Much of the pre-release discussion of Stellar Blade has revolved around the appearance of its protagonist, Eve. After finishing the game and writing my Stellar Blade review, I expect the post-release discourse to be more of the same. So here I am, discoursing.
Stellar Blade has become a new stage for an old debate. It's been held up as a game for "men of culture," a throwback to a time when games were brave and sexy, as determined by a vocal crowd that seems hellbent on ignoring how sexy games currently are and have been. This year alone has seen Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and the first build of Hades 2 – a mere handful of the latest, amazingly sexy games. Stellar Blade is just louder about its sex appeal, and part of the audience that its approach has attracted has in turn loudly trumpeted it as the superior way.
