I tried 'Stellar Blade' to see if it's THAT good...

[@LukeStephensTV]

There's also an additional Boss Fight after you finish the demo where you can play with additional abilities. Check out this video of someone way more talented than me beating him with no damage taken @옹발이 ONGBAL kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5aaoYabhpuhibc

[@superbrian7997]

It is to me. And this is coming from someone who thought that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth had no competition for GOTY. I have 200+ hours in FF7 Rebirth. But Stellar Blade is something else. It’s violent, gory, sexy, beautiful and amazing!

[@Mr_Tea_Rexx]

you realize that the character your playing as was actually scanned from a model so yes its based on a real person

[@Mesopotamian1]

One thing to say " Lara Croft " games.

[@reedofwater]

Oh c'mon man, stop acting holier than thou, men are never too old to appreciate fine bodies.

[@BadBunny-V8]

wah!!! 옹발이!!! thank u 😂❤❤

[@gingerback1194]

Remember the controversy about leon being so buff and good looking in resident evil 4 ? Me neither. People need to chill tf out honestly.

[@Thorn_416]

because men (The vast majority of the gaming audience) can't be threatened by a character in media lol

[@denkerbosu3551]

@@Thorn_416 I mean, I've never heard a male say anything like "This handsome male character's setting unrealisitc standards for me, I'll die alone now" Some journos legit insist girs will D.I.E. over this game coming out.

[@PlanetShlorpian]

​@@denkerbosu3551DIE? More like D.E.I. lol.

[@williamstockton5597]

So nobody questioned how barret was so huge even after missing an arm. Nobody questioned why kratos is so ripped. It’s a freaking video game. Let us fantasize and have good looking characters.

[@lennartrex]

Yes

[@d818581dd]

Barret wasn't going into battle in high heels! Please be serious.

[@williamstockton5597]

@@d818581dd he had giant shoulder muscles even tho he had a gun for an arm. Was he bench pressing with the gun??? No. But it’s a video game and he looks cool so it’s alright. But we get a hot chick and everybody wants to cry? Wtf

[@RideorDie1987]

The issue is that there are people in the highest positions with the lowest self esteem who push back on whats considered to "look good" based on their insecurities about how they look in comparison..

[@williamstockton5597]

@@RideorDie1987 dei and woke politics

[@julian2719]

Ah yes, I remember the outrage over God of War and how it is setting unrealistic standards for men.

[@devdutdutta8796]

I member, how the journalists were attacking the devs for creating a super buff man. They said why can't you make him weak like the * gasp * modern audience ( sarcasm)

[@allenoverall7361]

I cried at his godly strength 😭

[@theblueshanobi]

​@@devdutdutta8796 you can't be serious

[@AXL.]

How dare they make a buff character so unrealistic

[@PoRetroGamer]

😅 how dare they create unrealistic body expectations for men that men still somehow meet with a little hard work.😂

[@andreypokesaround]

Gotta appreciate that the devs are creating a full product, rather than relying on Eve as the entire selling point.

[@kenethernandez6246]

She's just the hook. They knew what they were doing and they know the gameplay has to be good.

[@inuclearpickle8628]

@@kenethernandez6246Na she is bait the hook is the gameplay

[@yeetskeet3]

I love that

[@andreypokesaround]

@@kenethernandez6246 absolutely, if they were to rely only on Eve, we'd probably get another X-Blades. As Luke said, the devs could easily profit from a massive amount of gamers who'd buy the game only for the main character, but to create a compelling gameplay and POTENTIALLY a good story is commendable.

[@ZelBellz]

Facts

[@GeorgeMcGraw-k5d]

Why the reflexive dismissal of a hot girl in a game? Why is everyone rolling their eyes at that? If it was a jacked dude, they wouldn’t dismiss it.

[@zaphael7238]

I miss those games, I miss the tongue in cheek humor and the over the top outfits. Is Eve eye candy? Sure but it’s not like Laura Croft or Bayoneta were not cool characters but also eye candy. I’m not offended by this anymore than I’m offended by every Barbarian character running around in what equates to furred briefs flexing his bulging muscles I like eye candy too.

[@strahinjagov]

​@Humdeeheyyahawikiahayedid you find it tacky when you could unlock an underwear costume for Spider-Man in 2018?

[@TheCephalon]

Because a jacked guy could fight in a war, while a skinny woman with no armor couldn’t

[@SolidSnake240]

​@HumdeeheyyahawikiahayeSo the irl model's body/figure is tacky? Damn

[@MrMooMoo088]

I mean I kind of assumed that might be a better version of Genshin impact at most. Which aside from the ridiculous monetization has decent gameplay but not enough for me to spend time with it. I'm really surprised at how amazing this demo was

[@dostoyevsky7319]

I like how its controversial for a woman to be attractive

[@RonniSchmidt-mi7pd]

It isn't, it's only controversial to gay and trans people, and also Muslims

[@joqazi]

@@RonniSchmidt-mi7pd i'm trans and i'm not mad at all lol. i love to play as hot chicks

[@ranzu3138]

Apparently a woman not looking like a super model is also controversial. It goes both ways.

[@ranzu3138]

@@RonniSchmidt-mi7pd I don't think you've met any gay or trans person, they love attractive ladies.

[@RaiderDeck]

damn you just gonna be xenophobic with chest@@RonniSchmidt-mi7pd

[@JOZSEP]

>knows suicide squad is a mess >still gives it a fair chance >it is indeed a mess >new season comes out >decides to give it another chance >it's still a mess >takes one look at Eve >immediately dismissed it >played demo with the intention of dropping it It's weird to see the gaming industry "defend" women... as long as the women in question aren't attractive

[@AdamCKA]

It's not just attractiveness but they only seem to defend women who have predominantly masculine traits, because apparently feminism lost It's meaning a long time ago and women are now just relegated to an alternate version of a man because....equality?

[@kingblaze979]

I was going to say something similar to this glad I'm not the only one that noticed it.

[@redninja3056]

Maybe because one game was made by rocksteady and the other one focused on the fact that a girl was hot not well designed either

[@digitalshinigami8441]

but like who is defending suicide squad? dont think this point works in the way you think it does

[@MrMooMoo088]

​@digitalshinigami8441 I think their point is that everyone knew Suicide Squad was going to be a corporate dumpster fire but people are giving it multiple chances. However, Stellar blade which really doesn't have any history to be critical of was dismissed because of the eye candy. There's a strange trend of people staying loyal to obviously declining Studios while dismissing newer one

[@Gingerbaard]

As long as the sex appeal isn’t the only appealing thing to a game, I really see no problem with it at all. I also don’t think it’s a “positive change” to make every single female character in all games be the most average female in existence. I also like to play as huge muscular badass guys even if I never seen a single man in my life that actually looks like that.

[@LegendaryGlasses]

And even if sex appeal was the only appealing thing, that’d be ok. Just don’t buy/play it if you don’t like it. Nobody gets to tell the world what or how to play or what or how to develop. NOBODY.

[@theobservarator6424]

​@@LegendaryGlasses But don't pretend or get mad if it's called just a porn game.

[@LegendaryGlasses]

@@theobservarator6424 won’t do if it indeed is a porn game. With pornography content. Bc calling a game like Stellar Blade a porn game is only an insult.

[@Choryrth]

@@theobservarator6424 ah, but that's the thing. there are no porn games being advertised on anything but porn websites.

[@CleverCheetah]

To me it is the only appealing thing to this game

[@GetAwesomeGaming]

Gotta love how we pretend like this character design is an old thing when Nier, Bayonetta, Dead or Alive (as well as many other on going series) are just a few examples of how it never went away. But because a few people in the right circles wanted to clutch their pearls in this particular case we have to suddenly rewrite reality. It's not design from a bygone era just because some clown on a digital foundry video claimed it was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SolidSnake240]

I was so disappointed in DF with that BS video lol

[@alandab]

NGL...I expected much better from Luke. I guess in the end, he's not more than a stone's throw from being just as outta touch than Kotaku and DF.

[@constantinesoldatos]

I agree, why do game characters (male, female or otherwise) need to be realistic in a fantasy setting? People really need to chill out and enjoy each game for what it is as long as it's their cup of tea. I have massive respect for Luke but when he said ''if you're willing to look past this...'' , I mean he's the one having trouble looking past it, the rest of us normal gamers just went like ''huh nice @ss'' for the first 0.5 secs and then literally forgot about it and went on with the gameplay, which is amazing btw. Obviously we get that it's unrealistic which is why we hardly give it a second thought unlike Luke who couldn't see past it (for the wrong reasons). Btw The character is based on a real life model. Obviously they ''enhanced'' a few ''vital'' areas but still who cares and why should we. It's fantasy and people losing it over something that's not meant to represent something real are the ones that seriously need to grow up and stop complaining or crying about it. So immature.

[@Zetler]

@@alandabHe’s totally giving off Otaku vibes in this video.

[@jimmyv3170]

​@@SolidSnake240the worst thing I've seen Digital Foundry do was be too scared to review Hogwarts Legacy because of the fake online backlash to where one of their employees (John) threw a child like fit about it on Twitter because people just asked him about why weren't they reviewing the game.

[@tonydeluna8095]

Eve looks like a character that could easily fit into the world of Tekken 8

[@darrellhall9141]

She kind of looks like Kasumi from DOA but she would definitely be awesome in Tekken 8

[@tonydeluna8095]

@@darrellhall9141agreed 💯! I can see a resemblance of DOA

[@sailorboy8314]

@@darrellhall9141Especially with the short ponytail. Kasumi is my favorite character from DOA btw

[@bennymountain1]

Nah, female chars in Tekken aren't THAT exaggerated.

[@jdspetersgaming]

Eve needs a soul calibur 7 guest appearance

[@genericyoutuber5533]

2:06 "This type of game is still common in some parts of the world, but we haven't really seen it in the west that much. And part of that is because there has been sort of a concerted effort to get away from scantily clad women headlining games and instead try to make the headlining characters especially if they're female more human, more normal." I'm sorry, what? More human, more normal? She is literally modelled after a real human woman...

[@G360LIVE]

Not to mention, that's very insulting to women who are attractive and curvy and look like real, normal, HEALTHY, human women. It's a shame activists want to discriminate against attractive women now and exclude them from our entertainment. I thought activists were supposed to be inclusive.

[@wizardwolf1020]

@@G360LIVEit’s like the body positivity movement. It started as a means to stop fat shaming to be less insulting of peoples unhealthy appearances whether it be medical reasons or a result of bad habits. Now it’s devolved into obese people having an excuse to not better themselves or get in better shape while also getting to insult people who are skinny, physically fit, or attractive.

[@d818581dd]

yeah okay, so why is there way more hate for females in video games who aren't considered attractive? The amount of criticism of how MJ looked in Spiderman way surpasses two articles criticising this game for having an attractive protagonist. but off course that will be ignored ignored.

[@wizardwolf1020]

@@d818581dd cause MJ is literally supposed to be hot. Part of her character is being the seemingly impossible to get girl who’s beautiful with determination and can have anyone she wants. What’s worse is that they literally change her (and Peter’s) models after the first game which fans expressed being unhappy about. She looks nothing like her actual actress which is a practice that’s become more and more common in other games like Horizon, Last of Us part 2, Mass Effect Andromeda, the upcoming Star Wars rogue game, etc.

[@BeccaVinesz]

​@@d818581ddBecause they completely changed characters who were already made to be attractive? Do you know how she looks in the comics? Or even the older movies.

[@TheAoussa]

I seriously dont understand the comment: "to appeal to a teenage brain". Is it because the protagonist is a Hot woman??? Im a 47 year old Gamer - female, heterosexual and happily married. I love looking at Hot women who are well written and competent female badasses. Im not sure if this is the case here, but putting the game in a box, meant in a derogatory way, because the female is Hot is incredibly sexist from you. Amazing to see how, nowadays, in an attempt to be so correct and progressive, people end up being more prejudiced and sexist than ever before. Play the game - judge it on gameplay and writing. If the protagonists are attractive....well, to my eyes, even better. I have enough reality when i look at myself at the mirror - let me fantasize with being a Gorgeous woman fighting monsters in space for a couple of hours. Also....I love to see Kratos muscles on my screen while playing God of War. Humanity likes attractive things and beauty - no problem with that!

[@EannieMay]

I'm a girl, and I love when female characters are pretty, you are not alone

[@Mandoon]

I love you :P (Just playing) Good for you for being a strong woman! I'm a 33-Year-old man and couldn't admire your statement more. Keep being you.

[@BlazeSwigglePlayzMc]

@@derkitheofficial3306 Again it's a fantasy, why would a game need to be realistic or practical 100%? If a game has an attractive character and the creator wants to show thier beauty in a fan servicy way then they should be allowed to.

[@roe_k]

I don't understand why this completely normal position is no longer the default one, honestly. What the fuck happened to people?

[@ebonhawken574]

Very well said @TheAoussa! Couldn’t agree more!

[@bradgrey798]

Our male video game heroes can be handsome and fit and look the part…but don’t you dare do the same with a female protagonist

[@BadBunny-V8]

maybe………… “ asian “ women 🙄

[@zarris2635]

Pretty sure the problem is that the women are designed to be attractive to *men* and have, to some, unnecessary and ill-fitting armor or character designs for the world they are in. Think like... in old school games there's the attractive male hero character wearing full (if maybe semi-form fitting) plate armor. Nothing wrong with that right? Well, if you take that same armor and apply it to the female hero character models it turns into a metal bikini. The issue is less making characters attractive and more in *how* they are being made attractive. Are the same standards being applied to both male and female models? Are they being given the same amount of character outside of their looks (if that's relevant to the game)? Are the character designs made to appeal to a general audience or to a specific demographic? When I see the models for Stellar Blade I see a "male gaze" focus on the design. That's the issue that some people have with it. Not that the characters are "attractive", but that they are attractive in a specific way that is meant to appeal to a male audience and reduces their female character designs to overtly sexualized beauty.

[@dustybenscot7199]

get this women also like playing hot women character no one like playing ugly character. @@zarris2635

[@sagitta98]

​@@BadBunny-V8 Elizabeth Comstock is an American and she still looks good.

[@Bemenhorst]

⁠@@zarris2635 I agree with your statement about why there’s a difference. However I still don’t see a problem in making your female characters look a certain way as a stylistic choice. The game is a product and therefore has a target audience it tries to reach to have economic success. If someone doesn’t like what they’re seeing, they are probably not the target audience. Both the developer and targeted consumer don’t have any moral obligation according to a certain subjective view of the world. In the end though, this whole debate is just both sides farming for engagement

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

EVE is literally modeled after a real life woman. Who knew attractive people exist IRL? Shocking I tell you.

[@ErgoDog]

Her looks are fine, but she is pretty dull in the demo 😅

[@KeyonMoffitt101]

The problems is usually model women arent monster destroyers lmao . Like the last of us part 2 is realistic. Not Rihanna dominating monsters lmao

[@lukascerny6405]

Crazy there was no character development in a 40 minutes long demo huh... ​@@ErgoDog

[@GamingCaveman1989]

yes, based on a cute girl who was reproportioned and beautified by the artists. If you think she wasn't heavily edited, you may have zoomer eyes.

[@thataintfalco7106]

@@KeyonMoffitt101usually big giant monsters don’t fight cybernetic women. Rule of cool, you know how it is. Plus the game isn’t tryna be realistic.

[@brianjohnson9890]

Call me crazy but I think it’s ok to have a hot main character. You can have this and you can also have your Ellie’s and abbeys. Both can exist at the same time

[@angelaziegler5610]

we love hot women protagonists but also strong independent women protagonists, women slay

[@dx5741]

Ellie is not even ugly. She just looks pale and tired which fits the setting of the game

[@ZelBellz]

Yeah exactly

[@Retribution8]

Social commentary aside, I wish we had more games that still followed the rule of cool. Doing something not necessarily because it looks realistic or efficient but because it just looks cool, like long trench-coats and always wearing sunglasses, or fighting with chainsaws, emptying thousands of rounds without ever reloading, low-gravity in a skating/snowboarding game. Basically anything like this, SSX, Jak 2, DMC, or Doom

[@maineman5757]

Bro..... did you not realize? If it is not 1:1 realistic to reality, then it shouldn't exist in video games.

[@_sir_reginald]

Hear! Hear!! Hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!

[@SL4PSH0CK]

its great that its the essential for a Hack and Slash.

[@ZelBellz]

Yes

[@shintaro1220]

"Chunk" meaning people who actually dont play videogames and just write about them. The Demo sold me, its not just eye candy, but an actual engaging action game.

[@digitalshinigami8441]

"people who dont actually play games" sounds like a way to dismiss opinions that dont align with your own

[@r.k845]

@@digitalshinigami8441I’ll dismiss people who don’t play actual games yeah.

[@NE-oj4be]

@@digitalshinigami8441 yes, if they don't play games, what makes you think i would actually listen to those people. They aren't gamers and shouldn't be pampered because the game isn't for them

[@ambrosiogiovanni6952]

@@digitalshinigami8441 They aren't gamers. Their opinion don't matter.

[@alpsalish]

Not really, it actually looks very uninteresting.

[@Arkaner3]

I hope this game sells in the millions just to spite the ESG/DEI lovers.

[@ranzu3138]

Didn't the gamergate dudes screeched about women not looking like super models? Just sayin, we can have both, no need to make this into a pathetic culture war thing

[@VampireKa1n]

It will if it's a good, fun game. And then those people will screech about how the awful games they're involved in don't sell "because of bigots"

[@Arkaner3]

@@ranzu3138 This definitely needs to be a culture war. We're sick and tired of the woke nonsense and the uglification of VIRTUAL CHARACTERS. Nobody is objectifying real people here so tune down the virtue signaling and let people enjoy their hobbies in peace.

[@corygibson3304]

​@ranzu3138 First that's not even remotely what Gamergate was about. Did some talk about it? Probably but wasn't the main point. Second why shouldn't things be a culture war. One side has waged the war for a while they just got pissed people are fighting back just like Gamergate originally.

[@ranzu3138]

@@Arkaner3 this needs no culture war shenanigans, artists should be free to make whatever the hell they want. If they like to make sexy character GOOD If they like to make more grounded/unattractive characters GOOD Being mad at a character being ugly is equally hilarious as being mad at a character being pretty.

[@MassiveGhost-]

“Teenage boys” so grown men can't like attractive women anymore now?

[@degisndinga8853]

apparently bro, that argument never makes sense to me. its like their saying once you've reach adulthood he just turn gay

[@CharlesZane_]

I think I’ve seen just as many women fawning over Eve as men, maybe even more.

[@horgecondaliza6644]

Oh of course.​@@CharlesZane_

[@SpadeApeiron]

I can't believe this guy is the same person as digital foundry guy ~ What happened to men !? or when did this happen to men!

[@zealootkim3813]

@@SpadeApeiron ideologi and easy upbringing plus singel moms.

[@dieyng]

I love how we get told all the time that we are just imagining things, when we see that characters get altered to look way worse than the model or actress they are based upon, but when a game dares to openly use the sexiness of their heroine as part of the publicity, they all start spitting venom and insult the devs and any gamer interested in it. It's like just ask a woman or a gay gamer, what they think about visually attractive guys in games, I don't hear them complaining or cry sexism about that. These people act as if sexy equals sexism, as if sexualization of a fictitious character is the same as that of real people, as if it is an insult to all of humanity if a game has a sexy female protagonist. I've not and will never buy a game because the protagonist is hot, but damn if I will ever apologize for preferring a good-looking female character in a game over a plain or ugly one. It's a bundle of code and graphics, not a real person, how they look doesn't change how I see real women or makes me respect them less. I understand that for a woman, the male gaze can be a problem, but certainly not for a character in a game? She's not gonna feel uncomfortable, or disparaged by it. And let's be honest here, we have so many games with attractive male leads or with more "realistic" female characters, just accept that if you don't like how the characters in Stellar Blade look, that it is not a game aimed at you as a target audience. Isn't that exactly what they keep telling us, when we complain about the portrayal of certain characters in many modern AAA games?

[@ArchlordZer0]

Can you give me one example of this happening from like an outlet and not just Twitter trolls?

[@ikaemos]

I mean, as a gay gamer, I don't think _God of War_ would be improved at all if Kratos-or, if we go by the apparent age of many eye-candy heroines, Atreus-was wearing a codpiece thin enough to see the outline of the glans, rip-away assless chaps, and a shirt cut so that you can follow the happy trail from root to tip. Just picture it - _really_ picture it. If I try, I can't even see the damn work, because the character designer is blocking the view, with a hand down their pants. It's a story cracking its own believability for an entirely meta reason (sex appeal) in a way that cannot be rationalized from within the fiction. Titillation can be done effectively, other mediums to it all the time - if a Bond film wants to put Eva Green or Ana De Armas in a low-cut dress, the screenwriters set the scene at a luxurious gala. You just put some work into it. Doing it like this is indulgent, patronizing and artificial.

[@dieyng]

@@ArchlordZer0Wait, seriously? Do you like never read the stupid bullshit Kotaku and IGN put out? Just check what gaming news sites have had to say about Stellar Blade ever since the character reveal.

[@ArchlordZer0]

@@dieyng I haven’t seen these articles. You act like there has never been any attractive females in games recently.

[@dieyng]

@@ikaemosYou mean patronizing, like making character models artificially look way less attractive than the women they are based upon? Like in Spider-Man 2, Mass Effect Andromeda, Horizon Forbidden West and so many other games in recent years? Isn't it way more patronizing to actually try to create something less appealing to the eye, as a means to educate us horrible straight male gamers? Patronizing for me is connected with looking and talking down to people, and that is not something I see coming from the devs, here, rather from the hit pieces coming from the gaming news sites tbh. But seriously, I do see parts of your point, especially since you made it very easy to imagine. 🙂 I admit I was thinking less of Kratos and more along the lines of Leon Kennedy or Cloud Strife or similar guys, tbh. I mean, I don't hear any complaints about sometimes seemingly half the main cast of Final Fantasy games running around like extras in a BDSM style music video. 🙂 Yes, the outfit is gratuitous, very gratuitous, and you won't hear me denying that the character is pretty sexualized. Tbh. it is a bit too much for me as well, I could see outfits like that as possible variant costumes or something a character wears for a short time, not the whole game. It has a bit of the look of a sexy outfit mod pack for a Bethesda RPG. For me, her outfit is actually a bit too distracting, and I would prefer an option to tone it down a bit, but that doesn't change that I hate this kind of venomous campaign against any dev who dares not fall into line with how games are supposed to look today and I really don't see how it hurts anybody. Eve might be modelled after a real woman, but she is just a bunch of textures on a body model. And if someone's personal sensibilities are triggered by a game like that, those people could always just not play it. A little indulgence isn't a bad thing, and I honestly don't see how it is patronizing. They aren't trying to force their approach on anybody. And this is one game we are talking about, one game out of how many, when most others are perfectly fine and politically correct? It's like, give the teenage boys and socially inept guys one game to indulge in, and you can have all the other games. And when it comes to things artificially being stuck onto and induced into games a sexy outfit would personally be less of a worry for me, I do worry more about ridiculous levels of monetization and blatant political messaging, that is so in your face, that it feels insulting to my intelligence, even if I do agree with most of it ideologically. Let those who want it have that one game and be a bit more lenient against stuff that hurts your sensibilities, is the advice I'd like to give some of these so-called journalists, only if you do that, can you expect similar behaviour from those disagreeing with your POV. If you instantly lash out like rabid dogs every time someone dares to go against what you deem appropriate, you can't really complain about the backlash that generates. I wish this kind of discussion wouldn't be led so venomous and a bit more nuanced from both sides, but just look at the headlines whenever one of these topics pops up. I admit I am myself reacting a bit thin-skinned by now, and I'm not proud to be that guy. Yet it does sometimes feel as if in the last ten years gaming journalists have one main goal and that is to tell devs how games are allowed to be and gamers which games they are allowed to like and enjoy, and that's something I definitely don't like and appreciate. Sorry for that wall of text, but I wanted to make clear that I do take your comment seriously and appreciate that you put it all down in a civilized if slightly sardonic manner (hence you also got a like from me for it), but I also wanted to explain my problems with the whole reaction to Stellar Blade a bit more.

[@Barni2212]

Never apologize for wanting attractive female characters in your video games.

[@halfkimchi45]

Like wonder woman, Eve doesn't need a heavy armor that may slow her down and reduce her agility. She is part cyborg and part flesh, her skin is all the armor she needs. Plus she has a shield around her and reduces damage.

[@jer1515]

I like hot women and I will never apologize for it.

[@FazeParticles]

the normies and libs will crucify you for that statement. good thing is it's all rhetoric at the end of the day. well except for the attempts to cancel this game and company by IGN and Kotaku. aside from that we eating good.

[@irlsoldierboy6225]

@@FazeParticles I'm a leftist but hearing straight dudes pretending to be opressed is so funny to me LOL. I miss when this game was just some niche thing and I wish we can go back so bad

[@Mohgenstein]

⁠@@FazeParticles ”Normies” - 🤓

[@Phillipmurr]

@@irlsoldierboy6225 you forgot to mention straight white . Really let that signal burn bright.

[@Vifnis]

"edgy teenager detected" *sweet babies detected*

[@potyi1823]

3:35 Wrong. it doesn't piss off the gaming community it pisses of people who want to force their political believes everywhere, they are not gamers.

[@whylekat]

Are you seriously saying the developers of the video game don't play video games?? 🤡

[@mephistopheles9411]

@Porter90I don’t agree😂

[@williamedwards4151]

We...uh....we do realize that the body model for Eve is based on a real woman. Right? Her name is Shin Jae-eun, btw.

[@behamut92]

The girl is practically a stick compared to the stellar in game model

[@kenethernandez6246]

​@@behamut92If you go based on the picture of her in the scan only you could say that but definitely not if you look at other pictures she has. The model has some pretty substantial assets.

[@waltonbanks3797]

​@behamut92 yea thts not even close to true lmao but even if it was help me to understand...so curvy woman arnt allowed only fat or manly ones n we cant speak negative about em but body shaming is allowed if we r shaming the woman that dont fit the bullshit narrative being pushed tht attractive woman with jiggly tits slim waistline and a nice ass are non existant

[@ErgoDog]

Eve have no personality at all. I liked the protagonist of Nier Automata morr

[@khaalmalki4039]

@@ErgoDog Really ? You mean a 1 hour demo that has more gameplay than story didn't make you like her over a character in game that came out in 2017 ?

[@Windupchronic]

As a girl gamer, if there is an option in character creation to make a hot female character, I will make my character the sexiest character I possibly can. I don’t want realism. I’m not playing Schindler’s List: The Video Game.

[@yarou3124]

As a male gamer, I want musucular badass male character in a videogame, I'm skinny, and I don't feel the need to be presented in a videogame.

[@CakeMelons]

[@Yohanzs]

Why is it just for “teenage boys” why can’t men and even women like to see attractive characters? I’m almost 30 and I would rather play as EVE then that fable character any day

[@roachknightzequ8854]

I mean the fact that shes wearing such tight cloths is probably why she can move like that.... Thats why gymnists dress like that .. and we dont complain about that....

[@d818581dd]

And the high heels?

[@bobbaseball]

Raiden from mgr wore high heels, and somehow it didnt stop him from.. well being the fucking badass that he is

[@matthewmorgan5680]

Sure but it provides no protection and why would anyone fight in heels? I have no problem with attractive people in games, but certain aspects just make no sense and that personally ruins the immersion. It just doesn’t make any sense from a worldbuilding standpoint.

[@bobbaseball]

@@matthewmorgan5680 it looks cool as fuck thats why its there and he also uses his heels to hold his sword

[@donnytramp6955]

​@@matthewmorgan5680 cuz its cool

[@dezmundogaming8780]

Im mostly indifferent to the idea of a main characters attractiveness but what tilts it for me is the idea that a supposed “authority” in gaming community is trying to shame devs and gamers for preferring attractive characters over plain looking characters in a FANTASY VIDEO GAME. It gives such hater energy that i want the game to succeed in spite of them.

[@_sir_reginald]

Just as your quotation marks imply there's no "authority". It's all just politics 😒

[@Phillipmurr]

Not only that aesthetics in art is a real thing. That’s why you see more paintings of sunsets. Then Plain skies.

[@haytonism]

From days of old when women were allowed to be presented as attractive in your escapist media.

[@FazeParticles]

it was only 10 years ago when we could have our video game characters be attractive and scantily clad.

[@Pyovali]

There has been a lot of screeching in the olden days too. It's just that these days the media is taking *their* side instead of the actual consumer.

[@SuperKendoman]

The gameplay is solid and the characters are beautiful with a compelling story. What's not to love??

[@Shimamon27]

Woke people hate it that their beauty standards are the enemies in this game.

[@redninja3056]

How do you know the story is compelling? Sounds you're overhyping the game

[@imsentinelprime9279]

I mean it's a one hour demo.

[@AgntFL]

@@redninja3056how do you know it’s not? You’re over doubting

[@redninja3056]

@AgntFL I don't I'm not the one saying the games story sucks because we haven't seen it

[@Bignuke87]

More enemy variety in this demo than all of Dragons Dogma 2

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

That’s facts

[@Eeanjay]

Damn

[@SolidSnake240]

I love DD2....I hate how true this is 😂

[@imsentinelprime9279]

Pretty true, after a few hours of playing dogma, you've seen most of all the enemies. Which there isn't much variety.

[@XxWolfxWaRioRxX]

So damm true and I believe there is about 60 enemy types in Stellar blade including bosses

[@northstar6920]

If I wanted "realistic" or ordinariy" I go out my front door and catch a bus... In a video game I want to see and or be *THE IDEAL!* its called escapsim for a reason.

[@EannieMay]

Jeez, I'm a girl, and I love hot scantily clad women. I dont want to relate to the character because of their looks. I want my sweet escapism. # Justice for hot female characters

[@aiolosdaftsis]

I wish we could see more of this style with beautiful women and unrealistic clothing. It just suits this game and it transports you into the world.

[@SMandz]

@Humdeeheyyahawikiahaye that is why they wished it could be seen more. Nowadays in the western media, the characters of games are uglified in the name of "realism" and there is pandering wokeness and propaganda in such games.. Spiderman 2 and Suicide Squad KDJL to name a few.

[@redninja3056]

​@SMandz so what made harley Quinn ugly? Not trying to defend the game its garbage but how is she ugly?

[@senseinuuh]

@Humdeeheyyahawikiahayeyou just said it before 2014. buddy that is 10 years ago

[@SMandz]

@@redninja3056 compare it with the Harley from the Arkham Batman games, same development company 11 years ago, you'll get your answer.

[@dokiewokie1956]

@@redninja3056 Well Harley from Arkham series is pretty attractive (and that was mo-cap by a dude), sushi squad Harley is such a downgrade lmao. But i guess that can be explain age catching up to her huh

[@jonsantiago9278]

I played the demo and after finishing it, I preordered it almost instantly cause I am a huge fan of Neir, Bayonetta, DMC and Soulbourne games. So when I was playing this it just spoke to me. And I completely agree with your POV. The combat was on point, the world looked amazing and the enemies were OMG just so cool and gross looking and I loved it XD. This game comes out 3 days after my birthday so I will be enjoying a late birthday present XD

[@JamCooper]

Bayonetta is my favorite game of all time, and Bayonetta 2 was even better. I don't have words for how disappointed I was in Bayonetta 3, and I'm hoping that Stellar Blade can fill that void. I wish it was coming out on pc, but I definitely don't mind dusting off my PS5 for this one.

[@BadBunny-V8]

HBD bro~ thank u❤ more love south korean game😊 enjoy playng😊

[@arielm9847]

@@JamCooper Just FYI, definitely try it out the demo. It doesn't play like Bayo. Blocking and parrying is your main form of defense. Eve's dodge is tiny and has no I-frames unless you land a perfect dodge and is more of a last resort when you have to defend against an unblockable move. I loved the demo and pre-ordered the deluxe edition of stellar blade but it plays very different than DMC/NieR/Bayo. Just setting the right expectations. I wouldn't call it better or worse but notably different.

[@Shinnnyu_]

I’m buying this game too and I don’t have a PS5 yet

[@shayanaijaz]

This game is really gonna shake things up

[@BosGaurus05]

Shake what?

[@diegoflores1119]

Two MAJOR things

[@superbrian7997]

I’m still playing the demo to level up all the skill sets that I can because Shift Up are clever as a fox 🦊 for allowing our save data to transfer over to the full game. And I keep saying this one thing. I can’t believe how based this game is with all the T&A in 2024. But I’m here for it.

[@andreypokesaround]

jiggle things up*

[@ErgoDog]

Doesn't seem that special or new. Just polished fun prob

[@ReAshtions]

I had no interest in this game but saw 1 person play the demo and tried it. I'm sold on this game, honestly. Idc about the model debate, I just want good games that are satisfying to play.

[@SolidSnake240]

You're one of the sensible people online

[@AgntFL]

I learned about the game because of the controversy, but the trailer intrigued me more than her looks and I’m a sucker for imaginative worlds like this showed off, the demo just got me to upgrade to the deluxe version

[@erikwilliams8692]

what looks good or unique about the game? @@AgntFL

[@GOOBANGI]

Love how we can’t have attractive women as protagonists anymore but we can still get unrealisticly jacked men with anime haircuts

[@ariastark96]

i started the demo mostly because the heroine looked super pretty and i loved the game visually. It's super pleasing to my eyes to see cute women in armor with long fancy hairs like that, it's something you rarely see in fantasy games and its the whole point of fantasy games anyway, to create something visually and unrealistically beautiful, and i saw the comments hoping to see the same happy reaction that i had but that wasnt the case. Then also luke added "these kinda visuals mostly appeals teen boys." XD sir, no. as a woman in 30's i love hot women too! i think everybody likes pretty women. lol ignoring everyone hating on the heroine, the game was very decent in my opinion in many aspects such as combat style and the variety of enemies, the world etc, that most games fail to achieve these days with "ugly realistic" visuals. I dont think anybody enjoys wrenched but realistic skins with terrible gameplay.

[@marksman123125]

I love how the people who are upset about this game were absolutely silent during any Bayonetta release

[@Sagan_Blandard20XX]

I'm not seeing anyone upset. I'm seeing a lot of people ACT like there's a big reaction against her design. But I'm not seeing that reaction. I specifically stopped playing Bayonetta because the camp was anime cringe and the camera kept trying to crawl up her ass. I don't care that people like Bayonetta. They can have that and enjoy it. I didn't make a big stink about it then just like I'm not now. This character looks embarrassing to me. I'll play the game if it's good. Again, just like MK9...

[@MaticulousGamer]

Tomb Raider, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Bloody Roar (nurse outfit haha) Street Fighter (Cammy) we can do this all day... it just goes to show, they're not gamers. they're SJWs, parading as such, or they're straight up agents from a certain Sweet "newborn" company.. if they were true gamers, this wouldn't even be an argument, because of the examples I just listed. nefarious group of alphabet singers

[@Sagan_Blandard20XX]

@@MaticulousGamer who are you talking about, specifically, that is upset about this character design? I've only seen some mild eye rolling, like "welp, boys will be boys." I think it's pretty cringe but will be picking it up some time. If for nothing else than I like character action games.

[@MaticulousGamer]

@@Sagan_Blandard20XX it's as cringe as Tomb Raider, Tekken (female characters), MGS4 female bosses, Bayonetta etc...this is not new; what IS new, is the apparent outrage from a loud minority, trying to ruin OUR (gamers') media with their virtue signalling and other agendas. just KZbin Endymion, and look up his Sweet Baby videos among many others. You may think its nothing, but these weirdos have their claws in the gaming industry and they don't like that we're fighting back! IGN had to apologise for one of their reviewers' comments towards the devs, kotaku have gone even further with their attacks and the west have done everything they can to suppress the interest around Stellar Blade, and failed. It now sits No.1 on the preorder list.. but don't, for one second, think there isn't a war against gamers and our video games. I implore you to go check out the channel I suggested

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

I dont care much if EVE is hot (she is). I loved the gameplay.

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

Why would you care about that? I haven't seen anyone mad about her being attractive. All I've seen is anime profiles talking about how it's antiwoke because she's hot??? Which makes literally no sense lmao don't tell me this is all just Twitter discourse...

[@aultra-magawhostandsagains7974]

@@butHomeisNowhere___You know it’s funny when these posts come up on Twitter,because nowadays I hardly use Twitter😂

[@yarou3124]

​@butHomeisNowhere___ IGN France journal insulted the dev, but for the most part, yeah it is Twitter

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

@@yarou3124 I'll have to check out the IGN comment, but I had a sneaking suspicion that it was mostly Twitter crap lol thanks 🙂

[@golfer435]

​@@butHomeisNowhere___IGN France, Inverse, The Gamer...Studio hit pieces and braindead articles have been everywhere in the last few weeks

[@tonymacintosh3744]

what a beautiful game with a beautiful main character.

[@dragonhitman1071]

No one complains when shirtless kratos walks in or zangief wrestles ryu to the ground. But a model scanned female character joins in and weirdo journalist loose they shit.

[@michaellombardi5831]

Anyone ever notice that no matter what it is media nor anyone else ever shame women for their preferences? Only men are shamed.

[@GB-22]

My wife and I loved the demo, we preordered it. We will be there on launch day.

[@victorsullivan9107]

Super smart to design the armor that way. It’s a sci-fi game so you can create a reasonable explanation for why it looks good and offers practical protection. As long as the lore is consistent, it doesn’t necessarily need to work the same way armor does in the real world

[@redninja3056]

Not really the design sucks

[@ikaemos]

N-no, that's not how skin-tight garments work; you would get the sports-bra look. And I'd really like to hear their sci-fi justification for the wedge-heels.

[@AgntFL]

@@redninja3056the design is fine, seriously just go be miserable in the corner because she doesn’t look it al sharpton got his face beat in

[@redninja3056]

@AgntFL no it bothers me when people buy a game for terrible design and I will voice that objective fact

[@wizardwolf1020]

@@redninja3056it’s a good design plus there’s other outfits

[@artiss92]

How much this game is getting hating on🤦‍♂️By people that probably don't even play video games 😂, all they are doing is making this game popular. and gone making it even sell more when it comes out. And making the developers that made this game have more support

[@willwolf8436]

Part of the reason I wanted to try the demo. these types of games never really interest me. I was surprisingly enjoying the game

[@Sagan_Blandard20XX]

Not a single person in these comments dismissed the game for her design. Do you guys understand that you are imagining things??? Nearly every comment is someone saying a version of "people are dismissing the game for her design," and NO ONE is.

[@artiss92]

@@Sagan_Blandard20XX I'm not talking about the Commons on here I just saying, that all🙂

[@KevanWalter]

Not going to "try" and look past the character design. I love the characters and I'm tired of western media trying to make it seem like appreciating the female form is somehow bad and that these aren't real people. The model who Eve is based on and the studio leaders wife are very much human and probably don't like being told they aren't human. Also I always find it funny that it's perfectly fine for a male character to be almost naked and basically eye candy but if it's a woman, all of a sudden it's "reinforcing negative stereotypes". Beautiful people are awesome and I'd rather look at idealized versions of humans for 40 hours than some ugly example of the average unhealthy asshole. And ya the game is amazing and I'm definitely picking up the deluxe edition.

[@Ibn_Battuta]

The aesthetic is beautiful. We want to see more of it 😎

[@17thknight]

Grow up.

[@KharaChmiel]

I mean Luke, the person who did the body double for the main character is a real person. So, the anger about "unrealistic women in games" is misplaced. This is a real person's mocapped body. We can''t appreciate actual beautiful women anymore? Sounds like a shameful place to be in as a society.

[@LukeStephensTV]

The point is the outfits. It’s like those 2005 action movies where everyone is wearing latex. It looks cool, but is definitely impractical. But I think the lesson here is that it’s a game about fighting massive alien monstrosities and flying androids. Practicality doesn’t need to be that high on the priority list and it’s ok to just have a character that looks cool haha

[@KharaChmiel]

@@LukeStephensTVI get that angle and thanks for responding, love your work! There was a section of people who were angry about the outfits but there was ALSO a segment of people angry over the model itself, saying it was unrealistic to have a woman look like that, and that's where I was coming from haha. I do agree that practicality does indeed fly out the window when dealing with cephalopods from space. I believe also that the devs lean into the gear's impracticability too; like the most "see-through" piece of gear has like 0 defense and it's flavor text calls you out for wearing it lol.

[@kou4891]

As for the outfits in the section with additional boss, the outfits were pretty normal and good looking. So I don’t think they are just focusing on revealing outfits.

[@nikifallen93]

Nah, all the outfits are hella sexy and awesome. The fact that some women have unusual proportions naturally or (heavens forfend!), get boob jobs, doesn’t make this supermodel’s body ‘realistic’. But don’t worry about those loud people who care. And boob jobs can be life-alteringly wonderful. Whether they modeled Eve’s body after a real woman or not, they would have shaped her the same, because it looks awesome. I think Eve looks freaking fantastic. I could look at her for hours. Which is exactly what gamers will be doing when playing this game. I’m not sure I can stomach those monsters, but this game is definitely not pandering to me, because then the whole game would have been that other lady walking around a beautiful planet picking up resources and maybe hunting animals for food and cooking and dressing up in all those outfits. But if this game has a pretty ending, maybe I’ll buy it anyway and get used to the gore. Either way, I hope this beautiful game is a roaring success. It looks amazing!

[@atonshonra]

@@LukeStephensTV Nah, you can take it right back to the Robotek era. Thank god someone is willing to go up against these ‘woke’ snowflakes. As a gay man I still think this game is fire.

[@michaellombardi5831]

Yeah from way back when women in entertainment were beautiful.

[@YouStankGoEat]

Luke reminds me of the phrase "I'm not like most girls" 🙄 also if you REALLY LISTEN to what he's saying he ain't saying nothing really 😂

[@DV-ou1yu]

Lmao true

[@YouStankGoEat]

@@DV-ou1yu 😂

[@SolidSnake240]

Fr. I tried to give this dude a chance multiple times but nah I'm good now lol.

[@YouStankGoEat]

@@SolidSnake240 😂

[@dieyng]

He's manoeuvring very carefully. A lot of gaming youtubers act that way, they don't want to insult their viewers by appearing supportive to the ridiculous BS coming from activists and "gaming journalists" (quotations because there are like 4-5 real journalists among that bunch and two of them are Paul Tassi and Jason Schreier), while at the same time they don't want to open themselves up to the attack mob and be labelled as alt.right, which for these people sadly means anyone who dares to not agree with them on a single point.

[@CallMeTeci]

Why unrealistic body? I guess gaming journos have never seen a gym from inside and are rarely outside in general, but this body is absolutely achievable, given you have the genetic fundament for it. Is it polished up? Yes. But its not unrealistic. For that we have sooo much better examples. Especially what incredibly muscular women we saw in games over the past few years is sooo much less realistic, even if they took tons of steroids (but then other parts of their body and especially the face would change dramatically as well).

[@dannyCoolSwag]

Whats so unrealistic she is just normal not buff not fat just average i don't see anything there

[@gotd4m]

If the devs want to make ultra sexy male/female/other characters, go for it. People dont need to buy the game if it offends them.

[@martinnic8235]

So it can work other way, if devs want to make "ugly" character, people don't need to buy the game if it offends them, right?

[@r.k845]

@@martinnic8235Yeah

[@Barni2212]

@@martinnic8235 Yes. People already doing that, and we see the results already. Earning the biggest flops in the gaming industry back to back. But hey. Keep up the "good" work. Maybe those 4 people who is the target audience will buy it eventually.

[@martinnic8235]

@@Barni2212 And you mean which by those biggest flops?

[@imsentinelprime9279]

Most folks don't like ugly

[@GregariousGrog]

big budgets on this one bois

[@captainalex157]

Pimp army!

[@glens2019]

Yes, sir!

[@TheBsmith97]

Yes, sir!

[@RealTalk720]

Payload Pimps Assemble!

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Coomer nation rise up!

[@BigWheezer2000]

My issue with the whole “make the character look like a real woman” argument is that sexy women do in fact, exist.

[@Jonkin715]

3:03 A good term to describe the monsters are "Cronenburg", after David Cronenburg, the horror director. His works usually feature creatures that look like the enemies Eve fights.

[@dieyng]

It's Cronenberg. But yeah, cronenbergian and Cronenberg-esque would be good attributes to describe those creatures.

[@WaylonMoone]

I was gonna say “Hans Rudolfs Giger” His monsters are literally abominations that would terrify You to death, His work is even featured in some Sci fi classics like Alien, and Species.

[@Fatalistic_Viking]

People here don't really seem to understand what people mean by based on a real model. It's like how movies are based on a true story meaning that they used the model in motion capture and used her likeness. She's literally a cyborg based on a real woman, so of course she not going to be exactly the same. And this idea that the developers were trying to appeal to horny men don't really seem to understand that they actually took this concept from the anime Ghost in the Shell. The main character could've chosen any female cyborg body but chose the hot one and kept using it because I guarantee that any male or female would choose a hot male/female cyborg body if you had the choice. And anyone complaining about her skin tight outfit certainly didn't play the Demo because in the boss fight you didn't have to choose a skin tight outfit, though you have to be really dumb thinking that how much her outfit covered makes a different because she's a cyborg. Everyone's argument in here against the being hot just wants to complain because the developers weren't pandering to anyone, it just melted sense if you take into account that she's a cyborg. I guarantee that everyone that is planning to buy it decided to do so because it's a damn good game with an incredible battle system. The main character is just a bonus. And to those that said she'd boring, this isn't the FF16 demo. They aren't trying to draw you in with the story, they used the battle system to do that.

[@jamellen1]

The people who outrage about girls like that in games is probably less then 5% of actual gamers

[@misberave]

Luke had to be very careful when forming his sentences in that review

[@joewalsh886]

Yep he's scared lol

[@CoD7Vietnam]

He did call people that like attractive women in video game “monkey-brains” so I’d say he went a bit more than just being careful

[@misberave]

@@CoD7Vietnam he’s just pretending, so his wife won’t be jealous

[@junko4166]

Didn't expect Luke to be one of the bad guys now. What a shame.

[@BushidoXBrown]

Listen everybody it's okay to like fan service. I don't know why people act so weird over it because the character happens to be a woman if the character was male such as Spider-Man I wouldn't see any complaints. I wish everyone would stop acting like Angry nuns its very annoying

[@henlostinky273]

the monster design is good because they design them in clay and 3D scan them to make the ingame models. shift up are kinda unhinged in the good way, nikke's full of fantastic music and good art direction too.

[@CakeMelons]

Wow. I didn't know that. That's some dedication to your craft. Amazing.

[@rajkhan9755]

I don't understand this debate at all. Hot and unrealistic as hell looking men can get games with no conversation around it(cloud, barret, kratos immediately come to mind) but making women hot is sparks such a big debate.

[@Bignuke87]

Looks absolutely titillating

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

_ba dum tss_

[@inuclearpickle8628]

I respect the pun

[@Bignuke87]

@@ThwipThwipBoom that the sound of your infernal heart? 😋

[@Bignuke87]

@inuclearpickle8628 thanks! It was a Stellar pun.

[@Bignuke87]

​@Humdeeheyyahawikiahaye you probably shouldn't misspell buffoon when trying to throw insults 😂

[@Macktube]

Nobody complained when Metal Gear Solid 4 was showing off Old Snakes ass the whole game in his stealth suit. I don't want to hear s*** now😅

[@SuperKendoman]

Players having a hard time with parrying in Sekiro or Wo Long may struggle with this. But you'll eventually get used to it, I think

[@benstanfill363]

She's modeled after a real woman and the head dudes wife is one of the character designers. Let main characters be attractive, men and women.

[@Barni2212]

"unrealistic body" Maybe for the Muricans. But here in my country I see these "unrealistic" bodies every day on the street.

[@yarou3124]

I would argue that being overweight is unrealistic. Not many of us in the 3rd world country had the luxury to overeat.

[@rayous5480]

I do kinda hate how luke just reduces it to "if you like the promos youre a monkey brain horny teenager" while like, no? Most people like playing as attractive people, theres a reason why so many games have mainly attractive characters. Also its futuristic so the armour they use is projected which would mean you can just wear the bare essentials

[@silverancient7840]

If you had actual good comprehension skills, he actually did praise the demo for playing pretty good and actually barely talked about.That's a narrative in your own brain

[@rayous5480]

@@silverancient7840 dude i know, but in the beginning he quite clearly made it sound more negative. Also its funny that you criticize my comprehension skills when you cant even finish your sentences properly :P

[@agssilv5919]

the only portion of the community it outrages is those who dont actually play games and those who for some reason want to pretend they dont like looking at attractive people

[@dark1810]

thats a really small "chunk" really really small .

[@inuclearpickle8628]

Yeah they screech loudly

[@Choryrth]

@@inuclearpickle8628 considering they own basically all gaming journalism, a large portion of larger youtubers, and are backed by the modern left? yeah they are gonna be loud.

[@MH72077]

As it turned out men enjoy hot women fighting aliens…who knew.

[@chance3535]

I love how Luke is acting like he's somehow above appreciating an attractive female body. You know he booted it back up after and "changed" the outfit off camera. 🍑

[@VampireKa1n]

You could see exactly where his eyes kept going when Tachy pulled the door off.

[@Mercury_Black-l6r]

Level design is gonna be very important for this game imo

[@fullstackweebdev]

“This woman is unrealistic!” - the land whale who people thought would be unrealistic 100 years ago

[@alexpatterson4286]

I played the demo and it was phenomenal! Can’t wait for the release

[@Ibn_Battuta]

The moment Stellar Blade comes to steam, I'm gonna buy it immediately! I just wished it came to PC

[@WolfOfTheGate]

probably have to wait another year or so

[@LowResLeafa]

If it comes at all. Remember this isn't a SE game so the chance of it coming to steam isn't 100%

[@Ibn_Battuta]

@@WolfOfTheGate Yeah. I'm guessing till mid-2025 😖 Exclusivity greed sucks

[@spikedeagle6795]

You must feel the same way towards pc exclusives too huh 😣

[@emperordalek102]

@@Ibn_Battuta exactly when ever a exclusive game comes out it kills the hype for literally any game cause no one will be playing it in 3 or 4 years time. if this continues then its time to call out the laziness of sony cause this can not stand for pc players. cause this happened with bloodbourne

[@FinalBoss789]

I am going to be picking this up for the intense combat and great soundtrack it’s got absolutely nothing to do with how good the jiggle physics are what so ever.

[@northstar6920]

it doesnt hurt though...

[@FinalBoss789]

@@northstar6920 That’s your words not mine 😂 I said nothing of the sort.

[@AlexRoivas]

Remember when the Digital Foundry people got mad at this game... i love how they are even more mad now that the demo came out

[@CakeMelons]

Tom made a pretty based review on this demo. You know... unlike that one.⬆

[@Redo323]

I love it. I remember when ppl made games with their own style. I think it's nice. I'm also a fan of claymore and berserk so...I welcome it all

[@LuisMicrute]

This game doesn't bother a chunk of the gaming community, as was mentioned in the video; the ones complaining don't even play the games.

[@SigtryggrWithWhiskers]

Thanks Luke for bringing absolutely nothing new to this already exhausted discussion. It shocks me that in an era where supposedly anyone should be free to be anything they want we're still going to debate club over female characters that are designed to be attractive. If you know who is the man in my profile picture then you probably know I enjoy games about hot guys being sexy. I really wish people were as free to enjoy characters like EVE as I will enjoy the upcoming dnf berserker game (starring a half naked anime man going all edgy on monsters).

[@Dario-yl7vt]

When I first saw the character model of Master Chief I cried in shame because I could never achieve the perfect 7 feet (2.13 m) tall and 1,000 pounds (450 kg) in armour.

[@tripprider6883]

It is wild that being attractive is considered “old times” and it actually pisses people off and people can’t say people don’t look like this when this is literally a Korean model they made this after. In the west they actively take steps to avoid attractiveness

[@Maelferis]

I sincerely want this game to be as popular as possible just to see how loud some people can screech. Because in general the demo was quite fun and enjoyable and the way game critics cringe while reviewing makes it a great filter on who not to watch in the future.

[@devildham]

Seriously, they should add a suit option that's just baggy blue jean overall and a red sweater (aka Super Mario). Put it in the menu as optional right next to the difficulty setting and label it as the S.T.F.U. Combat Suit.

[@infiniteneo9]

They sound definitely add a less revealing option.

[@corygibson3304]

​@@infiniteneo9 Why

[@gentlelight8758]

There will be a total of 30 outfits on the game, maybe more. I've seen her in casual clothing and jeans in some videos, as well as a jacket. She's got clothing for all audiences, even a virgin killer outfit for those that love it.

[@corygibson3304]

@@z28yeti Oh I'm fine for it in the clearly taking the piss out of people way. That I get. But if it's just adding a less revealing option to add a less revealing option like the person above said I just ask the simple why? But for what your suggesting and op suggested yeah its hilarious

[@redninja3056]

​@@corygibson3304because her design sucks that's why and all the costumes are garbage

[@southernsun9890]

the ones that are upset about the female character being too hot are non gamers! an honestly most of us wants to look at nice things when we create a character, especially if it one that we cannot change

[@mnopinion]

Correction: pisses off a “chunk” of the gaming community, a very miniscule chunk. I would argue it pisses off a community that dont even play games AT ALL.

[@FazeParticles]

i would agree but leftists or libs represent like half of gaming now. gaming used to be extreme libertarians so no one cared what game you played and would leave people alone who played sexualized games.

[@mikedelgrande5296]

And furthermore, there’s literally nothing wrong with gorgeous female protagonist with huge boobs. It’s perfectly ok 👌

[@saunatakkijumala2190]

Any ACTUAL GAMER would not complain about how eve looks or should look.

[@Trio3224]

I had the exact same options Luke where I really wasn't expecting much from this game, and wasn't excited for it. But when I heard there was a full demo, I sat down and played it this past weekend. I was completely surprised by how good it was. It feels like a really good mix of a character action game like God of War or Devil May Cry, but mixed with more soulslike elements like I-Frame dodges, parries, and limited refillable healing. The bosses were good but I was actually more impressed by the standard enemies which are surprisingly fun to fight. I especially like the monster with a shield for an arm where you can try to get behind him, try to strike when he's vulnerable, beat him entirely with parries into retribution, or go full aggressive and break down his shield with pure offense. This definitely went from a game that wasn't on my radar at all, to one I'm now highly interested in. Definitely helps I'm still a huge simp for any good soulslikes despite it seeming like some people are burnt out on them.

[@captainp367]

This game is a breath of fresh air especially after seeing that monstrosity in the fable trailer 😂

[@410MaXiMuS]

Homie didn’t even know about cephalopod mollusks. Pathetic.

[@Darkgun231]

Remember when the Pearl-clutchers got upset because of Tracer's butt? Or the times they got upset over Bayonetta and 2B? Just ignore it when anybody says anything about a game being over sexualized. Odds are they don't know what they're talking about.

[@nomercy8989]

I'm all for it. Bring back 2005!

[@burai647]

Im proud of my monkey brain and yes im in my 30s

[@Bairyhalls47]

Why do a lot of western men feel guilty for playing a game with attractive female characters?? Is it not natural and completely normal to want to have an attractive lead in the media that you consume? Why do you guys feel guilty and embarrassed for liking it? I really hate the fact that Luke points out that having an attractive female lead is the only downside of the game.