Aenima
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All outfits are cosmetics, they dont have stats, so you can wear whatever outfit you like. I think only the Skin Suit has an handicap, as it dosent have a shield. There will be around 30 outfits in the game.
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Aenima
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So just like God of War? Or Final Fantasy XVI? It even has the flashy finishers God of War uses. GoW Ragnarok has optional boss fights harder than most soul bosses and i dont remember ppl calling it a souls game.
Aenima
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I dont think so. I only see the standard edition in physical format.
Danjin44
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Even Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has dodging and parrying......Its seems like people forget that there were other action combat looong before Demon's Souls came along.
Unknown Soldier
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The pre order bonuses are trash too so I'll just wait and pick it up after release
rhodesianshepard
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I read someone say it has a bonfire type system with respawning enemies like Souls games. The combat is obviously very different, but so are the Nioh games and everybody calls those souls type games
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Aenima
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If im gonna list all action games that use parry and dodge i dont stop typing. Even Assassins creed games use dodges and parry.
GHound
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put the demo back up nerds or you're going in a locker
The design docs for Demon's Souls were sent back in time to 1982 and as a result Demon's Souls inspired every 3D action game that ever released. This is the true story they don't want you to hear.
Aenima
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Looking back at the interview with the game director, he does say that Sekiro is one of the inspirations, as well as Bayonetta and others, being Nier the main inspiration.
But even using some mechanics Sekiro uses, that dosent make it a souls game. Souls game are punishing and challenging by design that try to kill the player all the time, either with ambushes, enviromental traps and hard bosses.
Stellar Blade has dificulty modes and assessibility options, its not trying to be a souls game. From the extended gameplay i saw, Nier was the only game i could relate more compared to Stellar Blade, and even so Stellar Blade seems to be using alot of inspirations from many diferent games.
But even using some mechanics Sekiro uses, that dosent make it a souls game. Souls game are punishing and challenging by design that try to kill the player all the time, either with ambushes, enviromental traps and hard bosses.
Stellar Blade has dificulty modes and assessibility options, its not trying to be a souls game. From the extended gameplay i saw, Nier was the only game i could relate more compared to Stellar Blade, and even so Stellar Blade seems to be using alot of inspirations from many diferent games.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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unless it has a bonfire type mechanic, I don’t consider the game souls-like. Don’t think this one has that.
Aenima
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It has a camp where you rest that respawn the enemies. But you dont lose your exp points when you die like in souls games. And plz dont tell me souls games also invented checkpoints.
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Crayon
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There's no more souls influence in there than you'd find in almost any arpg now.
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I like how fast the locked-on stepping is. And then unlocked running, too. Also like the stubby dodge. I could go the rest of my life without another mile-long invincible summersault.
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I like how fast the locked-on stepping is. And then unlocked running, too. Also like the stubby dodge. I could go the rest of my life without another mile-long invincible summersault.
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stickkidsam
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Eiknarf
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Exactly
Resident Evil 4 and Callisto Protocol have blocking and parrying and countering, too.
Shift Up admitted that Stellar Blade is not like a Souls game but more like DMC
stickkidsam
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How did ya feel about Lords of the Fallen’s dodges/steps?
Crayon
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Never seen it.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Yea. Too me it needs the same high difficulty and losing your stuff/bonfire mechanic to be souls like. I don’t think this will do either. More like devil may cry final fantasy remake game to me. Even has the bench and vending machine
YeulEmeralda
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put the demo back up nerds or you're going in a locker
The design docs for Demon's Souls were sent back in time to 1982 and as a result Demon's Souls inspired every 3D action game that ever released. This is the true story they don't want you to hear.
Don't worry a neogaf terminator will be sent back in time to correct the timeline.
Mister Wolf
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The game doesn't have a stamina bar nor drop an important resource you need on death. Not Souls.
stickkidsam
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It’s pretty neat. It has Bloodborne sidestepping (so tighter than dodges) but there is also a dodge roll more akin to Souls games by double tapping the sidestep.
Guess I should’ve led with asking if ya enjoyed Bloodborne’s sidestep lol
semiconscious
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'everything was souls!'...
Complistic
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I miss this game. I got hooked, then had it ripped from my palms. 
Tommi84
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At least you had a chance to touch it. Some of us didn't even had this chanceI miss this game. I got hooked, then had it ripped from my palms.
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Complistic
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I might of prefered that. I was having a real good time with it.At least you had a chance to touch it. Some of us didn't even had this chance
Shakka43
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Shit gets so annoying at times, it's like they haven't play anything else in their lives.
GymWolf
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Yeah but tbf her face is probably a product of a 6 hands make up operation that last 3 hours, she probably looks absolutely nothing like those pics, we know how heavy koreans go with make up and shit to look dolly-ish.A Korean. Karina from Aespa has that kind of face, and ample bosom for her small frame.
With bangs for better reference:
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GymWolf
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You kill enemies with weapons and they die dead when you hit them.
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Crayon
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I should say, when I say "stepping", I mean normal movement when you are locked on. I call it that from fighting games. 3d ones in particular. Everyone knows those have sidesteps, but "stepping" is when you get into a state where you freely walk your character around in 3d. Soul Calibur has stepping so fast and free that it's the most similar to a souls game.
I do. I like those dishes that are a shunt like that. The are much like a roll, which works as both a defense and a movement. My issue is that when the roll is so strong, it becomes a really easy option to pick. If you have a little dash instead, it is not as effective and you need to choose something else in some situations. Nameley, a block or parry for your defense, or stepping for movement and spacing.
My wife would only ever roll to get out of the way of an attack in ds. She saw me playing and how sometimes (just sometimes), stepping out of the way is enough to dodge an attack and you can step back in to counterattack faster than waiting for your roll to finish. Save stamina, too. You can play quite a bit and never notice that's an option though, because the roll is such a strong option.
I really like that denim trousers outfit. Looks "normal" but still sexy.
fart town usa
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Maybe the focus on parrying/dodging but that's standard action stuff.
I know that when you rest, enemies respawn so that's kinda Soulslike.
Eiknarf
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Right
But the fact that there’s an EASY MODE SETTING also lets us know it won’t have brutal difficulty if you don’t want it to.
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fart town usa
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If it's anything like DMC, I will absolutely need to play on an easier setting. I'm no slouch either with difficult games and I love a challenge but I am absolute trash at DMC combos. I will unintentionally gate keep myself due to lack of skills. Happened in DMC4 on PS3.
Eiknarf
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When it comes down to it, these types of outfits (whether it’s a lack of clothes, or revealing outfits) have been in music videos, movies and TV shows for decades and people called it brave, liberating and empowering.
So why is it a problem when it’s in games like this?
bender
What time is it?
The Souls influence in the demo was pretty obvious. Bonfire analogue that refills an Estus Flask analogue while resetting enemies and allowing you to spend currency (either upgrading your skill tree or buying items at a vending machine). That's not a bad thing and it certainly has other influences from character action games, but there is definitely Souls DNA within. I'd also argue the general feel of the combat has a lot in common with Souls games with the heft and how methodical it is which came as a surprise as I was expecting something more along the lines of DMC/Bayo.
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fart town usa
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I get both perspectives.
It's personally cringe for me but I'm not against it at all. These days I'm 1000% even more in favor of it than I ever have in the past due to how absurd modern gaming has become with forcing a narrative/censoring things. Anime in general is cringe to me but I don't say that as a slight, it just gives me that reaction even if I'm trying to learn how to appreciate the medium. I've never been big into anime as a whole.
At the end of the day it seems no more sexualized than something like Bayonetta.
Something about Stellar Blade just commands attention and now that Sweet Baby is on full blast, Stellar Blade is an immediate Day 1 purchase without question. Probably the deluxe version too for me.
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semiconscious
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this. a game featuring 'nude climax finishers'?! it's telling what media these folks just kinda quietly exempt from criticism...
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
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All comes down to intentionality.
You're correct this type presentation has been present in all walks of media for decades.
The difference, which you've you pointed out but missed, is that while people have "called" it brave, liberating, and empowering...
Doesn't mean it is.
This, and similar games like Bayonetta, are intentionally designing the characters to be "sexy" or some skewed idea of it, that all of you non-pussy getting mofos subdcribe to.
Shit is not sexy. Not in the least.
They should take notes from CPDR...women don't have to be in ridiculously skimpy and over-the-top outfits to be sexy.
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Hayabusabruh
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Can we kill this thread until the demo is back up?
Eiknarf
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Hey, don’t call me “non-pussy-getting”All comes down to intentionality.
You're correct this type presentation has been present in all walks of media for decades.
The difference, which you've you pointed out but missed, is that while people have "called" it brave, liberating, and empowering...
Doesn't mean it is.
This, and similar games like Bayonetta, are intentionally designing the characters to be "sexy" or some skewed idea of it, that all of you non-pussy getting mofos subdcribe to.
Shit is not sexy. Not in the least.
They should take notes from CPDR...women don't have to be in ridiculously skimpy and over-the-top outfits to be sexy.
I’m married with kids
I’m genuinely wondering why things are the way they are in video games
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FinalBossWithTheMostPower
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Since I quoted your post, you got caught up in the blanket statement.Hey, don’t call me “non-pussy-getting”
I’m married with kids
Not necessarily directed to you.
The shoe is for whomever it fits, though.
Danjin44
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I mean Stellar Blade is Eve fighting alien creatures with over top action, so the character going have over the op design.
I dont play this game or most games for "realism" I enjoy over top designs in my games.
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
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I mean the way you cherrypicked that sentence out of what I said leaves me a bit confused...I mean Stellar Blade is Eve fighting alien creatures with over top action, so the character going have over the op design.
I dont play this game or most games for "realism" I enjoy over top designs in my games.
Are you saying that women do or don't have to be in ridiculously over-the-top outfits for you to find them sexy?
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Danjin44
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I'm saying I dont care for realism in video game and enjoy over top designs more....You say they should learn from CPDR how design characters and disagree.
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
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Danjin44
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In video games, absolutely.
balls of snow
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Have a feeling like Lies of P, SB will probably be the best of its class of immitators but the 2nd game is gonna be some goty level shit.
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