Squeenix NieR: Automata from Yoko Taro and Platinum Games

[Jasede]

That is all Taro's influence. I do think he gets it. NieR is very self-aware and Taro was never afraid to make a bad gameplay decision to tell a story better. (Case in point: the sidequests. So meta.)

 

[Whisky]

Brother Nier was the original Nier. Papa Nier was created because the west couldn't handle playing more JRPG girlie boys.

At least they did something unique with it. There's some interesting differences between the two versions. Like the hints that Brother Nier was monetizing his pretty boy looks to feed Yonah.

Now that I've gone all more elite than thou, let me come back down to Earth...

WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE NEW NIER GAME TARO ALWAYS WANTED AND THE FUCKING GAME PLAY MASTERS ARE MAKING IT!

 

[Phage]

How this is even possible

No game done by the guy had any financial success

This cannot be

I can't buy a PS4 just for this, I am a member of the PC gaming Master Race since youth

The suffering is endless, but at least I'll gain another kickass soundtrack out of this

Err, all of the drakengards and nier were only on console lol

 

[Dayyālu]

Err, all of the drakengards and nier were only on console lol

Da, da, da. It's kind of a guilty shameful pleasure of mine. I usually find gameplay paramount, and everything else secondary. Bar for this guy, as I appreciate his originality.

All the Drakengard have shit gameplay and Nier is merely mediocre. I can't buy a console for them and Dark Souls, and I can't be bothered to emulate a shit game like Drakengard. But I do appreciate Yoko Taro's own brand of madness even on second hand. I've suffered trough Video LPs of 'em (and I hate not playing directly something) just to see what the heck would he conjure.

Call me insane for liking a series that I can't even play, but this one is weird enough to be worthy of my attention. Should I be hyped for another Bethesda brand Fallout instead?

 

[Phage]

Yes, I find pretty much anyone who watches LP's of single player games insane to be honest.

Very rare exceptions for, say, truly lost media.

 

[lightbane]

DRAKENGARD!!!!! I mean, fucking awesomesauce! I assume the game will be set after the last Ending, starring Kainé and Emil. Or perhaps it's set in the prelude before Nier's story. Either way...

 

[CryptRat]

I am enthusiastic about a new Nier game. About Platinum Games I don't know, I only played Bayonneta and they didn't manage to tell a story, which is normal since that is not what they intended to do. The (slow) rythm of the first game was good, I hope that we will not get a game that only tastes like a fast action game.

Wait and see.

 

[Whisky]

I can't wait until we see what horrible thing they make the player do.

I saw D1s Simon says game and thought, they can't make something worse.

I saw how Nier forced you to delete your save file to beat the game and thought they can't make something worse.

I saw how they created a new rythm game for D3 and it was so hard I could not beat it. I thought, this is it, they can't make anything worse than this.

We will see.

 

[Explorerbc]

So... anime characters but story makes it worth your time ?

 

[Abu Antar]

So... anime characters but story makes it worth your time ?

Basically.

 

[ghostdog]

Brother Nier was the original Nier. Papa Nier was created because the west couldn't handle playing more JRPG girlie boys.

At least they did something unique with it. There's some interesting differences between the two versions. Like the hints that Brother Nier was monetizing his pretty boy looks to feed Yonah.

Yeah, because anime crap doesn't sell in the west, while ugly scarred old men do (see PST). I don't' know if the developer actually commented on this, but I choose to believe that daddy Nier is what he truly envisioned and Onii-Chan Nier is what he had to do to get the green light from the Japs.

 

[Abu Antar]

Brother Nier was the original Nier. Papa Nier was created because the west couldn't handle playing more JRPG girlie boys.

At least they did something unique with it. There's some interesting differences between the two versions. Like the hints that Brother Nier was monetizing his pretty boy looks to feed Yonah.

Yeah, because anime crap doesn't sell in the west, while ugly scarred old men do (see PST). I don't' know if the developer actually commented on this, but I choose to believe that daddy Nier is what he truly envisioned and Onii-Chan Nier is what he had to do to get the green light from the Japs.

Square Enix talked about the East/West situation and the reason was simply different audiences.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Official JP website now up: http://www.jp.square-enix.com/nier-new/

Yoko Taro, Platinum, and Akihiko Yoshido are a dream team.

 

[paintinggrey]

Honestly i am really surprised( and glad) that square enix decided to do a sequel to Nier. I thought the game sold pretty badly.

Good newws that Platinum games will sort out the combat in Nier which pretty much where meh apart from some of Weiss powers.

3 playable characters should interesting and one of them will be Yonah, calling it now.

Same composer as well

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

No game done by the guy had any financial success

So if it's profiable enough to risk a sequel, there is a chance for cheap, half-assed PC port of original gaem on Steam, right Squeenix?

 

[Adon]

I can't wait until we see what horrible thing they make the player do.

I saw D1s Simon says game and thought, they can't make something worse.

I saw how Nier forced you to delete your save file to beat the game and thought they can't make something worse.

I saw how they created a new rythm game for D3 and it was so hard I could not beat it. I thought, this is it, they can't make anything worse than this.

We will see.

I eagerly await this next masochistic challenge.

Just imagine, what kind of obstacle will Yoko Taro tell Platinum to put up to get to the best ending? I can only dream of endless possibilities, broken controllers, and rage-filled, tearful faces. I am excite.

 

[Jasede]

You can only see ending 0 if you mail your smashed PS4 to Japan

 

[Kanedias]

YOKO TARO's insane stories with actually good gameplay? What the.... oh my. I'm so excited.

 

[Lucky]

I'm curious to see if the elements that make for a good Platinum game and those that make for a good Taro game will mix, plus to what degree a game like Nier is actually thanks to Taro and how large of a part the rest of the studio played in it. It's not like he made it by himself.

If they do manage to pull it off though...

 

[praetor]

You can only see ending 0 if you mail your smashed PS4 to Japan

not much of a masochistic challenge... it's not like the PS4 will have any exclusives worth having other than Nier 2

 

[Machocruz]

Looks like I'll have to play Nier. How long is it? Maybe I can squeeze it in before Metal Gear.

 

[Whisky]

You can only see ending 0 if you mail your smashed PS4 to Japan

Nah, it'd be more like this:

There's only one way for everyone in the world to achieve salvation and be spared suffering. Destroy the world, flick off the power switch on the back of your PS4 and flick it back on real quick.

You'll either get Ending F, in which you'll get get a blank screen upon starting the game with New Game grayed out, or Ending G in which case you'll get "Hard drive corruption detected, a reformat is necessary."

 

[Whisky]

Looks like I'll have to play Nier. How long is it? Maybe I can squeeze it in before Metal Gear.

25 hours? Including all endings. Keep in mind when people say you need to play it at least 3 times, New Game Plus starts you out 3/5 of the way through the game.

 

[Adon]

Looks like I'll have to play Nier. How long is it? Maybe I can squeeze it in before Metal Gear.

I want to say a good 30 hours to get to the last ending. I'd check but my file is gone

 

[Hobo Elf]

How is this even possible? Unless god is real and he has good taste in vidya?