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[GigaBowser]

off work detoxing stuffing my face seems like bayonetta but the combat is waaaaay more crud

keep tryin to play but i get bored after 2 minutes and play dead cells

 

[Shifty1897]

It's a shame, usually we see eye to eye on game quality GigaBowser . I think Automata is wonderful, the variety in combat you get depending on which two weapons you equip, plus the added game mechanics depending on who you play as and the chip system is very deep.

If you aren't enjoying it, try progressing further in the mainline story. The story really starts taking hard turns once you start Route C.

 

[Bloobs]

Only if you like anime ass

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Its all about story.

Which explains itself after 3-5 play throughs.

Personally gave up on 3rd play through.

Cool game though. Enjoyed music, atmosphere etc.

 

[nikos]

It’s one of the best games ever made from the very beginning.

 

[GigaBowser]

It's a shame, usually we see eye to eye on game quality GigaBowser . I think Automata is wonderful, the variety in combat you get depending on which two weapons you equip, plus the added game mechanics depending on who you play as and the chip system is very deep.

If you aren't enjoying it, try progressing further in the mainline story. The story really starts taking hard turns once you start Route C.

barely played you have genius taste so i will probably like it iffffffff I play more thirs time i will play longer

 

[Shifty1897]

Its all about story.

Which explains itself after 3-5 play throughs.

Personally gave up on 3rd play through.

Cool game though. Enjoyed music, atmosphere etc.

You were so close to the end! The 4th and 5th routes are basically just single boss fights, no more than 30 minutes long each. I don't want to tell you that Route E is worth it and then have you play it and find it as nothing special, but 7 years later I still can't even watch Route E's ending on YouTube without tearing up.

 

[Skifi28]

I'm afraid your taste in games won't eventually get good, it is what it is .

 

[existensmaximum]

off work detoxing stuffing my face seems like bayonetta but the combat is waaaaay more crud

keep tryin to play but i get bored after 2 minutes and play dead cells

Nope. It's trash.

 

[DelireMan7]

I tried it beginning of the year due to the praise and a friend that told me it's incredible.
I dropped it after maximum 10 hours.

I like the mood and story. All the rest was boring.
I made the mistake to start in hard. (1h intro sequences with no save and no explanation of basic mechanics like healing ? Some call it genius, I call it bad design).
Then switched to normal mode. I personally find that the difference between normal and hard is too big. Especially when there is a mode above hard.
Normal is very easy, you can literally mash button brainlessly and it works in combat (I tried). Maybe it gets complicated later.

I couldn't get into the combat. I didn't feel I had real control of 2B. To many stuff happen when you press a button.

The constant change of cameras is also something I couldn't get into. Especially on one of the boss when it intentionally put the camera above and very close to your character. Just to allow you get hit and "transfer " into the shooting minigame every 5 seconds.

Environment are bland and empty. Music is not my taste. Sidequest are basic jRPG like.

I think I can like it because the story and mood intrigued me a lot but too many stuff I couldn't bare. Each session ended up in "Well this game is really bad".

I might try in later. I was maybe not in the good state of mind for it.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I remember thinking that I wasn't too into it for the first hour or so....then it got me big time. Incredible game. I platinumed it.

 

[Yoboman]

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

 

[Exede]

I stoped playing it in this first large desert area after a bit. I can't understand the hype. Maybe I'm missing something

 

[Ulysses 31]

I stoped playing it in this first large desert area after a bit. I can't understand the hype. Maybe I'm missing something

That's about where I stopped too, maybe I'll give it another try someday but I don't see what's so special about it either.

 

[Hrk69]

I tried it multiple times (on PC) but I guess it's not for me

 

[Bonfires Down]

Maybe, but I’ll never know since the mindless running back and forth made me want to jump off a cliff.

 

[Toots]

Personally gave up on 3rd play through.

You have to finish your 3rd playthrough (A2 playthrough)
I think the third playthrough gives you a satisfying definitive ending if i remember correctly...
Only about 4 or 5 endings on 26 (one for each alphabet letter) really makes the plot go forward.

While the game is not a beat-them-all like bayonetta it is just as much of a masterpiece.

Everyone who stopped before seeing adam and eve (end of the desert part) need to go back to it. Put it on easy mode and just rush the story until adam and eve or better even until my man Pascal storyline.

You can use speed chips to make your character go faster if you don't like running back and forth. You also quickly find means of fast travel between locations. Don't listen to hype men telling you the game is the second coming of Christ (which it is by the way), it hasq flaws but just play it anyway.
And yes the intro sequence is total ass and can be trickyeven in normal. This type of gameplay (almost) never happens again you just have to grind it once and you're free to enjoy one of the best story ever told in a videogame.

 

[RaZoR No1]

Strange to see so many contrary opinions on this game.
Either you love it and it is one of the GOAT or you hate it/ cant stand the game.
I think people who put it in GOAT category (me included) absolutely love japanese games of any kind.
The Story, the combat, the graphics etc. are great for any J-ARPG player.

The game is probably peak Platinum Games.

 

[Husky]

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

I think I'll still try Automata, but we're definitely on the same page about Replicant.

 

[Mister Wolf]

If you think it's bad now wait until you're expected to play through route "B". The game is a dud.

 

[sigmaZ]

off work detoxing stuffing my face seems like bayonetta but the combat is waaaaay more crud

keep tryin to play but i get bored after 2 minutes and play dead cells

If you don't like the gameplay within five hours, give it up. I found it entertaining and had an interesting atmosphere but some of the design felt outdated to me at the time and the PC version had some issues on release that further hindered the experience. Still was able to finish it though.

 

[Boralf]

No. And then you need to play it 2 or 3 more times to "get" it. Music is really good though.

 

[GymWolf]

Not nearly as much as you would think.

 

[hyperbertha]

Just listen to the ost. Only good thing about the game. Combat is simplistic, boss fights are atrocious.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

It's ok to have bad taste as long as you don't boast.

The first quote is already better than everything said in 99% of games, let alone the music, but if you don't get that, it's not even worth trying to explain why the game is great. No turtles are abused in this one.

 

[RyRy93]

Sure you just need to complete the game 10 times while enduring an OST that largely consists of non-stop wailing

 

[emivita]

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

Both games are fantastic. It's fine you don't like them, but calling Replicant 'ass' is quite insulting.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I had the same issue. I just stopped playing, put it down, and didn't pick it back up.

 

[Punished Miku]

Front page right now. Do NieR and Metroid Dread get any better?

Jesus Christ people.

 

[Toots]

Front page right now. Do NieR and Metroid Dread get any better?

Jesus Christ people.

Get ready for my "does Super Mario 64 go beyond being a platformer where you collect stars ?" thread then.

 

[Duchess]

It's a great game! I bought it due to the praise other Gaffers gave it. No regrets.

I really wanted Stellar Blade to play a lot more like it, but felt the combat was rather inferior.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Shit is fantastic from the very start..so if you don’t like it yet, you probably won’t. Although I enjoyed the content much more after first playthrough and the alt endings.

 

[cash_longfellow]

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

It’s okay, we can’t all have good taste

 

[Rickyiez]

If u don't like it, u won't like it. The second arc will repeat everything from first arc, u might even dislike it more after that

 

[kubricks]

off work detoxing stuffing my face seems like bayonetta but the combat is waaaaay more crud

keep tryin to play but i get bored after 2 minutes and play dead cells

Don't force yourself to enjoy something, if you don't you just don't.
Drop it and play something else. No game is for everyone.

 

[FunkMiller]

Yeah, I bounced off this game pretty hard after trying to get into it twice. Just didn't click.

 

[Hudo]

I like it quite a lot but if you don't have fun with it, just play something else.

 

[LordOfChaos]

For me I really started liking it more after the first "ending" where it really picks up and gets interesting from there, and then the final ending really resonated. It took a while to get into it.

But if you fundamentally don't like the gameplay, that is what it is.

 

[omegasc]

For Nier Automata to get "good" it would require it to get worse, because it's a 100% masterpiece.

 

[DonF]

off work detoxing stuffing my face seems like bayonetta but the combat is waaaaay more crud

I feel like I had a stroke.

the game is awesome, its great from the start. If you dont like it, it wont get better, sorry.

it has a really unique story and way to present it, and the gameplay is solid. You get to play with more character and get more weapons.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I think Neir Automata is a slow burn. Yiu have to have a lot of painence. I almost gave up on route b, but that ending was worth it to me.

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

I don't even blame you. I dropped this game I think aeound half way and just watched the story on YouTube. It's was waaay more boring then Automata.

 

[El Muerto]

The game is good, but if you want something like Bayonetta then play DMC. Nier is it's own thing. I agree the combat isnt that great and can get boring after time but it makes up for that in everything else like the environment and story.

 

[alienator]

I accidently bought Nier Replicant twice. (on 360 and remaster)
storywise its even better than automata , but the automata has better combat. though call, love them both.

while its ok to not like a game, i hate this 'i got a 2 minute attentionspan so this game sucks' attitude... so im seriously trying to figure out how people call story driven action games like automata 'boring'... are people that starved for attention? i mean comeon, its a 2016 game, its 8 years old now, i might need to make a topic and post on how resident evil 1 is boring on the psx and if it gets better.

 

[Raven117]

It’s for vibes and story. Not amazing combat.

If that’s not hitting for you…. Then.. well… time to move on.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I accidentally bought Nier Replicant instead of Nier Automata. That shit was so ass I'm not even going to bother with Automata

Automata is one of my all time favorite i still couldn't bother finishing Replicant

 

[mayham2199]

You were so close to the end! The 4th and 5th routes are basically just single boss fights, no more than 30 minutes long each. I don't want to tell you that Route E is worth it and then have you play it and find it as nothing special, but 7 years later I still can't even watch Route E's ending on YouTube without tearing up.

I had no idea. I only did 3 playthroughs and thought that was it. I had a friend who didn't even know there was more than 1 playthrough. Game wasn't to bad but the ending\replay stuff is annoying and they should just make it a normal game. My friend is a pretty hardcore gamer and had no idea about the multiple playthroughs that shouldn't be happening.

 

[EviLore]

It’s very slow and repetitive, which is typically not my kind of game at all. But, I saw the magic in this one so I decided to fully commit to it and not let those aspects bother me. Got the final ending etc., and it was definitely a special gaming experience.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Boring, gave up on it pretty quickly. Maybe ill try again some other time (probably not)

 

[A.Romero]

I really wanted to play it on PC but was upset about the lack of updates at the beginning and the port being sub par. Finally it got to a price on sale that I could swallow.

I modded it and started playing the game. It seemed OK but nothing to write about. Finally finished the first playthrough and decided to drop it, I hate back tracking. Left it there for months and went back to it during the pandemic after reading more and more people praising it. I decided to power through the backtracking and it really paid off.

By the time I finished it I thought it was amazing. Loved the story. Gave a feeling only Kojima games give me.

For me it was all about the story and the art direction. Liked the combat but not as much as Bayo for sure.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

After you get ending B.