Digital Foundry : Tom Morgan investigates the Stellar Blade demo, which has now had an official release after earlier being published by mistake. Which mode is best?
Someone at Shift Up screwed up and accidentally released the Stellar Blade update intended for June 11 available temporarily.
Meet Eve and Tachy — this motion comic launches you into the heart-pounding world of Stellar Blade.
CG writes: The Stellar Blade PC demo dropped yesterday and here are two gameplay videos running at max settings in 4K using an RTX 4090. The gameplay feels polished but somewhat dated in our opinion (as are the UE4 visuals). The game seems like a cross between Bayonetta and a souls-like without the punishing deaths. However (and PS5 fans can attest), the fan-service is “refreshing” in a sea of Western developed titles shying away from sexualized lead characters. Bravo SHIFT-Up, take our money when the game releases June 11th.
They do look dated, though...
It's 4k, but everything looks like it's from last generation hardware. The problem isn't that this is dated, it's that we don't call it out for being dated in other major games.
In some ways I disagree about dated, as the modelling for objects, (not saying Eve herself), is done better than the highest end graphical games. I'm talking about examples like chairs and bottles and shops, etc. The aspect proportions in this game are way more accurate than any other game I've played.
@Christopher they absolutely are. Give me another game accurately size beer and wine bottles.
"Dated visuals? What in the hell?"
It´s powered by eleven years old tech. The rest self explanatory.
@Redgrave
"I suppose you'd be the one true expert on things powered by old tech, huh"
Yes
old tech doesn't matter, some older games look better than games made today. Examples, COD Advance Warfare, InFamous Second Son.
@yeastori
I`m gonna make it easier for you to understand.
By comparison, Clair Obscur, which is a *cheaper* ($50) AA UE5 powered game, will absolutely destroy some AAA UE4 powered games like Stellar Blade, Redfall or Lost Soul Aside ($60).
It is what it is.
The open world areas are alright and fairly intricate in their design. There are not that many athmospherical effects nor deptjh of field or other prost processing effects, however the game is fun. Imagine Devil May Cry in space with a decent upgrade system for moves and weapons. Some fights are a bit frustrating and need to be won following a certain strategy. Characters are alright, feel a bit stiff at times. The game is definitivellty worth a look. Played on PS5 basic and quite enjoyed it.
how are they dated, I played it on PS5, and it looks great, some of the textures are blurry but only close up
the character models are very good
FromSoftware games have dated graphics, but why do they get such high scores, they all look last gen and many several gens old
This website typically reviews P games or lewd gachas/mods. This particular review has to be a move made to garner traffic by speaking negatively about Stellar Blade while not being completely off brand from the usual fare.
I love the visuals and I think they look absolutely great. Games don't need GPU breaking lighting models in order to be fun.
That this game will sell very well !! Surprised by the demo and gameplay. Didn’t reinvent the wheel but very good to play
I agree that some of the surface textures could use an upgrade in quality...
On consoles at least, can we just put Unreal Engine 5 on hold til next gen, and just get more polished UE4 games like this and Lies of P? Cuz the UE5 games on console so far run like drunken potatoes. I personally can do without Nanite and such for the time being if it’s at the cost of performance. And I doubt I’m alone in that sentiment. People have been asking for better performance for 10 years, and there’s always gunna be some new graphical tech that eats up processing power. Pump the brakes, get the performance standard to 60, or hell at least an evenly pace 40 for those who can use it. Then start adding graphical features to the extent they don’t tank performance.
Three times the graphics modes as Hellblade and three times a much gameplay too.
A little dissapointed by the demo. It seems goof, but was hoping for something more in the vein of DMC, but it's more of a souls like. Feels like a game where you should be able to use longer combos. Hope the skilltree fixes this in a satisfying way.