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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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Spear throw with him does crazy amounts of damage.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Throw some hands.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
This game is technically rough looking in a lot of ways but that only makes it so much more impactful when you come across an angle that catches your eye like this.
I don't even know if I need the spoiler tags but I spoilered just in case because of the weapons I have equipped. It's just the spear everyone has seen from the action gifs and the sword with
that you can buy right away from the first weapons merchant. Nothing else at all is spoilery. Let me know if I should remove the tags if I am overreacting lol.
Anyway, I took a couple of the same spot but in different poses but I couldn't decide which ones I liked more. They really did an awesome job with 2B's animations and how they really fit her character. I didn't want to post them all so here are the others in case anyone is interested. https://flic.kr/s/aHskWk4H6f
I'm having a blast so far btw. I love the world that has been crafted here.
EDIT: I took and shared these because I thought it might make some good wallpaper. It looks fantastic on my 21:9 screen anyway.
I don't even know if I need the spoiler tags but I spoilered just in case because of the weapons I have equipped. It's just the spear everyone has seen from the action gifs and the sword with
the big red stone in it
Anyway, I took a couple of the same spot but in different poses but I couldn't decide which ones I liked more. They really did an awesome job with 2B's animations and how they really fit her character. I didn't want to post them all so here are the others in case anyone is interested. https://flic.kr/s/aHskWk4H6f
I'm having a blast so far btw. I love the world that has been crafted here.
EDIT: I took and shared these because I thought it might make some good wallpaper. It looks fantastic on my 21:9 screen anyway.
Throw spear is good, as mentioned.
Still not fun though. Honestly a huge bummer since I feel like I've played him more than anyone else. :|
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I liked the basic greatsword string that ends in a ranged smash. The greatsword throw is garbage, though.
Freezasaurus
Member
Sounds like I might have to try the spear maybe. lol
Also, how the shit do I
get to the black smith? I hear him working away in there but I can't access his room. Very annoying.
Yes.
Drop down to the level he his on and pull the block blocking the way out.
The boomerang looking throw? lol
I mostly just used the small sword until I saw the spear throw damage but either way he's just so limited with only having light strings. I get the idea behind it since he's not a combat model he isn't meant to be on par with the others but it doesn't make for very engaging combat when your strongest options dull down to hold square from afar, and hold triangle.
Hacking is pretty intentionally OP but in such a way that makes even messing with his strings not worth much, since you instead freeze the whole battlefield, do an AoE explosion on an enemy, and chunk away bosses there's little reason to engage in anything beyond that aside from just forcing less repetition. There's even a few instances where the bosses themselves have a hidden revive fullheal mechanic because you can straight stunlock and dumpster them before they even talk or do anything else, the game forces them back to life if you don't wait long enough.
I mostly just used the small sword until I saw the spear throw damage but either way he's just so limited with only having light strings. I get the idea behind it since he's not a combat model he isn't meant to be on par with the others but it doesn't make for very engaging combat when your strongest options dull down to hold square from afar, and hold triangle.
Hacking is pretty intentionally OP but in such a way that makes even messing with his strings not worth much, since you instead freeze the whole battlefield, do an AoE explosion on an enemy, and chunk away bosses there's little reason to engage in anything beyond that aside from just forcing less repetition. There's even a few instances where the bosses themselves have a hidden revive fullheal mechanic because you can straight stunlock and dumpster them before they even talk or do anything else, the game forces them back to life if you don't wait long enough.
There's a block you can pull backwards that hides his room.
Cool, but like, There isn't one? Just a circle button prompt that does literally nothing.
Did you hold the button and try to walk backwards?
No, but that makes a lot of sense.
Edit: It worked. For some reason my eyes were playing tricks on me and my brain interpreted that box as like the bars of a grate or cage.
eternalcircle
Member
Is there a reason my hacking is barely doing any damage? I'm almost level 60, and there are certain enemies that it won't damage... am I missing something?
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Maybe it was because I was overleveled from doing all the subquests, but I never felt like hacking was such a step up in power that I felt compelled to use it all the time. I felt comfortable going back and forth between melee and hacking, so it never really got stale.
What do you mean? The no saving?
Exentryk
Member
It was designed to frustrate people like you. It seems to be working. Don't let them win.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I just got the Pascal related trophy...
Jesus fucking christ... I'm going to bed
Enjoy questioning your decision!
Yabberwocky
Member
Oh, god, it's finally happened. The thing that I feared most of all going into Automata - the musical earworms. The burrow in their earworm-y hooks, and don't let go.
I have been tormented for years after the original Nier, haunted by melodies we didn't have concrete lyrics too. What a blissful hell to once again find myself again, sigh. Give us some concrete fucking lyrics for Nier's and Automata's songs, please, Square, please. I'll pay you so much money to free me from my torment.
I'm very much enamoured with the soundtrack, and while there is also an intentional stylistic similarity to the original Nier, it also seems a lot more eclectic overall. There is a bit less Emi Evans that I would have liked, but the music is great. I think the original Nier felt a lot more cohesive overall with its soundtrack, but I think Automata is also juggling a lot of themes and genres in a way that Nier wasn't, so the choice is fitting in a way. I will say that nothing has immediately dropped my jaw in awe like The Wretched Automatons, Hills of Radiant Winds, etc. I'm not really complaining, though, as I'm pretty smitten with the Resistance camp/Village/Desert themes. Just beautiful, earworm-y goodness. Love the boss music, too.
I also don't know whether to be paranoid about the music choices, as there has been new arrangements of Kaine's theme and part of Shadowlord, but I just don't know if it's 'eeey, let's have a new arrangment of an old fave' or 'this song use has ominous meaning!' (Don't tell me if it's the latter, ha.)
After getting towards the end of Route A, I am baffled how one could manage one section in particular on Very Hard. How.
I have been tormented for years after the original Nier, haunted by melodies we didn't have concrete lyrics too. What a blissful hell to once again find myself again, sigh. Give us some concrete fucking lyrics for Nier's and Automata's songs, please, Square, please. I'll pay you so much money to free me from my torment.
I'm very much enamoured with the soundtrack, and while there is also an intentional stylistic similarity to the original Nier, it also seems a lot more eclectic overall. There is a bit less Emi Evans that I would have liked, but the music is great. I think the original Nier felt a lot more cohesive overall with its soundtrack, but I think Automata is also juggling a lot of themes and genres in a way that Nier wasn't, so the choice is fitting in a way. I will say that nothing has immediately dropped my jaw in awe like The Wretched Automatons, Hills of Radiant Winds, etc. I'm not really complaining, though, as I'm pretty smitten with the Resistance camp/Village/Desert themes. Just beautiful, earworm-y goodness. Love the boss music, too.
I also don't know whether to be paranoid about the music choices, as there has been new arrangements of Kaine's theme and part of Shadowlord, but I just don't know if it's 'eeey, let's have a new arrangment of an old fave' or 'this song use has ominous meaning!' (Don't tell me if it's the latter, ha.)
After getting towards the end of Route A, I am baffled how one could manage one section in particular on Very Hard. How.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
haw haw haw
OniBarubary
Banned
Having a lovely and sad conversation with
and in the middle of the cutscene
runs me over with his stupid face playing his stupid song.
Engels about him choosing death
Emil
LOLCats
Banned
Same thing happened to me and I couldn't stop laughing.
That quest has them all collectible in a small area anyway, just sell them.
That song is impressive in it's own way because it kills any tension in any scene whatsoever.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
It seems appropriate that
Taro's avatar would be the one to take the piss out of the game's serious moments.
Labolas
Member
Finished Route B.
Started Route C.
Who the fuck were those two standing next to 2B and 9S. WHO???? And was that the commander in the bunker when 9S went to his mech?
Started Route C.
Man, did things turn to shit immediately. Oh man, is the virus the same type of thing like Red Eye disease/White Chlorination Syndrome? Was that Monah/the Watchers. Wtf! And oh my god, is A2 awesome or what? A2 might be my favorite.
Pour one out for 2B, You will definitely be missed.
Pour one out for 2B, You will definitely be missed.
Hexxen-Panda
Member
I'm having a weird time playing the
route. Specifically, the side quests that I did the first time appear again, but not all of them. Some quests I have to do again, but the escorting the robot kid to its parents was already done?? It's very strange.
I feel like I should have skipped sidequesting the first go around and do them on the 3rd (4th?) time.
9S
I feel like I should have skipped sidequesting the first go around and do them on the 3rd (4th?) time.
Quests you completed will not appear again. Quests that you didn't do or didn't finish to completion will reset. Some quests are not shared so only 2B or 9S can do them in their respective routes.
CorgiSmiles
Banned
Only some story sidequests are repeated. If anything, probably like mandatory filler before main quest.
all of my hate
Member
OniBarubary
Banned
Yeah, that trolling made me laugh.
Also, that drug, holy shit.
Also, that drug, holy shit.
It's scales with your weapon attack power, and also bypasses defense.
You could also use the Combust chip for some extra damage as well.
Abstrusity
Member
EVERY DAY'S A SALE! EVERY SALE'S A WIN!
It's annoying until he doesn't show up anymore.
all of my hate
Member
Does it matter which spear?
CorgiSmiles
Banned
I did the same thing lol. 5 minutes or longer?. Stepped away to make a snack or something. It's all there!
OniBarubary
Banned
I assume I'm not supposed to be able to kill these gold robots yet