Was talking to some people about this earlier. Consensus being that if you go into a game wanting to dislike it, not big surprise you are going to most likely dislike it. Not every game is for everyone etc etc.
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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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Was talking to some people about this earlier. Consensus being that if you go into a game wanting to dislike it, not big surprise you are going to most likely dislike it. Not every game is for everyone etc etc.
Try holding down your Pod Program button.
As far as i know, he was only interested cause Platinum based on how he talked in his Nioh videos, so i don't doubt he would not have been privy to Yoko Taro's previous dealings, but still...people are trying to tell you important stuff about the game, no need to be overtly defensive
Son Of Sparda
Member
Anyone? I don't want to google it myself since I'm sure I'll be spoiled on something else.
BRSxIgnition
Member
https://youtu.be/evXVhYwCrso
Put it in theater mode as soon as you open the link. Don't look at the sidebar.
CorgiSmiles
Banned
There is, but it's extremely simple this time.
nikos
Member
I just realized after continuing on. I'm glad it isn't over yet! GOTY so far.
LOL ENB is trying a bit hard to find things to dislike about the game.
So far
*Invisible Walls and not liking how you could reach some areas if you took down some of the walls
*Bullets curving on the 2D sections when you get in the tower areas of the demo.
*Indestructible barrels and boxes.
*The Shortcuts not having visual cues and thinking they have invisible walls
*The fans of the game
So far
*Invisible Walls and not liking how you could reach some areas if you took down some of the walls
*Bullets curving on the 2D sections when you get in the tower areas of the demo.
*Indestructible barrels and boxes.
*The Shortcuts not having visual cues and thinking they have invisible walls
*The fans of the game
There are no demo bonuses so you can delete it.
The42gamer
Banned
Imagine if you just stopped playing Ocarina of Time when the time skip happens
Sure it's and "ending" but you're like 1/3 through the whole thing
It's fine, not every game is for everyone. His reasons for not liking it may not be super solid, but I think everyone had a situation where they just didn't like something for whatever stupid reason and couldn't get over it.
He also thinks Nioh is the best game on the PS4, I didn't like Nioh at all, sold it without even finishing it once. Doesn't make me like him any less.
He also thinks Nioh is the best game on the PS4, I didn't like Nioh at all, sold it without even finishing it once. Doesn't make me like him any less.
I just think he wants to see Nier as DMC/Bayonetta when the game is not aiming to be that and also do more things. He mentioned those 2 games a few times in the current stream he has going on and he is pretty much looking the game as something that is not exactly is.
BRSxIgnition
Member
So much confusion would be saved if the playable pieces were called "Parts" and the finales were called endings.
Essentially the game has main 3 "Endings" in the classic sense, with Routes A -> B -> C leading up to them.
Essentially the game has main 3 "Endings" in the classic sense, with Routes A -> B -> C leading up to them.
I do agree it could be like that but the game itself at the beginning tells you about needing the other routes to get the whole experience.
Curse me for not resisting listening the OST, i got spoiled on three or four bosses, and what i think is a scene from a couple of endings, one with
and one with
, also
?.
Still, not bothered by the bosses because it's all early stuff it seems, and the scenes i saw weren't unexpected since, well, it's a Yoko Taro game.
I also remember Kotaku's review spoiling a lot of cool stuff like
. Duh, hope there is still a lot to leave me surprised.
2B and 9S laying on the ground
A2 kind of dead looking out of a window
Manah from DK1
Still, not bothered by the bosses because it's all early stuff it seems, and the scenes i saw weren't unexpected since, well, it's a Yoko Taro game.
I also remember Kotaku's review spoiling a lot of cool stuff like
some kind of minigame with colored dots? A place with no texture? 2B casually talking with machines?
I don't think it's that unfair to do that, though.
It would be awful if he was reviewing it professionally. You have to be able to at least treat different genres differently, lest you get another Football Manager situation, or whatever that game was called.
But since it's not, there's nothing wrong with him looking for a particular thing, even if there was no reason for him to be looking for that in Nier.
It may not make any sense, but even if you think he's straight up wrong, saying you appreciate him less for it is kind of crazy, to me.
Did anyone subscribe to his channel to see him reviewing games and giving them a fair shot on their own merits? I just enjoyed his knowledge on Souls and Dragon's Crown. I don't really mind if he doesn't like games I do.
I guess that area is the
Flooded City
rocketskates
Member
I died in the tutorial just to get an ending lol
killatopak
Gold Member
Still no sign of my copy of this game nor the console itself.
See you guys in OT2.
It's pretty hard to dodge spoilers now. So many NieR stuff in my youtube recommended. Only way to go is to completely not use youtube.
See you guys in OT2.
It's pretty hard to dodge spoilers now. So many NieR stuff in my youtube recommended. Only way to go is to completely not use youtube.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Thanks guys.
Thanks for the warnings as well. I'll use ClipConverter to avoid spoilers.
So where does this game sit on the Action-to-RPG spectrum?
The first one was an RPG right (never played it)? I ask because the PS4 demo of Automata was the most RPG-feeling of any Platinum thing I'd played, and we keep having all these discussions about action RPGs that have better or worse combat versus story depth or whatever. It keeps bringing up the problem that we don't and may never have an RPG that combines a deep, quality story with Platinum-quality combat. The best game of all time might be an open-world RPG with Obsidian/CDProjekt-quality writing with Platinum-quality combat. Automata might not be that game but it seems like the closest we've gotten so far.
The first one was an RPG right (never played it)? I ask because the PS4 demo of Automata was the most RPG-feeling of any Platinum thing I'd played, and we keep having all these discussions about action RPGs that have better or worse combat versus story depth or whatever. It keeps bringing up the problem that we don't and may never have an RPG that combines a deep, quality story with Platinum-quality combat. The best game of all time might be an open-world RPG with Obsidian/CDProjekt-quality writing with Platinum-quality combat. Automata might not be that game but it seems like the closest we've gotten so far.
N° 2048
Member
One of my favorite moments in the game. It's too perfect.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Quoting (and agreeing with) Producer Yosuke Saito from an interview last year:
60-70% RPG, 30-40% Action
CorgiSmiles
Banned
Yeah, come back to them in another route.
N° 2048
Member
GwyndolinCinder
Member
You know its a good game, when initially reading that sentence, you mentally fill in the spoiler tag as
oral sex.
psychotron
Member
So I'm thinking I may reinstall. I'm in the desert and the game is still stuttering a hell of a lot, even hitching mid jump at points. I can't imagine it's THIS bad on Pro.
So I finished all main endings last night this morning. I stay up too late playing games all the time, but I can't remember the last time a game gripped me so hard that I never went to sleep. Once you get to a certain point though, I'm not sure how I could have stopped I needed to see. Also to anyone beating the final ending
but man that was powerfully moving moment when "the thing" happened.
Related, did anyone get the Automata World guide? I really want an Automata artbook, but the one in the CE is way too rich for my blood and I remember Nier's Grimoire had too much text I couldn't read and not enough art for me. Luckily D.K. had his own artbook with plenty of art so I'm wondering if I should wait and see for something like that or get the world guide while it's kinda cheap.
I'm sorry I can't help you, I didn't have the courage to delete my save file
Related, did anyone get the Automata World guide? I really want an Automata artbook, but the one in the CE is way too rich for my blood and I remember Nier's Grimoire had too much text I couldn't read and not enough art for me. Luckily D.K. had his own artbook with plenty of art so I'm wondering if I should wait and see for something like that or get the world guide while it's kinda cheap.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Its the game game streaming that is most likely causing the hitching, theres a certain point that lives @ 30fps too.
I'm getting it. I heard a couple of novellas were in it, so I wouldn't mind more backstory on the game.
theangrypirate
Member
I've been playing on Pro and I haven't noticed any performance issues yet.
I mean if it was in english I would totally love getting all the extra backstory and stuff (there's actually already fan-translations of the novellas at least and I'm sure people are working on the rest). But my japanese is at a childish level and I can't read 90% of Grimoire Nier, so if the world guide is the same thing I'd pass at least for now and hope one of the concept artists releases a book like D.K. did.
I can't find pictures of it anywhere online so I'd love impressions whenever you get it.
Yeah, I'll report back.
The voice actors for 2B and 9S are going to be doing an AMA on Reddit on the 11th.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/5y89dx/ama_announcement_saturday_12pm_pst_voice_actors/
https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/5y89dx/ama_announcement_saturday_12pm_pst_voice_actors/
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Will be interesting for those of us who dont have to worry about spoilers. I really wanna know how much of the plot they knew from day 1, cause these parts are impossible to play without all the details.
CorgiSmiles
Banned
They actually didnt. Kira Buckland was streaming herself playing the demo the night of launch the other day along with some Q/A. Since it was recorded in broken and non sequential sessions. She had an idea, but not completely.
thanks. i'll allow it
