Despite some shortcomings, I have Stellar Blade to thank for reigniting my love of action games. I’m getting older with each passing year, and I need a good action fix every now and then to turn my brain off and enjoy slaying a variety of enemies. Stellar Blade delivers exactly that. If you’re like me, well, you won’t want to miss out on this great deal, with Stellar Blade cheaper than ever on PC.
You play as Eve, who is sent alongside a group of super-soldier siblings down to a post-apocalyptic Earth to defeat the Naytibas. With humanity taking to space for safety, Eve’s goal is to defeat the powerful Alpha Naytibas and their leader, known as the Elder Naytiba, in the hope of saving what remains of humanity. Unsurprisingly, things go wrong fairly quickly.
Stellar Blade manages to capture the same intensity of a hack-and-slash game while blending it with action-RPG elements that help it sit somewhere between the two genres. Narratively, it isn’t the strongest game out there, but its excellent combat helps it stand out as one of PlayStation’s most distinctive action games. And I’m thankful it managed to come to PC, too.
