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[mattiewheels]

ive been waiting to get this game but want to get it at $15 shipped or less for PS3. ive seen it at tha price point a couple times but missed the opportunity

Just go to gamestop, it's cheaper than that there.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Been doing side quests lately. Pretty fun, except for the fisherman's gambit stuff I think I've got like 4 side quests left before I'm done with the side quests in the first half of the game. And the game seems to be underappreciated. Which is saddening, as it's a preety decent game, actually.

 

[StuBurns]

I've finished the game, I think it's incredible, my favorite game out of Japan this generation probably.

However, I'm not going to dive back in any time soon, is there anywhere I can just read what happens in the three other endings?

 

[pakkit]

When does this game start to pick up? I'm about 2 hours in, and all the "run here to fetch," "return here to progress story" is wearing on my nerves. I love the visuals, I dig the characters, but I'm anxious for this game to start showing the goods.

 

[ZephyrFate]

I've finished the game, I think it's incredible, my favorite game out of Japan this generation probably.

However, I'm not going to dive back in any time soon, is there anywhere I can just read what happens in the three other endings?

You haven't 'completed' Nier until you play through the second time. Reading up on all the extra scenes added to the second playthrough is completely neutering the full experience.

 

[Syril]

I've finished the game, I think it's incredible, my favorite game out of Japan this generation probably.

However, I'm not going to dive back in any time soon, is there anywhere I can just read what happens in the three other endings?

There's actually more story to be seen if you play through a second time, and the New Game+ picks up two-thirds of the way in. The last two endings don't have anything new until the very end though.

 

[StuBurns]

There's actually more story to be seen if you play through a second time, and the New Game+ picks up two-thirds of the way in. The last two endings don't have anything new until the very end though.

So the new game + is just a few hours and includes new stuff, but it's the same new game + every time until the very ending? I.e. I can play it thru once more, get the second ending, then just YouTube the third and fourth endings?

 

[InfiniteNine]

I don't think Ending D would have as much impact through a youtube watch.

 

[randomkid]

Hey everyone, so my buddy Jeremy posted a big long-ass essay over at his website with a neat theory on the game's story, I figured I'd post the link here in case anyone's interested. It's very very spoiler-filled obviously so I won't post excerpts.

Not sure if this stuff has already been talked about way earlier in the thread but I thought it was pretty cool anyways.

http://www.the-pause-button.com/Sony/PS3/nier-is-heaven-maybe

 

[StuBurns]

I don't think Ending D would have as much impact through a youtube watch.

Well I'm not playing the final five hours three more times.

 

[ZephyrFate]

So the new game + is just a few hours and includes new stuff, but it's the same new game + every time until the very ending? I.e. I can play it thru once more, get the second ending, then just YouTube the third and fourth endings?

The way to do it is play through the second playthrough (which starts right after

Spoiler

Kaine is petrified

), Youtube the third ending, then play through again to get the final ending, which has FAR more impact if you actually play it.

We're really not kidding about the final ending. It directly affects gameplay.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Well I'm not playing the final five hours three more times.

Your loss, it really won't be the same just watching it online.

 

[Syril]

Well I'm not playing the final five hours three more times.

If you blaze through it and skip every cutscene and dialogue, you can get to the endgame in about an hour, but you also have to collect every weapon to open endings C and D, which involves some pretty annoying sidequests.

 

[StuBurns]

If you blaze through it and skip every cutscene and dialogue, you can get to the endgame in about an hour, but you also have to collect every weapon to open endings C and D, which involves some pretty annoying sidequests.

In that case, I'll certainly just playthru for the second ending. Thanks.

 

[ZephyrFate]

In that case, I'll certainly just playthru for the second ending. Thanks.

DO NOT skip cutscenes in the second playthrough. DO NOT. There is SHIT TONS of new scenes that you will totally miss.

 

[iammeiam]

DO NOT skip cutscenes in the second playthrough. DO NOT. There is SHIT TONS of new scenes that you will totally miss.

This x 1000000.

 

[Gravijah]

This x 1000000.

this x infinity smash

 

[trejo]

this x infinity smash

Really cannot be said enough.

 

[aidan]

Just finished a full playthrough. Much to think about. Very glad GAF was able to put this game on my radar.

Funny enough, I almost didn't play the game because of Kaine's hideous character design. She ended up being my favourite character.

 

[EatChildren]

Okay, the

Spoiler

isometric dungeon

was great fun, as was the boss fight at the end.

I'm about halfway through the game I guess, having

Spoiler

revived Kanae

. I'm really enjoying it, as it really feels different among the usual JRPG crop that I got so tired of.

It does have some kinks here and there though, and some that conform back to certain JPRG tropes that I hate, particularly those that deal with certain story elements, but for most part its great.

Whoever voiced The Father did such a fantastic job. Its very convincing. Weiss is great as well.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Yeah their VA's a really great. Although I think Kaine's VA is a little off mark.

 

[Neuromancer]

Yeah their VA's a really great. Although I think Kaine's VA is a little off mark.

Really if I have to find fault it would be with Emil. He gets a bit shrill for my tastes.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Really if I have to find fault it would be with Emil. He gets a bit shrill for my tastes.

Yeah, he does go overboard a bit too but for the most part I found it to be a good fit.

 

[EatChildren]

Kaine slips every now and then. Sometimes its perfect, othertimes it falters.

Emil's is absolutely terrible in my opinion. It doesn't fit his character, is too pitchy and over dramatic. Its just not very convincing and franlky makes me hate his character, which doesn't help as I have an anti-kid bias to begin with.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Kaine slips every now and then. Sometimes its perfect, othertimes it falters.

Emil's is absolutely terrible in my opinion. It doesn't fit his character, is too pitchy and over dramatic. Its just not very convincing and franlky makes me hate his character, which doesn't help as I have an anti-kid bias to begin with.

I can see why you say that, haha. To me it's a kid who was isolated for most of his life not really sure how to express himself properly.

 

[Sagitario]

Emil's is absolutely terrible in my opinion. It doesn't fit his character, is too pitchy and over dramatic. Its just not very convincing and franlky makes me hate his character, which doesn't help as I have an anti-kid bias to begin with.

 

[trejo]

I still don't buy that Estelle and Popola aren't voiced by the same person. I mean, much like Emil and Karol, they sound exactly the same.

 

[Windom Earle]

I've repurchased Nier. This time on 360. Probably won't go for 1000/1000 though.

 

[ZephyrFate]

Kaine slips every now and then. Sometimes its perfect, othertimes it falters.

Emil's is absolutely terrible in my opinion. It doesn't fit his character, is too pitchy and over dramatic. Its just not very convincing and franlky makes me hate his character, which doesn't help as I have an anti-kid bias to begin with.

I dunno, I feel like Emil gets better. You have to realize he's a kid... and Yoko Taroo, the creator of Nier, has some weird crazy obsession with children.

 

[john tv]

I still don't buy that Estelle and Popola aren't voiced by the same person. I mean, much like Emil and Karol, they sound exactly the same.

My bad - they are the same. It's hard to keep up with all the different stage names these actors use... ;p

 

[Jex]

Emil's is absolutely terrible in my opinion. It doesn't fit his character, is too pitchy and over dramatic. Its just not very convincing and franlky makes me hate his character, which doesn't help as I have an anti-kid bias to begin with.

Emil is certainly the one I have most trouble with, although everyone pales in comparison to Grimoire Weiss.

 

[trejo]

Emil is awesome. Don't hate on emil.

My bad - they are the same. It's hard to keep up with all the different stage names these actors use... ;p

No biggie. Now I feel validated.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Forest of Myth was ass. Seriously.

Finished with all the side quests so far, at 51% completion now. So I should be done with the first half of the game soon.

 

[dragonlife]

Forest of Myth was interesting for me. It helps that I found the stories to be quite interesting, themselves, though.

 

[ZephyrFate]

Forest of Myth was ass. Seriously.

Finished with all the side quests so far, at 51% completion now. So I should be done with the first half of the game soon.

Uhh... why? The writing is incredible and is a throwback to text adventures.

 

[Gravijah]

Forest of Myth is one of my favorite moments in gaming, but I have a friend who absolutely hated it.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Uhh... why? The writing is incredible and is a throwback to text adventures.

Too slow and boring. I just mashed X to get done with it so I could get back to killing sheep for that one trophy

Edit: The stories weren't bad per se, but the whole thing just dragged on for far too long.

 

[StuBurns]

The stories were great, but the seemingly random choices you have to make when the water is rushing in is utter bullshit.

 

[dragonlife]

Too slow and boring. I just mashed X to get done with it so I could get back to killing sheep for that one trophy

That is a shame.

 

[Neuromancer]

Are there really no checkpoints in the DLC? =(

 

[ZephyrFate]

Too slow and boring. I just mashed X to get done with it so I could get back to killing sheep for that one trophy

Edit: The stories weren't bad per se, but the whole thing just dragged on for far too long.

This sounds like a problem due to modern gaming -- no one has patience for stuff that's actually good anymore. Tragic.

 

[dragonlife]

This sounds like a problem due to modern gaming -- no one has patience for stuff that's actually good anymore. Tragic.

Hey, did you feel a tingle in your heart when the line

Spoiler

"A red dragon falls from the heavens..."

appeared? That whole passage was such a tease.

I'm almost done with my first playthrough.

 

[ZephyrFate]

Hey, did you feel a tingle in your heart when the line

Spoiler

"A red dragon falls from the heavens..."

appeared? That whole passage was such a tease.

I'm almost done with my first playthrough.

A little, but Drakengard 1 was such a horrific gameplay nightmare that I shuddered more than tingled over it.

It's a shame, too, because that game was the reason no one played the sequel, Drakengard 2, which is actually a pretty good game.

 

[InfiniteNine]

A little, but Drakengard 1 was such a horrific gameplay nightmare that I shuddered more than tingled over it.

It's a shame, too, because that game was the reason no one played the sequel, Drakengard 2, which is actually a pretty good game.

Hrmm, I've read online of a lot of people who feel differently. I still need to buy it anyways, but my giftcard is slow in arriving.

 

[LaneDS]

Trying to avoid reading other posts, so I apologize if this was answered recently. I'm about seven hours into the game, just now at the temple past

Spoiler

Facade

and wondering if anyone has tips on things I should be doing my first time through, so I don't miss anything important. I haven't done the quest for 10 sardines because I've found the fishing entirely frustrating, so if anyone has tips for that I'd appreciate it (or if someone tells me I can skip it, even better!).

Very much enjoying the game though, it's a shame it didn't do better but I can understand why it wasn't accepted by the gaming masses of today. Oftentimes it feels like the type of action RPG I'd play back in the 16-bit days, if that makes any sense, and some elements that I enjoy about it I can see turning off other players.

 

[Neuromancer]

Trying to avoid reading other posts, so I apologize if this was answered recently. I'm about seven hours into the game, just now at the temple past

Spoiler

Facade

and wondering if anyone has tips on things I should be doing my first time through, so I don't miss anything important. I haven't done the quest for 10 sardines because I've found the fishing entirely frustrating, so if anyone has tips for that I'd appreciate it (or if someone tells me I can skip it, even better!).

Very much enjoying the game though, it's a shame it didn't do better but I can understand why it wasn't accepted by the gaming masses of today. Oftentimes it feels like the type of action RPG I'd play back in the 16-bit days, if that makes any sense, and some elements that I enjoy about it I can see turning off other players.

As far as I know you can skip any side quests you don't want to do. I definately didn't do them all, especially the ones that were big fetch quests. If you really want sardines I think you want to use lugworms (sold at the bait shop in Seafront) and use them when you fish at the beach where you caught the shaman fish.

That said there's not much you HAVE to do in the first playthrough, you'll get the same ending regardless.

If you're an achievement whore there's one for killing 100 sheep, which you'll want to do more or less at the beginning of the game (first 1/3 or so) for reasons I can't get into.

 

[Zeal]

sorry if this question has already been addressed, but i'm a huge fan of the game.

has any future downloadable content been discussed yet? recycled vessel was fantastic, but i crave more from Nier's incredible story.

 

[Neuromancer]

sorry if this question has already been addressed, but i'm a huge fan of the game.

has any future downloadable content been discussed yet? recycled vessel was fantastic, but i crave more from Nier's incredible story.

Not sure but hasn't Cavia pretty much been disbanded/absorbed? I wouldn't expect any further DLC.

 

[Zeal]

Not sure but hasn't Cavia pretty much been disbanded/absorbed? I wouldn't expect any further DLC.

which pretty much means a sequel to Nier is now more uncertain than ever. I feel like a kid who was just told that Santa isn't real.

 

[Neuromancer]

Yep.

Sorry man. I know, it sucks. Although, I guess since it didn't sell real well, a sequel may never have been in the cards anyway. =(