NieR: Automata

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 1804 Ratings

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    It's a game without any particular strengths. The charm of the characters is the only thing that keeps some people playing.
  2. Tintler
    Jun 26, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oyun varoluşsal soruları hikaye ile birlikte güzel bir şekilde sunuyor. Birden fazla sonu bulunuyor.
    PC optimizasyonu iyi değil.    … Expand
  3. Laranja3321
    Apr 20, 2023
    7
    O Jogo me passou uma primeira experiência sensacional, possui uma gameplay interessante e uma direção de arte sensacional, quero principalmente pontuar que a trilha é absurdamente boa, porém, o jogo tem um problema que me broxou profundamente. A Narrativa do jogo é boa, mas, não o suficiente para me fazer rejogar o jogo por diversas vezes para entende-la e confesso que isso me desagradouO Jogo me passou uma primeira experiência sensacional, possui uma gameplay interessante e uma direção de arte sensacional, quero principalmente pontuar que a trilha é absurdamente boa, porém, o jogo tem um problema que me broxou profundamente. A Narrativa do jogo é boa, mas, não o suficiente para me fazer rejogar o jogo por diversas vezes para entende-la e confesso que isso me desagradou um pouco ainda mais por que a segunda gameplay não apresenta tantas diferenças da primeira, enfim, pra mim o jogo teve parte do seu potencial desperdiçado.… Expand
  4. saio
    Jan 12, 2023
    7
    ужасный издатель и не самый добросовестный разработчик всеми силами пытались испортить великолепную идею, в том числе и с помощью отвратительной оптимизации. к счастью им удалось это не до конца
  5. MikComposer
    Jan 11, 2023
    6
    It is a decent game (goty edition). In terms of gameplay and story it's a mix of old school snes action adventure jrpg's with new more open style design. It has its exciting moments but ultimately it doesn't reach hights it is set out to deliver. At least half of the game feels like a slog, but even so, there was enough fun gameplay in it to reach end of route A, but not enough to continueIt is a decent game (goty edition). In terms of gameplay and story it's a mix of old school snes action adventure jrpg's with new more open style design. It has its exciting moments but ultimately it doesn't reach hights it is set out to deliver. At least half of the game feels like a slog, but even so, there was enough fun gameplay in it to reach end of route A, but not enough to continue with other characters.
    Story style is like other anime; But want point out that anime is heavily influenced by classic Italian Cinema ( movies like warriors of the wasteland 2020) and classic Italian Opera. And that's what it is.
    Soundtrack is on the other hand stellar. Can hear many composition style influences, from Polish and Bulgarian, to German. And it drives the game. I've listened to this soundtrack more then I've played. All in all it's worth getting at a discount. I'm waiting for the third game and meanwhile maybe I'll check out Replicant.    … Expand
  6. Zallen
    Sep 9, 2022
    5
    Посредственная игра в унылом кибер-постапоке, со вторичным геймплеем, с псевдо-философским сюжетом, с невзрачными персонажами, пустыми миром и доп. квестами разряда подай принеси. И что бы узнать все подробности сюжета нужно пройти игру 3 или 4 раза, о да, это мы любим... Игра, хайп которой идет вокруг труселей героини - велико.
    5ть фансервисов из 10ти.    Посредственная игра в унылом кибер-постапоке, со вторичным геймплеем, с псевдо-философским сюжетом, с невзрачными персонажами, пустыми миром и доп. квестами разряда подай принеси. И что бы узнать все подробности сюжета нужно пройти игру 3 или 4 раза, о да, это мы любим... Игра, хайп которой идет вокруг труселей героини - велико.
    5ть фансервисов из 10ти.
  7. Antohadance
    Jun 22, 2022
    7
    Красивый слэшер с сильным сюжетом и хорошей музыкой, но с очень слабым геймплеем
  8. briiiz
    Apr 13, 2022
    7
    首先不得不说，这游戏的剧情音乐体验几乎完美，感人且深刻的剧情也自然是他的主要买点，而且即使画质不高但是画面表现力绝对顶尖。
    然后就是他的缺点了，其实游戏体验是十分糟糕的，驱动游戏的只有剧情和音乐，且不提跑图，他的关卡设计十分糟糕，不少强制锁视角的场景配合阴间怪，弹幕混杂在攻击里面可以说是毁掉了他本来应该不差的动作系统，而且敌人后期重复度很高除了前期的游乐园也没有让人眼前一亮的boss。
    然后是他的存档问题，虽然清楚这是为了符合游戏设定，但只能特定地区手动存档还是让我感到不适，尤其是三周目后期死亡一次就只能回到之前手动存的位置让我再次体验了不少本来就已经重复度高的关卡。还有就是可以说是稀碎的支线任务体验，在本身跑图方面就受诟病的情况下支线任务多数只是往返各个地方来对话，当然，支线有很多支持游戏主题的好剧情和各种彩蛋，但仍然无法让人有去全部完成的意愿    首先不得不说，这游戏的剧情音乐体验几乎完美，感人且深刻的剧情也自然是他的主要买点，而且即使画质不高但是画面表现力绝对顶尖。
    然后就是他的缺点了，其实游戏体验是十分糟糕的，驱动游戏的只有剧情和音乐，且不提跑图，他的关卡设计十分糟糕，不少强制锁视角的场景配合阴间怪，弹幕混杂在攻击里面可以说是毁掉了他本来应该不差的动作系统，而且敌人后期重复度很高除了前期的游乐园也没有让人眼前一亮的boss。
    然后是他的存档问题，虽然清楚这是为了符合游戏设定，但只能特定地区手动存档还是让我感到不适，尤其是三周目后期死亡一次就只能回到之前手动存的位置让我再次体验了不少本来就已经重复度高的关卡。还有就是可以说是稀碎的支线任务体验，在本身跑图方面就受诟病的情况下支线任务多数只是往返各个地方来对话，当然，支线有很多支持游戏主题的好剧情和各种彩蛋，但仍然无法让人有去全部完成的意愿
  9. Sinmaker
    Jan 19, 2022
    7
    The game is good, but it's overrated.

    The fact that game talks about some human emotions like anxiety, love, fear doesnt mean that it does in a productive way. Basically the characters say "i have that feeling....i'm gonna kill all or cry about it because i cant handle. GROWN UP. Play it, but do not expect too much from it. --> Strengths: . Soundtrack . Potential for hentai    The game is good, but it's overrated.

    The fact that game talks about some human emotions like anxiety, love, fear doesnt mean that it does in a productive way. Basically the characters say "i have that feeling....i'm gonna kill all or cry about it because i cant handle. GROWN UP.

    Play it, but do not expect too much from it.

    --> Strengths:

    . Soundtrack

    . Potential for hentai ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    . Plot twists

    . It has philosophical elements that can lead the player to become interested in that área.

    . Good interaction of typical tech settings with characters. Ex: increase memory, upgrade parts, etc.

    --> Negative Points:

    . Shallow philosophy [i have major degree in philosophy and i tell you that. Take some phrases from Sartre and put it in the game doesnt make it philosophical].

    . Hack mini game. It looks like it was created in the 90's and it has a design error within it. Spinning is
    different from moving sideways.

    . Even those who played the predecessor game (NIER) have many doubts about the plot. Why do humans create a species that has the same problems as they? Ex: anxiety, emotions, etc.

    . Absurd concepts. 1) Baby machines (machines are ready-made, the concept of biological development only apllies for those how were born, not "ready-made”); 2) Red fluids "blood" in machines/androids. Why they would spend time and resources to introduce red cells in machines that dont need red “ink” to transport O2 through a body.

    . Excessive reuse of assets. There are 5 serious endings and at least 25 hours of gameplay in the same 4-5 scenarios.    … Expand
  10. Fazed
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    Really good story and combat mechanics just becomes boring once you have to do Nine's story as it is just 2B's story again which is where I stopped playing.
  11. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    6
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  12. watchm824
    Sep 13, 2021
    5
    I have completed NieR: Automata and am at a loss. Why is everyone praising this game so much? Why such high marks?

    Very difficult start to the game, no way to save progress. And this is a very controversial decision, since further the game is quite simple at the standard difficulty level. Then I died in the game only twice. What's more: monotonous and boring opponents, pointless camera    I have completed NieR: Automata and am at a loss. Why is everyone praising this game so much? Why such high marks?

    Very difficult start to the game, no way to save progress. And this is a very controversial decision, since further the game is quite simple at the standard difficulty level. Then I died in the game only twice.
    What's more: monotonous and boring opponents, pointless camera changes, dull gameplay.
    But the most important thing is the plot. I kept waiting for it to become interesting. When there are interesting turns or memorable characters. After all, everyone praised the plot so much ... But I never got anything interesting.
    As I understand it, everyone just liked the main character in the game in a short skirt. Because there is nothing else in this game.
    Dull gameplay, boring plot.
    I feel sorry for the time wasted on her.    … Expand
  13. RockerKR
    Jun 2, 2021
    6
    Sponged overpowered bosses, anoying camera movement, full of **** time consuming mini games, cool but a little chaotic combat and ofc sexy protagonist ^^
  14. VigilanteOito
    Mar 28, 2021
    7
    O jogo é bom, porem não é tudo isso que dizem por ai.
    Não vale de jeito nenhum o preço que estao cobrando, so joguei por que foi pelo gamepass.
    Graficos de 360, meio mal otimizado.
    Repetitivo as vezes.
    Camera as vezes atrapalha.
    A novinha é gostosinha pra car@i.
  15. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    6
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  16. doproyee
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    amazing music and gameplay with cringy story & bad map navigation & bad optimization for pc version
  17. Tigrrr
    Jan 10, 2021
    7
    Playing the demo is what originally got me into buying this game (besides the 2Booty). While I do like the game, the game ultimately left me unsatisfied due to a lack of focus on the main draw of this game; the combat. Throughout my experience I was equally enjoying myself as well as irritated.

    The game tries to hybrid a fast paced action game with RPG elements, but ultimately the RPG    Playing the demo is what originally got me into buying this game (besides the 2Booty). While I do like the game, the game ultimately left me unsatisfied due to a lack of focus on the main draw of this game; the combat. Throughout my experience I was equally enjoying myself as well as irritated.

    The game tries to hybrid a fast paced action game with RPG elements, but ultimately the RPG elements feel like they detract from the combat IMO.

    +It's fun to string together heavy and light attacks and timing your dodges. It very fast, allowing you to skirt around your enemies and launching attacks from nearly any available angle. It's not very hard arguably. Most of the fun comes from perfecting your attacks, timing your dodges and stringing combos.
    +The story is relatively entertaining and leaves a strong impression with a lot of people. It is a layered story, where the more you progress through the game, the more past story beats are contextualized and given meaning. The story especially towards the end can rouse an emotional reaction.
    +It controls quiet well. There is a sense of fluidity and seamlessness as you weave in and out of combat.
    +It's premise is at its core themed around existentialism, which can be interesting if your into that topic.
    +Side quests generally expand the scope of the game's story and theme. Sometimes they can be a bit annoying or arbitrarily gatekeep you with level requirements.

    -The game just doesn't feel as satisfying as i thought it would. It does a lot of things but doesn't truly commit to one. It likes to combine elements from different genres, such as RPG's but also occasionally bullet hells and sidescrollers/top down type of games by forcing the camera. While the premise is cute, it ultimately feels just like a distraction from the games core gameplay (which is also the most rewarding); the melee action.
    -Forced perspectives, while occasionally cute are mostly just annoying, especially if they make a combat encounter harder (Robot singer boss fight and Jackass's fight experiments are good examples). The game doesn't need them.
    -Playing as 9S sucks. He doesn't have a heavy attack, instead an OP hacking minigame, meaning you lose a lot of the fluidity and grace of playing as 2B/A2. Your left with mostly just spamming light attack or hacking if the enemy has too much health. It's boring and a downgrade gameplay wise to play as him.
    -The open world is really small. You are going to retread through a lot of the same environment. It is also quiet bland in a way, but i guess that is typical of many Japanese games. Overdesigned main characters in an underdesigned environment. Even the enemies are just literal tincans with appendages and dots for eyes.
    -There is not a lot of enemy variety and their attacks patterns are really simplistic.
    -A2 as a character could have been more developed.
    -The difficulty settings are quiet strange. Normal difficulty is almost too easy while hard is way too hard strangely enough. On normal you'll barely take any damage from getting hit while on hard you'll get one-shot by almost any attack that isn't meant to be pathetically weak. It's quiet jarring.
    -The PC port of this game could be better. Certain issues you could have with the game could require mods to solve.

    This is a good game experience mired with irritations. I feel like the core gameplay and general feel of this game would benefit greatly from a more honed focus on doing one type of gameplay well instead of what we have now, where it feels like there is a good game with a lot of **** stapled on. I whish it was a more consistent experience. I like the fluidity of movement and combat and the gradual progression through the experience is somewhat satisfying.

    It is a good game but it is not as good as they say. It's an above average anime romp with maid outfits.

    Buy this game only if you are a weeb and open to a more experimental experience. It helps to be open minded when going into this game. It does not deliver as a action game in a satisfying way ultimately but there is still some fun to be had. Its current asking price is fair. If you just like a good story then you can't go wrong if you have the time to spare (Ca. 25-30 hours including side quests). Ultimately I left this game dissatisfied and slightly enraged. Not because it was a bad game perhaps, but because of the lost potential and all of the over-the-top glowing reviews that seem to gloss over it's flaws.    … Expand
  18. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    A decent hack & slash experience.

    If you like hack and slash action games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta, you'll like Nier Automata plus a bit of bullet storm. The combat mainly involves attack and parry. There are skill and combo upgrades, which they implemented in a neat way. There are special techniques you can learn, but the combat wasn't difficult enough to warrant my investment    A decent hack & slash experience.

    If you like hack and slash action games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta, you'll like Nier Automata plus a bit of bullet storm. The combat mainly involves attack and parry. There are skill and combo upgrades, which they implemented in a neat way. There are special techniques you can learn, but the combat wasn't difficult enough to warrant my investment in it all. The setting is an open world, so there's a lot of landscape to explore, but I can't say there's too many interesting points of interests around. Neither did I have incentive to do much side missions because they felt rather repetitive. Though the areas you visit during the main campaign are very cool. I really like the apocalyptic world they created.

    The story is captivating, and keeps you hooked to see how it plays out. Seeing the protagonists progress along their story is interesting. If you don't like the regular ending, there's actually 26 more to unlock, which is an absolute overkill in my opinion. I felt this was a negative for me. I wanted more questions answered after the first play through, but realized I needed to replay it at least 3 times to get the explanations I wanted, and I simply don't have time for that. Plus the extra playthroughs overlap a lot meaning you'll see a lot of the same cutscenes and gameplay.

    Overall, the game is a fun hack and slash, with a decent story as well. If you want the full story and experience, you'll definitely have to playthrough the game multiple times though.    … Expand
  19. hoanns
    Dec 13, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is either bullet hell or melee with waves after waves of repetive robot enemies.
    The world is bland, lifeless and really underdeveloped, with annoying anime characters that spout out lame phrases.
    The story might be intruiging if there wasn't all this slogging (you even have to repeat the same boring part for ending B if you want to progress), but in the end it didn't really    The gameplay is either bullet hell or melee with waves after waves of repetive robot enemies.
    The world is bland, lifeless and really underdeveloped, with annoying anime characters that spout out lame phrases.
    The story might be intruiging if there wasn't all this slogging (you even have to repeat the same boring part for ending B if you want to progress), but in the end it didn't really go deep on explaining the world or the deeper motivations of the factions and characters (apart from nihilistic phrases "life meaningless", "hooomans dead", "gonna kill aaaaall machines!!!"). The behaviour of your faction or some enemy figures and the whole gameworld does not really make sense to me.    … Expand
  20. MaxmilianKohler
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    My god, what a B**** this game was to get working well on PC. Gotta mod the heck out of it.

    Unfortunately the raving reviews got my expectations way too high for this game. It's nowhere near as good as people are claiming. Good: Sexy android. Bad: The male android costume is the polar opposite of the female one. It's ugly as hell. Stupid lack of save function made me have to    My god, what a B**** this game was to get working well on PC. Gotta mod the heck out of it.

    Unfortunately the raving reviews got my expectations way too high for this game. It's nowhere near as good as people are claiming.

    Good:
    Sexy android.

    Bad:
    The male android costume is the polar opposite of the female one. It's ugly as hell.

    Stupid lack of save function made me have to replay the first hour of the game multiple times. It also makes it really annoying to tweak and mod the game since you have to play through a good amount of the game before you can get to a section where you can test stuff. And you have to do that over and over.

    Tediously long boss fights.

    The combat isn't particularly appealing. Clanging metal on metal rarely is. The only motivation I have to engage enemies is to level up. Dull. It's frequently mindless, repetitive, and monotonous. And even leveling up isn't rewarding. Nothing significant seems to occur when you gain a level.

    You get a partner at one point and their outfit is very similar to yours, to the point where it's confusing to be able to tell what character you're controlling during some battles. And even more so when they throw in an enemy that also looks extremely similar.

    Another part of the game you're given a different companion and it positions itself between your character and the 3rd party camera, thus blocking your view of your character. Ridiculous.

    Enemies drop items during fights, but those items disappear pretty quickly, so you have to concentrate on both fighting and picking stuff up at the same time. Annoying and dumb.

    For some unapparent reason there's a mouse cursor visible all the time, even after disabling a second one with a mod. And during some parts of the game where you're in a flying combat unit the crosshair it gives you is not highly visible and easily lost track of.

    In other fights it's just pure visual chaos, to the point where you have no idea what's going on.

    At first the way it would lock your camera, switch angles, and remove control from you was just slightly annoying, but then it did it during a fight at it was absolutely awful.

    Then some stupid hacking mechanism continually popping up during a boss battle.

    Navigation and map system is awful. It's very hard to figure out where to go based on the map, and I have to press multiple keys and buttons to get to the map. It's very tedious. Fast travel doesn't unlock till late in the game after you've already had to run back and forth long distances. And it's got nothing to do with realism either, because there are many things about the game that don't even attempt to be realistic. So they just make you run back and forth long distances for no reason. And then at the end of the game they want you to play through the whole thing again to see another ending?! Ha! Yeah right!

    There's a part of the game where I need to get to the top of a tall building. I spend a minute climbing a ladder the whole way up only to find out there is no access to the top via the ladder. This game is awful.

    The item system is very unintuitive. I mostly just ignored it. They don't tell you what anything is or what anything does. You have to look it all up online. Ridiculous.

    They make you press a button to pick up items even though you'll want/need to pick them all up. There are no items you don't need/want to pick up.

    There are regular times where I'm left with no quests and no markers of where to go, and I have to look up online what I'm supposed to do next. And it's not like it's an open world where you can choose what to do. No, there's only one thing for you to do, they just won't tell you what it is.

    I had a bunch of active quests, but apparently I triggered some unobvious point in the storyline and all the quests went away. The game seems designed so that you have to do all side quests as soon as you get them.

    There are major items and upgrades that you would only find either by luck or by learning about it on the internet.

    The production value is fairly mediocre. Many of the characters you interact with don't even have speech, you have to read the text conversation.

    The world visuals aren't appealing, so I don't find enjoyment in exploring and discovering new areas. Most of the game takes place in a few areas that you keep going back to.

    I see people praising the story, but even as an avid science fiction reader I don't find it particularly good. The android characters continually make nonsensical statements about other robots' mental capacity, as if they are drastically different from the androids, even though androids are simply robots in a humanoid body. After watching a full playthrough of the game, there seems to be a number of plot holes.

    The people saying this game is 10/10 are out of their dam minds.    … Expand
  21. Relkad
    Aug 15, 2020
    7
    Good old F'D up japanese warrior philosophy in a good old F'D up universe accompanied by an engaging fighting system
  22. Jrson
    May 5, 2020
    7
    A game with good story, but very boring combat. The side quests in this game is certainly better than a lot of games out there. The PC port seems to have some issues with crashing.
  23. auditbadger
    Jan 20, 2020
    6
    I think that this is truly a unique game and I would recommend that if you are a fan of this type of genre then I think you should give this game a try.
  24. Tohitoh
    Aug 1, 2019
    5
    Would like to put 10 points. The game has many cool aspects: fighting, locations, soundtrack, 2B herself. But the story is so depressive, that it breaks any good impressions. I just don't get why players and game creators like those negative emotions so much. All those tears, screams, deaths. Is their life so happy and carefree that they want to see some depressive content at least in the game?
  25. JonsGone
    Apr 10, 2019
    7
    Excellent gameplay all around.
    Story gets in the way of the game.
    Slightly above average anime story.
    Soundtrack is ♥.
    Annoying character isnt actually that annoying.
  26. R_1777
    Feb 9, 2019
    7
    Es innegable que Nier Automata es uno de los mejores videojuegos de esta generación, tanto en la historia, como en la banda sonora y en la jugabilidad, ya que no es muy común que esta última cambie en mitad de algúna sona o combate y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.
    El argumento es un tanto frío, pero tiene sus momentos de comedia.
    Las animaciones son muy buenas y se ven muy bien. Pero    Es innegable que Nier Automata es uno de los mejores videojuegos de esta generación, tanto en la historia, como en la banda sonora y en la jugabilidad, ya que no es muy común que esta última cambie en mitad de algúna sona o combate y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.
    El argumento es un tanto frío, pero tiene sus momentos de comedia.
    Las animaciones son muy buenas y se ven muy bien.

    Pero el problema que tiene la verción de PC es que tiene una pésima optimización.
    La iluminación consume muchos recursos, la resolución 1080p se encuentra deshabilitado en pantalla completa rebajandose a 1366x768p y se cierra constantemente.

    Es una verguenza que alguien ajeno a la empresa desarrolladora y/o distribuidora corrija esos errores en la optimización por medio de un parche no-oficial, y que no lo haya hecho el mismo estudio.

    Le daría un 9, pero los problemas que tiene en PC le hacen bajar puntos.

    Solo espero que Granblue fantasy Relink no tenga esos problemas en PC, por que se ve espectacular.    … Expand
  27. Jahith
    Jan 11, 2019
    5
    Nier is pretty to look at, plesant listen to and has a wonderful game-play which makes it so sad that its story is dragging it down. Nier tries to be deep by naming characters after famous philosophers and does not do anything with it. Narrative tries to explore the theme of humanity but it drops the ball by making all the characters human. Yes they are humans, They might say they areNier is pretty to look at, plesant listen to and has a wonderful game-play which makes it so sad that its story is dragging it down. Nier tries to be deep by naming characters after famous philosophers and does not do anything with it. Narrative tries to explore the theme of humanity but it drops the ball by making all the characters human. Yes they are humans, They might say they are androids or machines or whatever. But make no mistake they are humans. There is nothing alien or artificial about them, We have a typical teenage boy. A typical "grizzled old cop" in form of 2B (God I cringe every time her name is uttered. Yeah really deep developer "too be or not to be" I never heard that one before), it is an equivalent of artist stripping naked covering themselves in honey and fecal matter, yelling to high heavens "Look at how deep I am. Pay attention to me I am an artist. I am an artist". This makes the story shallow and cringy but it would be bearable if the game did not put the focus on it. As it is it comes out as condescending treating the player as a dumb peasant that "just would not get it if we do not hammer it in".
    in short if you care about silly things like story do not buy it. if you want a pretty spectacle with awesome music buy it. Also buy OST it is worth every penny. if you find yourself skipping dialog and cut-scenes do not feel bad. Everything uttered out of characters mouths is garbage. Make your own story. I guarantee it will be better.    … Expand
  28. Tyler_Ready
    Nov 24, 2018
    6
    A work in progress. It's very rare for me to leave a game un-beaten. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, but goddamn, it's so convoluted and its size so hard to gauge, that I am too lost and I'd rather play something else. This is coming from someone who loves open worlds, but this is just not clicking for me yet. I have much faith in its narrative, characters, gameplay and just relentlessA work in progress. It's very rare for me to leave a game un-beaten. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, but goddamn, it's so convoluted and its size so hard to gauge, that I am too lost and I'd rather play something else. This is coming from someone who loves open worlds, but this is just not clicking for me yet. I have much faith in its narrative, characters, gameplay and just relentless imagination, so I'll give it a second chance next year and hopefully change this review. Good luck if you're picking it up soon, I hope you dig it more that I did.… Expand
  29. eded9999
    Oct 2, 2018
    6
    Music is 10/10, story turns interesting by the end of the game (with a nice surprise!) but:

    > Secondary Quests are repetitive fetching tasks. > Combat is way too easy, just smash attack button, no skill require. Healing is also OP. > Mandatory replay of the first half of the game (Route A+B) cheese way to extend game duration. And finally, this is a HORRIBLE PORT, fullscreen is    Music is 10/10, story turns interesting by the end of the game (with a nice surprise!) but:

    > Secondary Quests are repetitive fetching tasks.
    > Combat is way too easy, just smash attack button, no skill require. Healing is also OP.
    > Mandatory replay of the first half of the game (Route A+B) cheese way to extend game duration.

    And finally, this is a HORRIBLE PORT, fullscreen is broken on several levels, poor optimization, full stutter cutscenes, and after more than a year later NO PATCH YET, they just don't care about PC version.    … Expand
  30. Metalpizza123
    Apr 9, 2018
    7
    this is a fantastic game, ruined by an abysmal port.
    Nier Automata is another hack n slash from Platinum, with Square Enix's Yoko Taro at the helm. This is a beautiful and deep game, with multiple endings, lots of side content and fantastic critique of human culture and society, while being quite fun to play. the combat is slick, smooth and mechanically sound. It's not DMC4, but each type    this is a fantastic game, ruined by an abysmal port.
    Nier Automata is another hack n slash from Platinum, with Square Enix's Yoko Taro at the helm. This is a beautiful and deep game, with multiple endings, lots of side content and fantastic critique of human culture and society, while being quite fun to play. the combat is slick, smooth and mechanically sound. It's not DMC4, but each type of weapon does have its own moveset. I do wish for more moves, as it gets repetitive very quickly. Some of the side missions also are frustrating and unrewarding. The RPG-esque Chip system is a fun way to tweak your experience and try out some silly playstyles. The story is fantastic and self contained, but ties into other Yoko Taro's work, if you have played Nier or Drakengard. the characters are fantastic, with depth and terrific voice acting to back up their struggle and story. However, you can run the risk of over levelling yourself like crazy, but that's the problem of many RPG hack n slashers. you can perfect dodge everything with skill, or just be a clown with 4x more health than the enemy. You set your difficulty accordingly, so those looking for a challenge should limit themselves.

    However, Square Enix has decided that this game doesn't need a good port, and unfortunately comes it many, many problems. 1080p and above doesn't work properly, forcing a bordered 720p image and creating a blurry mess. The game also locks itself improperly to 30 FPS all the time. fullscreen doesn't work correctly, and the game is poorly optimized. Digital Foundry on youtube has a much better explanation on the problems of the PC port.
    HOWEVER, there is a fix, one that solves all of these problems and makes the game a fantastic experience. Kaldaien's Special K mod for Nier:Automata fixes many of the games' problems while also allowing even higher quality options for those with an extra beefy rig.

    This game is worth it. i want to give it a 9 or even maybe a 10.However, it is currently broken on Steam and therefore does not gain my approval for anything higher than a 7. Fan-made mods do not change my score, as it is not part of the product.

    TL:DR grab it on sale, google the fan made patch, have fun.    … Expand
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#29 Best PC Game of 2017
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#74 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PC PowerPlay
    May 11, 2017
    90
    Sometimes frustrating but always compelling, Nier: Automata is a wondrous and strange experience that could only ever be a game. [Issue#261, p.60]
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 10, 2017
    91
    This unusual action game set in an offbeat world created by Taro Yoko is a treasure trove of pleasant surprises. It's not often that we meet such a stylish, offbeat, memorable game.
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  3. IGN Spain
    Apr 5, 2017
    70
    There is no doubt that Nier Automata is a great game, but the PC version does not do it justice. A new case of a shameless port for PC.
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