踩一捧一？《黑帝斯2》眾神新立繪曝光 外媒藉機再批《劍星》遭質疑雙標

由 Supergiant Games 打造的希臘神話 Roguelike 續作《黑帝斯 2》近日展開 Steam 技術測試，遊戲內眾神立繪相繼曝光，許多神祇重新繪製，許多外媒為之讚嘆，但也藉機踩一捧一，批評 Shift Up 動作遊戲《劍星》？

《黑帝斯 2》再次引領玩家踏入希臘神話的世界，這回將扮演冥府公主，借助奧林帕斯眾神之力擊敗時間泰坦。由於大世界觀下依舊是希臘神話，過去出現的愛神「阿芙蘿黛蒂」、海神「波賽頓」、睡神「許普諾斯」等都經過翻新。

AND THE AWARDS FOR BEST REDESIGNS IN GAMING GOES TO HADES II #HadesGame #Hades2 pic.twitter.com/0WBYz7xuNt

— ❤️⚰️ Kat @ playing FFVII Rebirth ☄️ (@sophkat7) April 17, 2024

this was the hardest decision of my life but i think these are my fave new designs from hades 2 so far i can't stop thinking about them pic.twitter.com/jcYcZDQYkM

— aquila 🍉 (@belllmonts) April 19, 2024

Supergiant Games 給予眾神新面貌，海外媒體如《Kotaku》、《Polygon》、《GamesRadar》、《VG247》、《PC Gamer》等皆爭相報導，讚嘆諸神的外觀更上層樓，甚至比第一代還要辣。

Buy stock in rope and razor blades before Stellar Blade launches. If Games media think it's "killing women" as IGNs Erwan Lafleuriel claims then the ragebait articles they force might actually be worth reading an archive of. Approved, safe, valid opinions for a modern audience… pic.twitter.com/faNOBFdWt1

— Cyael (@Cyael) April 21, 2024

立繪風格改變著實讓人耳目一新，尤其愛神到了新的一代風韻猶存，睡神則是變得更帥了。只不過部分外媒撰寫評論時，特地把近期討論度相當高的《劍星》一起納入討論。

舉例來說，《TheGamer》以遊戲角色可以既多元也火辣為主軸快評，其中一大段落先是稱讚《劍星》的女主角伊芙在傳統觀點上非常有吸引力，然而隨後引用英國媒體人 Issy van der Velde 批評《劍星》的長文，反問伊芙吸引的人是誰？也質疑金亨泰說想「為使用者設計出最具吸引力的身材」，該句話所說的使用者究竟為甚麼樣的群體。

延伸閱讀：外媒狠批《劍星》放棄女性市場？稱「世界上半數玩家為女性」引熱議

緊接著，該篇評論表示無論如何看待《劍星》女角伊芙的設計，事實並非每個人都認為相同的體型有吸引力。就這一點而言，也不是所有人都愛前禿或後翹，甚至並不一定都對女性感興趣。有鑒於此，這就有了《黑帝斯 2》存在的意義。

如上述的評論現象，讓部分海外社群感到疑惑甚至反感，質疑媒體人雙重標準，並懷疑有西方歧視東方的行為存在。相信隨著 4 月 26 日《劍星》上市日期接近，海外對於不同遊戲人物設計上的「意見交流」將會持續。

So the same people who said the devs of Stellar Blade were pedophilic incels for Eve's design are currently thirsting over Hades 2's designs.

The games industry is run by Tumblrites. That is our hell. pic.twitter.com/gOHTi7H8hA

— HokutoNoTism (TAL) (@kenshirotism) April 19, 2024

The reason why Gaming Journalists are saying this is because Hades 2 is a Western developed game & Stellar Blade is an Asian developed game.

Gaming Journalists have always been racist against Asian games as far back as the early 2000s during the G4 days & that hasn't changed. pic.twitter.com/42ugHNkF7D

— 🇯🇵 Colonel Otaku Gatekeeper 🇯🇵 (@politicalawake) April 20, 2024

The Hades 2 Aphrodite vs Stellar Blade Eve just proves my thesis: leftists don’t believe in anything.

Aphrodite is completely butt-naked, and is the literal goddess of Eros. But this is okay for reasons, while Eve is goonerbait.

All their reasoning is post-hoc and naught else.

— Pancaked Brick, Fried by Koroks (@FuckKoroks) April 21, 2024

Game journos praising the design on the left while simultaneously bashing the one on the right.

Make it make sense pic.twitter.com/EVpSdIZai9

— ꓕNIOԀꓤƎ⅁⅁Iꓤꓕ (@Grxit) April 18, 2024