NieR: Automata

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1804 Ratings

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  1. VVhiteCrow
    Jun 16, 2018
    9
    Overall: 10/Great
    Great great great great game!!
    Threw in 10h/day in 2 weekends (couldnt play midweek) and plan to redo all archs soon enough. Great combat, great story, the universe is mehly, great voice acting (play it in Jap, though english is fairly decent, its still weird), great combat (again), great open world to explore. Oh, and, bloody awesome soundtrack! The ost of this game    Overall: 10/Great
    Great great great great game!!
    Threw in 10h/day in 2 weekends (couldnt play midweek) and plan to redo all archs soon enough.
    Great combat, great story, the universe is mehly, great voice acting (play it in Jap, though english is fairly decent, its still weird), great combat (again), great open world to explore.
    Oh, and, bloody awesome soundtrack! The ost of this game is simply magnificient and greatly empowers every scene.
    9 months after I'm still listening to the OST.    … Expand
  2. JapanGamer29
    Jun 13, 2018
    2
    My experience with NieR: Automata on PC has been mostly negative. First, I couldn't set it to fullscreen (it kept reverting to windowed), then it crashed after 15 minutes. After lowering the settings to 720p, I was able to play the prologue. When I got to the first boss, I was insta-killed despite playing on Easy mode, and because there are no save points at all in the first 45 minutes, IMy experience with NieR: Automata on PC has been mostly negative. First, I couldn't set it to fullscreen (it kept reverting to windowed), then it crashed after 15 minutes. After lowering the settings to 720p, I was able to play the prologue. When I got to the first boss, I was insta-killed despite playing on Easy mode, and because there are no save points at all in the first 45 minutes, I had to replay from the beginning, which is just annoying. 2/10… Expand
  3. Bananatak
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Mi juego favorito del 2017 increíble estética gráficos MAGISTRAL HISTORIA si jugaste el primer nier este nier automata te llega al corazón amo este juego se ve mejor en pf q en la ps4 pero disfrútenlo cuando salga a Xbox one x se verá mejor aún con el 4K real
  4. Kosama
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Uff uno de los mejores juegos de pc del año pasado, la música del 10, jugabilidad de 10 y 2B de 10 :3
  5. forfb
    May 19, 2018
    9
    I wondered how's that possible for the game full of stupid bugs, lazy technical solutions and not unique gameplay to achieve such a major success. Each corner you can find invisible wall, game has some issues with its performance, there are tons of bare texts to read, without any voice acting underneath it [yet that was to be expected from jrpg-kinda(?)] and majority of the enemies beingI wondered how's that possible for the game full of stupid bugs, lazy technical solutions and not unique gameplay to achieve such a major success. Each corner you can find invisible wall, game has some issues with its performance, there are tons of bare texts to read, without any voice acting underneath it [yet that was to be expected from jrpg-kinda(?)] and majority of the enemies being boring, uncreative imitation of one another.
    I finished the game with almost all of its endings and I sit in front of my PC, writing this review and thinking...the game was so good. The game was great. Storyline was incredible, main characters where unique and each one of mc had its specific way of expressing feelings. From time to time Automata made me extremely bored but when I got to any of its endings it was such a relief. Every single main ending (out of 5) made me cry my heart out so much. Each time I've felt bored the feeling just vanished when I got to see it.
    NieR: Automata isn't an example of a perfect game. I'd dare to say that due to it's technical issues game makes people feel dissapointed with it at some point. So am I. I feel so painted that I can't say only good things about this game. Nevertheless, if you're considering buying the game - by all means - do it. After all, you won't regret it - I dare you!
    As I've said before; Each time I got disgusted with anything about Automata was just a matter of time to forget about it.
    Isn't that beautiful? That in the end, a few minutes were worth so much. And that - I feel - is the greatest thing I can say about any game.    … Expand
  6. SugarHBear
    May 13, 2018
    4
    A JRPG? promoted as an action game. Unsatisfying bullet-sponge combat, sparse muted-color world, not fully voice-acted, constant manual collecting of crystals.
  7. 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
  8. Karkoza
    Mar 29, 2018
    3
    Bad combat system, same type enemies, bad graphicrs and atrstyle.Good music and story,but you need to play 30 hours to understand and its like press "E" 30 hours to begin reading 451 fahrenheit. Good marketing and Weeaboo's overhype made this game popular
  9. Kenshiro13
    Mar 17, 2018
    9
    I didn't get the game when it was released and now I feel bad about it, got it from a recent steam sale.
    I liked to story, it made me think multiple times, mostly about philosophy but admittedly sometimes the story felt predictable but just as often I felt genuinely sad for the characters.
    Combat was excellent and didn't get boring during the 30+ hour that i have spent thus far. I have    I didn't get the game when it was released and now I feel bad about it, got it from a recent steam sale.
    I liked to story, it made me think multiple times, mostly about philosophy but admittedly sometimes the story felt predictable but just as often I felt genuinely sad for the characters.
    Combat was excellent and didn't get boring during the 30+ hour that i have spent thus far.
    I have heard that a lot of people are having problems with FPS, but I never got them often enough to effect my enjoyment, few times yes but not that often.
    This is a must buy game in my opinion.
    As for why I didn't give 10/10 is the multiple small things that annoyed me, for instance the story bits when you were unable to fight due to story reasons and thus get killed by trash mobs and forcing you to lose progress. (Got my revenge on the trash mobs later on)    … Expand
  10. g-of-harrenhal
    Mar 3, 2018
    10
    Stunning game. Amazing Gameplay, unreal soundtrack, addictive as hell. Best game I've played in a long time.
  11. kamhagh
    Feb 23, 2018
    5
    Supper buggy and the performance is more than unacceptable! The plot so far till my second play trough is really awful too. it's just awful so far. The music is good though! but there aren't many different tracks (it's ok though I love them anyways!)

    I think the robots look silly but oh well. Looks really lazy in terms of design. I also hate the camera sooooo much, it forces you to    Supper buggy and the performance is more than unacceptable! The plot so far till my second play trough is really awful too. it's just awful so far. The music is good though! but there aren't many different tracks (it's ok though I love them anyways!)

    I think the robots look silly but oh well. Looks really lazy in terms of design.

    I also hate the camera sooooo much, it forces you to look at 2b's underwear like a pevert all the time. I keep making the camera look at it from behind or slightly above but it keeps looking at her underwear from bottom to top. I can say that 2b is a huge waifu bait :|
    The combat is boring and when you play as the cute guy robot it gets even more insanely boring.    … Expand
  12. JessTurner
    Feb 12, 2018
    10
    Extraordinary. Very little in _any medium_ comes close to this. Its creators have... become as gods.

    My only complaint: levels serve no purpose in a game like this, really in no game other than table top games and text based games where technological limitations required a RNG to essentially play for you since there was no means of performing combat yourself. Instead levels completely    Extraordinary. Very little in _any medium_ comes close to this. Its creators have... become as gods.

    My only complaint: levels serve no purpose in a game like this, really in no game other than table top games and text based games where technological limitations required a RNG to essentially play for you since there was no means of performing combat yourself. Instead levels completely destroy the replay value of the game and the entertainment value of completionist playing since you become totally overpowered compared to whatever level the enemies were set at.

    Proposal: allow difficulty to be entered as a number for 'damage multiplier'.

    People giving this other than 9+: did you beat it the 4 times required to see the full story? It gets _way better_, and you also need to read some key data files for the really deep story.    … Expand
  13. Hack
    Feb 9, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 27 hours I have just finished Nier and I'm not sure how I feel about it, overall it was good but it was heavily tarnished by certain bits.

    Nier starts off so, so well, route A was some of the most enjoyable gaming I have done in a very long time, almost everything about it was perfect, it's rare I enjoy a game so much in fact. At the time I was sad the game was over because I wanted more, but be careful what you wish for because route B almost killed the game for me, it was repetitive, filled with tedious hacking mini games and boring asteroids gameplay. It definitely caused me to burn out and enjoy the rest of the game less as a result, it would have been a far better game without it. Route C was decent, although once again filled with hacking mini games which I didn't enjoy at all, 9S in general wasn't very fun to play IMO. I would have much preferred just playing 2B throughout, although A2 was obviously fine as well.

    The main highs of the game for me were the music and combat, which is why it was even more annoying being tossed into mini games, I just wanted to kill machines as 2B, I didn't want to be taken out of the action to play asteroids either. As for the music it was just fantastic, it had me humming along or tapping my feet throughout, I need to listen to the OST after making this post. I also enjoyed the dialog, the banter was really good at times and some of the interactions were hilarious.

    Overall it was a roller coaster, it went from an extreme high to an extreme low and finished somewhere in the middle.    … Expand
  14. Andrea9922
    Feb 5, 2018
    10
    perfect game, beautiful story, perfect songs, wow! i never tougth i will love it that much! great work!!
  15. KayNeko
    Jan 22, 2018
    10
    Amazing story, versatile game play and beautiful music.
    Glory to mankind!
    Thank a lot to Yoko Taro for this masterpiece.
  16. Obsidanse
    Jan 21, 2018
    10
    Nier Automata is a post apocalyptic anime action RPG. It contains a wide variety of control styles.
    3rd person fighter, 2 1/2D side scroll platforming, bullet hell....
    It's approach is oddly similar to Dark Souls though a lot less focused on one hit deaths and hair trigger reactions. Obviously, being anime in style, you're unlikely to see much rooting in realism with your combat too. If    Nier Automata is a post apocalyptic anime action RPG. It contains a wide variety of control styles.
    3rd person fighter, 2 1/2D side scroll platforming, bullet hell....
    It's approach is oddly similar to Dark Souls though a lot less focused on one hit deaths and hair trigger reactions. Obviously, being anime in style, you're unlikely to see much rooting in realism with your combat too.
    If you're looking for the very latest in graphic effects and the highest texture resolutions known to human-kind, you'll be disappointed... If you prefer a more holistic attitude to how something looks, this game will enthral you. It's not low res at all, just modest at times.
    The music is also completely endearing throughout and bosses often have their own 'theme song'. It's clear a great deal of care was put into that one area.
    There's a lot of highly negative reviews on here for very superficial or circomstantial reasons ("it looks crap", "I died and had to start again", "The graphics look old", "It doesn't work on my machine" - this is for reviews, not tech support) and despite that, this still has a user score of over 8/10 (as of 21/01/2018)
    If you like the look of this and EVEN if you couldn't enjoy a Dark Souls game (secret... I flipping hate them with a passion) give this a go... I'd advise PS4 if you can, but this works fine on a good PC with the FAR patch. A mindful Googling can find it easily.    … Expand
  17. xXxJigSaw
    Jan 21, 2018
    0
    Piece of **** game, crashes every 5 minutes, not even an autosave for the trouble. screw you square Enix!!
  18. MalFet1999
    Jan 14, 2018
    10
    Nier: Automata is 2017's GOTY. It is an experience that transcends the medium. To describe it at all would tarnish some element of the player's time in the game. Jaw dropping, heart pounding, tear jerking, and mind bending. Play this game.

    Don't give up. Maybe I'll save you.
  19. Garpery
    Jan 3, 2018
    10
    one of the best game I have played.
    1.excellent action game.
    2.good story
    3.good music
  20. KesslerE
    Dec 26, 2017
    10
    Ok - I love this game.

    The story in itself is probably one of the best to have ever come out of a game. If there is any reason to buy this game, it should be for the story. But if there's anything to keep you here, it's the gameplay. While it's true some of the "2.5 dimensional" gameplay bits can be somewhat annoying at times, the vast majority of the game takes place in normal 3rd    Ok - I love this game.

    The story in itself is probably one of the best to have ever come out of a game. If there is any reason to buy this game, it should be for the story. But if there's anything to keep you here, it's the gameplay. While it's true some of the "2.5 dimensional" gameplay bits can be somewhat annoying at times, the vast majority of the game takes place in normal 3rd person. The combat is very satisfying, especially when you successfully do a dodge attack.

    This is all without mentioning the visuals. This game is absolutely beautiful. The world you'll find is very immersive.

    Do be warned though - this game takes your emotions directly from your brain and crushes them right in front of your face. So if you don't like that feeling, this probably won't be the game for you.    … Expand
  21. redne7
    Dec 16, 2017
    10
    I have played many games in the past. This is the first game that evoked such strong emotion from me that after finishing it, I used chapter select to go back and finish the many quests that I ignored in the first playthrough. And I savored every little interaction between the main characters during these quests.

    The only other experience comparable to this one that I can recall was    I have played many games in the past. This is the first game that evoked such strong emotion from me that after finishing it, I used chapter select to go back and finish the many quests that I ignored in the first playthrough. And I savored every little interaction between the main characters during these quests.

    The only other experience comparable to this one that I can recall was playing through FF7, MGS1, and watching Neon Genesis Evangelion. But back then I was still a teenager so I was easily impressed. Now I'm in my thirties.

    One thing that I regret was letting the costume design and fan-service aspect of the game mislead me into underestimate the game initially. What I had dismissed as lazy-writing and cliched dialogues during some of the scenes turned out to be pure gold.

    The mechanics aspects of the games are far from flawless, as many review sites will tell you, but to me, judging this game based on things like how much it scores in the graphics or music department (which is epic) is completely missing the point. Nonetheless, I do want to mention one technical point of the game that completely blew my mind: the animation of the female characters. Such elegance, style, and beauty. Hats off to the mocap actors and animators. If this cannot be called art, I don't know what can.

    To summarize, this is a game that transcends the norms, and pushes games as an (albeit young) art form forward. It will be a yardstick that future titles will copy from and be compared against.    … Expand
  22. lizardwizard
    Dec 2, 2017
    9
    Game Is amazing, one of the best action rpgs I have played to date. The way they combine hack and slash, bullet hell, 2d side scrolling is nothing short of amazing. The game is super pretty and most part runs smoothly. Only experienced some bad frames at end of 9s end where I was hacking boss and then coming out of it frames went down pretty hard.
  23. Jdankens
    Nov 29, 2017
    9
    You can tell the game was done on a relatively low budget. The combat could use more variety, as with the enemies. The NPCs and world are relatively bland.
    That said everything just clicks in this game. A very memorable gaming experience overall.
  24. EpicJessey
    Nov 27, 2017
    9
    NieR: Automata is by no mean a flawless game, It didn't had a big budget in terms of "Triple A" and the development time was short from the early concept arts to release.
    You can clearly see the lack of enemy varity and the empty "not so detailed" world filled with invisible walls and it runs on a **** in-house engine...
    But yet, imo, it has more character and uniqueness than anything    NieR: Automata is by no mean a flawless game, It didn't had a big budget in terms of "Triple A" and the development time was short from the early concept arts to release.
    You can clearly see the lack of enemy varity and the empty "not so detailed" world filled with invisible walls and it runs on a **** in-house engine...
    But yet, imo, it has more character and uniqueness than anything else seen in past few years.

    Platinum Games satisfying smooth and action packed combat system from 3D to Side-scrolling to Top-Down with ideas that have never been in a video game before combined with definitely one of the best soundtracks out there (over 40) that come in many variations +8 Bit versions! (And not a single one of them is weak, no wonder they are giving concerts for them.) and crazy Yoko Taro's way of telling you a mature story with some hilarious and questionable moments was what made this game unforgettable.

    You don't beat the game, the game beats you.    … Expand
  25. alekseyburakov
    Nov 26, 2017
    10
    Уже давно меня ничего не могло поразить. Кино, книги, аниме, сериалы, комиксы, манга, ранобэ, Казалось бы, всё, изжили своё творцы. Так и было... пока не появилась Nier Automata
  26. Balager47
    Nov 25, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I could discuss things like the combat system (fun) the animations(superb), the music (fantastic), 2B's butt (also fantastic), the PC controls (this is how you properly do them) or the optimalization (this is NOT how you do it), but that would be irrelevant. In fact, almost everything about Nier Automata is irrelevant when a rude emotionless robot mourning an irritating and slightly racist robot's death can make you cry. And it absolutely will. The game has some strong points and some issues as well. But it also has a soul.… Expand
  27. wpadka
    Nov 19, 2017
    10
    One of the best Games i ever played 10/10. I know that this game have some cons like pretty bad port and bugs but plot,world,music make up everything. Long time i didnt think so long about game after ending it. This game is made in it own unique style and this is made in the best possible way. This game is must to play. I hope that now there will be more gameslike this.
  28. GameMode
    Nov 12, 2017
    5
    The game has a deep, intricate story that ties up to the start of the Drakengard's time-line, so it isn't short at the story or lore department, controls are meant to be responsive and fast paced, OST is just there on the expectations and art-style is just wonderful, but the PC version of the game has GAME-BREAKING bugs and crashes across most systems, the game is just broken, and the soThe game has a deep, intricate story that ties up to the start of the Drakengard's time-line, so it isn't short at the story or lore department, controls are meant to be responsive and fast paced, OST is just there on the expectations and art-style is just wonderful, but the PC version of the game has GAME-BREAKING bugs and crashes across most systems, the game is just broken, and the so promised patch never arrived, they just turned their heads and just pretended that nothing happened, the promise of a fix for the vast count of bugs was just the Square Enix PR doing some good old damage control, that is it, the perfect example of a masterpiece thrown into the mud for the sake of the fast cash-grabbing and the struggle of the community in order to try makeshift fixes for a game that should have been fixed by platinum ASAP.… Expand
  29. RagingPoet
    Nov 7, 2017
    8
    Nier: Automata is a good game, but I couldn't bring myself to finish a second run while the game was clearly designed for multiple playthroughs. Gameplay is just not fun enough to make you play for another ~30 hours. And hacking mechanics introduced in second playthrough is very boring.
  30. eeDymon
    Nov 2, 2017
    10
    Despite people complaining about technical difficulties, to me the game worked perfectly. It's actually one of the best games I've played this year. Intensely deep and emotionally rich. Tons of plot twists
  31. NoMaDXT
    Oct 27, 2017
    8
    Weirdly brialliant. If you like Anime the likes of Evangelion, hot androids, weird logic, and convoluted meta stories portraying the meaning of life and what it means to be human, Bullet hell games, Devil May Cry fighting mechanics with a slight RPG twist and ooodles of endings in your video game. This one's a winner. Also. 2B is the sexiest games character I have ever seen.
  32. OrionHamake
    Oct 1, 2017
    0
    This game is awesome but I definitely can not give more than 0/10 in this platform because it is near impossible to play. The game always crashing every 1 hour gameplay. If that's not enough, it's just poorly optimized, you can not even put it in full hd without using mods, because the only thing the game does by default is to stretch the screen. The camera of the game was still designedThis game is awesome but I definitely can not give more than 0/10 in this platform because it is near impossible to play. The game always crashing every 1 hour gameplay. If that's not enough, it's just poorly optimized, you can not even put it in full hd without using mods, because the only thing the game does by default is to stretch the screen. The camera of the game was still designed to play with a joystick and was not adapted to the keyboard and mouse, which means that you will pass anger while trying to control the character.

    The producers does not create patches for the game, even though it sells more than 600,000 copies in steam. If you have a ps4 buy it, but if you are only a pc gamer run away from this game, you will be throwing money and patience in the trash.    … Expand
  33. tomato1982
    Sep 25, 2017
    10
    The more I think about this game after the event the more i realise what a masterpiece it is, and how it stands head and shoulders above whatever else i've played.
  34. YossaBlackMage
    Sep 22, 2017
    10
    There is no way a few words written here would ever do this game justice. I won't go in depth repeating all the reasons this game has been praised as an artistic masterpiece. Although there are people for whom this game didn't work, the majority seem to have come away feeling like they have experienced something special and unique. There is a quote going around that I think was from aThere is no way a few words written here would ever do this game justice. I won't go in depth repeating all the reasons this game has been praised as an artistic masterpiece. Although there are people for whom this game didn't work, the majority seem to have come away feeling like they have experienced something special and unique. There is a quote going around that I think was from a reviewer who said 'if history forgets this game, then f**k history'. And I believe that the videogame community at large and videogame journalists aren't actually capable of praising this game enough. Individuals can do it justice, especially some of the heartfelt youtube reviews, but the masses? For this reason I think, in spite of the 'masterpiece' and 'groundbreaking' rhetoric being used by some, Nier: Automata will become one of the - if not the most - underrated game ever created.

    Play this game. You are doing yourself a huge disservice if you pass it up as you will be missing a truly unique and moving experience. Couple of caveats though. Play it with a gamepad. If you don't have one, buy one. Also, download the FAR mod program that fixes a number of issues. The PC port wasn't handled well, but get a pad and the mod and it's all good.    … Expand
  35. procamper666
    Sep 22, 2017
    9
    Nier: automata is waarschijnlijk een van de grootste verassingen die uitgekomen is dit jaar. Het spel is een vervolg van de PS3/XBOX 360 Nier. Het verhaal neemt je echt mee tot het einde. De gameplay is ook zeer gevarieerd en neemt elementen van hack en slach, bullet hel en schooters. Het enige wat ik jammer vind is de staat van de PC-port. Het spel heeft namelijk zwarte bordes bij hetNier: automata is waarschijnlijk een van de grootste verassingen die uitgekomen is dit jaar. Het spel is een vervolg van de PS3/XBOX 360 Nier. Het verhaal neemt je echt mee tot het einde. De gameplay is ook zeer gevarieerd en neemt elementen van hack en slach, bullet hel en schooters. Het enige wat ik jammer vind is de staat van de PC-port. Het spel heeft namelijk zwarte bordes bij het spellen van het spel. Ik raad aan om gebruikt te maken van borderless gaming om deze probleem te regelen. Een andere ernstige probleem is het gebruiken van muis en keyboard. Ik persoonlijk niemand aan om het spel te spelen met muis en keyboard. Want het spel is duidelijk geoptimaliseerd voor controllers.… Expand
  36. ayush42
    Sep 9, 2017
    10
    Great game. Loved playing it. One of the best part of this game was the background music, the fighting system and the inner consciousness which got developed overtime in this game as the game progressed. Apart from that, the game is very vast with many side quests in it and there is a lot more to explore in this game. If you haven't played it, go and play it now because this game is "A joyGreat game. Loved playing it. One of the best part of this game was the background music, the fighting system and the inner consciousness which got developed overtime in this game as the game progressed. Apart from that, the game is very vast with many side quests in it and there is a lot more to explore in this game. If you haven't played it, go and play it now because this game is "A joy forever."… Expand
  37. Kayla45
    Sep 8, 2017
    9
    I sincerely wish I could afford to buy every one of my friends a copy of this game.

    1. To give them a chance to experience what could be Platinum's best game yet 2. To give Yoko Taro all of my damn money. So, yeah, Nier: Automata. Sequel to 2010's Nier, which was a spinoff of the Drakengard series. Announced during Square-Enix's bizarre E3 conference in 2015, this game went under    I sincerely wish I could afford to buy every one of my friends a copy of this game.

    1. To give them a chance to experience what could be Platinum's best game yet

    2. To give Yoko Taro all of my damn money.

    So, yeah, Nier: Automata. Sequel to 2010's Nier, which was a spinoff of the Drakengard series. Announced during Square-Enix's bizarre E3 conference in 2015, this game went under the code name Nier: New Project until its full reveal at the Paris Games Week show later in the year. It was delayed from its initial release window of November 2016 to give the team more time to work on improving gameplay balance the overall quality. Finally releasing in March of 2017, it has gone on to sell well over a million copies, making it one of Platinum's best-selling titles.

    I admit I didn't know much about the game until I noticed the demo available on the PS4 store. Seeing that it was a Platinum Games title, I kinda knew what I would be in for, and that I would likely enjoy it. I decided to give it a shot one night and, needless to say, I was more than impressed. I bought it for PC right around release and have been enjoying it since.

    As I said before, if you know Platinum's style, you know what to expect from a game like this. Frantic combat, a varied and dynamic soundtrack, a brilliantly-crafted story with memorable characters, and epic boss fights. But seeing as this is a Yoko Taro game, it has just the right amount of "what the ♥♥♥♥?" sprinkled in. It's equal parts heartwarming, heart-rending, hilarious, and horrifying, sometimes within the span of a few minutes. This game will mess with your emotions. One minute you could be fully engaged in a life-or-death struggle against a boss, and the next minute, the story will be tugging on your heartstrings.

    Now, there are a few things that I have to mention that keep it from being 100% perfect in my eyes:

    1. The PC port is bad. It's not terrible, and I've seen much worse, but it needs work. For a while, I and many others couldn't play it due to a bug in graphics drivers causing the game to crash just from swinging around 2B's weapon. This was eventually fixed with a future driver, but there are still lingering issues that can be at least duct-taped over with the Far mod. If you get this game on Steam, you NEED the Far mod. It fixes some issues with fullscreen resolution and with stuttering during cutscenes. There are also some misc options and tweaks.

    2. The second playthrough was kind of a bummer, mostly because the character you play as is weak when it comes to combat and thus relies on a separate skill to take down enemies. Basically, you better hope you're good at twin-stick shooters. If you are, well, it just gets kinda tedious.

    Other than that, I can highly recommend this game. My best suggestion is to go in as blind as possible and do as many of the sidequests as possible to get the best experience. Also, the DLC isn't all that essential, but it has some fun extras like outfits and hair dyes, and a special boss fight.

    Glory To Mankind    … Expand
  38. HonestCritic198
    Aug 27, 2017
    0
    Do not believe the 10/10 reviews, most of them are made by 1 review accounts.... It seems japanese discovered the secret of guerilla marketing and flood the internet with bogus "word of mouth".

    Nier automata is an overrated mess of a game. Its story might, just might appeal to 12 year old anime lovers, but for the rest of us is a waste of time. The gameplay is boring as well.    Do not believe the 10/10 reviews, most of them are made by 1 review accounts.... It seems japanese discovered the secret of guerilla marketing and flood the internet with bogus "word of mouth".

    Nier automata is an overrated mess of a game. Its story might, just might appeal to 12 year old anime lovers, but for the rest of us is a waste of time. The gameplay is boring as well. Graphically it is nothing special. And the PC port is abysmal.

    All in all, a mediocre game. I am giving it a 0 to counter the Square Enix employees.    … Expand
  39. fitzy-1982
    Aug 17, 2017
    10
    Game of the generation.

    Game as art.

    Sensational music.

    A privilege to play.

    Thank you. Thank you.

    Haven't been this moved by a game in a long time.
  40. Jub1337
    Aug 14, 2017
    10
    Nier: Automata is one of the best games I've ever played. Even though the PC Port is **** the game knows how to tell a good story with lovable characters. You should play the side-mission and get all relevant endings for the best experience.
  41. Faultlash
    Aug 14, 2017
    10
    This game is a masterpiece. Best game of the year so far. It has some minor technical issues but the gameplay and the story are fantastic. Art-design is top-notch and music is gorgeous.
  42. MrBananaBrain
    Aug 6, 2017
    10
    Japaneses proved again that they create best story singleplayer games. It's hard to remember when last time game gave me such an emotions. After first walkthrough it was a good game 8/10. Second route it was - wow - 9/10. After third route i cried hard - unquestionable 10/10. And then "true ending"....oh my God, unforgettable experience. Truly masterpiece. This game is so deep, so heavy:Japaneses proved again that they create best story singleplayer games. It's hard to remember when last time game gave me such an emotions. After first walkthrough it was a good game 8/10. Second route it was - wow - 9/10. After third route i cried hard - unquestionable 10/10. And then "true ending"....oh my God, unforgettable experience. Truly masterpiece. This game is so deep, so heavy: it surprise you every time when you start thinking you've got it. People who worry about gameplay should relax and try. It's hard to say that this is hack'n'slash or any other genre, it's just a game which enjoyable to play in. But, of course, it wasn't so great without soundtrack. Absolute diamond. Before Nier Automata, best game's OST for me was Silent Hill OST from Akira Yamaoka. Now i'm not sure wich is best. Every track is unique. I just want to say Thank you for mr. Yoko Taro and everyone who made this game. It was amazing wonderful 103 hours of my life, i enjoyed every single minute of it!… Expand
  43. TitaniumDragon
    Jul 31, 2017
    5
    Nier: Automata is an action-RPG/shoot ‘em up (no, really) featuring ridiculously human robots fighting an endless war against machines created by aliens, in the hopes of defending the remnants of humanity from destruction.

    Or is it? Nier: Automata is a game full of plot twists, though some are rather predictable, as well as a number of big epic moments and a lot of attempts to pull    Nier: Automata is an action-RPG/shoot ‘em up (no, really) featuring ridiculously human robots fighting an endless war against machines created by aliens, in the hopes of defending the remnants of humanity from destruction.

    Or is it?

    Nier: Automata is a game full of plot twists, though some are rather predictable, as well as a number of big epic moments and a lot of attempts to pull on the player’s heartstrings, with varying degrees of success. Featuring three protagonists and almost two-dozen joke endings, as well as a couple of real ones, this is a game which goes on well past its welcome, and then some.

    But I’m getting ahead of myself.

    As an action RPG, this game has a fairly reasonable set of mechanics on the surface – you can run around shooting at enemies with your pod, a floating machine which follows you around, or cut them up in close combat with various weapons – spears, short swords, large swords, and gauntlets. Each class of weapon has its own attack pattern, and two of the characters can wield two weapons at the same time, allowing them to combo the weapons together, while the third character has a hacking ability which causes them to play a brief shoot-em-up game to deal their opponent damage.

    Unfortunately, while these mechanics all sound well and good, it quickly becomes clear that the game doesn’t really work mechanically. The abundance of healing items means that you can pretty easily prevent your death by simply using them at will, and you get “plug-in chips” which can include various abilities to give yourself more hit points or regenerate by killing enemies, dealing damage, or simply standing around without taking damage. Given you can deal damage from range, it is pretty easy to kite most enemies around, and it is very easy to either be underleveled for the content (which makes it take a while to wear down enemies) or overlevelled (which trivializes the combat even more, though it is not actually all that hard to take down enemies even 20 levels above your own, though it is tedious to do so). There is a crafting system based on combining the plug-in chips into better versions of themselves, as well as upgrading the weapons and pods to deal more damage, and gathering the materials for such can become rather tedious, doubly so as you must upgrade all your weapons to the maximum level to face the optional (and hardest) boss in the game.

    Alas, the game’s enemy variety leaves something to be desired; there’s maybe a couple dozen kinds of enemies in the game apart from bosses, but most of them are fundamentally either “stab you in close combat” or “shoot you from range”. Most of the machine lifeforms are slow and clunky, making for pretty samey combat and making it easy to simply run around kiting them and shooting them to death while avoiding their slow projectiles. By the first time you’ve beaten the game, you will likely be tired of the normal enemies, but don’t worry – you’ll get to fight them even more later on!

    Because, you see, this game has an interesting definition of “beating” it. The first time you beat the game, it coyly encourages you to keep playing… at which point, you start the game over, except from the perspective of your sidekick character. This means that most of the content you experience will be the same, with only the beginning and end really differing, though you get even more tedious side-quests on his route (and the opportunity to finish up any you failed to finish the first time through).

    Once you beat the game the second time through, and see ending, the game ends with a screen seeming to promise a sequel… but it is not, it is actually the other two endings of the game, which you get through by playing through the game a third time, though this time, instead of replaying the first half of the game, instead you’re actually playing all-new content which you could only access by effectively playing the first half of the game twice. Joy.

    If this game was nothing but the main story, and if it cut out a lot of the RPG mechanics, it would actually be a lot more interesting – the bosses are, on the whole, of fairly interesting design, and the core story is fairly decent, even if some of the characters you’re supposed to care about feel a bit underchracterized in the anime sort of way, where they suddenly get some focus right before they die. The second half of the game focuses half on a character who previously had gotten almost no focus at all, which feels kind of weird, and while by the end you do care about her, it ends up feeling less than tight in terms of writing. I would have liked to care a lot more about a lot of the characters, but they don’t get enough screen time for it, despite the game's 50 hours of run time.

    My advice? Skip it unless you've got a lot of free time on your hands. The high points are good, but you have to wade through a lot of junk to get there.    … Expand
  44. deaththekid922
    Jul 28, 2017
    0
    "you may not turn off Voices because reasons , even EA and Ubisoft dont do BS on this level , the gameplay is dull af basically just a 60 € Touhou and then the Characters make Tidus and Hope Estheim look like the most loveable Characters ever

    i honestly am more sick of this game after 3 Hours than some other games after over 100 , i regret wasting my money
  45. Shakeys
    Jul 21, 2017
    10
    The story and soundtrack for this game are phenomenal. I still get some of the music stuck in my head and its been a month since I finished the DLC content. The combat is very reminiscent of Bayonetta - although more simplified, it's still a very fun experience. For friends I've recommended this game to, some have shied away due to the revealing appearance of 2B (the female android seenThe story and soundtrack for this game are phenomenal. I still get some of the music stuck in my head and its been a month since I finished the DLC content. The combat is very reminiscent of Bayonetta - although more simplified, it's still a very fun experience. For friends I've recommended this game to, some have shied away due to the revealing appearance of 2B (the female android seen on most media,) but those who've given the game a shot have all enjoyed the game to their own surprise. This game is a real gem and is my personal favorite of 2017 so far.… Expand
  46. Mandulum
    Jul 4, 2017
    9
    Five Word Review: Remarkable aRPG goodness, killer soundtrack.
    Favorite Thing: This is a great game, no doubt about it. Of all the good things the one that really blew me away was the music. When I first got to the amusement park I was wowed. Then Pascal's Village ... floored.
    Least Favorite Thing: Playthrough 2. It's necessary to get to new content (aka, playthrough 3) but the vast    Five Word Review: Remarkable aRPG goodness, killer soundtrack.
    Favorite Thing: This is a great game, no doubt about it. Of all the good things the one that really blew me away was the music. When I first got to the amusement park I was wowed. Then Pascal's Village ... floored.
    Least Favorite Thing: Playthrough 2. It's necessary to get to new content (aka, playthrough 3) but the vast majority of this playthrough is a replay.

    Date Completed: 2017-06-16
    Playtime: ~ 30h (The three main playthroughs)
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: If you like good games then you'll like this one.    … Expand
  47. Baronz
    Jul 1, 2017
    4
    I'm running on AMD RX580 and it crashes every 5 minutes. Graphics looks like a game from 10 years ago. Semi naked good looking female androids are the only good things of this game
  48. BFBLBFLL
    Jun 20, 2017
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Couldn't done this game. The combat system is dynamic, but very boring and overly obvious. The plot is good. But honestly, it's only because of the love of the Japanese android culture. Artificial intelligence is incremental, the system is targeted by the cursor on the character.… Expand
  49. XiXil1337
    Jun 14, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Одна, из самых лучших игр типа слешер. Все в ней Отлично, и геймплей и сюжет и оптимизация, все на высшем уровне! 10/10… Expand
  50. Dreizehn
    Jun 14, 2017
    10
    This is probably one of the best well-done and mature games I have ever played. The issues suffered by their characters are very tough & philosophical, and show deep questions and thoughts about rich human concepts like existence, family and solitude. I am amazed.
  51. ragnarokew
    Jun 10, 2017
    7
    First of all im skipping technical issues white screen full screen problems etc they are really big problems still not fixed but its have nothing to do with my rating.

    Pros Characters Story Soundtrack There is many reviews explains why this game is good so im not detailing pros im gonna focus criticize Cons Optimization:Sadly another failurie port for pc they should look how    First of all im skipping technical issues white screen full screen problems etc they are really big problems still not fixed but its have nothing to do with my rating.

    Pros
    Characters
    Story
    Soundtrack
    There is many reviews explains why this game is good so im not detailing pros im gonna focus criticize

    Cons

    Optimization:Sadly another failurie port for pc they should look how well gta 5 did this idk is it so hard? why there is too many failed games
    Graphics(small con): i expected better also 30fps pre-rendered cutscenes really ? cmn pc is master race dude level design is also pretty empty not that good.
    Combat: its decent hack/slash style fun to play for sure but dodge system (double tap) is cancer you cant expect good combat with fail optimization anyway.

    İ would probably rate 9 if i played well optimized version its really shame they are ruining this beautiful game with ignroing fixable problems    … Expand
  52. Letmethinkabout
    Jun 3, 2017
    8
    The game begins with you in control of one of these units. Before I even set foot on terra firma,
    I shoot robots out of the sky while flying up a screen on a 2D plane, transform into a mech and let loose in a twin-stick shooter, control my flight unit from behind as it weaves through the skeleton of an industrial complex, and navigate the building’s interior as a side-on shmup. It’s a    The game begins with you in control of one of these units. Before I even set foot on terra firma,
    I shoot robots out of the sky while flying up a screen on a 2D plane, transform into a mech and let loose in a twin-stick shooter, control my flight unit from behind as it weaves through the skeleton of an industrial complex, and navigate the building’s interior as a side-on shmup. It’s a strange mix, but it’s one that works, even if the shifting camera angles don’t always hit home, particularly in standard combat scenes.
    Automata is a busy game. As combat android 2B, you’re accompanied through most of the game by 9S, a recon specialist android who fights alongside you. You both also have pods – essentially drones which fly nearby and fire at your command. Sometimes the screen is filled with enemies, too. Some combat sequences see the camera switch from free movement to a fixed position, either like a side-scroller or a top-down angle, giving you a bird’s-eye view of the battle. The thing is, it makes it damn difficult to pick yourself out in some of the busier fights. It’s style over readability.
    Luckily, Automata is a forgiving game. So long as you stock up on potions when you can, you’re always just two buttons away from replenishing your health bar. There’s not really any reason why you wouldn’t run around with 99 potions all the time, just in case. Playing on Normal, I died around three times in my two playthroughs of the game, clocking in at around 30 hours. You wouldn’t know it was easy, though, what with all the dead androids scattered around. When other players die, their corpses appear in your world, you see. You can pray to their body for a health boost, you can resurrect them to fight alongside you – and now fights are even busier – or you can take on some random properties from their chipset.
    Chipsets are pure genius. You’re an android, right? So, you level up by messing about with computer chips. You can plug in loads of speed chips to make yourself run fast, plug in chips to auto-heal when you’re close to death, bump up your attack, create shockwaves with each swing, and loads more. You can also buy new slots to boost yourself further. You start the game with a bunch of chips plugged in. They’re your ‘essential’ chips, for HUD elements and the like. If you don’t feel they’re so essential, you can sacrifice things like being able to see the enemy’s health bar and level if you really want more power. Just don’t unplug your central processing chip because, well, you’ll die.
    It’s full of quirky little ideas like this, and you’ll find clever, touching, and bizarre moments throughout. I won’t spoil them for you, as they would have much less impact. Just make sure you rub your DualShock 4 touchpad gently, OK?
    One of the game’s running jokes is the map, displayed as a basic satellite image. A couple of NPCs offer tutorial-style advice and you can complain about the map being terrible to them. Automata is happy to take the piss out of itself. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean the map isn’t pants. Likewise, the areas you explore can be a bit inconsistent, with invisible walls barring progress in places you should feasibly fit through.
    It’s a bit annoying when you’re trying to track down objects and characters in one of the many sidequests. Fortunately, though, like the combat, just moving around this world feels amazing. Just as a tap of R2 triggers a cartwheel, and it’s also a dash. Keep holding it and you begin to sprint, with your character building up momentum as you go. Marry this to a double jump, a glide, and mid-air dashes, and you’ve got a heady mix for some impromptu parkour. Now deck yourself out with as many speed chips as you can fit in your OS. Go!
    It feels good to go fast, right? Automata, however, is best savoured, completing all the sidequests and searching every corner. It’s a game that never really finishes. If you speed through the game and concentrate on the main quests only, putting it down once the credits roll, you will be disappointed. The ending doesn’t quite live up to what you’ve built up in your mind. But that’s because you’re not done. This is a game designed to be played over again and again. Your second playthrough is entirely different from your first. Though many of them are jokey skits, Automata has an ending for every letter of the alphabet.    … Expand
  53. PrinceNoctis
    Jun 2, 2017
    10
    It's a masterpiece, a permanent landmark in gaming industry, a Potential GOTY 2017! the story,amazing soundtrack,the horrifying post apocalyptic world I can go on,this game is worth every gamer's time and It's a must buy
  54. Potitoman
    Jun 1, 2017
    10
    I didn't know what to make of this game before I started playing. I purposely kept myself in the dark so as to not get spoilers.
    That was not necessary. No matter how much you read, watch or listening about this game, no matter how many spoilers you get, nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can prepare you for the rollercoaster ride that is Nier Automata.
    It's part RPG, part spectacle fighter    I didn't know what to make of this game before I started playing. I purposely kept myself in the dark so as to not get spoilers.
    That was not necessary. No matter how much you read, watch or listening about this game, no matter how many spoilers you get, nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can prepare you for the rollercoaster ride that is Nier Automata.
    It's part RPG, part spectacle fighter and part bullet hell, but at the same time it's none of the above.
    When people tell you that you need several playthroughs to get the entire story, it's not exactly correct. You're not finished when you're finished. Your second playthrough is not like your previous playthrough. That's all I'm saying.

    This is a sad game. That's not to say it doesn't have comedy, and it does, but the overall story is tragic and sad, and there will be parts that will break your heart, but persevere because the real ending is nothing short of magic, life affirming and thought provoking.

    This is a masterpiece. Not technically (the PC version is buggy), but an unquestionable triumph of storytelling, game design and character development.    … Expand
  55. jrpgmaniac201
    May 31, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have been a fan of JRPGs since i played one of the Tales series from bamco, but never i have encountered a game that's both cool and emotional. This game perfectly express each and every moment during your gameplay, from the curiosity of entering a amusement park in a post apocalypse timeline to the last moments of your life leading to an inevitable death. IMO this is one of PlatinumGames' strenghts, since Metal Gear Rising they have hit the mark in the soundtrack, you can feel every moment as if you're living on it. In terms of storytelling, Yoko Taro may have created his greatest work in my honest opinion, the plot was perfect, the different perspective is perfect, the slight but great freedom of choice is amazing, even if its just for the joke endings still. NieR: Automata is no doubt my GOTY, Game of the Generation even. Out of the all reviewed games in metacritic, i think this game deserves to be on top of the list, this game is just to perfect to this imperfect world.… Expand
  56. gyigyo2
    May 30, 2017
    2
    Spoiler ahead. first of all i really loved NIER1 for PS3 and XBOX360 but...this game is just overhyped thats all,..
    when you reached ending E (what everyone say the true ending) that was bullsh*t how the hell everyone landed a different area when everyone was dead? inside the big Tower? that ending is more likely a badly developed "FORCED" happy ending... The game graphics is like a 2008    Spoiler ahead. first of all i really loved NIER1 for PS3 and XBOX360 but...this game is just overhyped thats all,..
    when you reached ending E (what everyone say the true ending) that was bullsh*t how the hell everyone landed a different area when everyone was dead? inside the big Tower? that ending is more likely a badly developed "FORCED" happy ending... The game graphics is like a 2008 PS3 game, the game is 51gb and 27gb full of RENDERED movie with 30fps and the game is 60fps. side quest was very boring i only finished 68% and i decided to go only and focus to the story because that was interesting! the characters was bad really bad, 2B? well its an overhyped character because she have "great "ass" thats all, i never felt sorry for her, or 9s, 9s was a BABYACED little kid, i never understand japanese people 9s was clearly in a kid body 14-15 year old and 2b is a more likely a 19-20 year old teen body why the hell they need relationship (lovers) this is just so ugly, then why not make both of it mature body like in NIER1 was (part2), or not lovers just Brothers feels. A2 was okay character the only interesting character in the game. the music? that wasnt bad at all, but nier1 music is still way better! i never understand why everybody love platinum games gameplay mechanic in nier automata have full of irritating things in combat, and gameplay,Ai is a joke i dont even want to mention that.. overall its a boring game! overhyped/ overrated as hell, NIER1 was better than this, the only interesting part of this game more or less was the story.The minigame hacking was *** irritating, i really hated it! it was like a good concept but in reallity was a bad mistake. the PC version of this game is nearly unplayable, bad frame rates on machines what can run witcher3 on ultra with nvidia hair effects.    … Expand
  57. RedPyramidThing
    May 28, 2017
    0
    I would love nothing more than to give this game a positive review, but as the owner of an Nvidia 700 series card, Nier crashes every 10-20 minutes, making any attempt to actually play the game an all-round horrible experience. Square Enix have made no attempt to address this widely known issue and obviously have no interest in fixing it, having already stolen their customers money.
  58. SaintMSent
    May 22, 2017
    9
    Awesome game, I LOVE story-based games. And this masterpiece is so unusual. Combat system is not too bad, graphics is awful, but art design is so beatiful. Love this game a lot.
  59. hierax
    May 22, 2017
    6
    I dont get the Hype. I waited for the first price drop to 66% until i bought it. Still not worth the money. Its an okay console port. The graphics are ok, but nothing special. The world looks empty and sterile. The game itself is a 3rd Person Action/Slayer wit RPG elements. Smaller parts of the game are played as a side scroller or as a top-down 2d shooter. That concept is fun, supportetI dont get the Hype. I waited for the first price drop to 66% until i bought it. Still not worth the money. Its an okay console port. The graphics are ok, but nothing special. The world looks empty and sterile. The game itself is a 3rd Person Action/Slayer wit RPG elements. Smaller parts of the game are played as a side scroller or as a top-down 2d shooter. That concept is fun, supportet by the good camera work. The controls are horrible on PC. The well known console port disaster. Please play it with a controller to have more fun. The sound and music is in good quality, the music annoyed me after some time because of its style. The fights are fun, you got some "Oh my god" Moments when giant Bossmonsters enter the fight.
    Storytelling is good so far. I think its just not 100% my genre and got some minor flaws. Dont buy it full price, maybe for 30-40$, if you are a fan of games like Nier. Watch some gameplay trailers to get a look at the gameplay.    … Expand
  60. newrandomage
    May 20, 2017
    10
    The stronger contender for this year's GOTY for the moment (probably tied with Persona 5), Nier:Automata is the desired masterpiece that Yoko Taro strived for. This game consists of the most perfectly executed genre blend ever: JRPG, Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Platformer, Hack and Slash and so forth, all tied together by a breathtaking and deep story. The post apocalyptic open world that isThe stronger contender for this year's GOTY for the moment (probably tied with Persona 5), Nier:Automata is the desired masterpiece that Yoko Taro strived for. This game consists of the most perfectly executed genre blend ever: JRPG, Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Platformer, Hack and Slash and so forth, all tied together by a breathtaking and deep story. The post apocalyptic open world that is presented is full of secrets and interesting characters. Any further explanation about the plot and how it works together with this insane amount of genres that are being interchanged between each other would be a spoiler, and the bosses that you encounter deserve the same treatment; they are unforgettable. If you buy a game in 2017, it should be Nier:Automata.… Expand
  61. kangwonman
    May 17, 2017
    10
    Heart breaking story of most attractive characters, and one of the best OST ever made.

    Even there's are many cons on this game, like minor res&frame issue, doesn't matter at all.
  62. thefinalepic
    May 14, 2017
    10
    Existentialism, Humanity, identity and free will.

    "Why do I exist?" "What is my purpose?" "Who do I live for?" "Who do I fight for?" These are the question that all the characters in this game asks. "Everything that lives is designed to end. We are pertually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death" The first line that is spoken out of the game and out of 2b describes    Existentialism, Humanity, identity and free will.

    "Why do I exist?" "What is my purpose?" "Who do I live for?" "Who do I fight for?"

    These are the question that all the characters in this game asks.

    "Everything that lives is designed to end. We are pertually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death"

    The first line that is spoken out of the game and out of 2b describes the entire game in an a way that I never found out until I replayed the game.
    .
    The story and world is told in an artistic way that I cannot describe in text. It is something that you need to experience first hand and I will proudly say that it is a game that every gamer should at least play once in their life time.    … Expand
  63. andarial6670
    May 13, 2017
    10
    First and foremost, this is not the best PC port ever created, and 2 months later, the devs have still not provided adequate patching and support to fix several problems this game has on PC: such as crashes every 10 minutes, stuttering, strange resolution, etc. The 10 minute crashing is particularly aggravating when the prologue tutorial is 1 hour long and has no save point. The problemsFirst and foremost, this is not the best PC port ever created, and 2 months later, the devs have still not provided adequate patching and support to fix several problems this game has on PC: such as crashes every 10 minutes, stuttering, strange resolution, etc. The 10 minute crashing is particularly aggravating when the prologue tutorial is 1 hour long and has no save point. The problems vary immensely from user to user, even between those who have virtually identical PC setups, but I assure you that it is playable on every minimum requirement PC, you just have to...find the particular problem your PC has(I needed to drop to lowest resolution, set my game to high priority and disable all the odd numbered cores through task manager every time I launched). I can also verify that this game is 99% playable with mouse and keyboard: you do NOT need a controller to enjoy yourself. Just to reiterate, if you have a PS4 and a PC, get the game for PS4, but it is very possible to have a satisfactory experience on PC once you fix your crashing problem.

    Game breaking bug/crashes normally keeps me from reviewing any game to be 10 stars, but after playing through to reach 'the true ending' of the game, I have to say... from a story perspective, this just might be the single best game I've ever come across, and it would be a tragedy if the world forgot about it. This is the "Breaking Bad" of video games. This is "The Witcher 3" of 2017. The existentialist plot is about as deep as "The Matrix". The game is devised of 3 (different) playthroughs, but even hinting at what the tone of each ending is becomes a spoiler. This is a beautiful game, and all the hardships that come with playing it on PC masterrace...are ultimately worth it.    … Expand
  64. AcerolaOrion
    May 13, 2017
    10
    Perfection.
    Brilliant visuals, brilliant sound design, premium platinum games gameplay, tons of variety, deep story with multiple endings. Even fully customizable gamepad controls!

    Absolutely brilliant.
  65. Juanmiguelo
    May 11, 2017
    7
    Lo primero, la versión que voy a analizar es la de PC.
    Quiero empezar por lo más importante en un juego, antes que la experiencia de juego su apartado técnico y de más...
    Optimización: No es visto una tan mala en mucho tiempo, de tal punto que los usuarios han tenido que sacar su propio parche (lo cual me parece vergonzoso por parte de la empresa, en este caso Platinum Games) que en    Lo primero, la versión que voy a analizar es la de PC.
    Quiero empezar por lo más importante en un juego, antes que la experiencia de juego su apartado técnico y de más...
    Optimización: No es visto una tan mala en mucho tiempo, de tal punto que los usuarios han tenido que sacar su propio parche (lo cual me parece vergonzoso por parte de la empresa, en este caso Platinum Games) que en cierta manera mejora la experiencia de usuario. Nos enfrentaos nada más y nada menos a que el juego al ponerlo en pantalla completa automáticamente se pone en 4:3 cuando lo lógico es 16:9 y para más inri a una resolución inferior a la que tienes puestas en las opciones gráficas (las cuales son muy escasas), para que vaya a la resolución deseada y la pantalla a 16:9 tienes que poner el juego en modo ventana, algo incomprensible e incómodo a mi punto de vista ya que no te da la opción de poner el modo ventana sin bordes. Framerate decentemente estables aunque se notan ciertos tirones en zonas específicas de mapas, al haber muchas partículas en pantalla, etc. Cinemáticas capadas a 30fps (Me imagino que habrá sido para darle un toque más cinematográfico) pero que dan unos tirones que el juego se queda tiritando, personalmente creo que no le sientan bien y para colmo los subtítulos de los diálogos van retrasados respecto al sonido. El juego en ciertas ocasiones crashea y al no tener guardado automático vas a tener que volver a hacer cosas que ya habías hecho con anterioridad. No sé cómo esta empresa ha sacado el juego en estas condiciones la verdad y lo más sorprendente es que es Platinum Games que no es que estemos hablando de desconocidos.

    Jugabilidad: Resumidamente la veo simple y casual, me explico, antes de nada estamos hablando de un género Hack and Slash en el que apenas hay combos, solo tenemos 8 “Combos” posibles (Spamear X, spamear Y, mantener pulsado X, mantener pulsado Y, mientras corremos pulsar X, mientras corremos pulsar Y, en el aire pulsar X y en el aire pulsar Y.) sin time in ni combinación entre comando y comando ya que no existe en este juego cosa que me parece ridícula a diferencia de la mayoría del mismo género, también podemos esquivar con el botón RT y si lo hacemos en el momento justo seremos recompensados elevando al enemigo por los aires. Como veis para ser del genero hack and slash es bastante simple y sin variedad lo cual puede hacer monótono y repetitivo los combates, pero hay que recalcar que según las armas que llevemos equipadas tendrá diferentes animaciones y estas son bastante buenas.
    El juego también tiene toques RPG lo cual le sienta bastante bien, nuestro personaje 2B (de la que hablaremos después.) ira adquiriendo experiencia según venzamos enemigos y completando misiones y se ara cada vez más fuerte, a esto le sumamos que disponemos de unos chips de ampliación (que iremos consiguiendo comprado a mercaderes, repartidos por el mapa o venciendo a enemigos) que mejoraran la capacidad física de nuestra protagonista que iremos añadiendo a nuestra barra según la ampliemos comprándosela a los distintos mercaderes que hay repartidos por el mapa.
    Una cosa que me ha sorprendido mucho de este juego es que en distintas zonas del mapa o según por donde estemos pasando la cámara cambiara de una vista en tercera persona a una vista a un juego bit em up o a una vista desde arriba. Me a parecido muy interesante y la verdad es que funciona bastante bien.
    El mapa se siente vacío y la verdad, no dan ganas de explorarlo y es muy monótono. Este se separa en varias zonas, por ejemplo tenemos la ciudad en ruinas del principio del juego y el desierto. Las zonas se diferencian mucho entre ellas.
    La banda sonora del juego es bastante buena y hace bastante acto de presencia lo cual me parece muy positivo pero solo le veo una pega, al pasar por diferentes zonas del mapa cambia y no se molestan ni tan siquiera en hacer un fundido para pasar de una canción a otra y esta cambia de repente, lo cual contrasta mucho y pierde encanto.

    Personajes: Nuestra protagonista es un androide femenino llamado 2b y tendremos una acompañante llamada 9s. Los dos tienen grandes diseños y muy bien planteados al igual que su universo pos apocalíptico y bien estructurado. La dirección de arte en ese aspecto es magnífica.
    Los enemigos no tienen un gran diseño y son simplones y siempre ejecutan los mismos ataques una y otra vez, pero los enemigos finales dan gloria con ataques muy variados y se hacen combates espectaculares y muy disfrutables.

    Conclusión: Estamos ante un hack and slash con toques de rpg simplón y casual pero que si te engancha la historia (no la he mencionado porque creo que es mejor descubrirla en primera persona) y te atrapa su universo es disfrutable. (Recomiendo jugarlo en consolas ya que en pc el juego se cae a trozos.)    … Expand
  66. Soujirop
    May 11, 2017
    8
    Graphics: one of the best things in the game are the flawless animations, which were expected from Platinum Games. Not so good are the low quality textures and the crazy framerate, but overall the graphics get the job done. Artistic direction is a bit of a mixture, with really nice character design and some original stages, that contrasts with a quite forgettable world. 7/10

    Music: It’s    Graphics: one of the best things in the game are the flawless animations, which were expected from Platinum Games. Not so good are the low quality textures and the crazy framerate, but overall the graphics get the job done. Artistic direction is a bit of a mixture, with really nice character design and some original stages, that contrasts with a quite forgettable world. 7/10

    Music: It’s been a while since I found a videogame in which I actually stopped playing and started listening to the music. It is impossible not to notice how flawlessly the beautiful songs are blended with the scenery. The english dubbing is not bad, and the japanese is amazing. 10/10

    Gameplay: 1 word - original. The game is presented as an action RPG, but the “action” element plays a big part. The combat mechanics have nothing to envy to the best action games and are clearly inspired in Bayonetta, meaning they are fun and difficult to master. There are several weapons with their own movesets (including flawless transitions between weapons mid combo). I needed around 35 hours to complete the game, and the hard and extreme difficulties were a hell of a challenge.

    But it’s not only about the combat, the game keeps surprising you throughout the adventure, it will suddenly metamorphose into a side scroller beat em up, and at the next moment into Space Invaders. Despite the variety, the game can get a little bit repetitive sometimes. The major gameplay flaw is the camera, which can be all over the place sometimes and seems impossible to manage with a joystick. Another thing that the game doesn’t get right is the open world: a medium sized place with not much to do besides mindlessly practicing your combat skills against loads of repetitive enemies. Finally, the lack of autosaving for long periods of time can really be a pain. 8.5/10

    Story: the story is interesting enough to keep you hooked until the end, and interesting too is how it is conveyed piece by piece (and playthrough by playthrough). Sometimes you will feel it’s a little bit melodramatic or childish for your taste, some others that you are being presented with these anime clichés you already know too well, but luckily those moments don’t last long, and the whole thing, without having many (or any) major moments, still manages to stay interesting and mostly unpredictable until the end. About the side content, you have your typical fetch quests mixed with some that are more story focused, but ultimately most of them are not very entertaining. 8/10

    In summary, Nier Automata is full of fresh action oriented gameplay, with a beautiful OST and a technical aspect that gets the job done. But a boring open world and a plot that lacks climax somehow jeopardize what could have been a masterpiece. 8/10    … Expand
  67. sain
    May 10, 2017
    10
    Just the best game last 3 years, actually mb 3-4 last years. Perfect all things : graphics, sounds, music. Glad to play this game and need to continue NIER
  68. Cypherous
    May 9, 2017
    4
    So, currently sitting at 6 hours playtime so far, i have a few opinions, you won't like them but i'm not worried by downvotes

    Nier is overhyped, everyone knew that though, some people will love the game, most people will find it fairly generic The first portion of the game up until defeating the first boss, i had to use my melee attack a massive 3 times, and those 3 swings were    So, currently sitting at 6 hours playtime so far, i have a few opinions, you won't like them but i'm not worried by downvotes

    Nier is overhyped, everyone knew that though, some people will love the game, most people will find it fairly generic

    The first portion of the game up until defeating the first boss, i had to use my melee attack a massive 3 times, and those 3 swings were during the boss battle, for the first portion of the game i could have used electrical tape to hold down my L1 button and not had my experience diminished

    Graphically speaking the game is ok i guess, as a PC gamer its hard to be "impressed" by graphical quality that you've seen in numerous places before, level design was pretty bland for the section i played but i apreciate that this is mostly a tutorial section, that being said its all you had to win me over and it didn't, and thats before you mention the horrid 30FPS during cutscenes, what is this, 2006?

    Audio, the music, what little i've heard was fairly decent, noting stood out as bad and the sound effects seemed ok, someone actually put some work in to that so i'm impressed, the voice acting, well i get that they are robots but even for robots the acting was bland, i couldn't tell if it was just the voice actors being bored or not

    Gameplay, having only experienced the first section of the game i can't comment on the rest, but it must have changed genre about 6 times, there was 3rd person, top down, sode scrolling shooter, vertical shooter, twin stick shooter and platformer that i counted, the constant changes between genres was jarring, on top of that it didn't really do any of them particularly well, it wasn't engaging and it makes it feel like nobody could settle on what this game was meant to be

    All in all i would probably give this game a 5 out of 10, if you can pick it up for cheap during the christmas sale then its alright, but at £40 i expect a little more, although considering square-enixs love of mediocre games recently, i can't say i'm overly surprised

    If you like constant transitions between genres and generic gameplay then you might enjoy this game, if you're expecting something more engaging then you probably should look elsewhere    … Expand
  69. WhiteRaito
    May 5, 2017
    9
    Aside from the buggy port and super hard DLC everything is cool. would like to restart the game sometime in the future like 1-2 years when its patched properly.
  70. TimmyH
    May 1, 2017
    0
    This might be one of the best games to come out in the entirety of 2017, but absolutely the worst release on Steam in years for Chinese region! Square Enix has long locked the game from Asian region while serving the fanbase in western countries. And when it came to the release day for China eventually, the game sold well like hell with a price of 199 RMB, but in the wake of strong sales,This might be one of the best games to come out in the entirety of 2017, but absolutely the worst release on Steam in years for Chinese region! Square Enix has long locked the game from Asian region while serving the fanbase in western countries. And when it came to the release day for China eventually, the game sold well like hell with a price of 199 RMB, but in the wake of strong sales, SE pumped up the price to a heilish 412 RMB, which happened two hours right after the unlock in Chinese region and this new price is even higher than that of its global day-one release! If you think you're so wealthy but have no place to spare your money upon, then you're more than welcome to come to China and buy this game, because in China, the price for this one is the most expensive among all nations in the world!… Expand
  71. your_neighbour
    Apr 27, 2017
    10
    What is there more to ask for when there is hot waifu with fanservice pantsu shots? Nothing, you cannot ask for anything else. On the serious side very good story telling and very stylized character design.

    The stories are pretty amazing overall, talking about anything beyond the first part will almost certainly guarantee spoilers. And just remember that mackerels are poisonous to    What is there more to ask for when there is hot waifu with fanservice pantsu shots? Nothing, you cannot ask for anything else. On the serious side very good story telling and very stylized character design.

    The stories are pretty amazing overall, talking about anything beyond the first part will almost certainly guarantee spoilers. And just remember that mackerels are poisonous to androids so if you are smart you won't eat mackerels.

    Just when you thought you know everything the WAIT THERE IS MORE moment comes up, then you play for a few more hours then you thought you have finally found the truth then WAIT THERE IS MORE. Classic Yoko Taro surprise.    … Expand
  72. Breezewind
    Apr 26, 2017
    10
    I found it to be probably one of the very best games I've ever played in my 25 years of gaming. NieR:Automata is simply mastery of the videogame medium and archievement in storytelling. I can wholeheartedly recommend this game for everyone.
  73. Asguard
    Apr 25, 2017
    0
    Game doesn't work for AMD gpus stay away if you have this GPU, Square is aware of this issue but no other announcements have been made. The bug im referring to is a white screen of death that crashes your game you can hear sound but your screen goes all white and your forced to close the game this happens 10 mins in
  74. Ananisapta
    Apr 25, 2017
    9
    Masterful writing! When you get to the end, you've seen 20% of the story. More points of view show you how you've been lied to, but the lying is never done. Some of this is pretty challenging and the learning curve is steep so don't be ashamed to play the intro on Easy Mode because it's a long way to the first save.
  75. Robo_Steve
    Apr 23, 2017
    0
    At the time of this review, I cannot play the game. There is a known graphics issue where the game crashes and must be restarted. This issue, combined with no in-menu save function, has prevented me from getting out of the prologue. I am running this game on a relatively high-end rig and have tried all known solutions. I would strongly discourage anyone from supporting this game until thisAt the time of this review, I cannot play the game. There is a known graphics issue where the game crashes and must be restarted. This issue, combined with no in-menu save function, has prevented me from getting out of the prologue. I am running this game on a relatively high-end rig and have tried all known solutions. I would strongly discourage anyone from supporting this game until this issue is fixed.… Expand
  76. suneater
    Apr 23, 2017
    10
    Nier is a genuine masterpiece that defies conventional expectations and design norms. While not flawless, Nier is undeniably a work of art that is greater than the sum of its parts. With a wide variety of gameplay styles, a remarkably well-written story with incredibly deep characters, and a memorable sound track complete with a proprietary language, Nier is a definite contender for GameNier is a genuine masterpiece that defies conventional expectations and design norms. While not flawless, Nier is undeniably a work of art that is greater than the sum of its parts. With a wide variety of gameplay styles, a remarkably well-written story with incredibly deep characters, and a memorable sound track complete with a proprietary language, Nier is a definite contender for Game of the Year awards.

    PlatinumGames, while not known for deep complexity in their combat systems, have still managed to form a brand for themselves in the past few years thanks to big successes such as Metal Gear Rising and Bayonetta 2. Their heavily-stylized "character action" game design fits perfectly into the anime-esque world of Nier: Automata: characters swing and throw teleporting greatswords twice their size with ease, slow down time to teleport-dodge enemy attacks, and run with an acceleration that feels like a 2-legged racing game. This also extends into the flight sequences, where you command a transforming airplane mecha with a moveset not dissimilar to your grounded counterparts. While the ground combat is even more simplistic than MGR (you can often just hold the "light attack" button [while dodging] to auto-combo normal enemies), there is such a huge variety of gameplay that you never get bored. Flight combat, hacking sequences, creative use of locked camera angles, and even mini-VNs all break up the hack 'n' slash to create what is probably the most creative mainstream "AAA" game in the past two console gens.

    It's hard to talk about how good the writing in Nier is without spoilers. To put it simply, Nier is broken into two parts, each being played across two characters. One character, who surprisingly becomes the focal point of the story, has a gradual mental health degradation which even the game's support characters make it a point to notice. Most Japanese media seems to take characters who are "supposed" to be evil and has them instantly snap under pressure, typically caused by one traumatic event like a loved one dying. This game's character goes from a happy-go-lucky straight shooter and suffers multiple depressing events that I felt affected me more than him at times. His decline into insanity isn't a simple breaking point but a good dozen hours of misery that was so well written that it became the main driving force of the story. While replaying portions of the game again as a different character can become tedious, their story line splits provide a fresh look at each character and the main story itself.

    So many great ideas and designs are incorporated into Nier: Automata that its hard to cover all of them in a simple written review. Nier frequently defies player expectations, creatively breaks the fourth wall, paints a rich sci-fi lore with excellent world-building, and leaves enough room to fill in the blanks with your imagination that I expect a fanbase similar to Undertale to crop up around it. Nier is the best game I've played since The Witcher 3 in July 2015. Hopefully it receives the attention it deserves because games like this are really once a gen masterpieces.    … Expand
  77. Gnawer
    Apr 23, 2017
    3
    I am rating specifically PC version quite low. The game looks interesting, but it's seriously unplayable on PC with keyboard and mouse. Camera auto-focus, typical for consoles, is super annoying for a PC game. Given all that and the lack of saves, I was not even able to complete the first mission in like 5 tries, until I switched to Easy. And then it was basically "mash a button" game.
  78. tremault
    Apr 21, 2017
    2
    finished all relevant endings.
    mostly I binged this game because for the most part while I was playing, I felt like I had to keep playing to get to the meat. There were some points where I felt like I was really enjoying it and made it worthwhile to keep going. in the long run though, I really feel like the developer wasted a lot of my time. It seems like this game has so much padding    finished all relevant endings.
    mostly I binged this game because for the most part while I was playing, I felt like I had to keep playing to get to the meat. There were some points where I felt like I was really enjoying it and made it worthwhile to keep going. in the long run though, I really feel like the developer wasted a lot of my time. It seems like this game has so much padding and it's really not fair. The developer tries to be 'clever' by reusing set pieces to tell the story from a different perspective, but honestly, these different perspectives could be done in a much more fun and enjoyable game. not by forcing me to play through the entire game again. It's like a lot of the game was 'held back' for playthrough number 2, when it should have been right there in the game the first time round maybe as optional missions or as exposition. It reminds me a lot of devil may cry 4, where it required you to play the game again backwards in order to get to the end. In retrospect, I feel like I wasted a lot of my life playing this, I got too involved and it was actually quite bad for my mental health. I recommend against this.    … Expand
  79. koonnae741
    Apr 20, 2017
    10
    10/10 For me
    story 10/10
    texture 10/10
    model 10/10
    ***SOUNDTRACK 10/10***
    control 10/10
    Over all 61/60 (+1 for me)
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  80. LeRedempteur
    Apr 18, 2017
    10
    NieR Automata est sans aucun doute l'une de mes plus belles expériences de jeu vidéo.

    J'aime particulièrement l'alternance des phases en beat them all et en shoot them up alors qu'en temps normal, je ne suis pas du tout amateur de ce dernier. Mais ici, tout a été savamment dosé pour que l'expérience soit toujours digeste, jamais trop longue. En plus de cela, j'ai été profondément touché    NieR Automata est sans aucun doute l'une de mes plus belles expériences de jeu vidéo.

    J'aime particulièrement l'alternance des phases en beat them all et en shoot them up alors qu'en temps normal, je ne suis pas du tout amateur de ce dernier. Mais ici, tout a été savamment dosé pour que l'expérience soit toujours digeste, jamais trop longue. En plus de cela, j'ai été profondément touché par l'histoire et ces personnages au destin tragique. 2B, 9S et les autres... si aucun d'eux n'est physiologiquement pas humain, cela ne les empêche pas de dégager une profonde humanité. Celle-ci se dévoile progressivement et avec maîtrise, dévoilant tout le spectre de la complexité humaine, avec tout ce qu'elle a de plus beau et sombre. Amour, haine, vengeance, dévotion, sacrifice, foi... autant de facettes qui nous sont dévoilées par ces êtres doués d'émotions.

    Par-dessus tout, j'ai été touché par le message d'amour adressé directement aux joueurs par PlatinumGames et Yoko Taro. Selon moi, NieR Automata restera dans les mémoires (en tout cas, à coup sûr dans la mienne) pour un très long moment, méritant d'être analysé et traité plus en profondeur, avec plus de recul... celui du temps. Peut-être que tout le monde ne sera pas touché comme moi je l'ai été, mais ce jeu est à faire au moins une fois, vous passerez à coup sûr un bon moment avec lui.

    Merci PlatinumGames, merci Monsieur Yoko Taro, je tiens là l'une de mes perles de cette année 2017, et sans hésitation... de ma vie de joueur.

    À vous de jouer !    … Expand
  81. FalconX
    Apr 15, 2017
    10
    I came to this game via being a fan of Platinum. I never played the first Nier game and don't play a ton of RPGs in general. This combat system is a bit more forgiving than games like Metal Gear Solid: Revengance which platinum also designed, but I totally loved it.

    The system of managing your characters stats as chips is really cool. You have a finite area to plug them in, and the more    I came to this game via being a fan of Platinum. I never played the first Nier game and don't play a ton of RPGs in general. This combat system is a bit more forgiving than games like Metal Gear Solid: Revengance which platinum also designed, but I totally loved it.

    The system of managing your characters stats as chips is really cool. You have a finite area to plug them in, and the more special chips (with a diamond symbol) can perform the same routine while taking up a smaller number of "slots" so you get the same stat boost more efficiently. The game allows you to re-arrange and swap out chips to rebuild your entire character's spec as needed. I really enjoyed remapping the whole stack for boss encounters - really unique system and I hope other games steal this idea.

    Two of my favorite gaming genres are fighting games and shmups, I love arcade style action. Platinum managed to blend those styles of play into a JRPG of all things. Very impressed.

    I just finished playing 3rd play through (2nd is a different perspective same timeline, 3rd is continuation of the story so at least 3 needed, don't stop!) and wow - it shot to the top 5 games of all time for me. Don't miss it - what a surprise. Masterpiece. These don't come along that often.    … Expand
  82. A-C
    Apr 13, 2017
    10
    This is a landmark for the gaming industry on how to deliver a game.............. just play it and the first ending is but the ending to the first part of the Prologue, the second ending is the second part of the Prologue. Then and only Then the game truly starts
  83. PilTheGrimm
    Apr 11, 2017
    10
    There is only one thing to come at my mind : Awesome, a F*ckin awesome game. First, the story behind this game is amazing and you need to do the game 3 times to have the full story don't stop after the first run REALLY (The runs are differents). Music is an A+ and graphics are wonderful, not so pushed but wonderful. If you're a real gamer your will be seriously amaze by this masterpiece.There is only one thing to come at my mind : Awesome, a F*ckin awesome game. First, the story behind this game is amazing and you need to do the game 3 times to have the full story don't stop after the first run REALLY (The runs are differents). Music is an A+ and graphics are wonderful, not so pushed but wonderful. If you're a real gamer your will be seriously amaze by this masterpiece. Long time I didn't play a game that gave me that feeling. I'm an hardcore gamer (Dark souls series and everything hard) this game on hard mode have been such a wonderful challenge. There is 5 real ends to this game so don't stop after the first one you'll not understand the story... you really need to do the A, B, C, D and E ends to understand. C,D and E are available after the third run and you can do them in about an hour. Game of the year...… Expand
  84. Irregular
    Apr 9, 2017
    10
    This is one game that everybody should play, it's a perfect storm of talent that happens so extremely seldom. Hidden under what just looks like a generic Japanese hack and slash is an incredible experience that you just have to play to be a part of.

    A clear 10.
  85. Tarki
    Apr 7, 2017
    10
    just signed in to write this review. Best game ever played. story is deep as hell, soundtracks are astonishing.Especially i liked the action, with variation of weapon types you can get a combination that fits. brilliant
  86. eldumloido
    Apr 7, 2017
    5
    Bad port of good game. Can be enhanced with mods to be great but no game should require mods to be playable. Without mods 5/10 with mods 9/10. ah more characters? Okey what should I write about.... hummm... Oh I have enough characters now? good.
  87. OHIC
    Apr 7, 2017
    7
    I played all of the A-E endings, and achieved a few of the "joke" endings during my run.

    The fans insisted that this game was going to be a revelation in the endings after A: that it would completely turn my understanding inside out; that I would face astonishing philosophical ideas; that I would cry multiple times at the heart-wrenching story. None of those things happened. It's a very    I played all of the A-E endings, and achieved a few of the "joke" endings during my run.

    The fans insisted that this game was going to be a revelation in the endings after A: that it would completely turn my understanding inside out; that I would face astonishing philosophical ideas; that I would cry multiple times at the heart-wrenching story. None of those things happened. It's a very typical anime-esque story that ticks every box on the Typical Anime Plot Points list. The examination of violence in games is about as light and straightforward as it can possibly be. The character I'm meant to care for the most is absurdly stupid, as is the Real Story about how YoRHa works.

    It's undeniably stylish, and it plays with game design standards in some delightful ways at times. The combat is not so great. At least it becomes entertainingly spectacular later on, but there's a problem at the core. You have plug-in chips that radically improve your fighting abilities. On one hand, it's up to you if you use them and make the game very easy. On the other, if you die you'll have to hunt for your body and reabsorb it, otherwise you'll lose your inventory. This is enough of an annoyance that most players are going to load up their best chips simply to avoid that tedious hunting.

    Despite how shallow it turns out to be, it's impossible not to become fond of its world. There's a strong design language to it all, and once you've played it you will never forget it. Even so, I wasn't enjoying myself in the first dozen hours and I spent most of the final stretch attempting to race through it because I just wanted it to be over. Maybe I shouldn't have done as many side quests as I did, but 38 hours is way too long for a game of this type. Many of the side quests were mind-numbingly bad, and the game would have benefited greatly from having most of them removed, plus many of the main missions.

    I wanted to like Nier:Automata much more than I did. There's no question that N:A has many touches of brilliance. It's a great example of the benefits of an auteur creator being given the green light to make a very personal vision come to life. However, I can't give a higher rating to a game that made me plod through so many unenjoyable hours. It's still good, on balance, but "balance" is the operative word. This is a 9/10 game whipped together with a 5/10 game.    … Expand
  88. prince_warhero
    Apr 7, 2017
    10
    I want to say something but I dono what to ... 2B, 9S, A2 .. this game will be in my memory forever as a melancholy ..I learned a lot from this game... Best game i have played.., there is simply nothing other like this game.. I do not want to say any more.. a word to those who haven't finished the game yet, enjoy every moment of it..

    Pros : - Great fluid and seamless combat - Mind    I want to say something but I dono what to ... 2B, 9S, A2 .. this game will be in my memory forever as a melancholy ..I learned a lot from this game... Best game i have played.., there is simply nothing other like this game.. I do not want to say any more.. a word to those who haven't finished the game yet, enjoy every moment of it..

    Pros :
    - Great fluid and seamless combat
    - Mind blowing music (best soundtrack in video game history)
    - A simple plot turned to be a very complex one laid through multiple endings
    - Great game design with 2D,3D everything combined well
    - The concept/theme of game is great, some of the characters are very memorable
    - Skill progression system in form of chips is unique and offers lot of playstyle combined with the large amount of weapons available

    Cons:
    - Few side quests are boring
    - Have to use Borderless window software to go fullscreen properly
    - Discrepancy between standard and hard difficulty

    The thing is non of these cons are major enough affect your experience of the game.. After playing for a while you won't even notice any of these issues, since the game is so engaging. At the end of the game you are left with the amazing feeling and lot of sad emotions . This is simple a masterpiece and has become one of my most favorite games of all time.    … Expand
  89. kitkat
    Apr 6, 2017
    0
    This long and still not even a mention of a patch or confirmation they are working on issues. Still can't play because of the white screen crash.

    The game could fantastic, but for 80$ their behavior, or lack of, is an embarrassing failure as far as I'm concerned.
  90. ChosenOne
    Apr 6, 2017
    7
    I can't forgive such experienced studio as Platinum for graphics from 2005 - 2008, and for mediocre melee combat. But interesting setting, nice story and variability in gameplay are balancing things up. And overall this game feels really good.
  91. Jirekianu
    Apr 6, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fantastic game, only minor polish issues like graphics quality in cutscenes defaulting to low. Otherwise a near flawless game. What ever errors it has are more than made up for in concept and execution of story and gameplay.

    Multiple playthroughs don't feel like a chore, and right about when you're not sure you have the energy to keep slogging through the beginning segment (playthrough 3) is when the game unlocks chapter select, and allows you to swap characters. Which is useful for finishing side quests, etc.

    Honestly, the biggest thing that hit me is Ending E's final combat segment, and what getting "help" means. I was selfish, for now, knowing that dlc will be releasing at some point (those bunkers you find never open up during gameplay as of the time of this reviews writing). But afterwards if I 100% the game. I think I'll replay E, just to sacrifice my save data to help someone.    … Expand
  92. Zuha
    Apr 6, 2017
    10
    There is just one word: Masterpiece, you have to play it.
    The only thing I will add is that you shouldn't expect a fully developed hack n slash game-play like dmc, bayonetta, ninja gaiden... because there is not.
  93. Miles96
    Apr 3, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simply a great game, in the early hours I felt very excited and happy, but as I went through the story things changed, the emotion turned into intrigue, and happiness in distress, getting to the point where I feared move along. To avoid spoilers I will say that only playing about 7 hours you do not know anything about the game.
    A masterpiece, with one surprise after another 10/10 *
    * Leaving aside optimization problems, obviously.    … Expand
  94. danielmmy
    Apr 3, 2017
    10
    Simply put: Masterpiece. From gameplay to story an awesome work of art and don't even get me started on the soundtrack! The only problem is with the port, but having played the game from start to finish with all main endings it did not subtracted from my experience at all and they will probably fix it eventually.
  95. SABlister
    Apr 3, 2017
    10
    Nier: Automata is a great game with a wonderful story and extremely enjoyable and varied gameplay. From very hard hitting emotion notes to some great humor the story very often leaves you guessing at what's next and providing one of, if not the most heartfelt ending sequence in recent memory. This doesn't make it perfect, it has some technical issues and the start could turn some playersNier: Automata is a great game with a wonderful story and extremely enjoyable and varied gameplay. From very hard hitting emotion notes to some great humor the story very often leaves you guessing at what's next and providing one of, if not the most heartfelt ending sequence in recent memory. This doesn't make it perfect, it has some technical issues and the start could turn some players off by lacking save functions for the first 25 to 45 minutes depending on fast you rush through the first section. But the downsides pale in comparison to how many amazing elements this game has in every aspect.… Expand
  96. nonsensu
    Apr 2, 2017
    10
    Easily one of the best games I've played to date.

    NieR: Automata couples Yoko Taro's amazing direction/writing together with some of the best gameplay PlatinumGames has developed to date. The story is emotional and engaging, and spans over multiple playthroughs of the game. The characters in NieR's universe are believable and have motives behind their actions- the androids and machines    Easily one of the best games I've played to date.

    NieR: Automata couples Yoko Taro's amazing direction/writing together with some of the best gameplay PlatinumGames has developed to date. The story is emotional and engaging, and spans over multiple playthroughs of the game. The characters in NieR's universe are believable and have motives behind their actions- the androids and machines have more personality to them than actual human characters in other games. The combat has a ton of depth, as expected of any game developed by PlatinumGames. You could spend the entire game mashing heavy and light attacks, or you could dive in deep and learn combos and different chip builds. It offers plenty in terms of difficulty settings, from the game nearly playing itself up to being killed in one hit from any enemy. NieR: Automata provides as little or as much challenge as you want it to.

    However, the PC port is where things are more than questionable. The game doesn't have the best graphics out there, and the port is iffy at best. Running it on a GTX 970 at 1080p, I often struggled to get 60 FPS above medium graphics. Hopefully we'll see a performance patch from Square Enix in the near future, as it would pretty much perfect the entire experience.

    In the end, NieR: Automata is the big break Yoko Taro finally deserves. This game is the best he's directed to date, and hopefully we see more of his work in the future.

    Final Score: 10/10    … Expand
  97. TheTG
    Apr 1, 2017
    10
    One of the best game i have ever played, absolute god tier gameplay and god performance. one of the best game i have ever played in my life. Great character design and music. All hail YOKO TARO!
  98. UrikoBB3
    Apr 1, 2017
    9
    Firstly, a lot of the magazine reviews of NieR: Automata only cover the initial play through (Ending A). While this is good on its own, it should really be noted that the game expands way beyond that, and most of the actual story is from the third play through onwards. Keep that in mind if you plan to play for the story as it turns a 10 hour game into a 50+ hour one. I won't spoil anythingFirstly, a lot of the magazine reviews of NieR: Automata only cover the initial play through (Ending A). While this is good on its own, it should really be noted that the game expands way beyond that, and most of the actual story is from the third play through onwards. Keep that in mind if you plan to play for the story as it turns a 10 hour game into a 50+ hour one. I won't spoil anything in this review, but please play until route C at least.

    The game follows the story of three androids - 2B, 9S and A2. They are sent to Earth to take back control of the planet from the machines who almost wiped out the humans (at least, this is what you're told initially...). The game mechanics are very slick and combat is incredibly smooth and satisfying, as expected by a game by Platinum.

    The game world is barren but very atmospheric and the soundtrack by Keiichi Okabe is easily one of the best I've ever heard. Boss fights are multi-layered and extremely epic, and the game switches genre seemingly on the fly between an action RPG, twin-stick shooter, top-down shooter and side-scrolling shooter.

    The real magic of NieR: Automata is the story though. On the first playthrough you'll get to the end and think "there has to be more to this". You're then greeted by a message saying that the game has multiple endings. Sure enough, the 2nd play through is similar to the first but with a few key changes. It's not until you get to the third play through that you realise there's so much more going on. In fact, I would consider the first two play throughs to be more like an extended prologue.

    A very significant event happens at the start of Route C which will hit players hard. You'll soon realise that the game is an extremely emotional one with twists and turns that leave you reeling. Definitely try to keep away from spoilers where possible and stick with it and you'll experience one of the greatest games of this generation. Yoko Taro loves to toy with his playerbase's emotions and some of the things that happen (particularly in Route C) will tear your heart out.

    There are a couple of technical issues with the PC version currently. 1920x1080 fullscreen actually upscales 900p so it looks blurry. This is a bug but it hasn't been fixed at time of writing. This can be solved by using a Borderless Window program. Some users are also experiencing some freezing and white screens. I use a GTX1060 and have had a couple of 1 second freezes but nothing too major. Just be aware that it isn't a perfect port, but it is a playable one.

    Once some of the technical issues are worked out, I genuinely believe that this will go down as one of the greatest games of the last 10 years. The story is that good and I would seriously recommend anyone on the fence to give it a shot.    … Expand
  99. stavrosperi
    Mar 31, 2017
    7
    Honest review from a guy who loves challenging games,loves japanese made games and loved to death Bayonetta and it's battle system

    Graphics: 8 Technically the graphics are ps3 but the artwork is amazing and builds excellent atmosphere.The game has performance issues though and the optimization for the pc is bad.Nothing game-breaking but you will get dips below 60 fps even with high end    Honest review from a guy who loves challenging games,loves japanese made games and loved to death Bayonetta and it's battle system

    Graphics: 8 Technically the graphics are ps3 but the artwork is amazing and builds excellent atmosphere.The game has performance issues though and the optimization for the pc is bad.Nothing game-breaking but you will get dips below 60 fps even with high end cards while the graphics don't seem so demanding.Artwork>graphics so 8/10 here

    Sound: 9 The soundtrack is truly memorable,one of the best i have heard in years in a videogame and it really compliments the mysterious setting of the game.The fx sound of the game is good, could be worse could be better.Not every dialog is voice acted though.It gest a 9 mostly for the amazing soundtrack

    Gameplay: 7 Serious balancing issues for the difficulty levels.Very hard=one hit killed.That makes the different enemies irrelevant. Weather u get him by the smallest enemy or from the largest robot it's the same and it kills any purpose of having different enemies and different levels of enemies.In normal u have to try hard to get killed.the camera is bad in this game.You don't have lock on on hard and very hard and i had to move the camera far away from me because u constantly get attacked my mobs and u have to be aware of your surroundings 360 degrees.That creates another problem and that is that u can't really see the animations of the opponents when the are ready to strike.This and the fact that u always get attacked by mobs makes the combat more like hit,hit evade and repeat repetitively without really reacting to whats happening on the battle.Combat can be satisfying but it has these serious problems that truly hold it back from being great and deep.

    In conclusion i give it a 7/10 it is a game with fresh ideas, excellent setting and atmosphere,engaging story and there is some fun to be had by the combat but at the same time it is severely flawed in the battle department,difficulty imbalance and performance issues it has.I find it quite good but certainly overestimated and judging by the scores it got and from the fact that it is developed by a company that i absolutely love, i must say i am a little bit disappointed.    … Expand
  100. DreamCore
    Mar 29, 2017
    7
    This is one ugly looking game. The draw distance is super low and objects are popping in right in front of your feet. The textures are made for a Playstation 2 and only update to Playstation 3 when you stand really close. I could have drawn those textures in paint myself. This definitely doesn't look like a Playstation 4 gen game, don't let fake images and videos fool you. I do like theThis is one ugly looking game. The draw distance is super low and objects are popping in right in front of your feet. The textures are made for a Playstation 2 and only update to Playstation 3 when you stand really close. I could have drawn those textures in paint myself. This definitely doesn't look like a Playstation 4 gen game, don't let fake images and videos fool you. I do like the setting/theme of of the game and even though the graphics are bad the world has a certain charm to it.

    The story this far (8 hours playtime) is nothing special. Even though most of the side quests are standard fetch quests, they all have little twists and funny dialogues so they don't feel as bland as in many other games.

    The gameplay is where the game shines however and anyone who like Bayonetta will like this as well. The constant switch between third person, top down and side scrolling feels really fresh and unique as well. The games switches from a linear robot smashing prologue to an open world MMO-like game and then to something completely different. They have done a really good job of merging different genres into one game. Bosses are well designed and I seriously don't even want to know what goes on in the head of the designers, it's messed up, but in a good way!    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  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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