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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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fierrotlepou
Member
How is the variation in environments? The demo made it look very bland and brown. Everything else looked cool, but if there's no variation in environments, I'll have to skip this game.
Wesley-Sigma
Member
That's entirely up to the player, don't tell people what they should be interested in.
There's a handful of areas from what I've seen (only done route A), but you should know that whatever colors the game uses, in general it's going for a dried-out, desolate look. It's the way the art was directed, but even more than that it's working in concert with the music and I think the outlook of 2B especially to create a certain mood. It's very successful at that. It's not just that it looks a certain way, it feels it too. It's got a really thorough aesthetic.
So, I dunno. You might like it in practice. It's not as colorful as Uncharted or Assassin's Creed (and I do like both!), but it's waaaaay more interesting
Wesley-Sigma
Member
You are misinterpreting my post, but I won't change my stance. Gameplay should be the primary concern when playing a game.
That's the metric I believe others should be interested in, sorry. They are of course to entitled to how they feel and their interests.
I just think statements like that serve nothing useful, is all. Peoples got different interests.
Wesley-Sigma
Member
Fair enough. I am projecting my personal views into the discussion.
UK here so I have to wait until the postie shows up later on today, but I'm excited to play this.
Truth time, I never played the first. Or I should say, I did, but turned it off after only a few minutes. A friend had convinced me it was rubbish and I believed them! And returned it for a refund. Please don't judge me too hard gaf! lol
Truth time, I never played the first. Or I should say, I did, but turned it off after only a few minutes. A friend had convinced me it was rubbish and I believed them! And returned it for a refund. Please don't judge me too hard gaf! lol
Melhisedek
Member
Can you play on easy and get all the trophies? This game is kicking mu butt
Only two things bugging me about this game:
1. Performance.
The game drops frames/stutters a /lot/ and there doesn't seem to be any reason for it on screen a lot of the time. I really hope they manage to patch this to run smoother in future. If not, I hope the PC port is good and I'll pick up a copy next time I have a gaming rig.
I mean, it's not preventing me from enjoying the game, but it does but a slight dampener on the feel of combat at times. Especially as when it runs solid 60fps and you're in mid battle it can look - and feel - really quite stunning.
2. The Map
Am I missing something or do I have to go two pages in to see the full scale map? The way points and map layout can be quite confusing, too. I'm not a fan of when games hold your hand too often, but with the way these maps are laid out I think some kind of smart waypoint system that shows you the exit you need from your current area would be good here.
Optional, of course.
I took the Beastlord because the greatsword seemed like the biggest contrast to my current weapon at the time. Although two short swords are fun...
Go with your gut, you'll be able to afford them all pretty soon.
I read that there aren't any trophies tied to difficulty.
1. Performance.
The game drops frames/stutters a /lot/ and there doesn't seem to be any reason for it on screen a lot of the time. I really hope they manage to patch this to run smoother in future. If not, I hope the PC port is good and I'll pick up a copy next time I have a gaming rig.
I mean, it's not preventing me from enjoying the game, but it does but a slight dampener on the feel of combat at times. Especially as when it runs solid 60fps and you're in mid battle it can look - and feel - really quite stunning.
2. The Map
Am I missing something or do I have to go two pages in to see the full scale map? The way points and map layout can be quite confusing, too. I'm not a fan of when games hold your hand too often, but with the way these maps are laid out I think some kind of smart waypoint system that shows you the exit you need from your current area would be good here.
Optional, of course.
Eh, we all do that from time to time. I think I'm just grumpy, ignore me.
I took the Beastlord because the greatsword seemed like the biggest contrast to my current weapon at the time. Although two short swords are fun...
Go with your gut, you'll be able to afford them all pretty soon.
I read that there aren't any trophies tied to difficulty.
Play however you want. I actually cheesed the final boss after dying twice. Wanted to see the end, but also go to bed.
Wesley-Sigma
Member
I won't lie, I did a bunch of fishing outside of the camp and had enough money to buy all 3 with quite a bit to spare haha.
Fishing seems like a dead easy way to make big bucks in this game, it's super easy too.
I'm missing something obvious with perfect evade... the air launch, sometimes it catches the enemy and sometimes it doesn't. I thought it was for certain enemies who were immune, but then I launched a few of them...
What am I missing?
Apparently it's a major shortcut to increasing your storage, too.
What am I missing?
Apparently it's a major shortcut to increasing your storage, too.
I'm sure I would have liked it had I actually given it a chance. I had just made my mind up, with my friends help, before even given it a fair chance. Reading how much love people have for the first really made me pissed at myself for not keeping it and missing out.
I loved the demo for this one and have been looking forward to the full release.
Wesley-Sigma
Member
Muffin1611
Banned
The "Lost Sister" side quest seems to be bugged for me. After the first enemies on the escort path appear and I defeat them, the robot doesn't move anymore and stands around.
Yeah it's really bad in certain spots. I did this one side quest where you race a robot, the frame drop happened in the exact same spot every time I retried the race. The forest area is particularly bad.
Good tip.. I suspected the network code has something to do with the issue.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Completed the whole thing a week ago.
It's the best Hideo Kojima game since MGS3 if you know what I mean.
Exentryk
Member
From the demo, the enemies need to be in a certain hitbox radius to be launched with the perfect dodge. Don't know if the full game has other mechanics where enemies are immune to launching during certain attacks, etc.
This happened to me. I ran far enough out and the game told me the sister had returned to her starting position.
Happened again, then I noticed something sticking out the sand nearby. One of the enemies was hiding underneath the surface, I had to kill it before she'd start walking again.
I think you might be missing that too.
I'll see if I can get a feel for it then, thanks.
Muffin1611
Banned
Thanks, I'll try that.
Augemitbutter
Member
no, i don't want to change AI of my buddy aaaaaaaaaah
is there no way to disable that? i keep talking to him on accident.
is there no way to disable that? i keep talking to him on accident.
Novum_Veritas
Member
Unfortunately not.
I had the same problem, especially in fights and such.
Would be cool if they would patch it.
I just think he's very poorly written C onwards >.>
FlutterPuffs
Member
Yakuza for me has an interesting story and hilarious subquests, but I just can't bear with the game mechanics anymore.
Still, I will hold that 10 straight hours of just racing minicars in high regard. I wish they could make a standalone game from that.
Oh and I loved Horizons story, warts and all. Holds up because Aloy is fantastic. Nier Automata though... I keep trying to find more about it. Want story DLC for both games do much.
We can agree on that much for certain, Pocket Circuit sometimes seems like it's too much fun for what it is. I can't get enough of that and the cabaret game.
Punished_Snake
Member
Is hard unfair only at the beginning or the game is unbalanced on hard?
Novum_Veritas
Member
The game is even unbalanced on Normal.
At the beginning, I would start with normal because of the no save option.
Horizon is bland as fuck to me even before playing Nier. Combat is fantastic of course but I have trouble playing it for any length of time without getting bored. Contrast that with Nier where I can't put the damn thing down, having already clocked 34 hours (yay no sleep) since release. Okay last post about Horizon. Can't wait to get off work to experience more Route C fuckery.
Go to the far left of the storage area. There should be an icon that lets you obtain a set of coordinates in the desert that will lead you to the missing person.
Have you completed the music box quest? It's a prereq to unlock the area where you can get the coordinates.
Have you completed the music box quest? It's a prereq to unlock the area where you can get the coordinates.
Novum_Veritas
Member
I've not done the last step you mention. I'll get on that now, thanks!
Your only crime is trying to game in Winter 2017too many great games..
No joke: I bought my ps4 back when it first came out and had NOTHING to play that I really liked... until Uncharted 4 and ever since then the games keep coming and coming. This winter is really really brutal to my wallet.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Aaaghhh that's so annoying. It's why I kept FFXV's cover as it is even though the thing is hideous.
Novum_Veritas
Member
Yappadappadu
Member
I'm also confused by different steelbook covers in Europe. Do they have different one's?
Looks to me like the german one is different.
I was initially planning to wait for the PC version but all the hype is getting to me (have both gaming PC and a PS4 Pro).
DrunkShogun
Member
Game this came in. Switched the cover already and just letting the update happen now. Been a long time waiting but time to jump back into a Yoko taro game.
This happened to me twice on Route B. I wasn't paying attention the first time so I had no idea wtf blew me up, so I tried it again and got blown up again.
Just come back later in Route B and the bomber will be gone.
The medium bipeds are launcher immune during their startup attack animations. The best time to launch them is usually after they finish their attacks. The attack where they swing twice at you, for example, gives them launch immunity until after the second swing.
The bosses are similar but are a lot harder, if not, impossible to do combos on.