Deputy Dangle
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The way it explores its themes through its character work, structure, and mechanics has been on my mind a lot the past few days. It really rewards your investment the more you put into it.
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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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The way it explores its themes through its character work, structure, and mechanics has been on my mind a lot the past few days. It really rewards your investment the more you put into it.
BRSxIgnition
Member
There's a Text Log chip but I don't know how to access it...
I accidentally clicked advance while talking to Engels and I skipped a good chunk of the discussion where he talks about
- Can anyone sum up the discussion for me, or tell me how to access the text log?
I accidentally clicked advance while talking to Engels and I skipped a good chunk of the discussion where he talks about
wanting to see "Night"
It gets better.
I can't help you with the conversation but the textlog chip refers to the log in the bottom right when picking up items and such, not to dialogue
Text log means all text that appears in the hud like drops, quest notifications and I'm assuming dialogue when it's currently happening on screen.
EDIT: Beaten.
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
Darn, now I want to check put this song but I feel like it'd spoil the themes. It's an odd dilemma to have. I'll try to remember to check it out after I finish the game.
TissueBox
Member
Hah no real spoilery type stuff, mostly just a general relation which is why I think it coould maybe work as a trailer song (plus I really dig it o_o [and it's got 'em chills factor]), besides a couple explicit lyrics lol. xD I'd be tiptoeing around as much as I could in your shoes too though, avoiding spoilers in launch window periods ain't cakewalks. >_<
So you're saying if I do all the sidequests (which I was already planning on doing) it should have nothing to worry about? That's great.
Sidenote I love how the sidequests are the opposite of the original Nier's, where you usually had to gather a bunch of items and then you just got rewarded with lousy money (although Nier also had some amazing sidequests, 90% of them were this and it was trash). But in Automata anything that needs collected is marked right on the map and you're rewarded with money and items, and so far every sidequest I've done has had a cool story and background attached to it, there's no dude asking for a bunch of super rare items to unceremoniously build a house that you never see or hear from again or at least I hope there isn't.
E: I suppose I'll stay on the lookout for where to find Meteorites, pretty sure I already have a couple, but don't remember where from
Valkyri von Thanatos
Member
It's tough since I've been interested in the game since its announcement and it is finally nearly here but I don't have time to play it until almost the end of the month, and even then I feel like I need to play Nier before it, which will probably use up my entire week of break between college terms (and that's if I focus entirely on Nier, no BOTW or Horizon or Yakuza 0 etc.) so I'm very anxious to get it, but more anxious to find the time to finally play it.
I should probably quit NeoGAF cold turkey for at least the last three weeks of the college term I'm in now, but it's just impossible right now since I'm also anxiously looking for impressions from people who've played the Wii U version of BOTW to know if the performance problems are acceptable. But I also have to focus on the crunch of studying.. 😫
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Just keep playing. It'll come naturally.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Seriously?? What are they?
I don't have the time required for that
Looks like I'm going for ending E apparently. Is it standalone or should I view the other main endings first?
His advice is pretty much on point. If you finish your third playthrough the other main endings will come naturally and in a very very short amount of time.
Assuming that the singer is a stand-in for 2B, then it's 2B singing about her journey with 9S and how much she enjoyed it despite being in a hopeless struggle.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
It's not structured the way you think it is.
How much are we talking here
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Omg. Please be real.
Amazing.
I'm out of gifs, let me get back to you on that.
Crimsonsky
Member
Got my Black Box Edition on the way. Only square would cheap out on shipping after I just blew 218 bucks on your game.
yes please! DLC outfits and more weapons for everyone!
They look so good.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Just beat Route B, 41 Hours Clocked, 68% Quest Completion.
Onto Routes
- hype hype hype.
Question: I couldn't find the
in my inventory/archives. What is it? If it's a spoiler just say so & don't answer.
Onto Routes
C & D
Question: I couldn't find the
"E-Drug" that 9S gives you at the end
Just a drug. A trippy one.
YT said it in an interview recently about this game
Lol >_<
BRSxIgnition
Member
And then... Boom! Hack 'em up good!
I love 210. I mean, she's being weird, but I love it.
Audioboxer
Member
Whyyyy is there such a long wait for EU release :'(
BRSxIgnition
Member
Holy shit Route C opens with a bang. Goddamn.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yeah the pacing on it is super great. The end to B to the beginning of C was so good.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
I'd probably say the story is not bat-shit insane but rather more (not really spoilerish i guess)
philosophical
Btw this may have been pointed out earlier in the thread, but what's the point in destroying chips?
I destroyed a bunch of useless ones assuming I'd get something, but nope nothing. Is there a point or should I just sell chips I won't use?
I destroyed a bunch of useless ones assuming I'd get something, but nope nothing. Is there a point or should I just sell chips I won't use?
And as I'm writing this, now I wonder if maybe it's tied into the story at some point
BRSxIgnition
Member
Does it matter who
in Route C?
Pod 042 and Pod 153 support
Nope.
I destroyed it when my inventory for chips were full and I needed to pick up new chips on the ground and the shop was nowhere near.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Oh man I like
already.
A2
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I will say that chip management is a huge pain in the ass. You get sooo many junk chips, and fusion can actually be counterproductive since it increases the cost of the chip, which means that you may not be able to fit it in anymore.
That and there are a few vastly superior chips
while the rest end up being kind of bleh by the end of the game on Normal. I just used the aforementioned chips and some +speed chips to make my life easier.
The only time they really mattered was when I was trying to do level 50 quests at level 20, and I needed as many damage multipliers as possible.
That and there are a few vastly superior chips
(time slowing chips, temporary invincibility after being hit chip, auto pickup chip)
The only time they really mattered was when I was trying to do level 50 quests at level 20, and I needed as many damage multipliers as possible.
Cool the max capacity must be big cause I haven't hit it.
dancrane212
Member
Copy shipped out last week so it'll be here on time for release. Great to see the game so much love this time around.