As Stellar Blade tops 3 million sales worldwide, director Hyung-tae Kim has revealed the sequel, which has already been confirmed, can have a “severe” story.
In an interview with (*3*), through Genki, Kim admitted that the group had developed a deeper story for Eve and co., however the value of cutscenes turned too excessive, leading to them having to skip a variety of the cinematics — and subsequently the story itself — to get the recreation over the end line. That is why we’re left with so many questions on Eve’s world, together with an official clarification as to why she requires a dressing up change so usually.
Whereas it appears Shift Up thought of retrospectively including in cutscenes to higher clarify the story, Kim was involved that will “conflict” with what gamers know and perceive of the recreation so far. Consequently, it appears like we will anticipate a “sufficiently wealthy narrative” on the subject of the sequel.
We in all probability should not anticipate a follow-up anytime quickly, nevertheless; proper now, the complete group is reportedly devoted to the PC port. Kim did say Shift Up would “do our greatest” to get it out by 2027, although.
The PC model of Stellar Blade solely launched on June 11, but it surely’s already Sony’s largest single-player Steam launch ever. Proper now, the concurrent participant peak is over 192,000. By comparison, Ghost of Tsushima topped out at 77,154 gamers, God of Conflict peaked at 73,529, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered sports activities a peak of 66,436 gamers. Actually, the solely Sony-published recreation to have the next concurrent document than Stellar Blade is Helldivers 2, which is, in fact, a multiplayer recreation.
IGN’s Stellar Blade evaluate returned a 7/10. We mentioned: “Stellar Blade is nice in all of the most necessary methods for an motion recreation, however boring characters, a lackluster story, and several other irritating components of its RPG mechanics stop it from hovering together with the better of the style.”
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Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years expertise working with a few of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.