{"id":808935,"date":"2025-12-06T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:00:42","slug":"stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade is superior to NieR: Automata, says Yoko Taro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-release-date-time-9430\">Stellar Blade<\/a> is better than NieR: Automata, according to the latter&#8217;s esteemed director Yoko Taro.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShift Up&#8217;s forthcoming action game has been compared to Taro&#8217;s work since its reveal and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stellar-blade-x-nier-automata-taro-yoko-hyung-tae-kim\">IGN Japan<\/a> has put the two together in an interview between Taro and Stellar Blade creative director Hyung-Tae Kim.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSo why does Taro think Stellar Blade is superior? The &#8220;next-gen quality&#8221; graphics and &#8220;cute female characters&#8221;, among other reasons as the pair pat each other on the back.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-blade-is-superior-to-nier-automata-says-yoko-taro?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stellar Blade is better than NieR: Automata, according to the latter&#8217;s esteemed director Yoko Taro. Shift Up&#8217;s forthcoming action game has been compared to Taro&#8217;s work since its reveal and now IGN Japan has put the two together in an interview between Taro and Stellar Blade creative director Hyung-Tae Kim. So why does Taro think Stellar Blade is superior? The &#8220;next-gen quality&#8221; graphics and &#8220;cute female characters&#8221;, among other reasons as the pair pat each other on the back. 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