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Stellar Blade

SHIFT UP

2024•Hack and slash•PEGI 18•About 27 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalimaginarylinearglossyemotionally undemandingall consuming questempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and fast: a glossy hack-and-slash game, low-key rather than stirring. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

84 / 100

171 ratings

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About This Game

Stellar Blade is a third-person action-adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Players control Eve, an elite soldier deployed from an orbital colony to reclaim the planet from hostile creatures called Naytibas. The combat system emphasizes timing-based parrying and evasion, with skill gauges that unlock powerful attacks and buffs. The game features exploration across ruined environments, side quests from NPC survivors in the last human city of Xion, and a narrative with multiple endings based on player choices.

Summary: IGDB

Story

At the start of the 22nd century, the AI known as Mother Sphere was created to advance humanity, but the arrival of monstrous creatures called Naytibas drove humans from Earth. From their orbital sanctuary, the Colony sends elite soldiers to reclaim the planet. Eve, a soldier from the 7th Airborne Squad, is the sole survivor of a failed operation. Rescued by Adam, a scavenger who remained on Earth, she reaches Xion, humanity's last city. As Eve hunts Alpha Naytibas to locate the Elder Naytiba, she uncovers a disturbing truth: the "humans" from the Colony are synthetic beings called...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Post-apocalypticCyberneticsMultiple endingsRpg elementsBritish accentGuns and bulletsSuggestive themesBoss rush

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Details

Developer: SHIFT UP
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: 26 April 2024
Series: Stellar Blade
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 16h rushed, 27h normally, 53h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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