History VideoGame / StellarBlade

* RobotMaid: Arisa, who greets Eve upon reaching the orbital elevator, is one (stress on the robot, she comes across as much more programmed than any of the Andro-Eidos), complete with bonnet and frills, though her overall outfit is a lot more conservative than one might expect compared to others among the cast.

* WholePlotReference: The general premise given by the trailers of an action game where a beautiful woman fights in post-apocalyptic Earth against alien invaders for the survival of the remnants of humanity is not too unlike the framework of [[spoiler:''VideoGame/NierAutomata'']], as well as the game [[spoiler:''Goddess of Victory: NIKKE'']], which is also heavily inspired by [[spoiler:''Automata'']] and outright had a crossover event with it where [[spoiler:2B]] could be acquired in [[spoiler:''NIKKE'']].

* RewatchBonus: It's worth watching many of the cutscenes a second time knowing [[spoiler:Adam's true identity and motives]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:while the foreshadowing of the RoboticReveal is never particularly subtle, after getting confirmation it's starting to see just how much of what "humans" say and do is fig leaves for blatantly robotic functions]]. The game incentives this, as about half of the [[VirtualPaperDoll cosmetic options]] are only available on NewGamePlus.

** In Matrix 11, there's a setpiece where EVE has to escape a train that's falling off an exploded bridge, similar to how Nathan Drake had to to the same in ''VideoGame/Uncharted2''.

''Stellar Blade''[[note]]formerly titled ''Project Eve''[[/note]] is an ActionRPG that combines {{stylish action}} with [[SoulsLikeRPG deliberate and difficult combat]], developed by Korean studio SHIFT UP Corp. (developer of ''VideoGame/DestinyChild'' and ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNikke'') and published by Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment. The game is directed by SHIFT UP [=CEO=] Hyung-tae Kim (previously known for his character artwork for the ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta'' games), and features music composed in part by Monaca, a music studio founded by Keiichi Okabe.

** The actual context in game makes it worse: [[spoiler: it's the third Alpha Naytiba, Demogorgon, and EVE has to [[GodzillaThreshhold overclock the drone railgun with her body cell to shoot its eyes to kill it.]]]]

* NoFlowInCGI: Thoroughly averted for Eve's ponytail. It flutters and flows freely, including falling forward over either shoulder when she moves backwards or turns and briefly curling around limbs when she tumbles, and seems to be animated almost by the strand to the point it'll separate into multiple locks at times. The only blatant unrealistic part is the hair apparently being frictionless, as even at full length her ponytail never actually gets tangled around anything or tied in knots.

* WholePlotReference: The general premise given by the trailers of an action game where a beautiful woman fights in post-apocalyptic Earth against alien invaders for the survival of the remnants of humanity is not too unlike the framework of ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', as well as their other game ''Goddess of Victory: NIKKE'', which is also heavily inspired by ''Automata'' and outright had a crossover event with it where 2B could be acquired in ''NIKKE''.

* TomatoInTheMirror: After some investigation on Earth, [[spoiler:EVE]] finds out that [[spoiler:she and the rest of the Colony aren't original humans, but instead a race of androids that replaced humanity after Mother Sphere exterminated them. Even worse, the Naytiba are actually the descendants of humans who resorted to extreme genetic modification to survive, meaning EVE and her fellow Airborne Squad soldiers have been slaughtering the humans they believed they were protecting all this time]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: After some investigation on Earth, EVE finds out to her dismay that [[spoiler:she and the rest of the Colony aren't original humans, but instead a race of androids that replaced humanity after Mother Sphere exterminated them. Even worse, the Naytiba are actually the descendants of humans who resorted to extreme genetic modification to survive, meaning EVE and her fellow Airborne Squad soldiers have been slaughtering the humans they believed they were protecting all this time]].

* NewMeat: EVE may be a cyborg supersoldier but she's fresh out of training.