NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Nier 1 Remake - PC/PS4/XB1) - April 22, 2021

[Zealot]

My copy of Automata stopped working, never got to see past the first ending.

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[Andalusian girls]

missing out pal only finished about half the game, and not the better half.

[Xno Kappa]

People shit on the route B replay of automata but I loved it, and the payoff is huge.

[Laugana]

I wonder if some people unfamiliar with the game’s quirks only did one playthrough and thought that was it.

[The Stig]

I wonder if some people unfamiliar with the game’s quirks only did one playthrough and thought that was it.

A lot of reviewers didn't know about this initially and only reviewed Route A, despite the game telling you to continue, so perhaps they never made it to the end credits.

People shit on the route B replay of automata but I loved it, and the payoff is huge.

It's less jarring in automata but a little more jarring in Replicant. Both concepts are the same however and it really changes things, it's a really good concept/style!

Why more jarring in replicant?

Spoiler: show

You start off with a text adventure that is rather long, but then you also start from the mid game post time skip with the same character. You benefit from extra dialogue yes, but it can be somewhat jarring! The game is largely the same with some extra or changed cutscenes if I remember correctly

[KuroTsuki]

People shit on the route B replay of automata but I loved it, and the payoff is huge.

Same. I loved the 8-bit version of all the songs as you hacked things too.

[Andalusian girls]

People shit on the route B replay of automata but I loved it, and the payoff is huge.

yee B is not as mechanically interesting as A but it's how you should do subversion / expand the story / POV shift, and then C/D/E come in and rock everyone's fuckin tits off

[Vaspinne]

How detrimental and in-depth is the leveling up/chipset/weapon leveling stuff? That RPG side of the game is what caught my eye and interested me most, I love that shit

[The Stig]

Not very, but unless they adjusted it the grind for materials can be insufferable. For the "chips" in this game it's not as complex/deep, just stuff like Attack Power +10% etc, so it's quite similar already.

Although, there is gardening on top of fishing

[Melena]

I wonder if some people unfamiliar with the game’s quirks only did one playthrough and thought that was it.

I mean when you complete route A, the game flat out says you haven't seen shit, time to start again bucko.

[Vaspinne]

Not very, but unless they adjusted it the grind for materials can be insufferable. For the "chips" in this game it's not as complex/deep, just stuff like Attack Power +10% etc, so it's quite similar already.

Although, there is gardening on top of fishing

Hmm, that's a bit of a shame. So it's more a hack-n-slash kinda action adventure game then I take it?

[Koul]

Hmm, that's a bit of a shame. So it's more a hack-n-slash kinda action adventure game then I take it?

Yeah, but I would try and not let that deter you. I'm pretty much a strict RPG gamer and Automata is absolutely amazing

whoops, thought you were talking about automata

[The Stig]

It's like automata, you get a few zones and establishments with NPCs and plenty of side quests/story. You'll feel right at home to be honest if you enjoyed automata (with many weapons to get, to level up, each with a story/text). You still have your "pod" with the equippable moves.

Remember that automata takes everything in this game and expands/improves on it. So going back a step here, the chip system in this game exists for weapons only, rather than your character. But instead of chips, you have words. I like to see it as a slot to equip enhancements at this point, but it's fairly elementary with enhancements like: Physical Str + N%, Armor Break +N%, Magic Power +N%, Exp +N%, Item Drops +N% etc

We can only hope that besides the gameplay shown off in the videos, that they improved on these systems as well!

There's every chance that this is improve/expanded upon of course, but we'll only see when the game comes out

[Vaspinne]

I am talking about Automata! Is Replicant even out yet????

[Andalusian girls]

lulz it is not, and Automata is light-to-moderate on RPG elements, but it is semi-open world and a good chunk of the side quests are dope af. re character building it is more akin to an action-RPG like God of War or Mass Effect than an expansive build-whatever-character-you-want like Skyrim. you can switch out weapons and get different setups going through your chip layout which are mostly stat % increase, but some offer novel abilities. you also gain experience and level up and all the rest.

ultimately the core gameplay was constructed by the Bayonetta folk and it shows (tho there is a lotttttt of deviation from that core gameplay). RPG elements won't wow anyone but they're fine. game is played primarily for the story.

[The Stig]

Extra Content Trailer

[Gokulo]

https://nier.square-enix-games.com/e...moiregiveaway/

Damn you guys in US

[Andalusian girls]

prepare to cry lesgooo

[Cream Soda]

prepare to cry lesgooo

Playing english confirmed

[KuroTsuki]

Yeah, definitely try to play in English if you can. It's pretty good from what I remember.

On top of stuff like that opening, it has some of my favorite English voice acting scenes in gaming. One of the boss fights late in the game always gives me chills.

With that said, it sounds like voice acting was redone for that intro. Is that going to be the case with the whole game? I haven't really been keeping up with the changes.