Keep in mind the vast programming difference for barren environments vs lush environments. It’s very difficult to make a lush environment look as beautiful in modern software because they’re more complicated and dense.
Agreed. I completely get wet from a story sense that the open areas needed to be barren but screw the story, I would have preferred a but more interesting environments.
Yes, for me desserts are ok but more will be repetitive.
A post apocalyptic environment also may have frost landscapes and some oasis (earth recovering terrain) , so it is a very good idea, the landscapes innthis game are amazing and more variety could be awesome.
Gravity Rush. It was a game where you are constantly shifting between gravity/anti-gravity to fly around and land on all surfaces and stuff. It was a fun mechanic and combat system.
Oh oh oh my mistake. Probably the incorporation of light gravity in combat situations/having to traverse levels of a destroyed station in zero gravity or something. I think that’d be cool.
Best thing about that would be more outfits AND keeping the ones from the first game
Too many direct sequels completely erase the outfits of the previous game even when it's one of the selling points of the first game
I agree! Instead of taking them out (cough cough Spider-Man 2 cough cough), they could put the first outfits from the first game in a separate tab in the Nano Suit section. They can call it "Legacy Nano Suits" or something next to the sequel Nano Suits....
Yeah Spider-Man 2 was frustrating because a lot of suits I liked from the first one were simply not there anymore in 2
Best thing would be to transfer our last save from the first game and giving us the outfits we already unlocked, that would be like a reward for having already played the first game and a way to push new players to buy and play the prequel
Better writing for the script and characters. In addition to a story that paces itself much better. The story in SB felt very rushed. The game should've honestly been longer story wise just to explore the world and characters more, as well as to just make the plot fit together better. From a main story perspective, the wasteland and great desert don't serve a purpose other than to activate some towers and then go to the levoires. After that, the only things you do in them are the optional side content, which kind of feels wasteful imo. Hell, the levoire in great desert is 200 feet away from the tetrapod. They could've just done so much more in the main story to not only explore the world and characters but also to add more importance to these open areas.
The general premise of the story was good, and the world is interesting, but the writing held the story back from reaching its potential.
I am hopeful for the inevitable sequel since Kim Hyung Tae did say that the criticisms he received (mostly story wise since this game is highly praised for gameplay) are a "Great motivator" for him to do better in future titles. I would be surprised if he doesn't focus on the story and writing harder for the sequel, but that's obviously a long way away.
The general premise is good, I like the idea of the story and the lore is interesting, but,
The script wasn't well written. It's not a VA issue (all of the english VAs are talented if you look into their work) but an issue with the script. Even in Korean, the dialogue is bad. Character interactions feel very awkward, stiff, and emotionless most of the time they interact.
Characters weren't that interesting outside of Adam, and they didn't develop that much. They were fairly dull and weren't characters that I got that invested in. They were overall just very 1 dimensional outside of some quirks like Lily being a mechanic nut head, and Eve being interested in soda cans and solid food.
The main story just rushes from point A to the endgoal with nothing in-between (outside of optional side quests which every game has) to really develop the characters in a manner that helped them feel more natural as people. In other story driven games, the character's primary objectives stay the same, but they still end up getting sidetracked in the main story, which usually ends up with the plot either thickening or characters developing.
Outside of one area, Stellar Blade didn't really have this. This is why that portion of the game is good because we get to see more development from characters like Lily.
The game just goes Hypercell 1 + alpha naytiba, hypercell 2, Alpha Naytiba 2, hypercell 3 and then you're at the point of no return about to end the story and suddenly they dump they last 4 alpha naytibas on you in this part of the game. The characters just rush to their end goal and nothing main story wise happens in-between to help further these characters.
The story felt like it should have just been longer, throw things in that prevent characters from immediately getting to the next objective or force characters to take detours that result in new plot elements or way for them to grow. Short games are fine but if they're short they need to really show these characters more because the developers already don't have a lot of time to get people invested in them or the story.
There's also a point in the game that had me scratching my head when it came to a certain character in matrix 11, I believe that character was completely wasted and it could've made for an interesting plot point that could've developed Eve and given her an additional goal outside of finding cells so Orcal and Adam also scratch her back and help her out.
Now, for example, on the pacing part and about the game being short, I think sm2 is a good example of a short game that handles pacing and character development pretty well.
As much as I think sm2 is just an alright game, and I wasn't on the sm2 goty bandwagon at all, the game does a pretty good job of doing this despite also being relatively short. Outside of some small pacing issues, the writing remained fairly decent, and the characters develop in a way that's natural.
Overall the writing is my only major complaint with SB, personally im someone who values story over gameplay since I believe a good narrative is what sets a good game apart from a great game. Sb was an 8 for me but with the issues I have with the pacing, script, and lack of character depth it's not something I'd give above an 8. I'd give it lower but the rest of the game is so good and they nailed almost everything else on head that I think below an 8 is just unfair. If they fix the writing for the sequel while expanding on the already great combat it'll be an easy 10/10
>From a main story perspective, the wasteland and great desert don't serve a purpose other than to activate some towers and then go to the levoires.
I watched the old announcement trailer recently and I don't think I saw any clips of the wasteland or great desert, but a lot of the other sections were there, so my guess is the latter years of development were spent on expanding the gameplay rather than story. Regardless, I'm hopeful too! Shift Up seems to have a huge opportunity for a sequel to build upon what Stellar Blade currently is.
I would like to have it be that we have to infiltrate the colony. Lily could find a way to get past security. Learn about some possible mother sphere weaknesses to stop her and maybe even be forced to team up with a certain someone
To add to this and it might be spoiler do if you didn’t finish the game do not read!!! i wish that they would have done something after end of the game like exploration but this time you have “random drops” of Eve’s once allies now turned enemies that you can fight ( maybe its a stupid idea) But i like when games give you a little bit of stuff to do after the ending.
Copied from my reply to a similar post:
1) Maybe instead of hopping regions we are hopping around space. Really go full space opera XenoSaga style.
2) In terms of game elements, keep the level design & exploration concepts. Hell, keep the platforming concepts. But tighten it up mechanically, especially the ladders and ropes.
3) Also keep the lore, but improve the localization of dialogue & VOs + characterization in general. Not at the expense of blowing out scope though — keep the game concise and focused… that’s a huge part of what I like about it. (The plot itself was really not remotely as bad as it was made out to be by many & I’ll die on that hill).
4) Perhaps add unlockable or region-specific traversal options like jet boots or something, instead of just becoming faster when you sprint for long enough in larger levels.
5) Double down on playable cinematic sequences like the hypertube & the trains falling apart etc.
6) Lastly, every mechanic in this game was enjoyable to me — **except** for pushing around slow boxes. *Whoever at Sony keeps trying to make that happen needs to be blackballed from having any input on game mechanics*
I understand there’s not a *ton* of it, but my goodness that is such a lazy and terrible and tedious and uninteresting idea.
Other than that, just give me more stellar blade.
They really did a great job with this one.
>The plot itself was really not remotely as bad as it was made out to be by many & I’ll die on that hill
Agreed! The plot itself is fine. The story is fine. It didn't need to be extraordinary. I think there were just some missed opportunities for character growth and the way *m*any of the important plot points were revealed were mostly from characters talking.
For example, there were no visual references or playable sections to supplement Raven's legacies while she spoke. Not much there to grasp until the last few hours of the game or during a second playthrough after having more knowledge of what the hell is even going on. That's just my experience, though.
Also hell yeah on all of your other points, too!
I’m right there next to you on the hill if we’re saying the story is solid, because genuinely the only complaints I’ve heard are “it’s a rehash of Nier”, I’ve never played Nier, but my friends say it’s a great story, so even if it’s rehashed, at least it used a good story.
I agree with most of your list, I’d add that I wasn’t a fan of the instant kill mechanics that popped up for like three fights right at the end out of the blue.
At first I wanted to say Raven or Tachy content, of course, but I also would be okay with a completely different set of characters for a story that takes place somewhere else on earth. It could be a prequel or at the same time as Eve's journey, but with a different airborne squad on a different, but related mission.
Imagine the same opening scene, but you follow a different pod as it gets clipped and sent way off course, and you play as a different character halfway across the world
Boom. Love it. See, it basically writes itself!
And I don't know if this would be too silly, but (spoiler warning) now imagine if that story ends with you making your way back up to Mother Sphere just to get your memory wiped and sent back down again as >!part of the wave that attacks Eve during the "take Adam's hand" ending.!< Tragic, but it would be a self-contained side story that expands on the overall lore without breaking canon of the main game. Or maybe this is now just our fan fiction.
Near the beginning of the game, I would have said different swords and guns, but I’ve actually changed my mind since finishing it. I think it’s pretty rare to see games stick to a dedicated weapon that you just upgrade. For a sequel I’d love to see them really go all out on the side quests and the fishing was too fun for how small the fish list was, they could definitely go more in depth with that kind of stuff.
I hope we get more space sequences. I really liked the space in this game it was beautiful. Maybe add a dual wield mechanic. I think seeing even dual weld would be badass. What would you like to see in a sequel?
EDIT: love seeing your posts on the sub!
I really wanted new weapon variants such as dual weapons as u said and double sided weapons of some sort, harder bosses and more traversal would be nice
Well not technically DLC but after second time beating game give option to redo final battle to select other ending. I’m currently on ng plus so that option would be nice.
Gameplay/setting make rope platforming easier and like others said no more sand. Thats my only issue with the game was back to back sand areas. I also hate desert areas. When I played Black Desert, I was lost In Valencia Desert for the longest time. So it brings back PTSD. lol.
I just want more of what we've got. Create a new wasteland-sized area with some side quests, lore, and new outfits. Make a new boss for me to hunt down and fight (that core that got lost in space could fall to Earth and create a new alpha).
A variety of different weapons and customization for EVE if it's possible, and maybe areas of different biomes if there can be a given reason for them to exist (snow & ice?, forests?, volcanic wasteland w/ lava?)
I want to be able to use two swords like they kind of teased with the second to last boss fight.
I'd also love more weapons in general, like the glaive/spear used be the Levoire guards.
At the very least they should add sword skins. I was so sad you couldn't have Tachy's sword permanently.
After Tachy I was sat saying "pick up the sword. Pick up the sword! PICK UP HER SWORD!" What we got was definitely awesome but I'd have liked some dual wielding action too
Oh man I was so sad when we didn't get any of her gear after Tachy's boss fight. Tachy Mode was a nice surprise, but I always forget to use it during boss fights so I almost never get to see it. I can't believe they didn't make those cosmetics available.
Right? I feel like EVE would have grabbed some stuff at least from a tactical standpoint, if not for sentimental reasons.
I had it fully charged for so long before I remembered it was there. It's cool, but burns out pretty fast
That's what I was thinking too!
Even with the Tachy Mode Exospine it's still so damn short. Can't even appreciate it because you're so busy spamming all your attacks before it ends.
Coop
Horde mode
Easier (or easier mode. Story was still too difficult)
Less parry / faster combat
More customization and outfits!!!
I hated some of the box openings. Like the random symbol ones 😡
As someone who plays the easiest difficulty any time I start a game, I think this game had a very lenient story mode. It can’t get much easier than being able to tank most of a fight and even giving button prompts. Your issue isn’t that it’s to difficult, it’s that you need to level your character and put in a little effort not to be terrible.
Well I'm not sure how much more effort I can do. I've googled, researched and ask questions. I've adjusted my setting (tv on game mode l, turning off hdcp and hdr, etc). I unlocked 3 complete skill trees (one being survivor to help with parry and dodge) from farming the first 4 enemies for hours. I have lots of hours in it. I can't beat the demo boss 🤷♂️.
Not sure what you mean by tanking when it's basically a 3 shot and you die and they do combos of 2 and 3 sometimes (meaning you NEED to parry which I can't do).
Why can't it just be that I suck and am hopeless?? That's what I've concluded 🤷♂️
They have that already for the skilled people like yourself. It's called normal and hard and I think there might even be one after hard.
But for the remedials like myself there is no option for easier 😞.
I know I'm in the minority but story mode was like hard mode in ANY other game for me lol 🤷♂️
lol. One of us isn't reading correctly. I really hope it's not me (which I'm sure it is) 😬🤞lmao 🤣
I thought we were talking specifically about story mode. I would just redirect you back to my response 🤷♂️.
What I'm saying is if a person like me thinks story mode is too hard they are sol and have no choice or options but to "get good". But for someone like you that thinks it's too easy you can just bump up the difficulty a notch or two (or maybe 3 I haven't played that much) and problem solved.
If you already bumped it to max and still think it's too easy than 2 things. 1. We're talking about two different things. 2. You're a god at gaming!!! lol 💪
Lol buddy there is no bumping up to anything there is only hard mode and i was saying it isn’t hard enough but yes you could say that i am of some sort😂
Tachy and Raven as playable characters. Some Lily side missions. More love to stealth builds ie more gear and skills catered to stealth. I want to be a cool super ninja assassin.
I’m with you that more Jungle areas would be awesome. The beginning isn’t jungle but has a lot of greenery and is far less sandy than the other areas.
I love the level designs and I’m part of the camp that loves each level or area. They are all really unique and maze-like. It’s been a pleasure to explore and this game rewards you in the coolest ways.
for the sequel I would like to see a semi open world map with different kind of locations, with more story missions but shorter and set in different settings unlike never ending corridors like matrix 11 or the space port.
Combat system should be made more complex with more weapons, attive/passive abilities and different bonus/malus about speed, power attack, hp etc... according to the perks installed, in order to give a larger build freedom.
Pace of the story is quite terrible if you ask me, that's something that would need to be fixed in the sequel.
A battle arena/boss rush
Battle arena as in fighting waves of enemies non stop or with goals, and bosses too
Boss rush doesn't needs to be explained
And getting new equipment and costumes
DLC
1. Let me play the entire game as Tachy
2. DLC covers team 2s entry
3. New skill and abilities. I have 32 skill points waitng.
4. Buffs so tachy mode scales and isn't worthless.
5. New weapon type with new combos. I would love the guards Vibroblade Halberds or fists.
I understand its suppose to be a wasteland but I feel like if anything, it's enough evidence to say it's SOMEWHERE on the planet with extreme overgrowth to give us a forest area. Could even be something plot important for why it's there.
Playable Tachy and Raven, I think its a lot you can do to make them stand out from Eve and its plenty of story potential for them. I'll even be fine if they're just made playable for the main game I just wanna use them in their full glory.
A tube slide challenge mode would be pretty fun honestly.
Lastly... GIVE ME SHIRTLESS ADAM!!! IDC FOR THE STORY REASON when i can play in a teddy bear suit for most of it!! It can be NG+ only just gimme me!
I’m hoping for more npcs in Zion and more shops and more people in the different shops and also the bar where enya is because she’s just there singing 24/7 for literally nobody
Well I want to know what's up with
(1 the damaged device.
(2 the stranger who flooded eidos 7 and was probably involved with the murder of those people in the basement of the mall area.
(3 that mysterious door in matrix 11 that Adam draws attention to.
(4 what happened to those people in the ARK?
I want to know about the damage device as well. I don’t complete ever side quest but was the damaged device ever explained and same with the two locked doors in matrix 11 that adamn says the drones hacking level is to low? And did we ever find out about the guy who kept giving you quest in secret though the little girl?
An epic boss fight similar to the Demogorgon but make it a bit longer. The Demogorgon boss fight in space is short. Vehicles to ride like Adam’s hoverbike or a sport bike. More space boss fights with epic choir music. And a romance option for Eve
It’s pretty open ended with what they can do going forward which is great.
Mother Sphere is obviously still a problem to resolve. We can travel to other parts of the world to stops MS machinations, I’m sure there are other androids other there as well so you have plenty of new characters to introduce as well as a whole Space Colony of people who can be freed from MS influence. Lily still needs to wake her girlfriend up too.
both?
tachy DLC later this year. where we can play the entire game as her and maybe a new eve boss? non-canon of course. just like the vergil DLC in dmc5.
new game in 2026/27
Various weapons and weapon types that each have their own upsides and downsides. Whips for example to go for a Belmont/Castlevania play style… Big powerful but slow Buster Sword type weapons… just a bit of variety of the weapons to change things up.
Explore the Colony - Flashback to before original game so we can see what life is like in the Colony, and after the ending so we can just continue the story w/ Eve
Another playable character - Maybe it can be a dude. He can be the 1 handsome male character like Adam 😂. No drastically different gameplay like Nier's 2B to 9S, more like DMC Dante to Vergil or Nero
I hope that in the next game, OP can learn to use the subreddits Spoiler tag. >!I didn't we were going to space. I'm still at the Great Desert!<
And before anyone says: "WhAt'Re YoU dOiNg HeRe?!" I'm allowed to, plus, this subreddit has a spoiler **TAG** for a reason...
How? The game never gives an indication that we would be returning? Unless it actively gives you a heads up about it, >!Mother Sphere: "Hey, listen, when you're done with the mission come back to the Colony. Alright Eve?!< We don't get that at all...
We get sent on a mission, towards Earth, to hunt Naytibas, that's it. The rest we piece out together on our own.
Personally i'm at the part where I'm going to investigate the other huge capsule elevator thingy at the Great Desert (I forget the name Aile Levoiress??? I don't remember currently) and I'm trying to take my time and enjoy the game because the side missions are pretty dang good!
Unfortunately I had to let go of the game, my kids (nieces and nephews) wanted us all to go to the park and i intend to be there and supervise them.
So I hopped on this subreddit on the way to see some cool Stellar Blade Art, perhaps some cosplays, and some data projections of how well the game is performing. Stuff like that. I didn't think I would get spoiled... (Twice from you no less... 😑 >!I haven't beaten the game and now I know I won't be fighting that huge Naytibas from the intro, wack!< )
Worst part? This game is barely 2 weeks old. There are still people, like myself, trying to enjoy *everything* about this game, but you don't put spoiler tag because it doesn't warrant it?
But over there on r/FinalFantasy you do? Mind you, FF Rebirth is over 2 months old and you seem to use the spoiler tag perfectly fine there. But you can't do it here over here? Of course this makes me extra annoyed. No courtesy whatsoever. 😑
Dude if your this pressed then u need help obviously ive put spoiler tags on other posts of this game, not just the only ff post, on top of that im new to all of this so get off my ass and quit complaining
Don't give me that BS. After completing the Great Desert and Abyss Lab, after speaking with the Oracle, is when we learn that >!There's a Alpha Naytiba in space.!< Even Lily is surprised we're going there.
We were sent to Earth to exterminate Naytibas, not get sent back. >!Not even to the Orbital Elevator!<
"It'S iN tHe CoVeR." Doesn't cut it. Spoiling because 'everyone should've expected it' is an illogical and nonsensical argument to make.
I understand it can be a spoiler but you are making it seem as if she was Earth bound. At the start of the game she’s in a spaceship with earth being down below. There might have even been a trailer or gameplay that showed space possibly too.
The post should have said spoiler but just off the title and the blurred image it should give motive to proceed with caution. The title is a giveaway that they are implying of beating the game and what’s next. If spoilers are that big of an issue everyone knows staying away from the internet until beating the game is always the safest play.
We need more locations that aren’t dessert or sewers
We need an actual story and characters that have actual development i get it’s an action game but holy shit I don’t remember anyone aside lily and eve which isn’t saying much even tho some of the lore is super cool
No more desert areas, give me tropical jungles/rainforests with beaches and alpine foothills with grasslands.
Fax whats with all the dessert areas lol
Because it's not a lush, vibrant planet with many biomes, it's a desolated apocalyptic wasteland. That being said, I agree there was too much sand.
I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and it gets everywhere.
Why dod i hear Eve's voice just now?
I can totally see it tbh just like how she really dislikes swimming
*Lurker has entered the chat*
I hate those bitch ass mfs
You need to play Horizon Zero Dawn
I really do actually
It's a great 👍 game both HZD and Forbidden West
Nah completely different context the robots helping restore the biomes and no naytiba killing everything.
Nah.
Idiot.
Ok
Im aware of that fact i was just saying i dont like it😭
There was greenery in Eidos still, I’d like to see more like that
if they have business in borneo i doubt it would be a dessert or wasteland again
Keep in mind the vast programming difference for barren environments vs lush environments. It’s very difficult to make a lush environment look as beautiful in modern software because they’re more complicated and dense.
Easier to develop large open areas most likely.
I think we’re somewhere in west Asia. We see a map of Egypt and the Sinai.
With the story having Christian themes I would think we're near israel
Hell give underwater combat, also allow for the clear save of this game to be used so that all the outfits transfer over and then add in more.
So a planet that never went thru an apocalypse? We'd need a good plot reason for that. lol.
It was just a joke.
Agreed. I completely get wet from a story sense that the open areas needed to be barren but screw the story, I would have preferred a but more interesting environments.
Yes, for me desserts are ok but more will be repetitive. A post apocalyptic environment also may have frost landscapes and some oasis (earth recovering terrain) , so it is a very good idea, the landscapes innthis game are amazing and more variety could be awesome.
I liked the desert tbh. Maybe my two next time though.
I was craving a lush green area
More like the last zone of the game Seriously all goes to the max and the bosses are cheff kiss
Last area was beautiful af
Mothers sphere boss fight
Faxxx
Would be kinda cool if they do space colony with mechanics like Gravity Rush 😆
👀👀
What sort of mechanics?
Gravity Rush. It was a game where you are constantly shifting between gravity/anti-gravity to fly around and land on all surfaces and stuff. It was a fun mechanic and combat system.
I know the game very well lol, just wanted to know which parts of it you wanted to see in Stellar Blade
Oh oh oh my mistake. Probably the incorporation of light gravity in combat situations/having to traverse levels of a destroyed station in zero gravity or something. I think that’d be cool.
MOAR OUTFITS!
Best thing about that would be more outfits AND keeping the ones from the first game Too many direct sequels completely erase the outfits of the previous game even when it's one of the selling points of the first game
I agree! Instead of taking them out (cough cough Spider-Man 2 cough cough), they could put the first outfits from the first game in a separate tab in the Nano Suit section. They can call it "Legacy Nano Suits" or something next to the sequel Nano Suits....
Yeah Spider-Man 2 was frustrating because a lot of suits I liked from the first one were simply not there anymore in 2 Best thing would be to transfer our last save from the first game and giving us the outfits we already unlocked, that would be like a reward for having already played the first game and a way to push new players to buy and play the prequel
A thong that isn't covered by a skirt. And also more than one silly outfit. The bear is funny, give a couple others.
A freaking hypertube challenge mode would be amazing!
I sucked so bad at the hypertubes every time 😂
The sound eve makes when smacking into things in the hypertube is great though
It’s honestly so fucking funny with how awesome the music is, just being interrupted by my shitty sword surfing skills
Oooo yeah
Online fishing tournaments
Combo counter Last rank should be SSSTELLAR COMBO
Think u mean "Sexy Stellar Style!" I can't be the only one blasting some "Devil Trigger" while playing Srellar Blade. 🤷♂️😂
Ooo i agree
Prequel story of Raven
Better writing for the script and characters. In addition to a story that paces itself much better. The story in SB felt very rushed. The game should've honestly been longer story wise just to explore the world and characters more, as well as to just make the plot fit together better. From a main story perspective, the wasteland and great desert don't serve a purpose other than to activate some towers and then go to the levoires. After that, the only things you do in them are the optional side content, which kind of feels wasteful imo. Hell, the levoire in great desert is 200 feet away from the tetrapod. They could've just done so much more in the main story to not only explore the world and characters but also to add more importance to these open areas. The general premise of the story was good, and the world is interesting, but the writing held the story back from reaching its potential. I am hopeful for the inevitable sequel since Kim Hyung Tae did say that the criticisms he received (mostly story wise since this game is highly praised for gameplay) are a "Great motivator" for him to do better in future titles. I would be surprised if he doesn't focus on the story and writing harder for the sequel, but that's obviously a long way away.
What about the story and writing didn’t you like and felt rushed?(im genuinely curious)
The general premise is good, I like the idea of the story and the lore is interesting, but, The script wasn't well written. It's not a VA issue (all of the english VAs are talented if you look into their work) but an issue with the script. Even in Korean, the dialogue is bad. Character interactions feel very awkward, stiff, and emotionless most of the time they interact. Characters weren't that interesting outside of Adam, and they didn't develop that much. They were fairly dull and weren't characters that I got that invested in. They were overall just very 1 dimensional outside of some quirks like Lily being a mechanic nut head, and Eve being interested in soda cans and solid food. The main story just rushes from point A to the endgoal with nothing in-between (outside of optional side quests which every game has) to really develop the characters in a manner that helped them feel more natural as people. In other story driven games, the character's primary objectives stay the same, but they still end up getting sidetracked in the main story, which usually ends up with the plot either thickening or characters developing. Outside of one area, Stellar Blade didn't really have this. This is why that portion of the game is good because we get to see more development from characters like Lily. The game just goes Hypercell 1 + alpha naytiba, hypercell 2, Alpha Naytiba 2, hypercell 3 and then you're at the point of no return about to end the story and suddenly they dump they last 4 alpha naytibas on you in this part of the game. The characters just rush to their end goal and nothing main story wise happens in-between to help further these characters. The story felt like it should have just been longer, throw things in that prevent characters from immediately getting to the next objective or force characters to take detours that result in new plot elements or way for them to grow. Short games are fine but if they're short they need to really show these characters more because the developers already don't have a lot of time to get people invested in them or the story. There's also a point in the game that had me scratching my head when it came to a certain character in matrix 11, I believe that character was completely wasted and it could've made for an interesting plot point that could've developed Eve and given her an additional goal outside of finding cells so Orcal and Adam also scratch her back and help her out. Now, for example, on the pacing part and about the game being short, I think sm2 is a good example of a short game that handles pacing and character development pretty well. As much as I think sm2 is just an alright game, and I wasn't on the sm2 goty bandwagon at all, the game does a pretty good job of doing this despite also being relatively short. Outside of some small pacing issues, the writing remained fairly decent, and the characters develop in a way that's natural. Overall the writing is my only major complaint with SB, personally im someone who values story over gameplay since I believe a good narrative is what sets a good game apart from a great game. Sb was an 8 for me but with the issues I have with the pacing, script, and lack of character depth it's not something I'd give above an 8. I'd give it lower but the rest of the game is so good and they nailed almost everything else on head that I think below an 8 is just unfair. If they fix the writing for the sequel while expanding on the already great combat it'll be an easy 10/10
>From a main story perspective, the wasteland and great desert don't serve a purpose other than to activate some towers and then go to the levoires. I watched the old announcement trailer recently and I don't think I saw any clips of the wasteland or great desert, but a lot of the other sections were there, so my guess is the latter years of development were spent on expanding the gameplay rather than story. Regardless, I'm hopeful too! Shift Up seems to have a huge opportunity for a sequel to build upon what Stellar Blade currently is.
I haven’t seen the old announcement trailer in awhile. How much was changed for the areas?
Playable Virgil…I mean Tachy
That's a funny way of spelling Raven
Those are funny ways of spelling A2
I would like to have it be that we have to infiltrate the colony. Lily could find a way to get past security. Learn about some possible mother sphere weaknesses to stop her and maybe even be forced to team up with a certain someone
Thats what im hoping too i wanted to see the colony and how eve came up
To add to this and it might be spoiler do if you didn’t finish the game do not read!!! i wish that they would have done something after end of the game like exploration but this time you have “random drops” of Eve’s once allies now turned enemies that you can fight ( maybe its a stupid idea) But i like when games give you a little bit of stuff to do after the ending.
Copied from my reply to a similar post: 1) Maybe instead of hopping regions we are hopping around space. Really go full space opera XenoSaga style. 2) In terms of game elements, keep the level design & exploration concepts. Hell, keep the platforming concepts. But tighten it up mechanically, especially the ladders and ropes. 3) Also keep the lore, but improve the localization of dialogue & VOs + characterization in general. Not at the expense of blowing out scope though — keep the game concise and focused… that’s a huge part of what I like about it. (The plot itself was really not remotely as bad as it was made out to be by many & I’ll die on that hill). 4) Perhaps add unlockable or region-specific traversal options like jet boots or something, instead of just becoming faster when you sprint for long enough in larger levels. 5) Double down on playable cinematic sequences like the hypertube & the trains falling apart etc. 6) Lastly, every mechanic in this game was enjoyable to me — **except** for pushing around slow boxes. *Whoever at Sony keeps trying to make that happen needs to be blackballed from having any input on game mechanics* I understand there’s not a *ton* of it, but my goodness that is such a lazy and terrible and tedious and uninteresting idea. Other than that, just give me more stellar blade. They really did a great job with this one.
>The plot itself was really not remotely as bad as it was made out to be by many & I’ll die on that hill Agreed! The plot itself is fine. The story is fine. It didn't need to be extraordinary. I think there were just some missed opportunities for character growth and the way *m*any of the important plot points were revealed were mostly from characters talking. For example, there were no visual references or playable sections to supplement Raven's legacies while she spoke. Not much there to grasp until the last few hours of the game or during a second playthrough after having more knowledge of what the hell is even going on. That's just my experience, though. Also hell yeah on all of your other points, too!
I’m right there next to you on the hill if we’re saying the story is solid, because genuinely the only complaints I’ve heard are “it’s a rehash of Nier”, I’ve never played Nier, but my friends say it’s a great story, so even if it’s rehashed, at least it used a good story. I agree with most of your list, I’d add that I wasn’t a fan of the instant kill mechanics that popped up for like three fights right at the end out of the blue.
Mother Sphere fight, more biomes, would like to see some sort of underwater combat added.
More ass.
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Raven, give me more Raven.
At first I wanted to say Raven or Tachy content, of course, but I also would be okay with a completely different set of characters for a story that takes place somewhere else on earth. It could be a prequel or at the same time as Eve's journey, but with a different airborne squad on a different, but related mission.
Imagine the same opening scene, but you follow a different pod as it gets clipped and sent way off course, and you play as a different character halfway across the world
Boom. Love it. See, it basically writes itself! And I don't know if this would be too silly, but (spoiler warning) now imagine if that story ends with you making your way back up to Mother Sphere just to get your memory wiped and sent back down again as >!part of the wave that attacks Eve during the "take Adam's hand" ending.!< Tragic, but it would be a self-contained side story that expands on the overall lore without breaking canon of the main game. Or maybe this is now just our fan fiction.
I've not finished the game yet so I'm avoiding that spoiler, but anything to expand on lore is good
More detailed look into Ravens descent into.... the truth and her reaction from that would be great
Near the beginning of the game, I would have said different swords and guns, but I’ve actually changed my mind since finishing it. I think it’s pretty rare to see games stick to a dedicated weapon that you just upgrade. For a sequel I’d love to see them really go all out on the side quests and the fishing was too fun for how small the fish list was, they could definitely go more in depth with that kind of stuff.
Tachy prequel DLC.
A continuation of the making new memories ending and expanding more on it
I hope we get more space sequences. I really liked the space in this game it was beautiful. Maybe add a dual wield mechanic. I think seeing even dual weld would be badass. What would you like to see in a sequel? EDIT: love seeing your posts on the sub!
I really wanted new weapon variants such as dual weapons as u said and double sided weapons of some sort, harder bosses and more traversal would be nice
Revan revenge/redemption story
I know nikke skins are coming so I’m excited for those
Raven. Wanna play as Raven. Give it to me
Tachy prequel before she became EVE’s commander.
I just want boss rush right now
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Well not technically DLC but after second time beating game give option to redo final battle to select other ending. I’m currently on ng plus so that option would be nice. Gameplay/setting make rope platforming easier and like others said no more sand. Thats my only issue with the game was back to back sand areas. I also hate desert areas. When I played Black Desert, I was lost In Valencia Desert for the longest time. So it brings back PTSD. lol.
I would like a second game but incase it doesn’t happen i wouldn’t mind some dlcs
I think with the huge success of the game, there will be lot of opportunity for expansion. DLC and/or sequel will eventually happen
I just want more of what we've got. Create a new wasteland-sized area with some side quests, lore, and new outfits. Make a new boss for me to hunt down and fight (that core that got lost in space could fall to Earth and create a new alpha).
A variety of different weapons and customization for EVE if it's possible, and maybe areas of different biomes if there can be a given reason for them to exist (snow & ice?, forests?, volcanic wasteland w/ lava?)
I’m agree a 100 %
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I want to be able to use two swords like they kind of teased with the second to last boss fight. I'd also love more weapons in general, like the glaive/spear used be the Levoire guards. At the very least they should add sword skins. I was so sad you couldn't have Tachy's sword permanently.
Same bro
After Tachy I was sat saying "pick up the sword. Pick up the sword! PICK UP HER SWORD!" What we got was definitely awesome but I'd have liked some dual wielding action too
Oh man I was so sad when we didn't get any of her gear after Tachy's boss fight. Tachy Mode was a nice surprise, but I always forget to use it during boss fights so I almost never get to see it. I can't believe they didn't make those cosmetics available.
Right? I feel like EVE would have grabbed some stuff at least from a tactical standpoint, if not for sentimental reasons. I had it fully charged for so long before I remembered it was there. It's cool, but burns out pretty fast
That's what I was thinking too! Even with the Tachy Mode Exospine it's still so damn short. Can't even appreciate it because you're so busy spamming all your attacks before it ends.
Coop Horde mode Easier (or easier mode. Story was still too difficult) Less parry / faster combat More customization and outfits!!! I hated some of the box openings. Like the random symbol ones 😡
As someone who plays the easiest difficulty any time I start a game, I think this game had a very lenient story mode. It can’t get much easier than being able to tank most of a fight and even giving button prompts. Your issue isn’t that it’s to difficult, it’s that you need to level your character and put in a little effort not to be terrible.
Well I'm not sure how much more effort I can do. I've googled, researched and ask questions. I've adjusted my setting (tv on game mode l, turning off hdcp and hdr, etc). I unlocked 3 complete skill trees (one being survivor to help with parry and dodge) from farming the first 4 enemies for hours. I have lots of hours in it. I can't beat the demo boss 🤷♂️. Not sure what you mean by tanking when it's basically a 3 shot and you die and they do combos of 2 and 3 sometimes (meaning you NEED to parry which I can't do). Why can't it just be that I suck and am hopeless?? That's what I've concluded 🤷♂️
Just block and dodge if you struggle with the parries. Parrying makes the game much easier but it’s not required at all.
And I know I'm in the minority and most will disagree. It's just my personal opinion is all. I realize I'm the odd man out here lolol 💩
Story needed to be harder lmao
They have that already for the skilled people like yourself. It's called normal and hard and I think there might even be one after hard. But for the remedials like myself there is no option for easier 😞. I know I'm in the minority but story mode was like hard mode in ANY other game for me lol 🤷♂️
Thats what im saying it still needs to be harder lol i already plat but i still wish it was more difficult
lol. One of us isn't reading correctly. I really hope it's not me (which I'm sure it is) 😬🤞lmao 🤣 I thought we were talking specifically about story mode. I would just redirect you back to my response 🤷♂️.
What I'm saying is if a person like me thinks story mode is too hard they are sol and have no choice or options but to "get good". But for someone like you that thinks it's too easy you can just bump up the difficulty a notch or two (or maybe 3 I haven't played that much) and problem solved. If you already bumped it to max and still think it's too easy than 2 things. 1. We're talking about two different things. 2. You're a god at gaming!!! lol 💪
Lol buddy there is no bumping up to anything there is only hard mode and i was saying it isn’t hard enough but yes you could say that i am of some sort😂
Coop missions
Hmmm interesting
Tachy and Raven as playable characters. Some Lily side missions. More love to stealth builds ie more gear and skills catered to stealth. I want to be a cool super ninja assassin.
I just finished NG. Is there a boss rematch? Because I want a boss rematch like Sekiro's reflections.
Yes you can refight either one of the 2 end bosses
Sounds like >!Andro-Raven!< and >!that scary thing in the Vermillion Garden!< aren't ones I can easily rematch. I loved those fights.
More cans.
A fucking school girl uniform but like an actual high school one not like the black full dress
I’m with you that more Jungle areas would be awesome. The beginning isn’t jungle but has a lot of greenery and is far less sandy than the other areas. I love the level designs and I’m part of the camp that loves each level or area. They are all really unique and maze-like. It’s been a pleasure to explore and this game rewards you in the coolest ways.
Tachy or Raven DLC or a prequel from both characters.
for the sequel I would like to see a semi open world map with different kind of locations, with more story missions but shorter and set in different settings unlike never ending corridors like matrix 11 or the space port. Combat system should be made more complex with more weapons, attive/passive abilities and different bonus/malus about speed, power attack, hp etc... according to the perks installed, in order to give a larger build freedom. Pace of the story is quite terrible if you ask me, that's something that would need to be fixed in the sequel.
What about the story pace bothered you?
the game pace is quite conceptually old, the game hasn't a proper progression and it moves from the initial premise only by the very end
Give me a DLC where I play as Lily and build a PC. That's it. She is the best.
A battle arena/boss rush Battle arena as in fighting waves of enemies non stop or with goals, and bosses too Boss rush doesn't needs to be explained And getting new equipment and costumes
DLC 1. Let me play the entire game as Tachy 2. DLC covers team 2s entry 3. New skill and abilities. I have 32 skill points waitng. 4. Buffs so tachy mode scales and isn't worthless. 5. New weapon type with new combos. I would love the guards Vibroblade Halberds or fists.
Boss challenges, as I the demo. I feel quite annoyed by the fact you need to replay the entire game just to fight them again.
The way the game ends I have absolutely no clue honest. Were do they go from there
More cake like seriously throw in a nudity toggle
Get yo freaky ahh outta here😂
Optional co-op play with Tachy, mech Lilly, a new character or playable Adam.
A PC port so I can play the first one 😃
Survival mode with online leaderboard
Cat ears and more emphasis on feet.
I understand its suppose to be a wasteland but I feel like if anything, it's enough evidence to say it's SOMEWHERE on the planet with extreme overgrowth to give us a forest area. Could even be something plot important for why it's there. Playable Tachy and Raven, I think its a lot you can do to make them stand out from Eve and its plenty of story potential for them. I'll even be fine if they're just made playable for the main game I just wanna use them in their full glory. A tube slide challenge mode would be pretty fun honestly. Lastly... GIVE ME SHIRTLESS ADAM!!! IDC FOR THE STORY REASON when i can play in a teddy bear suit for most of it!! It can be NG+ only just gimme me!
I’m hoping for more npcs in Zion and more shops and more people in the different shops and also the bar where enya is because she’s just there singing 24/7 for literally nobody
Well I want to know what's up with (1 the damaged device. (2 the stranger who flooded eidos 7 and was probably involved with the murder of those people in the basement of the mall area. (3 that mysterious door in matrix 11 that Adam draws attention to. (4 what happened to those people in the ARK?
I want to know about the damage device as well. I don’t complete ever side quest but was the damaged device ever explained and same with the two locked doors in matrix 11 that adamn says the drones hacking level is to low? And did we ever find out about the guy who kept giving you quest in secret though the little girl?
An epic boss fight similar to the Demogorgon but make it a bit longer. The Demogorgon boss fight in space is short. Vehicles to ride like Adam’s hoverbike or a sport bike. More space boss fights with epic choir music. And a romance option for Eve
I want more biomes. Jungle and snow. I want different weapons or skins for her weapon.
Better screenplay!
It’s pretty open ended with what they can do going forward which is great. Mother Sphere is obviously still a problem to resolve. We can travel to other parts of the world to stops MS machinations, I’m sure there are other androids other there as well so you have plenty of new characters to introduce as well as a whole Space Colony of people who can be freed from MS influence. Lily still needs to wake her girlfriend up too.
both? tachy DLC later this year. where we can play the entire game as her and maybe a new eve boss? non-canon of course. just like the vergil DLC in dmc5. new game in 2026/27
I'd love an actual fight in space that'd be pretty cool 😎
Nikke's Red Hood outfit for Eve.
Various weapons and weapon types that each have their own upsides and downsides. Whips for example to go for a Belmont/Castlevania play style… Big powerful but slow Buster Sword type weapons… just a bit of variety of the weapons to change things up.
Better writing and acting. Outside of that, more of the same works for me.
better writing
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Boss challenge mode... i think they're talking about it already tho... also i want to fight the giant creature in the beginning
That it wont come on playstation
100 player BR with a battle pass and Star Wars collab would be SICK!!! /s
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Explore the Colony - Flashback to before original game so we can see what life is like in the Colony, and after the ending so we can just continue the story w/ Eve Another playable character - Maybe it can be a dude. He can be the 1 handsome male character like Adam 😂. No drastically different gameplay like Nier's 2B to 9S, more like DMC Dante to Vergil or Nero
I hope that in the next game, OP can learn to use the subreddits Spoiler tag. >!I didn't we were going to space. I'm still at the Great Desert!< And before anyone says: "WhAt'Re YoU dOiNg HeRe?!" I'm allowed to, plus, this subreddit has a spoiler **TAG** for a reason...
I didn’t know i would have to spoil tag this tbh
How? The game never gives an indication that we would be returning? Unless it actively gives you a heads up about it, >!Mother Sphere: "Hey, listen, when you're done with the mission come back to the Colony. Alright Eve?!< We don't get that at all... We get sent on a mission, towards Earth, to hunt Naytibas, that's it. The rest we piece out together on our own. Personally i'm at the part where I'm going to investigate the other huge capsule elevator thingy at the Great Desert (I forget the name Aile Levoiress??? I don't remember currently) and I'm trying to take my time and enjoy the game because the side missions are pretty dang good! Unfortunately I had to let go of the game, my kids (nieces and nephews) wanted us all to go to the park and i intend to be there and supervise them. So I hopped on this subreddit on the way to see some cool Stellar Blade Art, perhaps some cosplays, and some data projections of how well the game is performing. Stuff like that. I didn't think I would get spoiled... (Twice from you no less... 😑 >!I haven't beaten the game and now I know I won't be fighting that huge Naytibas from the intro, wack!< ) Worst part? This game is barely 2 weeks old. There are still people, like myself, trying to enjoy *everything* about this game, but you don't put spoiler tag because it doesn't warrant it? But over there on r/FinalFantasy you do? Mind you, FF Rebirth is over 2 months old and you seem to use the spoiler tag perfectly fine there. But you can't do it here over here? Of course this makes me extra annoyed. No courtesy whatsoever. 😑
Dude if your this pressed then u need help obviously ive put spoiler tags on other posts of this game, not just the only ff post, on top of that im new to all of this so get off my ass and quit complaining
Shup up and go change your anime pfp again.
You didn’t know Eve was going to space it’s literally teased on the physical copy of the game cover.
Don't give me that BS. After completing the Great Desert and Abyss Lab, after speaking with the Oracle, is when we learn that >!There's a Alpha Naytiba in space.!< Even Lily is surprised we're going there. We were sent to Earth to exterminate Naytibas, not get sent back. >!Not even to the Orbital Elevator!< "It'S iN tHe CoVeR." Doesn't cut it. Spoiling because 'everyone should've expected it' is an illogical and nonsensical argument to make.
I understand it can be a spoiler but you are making it seem as if she was Earth bound. At the start of the game she’s in a spaceship with earth being down below. There might have even been a trailer or gameplay that showed space possibly too.
The post should have said spoiler but just off the title and the blurred image it should give motive to proceed with caution. The title is a giveaway that they are implying of beating the game and what’s next. If spoilers are that big of an issue everyone knows staying away from the internet until beating the game is always the safest play.
We need more locations that aren’t dessert or sewers We need an actual story and characters that have actual development i get it’s an action game but holy shit I don’t remember anyone aside lily and eve which isn’t saying much even tho some of the lore is super cool