Stellar Blade will be uncensored in all regions
Stellar Blade will be uncensored in all regions, it’s been announced.
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NieR creator insists that his decisions are based on what he thinks will sell, while also quipping that 'at first I listen to what the publisher wants from me, but later I don't'
In a joint IGN interview with NieR creator Yoko Taro and Stellar Blade creative director Hyung-tae Kim, the two developers had nothing but praise for each other's work, while the famously eccentric Taro insisted that his surreal and existentialist fever dream NieR: Automata was just an Evangelion rip off that played to the market.
Japanese Developers Are “Not Good at Adapting Technology From Overseas”, NieR Series Creator Says
Since the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era, Japanese developers have struggled to keep up with their Western colleagues, as, according to the NieR series creator, they are not good at adapting technology from overseas for multiple reasons.
Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks Japanese devs have struggled to embrace Western tech, but Stellar Blade's director says "Japanese content is completely back on top"
Nier Automata's director believes Japanese game developers have had difficulty implementing "Western systems" because it was hard for them to move away from Japanese-made game engines.
Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says Stellar Blade is "much better" than the beloved RPG: "Stellar Blade actually makes me quite jealous"
Nier director Yoko Taro says that the upcoming action RPG Stellar Blade makes him "quite jealous" as he reckons it's "much better" than Automata itself – strong words of praise, if not a tad self-deprecating from Taro.
Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro says the beloved RPG was "most inspired" by Neon Genesis Evangelion: "It's pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion, so there's not much originality to it"
Nier director Yoko Taro says the work that inspired Nier: Automata the most was Neon Genesis Evangelion, so much so that the RPG's story is "pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion, so there's not much originality to it."
It's not all Nier Automata and sci-fi manga, what really shaped Stellar Blade was a real-life taxi driver strike that left an impression on the RPG's director
Arguably the biggest inspiration behind the upcoming PS5 action RPG Stellar Blade isn't the gameplay of Nier Automata or the '90s vibes of classic sci-fi manga Gunnm, but an event that left director Kim Hyung Tae lingering in thought.
Square Enix reportedly shakes up one of its most underrated JRPG series by removing a Dragon Quest veteran of 22 years, with Nier Automata's producer tipped to take over
Dragon Quest's series producer is reportedly stepping down from the role, and Nier's series producer could possibly replace him.