Game's a blast. Great combat, excellent visuals, character fashion is pretty good, and while the story itself isn't exactly outstanding or exceptional, it puts a unique spin on the Abrahamic mythos. The game isn't perfect - some movement elements feel they could be a bit more polished (air dash, combat walking, etc.,) but they don't exactly weigh the game down. Performance is also amazing out of the box - a rarity in most good-looking modern games. I've only crashed on one DLC event minigame but I've not experienced any other issues. Sub-quests contains a lot of world lore clues but they could be executed better on an engagement and emotional level. On a meta-level though, that may have been intended as it's very in-character of the protagonist to perceive it in the way they were executed. Fashion choices while great feel like they could use more - hair color choices in particular. Not a deal-breaker but given the game's amazing set of outfits, it feels such a shame that something very rudimentary was limited. Game's weakest point is probably its acting - the game delivers a lot on a cinematic level and it's kind of a turn-off sometimes for the characters not to be as articulate as you expect them to. The combat and soundtrack is probably its strongest suits. Sekiro brought us a faster paced Souls-like combat and Stellar Blade tries to marry that off with DMC/Bayonetta-esque aesthetics and stylishness. It gets these two styles to meet halfway and executes on it very well. Great game overall.
Very relaxing if you have an efficiency bug in you and just check every sector to maximize your goods sales, job haul paths, and low fuel rates. Else you'll get screwed by air filters and batteries. Soundtrack is great on the other hand. The blend of it, space environments and the company of your truck brings about a particular experience that's nice but you know could definitely be way better.
Low-risk experimentation/franchise-milking/fanservice done right. Super fun out of the box, rewards you (with base knowledge) for having played the original game without requiring you to do so, and stands on its own outside the shadow of the original through enough distinction. Progression is just about mastery as it is about stat/bonus gains without having to feel like you're chasing upgrades with every iteration. Does nothing revolutionary but it's surprisingly an amazing and unique rogue-like format that's worth the asking price.
