Stellar Blade: Blood Rain

The Stellar Blade sequel was announced today at Summer Games Fest.



Hard to get a true feel for the game based on one gameplay segment in one location but I gotta say I'm a little underwhelmed.

1. Stellar Blade is a still brand new IP. I'm not a big fan of swapping out the protagonist already in the first sequel. Evie? Temu Eve. Why do companies do this shite? When I pick up a DMC game I want to play as Dante, not Nero. When I play MGS I wanna play as Snake, not Raiden. When I play a God of War game I want to play as Kratos, not someone else. The protagonist is usually central to the core identity of the franchise. Not a fan of this choice.

2. The city they had int eh first game was by far the worst part of it. The only part that actually flat out bad IMO. The rest of the game was fantastic. THe city was god awful. That kinda worries me. Being forced to do littl efetch quests for NPC's in town and hsit, totally not what I want in third person action game.

3. Not a fan of the new gal's look. I'm sure it will be heavily customizable, but her default look is extremely tomboy. The haircut and voice, ugh. I'm sure you can giver her longer hair and stuff in game, but her "canon" look is meh. For her frame her boobs are totally normal sized, but normal sized is odd, but she might as well be flat compared to pretty much every single girl int eh first game. If they decided to go more conservative this time around it's very disappointing. The first game had sex appeal front and center by default. I really hope they aren't now toning it down behind optional outfits only.

It's way too early to say any of that for sure, but all in all not a fan of hte new protagnist mostly.