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Post by toei on Apr 3, 2024 18:58:45 GMT -5
The game really does look legit. Like, I would play that right now if I had it and the whole setup to play it.
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Post by Ex on Apr 3, 2024 20:31:11 GMT -5
I consider Stellar Blade currently the PS5's sole killer app. But that will change, this game will come to PC eventually.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 3, 2024 20:44:22 GMT -5
Shocked IGN is even covering this. Thought they were allergic.
It's more Souls than I thought up until now... but uh, blurring the lines between character action and Souls with a hot female lead? This game was pretty much made for me. Nier composer Keiichi Okabe's studio Monaca did tons of music on this, in total there's supposedly 100 some tracks talked about in the interview linked above. All impressions I've heard were great. The parry system is a little more lenient than Sekiro but that's fine and I'm glad Eve doesn't have a stamina bar, so it will lean more into speed/character action.
Day 1 when it hits PC for me.
I'll remind you guys that the Korean developed Lies of P was a complete slam dunk for me too and just as good as anything else AA/AAA thesedays and before. The more South Korea focuses on single player games, the better for me! And since they'll naturally be kind of Japanese inspired games for now I hope that fuels some fun competition again with Japan.
Skill Up is already talking about stuff we could see in a Stellar Blade 2. At this rate, we'll probably get it before Square wakes up to do another Nier game.
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Post by toei on Apr 3, 2024 21:10:12 GMT -5
I like how the character has the kind of face you'd have seen in Dead or Alive 2 or some PS2/PS3 era RPGs. Like they're bringing the video gamey look back. I'm all for it.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 3, 2024 22:09:23 GMT -5
I think you just like pretty Asian faces in videogames.
For real though toei, I bet there's still older gen character action games you still need to hit up. Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) and Devil May Cry 3 are still some of the best in the business. Bayonetta has been ported around a lot now, I don't love it personally but it's popular. Also I always wonder if you and Ex would appreciate the Nier games. They're top shelf when it comes to writing in the genre.
You'd think Ex would have played the first by now...
(heh now not to mislead anyone, the pictured Kaine' above isn't the playable lead. But she's freaking awesome and around plenty.)
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Post by toei on Apr 3, 2024 23:16:13 GMT -5
Xeogred I still have to hit up basically the entire character action genre, lol. I plan to eventually. I have eclectic tastes so I don't know when it'll happen. I'm not really that interested in Bayonetta, though... don't you whip people with your hair or something? I know she's a popular character, but I actually hate her design. She just looks ridiculous to me, not in a good way. But all the other big series, Devil May Cry, etc., I'm in. Some day.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 3, 2024 23:28:52 GMT -5
Yeah, Bayonetta's outfit is actually her head hair. Demon logic or something, it'll morph her into bigger forms like FF summons and stuff as well. This series has her infamous "Witch Time" slowmo dodge that's way more lenient than other games in the genre, so I think they're a lot easier but not in a good way. Her physique is pretty bizarre, she's like 75% legs. I'm a legs guy, but she's very odd looking in some way. 2B is more my type.
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Post by Ex on Apr 4, 2024 9:42:02 GMT -5
You'd think Ex would have played the first by now... In that series I own... ...so I'm halfway there at least. So many games, so little time. I have eclectic tastes so I don't know when it'll happen. IIRC you have a PS4, so these are the top three I'd like your informed (as in played a few hours at least) opinion of: You might have good times. 🤷♂️ Or entertain us with why you think these are shit games.
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Post by Sarge on Apr 4, 2024 13:27:37 GMT -5
Today I learned the director for Stellar Blade is Hyung-tae Kim. Y'all might know him from Magna Carta's character designs. Explains a lot of the look for sure.
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Post by toei on Apr 4, 2024 18:14:37 GMT -5
I have Valkyrie Profile on Steam, don't know yet if this laptop will run it properly as I haven't tested it. Sure hope so cause I have the Remastered Yakuza 3-4-5 collection ready to go also and I would like to play all of those soon. I lost all the cables to the PS4 when I moved somehow, so I'm going to need new ones if I ever decide to use it.
The rest is in the "someday" bin with character action.
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