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[kiaaa]

This was probably brought up before when talking about character designs but for some reason, it just occurred to me now. The apparent difference in age between 2B and 9S is representative of the fact that he keeps getting reset while she keeps "growing".

Adds another little layer to childhood's end where he's finally moving forward past the reset point.

 

[LotusHD]

Welp, I did what I should've done in the first place and finally got my save file deleted. It's funny, I thought it wouldn't be nearly as affecting the first time around, that it'd just feel like this thing I'm doing for the sake of it or out of "guilt", but once that chorus starts...

Damn.

Surprisingly, I even teared up slightly, despite me not doing so the first time around. Maybe it's because I knew that this time around, it'd be final.

So yea... That's that for me. One day I definitely intend on replaying this game, and I'll use that second playthrough to do all the sidequests, see all the foreshadowing and subtle mannerisms, dialogues, and what not. In the meantime, I'll play my other games, knowing full well that this game will be firmly cemented in my mind for a very long time.

I still have my friend who bought the copy and is taking his sweet time to getting around to playing it (Due to this stupid thing called life), so I'd like to live vicariously through him and experience this game again sooner rather than later.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Lmao, I was looking to youtube to see ending e again and I think I found the guy who offered to help me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxlK-Z2xXSc

 

[OniBarubary]

Oh my god these cartoons are slaying me.

 

[LotusHD]

Oh my god these cartoons are slaying me.

Lmao, seriously, where the fuck did she hide though

Actually, where is her hideout anyways...

 

[Antiwhippy]

Also thinking about why you're destroying the credits in ending e again, is it to imply that the game makers are the one perpetuating this cycle of death and destruction for the androids, and that by destroying the game devs you can free them?

 

[Satch]

Oh my god these cartoons are slaying me.

Lmao i love A2

 

[LotusHD]

Also thinking about why you're destroying the credits in ending e again, is it to imply that the game makers are the one perpetuating this cycle of death and destruction for the androids, and that by destroying the game devs you can free them?

Yup. You gotta face the developers (who are essentially gods in the context of this game) in order to break the cycle and give the androids you've come to like/love at some chance of getting to live their lives for themselves.

 

[OniBarubary]

Also thinking about why you're destroying the credits in ending e again, is it to imply that the game makers are the one perpetuating this cycle of death and destruction for the androids, and that by destroying the game devs you can free them?

Yup. Think about 2B's opening monologue

 

[Bowlie]

Kinda like how humans are gods/creators to the androids, and you have to leave them behind to live. There's a piece someone linked here pages back that went deeper in the religious themes in the game, I forget where it is.

edit: found it, YOKOO TAROU'S ETERNAL RECURRENCE: TRANSHUMANISM IN NIER: AUTOMATA

 

[Antiwhippy]

Yup. Think about 2B's opening monologue

God, when I first finished it I was like "wat? Where's my emotional payoff? They survived so that's cool I guess" but the more I think about it the more I love it.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Oh my god these cartoons are slaying me.

Separated from her waifu to go be a hobo forever.

A2 happy ending DLC when?

This was probably brought up before when talking about character designs but for some reason, it just occurred to me now. The apparent difference in age between 2B and 9S is representative of the fact that he keeps getting reset while she keeps "growing".

Adds another little layer to childhood's end where he's finally moving forward past the reset point.

Dang, that's pretty good. Nice.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Also wait, what was up with the elevators that you can't go through with the apologising robots? Never did find out what they were about.

 

[LotusHD]

Also wait, what was up with the elevators that you can't go through with the apologising robots? Never did find out what they were about.

Means nothing for now, though apparently we may get DLC concerning it.

 

[Astrael]

Why though is what I'm wondering.

I guess they wanted to get rid of everything not tied to their network after the tower emerges?

Sorry for the long post ahead of time, this is just my theory, but there's also the possibility that each set of the "cut off" machines separate branches evolve to the limits of their chosen belief systems which inevitably create internal contradictions, which causes the berserk/zombie states resembling the infection of a logic virus. I mean, a logic virus essentially is code that can't be resolved with a simple true/false and starts corrupting the rest of the system as the machine uses more and more resources to reach a conclusion. We see a bit of this explicitly with the Wise Machine unmarked subquest where these particular machines are locked up to the outside world and decide death is the only answer to the contradictions of the questions of existence overwhelming them. It's likely that Pascal's village goes berserk because pacifism is constantly being challenged with visible proof that you need to fight to defend their peace (notice that Pascal asks A2 to fight the robot for the children's play area before all hell breaks loose immediately afterwards). The Amusement Park machines become zombies because they become obsessed with having fun (notice the only one that doesn't become a zombie is the machine that has been taking a break from the fun).

I have some more thoughts on this but it gets really geeky about math logic so I'll leave it at that. Is there in-game evidence that the machine lifeforms disconnected from the network are still actually connected though?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Means nothing for now, though apparently we may get DLC concerning it.

Ah alright, I thought it was just endgame stuff.

 

[spiritfox]

Kinda like how humans are gods/creators to the androids, and you have to leave them behind to live. There's a piece someone linked here pages back that went deeper in the religious themes in the game, I forget where it is.

edit: found it, YOKOO TAROU’S ETERNAL RECURRENCE: TRANSHUMANISM IN NIER: AUTOMATA

Are we the baddies

 

[OniBarubary]

Oh my god, titled "Nier: Automata in a nutshell"

Followed by "Nier in a nutshell"

 

[LotusHD]

edit: found it, YOKOO TAROU’S ETERNAL RECURRENCE: TRANSHUMANISM IN NIER: AUTOMATA

Def. one of my favorite articles related to this game lol, such a good read

 

[LotusHD]

Oh my god, titled "Nier: Automata in a nutshell"
"

I'm ashamed to say I don't really get the Automata one.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I'm ashamed to say I don't really get the Automata one.

It's an oldish meme.

 

[OniBarubary]

Showing my meme age.

Imma try not to flood with thread with fanart, I'm finding such good stuff.

 

[Primethius]

Just beat the game. I need some good links to read up on Adam, Eve and just generally stuff that wasn't answered very clearly in the game.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Kinda like how humans are gods/creators to the androids, and you have to leave them behind to live. There's a piece someone linked here pages back that went deeper in the religious themes in the game, I forget where it is.

edit: found it, YOKOO TAROU’S ETERNAL RECURRENCE: TRANSHUMANISM IN NIER: AUTOMATA

Just beat the game. I need some good links to read up on Adam, Eve and just generally stuff that wasn't answered very clearly in the game.

Read that.

 

[Jotakori]

Man, shout out to those who were linking the japanese 3-disc soundtrack pre-order a while back! I got it in the mail today and all the songs are so beautiful, so worth the buy.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Can i get a link to buy it?

 

[LotusHD]

Imma try not to flood with thread with fanart, I'm finding such good stuff.

I mean hey, if it's funny, references something in the game, or is just pretty to look at, I wouldn't mind seeing them lol

 

[Jotakori]

Can i get a link to buy it?

Assuming you meant me - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B01LTI9I72/
That's the one I got!

 

[Antiwhippy]

Assuming you meant me - https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B01LTI9I72/
That's the one I got!

Cheers!

 

[OniBarubary]

I mean hey, if it's funny, references something in the game, or is just pretty to look at, I wouldn't mind seeing them lol

Here ya go

 

[spiritfox]

Jackass is bae.

 

[Samikaze]

Yup. You gotta face the developers (who are essentially gods in the context of this game) in order to break the cycle and give the androids you've come to like/love at some chance of getting to live their lives for themselves.

You just made me realize, the never ending war is just players replaying the game over and over again.

 

[OniBarubary]

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Spoiler

Arthur memes

 

[Samikaze]

I'll stop
EDIT: Crap! stupid link!
EDIT 2: okay, better!

 

[How About No]

is that a tiny philosopher

 

[OniBarubary]

lol That last one should be something like "What meaning is there in existence wh-DOOOO DO DO DOOOOO! DA DEE DAAAAA DA DEE DA DA DEE DOOO DOOP DE DOOOO"

is that a tiny philosopher

...sure

 

[Samikaze]

lol That last one should be something like "What meaning is there in existence wh-DOOOO DO DO DOOOOO! DA DEE DAAAAA DA DEE DA DA DEE DOOO DOOP DE DOOOO"

 

[OniBarubary]

Yaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssss

 

[Samikaze]

I live to serve.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

When you load up your game after not playing for a day and inmediately start mashing buttons to reacclimate yourself, but

Spoiler

you left off in the Machine Village.

I don't deserve to live

 

[Primethius]

Is there any good place to read up on the Yoko Taros other games for someone who hadn't played them. I beat Nier a long time ago but haven't played the Drakengard series.

I'd like to acclimate myself with the full extent of the universe.

 

[How About No]

Clemps has some really good analysyss for the series on his Youtube channel

And if you don't mind a text-based Let's Play TheDarkId are comprehensive looks at the entire games with some extra stuff

When you load up your game after not playing for a day and inmediately start mashing buttons to reacclimate yourself, but

Spoiler

you left off in the Machine Village.

I don't deserve to live

https://clips.twitch.tv/ZealousCrepuscularSkunkVoHiYo
https://clips.twitch.tv/FlaccidCarefulCattleStinkyCheese

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Jackass is bae.

Jackass is actually woke as fuck.

<3

 

[OniBarubary]

I actually think the music during the Ko-Shi/Ro-Shi fight is severely underrated for how it evolves over the course of the fight and just being perfect for getting me fucking HYPED

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Is there any good place to read up on the Yoko Taros other games for someone who hadn't played them. I beat Nier a long time ago but haven't played the Drakengard series.

I'd like to acclimate myself with the full extent of the universe.

lparchive.org/drakengard
lparchive.org/drakengard2
lparchive.org/drakengard3

TDI's early style is a bit rough and heavyhanded, but you won't find a better Taro scholar anywhere else.

Clemps has some really good analysyss for the series on his Youtube channel

And if you don't mind a text-based Let's Play TheDarkId are comprehensive looks at the entire games with some extra stuff


https://clips.twitch.tv/ZealousCrepuscularSkunkVoHiYo
https://clips.twitch.tv/FlaccidCarefulCattleStinkyCheese

These clips are perfect.

 

[Primethius]

Clemps has some really good analysyss for the series on his Youtube channel

And if you don't mind a text-based Let's Play TheDarkId are comprehensive looks at the entire games with some extra stuff


https://clips.twitch.tv/ZealousCrepuscularSkunkVoHiYo
https://clips.twitch.tv/FlaccidCarefulCattleStinkyCheese

lparchive.org/drakengard
lparchive.org/drakengard2
lparchive.org/drakengard3

TDI's early style is a bit rough and heavyhanded, but you won't find a better Taro scholar anywhere else.

Thanks, I'll give these a read.

 

[Shahadan]

I realize now that deleting my save made me feel kinda like I had lost someone.
And yet it made so much sense. How freaking genius is that.

Thousands of game and none ever came close to achieving that for me.
Even in the first Nier it felt more arbitrary to do it.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Looking through nier prerelease videos i find it kind of funny how "shit square enix" is actually part off the game.

 

[JackelZXA]

Thinking about it again, one of my favorite moments might be when Song of the Ancients pops up in this game. Now that I know the truth on Devola2 and Popula2 being true good girls, I feel so much different about the scene now than I did before.