Recently played picrel and I just have to say: It's criminal how political discourse drowned actual gameplay discussion about it because frankly it's almost as good as NG and DMC and so much better than Bayonetta. In fact, I'd go as far as to say it's more deserving of being one of the faces of character action than Bayo.
If the sequel is somehow better I'd wager Stellar Blade might unironically become a new pillar of action games.