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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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...come to think of it, I might've. Whoops...
How About No
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darkwing-buck
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KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Haha, I'm not sure if I did! If I saw him early enough I didn't realize there were friendly robots I could talk to. I started killing the non-hostile ones outside the carnival area for a few minutes before I realized my mistake.
OniBarubary
Banned
Uhhhhhhhhh what the hell, I was exploring a bit to complete some stuff and I found a secret area that is fucking enormous what the hellllllllll
You are the baddies.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
The VA's delivery combined with the machines' voice distortion is gutwrenching. It nails that painful feeling of hopeless desperation.
Leona Lewis
Banned
Playing this game a second time in PSVR Cinema Mode is really immersive.
The
,
, and
in particular look so spectacular with that simulated movie theater view.
It's worth the added blurriness in the text. And the game's menus don't get enough credit for how stylishly minimalistic yet functional they are. Very MGS3-esque.
This game is everything I wanted FFXV to be. Flashy but not autopilot combat, gripping story that juxtaposes epic stakes with small character moments, and a consistent confidence in its own identity.
Now please commission Platinum to remake the first NieR so that I can play it on modern hardware.
The
roller coaster
castle in the forest
zoomed out side-scrolling section in the Route A abandoned factory ending
It's worth the added blurriness in the text. And the game's menus don't get enough credit for how stylishly minimalistic yet functional they are. Very MGS3-esque.
This game is everything I wanted FFXV to be. Flashy but not autopilot combat, gripping story that juxtaposes epic stakes with small character moments, and a consistent confidence in its own identity.
Now please commission Platinum to remake the first NieR so that I can play it on modern hardware.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
No way to get the fish back if I sold it?
You can get it from fishing, but the only place I know for sure you can get it from probably hasn't opened up for you yet. Where are you in the story?
About to go to the
forest
OniBarubary
Banned
Route C Spoilers:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I have to
. Everything is bad forever...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I have to
kill my operator
Wait till ya see what's at the end of it.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I think you can get there: (minor location spoiler)
in the big crater in the city, there's a big ol' drain pipe that you can walk right into. It takes you to the Flooded City. I caught a mackerel there in the second big pool.
Or you can just wait, since I think you go there soon.
I honestly never got tired of it and did it to every boss just to see more layouts.
Cleared Route B. No active quests or red dots at the time I finished it. I spent way more time on this game today than I planned.
When I was about midway through the route, I was pleased, but not that impressed with it. While the touch is lighter, it felt a little bit like the original Nier's B side. That not only makes it less surprising, but I also find that part of the game kind of shallow, looking back. That part of the original beats you over the head with a message that already came through with some clarity the first time through.
But I really like where it went after the "point of no return".
I was liking the game before, but now I'm starting to see how it could get the Metacritic average it has.
When I was about midway through the route, I was pleased, but not that impressed with it. While the touch is lighter, it felt a little bit like the original Nier's B side. That not only makes it less surprising, but I also find that part of the game kind of shallow, looking back. That part of the original beats you over the head with a message that already came through with some clarity the first time through.
But I really like where it went after the "point of no return".
Even though I suspected the twist behind the origins of the YoRHa project, something about the delivery made the implications of it hit home really strongly. I feel like the game is following through on the very heavy questions it raises, and that's super exciting. And the trailer for C/D... Wow.
I was liking the game before, but now I'm starting to see how it could get the Metacritic average it has.
Chapter C midway-ish spoilers
Also I love the dialogue the robot gives in those doors that lead to nowhere. "I will, NAY I must self-destruct" is incredibly comical for me.
Alright, the fight with pseudo-Eve and the memories showing up in the hacking world, now that's what I'm talking about.
Also I love the dialogue the robot gives in those doors that lead to nowhere. "I will, NAY I must self-destruct" is incredibly comical for me.
The only 'secret' place I've found is in the
desert area. Is there another place?
KO Traveling Hobo
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Same!
Philtastic
Member
Finished Routes A-E. Wow, what a rollercoaster! I think that might have been the most complex, philosophically sophisticated, and heart-wrenching story of any game that I've ever played! My main complaints would be that hacking gets really old pretty fast and that the side quests are, mechanically, very meh. They really should have made most hacks automatic (perhaps making the time you need to hold down the button longer to increase the chance that you get interrupted) and kept the mini-game for important hacks.
Route A - 8/10 - Seemingly just a bit better than your standard video game story with some emotional highlights and philosophical exploration into tribalism, what it means to be human, and purpose. Seemingly budding romance between 2B and 9S in the short time that they've known each other.
Route B - 9/10 - Wait, what's going on? I've seen this all before but things are taking on a different context. The veil on the story gets pulled back to give you a peek at what lies beneath the surface.
Route C onward - 11/10 - ....
Seriously, if you need to, just skip all of the tedious but thematically good side quests and critical path to Route C.
Here's how I would rate the different routes:
Route A - 8/10 - Seemingly just a bit better than your standard video game story with some emotional highlights and philosophical exploration into tribalism, what it means to be human, and purpose. Seemingly budding romance between 2B and 9S in the short time that they've known each other.
Route B - 9/10 - Wait, what's going on? I've seen this all before but things are taking on a different context. The veil on the story gets pulled back to give you a peek at what lies beneath the surface.
Route C onward - 11/10 - ....
Seriously, if you need to, just skip all of the tedious but thematically good side quests and critical path to Route C.
Is this possible to do or am I going to severely under-level myself?
Ah right. I didn't unlock that quest in Chapter A/B so I'm gonna have to wait until the chapter select unlocks :C
OniBarubary
Banned
Oh damn indeed. Know what I'm wearing the rest of the game on 9S.
Also, something that's undersold is that 9S' voice-acting for the Picture Book scenes is INCREDIBLY good and subtle. The one about each having a different shape was haunting.
Philtastic
Member
I didn't actually try this but, being a completionist, I significantly over-leveled the whole game which made most encounters trivially easy (on normal difficulty). Even if you're under-leveled, you can just change the difficulty at any time.
killatopak
Gold Member
Dat feel when you can't wait to go home and play the game and you go home but you still can't lol. Too hot in my country now with 43 degree celsius heat and with my broken ac I don't want to risk damaging my console.
I stopped playing right after the demo area yesterday. The scenes right after those made me emotional. Can't wait to cry my eyes out for this game.
I stopped playing right after the demo area yesterday. The scenes right after those made me emotional. Can't wait to cry my eyes out for this game.
I'd try and at least get to around 40-45 and have some upgraded weapons and decent chips when starting C. I was a little under leveled and I had rough time at the start
Tribes of Trusty
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Still playing the first route, 14h in, have got the
and I still not had that "Aha!" moment where I fall in love with the game like NieR. Maybe because I already played the prequel ?
The game's sidequests became a lot more tolerable once fast travel is unlocked though. I hope to god I don't have to redo them after ha ha.
K ending (mackerel ending)
and T ending (suicide by chip ejecting ending)
and T ending (suicide by chip ejecting ending)
The game's sidequests became a lot more tolerable once fast travel is unlocked though. I hope to god I don't have to redo them after ha ha.
Oh, I though by continuing the game it would put me back there, but I had to go to the chapter select
YoRHa No.2 Type B
Banned
I really hate him.
Don't know why 2B or A2 like him so much.
That fucker should get replaced by
Where the flower will do the
hacking
Random thougjts about references:
Is thea reference to Godzilla?giant sea machine
That's how it felt to me, but I'm a huge Godzilla fan.
Giant monsters coming from the sea isn't exclusive to Godzilla, but it also breathed fire.
Are thea reference togiant Emil heads?Planets of the Apes
Upgrade your weapons all the way and find out
Is the extremely long stair in the first city buildng a reference to MGS3?
I got the same vibe. My GF even laughed and said "What a trilll..." to me as I climbed.
My answers in bold.
show me your skeleton
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this is yoko taro's true voice.
The sea machine looked like a Duncleostus to me.
OniBarubary
Banned
Quick question on starting 2nd playthrough:
I've just gotten back into the hub system (city-desert-etc) and it seems like it's just a different perspective? Does it mix things up besides introducing cool mechanics via the hacking minigame or is it basically just Camera Two on the same events?
There are additional context to some key scenes, and other than that, think of the times in Route A when 9S is not with 2B
So does shit start getting super real on the 3rd playthrough? Or is 9S's story actually really cool too?
I liked it. It starts getting real around the end of his perspective and C just brings the main course.