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Stellar Blade is the debut game from the Korean-based studio Shift-Up. While this is the studio’s first game, it is comprised of people who have made several games in the past. One of the founders, Kim Hyung-tae, is responsible for the MagnaCarta games, and you can probably see the visual similarities between this and Stellar Blade if you’re aware of it.
Unlike the MagnaCarta games, Stellar Blade is decidedly more sci-fi, seemingly taking a lot of inspiration from the Nier games in terms of its setting. The experience is entirely single-player, being billed as a story-focuses action game.
Waht type of game is Stellar Blade?
Stellar Blade is an action game, focusing on fast-paced combat. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Stellar Blade genre and setting
Based on the demo and the various trailers that have been released, Stellar Blade is firmly an action game. Your character runs around set levels and kills enemies and bosses you encounter much like you would expect in a third-person action game. In Stellar Blade, you fight enemies and improve your combat skills through skill points, along with unlocking different upgrades and improvements for combat.
The PSN listing for Stellar Blade describes the game as follows: “A story-driven action adventure with fast-paced combat and RPG elements, set in the sci-fi inspired environments of a post-apocalyptic world”. It goes on to add that Stellar Blade is set in a ‘not-too-distant future Earth, devastated by a mysterious force that has expelled humankind from its home planet’.
From all this information, we can safely say that Stellar Blade is simply a sci-fi action game. Whether or not the combat ends up being as fun as it seems, remains to be seen. We don’t have much longer to wait, since the Stellar Blade release date is the end of April, and if you want to play early you can access a free demo on the PS5 right now.
