Envy and Admiration: A Video Game Creator’s Response to a Standout PS5 Exclusive

A PS5 pro coming soon?

After a more than difficult launch due to a shortage of components, the PS5 has finally established itself as the promised next-gen console. Today, it is already well established on the market and welcomes new exclusives every month like Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth or more recently Rise of the Ronin. In some time, it will even welcome a little sister, since a pro edition could arrive at the end of the year, according to media like The Verge or Insider Gaming. We are already talking about its imposing CPU and its more solid memory than the base console -33.5 Teraflops against 10.2. It would even be equipped with a “PSSR”, the equivalent of DLSS, an AI output which increases its capacities, its resolution and its framerate. It is impossible to know, for the moment, which software will benefit from this new release from Sony, but the machine already seems impressive and its gaming experiences could surprise us. This game creator does not need the PS5 pro to be amazed by this exclusivity.

Stellar Blade already a masterpiece?

Yoko Taro's verdict is given: Stellar Blade is better than NieR Automata. And yes, it was the creator of the Nier license himself who confessed it a few days ago in an interview with IGN. It's true that the very recent studio exclusive Shift Up has some similarities with this license, which have far from gone unnoticed. As a reminder, you play as EVE, a member of the 7th Airborne Squadron, responsible for ridding a post-apocalyptic Earth of malicious creatures. Note that this statement is not that surprising, because Taro was interviewed alongside Kim Hyung-Tae, the director of Shift Up, and the two men did not stop throwing flowers at each other.

If they talked about anything and everything, Hyung-Tae focused a lot on his inspirations for Stellar Blade. “I was inspired by NieR: Automata. The image of a strong warrior in a devastated world left by its inhabitants struck me. I was also impressed by the quality of the story. “, he revealed. He is therefore a big fan of the Japanese, who still explained that the masterpiece status of Nier Automata could not be equaled.

Unsurprisingly, Yoko Taro says exactly the same thing about her fellow creator, and admits to being a big fan of the studio since Magna Carta: Tears of Blood. ” Stellar Blade is a truly amazing game. I would say it's much better than NieR: Automata.” A little further, he supports his thought. “The quality graphics and character design are incredible. The cool male characters and cute female characters are unique to Mr. Kim's style and are really appealing.” Yoko Taro was therefore able to have a successful taste of Stellar Blade, which as a reminder is only released onApril 26, on PS5 exclusively. The creator, like many others, is now eager to discover the full game.