Game exceeded all of my expectations. I did discuss with a friend that I wish the combat was less souls like and actually used Eve's movement in the environment to help make it a bit more interesting, with things like aerial combat for example, but even what we got in terms of combat is very slick. I'd love to see what the devs do with a sequel to Stellar Blade.

The biggest flaws with the game can be some of the instant death minigames being kind of cryptic, the great desert area was kind of uninteresting, and the weird spike in difficulty for the last few boss fights.

I wasn't expecting to like the characters in this game so much, given how reviews panned out. Eve being on the spectrum with her refusal of requests that are too extreme, and the obsession with cans. Lily and Adam even get some time to be fleshed out. Story is a bit predictable, but even it took some unexpected turns and was enjoyable overall. The biggest flaw with this game was coming out in the same year as FFVII Rebirth because otherwise it would easily have been my GOTY.