As Honkai Star Rail’s global release date is coming soon, the game’s producer, David Jiang, talks to Denfamicogamer and Nihon Falcom’s president, Toshihiro Kondo, about some of the inspirations and development for the upcoming anime game turn by turn. Talking about the design of the places he will visit, Jiang says that the worlds of Honkai Star Rail are so full of details that it takes a year to make just one.
During the interview, Jiang talks about his love for the beloved cult series Trails produced by Nihon Falcom, and that it was a huge inspiration for the game to come. He also addresses concerns that the turn-based Honkai Star Rail might put off potential players, stating that the genre still has many fans.
Talking about the production of Honkai Star Rail, Jiang said that the team put a lot of effort into designing the various worlds that appear in the game, and it takes a year to complete the text and art design for one. single place. Kondo says that when he previewed the game in action, he was amazed at the amount of text crammed into even simple objects like trash cans.
“The Honkai Star Rail text writer worked with great passion,” Jiang replies, “and I myself was surprised by the amount of text in this trash,” he laughs. Kondo says he’s impressed with the level of enthusiasm you feel for something as simple as a simple message in a trash can.
Jiang also describes the game’s art style as a fusion of European-style sci-fi elements and “silkpunk” (an aesthetic somewhat comparable to steampunk but emphasizing ancient Asian art and technology of the East, invented by the author Ken Liu). ). He talks about his love for “weapons that combine magic and technology,” like the staff used by protagonist Tio Plato in Trails of Cold Steel III, and says he hopes the characters in Honkai Star Rail create a similar impact.
You can read the full interview on Defamicomgamer, but note that it is in Japanese (quotes in this article have been edited for clarity). Some key excerpts have also been excerpted and translated by fans on the Honkai Star Rail Reddit, if you want a little more info.
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