Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Dec 10, 2021

  Why do I recommend this game? (Spoiler Free)

  About the story and it's writing I am typing this right after finishing the game with all major endings, I have no words for what I have just experienced. Sure there are great games with great stories and eventually those stories reach the TV screen due to Netflix or whatever. But, you cannot experience Nier Automata in any other medium apart from gaming. It is something you have to live through to understand and appreciate. The character development is a huge part of the story. You need to get all the major endings to understand their psychology and motives but it is not a grind in any way. Infact, every route is unique with unique cutscenes and storytelling and they all beautifully tie up at the end of the game( by that I mean the true ending, you'll have to play it to find out). I can talk about the story all day but alas it's a review and I must stay brief. The mechanics and combat The booty The body physics in this game is really smooth and natural along with dynamic hair movement. There are a considerable amount of weapons in this game, each one is unique in design but most bigger swords have similar animations, same goes for smaller swords. but the different types of POD Programs are what make the combat unique in my experience, starting from gatling gun and missiles, all the way to electric shock and force field. You can run, you can dash, you can jump down a building and let your pod gently glide you down, you can also catch fish! There are also many other things you can do but this is a spoiler free review so.. Some of the bosses are kinda tough even at easy difficulty, especially in route C but the battles are satisfying and so worth it. Maybe it's only difficult for me maybe because hand holding in AAA games these days has ruined me lol. So yeah, the combat is really satisfying , the effects are gorgeous and each boss is unique in everyway except for the things they fire which are red and magenta orbs of energy, they fire it in different unique ways and that what makes them stand out from eachother aside from their different body types. You will be controlling multiple characters at some point in the game and each character has it's own unique sets of abilities and combat styles. About the camera angles The camera angle will change throughout the game and even during bossfights, It is not wonky in any way but I think you'll be having a great time with a controller but KB and M also works fine. AT times the perspective changes from 3D to a platformer and I just love it how you can see the actual scsle of things in 2.5D and appreciate the scale of the game even more. Music Brilliant, just f****ing fantastic muaah!! It's like a chef's kiss on his favourite dish. The vocals and the chorus send chills up my spine during combat, sometimes brings tears to my eyes while digging deep in the lore. It doesn't touch my soul, it hugs it.

  About the post patch performance

  i did try the game before the July patch on a different account and it was laggy and stuttery asf at times so uninstalled but I recently installed this version and noticed that many improvements have been made. It still needs one more patch in my opinion but currently the performance is acceptable. I still get stuuters while entering newer areas that is because I have lots of texture mods and reshade installed. If you wanna play the game and have the best experience possible, FAR mod is still recommended. I need it for my texture mods. I have a laptop with a GTX 1650 and an i5 9300H, I was getting 58-60FPS on all high settings except Anti Aliasing. I get about 50-60FPS with all texture mods installed with FAR mod and a couple of stutters while entering new areas. So it's completely upto you whether you want more graphical fidelity or more performance, of course decide acccording to your rig. It's a shame tho that this patch took 4 years, should have taken 4 weeks at max for a company like Square Enix in my opinion. But anyways we have it now and I completely recommend this game for people with 1050Ti and above.

  About the mods

  Im using lots of texture and reshade mods along with FAR mod so it's hard to list all of them. But there's this mod helper that lets you search and install various mods with a very cute UI and animation of 2B. Link- https://www.nexusmods.com/nierautomata/mods/140

  Some gameplay tips

  1. SAVE!! whenever possible!! 2. explore the map and do side quests to unlock fast travel to different zones and level up. Levelling up is important especially for the beginning of route C. 3. Invest or gather lots of Small and medium recoveries. You may need these a lot during boss battles. Large recovery isn't necessary if you have a lot of these and these come by easier. 4. Use Pod more in combat so that you can focus on dodging, when the enemies stop firing, dash and slash 5. Explore, there's a lot of stuff and lore in this game. It'll not only let you uncover a lotta stuff but also reward you with credits and lots of other cool stuff that you can use in combat like the E- Drug that basically drives you mad during combat. 6. Do not engage non hostile enemies unless absolutely necessary. If you get stuck, you'll just be burning lotta recoveries and meds trying to win. And they're kinda cute..so no..please..I'm begging you. 7. There are 26 endings in total, most of them are silly jokes but Endings A, B, C, D and E are the actual endings. Ending E is the final closure providing ending to the story. Now one more thing about those pods- POD 042 : ቻሁዪፕዘቿዪ ረጎፕቿዪልዪሃ ልክዕ ኗልጠቿየረልሃ ልክልረሃነጎነ ጌሃ የረልሃቿዪ ክልጠቿ ጕሁዪዐ ጎነ የዪዐዘጎጌጎፕቿዕ ጌሃ ፕዘቿ የዪቿ ጎክነፕልረረቿዕ የዪዐፕዐርዐረነ ልክዕ ልርርቿነነ ቻዐዪ ቻሁዪፕዘቿዪ ልክልረሃነጎነ ጎነ ዕቿክጎቿዕ. ርዐክፕጎክሁቿዕ ዐየዪቿነነጎዐክ ዐክ ነሃነፕቿጠ የዪዐፕዐርዐረነ ሠጎረረ ዪቿነሁረፕ ጎክ ቿሸፕቿዪጠጎክልፕጎዐክ ዐቻ ፕዘቿ ክቿሁዪልረ ክቿፕሠዐዪጕነ ዐቻ ፕዘቿ ጎክዕጎሀጎዕሁልረ POD 042: command_line shutdown steamapplication; command_line shutdown main OS;
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2022

  come for booba and leave with sorrow
• gamedeal user

  Jul 27, 2022

  Where is my church Yoko Taro?? WHERE IS IT????
• gamedeal user

  Oct 2, 2022

  I got the game because I was horny but now I'm just depressed
• Evian

  Nov 12, 2022

  ⠄⠄⠄⠄⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⣼⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡏⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⡟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⢰⠃⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⢿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⠄⢸⢠⣿⣿⣧⡙⣿⣿⡆⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⡇⠸⣿⡿⣸⡇⠄ ⠄⠈⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡙⠳⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⣠⣤⣀⣈⠙⠃⠄⠿⢇⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠄⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⡀⣼⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠄⢹⡘⣿⣿⣿⢿⣷⡀⠄⢀⣴⣾⣟⠉⠉⠉⠉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⢹⣿⠃⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⢷⡘⢿⣿⣎⢻⣷⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⠟⢫⡾⢸⡟⠄. ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠻⣦⡙⠿⣧⠙⢷⠙⠻⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠄⠂⠘⠁⠞⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠙⠑⣠⣤⣴⡖⠄⠿⣋⣉⣉⡁⠄⢾⣦⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ I love 2B.
• Burningspaceman

  Nov 13, 2022

  This is probably one of the most important pieces of media produced in the last decade. This is a must play. A great deconstruction of games that where the protagonist cuts down mobs of enemies.
• All_IN

  Nov 13, 2022

  one of the best games I have ever played, beautiful.
• Gryphon

  Nov 14, 2022

  ⠄⠄⠄⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⣼⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡏⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⡟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⢰⠃⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⢿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⠄⢸⢠⣿⣿⣧⡙⣿⣿⡆⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⡇⠸⣿⡿⣸⡇⠄ ⠄⠈⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡙⠳⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⣠⣤⣀⣈⠙⠃⠄⠿⢇⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠄⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣆⡀⣼⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠄⢹⡘⣿⣿⣿⢿⣷⡀⠄⢀⣴⣾⣟⠉⠉⠉⠉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⢹⣿⠃⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⢷⡘⢿⣿⣎⢻⣷⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⠟⢫⡾⢸⡟⠄. ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠻⣦⡙⠿⣧⠙⢷⠙⠻⠿⢿⡿⠿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠄⠂⠘⠁⠞⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠙⠑⣠⣤⣴⡖⠄⠿⣋⣉⣉⡁⠄⢾⣦⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄"
• reardin

  Nov 14, 2022

  Best ladder gameplay since MGS3
• sortarayua

  Nov 14, 2022

  Game-play- A Story- B RPG Stuff- C Music- A Graphics- B