Sometimes I want a masterpiece like Elden Ring, sometimes a deeply emotional indie like Omori, sometimes an anime aesthetic JRPG like Trials of Mana, sometimes a genre-defying indie like Vampire Survivors or Bolatro, sometimes a virtual interactive poetry experience like Kentucky Route Zero, sometimes a Mario or other Nintendo game, sometimes an FPS like Titanfall 2, or sometimes an adult themed game like Max Payne 3. And then Yes, sometimes I want a generic action adventure with a cute sexy girl in a bathing suit fighting monsters. There are Soooo many games, and so many tastes for games that as long as they're not super problematic we should just allow developers and publishers make what they want to try and sell to us. HOWEVER, of course my big gripe comes when some of the biggest games go after vulnerable people in a predatory way. That's of much greater concern than any argument around Stella Blade IMO.

Heh, I feel the whole conversation here kinda reinforce the  stuff I said in my previous comment, even the stuff about predatory business practices.

Love the sound of this game, I've wishlisted it and check it out some day. Personally I love playing little indie passion projects in-between big budget studio produced games. Like  now I just finished playing an amazing hidden object game called "Small Radios Big Televisions" before giving Horizon Zero Dawn a go. Then after that I've got a couple more indies lined up on my 'To Play' list before moving on to 2017's Prey.

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