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[MiguelItUp]

I'm hoping it does pretty well, but it's hard to ignore the possibility of noticeable jank. That jank doesn't mean it will bomb by any means, it just depends on how well it's contained. I'm thinking it's gonna land in the 80's, but if it does more than that, awesome!

 

[Mobilemofo]

80 - 84. Not that I pay attention to reviews at all.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I want to see 90’s, but I suspect high 80’s. 88 would be a good day. It could certainly pull it off, especially with the flying nimbus, shadow clan brawl, giant monks throwing their hats, and mythical dragon fights.

 

[GHG]

The devs told SBI to fuck off?

Now Ill buy it

 

[Cynexius]

I really want to be hyped for this, but playing an anthropomorphized monkey with a Bruce Lee complex wrapped up in a derivative souls-like formula just doesn't interest me.

 

[Gaiff]

I really want to be hyped for this, but playing an anthropomorphized monkey with a Bruce Lee complex wrapped up in a derivative souls-like formula just doesn't interest me.

You stated three things about the game and none of them is correct.

Great job.

 

[Vyse]

I’ll go with 80-84.

 

[poppabk]

Got a feeling it will be lucky to scrape the 80s. The review code stuff makes it sound like they might have struggled a little bit at the end.

 

[analog_future]

There was a ton of unnecessary commentary in the Stellar Blade reviews.

Whether the commentary was necessary or not is up to interpretation, but regardless, it didn't appear to affect any review scores.

 

[Fess]

Please be good!!

 

[GymWolf]

I'm going in the range of 74-81 monke out of 100.

I can see the mongols detracting some points because the game doesn't have DEI shit in it.

 

[GHG]

Whether the commentary was necessary or not is up to interpretation, but regardless, it didn't appear to affect any review scores.

That's the point, it did impact the review scores where it was brought up.

Stellar Blade - Review | Progress Bar

South Korean developer Shift Up asks the question: What if NieR: Automata was less interesting and more horny?

progressbar.com.au

Feel free to revisit the review thread for that game, there are plenty of other examples.

 

[Draugoth]

Chinese Embassies closing down on August 20 lol

 

[Roman Empire]

High 80s. The game will need to be exceptional to break the 90s bar.

 

[FoxMcChief]

80-84, most likely. If it’s as good as NeoGAF thinks it will be.

 

[Roman Empire]

Ign should be banned from reviewing this game. Their agenda is obvious.

Kotaku and Eurogamer should follow suit. They are all banding together to hit this game for a while now.

 

[FoxMcChief]

around 75%. I think it is a fraud.

75% isn’t bad enough to be a fraud.

 

[stn]

I'll go with 90. Everything I have seen so far looks great.

 

[Ribi]

vapoware, scam, never coming out, looks too good to be true, lmao yea until it releases its not real.


Did I miss any excuses for the people who will eat crow?

 

[analog_future]

That's the point, it did impact the review scores where it was brought up.

Stellar Blade - Review | Progress Bar

South Korean developer Shift Up asks the question: What if NieR: Automata was less interesting and more horny?

progressbar.com.au

Feel free to revisit the review thread for that game, there are plenty of other examples.

So a glorified blog that isn't even included on Metacritic or OpenCritic, and a review that mentions that there will be discussion around the sexualization of Eve (which is true, there was lots of discussion).


Not seeing a smoking gun here.

 

[GHG]

So a glorified blog that isn't even included on Metacritic or OpenCritic, and a review that mentions that there will be discussion around the sexualization of Eve (which is true, there was lots of discussion).


Not seeing a smoking gun here.

Not sure why you need a "smoking gun" when it's clear that pretty much all of the more negative reviews on the game had one thing in common - they brought political commentary in to the fray.

Some even went as far as to spell it out to us that they were docking points due to those reasons:

Stellar Blade Review | TheSixthAxis

The hotly anticipated PS5 exclusive action game Stellar Blade is finally here, but how does it stack up against its peers?

www.thesixthaxis.com

There's a reason I said go back and revisit the review thread for that game, there are a ton of examples like that coming from Western journalists.

 

[j0hnnix]

Not sure why you need a "smoking gun" when it's clear that pretty much all of the more negative reviews on the game had one thing in common - they brought political commentary in to the fray.

Some even went as far as to spell it out to us that they were docking points due to those reasons:

Stellar Blade Review | TheSixthAxis

The hotly anticipated PS5 exclusive action game Stellar Blade is finally here, but how does it stack up against its peers?

www.thesixthaxis.com

There's a reason I said go back and revisit the review thread for that game, there are a ton of examples like that coming from Western journalists.

I imagine points will be docked due to overly fetishised monkeys.

 

[GHG]

I imagine points will be docked due to overly fetishised monkeys.

Ignored Sweet Baby Inc's advances and as such the game ignores contemporary cultural issues - minus 3 points.

 

[Roberts]

I wonder if it will be weird and funny like that Stephen Chow movie. Probably not.

 

[TexMex]

 

[Gambit2483]

Mid to high 80s. Eastern gaming hasn't let me down yet.

Edit: We might have to consider  Who is actually reviewing it for this one...

 

[tommib]

This is bait, people. Don’t fall for this enragement garbage.

 

[proandrad]

The best part about this game will be the accept monkey memes we will get in the OT.

 

[Zathalus]

I see Grummz is still trying to push that fake SBI story.

 

[Gambit2483]

The best part about this game will be the accept monkey memes we will get in the OT.

"Black Myth WuKong OT - This ain't no Monkey Business"

 

[tommib]

"Black Myth WuKong OT - This ain't no Monkey Business"

Black Myth Wukong OT - Why can't you do it? Why can't you set your monkey free?

If you know, you know.

 

[Hypereides]

That's the point, it did impact the review scores where it was brought up.

Stellar Blade - Review | Progress Bar

South Korean developer Shift Up asks the question: What if NieR: Automata was less interesting and more horny?

progressbar.com.au

Feel free to revisit the review thread for that game, there are plenty of other examples.

"the dehumanisation and objectification of women is undeniable and inescapable"

What the fuck? The reviewer and the EIC needs to be either let go or get heavily reprimanded for going forward with such blatantly politically influenced babble. These activists can not leave fast enough.

 

[Astray]

Take it with a grain of salt, but there's a rumor going around that IGN gave it 5.

Ryan McCaffrey must have wrote the review himself lmfao.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Under 80 so 77-79/100

 

[Draugoth]

This screenshot is fake as sin. But don't doubt IGN might give it a low score.

 

[AJUMP23]

mid 80s.

 

[LordOfChaos]

around 75%. I think it is a fraud.

That's a high ass score for a fraud, that would mean they've built at least a fleshed out viable game with decent mechanics, wouldn't it?

This must go back to a culture of anything below 90s being garbo

 

[SantaC]

That's a high ass score for a fraud, that would mean they've built at least a fleshed out viable game with decent mechanics, wouldn't it?

This must go back to a culture of anything below 90s being garbo

Well it's hyped like hell so a 75 wouldnt be good compared to hype

 

[GHG]

analog_future

 

[balls of snow]

Im sorry but Im playing Stellar Blade the whole month, you cant say the royal guard of that Prophet dude ( totally not a harem btw) is not the dumbest armor ever. Literally buxom babes in porn suits haha. Yet the guys are covered up and geared for the Apocolypse. It was jarring.

 

[GHG]

Im sorry but Im playing Stellar Blade the whole month, you cant say the royal guard of that Prophet dude ( totally not a harem btw) is not the dumbest armor ever. Literally buxom babes in porn suits haha. Yet the guys are covered up and geared for the Apocolypse. It was jarring.

If I ever have to go to war against aliens/monsters, that's exactly how I want it to be.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Low 40s because they rejected SBI's Ransome. Seriously though I think it'll score around 80ish.

 

[fart town usa]

Why do some people think the game is a fraud? Lol

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Why do some people think the game is a fraud? Lol

Perhaps because it's not a souls like? Personally I think that's a good thing.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The benchmark tool hit about 40x the max concurrent users as the Concord free open beta LMAO

 

[tommib]

The benchmark tool hit about 40x the max concurrent users as the Concord free open beta LMAO

I noticed that it’s at the top of most sold games on PSN, after the usual suspects of FC, COD, GTA. Game will sell well, for sure.

 

[simpatico]

Im sorry but Im playing Stellar Blade the whole month, you cant say the royal guard of that Prophet dude ( totally not a harem btw) is not the dumbest armor ever. Literally buxom babes in porn suits haha. Yet the guys are covered up and geared for the Apocolypse. It was jarring.

It's highly possible that they breath through their skin and need to maintain very high oxygen levels.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

So a glorified blog that isn't even included on Metacritic or OpenCritic, and a review that mentions that there will be discussion around the sexualization of Eve (which is true, there was lots of discussion).


Not seeing a smoking gun here.

In my country there was a boycott by woke major outlets. The cringe against Stellar Blade has been the worst in the industry since "The Wizard game". Much worse, I'd say, because nobody insulted devs of that game.

There's going to be some review bombing in this one too, as there has been for ZZZ. The hatred towards Chinese and Korean games is real, and there are clear politic and ideological reasons for that.

 

[Portugeezer]

75-79

I expect jank. Prove me wrong.

 

[Gambit2483]

It's highly possible that they breath through their skin and need to maintain very high oxygen levels.