Shift Up’s Stellar Blade isn’t out for another two months, but retail copies are apparently already stocked in Japan. Genki on Twitter got their hands on one and revealed the back specifying “more than 35 GB” of free space for installation.
09.02.2024 - 23:31 / thegamer.com / Lara Croft / Hyung-Tae Kim
Stellar Blade finally got a new trailer during PlayStation's State of Play showcase earlier this month, giving us a look at the game's fast-paced combat and a release date to jot down in our calendars. Despite looking like an excellent Nier Automata-inspired, Xbox 360 throwback, most of the talk surrounding the title is all about main character Eve's body.
Much of the focus in Stellar Blade's trailers is on the main character, Eve, with her posterior in particular drawing a lot of attention. It led to developer Shift Up revealing that Eve's character model is based on a real woman, Korean supermodel Shin Jae-eun, and that a lot of time and effort was put into modeling the back of the character since that's what players will "see the most of".
In a recent interview with GamesRadar, Stellar Blade director Hyung-Tae Kim revealed that the developers paid "special attention" to the back of main character Eve, claiming the game's third-person perspective is the reason why, because players are "always facing the back of the character". As expected, it led to a lot of giggles among gamers, interpreting the comment as Kim saying the team deliberately honed in on Eve's backside, but he stresses that this isn't the case.
When it comes to the design, we put special attention on the back of the character because the player is always facing the back of the character when they're playing. That's what they see the most of, so we thought this was pretty important.
Eve is a sexualized character in the same realm as Bayonetta, 2B, and Lara Croft, but Kim states that her design doesn't "damage the narrative". A lot of the characters we see in the handful of trailers we have for Stellar Blade are very intricately designed with a clear focus on detail, so it makes sense that a lot of care and attention would be put into the back of Eve as a whole if players are looking at it constantly.
Of course, that's not to say that there isn't any titillation going on here at all. Shift Up's previous game, Goddess of Victory: Nikke, is infamous for its fan service, so it's not like the developers don't have a history of giving their characters backsides that could sink a ship. If anything, Stellar Blade is slightly toned down compared to Shift Up's previous work, which is probably for the best, since any more could be considered even more distracting.
Whether you're a fan of Stellar Blade's fans service or not, the game will finally launch on April 26 later this year. It will launch exclusively for PlayStation 5 consoles, though there is no news about a PC port at this moment.
Shift Up’s Stellar Blade isn’t out for another two months, but retail copies are apparently already stocked in Japan. Genki on Twitter got their hands on one and revealed the back specifying “more than 35 GB” of free space for installation.
The download size of Stellar Blade may be in the ballpark of 35GB, as suggested by one newly emerged leak. Although the source of the claim seems to be a prematurely revealed official estimate, that's quite a modest figure for a contemporary AAA game, to the point that some fans have already expressed skepticism about whether Stellar Blade could truly end up being so small.
Developer Shift Up has confirmed that its upcoming PS5 exclusive action RPG Stellar Blade will feature multiple options to allow players to tweak the game's performance. These settings will take the form of three different Stellar Blade graphics settings that players can choose based on their preferences.
Shift Up’s Stellar Blade is coming soon to PS5, and several new details are available following an impressive showing at the latest State of Play. The action-adventure RPG promises fast-paced action akin to NieR: Automata (which served as a “huge driving force” for the project), but for those who aren’t as skilled, there are options to make things easier.
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Shift Up’s upcoming PS5-exclusive action RPG Stellar Blade has been given an 18+ rating in Korea. This might not come as a surprise to many people, but it may render the game off limits for some players. In screenshots and trailers released so far, the game’s protagonist wears generally form-hugging outfits that don't leave much hidden, and the developer has even revealed that “special attention” was paid to Eve’s backside in Stellar Blade since players will spend most of their time looking at it.
The upcoming Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5 has received an 18+ age rating in Korea.