I liked a lot of games this year.

Things were pretty weird before Stellar Blade released.

Assassin’s Creed 2 would not look out of place amongst gaming’s elite.

Close Up of Sciel from Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

It’s a sequel that all sequels aspire to.

It’s a sequel Stellar Blade must be shooting for.

Obviously, you hope every game is better than the one before.

A woman glowing purple with bat wings in Borderlands 4

But this is not as simple as ‘I hope the next Stellar Blade is good’.

I don’t just want more Stellar Blade.

And I believe it’s out there.

golgra looks down at the camera with her arms crossed in clair obscur: expedition 33.

Eve was Stellar Blade’s downfall.

And that’s kind of the problem.

Everything Eve does detracts from her cool design because she isthe most boring character I’ve ever encountered.

Eve from Stellar Blade with 2 behind her

Her personality is… that she’s pleasant most of the time?

Stellar Blade Still Has Huge Potential

There’s room for the gameplay to step up too.

A game very good at doing an impression of great games that came out several years previously.

The box art for Assassin’s Creed 2

A crowd-pleaser, closer to Horizon than any other Sony game.

But the sequel seems to bemore ambitious thematically, and hascast off the safety harness.

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Stellar Blade’s Eve looking at the camera and shrugging

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