Board 8 > Nier: Automata first time playing (some spoilers)

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Aecioo
04/02/21 2:08:54 PM
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Not gonna do a playthrough topic since I don't like stopping to post my thoughts, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I know this game apparently has like 20 endings or something, but I just got to the part where I found 9S's body and fought Sephiroth clone #4 who "disconnected" from the network so I could skewer him - I think this is still relatively early. The gimmick of going from 2D to 3D to flying bullet hell is really fun, but sometimes when it's 2D side scrolling I want to walk into the background/foreground and get grumpy when I can't.

also murdering those robots early on in the game who were clearly so scared and trying to imitate humans made me sad

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ZaziGuado
04/02/21 4:35:33 PM
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Hey this game is great and I hope when you complete it you have the same opinion on it as me.

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LordoftheMorons
04/02/21 4:42:27 PM
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Great game, enjoy!

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xp1337
04/02/21 4:48:56 PM
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Incredible game, hope you enjoy it!

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LeonhartFour
04/02/21 4:52:07 PM
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Aecioo
04/02/21 8:09:28 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
this cannot continue

This. Cannot. Continue.

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masterplum
04/02/21 8:43:10 PM
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Xiahou Shake
04/02/21 9:08:00 PM
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Very good game. Have fun!

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Peace___Frog
04/02/21 9:30:05 PM
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Hell of a game, hope you enjoy it

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Aecioo
04/03/21 12:03:59 PM
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Aecioo
04/03/21 12:11:14 PM
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lol what and then I immediately got ending G a minute into the next playthrough

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colliding
04/03/21 12:17:25 PM
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Released in the same year as BOTW and Persona 5, probably better than both

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masterplum
04/03/21 12:21:55 PM
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colliding posted...
Released in the same year as BOTW and Persona 5, probably better than both

And Mario odyssey and Hollow Knight

That year was unbelievably stacked

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Aecioo
04/03/21 12:31:46 PM
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As someone a few years late (I played persona 5 about a year ago), depending on how this game ends up I still have to give it to Odyssey.

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Peace___Frog
04/03/21 12:40:19 PM
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Aecioo posted...
lol what and then I immediately got ending G a minute into the next playthrough
Some endings are more narrative conclusions than others

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Aecioo
04/03/21 12:42:57 PM
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Peace___Frog posted...
Some endings are more narrative conclusions than others

Yeah I gathered as much, it just caught me off guard and made me laugh when I got the "9S wanders off to look at robots" ending almost immediately

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Aecioo
04/03/21 12:59:22 PM
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ok I said this wasn't going to be a playthrough topic but rebooting 2B and them using the footage of me doing it is kind of blowing my mind.

At least I'm pretty sure it's exactly what I did since I remember fumbling around in the menu like that

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masterplum
04/03/21 1:05:24 PM
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Nier Automata is great because it is so incredibly unlike anything else I have ever played.

I dont think there is a single thing in the game I would call perfect, but it constantly wowed me with all the insane stuff it threw my way.

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ZaziGuado
04/03/21 1:24:55 PM
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Aecioo posted...
ok I said this wasn't going to be a playthrough topic but rebooting 2B and them using the footage of me doing it is kind of blowing my mind.

At least I'm pretty sure it's exactly what I did since I remember fumbling around in the menu like that

Yeah that part was such a wonderful, neat experience. Just something so innocuous coming back to you from a different perspective.

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pjbasis
04/03/21 1:27:46 PM
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Aecioo
04/03/21 2:20:21 PM
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If hacking was always so powerful why was 9S not one shotting everything when I was 2B ?_?

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htaeD
04/03/21 2:21:38 PM
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I'd argue the music is perfect.
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foolm0r0n
04/03/21 5:47:08 PM
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masterplum posted...
I dont think there is a single thing in the game I would call perfect
music

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masterplum
04/03/21 6:21:08 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
music

Oh.

Yeah you got me

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tcaz2
04/03/21 6:31:15 PM
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Aecioo posted...
If hacking was always so powerful why was 9S not one shotting everything when I was 2B ?_?
Then what would 2B do?

9S didn't want to make her feel useless duh
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Aecioo
04/04/21 1:49:53 PM
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ending B got

Streamlined the 9S part as much as I could because like 85% is the same stuff so I just half paid attention. Really enjoyed the unique stuff, but yeah, excited for... the finale?

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xp1337
04/04/21 1:58:19 PM
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Route C hype.

Route B is definitely the slowest part IMO. The unique 9S content is good, but the parts where he shares it with 2B are, well, repetitive.

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Aecioo
04/04/21 2:28:06 PM
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xp1337 posted...
Route C hype.

Route B is definitely the slowest part IMO. The unique 9S content is good, but the parts where he shares it with 2B are, well, repetitive.

Yeah having to go backwards through the factory as the robot was definitely a little 15ish minute segment that I think they could have cut >_>. I was about halfway through when I realized that they're really just going to have me backtrack through it all just for about three lines of unique dialogue

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Peace___Frog
04/04/21 2:50:07 PM
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Hype

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Leonhart4
04/04/21 3:34:41 PM
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ZaziGuado
04/04/21 7:17:59 PM
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I think the opening of Route C is masterfully done.

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masterplum
04/04/21 7:32:53 PM
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As an aside, being able to buy the achievements in game is hilarious and such a Nier thing to do

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Aecioo
04/04/21 7:55:01 PM
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Ok so I know A2 killing (probably not) 2B was supposed to be emotional but her immediately giving herself a perfect hair cut after wiping the blood off the sword made me laugh really hard

she even mastered layers

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colliding
04/04/21 8:39:47 PM
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Tropes ahoy. Cecilia (Wild Arms), Dagger... anyone else?

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Aecioo
04/04/21 8:57:47 PM
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colliding posted...
Tropes ahoy. Cecilia (Wild Arms), Dagger... anyone else?

I don't know what you're referencing. I recognize Wild Arms as being a game...

I've avoided a lot of japanese stuff for the past decade - not intentionally, I've just gravitated towards more western media in all forms. Playing Persona 5 last year has kind of led me down a rabbit hole where I probably wouldn't have touched a game like this or Yakuza: Like a Dragon at the start of last year.

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Leonhart4
04/04/21 8:59:51 PM
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Aecioo
04/04/21 9:01:28 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
The significant haircut

I figured as much but because I don't see it enough to recognize it as a trope of (I'm assuming) jRPGs or anime it caught me off guard and had me laughing during a heavy moment

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Reg
04/04/21 9:15:24 PM
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Yeah it's a very Japanese thing. Hair Cut = Character Development
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tcaz2
04/04/21 9:25:33 PM
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Yeah its suppose to symbolize like, getting rid of your old self etc.

It's in a LOT of Japanese media.
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Aecioo
04/04/21 9:29:19 PM
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Reg posted...
Yeah it's a very Japanese thing. Hair Cut = Character Development

Considering she has no character we've been shown yet I'll take your word on it!

Anyway, finished the first part for A2 and 9S. I'm assuming I'm close to the end, I'll knock this out tomorrow probably and post my final thoughts.

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foolm0r0n
04/04/21 9:37:04 PM
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Aecioo posted...
If hacking was always so powerful why was 9S not one shotting everything when I was 2B ?_?
The boss sequences handled this pretty well, but I do wish in 2Bs combat he would do some hacking though. It was good to keep it kinda secret and surprising though.

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Aecioo
04/04/21 9:40:42 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
The boss sequences handled this pretty well, but I do wish in 2Bs combat he would do some hacking though. It was good to keep it kinda secret and surprising though.

I definitely didn't expect a lot of the gameplay to revolve around hacking. I agree it was good to keep it secret. Getting thrown into the opera boss hacking minigame so early was jarring, and by the time I got around to playing 9S I had forgotten about it.

Then I just one shot everything with a quick two second or less hacking game and felt cheated >_>

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Aecioo
04/05/21 3:54:32 PM
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Poor Pascal :(

Anyway, just hit where clearly A2 and 9S are gonna meet at the top of this tower. Then I accidentally knocked out my external harddrive and probably lost like 10 minutes of progress so I figured I would post here and take a few minutes.

Maybe I missed some stuff but A2 seems to have no character other than "grr angry". And then she immediately wants to help Pascal because I did two fetch quests and that was enough to convince A2 who as this point has had only the attitude of "all robots must die"? I'll buy it more if it ends up being that there is much more to her and 2B then it's letting on, but unless they are mindmelded in some way that was quite the leap. Haircut character leap I guess >_>

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OrangeCrush980
04/05/21 4:28:00 PM
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Yeah, A2 could've been handled a lot better... She gets some backstory via a big text dump in the Resistance Camp if you missed that.
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JeffreyRaze
04/05/21 4:34:47 PM
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Yeah, a lot of the context for A2 is from a stage play from before Automata was announced. It's a whole thing >_>

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Leonhart4
04/05/21 4:35:26 PM
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I loved A2, but yeah, you've gotta dig for her backstory.

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foolm0r0n
04/06/21 1:35:58 PM
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That story in the camp is awesome

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Aecioo
04/06/21 6:34:32 PM
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tru[E] ending got

so yeah the final 20ish minutes or so of the true endings was great, from the credit sequence to watching it delete all my data

I definitely have issues with the story, and even reading through some stuff after just to maybe fill in some holes I had I still don't think it was that great. Sure, it had great moments, but I was more invested during my first playthrough when I was exploring the world alongside 2B and 9S - all robots evil, wait they're kind of talking and are maybe sentient?, what is this amusement park world where they seem happy, omg a village full of good sentient robots waving white flags?! I don't want to outright say the final route got bogged down in a bunch of anime nonsense but... I found myself trying to finish as quickly as I could toward the end because I was losing interest

Anyway, with that said I really did enjoy it overall and would recommend it to anyone. Beautiful game that constantly tries really unique stuff and generally succeeds at it.

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Aecioo
04/06/21 6:45:00 PM
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ps my next game is Pillars of Eternity. A nice, short, 50 hour crowdfunded isometric RPG

Somehow I bet that game was played a lot less than Nier on this board

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xp1337
04/06/21 6:46:05 PM
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I absolutely <3 Pillars of Eternity. Hope you enjoy it as well!

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