Great point on how we got back here. Pre-release: "This game is about looks only. It has nothing else going for it" Post-release: "I was wrong. The game's actually good" Post-release (Near TGA): "I was right. The game was nothing but gooner bait" Make it make sense. The switch up is crazy
A lot of people will post a pic of Eve looking hot and say this game was overlooked! But people are too small brained to parse that the game can be good and have a good looking character.
I completely agree and I think this game is being over shadowed by a certain agenda and that's really sad and pathetic. This game has amazing combat and best music since Nier.
Yeah I think Stellar Blade had better feeling combat than Black myth. It just was more smooth and there were less frustrating animations. I think it should win best action game of the year but I’m pretty sure black myth will win that. I honestly think recency bias is a major factor in the game awards that no one talks about.
Not even recency bias, just straight up bias and unfair treatment of games based on certain agendas and/or Geoff’s personal relationships with game developers/studios. Like he mentioned in the video how the hell did Hogwarts not even get mentioned last year? How did The Last Of Us 2 win GOTY over Ghost of Tsushima a few years back. It’s a terrible awards show the world premieres and reveals save it.
Yeah Wukong is a great game as well but some people make it out to be better than it actually is. Polls with the game always end with it winning everything but it's mainly due to popularity and bias not because it's always the best in the category being discussed.
This is still on my to buy game, I played the demo version and enjoyed it, although not my normal type of game. I will be looking to get it during the Black Friday sales. I have always got games because of what type of game it is and the gameplay etc, and that includes going back to the 90s when they were using Lara Croft looks to advertise a game
Stellar Blade is indeed my game of the year. It does so many things right and exceeds them compared to other contenders. And its inclusion of the photo mode has only solidified itself as game of the year. The game is made with both passion and effort. And something it does to supercede Wukong as an action game is that while to dodge in mid combo for wukong, you have to time your input. In stellar blade, you can actually use the animation of your own attacks to dodge an attack mid combo. That sort of detail is astonishing. And of course, having a particularly hot and attractive female protagonist is a definite plus.
@@unicorntomboy9736I thought the writing was good but not great. But I'm not all the way through ( just before abyss levoire) so maybe it gets worse. I give the writing a 6/10 so far.
@JustAFishBeingAFish My issue is that it borderline plagiarises Nier Automata, but doesn't do anything quite as well as it did, especially with Eve verses 2B.
@@unicorntomboy9736 maybe in broad ways its similar but in terms of actual story beat to beat its quite different. At least up to where I am. I havent been confused by anything so far or thought something didn't make sense. Maybe it gets more confusing later on I still haven't finished. To be clear I'm not saying that your opinions are invalid. You clearly felt this way for a reason to be able to articulate this so well I just disagree.
The fact they nominated a card game over Stellar Blade shows just how much of a joke that the game awards are. I even prefer Stellar Blades combat over Black Myth Wukong which says a lot.
I was saying this on X recently as well. This game is technically well put especially on the ps5 Pro . Beyond the sex appeal the game is fun and a badass adventure.
History repeat itself they used to hate Lara croft for being "too sexy" but didn't bother to check how fun the action of the game was, then bayoneta gets the same treatment, and then Nier automata the cycle goes on everytime an action game featuring an attractive female protagonist, these journoes and twitter freaks just hates gaming culture and attractiveness so much
You preaching bro I was just about to say something similar earlier. It's a vicious cycle. Watch when the PC port releases & more people give the game a chance & realize it's legit good they're gonna pretend they never hated on it smh
It's a fantastic game and such a breath of fresh air but there is no convincing the tourists. They will use just about any tactic to quickly dismiss anything that somehow goes against their narrative. They have no interest in hearing us out.
Exactly man I've given up trying to convince these people. Atp they believe & see what they want to with this game & constantly move the goal post it's a lost cause. Their loss
NGL, totally bought the game because of Eve’s looks and outfits. Then I started playing it and I couldn’t stop because of the game play and wanting to learn the story. After that first boss fight on eidos I was hooked. Now I’m trying to get all the achievements
There is a lot of haters for this game and i dont understand why either, most will just say its eve but forget about the music or the boss battles. The story is not like top notch but its still great.
It's the same thing that happened with Nier automata. Most people would play the game only for 2B's attractiveness and then quit. They completely missed out on the fact that if you finish the full game, all routes completed, it's probably the greatest game in history, atleast the story and music is
When they showed off the gameplay presentation, I was sold on it. And when it released, of course I bought the physical version, and played the entirety of the game without any patches, because of the censorship. I became a fan of the entire game, not just Eve herself. Wow what a blast to play. Gorgeous visuals, now made even more beautiful because of the PS5 Pro, and the music is perfect. I really hope it at least wins best music, but it sure as hell wins my Game of the Year, followed by Astro Bot and Silent Hill 2.
First game I've ever Platinumed 110 hours of a great time and my favorite game on ps5 Super consumer friendly with New Game Plus and costumes being completely free No micro transactions, no season/battle pass When I'm done playing through Arkham Knight I'll go back to get the Nier DLC
Stellar Blade is my goto game to sit back, relax and kick some ass after dying non stop in Elden Ring(I just started playing). It calms me down. It's just so fun ! I can't say the same for Wukong though which I actually also really love, but NG+4 is not relaxing anymore. It's starting to kick my arse so badly.... I died more times from the Black Bear than my first playthrough. And with SB's stellar soundtrack, ahhh, what a joy.
I’ve never played, but got curious because of the stupid controversy half a year ago. I’ve mentioned the game to other friends, but they seem to know even less than I. Seems like they assume the game sucks. I wish people looked at things beyond what they only initially physically see or hear about it from others that did the same. Only reason why I haven’t played it is because it was not on PC and is a PS exclusive. I don’t have a PS5 and wouldn’t want to buy one for a few games that are exclusive. I recently heard it will be coming to PC soon though. Of what I’ve seen, the art and graphics are gorgeous and the music is absolutely incredible. I’ve heard the story is arguable on if it’s good. As long as it looks good, sounds good, and has fun gameplay then that is good enough for me.
That is nonsense, gaming is first and foremost a visual medium. No amount of "good" will help your game if your characters look like sacks of shit with limbs.
Guys I have a question:. If Shift Up were to make a sequel to Stellar Blade what would you like to see in it? To answer my own question, if they decide to do the semi-open world part again I would like to use Eve`s sword to use for travel, it would be cool if we could make our own character (with the option to change the sound of her voice) or you could play as both Eve and your playable character. Lastly, if you can customise the colour of her outfits and mix different outfits together that would be sick.
This game is good. When you play it a second time you appreciate the story more, all the bread crumbing and casual manipulation Adam does. He literally set up the entire game as an obstacle course for her to prove her worthiness. Talk about a god complex. The tasty design choices that accentuate eves looks through game play are also, as a matter of fact, a tier. She will approach a ladder that is facing the other way, by design and mantle on to in a smooth athletic way for example. There are soooo many instances of this if you slow down and take it in. It also looks absolutely incredible on ps5 pro. It’s a must have.
I've got platinum in this and beat it 8 times now. It's a great game, but I feel the story, level design, level variety and the amount of times bosses are not able to be damaged in a fight to be the shortcomings. Hopefully a second game will address these.
I just finally got this game and am loving it. I also had to grab the DLC as well. I still haven't finished this game but I already can't decide if I love Stellar Blade or Black Myth Wukong more for my GOTY (I got platinum trophy in Black Myth and intend to do the same for Stellar Blade).
Personally I have this game way better than Black Myth. I can't get with the combat system at all. The enemies are like sponges. Compared to Stellar Blade's combat which is much more fulfilling/impactful.
It’s a fantastic game and in my opinion better than black myth wukong, it will be completely disrespected at the game awards (which have been a joke for 5+ years) it definitely should at least win best soundtrack as it’s got the best OST since Nier Automata
@@mrromanow3123 I think ff7 should win GOTY but i think soundtrack should go to stellar blade. Maybe i'm biased because i think nier automata has the greatest ost ever and i dont think its slightly close, but stellar blade's ost hits different. Also ff7 rebirth reuses a lot of songs from remake
@@firstorderblade4432 Rebirth was great but if I’m going on what the most enjoyable game out of the nominees it’d have to be Astro Bot, should definitely take the award this year
@ I loved astrobot, but I got more invested in just the card game alone in rebirth more than anything in astrobot. Shit had me collecting packs of virtual cards like they were pokemon
Funny thing is unless the player chooses to put Eve in one of the more revealing costumes in the game Eve is never really sexualized by any other character, there’s no wild crazy camera shot of her butt or bust, but alot people have this idea of what the game is based on media spins but as far as sexually explicit content the games actually pretty tame. It’s just a solid stylish game with a dope soundtrack
It’s pretty much the equivalent of adding a “sexy costume” mod onto a non-explicit character. She just so happens to be attractive, so people on both sides will instinctively objectify her and reduce her down to her looks in a manner that usually benefits no one. They’ve ruined the discourse around the game so badly that it’s all people talk about now. And it’s ironic because the people complaining are the same ones who helped cause the problem in the first place. Compare it to the legacy that NieR left behind. Everyone acknowledged the character designs and moved on like literally a day later. There was no cringey “culture war” nonsense and any shape it may have taken burned out almost immediately by the sincerity of Yoko Taro’s comments regarding the designs. People spent more time focusing on the quality of the work than how big or small 2B’s assets were. If you constantly feed the narrative of “all this game is good for is looking at hot women” then don’t be surprised when people believe you. First impressions are heavily skewed if you tell someone that’s all they’ll find. And the sad part is it’s kind of accurate because anytime I search up Stellar Blade most if not all of my results will be people who have way too much free time complaining about censorship whilst simultaneously appearing next to other videos unironically showing off detailed up-close 4K angles of Eve’s private parts frolicking about in various revealing costumes. I digress - all this isn’t to say that healthy discussions about character design can’t be had or that funny jokes about indulging in sexuality can’t be made, but nowadays whenever it’s mentioned it’s usually wrapped in a non-self aware narrative created by jaded bad faith actors clumsily attempting to dunk on other people without an ounce of nuance. Every single time, it’s exhausting and insanely counterproductive. Gaming has transformed from a fun hobby into a political position for these types.
People see attractive women and they get all scared and judgmental of the game. Close minded fools. To them it doesn’t matter if it’s a great game if it’s gooner bait to people it’s bad no matter what. The combat is actually phenomenal. There are so many ways to avoid damage and punish enemies. You can block, dodge, parry, blink with blue spark, repulse with purple spark. Then you can extend parries and perfect dodges into combo attack chains and cut off the enemy combo. You can use retribution to takedown an enemy with a depleted balance bar. There are actually multiple combo strings unlike Black Myth Wukong square spam. There are 2 sets of active skills. Grenades that can extend your stunlock combos. So much more. Even their other game Nikke is amazing. Story is unlike anything I've ever seen in games. Many people will cry to it. But people are scared of hot women and even the fact that it’s a gacha and have a very closed mind to not even consider trying it or looking into what it’s actually about. There is a valid argument about realism and immersion and making a consistent game world. But for me who cares, it's a videogame and you play a videogame with the expectation of it being a videogame that can have whacky and outlandish things in it. You don't need immersion and you don't need to pretend the world is real. Plenty of AAA games do this, so it’s nice to have a game that breaks out of that once in awhile.
You know what I would take the nominations even if it takes them or not, yet saying this game will get snubbed is just a odd feeling, and I know TGA voting is majority on the jury's it's not like all eyes are on one game for the categories that StellarBlade is also nominated in because that would be ridiculous if it does.
I mean without Eve its still a great game (at least how it looked to me as I dun have console), but bcoz I know Shift Up as a studio developing cultured games like Destiny Child and Nikke my expectation on eye candy characters is already high. If its others studios then I wont qualm over it.
As a man of cultures I am definitely having fun with the looks and outfits as well as the gameplay and story 🫡😏😂 we can have both and we should demand both.
Stellar Blade is interesting in that all I'm doing is climbing a ladder or sliding down a rope, but for some reason I'm suddenly in trouble with my wife....
As someone who platinumed it, yes, it's a mechanically wonderful game to play and replay! My one big criticism is I wish it had more diverse environments to explore. The Space Elevator was fantastic!! ... but I'm not that keen on exploring wastelands and deserts.
Just to remind folks how great this is shift up has to do a combat dlc. Something with some new abilities and a new area to explore with more lore behind the naytibas and mother sphere. Like we have a whole planet overrun. We need to explore that and say like Adam was the elder over that area of earth. Say he appointed other monstrous enemies as leaders of the forces in different countries. And we gotta whoop mother sphere somewhere along the ride into we actually get to stellar blade 2
@@thegamewin100they’re pretty different in their character tropes so I can’t say who intrigued me more I liked them both but most definitely a Raven DLC would be fucking amazing. Seeing the fall and her fall into madness. See how Adam was in the beginning and how she fell into his grasp. So much potential
journalists and the jury need to let go of their ego and grievances, get over themselves and let stellar blade at least take soundtrack EDIT: I will say the fact that Black Myth and Stellar Blade are nominated AT ALL is mindblowing considering journalists on twitter and Reset Era, The Gamer, Kotaku, etc were being extremely condescending and begrudging towards both games -- with that I hope Black Myth wins GOTY so everyone can stfu and the industry can think twice about their ego
I'm still interested in playing it (Backlog is just too stacked). However, please tell me: - Am I the only one feeling strange about the monster design? If you show me all that "eye candy", how the f can I get into a "certain mood" when there are also all these lovecraftian Aliens around? It's almost like the designers are asking for fanmade tentacle shenanigans. - Does the combat system suck? Whenever I watch footage of the game, I always see the same 2-3 interactions.
Unfortunately this game (and the eventual sequel) wont truly get its flowers until yrs from now. It's like people cant grasp that a game like this can have a super attractive female character AND be a good game. True fans appreciate this game beyond Eve. While the story telling & character development arent the best it makes up for it with the combat/music/visuals. Not sure what happened to people trying games & forming their opinions themselves instead of believing internet trolls who are allegic to good looking pixelated women we live in some strange times
The game is awesome I love it 100% but the pervs narrative is counter productive to what real gamers are asking developers to change . People complain about a characters looks and try to cancel some games for such things but then turn around and play games like stardew valley or mine craft where the characters 0 visual assets . The toxicity in the gaming space has gotten out of hand especially because it is being perpetuated by grifter influencers like Vara Dark and many others that are bringing maga style politics into the gaming space and dragging it for content and views from people that aren't even buying many games in the first place and never where . Stellar Blade and Wukong are definitely in the top 10 of all times and I've been around since the actual beginning of gaming. The toxic part of the community are the most heard and the loudest part of the community and they are providing bad spokesmen to represent the gaming community like we all agree or something. I definitely love what you said and I totally agree. The sad thing is we are going to end up having to be very vocal about speaking against other gamers and influencers that are making the outcomes of our gaming experience nonconducive to us . Some things should be kept to yourself but since the introduction of social media a lot of people have thrown that life lesson out the window . We have been getting almost 70% of remakes of games because the toxic cancel culture has made a lot of development teams so fearful of being innovative that they are just playing it safe to keep their jobs and avoid the whining. This affects people that have been gaming for a very long time because we anticipate the new innovations we don't wanna play games we played years ago we stuck it out to see what new adventures await and are having those things interfered with for very stupid and nonsensical reasons from people that complain about spending $70-$90 yet think every game is supposed to be made for them then if it's not they want to gather hate groups to promote the tanking of the games sales . That is some over-privileged , intrusive,greedy, childish behavior. All of this needs to stop to correct the balance in gaming and make room for truly valid complaints and requests to be heard and addressed in gaming by developers. All the hate mongering is counter productive and contributes to the retaliatory responses that fell on games like stellar blade and wukong.
Ijl just wish there was a no achievement easy mode because I really want to.play just not look at her. I bought the game to support attractive people in games but I want to stay for the gameplay/story. But I can't get far in it.
i think this game is great just not fantastic. i think people hating on it just because of the appearance are reallllly stupid, i really hope the sequel just improves on the foundation and it could be one of the best games of whatever year it drops
Honestly it’s very strange. Like someone said that all they see when someone posts about stellar blade is gooner things and I’m like, it’s cool to know about your RUclips algorithm but you can’t evaluate how good a game is based on low effort posts. Watching some guy not even show any gameplay, just putting the camera to stare into the sky is just no way to evaluate how good a game is. Just search up a review from someone you trust that has played the game or play it yourself
Imagine if we also get a Bayonetta skin!!! 🤯…..best yes game is really good. It’s sad how it was not nominated, but let’s vote with our wallets. Let woke companies go broke!
I really liked it, the boss battles are amazing! But honestly, it's hard to take the game seriously when she dresses like that when she's supposed to be a warrior 😂 people will hate me for saying it but I'd much prefer if she would wear some sort of armour or anything resembling a battle suit
@@allandm I don’t hate you. I disagree with you. And thankfully so do most people who played the game. And hopefully the studio, in their inevitable sequel, ignore people like you.
@@allandm they have that. There’s multiple suits that have armor plating. Also the second diving suit, the all black one covers her whole body. There’s the kill bill suit which covers her. There’s multiple suits that don’t sexualize her. You don’t like that she’s curvy. Would you have a problem if she was skinny like Ellie from last of us 2? No curves in sight? Or more like Abby with more resemblance to a male body builder than a woman in her early twenties? Tell me which one is more realistic for the average woman? And also this is a video game where we are supposed to embrace the fantastical. Kratos, Dante, Leon Kennedy, Joel, Nathan Drake, Arthur Morgan, Master Chief, Shepherd, etc. Those are all peek male archetypes, but you don’t see a bunch insecure men going around complaining that they’re too attractive or whatever. Stop trying to change things that people enjoy. Don’t play and call it a day. Go play life is strange if you want boring female characters with the bodies of a stick.
@@jaxsonburch-eo1vz i dont mind that shes curvy, she's an Android. I also don't think any of the costumes look like a battle suit, I guess the black one is prob the closest thing.
I will tell why the looks are the most important, because there has been an over decade long political campaign against sexy (specifically) female characters which lead us to todays troon faced abominations in 99% of all games. No one has ever attacked gameplay like that and sure as hell not for political reasons that's why it's not important to point it out. Not that it would matter anyway the usual suspects (political activists who rage against anything more attractive than Danny DeVito in drag) won't even entertain the actual substance of a game anyway just like they did with this one.
The looks are important, but not THE thing. The game is not good because eve looks pretty, that's something the game has that's a plus to many people and all that as I said, but to diminish it to Hot Main Character therefore game is good is i feel unfair to the entire game
The discourse created ruined the reputation of the game. 1) On one hand, you have the media that took offense to Eve’s looks and tried to lower that meta score/ vote against it. (Some not all.) 2) On the other hand, you have fans that all they do is excessively talk and post images about Eve’s sexual appeal instead of the actual game. This behavior deceived potential newcomers into thinking the game is a sex simulator rather than an action game. Sadly, there’s only few of us that actually know and praised the game for its performance, gameplay, music and overall polish.
Its funny how people complain how badly the women look in games an that it makes the game more immersive but when u get a beautiful women no one talks about the game or ignore how great the game is because they only focus on the character.
Stellar blade has the potential to be up their with Final fantasy remake and rebirth all they have to do for stellar blade 2 is work on the character building and get it on the level of a final fantasy game and mass effect 2 and then they need to get world designers for horizon forbidden West and keep their puzzles and side quest maybe they can even do some side characters missions for lily. Maybe a tacy or raven side content
I honestly think the OST in this game is only matched by a couple of games I've played like Doom or MGRR. The combat is really satisfying, I loved how it starts like like soulsborne evolves towards a hybrid DMC. It's all about the anime-esque animations, Eve and the clinging sound of the parry. Unfortunately, the story doesn't take off till the last 3rd. I think GOTY needs a lot more than just the combat, but this game is an easy pick for action game award.
Flatscreen games has been gone downhill after ps2. There is nothing exciting nor something to look forward to. I hate to say this but Meta Quest is the true king of modern gaming
What makes this kinda funny is that the people who hate on this game because DEI and whatnot think that winning an award means something. MONEY talks. If a game sells well, then the studio knows (or should know as some tend to drop the ball) to follow the formula again whether it's a sequel or something similar to what they made. The award may be nice, but it doesn't really mean much.
I finished this game and out side of the combat and ost there isn't much there. The story and characters are bland. Yes, Eve is attractive, but that doesn't make the game. I've never seen anyone praise this games story or any type of praise to these characters and their motivations.
Come on let’s be real it really wasn’t, compare it to all the other slashers that are out this don’t come close, this game was literally marketed off her looks and it failed, I’m going to back my points by saying the story was so bad, the characters were so dull, the combat was so basic, the only positive about the game was that it wasn’t buggy at launch and when you compare it to other hack and slash this game don’t come even 1 percent close to them, wuchang looks like it’s gonna body this game out of oblivion🤣🤣🤣 (STELLAR MID)
Great point on how we got back here.
Pre-release: "This game is about looks only. It has nothing else going for it"
Post-release: "I was wrong. The game's actually good"
Post-release (Near TGA): "I was right. The game was nothing but gooner bait"
Make it make sense. The switch up is crazy
A lot of people will post a pic of Eve looking hot and say this game was overlooked! But people are too small brained to parse that the game can be good and have a good looking character.
I completely agree and I think this game is being over shadowed by a certain agenda and that's really sad and pathetic. This game has amazing combat and best music since Nier.
Thank you! The "anti woke bros" high jacked it for their goofy ass "movement". Shit is pathetic
Nier? Do you mean the same Nier that was also attacked by the woke mob and their homo journalist allies?
Yeah I think Stellar Blade had better feeling combat than Black myth. It just was more smooth and there were less frustrating animations. I think it should win best action game of the year but I’m pretty sure black myth will win that. I honestly think recency bias is a major factor in the game awards that no one talks about.
Not even recency bias, just straight up bias and unfair treatment of games based on certain agendas and/or Geoff’s personal relationships with game developers/studios. Like he mentioned in the video how the hell did Hogwarts not even get mentioned last year? How did The Last Of Us 2 win GOTY over Ghost of Tsushima a few years back. It’s a terrible awards show the world premieres and reveals save it.
Yeah Wukong is a great game as well but some people make it out to be better than it actually is. Polls with the game always end with it winning everything but it's mainly due to popularity and bias not because it's always the best in the category being discussed.
the game is peak
This is still on my to buy game, I played the demo version and enjoyed it, although not my normal type of game. I will be looking to get it during the Black Friday sales.
I have always got games because of what type of game it is and the gameplay etc, and that includes going back to the 90s when they were using Lara Croft looks to advertise a game
I hope you have a great time
Stellar Blade is indeed my game of the year. It does so many things right and exceeds them compared to other contenders. And its inclusion of the photo mode has only solidified itself as game of the year. The game is made with both passion and effort. And something it does to supercede Wukong as an action game is that while to dodge in mid combo for wukong, you have to time your input. In stellar blade, you can actually use the animation of your own attacks to dodge an attack mid combo. That sort of detail is astonishing. And of course, having a particularly hot and attractive female protagonist is a definite plus.
@@HonkaiMain I don't like it's writing, especially the writing of the main character, Eve.
@@unicorntomboy9736I thought the writing was good but not great. But I'm not all the way through ( just before abyss levoire) so maybe it gets worse. I give the writing a 6/10 so far.
@@JustAFishBeingAFish The narrative flow is a bit confusing and nonsensical at certain points
@JustAFishBeingAFish My issue is that it borderline plagiarises Nier Automata, but doesn't do anything quite as well as it did, especially with Eve verses 2B.
@@unicorntomboy9736 maybe in broad ways its similar but in terms of actual story beat to beat its quite different. At least up to where I am. I havent been confused by anything so far or thought something didn't make sense. Maybe it gets more confusing later on I still haven't finished.
To be clear I'm not saying that your opinions are invalid. You clearly felt this way for a reason to be able to articulate this so well I just disagree.
The fact they nominated a card game over Stellar Blade shows just how much of a joke that the game awards are. I even prefer Stellar Blades combat over Black Myth Wukong which says a lot.
I was saying this on X recently as well. This game is technically well put especially on the ps5 Pro . Beyond the sex appeal the game is fun and a badass adventure.
History repeat itself they used to hate Lara croft for being "too sexy" but didn't bother to check how fun the action of the game was, then bayoneta gets the same treatment, and then Nier automata the cycle goes on everytime an action game featuring an attractive female protagonist, these journoes and twitter freaks just hates gaming culture and attractiveness so much
You preaching bro I was just about to say something similar earlier. It's a vicious cycle. Watch when the PC port releases & more people give the game a chance & realize it's legit good they're gonna pretend they never hated on it smh
It's a fantastic game and such a breath of fresh air but there is no convincing the tourists. They will use just about any tactic to quickly dismiss anything that somehow goes against their narrative. They have no interest in hearing us out.
Exactly man I've given up trying to convince these people. Atp they believe & see what they want to with this game & constantly move the goal post it's a lost cause. Their loss
NGL, totally bought the game because of Eve’s looks and outfits. Then I started playing it and I couldn’t stop because of the game play and wanting to learn the story. After that first boss fight on eidos I was hooked. Now I’m trying to get all the achievements
There is a lot of haters for this game and i dont understand why either, most will just say its eve but forget about the music or the boss battles. The story is not like top notch but its still great.
They cant listen to the music or fight the bosses if they qont play the game because the character is hot lol
It's because Eve is an attractive female protagonist
they must prefer men
It's the same thing that happened with Nier automata. Most people would play the game only for 2B's attractiveness and then quit. They completely missed out on the fact that if you finish the full game, all routes completed, it's probably the greatest game in history, atleast the story and music is
@@firstorderblade4432 Agreed, as long as you get routes A-E it’s 100% the best game of all time
That never happened the only ones who didn't play through Nier are feminist censorship apologists like yourself.
When they showed off the gameplay presentation, I was sold on it. And when it released, of course I bought the physical version, and played the entirety of the game without any patches, because of the censorship.
I became a fan of the entire game, not just Eve herself. Wow what a blast to play. Gorgeous visuals, now made even more beautiful because of the PS5 Pro, and the music is perfect. I really hope it at least wins best music, but it sure as hell wins my Game of the Year, followed by Astro Bot and Silent Hill 2.
I think if there's a nomination it was cheated out of it would be music. The OST is 🔥🔥🔥
I honestly think it has the Best Music of Any video game Ever!!
First game I've ever Platinumed
110 hours of a great time and my favorite game on ps5
Super consumer friendly with New Game Plus and costumes being completely free
No micro transactions, no season/battle pass
When I'm done playing through Arkham Knight I'll go back to get the Nier DLC
Stellar Blade is my goto game to sit back, relax and kick some ass after dying non stop in Elden Ring(I just started playing). It calms me down. It's just so fun ! I can't say the same for Wukong though which I actually also really love, but NG+4 is not relaxing anymore. It's starting to kick my arse so badly.... I died more times from the Black Bear than my first playthrough.
And with SB's stellar soundtrack, ahhh, what a joy.
I’ve never played, but got curious because of the stupid controversy half a year ago. I’ve mentioned the game to other friends, but they seem to know even less than I. Seems like they assume the game sucks. I wish people looked at things beyond what they only initially physically see or hear about it from others that did the same. Only reason why I haven’t played it is because it was not on PC and is a PS exclusive. I don’t have a PS5 and wouldn’t want to buy one for a few games that are exclusive. I recently heard it will be coming to PC soon though.
Of what I’ve seen, the art and graphics are gorgeous and the music is absolutely incredible. I’ve heard the story is arguable on if it’s good. As long as it looks good, sounds good, and has fun gameplay then that is good enough for me.
A good game is a good game regardless of how the character looks & Steller blade is a good game.
That is nonsense, gaming is first and foremost a visual medium. No amount of "good" will help your game if your characters look like sacks of shit with limbs.
Guys I have a question:.
If Shift Up were to make a sequel to Stellar Blade what would you like to see in it?
To answer my own question, if they decide to do the semi-open world part again I would like to use Eve`s sword to use for travel, it would be cool if we could make our own character (with the option to change the sound of her voice) or you could play as both Eve and your playable character.
Lastly, if you can customise the colour of her outfits and mix different outfits together that would be sick.
This game is good. When you play it a second time you appreciate the story more, all the bread crumbing and casual manipulation Adam does. He literally set up the entire game as an obstacle course for her to prove her worthiness. Talk about a god complex. The tasty design choices that accentuate eves looks through game play are also, as a matter of fact, a tier. She will approach a ladder that is facing the other way, by design and mantle on to in a smooth athletic way for example. There are soooo many instances of this if you slow down and take it in.
It also looks absolutely incredible on ps5 pro. It’s a must have.
I've got platinum in this and beat it 8 times now. It's a great game, but I feel the story, level design, level variety and the amount of times bosses are not able to be damaged in a fight to be the shortcomings. Hopefully a second game will address these.
I just finally got this game and am loving it. I also had to grab the DLC as well. I still haven't finished this game but I already can't decide if I love Stellar Blade or Black Myth Wukong more for my GOTY (I got platinum trophy in Black Myth and intend to do the same for Stellar Blade).
Cant wait for it to come to PC
Personally I have this game way better than Black Myth. I can't get with the combat system at all. The enemies are like sponges. Compared to Stellar Blade's combat which is much more fulfilling/impactful.
The game gets critiqued by people who have no interest in playing it.
Lol, the thumbnail.
It’s a fantastic game and in my opinion better than black myth wukong, it will be completely disrespected at the game awards (which have been a joke for 5+ years) it definitely should at least win best soundtrack as it’s got the best OST since Nier Automata
FF7 will win best soundtrack easily
@@mrromanow3123 I think ff7 should win GOTY but i think soundtrack should go to stellar blade. Maybe i'm biased because i think nier automata has the greatest ost ever and i dont think its slightly close, but stellar blade's ost hits different. Also ff7 rebirth reuses a lot of songs from remake
@@mrromanow3123 it reuses half its soundtrack from FF7 remake? even still its soundtrack is nowhere near on par with stellar blade
@@firstorderblade4432 Rebirth was great but if I’m going on what the most enjoyable game out of the nominees it’d have to be Astro Bot, should definitely take the award this year
@ I loved astrobot, but I got more invested in just the card game alone in rebirth more than anything in astrobot. Shit had me collecting packs of virtual cards like they were pokemon
Funny thing is unless the player chooses to put Eve in one of the more revealing costumes in the game Eve is never really sexualized by any other character, there’s no wild crazy camera shot of her butt or bust, but alot people have this idea of what the game is based on media spins but as far as sexually explicit content the games actually pretty tame. It’s just a solid stylish game with a dope soundtrack
It’s pretty much the equivalent of adding a “sexy costume” mod onto a non-explicit character. She just so happens to be attractive, so people on both sides will instinctively objectify her and reduce her down to her looks in a manner that usually benefits no one. They’ve ruined the discourse around the game so badly that it’s all people talk about now. And it’s ironic because the people complaining are the same ones who helped cause the problem in the first place. Compare it to the legacy that NieR left behind. Everyone acknowledged the character designs and moved on like literally a day later. There was no cringey “culture war” nonsense and any shape it may have taken burned out almost immediately by the sincerity of Yoko Taro’s comments regarding the designs. People spent more time focusing on the quality of the work than how big or small 2B’s assets were. If you constantly feed the narrative of “all this game is good for is looking at hot women” then don’t be surprised when people believe you. First impressions are heavily skewed if you tell someone that’s all they’ll find. And the sad part is it’s kind of accurate because anytime I search up Stellar Blade most if not all of my results will be people who have way too much free time complaining about censorship whilst simultaneously appearing next to other videos unironically showing off detailed up-close 4K angles of Eve’s private parts frolicking about in various revealing costumes. I digress - all this isn’t to say that healthy discussions about character design can’t be had or that funny jokes about indulging in sexuality can’t be made, but nowadays whenever it’s mentioned it’s usually wrapped in a non-self aware narrative created by jaded bad faith actors clumsily attempting to dunk on other people without an ounce of nuance. Every single time, it’s exhausting and insanely counterproductive. Gaming has transformed from a fun hobby into a political position for these types.
People see attractive women and they get all scared and judgmental of the game. Close minded fools. To them it doesn’t matter if it’s a great game if it’s gooner bait to people it’s bad no matter what.
The combat is actually phenomenal. There are so many ways to avoid damage and punish enemies. You can block, dodge, parry, blink with blue spark, repulse with purple spark. Then you can extend parries and perfect dodges into combo attack chains and cut off the enemy combo. You can use retribution to takedown an enemy with a depleted balance bar. There are actually multiple combo strings unlike Black Myth Wukong square spam. There are 2 sets of active skills. Grenades that can extend your stunlock combos. So much more.
Even their other game Nikke is amazing. Story is unlike anything I've ever seen in games. Many people will cry to it. But people are scared of hot women and even the fact that it’s a gacha and have a very closed mind to not even consider trying it or looking into what it’s actually about. There is a valid argument about realism and immersion and making a consistent game world. But for me who cares, it's a videogame and you play a videogame with the expectation of it being a videogame that can have whacky and outlandish things in it. You don't need immersion and you don't need to pretend the world is real. Plenty of AAA games do this, so it’s nice to have a game that breaks out of that once in awhile.
For me Stellar Blade is top 5, i loved the game so much. My 2024 list:
1. DBZ Sparking Zero
2. Astro Bot
3. Space Marine 2
4. BMW
5. Stellar Blade
What about Persona 3 Reload
Persona 3 reloaded was so good and I still disappointed it’s wasn’t nominated for anything
@@unicorntomboy9736 sorry I’m not into turn based games but i heard it’s an amazing game.
@@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl It should have been nominated for Best RPG and Best Music or Art Direction
Fair list
I really want to play it, the combat looks fun af. I really miss bloody and gory games from the 2000s
it should have been a GOTY contender
@@barrysmith4610 I disagree, I think Silent Hill 2 or Helldivers 2 deserves it more. However, I think it should absolutely win best soundtrack/music
silent hill 2 is a remake
@@DaniLovesArtXD So is ff7 rebirth but it deserves the win 100%
@@DaniLovesArtXD Why is that relevant
But it is extremely popular because of this fan service.
You know what I would take the nominations even if it takes them or not, yet saying this game will get snubbed is just a odd feeling, and I know TGA voting is majority on the jury's it's not like all eyes are on one game for the categories that StellarBlade is also nominated in because that would be ridiculous if it does.
I mean without Eve its still a great game (at least how it looked to me as I dun have console), but bcoz I know Shift Up as a studio developing cultured games like Destiny Child and Nikke my expectation on eye candy characters is already high. If its others studios then I wont qualm over it.
As a man of cultures I am definitely having fun with the looks and outfits as well as the gameplay and story 🫡😏😂 we can have both and we should demand both.
Great video Alex and I believe Stellar blade should at least win best music or best action game
Stellar Blade is interesting in that all I'm doing is climbing a ladder or sliding down a rope, but for some reason I'm suddenly in trouble with my wife....
As someone who platinumed it, yes, it's a mechanically wonderful game to play and replay!
My one big criticism is I wish it had more diverse environments to explore. The Space Elevator was fantastic!! ... but I'm not that keen on exploring wastelands and deserts.
How many hours did you put into your first play through? I saw it only requires 32G to install, and I'm worried it's a short game.
Eve is fine asf but I didn't beat the game because Eve is dummy THICC, I beat it because it was a fun game with a good story.
Just to remind folks how great this is shift up has to do a combat dlc. Something with some new abilities and a new area to explore with more lore behind the naytibas and mother sphere. Like we have a whole planet overrun. We need to explore that and say like Adam was the elder over that area of earth. Say he appointed other monstrous enemies as leaders of the forces in different countries. And we gotta whoop mother sphere somewhere along the ride into we actually get to stellar blade 2
They could just make a Raven dlc much better character than Eve imo and more interesting
@@thegamewin100they’re pretty different in their character tropes so I can’t say who intrigued me more I liked them both but most definitely a Raven DLC would be fucking amazing. Seeing the fall and her fall into madness. See how Adam was in the beginning and how she fell into his grasp. So much potential
How do you get that color for this outfit in the thumbnail, only the red one is whT i got
journalists and the jury need to let go of their ego and grievances, get over themselves and let stellar blade at least take soundtrack
EDIT: I will say the fact that Black Myth and Stellar Blade are nominated AT ALL is mindblowing considering journalists on twitter and Reset Era, The Gamer, Kotaku, etc were being extremely condescending and begrudging towards both games -- with that I hope Black Myth wins GOTY so everyone can stfu and the industry can think twice about their ego
I'm still interested in playing it (Backlog is just too stacked). However, please tell me:
- Am I the only one feeling strange about the monster design? If you show me all that "eye candy", how the f can I get into a "certain mood" when there are also all these lovecraftian Aliens around? It's almost like the designers are asking for fanmade tentacle shenanigans.
- Does the combat system suck? Whenever I watch footage of the game, I always see the same 2-3 interactions.
cant believe I got baited in with that thumbnail.
I mean, it's not bait, it's literally the entire point of the video.
Unfortunately this game (and the eventual sequel) wont truly get its flowers until yrs from now. It's like people cant grasp that a game like this can have a super attractive female character AND be a good game. True fans appreciate this game beyond Eve. While the story telling & character development arent the best it makes up for it with the combat/music/visuals. Not sure what happened to people trying games & forming their opinions themselves instead of believing internet trolls who are allegic to good looking pixelated women we live in some strange times
You can see it here too. Even though the game is actually good, there are comments saying that the game is not that good. They are really pathetic.
It’s actually my GOTY over Wukong, rise of the ronin, rebirth, helldivers 2(not counting SOTE as an actual game).
AMEN!
The game is awesome I love it 100% but the pervs narrative is counter productive to what real gamers are asking developers to change . People complain about a characters looks and try to cancel some games for such things but then turn around and play games like stardew valley or mine craft where the characters 0 visual assets . The toxicity in the gaming space has gotten out of hand especially because it is being perpetuated by grifter influencers like Vara Dark and many others that are bringing maga style politics into the gaming space and dragging it for content and views from people that aren't even buying many games in the first place and never where . Stellar Blade and Wukong are definitely in the top 10 of all times and I've been around since the actual beginning of gaming. The toxic part of the community are the most heard and the loudest part of the community and they are providing bad spokesmen to represent the gaming community like we all agree or something. I definitely love what you said and I totally agree. The sad thing is we are going to end up having to be very vocal about speaking against other gamers and influencers that are making the outcomes of our gaming experience nonconducive to us . Some things should be kept to yourself but since the introduction of social media a lot of people have thrown that life lesson out the window . We have been getting almost 70% of remakes of games because the toxic cancel culture has made a lot of development teams so fearful of being innovative that they are just playing it safe to keep their jobs and avoid the whining. This affects people that have been gaming for a very long time because we anticipate the new innovations we don't wanna play games we played years ago we stuck it out to see what new adventures await and are having those things interfered with for very stupid and nonsensical reasons from people that complain about spending $70-$90 yet think every game is supposed to be made for them then if it's not they want to gather hate groups to promote the tanking of the games sales . That is some over-privileged , intrusive,greedy, childish behavior. All of this needs to stop to correct the balance in gaming and make room for truly valid complaints and requests to be heard and addressed in gaming by developers. All the hate mongering is counter productive and contributes to the retaliatory responses that fell on games like stellar blade and wukong.
100% agree
As s gay guy i approve this message
Just waiting for the PC port
Yeah we knew that its just one of the things we like
Ijl just wish there was a no achievement easy mode because I really want to.play just not look at her.
I bought the game to support attractive people in games but I want to stay for the gameplay/story.
But I can't get far in it.
Yep
i think this game is great just not fantastic. i think people hating on it just because of the appearance are reallllly stupid, i really hope the sequel just improves on the foundation and it could be one of the best games of whatever year it drops
Honestly it’s very strange. Like someone said that all they see when someone posts about stellar blade is gooner things and I’m like, it’s cool to know about your RUclips algorithm but you can’t evaluate how good a game is based on low effort posts. Watching some guy not even show any gameplay, just putting the camera to stare into the sky is just no way to evaluate how good a game is. Just search up a review from someone you trust that has played the game or play it yourself
Imagine if we also get a Bayonetta skin!!! 🤯…..best yes game is really good. It’s sad how it was not nominated, but let’s vote with our wallets. Let woke companies go broke!
Stellar game!!
My GOTY 🔥🔥
facts
We know.
I really liked it, the boss battles are amazing! But honestly, it's hard to take the game seriously when she dresses like that when she's supposed to be a warrior 😂 people will hate me for saying it but I'd much prefer if she would wear some sort of armour or anything resembling a battle suit
Exactly, give her some sort of futuristic Xena look.
@@allandm I don’t hate you. I disagree with you. And thankfully so do most people who played the game. And hopefully the studio, in their inevitable sequel, ignore people like you.
@@jaxsonburch-eo1vz they could give us at least ONE armour like suit
@@allandm they have that. There’s multiple suits that have armor plating. Also the second diving suit, the all black one covers her whole body. There’s the kill bill suit which covers her. There’s multiple suits that don’t sexualize her. You don’t like that she’s curvy. Would you have a problem if she was skinny like Ellie from last of us 2? No curves in sight? Or more like Abby with more resemblance to a male body builder than a woman in her early twenties? Tell me which one is more realistic for the average woman? And also this is a video game where we are supposed to embrace the fantastical. Kratos, Dante, Leon Kennedy, Joel, Nathan Drake, Arthur Morgan, Master Chief, Shepherd, etc. Those are all peek male archetypes, but you don’t see a bunch insecure men going around complaining that they’re too attractive or whatever. Stop trying to change things that people enjoy. Don’t play and call it a day. Go play life is strange if you want boring female characters with the bodies of a stick.
@@jaxsonburch-eo1vz i dont mind that shes curvy, she's an Android. I also don't think any of the costumes look like a battle suit, I guess the black one is prob the closest thing.
It’s a fantastic games disguised as a thirst trap!
I mean that's how fanservice should be used in entertainment. Lure you in with thirst trap, stay for a great experience/game.
I will tell why the looks are the most important, because there has been an over decade long political campaign against sexy (specifically) female characters which lead us to todays troon faced abominations in 99% of all games.
No one has ever attacked gameplay like that and sure as hell not for political reasons that's why it's not important to point it out. Not that it would matter anyway the usual suspects (political activists who rage against anything more attractive than Danny DeVito in drag) won't even entertain the actual substance of a game anyway just like they did with this one.
The looks are important, but not THE thing. The game is not good because eve looks pretty, that's something the game has that's a plus to many people and all that as I said, but to diminish it to Hot Main Character therefore game is good is i feel unfair to the entire game
The discourse created ruined the reputation of the game.
1) On one hand, you have the media that took offense to Eve’s looks and tried to lower that meta score/ vote against it. (Some not all.)
2) On the other hand, you have fans that all they do is excessively talk and post images about Eve’s sexual appeal instead of the actual game. This behavior deceived potential newcomers into thinking the game is a sex simulator rather than an action game.
Sadly, there’s only few of us that actually know and praised the game for its performance, gameplay, music and overall polish.
Its funny how people complain how badly the women look in games an that it makes the game more immersive but when u get a beautiful women no one talks about the game or ignore how great the game is because they only focus on the character.
Stellar blade has the potential to be up their with Final fantasy remake and rebirth all they have to do for stellar blade 2 is work on the character building and get it on the level of a final fantasy game and mass effect 2 and then they need to get world designers for horizon forbidden West and keep their puzzles and side quest maybe they can even do some side characters missions for lily. Maybe a tacy or raven side content
I honestly think the OST in this game is only matched by a couple of games I've played like Doom or MGRR. The combat is really satisfying, I loved how it starts like like soulsborne evolves towards a hybrid DMC. It's all about the anime-esque animations, Eve and the clinging sound of the parry. Unfortunately, the story doesn't take off till the last 3rd.
I think GOTY needs a lot more than just the combat, but this game is an easy pick for action game award.
It's a OK game
Flatscreen games has been gone downhill after ps2. There is nothing exciting nor something to look forward to.
I hate to say this but Meta Quest is the true king of modern gaming
It sold less than 2 million 💀, PC port is coming in 2025.
Sales do not make a game good or bad.
@ sure but if you read properly, you will understand that in this economic climate exclusives are dying.
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What makes this kinda funny is that the people who hate on this game because DEI and whatnot think that winning an award means something. MONEY talks. If a game sells well, then the studio knows (or should know as some tend to drop the ball) to follow the formula again whether it's a sequel or something similar to what they made. The award may be nice, but it doesn't really mean much.
It’s an ok game but not award winning 😒
All I see online about this game is gooner bait.. so you can blame those people on how this game is perceived.
The problem with stellar blade is the gameplay itself is just generic and hard to play like that for a hack n slash game
I finished this game and out side of the combat and ost there isn't much there. The story and characters are bland. Yes, Eve is attractive, but that doesn't make the game. I've never seen anyone praise this games story or any type of praise to these characters and their motivations.
The combat just isnt fun to me, and the lack of dofferent weapons and moves really get boring by the middle of the game, let alone the end
Come on let’s be real it really wasn’t, compare it to all the other slashers that are out this don’t come close, this game was literally marketed off her looks and it failed, I’m going to back my points by saying the story was so bad, the characters were so dull, the combat was so basic, the only positive about the game was that it wasn’t buggy at launch and when you compare it to other hack and slash this game don’t come even 1 percent close to them, wuchang looks like it’s gonna body this game out of oblivion🤣🤣🤣 (STELLAR MID)
It's not a hack & slash game dumbass 🤣🤦♂️