{"id":816536,"date":"2025-12-08T08:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/stellar-blade-review?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:13:42","slug":"stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I’ve spoken to your parents, and they’re worried about you, mate. They’ve been telling me that you’re thinking about buying Stellar Blade<\/a> on the PS5 – don’t get up! It’s okay, this is a no judgement zone, bud. Don’t look embarrassed, it’s just me and you having a conversation here. Now, let me tell you something…\n<\/p>\n

Ignore those bozos. Stellar Blade is a downright shocker of a release. An uppercut to the “best games coming in April” videos who could not see past feeble aesthetics to the pack-a-punch action extravaganza behind Stellar Blade, like a fool hiker missing the forest for the trees. Stellar Blade asks a question that sat steadfast in even Plato’s mind: “Can too much cake ruin a party?”\n<\/p>\n

For those blissfully unaware of what I’m waffling about, Stellar Blade is a third-person action game made by South Korean developer Shift Up. With roots firmly buried in the mobile market, the studio is taking a Fenway Park level swing at a true triple-A experience. We’re talking PS5 console release, shiny graphics, and money splashed all over the place.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I’ve spoken to your parents, and they’re worried about you, mate. They’ve been telling me that you’re thinking about buying Stellar Blade on the PS5 – don’t get up! It’s okay, this is a no judgement zone, bud. Don’t look embarrassed, it’s just me and you having a conversation here. Now, let me tell you something… Ignore those bozos. Stellar Blade is a downright shocker of a release. An uppercut to the “best games coming in April” videos who could not see past feeble aesthetics to the pack-a-punch action extravaganza behind Stellar Blade, like a fool hiker missing the forest for the trees. Stellar Blade asks a question that sat steadfast in even Plato’s mind: “Can…<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,45,465,34,9345,54,9344,3987],"class_list":["post-816536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-adventure","tag-ps5","tag-reviews","tag-rpg","tag-shift-up-corporation","tag-single-player","tag-stellar-blade","tag-third-person"],"yoast_head":"\nStellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action-Adventure\",\"PS5\",\"reviews\",\"RPG\",\"Shift Up Corporation\",\"single-player\",\"Stellar Blade\",\"Third Person\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News","description":"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News","og_description":"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it","datePublished":"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/"},"wordCount":213,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg","keywords":["Action-Adventure","PS5","reviews","RPG","Shift Up Corporation","single-player","Stellar Blade","Third Person"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/","name":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-08T08:13:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Hey pal, grab a chair. Sit down a while. I've spoken to your parents, and they're worried about you, mate. They've been telling me that you're thinking","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-review-having-its-cake-and-eating-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419412,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816536\/revisions\/1419412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}