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AStellar Bladepetition asking the developer to roll back alleged changes to the action game is blowing up on Change.org.Stellar Bladeis a newly-released PlayStation 5 exclusive game that has been turning heads for quite some time. One of the game’s defining traits is its sexualized characters, with players able to dress main protagonist Eve in incredibly revealing outfits.
Stellar Bladegives players all kinds of customization options when it comes to Eve, many of which are clearly designed to show off her exaggerated bouncing cleavage or butt. In fact, there’s one skirt in the game that flies up whenever Eve runs around and gives players a clear view of her butt without even needing to manipulate the camera. The developers have never shied away fromsexualizing EveinStellar Blade, but some have still accused the studio of tweaking a handful of the game’s outfits with the day one patch.
Comparison imagesand videos shared on social media claim to show how certainStellar Bladeoutfits, like the Holiday Rabbit Suit, have allegedly been altered by the day one patch. In the meantime, others have said that the game’s violence has been toned down in the final product compared to what was shown in the trailers. This has caused some fans to accuse Shift Up of “censoring” the game, prompting Mark Kern to start apetition on Change.orgasking the developers to roll back the alleged changes. The petition, called “Free Stellar Blade,” has been blowing up, with 17,901 signatures at the time of this writing - 16,210 of which were added in just one day, with new signatures added with every refresh of the page. We were not able to verify with 100% certainty that any of the outfits wereactuallycensored by the update. It’s possible that there are multiple versions of the same outfit in the game, and that’s causing the confusion,or it’s all a hoax. There’s evidence online pointing in both directions. The petition is picking up steam regardless.
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Even if theStellar Bladeoutfits were changed with the game’s day one patch, it seems unlikely that the changes were made because of “censorship” reasons. After all, there are still outfits in the game that are very revealing, arguably more so than theHoliday Rabbit Suitwas in its original form anyway. In any case, a video making the rounds online seems to showStellar Bladedirector addressing the backlash to the changes and stating that the version seen after the day one update is the one that the developers intended to be in the final product, though we were unable to verify the accuracy of the translation, so keep that in mind.
If publisher Sony forcedStellar Blade’s team to change the outfits, that would be censorship. However, if theStellar Bladedevelopers decided to change the outfits on their own accord, that wouldn’t be censorship. It would simply be the developers making a creative decision, even if it’s one that may not be popular with all the game’s fans. And while some may be disappointed with the alleged changes that were made toStellar Bladeoutfitswith the day one update, it also added an important new feature to the game.
Besides seemingly tweaking some outfits, the day one updategivesStellar Bladea New Game+ mode. Originally, the developers planned on adding New Game+ toStellar Bladeas part of a post-launch update, so it was nice to see it added to the game at launch instead. This should give a big boost toStellar Blade’s replay value, to say the least.
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RECLAIM EARTH FOR HUMANKIND The future of humanity hangs in the balance in Stellar Blade, an all-new story-driven action adventure. Ravaged by strange, powerful creatures, Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of the decimated human race has fled to a Colony in outer space. After travelling from the Colony, 7th Airborne Squad member EVE arrives on the desolate remains of our planet with a clear-cut mission: to save humankind by reclaiming Earth from the Naytiba – the malevolent force that has devastated it. But as EVE tackles the Naytiba one-by-one, piecing together the mysteries of the past in the ruins of human civilization, she realizes that her mission is far from straightforward. In fact, almost nothing is as it seems…
