Stellar Blade PlayStation 5 Review

The world is in danger once again! This time, we are going to the post-apocalyptic era with the beautiful EVE and trying to save the world for humanity in the extraordinary universe of Stellar Blade Game. Here is the Stellar Blade PS5 review with all its details!

Stellar Blade PlayStation 5 Review

You have often witnessed the main character getting ahead of a movie or TV series. The situation is the same in Stellar Blade. We have a character named EVE who demolishes houses, plants a fig tree in the fireplace, and sells houses, cars, and fields. Did you know Dilber’s dance scene in the TV series İnci Taneleri? Hah, that’s exactly it! Imagine that that dance scene continues throughout the game, and you are daydreaming in front of the screen… Okay, this explanation may be a bit of an exaggeration, but EVE does not deserve it. The developer team was already so aware that EVE would surpass the game that the name of the game was Project EVE when it was first announced in 2019. The name was later changed, but this change was not enough to overshadow EVE.

PlayStation 5 special productions

Yes, we started by praising EVE a little, as it deserves, now let’s button up our jackets and come to Stellar Blade. Stellar Blade is one of the PlayStation 5 special productions and a PlayStation game that will be remembered especially with its main character. However, it also contains the texture of many special productions from the PlayStation universe. During the time you play the game, you remember many Sony PlayStation productions, from Bloodborne to Sekiro, from Rise of the Ronin to God of War, Death Stranding, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

It is reminiscent of many productions with its established world, fighting mechanics, gameplay style, and music; You can find a piece of them all. The spectrum is so wide that it includes Fallout, Death Space, Helldivers, and Silent Hill. For example, the Silent Hill theme makes itself felt with creatures that seem to have jumped out of that world, which contrasts with the serenity of the music, while the established world seems to be inspired by Fallout and Death Stranding; While the Souls-like fighting mechanics remind you of Sekiro and Bloodborne, you are teleported to the Death Space universe when you spray creatures with your gun in closed spaces.

However, when you look at it from many angles, it is similar to Nier: Automata. So, the bottom line is that you have a game with plenty of action at your disposal. As a genre, Stellar Blade sits somewhere between Souls and Hack and Slash; While the combat structure of the game satisfies the action side with combos, it also puts you in processes that require you to measure your opponent a lot. Okay, so what is Stellar Blade about?

Stellar Blade 7th Airborne Squad

Stellar Blade takes us to a post-apocalyptic world. Under the attack of creatures called Naytiba, Earth was abandoned and what remained of humanity found the solution in escaping to the Colony in outer space. In this process, teams were sent from the Colony to clean the Earth of Naytibas, but they were unsuccessful. Just as the 7th Airborne Squad journey is about to end this way, EVE and Tachy survive this drop movement and find themselves face-to-face with Alfa Naytiba. But things are not going well for Tachy, and in the war they enter, EVE loses Tachy and finds herself on the verge of death. When he comes to, he finds Adam next to him, and thus the fight between Stellar Blade and EVE begins.

Stellar Blade has a linear story, but it also brings a structure that we can call a partially open world. On the one hand, you progress through the story by following the main missions, but on the other hand, you do not forget to complete the surrounding activities. You rush to the aid of disaster victims in need of help in the once-crowded metropolis of Xion. In the process, you gain insight into what is happening and try to piece together the mysterious pieces of the past in the ruins of human civilization. Of course, wandering around is also important for the elements and experience points you will use to unlock EVE’s abilities. By the way, let us also say that the game comes with Turkish subtitle support. In this way, you can easily adapt to the world and story of the game.

The story of Stellar Blade

The story of Stellar Blade may not seem very attractive, but the game fills this gap with its action side. There are various Naytibas in the game, and each type has its characteristics, attack styles, strengths, and weaknesses. Boss battles may not be epic, but as your skills diversify and the number of weapons you acquire increases, the entertainment threshold of the fight sequences gradually increases. The game is very generous in giving you skill points, and you will gain more power quickly.

Oh, by the way, there isn’t much variety in terms of main weapons. You have a sword and a ranged weapon that you will need from time to time. Apart from these, there is also a mode that you can activate with L3 + R3, which you will obtain in the later stages of the game. However, it does not feel like a deficiency since the ways of using the weapons diversify with the other abilities you will unlock.

Stellar Blade EVE’s skill

EVE’s skill tree is divided into many branches. There are also later additions to these branches, which are opened as beta power, ranged attack weapons, melee, and survival weapons. You can open each ring in these trees with the skill points you have acquired, and with the ones you collect from the environment, you can improve Attack Power and Flasks and increase the number of equipment sockets you carry. On the other hand, different spine types add strength to EVE in different conditions and determine its fighting style.

In the game, which we started with the Chain Type External Spine, you later obtain spine types that improve the ability to use ranged weapons or increase the ability to evade. Their number increases throughout the game. On the other hand, there are also improvements to the Drone that help Adam monitor us and scan the environment. This Drone is also our ranged weapon.

Stellar Blade L1 key & R1 Key combination

When we consider it as a whole with the Beta abilities we apply with the L1 key combination, the Fury abilities we use with the R1 key combination, the weapons we strengthen and the equipment we acquire, as well as the parry and dodge mechanics, especially the second part of the game is the part where we shine in the fighting arenas. This time, you start chasing the Naytibas that you escaped from at the beginning of the game. Using parry and dodge in your fights is very enjoyable, and the game also helps you with additional counters by warning you with a ring of light before your opponent’s attack, so that you can make perfect timings.

So far so good, but even if you get the perfect timing when parrying and dodging, sometimes things don’t go well. We don’t know if this interval was kept too short or what, but when you avoid an enemy’s attack by timing it perfectly or parry its move, sometimes a new one may come at it and our beloved EVE finds herself on the ground with her lip aching. So you can’t avoid combos at times. Another criticism we would have is that EVE sometimes has difficulty standing in the right place on her tiny heels. So much so that you have difficulty interacting when you approach him to open a door or loot a corpse; You may need to either take one step back or one step forward.

Stellar Blade outfits

Speaking of heels, let’s go back to EVE… Throughout the game, you collect many things by looting the environment, and you do not use each of them in equipment. There are also many outfits in the game that you can “dress” EVE. We say “you can dress”, but it is up to you to decide whether EVE dresses or undresses with each new outfit; It becomes more difficult to catch the eye of EVE with every outfit. (Wait until you see the Black Pearl Nano Outfit.) In addition to your clothes, do not forget to change your earrings and glasses and visit the hairdresser frequently; The door of your hairdresser friend in Xion will always be open to you.

By the way, not only does EVE look good in the game. The game delivers what is expected visually in its general appearance. Of course, you can choose the following options: Performance Priority, Balanced, or Resolution Priority. Even if you prioritize performance, we can easily say that you will be visually satisfied. We are a little confused about the music. In general, we liked it, there is nothing wrong with it; It helps you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the game, especially during action moments, and the fact that the areas have thematic music is also a nice detail. We can say that we found it calm in general, but sometimes we might be a little confused about whether it drifts into too erotic tones. We think 3D sound and DualSense’s tactile feedback and adaptive triggers are actively working.

Stellar Blade cities and maps

Apart from these, what we can say is that the game takes place in different cities and maps, yes, but you do not have to load each region completely on EVE’s thin wrists, you have the option of fast travel. On the other hand, your camping areas, which are an element that brings the game closer to the Souls genre, are your save points. When you rest here, you regain your health, but the Naytibas you will also return. And finally, let’s say that the game is colored with puzzles.

Conclusion

Yes, as a result, Stellar Blade has become an eye-catching production, especially with EVE. But that’s not all; It manages to reinforce its eye-catching make-up with its action. Of course, that part is debatable as soon as you get too involved in the story, but the entertainment offered by the fighting mechanics is enough to keep the player in front of the screen for long hours. By the way, for those who are wondering, let us tell you that EVE, the hero of Stellar Blade, was brought to life by South Korean model Shin Jae-eun, and the animated comic of the game in the US is waiting for you at Stellar blade comic.