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Stellar Blade is shameless – but not in the way you think. For those unaware: The prelaunch marketing for the buzzy action-adventure game, developed by South Korea’s Shift Up and published by Sony (it’s a PlayStation 5 exclusive), focused less on gameplay and more on the physical appearance of, and particularly revealing outfits worn by, main character Eve. By the time the game released to the public, that’s all the Internet was talking about.
The thing is, yes, you gain access to some scandalous outfits for Eve throughout the game (including, weirdly enough, a mascotlike bear costume), but the game itself doesn’t care about Eve’s appearance (which is clearly based on the titular protagonist of the Bayonetta franchise). The only time it’s even mentioned is in the context of her hair (which you can style later in the game). What’s truly shameless about Stellar Blade is just how unabashedly it lifts inspiration from far better games but does nothing to improve upon those elements or make them its own.
By so nakedly utilizing gameplay mechanics, plot points and combat styles so closely identified with their source games without putting its own stamp on them, Stellar Blade mostly just does a disservice to itself. Costumes for protagonist Eve are abundant in 'Stellar Blade'. Take its story, for example: Eve, an angellike soldier with a penchant for skintight battle armour, descends to Earth from the orbital Colony to help reclaim the planet from the monstrous Nayti.
