PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade demo out now! + IGN Preview

Wowza, Sony is cookin’ these days! Who‘s ready for this exclusive demo??

"Sony is cooking these days" is as far from reality as I can imagine...

But with that said, I'm rooting for stellar blade... It's a new ip and makes our hobby better.

After all the disappointment fans have been having with PS3 lookin Rise of the Ronin, lets hope they don't cry about PS4 lookin Stella got her Blade back.

I'll be straight with ya, if I download it to confirm my dogwater expectations for it, I will be playing it offline so nobody on my friend list sees me playing this thing. There are insecurities, and then there's this game, which is in the hentai category, a game made to be played with one hand.

Now imagine hyping this as one of the biggest releases of the year. OOF.

Not expecting this to be as good as the top games of the genre, ie. Ninja Gaiden/Bayonetta/Devil May Cry, but do hope that it’s decent enough. Will certainly check out the demo.

Already got some of the juicy bits before Sony pulled it. I'm already set/stone to play Stellar Blade day one baby!!!

Don't have the highest expectations for this, they seem more keen to show character skins than gameplay, but I hope it turns out well. Always down for a decent enough hack-n-slash.

How about "Sony is cooked"?😏

Can they withstand another flop this year? What else do they have?

I don't particularly care about this game, but all games should have a demo. So that's a plus 👍

You're gonna trigger the karens here again

There's a ton of games like Bayonetta that don't get the same recognition as Stellar Blade.

Stellar Blade didn't get much attention when it was announced because it was generic looking and multiplatform.

Only one of those descriptors have changed....

*Sony's cooking these days*

Well that's the whole point. Sex sells doing its job. The game itself is no different from the likes of Bayonetta and Nintendo is kinda guilty doing the same thing. From my experience, its basically Sony's answer to Bayonetta and this is a Korean game as they aren't shy showing more skins than the Western game developers.

Darksiders 3 is one of them as it was Bayonetta/Dark Souls mixed as I for one really like Darksiders 3 and the game didn't get that much love sadly.

I think Stellar Blade was intended to come to PC but later on, it became a PS5 exclusive is why its getting more attention but that's a good thing, Sony has too many Cinematic driven games and this one has more gameplay.

@Pedro: Hmm, I'm pretty damn sure it does🤔...😏

Did I just catch you rooting for a PS5 exclusive 🤭

@SolidGame_basic: You know your sad when you have to say PS5 exclusive gets a demo. Oh and why haven't you responded to my question in your other thread as I answered your question.

Who in their right mind wouldn't root for a new ip?

@davillain: Sure, but Bayonetta had the people who made Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe building it. Sexiness wasn't just a skin either, it was part of her character. She was constantly teasing her enemies and the player in a "You know you want this, but I never said you could touch" sort of way. Plus, there was style to it. You saw a screenshot and could immediately tell what game it was from. And then they showed gameplay videos, and you could tell the systems were unique, visceral, and exciting. And even after all that, Bayonetta didn't actually sell great.

I'm going to print a screenshot and frame it 😎

It's disippointing that it's exclusive, but I'd still always root for developers to be working on new adventures. Not sure what there is to frame? It's on brand baby... Now, can Sony deliver a decent new ip? It's been a while...

Not even going to play the demo. Camera is too close in action and the model is completely fucked up, like she's made of two different bodies with huge hips/ass in the middle, legs spliced with mantis DNA and small doll's head. Music has no personality, being such an imitation of Nier: Automata.

That's the only way Koreans and Chinese devs are able to depict a female.

Stellar Blade (Project EVE) was PS/Xbox/PC when it was announced. It was made exclusive after a few mysterious briefcases showed up at the developer's door.

LINK

I believe there was a SW thread on how generic it looked

Can't wait

Would have been fine with just a straight copy of the skinny model they scanned before her plastic surgery (Fucking Korea). Not my preference, so little fat, but vastly superior to this plastic Barbie alien gigantism shit.

Free = gotta try it out

The videos were the demo(nstration). Tried it out for free. It sucked. Next!

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/resources/productinclusion/product-inclusion-actions/help-customers-feel-seen/

Questions to Consider

• Are you telling new stories or sharing new perspectives within the product experience?
• Do all of your characters/player depictions look the same?
• What steps have you taken to ensure characters are represented respectfully and authentically?
• How have you validated assumptions you have made about your audience to check for blind spots or unintended stereotypes?
• Would you feel proud to show a member of a community how their culture/character is depicted within your experience?
• How are the wide range of customers depicted within your products, content portfolio and communications?
• What process have you used to validate how different groups of people or cultures are represented in your experience?

• Are you reinforcing any negative gender stereotypes?
  
  • Are you unnecessarily introducing gender & gender barriers into your code or design?
  • Are you creating playable female characters that are equal in skill and ability to their male peers. Are your female characters equipped with clothing and armor that fits their tasks? Do they have exaggerated body proportions?
  • When the story allows, do you show male characters who display a full range of emotions, including joy, sadness, and vulnerability?
• What % of screen time (on screen presence, speaking lines, heroes) is held by different gender/racial identities?
• Do you have a process to review key decisions with the lens of Helping Customers Feel Seen?

@warm_gun: Sweet Baby Jesus! You don't know the meaning of restrictive or mandates.😂

Edited. I shall let the developer-directed article speak for itself. But I know where this forum leans and how much a bunch pretend there is no problem.

The problem with the Sweet Baby Jesus followers is that they don't understand how development or consultation works. No one is forced to do anything. As demonstrated in your own post, it is self evaluation based on questions. The developer determines based on their own self evaluation of their product if the questions pertains to them, if the are blind spots the questions have identified and if the questions merited a change. But, why explore what is really happening when it is much easier to believe there is an ongoing conspiracy. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Who is Sweet Baby Jesus? This is the culture from the top through most of the industry. Don't kid yourself.

Educating doesn't work.🤷🏽‍♂️

Oh no! How dare a company put forth a list of “Questions to consider” as a resource for developers to you know, consider for their product. How utterly terrible.

By the way what does that have to do with a demo of Stellar Blade?

I think he confused this thread with another.😂

@Pedro: I hope so. 😅

I'll let you figure it out on your own. Can you blame me for putting it here instead of somewhere more appropriate? Even if the forum had a search system, every thread is locked after a brief period of inactivity.

@warm_gun: So you don’t want to answer the question then. I’m not surprised. 😅

Because you know the answer and are playing dumb. But fine. I put it here because this is the kind of protagonist that corporate culture rejects. I can't even begin to explain how stupid that goal of the women being as capable as the men is. What if I wanted to make a game where the woman was weaker than the man but excelled in other areas. It's everywhere in the industry, this culture.

@warm_gun: I wasn’t aware that this was some hard and fast set of rules that developers were forced to adhere to. 🤔

"I can't even begin to explain how stupid that goal of the women being as capable as the men is."

Male fragility is real.😂

Oh, and that part about the male character showing a range of emotions including joy, sadness and vulnerability, my god. If the developer wants to write that kind of character, they can have at it, but to recommend it in an article about making customers feel seen, as if the strong, silent type is offensive... That they thought it was a good idea to make this statement tells you how deep the rot in the industry is. At least that's one major publisher whose goals are now out in the open. The defenders can't pretend as much that we make it up.

Teh conspiracy is writing better characters.😂

So is the combat/gameplay actually good? Anybody play it?

You being a switch fan have, have absolutely no right to comment about ANY other platform visuals. Thats like an Xbox fan criticizing other platforms about units sold. Heck, even at ps4 levels, this game will look better than 100% of switch games.