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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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NoMoreTrolls
Banned
So just the orange pickups on the ground? Do enemies drop them?
Just the pickups.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Maybe...? I mean, I can see a lot of similarities to darker, turn-of-the-decade '80s and '90s anime. The desert area reminds me a lot of Fist of the North Star and perhaps volume 5 or 6 of Gunnm. The feeling of hopelessness and one of the reveals toward the end of route B feel very Gunnm
and how cheap life is
2B's battle gear suit up feels like a direct reference to Gunnm rollerball.
Anyway yeah, starting route C I have a feeling I'm halfway in and two big moments that I haven't reached yet have already been spoilered by dick YT thumbnails. I haven't seen anything that goes beyond the more depressing anime and manga my friends and I used to discuss during our high school years in the mid '90s.
I think it's just so refreshing to see something like Automata in today's gaming landscape; at a time where Japan is now largely known for colorful serial shows and pop idol culture. I'm not saying that it wasn't always that way (pop idols have been a thing forever), but in the last decade it feels like we definitely lost a lot of the themes (at least in the more mainstream setting) that were darker and the reasons that the west started paying attention to anime in the early 90s.
Seen a shitload of anime, still very much impressed nonetheless. Also different mediums, so yea...
That spear throw is too good
I meant personality wise.
I tend not to use the spear, it's boring. Rather melee with him with the occasional hacking.
I'm more blown away by how Yoko uses the advantage of the medium of gaming telling his story through the meta, rather then just making you an actor in an overly long film like a lot of narrative driven games. For example, in films you wouldn't be able to (massive ending spoiler)
Rewind the credits and fight the developers of the game itself to get your happier ending, culminating in being saved by someone nice enough to sacrifice their entire save data as people leave motivational messages to spur you on.
What anime deals with similar themes?
edit - also, as others have pointed out, being an active participant makes a huge difference.
Hexxen-Panda
Member
I can't get the music out of my head
Caught myself whistling the Amusement park theme just this morning.
Caught myself whistling the Amusement park theme just this morning.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
His 'heavy' chain is pretty good for melee purposes I found- the downside to meleeing with the spear is you pretty much have to switch to a small sword or bracer after a launcher because the spear's air combo is so short.
It's definitely how he uses the medium.Early Route C spoilers:
When I got the virus and was being punched around constantly by machines I legit got furious. I went from sympathizing with the machines to wanting them all dead as shit. Not to mention you actually straight up die.
Berserking Guts
Member
Playing this game for the first time and I'm fighting this weird boss in a theatre or something. What the hell is happening with my camera?? It went top-down waaaay too close and now I keep getting hit with hack waves... Is this closeness with the top-down view intentional?... I can't see anything around me.
I've seen a few streamers suffer from that. The camera change is intentional as the creator obviously likes playing around with genres but I feel like your case is a mistake because in my game it zoomed out quite far like smash TV and I could get a good look at things. Sometimes it looks like the camera gets stuck and you end up with a horribly zoomed in view that can make it pretty hard for the phase.
I think it's intentional. I didn't have any issue with it personally, fun fight.
Berserking Guts
Member
Ew. I better restart then. Cuz this is hovering quite close to my head to the point that I can't see anything coming.
That's definitely not normal lol.
Compare to this video and see if your camera zooms out so much. That is the normal as far as I know.
Just got through the
fight. Glad that a fast travel system was opened up recently. Was getting to be a bit of a pain running back and forth. Hoping I don't hit a difficult wall lol, starting to die a lot more frequently now. Must find dented plates.
The soundtrack is great all around, but I especially enjoy the village theme.
A2
The soundtrack is great all around, but I especially enjoy the village theme.
Pretty much any weapon is viable so if you like those you don't need to buy any other ones. It's better to save money for upgrade materials.
Berserking Guts
Member
bronk
Banned
Buying all the chip upgrades is first thing you should do imo.
yeah, no, that is definitely fucked.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Yeah it's supposed to zoom out more there.
That's way more zoomed in than I was.
Also that's a different hacking game set up than I had. Guess there were multiple.
Berserking Guts
Member
I guess I'll restart then lol It's good to know that it's supposed to zoom out more. It felt like I was playing fog of war or something.
BuckRobotron
Member
Game is so good just thinking about it, in this case the varied gameplay. The scrolling shooter sections really make me want to plug in the Dreamcast and play some Zero Gunner 2.
Honestly it's only a short phase, maybe like 30 seconds before the camera returns to 3rd person so I don't know if it's worth restarting over. Just fire in the direction of the dots on the minimap and keep dodging.
Cool, I'm fine with the spear and the large sword so I'll be saving for upgrades.
I guess I'll get on that then.
I had the same problem, I thought it was intentional and it really soured my experience.
OniBarubary
Banned
lol It's not supposed to be like that?!
Whoops, I thought it was. I just kinda...played it like that.
The More you get hit and go into hacking, the closer the camera gets
Berserking Guts
Member
Lol. I decided to take your advice and embarrassingly the camera re-aligned it's self once I started moving further away.
Well there you go. Guess it was intended and I just never got hit XD
Yeah, it's intentional.
Actually my cameras ended up even closer than the example XD
I did not even notice that lol
Berserking Guts
Member
Damn. So I was just sucking really bad then lol good to know!
cm osi
Member
i think 2 shops sell them the clown at the park and
emil
also i can't buy the other chips from
devola and popola
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
I just finished Route B, and honestly,
yes, except for the cutscene before the credits.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
There is a tiny hint of sorts, the resistance leader said something like "If you have other YohRa assignments to deal with right now, I understand." when handing you that mission, but yeah, it's pretty sudden.
If it makes you feel any better, your quest progress is saved for your second playthrough. Finished quests stay finished.
Sumio Mondo
Member
Yeah it is definitely abrupt, don't worry though you will be able to do them again at another point in the future.
Yu Narukami
Member
Would like to know this aswell. Finished the game a few hours ago and now I'm waiting for P5 to release.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Casshern Sins maybe? I only watched the first episode, but I know it's about androids/cyborgs/machines in a post-apocalyptic future.
EDIT: Texhnolyze is a really good one for Taro fans. It's incredibly well made, relentlessly tragic, and brutal as hell. The main character reminded me of Caim.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
L3 + R3