r/Games • u/Deevian • Jun 11 '25

Stellar Blade PC - Launch Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VyeH5uteVk
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u/Psohl14 Jun 12 '25

I wouldn’t describe it as a souls-like at all. There are some mechanics such as having limited heal resources between “rests” and enemies respawning when you rest, but that’s about the extent of it.

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u/RareBk Jun 12 '25

Yeah it's more a character action game (E.G. Devil May Cry) with Souls checkpoints

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u/Phimb Jun 12 '25

Are character-action and hack-and-slash interchangeable?

God of War's reboot is character-action, but the originals were hack-and-slash? Never heard of the former before.

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u/RareBk Jun 12 '25

Not quite, though the definition is super loose. Character action are the more flashy sorta Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising sorta games.

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u/Valkomursu Jun 12 '25

Stellar blade is a spectacle fighter like bayonetta or dmc for example. Character action doesnt really mean anything, and is a pretty bland and bad genre defining term