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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."

jonjonaug

Member
Hey guys I'm having trouble with (sidequest)
11B's Memento. Where exactly is it in the factory?

It's in the room where you fought the single circular saw, the very first room of the game proper. There are a couple shortcuts in the factory that you can take to make things easier on yourself, look for a hidden room to the right in one of the top down areas early on when you're backtracking through the factory.
 

ebil

Member
I really enjoyed my first playthrough. Started my second and accidentally
triggered ending G
2 minutes into it. lol.
 

fvng

Member
Having to restart the entire thing after dying on that part sure isn't fun. Why the fuck is there no checkpoint yet at this point?

you picked hard difficulty man what do you want from the damn game? you're complaining about a game being hard after setting it to hard mode. we are hitting new lows people
 

N° 2048

Member
So the
3 Pods(are there more?)
, can you get them at anytime or are they locked out after a certain point?

I am still super early into the game.
 

Anoxida

Member
It has all of the same elements of the original nier which was also considered an action RPG, so what changed? The fact that the combat is no longer average at best.

Having bad combat is not a prerequisite for being an RPG.

I've even had some people try and argue Nioh is not an RPG as well. Its so weird to me

That's not what I'm saying. I was mainly talking about the 70% rpg 30% action comment earlier in this thread, I don't agree with it, neither do I think that's a bad thing. The fighting is great.
 
Just completed a quest and heard a music track I've never heard before. Goddamn the music in this game is beautiful
it was the quest where you take a photo for 6O
 

Hektor

Member
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Nice

For the uninitiated: This is the person responsible for the famous Drakengard and NieR LP's
 

Takuhi

Member
For people who have played this...

How important is it that I complete Nier first or do they work almost as well in the opposite order?
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
For people who have played this...

How important is it that I complete Nier first or do they work almost as well in the opposite order?

You don't need to complete nier to understand this game. Indeed you could play this game and then play nier to uncover the backstory of the world, and things would not change much

But you dont have to play the first game at all to get a fully satisfying experience
 
At work and all I can do is think about getting home to continue the game.

I still haven't gotten any ending outside of ending W, so I'm excited to see what all the others bring.

Would those who have beaten the 'true end' say that it leaves a bigger impact than the original?
 

Finalow

Member
I guess I found the Phoenix Spear. I was using the scanner for a sidequest* and I randomly found the weapon somewhere in the desert. iirc it was the best weapon in the first game, not sure how good it's in this one though.

*that sidequest annoyed the hell out of me. you have to search in the whole fucking area for hidden items, which you can only locate when you're near them, fun! I found 3 of them and it still wasn't done. fuck you, sir.
the quest was even interesting since he was obviously talking about
the desert city from the first game.

speaking of sidequests, the
Emil
one. dem feels >:'(
 

Takuhi

Member
You don't need to complete nier to understand this game. Indeed you could play this game and then play nier to uncover the backstory of the world, and things would not change much

But you dont have to play the first game at all to get a fully satisfying experience

Sweet, thanks!

I always wanna play the shiny new one first. :)
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
At work and all I can do is think about getting home to continue the game.

I still haven't gotten any ending outside of ending W, so I'm excited to see what all the others bring.

Would those who have beaten the 'true end' say that it leaves a bigger impact than the original?

It leaves a much different impact. I would not necessarily say better or worse or bigger or smaller. It fits for Automata just like the ending fit for Nier.

Yoko Taro didn't lie about anything though in regards to how he might have described the game's overall general tone. This is a battle of robots and androids for humanity and it sets that mood appropriately in everything it does.

Which is more than what i can say for games like Drakengard 3 which just lost me in how utterly tone deaf and fall flat a lot of the off kilter humor was compared to what the events going on were supposed to envoke emotion wise
 

Laws00

Member
I saw this yesterday and it just made my jaw drop and say god damn.....

If you're on twitter and see Nier stuff you might have seen this gif going around.

The original twitter post I got the gif from has like 22K like and 13K retweets

IfrTZFm.gif
 

N° 2048

Member
Trying to remember this song, I think it's the one that plays after you turn in the
Resistance Disappearance
side quest.
Anyone know?
Wish the full OST was out :/
 

Mendrox

Member
I saw this yesterday and it just made my jaw drop and say god damn.....

If you're on twitter and see Nier stuff you might have seen this gif going around.

The original twitter post I got the gif from has like 22K like and 13K retweets

IfrTZFm.gif

a1zD1bPa_700w_0.jpg
 
I am absolutely kicking myself for not buying Automata digitally on the JPN store, I've had a week and a half to Horizon/Zelda without anything to play. I would have finished it by then, sigh.

YO0vgGH.png


Nice

For the uninitiated: This is the person responsible for the famous Drakengard and NieR LP's

The prodigal son returns! I hope he does an LP for Automata.
 

convo

Member
At work and all I can do is think about getting home to continue the game.

I still haven't gotten any ending outside of ending W, so I'm excited to see what all the others bring.

Would those who have beaten the 'true end' say that it leaves a bigger impact than the original?

I feel like the 'true end' of the orginal lost a certain amount of impact for me over time, that's really another discussion for another time but this game got me more than the first game.
I haven't seen yet what 100% completion will get you but 70% was worth it for Liam. Once the discussions really start, a highlight of his reactions to the endings should be included.
 

Jiraiza

Member
Guess I'll do an impression post later.

Still unsure of my feelings on ending E mainly because I hate not having an epilogue of the sorts on what the characters are doing x amount of time later. Makes me feel extremely shitty. Personally still would like to see more of 2B and 9S' story. Fuck.
 

convo

Member
Guess I'll do an impression post later.

Still unsure of my feelings on ending E mainly because I hate not having an epilogue of the sorts on what the characters are doing x amount of time later. Makes me feel extremely shitty. Personally still would like to see more of 2B and 9S' story. Fuck.

The other endings still have more concrete fates to the characters and just like every Yoko Taro game, they are still canon and relevant to the continuity. The sword holding 2b's memory is still pretty relevant such is any other part of the other endings.
 

Servbot24

Banned
I saw this yesterday and it just made my jaw drop and say god damn.....

If you're on twitter and see Nier stuff you might have seen this gif going around.

The original twitter post I got the gif from has like 22K like and 13K retweets

IfrTZFm.gif
So

I know it's a butt and all

But that aside the movement of the skin looks really good

Not just good cuz it's a butt
 

Aeana

Member
After I finally finished the
Parade Escort
quest and they hinted that there might be another one, I almost shut the game off. Why do you hate me this much, Yoko Taro?
 

convo

Member
After I finally finished the
Parade Escort
quest and they hinted that there might be another one, I almost shut the game off. Why do you hate me this much, Yoko Taro?

You are in luck there actually is not and everyone just walks away.
 
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