Why Stellar Blade is GOTY Contender! A REVIEW After 100%

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@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

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@Alexej-h5y Ай бұрын

stellar blade will never be a game of the year because it was deleted from the game of the year list. But for me personally stellar blade is a game of the year.The music of the game stellar blade is beautiful

@WheeledHamster Ай бұрын

Mediocre trash.

@groovyjay8452 Ай бұрын

definitely a highlight from this year of gaming. Amazing OST

@HuntSov Ай бұрын

Shift Up has so much potential to be the next big studio. From having a strong mobile game with Nikke, to this amazing console/upcoming PC game, they've done great. Beautiful music, visuals, and character design being their strong suit makes their products stand out.

@Vynne96-jg7er Ай бұрын

@@HuntSov Both Shift Up and Game Science studios

@Kumire_921 Ай бұрын

I kinda dislike Nikke for the pretentious cheap fanservice but if Stellar Blade is their quality for single player games i definitely want to support them

@Vynne96-jg7er Ай бұрын

@@Kumire_921 There's no such thing as "cheap fanservice".

@Kumire_921 Ай бұрын

@Vynne96-jg7er if you say so

@TakiGamesOfficial Ай бұрын

@@Kumire_921 The Nikke fanservice is pretty weak actually. It’s very surface level compared to something like Brown Dust 2 or Snowbreak. But they make up for it by having deep lore and meaningful stories that are guaranteed to make you cry. With what little they’re working with they put together an amazing experience through sheer narrative and music. People judge Nikke by its cover without knowing a single thing about it. I would say give it a chance at least finish chapter 0. But if you’re anti gacha in general I understand.

@Chihaya13 Ай бұрын

It’s been so long since I could say I beat a game multiple times and with stellar blade I played through it 4 times and I plan on playing it again once we get the update and DLC. The most fun I had this year was Stellar Blade and Metaphor refantazio. Soon black myth wukong will be added to that list when I get my physical copy in a few weeks. Also I bought a Japanese disc of stellar blade and played through it in Korean twice, Japanese and English. Thank you shift up for making such a great escape for me.

@Vindicative1 Ай бұрын

I've completed this game 2x and the game just hits diff. I was expecting it to feel like Nier:Automata but I was surprised that it had it's own feels. Also, I love the combat so much and my favorite boss was of course Raven that I spent hours trying to no hit her in hard mode which felt truly awesome.

@frozone-yeah Ай бұрын

Awesome review Noony, I agree with everything you mention, both the high praise and the criticisms. It’s why Black Myth Wukong is still my game of the year but Stellar Blade is still top five for me this year.

@Mr_FlexAlot Ай бұрын

Fire review Homeless. I cant wait to play this. I'll be using discount code in the future for sure.

@TakiGamesOfficial Ай бұрын

Nice review and I fully agree with everything here! Personally my GOTY. The combat is so dynamic with so many ways to avoid damage and punish the enemy. I appreciate the different combo strings you can do, something Wukong was lacking. The OST is phenomenal. Eve and her 80+ outfits make the game feel fresh and new every time you change into a different one. I also disliked sand, minigames, and platforming. Story was ok; I had extremely high expectations considering their other game Nikke has literally the best story I’ve ever seen in a game. I haven’t teared up to a game story so much, maybe the only one that comes close is TLOU1 back in the day. Nikke also has a very similar if not better OST if you want more music like Stellar Blade.

@dennisbergen9892 Ай бұрын

I have over 500 hours in this game. Waiting for the Nier Automata dlc to drop this week for another couple of playthroughs.

@Kumire_921 Ай бұрын

Why 500 hours? Is the replayability really so high? Getting this next week so it'd be nice if that's the case

@geopoliticalnutz7350 Ай бұрын

500 hours ?! That's insane. But I understand it, I was on my 5th playthrough myself before the Nier announcement dropped. Will be waiting for that before continuing.

@Zzues Ай бұрын

Loved Stellar Blade so much and not just for the T&A, but of course as a non-ashamed straight man, I did not mind at all.

@techfly3 Ай бұрын

I like Stellar Blade, and I think it has set up a good framework for Stellar Blade 2, but I hope they learn from other games like Final Fantasy 7 remake and Rebirth and games like Darksiders and work on the character building. I also would not mind a harder difficulty, something like give me god of War from god of War 4. They could also have more developed maps like Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West to give variety, like Final Fantasy remake and Rebirth. Overall i like Stellar Blade and would highly recommend it, seeing all the potential it has

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Appreciate all the comments whether you agree with me or not on it being a contender or because you think it is/not GOTY. These will be subjective at the end of the day. I look forward to the dlc and future of Stellar Blade.

@BlackFox5 Ай бұрын

Oh, but the full Ost is out for purchase. I've bought the Ost in FLAC format last month. It has 189 soundtracks in total. Was very much worth it for me. I've bought it in Qobuz, in case you wanna know. Good video and review btw.

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Appreciate it! Yeah, it took a minute before the OST was release, but glad it's finally out. I've been playing it nonstop. Any favorite tracks?

@BlackFox5 Ай бұрын

@@HomelessGurl Yep, some favorites are: Escape! Everglow Maelstrom, Eidos IX, Raphael Space Center (all of it), Hypertube, and some end credit songs. Heck, 99% of the soundtracks are all good.

@davestationuk7374 Ай бұрын

Soundtrack is on par with “AC6 fires of rubicon” it marries with the gameplay perfectly and you can tell it was an important part of the game design

@ZonaiHero-ul5nm Ай бұрын

5:03 Oh if you want some more context for the relationship between the two I believe that there is an official e-comic which goes into more depth.

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Yeah, I was aware and read the comic, but I was hoping for actual missions / story related stuff ingame.

@L0n3W0lfBl4ck Ай бұрын

If you have a 120 hrtz screen there is also a balanced mode which was awesome

@LamiaLover Ай бұрын

I'd also say that it sets a pretty high bar for future hack and slash games.. a bar I wish to hit myself.

@DannyG2550 Ай бұрын

Stellar blade is definitely my game of the year. Anybody avoiding this game because they don't play "gooner bait" are kinda just doin themselves a huge disservice.

@jagx82 Ай бұрын

Great video. Just an update to add..The full audio soundtrack is out. I listen to it on Apple Music.

@DaniLovesArtXD Ай бұрын

SB won GOTY in our hearts!

@adamsvantagepoint8405 Ай бұрын

Really solid review. Great work. 😊

@kkbaby30 Ай бұрын

SB and BMW for me. I liked SB a little bit more because of the gameplay variety and I ended up caring about the characters more, but wow, what a great year for me as a lover of single-player, action/adventure RPGs the most and these two more than deliver.

@WilCin Ай бұрын

Great game, really enjoyed the music as well👍

@AegisKHAOS Ай бұрын

Great Desert Reboot Type A is the only reason why I tolerate playing in the Great Desert to the point I almost never want to fast travel. Other than that, the Great Desert and Wasteland are not all that fun to play in, especially after the brilliance that was Eidos 7. Also agree, the platforming is frustrating. Sure, you can play the game enough to figure out how to get around the touchiness, but it was still annoying. As for the game itself, however, beautiful game, far better than supposed seasoned AAA companies have given us. Combat definitely feels fluid, especially once you open more of your skills. I appreciate how the game incentivizes you to get good at perfect dodges and parries through beta and burst moves, and as such, I did end up improving enough to complete the three times and beat Raven on hard mode. I feel you on those puzzle minigames to open the chests, especially when out of order, but I was still able to open them pre-patch simply by being steady as opposed to rushing them. At that point, once I saw how much slower the timer was after the patch, I now completely quit out the puzzle and start over. Anyways, I like how those minigames in general break the monotony the way old school games used to do. Music is absolutely amazing. The OST finally being released was also worth the wait, allowing me to listen to tracks without the noticeable edits other channels tried to do. Like I said, Great Desert Reboot Type A was the reason why I tolerate the Great Desert itself, because it was THAT good. Hypertube and Belial still remain my most obessessed themes. Thank you for your review. I can't say it deserves being GOTY, but I think it deserves gamers' attention at the very least.

@tonysanders1299 Ай бұрын

One Of The Greatest Games I Ever Platinum. Can't Wait To Get The PC's Version Next Year

@sodathejunker Ай бұрын

Love it. This game is pretty incredible on that first run through, but boy when you immerse yourself and get that full 100% Beyond just Platinum experience… it’s really something special. Best time I’ve had 100% completing a game since Devil May Cry 5. Btw Full OST is out now.

@sodathejunker Ай бұрын

Also random tidbit: Anyone who wasn’t in love with the English dub but doesn’t necessarily speak Korean might want to give the French dub a shot. It was actually quite enjoyable, and the upcoming update will actually be introducing a ton of new dubs as well to choose from.

@shikihayate Ай бұрын

I dont think Stellar blade gonna win GOTY, but I really want more games like this, this bring me back to golden era gaming

@michaelharrington5860 Ай бұрын

My favorite game since Elden Ring. The game absolutely slaps

@FireBomberBassist Ай бұрын

I loved the game. I think the music really did it for me.

@MikeTheGreek Ай бұрын

You should have had reviewed this having over 355 hours like i have currently. 7 playthroughs which all of them are 100% NG+. But to each their own.

@RobK-rl6sn Ай бұрын

Your title should be why stellar blade is game of the year. The first descendant should be right there with it.

@bald_phoenix Ай бұрын

I am shocked that this isn't a game of the year contender because it just is. By far the most enjoyable game I have played in a long long time.

@johnmun7100 Ай бұрын

I've never played 80 hours including totk, botw, metroid anything. They know how to make games. Keep them coming ShiftUP!

@JeannieLove Ай бұрын

I just started a couple weekends ago and Loving it so far. I stopped to wait for the Nier DLC..

@jayjaysheroah2485 Ай бұрын

Whats the theme at the start of the video btw

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Everglow from the OST

@redshark7839 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your review.

@Kumire_921 Ай бұрын

I feel bad for having this game in my backlog for so long, the Nier dlc is what's finally making me buy it lol

@alexkogan9755 Ай бұрын

I feel like the combat is much closer to what I wanted more out of Nier Automata (although I’m not happy about the lack of weapon variety and I wish hack and slash games stopped lazily skipping out on that). The over reliance on the desert is also a problem I had in Nier funny enough, I was so tired of constantly going back through there.

@SavagexRaccoon Ай бұрын

Stellar BBLade might have been snubbed for goty but itll be goty in my book also that nier dlc might have me do another play through 😹

@clintk4691 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to the pc port so I can check this out. Haven't found a good new game I enjoy since about 2017.

@sorakekevii Ай бұрын

when the NieR DLC drops on Wednesday, im gonna replay the game again :D

@Zetler Ай бұрын

The demo kicked my ass, I wish the gameplay is just slightly more forgiving. I suck at counter centric games like Lies of Pi.

@JVision1 Ай бұрын

@@Zetler Lies of P

@TakiGamesOfficial Ай бұрын

Don’t counter then, but you’ll have to rely on perfect dodges. If you have enough energy you can even follow up with dodge counters that can cut the enemy’s combo short. You can do it to the point where you won’t even see a big chunk of the boss moveset.

@meliotdas Ай бұрын

You mean Game of the Year

@NandeskaGaming Ай бұрын

By far the best game of the past two years in my opinion

@Red_coffeebean Ай бұрын

For me stellar blade is my game of the year I liked black myth wu Kong but I prefer stellar blade but I don’t think it will get game of the year I would like it to win best music but I feel like people are going to chose metaphor which saddens me. I also hate that this game has a stigma of being a goon game which if you want it to be you can with some of the outfits but it’s more then that I focuses more in the combat and pretty outfits I could unlock. I would wish that people would give the game a try and see it more then what the media portrayed it as a really fun game to play I’ve played it 3 times to get the platinum and planed to play it agin for the Nier collaboration.

@jorgealonso9792 Ай бұрын

I can't believe this masterpiece is not nominated for Goty best game the whole gen for me and my favorite platinum trophy yet! I knew it was not going to win but damn not even nominated!

@gutz4garterz735 Ай бұрын

This is GOTY nothing else comes close ...

@romance3214 Ай бұрын

The true heart of gamers, GOTY

@GRiznitDShiznit Ай бұрын

Beat this game a couple weeks ago and it was indeed a banger! Got the secret/true ending. A breath of fresh air in a market full of constant rip offs and disappointments.

@lockdown7498 Ай бұрын

They really put a mobile game that like nobody has even heard of as a nominee for goty instead of stellar blade. They’re obviously doing that on purpose because they don’t like stellar blade while the people that actually play games love it

@Andrew-fq7pu Ай бұрын

Those randomised pattern chests made me accept my 55 year old brain is now an old man brain. I never got a single one first try, it always took me two tries. It's like I had to turn a switch in my brain to do it, but the switch turns too slow once the pattern starts, but try 2 was always fine. This should have been an easy contender for GOTY, but the intransigence of emotionally lobotomised ideologues has polluted and corrupted the awards.

@djbigq1 Ай бұрын

Tell me this what game out didnt have repetitive mobs or stages you hate? Thats gaming peeps unless you want a game over 200 to 300 GB's of space requirements.

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Lies of P had great enemy variety and environments.

@neightlev1491 Ай бұрын

Definitely goty material

@AlexanderTripiten Ай бұрын

While woke existing this game will be GOTY only in our minds

@VTWitch90 Ай бұрын

@@AlexanderTripiten I know more “woke” people played and loved this game than angry grifter incels lmao

@mrX666-s9p Ай бұрын

@@VTWitch90 Rainbow Mafia = Mental Illness

@gregpeacock5497 Ай бұрын

@@VTWitch90 Unfortunately the "official" game awards are not decided by gamers. Instead it's the "journalists" who get to choose, and most of them had hissy fits over how Eve looked.

@Kumire_921 Ай бұрын

GOTY contenders are hardly woke this year though.. Stellar blade, Wukong, Metaphor, Space Marine 2, FF7 etc

@VTWitch90 Ай бұрын

@ Metaphor is completely woke what are you talking about? Lol

@Demsky83 Ай бұрын

1:26 I did the same

@kfitz387 Ай бұрын

Yes. Somebody who gets it

@wolverinescratch Ай бұрын

I'm rushing through for the bad ending

@1blktalon Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. The only part of the game I didn’t like is the fishing. So I think I will skip it when I return to the game.

@claudijatzandrapova3347 Ай бұрын

@@1blktalon if you want Ocean Maid, you have to fish. You do know in the Settings> Accessibility is an option to literally make the fishing minigame far easier right?

@1blktalon Ай бұрын

@@claudijatzandrapova3347 Thanks for the reply, I do know fishing has its rewards. Can you return to fish or is there a point of no return in the game?

@claudijatzandrapova3347 Ай бұрын

@ there are two places that lock us out; first one is Spire 4/ Eidos 9. Once you start, you’re locked in until your battle with the Unnamed Naytiba. Once completed, sidequests are disabled as you can no longer enter Xion- you can, however: still travel to any area in the game to fish. Lily will fly you out to Eidos 7, Matrix 11 and so on and you can still use the phone booth to access The Wasteland from Xion. Once you begin The Nest and arrive in The Great Desert past the red wall that has an invisible wall- that is the true lockdown and you must now complete the game, start NG+ and complete Eidos 7 to return to Xion again. You are most welcome and sorry if my initial reply came across wrong.

@krivejkrivex8690 Ай бұрын

Yeah shame it can't be because some woke people 😢😢😢

@YesButNo06 Ай бұрын

I think rebirth or wukong is more likely to get goty

@MrHeroic666 Ай бұрын

my GOTY

@phant0mdummy Ай бұрын

Its a UE4 game.

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

yup, it's in the description, error on my part :)

@SomnusShinra Ай бұрын

Stellar Blade >>> Wukong

@daryenperez5526 Ай бұрын

100% agree

@ErrorEmpirE Ай бұрын

Sadly, noms are out… and SB got like two nods, music and action.

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

Yeah, I seen that earlier. 😭 Personally I think SB should of been up there, but it is what it is for GOTY.

@outrightflame4280 Ай бұрын

@@ErrorEmpirE so dumb game awards is a complete joke 😑

@ErrorEmpirE Ай бұрын

@ most awards honestly are, but the game awards maybe more so. I can’t help but feel the empty controversy that swirled this game, is the reason it didn’t get much attention. Soooo many people have had such a good time with this game, it is soaked in passion, and from a developer taking a big step up… that’s a title that deserves if not the win, at least nominations.

@John_Wick546 Ай бұрын

Starting to sound like Anakin Skywalker with all this sand hate. 😂

@HomelessGurl Ай бұрын

😭😂

@jayjaysheroah2485 Ай бұрын

It wont be because Elden ring is gonna get it again

@fortex900 Ай бұрын

Tbh i know the game would get nominated but it wouldn't win after i saw wukong

@kzxjone Ай бұрын

This game is just a backlog game, could never be a goty main game. Sorry bud, the only reason I have eyes on it now is cus of the upcoming nier automata dlc

@WheeledHamster Ай бұрын

Game is just fan service slop, it's mediocre AF, the world is boring, the quest are boring, the NPCs, the dialogues, even the 3 main characters are basically generic robots with zero personality.

@jonathanpretty5031 Ай бұрын

This game will never win the game of the year. Not because it's a bad game, oh no. This game is awesome! It's because of the woke mind virus

@NemiMontoya Ай бұрын

I think Stellar Blade deserve a GOTY nominee, I had lots of fun playing this game. Though it was a great game with a fun combat, it looks amazing and has some great music, it was missing some of the things I like most in the games I play. Like a varied world and good character building, and most of all a great story. If different outfits are something you really enjoy in a game then this is definitely the best game in that regard. Personally I tend to forget about the outfits and leave the charaters in their original outfit. The only time I care about outfit is when the outfit gives different stats. If Shift Up keeps this up maybe they will win GOTY one day.