Based on our first two hours with it, Stellar Blade appears to be a promising action RPG with a surprising approach to combat.
Korean developer Shift Up first made a name for itself with mobile games like 2016’s Destiny Child, a turn-based RPG, and 2022’s Goddess of Victory: Nikke, an on-rails third-person shooter. Now, Shift Up is throwing its hat into the ring of AAA game development with Stellar Blade, an action game starring a young woman named Eve who is trying to reclaim Earth from an invading alien species.
Related Stellar Blade, at the very least, nails its dystopian-cyberpunk setting. Ruined buildings with vegetation are scattered throughout the environment, with streetlights dimly illuminating the surroundings, making it feel reminiscent of Stray. The soundtrack bounces between angelic choruses while you’re exploring its linear levels and blood-pumping electric guitars when you’re in battle. When fighting the Naybita, the music made me feel like I was playing a Devil May Cry game.
Surprisingly Soulslike Stellar Blade doesn’t hold players’ hands, but it will reward patience. Eve can block, dodge, and parry attacks, but the window to perform the latter two options is much smaller than in a game like Rise of the Ronin. In a sense, the combat feels more like something you’d experience in a Soulslike game rather than a straight action game. In fact, Stellar Blade has its own version of bonfires.
I’m pleasantly surprised to see a great suite of accessibility options here that make it feel like a first-party PlayStation title . The list includes color-blind filters, as well as the option to automatically succeed at quick-time events.
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