Stellar Blade Settings Change Could Make the Game Better

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A Stellar Blade fan has discovered one settings change that could potentially improve the game for a lot of players. The recent release of Stellar Blade on PlayStation 5 has attracted a ton of hype, but there's one element that has left some fans underwhelmed, although this can be solved with a single change in the settings.

Upon its release, Stellar Blade has been met with high critical praise. While a lot of the attention drawn to the game pre-release was centered on the appearance of its protagonist, there's no doubt that Stellar Blade has also proven it has a lot to offer in the gameplay department. It takes strong inspiration from Soulslikes, with a lower difficulty ceiling to remove some of the frustration commonly associated with the genre. While it joins the club of stellar PlayStation 5 exclusives, it isn't perfect, but one of its biggest problems could be solved in the settings menu.

A post on the Stellar Blade subreddit by user TomatilloExtreme underlined some issues with the game's English dub, describing it as «godawful,» and pointing out that it had been highlighted by several critics for lacking emotion throughout the game. Their suggestion to solve this is simple — use the Korean dub of the game with English subtitles. According to TomatilloExtreme, this results in the actors showing «a bigger range of emotion,» although this will naturally prove subjective for every player. Some in the thread pointed out that Stellar Blade's Eve has a strong English voice actor, with most agreeing it's the rest of the cast that leaves a little to be desired.

Gamers choosing to play with foreign-language dubs isn't totally uncommon. Sometimes, the English voiceover just doesn't fit the setting. A common example of this in the past was Assassin's Creed Unity. Set in Paris, the game used strong English accents throughout, and many players instead moved over to the French dub for a more authentic experience. Changing over to the Korean dub probably won't make beating St