Stellar blade is average, avoid

[AddRat]

I mostly agree with the opening post, even if my take is a bit milder.

The combat is better than your average action game and there is meat here for a sequel to be a truly good action game. But it does not reach the heights of the better games in the genre and everything else around it is very uninteresting. Wouldn't put it next to the offerings of Capcom, Team Ninja or the better part of Platinum's catalogue.

So, I would not say "avoid" but I would suggest other potential buys before it.