Support NeoGAF

[Brian_FETO]

Question about E

Spoiler

I'm trying to beat this on my own like an insane person, is it possible/worth doing? I keep getting up to Localization Division or whatever after Sound

Fun fact, if you try on your own enough times they eventually just like double or triple your damage

EDIT: fuuuck I made it up to Legal Division

 

[Taruranto]

(Route B) Holy shit the hacking for the

Spoiler

Forest Village subquest was bordeline insane. It almost made me ragequit.

 

[Ferrio]

Working my way through B, and I think Boars might be the hardest enemy in the game.

 

[Jiraiza]

Question about E

Spoiler

I'm trying to beat this on my own like an insane person, is it possible/worth doing? I keep getting up to Localization Division or whatever after Sound

Fun fact, if you try on your own enough times they eventually just like double or triple your damage

EDIT: fuuuck I made it up to Legal Division

Apparently another poster managed to do it, but it'll take awhile.

 

[Rhaknar]

man, fuck you Taro

 

[Brian_FETO]

WTF in Route E

Spoiler

My bullets aren't effecting small words anymore. Man fuck this

 

[Philippo]

Man

Spoiler

9S

sucks at fighting, his spear skills are slow and the

Spoiler

hacking

i can see becoming boring by half way through the route.
At least spesr throw is really OP like everyone said.

 

[YoRHa No.2 Type B]

WTF in Route E

Spoiler

My bullets aren't effecting small words anymore. Man fuck this

You died too often. You can actually beat it solo though. This is as far as I could go

 

[Brian_FETO]

You died too often. You can actually beat it solo though. This is as far as I could go

Restarting it is then. Ah well

 

[YoRHa No.2 Type B]

Restarting it is then. Ah well

Don't give up, it is pretty disturbing hard to do it solo and your shots get stronger if you died enough, though if you too much, you can only kill the bigger words and the smaller become invincible, then you have to restart.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Don't give up, it is pretty disturbing hard to do it solo and your shots get stronger if you died enough, though if you too much, you can only kill the bigger words and the smaller become invincible, then you have to restart.

I restarted, I'll just get help to finish it to finish the story for now. My stubbornness has kind of taken away from the narrative impact lol

Is there a reward for doing it solo? (beyond pride/satisfaction)

 

[Jiraiza]

I restarted, I'll just get help to finish it to finish the story for now. My stubbornness has kind of taken away from the narrative impact lol

Is there a reward for doing it solo? (beyond pride/satisfaction)

Spoiler

You get to keep your save file without feeling guilty for choosing not to delete it.

 

[Philippo]

Asking again out of curiosity: do Route A unsolved quests scale level in Route B?
I remember dropping the parade quest because it was too difficult, but if the enemy scaled it's pointless :/

 

[Brian_FETO]

Spoiler

You get to keep your save file without feeling guilty for choosing not to delete it.

Ah. I finished the game lol, I don't feel bad about it. Need to finish everything else first (I'm assuming there's an ending there)

 

[Hektor]

Asking again out of curiosity: do Route A unsolved quests scale level in Route B?
I remember dropping the parade quest because it was too difficult, but if the enemy scaled it's pointless :/

They either don't or they scale so lightly that it feels like they don't. You won't have much of an issue doing that quest on B

 

[robotrock]

So is there a fast travel or something or am I literally supposed to run from the desert to the machine village to the resistance camp to the amusement park to do sidequests

 

[Hektor]

So is there a fast travel or something or am I literally supposed to run from the desert to the machine village to the resistance camp to the amusement park to do sidequests

You'll unlock it during the story

 

[Kindekuma]

So is there a fast travel or something or am I literally supposed to run from the desert to the machine village to the resistance camp to the amusement park to do sidequests

Yes. You'll unlock it soon.

 

[Ferr986]

Where I can farm reliably Titanium alloy?

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Where I can farm reliably Titanium alloy?

I find enemies drop it much more reliably in route B. You can also start buying it from the traveling shop (along with a bunch of other rare upgrade materials) later in the game.

 

[Ferr986]

I find enemies drop it much more reliably in route B. You can also start buying it from the traveling shop (along with a bunch of other rare upgrade materials) later in the game.

Ah well,wanted to level up the starter weapons to lvl 3..

 

[Airan]

Ahaha holy shit. Ending E.

Spoiler

I couldn't do it. I'll offer my file after 100% everything. At least I didn't need to do it to get an ending! Or do I...?

If Yoko Taro stops making games, I'll at least forever be glad he wrote the story for this.

 

[Philippo]

You'll unlock it during the story

Pheeew!

Also, are Lv.4 weapons only avaible in B or C? Or did i miss them for 2B?

 

[Ourobolus]

Pheeew!

Also, are Lv.4 weapons only avaible in B or C? Or did i miss them for 2B?

As long as you have the mats, you can unlock them as soon as you get to the Forest Kingdom (the blacksmith you need is there).

 

[Ferr986]

As long as you have the mats, you can unlock them as soon as you get to the Forest Kingdom (the blacksmith you need is there).

Is it?never saw anyone there o_o

 

[Ourobolus]

Is it?never saw anyone there o_o

Spoiler

Below the Royal Chamber save point, go out to the broken bridge and fall down one level. There's a box you can pull and on the other side is the blacksmith.

 

[Hektor]

Pheeew!

Also, are Lv.4 weapons only avaible in B or C? Or did i miss them for 2B?

Is it?never saw anyone there o_o

If you want to know the specific location

Spoiler

Right before the kings throne room there's that destroyed bridge you jumped over. You need to drop down that hole and land on the left ledge, there's a box you can pull out to reveal a hidden room

€: Beaten

 

[Ferr986]

Thanks guys, will take a look!

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Ah well,wanted to level up the starter weapons to lvl 3..

There are a couple of chests here and there with Titanium alloys in them, at least enough to level up Virtuous Contract to 3 without any farming. I think the really tall robots drop them as well, you can find them scattered around the city ruins.

 

[Radical Edward]

WTF in Route E

Spoiler

My bullets aren't effecting small words anymore. Man fuck this

Too stubborn ,

Spoiler

it's more emotional to accept the offer. It's okay, we are all here for you

 

[JustinBB7]

Getting so fucking sick of these white screen crashes. Started route B and going through it pretty fast since I finished all sidequests (besides like 3/4) in route A already. But the crashes just make me not want to play. Keep losing progress no matter how much I save. The panic after doing a long part and rushing to a save point just out of fear of crashing really makes me hate the game.

 

[Philippo]

As long as you have the mats, you can unlock them as soon as you get to the Forest Kingdom (the blacksmith you need is there).

If you want to know the specific location

Spoiler

Right before the kings throne room there's that destroyed bridge you jumped over. You need to drop down that hole and land on the left ledge, there's a box you can pull out to reveal a hidden room

€: Beaten

Yeah i knew the location, i just wandered if some materials were locked behind other routes, but it looks like i didn't grind enough :x
Any tips? Are the required materials hard to find?

 

[Thickstone]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

 

[Moaradin]

If you're that far in, you might as well try route C

 

[Ghazi]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

The narrative ramps up heavily in route C, however, while it gets better it becomes pretty convoluted.

 

[Hektor]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

Route C is where the story's meat is at, but if you don't enjoy the act of playing it now you won't enjoy playing that part either.

Yeah i knew the location, i just wandered if some materials were locked behind other routes, but it looks like i didn't grind enough :x
Any tips? Are the required materials hard to find?

You'll be able to buy them all eventually, getting all weapon to max is surpsingly easy in the end.

If you need a good spot to grind, there's that desert cave in which

Spoiler

you fought Adam at the beginning.

There should be level 40 enemies spawning now, and those respawn ad infinitum, they drop a lot of Level 2-3 weapon materials.

Most level 4 Materials you'll find a lot at the end of the game (The game, not the route) as drops from big enemies as well as aforementioned shops. I wouldnt worry about those so early on.

 

[aravuus]

Route C done!

What the fuck is going on lmao

 

[LotusHD]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

Just keep playing lol

 

[HeelPower]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

Most of the enjoyment of the plot comes from the the ideas and what if scenarios it posits.

I find that the story isnt so much about the raw events(though there are those) but about wrestling with the implications of the ideas here.

 

[True Fire]

I'm a bit disappointed so far.

The story is still incredibly vague and thin. I'm about 75% done with Route b and only now does it start getting more interesting. Just like in the original, the pacing is not good enough to keep me hooked.

Apart from that I do absolutely not enjoy the sidequests and the world (both are boring imo). The battle System is cool but I don't play this game for this tbh.

Is route c worth it or should I just call it a day and spoil myself on the rest of the story? It's all just a slog for me.

Keep playing. People are praising Route C for a reason.

Most of the enjoyment of the plot comes from the the ideas and what if scenarios it posits.

I find that the story isnt so much about the raw events(though there are those) but about wrestling with the implications of the ideas here.

Also, this. NieR Automata is an exploration of humanity in a world without humanity. If philosophy doesn't interest you, then the combat can only go so far. NieR Automata is about the little moments adding up to a majestic whole -- most games are about larger moments.

 

[convo]

Boy Speed Star 3 is super easy once i used overclock with the enemies to slow down time a lot. I was worried i would need to use skill for a second there.
Route C and forward benefit from the context you get from doing the side-quests.Just the story cutscenes alone don't explain the whys of certain characters actions i'd say. The chatter in each side-quest has nice world-building and holds a lot more meaning after the fact.

 

[Jiraiza]

Got my World Book, pretty fat book. Makes up for not getting the artbook that comes with the Black Box.

Now to read through these sad novellas...

 

[silva1991]

So after the first ending, I was

Spoiler

sad for the little brother machine at the beginning and tried to go to him and I got the weirdies gameover screen

lmao

I didn't expect that.

 

[Ferr986]

Finally meet

Spoiler

Devola

and

Spoiler

Popola

but they didn't spill the beans. Come on!

Also, why is

Spoiler

Devola

such an ass now?lol

Most of the enjoyment of the plot comes from the the ideas and what if scenarios it posits.

I find that the story isnt so much about the raw events(though there are those) but about wrestling with the implications of the ideas here.

Yeah this is true for the first game too.

 

[Astral]

I just got Ending T or something lol.

 

[phorrest]

Boy Speed Star 3 is super easy once i used overclock with the enemies to slow down time a lot. I was worried i would need to use skill for a second there.
Route C and forward benefit from the context you get from doing the side-quests.Just the story cutscenes alone don't explain the whys of certain characters actions i'd say. The chatter in each side-quest has nice world-building and holds a lot more meaning after the fact.

The speed star quests glitched out for me. After failing the second one and leaving, the dialogue for the start of the race would pop up along with another dialogue from defeating a secret boss while I was talking to people. It also loaded the finish line without the machine starting to move so I could just walk to the finish and walk back to the start of the race to talk to the machine and finish the quest.

 

[RampagingSoul]

Just finished the first ending (Route A) and enjoyed it for the most part. Beat it in about 14 Hrs and 4 Mins. I'll probably get to the other routes soon. I have enjoyed the game enough to go through the other routes.

 

[Rhaknar]

and thats a wrap on Route C, and endings

Spoiler

ABCDEGKTUW

great game, but Hollow Knight is still my GOTY :3

But yeah, some thoughts, spoilers obviously:

Spoiler

I would have completely removed Route B from the game, the little it adds could have just as easily been spliced into Route A, hell Route C even has character switching which you could have done to get rid of B. It completely felt like padding to me. At least half the sidequests felt pointless aswell, but the other half are excellent so unless you use a guide, you want to do them all just in case (and for the xp I guess since its a rpg)

Route C is by far the strongest part of the game tho, so its a shame you have to "suffer" through B to see it, and I feel bad for people that dont. I wish there was more A2 stuff, her sudden shift from stone cold machine hating killer to nice guy (nice girl?) was a little rushed I felt. Also, whats the excuse for her outfit again, outside of "I like hot girls" of course

In the end I kinda feel that its a great 30-40 hour game (took me 33 hours for those endings and about 90% quest completion) that would be an amazing 20 hour game. I totally understand if you dont agree tho, for people more invested in the universe, im sue you couldnt get enough of it, which is fair.

I would be all over a Nier remaster tho thats for sure, and this time, I would actually play it properly (I finished it on PS3 but I didnt know about the different playthroughs and whatnot back then, I just played and finished it like a "normal" game)

 

[Philippo]

Reached the amusement park in Route B, i don't think i fully understand those

Spoiler

added cutscenes: the one in the desert about a god coming from the ground, the pne with the two pods talking, and the one about the machines and treasures

. Am i missing something? Is the game telling me to find things of different shapes?

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Reached the amusement park in Route B, i don't think i fully understand those

Spoiler

added cutscenes: the one in the desert about a god coming from the ground, the pne with the two pods talking, and the one about the machines and treasures

. Am i missing something? Is the game telling me to find things of different shapes?

It's

Spoiler

backstory

.