>Shift Up buys Shinji Mikami and his studio>adds God Hand's ducking to the combatYep, peak gameplay incoming
>>740479531>No, Shinji Mikami is not working on Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. He is leading his newly founded studio, UNBOUND, which is working on a separate major, undisclosed project.
>>740479531The combat looks fucking sick. I am legitimately looking forward to it.
the combat looks good on videos but if you played Stellar Blade 1 you know that won't be the case
I'm guessing they have a duck and weave button instead of a parry button
>>740479740i know but now that kojima works there he can tell them how to make it good
>>740479740Stellar blade combat didn't even look good in videos which is the problem. Meanwhile SB2 looks fuckig sick even if you can tell it's just mashing buttons.
>>740479608>Flashy, zip-zap, glitter bullshit>"THE COMBAT LOOKS FUCKING SIIIIIIIIIIICK BROOO"
>>740479924Yes
>>740479740time has passed, it's likely shiftup will have changed and improved gameplay. wasn't stellar blade their first real game? kind of dope for a bunch of gooners. i bet this game will be cool and sexy. i hope they tighten up the environments or make them more interesting to explore, that was my biggest problem with stellar blade>>740479841kojima? do you mean mikami?
>>740479924Yes.
>>740479531>>740479846Stellar Blade is one of those series where i always find the enemies to be somewhat out of place and not fitting.It feels like a series where the more appropriate enemies would be other robots, mechanized humans or even if its monsters, it would be more on the generic non gory alien looking ones.I wouldn't really expect the enemy types to be in the realm of fucking Dead Space monsters with all the body horror that comes with it.
>>740480017They are saying that SB2 will play different from SB1 but some tech like counters will remain SB2 will have more weapons and stance switching.
When does a homage become a straight up rip-off?
>>740479531It looks very God Hand. Anyone else see it?
>>740480256Yes, Sherlock, that's what this whole thread is about.
>>740480321Whaat?No way.
>>740480060I'm excited to play because I thought SB looked boring, but this looks like a prequel and I hope it explains what Naytiba are, Robots fighting bioweapons is a kino allegory for human ingenuity vs tyrannical biology
>>740479531If this stuff plays as tightly as it looks, then I am very interested in playing. You can never have enough fisticuffs in games
>>740480227When said scene has become such icon that literally everyone copies it. Alita and GitS are such foundational works for cyberpunk that it's pretty much the textbook in the same way everyone copies LotR and DnD when it comes to fantasy settings. Naturally media that are inspired by them will copy or add similar things. For example, the idea of a rainy hongkong city with noodle stands is so uniquely Bladerunner that everyone just assumes it's normal and even mandatory to include in every cyberpunk media.
>>740480227When you do more than cherry pick a moment where both characters free fall and cut away from both the jump and the landing.
>>740479531It's obviously just i-frames at the press of a button and not truly evading blows
>>740480353They already explained what the Naytiba are in the first game, also the director already explained in an interview that this is a sequel and happens far after Stellar Blade 1.
>>740480353It's a sequel. The premise is about a terrorist group that seems to be injecting themselves with a virus that turns them into Naytiba. If you finished the game, it seems like the terrorists worship Adam as a god and believe humans should revert back to their Naytiba roots. This could also imply at the humans in the colony we see are the result of Adam and Eve's merging and that Eve successfully managed to give birth to a new mankind.
>>740480516Yes but the point is that the iframes are stylish and fast, its like an even quicker bloodborne quickstep
>>740479924What part of "melee electric tomboy robot boxing" do you not find sick, faggot?
>>740480516How the fuck do you think dodging in God Hand or every other fucking game works retard?Ducking in GH gives you i-frames for top of your body and has shorter recovery animation and you can cancel it, that's the trade-off. It's riskier but when you know what moves can be ducked it allows you to deal more DPS.Don't quite remember how sidestep works, but backflip gives you full i-frames and attacks can literally just go through you if timed well.
more games need fist combat
>>740480227If it were a true homage she'd be naked
>>740480607The part where it's made by a shitty gacha company for an audience of lobotomites. The idea isn't bad, but Stellar Blade was shit and this probably won't be any better.
>>740479531great, another dodge/parry slop
>>740480654God I want Evie to punch me in the balls while looking at me with disgust so fucking bad.
>>740480790Which is why they acquired Shinjia Mikami.
>>740479531I'm liking this pattern of buying good studios with gacha bucks to make your dream games. I hope the trend continues.
>>740480532>>740480545Holy shit. Are there any other games that go from post apocalypse to outright revival?
>>740480790Stellar blade is a good game, the fanservice is just the cherry on top.Go back to your discord, troon
>>740480908If its a sequel the city is probably in the big ass space colony surrounding Earth. There is no coming back from Earth being a toxic wasteland
The first game should've won best action over slopkong, but Geoff is too scared of the chinks
parry slop
>>740480908Don't know but this also means that Blood Rain probably takes a few centuries after SB1 if nuhumans managed to repopulate and have a bustling colony like this.
>>740480532did they explain why the people on the colony can turn into naytiba, because the first game said that there are no actual organic humans anymore, those were turned into the naytis and the people on the colony are andro eidos
>defensive mechanicI do not play that game.
Is the boss rush mode any fun? Like it in sekiro since some bosses had new moves
3/4 of the posts in this thread are from brown ESLs that work at a Bangladesh engagement farm.
>>740479608yeah im excited, still never got around to the first one only found out it was even released on pc after seeing it mentioned when reading threads about the sequels kek. i was waiting for good ps5 hacks to buy a ps5 for it
>>740481367Evie is holding a serum at the start of the trailer. The junkie also injects himself with something before transforming. As mentioned >>740480545The colonists here are probably the result of Adam and Eve merging in the true ending. Either she manged to create new humans or she converted existing androeidos with naytiba dna and they managed to become biological lifeforms now. And since they ave naytiba dna, this means they could easily turn into one with some bioengineering.
i really thought this was gonna get announced for switch 2.
>>740481531fake.
>>740481539Why would they?
So what is stellar blade actually about aside from the hot protagonist and likely the lame as fuck story.Is it something like MGR? From what Ive seen it has dork soles elements. Is it worth buying?
>>740480329>Winning>Being a doormat for a white woman>Getting divorce raped a few years later
>>740481539Why do people want to play action heavy games on a portable? Leave that machine for your comfy games
>>740481636Some light christian analogies about adam and eve, god is an ai, and the monsters you fight are actually the real humans because they exhausted everything themselves trying to fight a losing war against ai and androids. Everyone else you meet in the game are androids. Also the world is a giant wasteland because god dropped a space colony on the planet.
>>740479531god hand is back baby
>>740479531This game will sell 4 million copies in the first 24 hours while nu-GOW will flop hard outside america.
>>740481531yes, it's the same genetic treatment serum that Raphael used to turn humans into naytibabut they need to be organic humans to turn into mosnters, the robots only got infected by the organic parts like an addition to their framesthe human in the trailer turns into naytiba organic matter which can't happen if the body is an android
>>740481784>>740481636It plays like sekiro with heavy simon says gameplay but there are also many elements that feel like MGR, like qte finishers and rock music. https://youtu.be/4_nvWQQ1-ks?si=qwfXOpOFVttQ8MOA
>>740481625free money. drop the resolution and make shitloads of money from the jap audience.>>740481691i can play any game on a handheld just fine, except maybe fps. id want a m&kb for that. the idea that you cant play a 3rd person brawler adventure on handheld is just dumb. i have played through ninja gaiden 1 and 2, 3 bayonettas, and nier automata on switch and it was great.
>>740481980>free money. drop the resolution and make shitloads of money from the jap audience.It made plenty themselves for the first game just with PS5 and PC.
>>740481691This, imagine playing fast paced action games with only 30FPS.Even older ones like God Hand ran 60fps on the PS2
>>740482265well sure, but wouldnt they want even more? the game runs on unreal 4 so it wouldnt require much work on their part. its not like its some bizarre proprietary engine.
>>740482368First game was UE4, Blood Rain is on UE5 and it looks a lot more graphically intensive compared to Stellar Blade 1.
>>740482458>ue5oh, well thats more taxing, for sure. still, they could just drop the res, upscale it, cap it at 30 and call it a day. just sounds like easy money to me. so many people would buy a switch2 version.
>>740482430>Continue living vicariously under Asian men's success and their cultureOh the irony, literally the pagpag calling the kettle black.I already made enough money to retire, don't worry about me.
>>740482613Action games don't sell the best on switch compared to other platforms.Why do you think exclusive ones like Bayonetta 3 and Astral Chain keep failing on it?Meanwhile DMC5 is a 11 million unit seller
>>740482360Not without emulation it didn't you stupid son of a bitch
>>740479531>inb4 that's just some auto dodge
>>740479924YesGo back
>>740479924They're hating but you're right
>>740479924Stellar Blade had the same level of flash. I don't hate some of the gameplay elements, but fuck the story, it's fucking awful and sitting through it three times is more than enough for me.
>>740479531>Zenimax purchases Id>Bethesda's shooting suddenly doesn't suck complete shit>Gooks purchase Shinji Mikami>Suddenly they know how to make action gamesWeird how that happens.
>>740479924Yes. The fact I can see things clearly on webms in this data starved gaynigger garbage dying knitting forum speaks volumes.
>>740480227Not here. Just 2 women in bodysuits jumping off of a high place. Fucking retarded nigger.
>>740481636It's color coded souls garbage, but not even the good souls games, it's more scripted like Hellblade
game sucks
>>740479531can't see shit
>>740479531Mikami joined the studio 4 months ago he didn't do shit on this gameHaving a spot dodge does not make something god handYou didn't fucking play God handStop using it to shill this parryslop you poser fucks.
>>740482360No it didn't God Hand ran at 30fps with significant drops
>>740488093So mad that it is God Hand you're foaming at the mouth. Don't pop a blood vessel saaar.
>>740487840Parry you dumb motherfucker
>>740479924Looks pretty cool to me.
>>740487840you're a retarded coomer, but your issue is that you're trying to play this like a proper action game when it's just not.
>>740488093>Mikami joined the studio 4 months agoHe did NOT join the studio, he has his OWN studio.
>>740487840Why the fuck are you doing no damage? You didn't upgrade your sword did you?
It's incredible to me how obvious it is that people shouting ZOMG IT LIEK LE EBIC GOD HAND haven't played God Hand of Sifu (which is what this is actually copying)None of you even fucking play action games what is this shit
>>740479531we are so fucking back holy shit
>>740479531God Hand plays better than soulslop. Stop making these comparisons, they are inaccurate. Kill yourself gook shill
>>740488184i'm trying>>740488303so am i supposed to just enable cheats and skip combat or what do you mean>>740488392it's the very first boss i don't think i unlocked weapon upgrades yet
>>740479846I saw this webm used for shitposting the other day and it actually looked fine. Never played stellar blade so I can't speak on if the gameplay is good
>>740488093>Guy that knows what they're doingThis looks like shit stop calling it god hand you fucking faggots>>740488437>Guy mashing like a spergOMG GUYS SHE PUNCH IT GOD HAND
>>740488489Mash light and parry when an attack would hit youIt's parryslop not a real game
>>740488489What the fuck is with your reaction times? Also parry red and dodge yellow. Stop trying to dodge awat from stabs and side step or dodge sidewards. Souls teaches you this. Dodging away will only make enemies do gap closer attacks on you.
>>740488527It's not as fast as SB2. You can clearly see it's designed to be more defensive compared to what saw about Evie so far.
>>740488635nta but at the beginning of the game especially in hard mode running away is actually the better strategy in most situations because of enemy ambushes. you wouldn't want to be surrounded by the small scorpion niggers.
>>740488465It baffles me that people are shrieking IT'S GOD HAND 2 at this barely-changed SB gameplay because there was a spot dodge Why is that what people are jumping to? Niggas never even use the weave on a first playthrough what massive army of secondaries is spouting this bullshit?
>>740488762>Niggas never even use the weave on a first playthrough what massive army of secondaries is spouting this bullshit?speak for yourself casual shitterholy shit. stop posting
>>740488805I've spent more time playing god hand than you've spent alive.
>>740488613>>740488635i have never played any soulslike game in my life, the last AAA game i can remember is assassin's creed 2, i'm also on keyboard&mouse because controller is too hard for me.maybe i should switch to easy
>>740488885Stellar Blade is kusoge not a AAA action gameYou are giving it too much respect Walk up to enemy and mash until the parry signal
>>740479531Koreans bringing back Godhand gameplay is fucking crazy man this bitch is not ALEXANDER
>>740479531nigga, you wont be ducking shit, shes doing it automatically.the new Virtua Fighters does the same. characters use unique parries catered to their fighting style and it looks super sick, but the player is just holding the block button.
>>740488843>reposting miek's footage (curated and spliced)that troon never streams because he got exposed as a shitter, great way to prove your point casual. stop posting
>>740479531i want her to fist me next
>>740480227>change almost everything about the scene other than girl in a skinsuit jumping off a high place>THIS IS CLEAR PLAGIARISMfuck off
>>740488942He's doing that and getting shit on lmao
>>740487840looks like skyrim modded to shit
>>740488967How fucking dare you say my personal footage is from that disgraced cheating little cuckFuck off, retard
>>740488489>the very first bossthis is not a boss, this is a normal enemy; did you just whack this straight onto the hardest difficulty or something?
>>740489110Nice youtube footage cuck.
>>740479531I hope its more than just a hallway beat em upI want something like Astral Chain
>first thing he does is adding coomer inflating mods instead of playing the game>struggles with the first enemy with a jiggling dumptruckPeak comedy
>>740489110basedI as a high IQ lurker only take the side of posts that include images or gifs/webms
>>740489227They should have really added a warning that hard is balanced around NG+
>>740480227It's not hard to tell.
>>740489468kek thats so egregious, they really have no shame do they
>>740479531demo when
>>740489468lmao Chinks.
>>740489580Probably next year. I just want the next trailer already.
>>740489468>"NOOOOOOO DERETE THIS FILTHY GWAILOOOOOOOOO
>>740489641>implying chinks would even give a shitNobody is more shameless than chinks.
>what god hand is:Spacing, counterhits, dodge cancels, aggressive fighting game-style turn-taking, smart crowd control, ducking to high crush>what posers think god hand isZOMG DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK THEN HUNDRED PUNCH WACKY CUSTOM COMBO MAN I HATE THIS CAMERA LEL COULD NEVER BE RELEASED TODAY XD
>>740488465>God Hand plays better than soulslop.True. So does Stellar Blade.
>>740489154yeah i picked hard >>740489227sexy mods are the ONLY reason i even installed it
>>740488465>cutscene attack>cutscene attack>cutscene attack>cutscene attackAmazing
>>740480545>>740481016It really is the colony.
>>740481016The devs confirmed that the game takes place in space yeah
>>740489996You beat me to it. I just saw that on twitter. The game takes place in space.
>>740479531i'm not sure the dodge mechanic will work the same way but hope it does.having the backflip dodge and being able to kick enemies into walls would be a bonus too
Saw cosplayers talk about cosplaying Evie and I saw one of them post this render. Not sure if its official and goddamn Evie has crazy hips.
Anyone have the full translation of the interview the devs gave to Famitsu?
>>740490209pretty sexo, too bad about her face and hairs.
>>740482360>Even older ones like God Hand ran 60fps on the PS2seeing posers embarrass themselves this blatantly is always so fucking funny, delete your post and kill yourself
Simon-says trash gameplay has nothing on godhand or dmc. Or NG.
>>740490260The facial expressions are too good that I wonder if that's AI. Eve for comparison barely emoted.
>>740490334They've literally said in interviews that making Evie more human and fleshed out as a character was a goal they wanted to achieve.
>>740490209evie in my pants
>>740490209Holy sexo
>>740490209make her look a bit older and she's top tier waifu contender for this year
>>740489996KINO
>>740490334lol come on dude, videogames had expression since 2000.
>>740490327>anon's clears: normal mode
Why the only way we get sexy models now if they are a "robot" it reeks of safe horny faggotry
>>740490506It's the same shit gameplay on hard, retard
>>740490209SEX SEX SEX
>>740490532We literally don't know if Evie is a robot
>>740490474Yes but korean games are infamous for poker faced characters but those micro changes in Evie's face as she falls down the stairs is impressive imo.
>>740490543idc about stellar blade people like you always glaze these action games but never played beyond baby difficulty
>>740490506>I played the game reactively like a pussy>this is somehow the game's faultThe game gives you all the tools to play hyper aggressively so I guess you're a shitter.
>>740480227OH NONONNON
>>740479740What do you mean? Stellar Blade 1 had great combat, extremely impactful and a ton of combos. The ability spam could get bad towards the end but that's up to you as the player how much you want to do that
>>740479531Ayane blade.
>>740479924you're talking to 15-20 year olds anon, the old /v/ who wasn't easily impressed by games is gone
Lmao what's with foids utterly seething at Evie?
>>740489984Hard is really for NG+ only; start again on Normal, or if you've never played an action game before, Easy.
>>740490776troons, you mean?
>>740490776>girl gamers>90% of them are trannieslmao
>>740490209built to bear my children
>>740490776>mfw me liking this game makes thousands of roasties and reddit onions boys seethe in uncontrollable rage
the gameplay is wasted on this character
>>740479531i hope they use as much AI as possible because the fucking wait is unbearable already
I can't say too much right now, but once you finish the game, you'll find that not only is the character EVE charming, but the narrative surrounding her has become incredibly robust.>>740490924>How far along is development? The speed seems quite fast, given that you're already showing in-game footage at a major showcase."Development has been underway for about a year. We've kept almost the entire team intact, and the staff's skills have improved by leaps and bounds without any wasted effort, which is how we reached this point. That said, rather than rushing to release, we intend to take our time to scale up and add depth to the game's fun and narrative.It's hard to give a percentage for development progress. Some parts are well advanced, while others, like narrative or late-game level design, are still in the design phase. We've moved past the early stages and the basic framework is in place. We decided to reveal the game now because we felt it was ready enough to show the fans who have been waiting."I'm guessing a release towards end of next year.
>>740490924I hope they don't. I'd rather play something the developers wanted to make instead of something they wanted to dish out as fast as possible
damn shift up AI must be really good if they got this in just one year
>You are celebrating your 30th anniversary in the industry this year. This title feels like a 30th-anniversary commemorative work; what are your thoughts and future goals."I am trying to put everything I wanted to share with you into this work, and I value this opportunity very much because it feels like the right time to do so.That doesn't mean I'm making a game that only satisfies me. My satisfaction comes when others are satisfied. I am a gamer myself. I think the opportunity has finally come after 30 years to make a game that gamers can be satisfied with—a game where they can say, "I've been waiting for a game like this."I will work hard to make the most of this opportunity and create a wonderful, truly proud game.
>>740491076
Koreans finally cracked the incel codejust make a shitty mmo single player
>>740491385Believe it or not, that used to be normal for devs. Games usually had a dev cycle of 2-3 years.
>>740491227AI will be the thing that makes releasing good and high quality games in 2 year timeframes. you know, like the games before you were born, you dumb faggot
>>740491564yeah the scopes got way too big
"le AI"It's just another tool, if you're good at using it you can go faster by leaps and bounds but to get a truly great product you still have to put the work in.
>>740491745People who act like AI is always bad are retards and people who act like AI is never bad are also retards. It just shows me they're too low IQ to actually judge situations individually and need to blanket opinions on everything broadly cause it's simpler.
>>740491745The anti Ai crowd are genuinely fucking annoying with how rabid they are these days.
>>740490778>Hard is really for NG+ onlyagain i switched to normal in settings. now enemies are pretty much braindead and i can just spam attack without needing to parry/dodge, but i guess that's normal for these kind of games>you've never played an action game beforei haven't really or it was 20+ years ago
>>740491930Its only for images as well, people have no problem listening to AI written scripts and people cant even detect AI music lol
>>740492215for god's sake don't play stellar blade as your first action gameplay devil may cry 5 or something if you refuse to play older games (DMC3/4, Bayonetta 1/2,etc.)
>>740492365i barely even play video games in general, probably have 1% of titles played compared to everyone herechances are i'll delete this after cooming as well
>>740492194People who shit on everything that uses generative tools, "just because bad word AI", have done more damage than anything AI ever could do.
>>740479531i do hope there is combat in the actual city where the cutscene took place at the cross roads and not just these mini corridors
Rumor has it that Eve retired and now works at a Tetrastar Electronics call center. She is not thrilled.
>>740491631nta but you're retarded, genuinelykill yourself
>>740488885>>740488489>>740487840Switching to Easy is probably a good idea if you've literally never touched a game like this before or haven't in a long time. But here's some tips about what you should be doing. Parrying is key to Stellar Blade's combat. In order to Parry, you need to time your keystrokes in the window, or length of time, the game gives you to connect the Parry. That takes trial and error, because not every game has the same window. Some windows are longer, some are smaller, etc. These windows are tied to the animation movements of the enemies, so you'll need to pay attention to how the enemy moves and how their attacks interact with your Parries. Some attacks are trickier to parry than others, but within any game, there's usually a consistency with what you see from enemy attack animations and where and when you can parry. So, one way to learn how to parry is to just stand there and practice finding the Parry Window of each enemy. That's a boring way, but once you've learned the Parry Window for an enemy, the next time you come across them, they'll be a piece of cake. Additionally, in Stellar Blade, Parries are tied to a poise/stagger system. If you Parry an enemy enough, they will stagger and you can do a finishing attack for a lot of damage. The number of Parries each enemy requires to unlock the finishing attack is signified by the diamond shape yellow icons under their HP/Shield bars. So, learn how to Parry. It can mean a long, painful fight, or a fast and fun fight. Note: You cannot Parry "Yellow" attacks. Yellow attacks can only be Perfect Dodged. There is also an attack where the enemy glows Red. This means that the enemy will attack a lot in a short time spam. This sounds dangerous, but these attacks can be parried, which means Red attacks give you a big opportunity to quickly stagger an enemy, so lean into Red attacks.
>YOU DIDN'T PLAY GOD HAND YOU DIDN'T PLAY GOD HAND YOU DIDN'T PLAY GOD HAND!!!!Is this some kind of zoomer projection? What kind of sperg would doubt a game you can get running in an emulator in 10 minutes is some obscure piece of history that nobody else but him has played?People have talked about this game on this board pretty much since release, but this kind of sperging is fairly recent.
>>740479924Fromfag in shambles
>>740490260There's a translation on Reddit.
>>740488527Don't listen to the fags that say SB's combat isn't fun. I can personally vouch for it. Boss Challenge was goated.
>>740488885>>740488489>>740487840>>740493051Here's me doing a shitty job of parrying the Red attacks, but you get the idea. 5 attacks in a short span of time that if I parried them all would immediately stagger the enemy. Also, there's a Training Mode you can access at Supply Camps. You can use that to practice with your parrying, dodging, skills, etc.
>>740493051since that guy does so little damage by just swinging, how is he supposed to kill him? do you get increased damage from parry/block/riposte type attacks?
>>740489882Staller Blade is 90% a souls/sekiro clone, right down to the estus flask, respawning enemies and checkpoints.
>>740480227KINOOOOO
>>740493548No, hard mode on NG in stellar blade has every enemy even shitters with bloated health pools and most will one or two shot you testing your patience.It's frustrating at first, but it feels like bosses were designed to be somewhat spongy with this difficulty in mind. Because when you play normal mode you can kill them in 40 seconds even with no upgrades, making the game feel too easy and unfun.There should have been a difficulty setting in between.
>>740493548I don't understand your questions and I think my post already answers the second one.
>>740493051>>740493531thanks, most of this stuff i knew, i know how action games play like, i just never had a chance to play one. i have about 15k hours in FPS games though.the problem with this enemy is how he comes after a horde of shitter spiders, so every time i died i had to redo that and it was a pain in the ass. i ended up just getting lucky with barrel explosion and got him that way.i'm currently on normal difficulty but it does seem somewhat too easy, but maybe the first boss will fuck me up anyway
>>740479531>tfw this game's trailer was so fucking good that it was the only SGF that Sony didn't upload to their PS channel because it would make their games look bad
>>740493820No it isn't. Stop pushing this lie. SB's combat is absolutely nothing like a Soulslike and playing it like a Soulslike is the biggest way to get your shit pushed in. You're supposed to be aggressive, not reactive.
>>740493820More sekiro than souls with parry and no stamina, along with bayonetta and devil may cry combos, dodges and skills.
>>740493820Do you lose experience on death? Are you hardwalled into your stat build per playthrough? Is there a single difficulty?The answer to all of these is no, so it is still very far from being a real Soulslike. It's about as Soulslike as Expedition 33.
>>740493820This is not a soulslike, but it does take mechanics from soulslike games and Sekiro and DMC and other games. It's a fusion game, rather than a direct continuation of any specific genre of game. Which is the best kind of evolution of game inspiration. It takes from various sources and creates a blend that can feel unique. Besides, limited healing items, respawning enemies, and checkpoints are not unique to soulslike games. A lot of fucking games would be soulslikes if that's all that was necessary to be consider a soulslike, which then makes the definition of a soulslike so broad that it would no longer be a helpful descriptor.
>>740494284>You're supposed to be aggressive, not reactive.>do heavy attack combo move>press the parry button>get hit anyway because it doesn't cancelThat is literally what souls gameplay is
>>740494896>heavy attack combo The fact that you ignore the FUCKING SKILLS tells me everything I need to know. You're retarded and you played the game wrong because Dark Souls buckbroke you into being unable to intuit any other gameplay system.
>>740479531if they dont put in a dempsey roll then the koreans need to work on getting more soul
>>740479924yes faggot we know you are twitter tranny btw
>>740494987Do you have the part where she shoulder checks a naytiba before kicking/punching it into the wall? That looked cool.
>>740495014>no argumentOkay retard
>>740495165Cant comment on her form since I don't box but man her body is cute.
>>740495184I made an argument you dumb asshole, you don't play the game by spamming heavy attack combo, you spam skills which DOES stagger enemies and allows you to play hyper aggressively. You're retarded and you played the game wrong.
>>740495287>tetsuzankooh cool
Stop posting Maciej’s daughter.
>>740495287I know these are probably just various combo finishers or beta skills but man it already looks so much cooler than Eve's moveset. They made the right choice to go with hand to hand combat.
So where's the blade?
>>740490209Im not even a shorthair fag but i think she looks cool as fuck. There is just something about the dead confident i dont give a fuck stare even when she's fighting guys twice her size.And then just does punches while putting all her weight into it.
>>740490776>stop making them look younger than me>no, it doesn't matter that she sounds older>excuse me for a sec while i compare my body to 9yo girlsThat's just what women do.
>>740495856This is honestly something western devs should takes notes on how to make cool female protagonists. A lot of people who watched the trailer, regardless if they found her too young, agreed that she was badass.
>>740481016They can mechanize humans and make then into gory monsters, why would it be hard to terraform Earth back into shape?
>>740480678She will be once I mod her.
>>740496641Easier to do on individual life forms. Harder to do on an entire planet devastated by desertification.
>>740496063Holy shit a legit female LESBIAN pedophile, I thought this only existed in my doujins
>>740487840First playthrough is designed for Normal mode. Leave Hard Mode for NG+ and git good lmao
>>740479531Snoy shill thread.
>>740479531the hit boxes in this game are insane!
>>740496803git good aka spend 5min on each fight because enemies are sponges
>>740495813This game is day-1 buy.Sad it's still a year or more away.
>>740496867i dont think sony has anything to do with the sequel
>>740479924Basically everything else coming out looks worse than PS3 games
>>740480060it's life adapting over mechs, so it makes sense they would look gory
>>740479531Decided to just pirate the first gameRecommend me some must have mods
>Snoy shill thread.
>>740497130They presented it
>>740496981I specifically told you to play Normal mode in the first playthrough, because Hard Mode is designed for NG+. It was added after launch for NG+ in mind and as a noob trap. But you seem to ignore my words.
>>740497130It's even funnier when this sequel was the ONE game Sony didn't upload the trailer to or acknowledge in a tweet.
>>740497310it was on summer games fest wdym they presented it?
>>740495813Evie is so fucking hardcore. I love her. Her finishers feel more brutal than Eve somehow.
>>740489996The colony is implied to be like heaven, not a cyberpunk shithole though?
>>740481473Boss rushes are always fun.
>>740479531Ngl, I like animations.
>>740481531Naytibas can infect robots (see Belial). They don't have to be biologic to inject that shit in.
>>740497419I don't that was ever mentioned. Also this could be just a shittier colony compared to the paradise like military branch that Eve and Tachy came from where they were fed mother sphere propaganda.
>>740497432>This is literally the body of a toddler, how dare they!?
>>740497338The Ex Playstation top dog is glazing it. Guess thats part of the reason why they got rid of him.
>>740496641Thats the purpose of the Solar towers you have to repair. They can control the climate but it's obvious most of them are not working after the Colony Extinction event.The only reason Mother Sphere still cares about earth is raw materials and the use of a petri dish to test out new units. She's way too afraid to get the colony too close to the Naytiba as they fuck up AI.
>>740490773>you're talking to 15-20 year olds anonThe target audience for video games?No way, if this was the case /v/ would be much more active.
>>740497419I assume there are layers seeing how massive it is. With the older parts looking like that.
>>740497710The colony is gargantuan though, Mommy could bath the entire planet in ionizing radiation the ultimate fuck you to biological molecular structures
>>740497613If they weren't pro abortion they'd say it's the body of an ova being fertilized. The ages just get smaller and smaller, we've gone from 16 year old to 12 year old now to 9 years old, by next week they'll be screeching that it's actually a 3 year old in a mech suit being sexualized and by next month it's gonna be a sexualized sperm in the scrotum of a guy who was gonna have sex with a woman in a few months. Because they have to one-up each other, to prove they're purer than the next guy. They NEED that virtue signaling high they get, and like junkies they have to push the envelope.
>>740497419Honestly, I don't know if it's worth it trying to theorize about the story of BR. It seems so different from anything we knew about the world of Stellar Blade in the first game. You may even think of BR as a soft reboot, if you like. It's going places and I don't think we're gonna be able to guess where.
The new shitposting tactics are, its AI generated, the mc looks like a boy, she looks like a child, its a Sony shill, it will be censored. Anything else im missing?
>>740479531She only dodged the first attack this looks like zoomer flashy bullshit
>>740497980Every accusation is a confession, they're literally telling on themselves.
>>740488093>Having a spot dodge does not make something god handUnironically what other games have a "spot dodge"?
>>740479924you are absolutely right, retards here never got over the "cuhraazy" mentality and that's why action games never evolved
>>740489754>ZOMG DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK THEN HUNDRED PUNCH WACKY CUSTOM COMBO MANYes, that's what god hand is.
It'll be on Switch 2, r-right?
>>740490776the vast majority of actual women I've seen on youtube reacting to the trailer really like it
>>740479740>if you played Stellar Blade 1I did play it, and the combat was great fun.
Rad
>>740498567sifu, absolver, the ghosts of X games, countless action RPG kusoge, it may not be the most popular mechanic compared to rolls but it's not uncommon and it certainly isn't what makes God Hand unique.God Hand's combat system is built around spacing and counterhits and crowd control via pinballing enemies around. It uses tank controls so the right stick can be a dedicated dodge input.This game looks like it's literally just Stellar Blade but with a fist weapon instead of a sword. Fuck I bet that sway dodge in the trailer is literally just a cooldown skill.
>>740494896>>740495014>>740495332>heavy attack combo moveI've noticed this shit when retards play oriental games. They absolutely refuse to use skills. They'll play elden ring and never use the arts, they'll play nioh and just mash O, they'll play lies of P and never even check the weapons, and of course they'll play stellar blade and just use heavy attack.Something in their minds make them think every single action game only has 3 buttons: light attack, heavy attack, and dodge, and they'll ignore any other mechanic.
>>740498857They said they want it on every platform so I assume yes
>>740480805What exactly do YOU want in combat, precisely?
>>740499039It's because a westerner generally doesn't understand the kusoge design mindset, they go into Stellar Blade thinking this is a real action game where the basic systems have a lot of depth that rewards execution mastery when really the game is about managing cooldowns like an MMO.
>>740498983I don't care about god hand but I don't remember ghost of whatever having spot dodges. Are you confusing them for the bamham scripted dodges?
>>740499039They played Dark Souls 1 and it has made them unable to play action games in any other way.>>740499204lmao the seethe in this post. You're a shitter and you're mad you got called out. I can tell.
>>740490773>the old /v/luhmao
>>740499204This nigga only played souls games and call himself a "western gamer".Go play god of war (ps2) if you want to see a western action game.
90% of the combat they showed off were just prebaked special moves and the other 10% was spot dodges which didn't even map to the enemies attacks
It seems like Evie has an MGRR style finisher for ripping out Naytiba cores to recharge energy. Some journos who also got a hands on also say that Evie also gains energy from aggression instead of parries like in SB1.
>>740499420>go play mash of war to experience real action!geez you really have a thing for "action" games that play themselves huhyeah nah I'm gonna stick to God Hand and the DMC games
>>740499420>call himself a "western gamer".lol watnigga you need to work on your reading comprehensiondon't look at the whole sentence and just assume what the words areactually sound them all out like a big boy
>>740499581>both games that have more than 3 buttons and include skills that you buy in a shop>90% of the webms about god hand include a ton of the special move usage that isn't just dodge, light attack and heavy attackAnon I don't think you quite understood which side you're arguing on
>>740499657Was god of war made by westerners?Yes or no?
>>740480227That leap reminds me more of Spiderman than Motoko
>>740479531Everybody wants a piece.Who's next? Don't be a fool.Hyperactive fighting style,so slick they will make you drool.God hand helps me work out my stress.It's overpowering I must confess.The only person who it doesn't work on,is the girl who got me into this:Olivia.
>>740499682>>740499735>reading is hard!I know, buddy.If you start back at my first post (>>740499204) and re-read our interaction maybe you'll understand what's actually being saidor maybe not, you seem ESL
>>740499765this part was the actual gits homage
>>740480607Leva mod when?
>>740480227Reddit loves akira elevator references but NO NOT THIS
>>740480790>a shitty gacha companybut the game isn't gacha
>>740499869>a westernergod hand is made by westerners. While the game you pretend to like is made by easterners. Do you not understand that your retarded east/west dynamic doesn't work?
New interview>The demo version I checked out during the hands-off was so polished that it was a real shame I couldn't play it myself. The most surprising aspect was that every part of the released teaser video consisted of in-game cutscenes and gameplay footage.>The combat scenes were also exactly the same as the demo version, with the only difference being the UI being missing from the video. In fact, the actual gameplay footage was even more impressive, clearly showing the visuals of parrying, dodging, and combos with various camera angles tailored to the situation, as well as the combination of intense speed and flashy effects with highly visible hits.>The combat presentation was particularly impactful. The immersion in the visual and auditory combat was high, featuring fast, fluid, and impactful attack motions; camera angles that continuously changed in sync with skills and combos (though I couldn't fully verify this during the hands-off); and dodge timings that made me instinctively move just by watching.>Personally, I felt it was a shame that the released teaser video couldn't fully capture everything, as the actual gameplay demo was outstanding in every aspect, from its polish and direction to its immersion. And the fact that the game has reached this level after only about a year of development is what I look forward to the most.https://m.inven.co.kr/webzine/wznews.php?idx=317188
>over 2 million view on their Twitter post
>>740500051people have been making some nice evie art
>>740479531Shinji Mikami didn't work on this. He hates women.
>>740500013Ok I'm going to make this as absolutely explicit as I possibly can because you're fucking retarded.The average western person does not have a lot of exposure to eastern action kusoge. The hundreds of cookie-cutter faux-mmo ARPGs that litter the eastern gaming landscape have almost no penetration in the western market outside gacha. Their exposure to eastern action games is Sekiro, Devil May Cry, at this point MGR because it's an enormous meme, games that are focused on mechanical execution.Stellar Blade has the appearance of being one of those execution-focused games when it isn't, which is why casual western players picking it up don't go all-in on skill spam. They assume it's like the few games they've been exposed to.Now, do you still not fucking understand me you dumb bitch?
>>740500189It's annoying having to sift through the culture war garbage but it's there. I really don't think even Eve got this much attention, and she started gamergate 2.
>>740495069
>>740500415going through top or media on xitter actually works in this case, all that sjw crap is bait that no one is really biting but people do like the art
>>740493820>souls/sekiroWhich one? Those are not the same thing.
>>740500347I don't think you know what kusoge means
everyone itt needs to stop posting my daughterwife
>>740500347Your retarded east vs west doesn't work, you're trying to do that "I'm a proud western man lol superior to these dumb gooks" but the average casual western player loves nu-god of war dude, you are delusional.
>>740500592It's such a stronger design than Eve's (which isn't saying much since it was always shit)
>>740500828OUR daughterwife
>>740497310At Summer Games Fest? Are you retarded?
>>740500014The absolute retards proclaiming most of the trailer must be "AI video" because some random texture someone in the distant background seemed generated is moronic
>>740500612*smack*
>>740500347>kusogeYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
>>740487812>color coded souls garbagecolor coded would be like DmC where you literally cannot kill some enemies if you're using the wrong color attacks
>>740500887The cloak is still gacha overdesigned nonsense but the white plugsuit really works to highlight here in the grimy cyberpunk shithole environment. What matters I think is that she immediately has a discernable personality than Eve. Evie is a small girl with a temper and attitude and likes to beat stuff to a pulp. She lacks Eve's grace in combat but that adds to her tomboyish appeal.
>>740500592She has a cool design, both with and without the poncho raincoat thing. Leaning very heavily on Battle Angel Alita but that's not a bad thing to draw influence from.
>>740499525Probably because the game is 10% done and 90% of the game still needs to be made
Imagine a doro boxing minigame
>>740501381okayam I supposed to judge the combat off of what wasn't shown?
>>740501108My best guess is that for the purposes of fluidity in recording the trailer, they've got nvidia ai shit turned on to maintain a constant framerate and it's hallucinating shit
>>740501212tits not that big tho
>>740501564You're not supposed to judge anything, it's a hype trailer. It's for atmosphere, not for deep analysis. Are you expecting some kind of complicated boxing simulator to pop up in the trailer and having an entire section with button prompts or stick wiggling purely on bobbing and weaving? All the trailer needs to tell you is that there are special attacks, and there is a cool new defensive posture.
>>740501471me on the right
>>740501771>>740501564Nta but the main purpose of the trailer is also to showcase how different it is from SB1 since one of the biggest complaints was how boring Eve's moveset wise. From a visual stand point everyone at least seems to agree that Evie looks more fun and exciting than Eve in terms of gameplay.
>>740502082dayum
I feel like Evie now has already gotten more fanart than Eve did in years.
>>740502197Easier to draw and has a distinct face.
>>740502305It's the bangs covering one eye. That's peak sex appeal.
>>740501559imagine boxing a doro minigame
>>740501583I have not detected anything resembling AI video in the trailer.
>>7405021972026 will be the year tomboys are saved from total extinctionIt's so beautiful broes
>>740502197eve2 is so cute and sexy its crazy
>>740502407Nta but the infamouse baby face shot definitely looked AI because Evie looks different from that in later scenes.
>ai because I say so
>pointing out its AI assisted means its badcult moment
>>740502484Or it's just a cutscene showing a younger Evie.
>>740502484No, it doesn't.
>>740502701>pointing outYou notice how easily concern trolls easily expose themselves because you immediately went from "looked AI" to "point out it's AI" in the span on 1 fucking post. Kill yourself troon, you aren't fooling anyone.
>>740500834>spell it out for him>dipshit still thinks there's some east vs west fight happeningretard
>>740502484This is the sort of retardation I'm talking about. Just making up shit.
>>740502874>gook meltygrimI hear theres a lot of cults there toounsurprising lole
>>740503013And the mask instantly comes off as soon as you get exposed. Why even bother concern trolling if you're going to do such a piss poor job of it. Talk about pathetic.
She'll filter trillions.
>>740502484the only difference is the lighting and shadows
>>740503069calm downyou're making gooks look bad
>>740503261
>>740503101shes already killed trillions on 4chan
>>740503013>devolved into babblingThat took about four seconds.
>>740503352Trolls arent even funny anymore
>>740503352He's going for a meltdown speedrun.
>>740502305The suit is much easier to draw too.Even a lazy artist can just take a couple of white shades and be done with it. Notice how a lot of Evie drawings avoid the cape too.
>>740503192Also her collar is covering her jaw which emphasizes her round cheeks, making it look more cherubic than it actually is.
>>740503352>>740503384>>740503396You lost
>>740503528lol
>>740503320gookcel melty
>>740503568Hes yapping in pure desperation, kek
>>740495331her form is perfect
>>740503568Wont be so funny when we get her censored ;)
>hard mode is for NG+holy cope, this place is filled with casuals now hard mode plays great for a first playthrough if you aren't a retard and are actually good at games
>>740481016It's possible that Evie is a Colony Enforcer and will go against EVE for being a traitor to Mother Sphere before learning the truth herself
>>740504207I was under the impression that it's pretty far into the future.
>>740500612cute
>>740504005hope this is true. going to try the game today on hard when I get home later
>>740500415Yup once all the backlash from normalfags stop you can find some gems. Stellar Blade 2 looks promising especially the combat.
>>740480227I clapped
>>740500415It always pisses me off when people say "the game sucks because people only like it cause of culture war reasons" but 90% of the time you see anything culture war related to Stellar Blade it's people shitting on it calling it a game for chuds.
>>740505310Stop noticing that the people crying about the culture war are firing off the first shots every time. You're being highly chuddy.
>>740505310Because people who like Stellar Blade want a cool action game with a sexy protagonist, people who don't like Stellar Blade don't want people who want those things to get what they want. Only one side has an agenda. Honestly even saying 90% feels like you're underselling it.
>>740505310I shit on the incoherent story and inability to maintain its narrative consistency. Go fuck yourself.
>>740479924>The combat isnt my usual staminaslop rollslop therefore its bad
>>740506149>incoherent story and inability to maintain its narrative consistencyWatch out, we've got a world class writer exposing the game in this thread. It's over, it's never been more over.
I just bought the 80$ version of Stellar Blade
>>740489468that's really funny bless chinks
>>740507345was it worth it? I can buy it but ill try the demo first
we're getting a lilweise ski for evie, its too perfect
>>740506149Okay, and? Nobody thinks Stellar Blade has good writing, even the developers admit that much. It's praised for its amazing gameplay and the soundtrack. Games don't have to be perfect to be fun and worth playing.
>>740479531If the story is good I see no reason why it can't win game of the year. Stellar Blade was stellar outside of the story
>>740502095>Nta but the main purpose of the trailer is also to showcase how different it is from SB1 since one of the biggest complaints was how boring Eve's moveset wiseThe main purpose of the trailer is to sell the game
>>740479531>first Stellar Blade had a Yun Blade Master>Blood Rain has a Jin Kung Fu MasterBlade & Soul bros... we are eating good!What's next, a brown muscle mommy Gon Destroyer?A cute Blade Dancer Lyn (male)?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODD790bO2VU
>>740502407Some anons posted some artifacts in the distance and some potentially ai chinese lettering on like one sign
>>740479924So wait /v/ hates dmc and nier now?
>>740479531Chinkslop animation with MUH PARTICLE EFFECTS and chromatic aberration. Pass.
>>740499560>gains energy from aggression instead of parries like in SB1.holy shit they just need to hire some ex-vindictus devs and let them do the combat
>>740500189she looks like a viltrumite herestill looks sick though, kinda like anissa
The jump kick Evie does is a move EVE does. and the flip kick is like the first hit EVE's Shield Breaker beta skill.
>>740497980https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/9yearold-girl-fooling-around-park-smiling-2348649831?ddI'm quite afraid of freaks online
>>740508747The Game Wards have nothing to do with quality. Stellar Blade was by far the best action game of 2024. Did it win the award? No. Stellar Blade 2 could be the greatest game ever made, western game jounalists would rather kill themselves than praise this title in particular.
>>740480863Nigger shut the fuck up with your retarded takes.
>>740479531so you press a button and instantly dodge everything?
>>740487234>>740488179>>740488543>dumb jeets trying to look cool
>>740509138Which has nothing to do with what I said.
>>740509659Freaks are freaking out. Meanwhile, on Shutterstock...https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/portrait-9-year-old-girl-after-448700098That's fine. Why would it not be?
>>740512005Meant to reply to >>740509924
>>740512005
>>740512157>>740512604off model garbage
>>740512734ok tourist
>>740512776what do you think tourist means
>>740480017>wasn't stellar blade their first real game?Technically no. Blade and Soul was their first real game under the studio Team Bloodlust, most of Eve's move from SB1 are from the Blade Master class, so I wouldn't be surprised if they ripped some animations from KFM.
tourist having a meltdown over a drawing is peak twitter, kek
>Not called STELLAR FISTMissed opportunity
>>740480227I bet you play genshit and other gachashit that steals from media and other games.This is more of a homage than the aforementioned
>>740499560>MGRR finishers>God Hand weavingGOTY
>>740507597nta but i'd say wait for a saleif you want to save a few bucks get the standard edition and the twin expansion pack (or just the nikke pack if you don't care for nier), the nikke pack adds a really fun boss fight
>>740513035She still has a sword.
appreciate you wemb guy
>>740498628Yeah instead they devolved into rollslop and 1 button punishes.
>already lewding the EbieThis absolutely unacceptable!
>>740496641they could literally bathe the planet in an energy to kill anything on it, there's no real reason for this problem to exist in a space fairing civilization unless they lost their technologyi know some super AI went rogue and nuts but come the fuck on, if you have personally powered androids you can kill some retarded aliens
>>740487840you suck, that's it, the game is baby tier easyi don't think i was ever stuck on a boss more than 2-5 deaths
>>740479531It looks good but I'm admittedly worried over AI nonsense. I enjoyed the first game but if they truly go all-in on AI, I might have to pass. I don't mind if they use it for debugging or maybe just some placeholder stuff but I want a game that's not made by lazy faggots that just press a "make my art assets" button. If human artists work slower then I'm fine with waiting a longer time.
Stellar Punch
finally female monk in 3d
>>740523485
>>740523871how were they in that game? this is one is coming out overseas
>>740491631in like 20 years sure, right now all it's good for is making shitposts
>>740487840nigga wassted time to install mods instead of learning the game
>>740497857>admitting to being underageMOOOOOOODS
>>740509154If there's anything you don't hate, you're a shill.
>>740479531Godhand sucks. SB combat is also ass.You should be embarrassed if either of these games are in your favorites list.
>>740490713>>740498934look at the cute souls retards not being able to recognize turn based action game design with designated turns. better not attack too much or the boss will 'punish' you. Go on, start strafing. wait until the boss does something and lets you play.
Sorry man I just don't like short hairGet back to me when I can give her normal or long hair thanks
>>740534785there's like 20 hairstyles to pick from in stellar blade 1, so expect at least that many
>Empty wasteland with MMORPG quests>Loot boxes scattered around everywhere>Have to do a shitty mini game to open said loot boxes>They contain either one of three crafting materials or a costume to keep you coming>Simon Says dodging>Combat designed around one on one boss fights with lots of groups of weak enemies>All interesting moves locked behind meter>One weapon>No juggling>No style>No rank>No score>Yellow paint everywhere>Braindead platforming>Boring characters>Awful story>Swimming sections>Constantly press a button to scan the environment for trinketsBut at least you got to see some tits and ass, right?
>>740495165this would look way better if the disgusting vfx wasnt taking a shit on the animations
>>740512157sexo
>>740536839you can have only one wife
>>740533618>turn based action game design with designated turnsSB is the exact opposite. Skills and especially Beta Chains stagger bosses out of almost any attack so you can extend combos as much your resources allow.
>>740479531>God Hand's ducking to the combatNigga that's just the Dempsey Roll.
>>740523485If only Project BBQ didn't die
>>740490209
>>740539118>dyke haircutNot my tomboy
>>740539540why are jeets like this
The hype around SB2 reminds me the one after the nier automata announcement.
>>740539540hair over one eye is important for her design imo
>>740539118>Project BBQfuck man im still so butthurt about thatthe concept itself looked so sick
>>740539634It's ok, they fixed her in the real game.
>>740479531After playing Sifu I see this and get ptsd just thinking about sweep attacks.
>>740479531I bet this game makes better use of AI than anti-anti-AI fags who don't even actively use AI lmao>>740491930>>740492194>>740492628I think I became anti-anti-anti-AI because of thatFuck both anti-AI and anti-AI fags who don't even do anything productive
>>740539118well i gaveup waiting. i hope the other games do well enough to get another souls like with online coop
>>740488093The game just started development, retard.
>>740541401it's been in development for a yearthat being said, he could've been brought in to do some consulting on the combat and getting it polished enough for the trailer
>the false reign shall cease in the name of the fatherIt is clear this is a human organisation trying to sabotage the colony from within. The false reign being Mother Sphere and the father being Adam.
>>740542523he says rain according to the subtitles from the trailer the devs posted, it has real subtitles not auto-generated
>>740542904That makes even more sense its on the colony aka the rain being artificial. Which is a fun takeback to the first game when Eve experiences what real rain feels like.
>>740479531No shit it's going to sell 10m minimum
