As Stellar Blade's demo gets action RPG fans unglued, director says there isn't a photo mode but you can ask for one, which folks will surely be normal about

Mar. 27, 2024

Expect a lot of demands

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Stellar Blade doesn’t have a photo mode, but its developer will consider adding one if fans make enough noise, and we’re sure they will.

Speaking toFamitsu, Stellar Blade game director Hyung-Tae Kim reveals that the action-RPG isn’t launching with a photo mode, as the development team is currently busy polishing the game. However, if players make enough noise for the feature, Shift Up might consider adding it at some point after launch.

Don’t take this as a guarantee that your pleas will be answered, though. Kim merely says that he’ll do his best to answer players' feedback for a photo mode after launch, but nowhere does he guarantee that Shift Up will actually have the time or resources to make it a reality.

This all comes about as anticipation surrounding Stellar Blade is reaching fever pitch, right around a month before launch. It coincides with outlets publishing hands-on previews of the new action-RPG (and you can read ourStellar Blade previewvia the link), as well as gameplay clips showing protagonist Eve gracefully slicing apart various monstrosities.

“It looks expensive, gorgeous, badass, and very high quality. Stellar Blade will have a place in the GOTY shortlist,” writes oneTwitteruser, reacting to the combat video from Famitsu just below. “Bruh I didn’t expect it to play like MGR, now I’m craving for this,” writes anotherTwitteruser, referencing PlatinumGames' superb Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

If you’re wondering how normal folk might be about requests for a photo mode, look no further than Eve’s behind. Shift Up is responsible for the butt-jiggling game Nikke, if you didn’t know, and director Kim previously told GamesRadar+ thatStellar Blade’s devs paid so much attention to Eve’s backbecause it’s what players will see for the vast majority of the game.

Stellar Blade launches next month on April 26 as aPS5exclusive, so there’s less than a month to go until Shift Up’s action-RPG is here. More immediately though, we can look forward to Stellar Blade’s demo going live this coming Friday, April 29, which should be an absolute banger of a time. And yes, just in case you were wondering, this is the same demothat was pulled off PSN after it accidentally launchedearlier this month.

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