Dragon1893
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He's great, but I really like 2B's voice as well. Both were very well cast and delivered excellent performances.
Can't say anything about A2 yet.
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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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He's great, but I really like 2B's voice as well. Both were very well cast and delivered excellent performances.
Can't say anything about A2 yet.
killatopak
Gold Member
Yes, I agree as well that 9S VA is great. Just a simple "oh 2B"
evokes emotions.
while he listens to her recording in the flight unit
He's fantastic. I wasn't expecting 9S to be anywhere near as endearing as he's turning out, and the voice acting is a big part of that.
Still, even if they're ultimately more minor, it's a shame that they weren't able to deliver something more interesting with them. That first scene was really striking, and the concept of
machines imitating humanity
Adam and Eve
machine lifeform
Anyway, thanks for the sidequest reassurance, I'll start route B now.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dunno if posted before, but nier:A's soundtrack reached #2 in japan's charts the day it was released.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/63f78f/nierautomata_original_soundtrack_sales_japan/
No wonder my OST hasn't shipped yet...
https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/63f78f/nierautomata_original_soundtrack_sales_japan/
No wonder my OST hasn't shipped yet...
killatopak
Gold Member
They're duller because
they're still connected to the network. The more interesting machines like Pascal and the Forest King are the way they are because they aren't connected.
Exentryk
Member
3rd optional boss done.
Anyway, I guess that's everything I will have time for this month. Still have like 20 joke endings to get, but that'll have to wait for later.
Loved my time with the game. My GOTY so far, and definitely one of the best JRPGs ever! Really excited to see what this team does next.
Was hoping for a more one-on-one type boss to be honest. The fight is really chaotic, with attacks coming off screen and what not. The desert area means uneven surface, and the sandstorm makes visibility poor as well. It wasn't a well designed fight imo.
Anyway, I guess that's everything I will have time for this month. Still have like 20 joke endings to get, but that'll have to wait for later.
Loved my time with the game. My GOTY so far, and definitely one of the best JRPGs ever! Really excited to see what this team does next.
Use spear throws.
upgrade a spear and go ham
Edvardelis
Member
He's not a combat unit. Unless you severely out-level the enemies you're better off hacking them instead. You want to equip chips that stun on hack and increase the blast radius to do more damage when a robot explodes. Yes, it gets old. Note that the enemy can be 20+ levels above you and the hacking game is exactly the same.
Upgrade a spear to use on single enemies. For multiple ones, use hacking and partner it with plug-in chips. The one that causes short circuits is fun just so you can set everything on fire.
I don't mean duller in terms of having a complex and human personality, but in terms of the creative decisions they made to write the characters. It's established that they have a
conscious drive to mimic humanity - the same underlying response that created the infinitely more compelling "this cannot continue" scene and amusement park scenario, both perpetuated by machines on the network. Really diving into the uncanny valley with their speech patterns and thought processes instead of taking the easy way out and making Adam an eloquent monologuing villain and Eve Liquid Snake had the potential to make an even greater impact, using their human appearance to amplify the "wrongness" of their being instead of diminishing it. An obviously inhuman robot crudely mimicking the rituals of humanity can be creepy, something that looks human but gets the finer details badly wrong can be even more unsettling.
Yeah it's great across the board.
RedlineRonin
Member
I actually think the VO work in general is of very high quality. In the couple of big battles towards the end of route A, both
Eve and Adam
Eve
remorse and anger of losing his brother
I feel like 2B and 9S have been great also, but generally speaking it's all quite good.
Bloodporne
Member
Buying and diving in next week, all aboard the hype train and wish me luck...my first Nier experience outside of the demo.
Also I can I get a quick non-spoilery answer for this? Route C & after spoilers:
I noticed when exploring around that the elevator down to the bottom levels of the factory is always unlocked now, but the enemies there are stronger than where the story enemies are at, with all the basic machines being level 60+. Is this place ever returned to as part of the main story or is it completely optional and I should just explore it on my own for extra/optional stuff?
RedlineRonin
Member
It's been mine as well. Come for the fantastic Platinum combat. Stay for literally every other thing about the game being S tier (which i did not expect at all) story/plot, writing, music, characters, pacing. It's all really good.
I finished C, D and E last night. Some of B felt like kind of a waste of time, so I really pushed my way through it.
I enjoyed the game a lot, felt that it could use a little more color and
While I felt that A and B had some parts that dragged a little bit, every part of C was great. Loved the characters as well, 2B, 9S and A2 were all well designed and acted out well.
Overall took me 30 hours, so I skipped a lot of the side quests I guess (I started a bunch, just never finished them).
Going to head to the spoiler thread because I still have a few questions.
I enjoyed the game a lot, felt that it could use a little more color and
the humans being already dead was not that big of a surprise to me I guess.
While I felt that A and B had some parts that dragged a little bit, every part of C was great. Loved the characters as well, 2B, 9S and A2 were all well designed and acted out well.
Overall took me 30 hours, so I skipped a lot of the side quests I guess (I started a bunch, just never finished them).
Going to head to the spoiler thread because I still have a few questions.
I've been using a lvl3 sword this whole time. Didn't try to use a spear yet but I'll give it a go. And yea, I need to experiment with some different plug-in chips. I put almost everything on attack because 9S feels so weak.
Thanks for the advice.
killatopak
Gold Member
RedlineRonin
Member
Hoping i can get a non-spoilery answer.
I'm maybe 30 minutes into Route B. During Route A, i beat the
Does that whole quest reset at some point? Was I supposed to finish it in Route A and I just wasn't high enough level? Or do I get another crack at it at some point?
More generally, someone said that
, so does that mean I can just go back and clean up all the side quests at that point?
I'm maybe 30 minutes into Route B. During Route A, i beat the
Level 50 version of the sensei robot, but not the level 60 version
Does that whole quest reset at some point? Was I supposed to finish it in Route A and I just wasn't high enough level? Or do I get another crack at it at some point?
More generally, someone said that
Chapter select unlocks after Route C
Awful Falafel
Banned
DarkChronic
Member
About 20 hours into Route A. Enjoying myself, but haven't been floored yet, by anything. But that's OK, because from what I've been reading, that seems to be the general consensus... that the good stuff doesn't show up until later.
Just kind of going through the motions right now. Dialogue and voice work is pretty great. The world itself is kind of bland.
Having fun, overall. Excited to see where the story goes, for sure.
Just kind of going through the motions right now. Dialogue and voice work is pretty great. The world itself is kind of bland.
Having fun, overall. Excited to see where the story goes, for sure.
I'm honestly surprised by how much I'm enjoying Route B so far, going by impressions. I've been loving everything about this game.
I was expecting to enjoy it, but that's because I was already in love with A, so repeating A with slightly worse gameplay didn't sound bad at all, but I'm loving the differences.
The fact that
makes me think so much about him and theorize about every little thing, seeking connections to the other games, and that alone makes me like them, haha. Eve being cute certainly helps.
OTP. That's already canon to me.
I was expecting to enjoy it, but that's because I was already in love with A, so repeating A with slightly worse gameplay didn't sound bad at all, but I'm loving the differences.
The fact that
Eve has the mark of the Watchers
OTP. That's already canon to me.
Father Servo
The other is the
scientist robot
RedlineRonin
Member
Does the
Wandering Couple
Thanks for the info (on both). Very helpful!
Edvardelis
Member
They're at the coast. You can finish the quest on route A but if you run past them and continue the story, you are at the point of no return and have to do it all over, including paying the 50000 G.
RedlineRonin
Member
Interesting. Well I guess the upshot is that I didn't get far enough to
pay the 50K
So I guess I can redo it in B?
Edvardelis
Member
Yes. It's also required for one of the trophies to unlock.
RedlineRonin
Member
Spear of the Usurper ups crit percentage, so 9S's held down attack with the spear can one shot a lot of enemies.
Salty Rice
Member
Just beat B and im sitting here like
no its not, you can just buy the trophy
Just beat B and im sitting here like
you haven't seen anything yet
Salty Rice
Member
Benzychenz
Member
Should I be doing every sidequest that becomes available? Just did one where I killed a level 35 enemy at level 19.
I wishes the game had a difficult between Hard and Normal.
Normal is pathetic easy, and on hard even with good gear and Hp boost +6/7 + Defense physical boost +5/6 i still get one shot by enemies that have 1 level more then me...
Platinum game was never good at balancing game, but this hit a new level...
Other then that i love the game, but it kill a little my enjoyment so far (about 13 hour in).
Normal is pathetic easy, and on hard even with good gear and Hp boost +6/7 + Defense physical boost +5/6 i still get one shot by enemies that have 1 level more then me...
Platinum game was never good at balancing game, but this hit a new level...
Other then that i love the game, but it kill a little my enjoyment so far (about 13 hour in).
they are perks that take up slots. you can buy more slots. you can buy more perks (plug-in chips)
just look at their description and play around
oh and you can combine 2 of the same chip to make a better version of it.
thats it really. think of it like materia or something
What I'm doing is playing on Normal but changing to Hard for every boss fight, and then back to Normal. Makes things a lot more exciting and tense when they have to be.
It's interesting that Ray Chase was more interesting as Eve than he was as Noctis.
NeoRaider
Member
But they are not time limited?
Once i "install" chip that i want to, it's always active? Until i replace it or die? Is that right?
The only ones that are time limited are the ones you absorb off of other player's bodies, they buff you for a minute or so. The ones you manually equip are permanent.
RyougaSaotome
Member
RedlineRonin
Member
Ahhhh, same voice actor? Didn't notice that at all.
Edvardelis
Member
Well, assuming you don't do that.
once you install in the menu, it will be always active.
if you die, the ones you had equipped will be on that corpse
you can swap out chips whenever you want.
well, yeah ;P
Dreams-Visions
Member
Maybe as an additional version, because fuck that. Song is much better with a focus on the male choir rather than robots.