Serious question: Is this game good or is just popular because SEXY girl?

[Krowten]

It looks interesting but I want to know if it's a fun game underneath the visuals.

[Bad Distraction Carnifex]

From my understanding the plot is crap and the gameplay is solid.

But the real driver is hot asian protagonist in skimpy outfits.

[256k]

It is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome action game, very souls like, you'll die like.. A LOT, story is great too

[Fusionball]

Played it on PS5 multiple times. Really solid game, even not considering jiggles.

[Nokturnalb6six6]

Its good

[NeoDeltaI]

It's probably popular because sexy girl. The gameplay looks fun, though. I've heard from people that played it and finished it it's "alright", but they also didn't like the "sexuality" so take it with a grain of salt.

I love the story and music for Nikke, so apart from price and denuvo, this game would be a day-one purchase for me normally.

[256k]

Originally posted by NeoDeltaI:

It's probably popular because sexy girl. The gameplay looks fun, though. I've heard from people that played it and finished it it's "alright", but they also didn't like the "sexuality" so take it with a grain of salt.

I love the story and music for Nikke, so apart from price and denuvo, this game would be a day-one purchase for me normally.

NieR Automata case, it's exactly the same with this game, those who never played it will talk about the girl, once they finish it they will talk about the gameplay

[METAL]

its a fun action title that just happens to have a sexy protagonist. story isnt anything amazing but solid enough.
kind of wish they would release a demo for it as they did for the ps5 so you could see how the gameplay is.

[SleepyPajamas]

For me it's feel like the latter. Anytime I would hear about this game it was either "how hot and sexy Eve was" or "sex sells" and nothing else. And if I'm being honest, hearing only those two things kinda made me have mixed feelings about this game. For others probably not, but for me it really does seem like the only reason this game is popular is because of some hot android lady thing.

[purgatus]

it's pretty good, kind of like a more modern nier automata with more dark souls-esque combat

[NeoDeltaI]

Originally posted by 256k:

NieR Automata case, it's exactly the same with this game, those who never played it will talk about the girl, once they finish it they will talk about the gameplay

Is the gameplay similar to Automata? I've tried to steer clear of story spoilers, so I haven't seen much.

[256k]

Originally posted by NeoDeltaI:

Originally posted by 256k:

NieR Automata case, it's exactly the same with this game, those who never played it will talk about the girl, once they finish it they will talk about the gameplay

Is the gameplay similar to Automata? I've tried to steer clear of story spoilers, so I haven't seen much.

Way more intense, and it's also souls-like

[Micha]

Finally, a non-Denuvo post.

It's a fun game (in my opinion!), and one of my favorites of 2024. The story is pretty good: at best, it is actually quite compelling at times, but predictable at worst, but it's not something iconic like NieR:Automata (although I feel this game is more inspired by NieR: Replicant, strangely enough). This wasn't the focus, though. (I remember hearing the director saying something along the lines of being 70% focused on combat, 30% on story with the time/budget given). The lore you pick up on notes and world design helps, though!

People say it's Souls-like, but there is no stamina bar to manage, and there's more freedom to do combo strings (but staying grounded like a Soulslike, and not free moving like Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, and Ninja Gaiden). The hitboxes are finely tuned. An attack where you duck can qualify as a dodge if an enemy swipes high enough, for example! Animations can be canceled, parries feel great, moves are well animated and spectacle-like! The raw gameplay is a highlight.

Best way to put it? If your personal favorite video game of all time is like fine dining, Stellar Blade is that juicy gourmet burger and fries when you just want to eat something good and that's it. It does what it says on the tin very well, and I rate it highly for that.

However, the intentional main protagonist's design(s) is another key reason why this game is successful, and it would behoove me to say this game would be less successful without that in mind.

[Haruspex]

Let me put it this way; If it didn't star Eve, and instead featured some guy who was fully dressed, it would still be a fun game worth your time. Maybe not GOTY, but fun nonetheless.

[secpol]

it's both

[Xengre]

Hmmm hearing conflicting comments about the story. :(

Is the combat relatively good compared to Black Myth Wukong? Or is it a bit dumbed down like in Souls games being kind of basic and not a whole lot of depth but giving you different RPG build styles?

How would the difficulty compare to those games? I don't expect it to be even remotely hard since I find those games to be quite easy, but I don't want it to be brain dead.

Is the RPG different builds stuff rather engaging like in Black Myth Wukong? Or more like Sekiro where the build aspects didn't matter almost at all?

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Let me put it this way; If it didn't star Eve, and instead featured some guy who was fully dressed, it would still be a fun game worth your time. Maybe not GOTY, but fun nonetheless.

Based on story, lore / world building, combat? Or a mixture of each is pretty solid?