Exentryk
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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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Your plugin chips like HP+, Weapon ATK+, etc.
the amount of dead bodies in
room lol >_<
how far am I from Route A ending anyway? I just killed
and
Adam's
how far am I from Route A ending anyway? I just killed
Adam
sent 9S to the bunker for repairs and now im off to the factory to meet up with Pascal for info.
in order to farm some mats for weapon upgrades. Endless spawning enemies, good for machine arms, legs, stuff like that. I hung out there for about an hour and a half...and fucked around and picked up like 20 levels.
As it turns out, the game doesn't really adjust to your level. Most enemies remained 10-20 levels below me at all times for the rest of the play through (maybe 7 or 8 more hours), no matter how many restarts. Sometimes the flying regular dudes would be my level...but the bosses would all be 20 levels below and get rekt in 10 seconds or less. It's as if the game just expects you to be around a certain level and too low the game feels like Dark Souls; too high and it mine as well be on easy mode. Game seems to give the same amount of XP for every level so it doesn't seem to be any harder to go from 61 to 62 than it did to go from 31 to 32.
I find that a very odd choice. You'd think the game would do regular checks to see what level you are and adjust the NPC levels accordingly to maintain the feeling of the difficulty setting chosen.
Hopefully the 3rd playthrough will even this out at some point, but idunno. I might have to put it on Very Hard to feel some challenge, but I like the convenience of the targeting button. IDK.
On another note, I'm happy to have gotten 12 weapons to Rank 4 with 3 or 4 more just a couple of items away.[/QUOTE]
That's how an RPG should be.
The process of levelling your characters is entirely pointless when the game checks you out and just scales the enemies as well.
That said, you can always crank up a higher difficulty if you feel prepared
As it turns out, the game doesn't really adjust to your level. Most enemies remained 10-20 levels below me at all times for the rest of the play through (maybe 7 or 8 more hours), no matter how many restarts. Sometimes the flying regular dudes would be my level...but the bosses would all be 20 levels below and get rekt in 10 seconds or less. It's as if the game just expects you to be around a certain level and too low the game feels like Dark Souls; too high and it mine as well be on easy mode. Game seems to give the same amount of XP for every level so it doesn't seem to be any harder to go from 61 to 62 than it did to go from 31 to 32.
I find that a very odd choice. You'd think the game would do regular checks to see what level you are and adjust the NPC levels accordingly to maintain the feeling of the difficulty setting chosen.
Hopefully the 3rd playthrough will even this out at some point, but idunno. I might have to put it on Very Hard to feel some challenge, but I like the convenience of the targeting button. IDK.
On another note, I'm happy to have gotten 12 weapons to Rank 4 with 3 or 4 more just a couple of items away.[/QUOTE]
That's how an RPG should be.
The process of levelling your characters is entirely pointless when the game checks you out and just scales the enemies as well.
That said, you can always crank up a higher difficulty if you feel prepared
You're like 80% into Route A
Not much. The end events are basically just after what you're about to do.
ah ok. Will I be able to access those 2 sidequest markers near the
factory
The chip loss system is interesting but annoying. If you're playing on hard you almost want to not use your best chips because doing the retrieval animation at a boss fight puts you at high risk of dying again and losing them permanently. Reloading instead to not lose is then time consuming if you're struggling.
The ones that are way below the facility? Don't worry about them.
Well yea, I'm aware it would be a story spoiler. I'm just curious which segment specifically is causing this distress for you.
kqedequalsvolvo
Member
Just finished Route A
and have loved the start to Route B so far. In most games, the intro sequence with
would have been frustrating...and it was, but it's so charmingly done that
I was just laughing so hard. Loved playing the intro from
too.
Love this game so much.
(and G because I'm too curious haha).
the robot 'brothers'
after first dropping the oil everywhere for jumping and then tripping over a girder the second time,
9S' perspective
Love this game so much.
Well yea, I'm aware it would be a story spoiler. I'm just curious which segment specifically is causing this distress for you.
Route C spoilers concerning pascal
the whole thing with the burning of the peaceful village,then in the factory, the nonsensical slaughter ,and failure to achieve or protect anything(despite A2 and Pascal clearly trying hard)..Then a choice between killing him or deleting his memories.
TheSpoiler
Member
In some ways, this game is hitting harder than the first Nier.
You can't save in the first hour. Game warns you about this, but people gripe anyway, so put that shit on Easy to blaze through it.
You can charge your pod weapon.
Dodge, a lot.
Get ready for feelios.
You can't save in the first hour. Game warns you about this, but people gripe anyway, so put that shit on Easy to blaze through it.
You can charge your pod weapon.
Dodge, a lot.
Get ready for feelios.
Yeah it was really heavy, can't think of game that has these extreme choices. Really puts a tear in your eye.
The worst part is
no one knows whats going or why things are the way they are..And i don't even expect a clean cut answer at this point. I think its just asking us to reflect on our own situations and how we cope.
huh. well apparently one was a sve point, still cant figure out the other /shrug
Think they both are
toastyToast
Member
I more or less flew through route A because I wanted to see what the heck was going on. Digging into the sidequests now and these are pretty damn great.
The one when you go back to the Amusement Park lmao
The one when you go back to the Amusement Park lmao
Pisseth Off
Okay I just finished Route C and at the end I
. I suppose going back and picking the other choice will be ending D? Does E follow on from there? Had to go work before I could carry on, but i had a brief look at the chapter select part.
I'm missing a few sidequests here and there and am currently on 92%. However I got them by looking around and doing every red circle sidequests marker i saw, so while the chapter select screen shows me where i missed them, I'm not sure how I missed them and where to start.
chose A2
I'm missing a few sidequests here and there and am currently on 92%. However I got them by looking around and doing every red circle sidequests marker i saw, so while the chapter select screen shows me where i missed them, I'm not sure how I missed them and where to start.
Eh, you haven't seen anything yet. The game gets even better.
Ok, I'm late to the party guys but I started this on Monday (had to finish BOTW) .
And holy shit is this game good, Nier is one of my favorite game on the PS3 and I was seriously not expecting to play a sequel with the same feeling and atmosphere ever again or heck just a special game like that.
I finished the
yesterday and man that boss fight,(and just the whole area) I don't even know how to explain it if someone asked me what's so special about this game, it's like you have to play it to understand.
Good things I went ahead and pre-ordered the soundtrack because so far it's as good as the first game.
This is going into my game of the year list and probably best games on PS4 list
And holy shit is this game good, Nier is one of my favorite game on the PS3 and I was seriously not expecting to play a sequel with the same feeling and atmosphere ever again or heck just a special game like that.
I finished the
amusement park
Good things I went ahead and pre-ordered the soundtrack because so far it's as good as the first game.
This is going into my game of the year list and probably best games on PS4 list
Absolutely. This game is really a treat to play. Not sure how it'll end up on my personal 2017 list, but I can't imagine it getting much better than this.
I've seen people call this open world, I don't get why. The area design is the same as action rpg/adventure games like Zelda OoT or Ys (And uh, Nier 1), only that they are bigger. It's more metroidvania than open world.
But yes, the game would have benefit from a much tighter level design, something like DS1's vertical world.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
Question!
So the death mechanic is kinda like Souls, right? You die, you lose a bunch of EXP and chips, you can get them back though and everything is fine.
Say you don't get them back though or you just don't want to take that risk. Couldn't you just quit back to the main menu and load your last save instead? Game doesn't autosave like Souls after all.
I'm still not quite sure how it works, because people in this thread lament about losing tons of progress but apart from the prologue that just doesn't seem to be the case for me. It's not very punishing.
So the death mechanic is kinda like Souls, right? You die, you lose a bunch of EXP and chips, you can get them back though and everything is fine.
Say you don't get them back though or you just don't want to take that risk. Couldn't you just quit back to the main menu and load your last save instead? Game doesn't autosave like Souls after all.
I'm still not quite sure how it works, because people in this thread lament about losing tons of progress but apart from the prologue that just doesn't seem to be the case for me. It's not very punishing.
You're correct in quitting and reloading, I did it once because I was lazy to run to my body.
Having just completed Dark Souls very recently, the world there is actually a lot bigger than NieR's.
NieR never felt too big to me ,and I try to walk around to get a chance to fight and level(also some conversations trigger in the world)
But different strokes I guess.
Loving the game, but I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the soundtrack. Not nearly as good as the original's. It's not bad, and it definitely feels like Nier, but so far the songs weren't very memorable.
Other than that, the gameplay is superb and story seems to hit the same notes as the original, so I'm happy about that.
Other than that, the gameplay is superb and story seems to hit the same notes as the original, so I'm happy about that.
There's no trophy for doing all side quest and chapter select should show what you're missing.Cool thanks.
Do you know of a sidequest guide out there that lists them by chapter or something? I've had a look but can't find one. I know i can just buy the trophies, but I want to see more of the story
Cool thanks.
Do you know of a sidequest guide out there that lists them by chapter or something? I've had a look but can't find one. I know i can just buy the trophies, but I want to see more of the story
The game basically has you covered there. The chapter select is really, really good.
How is it not open world? Zelda OoT and Ys (and Nier 1) are divided in smaller areas while Nier Automata is one seamless world. It's not that big compared to other recent open world games, but it's big enough to be called open world, imo.
One thing to take into account is that 2B is insanely fast and agile, so the world feels smaller than it actually is.
No i mean the chapter select tells me where i get sidequests. I get that. But i tried to do everything in game the first time around, and cleared every red cicrle quest marker i could find. But obviously I missed some quests and i'm not sure how to trigger them
If you're missing one in chapter 2 I believe it's in the bunker.
Also talk to that
destroyed Engel as 9s to repair him.
Emil quest when you upgrade all weapons to max which is shared across 3 characters.
Depends on how close you are to 100% sidequests. A couple have very specific requirements.
â Narayan
Member
Question about B:
This game is really something else. Might end up being my GOTG.
There were some quests I couldn't finish in A due to their general area being blocked. (Or, at least, that's the impression I was given upon trying to complete them.) Is it possible to do these quests again, or have I missed them completely?
This game is really something else. Might end up being my GOTG.
think I finished Route A with about 49% quest completion, that sound about right for someone trying not to skip stuff? I was level 31 (32? something like that), weapons were around lvl 3, at least the ones I use regularly, I didnt really farm mats tho, I just upgraded them as I could with stuff I picked up naturally. 15 hours or so I believe.
edit: 15hrs 27mins to be exact
edit: 15hrs 27mins to be exact
Automata is set up almost exactly like OoT, right down to your central "big empty field" serving as a hub to the other areas. There's just no loading or transition screens between them. I don't know how to make direct comparisons, but I bet OoT is larger than Nier Automata.
I've done a couple on Bunker. One to retrieve 11B's body in factory, and another as
9S with operator210
I'm on 92%