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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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Yu Narukami
Member
Oh look another sidequest with a huge level 48 machine at the end while I'm level 26. This is getting annoying.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
The soundtrack is 3 discs with the 3rd being the hacking tracks https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B01LTI9I72/. I can't wait for the proper soundtrack release I need this music everyday. The YouTube rips are good but I need it with me all the time
Stripper13
Member
Pretty much my biggest complaint about the game so far. I love the concept of sidequests that are available across multiple play throughs however I've run into too many that have much higher level enemies.
The combat system is simple/forgiving enough that you can power through but it takes much longer than I'd like.
Yu Narukami
Member
They should at least state a recommended level.
I'm just looking forward to being able to browse the soundtrack without being spoiled by videos on the recommended section lol. It'll be some time before I reach ending E though >_>
Well I've already gone down the road of looking up Drakengards and such on eBayLuckily nothing seems too expensive.
I am sure that 99% of people will not need to play those to enjoy Automata though, to be clear.
I don't know, its kind of iffy just because of certain references they go out of their way to introduce to the player at certain points of the game.
"hey guys this is a nier sequel, hey guys, hey hey guys! Remember this thing? Hey we're pretty clever referencing this right?"
I mean, i got all the references and was very stoked about them, but i was also kind of annoyed it was sold as completely stand alone because there WILL be people lost about certain things like
the whole segment on devola and popola and their visual novel backstory, the mentions of project gestalt in the bunker's files ect, they even have time to directly shout out Caim and angelus directly
I think it would have been much better for newcomers if they had just alluded to the fact that a disease had spread and killed humanity without going into specifics about what it was
I think it would have been much better for newcomers if they had just alluded to the fact that a disease had spread and killed humanity without going into specifics about what it was
Yea, after seeing the references, I'm really glad I watched Nier first. It still isn't mandatory, but like with
Devola and Popola especially, that whole backstory could easily just be completely lost on you, or at least a lot less impactful, if you're unfamiliar with them. I remember doing a sidequest for them and I got some chills when they described that they were being punished for something they did. Whole time I was thinking they'd be up to no good again (and technically they were I guess), but nope, super sad backstory time. That's the only thing that really sticks out to me though. Project Gestalt records are fine, so is Emil, etc.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I meant to post this in the Horizon thread lol. oops
i even iiked some of the references like the reconstruction of devola and popola's library with popola in the backround music like the original game, but some i just felt went a bit too far for new fans
For those who liked the style of vocals used for the post-prologue factory boss, here are some other tracks Okabe composed for an anime that use the same vocals. This was brought to attention from the release of the first gameplay trailer last year or so but I think it's worth sharing again I think the first one could fit in pretty easily without anyone batting an eye even.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jSDVXwSO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUu1LOCdrY
I think the first one could fit in pretty easily without anyone batting an eye even.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jSDVXwSO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUu1LOCdrY
For those who liked the style of vocals used for the post-prologue factory boss, here are some other tracks Okabe composed for an anime that use the same vocals. This was brought to attention from the release of the first gameplay trailer last year or so but I think it's worth sharing again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_jSDVXwSO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUu1LOCdrY
XD THAT'S SO FUNNY! It gives me flashbacks and nostalgia bombs cause okabe's work is so distinct
okabe uses those chanting girls for basically everything xD all the way back in tekken 5 dark Resurrection he was using them like 11 years ago when i was but a lad in high school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj5fezE20XA
He used them for tekken 6 too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSKUVpcF-Xw
and i bet even tekken 7 on console will have them as well
CielTynave
Member
Route C Question:
is it fine to just keep picking A2 the each time just to see her side of things then go 9S afterwards, or do I only have a fixed number of times I can swap characters.
its fine to pick A2, but know her route is shared with 9S so you have to do his 3 missions eventually. I prefer to swap between, they both have 3 missions
Yea I agree. Now I low-key feel like I gotta convince my friend to watch a playthrough or at least the analysis videos lol
DrunkShogun
Member
Need help gaf. Got my last sidequest and I need 95% Intel on unit data and only at 76%. Working towards ending c so is it best to move on and come back on another run or is it possible within this run.
Haha that's cool as! He really knows how to use this particular style of timbre, especially for dramatic effect.
Nightengale
Member
I've got say, the underlying story of Devola and Popola, even disassociating the OG NieR reference, was some powerful shit.
In video games, it's probably the best told story about
I've seen in a long, long, long time.
In video games, it's probably the best told story about
institutional racism
CorgiSmiles
Banned
Being reprogrammed to feel guilt regardless if they were responsible or not was extremely heartbreaking.
CorgiSmiles
Banned
Just the machines imitating human records really. If not fanservice, still works in that prospective. Recall that the machines were also imitating Facade in the desert.
Yea, that was utterly heartrending. I'm not even remotely surprised that people would shun them like that, but it was still tough to read through. But then you read the part that they went ahead and forced them to feel eternally guilty and I'm like what the fuck, so unnecessary lol
I felt even worse because the sidequest for them primed to believe that they either fucked up again, or that they would end up doing some shady shit yet again. But nope, they didn't do anything, they just had the misfortune of existing. Tragic. Worst part is that they're essentially immortal, so who knows how long they've been suffering.
Ironically they still meddled just like the OG Devola and Popola, and helped out 9S, a dude that intended on getting rid of everything if he had his way.
I felt even worse because the sidequest for them primed to believe that they either fucked up again, or that they would end up doing some shady shit yet again. But nope, they didn't do anything, they just had the misfortune of existing. Tragic. Worst part is that they're essentially immortal, so who knows how long they've been suffering.
Ironically they still meddled just like the OG Devola and Popola, and helped out 9S, a dude that intended on getting rid of everything if he had his way.
No clue
AzureSkies
Member
Does anyone know the Steam unlock time?
kqedequalsvolvo
Member
That would be helpful - as others have said, you can power through but it really does take a long time. It can be slightly frustrating when it's quest locations that are hard to escape from without taking a death if you realise you've over-reached
(e.g. 'Robo Dojo' with the fencing - I've not died to him but the last fight I had with him must've taken 10-15 minutes and I'm too scared to give him the next set of items yet!
Related to this, is there anyway to jump from the quest menu to the relevant map marker? At the moment, I'm going through the quest list and then having to switch tab, zoom out of the map and check out the red markers. Not a huge complaint, the descriptions normally indicate the area, but it would just save me a lot of time.
Just finished the boss battle when you
first go to Flooded City
That makes sense but I can't help but be a little disappointed that
it's just really fanservice.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Where do I fish in the Flooded City to get Pod B?
NM got it.
NM got it.
Anywhere? I just did it near the buildings you had to jump across.
I found mine on the two slanted, sunken in buildings just before the missile.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Boost that melee damage and swing that Fang of the Twins
Best to leave it for now.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Would the comparison, in terms of gameplay, of 2B = Raiden,
be appropriate?
9S = his own thing, but I can only really think of Bladewolf as a analogy, and A2 = Jetstream Sam
hydrophilic attack
Member
Regarding references to the first game: I've gotten nowhere in Automata (because I'm a stubborn son of a bitch who refuses to switch from har) but already in the first saw arm battle in the opening mission, the music is a reference to a track in the original game
having song of the ancients in the game is just common sense though for having a game with the name nier in the title
you can sell anything TBH, i just sold all the materials early on and got up to over a million G...its pretty easy(aka effortless) to farm materials after a certain point anyway, especially if you just max out your chipset with drop rate percentage
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I feel startlingly weak. I just *Route A Forest Zone boss spoilers*
and have only been able to upgrade my starter weapon to level 3.
met 2A and beat her
raidergale
Member
This game pretty much destroyed my social life. 56 hours in, finished Route C. It was actually even better than I was expecting.
Route C spoilers
Route C spoilers
so, reformatted Pascal is selling Children's Cores for ~20k. I can then sell them to Emil's shop for ~50k. Do they have any other use? I'd like to know before I sell them for a meagre 30k gain
Oh, okay. Didn't want to sell some material and then have to spend ages finding it again once I finally need it.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
It took me about 15 hours but i did alot of side quests. Its really only the first half of the game.
AgentLampshade
Member
Experiment with plug-in chips (buy all the slots) and buy some different pod programs. I bought Mirage personally and wrecked the forest groups in one go. Finding an extra pod works wonders too (there's one in
the desert
Sweet, thank you - I really shouldn't commit to another game at the moment, but I just can't help myself.
The one from the BBE does only have two songs from Automata. It's the live concert which was mostly focused on music from the first Nier.
It's the bonus disc of the OST
kqedequalsvolvo
Member
I found the Bomb programme really good for the forest groups, particularly as the weaker enemies often clump together at the front and once a lot of them die in the initial few hits, the remaining bombs follow wherever you next lock-on as you mop up the rest. Really satisfying
. Very glad I stumbled on that second pod
in the desert