of humor. 4:16 "So much of what's on show is at least nicely embellished with movement" as he shows the PHYSICS.
i got spooked for a sec because as i was reading this comment, that comment came up in the video at the exact timing i started reading your quote lmao. That was weirdly perfectly timed
Based man of taste
I really liked he stayed serious and professional while saying and showing.
lmao, I think he was talking about the scenery though.
@@ijiikieruoh he definitely was talking about the scenery. The skin scenery.
1440p 60fps on console, i missed you so much! ShiftUp putting other AAA devs to shame
Well, there's still plenty of games running at 1440p 60fps.
GOW R ? Horizon Forbidden West ?
Because yeah, HFW is far more detailed than This.
Not even talking about DMC V and his 120FPS Mode and has far ahead characters details than This.
This was supposed to be the 4k60 generation
@@Zer01neBDTDevshhh, those games are "woke"
@@mechanicalmonk2020 Yeah, disgusting characters and writing in HZH... but GOW:R too?
Releasing a demo shows how confident they are in their game. Good for them. I’m sure it’ll massively boost pre-orders. Looking forward to trying it out after I finish Dark Souls 3 (I know, I’m years behind 😅).
Kaise h ji!!?? 😂
I see you love digital foundry as well karl bhaiya... Boht saare comments me dekhta hu.. Btw love your vids
Patient gamer
Karl plays DS?! my man. Love your videos bro
It most certainly did. Stellar Blade is currently #1 on the preorder charts via both Amazon & Sony storefronts in numerous countries, worldwide.
The game is very solid. When the demo ended, I wanted more.
Me too. I was like okay im ready to play this asap. Then i saw the release is at the end of the month🤦🏻♂️😂
Shift Up did a great job optimizing this game
I mean, it's a UE4 game with no ray tracing, so it shouldn't be hard to run well, right?
@@MrWizardGG tell that to Square and their performance mode in FFVII Rebirth that looks blurry af (also UE4 with no RT, btw)
Yeah it's a last gen game, it shouldn't be surprising that it runs well. @@MrWizardGG
@@Pakitorocker That game is WAY more ambitious than Stellar Blade lmao.
@@Pakitorockertbf that game has a lot more going on than stellar blade
Don't let Alex see this.
😅
if you listen carefully you can hear alex crying in the background
@@BigBoss-tq3oc 🤣
Context?
@@valk5041Alex said during a DF direct awhile back that the character design for Eve was old and not flattering for the modern audience.
One of the best parts of this game is honestly the soundtrack, I found myself just chilling at the save points just to listen to the record player music. Lol
Don’t have a ps5, but I’m getting even stronger nier automata vibes now that I’ve heard some of the sound track
@@HowdyYTSame studio without Keiichi Okabe working on it
@@HowdyYT apparently, a lot of the soundtrack was made by the studio Monaca led by Keiichi Okabe -- the composer of Nier series soundtrack
Same, bro! I found myself humming along, haha. It's some Nier tier sounding music. 🎵
It's just ripping Nier Automata off, nothing special
No pop in NPC's in site! Solid 60FPS! Beautiful 30FPS resolution mode and so much more. Great job Devs. 🎯
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This almost never happen to PlayStation exclusives games. Only handful of games sometime shows some lunch but it fixed very fast.
Days Gone is the only game that lunch kinda bad but it fixed within first week almost
@@scarpusgaming phone auto type lol
I knew Balance mode was the one, just by looking at Eve's bangs in the pause menu, and comparing to the other modes. It was the best looking image, while retaining the higher framerate. Plus, the jiggle physics simply look better at 60fps.
Game runs beautifully, puts many games to shame on PS5.
Sony helped make the game
somebody misses Forspoken? :q
It also looks like a game from PS4, for full price...
Looks way better. @@Fytyny
@@Fytynylol tell me you're a salty Xbox Fanboy without telling me you are a salty Xbox fanboy 😂😂😂
I haven't been this excited for a new game release in a long time.
Can u explain why, I don't get it
@@MrWizardGGCombat is pretty good. Music is an absolute banger. Presentation is very satisfying and feels huge, like a sci-fi epos. Visuals are also very good. And the level design feels very nice and scratches and itch that not many games did for me. This feels like a mix of Devil May Cry, NieR Automata and Sekiro and I’m all here for it.
@@MrWizardGGwhat EonHSD said
@@MrWizardGG IGN employ?
@EonHSD well that does sound good. Can you explain the story a little to me? And are there skill trees for the combat?
i stand behind that protagonist anyday
As do the rest of us.
Thought the saying was beside....ohh I get ya
Well there would be a long queue
Porn addiction is bad
@@tysopiccaso8711Coomers everywhere. Sad
I'd just like to note that for anyone familiar with Hyung Tae Kim's illustration work over the last 20 years or so, I think he actually is showing some restraint in his character designs here.
I played Blade and Soul for a few years. Stellar Blade is definitely holding back compared to his usual designs.
Lol, I was wondering why it reminded me of Magna Carta
Absolutely no one is showing any restraint with their hands after seeing these characters. We need reverend paynus.
I was half half on the game before trying out the demo, then the boss & trailer at the end of the demo blew me away on top of the soundtrack. Happy to see a DF review about it great work.
Hope you stayed for the bonus new boss fight that unlocks afterwards, because I grinded that sucker for at least three hours to really test out the combat.
I briefly saw the graphics settings in this video - it's very nice that they let you tweak the motion blur intensity! :) Lots of console, even PC games, have a simple on/off toggle.
Looks rather solid in every aspect, nice surprise. Combat and music are a treat. It's a blast from the past, fun and beautiful, no bs. I hope it sells millions. Great coverage Tom, thank you.
It will! Don't doubt it, it will be nice to see.
@@ignacio6454 it will sell a few millions and thats about it... Lets be serious... It will come nowhere close to something like Bayonett or DMC, and those games' sales range from 2 to 7 million the most successful.
It's literally topped pre order charts so yeah it's sold well already
Looks like the devs poured much love and care for Stellar Blade, will definitely pre-order this game.
"love and care"
@@mechanicalmonk2020 I will be shooting I mean pouring my love and care to this game as well.
@@maineman5757I will try my skills as a one handed gamer with this one. I have to customize a controller now.
How does it look like that?
@@nayyarrashid4661 👌
man this demo was way better than i expected. This is a day one for me.
Remember to hydrate and moisturize your other hand too
@@mechanicalmonk2020 Not all of us are incels that are looking forward playing this sorry buddy.
@@andrethevegan_ So you're an "incel" that's just not into video game characters? That's fine.
@@andrethevegan_i dont think you know what incel means 😂
@@JagsP95 you
I definitely enjoyed it more with their native, Korean language with English subtitles. However, I appreciate that they lip-synced the characters to all the spoken languages which is very rare.
I really like the English vo, which is very rare for me. I play all Japanese games in Japanese and most others in German including the last of us, so those characters belong to those actors in my mind.
@@charliemilroy6497 indeed, the English one is good, much better than I expected. I usually choose that by default but for an Asian game like this, Korean language felt more fitting.
@cun7us I think the setting makes a big difference as well as the voice cast. English VO for Asian games as well as anime is notoriously bad because they often try to mimic the style of the Japanese or whatever. Yakuza has to be Japanese for me, but Final Fantasy XVI I will play in English when I get round to it. Stellar Blade doesn't appear to be a Korean setting even though the cast all seem to be Asian (not very diverse, I know), and I don't know any Korean and subtitles in games are poorly presented and/or I need glasses (I'm fine with TV and movie subtitles).
The fact that the CEO gave all his employees a PS5 to enjoy Stellar Blade is so heartwarming.
I see you literally everywhere, you'll be commenting in my dreams next
@@MercerVerse ooh ooh, can I do that, comment in your dreams? I promise I will be nice!!!
@@Bawrabawla Stay away bruh
@@MercerVerse 🥺😭
Take a note Capcom: This is the correct way to optimize a game.
DD2 running at 30 FPS is honestly just embarrassing and speaks to the dev's laziness. The PS5 and XBSX are more than capable of running a game with the last gen graphics DD2 has at 60 FPS.
Capcom made DMC5 that looks better than this and has as many performance modes with more than 5 enemies on the screen at once.
@@ThwipThwipBoomI blame series s
It’s the cpu usage because of physics calculations that slow DD2 down, not much to do with the visuals. 🤷♂️
@@ThwipThwipBoom As someone who knows it well, I mostly blame the Engine. It wasn't made for a game of that scale, it was originally made for linear horror games and is now being hamfisted into every major Capcom project forcefully.
I absolutely love that nobody is letting Alex live down his unsolicited remark lmao
Solid overview, appreciate the fair shake.
Where is the video of him talking about it? I'd love to see the comments 😂
Maybe you should look up what "unsolicited" means before you attempt to use big words next time champ.
Why does his opinion need to be solicited in the first place? Does he need permission from the audience to give an opinion?
@@krazyfrog Go pick a up a dictionary, champ.
@@TheReclusiveGamer I know exactly what unsolicited means, champ. The guy literally paid to give his opinions on games on a podcast where they discuss games and go around the table asking each others opinions does not fit that definition. Maybe pick up an actual dictionary for once instead of your incel handbook.
Rear automata
Buttonetta
Nice!
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@@venomfuryx3250IGN France may cry.
@@venomfuryx3250 🤣🤣🤣 Based
Thanks Tom for such a professional and thorough analysis, even for "just the demo". You always do great!
Alex ain't even in the video but he's getting cooked lmao
Which is weird. He made a totally valid point. The character design is bland and generic fanservice. People make fun of this stuff on twitch all the time with all the e-girls, but somehow it's bad when you say it about this game?
@@hihihi1q23there is something weird going on with the bot-like responses to this game. All from the anti woke crowd
@hihihi1q23 just sounds like a debate between west and east. She's not bland to a lot of people. Also she will have 30 costumes. I think Tifa looks more bland and I dont dislike tifa. But so many animes have done characters like this. But when its done in live action or a game people come out of the woodwork to shit on it pretending like there aren't millions of people who love it and will pay money for it.
The clowns showing up as expected.
@@hihihi1q23Generic by what standards lmao? I haven’t seen a character like this in a while. Just say you don’t like attractive women
You get games like stellar blade and lies of p coming out with flawless performance from small studios, then you have games like dragon's dookie 2, or skull bones from large studios. Bruh.
Lies of p is a Xbox one game and this isn’t doing anything special.
There's a big difference between linear action games and open world action games. Shocker.
Interestingly enough both Stellar Blade and Lies of P are from South Korean studios using UE4. It's like the Hyundai cars beating Toyotas all over again.
@@LN.2233 And nobody forced the devs to make a open world game. Their choice, their responsibility to put out a decently performing game. You are not going to buy a mechanically flawed performance sedan based on the logic of "it is much more difficult to make a performance car compared to an everyday car," are you?
Because actually being a cool and interesting game is more important than flawlessly running something boring and uncreative.
Great review Tom.
Regarding HDR, I found it much better leaving 65/55/45.... if anyone wants to test...
55 60 100 better
@@ИльяКасимов-ъ9н It varies a lot, depending on the type of TV panel, I just left one suggestion.
Shaping up nicely
Thanks for covering this game.
The game is simply incredible in more ways than one. Dev team deserved all the praise for achieving this level of quality.
like what? Name some.
@@turbotrup96 everything from level design, character design, combat, performance, visual quality, game mechanics... all of this was executed with such high standards in Stellar Blade that it easily rivals the work done by much larger and more experienced dev teams
@@sabakunovedo The character design is the very generic Eastern 'waifu' aesthetic that you see in a million Korean mmos and live service games. The other elements of the game are pretty mediocre. I'd recommend you play Lies of P, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Nioh. This game had the backing of Sony, it's not like it's a tiny team with zero budget.
@@sabakunovedo Graphics' quality is on a level of PS4 games. In fact, some of said games actually look better than Stellar Blade (FF7R, DMC5, Horizon games, TLoU2). And because of that, PS5 is able to hold it all together with decent performance. (EDIT: and also, just like the person above me said, they obviously did get some of Sony's help)
Artistic choices are very generic, at least when it comes to the environment; just a post apo destroyed city, not much else to see here.
Game mechanics? It adds nothing new to the genre, or did I miss something? The freshest idea it's had that I've noticed was moving a footbridge while swimming, and I'm pretty sure even that is not new.
I don't mind the character designs, but I also see nothing new here besides simple, tight, shiny suits inspired by works like Gantz -- being worn by typical moe characters designed by eastern asian artists.
Level design, as in: platforming - is decent. I think they did a bit more than they would do in most other eastern slashers, and, especially, jRPGs.
@@hihihi1q23 yep, played all of the listed games and still appreciate what Shift Up did here
If the team sucks, no amount of backing and money will help turn the game into a polished final product
Where's Alex?
I thought this game was a bygone era and not flattering for a modern audience?
🤣😂😂
N before Audi comes in on his soapbox, only to privately play it and coom for eve.
at this point you guys are just beating a dead horse
They knew we are tired of this woke bs so he had to hide like a coward hen
Gaaaaaayyyeee
Now this is a best way to promote a game - show a demo that runs great, looks great, has options, and looks fun to play and experience and is old-school - totally wish-listed it! Thanks Tom! (I just hope there won't be any bg3 act3 performance moments in the full game )
The second best way. The best way would be to have a _free_ demo. I really don't get what's behind this new trend to make people pay for what's essential an ad.
I've liked the look of this game since the announcement and was straight on the demo, and I have to say I'm shocked at just how good this game is.
crazy right, their first game, and it's much better than from studios, that have been in the game for 20 years.
surprised to see DF cover this game, didn't Alex criticize this game trailer and called it "design from bygone era" ???
Alex: 0/10, design of a bygone area, not for modern audiences (FYI he's from Germany, a country religiously following the wokeness agenda to the point of self destruction.)
Imagine that, individual members of the team can have personal opinions on character design, without affecting the team's ability to do their job.
Unbelievable, I know.
@@rockapartieIve been to Berlin recently, and its a perfect example of how Germany is falling to the wokeness. Its going to literal shit.
It was just a comment. And it is a design from a bygone days making a return. I mean, people act like neir, and Bayonetta doesn't exist
@@MrKnaives A misogynistic comment, shortly after he made his take on the MC, Shift Up tweeted a photo of the actual woman they 3D scanned for the game.
Lol light interacts woth the rubber material on their suits 😂
Thanks Tom, for being no-nonsense about the game. Just tech analysis, no unnecessary preaching.
Such a stellar performance, definitely a day one purchase.
*Stellar. Just like the title.
Excellent demo
Impressive selection of modes and a functioning 60fps mode out of the box. Hats off to the team!
The Physics. Yep.
Jokes aside, I was very impressed and frankly surprised the actual gameplay is so good. It takes from my favorite games and improves on some of them. Nier automata had basically no boss fights and you fight the same robot in various configuration ad nauseum, so it's great to see cool enemy designs instead.
EDIT: Where is the photo mode though? You can't make a game like this and NOT have a photo mode...
Quite the Stellar performance. I disagree that it needed some of the new visual goodies now in fashion like RT etc.
By keeping it relatively "old tech" they managed to perfect what they had and make it perform quite well.
If they went with UE5 stuff and RT lighting and all that it would have been another immortals of Avion that gets upscaled from extremely low resolutions and looks like Vaseline was all over the screen.
It is still blurry as hell
10:55 Feel like they should have an option to disable the frame-cap for people with 120hz VRR displays. Especially with the performance mode being what it is.
This game will sell really well I bet
I will not apologize for wanting sexy characters in my cutting edge fighting games. These are heroes - they should look the part.
No one is asking you to apologize. No one is against you. You are standing up for nothing, against no one.
@@mmarshfairc3 Guess you didn't hear the news.
@@TheRedRaven_ "news"
@@mmarshfairc3 IGN France review of this game is an example which counters your gaslighting attempt and that's only the newest example.
@@TheRedRaven_ I’d love to know this news I’ve been missing. Crazy how you loons get to know all this news before all of us NPC peasants get around to it. Boy yall must be smart, getting upset over video game characters and all. Maybe one day I’ll be as educated as you.
It really surprised me and I was already looking forward to it. Best combat I played in ages, it's complex and satisfying foundationally.
How so?
@@baronsengir187 Parrying that is well rewarded and forgiving. Enemy attack patterns that are well telegraphed but punishing if you try to spam through them. Enemy types that require different approaches. And I say foundationally because the demo is the opening to the game, where Eve is at her most limited in terms of what she can do. For instance, one of the first free gets is a pseudo mikiri counter.
It’s so good to be hearing Tom doing more vids lately
Good to see DF kept it professional this time around.
Thank You for being professional and not having an Alex ass take on this, or Johns twitter meltdown.
What did John say?
@@Dragonfury3000 He's probably refering to John tweeting harry potter is for kids or something when asked why wasn't he covering it.
@@mbsfaridi well I think that was personal taste
@@Dragonfury3000 Yeah but he didn’t stop at his opinion hence the meltdown in OPs comment.
Triggered?
Gotta love these Korean games from studios almost none of us have heard of coming out highly polished while Japanese and western games come out the gate blind drunk.
These are some of the best renderings of rubber materials on suits I have seen in a videogame
May possibly be the best game of April, can’t wait till the 26th
Don't underestimate No Rest For The Wicked, which also releases this month.
Omg, for reals? What a backlog.
@@XenogearsPS 2024 has been a good year so far
Game of the year
@@Texansfan59No chance against rebirth
As nice as the ladies and graphics are to look at, I REALLY dig the creature and world design, I’m looking forward to playing the game just to see more of the insane designs.
These things get kind of lost in the cacophony of this Woke disgusting crowd. The game has pretty solid footings.
Few monster/alien designs amaze me but those showcased in the demo have impressed me.
Looks good to me
Had you said this in the Dragon’s Dogma 2 video you’d have been memed on
@@jollama Imagine giving 70 bucks to a 30 FPS game in 2024. Have some self respect. smh
@@ThwipThwipBoom All the smart people pay under MSRP for non first party Nintendo games
Imagine spending +2,000€ just on a professional graphics card, not counting the rest of the components in 2024 to play the same for teenagers console game 1/2 years later, if it comes out at all.
@@durrutino Top 10 most useless replies
Good game! I've finished the demo and I'm sure I will buy the full version.
I really like their approach with changing only the resolution. It simplifies the choice for people with 4k displays and is a a "no brainer" for people with full HD screens.
The soundtrack feels so good, one of the few times I'm "vibing" with a relaxing soundtrack
Good candidate for 4k@60 mode on PS5 Pro.
Questionable. With an uptick of only 45% in rasterization i'm not sure.
@@D-D-- 1800p reconstructed maybe but i would prefer a enhanced perf mode @ 120fps 1440p
My eyes have been blessed during this demo
Day 1. The demo was a blast, ran very well, and the characters are easy on the eyes. Perfect combination. Was going to wait for PC but the Ps5 balanced mode looks good and is basically 60fps with VRR TVs. Getting mad Nier vibes which I am all for. Would have liked to see an uncapped VRR mode for us with those TVs, especially the performance mode.
You were going to wait for pc on a ps5 exclusive?? Meaning you'd be waiting like a good 3 or so plus years?
@@TimeMasterOG i’m waiting for certain games like FF7 Rebirth. That game has a terrible performance mode on PS5. I buy on PS5 so long as the performance mode is good.
@@mikem2253 oh fair enough. So because the performance on ps5 is amazing your going to get it on the ps5 basically?
@@TimeMasterOG Correct. My PC demolishes the PS5 but if the game looks and runs well on PS5 i’ll never wait. Spiderman 2, GoWR and Horizon FW are all games i’ve bought on PS5. GoW 2018 is absolutely stunning on PC though.
Shift Up and Neowiz/Round 8 (Lies of P) came out swinging and hit a homerun on their first attempt at making a quality game with smooth, consistent performance! It's wild how some game devs can make these beautiful games run at 60FPS but some devs simply can't figure it out. I love Fromsoftware but just about all their games have terrible frame pacing and usually suffer with poor performance when they first release. I don't know anything about making games but it's just interesting to me that some devs really know how to make a well polished game and some still struggle after years of knowledge and experience...
for some reason japan is perpetually like 20 fucking years behind tech and optimization wise. none of them seem to understand how to fucking optimize and stabilize their goddamn games anymore. fromsoft, capcom, square, they all have been putting out just dogshit performance in their games recently.
My most anticipated game of 2024. Can't wait to play it
Eve hair is one of the most incredible visual art I have ever seen in a video game n even animation from Hollywood.
How her hair move n how amazing long that hair is is mind blowing
The Demo runs smoothly in balanced mode❤
Performance mode for me without question and thank you SO much devs for that!
How refreshing to get a well optimized game
I like using the balanced mode sure its not perfect 60 but its good enough for me
Looks great, plays great. Total banger. All that’s required are toggles for chromatic aberration and film grain.
The demo actually convinced me to buy the game and support Shift Up. I actually chose Performance mode as I was playing, it was evident it was a 60fps lock 🙂, but I guess I'll try balanced mode now.
Balanced mode was my preferred choice. The demo really kicked ass. I was very impressed with its visuals, combat and sound design.
thanks for being a real journalist
That username would cause some snowflakes a triple triggering:
White = REEE!
Male = REEE!
Gamer = REEE!
"There are no RT reflections here"
Thank you Shift up!
Bingo. RT is a waste on consoles. All it does is kill resolutions and framerates.
@Kosta / Can WE suppose that ALL your games library have RT effects? It's your choice to limit yourself with a small games number, but it's a strange choice.
It would be nice for this game, but RT tech is not a must have in every games. The small team focused on FPS first and rendering in mind.
Maybe in the release for the graphic mode, or a patch. But WE cannot complain with the solid demo right now.
It is disappointing that resolution mode doesn't have RT
This game looks absolutely amazing. 1440p 60 fps on ps5 in 2024 with good graphics and amazing combat. ok Shift up, you have my attention
amazing optimization. im impressed.
Gonna be so funny when Alex covers this game when it comes out to PC
I hope it runs flawlessly on PC so we can see Alex wage internal war against himself.
@@artvandalleigh7894 and also with super well done deep settings for optimization
He'll boycott it like he did Atomic Heart and Hogwarts Legacy. DF seem quite lenient towards his political views.
Alex would be welcome to work with Sweet Baby Inc then 😂
Dang DF reviewing a bygone era game? what would alex say?
"Fan service aspect of the character design" = T&A
Well done 😂
... are you just learning english
@@MrWizardGG are you just learning context?
@@anubrakahn2970 what context makes your comment not look like someone learning English for the first time?
Give the audience what they want. Nothing wrong with that
@mattmaas5790 Well, the sentence, by itself, has nothing to do with T or A. But, when you add perspective to the sentence, the relevance of T&A becomes apparent.
That's what grown-ups refer to as "context."
What you're questioning has nothing to do with "learning English" but with context. Now you know.
It's crazy how the locked 60fps mode in a freakin' action game is now considered a "backup" for "some players". Thank god SHIFT UP doesn't think like this.
No kidding. I don't care how good a game is, I won't play 30 fps anymore. I'm glad people still enjoy 30 fps, but for me it's a major headache waiting to happen. This is especially true if the game is action focused. And for $70 per game, that 60 fps better be locked with solid frame pacing.
Where is Alex?
Is he safe, is he all right?
He's in the corner rocking back and forth and crying.
@@ThwipThwipBoomhe praying for a future where lead characters will be overweight purple haired lesbians (male or female)
Playing the demo, i didn’t expect it to be as gory as it is
Me neither. Was pleasantly surprised. Not sure if it suits the aesthetic but I appreciate it.
Well done Shift Up!
1440p/60 is plenty for a console. No complaints from me 👍
Fantasstic work as always. You never miss with these.
Stellar job from ShiftUp!
26th April can't come up soon enough
6:58 the green ring on her back has more resolve in Performance mode than Balanced mode. I've seen similar cases where Performance mode has more resolve than Balanced in many other areas, even when camera is still.
This is turning out to be a really well-produced game. And pretty fun too, going from the demo! I think this will be looked back upon as a classic in the PS5 generation.
I love that they included a native 1440p option with no reconstruction, I can't stand the artifacting in these methods, especially in hair and particle effects, IMO the performance mode looks best.
yeah which AA method ?
I'm keep getting more hype for this game
I wish all games could be optimized like this. I couldn’t tell much of a difference in picture quality besides the obvious 30 vs 60fps.
Finally ordered a PS5!
Played the demo and it's an absolute blast!
Wheres Alex now? He must be in a bygone era of reviewers. Definitely not apart of the “modern” audience.
Alex has left the building
It's ToO DisTraCtINg!
Good overview... and whoever was playing took their time to learn the game. I appreciated the decent combat performance with good parries and dodges throughout!
Solid tech, intriguing design, tight gameplay and no western pandering. If Shift Up manages to nail the narrative just as well, this will be a massive hit and a big BIG finger to western developers on how to make games for gamers instead of „journalists“.
tIgHt GaMePlAy
Listen closely and you can hear Alex's cry of anguish in the background every time Eve is on the screen.
Congrats DF on covering a nextgen game that actually output more than 1080p at 60fps rofl
Expecting no less from based Tom. Great video!
Most do.
I was hoping Alex would do this testing as he's such a fan of the character design.
Yeah, he is also known for all his console games reviews. Really, you people need to get out more.
He's too busy playing Forspoken
I was honestly blown away by the technical performance and presentation of Stellar Blade when I played through the demo a couple of times. I expected the worst when I saw how little experience the developer had, but if this opening segment is representative of the rest of the game they have really hit it out of the park. I played once on a 1440p 240hz Gsync monitor, and once on a non-VRR capable 60hz 4K TV. I actually preferred how the performance mode looked and felt on my monitor, but I definitely saw big advantages to the balanced mode on the 4k TV. I was surprised that I could barely notice the frame drops on the balanced mode most of the time, despite not having VRR on. Games like Elden Ring which typically run between similar framerates on PS5 feel significantly worse without VRR.
A completely optimised game in 2024? Color me shocked. Let’s hope that stays true when it launches proper.