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NieR Automata PS4 demo available now
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Mass Effect
Member
Played the demo earlier today and damn it's really fun. I have absolutely no idea of anything related to the story as I never played the original Nier, but the combat is great. It's pretty much MGR2. Also, the last part of that boss fight is hilarious.
*sigh* ANOTHER game I have to pick up.... #firstworldproblems
Oh yeah, is is that Michelle Ruff (aka Rukia [Bleach], Yoko [TTGL], Rita [Vesperia]) voicing 2B?
*sigh* ANOTHER game I have to pick up.... #firstworldproblems
Oh yeah, is is that Michelle Ruff (aka Rukia [Bleach], Yoko [TTGL], Rita [Vesperia]) voicing 2B?
Lol my bad, didn't mean to make that sound as snarky as it probably did.
I just like that the demo got more people to have it as a Day 1 purchase, or at least want to buy it at all, hence the rhetorical question on my part lol, as some people didn't even know this game existed until today
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
mickcenary
Member
Oh, my god. I don't even like these games, but I am downloading the demo this very minute purely to press buttons to this song.
It's ravishing.
FrankWza
Member
Played on normal and hard without dying and yet, when i watch some vids i still feel like i haven't even come close to understanding the combat. Its not deep but its got more layers than i have been able to use. I like the platform aspects and camera angle changes feel like a mini game within game. Bot shooting feels like a shmup. I like that about it. Has some of everything
Alcoholikaust
Member
Sad that I rushed it at lunch and had a lukewarm reception.
Bumping the difficulty-taking my time and switching controllers felt much better.
Excited for Steam release
Bumping the difficulty-taking my time and switching controllers felt much better.
Excited for Steam release
The guest weapons only have custom effect. But you can customize the visible info quite a bit from the in-game menu, including the floating damage numbers. You can even terminate yourself by removing your OS-chip (instant gameover).
You can access the HUD customization from Skills - Plug-In Chips
Oh my fucking god.
This a demo and it's already my game of the year.
FrankWza
Member
Also this pushed me to get my pro today. Still haven't unboxed but i want to play this a few more times on my launch system before i do on pro so i can see if i feel any difference. So far, i do see some slow down in top down mode when the shipping containers open with all the bots. Nothimg mahor but noticeable
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Does the demo have any reward/progress carried over to the main game? If not I think I'll just pick it up on my US account instead of waiting for it to drop on my Asia account.
Now that was a great demo. I love these types of games. Love DMC and Bayonetta so this scratches that itch. The soundtrack is awesome, getting major Ghost in the Shell vibes from it.
I just hope that Sony gives it the PR push it deserves because it looks like a real winner for Platinum and S-E. C'mon Sony! (I feel like Microsoft would be pushing the hell out of it)
I'm definitely buying this day 1. Can't wait. I hope the PS4's worldwide success has given hope and reason for Japanese developers to make more weird console games. Nier gives me good PS2 era vibes in terms of direction.
I just hope that Sony gives it the PR push it deserves because it looks like a real winner for Platinum and S-E. C'mon Sony! (I feel like Microsoft would be pushing the hell out of it)
I'm definitely buying this day 1. Can't wait. I hope the PS4's worldwide success has given hope and reason for Japanese developers to make more weird console games. Nier gives me good PS2 era vibes in terms of direction.
FrankWza
Member
I guess i can see that about the low end. My sub only really started woofin around the boss fight but ill give it more attention on my next play. Then ill try my headphones.
Wait, seriously? That's both brilliant that they actually implemented that and dumb that it's seemingly not mentioned anywhere
Well, guess it doesn't matter now as I'm largely playing the demo on hard. XD
Any custom control scheme recommendations? Been playing with a few different layouts but not sure what works best.
R2 to evade feels a bit cumbersome but ok for sprinting. Circle for evading kind of works but it removes your thumb from Square and Triangle for attacking. Also can't decide on the lock-on button (currently have it on R3) and pod shooting.
R2 to evade feels a bit cumbersome but ok for sprinting. Circle for evading kind of works but it removes your thumb from Square and Triangle for attacking. Also can't decide on the lock-on button (currently have it on R3) and pod shooting.
Geraldo_Ray
Member
Played through it a few times (3 times on Normal and once on Hard), and for the most part I really liked it. Although the no lock-on on Hard mode and above was off putting, but something I can get used to. The soundtrack is pretty dope.
One thing I like about Hard Mode is that despite lock-on no longer being a thing, at least you get a free button to use on whatever you want.
I put Evade on L1. Having Evade on R2 is really annoying since pressing both shoulder buttons on the right side makes my holding stance kinda slanted.
EDIT: This is if you're playing on Hard.
potatohead
Member
14 hour work day.......... too tired to wait for this and GR2 to download. I'll play it tomorrow. Looks great.
gamerforever
Banned
This is pretty fun and not what I expected. Not a day one purchase, but one for summer 2017.
about 30 minutes
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Demo was amazing. Exactly what I want out of a game of this type. Hopefully it is jam packed with stuff. I'll be playing on Hard my first go round. Screw that lock-on.
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JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
Amazingly polished demo. Let's hope the final game holds up as good as this does. One minor gripe, but this is mainly a hardcore-perspective gripe: the perfect-dodge is too forgiving. It is about as forgiving and as spammable as Raiden's block in MG Rising. If this is on purpose then I guess it makes sense as Nier is supposed to be more of an RPG instead of intense action.
Edit: Also nothing against platinum but I've never liked their shoehorned space harrier-esque segments and didn't enjoy this one either. It brought me back to feeling how I felt fighting Mundus in DMC 1.
Edit: Also nothing against platinum but I've never liked their shoehorned space harrier-esque segments and didn't enjoy this one either. It brought me back to feeling how I felt fighting Mundus in DMC 1.
RichiRamjag
Member
Same here. It was just....pure fun. I adored every second of it and I never say shit like that.
For the small sword on light attacks, I found light, light, delay light, delay light, delay light, delay light creates a ranged attack in front of you. It felt familiar somehow.
This is mine for Hard Mode: http://imgur.com/a/3gtWp
L1 for Evade because FFXV recently taught me that you need to be able to easily dodge while you're attacking, so you're going to want to access Evade with your other hand. R1 for Fire because there are times when you just need to be able to both Evade and Fire, so they need to be on the opposite sides of the controller as well. R2 for Switch Weapons so I can easily switch sets while I'm attacking; I don't know why the directional keys are the default.
That's pretty much everything that's noteworthy. Took me awhile to settle on this, obviously I could change it once the game comes out, but I like it so far.
A dodge button on anything other than R2 is sacrilege for me and I'm sure plenty of others.
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JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
My dodge is on left stick click(L3) since I was used to MG Rising's block and because of the fact that the dodge in this game is very forgivable and spam-worthy.
Only way I'd do R2 is if I changed the attack buttons to the other side. It doesn't really matter if you place it on L1, R2, or w/e, I just think that it's best for the Evade button to be available on the opposite side of the controller for whatever buttons you use to attack. Default controls were really uncomfortable for me in both this and FFXV until I did this.
The customizable controls are absolutely amazing. Set my controls up to mimic Bayonetta and it's fucking perfection.
I did my first playthrough on Normal, but I think I actually prefer the game without the lock-on. Aiming manually feels more satisfying and lets you strike a better balance between melee / shooting, and I found it to be perfectly accurate and controllable.
Music is glorious. My first exposure to Nier music, and I can instantly see what all the hype is about.
I like the characters a lot. Both have distinct personalities, but they also change depending on the situation (i.e. 2B is a bit of a hardass, and 9S is a bit of an awkward dork, but they both break their facades when shit gets real). 9S talks like I do, lol. I like him a lot.
The ending moments of the demo were surprisingly gripping for me. I guess that's the power of good characters, great cutscene direction, and exceptional music.
Boss fights and shmup portions were both a lot of fun. TBH I wish the shmup portions required more active dodging, but I'm sure that'll come in the full game.
There was some discussion earlier about the dodge move being OP. I don't think it is. Like, it's certainly strong, but dodging early (or using it too liberally for movement / cancelling) is a guaranteed way to get hit, and (on Hard) a hit from an enemy will deal a lot of damage. The game gives you strong tools, but I think it also has plenty of room to be challenging as well.
The menus are insanely good. I love the design of the chip system.
I don't think it's possible for me to be more hyped for this game. I need to get to playing Nier 1 ASAP.
Question: is there any way to disable the subtitles? Their timing is kind of weird in some of the cutscenes, and the VA is clear / good enough they I don't really want them anyway. Didn't see a custom chip for it, though.
Amen.
I did my first playthrough on Normal, but I think I actually prefer the game without the lock-on. Aiming manually feels more satisfying and lets you strike a better balance between melee / shooting, and I found it to be perfectly accurate and controllable.
Music is glorious. My first exposure to Nier music, and I can instantly see what all the hype is about.
I like the characters a lot. Both have distinct personalities, but they also change depending on the situation (i.e. 2B is a bit of a hardass, and 9S is a bit of an awkward dork, but they both break their facades when shit gets real). 9S talks like I do, lol. I like him a lot.
The ending moments of the demo were surprisingly gripping for me. I guess that's the power of good characters, great cutscene direction, and exceptional music.
Boss fights and shmup portions were both a lot of fun. TBH I wish the shmup portions required more active dodging, but I'm sure that'll come in the full game.
There was some discussion earlier about the dodge move being OP. I don't think it is. Like, it's certainly strong, but dodging early (or using it too liberally for movement / cancelling) is a guaranteed way to get hit, and (on Hard) a hit from an enemy will deal a lot of damage. The game gives you strong tools, but I think it also has plenty of room to be challenging as well.
The menus are insanely good. I love the design of the chip system.
I don't think it's possible for me to be more hyped for this game. I need to get to playing Nier 1 ASAP.
Question: is there any way to disable the subtitles? Their timing is kind of weird in some of the cutscenes, and the VA is clear / good enough they I don't really want them anyway. Didn't see a custom chip for it, though.
Amen.
Umm, you sure that isn't just the standard mash light attacks combo? Cuz the few moves vids I've seen haven't featured any delay input moves and I haven't found any myself despite trying to look for them. Like this vid for example. It features those air dash cancel moves, so it would be weird if the guy missed something as basic as delay input moves.
As for the moves that it resembles, Darksiders 2, particularly some of Deaths scythe combo moves come in mind. He has plenty of moves that puts spinning shit in front of him.
Nice, L1 feels much more natural for evading (for the reasons you stated). I will try mapping R2 to weapon switch too, good idea for easily changing up combos on the fly.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Just finished an hour or so ago, the combat feels great and and like the turret pod robot mechanic, I think that's a neat way of incorporating ranged game play into a CQC hack and slasher, the characters/robutts looks pretty cool and are interesting to fight, I didn't really like the forced perspective scenes, for a games that's color palette is 90% brown it's hard to make out what's going on and who's where in a lot of spots, also the side view platforming didn't feel great either the way the camera shifted around in spots made it hard to navigate.
Overall graphically the characters looked nice and had some nice detail to them, The robots are cool, I like the old tin robot toy look that they have. The world looked incredibly bland, flat and generic, I wasn't impressed with that at all the proportions seemed way to big and there was way to much open and useless area in just about every location, but I hope there are more detailed and interesting locales in the final game. I understand that's a sacrifice they had to make with it being 60fps and a console game (here's hoping the PC version delivers) but it kind of gave me a vibe that this was once a Vita game and was converted into a PS4 game somewhere along the way. I'm sure that's not the case but that's how it felt to me.
I'll probably end up renting this game at least, potentially buying though, as I did have a good time with it, it just felt a little flat in the presentation department.
Overall graphically the characters looked nice and had some nice detail to them, The robots are cool, I like the old tin robot toy look that they have. The world looked incredibly bland, flat and generic, I wasn't impressed with that at all the proportions seemed way to big and there was way to much open and useless area in just about every location, but I hope there are more detailed and interesting locales in the final game. I understand that's a sacrifice they had to make with it being 60fps and a console game (here's hoping the PC version delivers) but it kind of gave me a vibe that this was once a Vita game and was converted into a PS4 game somewhere along the way. I'm sure that's not the case but that's how it felt to me.
I'll probably end up renting this game at least, potentially buying though, as I did have a good time with it, it just felt a little flat in the presentation department.
thisisamul
Neo Member
Fun demo - enjoyed the combat and I really like 2B's animations - the jog/run look incredibly natural.
However, I've only played one other platinum game in the past (MGR) and I thought that was WAY more fun. I never ever got sick of Zandatsu - one of those mechanics you can do over and over again and it still remains fun.
I wish Nier: Automata had something similar!
However, I've only played one other platinum game in the past (MGR) and I thought that was WAY more fun. I never ever got sick of Zandatsu - one of those mechanics you can do over and over again and it still remains fun.
I wish Nier: Automata had something similar!
spazchicken
Member
I just finished the demo having never played a Nier game before. Wasn't expecting anything really but just to get halfway through the demo and delete it.
Loving the feel of combat and the transitions from action to twin stick shooter. For some reason I got Sega Saturn era, vibes mixed with a little Sin and Punishment.
Ok, I'm sold.
Loving the feel of combat and the transitions from action to twin stick shooter. For some reason I got Sega Saturn era, vibes mixed with a little Sin and Punishment.
Ok, I'm sold.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I actually didn't like the music either, the boss song was pretty alright but the rest was just generic Metal Gear Solid loading screen filler tracks.
spazchicken
Member
The music sounded similar to the intro from Ghost in the Shell with the female vocals.
I liked it. It fit very well, imo.
It reminds me a lot of the ambient Ghost in the Shell tracks, see belowThis OST is gonna be magical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyprN_e7tZE
You can sometimes get the smaller robots to a down state where pressing circle near them activates a random swanky finisher. It will actually show the toggle for it on-screen if you're near enough, but it can be activated from a bit farther away.
i am playing the demo right now. had to pause it to pee and thought i would hit this thread. what a cool game. i never played the first one but i have a friend (hi tommy!) that swears by it. well, this demo oozes style. love the mix of character action and bullet hell. the first pause in the action when i was talking to mech boy sold me. i was strutting. STRUTTING. anyway, i'm afraid i will have to add this one to the collection (read backlog). if the game is half this cool i'll have to wear gloves to play it. makes me want to fire up WET (don't ask, it's my guilty pleasure, one of my favorite style over substance games). looks like this one will have substance as well since it is an action rpg. damn it, and i thought i was going to get a break from buying for a while. with this and horizon zd on the horizon (er well, yeah, sorry about that) looks like there will be no lull in the fun until march or so (i haven't checked the full release calendar for 2017 yet).
edit: ok, just opened the menu and saw the quest tab, skill tab, etc. also just strutted up a set of stairs with analog control. analog strut, quests? i'm sold. frymoney.gif.
edit: ok, just opened the menu and saw the quest tab, skill tab, etc. also just strutted up a set of stairs with analog control. analog strut, quests? i'm sold. frymoney.gif.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Dug this, but is the fantasy/monster feeling out from the original and sci-fI only in for this one?