Stellar Blade review - Near Automata
Review info Platform reviewed: PS5 Available on: PS5 Release date: April 26, 2024 Stellar Blade is an immensely impressive game that presents slick, sublimely animated combat, jaw-dropping environmental design, and one of the best soundtracks I’ve heard in years. Despite some irksome omissions, occasionally abstract quest design and wonky platforming sections, it’ll undoubtedly be a game-of-the-year contender for many. If you have a PlayStation 5 , then Stellar Blade is an essential play. This PS5-exclusive action game comes courtesy of Shift Up, a relatively new Korean developer. The team was previously responsible for the hugely popular mobile game Goddess of Victory: Nikke and consists of staff that worked on MMO Blade & Soul. There’s some serious talent at the studio, then, and that really shows with its first AAA console endeavor. Parasite EVE (Image credit: Sony / Shift Up) In Stellar Blade, you play as EVE, an ‘angel’ (read: elite comba...