Richard Bailey Jr. of The Koalition writes: Stellar Blade was revealed worldwide during a PlayStation showcase livestream event in September 2021. While Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarök were the main attractions at this event, Shift Up’s single-player action-adventure game stood out as another intriguing title worth keeping a close eye on.
Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5 was the highest selling title last week, moving an additional 13,033 retail copies. It was followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch, which moved an additional 9,652 units.
I love how Ring Fit Adventure pops it's head back in the top 10 telling us that people ate too much during golden week!
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch OLED Model – 35,575 (7,231,271)
PlayStation 5 – 18,166 (4,827,074)
Switch Lite – 7,604 (5,841,449)
Switch – 3,885 (19,790,275)
Xbox Series X – 3,466 (274,587)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,352 (770,755)
Xbox Series S – 982 (311,834)
PlayStation 4 – 80 (7,925,861)
Edge Magazine's latest issue is out now and they have shared reviews on some of the recent games including Stellar Blade.
Anyone else playing Stellar Blade and made it to the Great Desert?
I felt the story barely had us do anything here but there are a lot of side quests taking us back and the framerate is kind of all over the place. Curious if anyone else is noticing the same?
It's the only blemish so far in what's surprisingly become my current GOTY.
I don't see how can the framerate be all over place? It's litteraly one of the most stable games released, unless maybe you have it on Balanced mode, put it on Resolution or Framerate mode.
And yes the Great Desert is almost exclusively just a gorgeous big zone for side quests and fun.
Yeah that's what's surprising me - the rest of the game even on Balanced feels like a solid 60fps (and my display is 120hz VRR).
But even on Prioritize Performance it feels like it struggles in certain spots only in the Great Desert. The Buried Ruins section felt like the roughest area but another one was more into the desert near a statue with scaffolding wrapped around (and a dozen or so enemies including the tentacles).
All the side quests I had there are done now so I may only return now to fish again. But framerate aside I agree - it's one of the more beautiful gaming deserts and this game's side quests have been way more nice and varied than I thought they'd be.
I have to say i haven't explored the Great Desert 100% maybe just 40%, i plan on exploring everything there on NG+ so i don't know how Buried Ruins feel yet and also i'm running the game unpatched so maybe that's it i don't know but for me the Great Desert is perfect framerate wise if it's not on Balanced mode.
I absolutely agree man, the game is much more than i thought it would be in terms of content, exploration, collectables, secrets and side quests. Classic video game stuff! None of the modern BS. It's my GOTY as well so far.
From what i remember the 2 open world hubs only have 1 story mission each. The gun missons. Most of the open world sections are for side missions, upgrades, cans,costumes, etc. Still fun to run around and discover some wierd puzzles there.
I feel like there are some fps dips but not all over the place.
And for people who don't do enough of the side missions...know that you will be locked out of a section of the game if you don't do enough. Fill that lily bar to 100%.
Shift Up's first console game, Stellar Blade, is finally here to play. While it's a PS5-exclusive game, it's also a great experience for those who enjoy these types of games.
The more I play this game the more I want to keep playing, there's always something to unlock a place to explore a new monstrosity to fight.
gtfoh 6/10 for stellar blade. take your pretentious "review" out of here. the game is awesome
If you enjoyed the demo, then you'll definitely enjoy the full game when it drops later this week.
Solid performance, graphics, gameplay, music... Seems like a great game, right out of the gate with a banger what a studio!