Analysing STELLAR BLADE sword Combat, FOR SCIENCE!

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Ай бұрын

An experienced swordsman takes a look at the swordplay and combat featured in Stellar Blade to see how realistic it is
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@justinn8541 Ай бұрын

She's very realsitc because she's based on a real model. Oh, you mean the sword combat!

@justinn8541 Ай бұрын

Yes, I know it's about swords, let me joke.

@Phantom-bh5ru Ай бұрын

Do note that her body is not identical to the model. She has narrower shoulders and wider hips + thicker thighs.

@justinn8541 Ай бұрын

@@Phantom-bh5ru Ok, 80% realistic then.

@RaewCZ Ай бұрын

her body looks exactly the same as my gf ... idk what is unrealistic about it LUL

@dagazrune6453 Ай бұрын

@Phantom-bh5ru citation, please, because they have photo evidence of the model in a complete motion capture suit doing many of Eve's movements. Having a daughter who has been involved in combat sports since age 6 with several other tomboy (not trans or lesbian for you SJWs out there) friends, I can confirm that athletic women can, in fact look conventionally attractive. Keeping teen boys away has become challenging for my wife and I.😠

@robertjensen1438 Ай бұрын

Scientists have demonstrated that nerves spread throughout the body are related to human personality. For example, if a subjects arms are removed, that subject becomes much less likely to volunteer for science tests.

@mcmarkmarkson7115 Ай бұрын

What is this? Logs from Vault 50? :D

@tenchraven Ай бұрын

Cave Johnson?

@dimanarinull9122 Ай бұрын

aperture science?

@xhagast Ай бұрын

Ah, the school of when you cut the legs off a spider it goes deaf.

@Pleplerhep Ай бұрын

Also if they suddently have no legs they stop playing soccer

@DepressoEspressoMusic Ай бұрын

I think this video was one where Shad was thinking ''god I love my job'' the whole time

@lordfrostwind3151 Ай бұрын

"It's good to be da king."

@BeachpennyProductions Ай бұрын

It's incredibly nice to finally get notifications for this channel.

@andrisorinskis Ай бұрын

YT knows what kind of content gentlemen really want - sword penetrations and jiggly hair physics.

@VindicatorFSX Ай бұрын

Well the problem is if you click one KZfaq video that’s a different type subject…. Then KZfaq assumes that’s ALL you want to see now and changes all your recommended videos.

@TzereterOne Ай бұрын

YT definitely is a mess when it comes to notifications.

@Samu2010lolcats Ай бұрын

@@VindicatorFSX I've noticed that if you go to your seen videos history on YT and remove the offending video, that fixes the feed somewhat.

@TheSpongyMallard Ай бұрын

@@Samu2010lolcats Can confirm. When I look for green screens, my entire recommended are green screens after. That's why I now pause watch history when I look for them.

@MudDragon723 Ай бұрын

“It humanizes the monster! He’s an understandably villain.” One of the few times I agree with this argument for monsters. 😂

@jaywerner8415 Ай бұрын

The Withcher being the other time.

@ONTOE0 23 күн бұрын

Very poor choice of words.

@Practitioner_of_Diogenes Ай бұрын

2:42 you joke about the hair being the "bouncy" focus, but they actually mentioned the director for this game actually delayed it just to get the physics for the hair (yes, actually the hair) to work right so it could be that long. I'm serious.

@aetherial87 Ай бұрын

It actually is very mechanically impressive, lol

@irishijo1 Ай бұрын

If Nier Automata's 2B has more polygons in her assets than Majora's Mask did in its entirety, I could belive it.

@Practitioner_of_Diogenes Ай бұрын

@@irishijo1 That's actually a lie. That was a custom model for... certain... animations.

@kamron_thurmond Ай бұрын

When you consider that Batman Arkham Asylum allegedly had one guy do all the animations for the cape delays aren't really unique for that type of thing.

@steemlenn8797 Ай бұрын

And I am seriously saying that good hair physics are one of the most beautiful things you can do. Like in Violet Evergarden, everything is magnificient, but I really liked her hair.

@TheRoyalSkies Ай бұрын

Ah YES! The sword combat analysis for this game is exactly what I needed!!!

@user-nn6qc2tc1v Ай бұрын

Finally somebody gives the actual gameplay some exposure rather than dwelling on the graphics. Thanks Shad.

@don.keebles Ай бұрын

Yes the gameplay and combat are the 2 big reasons I'm getting this game. From the moment I saw the gameplay and combat, I was mesmerized. I wonder if Eve's costumes will also have different effects on her gameplay and combat.

@seefoghall Ай бұрын

Modern game reviews have almost zero difference to modern film reviews. All they talk about is characters, feelings and storylines.

@panlis6243 Ай бұрын

Basically me. I couldn't care less if the main character is a hot girl or not. I knew I'm getting this game on release after playing the demo because the combat was just this good

@killerqueen6054 Ай бұрын

I just legitimately liked the gameplay

@austinnapier8233 Ай бұрын

Shad, I definitely don't agree with all of your politics or worldly beliefs, but I absolutely get along with your sense of humor and passion for all things sharp, pointy, stony, bloody, old, martial, or multiple combinations thereof, and I appreciate the separation of those two things and that this channel is a space for anyone and everyone to share in this interest.

@KevinSmith-yh6tl Ай бұрын

That's cool. But alot of us do believe in Shsds personal and political beliefs also. But like you,we keep it seperate from the channel.,👍

@heikira438 Ай бұрын

That's the point of Shadiversity. Nerd channel.exe. Remove everything else.

@somethingsomethingsomethingdar Ай бұрын

People don’t need to agree to get along thanks for being agreeable

@sniperguy73 Ай бұрын

Respect

@kamron_thurmond Ай бұрын

Why I even feel the need to bring it up then?

@ironiccookies2320 Ай бұрын

I'm glad to be alive in a time where we can analyse two great combat assets from a video game

@thelonelydragon8768 Ай бұрын

Would you look at that, no notification. A pox on your algorithm, KZfaq!

@razorcrestriding6745 Ай бұрын

I got a notification

@davidnonya7359 Ай бұрын

i got a notification. but normally i wouldnt click on this video. but with all due respect i did not subscribe to shadivirsity for this. but i love shad and here to support him so letting it play

@Nikolajj88 Ай бұрын

Are you not using the subscriptions feed? The main page is for discovering new stuff.

@FirestreakRodimusPr Ай бұрын

no notification but thankfully I saw the video bc I'm up early.

@Matsupitsu2nd Ай бұрын

I got recommended, not subbed

@maybehuman2148 Ай бұрын

0:28 Jiggle those swords Shad! 🤣

@maximusjoseppi5904 Ай бұрын

i love the two most important things discussed in this video. two really great points

@faerylnhiikira1053 Ай бұрын

Swords and combat, right? 😄

@Armored_Muskrat Ай бұрын

Four even. Two providing an up-front perspective, and the other two a more backwards-looking one.

@KaleSerpent Ай бұрын

The flip is ABSOLUTELY needed. Do you not notice that she uses the momentum of the flip to bend her knees for the next back dash?

@shawn6860 Ай бұрын

Like the spins she was using them to set up for the next move. It makes sense and looks good.

@Psycorde Ай бұрын

I find spins acceptable when it's done by superhumans with enhanced strength, speed and reaction, be it technology or magic. You can always come up with explanation for it in that case As long as it looks good

@WakingDreamer01 Ай бұрын

22:53 Correct. It looks like nano tech, that shrinks the sword into her hair-piece. Not into her actual hair though. During the fight with the sword in hand, her hair tie / piece is much simpler and smaller. Putting the sword away her hair piece gets additional parts - representing her "sheathed" sword.

@gameragodzilla Ай бұрын

Huh, wonder if that’s a reference to the Monkey King in Journey to the West who carried the Golden Staff shrunken down behind his ear.

@BJRRBJRR Ай бұрын

The sword actually don’t shrink at all. It’s the blade of sword somehow disappear and the handle parts transforms into a bulky hair piece which fit nicely with her long pony tail. So it’s closer to a light saber than a monkey king golden staff.

@markfergerson2145 Ай бұрын

Notification received! The sword-disappearing-into-her-hair trick is probably based on it being a technomagicked hair pin. That way she doesn’t have a huge clunky scabbard slapping her hip all the time, and she can draw it kind of like from a baldric ready for a downward straight or diagonal slash. I don’t follow sportsball so I’ve not heard of 360 vision in that context either, but (at least American) infantry soldiers are taught to “keep your head on a swivel” so as to extend peripheral vision. The thing about peripheral vision is that the part of the eye that sees it, and the part of the visual cortex that processes it, sees motion and other changes really well despite having relatively poor resolution. So, you won’t see for instance that an enemy in your peripheral vision hasn’t shaved but you will see that someone is there when they weren’t there before, or that something has moved that shouldn’t have, alerting you to danger. So I can buy her still having a pretty good idea what the monster is up to while she’s facing away from it in mid-spin. My only complaint with this video is the speeding up of her motion at certain points. Yes, it’s relatively realistic but she just moves too quickly for good analysis. The fact that they add motion blur when she’s moving really fast doesn’t help even when I run the video at half or quarter sped. Other than that I think that you nailed your analysis.

@pavise6333 Ай бұрын

It's an evolution of the back scabbard

@BlakesPipes Ай бұрын

i think they hit the nail on the head with this game. i might buy a game system and start to adding this to my channel.

@benjamink2398 Ай бұрын

@@SimonWoodburyForget not on PC unfortunately. It's PS5 exclusive, prolly won't come to PC for over a year

@5hfyh3g2 Ай бұрын

we're so back

@5hfyh3g2 Ай бұрын

got this in recommended btw. first time in months I've had a video of yours show up

@bostonarchie3194 Ай бұрын

@5hfyh3g2 literally the first time I've gotten a video from him recommended instead of having to search for it

@13evilbunny666 Ай бұрын

Love the dry humor shad.

@Codeman1930 Ай бұрын

One thing that I miss Shad doing was talking about weapons that would benefit specific fantasy races. My favorite of which being centaurs being suggested to implement two halflings with bows on their backs. It was a ton of fun and I used to listen to them while I was doing some work outside.

@MasterOfNone420 Ай бұрын

“For science” had me laughing my ass off 🤣🤣🤣

@MayBeSomething Ай бұрын

Thanks, Oz. Never change.

@nothing-of5yc Ай бұрын

Definitely Swords and nothing else😏

@askasdestiny Ай бұрын

Hopefully getting better already! Seeing a lot of vids from you now!

@TheHeroicE Ай бұрын

Always enjoyable to hear a man talk about his passion

@lew526 Ай бұрын

I appreciate this channel's dedication to the science of swordplay.

@ClarkKulper Ай бұрын

Wow. I actually got a notification! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Nikolajj88 Ай бұрын

Are you not using the subscriptions feed? It makes notifications unnecessary imo. Unless you go ham and subscribe to everything and everyone ofc.

@travishancock9120 Ай бұрын

This game appears to be both Shad and Oz approved. Hope it will come out on PC sometime.

@triden1172 Ай бұрын

“This didn’t really have what I was looking for” “I like swords” Shad you wild af

@Senior-Donjusticia Ай бұрын

We need to go deep into the analysis on this one.

@jameslightfoot1872 Ай бұрын

notice her skeletonized sword allows for some unique half-swording grips with he giant sword.

@TwitchInPenguinSuit Ай бұрын

You can really tell that the dev team put their all into every aspect of this game. Awesome!

@Ora_ Ай бұрын

13:45 That actually caught me of guard. Oz is just a comedic genious.

@Nixxie_Kelstar Ай бұрын

Glad to see that your content is showing up in my recommended feed again regularly

@Nikolajj88 Ай бұрын

Are you not using the subscriptions feed? The main feed is for Discovery of new stuff.

@avidcollector869 Ай бұрын

I'm here for the combat

@Sciborg9 Ай бұрын

And nothing but

@shadowlancer45 Ай бұрын

Exactly nothing less nothing mo.... nvrmnind just put more.

@travishancock9120 Ай бұрын

Nice character design! Nice combat animation! Nice titan sword!

@aetherial87 Ай бұрын

Wanted 2000 Gold Bounty SHAD Jiggled his sword menacingly in a public plaza.

@lonelytraveler6335 Ай бұрын

2 minutes 15 seconds in, and you sir have already earned a like. Well done.

@aprozach Ай бұрын

Saw your post about the dip in views. Coming to do my part

@bewawolf19 Ай бұрын

Love that Ben is back behind the camera.

@TheSteam02 Ай бұрын

I think that's Oz. Ben's off starting a family I think.

@WorldArchivist Ай бұрын

Sounds like Oz

@mcmarkmarkson7115 Ай бұрын

If I may make my case: Armor of the past was way more armory, but modern armor is less armory, so the futuristic armor has to be be the least armory!

@TangentX703 Ай бұрын

I just found your channel a few days ago (maybe a week?). I like it. Keep up the good work!

@ZttackFrmBhind Ай бұрын

At 16:17 you can see that she's stabbed just below what used to be a human face. It's upside-down but the eye sockets and nose are really visible.

@dirtbiketrailrides Ай бұрын

Oz, the sword retracting is possible if it was a shape memory alloy. After the heat of battle, the sword got cold and deformed back to its cold state shape.

@MaxRideout Ай бұрын

"Well I like swords." I wheezed with laughter; such a perfectly delivered line. 👏👏👏

@Final-tt5bo Ай бұрын

This was excellent and entertaining critique and I would love to see a more extensive breakdown in the final product.

@swordpanda7panda795 Ай бұрын

The animations and camera focus angles are really good! i'd say "Stellar" even. xD man what a time to be alive

@ar4imond Ай бұрын

Woah, Shad's new video in my recommendations for once.

@Nikolajj88 Ай бұрын

Subscribe and use the subscription feed? You will never miss a single video!

@ICaImI Ай бұрын

I think the main reason the blade is behind her when you don't block is because there are certain attacks enemies can do, for example the blue flash. The game warns with a blue flash, but the moment you have to react is, when her sword flashes blue. The blue attack btw is equivalent to a attack that you can mikiri counter in sekiro.

@p0llk4t07 Ай бұрын

Thank you Shad and team!

@171QA Ай бұрын

For science!

@TheLiamis Ай бұрын

Great plot, lovely back story and of course the combat.

@EuphoriaDeep Ай бұрын

Thanks, I really enjoyed that! Thumbs up and a subscription.

@Chrjo12 Ай бұрын

Jokes aside, this vid helped me understand more why the combat feels nice. It IS pure style, but it has some weight to it as well. The prime examples are the QTEs. You covered the push to the side well, but I don't think the kill animation got the praise it properly deserves. She takes advantage of her size and dexterity to dodge an off balance large enemy. Now that you're reminded how relatively small she is, she uses the combined force of her impaled sword, body weight, and most importantly momentum to force the enemy into a kill position because she can't do it with just her raw strength. It's peak usage of physics, even if extremely exaggerated.

@fivestringpat Ай бұрын

I love your armour

@theaverageDon Ай бұрын

Especially on this video, Shad, always stay on watch 😅😂🤣

@flaviusiacob1558 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome content, Shad!

@RuneRelic Ай бұрын

Good use of inertia, to maximise force. Thanks for taking one for the team again by the way. Must have been......tough. 😏

@El_Fling Ай бұрын

Ah yes, a man of culture I see

@ultimablackmage Ай бұрын

I'm really looking forward to playing this game. I love precision combat games like Soulsborne & soulslike games.

@Bear0601 Ай бұрын

Hope to see the channel kick back up soon, love the content ❤️

@LeafarOdeloth Ай бұрын

Vamos Shad! tu contenido sigue siendo fantástico

@zoddlander Ай бұрын

The Stellar Blade combat mechanics in the game felt slow, when I got to try the game! But that might just be because i'm not good at these kind of games! But I liked the block mechanics! And yeah the character is pretty with "huge...tracks of land"!

@James35142 Ай бұрын

Please go over Devil May Cry combat.

@Natej3ds Ай бұрын

It's incredibly nice that youtube is finally sending notifications, and recommending shadiversity again! It only took a massive call out against youtube... thanks Shad!

@Nikolajj88 Ай бұрын

Subscribe and use the subscription feed? You will never miss another video.

@TheCultureCrusader Ай бұрын

Great video! One of the funniest ones yet. Stoked to have Oz back - the banter between the two of you is always great. This game looks so good, far beyond just the sexy main character. The movement and combat looks so fluid and the poses are all so dynamic and exaggerated whenever she pauses between attacks. Absolutely beautiful from an art perspective.

@WakingDreamer01 Ай бұрын

Men of science and men of culture can unite in appreciation for this game...! 😏

@demandred1957 Ай бұрын

Got notified

@firestormsora9413 Ай бұрын

It take a cry for help to get a notification on your channel. That my first notification this year. I'm going to back your Patreon soon. I love you Guy's!!

@arizonaranger1 Ай бұрын

Algorithm reaction

@gameragodzilla Ай бұрын

20:27 Regarding someone being superhuman changing choreography, I definitely agree. That’s why I think the Prequel fights are the best and the lightsaber gameplay in Jedi Outcast and Academy are still the gold standard for Star Wars lightsaber combat. Since I can see in third person, spins aren’t a problem since I keep my eye on the opponent at all times with the camera. While I can’t see my opponent in third person in real life, a Jedi would have extra sensory awareness due to the Force which would give them that kind of advantage. Flashy acrobatics are also possible due to the Force enhancing ordinary moves. And even the long winded duels work out since Jedi can sense ahead of time where attacks are going (represented by auto blocking in Jedi Outcast) where the way to defeat an enemy Dark Jedi is to put yourself in a position where your opponent’s blade isn’t close enough to stop your hit landing even though they know it’s coming, which would be how Jedi are defeated in universe as well. So yeah, while grounded stuff like Game of Thrones benefit from realistic swordplay, more superhuman characters would actually be more believable with different, “superhuman” choreography.

@poisonpen37 Ай бұрын

Dang, those are some sick pauldrons, Shad!

@James-qi8gj Ай бұрын

You can really tell this guy is religious huh

@user-fl3oc1bw3u Ай бұрын

Didn’t you see the thumbnail?

@ejs7861 Ай бұрын

Religious=good... Hypocrite or people who loves BS virtue signaling=bad😜

@James-qi8gj Ай бұрын

@@ejs7861 Maybe it's the pure lack of sleep for the past 20 hours but I'm genuinely having trouble understanding what you're getting at

@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514 Ай бұрын

Im 2mins in and the combat looms fantastic! Imma pick this up for sure

@PieZello Ай бұрын

I love the analysis/Shad library videos

@nayfepacewell8923 Ай бұрын

Another banger video as always, Shad. 👏

@ArchangelMichael94 Ай бұрын

Great look at the COMBAT here. Nothing else. Love it

@jonwashburn7999 Ай бұрын

Glad to see a new video.

@UnBless Ай бұрын

Amazing work, appreciate.

@gazz3867 Ай бұрын

We appreciate the sacrifices you make for us.

@TheHornedKing Ай бұрын

Oz's comments were pure gold.

@elishaberry611 Ай бұрын

This was a fun surprise for today. The gameplay looks good, as do the assets.

@KSFishUnlimited Ай бұрын

I didn’t even know that you created this video until I saw your community post. This has to be one of your best videos I have ever seen!

@TheNekofanatic Ай бұрын

Thank you for the humor. Laughs always appreciated.

@keithgenegallo6675 Ай бұрын

Oz never change, you're pretty funny! Awesome video and hoping for more of these. 😂😂

@jukeskylar Ай бұрын

We are here for you Shad ❤

@davidparrott1763 Ай бұрын

I am close to finishing the fourth book of the Storm light Archive, which you were in the shout outs at the beginning of the book. I stumbled upon you channel a few times and I just now made the connection that you were in the shout outs. I see your book in the background, and I wanted to let you know I'm starting it as soon as I am done with