NieR Automata (aka Nieronetta) Catch-All

Chaz wrote:

Nier isn't, like, super long, right? Even with the apparently-required multiple playthroughs?

Nah, it's not too long. Just don't mess around with too much side stuff. Subsequent play throughs start you a bit into the story, so it takes significantly less time to finish it again.

And as I'm sure you've picked up on if you've ever paid any attention to the Nier thread, you really need to beat the game twice to see what's so great about it. I think you can just Youtube endings C and D without worry, but others may feel differently.

There are interesting aspects to playing through the 3rd and 4th times, but you can definitely skip to YouTube if you're tired of the game at that point (I sure wasn't ).

Okay, but skip the side quests? Like, all of them, or are there decent ones? The completionist in me is going to have a super hard time with that.

Chaz wrote:

Okay, but skip the side quests? Like, all of them, or are there decent ones? The completionist in me is going to have a super hard time with that.

Well, I'd just be sure to focus on the main story quest line if you feel sidequests are getting a bit grindy and don't have any story aspects to them. If you actually want to be completionist about it and do all the quests to get the platinum trophy, you'll be spending a ridiculous amount of time on it. Might as well give up from the start knowing you can't put that much time into it. There are things like fishing, farming, and weapon upgrades that will take you a ton of time. The game is basically trolling you with those quests/tasks.

I didn't mind because I liked the music and the setting so much. Busy work can be fine if it's putting you in a happy place.

That's a really good name. I hope they stick with that internationally. If they don't, I may have to just call it that anyways.

OP title updated! There's supposed to be some info coming out at Paris Games Week according to Square. That starts tomorrow!

Finally a response to the Celine Dion earworm..

Details on story, etc.

Story

The distant future.

Aliens suddenly invaded. And they dispatched weapons known as “Machine Life-Forms.” Before their overwhelming power, humanity fled to the moon.

In order to recapture Earth, mankind organized a resistance of combat-type android soldiers. Then to break the deadlock, mankind introduced the “Yorha” unit, new types of advanced android soldiers.

In the barren stretches of a land where humans do not exist, the Machine Life-Forms and Androids battle. This war is the key that opens the door to an unknown truth…

Yorha 2B

A combat android dispatched as a member of the infantry. Although she has the appearance of a woman, her actual gender is unknown. She mainly uses short-range sword attacks, with long-range “pod” attacks for support. Because she always wears goggles, little of her face is shown. What really lies beneath them?

Androids

Combat androids created by humanity after fleeing to the moon by the invasion of aliens. The “Yorha” android units have no names, but are rather referred to by their identification numbers. They are prohibited to feel emotion, but each model has their differences. Yorha 2B, for example, appears calm and composed.

Machine Life-Forms

The autonomous machine life-forms that invaded earth. They’re called this because they have the ability to repair and restore themselves, or possibly create new machines. No one knows how powerful they are. However, they are powerful enough to have caused mankind to flee Earth.

And, now mostly the same info from Playstation Blog, plus a new trailer!

It looks fantastic! I can't even imagine what it'll be like to play a Nier game with competent combat.

Combat whatever. That music, though!

That music is great. It's so nice to go back to that rhythmic type combat music instead of the rock combat music Drakengard 3 had. The art style is incredible, and graphically it looks great. I really like the robot designs. The goggles thing is cool.

The combat looks very similar to what Drakengard 3 had with some improvements. It looks less varied, but it's tighter and actually has some weight to it. It looks like the pod-robot thing is the source of all the long-range magic attacks. I wonder how powerful those will get. Should be great!

The lack of weight in combat was my biggest issue with Nier. It felt really bouncy and disjointed. This game looks so much better from the trailer.

And yes, the music is awesome.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

The lack of weight in combat was my biggest issue with Nier. It felt really bouncy and disjointed.

Yeah, weighty it was not, although I wouldn't necessaaaaarily call it incompetent... This should be much better.

I wonder if the US version will come out before the Japanese version. I hope so, otherwise I'll end up importing it or figuring out how to buy it off the Japanese PSN store.

I have yet to buy a PS4 game on a physical disc, but I will make an exception for this one. I hope it comes out some time in 2017. That would be rad.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

The lack of weight in combat was my biggest issue with Nier. It felt really bouncy and disjointed.

Yeah, weighty it was not, although I wouldn't necessaaaaarily call it incompetent... ;)

I would. It was bad. Which is a shame, because otherwise Nier is a brilliant game. Story, character, setting, even the raw ideas for things (like blending in bullet hell and text adventure mechanics)... All of it's really good. But that bouncy, weightless combat was just awful and made playing the game tedious.

ClockworkHouse wrote:
tuffalobuffalo wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

The lack of weight in combat was my biggest issue with Nier. It felt really bouncy and disjointed.

Yeah, weighty it was not, although I wouldn't necessaaaaarily call it incompetent... ;)

I would. It was bad. Which is a shame, because otherwise Nier is a brilliant game. Story, character, setting, even the raw ideas for things (like blending in bullet hell and text adventure mechanics)... All of it's really good. But that bouncy, weightless combat was just awful and made playing the game tedious.

Agreed. Awful combat, but Nier was an amazing game in spite of that. There aren't many games that I feel that way about. Usually poor/bland core gameplay is a death knell for games on my plate. I'm a mechanics-focused player at heart.

Nier just had so much style, character, and general zaniness that I was happy to ho-hum my way through the combat to see what was next. Also, I'll take just about any excuse to hear more of that flippin' amazing soundtrack.

This thread also reminds me that I really need to play Drakenguard 3.

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I wonder if they'll have boar riding in this game.

That soundtrack, though..

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

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I wonder if they'll have boar riding in this game.

More importantly: boar drifting.

From Kill Screen, "What the Stage Play NIER: AUTOMATA is Based On Tells Us About the Game" (contains spoilers for NieR and Drakengard):

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/...

beeporama wrote:

From Kill Screen, "What the Stage Play NIER: AUTOMATA is Based On Tells Us About the Game" (contains spoilers for NieR and Drakengard):

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/...

That's a fun read!

Ok, just ordered Drakenguard 3. Time to get caught up.

Dyni wrote:

Ok, just ordered Drakenguard 3. Time to get caught up.

Nice. There's a lot of interesting stuff going on with that game.

Firstly: GotY 2016 folks.

Secondly: is there a high-res screen grab of the robot's heads? I know it's kind of generic to have round head and glowy eyes, but I swear there's something else that makes me think of Emil.

ccesarano wrote:

Firstly: GotY 2016 folks.

Secondly: is there a high-res screen grab of the robot's heads? I know it's kind of generic to have round head and glowy eyes, but I swear there's something else that makes me think of Emil.

There are some screenshots and robot concept art here: http://www.siliconera.com/2015/10/29...

Alright, not enough of a real resemblance to Emil to think it's anything noteworthy.

But yeah that trailer. Dear God that trailer.

There's going to be NieR concert in April. Wish I could go to Tokyo just for that. I guess they're going to play stuff from the new game and the old one. Emi Evans name shows up on the pre-order websites, so I guess she'll be there.

Platinum Games' NieR Automata page is pretty cool and confirmation that this game is actually on its way.

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen this concept art before.

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Woah

Yeah, that reminds me of the Epic Mickey concept art. Hopefully that area makes it into the game. Giant diagonal clock ferris wheel? Yes please.