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Stellar Blade

Just a little bit of thirst never hurt anyone. Unfortunately, here, we are absolutely parched. You play as Eve, a sword-wielding… android? Cyborg? Augmented human? It’s not immediately clear, and the story spends a considerable amount of runtime playing keep away on this point. Anyway, Eve descends to what’s left of Earth in a futuristic catsuit to face the threat of the encroaching Naytibas. Naturally, the mission proves anything but straightforward, but you’ll probably guess how it’ll all shake out long before Eve ever enters the atmosphere.

Essentially, this is a science-fiction action RPG, but its combat blends clear influence taken from the Souls series as well as the hack-and-slash genre. Fights see you both studying enemy attack patterns, looking for your opening, and letting loose on some extremely flashy (in every sense) moves. You start out with

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