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5 Reasons Why Stellar Blade Could Be the Next Essential Exclusive

Still on the fence? Here are five compelling reasons why Stellar Blade might just become your next must-play release.

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TwoPicklesGood37d ago

Love the demo so if the full game matches it and the length is good, I'm in.

Cacabunga36d ago

Day one buy.. good games deserve support!!

gold_drake37d ago

i mean, the hype around it is gigantic atm.

VersusDMC37d ago

Loved the demo and just waiting on a 80+ metacritic or some good trusted reviews to pre order.

HankHill36d ago

What happens if it's a 79? 🐑

VersusDMC36d ago

I check the reviews to see if the complaints are dealbreakers for me to buy it day one.

Am i supposed to pre order it no questions asked? It's the first big console game for the developer so i am playing it safe.

Cacabunga36d ago

Loved the demo but waiting for demos.. please stop this planet i want to get off

VersusDMC36d ago

If you want to preorder right after playing a demo go ahead. For some games I would rather wait for reviews to come out regarding technical and other issues that might be present in the full game.

Abnor_Mal37d ago

I haven’t been really following this game and it’s demo, is it really this hype worthy? Honest question.

phoenixwing37d ago

Play the demo it'll be better than asking random internet users

Aphrodia36d ago

Some gamers have put over 100 hours into the demo. The developer has playfully told them to not over do it on the demo and save some love for the full game.

Bathyj36d ago

Good advice.
I spent more hours on the metal gear solid 2 demo than I did the game. Devil May cry too.

Elda36d ago

If you like hack n slash games like Bayonetta, Nier Automata or Devil May Cry you just may like Stellar Blade. If you have a PS5 try the demo.

Abnor_Mal36d ago

That’s the thing, I’ve never played Bayonetta, Nier Automata, and the only Devil May Cry was the DMC one.

Barlos36d ago

I thought it was visually very nice but I didn't particularly enjoy it. I'll be in a minority here but for all its action I just didn't find it very fun to play.

It's definitely worth a buy I reckon, but for me it's not a day one essential. I'll wait for a price drop.

shinoff218336d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Same boat. Demo was pretty cool but not the type of game I usually will buy day one. Way to many jrpgs I'd rather pick up this month. Hell I still gotta grab relink

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Nacho_Z37d ago

I think it'll fall short of essential but that's a very high bar. It'll be a big success.

Barlos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Hopefully it succeeds. I'm in the minority it seems but I didn't particularly like the demo. Something felt off about it, and I just didn't find it very fun. I think I'd give it a try during a sale, but for me it's not what I'd call essential

remixx11636d ago

Glad you wanna see it win despite not being the biggest fan

Barlos36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

@remixx116 of course. I don't want to see any game fail, whether I'm a fan or not.

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Stellar Blade Added As Reward For PlayStation Stars Members

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Shift Up's Stellar Blade has now been added as a reward for PlayStation Stars members.

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Hugodastrevas1d 10h ago

No thank you, I prefer to own my games physically whenever possible.

monkey6028h ago

These never seem to justify the rewards. You'd be better off earning the stars and redeeming them for the store credit. Then using that store credit towards the game like Stellar Blade. You would get further with your points that way and spend less of them

VR25h ago

Agreed, I get the £5 credit every 6 week
using playstation stars 😊 put it twds dlc on walkabout golf

VersusDMC4h ago

When i did the calculations for helldivers 2 you saved 10 dollars plus the tax you would have to pay compared to buying it with store credit.

Problem is games aren't on Stars on launch and when it goes to stars it is close to having a sale.

anast6h ago

I heard the physics on this game are top tier.

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Stellar Blade Update Adds Two New Surprise Outfits, Here's How To Unlock Them

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Shift Up's Stellar Blade has received two brand new surprise outfits. Here's how you can unlock them.

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helicoptergirl4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Brand new outfits? Aren't they the ones that were censored? Fans got up in arms about when the devs changed them a little bit? Well whatever the case, they should never have been censored in the first place. Glad the "original outfits" are back, so it seems. I personally don't care about the outfits per se, but I do care about censorship in the games industry and I hate it when it happens.

Huey_My_D_Long4d ago

Jury is still out on it being censorship but ok

lucian2294d ago

The outfits were Def changed that's one thing for sure. And and in a lazy way.

Aside from that, yes there are new outfits including two new ninja ones that weren't in game at all

CrimsonWing694d ago (Edited 4d ago )

It’s so weird right? Like their “intended designs,” but then give the uncensored variations? Whatever it is everyone can now have their cake and eat it, too now.

But yea, straight up censorship and a lazy “reasoning” behind it. This all could’ve been avoided had they just done this in the first place… but all’s well that ends well.

lucian2294d ago

i think in the end it helped with sales; bad press is good press as they say

blackblades3d ago

This couldve been avoided if they made the changes before the game went gold. Next time Stella blade 2 make sure the game is the way they want it before it goes gold. Also the multiplatform game gatcha I guess I'm curious how that is going to go. Considering how nikke is on mobile how stella is on console

blackblades4d ago

The OG ones arent back these new ones are recolored versions of the OG ones. Meaning they didnt change them back. They were probably intended to be that way like the creator said.

lucian2294d ago

then version 1.0 wouldnt have been different

CrimsonWing693d ago (Edited 3d ago )

That really makes no sense considering they made variations of suits. These suits are literally variations of the pre-patch original designs and again think of it this way, if those previous suits were always the “intended design” why the huge push back or need for “internal discussions” when they could’ve easily reversed the changes with a patch if they always intended to release the original “unintended design” versions later? It makes absolutely no sense, so what, these are the “unintended versions?”

I mean the guy even said in an interview the changes in the patch were going to upset people, so…. Why would you do that when you released the game knowing not everyone would be able to do the update patch? All these people without internet are getting the unintended designs?

It’s all super weird. What I think happened is the “internal discussions” was with Sony and they got Sony just to ease up. One thing’s for sure they can’t patch these up and say the changes were always the intended final design…

VariantAEC3d ago

@Crimson
Where did they say there were internal discussions about the designs you feel were censored?

CrimsonWing693d ago (Edited 3d ago )

@VarientAEC

https://in.ign.com/stellar-...

“At the same time, Kim also understands that this answer will not convince all users, hence, they are discussing the issue internally and will be coming up with a solution soon.”

That help, bud?

And I’ll let you dwell on this thought, if the outfits were never intended to be a design… why are they now? Also, why are they the variants of the censored outfits, uncensored? Keep in mind these were the outfits released on the disc sent to retail where the developers knew not everyone can do the updates to patch them, sooo… Super weird, if you ask me.

I wish I was as gullible as some people. I always wondered how politicians can think they can get away with bullsh*ting people with PR talk… I now know why they think they can get away with it.

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Dirty_Lemons7h ago

How long do y'all reckon before the inevitable Nier crossover outfits make their way onto Eve? I love this game.

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Stellar Blade has sold more physical copies than Dragon's Dogma 2 in Japan, despite PS5 exclusivity

By the looks of it, PlayStation 5 exclusivity does not hurt the sales of Stellar Blade in Japan as the game has passed 90,000 sold physical copies.

Hugodastrevas4d ago

Stellar Blade really deserves way more praise than it got, devs have been adding more and more content, for free, since release and the game already was great to begin with!

BrettAwesome4d ago

More than it got? It got tons, by everyone except the sad wankers who's idea of a sex life, is pulling on their dicks while watching big fake cgi titties 😂

gerbintosh3d ago

Don't see the difference between cgi titties and fake boobs. Also no difference to wanking it to either one of them since both aren't physically there

RiseNShine3d ago

Salty that the game is doing well hm? ;) I suggest some cheese with your whine.

Skuletor3d ago

So you're saying the people that like watching CGI tits didn't praise the game? An educated guess is you meant the opposite.

BrettAwesome3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

@Risenwhine
What the fuck are you talking about? I think it looks like an awesome game. I don't get the sentiment that it didn't get as much praise as it deserved. The only ones who's been shit talking it, are sad wankers with no sex life. Am I whining? How? 😂

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Cacabunga4d ago

I think we can safely claim that Stellar Blade 2 is confirmed!
I got it day one, i have some backlog due to RDR2 i just platinumed.. i will get to Stellar Blade in the near future

shinoff21834d ago

Same but I'm hitting yakuza right now. Stellar blade looks cool though.

neutralgamer19924d ago

Capcom really dropped the ball with DG2. They had easy success on their hand but instead with their stupid decisions ruined the games success

Stellar blade is an amazing game and deserves all the success. For all the artificial hate it got from people who had no interest in the game to begin with this shows if you make a good game it will sell. The so called 1st party drought from PlayStation has meant 4 exclusives in 2024 so far. Other companies need to learn how to run a business and plan for the future

H94d ago

Stellar blade is performing very impressively there, DD2 didn't do well because word of mouth destroyed it's reputation and not about the Microtransactions or performance, bad word of mouth about how the game lacks so many things that were in the first one

Redemption-644d ago

DS2 sold 2.5M in a little over a week, what the hell are you talking about?

H94d ago

"there", that's Japan, this article is about Japan, the bad word of mouth is about Japan

Hereandthere4d ago

Exclusives matter. No matter what bumbling phil and bond try to say, exclusives is why you buy a console.

The_Hooligan4d ago

How dare you speak common sense!!??

jznrpg3d ago

It would if they added a lot more combat and didn’t focus on graphics

XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Stellar blade is great excited for 2

anast4d ago

They dropped the ball with dogma. SB is a solid game, it just had to weather the social storm.

shinoff21834d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Said that dd2 was missing things the first one did,like mass effect 2? I haven't played it so I'm really asking.

spss114d ago

I've played both and I have no idea what people say when they claim it's "incomplete". I've only noticed new things in comparison to DD1 (I would give a list but spoilers). Sometimes I wonder if some people actually played DD1 or maybe they remember it differently. Anyways, if you liked the first one and want more of that, you'll probably like DD2.

anast3d ago

Yeah, the content, combat movement is slower, less vocations, the armor system, it's more simplified, and dungeons are lacking. It's like they rushed it out or something, but didn't forget to add in youtuber pawns and micros. At least ME 2 upped the content.

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