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[DNAbro]

Nier Automata has a better more flesh out story about FFXV than FFXV.

god it pisses me off how good FFXV could have been. So much potential, still really enjoyable, but man.



Also how do I use this scanner thing to find the units. Or if someone can just point me in right direction for this point in the game it would be appreciated. Don't want to wander around in this game.

 

[Exentryk]

Any advice on how to not fall asleep while playing this. The music makes me extremely drowsy. 😪😪😪
I think I had the exact same issue with first game.

The only way to see the true ending of this game is to fall asleep and be in your 7th nested dream.

Take the first step.

 

[guek]

My wife hates it when I play games in front of her with lots of fan service or young girls in skimpy clothing...so a lot of Japanese games

Can I play this game in front of my wife?

 

[N° 2048]

Any advice on how to not fall asleep while playing this. The music makes me extremely drowsy. 😪😪😪
I think I had the exact same issue with first game.

Falling asleep is a secret ending.

 

[h0tp0ck3t]

The

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super sped up end credits

in the joke endings is glorious

 

[Exentryk]

The

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super sped up end credits

in the joke endings is glorious

Would have liked to find this out by myself.

 

[OniBaka]

My wife hates it when I play games in front of her with lots of fan service or young girls in skimpy clothing...so a lot of Japanese games

Can I play this game in front of my wife?

Maybe let the wife play the game instead since she will be focusing on the combat rather than the clothing.

 

[Megawarrior]

It's ok, just fall asleep.

sleep habibti

The only way to see the true ending of this game is to fall asleep and be in your 7th nested dream.

Take the first step.

Falling asleep is a secret ending.

You guys....lmao 😭

 

[Weiss]

guys guys guys

you can pet pod

you guys

 

[george_us]

Can't stop doing side quests.

 

[Son Of Sparda]

Nier Automata has a better more flesh out story about FFXV than FFXV.

I want a Yoko Taro made FF...

 

[Inuhanyou]

I may have missed it ,but has this game never climbed to the top of twitch home page ?

Did it not catch on like Nioh did ?

it seems like YT was right, there were too many games that released this year in addition to horizon and zelda and switch madness.

It should have released in January

 

[depths20XX]

Is it possible to do the opening on normal and then switch to hard? Will you miss out on any trophies or anything?

Watched a streamer replay that opening so many times on hard and I'd rather not go through thag.

 

[OniBaka]

Is it possible to do the opening on normal and then switch to hard?.

Yes

Will you miss out on any trophies or anything?.

No

 

[Exentryk]

Is it possible to do the opening on normal and then switch to hard? Will you miss out on any trophies or anything?

Yes. No.

 

[Satch]

ok i need help. i know theres a

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cute bow

in this game, but where do i get it? its important

Is it possible to do the opening on normal and then switch to hard? Will you miss out on any trophies or anything?

Watched a streamer replay that opening so many times on hard and I'd rather not go through thag.

you can change the difficulty

 

[Inuhanyou]

Is it possible to do the opening on normal and then switch to hard? Will you miss out on any trophies or anything?

Watched a streamer replay that opening so many times on hard and I'd rather not go through thag.

You can switch at any time yes

I just beat the first boss in the desert, and I'm kinda shocked at how straightforward this game feels so far. The shmup genre blend at the beginning was the only thing that stands out as that weird Nier-ness so far.

Keep going. To begin with, playthrough A is the most pedestrian you'll feel

 

[True Fire]

I just beat the first boss in the desert, and I'm kinda shocked at how straightforward this game feels so far. The shmup genre blend at the beginning was the only thing that stands out as that weird Nier-ness so far.

Automata is definitely more cautious in how it presents its weirdness. But it has an amazing sense of when it's starting to get boring, and the game changes accordingly. You'll see what I mean in the next area.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

guys guys guys

you can pet pod

you guys

[ ] destroy the machines
[ ] scout the area
[X] pat shiny pod
[ ] do nothing

 

[Elginer]

Never finished NieR but played both Drakengard 1 and 2 but damn NieR Automata is fucking fantastic. The storytelling and music is just on another damn level. This is just something special and I'm so damn glad that Square-Enix allowed this gem to come to fruition.

 

[Jiraiza]

Finally got 100% weapons and goodness gracious, some of these stories are so sad.

 

[thetrin]

I just beat the first boss in the desert, and I'm kinda shocked at how straightforward this game feels so far. The shmup genre blend at the beginning was the only thing that stands out as that weird Nier-ness so far.

It's a slow burn.

 

[Weiss]

Automata is definitely more cautious in how it presents its weirdness. But it has an amazing sense of when it's starting to get boring, and the game changes accordingly. You'll see what I mean in the next area.

I don't know what that guy is talking about because that boss is cliassic Yoko.

 

[ebil]

I don't know what that guy is talking about because that boss is cliassic Yoko.

Yeah, this was the first thing in the game that made me say "this is a Taro Yoko game all right" out loud.

And that music!

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t h i s c a n n o t c o n t i n u e

 

[RubberLuffy]

If you've got a Shockwave chip, put that thing on. Shits amazing.

 

[Peterthumpa]

So, does this game look better on the Pro in comparison with the demo? It was a jaggy fest even on my Pro at least. Is this really running @ only 1080p on the Pro?

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I just beat the first boss in the desert, and I'm kinda shocked at how straightforward this game feels so far. The shmup genre blend at the beginning was the only thing that stands out as that weird Nier-ness so far.

I'm a little bit concerned that

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machines boning, going down on one another, rocking empty cribs, flailing on the ground like a baby, and then turning into a giant metal womb that gives birth to an androgynous naked man while chanting "this cannot continue"

does not clear the bar for "weirdness" for you :lol

 

[Samikaze]

How do you get different play throughs routes?

Is it like the first game where it's unavoidable and only done in NG+ modes, or is it determined by my choices?

For example,

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I went to meet with Pascal's village after the Opera boss

. Did this change my ending?

 

[Dragonslayer_023]

I keep finding sidequests where the enemies are too strong for me and I die. Should I be a higher level? I'm level 13

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about to go into a big hole in the ground.

Should sidequests just be saved for later?

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

How do you get different play throughs routes?

Is it like the first game where it's unavoidable and only done in NG+ modes, or is it determined by my choices?

For example,

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I went to meet with Pascal's village after the Opera boss

. Did this change my ending?

It's

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like the first game.

I keep finding sidequests where the enemies are too strong for me and I die. Should I be a higher level? I'm level 13

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about to go into a big hole in the ground.

Should sidequests just be saved for later?

Yeah, some of the sidequests will be way over your head. I remember taking on a level 50 quest enemy at level 20 or so, and the fight easily took 20+ minutes of nonstop beating on normal.

 

[Mana Sin]

ok i need help. i know theres a

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cute bow

in this game, but where do i get it? its important

I got a

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Pink Ribbon

by doing a side-quest from

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Pascal's Village

, if that's what you're referring to.

 

[Samikaze]

It's

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like the first game.

.

Sweet! Thanks.
I prefer to play games in order and would hate to find out I got Ending B or C before getting A. Especially knowing how the last game's narrative worked.

 

[texasairhead101]

really didn't want to wait for the pc release so I went ahead and got the PS4 version. Watching the shoot-em-up sections on twitch just looked like too much fun. Plus I beat Zelda and don't feel bad putting it back in the case for now.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Spoiler, don't read unless you're past the submerged city:

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Seing Devola and Popola back brought in the feels for me. Everything from the first one came back in a flash.

This is really really good. Can't believe I'm playing a sequel to Nier in 2017.

 

[psychotron]

I finished the demo level and did the first two side quests. It's odd because I'm getting performance issues on pro that I wasn't getting on the demo, even in the same areas. So far I'm just trying to figure out what to do. The first area is nice to look at but seems extremely empty. Maybe it's just early.

 

[Mana Sin]

If you kill a

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non-hostile quest machine npc

by accident, do they respawn if you save and reload? Or do I need to reload my previous save? I'd have to redo an

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escort quest

. D:

 

[Ourobolus]

Why did I decide to do stage 5 of the

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Servo

quest at Lv 25...fight took me 20 minutes.

 

[Satch]

this 6O character is fantastic LMAO

 

[Geg]

I went to get this at best buy today but it didn't seem to even have shelf space anywhere. The only games advertised in the new releases area were Ghost Recon, Zelda, and a few other Switch games. Is this not considered a big enough release or something?

Ended up going to gamestop for it.

 

[LotusHD]

This game is weird as fuck lmao

Desert area:

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Why are robots fucking?How the fuck did they give birth lmao

 

[MultiJhonny]

This game is weird as fuck lmao

Desert area:

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Why are robots fucking?How the fuck did they give birth lmao

welcome to the wonderful world of Yoko Taro

 

[depths20XX]

I went to get this at best buy today but it didn't seem to even have shelf space anywhere. The only games advertised in the new releases area were Ghost Recon, Zelda, and a few other Switch games. Is this not considered a big enough release or something?

Ended up going to gamestop for it.

Not big when comparing it to Switch and Zelda, no. There are just so many good releases right now it's on the lower end of things the majority are looking at. Even though it's right up there in quality.

 

[LotusHD]

welcome to the wonderful world of Yoko Taro

I'm not ready lmao


Also fuck Hard Mode. Y'all were right, the imbalance is too real.

 

[Crayon]

Omg I'm holding my copy. Finally.

Guys are scaring me off the hard mode. I guess I'll play medium and bump it up later if needed.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

This game is weird as fuck lmao

Desert area:

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Why are robots fucking?How the fuck did they give birth lmao

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This

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cannot

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continue.

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This

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cannot

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continue.

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Thiscannotcontinuethiscannotcontinuethiscannotcontinuethisca

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

The thing I was worried about was that taro wouldn't go fill taro. I haven't even finished a single ending

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for reference I just fought the girl who kill the forest king... Holy shit that Emil cameo

but no, this is fully Yolo Taro and I couldn't be happier about it.

 

[LotusHD]

Omg I'm holding my copy. Finally.

Guys are scaring me off the hard mode. I guess I'll play medium and bump it up later if needed.

It's just not worth it, they really do hit way too hard lol

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This

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cannot

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continue.

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This

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cannot

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continue.

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Thiscannotcontinuethiscannotcontinuethiscannotcontinuethisca

D:

 

[More_Badass]

"Play the game to find out how to save"

From the fucking start.


Hahahahahahahahaha

Never played a Yoko Taro game before, but that sure set the tone

 

[Gigaryu]

Picking it up this friday, should i play the game on normal or hard mode? Im a big fan of bayonetta/dmc games and want a nice challenge but not like too difficult if you know what i mean (for the 1st playthrough at least).

 

[LotusHD]

The title of the trophy I got for beating the boss, such a troll lol

Picking it up this friday, should i play the game on normal or hard mode? Im a big fan of bayonetta/dmc games and want a nice challenge but not like too difficult if you know what i mean (for the 1st playthrough at least).

Go with Normal.