NieR: Automata - Become as Gods Edition

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  1. EdwardG
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    Nier: Automata kept me hooked throughout its duration, but on reflection I kept playing waiting for something that never came. Although it touches on a number of philosophical themes and has a decent story, it's not as deep and it's nowhere near as mind-blowing as people make it out to be. There is an interesting narrative here, and there are emotional moments, but for some reason I wasNier: Automata kept me hooked throughout its duration, but on reflection I kept playing waiting for something that never came. Although it touches on a number of philosophical themes and has a decent story, it's not as deep and it's nowhere near as mind-blowing as people make it out to be. There is an interesting narrative here, and there are emotional moments, but for some reason I was expecting more, perhaps because of the near universal praise it gets.

    On the other hand, I loved the soundtrack - it's amazing, and fits the game perfectly. It really adds to the atmosphere which is already great due to the design of the abandoned city and other parts of the deserted Earth.

    The gameplay is pretty varied and changes between a few styles that are all quite fun. The hack and slash did wear a bit thin for me but there's enough customisation for you to keep it feeling fresh if you put the effort in.

    Overall, it is a beautiful game, and after getting the 5 main endings I can say it's worth playing. It's a creative and different title. I did like Nier in the end, but I just wish it had story beats I could have truly been surprised by and been in awe of.    … Expand
  2. ProfAmateur
    Mar 16, 2022
    7
    I would like to start with some FAQs:
    1) How to save? -> After the tutorial, you can manually save almost all over the world, as long as the area is safe. For that you just have to unlock the checkpoints.
    2) Is there fasttravel? -> A fasttravel system is available after a few hours of gameplay. You can then travel back and forth between the unlocked checkpoints. But before that you have    I would like to start with some FAQs:
    1) How to save? -> After the tutorial, you can manually save almost all over the world, as long as the area is safe. For that you just have to unlock the checkpoints.
    2) Is there fasttravel? -> A fasttravel system is available after a few hours of gameplay. You can then travel back and forth between the unlocked checkpoints. But before that you have to walk everything.

    + The maps/worlds are beautiful and varied - no matter if industrial, desert or forest area. At the beginning the world is quite big, but after the 1st walkthrough I have to say that it could have been a bit more.
    + The story is good.
    + A lot of action - sometimes as a 2D twin-stick shooter, most of it in nice 3D graphics.
    + Cool bosses
    +/- The 2nd walkthrough I can only conditionally recommend. The 3rd walkthrough is then really annoying. The enemies are 10-20 levels higher and you can't buy any items at the beginning. Without health boost it became so annoying that I quit the game. Big minus.
    - The "tutorial" (a kind of introductory map) really ticked me off. It goes about 1h and if you die at the end, you have to start all over again. You can't save in the tutorial either. And the stupidest thing is that in the tutorial is not shown how to use the health items manually.

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    Ich möchte mit einigen FAQs beginnen:
    1) Wie kann man speichern? -> Nach dem Tutorial kann man fast in der ganzen Welt manuell speichern, sofern das Gebiet sicher ist. Dafür müsst ihr einfach die Checkpoints freischalten.
    2) Gib es Fasttravel? -> Ein Fasttravel-System gibt es nach ein paar Stunden Gameplay. Ihr könnt dann zwischen den freigeschalteten Checkpoints hin und herreisen. Vorher müsst ihr aber alles zu Fuss gehen.

    + Die Maps/Welten sind schön und abwechslungsreich - egal ob Industrie-, Wüsten-, oder Wald-Gebiet. Zu Beginn wirk die Welt ziemlich gross, aber nach dem 1. Walkthrough muss ich sagen, dass es noch etwas mehr hätte sein dürfen.
    + Die Story ist gut.
    + Viel Action - mal als 2D Twin-Stick-Shooter, der grösste Teil in hübscher 3D-Grafik.
    + Coole Bosse
    +/- Der 2. Walkthrough kann ich nur bedingt empfehlen. Es werden einige Aspekte der Geschichte von einer anderen Seite her beleuchtet, und mit dem Charakter 9S hat man etwas andere Kampfmöglichkeiten, aber unter dem Strich lohnen sich die zusätzlichen und sehr ähnlichen 10h nur bedingt. Der 3. Walkthrough ist dann richtig nervig. Die gegner sind 10 - 20 Level höher und man kann zu Beginn keine Items mehr kaufen. Ohne Health-Boost wurde es so annoying, dass ich das Spiel abgebrochen habe. Grosses Minus.
    - Das "Tutorial" (eine Art Einführungsmap) hat mich richtig angekackt. Es geht ca. 1h und wenn man am Ende stirbt, muss man alles von vorne Beginnen. Man kann im Tutorial auch nicht speichern. Und das dümmste ist, dass im Tutorial nicht gezeigt wird, wie man die Health-Items manuell benutzt.    … Expand
  3. ultraviper
    Apr 18, 2021
    6
    I like the way the gameplay switches instantly from side scroller, to 3d hack n slash, to bullet hell shooter, etc. And the story is interesting, but... you have to play through the first half of the game twice before it lets you go to the 2nd half. A-hole design #1. Then for the 2nd half all the enemies are scaled as if you did all the side quests on BOTH playthroughs of the 1st half.I like the way the gameplay switches instantly from side scroller, to 3d hack n slash, to bullet hell shooter, etc. And the story is interesting, but... you have to play through the first half of the game twice before it lets you go to the 2nd half. A-hole design #1. Then for the 2nd half all the enemies are scaled as if you did all the side quests on BOTH playthroughs of the 1st half. A-hole design #2. I had already seen the first half so there was no reason for me to do the side quests again, then suddenly in the 2nd half I'm getting 1 shot by everything… Expand
  4. DrZomboid
    Jan 25, 2022
    6
    Overhyped game.
    Music and B2 are great.
    Everything else is average or low scale.
    Story just OK.
  5. Hitjhon
    Aug 23, 2020
    6
    Lamentablemente este juego sufre de una dificultad muy inconsistente y termina arruinando la experiencia para mí. Primero no se puede guardar en el prólogo lo cuál en normal se lo puede lograr con un poco de persistencia (pero da una mala premonoción de lo que está por venir). Después el juego se hace muy fácil y las opciones para experimentar con el arsenal de armas pierden el sentido porLamentablemente este juego sufre de una dificultad muy inconsistente y termina arruinando la experiencia para mí. Primero no se puede guardar en el prólogo lo cuál en normal se lo puede lograr con un poco de persistencia (pero da una mala premonoción de lo que está por venir). Después el juego se hace muy fácil y las opciones para experimentar con el arsenal de armas pierden el sentido por la facilidad que presenta el juego. Finalmente lo que arruinó la experiencia a mi parecer es la recta final y el boss final. Una de las razones por las que el juego es sencillo es porque simplemente se puede comprar items de curación en cualquier momento y en cualquier cantidad. Pero para mi desagradable sorpresa al final la dificultad se eleva a niveles ridículos debido a este factor. El juego simplemente decide impedirte comprar más items de curación. Y me pregunto porqué? El juego es ridículamente fácil y de repente es modo locura o dios. Me sorprende bastante porque algún jugador debería haber encontrado este problema en la etapa de testing. Mi recomendación sería jugarlo en fácil pero me decepcionó este problema porque el juego es muy bueno.… Expand
  6. Broyax
    Jul 3, 2023
    6
    Tiens, c’est pas le même développeur que pour le premier Nier… et heureusement, sinon ce serait encore de la merde ! Le Replicant non plus, c’était pas le même et heureusement aussi, car le pire reste le tout premier : une sacrée merde, vraiment !

    Dans Automata, l’univers est devenu carrément SF avec un côté post-apo mieux rendu, en lieu et place de la fantasy limitée des précédents…    Tiens, c’est pas le même développeur que pour le premier Nier… et heureusement, sinon ce serait encore de la merde ! Le Replicant non plus, c’était pas le même et heureusement aussi, car le pire reste le tout premier : une sacrée merde, vraiment !

    Dans Automata, l’univers est devenu carrément SF avec un côté post-apo mieux rendu, en lieu et place de la fantasy limitée des précédents… L’espèce d’histoire ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard mais fait le boulot… il paraît (et le jeu l’encourage lors de la première fin) qu’il faut le refaire plusieurs fois pour avoir… les autres fins. Mais ça va pas le faire parce qu’il faut… tout refaire du début… et comme les combats ressemblent à des crises d’épilepsie ininterrompues, confuses et beaucoup trop bordéliques, ça soûle assez vite la seconde fois.

    Heureusement qu’on peut personnaliser son andro avec les ‘programmes’ et rendre le combat à 99% automatique ! (comme dans Replicant) parce que sinon, on aurait craqué…

    Le principe de sauvegarde (on dirait de la wifi) est nettement moins contraignant et le jeu à défaut d’être techniquement brillant (loin de là, même) reste parfaitement fluide sur console (à 60 im/s). ‘2B’ est évidemment une super cocotte de combat dont on peut mater la culotte, ce qui ne gâche rien, ma foi (on se croirait dans un manga !).

    Le jeu s’avère parfois assez drôle mais reste encore victime de nombreuses missions secondaires pour coursier… La carte s’avère pour sa part l’une de plus mal faites jamais vue dans un jeu vidéo… et le déplacement rapide est presque aussi pénible à utiliser. Mais je ne veux pas conclure sur une impression négative : Automata est certaiment un jeu très sympathique en fin de compte. Au moins la première fois.

    Les fois suivantes, on refera la même chose mais avec '9S' : ce dernier peut pirater les ennemis et les faire exploser (gros dégâts sur les boss) via un mini-jeu idiot et répétitif, hélas. A partir des troisième et quatrième fois, on tombe enfin sur des nouveautés et même quelques révélations... tout à fait décevantes à dire vrai. On sent qiue le jeu meuble de plus en plus et n'a plus d'idées...

    Finalement (d'ailleurs les 'nouvelles fins' sont très devantes elles aussi), on se limitera au premier parcours avec '2B' bien entendu : la toute première fin est la meilleure et c'est là que le jeu se suffit à lui-même. Tout le reste n'est que prétentions (au pluriel) et pertes de temps (également au pluriel).    … Expand
  7. CenkAlp
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    Hikaye = 7
    Oynanış = 7
    Grafikler = 5
    Sesler = 6
    Keyif = 6
    Atmosfer = 7
    Süre = 6
  8. tecGoblin
    May 18, 2020
    6
    I just cannot accept a game without a save point for an hour into the game, forcing you to first replay the idiotic badly written initial story, and then play defensively (button mashing fire auto-locked on enemies) to preserve your lives until the first save point. Most people trying this through game pass will never get past this point.
    The camera view angle changes are gimmicky and    I just cannot accept a game without a save point for an hour into the game, forcing you to first replay the idiotic badly written initial story, and then play defensively (button mashing fire auto-locked on enemies) to preserve your lives until the first save point. Most people trying this through game pass will never get past this point.
    The camera view angle changes are gimmicky and force you to some atrocious top down battles. Xbox One X is underused, with bad textures, bad colour palette (black character against brown enemies on brown flour in the top down is almost impossible to see).
    A for originality, D for everything else.    … Expand
  9. tobivv
    Apr 30, 2020
    6
    If the entire game would be anything like its first hour it would be a 10 from me. Unfortunately its not. Its an empty open-world with countless sidequests and grindy character progression, mixed in with a minimal amount of really great combat sequences with terrific camera work.
  10. Alex___Ataraxia
    Sep 15, 2021
    6
    NieR Automata es un buen juego capado, una historia que apesar de inspirar a algo mas se queda en un juego que sin ser una mierda queda bastante a deber, el combate es muy personalizable con los chips sin embargo tambien pueden ser confusos y/o poco intuitivos al igual que las misiones secundarias, el combate es muy bueno pero llego un momento en el que me sentí cansado y solo quería queNieR Automata es un buen juego capado, una historia que apesar de inspirar a algo mas se queda en un juego que sin ser una mierda queda bastante a deber, el combate es muy personalizable con los chips sin embargo tambien pueden ser confusos y/o poco intuitivos al igual que las misiones secundarias, el combate es muy bueno pero llego un momento en el que me sentí cansado y solo quería que acabara y presionaba el gatillo RT solo para pasarlo todo rápido, el juego es fácil de romper. 9S como personaje me gusta, sobre todo en la ultima parte del final pero tiene un combate deficiente no solo comparado con las otras personajes si no también como individual- Vale la pena jugarlo pero tampoco se puede ir con las expectativas de ver algo rompedor.… Expand
  11. MittAngel
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    It looks and feels like an indie, everything is very basic and there is nothing special about the story.
  12. Marramiau
    Apr 10, 2020
    5
    Correcto sin alardes.

    Al comienzo promete pero luego me ha ido pareciendo bastante aburrido.

    Le he dedicado unas 4 horas y han sido más que suficientes para eliminarlo de la consola.
  13. paran0id
    Jan 17, 2021
    5
    A lot of potentials and a lot of lost/wasted potentials too. On my 1st run, I really couldn't lay my controller down, I was really fascinated by the story and the characters. I'm at my 2nd run as I'm wiring this review, there just slight differences, it just feels like pain and struggle, the motivation and fascination fall almost down to zero! My good advice: Just leave it by 1 run andA lot of potentials and a lot of lost/wasted potentials too. On my 1st run, I really couldn't lay my controller down, I was really fascinated by the story and the characters. I'm at my 2nd run as I'm wiring this review, there just slight differences, it just feels like pain and struggle, the motivation and fascination fall almost down to zero! My good advice: Just leave it by 1 run and watch the other endings on YouTube. Side quests are boring and not really worth it. I hope that the next Nier game has some improvements.… Expand
  14. neomoonsevin
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    i dont like the graphics it looks like a ps3 game and outdated not much i like about this game it hasnt actually reeled me in then i found out u can kill yaself by accident losing everything u worked hard to get omg that was it i havent been back since stupid idea for a stupid looking game
  15. Kharnivore2099
    Mar 24, 2021
    2
    This may be one of the worst games I have played in quite a while, it's an utterly tragic affair. It tries really hard to blend rpg, platforming and shmup elements into some cohesive story rich experience, which is comendable...but it simply stumbles and smashes it's face at every step.

    The "platforming" sections are marred by awful camera function and instill a massive sense of    This may be one of the worst games I have played in quite a while, it's an utterly tragic affair. It tries really hard to blend rpg, platforming and shmup elements into some cohesive story rich experience, which is comendable...but it simply stumbles and smashes it's face at every step.

    The "platforming" sections are marred by awful camera function and instill a massive sense of pointlessness. The exploration is a waste of time in the empty, boring world, which can take an age to traverse at times. The general combat is tedious and repetitive, with next to no satisfying payoff at any point. Shmup patterns and controls feel amateuring at best, leaving anyone with any experience in the genre bored to tears or laughing out of despair.

    The only redeeming factor is the soundtrack, which is just wonderful. It's just a sad fate for the composer, that their talent and hard work is forver attached to this sad excuse for a game. How anyone is giving this 5-6/10 is confusing enough, seeing the 10's on display is just outright hilarious. Quite telling that they often never say what is actually good about it and just call it a masterpiece.

    Avoid like the plague, or just watch a longplay and play anything else. You'll have served your time better in the long run.    … Expand
  16. Fooberz
    Jun 30, 2018
    1
    I thought i was getting an RPG? I didnt, i got a ridiculously difficult twin-stick shooter. Dodging doesn't even work, the enemies still hit you. Typical JRPG crap. Waste of money.
  17. cableguy3333
    May 3, 2019
    1
    Totaly stitched up with this games high marks. It's basicaly a game from the 1980's with better graphics. First you can only save a game at end of each level but I only completed the first level which was very long and tedious. You are greeted with an old skool shoot em up that the graphics actually look like it was made in the 1980's, unlike games of the 80's you have no lives and have toTotaly stitched up with this games high marks. It's basicaly a game from the 1980's with better graphics. First you can only save a game at end of each level but I only completed the first level which was very long and tedious. You are greeted with an old skool shoot em up that the graphics actually look like it was made in the 1980's, unlike games of the 80's you have no lives and have to start over if you die ( although it's not exactly difficult ) which is painful as you then have to wait for it to load again ( not sure why it takes so long ) after that it puts you in a kind of table top view of your character fighting robots still not hard and after that a type of 2d platformer which is still not hard ( give me me super mario bros on the snes all day long over this please ) anyway inbetween the tedious combat of just holding down the trigger and pointing you then get plenty of running through sections with nothing happening ( yawn fest ). The only good thing about this game is the main character you play which is actually drawn nice. The game is technically 3d but nearly always plays as 2D apart from the boss fight which again was a tedius long drawn out affair. Sorry to anyone who likes this game but to me it was incredibly boring and rivals Fallout 76 for how bad it is. You would probably be better off watching a film than playing this, it's not really a game… Expand
  18. HarriTeal
    Aug 5, 2022
    1
    This game sucks complete dick, you play as a sex offender holding an controller remote which controls a female in the game. I give it one point for Chris because I like him and he likes it. You have to be cringe and unbased to like this.
  19. tdebug
    Mar 9, 2023
    0
    This is a game for jrpg and souls lovers. Complex with a very weird and limited saving system. There is literally no save option in the beginning of the game at all. What is it you wanted to achieve by this - to annoy players? Well, congrats, you did.
  20. B-Bog
    Jan 3, 2022
    0
    Are you f**king kidding me??? I die to the first boss within a matter of seconds because I don't immediately figure out how to dodge his attacks, and now I'm back in the f**king MAIN MENU and have to START THE WHOLE GAME OVER AGAIN??! Not even being able to skip the goddamn cutscenes?! Is this supposed to be some kind of dumb meta-joke?

    Your game can be as good as it wants, if you don't    Are you f**king kidding me??? I die to the first boss within a matter of seconds because I don't immediately figure out how to dodge his attacks, and now I'm back in the f**king MAIN MENU and have to START THE WHOLE GAME OVER AGAIN??! Not even being able to skip the goddamn cutscenes?! Is this supposed to be some kind of dumb meta-joke?

    Your game can be as good as it wants, if you don't have the basic common sense to put a checkpoint before a boss-fight in the BABY TUTORIAL MISSION where the player is just figuring out how to play your f**king game (which is also way more difficult than it needs to be, since your game is dogs**t at explaining stuff), I'm not interested in playing it. I don't have infinite time to spare on nonsense like this. F**k this s**t. Glad I didn't spend money on this but just downloaded it off Game Pass.    … Expand
  21. asmyshlyaev177
    Dec 26, 2018
    0
    No save until first boss killed and can't skip many intros. Need wait and pass easy parts again. Annoying.
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#6 Best Xbox One Game of 2018
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90

Universal acclaim - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Aug 18, 2018
    90
    Excellent combat executed with stylish flair. A must have for action game fans. [Sept 2018, p.90]
  2. TheXboxHub
    Aug 17, 2018
    70
    Nier: Automata Become As Gods Edition has a very deep and thoughtful story, but it requires a lot of time before you get down to it.
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  3. Gaming Nexus
    Aug 1, 2018
    100
    XBox One owners have no excuse to miss out on this game. It is one of the best examples of video games as a medium of entertainment and needs to be played by every person possible. I cannot stress enough how important this game is, or how good it is.
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