Stellar blade is average, avoid

[Leynos]

KratosLives said:

Leynos said:

Wrong. It's fucking amazing and a good-looking game. It's a great playing game. With a fantastic OST. My absolute GOTY of 2024. You can blame me for getting Legit on playing it. I followed the game since the first trailer and man all my hype and waiting paid off. Fucking amazing game. It's an ARPG not a stylish action game like DMC or Bayo. You can't compare them. Why not compare Mario Kart to Forza. Ys to Divine Divinity. It's a stupid comparison.

The game definitely isn't nier. How is it not like bayonetta or devil may cry. It has the boss fights, stylised moves,  same kinda music when fighting enemies or bosses. I think it's a fair comparison. They just added some mediocre side quests.

It's an ARPG. Skill tree. Open area segments. No style ranking. Side quests. Show me a level design in DMC or Bayo that relies on the older PS2 era where you unlock shortcuts. Side quests are not mediocre.  FF7 Remake side quests are mediocre. Or Xenoblade 1 side quests those are mediocre. SB is more explorative. The literal point of Bayo. Ninja Gaiden. DMC is maintaining a combo and increasing a style meter—karma in NG. Letter grades in DMC, D,C,B,A,S,SS,SSS. Bronze-Platinum in Bayo. Complex combos. Stellar Blade does not have complex combos much like Nier Automata doesn't. The combat has depth but it's not modeled after maintaining a combo. Stellar Blades's reliance on blocking and counter is closer to Sekiro in logic.