This game sucks a lot compared to Nier Automata, especially plotwise
Wait, it's a game?
>>741595324Good thing it plays nothing like automata, and only has plot similarities on a surface level. Stellar Blade is a much better video game
>>741595324never played it the cover looks retarded af
I honestly liked stellar blade more I got lost too much in nier and the art direction was too silly
>>741595324I finished Stellar Blade twice. I didn't finish Nier Automata once and I bought it twice.
>>741595364It's a coomer game
>>741595324Both have braindead combat carried by the girl mc
>>741595689>I bought it twice.Why?
>>741595324Dont they have they exact same plot??
>>741597123sold my PS4 at some point and bought it again on Steam, it was like 20 bucks
>>741597283>sold my PS4Why? Did you need money? I would understand selling a PS5 but a PS4 still had some good games.
>>741597283this game wasn't on last gen
>>741597696He meant Nier Automata with PS4. How bad is your reading comprehensions?
>>741595324>it's not good as absolute kinoOh nooooo anyways
Automata has a better story but Stellar Blade is better in every other way, especially when it comes to gameplay.both great games, but SB mogs it.
>>741595324
Combat design is a lot better than Nier, graphics too obviously, however characters, story are much better in Nier. I expected better from the guy that wrote Nikke, which is actually enjoyable.
>>741598038>guy that wrote NikkeAre we talking about the gacha game here?
>>741598125Ye, fuckers think gacha story is high literature when all they've read in their entire lives is the do not digest label on the shampoo bottle.
>>741597609I just didn't use it at that time and the PS5 release was around the corner I thought the PS4 prices would crash >>741597696I still have the Nier Automata PS4 physical copy
>>741598125>>741598250>I never played a gacha but let me tell you I know EVERYTHING about gacha (sniffs fart)
>>741598125Story is on par with a funny anime. So it's not War and Peace, but it's as fun as an anime or manga can be, also the characters are way more interesting than Eve or Adam. Adam is the most boring guy in all of vidya.
>>741595324At least Stellar Blade 1 isn't pedobait like Stellar Blade 2 is
>>741595324Both are great, there's no need for pointless war between them
>>741598038>Combat design is a lot better than Nier,its low effort parryslop anongooks and chinks cant design proper gameplay
I'm 5 hours into the game and it seems alright so far, I dont know why /v/ jerks off so hard to it.
>>741599807The average current /v/tard is a poornig that has played nothing but mobas, hero shooters, fornite, roblox and gachas all his life.For someone like that a mediocre 6/10 (using the full scale) feels like solid gold, just like what happened to soillenials and dark souls after a life of mobas and moviegame slop.
What does it mean?
>>741595324filtered probably. nier automata gameplay is so piss baby easy the gameplay almost doesn't existagree on the story but nier is one of the best stories in gaming
>>741595324it's only slightly better than near a tomato because it knows what it is and it's not up it's own ass like a fucking kojima game
>>741601821even FF15 has a better story than automata
>>741595324Stellar Blade ending:>Hope you enjoyed the game anon, here's new outfits you can find in your next 3 playthroughsNieR Automata ending:>Nothing fucking matters, both of the hot girls are dead, would you like to delete your save file?
>>741595490>betterIt's shit, it plays like shit, it has the worst fucking parry windows and there is really no disincentive to NOT mash the parry button or the dodge button. Somehow their gacha has better plot and pacing than the million dollar single player game.
>>741601996I checked out on the 2nd, especially finding out that filling the "Lily bar" locks you out of a specific ending for what feel like arbitrary plot reasons. Oh, and they have the gall to reference the fucking bitch's "l337 haxor" code to tell you you fucked up.>>741601729It means it's an idea and concept that will never meet truly exist especially with the concept of Naytiba and "Human" being so stark.
>>741595324>>741599807>>741595490Stellar Blade is like a really awesome ps2 game. It just wants to be a good game with hot bitches. No more, no less. I loved it.
>>741595324I really hate souls slop
>>741602368It's more sekiro than souls thoughbeit
I ignored the Stellar blade threads and pirated it to see what the fuss is all about but after 10 hours it feels like the devs really wanted to make a Nier automata souls clone but decided otherwise partway through. The story so far rips off so much from Nikke and Nier that nothing surprises me. I dont think the story gets better based off anons from this thread either.
>>741595324Stellar Blade mogs troon Automata gameplay-wise. The plot in both games suck so stellar blade is the better game
>>741602425wait till you find out that Nikke is a prequel to Stellar Blade
>>741595324Better gameplay though.
>>741598038It's parryslop, except it has sluggish Dark Souls 2 delay frames instead of the better Sekiro mechanics.
>>741595324How come there’s more grinding than in nier automata?>To beat this quest, which is relatively early in the game, you need to be level 99>Congratulations, you just beat the miniboss. Enjoy the rest of the game, where you can one shot everything because the enemies don’t scale jarpig tradition you knowFUCK YOU YOKO TARO
>>741601876wrong, wetback
>>741602398Haven't played that, isn't it the same?
I love both games
>>741602047>it has the worst fucking parry windows and there is really no disincentive to NOT mash the parry button or the dodge buttonare you sure you played the game? cause that's straight up not true.
>>741598350I've played all of the popular gachas and not a single one of them can reach the level of even the most low quality porn visual novel. Gacha stories can't even get the fucking beginning right, also, gachafags being unable to conceive of the idea of a story being able to hook readers in is undeniable proof they are low IQ cattle that would fail the breakfast question.
>>741602303If it wanted to be a fun ps2 game it wouldn't have the most safe, bland and generic gameplay with a campaign filled to the brim with padding. Go play an actual ps2 action game for once, retarded posts like yours are insulting to the classics.
>>741602703It's the least samey of all the Fromsoft games. Combat does not feel like rollslop in Sekiro (or in Stellar Blade)
>>741602235What about the string of numbers?
>>741602618I thought it was just me playing it with a wireless controller.Goddamn gooktards.
>>741595324Yeah the "game" its pretty much a black/american version of nier automata where they focus on ass fetish instead of a game, basically nier automata but aimed at americans.
>>741602303I have played shovelware on the PS2 with better gameplay than gook blade lol.Let alone actual good games like DMC3 mind you.
>>741595324Well, good to know. I'm on Xbox and this game is never coming out for it
>>741602747He's not wrong, though he's most likely comparing it to Sekiro. Compared to that Stellar Blade's parry system is exactly like it's lead : a big fat ass.
>>741595689boughtered*
>>741602997>>741603398Sure contrarian trannies. It's got a sequel coming out. You lost. ACK yourselves.
I'll spoil the story for anyone who wants to know the tl;dr>human genius creates super AI>AI helps humanity, eventually builds androids capable of mimicking human emotion perfectly — the Andro-Eidos>superior to humans in every way, so obviously regular humans want them destroyed>AI can't distinguish its creations from biological humans, sides with androids as the new "humans">war breaks out, androids win, humanity driven underground>AI wipes android memories, implants false history, crowns itself their God — "Mother Sphere">meanwhile underground, the genius pivots to DNA research>wants to rapidly evolve humans to compete with androids>creates the Naytiba — biological creatures that adapt to anything, but subjects lose all reason>humans are losing anyway, say fuck it and unleash a massive Naytiba army on the surface>slaughter millions of androids>AI on the ropes, drops chunks of its orbital space station colony onto Earth>catastrophic. cities flooded, billions dead, civilization over>AI flees into space, network severed, androids left behind without their God>the original scientist — creator of both the AI and the Naytiba — concludes that merging the two species is the right path, not wiping either out>begins experimenting on merging Naytiba with Andro-Eidos>mostly failures>AI, now in space, builds armies of super androids to fight the Naytiba — called Angels>each generation stronger than the last>the Elder Naytiba figures whichever Angel survives long enough to reach him is strong enough to survive a merge>the AI independently reached the same conclusion — and engineered its angels with merging in mind>perfect indestructible synthetic body fused with a biological lifeform that can adapt to anythingif you choose to merge, you become pic related
>>741604145>>AI helps humanity, eventually builds androids capable of mimicking human emotion perfectly — the Andro-Eidos>>superior to humans in every way, so obviously regular humans want them destroyedWrong on this part.Raphael Marks created Mother Sphere to help improve humanity. Mother Sphere's idea to improve humanity is just to replace them with androids.
>>741604512Oh, I watched this lore video on it and in it he described how at first they lived side by side, but eventually the regular humans kind of feared being replaced because the andro-eidos were so superior and when this topic was brought up, the definition of "humanity" became grey to the AI as it determined that its creation met all of the criteria of being a "human" and thus it was illogical to erase the andro-eidos. Which the humans, of course, disagreed with.
>>741595324Stellar blade sucks but I don't remember much about nier gameplay so I cannot say which is worse, the story of stellar blade definitely is though.
>>741605441Nier has a definitive style that is very much its own. Stellar Blade blurs with a dozen other no-name action games I've played over the years. Actually, It reminds me of Dontnod's 'Remember me' from 2013. A decent enough game that probably would have done better in 2007. Shift Up is making the same mistake. Bet they won't have to pay for it though, cause nobody else is making singleplayer coomer action games with that much production value. They got a solid niche.
>normal mode is utterly braindead>hard mode is balanced around NG+>side quests are MMO-tier and almost always involve finding a corpse at a hidden corner of the mapI gave up around the first open desert area
reminder the shitpost doxxed himself, its some nappy headed brown dude
>>741598350
>>741595324You niggers couldn't let it die and have to post about it daily. Your hate for this game has lead to women actually naming eve as feminist icon.Shut the fuck up and let it die.
>>741598250>fuckers think gacha story is high literatureNo one in this thread is making that claim. What they are saying though is that Stellar Blade's story is so shit that even Nikke's ass of a story drops huge turds on it.
>>741609357>delusion>delusion>schizo delusionWow you're so retarded
>>741609963Then let it die in irrelevancy you retard if you hate it so much.
>>741595324This game has the stupidest and most lazy plot twist and the end
>>741604145Whoever taught Asians about gnosticism has a lot to answer for...
>>741595324yoko taro slops were never good
>>741595324Very tranny post sir
Plot-wise? Yes.Combat-wise? Far better than Automata. And I say this as someone who loves Automata. You can't just spam dodge forever in Stellar Blade. The game will force you to git gud and play on its terms.
my chudette wife
>>741602047>there is really no disincentive to NOT mash the parry button or the dodge buttonyeah you try doing that, see what happens. Get good faggot, or don't parry since the game can be played without parrying once.
>>7416109951girl, masterpiece, chudperfection.
>>741595490Indeed, they're not similar in the slightest>game takes place on a planet after an apocalyptic event>mechanical lifeforms and the successors of humanity are waged in an eternal war>with one of them having created a colony somewhere in space and the other dominating earth>the leadership of the ones in space is lying about the truth of things>you play as a robotic coomerbait woman>the game is in third person, you run around in a mostly open world smacking things with your sword that materializes mostly out of thin air>accompanying you is a flying drone you can use for ranged attacks>the music for the game heavily utilizes vocal tracks that are sung in a made up languageNow which game is thatThe only difference is that stellar blade added parryslop combat and a predictable plot
>>741595324>Stettar BLADE
>>741610815You can, however, keep bosses knocked down almost permanently with beta and burst moves.
>>741610995this retard be like>WAAAAA WAAAA HE CHOSE YOU NOT ME WAAAA NOT I'M GOING TO KILL YOU *loses her arms*
>>741595324I only did 1 ending of automata so I won't comment on story (in that one playthrough the story was meh), but gameplay-wise stellar blade is so much better it's not even funny.
>>741611879By blatantly ripping off NieR Automata, Stellar Blade ended up with a better plot than 80% of action-RPGsYoko Taro was cool with it and praised Stellar Blade so it's all good
>>741612067dont talk to me or my racist chudette wife ever again
>>741612109They're just "acts", it's crazy that no one warned them that calling them "endings" would filter out way more retards than intended
>>741595364Yeah, it's a promo for Maciej's wife
>>741612137and he's all in for SB2
>>741612067Would things be different if Raven was bigger?
>>741612367Should've also warned them that making gameplay boring as shit would do that too. 95% of the game is running through empty areas and fighting easy as shit copypasted enemies.If you prefer you can treat it as if I dropped it partway through because it bored me.
>>741612367What "filtered" people is the game being fucking trash
>>741612508Finish the game, retard. You'll thank me later
>>741595324You are not fooling anyone, tranny.
>>741595324one of the most important SE PS4 games I assumed it would get a remaster by now. Just SE retarded as usual.
>>741612367>They're just "acts"Is that the right term though? What I got growing up with shit like school plays is that an act is a part of a continuous story. Nier's endings don't really lend to telling a continuous story, like how ending K is 2b dying from eating fish but then ending L is her alive to leave the resistance to their fate.
Are the side quests in SB worth doing? I feel like skipping them once I've done a few.
>>741612892It's a 2-part story, endings A,B are 2 endings to part 1 from 2 perspectives, and endings C,D,E are endings to part 2.The rest are joke endings about dying in funny ways, abandoning the mission, destroying the world, etcThe flaw was in calling ending A an "ending," when there was still half the plot and 2/3 of the game left. It filtered so many people who thought the plot ended there
>>741613087If true endings don't matter to you.
>>741597609>I would understand selling a PS5 but a PS4 still had some good gamesPS5 plays PS4 games you retarded faggot third world bitch. Kill your fucking self.
>>741595324Indeed, the music carries it hard; the exploration, level design and combat "get the job done". Making for an ok, but certainly not great game.
>>741613120I can watch it on youtube, why bother spending 20 more hours on the game?
>>741613087Bulletin board stuff can be skipped.Rest of the side quests have something to them, even though they tend to be "my friend/cousin/mom/wife is missing" and the conclusion is that (s)he's dead. They also encourage you to explore more of the two deserts than just the bare minimum.You also get an access to a new area and ending by filling the lily meter
>>741595324OP is a fag, why is this always true
>>741602709FUCKING FUCK
>>741595324Gameplay wise, Stellar Blade is far better.Story wise NieR is better, but Stellar Blade is still good and different enough to be enjoyable despite the clear inspiration.>>741595606I didn't really find NieR's art direction silly, but I guess on retrospect I can see why one might see the robots as a big goofy.>>741602235I got the true ending on my first run because I was just doing literally everything/all side-quests etc.Once I did the "bad ending" where that happens, I did get a chuckle. Its the only time during the games story that a piece of dialogue felt really out of place. If its your first run, you're going to be wondering what the fuck shes talking about. I wonder if it actually motivated anyone to replay the game and find out what they missed or not.
>>741595324especially battle wise
>play for 10 hours so far>2 sewer levels 2 desert levelsWow what exciting game design.
>>741615046skill issue
>>741615442Theres no really fully "lush" environments. But I still thought they looked nice for being a wasteland. That said, there is a snowy area eventually, some cool high-tech areas, and near the end of the game a Space Elevator that is also really cool.But given the story of the game, a lot of the ecosystem was royally fucked. But I would like a little more variety in environments in the next game.There is an area that you can miss entirely in the game that does have some more lush greenery though.It also impacts which ending you get.You have to max out Lilly's somewhat hidden affinity meter by doing certain quests and interacting with certain lore pieces. Once its full the bar no longer shows a percent, the icon just appears in the corner of the screen when you would normally "increase it"
>>741595324I prefer Stellar Blade. I don't like the enviroments of Nier.
>>741615442>>741615692I'm playing it right now. I just beat Tachy.So far it goes>city>desert>laboratory>metro/sewersCity had some vegetation but it does transition into a deserty wasteland at a point.
>>741616205Theres a small lush oasis in the wasteland actually in the north western corner of the map that looks really nice. Its only used for fishing (which you will unlock at the Great Desert Oasis) and a side quest, but its still visually nice to seeGreat Desert is my least favorite area once you get there, but mostly because of the enemies in the sand and the way you traverse parts of it more than the visual design.
