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Stellar BladePlaying
Recommended
9
Stellar Blade is an entry in a genre that doesn't get enough love. The hack and slash. It's a beautiful marriage between the quick paced action of Devil May Cry and the contemplative patience of the Souls genre. I am still playing the game, so the estimated length of the game listed here by the official review seems to be drastically understated as I've already put roughly 20 hours into the game and still have plenty to go.
The controversy is massively overblown. Fans have spoken with their wallets, and it seems, even after censoring the blood due to the influence of studios and journalists still insisting that adults be treated as children, the game has exceeded all expectations of any first time triple A release for a developer. I understand people being upset by this decision, but still choose to support the developer. The censorship isn't as blatant as some are claiming, aside from the blood, which is an odd decision to remove. But I accept it, as long as I see God of War soon censored in the same way, (because that'll happen lol) [sarcasm.]
In terms of the controversy surrounding the game's design, this game also serves as a wonderful testament to corporations, studios, and social media brigades trying to strong arm their audiences into some moral position of art consumption, and the audience has spoken. Let us reiterate the words we've heard from the other side when art embraces what they love to see,
"If you don't like it, don't buy it. But please, do grow up so the rest of us can."
Fair pacing after the starting area, incredibly challenging yet balanced (fair) combat, loads of unlockable costumes, hairstyles, weapons, different skill trees, and for those who were looking forward to the "fan service" (such a weird term) the skin suit is still in the game, uncensored, in all its physics abiding glory. The game is fantastic. I deduct a point because the opening area does go on for quite a bit, but once you get past it, it's non-stop from there.