Stellar Bladedoesn’t have branching storylines for players to pursue based on their choices throughout. Up until the final few chapters, everything is very linear and will play out the exact same way for all players.
It comes as a bit of a surprise, as right before the final boss of the game, players are presented with achoice by Adam: whether or not to take his hand. This decision does carry weight in terms of where the story goes and affects the final boss, depending on which option players choose. Thanks to the game’s autosave feature, this decision is final once players make it and will set in stone the ending players will get.
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Should You Take Adam’s Hand In Stellar Blade
After Adam’s grand reveal that he is the Elder Naytiba, he offers Eve his hand in an attempt to fuse them together to create a new breed of humans and save the species. Thedecision players make is permanent even if they die against the final boss and respawnto try and fight it again. There is no right or wrong answer as either option leads down a path to one of the three endings.
Refusing to take Adam’s hand is the straightforward option to getting theReturn To The Colony ending forStellar Blade. Refusing his hand willhave Eve fight Adam in his true Elder Naytiba formand eventually kill him. After the final boss is defeated, the final cutscene will play out, and the game will end with this mostly good ending as Eve completes her mission and saves the Earth.
Taking Adam’s hand will cause Eve and Adam to fuse to create a new hybrid. Doing sotriggers a different final battle against the Providencethat Lily is operating. Depending on how much side content players complete and if they fill upLily’s bar throughoutStellar Blade. If the bar isn’t filled, players will receive the bad ending, “Cost Of Lost Memories.” If enough side content is completed, players will receive the best and secret ending, “Making New Memories.”
Taking Adam’s hand and receivingeither of those two endingswill also give players one last combat encounter tofight against an endless wave of enemies in Tachy Mode,which is now slightly different thanks to Eve’s new form. While this encounter isn’t very long, it can only be done by taking Adam’s hand.
