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NieR Automata PS4 demo available now

I don't know who thought these camera anglse were cute but they need to be kicked in the teeth.

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Line up's here

Point to the one who touched you bad
 

Jiraiza

Member
Not so sure about that, but the cancel is much easier with bare fists.

I feel it's a bit faster, though maybe not as smooth. Just to be clear, what kind of cancels are we talking about here?

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...My fingers hurt. This turned out to be a lot harder to execute than I was expecting.
 

Exentryk

Member
I feel it's a bit faster, though maybe not as smooth. Just to be clear, what kind of cancels are we talking about here?

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...My fingers hurt. This turned out to be a lot harder to execute than I was expecting.

Oh wow! Cancelling with the Jump gives the jump a boost too? Sweet! Also, I found the bare hands to be a little easier to execute:

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CliffyB's Cock Holster
I don't know who thought these camera angles were cute but they need to be kicked in the teeth.

You are aware this is like moaning about Doom being in first-person right? The varying camera perspectives are key to Nier's whole "mash-up" approach.
 
You are aware this is like moaning about Doom being in first-person right? The varying camera perspectives are key to Nier's whole "mash-up" approach.

Funny you should mention that, I actually dislike first person shooters. I would have played the Bioshock series to completion if they weren't FPS. Even better, make them melee games.

Fuck, I want the Bioshock games reimagined as a Soulsborne now. :(
 

Ennosuke

Member
Wow, this demo was amazing! I knew from this thread, that it is good, but I never dreamed it to be that good. Definitely considering buying it on release now, but also depends on reviews and how much playtime you can out of the campaign.
 

Jiraiza

Member
Oh wow! Cancelling with the Jump gives the jump a boost too? Sweet! Also, I found the bare hands to be a little easier to execute:

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Yeah, it's actually easier if you do the lunge forward at a higher point, but for maximum efficiency, it would be better to do the lunge the moment you become air-borne, which also makes it much more harder since you have less frames to do the jump cancel on the acceleration.
 

Domaje

Member
Just finished the demo... fuck... I wasn't expecting it to be that good.

If the content is at the same level of the one in the first Nier, Automata will make videogame's history.
 

Exentryk

Member
Yeah, it's actually easier if you do the lunge forward at a higher point, but for maximum efficiency, it would be better to do the lunge the moment you become air-borne, which also makes it much more harder since you have less frames to do the jump cancel on the acceleration.

Yeah, smaller jumps makes it a lot harder. I wonder if speed runners would bother with it. Or maybe we'll find even better techs once the full game launches.
 
I thought the demo was cool. Nothing earth shattering, but cool. I do like that it has different toys of gameplay. You go from hack and slash to space harrier.
 

Strimei

Member
Finally set up my PS4 and waited for the abominably slow download to finish and got to try out the demo.

Had a blast though I'm definitely going to have to get used to the controls a bit, I've never really played a Platinum game before (I intend to rectify that). Still, lot of fun and I intend to play a lot of the demo to get myself warmed up.
 

Adaren

Member
Finally set up my PS4 and waited for the abominably slow download to finish and got to try out the demo.

Had a blast though I'm definitely going to have to get used to the controls a bit, I've never really played a Platinum game before (I intend to rectify that). Still, lot of fun and I intend to play a lot of the demo to get myself warmed up.

The controls are fully customizable, so make sure to take advantage of that! Most people like moving Shoot to a shoulder button on the opposite side from dodge, at the very least.

Glad you enjoyed it!
 

Strimei

Member
The controls are fully customizable, so make sure to take advantage of that! Most people like moving Shoot to a shoulder button on the opposite side from dodge, at the very least.

Glad you enjoyed it!

True, I forget you can customize that stuff (and all the chip stuff too, which is pretty neat). Gonna futz around and see what gels. I was getting used to it by the end though so I may end up sticking with it, but we'll see.

It amazes me how a year ago you could've asked me about Nier and my response would be "isn't it that game that's somehow related to that dragon whatsit...panzer dragoon?" And now I know a lot about Drakengard and Nier and whatnot. So thankful to Pat and Liam of the Best Friends for doing a Nier playthrough and making me aware of how awesome (and messed up and weird) this universe can be.
 
I just tried the demo and the combat was as fluid and fun as I'd hoped. I will definitely get this game if the length is decent. If it's like 10 hours or less, I'll probably wait for a steam sale.
 

mcz117chief

Member
Hi, guys. I don't want to play the demo since I'm waiting for the whole thing so if you think there is some vital piece of information that needs to be in the OT just send me a PM or something and will put it there.
 
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