Stellar Blade's PC launch has been nothing short of, well, stellar. It's smashed every single-player PlayStation concurrent player record on Steam and has rave reviews to boot. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida thinks it's the combat that has people clamoring to play, but all the sexy mods suggest a different motivation.
Yoshida says that he believes it's the challenging soulslike combat of Stellar Blade that's caused its success, in an interview with Game Watch (translated by Automaton). He also states that the technical aspects, graphics, and character designs are great, but it's the combat that's done the heavy lifting here.
