How does the combat stack up against Vanquish, MGSR, Bayonetta?
Bayonetta to me was incredible smooth in how you dodged attacks. It felt so good. Been looking for combat like that ever since!
The control and the moves are right out of an action game. I'd call it a full action game gameplay system. But it's not an action game. Not just in the amount of action scenes, but the style of the action. If you are used to bayo or dmc, it will be a little on the simplistic side. It's not too technical and you can play lame. On the flipside, those who find bayonnetta too hard or intense will probably find this better.
(pre-emptive hype post for jim's review)
Pretty excited to see his review, considering he's made it no secret that his reaction to Ending E.
Route A is pretty difficult on Hard mode, but once you figure out a few tricks the game still becomes easy by mid-B route. Upgrading the laser pod to level 2 and using the Wave pod weapon tends to break the game pretty hard.
I am glad it's reviewing well.
Day 1
I am glad it's reviewing well.
Day 1
Automata doesnt just ask the questions and act smug in the afterglow of philosophical posturing. It puts on the gloves and goes elbow deep into the uncomfortable answers.
Uhhhh?
It's been available for days/weeks now.
Maybe he's a PC player (is it out yet on PC?)
It's out on PC, came out last Fri.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/reviews/nier-automata-review/
MC counted it as a 10/10, Nier's back at 89.
Telegraph
The action is superb, the story is one of gaming's best, the atmosphere and tone are easy to get lost in, and the soundtrack is a marvel, with the end game credits song being one of the best in existence. It's been a ridiculously packed year for quality games, and with certain bigger open world games out there right now it might be easy to skip NieR: Automata, but you owe it to yourself to play this. An incredible sequel to one of gaming's strangest, most flawed masterpieces.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/reviews/nier-automata-review/
MC counted it as a 10/10, Nier's back at 89.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/reviews/nier-automata-review/
MC counted it as a 10/10, Nier's back at 89.
GOTY season is going to be an especially interesting one this year; obviously anything launching so early is at a disadvantage but with this, Zelda, and Horizon all being serious contenders (at least in the RPG category) all appearing within such a tight window...
Obviously Zelda has to be the red-hot favorite, but Automata being such a singular experience has to have a chance of grabbing votes from more adventurous reviwers/outlets.
I'd say it would win best OST and Story just looking at the games released until now. The only contenders would be P5 and RDR2.
Does anyone have a clue when worldwide sales data is coming? The japanese one was promising, still wondering how it performed as a whole.
Does anyone have a clue when worldwide sales data is coming? The japanese one was promising, still wondering how it performed as a whole.
Woooo 89 again! GAF hype convinced me to try the demo a few months back and now this is my GOTY so far. Everything about this game is superb and no game is touching it when it comes to soundtrack of the year. It's in a league of its own.
I haven't played, heard, or seen much of Persona 5 though, so maybe things will change. I'm a complete sucker for Persona, Tokyo, and acid jazz.
I was talking to my friends about different things I'm loving about this game, and I compared the OST to persona 4, in which its one of few games that uses the music brilliantly to enhance scenes and exploration. The music swelling as you enter the amusement park, or the vocals kicking in the forest. These more softer moment uses of music arent felt enough in games, where most great use of music is to enhance more bombastic moments (which Nier of course does this as well). Even games with fantastic scores like Halo dont use the music as well as Nier does. Persona is one of the only other series I can think of that enhances as many moments as possible with music, so I'm really looking forward to what persona 5 has in store.I played both and personally I give it to P5, even though I love Nier Automata's soundtrack. Very close call and I am sure there will be many people who prefer Nier's ost more than P5's.
I found P5's score really disappointing. The trailers had me prepared for greatness, but no dice.I thought you guys got this shit locked
I was talking to my friends about different things I'm loving about this game, and I compared the OST to persona 4, in which its one of few games that uses the music brilliantly to enhance scenes and exploration. The music swelling as you enter the amusement park, or the vocals kicking in the forest. These more types of uses of music arent felt enough in games, where most great use of music is to enhance more bombastic moments (which Nier of course does this as well). Even games with fantastic scores like Halo dont use the music as well as Nier does. Persona is one of the only other series I can think of that enhances as many moments as possible with music, so I'm really looking forward to what persona 5 has in store.
"Seriously, I want some little robot figurines for my work desk."http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/nier-automata-review-rpg-generation-10044431 5/5
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I like reading the reviews that slightly remark on their feelings concerning the ending, it's always a treat.
Oh my god. Is there a 0.0001% chance we can get back to 90 so I won't have to throw my copy in the trash?
"Seriously, I want some little robot figurines for my work desk."
I never thought that before...now its all I am thinking about. I could even reenactat my deskRomeos and Juliets