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[swoon]

it's pretty great that Nier on PS3 supports custom soundtracks.

 

[pancakesandsex]

it's pretty great that Nier on PS3 supports custom soundtracks.

Yeah thank god I don't have to listen to the one it comes with...

 

[Crash Station]

You are SO missing out. The text adventure is well written, and the stories are well told. Seriously. You are missing out.

I really hope you didn't get fed up because it's reading. I enjoyed the reading sections greatly (I didn't really like having to read all of it again after getting questions wrong, but it's quick to get through a second time).

It makes me sad that "having to read" is now a minus in regards to anything.

It's not that I hate reading, I wouldn't be here all day if I did. I just have a problem registering anything that isn't dialogue. I know that makes me an anomaly as a writer but ADHD is a bitch. It's why I read plays but rarely novels.

I will say that I LOVED Weiss and the father getting pissed at the narrator. That was great :lol

 

[Oyashiro]

I'm doing the Two Brothers quest after you get the Iron Will from them where

Spoiler

you have to avenge the guy's brother.

Anyone know exactly where I have to go? I hate this place with a passion.

 

[Volcynika]

I'm doing the Two Brothers quest after you get the Iron Will from them where

Spoiler

you have to avenge the guy's brother.

Anyone know exactly where I have to go? I hate this place with a passion.

Spoiler

If you already have the sword completed, go through B2 again and drop down where that save point is for the boss.

 

[Oyashiro]

I just finished it. Awesome game, I have to say. Loved the story, dialogue, voice acting, characters, and music. Gameplay was meh. And as much as I did love the story, the ending was a bit... anticlimactic. There's still a lot of questions unanswered like

Spoiler

what is the Black Scrawl? Does Yonah still have it at the end of the game? Who is the Shadowlord?

etc etc. I wonder if some of these get addressed in New Game +.

 

[Baloonatic]

I just finished it. Awesome game, I have to say. Loved the story, dialogue, voice acting, characters, and music. Gameplay was meh. And as much as I did love the story, the ending was a bit... anticlimactic. There's still a lot of questions unanswered like

Spoiler

what is the Black Scrawl? Does Yonah still have it at the end of the game? Who is the Shadowlord?

etc etc. I wonder if some of these get addressed in New Game +.

You have 3 more endings to go

 

[FateBreaker]

I just finished it. Awesome game, I have to say. Loved the story, dialogue, voice acting, characters, and music. Gameplay was meh. And as much as I did love the story, the ending was a bit... anticlimactic. There's still a lot of questions unanswered like

Spoiler

what is the Black Scrawl? Does Yonah still have it at the end of the game? Who is the Shadowlord?

etc etc. I wonder if some of these get addressed in New Game +.

yep

 

[Oyashiro]

Hm... well, I don't really care about achievements that much, but I think I will be getting all the weapons just to see ending C. I really want to learn more about the story, and I just found out from a friend that apparently in your first NG+, you get some backstory on

Spoiler

the bosses

Can't wait for that!

 

[Baloonatic]

Just a heads up to anyone in the UK, this is already £15 at Game.co.uk. They're having a clearance sale but obviously this bombed pretty hard to be discounted so much so soon.

360

PS3

 

[Krelian]

Just a heads up to anyone in the UK, this is already £15 at Game.co.uk. They're having a clearance sale but obviously this bombed pretty hard to be discounted so much so soon.

360

PS3

Argh, if only I had waited a bit. Haven't even started the game, but paid full price

 

[Vortex566]

Is it worth the £14.99? I'm tempted, but only because it's so cheap.

 

[eXistor]

Is it worth the £14.99? I'm tempted, but only because it's so cheap.

It's worth full price.

 

[Clear]

Is it worth the £14.99? I'm tempted, but only because it's so cheap.

I paid full (and brutal) UK RRP and have no regrets. At £15 its a bargain.

Sure its not the best looking game out there, but I never found the lack of "shiny" to impact the gameplay. The frame-rate is stable even when there's a lot going on, and several of the boss fights are genuinely impressive in their scale.

I played through on PS3 but I've seen a decent chunk on a workmate's 360. Very similar performance-wise but I found the 360 had a much "softer" look which you might find appealing. On the other hand as the game uses the dpad for a bunch of stuff, you might be better off with PS3 ( Obviously YMMV based on controller quality/preference).

Buy for your platform of choice with confidence.

 

[thetrin]

Is there an FAQ of a complete weapon list and where to acquire each one? I'm pretty sure I've gotten all the weapons from the dungeons, but I'm not entirely sure.

 

[Freyjadour]

Hm... well, I don't really care about achievements that much, but I think I will be getting all the weapons just to see ending C. I really want to learn more about the story, and I just found out from a friend that apparently in your first NG+, you get some backstory on

Spoiler

the bosses

Can't wait for that!

It really is worth continuing on. I'm not the sort of person who likes replaying games immediately at all, but Nier just keeps bringing on the emotional story telling.

 

[Basileus777]

Is there an FAQ of a complete weapon list and where to acquire each one? I'm pretty sure I've gotten all the weapons from the dungeons, but I'm not entirely sure.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/960450-nier/faqs/59755

 

[thetrin]

It really is worth continuing on. I'm not the sort of person who likes replaying games immediately at all, but Nier just keeps bringing on the emotional story telling.

What portion of the story is revealed in Ending C that is omitted in Ending B?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

I'm about to face Kaine for the first time, i got the Beastbain and i'm at level 5, should be an easy fight?

 

[Oyashiro]

So once you get Ending B, will the third new game be a full one? I've done like 2 quests total this whole time, so I really wanna go back and do them all.

By the way, I just want to say that this game's soundtrack is now my favorite video game soundtrack of all time, and I nearly cried during several scenes because of the amount of emotional depth that the songs add to them.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'm about to face Kaine for the first time, i got the Beastbain and i'm at level 5, should be an easy fight?

Yeah the fight isn't tough at all.

 

[ZephyrFate]

it's pretty great that Nier on PS3 supports custom soundtracks.

Yeah because this game's soundtrack is not the best that's come out this year.

 

[Volcynika]

So once you get Ending B, will the third new game be a full one? I've done like 2 quests total this whole time, so I really wanna go back and do them all.

By the way, I just want to say that this game's soundtrack is now my favorite video game soundtrack of all time, and I nearly cried during several scenes because of the amount of emotional depth that the songs add to them.

No. All NG+ runs start at the same part.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

so i just got the shaman fish
took like 4.5 seconds :lol

 

[matmanx1]

it's pretty great that Nier on PS3 supports custom soundtracks.

Really? Did not know that.

Still, the actual game soundtrack is pretty great and I can't see myself not using it.

 

[N30RYU]

Just got the two first timed bosses trophies... (Gretel & Berserking shade) and now it's getting interesting.

Subject 7 is really cool.

 

[∀ Narayan]

it's pretty great that Nier on PS3 supports custom soundtracks.

Why would you even use it? The soundtrack is, like, the best ever.

 

[ZephyrFate]

So I like the story right now, but I fucking hate these fetch quests.

Also, I want crazy shit to happen. Like, right now. I'm just before the Forest of Myth. Does shit start getting crazy there?

 

[Basileus777]

I finally beat it. Good game, but it's a bit disappointing how easy the game gets later on. Even on hard I didn't really have to do more than use the spear dash to easily kill bosses.

 

[Crash Station]

Got all the pieces. Guess I'm at the end game. This has definitely been a ride. I'll beat it tomorrow.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Popola and Devola singing together

 

[Ridley327]

So I like the story right now, but I fucking hate these fetch quests.

Also, I want crazy shit to happen. Like, right now. I'm just before the Forest of Myth. Does shit start getting crazy there?

In ways you don't expect.

 

[iammeiam]

So based on the storyline and my play-time I thought I was either at the end of the game or really close. Kind of confused by the low quest-completion percentage but ultimately decided I must have missed a bunch.

So then, of course,

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it jumps five years ahead, and now I have no idea how much game is left.

. Can somebody give me a rough idea, assuming I'm doing every quest I can find?

The fetch quests can get grating, but then they throw in a curveball like the "Runaway Son" quest and I have a hard time holding a grudge. Initially I was pissed at the running around involved.

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Then, I was sort of happy to get the kid to go home, finally, without him dying. Finally, a happy ending! Then comes the whole "life of crime" bit, and it just gets meta. It's a stupid waste of time to the player, and the game just sort of goes "Yep, that was totally not worth it. Sucks to be you."

. Makes me want more frustrating quests just so the game has more chances to surprise me.

 

[anddo0]

Pink moonflower seeds anyone?

I've tried

[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]

with no success. I've replanted at least 18 times, and nothing.. Fishing was a cakewalk compared to cultivation.

 

[swoon]

Why would you even use it? The soundtrack is, like, the best ever.

the northern plains theme is one of the worst things ever, and i've played through fxii. the rest of the music is really awful and out of place thematically with the story. i don't really understand that annoying chanting music - is this the traditional music of their land, somehow?

it seems like the soundtrack sound be like homemade instruments, whistles, banjos not epic stuff. it would be neat if they covered like the music of their past, which would be electro based, on these homespun instruments.

 

[ZephyrFate]

the northern plains theme is one of the worst things ever, and i've played through fxii. the rest of the music is really awful and out of place thematically with the story. i don't really understand that annoying chanting music - is this the traditional music of their land, somehow?

it seems like the soundtrack sound be like homemade instruments, whistles, banjos not epic stuff. it would be neat if they covered like the music of their past, which would be electro based, on these homespun instruments.

You are literally the first person to say that the music is out of place or awful. Literally, the first.

 

[ULTROS!]

Pink moonflower seeds anyone?

I've tried

[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]

with no success. I've replanted at least 18 times, and nothing.. Fishing was a cakewalk compared to cultivation.

I got them in my first try, just keep retrying. It took me 40x till I got White moonflower seed.

Edit: did you use the bounty fertilizer?

 

[Ridley327]

Pink moonflower seeds anyone?

I've tried

[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]
[Ing] [Ing] [Ing]
[Red] [Red] [Red]

with no success. I've replanted at least 18 times, and nothing.. Fishing was a cakewalk compared to cultivation.

Pink moonflower seeds require alternating Indigo and Red seeds in the same row. They have a fairly low drop-rate, though, so be patient.

 

[anddo0]

I got them in my first try, just keep retrying. It took me 40x till I got White moonflower seed.

Edit: did you use the bounty fertilizer?

No fertilizer, just water for the initial plant.

Pink moonflower seeds require alternating Indigo and Red seeds in the same row. They have a fairly low drop-rate, though, so be patient.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

[swoon]

You are literally the first person to say that the music is out of place or awful. Literally, the first.

has anyone said anything beyond "epic" about it? i mean videogame music in these games almost never has the level of development as the rest of the world they've just created, it's weird.

 

[Ridley327]

No fertilizer, just water for the initial plant.



Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Trust me when I say that any difficulties you have getting Pink seeds will be minor compared to trying for White seeds. The only good news about it is that you only need the seeds for the trophy to pop up, but prepare yourself to spend a couple of hours of resetting and clock adjustment to make it happen.

 

[ZephyrFate]

has anyone said anything beyond "epic" about it? i mean videogame music in these games almost never has the level of development as the rest of the world they've just created, it's weird.

Well, to be fair, Drakengard II's OST was also completely fuckawesome too (and the only reason to try the game out, really), but Nier's at least fits in with the pastoral, dying world feel that they have going on.

Chanting is actually pretty common in non-American music...

 

[thetrin]

Fuck, this second playthrough is fucking depressing. Seriously fucking depressing.

 

[Rahxephon91]

the northern plains theme is one of the worst things ever, and i've played through fxii. the rest of the music is really awful and out of place thematically with the story. i don't really understand that annoying chanting music - is this the traditional music of their land, somehow?

it seems like the soundtrack sound be like homemade instruments, whistles, banjos not epic stuff. it would be neat if they covered like the music of their past, which would be electro based, on these homespun instruments.

While I don't think its bad ,but so far I have to agree that the soundtrack isn't anything great. It has not done anything for me. Its disappointing after all the praise the soundtrack is getting on here. Drakengard 1 and 2 had way better soundtracks.

 

[Cuisino]

awesome game.

however, what am I supposed to do with all my stuff I can harvest (like tomatoes and tulip etc)? Just sell it? Is that it?

Also I don't really understand the "word" kind of thing...I just sometimes get "random" words. Is this totally random or what?

 

[Dwight Schrute]

While I don't think its bad ,but so far I have to agree that the soundtrack isn't anything great. It has not done anything for me. Its disappointing after all the praise the soundtrack is getting on here. Drakengard 1 and 2 had way better soundtracks.

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[Clear]

I love the Nier OST, but I can understand it won't be everybody's cup'o'tea. I mean just putting it inside a musical genre is kinda tough... Its unusual to be sure.

Don't judge it too quickly though, the music is keyed in very tightly to story progression and particular characters and their story arcs, its definitely where the most emotionally charged stuff is.

 

[Dambrosi]

While I don't think its bad ,but so far I have to agree that the soundtrack isn't anything great. It has not done anything for me. Its disappointing after all the praise the soundtrack is getting on here. Drakengard 1 and 2 had way better soundtracks.

Drakengard 1

Five-second loops repeated ad infinitum throughout the whole game

...

 

[RpgN]

Just a heads up to anyone in the UK, this is already £15 at Game.co.uk. They're having a clearance sale but obviously this bombed pretty hard to be discounted so much so soon.

360

PS3

Thanks for the heads up, just ordered myself the ps3 version. I was always interested in the game but couldn't afford it for the time being. Glad I could still get my hands on it about a month after release, well hopefully it won't get sold out at least XD

I have a question though, I've been reading a lot through this thread without playing it and one of you said that you can get a trophy for completing the game in 10 hours. I'm the kind of person who does every extra quest though, would I still be able to get that trophy on new game plus or does that not count?

 

[Baloonatic]

Thanks for the heads up, just ordered myself the ps3 version. I was always interested in the game but couldn't afford it for the time being. Glad I could still get my hands on it about a month after release, well hopefully it won't get sold out at least XD

I have a question though, I've been reading a lot through this thread without playing it and one of you said that you can get a trophy for completing the game in 10 hours. I'm the kind of person who does every extra quest though, would I still be able to get that trophy on new game plus or does that not count?

You'd have to start a new games. You could just do it on easy mode and absolutely breeze through it.