Upcoming action game Starblade is scheduled to release exclusively on PS5 on April 26, 2024. Developer Shift Up recently released a demo to give us all a taste of what to expect upon release. So far it is like this It’s shaping up to be a promising action title with, um, interesting character design options.
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Starblade Additionally, there are a whole host of settings that can be adjusted, from simple but effective difficulty levels to HUD display settings and more. I’ve put together a few standout settings for you to consider when customizing Starblade to your liking, from game settings to visual optimizations.
Mandatory: Enable automatic item looting
StarbladeThere are a lot of items you need to get out of the boxes. By default you have to hold down R2 to record them. That’s silly; Do not do that.
Instead, you should navigate to Settings > Gameplay in the menu and enable “Auto Loot Items.”
Story mode support, explained
Eve, StarbladeThe protagonist has one ton full of combos and complicated fighting moves. Story Mode is the game’s easier difficulty setting and includes an assistance option called Action Assist. If you’re new to action games, you may want to leave this option enabled. When activated, you’ll receive a circular prompt that slows down time at certain moments in battle, allowing you to plan your movements more precisely.
If you just want to dial the difficulty back a bit from normal to get acquainted with the game before moving on to regular difficulty (which you can change at any time, it will just send you back to your last save), I recommend you do so to turn Action Assist off.
Controller speakers
Certain sounds from Starblade will break out of your DualSense controller in default settings. If you want your gamepad to act like a Fisher-Price toy, that’s sweet. Otherwise, you can disable this as there are various sword sounds during combat that you may find annoying. To change this, navigate to Settings > Sound > Controller Speakers.
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On a related note, you can also turn off the adaptive triggers in the Controls setting if you find their feedback annoying.
Vibration adjustment
Starblade I really like making the DualSense controller vibrate. As funny as that may be, I thought it was few It was too distracting for my time with the demo. I chose to reduce the vibration to 7. You can find the vibration controller under “Control” > “Vibration”.
Other controller settings worth adjusting
There are a number of other controller settings you might want to play around with, including an aim correction slider and a toggle for “auto lock on attack” (I prefer to leave this feature enabled).
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If you scroll all the way down in Accessibility, you’ll also see an option for Quick Time Events (QTE) auto-success. Enable this option because it is 2024.
HUD options
You have three main options for viewing your HUD Starblade: Turn off completely, turn on at certain moments and always turn on. Power gamers may want to turn on the latter. However, I don’t recommend turning off the HUD completely. “Dynamic” (the default setting) is a perfectly good setting.
But that’s not all! You can change the size of the HUD and even apply a drop shadow. I recommend setting the HUD to Large if you’re playing on a huge screen. It doesn’t take up too much space and is much easier to read this way.
Graphics options compared
Most users will be happy with the default graphics settings Starblade. Out of the box, the game is in “Balanced Mode,” which targets a frame rate of 60 FPS with a resolution between 1080p and 1440p. Note that this is not a completely stable image at 60 frames per second. You’ll get drops, but based on what’s currently available in the demo, the experience stays relatively close to 60 FPS most of the time.
Performance mode takes you to 1440p at a virtually constant 60 frames per second. This might be a great option when the full game comes out and you just want to focus on your combat skills, but I found the image to look a little too soft for my liking, especially for a first-time gamer.
Finally, Resolution mode increases the pixel density of your 4K TV but results in 30 frames per second performance. Starblade is probably not the type of game you want to sacrifice frame rate for. And in the demo’s gloomy, gray environments, the lower frame rate feels even worse.
However, opinions on this may change if this is the case PS5 Pro finally arrives.
Other visual settings that should be adjusted
You may also want to adjust the motion blur and the length of Eve’s ponytail. While Eve has incredibly long hair by default, which looks kind of cool, it can also be a little distracting. Not to mention it’s way too stringy. Girl needs a new brand of conditioner. Eve’s hair options can be found under Settings > Gameplay.
I also like turning down the motion blur a bit. You’ll find this (as well as a slider for camera shake intensity) in Accessibility.
StarbladeThe demo is pretty short, but it gives you a good look at what to expect when the game launches at the end of April. We will update these settings to reflect the full game at launch. As a final setting tip, I recommend turning the music included in this game all the way down and, I don’t know, listening to it this year’s job for a cowboy or something like that instead.
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