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NieR: Automata passes 2 million shipments + downloads
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Soul of the Beast
Member
very very good for this kind of mid budget Japanese triple-A game
very very bad for super expensive (more like overpriced if you ask me) western triple-A games like Destiny 2.
I bought it only because Platinum were the devs, and accurately avoided reading anything about the game until I bought it (except the obvious pandering of 2B everywhere, of course). I was expecting a good action game, nothing more.
It was shocking discovering what the game really was.
I hope this will give us new works by the same people soon. (Everything will do, Mr. Yoko)
Since kamiya said taro and nier saved platinum, i'm gonna say nier
DriftingSpirit
Member
Good for Plat.
yukimeans_snow
Member
I strongly doubt SE expected this game to do more than 500k. It's a huge success considering its budget and intentionally non-mainstream nature,
Super glad this game did well. I have some issues with it, but Yoko Taro deserves a mainstream success and I am so, so glad this game saved Platinum from the brink of death after Scalebound fell through.
FH3 probably had 5 times the budget Nier did. That's like comparing something like Get Out to a Fast and Furious film.
With your computer it will be locked at 60 and never dip.
Finky Spunky
Banned
Beat it in under 8 hours, watched all the "alternative" endings on YouTube. Not as memorable as the first game, but damn that gameplay is top notch.
By alternate, you mean F-Z?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I read that the first one actually sold somewhat decently?
Wait, you finished it once and then just watched the other endings on youtube?
You fucked up.
actual spoiler
I hope you at least watched the entire Route B and C on youtube and not just the ending ending.
N21
Member
Don't know why you would watch 20 hours of youtube videos instead of just continuing to play the game.
Unless you only watched the joke endings, in which case... uh, congratulations for skipping 60% of the game and you should probably play the rest, I guess? Maybe the story will become memorable as well if you don't skip 2/3 of it
Absolutely. Mouse input has been a real problem for PC ports lately.
It seems to be getting worse rather than better.
Jawmuncher
Member
The moral of the story is, you still make money if you don't fix your pc port
MGR
Wait.
What ending did you have and what endings did you watch?
Don't tell me you only beat Route A and then watched just the joke endings 😂😂😂 If you stop after Route A you didn't even start the real story.
Did it? Maybe I was wrong then, I thought it did bad. I still feel surprising that we have 3 Drakengards though.
I wonder if he even did the same with Nier 1 now lol There's no reason to think you're done with Automata after Route A otherwise.
Loved the game, even if I had a rough patch going through B route.
HZD is still my Goty so far, but Nier will probably be a close second.
Pretty incredible considering I had never played or knew anything about Taro before, and my only Platinum game so far had been Transformers Devastation.
I also saw, while in C route, why people were saying Taro might be crazy (in a good way)
HZD is still my Goty so far, but Nier will probably be a close second.
Pretty incredible considering I had never played or knew anything about Taro before, and my only Platinum game so far had been Transformers Devastation.
I also saw, while in C route, why people were saying Taro might be crazy (in a good way)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You would think, but as noted, whenever it goes on sale it ends up near top of the list. Last sale had it just under pubg in the global top sellers.
That just means it would sell even better if they actually bothered to fix it.
rochellepaws
Member
You completed the prologue and then spoiled the ending for yourself without playing the main part of the game?
Route A felt so obviously "off" to me, lol. Like a
fake happy ending.
alright i'm in!
i thought this game is all about multiple endings or something
i hated that in 999 and similar
Plague Doctor
Member
Loved this game. They deserve ever sale and more.
Either it or MGR.
We don't know the exact number for MGR other than that it sold really well, but outside of that absolutely.
It has multiple endings in the sense that the game keeps going after the credits multiple times. There are also 'joke endings' that can trigger if you do certain things.
Anyone who stops playing at the first credits has realistically played only about 1/3rd of the game.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
It likely will be by the time its done selling. Keep in mind these 2 million sales are coming from 40-60 dollar purchases.
B E C O M E A S G O D S
This game deserves it, really. It takes some risks i don't see many games taking
, and it does an excellent job with the budget they got. It was the only game i ever wanted story DLC for(and it doesn't need it at all)
I hope i can grab myself a copy of Nier when I travel abroad...i gave up on finding a copy in english already .-.
This game deserves it, really. It takes some risks i don't see many games taking
like being a freaking fucked up love story all along xD
I hope i can grab myself a copy of Nier when I travel abroad...i gave up on finding a copy in english already .-.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
you fool. you didnt play the game then
Byronic Hero
Member
Good for Platinum and Taro, they deserve it. I really hope this union continues for at least a couple more games.
Really unfortunate that they're marketed as "endings". These aren't endings, they're more like chapters with credits inbetween them. I mean, even someone like me who is generally informed almost wouldn't have continued after Route A had I not read in a review or GAF how essential they are in this game and how it's structured. I normally hate when games have multiple endings, but here it really is not just different endings. Only Route A to E is the full story.
Fortunately though, the trophy stats show that at least the usual average number of players who finish games at all (~30%) has played until Route E too, but I still think it hindered others from experiencing the whole thing because they didn't realize it's not the usual kind of multiple endings and New Game+.