Stellar Blade's PC launch has been nothing short of, well, stellar. It's smashed every single-player PlayStation concurrent player record on Steam and has rave reviews to boot. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida thinks it's the combat that has people clamoring to play, but all the sexy mods suggest a different motivation.
Yoshida says that he believes it's the challenging soulslike combat of Stellar Blade that's caused its success, in an interview with Game Watch (translated by Automaton). He also states that the technical aspects, graphics, and character designs are great, but it's the combat that's done the heavy lifting here.
While many have praised the game's combat – I found it to be a little lacking compared to other top soulslikes, but still thought the boss fights were visually very spectacular – Nexus Mods offers some insight into what PC players are really getting up to with Eve.
Eve isn't the first character developer Shift Up has made that's attracted the attention of a lot of horned-up gamers. Its previous venture, Goddess of Victory: Nikke, also has scantily clad women. Nier creator Yoko Taro actually joked that he regrets doing a collaboration with the game because now, "many Nier cosplayers – especially those in more revealing outfits – started switching over to Nikke cosplay and stopped cosplaying Nier characters."
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