Stellar Blade PS5 - Digital Foundry Tech Review - An Ultra-Polished Action Game
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
- Stellar Blade has finally arrived for PlayStation 5 and we're delighted to say that this is an ultra-polished, highly enjoyable action game. Based on Unreal Engine 4, developer Shift Up isn't rewriting the technological rulebook in any way - but what is delivered is nigh-on flawless within its ambition. It's something of a tonic in a world where so many games ship with issues, requiring multiple patches to address. John Linneman has the DF tech review for you.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - A Strong Presentation
04:01 - Graphics Options
04:29 - HDR Settings
05:13 - Stunning Visual Design
06:18 - Visual Flourishes
10:04 - Mode Comparisons
11:52 - Frame-Rate Analysis
13:49 - Final Thoughts 
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"Eve and her comrades exhibit superb secondary motion characteristics that would put a smile on the face of Dead or Alive series creator Tomonobu Itagaki" AHAHAHAHAHA
Based.
Ugh. It's called jiggle physics. No need for euphemism.
@@alanlee67 It's called tact -- and it's a better way for these things to re-emerge, since it's not directly mentioned (so it's much harder to attack)
@@SteveJonesOwnsDSPeh, fair enough. I can see where you're coming from
I'm sold
The option to remove film grain has been added in a patch that's been made available this morning before release
I mean film grain is a hit or miss in many games but when it hits like in tlou 1 pc damn does it look insane
@@ttghhgg1918 yeah i find myself keeping it on at times for that cinematic look.
Wow great to hear, that's the only thing that bugged me in the demo.
@@8K240hz like film grain in alan wake 2 is horrible as the grains are large n causes weird noise but tlou 1 pc grains just makes the game 2times better i cant explain why
@@ttghhgg1918 i agree dude, it makes it feel alot more real and gritty.
"... bug free experience" he says as she fights giant bugs... well done sir.
Just platinum this game today. what a great experience, this game deserve the praise
Delivering a complete and largely bug/glitch free game. 👏👏👏
So a game that wants a existance of its own beyond the shackles of the toriparasite...
It's a surprise, but a welcome one.
Were you here when Lies of P came out?
@@mechanicalmonk2020lies of p was underwhelming and just felt clunky to play. Not to mention it’s basically a souls copy and paste and that’s not everyone’s type of game
except for imput delay but you know, its no big deal right, only a core part of any game.
and costumes unlockable in game for free, no season pass and with paid DLC from launch...
John sold me at 'it's just a gosh darn enjoyable videogame.' What more do we need?
Depends on who you're asking. Are you asking someone?
If only modern day developers understood just how important this statement really is.
Hopefully Shift Up takes note of these types of reviews instead. That’s all that matters and a lot of reviewers clearly had a hell of a time no matter their overall review and score. A sequel or prequel is in high demand.
Word!
like a stupid review that said the music, the world, the gameplay was stunning and ended giving 65/100, lmao.
Balanced mode on my LG OLED is where it’s at 🤩
*Balanced Mode is a MUST-HAVE for ALL next-gen titles. What a Graphical Masterpiece! 👏👏👏*
all games should strive for this level of performance, this is impressive
60 should be a target for all games
@@lolcat well thats not gonna happen because of shitty devs and there shitty optimizations of games and I guess "graphics improving" lol which is not entirely happening but Stellar Blade looks great and its good it targets 60 fps but its not an open world game but it is good its 60 like usually u need that in a soul like or parrying game but 60 fps is not gonna happen for everyone demanding game unless u have a really decent gaming pc even then unoptimized games I've seen on a 4090 even struggle
@@coreypasternak9435I'd rather have more interesting AI and physics than 60fps.
It almost feels like whiplash now when you see what an optimized game looks like, Shift Up deserves a lot of praise for this level of polish
It’s a console exclusive, they have no excuses
Honestly hearing that its like a PS2 era game on modern hardware sounds really appealing. A lot of AAA games are so bland and try to cater to too much, and are often buggy/broken. Games need to be more focused like this. Hope it comes to more platforms.
"PS2 era game on modern hardware"
I heard this and IMMEDIATELY thought "WOW, that has to be good!" PS2/3 to xbox360 was the golden era of gaming.
That's how I described it to my coworker. Feels nostalgic while having modern benefits.
Yh... we don't need 100 hours worth of content when that content is just collectibles. We also don't need hollywood actors to help sell games, all that this does is inflate the budget and resources needed.
Back when gaming was great.
exactly why it interested me, this is how games should be, as someone who plays PCSX2 a lot, this is right up my alley
"I definitely think this is one of the best things Sony has published in quite a while." - what a statement and I fully agree.
It got me to buy a PS5, so yeah.
It just be
Eve’s hair physics are insane. With out a doubt one of if not THE most realistic I’ve seen in a game
"secondary motion characteristics" well said sir
Are they really secondary, though?
@@G360LIVE They're um - selling points
@@G360LIVE No, they are not.
@@G360LIVE this comment FTW lol :D
@@G360LIVE Yes, because they are the physical reaction of an elastic object that is attached to an accelerating rigid object (Eve's torso).
There's something so satisfying seeing huge bosses reacting to being hit. It's something a lot of games don't do.
YES, instead of only health bars and flying numbers. I'm sure this took way more effort, but it's so much more intuitive and satisfying.
Oh God, yes. Souls and souls like titles too often make bosses seem like they don’t even feel/care that they’re being hit, even when you’re dealing huge amount of damage to them. It’s frustrating and boring
A hundred times YES to this. Battles done right.
But at the same time foliage does not react to the characters' movement...
Yes, but attacks on the player seem to pass thru her body like she's a ghost.
A round of applause to the team for making one of the best polished games i've seen. Stellar graphics with Stellar performance
And that balanced mode looks really good
THIS is how games should be made these days. Performance above all else and this just proves that it can work. We always say gameplay is king and that’s tied to performance, not graphics. Most triple A studios seem to have forgotten that.
Game industry started in the 70's and pretty graphics on the back of the box has been the main selling point every generation. It isn't gonna change
So apparently Shift Up made real sculptures of monsters first and then scanned them to import into the game, according to their bts video. That's some dedication. On another note, it's good to see good ol Tomonobu Itagaki decided to crash the party to celebrate new DJ John's EP.
PS. "Secondary motion characteristics" -- that's a new way to appreciate the bounce.
Doom 1993 style
@@WayStedYouwow that’s really cool, didn’t know Doom used sculptures!
I gotta say I truly enjoy development vids explaining and demonstrating how they achieved their goals. Modern Vintage Gamer has some pretty awesome vids on his channel!
Honestly I don’t think it’s that uncommon.a lot goes into the pre production of games/movies etc
This is actually easier than modelling them in 3D software by hand, it's just the tools used to be expensive in Hollywood and product engineering. 3D scanners, photogrammetry and automatic LOD generators are great automation tools that more games should use. And artists can actually have fun in sculpting.
A video game from 2003 built with modern tools is exactly what the industry needs more of and why I enjoy Nintendo games so much.
Took the words right out of my mouth
So, true. The games of 2003 to 2014 were already perfect. We need more fun games like this with no bugs rather than a buggy mess with good quality graphics like Cyberbugs and others.
@@syeddanishanweridk about 2014. 90’s-2010 was peak gaming.
If only nintendo knew how to game a game with good controls. Biggest issue with the new Zelda games is how bad the controls and core combat are
nintendo is meh but Stellar Blade is awesome
This IS amazing for a 1st game of that caliber for the studio! Great work! Very excited to play when it unlocks on console! Already downloaded 1.02 patch with NG+ support, btw!
This is probably the most optimized game the PS5 has received this year.
Companies should definitely learn from this game.
They are mobile devs... optimization priorities are pretty high to get phone games working well.
Oopsie to ff7rebirth
@@VariantAEC that's not a given for most mobile games
@@islandboy9381
It is for the experienced devs I choose to play mobile games from.
@@RaVVen.P for real, that game looks like ass on performance mode even with the sharp mode option
All this is even more impressive when you consider this is their first time developing a console game. It's very evident that they're gamers first and they wanted to give people the best experience. Already preordered, I can't wait to play!
There's talent in Korea, Lies of P wad amazing technically as well
@@SafMan89 They've been developing great games for decades, but are mostly known for their MMORPGs like Lineage II, Aion, ArcheAge, Tera, Black Desert etc. which unfortunately were way too grindy for the majority of the Western audience, almost becoming a full-time job if you wanted to compete in PvP. Aion and ArcheAge were absolutely extreme in that regard. Western publishers of these games always added P2W sooner or later. Then the games always died shortly after.
They are pros from various gaming companies.
Korea people just built different
@@SafMan89 Talent is everywhere, western studios are just suffering from a severe lack of meritocratic hiring practices.
So it can be done! Visually pleasing, WITH good performance. Unsurprisingly it's a conscious design decision the devs need to make at the start of the development proces.
Crazy think is the last of us 2 already did that it’s just the story was so bad everyone just forgot about how good it was visually
100%
@@NotFromHere. Well Naughty Dog and Guerilla games are pretty good when it comes to the technical side. Just their recent games have been bland as they try to cater to every audience.
@@NotFromHere. TLOUS 2 had a good story idea but poor execution. When you have compilations of gamers making Abby jump to her death screaming "this is for Joel!!!"
You might have made a slight miscalculation story-wise lol.
@@JuicedOnKids Yeah imagine having a emotional reaction to a character death, what hacks.
I cant believe they pulled off this graphics on UE4. hope they can release a UE5 upgrade in the future.
I doubt it. It isn't that simple in most cases, and if it were a case in which it was an easy migration, they would have just ported the project over to 5 during development.
The sequel will no doubt start development on 5, though.
Can't wait to play this tomorrow... Shift Up is killing it.
Friday even.
@@robbie_lives not in the US
A polished, complete, well performing, very fun video game? Heresy!
A complete current gen game is like spotting sasquatch lol :)
Neil: "We don't talk about fun."
Other AAA devs: "Yeah, same..."
Baldur's Gate 3?
Great review, John. You sold me on this one. Kudos to the team for putting out a game in a great state.
I had a good feeling about this game when I played the demo and it seems like
a very solid game to boot. How the pendulum has swung from mobile developers
to a solid console game. *Hats off* Shift Up.
We need more games like this one.
Nope the games are boring, the gameplay feel like Darksiders without puzzles and skill tree not better then Horizon Forbidden West.
Yes.
Yes
Shush let us enjoy things we haven’t experienced
@@vtg1800 Cope some more
Korean games are starting to make noise
Stellar Blade and Lies of P and that Crimsom Desert that is also looking great
Lies of P is Korean?
Edit: huh, TIL something new
@@jeddpiresyup!
@@jeddpiresyes
@@jeddpires yup
The Koreans have been making some good movies too, for quite a while.
Awesome “no sad dads” jab there at the beginning. Seeing so often now! I also appreciate how John does the sound sampling and testing. Great coverage here.
What so many of us have been asking for. A beautifully designed game with no bugs, a clear and limited scope targeting gameplay.
Another thing that's nice about that balanced mode is the way it future proofs the game for next gen.
How is Alex doing? I am VERY worried for him!
Hah, yes. How can a game with such "old fashioned" character designs be any good?
He's hiding from attractive characters.
they dare not crticise thus game. The woke are afraid and they should be
Didn’t you unsub months ago cause alex didn’t apowahgize to you 🥺
Am I the only one who doesn't think these outfits are risque at all? Every time I walk outside I see girls wearing way more revealing clothes
I miss these fast-paced action-focused games. Too many games now have this slow, deliberate Souls inspired combat & I just want a game where I can chill & smash out some combos.
I really hope this comes to PC. It looks great.
Sekiro, Devil May Cry 5, Ninja Theory samurai game and Ultrakill. We need more though, I want Godhand to be remastered so it inspires devs.
nioh 2 is super fast for a souls like title
This game is not very fast, I don’t know what you’re comparing it to
Try out Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. Might be your cup of tea.
Great tech review John! It's fantastic to know I can be confident of the product, will be picking up Day 1!
John is a man of culture indeed
Aka a normal man and not a manlet who's concerned about what rhe feminists would think
What's the difference between a knife and a feminist?
was not expecting the every mesh mix but im here for it.
I can't remember when I've seen this much praise and enthusiasm from DF. Remarkable job Stellar Blade
This is a video game that’s proud of being a video game. Not a game trying to be a movie, not a live service. Beginning to end, polished. This is what a AAA game is supposed to be like. Demo is 🔥. Can’t wait for the full game
And not trying to educate you about diversity and the patriarchy.
@@snakedogmanThat's the most important of all
Great video. High quality and well though through much appreciated.
What a banger year for music; P3R, Infinite Wealth, FF7 Rebirth and now this? Great to add all these to my playlists
and elden ring dlc in 2 months.. oh boi oh boi oh boi
And SMT VV
Dude, and Metaphor Re Fantazio later this year, just insane.
OST of the year is gonna have to be between these 3. Music aside, rebirth and p3 already made 2024 better than 2023
I'm happy to see the gaming industry create more jobs for professional musicians these past few generations :) My favorite is still that fantastic Bloodbourne soundtrack.
Quality mode runs at native 4k @ 30fps
Balanced mode runs at 1080 to 1440p @ 48-60 fps ( uses temporal upscaling via reconstruction. As a result, image quality can sometimes exceed the native 4K option)
Performance mode at 1440p @ 60fps
So Happy To See This, and Great Review!
Longtime PC gamer here, bought PS5 just for this. Still getting used to using the controller but had an absolute blast with the demo. Two more days but can't wait!
Oof, I'm in the same boat, thinking of at least renting a PS5 to play this
Finished Ghost of Tsushima I hope?
Tempted to do the same..
Its going to pc just not day one
🤣🤣🤣
Yo mentioned Itagaki! You got yourself a sub! @6:38
Fantastic video!!
A polished, complete game at launch with no bugs, unlockable cosmetic options, accessible for new players with easy mode, solid 60fps with alternate display options, interesting level mechanics, engaging combat, a focused artistic direction accompanied with a beautiful OST with seamless set pieces and memorable characters all with minimal loading.
This is how games are supposed to launch!!!!
Forget your suicide sqauds, star wars outlaws, political agendas or a "release it now, patch it later" attitude. Modern releases could learn a lot from Shift Up!!!
Plus they've announced free cosmetic updates, NG+ and no microtransactions (except for crossover IP cosmetics and we all know a 2B outfit is coming lol)
I've not been this excited for a game in years!!!
Nice glad to see we are bringing back short and fun action games with good replayability
Another Linneman special. I love it.
Expected nothing but praise from the Sony fanboy
@@jodieholmes8453 Really?
@@E_Sunbro He hates Xbox and has said numerous times he wishes they never entered the industry.
@@jodieholmes8453 LOL. Okayyyyyyyyy.
@@jodieholmes8453my dude Xbox has been digging it's grave for the last 10 years you don't have to be a sony fanboy to hate them
Just common sense
Is Alex literally shaking right now?
Itagaki mentioned...kinda miss him...
It's a shame how the gaming press shunned him, his name is somewhat forgotten. He's a legend who pushed action games forward in a highly competitive era.
Miss him too..
Guy is a legend in my book. Ninja Gaiden was the goat of action games back on the Xbox
Itagaki is a hero to me, that guy simply gave no f*cks and refused to be swayed from his vision of what a game should be, I admire that level of fortitude and determination.
I remember him on the XBOX 360 stage back in 2007 showcasing Ninja Gaiden 2. He mentioned how good the hardware was on the 360 and that Team Ninja was using the power of the console to create the best Ninja Gaiden game.
DF Direct is gonna be an interesting conversation about the patch they added.
Thanks for this review was worried how performance would hold up in the later game. Gonna get the preorder rn to play immediately when it comes out
It’s great to see this game get the love and attention it deserves. This was a passion project from one guy, who grew into a team, and that team grew into a group funded by Sony to make the game they truly wanted without anything holding them back. Such a great story, and now from it a great game!
Shift Up existed for over tens years and is not funded by Sony. They're independent. They're also valued at over a billion dollars. They do have a publishing deal with Sony for this specific game, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the game is self funded because their mobile games make so much dang money for them.
I'm not saying this to discredit Kim Hyung-tae in any way. Just that it's not just one guy or small team that came out of nowhere. There's hundreds of devs on that worked on this game.
@@Ayoulalso Sony first party Devs from god of war helped with the combat
With the day one censorship controversy, this comment hasn't aged that well.
6:30 makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks DF. I’m sold.
Knowing that it plays like an early 2000s game is making me excited!
1:13 Well timed "let´s get into it"
Can't wait to play it.
I love it when a game I'm rooting for turns out to be good. Great video DF.
The music is god tier
I ended up finishing my run of the demo the other day, and now I'm psyched for actually playing the full game.
Another gem for PlayStation 👍🏻
Yeah after Rise of Ronin the second one
for now at least
Keep up with the sunk cost fallacy bro
And heldivers and final fantasy
looking forward to playing it on PC a year later.
Thank you for highlighting the Dolby Atmos bug, I had the same issue. Hopefully it's sorted on launch day...
Nice review! It seems like a great-performing, looking, and playing game that we don't get so much anymore these days. The studio did a great job, especially since they'd only worked on mobile games before. They are doing better than so many studios that have been making console games for far longer.
This is basically everything I want in a video game. Absolutely cannot wait!
John seems relieved to just have a more traditional game to bite into 😅
Somebody cover Alex’s eyes
haha very good
rent free
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@@krazyfrog I found Alex's clone
@@krazyfrogAlex’s burner account has been found lmao 😂
Masterclass video by John, no surprise there. I love your humor too, i would have loved to see Oliver's reaction. Never change John!
Great review John. I’m sold! Will be buying day one literally due to the polish.
I am buying this and it looks like my game of the year.
We are not even half way through the year yet lol.
Goty will go to some woke trash like it did last year with bg3,when lies of p was imo goty.
@@jorge69696 My game of the year. I am not overly excited for anything else this year. Unless there are surprise drops, which you never know. That is how I feel just now.
@OtakuBenny2210 I don't like the souls style games. Glad you liked that game. I haven't played BG3. I couldn't comment either way. I don't however engage with identity/division politics. People who do and argue about it, are people who are played like a fiddle by the MSM 24/7, brainwashed into picking sides and theories frok talking heads that engulf their lives, mainly because they lack anything more interesting to talk about or engage with. The world's top 2 percent wealthy, pay bad actors and other media darlings to keep propaganda being pumped at people online and on TV. The design of this is to make enemies between anyone based on differences with each other. These are strings of the masses that they pull and have people at each other like puppets, because they know united people stand together, divided people fall. It makes the masses more malleable and easy to mould for their agendas. They own everything and the online world that feeds you theories and propaganda. They infect your language with buzzwords and catch whatever trending zeitgeist they can as part of mass manipulation. I refuse to acknowledge any of it. I enjoy games for what they are and if I disagree with the message, I don't lose any sleep over it. No one is my enemy. What their private choices for their lives are don't affect me. Live and let live I say. Don't let yourself be played into engaging with any of the language they want you to use. If you don't like something, cool, don't engage. Whatever you do don't be a puppet. They win.
@@OtakuBenny2210 Goty will go to the game that had the most impact. Last year it was bg3 cause it's genuinely an amazing game that was able to attract lots of players (including me) who were never interested in dnd nor would have ever considered playing a game with turned based combat and give them a great RPG experience nonetheless. No other game last year did anything close to that. Lies of P was good but it had some glaring issues and it didn't get much attention cause as a souls-like it didn't really excel at anything and it wasn't genre defining and set new standards for the industry like bg3 and elden ring did the last couple of years.
Fair and professional. So glad it was John the one in charge for the full review. We really could use a proper PC port hopefully in the near future though.
A PC port will surely come.
1. This is a "smaller" Sony published game, so more chance to arrive on PC sooner.
2. This is a Korean developed game, and the PC is king in Korea.
3. It was in development for PC before Sony took over publishing duties, so at least a basic build already exists.
4. It is an Unreal Engine 4 game, so it's easy to port.
5. Some of us would like to game on a monitor in our little private cubicle away from the big TV in the living room to avoid awkward stares from the wife, understandably, and I think Sony understands this too.
They knew...
@@elimalinsky7069mobile* not PC lol
@@melxvee6850 Initially it was going to release on ps4, xbox one, pc & mobile to be precise.
@@tonypee3465 good thing it didn't, China and Korea are obsessed with mobile, they holding themselves back from getting proper support
Looking forward to playing this on Friday!
Great Review from DF as always. This game gets a DF stamp of approval. 100 percent a must-buy game.
12:12 "...a lot of praise for the work that they've done" Yeah I can see that..
Just look at that gigantic...uh...frame rate.
@@bcsbthe fps is so smooth. No imperfections at all.
Shift Up celebrates the beauty of the female form. Unapologetic. Uncompromising. Pure beauty.
Yoko Taro: Good
Using UE4 and not 5 helped the game to be more stable while looking gorgeous at the same time, for a game releasing exclusively on ps5 that's the perfect choice, considering that all UE5 releases (SO FAR) are struggling to perform well on consoles without sacrificing fidelity & texture .. hope Black Myth Wukong will be the exception
Tell that to Square Enix who can't even properly do a 60 FPS mode on FF7 Rebirth
This is not correct, UE4 had numerous issues and UE5 is considered widely more stable.
@@LivingHitokiri2Both engines are overhyped af and most devs using them have no clue about optimization. Even Epic Games had problems optimizing Fortnite since they switched to UE5 in 2020. It took them 3 years to make Fortnite run stutter free on PC...
Even high end PCs struggle with UE5 games, believe me i know i have one with rtx4090.
@@Ramonis1000 Eve is just 1 character model on a linear action game. Rebirth is doing open world and rendering multiple playable characters on screen at all times.
I just caught the little 리뷰(review) at the 1:20 DF review intro screen, nice touch :)
I'm loving everything that I'm hearing. I'm confident in my preorder and glad I'm getting a physical copy.
"This was [is] a triumph.... Huge succes" 🎶
John with a Stellar analysis. You can see the passion, care and detail that the developers have put in to make this game the way they wanted. I say Nier Automata is a Masterpiece of its generation and Stellar Blade will be the equivalent for this generation.
Would Nier have been a masterpiece for you if 2B was less fuckable?
@@mechanicalmonk2020 Yes, Nier was and still is an amazing game with an excellent soundtrack along side it. Story, combat, different game styles (3D, 2D and bullet hell), massive battles, puzzles all combined together in one game. Having 2B in it just made it more pleasing to the eye.
@@mechanicalmonk2020 talking like someone who didn't even play the damn game
@@mechanicalmonk2020 wtf is wrong with you people?
it looks like a good game but it's not going to reach anywhere close to nier automata levels of acclaim lol
Focuses on performance and smooth gameplay, ends up looking better than raytraced games except Pathtraced Cyberpunk w/ anti-blur mods, doesn't elaborate. Game of the Year.
With some minor patches I think this game can be so good. As it stands, it's looking to be a visually impressive game with a variety of gameplay mechanics.
This by all indications makes it evident that Shift Up / Hyung-tae Kim knows exactly what a video game is supposed to be. A great looking and playing game that knows the limitations of the hardware and doesn’t always take itself too seriously in order to try to compete with Oscar worthy film. I’m hoping Sony takes notice and adjusts their first party strategy a bit to release more games like this. The part about stepping on PlayStation symbols - I’m all for it. I miss that kind of stuff in games.
Shift Up deserves a lot of praise here! Making a splash on the big stage, and in a truly stellar way! They are officially on everyone's radar now. Great effort!
1:14…. I don’t know if this was intentional, but i love it. “Let’s get into it” while showing the same ass shot 3 times lol. Nice!
Ninja Gaiden on the OG Xbox is a masterpiece, John is really a connoisseur.
This is how games should be made. Performance>ray tracing bs. Make a nice looking game that performs smoothly over pushing graphic boundaries. Save that for more powerful hardware down the line. I’m tired of choppy 30fps games. Even stable 40fps mode is acceptable.
Steller Blade going to be great on PC wth mods
what...what...*sort* of mods might those be? No no, I'm not thinking of those.
I love playing Stellar Blade Demo on Prioritize Performance Mode. I’m still amazed that it runs at 1440p 60fps. I may end up keeping it on that setting in the Full Game - Day One!
Why am I not surprised? TY ShiftUp
Need it on PC damn it!
it’s produced by Sony
Ollie on the mesh is my favourite thing ever
15:22 That reminds me the musical minigame in GoW 3.
The remark about new enemy types reminds me how the tutorial reveals an enemy that doesn't appear till much later. Minor detail for sure, but I wish they'd use one of the earlier foes.
extra points should be given in reviews for polished games.
Johnny Linemani do what You do!
"...let's get into it!" as this happens @1:14 lol John, you cheeky dastard
This was a beautiful review 10/10, Stellar Blade is going to be amazing
We need more fresh games like Stellar Blade!
What makes this 'fresh'? The gameplay doesn't look much different than EVERY OTHER Third Person action game? How is this 'fresh' compared to God of War, or Devil May Cry, or Nier, or Dark Souls, etc?
Maybe I've finally just aged out, but all these new games just feel like the same basic games I've been playing for 30 years, just with a different story and 'fresh' coat of paint.
Agreed. Him saying it feels like a 2003 game with modern tech is exactly what I’ve been looking for. We need more shorter fun quirky games
LOL, yeah „fresh“. This is the best example of copying all kinds of elements from other games. It’s copied well in execution, but definitely not innovative or creative in any regard. Rather superficial and a bit dull. But whoever likes superficial fun will probably be pleased with it.
In an ideal world, all games released for consoles would be optimized as well as this one.
Stellar Blade looks stellar. I enjoyed the demo so I'm gonna play the game for sure. Great video John. Btw "superb secondary motion characteristics" are a welcomed bonus.
Glad John got this one. I also appreciated the PS2-esque design sense in Lies of P and really dig what Korean developers are doing as of late in terms of focusing on technical execution, feel and style. A nice change of pace.