Stellar Blade (PS5)

[Lebowski]

My ultimate fave frock was the one from the box art.

This one below is my fave and fits the style of Eve and the game really well.

Planet Diving Suit 2nd


Finished this up last night, got the super Secret Ending

->Open Spoiler<-

collecting the majority of the data entries and doing all the side quests fills an invisible bar and changes how the last battle plays out

I didn't follow a guide and missed a few suits and quite a few of the cans, so got a reason to go back and do a second playthough.

My first run through took about 38 hours, I don't need to scour the map and can pretty much just hit the main story beats so it should take a fraction of this time to get a second run done. I'm gonna use a guide to get the cans though and the three outfits i missed.

[Neon Ignition]

Some of the cans do seem easy to miss, tucked away in fairly obscure corners. I'm up to 10/49 so far. Last night I did around another two hours back and forthing with Xion and side missions and I'm now still in the Wastelands as a result

[Neon Ignition]

After a several days off I've just hit the halfway mark (I think), the recent area was very tunnel based so a bit too much like the earlier sewers. I'm expecting a new open hub very soon after a bit more Xion side missioning. Up to 14 outfits now so I've likely missed some designs but seem to be on track to end the game having caught most content if I continue as I am.

[Lebowski]

Started new game plus, and found that you really need to play this on hard mode, going back into level one on standard difficulty makes you feel like a god, forgot how long it took to get to Xion, itsa fair old trek, but got to the info dealer to check out the new summer outfits she has for sale and....

whooo eeee they know their audience skimpy isn't the word, well played Shift Up

[Neon Ignition]

Finished the game over the weekend and hats off to it, I never pegged it as a contender but it's really been a surprise and been excellent throughout. I don't feel compelled to put additional time into it having rolled credits on the true ending and having half the cans and costumes but it was a long and never unenjoyable game. Just about pips into first place so far in terms of GOTY contending.

[Asura]

Platinum'd this recently and came back to grab the only costume I was missing - you have to beat a specific boss in the boss-rush mode in Hard difficulty. Actually took me several sessions to figure out but I eventually managed to do it.

I'm not sure how many hours I put into this but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The combat's great fun, the world's just enough of a mix of open and linear. I've said it before at various times but it feels like a PS2 game, in a way where that's a compliment as opposed to a criticism. And kinda amazing for the studio's first rodeo.

Almost certainly my GOTY just because it's the title I came back to numerous times.