NieR: Automata

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 1804 Ratings

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  1. lmcl05405
    Jan 20, 2021
    9
    Un juego grandioso con una gran historia y con una de las mejores bandas sonoras. Buena jugabilidad, el mundo se siente un poco desolado comparado con otros rpg pero se debe a que la historia está situada en un mundo desolado. en resumen es de esos juegos que al terminarlo se quedan grabados en la memoria.
  2. ricky6
    Jun 8, 2023
    9
    17/20. Wonderful, the attractive park is a masterpiece in terms of DA music design and colors
  3. maXXXon4ikoff
    Oct 22, 2020
    9
    Ставлю 9 потому что сюжет сложный для понимания, но зачем сюжет когда есть попка 2B?)))
  4. g014n
    Aug 14, 2020
    9
    Not sure if the high marks help it for people that jump on board late because it's marks are based on the fact that people like that it tried to do something differently, rather than having achieved great features with all of the things they tried. So, if you go in with high expectations and find features that are a little dumb, clumsy it might create a disconnect.

    However, I really    Not sure if the high marks help it for people that jump on board late because it's marks are based on the fact that people like that it tried to do something differently, rather than having achieved great features with all of the things they tried. So, if you go in with high expectations and find features that are a little dumb, clumsy it might create a disconnect.

    However, I really liked it, overall. I like the ideas much more than what they accomplished with them. To me, this game vindicates those childhood platformers that made no sense (can't explain how without spoilers). Basically, those older games had features that were logically inconsistent with how physics work in our world. This game has a way of making them believable in 3d and it does that through game mechanics, not lore or cinematography... this part is very important to me. We play video games, we shouldn't be "spectators" in our own playthroughs, so it's important to me that games tell a story or make a point through mechanics (remember Antichamber) or have them work well in conjunction with the art style, music and story telling. Nier Automata is important to me because it makes platformers' logic work seamlessly, you start playing and those things make sense in 3d before you realize it. The art, the music is also appropriate with the action on screen. This helped with the imersion factor.

    The combat mechanics aren't that difficult, it's approachable - and that's a good thing. It's not that easy though.

    Because it tried so much being authentic, it also has some features that are simply annoying for no good reason. If this approach was used more often, I'd probabily rate this game as a 7 or an 8 because of these issues, but because this game's ideas are quite unique, I can ignore the fact that they tried stuff that doesn't make sense.    … Expand
  5. hi_im_epsilon
    Aug 11, 2020
    9
    This is the only game I've played that makes the player think deeply of what it means to exist. Not just this but it challenges the idea that AI is not alive in a creative way. These are concepts that seem more likely to be present in a Philosophy class than a video game. There were many times where the game is talking to your character but feels like it is talking to you which was anThis is the only game I've played that makes the player think deeply of what it means to exist. Not just this but it challenges the idea that AI is not alive in a creative way. These are concepts that seem more likely to be present in a Philosophy class than a video game. There were many times where the game is talking to your character but feels like it is talking to you which was an min-bending experience.

    Other than that, the combat is satisfying and easy to learn. The visuals are stunning. Some side-quests really added to the depth of the game. Overall, this was a unique game that I recommend anyone play. However, I'd be lying if I said the game was perfect. Many side-quests are fetch-quests and the explanation of some story elements are very minimal. I even watched videos explaining the story of the previous games and I still feel dizzy trying to make sense of it all.

    While I very much enjoyed the topic of existentialism in all moments of the game (also a few plot-twists that added so much depth), the story could've been less messy in tackling the subject.    … Expand
  6. Ahan0
    Sep 11, 2020
    9
    A beautiful experience and all-around great game
    Kombat is engaging. Story is interesting and keeps you hooked throughout, and the art direction is amazing. I would definitely recommend this game. Keep in mind that the pc port is poorly optimized
  7. ErayTellezi
    Nov 17, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hikaye anlatıcılığında bambaşka bir iş çıkarmışlar. Güzel kadınlarla robot keseriz diye başladığım oyunda duygudan duyguya, düşünceden düşünceye zıpladım. Hikayesi ve bunu sunuş şekli olarak oynadığım en iyi oyun olabilir. İlk kez JRPG türünü deneyimledim. Hack-and-slash türünü de çok tercih etmesem de bu oyunun dünyasına uymuş. Açık dünyasında dolaşmak keyifli değil, yan görevler de öyle. Combat mekaniği eğlenceli, boss çeşitliliği ve zorluğu (normalde oynadım) yerinde. Görsellik iyi değil ama müzikleri muazzam. Ama saydığım teknik şeyler oyunda tamamen bir araç. Heriflerin harika bir hikayesi varmış bunu oyun formatında anlatalım demişler. İyi ki de öyle yapmışlar. (Eski oyunlarını oynamadım) Robotların yavaş yavaş bilinç kazanması ancak insanları taklit ten öteye gidememeleri, androidlerin yaşadıkları duygusal durumlar, karakterlerin dönüşümü, arkada dönen entrikalar, meta hikayenin görkemi ve bunların sunum şekli şahane. Sci fi meraklası olmama rağmen şaşırttı. Spoiler
    Bir karakterin ölüm süreci sahnesi var ki deneyimlediğim herhangi bir eserde çaresizliği bu kadar gerçekçi hissettiğimi hatırlamıyorum.    … Expand
  8. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    9
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  9. paulonoob4ever
    Jan 9, 2021
    9
    Jogo bem bacana. O cenário é bem interessante, com história bem curiosa, tem uma boa mistura de hack-n-slash, jogo de navinhas e exploração.

    Pontos positivos: + Gameplay varia bastante + Música e cenários bem legais. + Combate bem variado, com vários tipos de inimigos e habilidades + A história principal parece fraca de inicio, mas tem várias tem vários momentos marcantes e acabou    Jogo bem bacana. O cenário é bem interessante, com história bem curiosa, tem uma boa mistura de hack-n-slash, jogo de navinhas e exploração.

    Pontos positivos:
    + Gameplay varia bastante
    + Música e cenários bem legais.
    + Combate bem variado, com vários tipos de inimigos e habilidades
    + A história principal parece fraca de inicio, mas tem várias tem vários momentos marcantes e acabou atingindo uma profundidade surpreendente no final.

    Pontos negativos:
    + Mundo aberto, com quests toscas de mundo aberto
    + Problemas técnicos sobre a instabilidade da resolução. Por sorte, há MODs para corrigir isso.
    + Sistema para gerir as habilidades e upgrades é desnecessariamente complicado    … Expand
  10. LynnxsSnow
    Aug 3, 2023
    9
    One of the best games i've already played. Optimization at the pc could be better but... Still is insane the narrative and gameplay.
  11. Trai12
    Sep 4, 2022
    9
    Do yourself a favour and go play this masterpiece. And remember to keep playing after beating it once...
  12. berkerzararsiz
    Jan 4, 2023
    9
    game received positive reviews for its story, characters, and music, and impressed me as well, breaking my prejudice against jgpr games. The design of the robot characters, especially the protagonist 2B, was also amusing and added some comedic elements to the game. Overall, the story of Nier: Automata is rich and impactful, dealing with themes of humanity and the dystopian future of Earth.game received positive reviews for its story, characters, and music, and impressed me as well, breaking my prejudice against jgpr games. The design of the robot characters, especially the protagonist 2B, was also amusing and added some comedic elements to the game. Overall, the story of Nier: Automata is rich and impactful, dealing with themes of humanity and the dystopian future of Earth. I realized that our prejudices prevent us from seeing the true value of games and I will try to be more open-minded from now on… Expand
  13. ozgurpetro
    May 9, 2021
    9
    Interesting story, good music, good gameplay and shallow open world. PC Port is trash and you need a mod to run the game properly.
  14. dan365
    Nov 23, 2021
    9
    НЕТУ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА,ВСЕ МИНУСЫ,ТЕППЕРЬ НАВЕРНАЯ ПЛЮСЫ ИГРА КРАСИВАЯ И НЕ ТРЕБОВАТЕЛЬНАЯ(капсам писалпотому что не увидел что на него нажал)
  15. MunhozMCM
    Nov 30, 2021
    9
    My Score:

    (9) - Great!

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  16. pokeaatrox
    Nov 22, 2021
    9
    In my TOP 3 of the best games of all time. I am going to follow Yoko Taro's next releases right away. Usually in games I remove the music but with Nier I increase it !!
  17. 13keeper13
    Dec 20, 2021
    9
    yea i havent played this game enough already cuz i have JUST bought it but its my 2nd favorite game , for me the 3rd is ghost of tsushima and the first is witcher 3 , and to be honest tsushima has a better gameplay and graphics than the other two but for story and ahhh the damn song and music it will kill you . definitely recommend this game buy it and enjoy it and if you didnt you canyea i havent played this game enough already cuz i have JUST bought it but its my 2nd favorite game , for me the 3rd is ghost of tsushima and the first is witcher 3 , and to be honest tsushima has a better gameplay and graphics than the other two but for story and ahhh the damn song and music it will kill you . definitely recommend this game buy it and enjoy it and if you didnt you can blame me for it . btw the gameplay is great too but its not perfect for me.… Expand
  18. Zavier_
    Mar 3, 2022
    9
    Good soundtrack, good story, and good thighs for 2B,A2, and beloved commander
  19. Procrustes7
    Mar 5, 2022
    9
    πολύ καλό βιντεοπαιχνίδι αξίζει να το παίξετε περνάς την ώρα σου ευχάριστα
  20. kinsang
    Nov 26, 2022
    9
    เป็นเกมที่เหมือนจะเข้าถึงยาก แต่พอเล่นแล้วไม่ได้เข้าถึงยากเลย แถมยังสนุกและน่าติดตามเป็นอย่างมาก เนื้อเรื่องถือเป็นจุดที่เด่นที่สุด โดยเฉพาะ lore ของเกมที่ทำให้โลกของ nier มันน่าสนใจแบบสุดๆ เกมเพลย์ค่อนข้างจะเหมือนเกมแอคชั่น rpg ทั่วไป ถือว่าเข้าถึงได้ง่าย แต่ก็ไม่ซ้ำซากเกินไปจนน่าเบื่อ และตัวละครก็มีเสน่ห์และเรื่องราวของแต่ละตัวที่น่าติดตามเป็นเกมที่เหมือนจะเข้าถึงยาก แต่พอเล่นแล้วไม่ได้เข้าถึงยากเลย แถมยังสนุกและน่าติดตามเป็นอย่างมาก เนื้อเรื่องถือเป็นจุดที่เด่นที่สุด โดยเฉพาะ lore ของเกมที่ทำให้โลกของ nier มันน่าสนใจแบบสุดๆ เกมเพลย์ค่อนข้างจะเหมือนเกมแอคชั่น rpg ทั่วไป ถือว่าเข้าถึงได้ง่าย แต่ก็ไม่ซ้ำซากเกินไปจนน่าเบื่อ และตัวละครก็มีเสน่ห์และเรื่องราวของแต่ละตัวที่น่าติดตาม
  21. KinimodYunmi
    May 1, 2023
    9
    Das gabs noch nie!
    Eine total neue Darstellung, eine an sich kurze Story, die man aber dann nochmal aus der Sicht der Begleitung spielt und anschließend noch weiter geht. Zudem gibt es 26 Enden, das Spiel hat 3 Hauptenden, man kann nach allen aber wieder ganz normal starten und es geht weiter! Alles andere sind optionale Spaßenden, das steckt viel Mühe und Liebe zum Detail drin!    Das gabs noch nie!
    Eine total neue Darstellung, eine an sich kurze Story, die man aber dann nochmal aus der Sicht der Begleitung spielt und anschließend noch weiter geht. Zudem gibt es 26 Enden, das Spiel hat 3 Hauptenden, man kann nach allen aber wieder ganz normal starten und es geht weiter! Alles andere sind optionale Spaßenden, das steckt viel Mühe und Liebe zum Detail drin! Zusätzlich gibt´s nach dem 3. Hauptende die Möglichkeit jedes Kapitel und jeden Speicherpunkt des Kapitels zu laden um Nebenquests, irgendwas aufzusammeln oder die Stelle einfach nochmal mit anderen Entscheidungen und auf andere Art und Weise zu spielen. Und für alle Achievement-Hunter da draußen: ich habe mir die Achievements jetzt vorher nicht angeguckt und auch nicht alle Nebenmissionen gemacht, ich habe normal viel ausprobiert und konnte mir am Ende mit 1.100.000 Geld die restlichen Achievements kaufen, ja richtig, die werden dann mit ingame-Geld einfach für Steam freigeschaltet!
    Jetzt mache ich noch den Hasen für Level 80 um mir das freizügige 2B Outfit aus der Arena zu holen ;-)
    [sein to been or sein to 2B]    … Expand
  22. Jerem8
    Apr 11, 2023
    9
    Without having finished the game, I can already say it's a great game. The history is great and the proposed gameplay with its variations is perfectly mastered
  23. Naked_Snakee
    Mar 21, 2023
    9
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. iozay
    Dec 17, 2019
    8
    Legendary game which did surprise and surprise me again. I highly recommend it. Only strives I had where bugs (Whereof the worst one had to be resolved using a 3rd party plugin).

    Regardless, I highly recommend it.
  27. mtlvmpr
    Mar 22, 2017
    8
    7 hours in and I'm confident to say that I love it.
    Would probably be a 10/10 without all the problems and framerate capping.

    +Pros.
    +Platinum-lite combat
    +Interesting story
    +Good bosses

    -Cons.
    -Bad performance
    -Capped framerate
    -Maybe a bit too much empty space
  28. 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
  29. v4vendetta
    Oct 20, 2020
    8
    Its a good game. Quite different than regular hack and slash or shooter games.
  30. hijackk
    Aug 20, 2018
    8
    One of the best slasher being also a touching story with many badass moments. Everything with detailed narration and one of the best soundtracks i have ever heard. Unfortunetally, it's also a poor port so I have to take a 2 points out of 10 to be honest with you guys.
  31. moonquad
    Mar 18, 2017
    8
    Oyunu 7 saat kadar oynadım.Oyunu gtx 950m ile deneyim ettim ve sonuçlar pek de iyi çıkmadı diyebilirim.Şimdi gelelim oyuna sizler için kısa bir inceleme yapacağım.

    Grafikler 7.5 Neden? Çünkü grafikler eski nesil gibi duruyor.Çevre tasarımları oldukça detaysız ve basit şekilde tasarlanmışlar ama karakter çizimleri özellikle oyundaki 2B-9S ve A2 karakterleri çok güzel yapmışlar    Oyunu 7 saat kadar oynadım.Oyunu gtx 950m ile deneyim ettim ve sonuçlar pek de iyi çıkmadı diyebilirim.Şimdi gelelim oyuna sizler için kısa bir inceleme yapacağım.

    Grafikler 7.5 Neden?
    Çünkü grafikler eski nesil gibi duruyor.Çevre tasarımları oldukça detaysız ve basit şekilde tasarlanmışlar ama karakter çizimleri özellikle oyundaki 2B-9S ve A2 karakterleri çok güzel yapmışlar animasyonlar oldukça iyi ve efekler oldukça güzel yapılmış.Bu iki farklı grafik tasarımlarını düşünürsek ve günümüz oyunlarına bakarsak çevre ile hiç ilgilenmemişler çevre olsun yeterli diye düşünmüşler bu eski oyun gibi göstermiş.Çerve tasarımı 6 puan verdim ve diğer kısımlara 9 verdim bu da grafiklerin ortalamasını 7.5 yaptı.

    Ses 10 Neden?
    Diyaloglar,müzikler,dövüşürken vuruş hiss hepsi oldukça doyurucu olmuşlar ve bun burada hata göremedim.

    Oynanabilirlik 8 Neden?
    DMC bir çok kişi bilir puan kazanırsın ve yeni skill açmak istersin ve onun için puan kasmaya çalışırsın.Bu oyunda skill ağacı diye bir kavram yok ama silahları geliştirebiliyorsunuz ama bunun için para yetmiyor belli matalyerlerden belli miktarlarda toplamak gerekiyor ama bu malzemeler nedense çok zor bulunuyor.Biraz daha kolaydan başlayıp zorlaşması gerekirken hemen zorlaşıyor.Sadece buradan 2 puan kırdım ve ondan dolayı 8 puan verdim.

    Optimizasyon 7 Neden?
    Çünkü oyun ps4 göre yapılmış pc için ise sadece port yapılmış üzerinde çalışma yapılmamış ama çok kötü değil ama sistem gereksinimlerine göre çıkan grafikler kötü olunca ve buna göre optimizasyonda iyi olmayınca doğal olarak sıkıntıları ortaya çıkıyor.Fps 30 olunca genelde tepkime süreleri 30-35ms arasında olur ama bu oyunda 16-33ms arasında dalgalanma yapıyor ve sanki takılıyormuş gibi bir hisse kapılıyorsunuz.Çünkü oyun ps4 60 fps çalışıyor ve 60 fps 16.6ms ile tepki gösteriyor oyunda 16ms çalışmak istiyor işte burada sorunlar başlıyor.Bu nedenle 7 puan verdim.

    Genel ortalaması 8.1
    Oyun güzel ve bu sorunlar çözülecek sorunlar ama kesinlikle fiyatına göre bir AAA oyunu gibi durmuyor.    … Expand
  32. MetalRobot69
    Feb 3, 2022
    8
    It is a great game. It has a story that is very philosophical, although it can be sometimes not very believable. And it is very original since it has many endings and the ending A and B are pretty much the same but playing with different characters. That is pretty original.

    It has one of the best OST in pretty much all games and with the original storytelling that I've mentioned, it    It is a great game. It has a story that is very philosophical, although it can be sometimes not very believable. And it is very original since it has many endings and the ending A and B are pretty much the same but playing with different characters. That is pretty original.

    It has one of the best OST in pretty much all games and with the original storytelling that I've mentioned, it hits really different than every other game that I've played, it is a good sensation.

    The graphics are good.

    But the bad part is the combat, it isn't bad but it isn't good. It is just ok. It is a hack and slash with a simple dodge bottom. I don't like the combat system so simple and I think the game had much to improve in this aspect. God of War is an example of an awesome hack and slash combat system.    … Expand
  33. PurplePoodlez
    Mar 24, 2017
    8
    To start off this review I believe it to be of note that this is my first time ever experiencing a Platinum game. With that being said I must say I was very much impressed with this game. Nier Automata is a game that takes place in the distant future where you take the role of a character named 2b and fight through a seemingly endless wave of "mindless" robots to complete your mission.To start off this review I believe it to be of note that this is my first time ever experiencing a Platinum game. With that being said I must say I was very much impressed with this game. Nier Automata is a game that takes place in the distant future where you take the role of a character named 2b and fight through a seemingly endless wave of "mindless" robots to complete your mission.

    The story in Nier Automata isn't one your likely to forget anytime soon as it plays out similarly to something straight out of an anime. While you may like anime this type or story telling leads to some cliche character personality and behavior making my personal experience a little less enjoyable. Even so throughout the whole game i never once felt bored of the characters, yes they maybe a little cliche but its handled very well through great voice acting and seemingly perfect soundtrack execution. Throughout my experience with the story I can say that Nier provides a great sense of direction and gives a peculiar sense of wonder as you hope to discover a deeper truth as to why the machines on earth are acting the way they do.

    Game play feels very solid and smooth and gives a great sense of accomplishment when taking down a hard boss. Though combat is buttery smooth I feel like there too much to spam instead of having well timed dodges I found myself just kinda spamming the dodge button while being attacked by a boss or a handful of enemies. My problems with the combat is that even after 12+ hrs of game play i still find spam to be the most effective way to dodge and counter attack my enemies. Nier Automata's combat mechanics pulls straight from the books of a dark souls game, be it this game is more forgiving through your skill and upgrades, once you die you will lose them unless you go back to your body and retrieve your skill chips. This death system made me feel like I actually had something to lose if I died and provided me some great incentive to not just Rambo and die, but think about my next attack and if I should be saving my missile salvo for the next wave or use it now. Nier Automata's combat in game play I can say has given my the most fun I have had in gaming in awhile

    Other things to note would be the performance of this game and how the PC port doesn't seem to run smoothly and needs more optimization

    in conclusion I can confidently say that if you are not planing on picking Nier Automata up for your PC/console in the future that your are doing yourself a disservice    … Expand
  34. Joewashere
    Aug 27, 2019
    8
    Nier: Automata is rare example of game that ended up quite more popular than it was made to be.
    But beside a widely-known fanservice you'd find there a surprisingly good plot full of twists, revelations and with writing subtle enough not to shove morale into your face. In short, it is a story about robots in post-apocalyptic world. And some of these robots show character growth well    Nier: Automata is rare example of game that ended up quite more popular than it was made to be.
    But beside a widely-known fanservice you'd find there a surprisingly good plot full of twists, revelations and with writing subtle enough not to shove morale into your face. In short, it is a story about robots in post-apocalyptic world. And some of these robots show character growth well beyond their flesh and blood counterparts in endless JRPG. And not all of them grow to be better.

    From gameplay perspective it is not much of an RPG, but combat is fun and fluid, locations are interesting to explore, art design is top notch and music is just godly. All in all Nier: Automata is unique enough to play it and look past its usual for console-port technical issues with blatant trolling in some quests and mini-games that could turn even most reserved android into raging berserker.    … Expand
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. pawq
    Apr 22, 2023
    8
    First off, urgent advice: before attempting to play NieR:Automata on mouse and keyboard, install the Input Overhaul (NAIOM) - the game is NOT playable without it, and I mean it - in some parts of the game it's impossible to do what's needed because of ridiculous controller>mouse mapping. Some other quality of life mods are recommended too - look up the definitive mod guide on Nexus.First off, urgent advice: before attempting to play NieR:Automata on mouse and keyboard, install the Input Overhaul (NAIOM) - the game is NOT playable without it, and I mean it - in some parts of the game it's impossible to do what's needed because of ridiculous controller>mouse mapping. Some other quality of life mods are recommended too - look up the definitive mod guide on Nexus.

    Second urgent advice: do not stop playing once you see the end titles for the first time, this is only about half of the story. It's more than worth it to continue until you've obtained endings A-E; it's not just other perspectives later on, it's also literally a continuation of the story.

    -------------------------------

    On one hand, NieR:Automata really deserves a 9/10, but on the other it deserves at most a 7/10. In the end, I'm giving it an 8/10, and below I'll explain why.

    It deserves a 9/10 because in many ways it's an utterly brilliant game. The concept of the world is fascinating, the few main characters are very authentic, and the story (once you get to the >actual< end!) is so powerful that it left me emotional for days. The world design is charming and memorable, despite sub-par graphics in the vanilla version, voice acting is amazing (the Japanese voice-over is hugely recommended), and the soundtrack is otherworldly - even though there aren't too many tracks there, they're SO GOOOD that I didn't want to stop playing the game just because of the music. Combat is fun and well-balanced too, with a satisfying progression curve. Maybe the strongest suit though is that the game is original and surprising in so many ways. I won't give examples here because it's amazing and you have to see it for yourself! But let's just say that there are at least 6 different modes of gameplay, with virtually seamless transitions.

    And then we get to the second part - why it deserves a 7/10 at most. It's really down to the fact that I felt compelled to give two pieces of advice at the beginning of the review - part of it is due to it being a terrible port, and part due to questionable design decisions. The game is literally unplayable on mouse & keyboard, which is just unacceptable. Some examples: negative mouse acceleration in 3rd person mode (the faster you move the mouse the slower the camera movement), and broken aiming in side-scrolling mode (mouse movements cause the crosshairs to jump up or down, but it jumps back to horizontal after each increment). Luckily modders sorted this out (in say 98% - there are still minor issues at some stages).

    And by far the most questionable design decision in my view is the decision to split the game into three playthroughs, forcing the player to essentially replay the game with only minor changes and additions after "finishing" the story, in order to get to the actual second part of it, which let's just say is CRUCIAL. Even though at the end of the first playthrough the game tells you "please continue" I wasn't sure if I wanted to or if it was worth it - I looked online and saw some people saying it was worth it, so I did, but also saw plenty of people saying they gave up because of the repetitiveness, which is SUCH A SHAME. After playing through the whole thing and thinking and reading about it a lot, I remain unconvinced that this was necessary - I think the different perspectives and elements of the second playthrough could be integrated into the first, just like different perspectives were integrated at the beginning of the 3rd playthrough. It would avoid alienating many players, and make for a more cohesive and less grindy experience.

    After all the experience was so amazing that I couldn't give less than an 8, but I wish I could give more.    … Expand
  38. VG_Alex
    Apr 5, 2022
    8
    'NIER: AUTOMATA'is an ARPG with excellent character design. Coupled with a unique sci-fi world background and beautiful music, the story around the theme of "emotional awakening" begins.

    Review of "NieR Automata"

    Graphic/Art: 7.5

    Music/Sounds: 10

    Narrative/Performance:8

    Gameplay:7.5

    Score:8.3 (+0.3)
  39. Goodnle12
    Dec 14, 2020
    8
    Очень не стандартная игра, каждое прохождение, узнаешь что-то новое про лор игры, да баевка средняя, но игра не про это. Саундтрек шикарный, атмосфера на высшем уровне!
  40. Shimmeywill
    Apr 11, 2020
    8
    Positives: the music, atmosphere and world design are top notch. It's on par with fromsoft games. The story concept is fun. Ending is nice and bittersweet. Combat is satisfying.

    Negatives: bosses suck dick except songstress. The "villains" are pretty lame although some motivations are ok. Biggest flaw is I can't take any of the cutscenes seriously and just end up laughing at them. All    Positives: the music, atmosphere and world design are top notch. It's on par with fromsoft games. The story concept is fun. Ending is nice and bittersweet. Combat is satisfying.

    Negatives: bosses suck dick except songstress. The "villains" are pretty lame although some motivations are ok. Biggest flaw is I can't take any of the cutscenes seriously and just end up laughing at them. All the androids are weird, anorexic, fetish fuel making the cutscenes awkward, especially 9S. The hacking could also get pretty tedious at times.

    Overall Solid game.    … Expand
  41. Deadsun
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    Good history (10). Music (10) But problem with optimization(5). Played on ryzen 5 with r9 280. First start was with hotkey, because was black screen with music.
  42. Wrecktangled
    Mar 17, 2022
    8
    Interesting premise with fun combat. I really like the idea of replaying the game and getting different outcomes but got a little too grindy for me to get all the finishes. Still a very interesting game that I had fun with and it made me think.
  43. cgomezpelejero
    Feb 7, 2022
    8
    Near: Automata is a game you definitely should try but it gives me the feeling that while been an amazing game, the didn't reach all the potential they could have had.. I'm going to start pointing out some bad things. The length of the game in case you just wanna do the first run is ridiculous, even while completing side quest, which are really interesting, the joy just lasts 2/3 daysNear: Automata is a game you definitely should try but it gives me the feeling that while been an amazing game, the didn't reach all the potential they could have had.. I'm going to start pointing out some bad things. The length of the game in case you just wanna do the first run is ridiculous, even while completing side quest, which are really interesting, the joy just lasts 2/3 days till you get to the end. Also, some of the mechanics may become boring after some time, which I'm not going to mention due to spoilers, but everyone who has played it will agree with me.One of the mayor points why I don't give more score to this game is due to having to replay the 1st run again, but with worse mechanics in order to see the true ending in the 3rd run. On the other hand, the universe created is splendid, the characters are amazing and you really feel them. The art at the beginning may seem a bit dry, but in the end you realise everything fits perfectly and a HUGE positive point is the music, which is just stunning. In conclusion, it is a game you should definitely try, but from my point of view, not as perfect as I heard, as I feel It could have been a bit more.… Expand
  44. GOVCTH
    Mar 9, 2022
    8
    JUST IMAGINE HOW GODD IS THE game even with low performance and stuter (its fixed now) is Glorius. NOT 10/10 CUZ COMUNNITY FIXED THE GAME YEARS BEFORE, AND SQUER ENIX WAITED 5 YEARS TO DO THIS AND THE LAST UPDATE IS NOT COMAPTIBLE WITH THE COMUNITY MODDERS(ALSO COMUNITY FIXED IT AGAIN)
  45. OniSenpai
    Jul 1, 2022
    8
    Entras al juego por la waifu y sales cuestionándote que significa estar vivo.

    Nier automata es un juego indispensable en esta generación, pues no es un simple juego de chicas en falda dando espadazos, es un juego con una historia y personajes entrañables.

    Además su banda sonora es de las mejores cosas que se han hecho durante toda la generación pasada.
  46. CoolBR
    Oct 17, 2022
    8
    It is a great game. It has a story that is very philosophical, although it can be sometimes not very believable. And it is very original since it has many endings and the ending A and B are pretty much the same but playing with different characters. That is pretty original.

    It has one of the best OST in pretty much all games and with the original storytelling that I've mentioned, it    It is a great game. It has a story that is very philosophical, although it can be sometimes not very believable. And it is very original since it has many endings and the ending A and B are pretty much the same but playing with different characters. That is pretty original.

    It has one of the best OST in pretty much all games and with the original storytelling that I've mentioned, it hits really different than every other game that I've played, it is a good sensation.

    The graphics are good.

    But the bad part is the combat, it isn't bad but it isn't good. It is just ok. It is a hack and slash with a simple dodge bottom. I don't like the combat system so simple and I think the game had much to improve in this aspect. God of War is an example of an awesome hack and slash combat system.    … Expand
  47. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    8
    Great game with really good combat and character designs wish they could have just made 1 long story and not 15 different endings bc it just seems to me they couldn't decide on which one to have as a final ending and just made them all a reality
  48. mdk567
    Jun 11, 2023
    8
    매력적인 캐릭터 디자인. 재미있는 전투
    맵 디자인과 독특한 적들

    하지만 난해한 스토리와 다회차를 강요하면서 플레이가 반복되는 점은 흠임.
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 18, 2017
    7
    Nier Automata
    A game that plays itself.
    Nier Automata is a 3rd person hack and slash open world action adventure rpg game where you play as android 2B accompanied by 9s and a droid This game takes place after Nier, though this is a spin off, there are nods to the past game here// but other than to appreciate those moments, playing the past games is unnecessary.. This continues the    Nier Automata
    A game that plays itself.
    Nier Automata is a 3rd person hack and slash open world action adventure rpg game where you play as android 2B accompanied by 9s and a droid
    This game takes place after Nier, though this is a spin off, there are nods to the past game here// but other than to appreciate those moments, playing the past games is unnecessary..
    This continues the human vs robot war in a post-apocalyptic open world where robots are beginning to feel emotion…
    2B and 9S have an endearing relationship here... 2B being programmed to be more calm and composed, while 9s is more emotional…
    Leads for some great moments and dialog in the game,, its just a shame theyre so few and far between because watching their growth is the best part of the game..
    The game takes around 8 hours to complete… though there are multiple endings and perspectives the game shows you if you’re interested in checking them out...
    After playing through Automata the first time though... I was fine with that ending being my final ending…
    Because unfortunately neither the story nor the world enticed me enough to want to play again
    The world is tiny, dull, colorless, lifeless, not fun to explore…
    And the entire 8 hour journey is spent revisiting all of these locations over and over…
    There were very few moments I thought wow... this game is beautiful or this section is really cool…
    It looks and feels generic throughout…
    I did enjoy the fact that the camera is constantly pulling in and out, changing game perspective, to where at times the game feels like a 2d platformer.. I just wish more was done with it than give us the typical grey and brown rusty structures to run through…
    For the most part you get a task, go to the location on the map, turn in your progress, go to a different location... fight a boss that all but maybe 2 are just spongier hack and slash battles… rinse and repeat…
    The world feels connected… but back to the point that it feels generic…
    Nothing feels like you haven’t seen it before…
    Making your journey back and forth feel like a drag…
    the combat here is fairly fun… I wouldn’t necessarily call it satisfying though…
    Not much to it other than light and heavy attacks…
    You can find new weapons in the world and upgrade them with the parts and materials you find in the world and off of robots to make the battle grind a little quicker…
    but much like the world... the combat was just there. It was good… the world is good... but again, never felt fun to me… just existing
    plus there’s a setting in the game where all you have to do is move your character... The game does the attacking for you…
    Almost turning this into a twin stick shooter hack and slash game if you want…
    I dipped my toes in both styles
    but after fighting enemies that all felt the same over and over... I actually started to prefer the autopilot mode.
    I’m sorry, I know this dislikes are coming... I’m in the minority here…
    But I don’t see the upper 8s and 9s this game is getting by everyone else
    Nier Automata has great characters in B2 and 9S...
    But the story of these robots feeling emotion is never told in an impactful way…
    the world is no fun to explore..
    the bosses feel uninspired and the combat is just there…
    This is a good game, I had fun…
    you won’t regret playing through…
    but I don’t honestly believe you’re missing anything if you choose to skip this one…
    I give Nier Automata
    a 7/10    … Expand
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. JonsGone
    Apr 10, 2019
    7
    Excellent gameplay all around.
    Story gets in the way of the game.
    Slightly above average anime story.
    Soundtrack is ♥.
    Annoying character isnt actually that annoying.
  58. R_1777
    Feb 9, 2019
    7
    Es innegable que Nier Automata es uno de los mejores videojuegos de esta generación, tanto en la historia, como en la banda sonora y en la jugabilidad, ya que no es muy común que esta última cambie en mitad de algúna sona o combate y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.
    El argumento es un tanto frío, pero tiene sus momentos de comedia.
    Las animaciones son muy buenas y se ven muy bien. Pero    Es innegable que Nier Automata es uno de los mejores videojuegos de esta generación, tanto en la historia, como en la banda sonora y en la jugabilidad, ya que no es muy común que esta última cambie en mitad de algúna sona o combate y deja un muy buen sabor de boca.
    El argumento es un tanto frío, pero tiene sus momentos de comedia.
    Las animaciones son muy buenas y se ven muy bien.

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

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

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

    Solo espero que Granblue fantasy Relink no tenga esos problemas en PC, por que se ve espectacular.    … Expand
  59. VigilanteOito
    Mar 28, 2021
    7
    O jogo é bom, porem não é tudo isso que dizem por ai.
    Não vale de jeito nenhum o preço que estao cobrando, so joguei por que foi pelo gamepass.
    Graficos de 360, meio mal otimizado.
    Repetitivo as vezes.
    Camera as vezes atrapalha.
    A novinha é gostosinha pra car@i.
  60. saio
    Jan 12, 2023
    7
    ужасный издатель и не самый добросовестный разработчик всеми силами пытались испортить великолепную идею, в том числе и с помощью отвратительной оптимизации. к счастью им удалось это не до конца
  61. Relkad
    Aug 15, 2020
    7
    Good old F'D up japanese warrior philosophy in a good old F'D up universe accompanied by an engaging fighting system
  62. Jrson
    May 5, 2020
    7
    A game with good story, but very boring combat. The side quests in this game is certainly better than a lot of games out there. The PC port seems to have some issues with crashing.
  63. Sinmaker
    Jan 19, 2022
    7
    The game is good, but it's overrated.

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

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

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

    --> Strengths:

    . Soundtrack

    . Potential for hentai ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    . Plot twists

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

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

    --> Negative Points:

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

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

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

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

    . Excessive reuse of assets. There are 5 serious endings and at least 25 hours of gameplay in the same 4-5 scenarios.    … Expand
  64. doproyee
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    amazing music and gameplay with cringy story & bad map navigation & bad optimization for pc version
  65. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    A decent hack & slash experience.

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

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

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

    Overall, the game is a fun hack and slash, with a decent story as well. If you want the full story and experience, you'll definitely have to playthrough the game multiple times though.    … Expand
  66. Tigrrr
    Jan 10, 2021
    7
    Playing the demo is what originally got me into buying this game (besides the 2Booty). While I do like the game, the game ultimately left me unsatisfied due to a lack of focus on the main draw of this game; the combat. Throughout my experience I was equally enjoying myself as well as irritated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Buy this game only if you are a weeb and open to a more experimental experience. It helps to be open minded when going into this game. It does not deliver as a action game in a satisfying way ultimately but there is still some fun to be had. Its current asking price is fair. If you just like a good story then you can't go wrong if you have the time to spare (Ca. 25-30 hours including side quests). Ultimately I left this game dissatisfied and slightly enraged. Not because it was a bad game perhaps, but because of the lost potential and all of the over-the-top glowing reviews that seem to gloss over it's flaws.    … Expand
  67. Fazed
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    Really good story and combat mechanics just becomes boring once you have to do Nine's story as it is just 2B's story again which is where I stopped playing.
  68. briiiz
    Apr 13, 2022
    7
    首先不得不说，这游戏的剧情音乐体验几乎完美，感人且深刻的剧情也自然是他的主要买点，而且即使画质不高但是画面表现力绝对顶尖。
    然后就是他的缺点了，其实游戏体验是十分糟糕的，驱动游戏的只有剧情和音乐，且不提跑图，他的关卡设计十分糟糕，不少强制锁视角的场景配合阴间怪，弹幕混杂在攻击里面可以说是毁掉了他本来应该不差的动作系统，而且敌人后期重复度很高除了前期的游乐园也没有让人眼前一亮的boss。
    然后是他的存档问题，虽然清楚这是为了符合游戏设定，但只能特定地区手动存档还是让我感到不适，尤其是三周目后期死亡一次就只能回到之前手动存的位置让我再次体验了不少本来就已经重复度高的关卡。还有就是可以说是稀碎的支线任务体验，在本身跑图方面就受诟病的情况下支线任务多数只是往返各个地方来对话，当然，支线有很多支持游戏主题的好剧情和各种彩蛋，但仍然无法让人有去全部完成的意愿    首先不得不说，这游戏的剧情音乐体验几乎完美，感人且深刻的剧情也自然是他的主要买点，而且即使画质不高但是画面表现力绝对顶尖。
    然后就是他的缺点了，其实游戏体验是十分糟糕的，驱动游戏的只有剧情和音乐，且不提跑图，他的关卡设计十分糟糕，不少强制锁视角的场景配合阴间怪，弹幕混杂在攻击里面可以说是毁掉了他本来应该不差的动作系统，而且敌人后期重复度很高除了前期的游乐园也没有让人眼前一亮的boss。
    然后是他的存档问题，虽然清楚这是为了符合游戏设定，但只能特定地区手动存档还是让我感到不适，尤其是三周目后期死亡一次就只能回到之前手动存的位置让我再次体验了不少本来就已经重复度高的关卡。还有就是可以说是稀碎的支线任务体验，在本身跑图方面就受诟病的情况下支线任务多数只是往返各个地方来对话，当然，支线有很多支持游戏主题的好剧情和各种彩蛋，但仍然无法让人有去全部完成的意愿
  69. Antohadance
    Jun 22, 2022
    7
    Красивый слэшер с сильным сюжетом и хорошей музыкой, но с очень слабым геймплеем
  70. Laranja3321
    Apr 20, 2023
    7
    O Jogo me passou uma primeira experiência sensacional, possui uma gameplay interessante e uma direção de arte sensacional, quero principalmente pontuar que a trilha é absurdamente boa, porém, o jogo tem um problema que me broxou profundamente. A Narrativa do jogo é boa, mas, não o suficiente para me fazer rejogar o jogo por diversas vezes para entende-la e confesso que isso me desagradouO Jogo me passou uma primeira experiência sensacional, possui uma gameplay interessante e uma direção de arte sensacional, quero principalmente pontuar que a trilha é absurdamente boa, porém, o jogo tem um problema que me broxou profundamente. A Narrativa do jogo é boa, mas, não o suficiente para me fazer rejogar o jogo por diversas vezes para entende-la e confesso que isso me desagradou um pouco ainda mais por que a segunda gameplay não apresenta tantas diferenças da primeira, enfim, pra mim o jogo teve parte do seu potencial desperdiçado.… Expand
  71. Tintler
    Jun 26, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oyun varoluşsal soruları hikaye ile birlikte güzel bir şekilde sunuyor. Birden fazla sonu bulunuyor.
    PC optimizasyonu iyi değil.    … Expand
  72. MikComposer
    Jan 11, 2023
    6
    It is a decent game (goty edition). In terms of gameplay and story it's a mix of old school snes action adventure jrpg's with new more open style design. It has its exciting moments but ultimately it doesn't reach hights it is set out to deliver. At least half of the game feels like a slog, but even so, there was enough fun gameplay in it to reach end of route A, but not enough to continueIt is a decent game (goty edition). In terms of gameplay and story it's a mix of old school snes action adventure jrpg's with new more open style design. It has its exciting moments but ultimately it doesn't reach hights it is set out to deliver. At least half of the game feels like a slog, but even so, there was enough fun gameplay in it to reach end of route A, but not enough to continue with other characters.
    Story style is like other anime; But want point out that anime is heavily influenced by classic Italian Cinema ( movies like warriors of the wasteland 2020) and classic Italian Opera. And that's what it is.
    Soundtrack is on the other hand stellar. Can hear many composition style influences, from Polish and Bulgarian, to German. And it drives the game. I've listened to this soundtrack more then I've played. All in all it's worth getting at a discount. I'm waiting for the third game and meanwhile maybe I'll check out Replicant.    … Expand
  73. 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
  74. WerN1211
    Mar 22, 2017
    6
    6 to fix the framerates issue please ! The gameplay is still pure genius though ! :-)
    Second review after having spent more than 15 hours in the game. I had given an 8, almost a 9.
    Down to 6 because of the uneven framrate throughout the different areas of the game.
  75. 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
  76. auditbadger
    Jan 20, 2020
    6
    I think that this is truly a unique game and I would recommend that if you are a fan of this type of genre then I think you should give this game a try.
  77. eded9999
    Oct 2, 2018
    6
    Music is 10/10, story turns interesting by the end of the game (with a nice surprise!) but:

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

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

    And finally, this is a HORRIBLE PORT, fullscreen is broken on several levels, poor optimization, full stutter cutscenes, and after more than a year later NO PATCH YET, they just don't care about PC version.    … Expand
  78. Tyler_Ready
    Nov 24, 2018
    6
    A work in progress. It's very rare for me to leave a game un-beaten. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, but goddamn, it's so convoluted and its size so hard to gauge, that I am too lost and I'd rather play something else. This is coming from someone who loves open worlds, but this is just not clicking for me yet. I have much faith in its narrative, characters, gameplay and just relentlessA work in progress. It's very rare for me to leave a game un-beaten. I'm sure I'll pick it up again, but goddamn, it's so convoluted and its size so hard to gauge, that I am too lost and I'd rather play something else. This is coming from someone who loves open worlds, but this is just not clicking for me yet. I have much faith in its narrative, characters, gameplay and just relentless imagination, so I'll give it a second chance next year and hopefully change this review. Good luck if you're picking it up soon, I hope you dig it more that I did.… Expand
  79. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    6
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 62 IIIIIIIIII====================
  80. RockerKR
    Jun 2, 2021
    6
    Sponged overpowered bosses, anoying camera movement, full of **** time consuming mini games, cool but a little chaotic combat and ofc sexy protagonist ^^
  81. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    6
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  82. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    It's a game without any particular strengths. The charm of the characters is the only thing that keeps some people playing.
  83. 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
  84. 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.
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. Jahith
    Jan 11, 2019
    5
    Nier is pretty to look at, plesant listen to and has a wonderful game-play which makes it so sad that its story is dragging it down. Nier tries to be deep by naming characters after famous philosophers and does not do anything with it. Narrative tries to explore the theme of humanity but it drops the ball by making all the characters human. Yes they are humans, They might say they areNier is pretty to look at, plesant listen to and has a wonderful game-play which makes it so sad that its story is dragging it down. Nier tries to be deep by naming characters after famous philosophers and does not do anything with it. Narrative tries to explore the theme of humanity but it drops the ball by making all the characters human. Yes they are humans, They might say they are androids or machines or whatever. But make no mistake they are humans. There is nothing alien or artificial about them, We have a typical teenage boy. A typical "grizzled old cop" in form of 2B (God I cringe every time her name is uttered. Yeah really deep developer "too be or not to be" I never heard that one before), it is an equivalent of artist stripping naked covering themselves in honey and fecal matter, yelling to high heavens "Look at how deep I am. Pay attention to me I am an artist. I am an artist". This makes the story shallow and cringy but it would be bearable if the game did not put the focus on it. As it is it comes out as condescending treating the player as a dumb peasant that "just would not get it if we do not hammer it in".
    in short if you care about silly things like story do not buy it. if you want a pretty spectacle with awesome music buy it. Also buy OST it is worth every penny. if you find yourself skipping dialog and cut-scenes do not feel bad. Everything uttered out of characters mouths is garbage. Make your own story. I guarantee it will be better.    … Expand
  88. MaxmilianKohler
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    My god, what a B**** this game was to get working well on PC. Gotta mod the heck out of it.

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

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

    Good:
    Sexy android.

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

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

    Tediously long boss fights.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The people saying this game is 10/10 are out of their dam minds.    … Expand
  89. Tohitoh
    Aug 1, 2019
    5
    Would like to put 10 points. The game has many cool aspects: fighting, locations, soundtrack, 2B herself. But the story is so depressive, that it breaks any good impressions. I just don't get why players and game creators like those negative emotions so much. All those tears, screams, deaths. Is their life so happy and carefree that they want to see some depressive content at least in the game?
  90. watchm824
    Sep 13, 2021
    5
    I have completed NieR: Automata and am at a loss. Why is everyone praising this game so much? Why such high marks?

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

    Very difficult start to the game, no way to save progress. And this is a very controversial decision, since further the game is quite simple at the standard difficulty level. Then I died in the game only twice.
    What's more: monotonous and boring opponents, pointless camera changes, dull gameplay.
    But the most important thing is the plot. I kept waiting for it to become interesting. When there are interesting turns or memorable characters. After all, everyone praised the plot so much ... But I never got anything interesting.
    As I understand it, everyone just liked the main character in the game in a short skirt. Because there is nothing else in this game.
    Dull gameplay, boring plot.
    I feel sorry for the time wasted on her.    … Expand
  91. hoanns
    Dec 13, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is either bullet hell or melee with waves after waves of repetive robot enemies.
    The world is bland, lifeless and really underdeveloped, with annoying anime characters that spout out lame phrases.
    The story might be intruiging if there wasn't all this slogging (you even have to repeat the same boring part for ending B if you want to progress), but in the end it didn't really    The gameplay is either bullet hell or melee with waves after waves of repetive robot enemies.
    The world is bland, lifeless and really underdeveloped, with annoying anime characters that spout out lame phrases.
    The story might be intruiging if there wasn't all this slogging (you even have to repeat the same boring part for ending B if you want to progress), but in the end it didn't really go deep on explaining the world or the deeper motivations of the factions and characters (apart from nihilistic phrases "life meaningless", "hooomans dead", "gonna kill aaaaall machines!!!"). The behaviour of your faction or some enemy figures and the whole gameworld does not really make sense to me.    … Expand
  92. Zallen
    Sep 9, 2022
    5
    Посредственная игра в унылом кибер-постапоке, со вторичным геймплеем, с псевдо-философским сюжетом, с невзрачными персонажами, пустыми миром и доп. квестами разряда подай принеси. И что бы узнать все подробности сюжета нужно пройти игру 3 или 4 раза, о да, это мы любим... Игра, хайп которой идет вокруг труселей героини - велико.
    5ть фансервисов из 10ти.    Посредственная игра в унылом кибер-постапоке, со вторичным геймплеем, с псевдо-философским сюжетом, с невзрачными персонажами, пустыми миром и доп. квестами разряда подай принеси. И что бы узнать все подробности сюжета нужно пройти игру 3 или 4 раза, о да, это мы любим... Игра, хайп которой идет вокруг труселей героини - велико.
    5ть фансервисов из 10ти.
  93. 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
  94. LordZed
    Apr 29, 2021
    4
    I finally got around to playing this mediocre, hodge-podge of a game. It leaves a lot to be desired and outstays its welcome considerably. I spent 36h to get all the main endings and do all the side quests.

    Pros: -2B's ass. -Decent soundtrack though some of them (forest theme) got on my nerves. -Neat genre mixing in the combat and twin stick shooter hacking segments. -Reasonable    I finally got around to playing this mediocre, hodge-podge of a game. It leaves a lot to be desired and outstays its welcome considerably. I spent 36h to get all the main endings and do all the side quests.

    Pros:
    -2B's ass.
    -Decent soundtrack though some of them (forest theme) got on my nerves.
    -Neat genre mixing in the combat and twin stick shooter hacking segments.
    -Reasonable graphics and good character designs.

    Cons:
    -3/4 of the game is basically a prologue for the actual story to start (route c).
    -One of the worst stories ever put into a video game.
    -The worst story pacing of any game I've ever played.
    -Mediocre, poorly balanced combat. You can play on Normal where it's impossible to die or Hard where you have to use some plug-ins and then it's impossible to die. Or you can play on masochist, die-in-one-hit no matter what you do Very Hard. Unlimited use of healing items is a serious problem.
    -Repetitive combat and some of the worst, most boring side quests ever.
    -Tiny, open empty world with little to explore. There are only 4 main zones and 2 "towns", you visit them all in the first 10 hours. Enjoy running around the same areas again and again for the next 25 hours.
    -Bad voice acting.
    -60 FPS lock.

    My advice if you want to try the game: Skip ALL of the side quests and optional content and just finish the main story. It would have been a much more tolerable game at ~20 hours. Regardless Nier: Automata may in fact be one of the singular worst games I've ever played that wasn't mechanically broken, horrible buggy, or blatantly unfinished.    … Expand
  95. Wiebe
    Feb 27, 2020
    4
    I wanted to like it but I couldn't get into it. The story is just not there, NPCs are uninteresting, and its open world is empty. Its visual design is awesome though.
  96. Sebamond
    Mar 27, 2017
    4
    Copied from my Steam review:

    I got some hours playing and not finished the game. I'll try to make it simple and short for whoever will read this, with my pros and cons: + Beautiful music + Good playability and nice (and fast) combats + Nice butt (XD) - No skill tree, so you lvl up and can't do a s**t with that, it just add status to your character - Locked at 60 fps and still    Copied from my Steam review:

    I got some hours playing and not finished the game. I'll try to make it simple and short for whoever will read this, with my pros and cons:

    + Beautiful music
    + Good playability and nice (and fast) combats
    + Nice butt (XD)

    - No skill tree, so you lvl up and can't do a s**t with that, it just add status to your character
    - Locked at 60 fps and still horrible stuttering when moving around the map or in combat
    - The worst point is that after some hours of gameplay the game starts getting boring, repetitive, and with no skill tree I lose motivation for killing machines
    - Secondary missions are (again) repetitive and simple
    - Graphics are simply not good, there are tons of games with 5+ years old and they look much better, and the colors in this game are bad

    So, maybe it's a good game for people that's new in this kind of game or PC gaming (mainly for the fps cap and graphics, oh and the frame drops) but not for other people, especially when a game gets boring, because It is the opposite of what you are looking for in a game.

    Note that you can upgrade your weapons and add chips to your body, improving status and getting some abilities, but even then I feel like I was playing the same battles again and again. Just my point of view.    … Expand
  97. 0gnacy
    Mar 19, 2017
    4
    You got to like those kinds of games - turns out, I don't. You get to run a lot from one group of enemies another, they all look alike except for the bosses. Bosses are a proper challenge. Coupled with the odd save system and complex controls (a pad is a *must* - i can't imagine playing this on a keyboard) - it proved to be a boring and occasionally frustrating experience. I am not sureYou got to like those kinds of games - turns out, I don't. You get to run a lot from one group of enemies another, they all look alike except for the bosses. Bosses are a proper challenge. Coupled with the odd save system and complex controls (a pad is a *must* - i can't imagine playing this on a keyboard) - it proved to be a boring and occasionally frustrating experience. I am not sure where does all that hype come from.

    Technically it worked fine. Overclocked 5960x and GTX1080 with 950Pro SSD - quick loading times, no stuttering except in cutscenes.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. 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.
  100. Anarkroft
    Dec 28, 2019
    4
    Sûrement bien, à n'en pas douter, mais ... beaucoup trop entaché par une technique aux fraises complet : jeu assez moche, résolution max en 1600 et qques, framerate indigent (45fps sur un environnement semi-ouvert, vide et moche : on peut définitivement dire que c'est mal optimisé) et des cinématiques à pleurer [de douleur], cadencé par un nombre d'images par seconde digne d'une PS1/PS2Sûrement bien, à n'en pas douter, mais ... beaucoup trop entaché par une technique aux fraises complet : jeu assez moche, résolution max en 1600 et qques, framerate indigent (45fps sur un environnement semi-ouvert, vide et moche : on peut définitivement dire que c'est mal optimisé) et des cinématiques à pleurer [de douleur], cadencé par un nombre d'images par seconde digne d'une PS1/PS2 max .. le coup dur).
    L'ergonomie des menus est lourde (1h de tuto pour ne pas t'expliquer la touche de soin, par contre te forcer à aller régler la luminosité alors que tu joues depuis 1H ? c'est ... concept).

    Du reste, la musique est géniale, les différents gameplay sympa (inspirés d'autres action-rpg certes, mais toute cette variété apporte un sentiment de fraicheur)

    Pas de doublage FR, et les pnj secondaires n'ont même pas de voix, juste un texte : ça transpire la tristesse

    En bref, si vous arrivez à supporter tous ces défauts => foncez. Le jeu est bien pour ceux que ces points ne rebuteront pas.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

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