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CaptainOfCrush
01/12/22 2:16:14 AM
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I was ready to walk away from the game feeling a bit disappointed, as there were a few glaring flaws. The repeat playthroughs felt more than a little forced - I think the developers could have conveyed some of those same thoughts without forcing us to re-tread so much of the same game. The main plot kinda devolved into gibberish that I didn't care to truly understand. 9S and his hacking gimmick were annoying.

Still, the game triumphantly won me back into its corner at the final hour. Never before did fucking post-game text prompts put tears in my eyes, and as soon as I felt that emotion, I knew immediately what I had to do.

So yeah, I did the thing. I gave up my save data and don't feel the slightest tinge of regret.

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KamikazePotato
01/12/22 2:32:13 AM
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Route C (plus the final ending) is one of the best stretches in gaming ever conceived. I went into that thinking the game was an 8/10 and left with it as a 10/10.

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LordoftheMorons
01/12/22 2:36:56 AM
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I couldnt bring myself to do it, but yeah the credits are amazing

I still wonder whether they seeded the credits with fake players or if the first people to beat it had to do it unassisted

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CaptainOfCrush
01/12/22 2:48:21 AM
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KamikazePotato posted...
Route C (plus the final ending) is one of the best stretches in gaming ever conceived. I went into that thinking the game was an 8/10 and left with it as a 10/10.

I'm gonna need to find a solid plot explanation/analysis video because I sorta checked out of the main storyline after 2B's part definitively ended. Don't get me wrong - I felt all the touching individual character interactions were very well done and emotionally resonant (especially with the machines), but the main plot never really hooked me.

LordoftheMorons posted...
I still wonder whether they seeded the credits with fake players or if the first people to beat it had to do it unassisted
I thought about that for a second and assume that the first ever retail players got assisted by the dev team/playtesters.

Though in classic Japanese fashion, I'd wager those devs/playtesters also had to self-delete.

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KamikazePotato
01/12/22 2:52:29 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytz04GTkMBw

This isn't a lore summary, but I think it does a good job at explaining the themes/emotions the game is trying to convery

A very basic plot summary would be: Aliens invade earth. Humans make androids to try and combat the aliens. The aliens make machines to combat the androids. The human die out and the machines kill their creators, leave the world populated only by robots who are locked in an endless cycle because their programming forces them to keep fighting. Androids keep the humans' death a secret so that their soldiers don't fall into despair. 9S discovers this secret, 2B does, and shit goes down.

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Nanis23
01/12/22 3:31:19 AM
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The Nier series gameplay sucks

It's all about the music and emotions

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Leonhart4
01/12/22 8:37:35 AM
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Did you play the original Nier? Some of the plot is a little tough to process without it, although they designed Automata to work as a standalone game, too.

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foolm0r0n
01/12/22 8:48:23 AM
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CaptainOfCrush posted...
Never before did fucking post-game text prompts put tears in my eyes
Clearly you never played Nier 1

But yeah totally agree that finale turned the game from 9ish to 11. Not just the emotion, but the twist in the "are robots human" philosophy made the whole game more powerful too.

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voltch
01/12/22 9:03:53 AM
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Route A/B really are just the prologue.
Though the leadup to the title drop in Route C was when the game's plot got really engaging.

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