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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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TissueBox
Member
Do it.
So I got the game since release but I haven't played it until yesterday. I also watched a couple of videos on the lore and stuff and I see the similarities among his games and I'm expecting to get a pretty good experience.
I'm still early in the game but three things have soured me a bit on the game so far.
First, I still haven't gotten a hang of combat and I don't feel like there's quite enough feedback when you're doing something wrong, so I died on the first boss and the game made me restart. Fine, no big deal, that's cute, I thought.
Second, the game is full of waypoints and I don't feel like I'm meant to sidetrack myself, so I follow them pretty much religiously. But the first sidequest I got led me to an area where I killed all the mobs, looted all the stuff around that area but didn't give me the item I needed to complete the sidequest. So I searched around that same area for another 10 minutes wondering if I missed anything until I just gave up and started killing random enemies on the field hoping they would drop the item. I did find it elsewhere but it did leave me confused whether I should trust the waypointing.
Third, I got my second gameover when I was completing a bunch of sidequest and a big event triggered. I still haven't finished the sidequests and I was in a nearby area and thought surely, the event can wait and I can go grab that item for the sidequest first. So I ran to the sidequest area and then without not much warning, I get a game over screen for abandoning the fight, probably because I ran too fast before the warning text all came out. So I lost about 20 minutes of stuff and I just can't help but shake my head at just what happened.
I'm expecting a unique experience but not this kind... do more of this stuff happen throughout the game?
Also, what's the best way to travel fast across the world? Feels like I'm spending a lot of time just travelling around on foot without doing anything meaningful. Just stack movement speed up chips? Is there a limit to stacking generally?
I'm still early in the game but three things have soured me a bit on the game so far.
First, I still haven't gotten a hang of combat and I don't feel like there's quite enough feedback when you're doing something wrong, so I died on the first boss and the game made me restart. Fine, no big deal, that's cute, I thought.
Second, the game is full of waypoints and I don't feel like I'm meant to sidetrack myself, so I follow them pretty much religiously. But the first sidequest I got led me to an area where I killed all the mobs, looted all the stuff around that area but didn't give me the item I needed to complete the sidequest. So I searched around that same area for another 10 minutes wondering if I missed anything until I just gave up and started killing random enemies on the field hoping they would drop the item. I did find it elsewhere but it did leave me confused whether I should trust the waypointing.
Third, I got my second gameover when I was completing a bunch of sidequest and a big event triggered. I still haven't finished the sidequests and I was in a nearby area and thought surely, the event can wait and I can go grab that item for the sidequest first. So I ran to the sidequest area and then without not much warning, I get a game over screen for abandoning the fight, probably because I ran too fast before the warning text all came out. So I lost about 20 minutes of stuff and I just can't help but shake my head at just what happened.
I'm expecting a unique experience but not this kind... do more of this stuff happen throughout the game?
Also, what's the best way to travel fast across the world? Feels like I'm spending a lot of time just travelling around on foot without doing anything meaningful. Just stack movement speed up chips? Is there a limit to stacking generally?
I'm not too far in the game itself but I have done a lot of sidequests and was wondering about running around all the time. I found out later that you do unlock an option for fast travel if you proceed a little further down the story.
Haha, it might've been the other stuff like the Wire, but by the time I had gotten it, I had already beaten the game lol
Laser sucks, for everything barring the snake robots.
I've become very fond of the hammer for crowd control.
Exentryk
Member
Currently have Mirage and Gravity equipped. Need to unlock more and try them out before I can figure which ones I like the best. Pods are still level 1, cos nothing has been dropping the upgrade items so far.
Demoskinos
Member
Okay, some final thoughts here. This game is subversive in some incredible ways that quite honestly I think need to be studied in game design courses. Just constant "Wait, What?!" moments the entire game.
Now off to the spoiler thread I go finally....
I'll continue playing on and get 100% and then I'll sacrifice my save.
Now off to the spoiler thread I go finally....
Level 3 laser is pretty epic with all of them bouncing off walls.
FUCK ME MAN I WAD SO CLOSE TO BEATING THAT BOSS AND GOT DICKED TRYING TO SWITCH FROM MEDIUM RECOVERY TO SMALL UUUGGGHHHH
ADAM WAS ALMOST FUCKING DEAD WHEN HE GRABBED ME AND STARTED PUMMELLING​ SO I TRIED SWITCHING TO SMALL SO I COULD MASH AND SWITCHED WEAPONS INSTEAD BECAUSE I DIDNT PRESS DOWN UP FAST ENOUGH UUGGGHHHH UUUGGGHHHH
Huh.
I never did get around to upgrading. Always was missing one or two types of mats.
Yeah, Laser 3 (and then 4) is insane.
BuckRobotron
Member
I somehow ended up with material only for Pod A to upgrade during my second quick runthrough, but then had the right items to go right to level 4. Love how you fire for a few seconds and then at the pulse can let out a cannon blast. That mixed with the Mirage (the equivalent of Dark Phantasm from Nier) for surrounding enemies made me forget
until it was necessary out of battle.
I even had hacking for 9S
It's a shame so many people never upgrade the pods. It's understandable because the materials are so hard to find and you usually won't have enough until after you beat the game, but still. They change in cool ways that aren't just damage boost, and the game doesn't tell you about it strangely enough.
Just to expand on that, enemies have a stun threshold which causes them to go into that state, which most of the time tends to be when they're low health.
As for the pods, I think the only ones viable for some form of combo usage are the missile ones and the gatling upgraded to the max since it shoots out missiles as well. Good for juggling, though it's kind of hard to use.
It doesn't help that those materials are typically the ones that can't be bought, they need to be farmed. Fucking
Small Gears
Welp, this game just brought me to tears. Route C spoilers
This game is a masterpiece.
Popola and Devola's story + that song * Nier nostalgia = tears. Then the trophy popped. Crime and Punishment.... My favorite writer of all time is Fyodor Dostoyevsky. First novel of his I ever read was Crime and Punishment. One of the finest novels ever written and one of my favorites.
Stuff like this makes me want to replay the game on Hard sooner rather than later...
Augemitbutter
Member
i upgraded one to 3, the other to level 2. couldn't max them until i got the plat, but i thought i found enough materials in 50 hours get it done at this level.
https://twitter.com/PG_taura/status/844769504064266240
Taura getting the OST early... Absolutely jelly.
Taura getting the OST early... Absolutely jelly.
MattPeters
Member
Opened up Playthrough C.
I am speechless.
I am speechless.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Nearing the end of route B, but I have to get some sleep. I guess I'll find out how much of the game was spoiled for me soon. Hanging in there, not reading anything else. I'm ready.
game starts pretty slow yeah? i've gone up to the desert in the beginning and hasn't really grabbed me yet. only spent about 3 hours though and i hear this game is about 40, but usually 3 hours into a platinum game would give you a decent idea of what to expect with the rest of the game.
soundtrack is awesome though
soundtrack is awesome though
Well it's a Yoko Taro game first and foremost, so things are done a little differently ;D
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I thought the pod upgrades were really disappointing. The new attacks are too awkward to activate to be practical - mashing fast enough to match autofire DPS would probably kill your finger, and the charge moves take way too long for how little they do.
GGNKovalski
Member
Been a few days since I finished the game (A-E endings). Can't stop thinking about it. A really special game. Once the game releases let up a bit I plan on playing through it again. Missed so much stuff.
Any good resources or videos out there for how to get better or some good bread and butter combos to use? I want to get gud and I feel like I'm not utilizing the combat system as good as I should. Right now I'm just at the level of wait until I see red, R2 R2 R2 until I dodge, mash some shit until I land. I'd do some more searching on my own, but I'm a bit fearful of spoilers right now, especially considering everyone here seems to be losing their minds about reveals in later routes.
Yu Narukami
Member
How long is route C including sidequests?
There is a ton of new stuff coming up, though not immediately.
Depending on side quests you can finish the game in around 40 hours (I 100%'d it in like...46?)
Got through Route A and started on B. Got through the initial desert area.
might get old, even if it makes damage tanks like the gold machines bearable because it does so much damage. I don't hate it
Feels like I'm going to invest in pod upgrades this branch for some options. Have been playing around with putting a heavy weapon on slot B and using the D-Pad to chain basic combos, but it's still awkward and less efficient. I just know it's going to get tiresome.
Naturally the sidequests I didn't do in route A were the combat centric ones because of the levels involved.
Hacking
as a minigame, but the average combat encounter with 9S includes at least one of them since it replaces his heavy attack...
Naturally the sidequests I didn't do in route A were the combat centric ones because of the levels involved.
darkwing-buck
Member
I never used it but people here say spear is the strongest for 9S with it's charge attack.
darkwing-buck
Member
Yeah it was pretty efficient for me.
Nightengale
Member
Remainder of the game is 30% old content, 70% new content.
Mind you, Route B is primarily old content so you're seeing pretty much the entire of that 30% out-the-gate after Route A.
With majority of side-quest completed, it took me 40 hours to reach the true ending. You can probably cut that by 5-10 hours if you don't do them or only partially complete it.
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.
Yes or no answer please, still at the beginning of C.
Does Nier from the first game appear or get mentioned in this?
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I like that the access points (route B mechanic)
Nice little touch.
put up that red lockdown barrier and become inaccessible if you approach as a remote controlled machine.