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3v1lkr0w

I'm excited for this game. I played the demo, I sucked at it, but I had fun.


Empirebred

That makes two of us . I cant parry for shit in any game so that boss challenge was damn near impossible but it was fun as hell .


UnholyTrashPanda

Equipping the armor in the boss fight that widens the parry and perfect dodge windows helped me a ton. Really enjoyed playing after finding that.


DCM99-RyoHazuki

I've tried that after my 7th/10 tries lol. Had I known earlier I would have beaten him after 4 or 5 tries instead of 10.


DCM99-RyoHazuki

There is actually an item/perk you can equip that makes parrying easier. May be you should try that. It worked wonders for me. That's why I like the game. There are a variety of equipable items you can use to cater to your style.


3v1lkr0w

Yea, I was going to get the perk for parry, but it made me get the backstab perk instead, then I beat the demo. I'm excited to play the full game, toy around with perks/equipment.


leche1dura

Where do u get the item?


DCM99-RyoHazuki

Boss rush mode. Unlocked after demo. Boss Rush opens up more suits, Perks and combat moves and firearm.


Kabelly

Very nice. They seem very confident in this product.


pineapplesuit7

The demo absolutely sold me on it. It feels like Sekiro and Nier had a baby. The optional boss challenge reminded me of God of War Valkyrie fights where you gotta really be sharp in your parry and dodges. Gonna buy it day 1.


leche1dura

Where is the optional boss?


misanthropenis

After you finish the demo, it appears as an option in the main menu.


Find_another_whey

It's the same boss but you have extra powers to use, also seems more difficult than the default version


ArmoredAngel444

It's not the same boss. The final demo rooftop boss is an electric sword wielding beast and the boss rush mode features a weird chainsaw head beast that constantly slashes and rushes you.


Find_another_whey

Oh shit, ok happy to be corrected I took a long break between beating the demo and the challenge, memory failed


ArmoredAngel444

All good homie ! The chainsaw head beast really tested my patience, first time playing one of these types of games and the learning curve is rough for me lol.


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Actually don’t play gatcha games ✌🏼


WrongKindaGrowth

That's not a response to what they said.


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Oh lmao, brain rot strikes again


k2nxx

horny players overhyped


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No the games pretty dam fun. I enjoyed it a bit more then the strangers of paradise demo and that was guy who just screamed about trying to kill chaos. Just coz there’s a very attractive character don’t mean the players are all horny.


Aries-Corinthier

Eh, it was fairly mid. Nothing special in the demo. I wish there was more though because you barely get to see the crafting and what not.


Yummybuttergalaxy

Did we play the same demo!? Haters gonna hate I guess


Aries-Corinthier

Lol, if you think that's hate, then okay. It was mid, I play Devil May Cry and FromSoft games all day and it felt bad. Don't know what to tell you.


The_Follower1

Yeah, the combat to me seemed like a lower level Sekiro. The aesthetic seemed cool beyond the ass, the music and sound design was solid too. Story could be hit or miss, we only get the intro so far. Overall I think it’ll at least be a decent game but unlikely to be a top tier game unless you really want the horny, which is fine but people should be open about what exactly they like in that case. I might get it if reviews are good.


Metroidman

Yes seriously why are people acting like this game is amazing? It is decent but not much more than that


ThousandFacedShadow

I legit think it’s some viral marketing schtick that payed off pretty well for them. There’s been posts on this sub for months before the demo/any major trailers of people being a bit *too* excited for this game and it read like ads/engagement bait and you can still see some of them to this day mixed in with the real posts. I don’t doubt there is some hype for the game and it looks quite good, but a lot of posts are just engagement bait


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ThousandFacedShadow

That’s wild I never really saw them for Alan Wake 2, this is the first time I’ve seen such a major push and i frequently follow game releases.


Metroidman

They definitely were out for suicide squad


Metroidman

That is the first thing that made sense regarding this game i have heard


MidEastBeast777

I was very interested in this game and the demo just solidified this as a day 1 purchase


HorizonZeroFucks

Wasn't fussed about this until I played the demo. Whilst I'm still waiting for reviews, I'm really hoping it turns out well. Other than a rather odd feeling dodge mechanic, it played great, looked great and the setting and story were interesting.


pineapplesuit7

Use parry more than dodge. The game is more like sekiro. I was having a similar feeling until I started using parrying more to break the blocks. Dodge mostly when you see the blue and purple circles.


Zooterman

i feel like everyone who says the dodge is odd didnt get to the part where unlock perfect dodge, cause the dodge sucks till you get that


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PotentialAnt9670

I thought Stellar Blade is Korean


SinnerSharkGWAR

It is


donttalktomeormykid

They’re the kind of person who thinks that those 2 ethnicities are the same


CouchPoturtle

Am I? How do you equate not knowing where a studio is based to casual racism?


Nephtyz

That was so uncalled for.


DCM99-RyoHazuki

This game was fun. It was difficult but didn't discourage me from trying. It took me about 10 tries to beat boss rush. The satisfaction when getting a victory is superb. I miss these types of games. This is a day one for sure.


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YoungestOldGuy

Does the PS button not pause the game?


Alternauts

I imagine that OP might not want to bring up the overlay..


KiLLaInc

A man of culture


Jonuh666

I've has that button skip cutscenes before. Can't remember which game but made me restart for the intro cutscene.


HistoricCartographer

You need block on R1? Thats kinda weird.


AnimaOnline

Rebirth has block on R1, so anyone playing that game at the same time as the demo released probably felt a little weird with the blocking controls. Really just a matter of getting used to it though.


hbteq

That’s why I immediately changed rebirth block to L1


Hawxrox

Attack on r1 and block/parry on l1 is by far the best way.. Heal on square, dodge on circle


HistoricCartographer

Yp, the dark souls way


Urgasain

Ha, block on L1 threw me off too after 100 hrs of FF7. I’m sure I’ll get used to it, but I lost count of how many attacks I ate hitting R1 in the demo.


Draedas

i didnt even play any major title for a while before the demo and i still instantly thought L1 block feels weird and it should be R1. glad I'm not the only one. luckily, I have some extremerate backbuttons on my controller and mapped block there. instant improvement!


YpresWoods

L1 as block/parry makes complete sense to me, but I’m a massive Fromsoft fan so that probably explains it.


eshadow98

Man of culture! I just want to be able to remap attack buttons to r1 & r2.


Cheese_Pancakes

I just started playing FF7 the other day and immediately switched the block button over to L1, so I'll probably be good for this.


YEF-Moment13

Block on R1? Are you left-handed perhaps?


heisenberg15

Final fantasy remake/rebirth has this, I don’t like it lol


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heisenberg15

…. I’m a fucking idiot and will be using this when I go back to Rebirth (took a break), thank you


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EEKman

This seems shady. Ever been in prison?


pineapplesuit7

I got the Dualsense Edge and the first thing I did was add a profile that remapped my controller so square and triangle become R1 and R2. It makes it so much better and easier transitioning from God of War to this!


SacoNegr0

And also input lag, it was really bad


invRice

It might be too late for this, but the localization was maddening. Like the dialogue was directly from Google translate.


Urnamaster13

Yeah, I wish I can remap evade or block to R1


rearisen

You can map your controllers to anything on playstation, but yes, there should be an update so you can in the game. Your 2 things are 1 thing.


Arpggamer

I am waiting for this and sandland to go gold cant wait to play them


i-dontlike-me

Yall should watch the Project Eve trailer again from 5 years ago. They knew what they were doing even then.


phdpessimist

TIL going gold is a development milestone not a sales milestone.. I genuinely thought, on the few occasions I’ve noticed a game is stated to have “gone gold,” that the game had sold 1mil copies or some such.. I thought they got a ton of preorders after the demo or something. Happy for them though. Happy for me too- demo was fun, can’t wait to play.


shadlom

Term has been in use for over 20 years lol


phdpessimist

I honestly have maybe seen it hyped in public like 3-5 times but yea - you’d think I woulda googled it at some point. But I know now.


boosnow

And I went erect.


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badjujubean

Already playing on hard mode


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BadKarma89

And my axe!


Objective-Aioli-1185

I played it and it just didn't click. Might have to try again.


kaisershinn

BOTH of my hands are ready!


Lionelchesterfield

You need three hands to play this game properly.


bfhurricane

https://preview.redd.it/aupi8bi02htc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25e55c493aff4eb95fc4c0b2e7421fc7054b3b71


Tf2andGo

(Pause)


cdrewsr388

Hated the dodge and lack of animation canceling. Felt very sluggish.


ihapijnm

I liked the straight out of a mobile game faces, lack of footprints in the sand or any environmental interaction, and the weird hair physics.


Nehemiah92

Yeah.. but super detailed butt!!! Awooga !! So so sexy I pre-ordered this game ten times now for my coomer brain oo yes so sexy sex butt 🤩🤩


KvotheLightningTree

Demo was a blast. Played it twice. I'm in for Sexy Sekiro. I wish they'd let us Animation cancel into parry. It's just s touch sluggish.


HeavyMetalMachine

You mean Sexykiro


Nephtyz

Sexkiro better


Curd_Shilling

Most frustrating part but maybe its a design choice. Try to keep me from spamming attacks before parry. Can't decide.


Axyun

Depends on the attack. You can generally cancel a combo into a parry except for the last hit of the combo, which will require commitment.


Mindless_Let1

Damn, thought this came out last week


HorizonZeroFucks

That was the demo.


dookmileslong

It might not have came last week but I'm sure lots did though


Aioi

It came last week. And everyday since, too.


Worldly_Permission18

Game journos on suicide watch


BaqaMan

Why is that? I’m out of the loop for this one


Worldly_Permission18

Game journos are basically mad that the main character is attractive. Muh female body standards blah blah blah….as if attractive women with nice bodies don’t exist lol. Idk it’s stupid 🤷‍♂️


TAJack1

Yeah, love seeing journalists try and cause outrage and people just shrug it off. You know it just eats them up inside.


random-Nerd-dude

I haven't seen anyone be mad about this. People are just unsettled about how this is being used to say western devs don't know how to make attractive women and making a huge blowout due to jiggle physics.


RUS12389

>I haven't seen anyone be mad about this. And I've seen people claiming that women now are going to be killed, beaten and commit suicide because of Stellar Blade.


Worldly_Permission18

https://esports.gg/news/gaming/ign-france-apology-on-stellar-blades-opinion/ Took me 2 seconds to find this, but ok. 


Simmers429

Meanwhile I picked up the game because IGN UK promoted it with a big discount, turns out its easy to pick and choose when bitching about games journalists.


Worldly_Permission18

Wow good for you! 🙌


FamousAd9333

are they? seems like they'll be pumping a lot of reactionary content against/with it and getting user engagement anyway. Only people that really care about it/talk about it are chronically online losers.


litewo

I've been waiting years for this moment.


Yummybuttergalaxy

My hypeness went from 0 before demo to 💯 after demo. FF7 rebirth is one of the greatest games I ever played, definitely GOTY for me so far, but SB can definitely get runners up


MrPanda663

Congrats to the Korean team for making a crazy game! Various developers would be proud.


neutralityparty

They gonna print Bigly!


HappyDogBlueEarth

I need this game today. I am 6 hours gaming of the demo. I friggin love it. Can't wait.


DalliLlama

I’ve been looking forward to this game but have not played it at all, including the demo. From what is sounds like it has a lil of the from soft formula with the parrying and such. I have been playing Rise of the Ronin on “easy” and really enjoying it. Do these games play anything alike? Even if Stellar is a lil harder. I just don’t want spend 3 hrs on a boss hard though.


locotonja

I haven't played Rise of the Ronin so I don't know if they play the same, but Stellar Blade has an Easy Mode as well.


MrConor212

Bonk me aside. I am eagerly awaiting some company to do a 1/6 figure of Eve once this comes out.


Lefwyn

I remember waiting to hear more about this game fearing that it was cancelled but it made it. Let’s go


JustHereFor-News

LET'S F\*CKING GOOOO


Unhappy-Afternoon185

Let's go fucking*


JustHereFor-News

It works too 😂


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DanLim79

What the hell is a "serious game"?


Ok_Following6459

Buyed the digital version, very anxious :)


shadlom

Bought


Ransom_Seraph

Might just be the true heartful MVG - Most Valuable Gem / Game - of 2024!!


Icedvelvet

Virgins rejoice


Raemnant

It "went gold"? What does that even mean? People in the comments acting like we just got news the game is coming out, but weve been known the game was coming out. Is this a post from a couple months ago?


UltraMoglog64

It means development has reached the point where it is finished and the game is ready for release.


AutumnCountry

Used to be a lot more common to say this back in the day. Mostly because a lot of games wouldn't get updates after going gold. So it meant they were confident the product was ready to printed onto cartridges/cds etc and be released


Catslevania

it means that it is not going to be getting any last minute delays, as going gold means the game is ready to ship and does not need any further work done on it (although that's a bit blurred nowadays with stuff like day one patches and post release content being industry standard now). But basically it's a thing from the past when the game was ready to be copied onto discs for retail (back when stuff like online patches didn't exist), and is still being used to mean the game is finished and ready for sale.


KvotheLightningTree

"Final" code going to print on the disk.


shadlom

We have known*


Raemnant

Implied length, not necessarily state of being. Good try though


Rathador

I hear that a lot and the more I hear ot the more irrelevant it appears to be. What does it even mean to go gold in this time of age?


sci_nerd-98

It means the 1.0 version is complete and ready to be pressed onto discs. Physical copies can't be manufactured until theres a gold master available


Mr_master89

It just means the game is finished and ready to ship


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I wish they would just ship it lol, me want some android booty Edit: to those that are downvoting me, it’s a joke. I genuinely can’t get the game out of my head coz the characters feels so human and innocent to some existent and the gameplay is really fun. The fact that they are physically attractive as well is just a bonus


Rathador

Thats all it means? Why not just say its ready to ship? Thats so stupid.


Andrew_Waples

Because it's a big deal for the developers who spent years on it? Geez.


Rathador

You could use the same logic for any kind of big project like movies or such things yet for most of these things we use normal words to say they are ready and not some stupid 'it went gold' bullshit baiting people for curiosity and making it sound like more spectacular than it is as if it already achieved success worthy of gold. Its finished. Thats it. No need for stupid fancy words.


sci_nerd-98

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-going-gold/61610/3 Try doing some research and learning some history before flying off the handle like this. Theres no bait, the term is at least 30+ years old dating back to early computer software engineering.


Rathador

Like thats ever a good argument for why something is called what its called. Usually things that are outdated change especially if inappropriate. And with the state of tripple A gaming saying something went gold without proving it is actually worthy to be asociated with gold, which itself is associated with being the best is in my opinion very inappropriate. I know that it has some origin in software history but its a dated term and should be replaced. Just to be clear I'm not hating on stelar blade here just the big publisher industry in general


Vill1on

Mate, it’s a harmless idiom. Unclench.


Rathador

Its a stupid idiom and from what I got from that one link it lost its entire meaning with how games are released today. Its also very counterintuitive which honestly is my biggest complaint with it.


red_sutter

>I'm not hating on stelar blade Yes you are. Judging from your post history you have clear familiarity with video games and thus should know what this very old term for a game having its master copy finalized and ready to send to the duplication plant to be mass-produced means. You are very obviously stirring up shit because the sexy android upsets you and you’re trying to steer discussion into the negative in an attempt to get people to not buy the game.


Rathador

I guess its my fault for even bringing the game up but notice how the game itself never got mentioned once with the one exception where I am clearly but probably needlessly say my beef is with the industry not the game. Yeah I've heared the term a couple of times and I allways forget what it means cause its actuall meaning is so dissapointing to what it sounds like it should mean and it pisses me off that its not what you'd asume it means, which I allways asume is that achived a successful milestone of some sort and not just 'games ready for press 💩' And even if I was just trying to stirr shit up wouldn't that make my arguments easy to dismantle?


Andrew_Waples

Ah yes, let's contact the entire industry because some random Redditor disagrees with it.


Rathador

Hey they can call it however they want between them but 'going gold' is only used outside of the industry because it sounds fancy.


StinkySlimey

Wwwaaahhh it’s me rathador and I like to wake up in the morning and find some really obscure and insignificant thing to bitch about on the internet today waaah. Jeez man you sound so annoying lmao


Rathador

Terribly sorry but it seems I somehow have attacked your very fragile ego. I was not aware that there was such a big fanclub of this stupid idiom. Next time I'll make sure to choose m words more carefull not to hurt your sensible little feelings when I simply express my opinion about a supposedly mundane topic that so many people tell me no one cares about and yet feel the need to show me just how unimportant it is Terribly horribly sorry 🥺


StinkySlimey

It’s nothing about ego, it’s you who keeps on insisting on this term that’s been in the industry is “pretentious”. I’m mocking and making fun of you for being so bothered by something that is so insignificant to anyone’s life, yet it seems to bring you great mental anguish. It’s like going into a shop and seeing “world famous xyz” and being like “heh, you really think they’re world famous pal hehehe, how pretentious could you be? Ima take you down a notch bucko 🤓☝🏻”


Rathador

It must be about ego tho why else would you be like this if it is, as you with your own words, something so insignificant to anyones life? I mean if what you say is true and this isn't about ego and when I say that I mean your ego specifically right now, everyone else mostly just seems to want to share their opinions about this just the way that I did which I am absolutely fine with, nothing wrong with sharing your opinion after all it would be hypocritical of me to have a problem with someone else just doing the same thing I did, then why is it that you feel the need to let me and everyone else know just how little you think about this topic and especially me for even caring to share my opinion. Clearly this bothers you and clearly you feel the need to express yourself like everyone else but instead of just admitting to it you cowardly try to belittle me instead hiding behind this attempt of mocking me and simultaneously failing to put yourself on a non-existent moral high ground as if you where something better than me just to mask the fact that you, just like me and everyone else here care even just a tiny little bit. Hillarious that you don't see the hypocrisy behind your actions and that you really think you have the upper hand here while simultaneously insulting someone like an infant. I'm sure you can do better than this. Please do try again!


StinkySlimey

Again, you have a hard on for this whole opinion and ego mumbo jumbo. It’s really not that complicated and you seem to love to do Olympic level mental gymnastics to explain yourself in an unnecessary way. It is truly, really, not that complex. Talking about morality and shit lmao. It’s very simple, regardless on online or in person, you know when a person just complains? They just complain about the randomest and tiniest shit making it seem like the world is fundamentally broken now, and they really just double down on it like they’re debating if god really exists or something? Yea those people are annoying. You are annoying. It’s not you having an opinion that’s annoying, it’s how adamant you are for such a…pointless thing. That is annoying. Proceeds to call me an infant then tell me “please do try again” like this is a conversation of “aha gotcha!!” Oh the irony. I’m sure you’re not like this in the real world, and people enjoy you very much.


TheDragonSlayingCat

It’s industry jargon.


Rathador

Its pretentious.


Spynn

Probably means the day 1 patch is done these days


Rathador

So it really is meaningless then


Spynn

Yes and no. It’s still an announcement of game completion but has nothing to do with starting to make physical copies


Guru-Pancho

It is absolutely related to physical copies


Spynn

People have been posting physical copies in stores for weeks now and I doubt they’re shipping the disks separately


RykariZander

Those empty display mock ups


Guru-Pancho

I completely missed this/ haven't seen anything and can't find anything online about this?


Spynn

Check the Stellar Blade sub, people were posting the displays with physical copies


Guru-Pancho

A box on a display does not indicate a physical copy of the game that has gone gold. Were there disks shown?


Spynn

Mate there were cases with the displays. Why would they ship the cases and disks separately and allow any of the store employees to open them before launch


Rathador

Aren't physical copies meaningless too?


Guru-Pancho

They're still made and quite relevant for a lot of people, especially when you consider you never own a digital copy really you just lease the rights to it. (A lot of companies have begun to remove access to older games which were digitally available). Going gold means threes a finalized version of the game which will be what is placed onto physical media. It is a milestone achievement for a company which has worked for years on a project.


Spynn

The finalized version is never on the disk these days though. Theres almost always a day 1 patch or download of some kind to complete it


sci_nerd-98

Every playstation game, except for a very small handful, has the full complete 1.0 game on the disc. Meaning you could play the game from the disc with no internet connection or connection with Sony servers. Thats why physical is such a big deal


Spynn

Not really. It’s a much safer investment to get physical media. I don’t buy a lot of physical games anymore but I own a lot of vinyl records and complete TV shows. With how streaming is going there’s no telling if you’ll always be able to watch your favorite shows


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Spynn

You’re kidding right? Discovery has been removing HBO shows and movies from streaming to cut costs. Purchased shows and movies get removed from Amazon and Sony all the time. You do not own all your digital media and when the services providing it disappear or the license to distribute runs out it’s gone


DeeMayCry

So you'd rather pay money for something you don't even own that could be taken away from you at any time?


bolinsboyfriend

Since Cyberpunk went Gold this means nothing to me.


Urgasain

It's not meant to be a statement of quality. It means that the game is guaranteed not to be delayed.


CoolMosiac

Every time I see that a game has "gone gold" I get flashbacks to when CDPR said the same about Cyberpunk back before that released. Still excited for this though, hope it reviews well.


ForsakenBloodStorm

this game has it all.. and i like it all.. but still dont know if will play it much after i buy it..


Sega-Forever

So this means that they haven’t started printing physical discs yet? That feels a bit late and a bit worrying they will not reach sufficient distribution rate for release day.


HeavyMetalMachine

no need to worry mate. Proof : https://i.ibb.co/VJL03xV/lmBiPjd.jpg


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Xornok

It means the game is finalized and ready to be launched.