Stellar Blade Blood Rain Kim Hyung Tae Famitsu interview details:
- Game is a Stellar Blade sequel but not called "Stellar Blade 2" because that is not how Shift Up approaches game titles.
- They want to give each game its own proper name
- New protagonist Evie is part of a special forces unit tracking down a terrorist group in the city
- Eve and Evie are connected but the connection is a secret
- Evie uses close combat melee attacks to show a big change from the previous game
- Evie will use swords and other weapons later on in the game
- Each new weapon will have a context and reason within the story
- City area shown is a linear area but you can enter shops etc.
- They want to show more of the city structure later
- Game UI will change a lot from Stellar Blade
- Plan to make the UI easier to see
- Want to continue the important gameplay elements from the first game and make big improvements on them
- More extensive side content then the first game
- In development for 1 year so game is in the early stages of development
- Art direction has been finalized
- Later half of the story and depth of combat are still being worked on
- Want to reach as many players as possible with self-publishing the game
- No exact platforms decided yet but want to make it available to as many players as possible
- Want to surpass Eve's charm with Evie
- Not just focus on looks/ sex appeal
- Using what they learnt from NIKKE to make Evie a captivating character
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Redditors are having a meltdown over the new Stellar Blade protagonist.
It’s amazing how some people have trained themselves to equate “attractive woman” with “problematic.”
The new Stellar Blade protagonist looks like an adult, yet some throw around terms like “pedo bait.”
Not every female character must be ugly like in Western games.
@chocolatmaimai Excuse madam but can you not look too child like or some might think that you’re a child and anyone who finds you attractive is a pedo with their projection
Y’all be freaking out about a hairstyle.
Short hair making everyone think she’s 10.
People who have never lived in Asia being ignorant of how people actually look over there.
Stellar Blade is fine.
@Grummz Apparently people can’t enjoy a small petite Asian woman 😒. Do people not know that in Korea there’s a lot of women who have the same height as Evie and they look young as a lot of Koreans do
@WilliamShatner Would you reconsider unblocking one of your biggest fans @Nerdrotics ?it was a silly misunderstanding and he doesn’t hold it against you sir. I have faith you can do what’s right to a fan who loves your work a lot and idolize you heavily 🙏🏻