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New NieR Automata Info. Characters, Footage, etc.
- Thread starter ponpo
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StrongBlackVine
Banned
How do you know these things don't still exist?
NeoRaider
Member
What?
nelsonroyale
Member
Aparently now it has acquired a stronger battle system it must have cost the other elements which made the game good.
Newtype-001
Member
I hope 9S is playable alt.
It was announced that there are multiple playable characters, it'll probably going to be those three.
But you literally don't know anything about the game to determine whether any of that is or is not in it. Sounds hyperbolic at the most generous
I don't. But the current focus on combat and Platinum's track record make me hesitant.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Platinum is not writing the story. They are responsible for the gameplay.
I knew I didn't post something. This is brief 9S gameplay. I think the combat is not ready so they just show moving around only.
https://youtu.be/ST7pfWCT7EA
That looks pretty good, though we already saw the combat as well as this type of enemy.
In other news, Hironobu Sakaguchi was at the Nier concert too and he liked it: https://twitter.com/auuo/status/721304563324555264
He has absolutely nothing to do with any of the people who work on this game, so it looks like he's a Nier fan too! Pretty cool.
In other news, Hironobu Sakaguchi was at the Nier concert too and he liked it: https://twitter.com/auuo/status/721304563324555264
He has absolutely nothing to do with any of the people who work on this game, so it looks like he's a Nier fan too! Pretty cool.
Well, I guess it should be mentioned that SE isn't modifying this game for western audiences like they did with the original Nier (i.e. young brother Nier was the original version with Papa Nier being our version), so I guess some people might be in for a bit of a shock that this game will likely be a bit more Japanese flavored in its character design for the protags, when before we got a western flavored variant or well, their take on one.
Good to hear!
Eolz
Member
Something which was really needed too.
But yeah, Platinum in charge of the story would be pretty terrible. That's not the case, hence why people are talking about a dream team.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I can already hear the terrible English VA in my head 
So hyped, the combat looks smooth and the character designs are instantly memorable.
So hyped, the combat looks smooth and the character designs are instantly memorable.
Newtype-001
Member
Sumio Mondo
Member
Merging two fantastic games together (Nier + Metal Gear Rising) is fine by me. Bring it on. Yoshida still has got it, his artwork is just sublime. Nier is one of my favourite games of all time, so this has a lot to live up to.
I can already hear the terrible English VA in my head
So hyped, the combat looks smooth and the character designs are instantly memorable.
But Nier 1 had pretty good VA i thought
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
im going to go with no, simply by how much they are moving the camera around during combat.
A shame, but everything else looks great.
HYDE
Banned
This and the game are looking funtastic.
Nightengale
Member
They're all androids, so same batch/model, probably.
Someone had a mole fetish.
If this comes out on the same day as FF XV then I will get Nier first. =) The new footage is looking really, really good. I was afraid they were going to throw all of the "Nier" stuff out in the actual gameplay since Platinum is doing it but I can see from the footage that there are still industrial / robot looking environments and enemies present and that many of the projectiles look the same. In other words, it looks like a next gen Nier with some fantastic combat.
This is a very good thing.
I'm facepalming very hard right now.
Those aren't blindfolds, they're "combat goggles"
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You port begged. Kinda blatantly too. Don't pretend like you didn't know. =P
Ah didn't know that.
Omnistalgic
Member
Man, I hope they remaster the first game for the sequel. I cant go back and play it on PS3 anymore, it freezes at boot up screen.
This looks really really solid.
This looks really really solid.
"I would love to play this game on PC, NX, Commodore 64" etc etc is seen as port-begging which is a no-no as it derails a thread just like we are doing right now
Dragon1893
Member
God, I can barely contain the hype, I should replay the first game.
EvilKatarn
Member
Everything about this game looks superb.
Also Nier's english dub was great. Kaine ranting at Weiss is iconic and Weiss himself is perfect through the entire game. I'll agree that Drakengard 3's dub wasn't great. Can't really do anything more than just hope for the best.
Also Nier's english dub was great. Kaine ranting at Weiss is iconic and Weiss himself is perfect through the entire game. I'll agree that Drakengard 3's dub wasn't great. Can't really do anything more than just hope for the best.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
nice, pre-order uncancelled
Goddamn even at the early stages this game looks incredible.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Ahh its not that bad. The FOV is pretty wide and the combat system seems to give the player enough time to set up the camera before they attack.
Also the enemy clearly telegraph their attack cycle which is important for encounter management. I dont think this was the case in the original NieR.
A lack of lock on does limit the player in the number of unique attacks they can pull off but in fairness, long as you dont dive into every encounter without assessing your surroundings, you should be ok.
Im more concerned about off-screen attacks. Both Bayo 2 and Transformers have been a bit of regression in this area.
MissDeviling
Member
In Bayo2, didn't the enemies just not attack you when they were off-screen? Pretty sure I abused this sometimes.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Nah. Especially in the air battles. In Bayo 1 they didnt, which wmade the change all the more baffling.
NeoRaider
Member
"I would love to play this game on PC, NX, Commodore 64" etc etc is seen as port-begging which is a no-no as it derails a thread just like we are doing right now
Since i don't own any of the current-gen consoles, i wrote that i would love for this game to be released on PC too. (AFAIK it's PS4 exclusive so there is almost no chance of that happening).
I don't think that's port begging, and even if it was i don't see why are ppl jumping on these posts (doesn't matter if it's mine or someone else) with replies like: "Haha look at him, he is port begging!" What's the point and satisfaction in that?? I never meant for my post to be port begging.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So...good...must....have