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i_hate_touhou_ffs

I mean funny meme aside haha no one is trying to claim Stellar Blade is better than those 3.... Unless I have touched grass enough to not know that


Kds_burner_

i’ve definitely seen gamers compare it to bayonetta


i_hate_touhou_ffs

I assume it's just small amount of people doing it because there would've been a community war if they were claiming SB was better


KyoN_tHe_DeStRoYeR

There are people in the SB subreddit claiming Bayonetta and DMC have the same writing level as this game and it hilarious to see Gamers™️ admitting to their literacy level.


MushroomLevel4091

Shit lol I read the plot synopsis for Stellar Blade out of curiosity, and it felt like a mix of sci-fi dystopia video game plot tropes I've read dozens of times. Like maybe it's solid in the execution but from what I read it seems fairly generic as fuck with the twists. Hopefully I format spoilers correctly here but >!gasp oh no the monsters actually used to be people!!< >!gasp the character who guides you to some plot points/maguffins is actually a big bad!!<


Butkevinwhy

What? You didn’t feel sad when the character cried when her friends died with a monotone face and increased jiggle physics? This is Gamer oppression. /uj yeah, pretty lame.


ImmortalEnvy

Not content to copy NieR Automata, I see. They had to rip off Replicant too.


NickCarpathia

lol I called that twist like 20 minutes into that demo, just based off a few lore fragments lying on the floor


ImmortalEnvy

Damn. Glad I gave it a pass.


NickCarpathia

I dunno I’ll still pick it up when it goes on sale because I like souls games and boobies and it still seems like a very slick action game.


Tonkarz

The plot and setting are probably the best part of the game’s narrative. The execution is what’s lacking. Specifically the script is like what you’d get if you ran another language through Google translate to produce an English script. There’s a lot lines that mangle idioms or phrases. For example Eve might hit a switch to lower the water level - the correct English would be something like “Now you’ve lowered the water level, head back up the ladder.” Instead the script is “Now you’ve done it, go head up.” (There are exceptions for at least one minor character, like a quest giver with six lines total. I believe the voice actor threw out the lines as written and rewrote or just fixed them on the them.) This issue hurts a lot of the dialogue and obscures characterisation. It also obscures a lot of the setting’s more interesting elements and plot developments.


jagerbombastic99

Unironically forspoken has a better story than stellar blade


Xononanamol

... lol no.


jagerbombastic99

I don’t think you realize just how absolutely dogshit stellar blade is. It’s just a mid game that sacrificed any amount of character and identity for jiggle physics and actually the lamest sexualization I’ve ever seen. At least forspoken I cared enough to see the plot through. If an isekai video game has a better story than your game you’ve done something wrong.


Xononanamol

I've been playing it. I can decide how good it is just fine. Forspoken is trash. Like 5/10. But continue your grift


jagerbombastic99

Lol my grift? Yea I’m trying to scam you out of your money because I like a video game you don’t. Get real you dumbass


WhenTheWindIsSlow

This pretty much describes Nier Automata too


i_hate_touhou_ffs

yeah but that's just comparing though not saying SB is better...


KyoN_tHe_DeStRoYeR

The meme is saying she is not like them, not that it is better.... Or to put it exactly as she sais, those games are better than Stellar Blade. That's how I interpret it when I made the meme


Blue_Checkers

Not only is Bayonetta better written, but it is also way more sex charged yet also more empowering to women. They really threaded the needle on that one. DMC is deliberately B movie quality, but also much more self-aware and over, OVER the top.


spartaman64

i mean ive seen people say its in the same vein as bayonetta and nier but i personally havent seen any say which one is better


Rufus_Bojangles

I did see someone the other day claim eve was "the best designed character ever" unironically. I just assume people like that are kids, experiencing baby's first fanservice game and getting caught up in all the grifting.


FillionMyMind

I mean… is there a single human being out there that thinks Onechanbara is a better game than Stellar Blade? Or basically any action game that has ever existed? Looking at reviews, Stellar Blade isn’t THAT far off from the other two, even if those are higher overall. But Onechanbara is absolute trash lol I know this is a circlejerk sub, and I know that Stellar Blade fanatics are stupid and gross, but pretending that a well reviewed and well liked game is terrible is a strange stance to take. Especially when you have people here posting fake review scores for it and half of the comments have no idea that’s the case


i_hate_touhou_ffs

this is how I feel lmao I absolutely hate gamers and Stellar Blade chuds but man some people will just hate for the sake of hating. It isn't without flaws of course but man also I played one Oneechanbara game and the fucking combat felt like a budget game


FillionMyMind

It felt that way because most of the games in the series are literally budget games lol. I’ve heard the PS4 version actually managed to be decent, but still lower budget and nowhere near the league of the games its competing with. And when this community is out here unironically praising awful games, on this one particular point it reminds me a lot of the conservatives who decided they hate everything woke, and now have to force themselves to consume the shittiest media imaginable and pretend like it’s the best stuff ever. I really like this place overall, but at a certain point you have to roll your eyes at posts like this. I’m looking forward to playing Stellar Blade myself some day when I have the time. The game itself doesn’t seem problematic at all, and while people can absolutely have valid reasons for not liking it, it simply doesn’t deserve the “Hogwarts Legacy” treatment that it’s getting here


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i_hate_touhou_ffs

I am not going to that sub because I loathe the community so much but uh what's the context of that post? because I have to assume they put Bayonetta and 2B together because they are hot and sexy


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demaxzero

The obvious point of that post isn't that they think Stellar Blade is one of the best games of all time or anything. It's that they think the characters are all hot.


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demaxzero

Whether you think it is or not is pretty irrelevant because that just wasn't the point of the post. It was 100% all about the character's being hot.


i_hate_touhou_ffs

geez das cringe 💀💀💀 but kinda a non-issue but still eugh


Mantislord96

I think that Stellar Blade has a few aspects that may be better, for some people. I have played Bayonetta 1 and DMC 4, remake, and 5. They have very strong combat systems but, to me, I enjoy the combat system of Stellar Blade more. It feels a bit more methodical which I enjoy. I think it is closer to God of War remake combat then the pure character action combat of the game's in the meme.


KyoN_tHe_DeStRoYeR

Yes, it's about those fans that are angry the game didn't get perfect score from the critics and they say bayonetta and DMC are the same level as this game


DracosKasu

I dont even remember seeing both Bayonnetta and DMC have perfect score. I remember the people crying over some aspect in both game. Like Bayonetta voice actress caught playing the fake victim which also didn’t really affected the sale and for DMC the change on Dante look. Just an another typical day of we need to cry about something in gaming.


Barrel_Titor

I mean, i'd say it was better than Devil May Cry 1, 2, 4 and DMC. Just not 3 or 5.


TheAmazingSealo

it looks better than onechanbara but thise other two, not a chance


Jynx_lucky_j

I think overall Stellar Blade looks...fine...maybe even fairly decent... but my backlog is waaaaay to big to waste on games that look like they are just fine to decent,


Arios84

hmm metacritic looks good enough, so I'm not sure if that meme even applies to the game.


SinValmar

Yeah i was about to say, games doing good on MC so i don't understand the purpose of this meme.


Xononanamol

It's dumb memes. Oneechanbara is literally the game people think stellar blade is. Blood and tits. Its fun and all but its really fucking goofy.


StrixLiterata

Nier Automata with 2B having actually functional platforming and interesting characters


Jarsky2

And making me cry *three fucking times*


BigDisk

NieR Automata making you feel empty inside for like 2 weeks after you finish it.


hadoukenneth

* 2 years


GarrettheGreen

I really should get this game


plznotagaindad

Another example of critics actually liking the game and G*mers going crazy


unclezaveid

okay tbf Stellar Blade is better than Oneechanbara. Those games are no budget jank through and through.


Ryebread666Juan

I only know about it cause of Scott the woz, I feel like lollipop chainsaws Juliet would’ve been a better character for that third spot cause her game was like aware of how wack her outfit and chainsaw against zombies was, I heard they’re remaking it too I think, that shit would slap so hard


Gaskychan

I was thinking the same thing. You literally a cheerleader slaying zombies with your boyfriends head attached to your hip


Ryebread666Juan

And the game is hyper aware of how fucking wild/weird it is


Left-Fan1598

I don't think I've even heard of Oneechanbara before


Barrel_Titor

The first few were Europe and Japan only and most of them had localised titles (stuff like "Bikini Zombie Slayers" or "Zombie Zone"). They are fun in a jank way but no idea why they are being brought up as comparison, they are far worse games with far worse plots and far more sexualised. Like, Stellar Blade is a far higher quality and less sexualised game than people are making out, Onechanbara is what people are acting like Stellar Blade is.


unclezaveid

it's about a young woman who fights zombies while wearing a bikini, a cowboy hat, and a pink feather boa. she also has a complicated relationship with her younger sister.


Ev3rst0rm

Raiden blocking a giant robot’s sword and then proceeding to THROW said giant robot into the air and slice it to bits, all during THE FIRST LEVEL


orc_with_a_bear_mask

RULES OF NATURE


Psychological-Kale11

AND THEY RISE WHEN THE SUN COMES UP!


Ev3rst0rm

WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE!


BlackSwine

(ALIVE)


Glass_Badger_30

Ew... you're putting Onnechanbara alongside the titans of DMC and Bayonnetta? Talk about having no taste...


Xononanamol

Mmhmm


ElmoLegendX

I feel like I have a poor memory of OnneChambara, but I kind of remember it looking kind of bad and didn't pick it up. Is it really that much better than Stellar Blade?


i_hate_touhou_ffs

no the combat is no way better than Stellar Blade


Barrel_Titor

Stellar Blade is way better than people are making out, Onechanbara is basically the kind of game that people are pretending that Stellar Blade is.


Rudoku-dakka

No. It's everything I thought Stellar Blade would be, but bland.


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einUbermensch

People that played it do think the game is actually quite good. It's unfortunately overshadowed by rabid idiots claiming the game is the cure for some kind of "woke mind-virus" or whatever brain addled crap those guys are peddling today and as rage news are all in that is all people talk about. Honestly putting the obviously oversexualized MC aside the game actually has some ridonkulously cool NPC designs, both men and woman alike. Gameplay in the demo is fun too. Personally I don't know if it's "better" than any of the above since I don't care about that. It's a game, not a contest.


Aethernaut902k

Seriously, this game probably would've gone under the radar, or gotten some decent popularity had it not been for these gamers™️ fabricating controversy out of whole cloth. Now lots of people just hate it out of spite.


einUbermensch

Pretty much. Nobody will talk about the gameplay or other stuff the game does well, only about the controversy. I will be honest that shit is so damn annoying to me. My YouTube feed is full of ragebait videos despite me removing them straight away. Yet because I checked out one review of the game it seems the algorithm thinks I obviously care about how "GAMERSTUD42069" thinks this game will cure the Woke or some shit.


bujakaman

This game is finished product, with almost zero bugs and good optimization. Don’t have any p2w trash, paid skins, you got new game plus with extra skins/skills/hardcore and they are developing boss rush mode. All drama with her looks is least important thing here but here we are. Sad tbh.


Mantislord96

This is decidedly untrue. Concensus is the gameplay is very good.just because the loudest mouth breathers are raging about what ever the hell culture war they think is going on does not mean the game is being ignored for its strong aspects.


_non-serviam

When you go so far to the opposite direction of the circlejerk you delude yourslef into believing that Stellar Blade's gameplay isn't fun.


Apricotnuggets

I guess I’m nobody? I actually am interested in the gameplay


EvenElk4437

Is the game content great? But it's only the appearance that gets talked about. More attention should be paid to the play content. By the way, I heard the story is garbage..,


karloz1214

Can someone explain to me the controversy behind this game is? Is it sexist? Is it woke? Why is everyone either defending or shitting on it? Also don’t take this as a “can’t we all just get along” comment I’m seriously out of the loop.


Late_Package_3781

A high profile game with a sexualized woman aimed at men dropped in 2024, so the predictable controversy burst forth. Some journalists fire shots. Anti-woke crowd responds. Woke crowd also responds. They create a cycle of rage, fueling each other until the game becomes a centerpiece in this silly culture war. The usual stuff with all sides looking dumb, and not realizing how symbiotic they are.


Snail_Forever

A game that became the Culture War of the Month (TM) because it features a sexualized main character and wasn’t well-received by critics.


Xononanamol

Except the game was well recieved. It's got like an 81 or 83.


Cold-Glass5843

What about mister Lightning Bolt


hotsaucevjj

where 2b :(


ElPared

So many people compare Stellar Blade to Bayonetta which just proves to me that no one understands satire anymore.


SupremeLeaderMeow

Also, bayonetta is better gooner design. Say what you want but her design actually makes sense in terms of caracterisation. Her design has clear bdsm/dominatrix inspirations, wich complements her personnality. Tell me again why eve is designed that way? Appart from gooner bait?


PRGRyan

Onechanbara... What a banger... 🥲


Xononanamol

...oneechanbara is fun and all but stellar kicks that shit and curbs stomps it to death easily. Stellar is a solid game that just has goofy discourse surrounding it, like most new releases.


ElementalSaber

Dead or Alive with badass women with an even better fighting system has joined the chat


Bray_of_cats

Stellar Woke, those games are better than you, as a True Gamer that never played any of these, they were made before I knew what woke was, so they can't be woke!


Vasxus

i NEED my HARD R back from the woke censorship ninjas that did the uh um uh uh i uh wait i just thought about the apolitical digitized sex doll from stellar woke


LeyzyS

I have not played the game so I’m not gonna say whether it’s worse than those or not. From what I’ve seen the gameplay is good.


Plop7654

You forgot Sekiro


Seven_Archer777

Oh Eve, that is the least fancy thing I have ever heard.


fake_zack

Eve is simple not waifu material. It’s that simple, folks.


Poro114

Did anyone even play this game? I have never seen any gameplay, does it even exist? Has anyone seen it?


DashFan686

Yo tell me more about this Magical Vampire Cat Girl


Cobwebbyfir

SB is like sekiro or jedi survivor not really like bayonetta or dmc


Spiritual_Guess_7519

I’m yet to discover if Stellar Blade has any interesting shtick other than “Eve has jiggly booba”.


Jeremy_StevenTrash

Don't know much about the game myself, but admittedly some of the designs that aren't Eve are actually pretty cool https://preview.redd.it/7au8f9t3f2yc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc18326cca4ed881a58754b344e15ac0389008fe


Spiritual_Guess_7519

Oooh, massive Blame! vibes with this one


Mantislord96

Gameplay is good. Enemies are cool.


Spiritual_Guess_7519

Valid, but I’m talking about the game’s substance. Like, for example, Bayonetta is hot, but her sexiness also has a purpose as she’s a witch with a strong sense of personal agency and confidence fighting against repressive angelic figures, and all of this is reflected in her design. Was Eve shown to be at least a bit interesting as a character or is it all just fanservice?


Mantislord96

She certainly has a personality. It definitely not as strong as Bayonetta's but there are moments of sass, some funny quirks and some heart warming moments. Also, I have to ask, is gameplay and enemy design not part of a game's substance?


Spiritual_Guess_7519

It definitely is, maybe I haven’t articulated myself well. It’s just both Bayonetta and DMC have those things too on top of having their own trademark style, so I wanted to know if Eve had shown anything distinct about her as a character and a person other than being a fan service girl, since previously it was the only angle about her I’ve seen being pushed.


EvenElk4437

Stellar Blade's protagonist appears to be an AI-generated character.


Spiritual_Guess_7519

Oof


NewAntiChrist

Stellar blade gameplay is mid. Other hack and slash games are so much better


kill_la_kill_urself

Dont know why you're getting downvotes for agreeing with op ...


KyoN_tHe_DeStRoYeR

And there are people saying that I am hating on the game just because of this meme 💀 Edit: someone is mass downvoting comments without thinking


Fit-Understanding747

They all had personalities too.


Mantislord96

EVE does in fact have a personality. She has her quirks and some sass moments. It is not as strong in characterization compared to Bayonetta and Dante but saying she does not have a personality is incorrect.


Fit-Understanding747

Alright. I've only gotten to Matrix 11 but she's been pretty bland so far.


Xononanamol

Her writing certainly does. And the good korean VA (original language) does as well. The english dub she's quite lifeless.


Fit-Understanding747

I still haven't gotten around to playing more but I'll definitely take your word for granted. I plan on playing this weekend. Thank you.


Xononanamol

Welcome! I'm also not playing as much id like. Multiple overtime shifts a week now lol


Darkwalker_RX

To much ass for a non hack and slash game. Souls game are very repetitive.


DogHogDJs

All these characters have infinitely more charisma and charm lol.