Pretty much everything Stellar Blade sets out to do, another game has already done significantly better. The gameplay while passable doesn't really lend itself to feeling overly satisfying and parry mechanics lack an impact that really leaves me feeling badass for getting through an entire chain the way something like Sekiro does.

Where it really lets itself down though is in the cast and story, at no point do things really kick into gear and gain a real sense of momentum and by the time I was walking in to the final boss (accidentally mind you, sure would be nice to not get locked out of clearing through the remaining cans and stuff so I could just do NG+ speedrun for the plat) the game is suddenly scrambling to try and make any sense of the direction it is now going into along with being bogged down by an uninspiring cast until it just falls apart entirely.