The Steller Blade is coming to us from Korean Devs, Shift UP, and published by Sony Entertainment. It is a Sci-Fi action-adventure game in a third person perspective that tells a story in combative manner. Players focuses on the timing of their attacks and reading the attack patterns of their enemies in game. In the post-apocalyptic was against invades, humanity has lost it sense of touch from earth and aliens are gradually filing up spaces. Players take the role of Eve, accompanied by her squad on a mission to reclaim their lost home and to counterattack any enemy that may seem like a stumbling block. Furthermore, Eve quest to save humanity wouldn’t be alone since she has greater support from Xion, the last surviving city and its people. Also, supply camps are disbursed throughout the entire map to allow players restore or replenish the gears and health. But it must be noted that replenishing also respawns nearby enemies, jsut like that of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Also in the gameplay, Eve’s has a gauge that is filled by dodging and evading attacks in combat. The gauge is spent on using it as a skill to make a combo attack on enemies. Another gauge is also known as the “burst gauge” which also include a skill to attack enemies in a way of activating buffs and powerful attacks. This gauge is also filled when players make successive combos. Since the game is a PS5 exclusive, it provides feedback through the dualshock 5 haptic feedback when players use weapons and make direct and accurate attacks on enemies.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!There was an initial plan by game developers Shift UP to release Project Eve for PS4, PS5, Windows PC and Xbox and would be published by Unreal Engine 4. Project Eve’s prototype for gameplay and art design was showcased in 2020 without annoucing the game’s compactible platforms. However, in and around late 2021, at the PlayStation Showcase event, Shift Up announced that the game is going to be released in 2024 on PS5 and it would be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game’s name/title was made public as “Steller Blade” at the Playstation state of play in 2022 and also it’s original release date set to be in 2023. Later on around December2023, major concerns and arguments were raised when Eve, the main character in the game, was perceived to be unrealistic based on her physique. Eve was based on a Korean model namely; Shin Jaeeun. As to whether Shift Up, has been able to shift things up to be standard, only time will tell. The game has been delayed and in January 2024, at the PlayStation state of play, it was announced that it would be released this year.
Steller Blade demo was published on the PlayStation store on March 8 when it allowed gamers to have a feel of what to expect but for some reason, within 25-30 minutes after publishing the demo, it has been pulled down. Even though some players were able to download, the game rendered as unplayable and gave that “unplayable ” feedback to players when they connect to the internet. News came out that the demo was accidentally published and that it was against their originally planned date to release the demo.
Stella Blade is coming to PS5 on April 26, 2024. There is no news on when it is coming to the Microsoft Xbox or PC.