killatopak
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Holy Shit I can finally join the party after centuries of waiting and avoiding spoilers.
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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
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So
to get killed right? I really love this.
Really enjoying this alot.
Welcome to the club.
golden robot have to be hacked
9S might be an ass sometimes, but I like this change in style.
Really enjoying this alot.
Welcome to the club.
YoRHa No.2 Type B
Banned
I actually beat all golden enemies as 2B
Dreams-Visions
Member
Nah, you can beat them manually. It's faster with hacking, but you can do it the old fashioned way if you have the patience or figure out a way that their AI can't adjust to ;-)
I did all of them as 2B.
Nice name (change?). I'm moderately jealous
but since it's not Type E, it ain't even accurate! 
hans_castorp
Member
There is something wrong with your usernamE.
killatopak
Member
The font sizing is the same for the stage play yoko taro did.
Yu Narukami
Member
Read his post again when you finish the game lol.
Dreams-Visions
Member
YES! haha.
Also, does anyone know why our heroes wear blindfolds? Symbolism? Functional purpose?
So I have been playing quite a lot this week and the game crashed 2 times so far
I'm playing on PS4 .
First time I was running and the game froze and then black screen and I got an error code.
Second time It was after completing a quest, 2B was walking/running maybe 2 steps and was getting stuck in the walking animation I had to jump to unstuck her and 2 mins later it crashed.
Anyone is having issues like that? I hope it's not my PS4 ....
The game is patched by the way and I waited until it was completely patched before first playing it .
I'm playing on PS4 .
First time I was running and the game froze and then black screen and I got an error code.
Second time It was after completing a quest, 2B was walking/running maybe 2 steps and was getting stuck in the walking animation I had to jump to unstuck her and 2 mins later it crashed.
Anyone is having issues like that? I hope it's not my PS4 ....
The game is patched by the way and I waited until it was completely patched before first playing it .
Dunno, but it'd be fun to take note of the moments they lose the blindfolds, if it always occurs during the moments something big is revealed to the character or something.
Then again, I'm not particularly good at recognizing symbolism just like that, so that's probably waaaaayyyyy too superficial for a YT game lol
Ordinaryundone
Member
Story-wise, it's because the blindfolds are actually high-tech goggles/visors. They basically project AR/HUD stuff to help the android during combat. Like, you know how Pod always says he's "marking it on your map"? Presumably he's talking to 2B but really it's for the benefit of the player, you know? Well this way we can also assume 2B is also able to see a map as well, probably the same one (and rest of the HUD) that we see.
Symbolism-wise
It's because our heroes don't know shit about anything, including themselves. The blind folds tend to come off in moments of big revelation or drama. They could also represent how they are "blinded" by Yorha's doctrine and slavish devotion to the machine war, which is why A2 doesn't wear one.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Nier probably not going to get any meaningful DLC. Not enough budget. :-(
Feels real bad man. Gib crowd funding pls.
Feels real bad man. Gib crowd funding pls.
it may be because our characters
don't see the truth, and 9s remove the blindfold when he's tired of all of that and want to see the truth. also the operators that give us information wear a veil to cover their mouth.
we may be getting something if the game is selling well (it looks like it is...i hope)
probably something related to the apologetic robots
Demoskinos
Member
By far the most hype part of the game.
Including the mind-boggling ascent up the tower.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Oh cool. Good to know it's actually a bit of both tech and symbolism.
Though you'd think with them being androids, the mapping overlay systems would simply be part of their eyes themselves, thus avoiding having to wear an additional apparatus. lol. Like, if your eyes are already made of electronic tech, why have an additional piece of hardware to sit on top of that hardware?
The symbolism angle needs no explanation, however. :3
https://steamspy.com/app/524220
Looks like it's doing pretty okay on Steam. Though I also don't know what the expectations were. 200k in a week for a SP RPG on the PC seems pretty fuckin good to me, but idk.
you either have some chips to counter the health you lose or you use medium/large items regulary. it's worth using it if you can keep it, not worth if you use it only for the lengh of one life bar
what i don't like is that you can't deactivate that, once you do it you have to reach 0 hp to turn it off
That is unsafe prototype tech for you.
Yu Narukami
Member
If it sold 500k in RotW on PS4 it may be at 1 million. I think Japan is at 290k?
Dragon1893
Member
This would certainly be interesting.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure the game's performance is exceeding their expectations, especially on PC, so let's wait and see how things turn out.
Still on route A, did a few sidequests yesterday, Lost Girl was pretty funny.
Dreams-Visions
Member
That HAS to be pretty good for a non-mainstream single player RPG in 2017.
Good enough for SE to throw more money into it tho? Idunno.
They need a Gofundme or Kickstarter or something for DLC. I'll contribute.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Very nice!
I don't kickstart anything ever. But for Yoko Taro? I will make an exception.
and 200k for first week Japanese RPG is AWESOME. I wonder how much PS4 copies sold.
Thank you very much for your comment. I continued, and indeed, some real stuff starts to happen for the last half of route B, I'm getting hooked now and things are getting interesting.
No thanks to the other posters who were quick to shit on me because I found the route A unfulfilling and hollow
turns out that was the fucking point.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Yea, fam. Shit gets so real. Play through 1 mine as well be 1 long-ass prologue. lol
Dreams-Visions
Member
Several endings.
Just play the game, fam. Progress through the main story and you'll get choices and endings. Simple as that. Always stay for the credits.
To see them all, start from your last save after the game ends. EZ.
OniBarubary
Banned
Absolutely nothing.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
killatopak
Member
Died on the demo area. Damn. It's a bit harder than I thought.
ExitPlanetDust
Member
If you are trying to play through on hard, switch to normal, then switch back when you finish. The demo area is considerably more difficult in the final release.
killatopak
Member
ShadowSoldier89
Member
there is always a gap between the two, just mash dodge and go through the gap. Only melee attack when they are vertical orientation, dodge launcher followup is super effective.
you can gain quick access to healing items by pressing down or the downleft part of the touchpad if it can help
ExitPlanetDust
Member
Oh um... well rest assured that the rest of the game doesn't seem to be as unforgiving.
I'm still thinking of what happened last night. ROUTE C SPOILERS.
It's gonna be a long 8 hours till I'm able to play this again tonight...
Everything went to shit so fast. All of YoRHa are dead, my precious 6O and 21O are dead, FUCKING 2B IS DEAD. Fuck man. And the music for that operation sounded like something off of Evangelion. It was fitting as hell considering what happened.
CorgiSmiles
Banned
The name of the title during the credits and that entire ordeal is "Crumbling Lies" I just love how much it fits.
killatopak
Member
I finally got past the demo area. Thanks for the tips guys. Playing it on the second try is easier since I was pretty confused how it just dumps you into the action with no tutorials.
toastyToast
Member
Finished route B
So am I right in thinking shit is about to get real
?
So am I right in thinking shit is about to get real
er
I dunno... those auto heal items were pretty useful in the tutorial. It's a trial by fire, to be sure, but Engels is probably the easiest boss.
I might suggest bumping down to easy if you can't keep up with what the game's asking of you in maneuverability.
EDIT: glad you got through it. Enjoy the rest of the game!
As it got missed yesterday, just reposting this question:
Another newbie question: I've got a bunch of stuff accumulating in my inventory now. How much of it is actual junk? I've been told elsewhere to hold on to the
and
for upcoming side-quests, but aside from that, is it just stuff with 'Sell to merchants' in the description I can get rid of?
Another newbie question: I've got a bunch of stuff accumulating in my inventory now. How much of it is actual junk? I've been told elsewhere to hold on to the
Desert Rose
Boar/Moose meat
You go through that pretty quick when you want to buy materials to upgrade all the weapons