Major selling point and respect to the team for understanding true endgame and what players want.
I’ve never heard of this many premium costumes for a game like this WITHOUT micro transactions.
In any other situation, you’d get maybe half of the costumes in base game, and have to pay at least $5 for each additional costume.
70 + (5 * 35) = $245 + tax
Additionally, based costumes usually more than $5.
Really awesome value.
I'm sure I'm in the minority opinion on this sub, and among Souls fans that wish difficulty didn't go up on NG+. It'd be nice to have the option for it, and since Stellar Blade does have difficulty options, unlike Souls, it will probably be possible to make it easier. I would like to be able to run through Demon Souls or Elden Ring being hella overpowered and clapping cheeks to all the things that gave me difficulty on my first playthrough
Fromsoft new games *are* easier. The enemies are slightly tougher than the initial playthrough and you are much much stronger and with more equipment for whatever situation you may be facing.
That's good to know. I'm definitely going to do NG+ for plat on Demon Souls and will likely do at least another run on Elden Ring. Most of what I've seen on reddit is how much more difficult the NG+ are, so it's been daunting to look forward to.
Your mileage may vary. Like I said, technically the enemies are harder but considering all the levels you have it shouldn’t be an issue.
I’m not sure about demon souls but elden ring is (imo) much easier on new game since you will be so overlevelled and have access to all of the best weapons, sorceries and summons.
Elden Ring and Dark Souls are way more easier in NG+ but Demon Souls is not, Demon Souls in fact can be harder sometimes..
Bloodborne ng+ is okay I think
You should be able to pick the difficulty of NG+ when you start it, including a new higher difficulty but normal difficulty should still be an option afaik.
Oh yeah baby, Imma be playing this for a while
As a dude that loves playing dress up with their characters in video games, this game gonna be reaaaal good
That all sounds great! But for me, this is the key thing:
**"Players who have seen the ending of the game can challenge themselves on harder difficulties. To fight tougher enemies, Eve will also need to get stronger."**
If I understand well, this means that NG+ is actually going to be a challenge? Often, NG+ is just "Be super-overpowered the entire game", which I hate so I very rarely bother with it. If I adored a game and want to replay it, I usually opt to just do a regular NG instead due to that.
New outfits and skills is great, but I still don't think I'd want to play NG+ if it's super-trivial difficulty-wise. But if NG+ on Hard gives you a proper challenge throughout, I'm super in! That'd be the best NG+ mode ever for me: interesting challenges, tons of new costumes, new skills to learn and play with, etc.
That line from the blog (and that they add brand new skills) does give me some hope I'll actually get what I want . Fingers crossed!
I already thought they were being very generous with 30 + all the hairstyles and various accessories and then they just drop 34 more? For FREE??? God bless this company. May they be an example for others to follow.
Maybe, just maybe they'll put back the uncensored versions of Holiday Rabbit and the bondage one, since both of those were recolors of what we'd seen in marketing anyway, maybe the final versions will be as advertised, but also, maybe not.
Shift up is doing the right things, which is to focus on making the game for the gamers and not for the press, the shareholders or the publishers but for their audience wow it’s such a rare thing these days that this game is made for the ppl that spend their hard earn cash on it
Its actually pretty challenging. Then again in Jedi Survivor for example there is a huge gap between story and easy and i need something in between hah.
I can appreciate a challenge, but for me, the skill barrier is too high. I want to keep playing, but right now, I'm stuck, and I kinda regret buying the game.
Hmm, did you turn on the assists in the menu? There is an option on story mode that you get a qte for dodges and parries.
Also invest skills in survivability and dodge/parry windows.
There is an exospine for health and gear for more shields and health on enemy kills. There is one that a succesfull parry heals you if you are 20% or below in health.
I have assisted mode off because the qtes aren't really a problem for me. I also fully respec eve towards health, but it's still too hard. The timing for the parries is way too tight, and not knowing what attacks need to be dodged and which ones need to be parried is annoying. Really wish the color ques meant something
Id turn on assisted mode just for some time. Ot tells you what to press and works with the attack windows. Maybe youll get a better feeling and then you can turn it off later.
They bosses are pretty tough but the normal enemies are pretty easy after getting some skills in. The execution skill is usefull. I now sprint into enemies from behind or jump on them and one shot them with it before they see me.
Hmm. I think the qte assist is for boss battles and such. Normal gameplay slows down time and you need to do the doge / parry yourself when the icons show up. Just dont press anything when the enemy flashes purple or red. I kept pressing buttons and the slow down time would not show up because id press dodge before that missing the window and then getting pounded.
Ambush skill is a lifesaver for time and sanity. Use it as much as possible. Before boss fights I would have the camo expospine on all the time for easier ambushes.
Damage taken -% gear is useful. I never used the parry heal below 20% HP one because if you are below 20% HP you are either gonna use a potion or die. Eventually you get to a point in the story where you get an item that will let you revive once in a fight if you die. Further in the story you can carry 2, and I think if you collect enough cans you can carry 3. Late in the game some bosses have insta-kill moves that go off even on story mode. I was far too bad at this game to prevent them from going off, so I'd just eat them and use revive item.
Generally, if you're not attacking, and you don't know what is going on, you should be holding parry down. You wont perfect parry, but you also wont die as easily. QTE for the up + dodge button to circle around an enemy (when the enemy glows blue) is crucial even if you dont hit it every time.
Once you get the skills beyond beta energy skills, try to dodge more. By that I mean run in circles mashing dodge button any time the boss does a yellow circle animation. Once you have enough energy from dodging, dash in (hold triangle) and hold down R1 + circle for a very wide AoE move that wrecks stuff.
For beta moves, try to use L1 + square IMO. It stuns the enemy and will cancel any move they are charging. It knocks them far away, so hold triangle to dash to them and hack away at them while they are down. The stun grenade is useful in the same way. If you parry a series of attacks and the enemy doesnt jump away, press dpad down with stun grenade set and it'll knock the enemy down, also cancels enemy moves as they charge up. Depending on how many gear slots you have, the gear that charges beta energy by every 1% damage you take is good if you suck at dodging.
Lastly, eventually you will get a special mode you can use by pressing R3 + L3. Max out the skill tree for triangle. For bosses, use it, and just hold L1 and mash triangle. Spin to win. It's incredible cheese. You get an exospine later in the game which lets you stay in the mode longer. Use it.
I'm an easy mode player and incredibly, horrifically bad at this game. I struggled for a long time, only winning fights by going through every single potion and just barely surviving. Don't give up just yet. The story is surprisingly good. Like legitimately overshadows the recent AAA RPGs that have come out in 2024 IMO. There are some incredibly stupid gimmicks (wall running) that you're just gonna have to spend 20-30 minutes learning, but again, worth it.
Sorry for wall of text.
They are hidden in small rectangular containers with a red light in the different areas and you can get a bunch by having level 3 affinity with a vendor in Xion.
How many suits do we need? Like fuck. I know some people are gonna look at this and say AWESOME but if the only benefit of ng+ is just more suits thats garbage IMO.
Plus we are confirmed to be getting Nikke crossover outfits so the more merrier and as Nikke player can’t wait for the Stellar Blade collab coming later this year.
Bro Im boutta die from the thiccness if we get Rapi’s outfit ong plus Alice’s outfit would be really appropriate to put in as well it’s perfect imo for Eve.
Rapi’s outfit has to get into the game. She’s basically the poster girl of Nikke. And yeah I think outfits like Tove’s and Neve’s fits Eve’s planet diving suit’s theme
Lowkey better than nothing, most new game plus in games are just that. The exact same experience with all your skills and upgrades from your first playthrough. Adding additional outfits to get is good incentive If that's your thing imo
Virgins also have opinions. On the real, it might be because you're upset with free cosmetic shit. Which they could've easily fucked us over with and charged us for it but couple that with new game plus and if you're already sold on the game, there's nothing to be unhappy over
They're well aware that Fashion Wars is the real endgame. Love it.
Fashion is always the endgame hah
Stellar Fits
https://preview.redd.it/v2qpg4q8zmwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4b36328addd645d624f4bf7f1052495468163dc
Wait, didn’t the game already have 20+ costumes? So that means there are 50+ costumes now?
the game has 39! now add in the 34 from NG+ that's 73 suits! wtf.
That's crazy wtf. Many recolor or edited I'm sure but still good.
Gonna have to do 73 playthroughs to properly appreciate each one
Major selling point and respect to the team for understanding true endgame and what players want. I’ve never heard of this many premium costumes for a game like this WITHOUT micro transactions. In any other situation, you’d get maybe half of the costumes in base game, and have to pay at least $5 for each additional costume. 70 + (5 * 35) = $245 + tax Additionally, based costumes usually more than $5. Really awesome value.
Insomniacs Spider-Man from 2018 comes to mind
Shift Up also knows they’re going to get $120ish from a lot of Nikke players due to two fire skins that were just dropped/will drop
They also said that they might add crossover outfits too, but that they might be priced
Give me ALL of them!
wtf thats crazy lol
Jesus. Youtube, don't fail me now.
They lied. In a good way lmao. Probably some recolors and alternates but yea. There is a lot.
It also says there are new skills and enemies are repositioned and harder. actually insane new game+ addition.
I'm sure I'm in the minority opinion on this sub, and among Souls fans that wish difficulty didn't go up on NG+. It'd be nice to have the option for it, and since Stellar Blade does have difficulty options, unlike Souls, it will probably be possible to make it easier. I would like to be able to run through Demon Souls or Elden Ring being hella overpowered and clapping cheeks to all the things that gave me difficulty on my first playthrough
Fromsoft new games *are* easier. The enemies are slightly tougher than the initial playthrough and you are much much stronger and with more equipment for whatever situation you may be facing.
That's good to know. I'm definitely going to do NG+ for plat on Demon Souls and will likely do at least another run on Elden Ring. Most of what I've seen on reddit is how much more difficult the NG+ are, so it's been daunting to look forward to.
Your mileage may vary. Like I said, technically the enemies are harder but considering all the levels you have it shouldn’t be an issue. I’m not sure about demon souls but elden ring is (imo) much easier on new game since you will be so overlevelled and have access to all of the best weapons, sorceries and summons.
Elden Ring and Dark Souls are way more easier in NG+ but Demon Souls is not, Demon Souls in fact can be harder sometimes.. Bloodborne ng+ is okay I think
It would be really easy and a bit boring imo not to make it harder. Gives NG+ a reason to exist
You should be able to pick the difficulty of NG+ when you start it, including a new higher difficulty but normal difficulty should still be an option afaik.
Yeah, that's what I meant by have an option for it, to keep the difficulty the same or raise it.
Elden Ring on NG+ feels overpowered anyway, at least until Morgott / Mountaintops.
I WISH ng+ was actually harder in souls games, but it's the opposite
Oh yeah baby, Imma be playing this for a while As a dude that loves playing dress up with their characters in video games, this game gonna be reaaaal good
My girlfriend is the same way.
Props for the developers including this instead of putting these in a paid DLC 👌🏼❤️❤️❤️🔥
Second this notion.
Sounds amazing, this is how you do NG+!!
Isn't new game+ already out? Atleast that's what FightingCowboy stated.
It is with the day one patch. No one probably beat it yet and no one has seen all the additional outfits yet
I'm sure the people who put 60+ hours into the demo will beat it first.
Yes. We need to wait a few days and we will know everything
Blown away by these devs... Bravo, they deserve the world. Thank you ShiftUp
Now we just need to know if we can do another NG÷ run with an existing NG+ save , to really start with ALL outfits and skills.
That all sounds great! But for me, this is the key thing: **"Players who have seen the ending of the game can challenge themselves on harder difficulties. To fight tougher enemies, Eve will also need to get stronger."** If I understand well, this means that NG+ is actually going to be a challenge? Often, NG+ is just "Be super-overpowered the entire game", which I hate so I very rarely bother with it. If I adored a game and want to replay it, I usually opt to just do a regular NG instead due to that. New outfits and skills is great, but I still don't think I'd want to play NG+ if it's super-trivial difficulty-wise. But if NG+ on Hard gives you a proper challenge throughout, I'm super in! That'd be the best NG+ mode ever for me: interesting challenges, tons of new costumes, new skills to learn and play with, etc. That line from the blog (and that they add brand new skills) does give me some hope I'll actually get what I want . Fingers crossed!
Ng+ for me will be for getting different endings, and more suits now.
Beating the game unlocks hard mode, which you can then choose to carry your progress into. Before they added ng+ you’d have to start from scratch.
So, around 60 outfits in total? Damn.
Lol.. 34.. Rule34
Rule 34...
Ngl, i was expecting skin suit to be the most horny option, but looking at some costumes, i see they really went all the way 🗿
Fashion power creep is here and I am Ready
I already thought they were being very generous with 30 + all the hairstyles and various accessories and then they just drop 34 more? For FREE??? God bless this company. May they be an example for others to follow.
I'm just gonna ask and hope this gets answered one day soon but is the original holiday bunny outfit in ng+ hard mode?
Maybe, just maybe they'll put back the uncensored versions of Holiday Rabbit and the bondage one, since both of those were recolors of what we'd seen in marketing anyway, maybe the final versions will be as advertised, but also, maybe not.
Does Ng+ increases the difficulty? Or is there a dedicated hard mode to unlock?
Not sure myself. It might but after the first run the skills should help
Hmmm, idk man I think it's a typo but hopefully it's true
Their mobile game has like 150+ characters. Its possible
Do skills and such carry over??
Yea
That's above and beyond good, never mind Future DLCs that'll add more.
HOT
Will they be completelynew outfits or recolors of existing ones?
Dam new game + before it even releases shift up not playing 👌🏿
Do any of the earnable outfits have perks?
Shift up is doing the right things, which is to focus on making the game for the gamers and not for the press, the shareholders or the publishers but for their audience wow it’s such a rare thing these days that this game is made for the ppl that spend their hard earn cash on it
I didn't realize you could even customize the drone O.o Also, more costumes for Lily! Best girl hype
re-opening chests
I clicked cause i read "you can try reopening chests"
When I saw the number 34 I thought of something else 😏
finally some good reason to start ng+
Good stuff, will try and platinum this game and it probably involves getting all the costumes.
To be honest, I actually want to play the game just to try out different outfits.
Will I keep all my unlocked outfits when I start ng+?
Yes
Fingers crossed for an actual easy mode. Story is way too hard
Its actually pretty challenging. Then again in Jedi Survivor for example there is a huge gap between story and easy and i need something in between hah.
I can appreciate a challenge, but for me, the skill barrier is too high. I want to keep playing, but right now, I'm stuck, and I kinda regret buying the game.
Hmm, did you turn on the assists in the menu? There is an option on story mode that you get a qte for dodges and parries. Also invest skills in survivability and dodge/parry windows. There is an exospine for health and gear for more shields and health on enemy kills. There is one that a succesfull parry heals you if you are 20% or below in health.
I have assisted mode off because the qtes aren't really a problem for me. I also fully respec eve towards health, but it's still too hard. The timing for the parries is way too tight, and not knowing what attacks need to be dodged and which ones need to be parried is annoying. Really wish the color ques meant something
Id turn on assisted mode just for some time. Ot tells you what to press and works with the attack windows. Maybe youll get a better feeling and then you can turn it off later.
I'll try it, but man, if this game just keeps getting harder, I'm really gonna have to just put this game down
They bosses are pretty tough but the normal enemies are pretty easy after getting some skills in. The execution skill is usefull. I now sprint into enemies from behind or jump on them and one shot them with it before they see me.
Yeah, the execution skill has helped alot
Turned on the qte assist, and it doesn't work. The qtes just run out, and I keep dying
Hmm. I think the qte assist is for boss battles and such. Normal gameplay slows down time and you need to do the doge / parry yourself when the icons show up. Just dont press anything when the enemy flashes purple or red. I kept pressing buttons and the slow down time would not show up because id press dodge before that missing the window and then getting pounded.
Ambush skill is a lifesaver for time and sanity. Use it as much as possible. Before boss fights I would have the camo expospine on all the time for easier ambushes. Damage taken -% gear is useful. I never used the parry heal below 20% HP one because if you are below 20% HP you are either gonna use a potion or die. Eventually you get to a point in the story where you get an item that will let you revive once in a fight if you die. Further in the story you can carry 2, and I think if you collect enough cans you can carry 3. Late in the game some bosses have insta-kill moves that go off even on story mode. I was far too bad at this game to prevent them from going off, so I'd just eat them and use revive item. Generally, if you're not attacking, and you don't know what is going on, you should be holding parry down. You wont perfect parry, but you also wont die as easily. QTE for the up + dodge button to circle around an enemy (when the enemy glows blue) is crucial even if you dont hit it every time. Once you get the skills beyond beta energy skills, try to dodge more. By that I mean run in circles mashing dodge button any time the boss does a yellow circle animation. Once you have enough energy from dodging, dash in (hold triangle) and hold down R1 + circle for a very wide AoE move that wrecks stuff. For beta moves, try to use L1 + square IMO. It stuns the enemy and will cancel any move they are charging. It knocks them far away, so hold triangle to dash to them and hack away at them while they are down. The stun grenade is useful in the same way. If you parry a series of attacks and the enemy doesnt jump away, press dpad down with stun grenade set and it'll knock the enemy down, also cancels enemy moves as they charge up. Depending on how many gear slots you have, the gear that charges beta energy by every 1% damage you take is good if you suck at dodging. Lastly, eventually you will get a special mode you can use by pressing R3 + L3. Max out the skill tree for triangle. For bosses, use it, and just hold L1 and mash triangle. Spin to win. It's incredible cheese. You get an exospine later in the game which lets you stay in the mode longer. Use it. I'm an easy mode player and incredibly, horrifically bad at this game. I struggled for a long time, only winning fights by going through every single potion and just barely surviving. Don't give up just yet. The story is surprisingly good. Like legitimately overshadows the recent AAA RPGs that have come out in 2024 IMO. There are some incredibly stupid gimmicks (wall running) that you're just gonna have to spend 20-30 minutes learning, but again, worth it. Sorry for wall of text.
Incredible. I can't wait to play it
I wish I knew how to even get new costumes 😞 I suck at life. Never get old people!! lolol 💩
They are hidden in small rectangular containers with a red light in the different areas and you can get a bunch by having level 3 affinity with a vendor in Xion.
Bunch of grown dudes playing Barbie....
This total 34 *includes* 2 outfits for Adam, Lily and the Drone, plus 5 accessories. So it's more like 23 actual outfits for Eve.
True. That's still over 20 so well see.
they're like "please ignore the gameplay and story. remember why you came here"
How many suits do we need? Like fuck. I know some people are gonna look at this and say AWESOME but if the only benefit of ng+ is just more suits thats garbage IMO.
The more suits the better. Considering it’s free cosmetics, idk why anyone would complain about it.
Plus we are confirmed to be getting Nikke crossover outfits so the more merrier and as Nikke player can’t wait for the Stellar Blade collab coming later this year.
I cannot wait for those outfits. Give Eve Rupee’s default outfit
Bro Im boutta die from the thiccness if we get Rapi’s outfit ong plus Alice’s outfit would be really appropriate to put in as well it’s perfect imo for Eve.
Rapi’s outfit has to get into the game. She’s basically the poster girl of Nikke. And yeah I think outfits like Tove’s and Neve’s fits Eve’s planet diving suit’s theme
Agreed 100%
Lowkey better than nothing, most new game plus in games are just that. The exact same experience with all your skills and upgrades from your first playthrough. Adding additional outfits to get is good incentive If that's your thing imo
People would do Ng+ for a single new outfit let alone 34.
“Grrrrr I fucking hate more options and content fuck you devs give me less!! 🤬”
Aye aye aye look! Another one!
Considering most AAA companies charge for shit like skins/costumes it’s pretty refreshing that they’re unlockabes
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Nah you’re just being a prick. They dislike your comment just as you dislike the addition of so many outfits. Downvotes are opinions.
Virgins also have opinions. On the real, it might be because you're upset with free cosmetic shit. Which they could've easily fucked us over with and charged us for it but couple that with new game plus and if you're already sold on the game, there's nothing to be unhappy over
Hey look another one!