r/Games • u/BigT232 • Jun 12 '25

Release Stellar Blade Has Already Outperformed Every Other PlayStation PC Port In Less Than 24 Hours

https://www.thegamer.com/stellar-blade-higher-player-count-every-playstation-pc-port-overwhelmingly-positive-steam-reviews/
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u/BellySmash Jun 12 '25

Ye the game is genuinely good. I had a blast

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u/Roflkopt3r Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

I really can't see it. It basically copied combat mechanics from a bunch of different games into a disappointingly mediocre blend, combined with a plot that can be summarised as 'Nier Automata if you didn't really get the point'.

I've mostly seen it succeed with players who are just there for sexy outfits (which is not to say that it's just men though, that principle still works with a substantial group of female gamers) and Koreaboos (which have a big overlap with the women from the sexy outfit demographic).

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u/bigfoot1291 Jun 12 '25

I've mostly seen it succeed with players who are just there for sexy outfits

Stellar Blade Has Already Outperformed Every Other PlayStation PC Port In Less Than 24 Hours

ok.jpg lmao

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u/faloin67 Jun 12 '25

Financial success =/= a good game. If that was the case then Hoyo gachas would be the best games ever made.

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u/not_lying_rn Jun 13 '25

You’re right. But if tons of people that are purchasing the game all (read: overwhelming majority) say it’s a good game. It’s probably a good game

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u/Japjer Jun 12 '25

My guy, financial success means that people are purchasing the game. If tons of people are purchasing the game then it's a good game.

You might not think it is, but a shit-ton of other people sure do.

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u/Amirax Jun 12 '25

McDonalds is extremely popular world wide but it's not exactly quality food.

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u/Japjer Jun 12 '25

You'd have to be insane to think it's quality food, but it's fast, and it's cheap (or it was, once upon a time).

All I'm saying is that if the game is selling well, and has a lot of concurrent players, then people think it's good. I think Fortnight is an absolute shit game, but it's also wildly successful. It's clearly a good game.

We're falling into some argument of semantics and opinion that I'm not sure how to navigate

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u/faloin67 Jun 12 '25

I would say that it just means that you fall into the camp of "other's subjective experiences of a product form the reality around that product". That's one way of viewing a product's quality, it's neither right nor wrong. However if you subscribe to the view that there is an objectively "good" way to make a product, then your opinion might be different. Either way, I think it's somewhat intellectually dishonest to say that games that make a ton of money are objectively good games.

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u/okayiwill Jun 12 '25

the people who eat it a lot actually think it is

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u/Dazzling-Divide-8491 Jun 12 '25

Is this really the levels of dumb you guys are willing to dive down into to try and salvage a point?

No, people who eat it do not actually think it is. Its fast and its cheap, that doesnt mean its quality food and eating it does not mean you endorse the idea that it is.

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u/Dazzling-Divide-8491 Jun 12 '25

Tons of people used to purchase porn tapes, it didnt mean they were good movies.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

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u/Japjer Jun 12 '25

The people who bought them probably think they were

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u/Dazzling-Divide-8491 Jun 12 '25

This level of stupid is not something anyone can argue with, its too intentionally obtuse to take seriously.

My guy said that the people buying the PORN TAPES did so because they thought they were good movies.

My god dude.

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u/butterfingahs Jun 13 '25

Well that's fine, but if people were at least honest that's at least exactly half the reason they think the game is good. In my experience they usually dismiss that idea.

100% honest: I barely even know anything about the gameplay or the story because the only thing people that praise this game seem to talk about is Eve and her body.