History YMMV / StellarBlade

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** One of the hairstyles that Kasim, the hairstylist of Gwen Hair Salon, can give EVE is labelled, "A Daughter's Memories". Its description says that this is how Kasim styled his daughter's hair.
--->One could say it's brimming with memories.
** After EVE solves the problem with the solar tower in the Wastelands, one of the drones thanks EVE profusely, using its limited vocabulary to name her "Administrator of the month".

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''VideoGame/Nier Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''. General discussion has been leaning towards considering ''Stellar Blade'' to have the better mechanics, combat, and exploration; while ''Nier:Automata'' has the better overall writing and aesthetics.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Chances are that if anyone hears about the game for the first time, it'll be about Eve's extremely sexualized appearance and proportions.

* FandomRivalry: A minor one with ''VideoGame/HadesII'', due to Western gaming sites praising that game's MsFanservice characters while trashing ''Stellar Blade'' for the same thing. That being said, most of the actual vitriol is directed less at ''Hades II'' and more at the gaming sites themselves.

* HypeBacklash: There is a not uncommon sentiment online amongst some users on social networks that, while the game seemed interesting enough for them to check out, they were ultimately deterred by how most of the preemptive praise towards the game boiled down to Eve's character design rather than anything to do with the story or gameplay.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman" (despite not only the character designer having a wife, but also Eve being modeled off a real woman), though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''. [[DownplayedTrope However,]] it should be noted that that is where most of the similarities between ''Stellar Blade'' and ''Nier: Automata'' end; if anything, the overall plot is more akin to either [[spoiler:''Automata's'' [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} predecessor]], or ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' depending on the endings; the presentation, while superficially borrowing a lot from ''Automata'', is more akin to that of ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', surprisingly.]] It's still a basic plot, though.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman" (despite not only the character designer having a wife, but also Eve being modeled off a real woman), though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash. The overall toxic discourse surrounding the game between those that dismiss the game out of hand for supposed misogyny and those that tout it for "bringing back sexy women" to video games also does no favors for the game's reputation. And after launch, accusations that one of the game's outfits was subjected to censorship in the day-one patch also resulted in backlash among the latter camp, who bemoaned the developers "caving" to supposed ExecutiveMeddling from the publishers and began clamoring for it to be changed back, especially when it was seemingly acknowledged by the game's director and that the costume was under internal review.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''. [[DownplayedTrope However,]] it should be noted that that is where most of the similarities between ''Stellar Blade'' and ''Nier: Automata'' end; if anything, the overall plot is more akin to either [[spoiler:''Automata's'' [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} predecessor]], or ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' depending on the endings; the presentation, while superficially borrowing a lot from ''Automata'', is more akin to that of [[''VideoGame/CrisisCore'']], surprisingly.]] It's still a basic plot, though.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''. [[DownplayedTrope However,]] it should be noted that that is where most of the similarities between ''Stellar Blade'' and ''Nier: Automata'' end; if anything, the overall plot is more akin to either [[spoiler:''Automata's'' [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} predecessor]], or [[''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'']], depending on the endings; the presentation, while superficially borrowing a lot from ''Automata'', is more akin to that of [[''VideoGame/CrisisCore'']], surprisingly.]] It's still a basic plot, though.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade''. [[DownplayedTrope However,]] it should be noted that that is where most of the similarities between ''Stellar Blade'' and ''NieR: Automata'' end; if anything, the overall plot is more akin to either [[spoiler:''Automata's'' [[''VideoGame/{Nier} predecessor]], or [[''VideoGame/{Einhander}'']], depending on the endings; the presentation, while superficially borrowing a lot from ''Automata'', is more akin to that of [[''VideoGame/CrisisCore'']], surprisingly.]] It's still a basic plot, though.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: One of the points of contention in the game is that while the gameplay is indeed stellar, the story feels predictable and cookie cutter. This is especially the case among fans who also played ''Nier: Automata'', a game with a similar premise which many consider to have done much better work with its plots, characters and themes in comparison to ''Stellar Blade'', and that the latter game may have tried too hard to mimic ''Automata'''s story elements to its own story's detriment.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Honestly, what has anyone heard about this game beyond Eve's extremely sexualized appearance and proportions?

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman" (despite not only the character designer having a wife, but also Eve being modeled off a real woman), though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman" (Despite not only the character designer having a wife, but also Eve being modeled off a real woman), though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash. However, it should also be mentioned that many of the people defending Eve's design have also been extremely misognyistic about the game's detractors as well generally filling the "basement dwelling gamergater" stereotype in general- Which has put many people who were interested in the game for reasons other than its fanservice off of it for fear of coming across as part of the aforementioned group.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman" (Despite not only the character designer having a wife, but also Eve being modeled off a real woman), though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman," though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash.

** It's also important to note that the game's main creator is a married man, and Eve was designed by his wife.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Due to the game's marketing focusing heavily on the fact that [[ThirdPersonSeductress you play as a sexy Asian chick with a huge ass]] to the exclusion of the its story and gameplay, the game garnered this reputation before it even fully ''released'', with some gamers semi-humorously remarking that they still can't even tell what genre the game is supposed to be because all discussion of the game is dominated by PerverseSexualLust.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman," though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash. It should be noted that this is a very vocal minority as most people actually appreciate the game's more honest (if shameless) approach to fanservice given how a lot of games in the 2020s have either redesigned or censored sexy female designs and fanservice in general for political reasons.

* TaintedByThePreview: When Eve's design was being marketed as a selling point of the game, some people took issue with it and called it misogynistic and over-sexualized, with certain gaming news outlets like IGN France going as far as to calling the design "a sexualized doll by someone who has never seen a woman." (though the article has since been retracted with an apology due to backlash).

* GoodBadBugs: The demo had a glitch, using a move that warped Eve behind enemies, that let her reach the area following the boss that should be the end of the demo. The area is surprisingly fleshed out, with additional enemies not seen in the "proper" part of the demo, even cut scenes, and most notably, upgrades for Eve. However, progressing too far leads players to a black screen, soft-locking the game.