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New NieR Automata Info. Characters, Footage, etc.
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Ricky Ricardo
Member
Bless you, Ironfist
LordSparda
Member
Forward to 1:50 on this video...
...listen to it while watching this gif.
Dies of nerdgasm. DAMN :O
Amon-Lau
Member
Damn man, I felt that...! o.o
I need this game right now. Or as soon as possible
It's for the people
do it for the people
haven't seen you in BCT for a while
Comfort Jones
Banned
Cannot get over how smooth this looks. Not a giant fan of the protag's design but I can get over it.
generic_username
I switched to an alt account to ditch my embarrassing tag so I could be an embarrassing Naughty Dog fanboy in peace. Ask me anything!
Looks so good! Never played Nier. Is it an open world RPG or is it more like Dragon Age?
Newtype-001
Member
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
It's sort of open world, but not a terribly large one. There's kind of a central hub and a handful or areas connected to it that you revisit throughout the game. It's hard to talk about the game's structure without spoiling large swaths of it; it's really something that every gamer deserves to experience.
That's the first game, though. Who knows how this game will be structured. I hope it's not too different, fundamentally. I loved exploring that world enough that I could forgive (and enjoy!) the lackluster combat. I hope the sequel doesn't over-correct and neglect the things that Nier absolutely did right in terms of gameplay.
matrix-cat
Member
It's more like a Zelda game with some veeeery light RPG elements. Basically the game will tell you you've leveled up every now and then, and that's it; you aren't allocating stat points or anything, but you will find new weapons and you can upgrade them. It's more hub-based than truly open world, with a few towns connected by reasonably large outside areas with loadscreens in between.
Just be ready for some... let's say obtuse game design. I don't want to discourage anyone from playing it, but just don't feel bad about having to look at a walkthrough if you need to.
I'm curious how much of that obtuse design they're going to or willing to incorporate in this game. I would not be surprised in the least if the last playable character/ending is locked behind Yoko's good old "Gotta get all the weapons to see the final ending" thing.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
"Get pure platinum in every encounter to see final ending."
And I wouldn't even care.
I even loved the final sequence of Drakengard 3 in retrospect, even though it was hard as balls and unfair as fuck. I guess I'm a masochist for whatever Taro has for me as long as it has a good soundtrack to burn into my memory.
It's the only way you could top
wiping out your save file
Drakengard rhythm game final boss 2, rhythmic boogaloo
GarciaHotspur
Member
About the OST I prefer the imaginary language of the original Nier. English lyrics sounds too common lol
About the game i'm still afraid the game will be a gameplay focused game, i want a story focused game like the first one. Until now the game looks like a BTA, nothing more.
Please Platinum Games don't ruin my dreams.. Or just rename the game lol
About the game i'm still afraid the game will be a gameplay focused game, i want a story focused game like the first one. Until now the game looks like a BTA, nothing more.
Please Platinum Games don't ruin my dreams.. Or just rename the game lol
There was a English language song for the original Nier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgJ_8AgQbo
GarciaHotspur
Member
Nier's theme song had four versions, one being English.
We've only heard one 'English' theme song for Nier 2 - it might be 'four versions' like the original's, but we don't know that yet.
Therefore, I'm not seeing anything indicating it's all English or something.
Ricerocket
Member
Cool, I didn't know the slow deep vocal parts of that music was the same person doing the very fast high pitch vocals in the next second lol, that's pretty impressive.
Cramoss
Member
Amazing
This and Ni-Oh... what a great year for Japanese action games
FallenGrace
Member
I had no interest in the original Nier, still don't (be gentle) but platinum being involved and the look of that game play and art. I'm really excited for this one.
SoraNoKuni
Member
I hope for a PC version, maybe alongside a "remaster" of the 1st one as well.
It's been a long time since I played Nier.
It's been a long time since I played Nier.
nelsonroyale
Member
Pinko Marx
Banned
B-but Nier is such a good game. Please just give it a shot. 😢
There's really nothing else like it out there.
FallenGrace
Member
Ha ha! I expected this response. A few of my RPG friends in another forum tried to get me to play it but I hated most of the games I played by Cavia before they closed down (Drakenguard, Bullet Witch etc) which is why I stayed away from the first game originally though I know it's gathered a cult fan base over the years. I'm a huge RPG and action game fan though so Automata appeals to me a lot more with Platinum involved
Cheeseman Battitude
Member
Nier is a great game but it grinds me down. I've played it twice and stopped at roughly the same point. I'll resume playing it but for me it needs me to force myself to play it.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I feel like Cavia's involvement is completely irrelevant to why people love Nier. You have too much information about the pedigree of the developer and it doesn't even matter. It's like writing off the Souls games because you know too much about From Software.Ha ha! I expected this response. A few of my RPG friends in another forum tried to get me to play it but I hated most of the games I played by Cavia before they closed down (Drakenguard, Bullet Witch etc) which is why I stayed away from the first game originally though I know it's gathered a cult fan base over the years. I'm a huge RPG and action game fan though so Automata appeals to me a lot more with Platinum involved
FallenGrace
Member
That makes little sense. I get you're probably a Nier fan but people are naturally going to be hesitant about a game based on that studios prior works no? If it had reviewed high I'd have been inclined to give it a chance maybe despite Cavia's involvement.
Regardless I didn't want a debate on the original title (shouldn't have mentioned it at all XD) I'm just impressed by what I've seen of the new game.
JuanLatino
Member
What RPG Elements will this game have??
Will there be towns?
Will there be towns?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
This reminded me to check Nier PS3 prices again.
Goddamn they're actually not crazy now. Hopefully I'll finish the first one in time for this.
Goddamn they're actually not crazy now. Hopefully I'll finish the first one in time for this.
Okabe mentioned that yes, Emi Evans will be singing for Automata. It didn't sound like a slip of the tongue.
He was introducing Nakagawa and the new singer to the audience when he mentioned something along the lines of "...of course, I will be getting Emi Evans to sing for Automata as well..."
Pound_lb003
Member
Has someone got a link to where that gif is from.... Or is that in the video in the OP and I missed it somehow? It looks sublime.
The OP only linked two of them, these are all:
New Nier Story Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KloExTCcgs4
Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xq_rlP54pI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC3i0aHtzTU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Nr9PI-t8U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFdAnmG5uI
Pound_lb003
Member
Oooof,cheers. This looks amazing. I think I can safely say I might enjoy this game.
EDIT:
Is there co-op or something? Is the second character a party member?
Spieler Eins
Member
The people thinking the soundtrack will be bad in the thread about the nier webpage
Party member and playable character. No coop.
Emi Evans cover of Rules of Nature
Sumio Mondo
Member
Thank goodness since the main theme is dull as dishwater compared to Emi Evans work on Nier 1.