2B is the "main protagonist" are you serious?

[andy_fs]

She was only playable for a quarter of the whole game lol.

Something bothers me though, there will undoubtedly be some people who will end the game on the first playthrough. Some major reviewers have ended it there as well, giving it a subpar score.

What do you guys think of hiding literally 70% of the game behind a fake ending?

[Sardine]

They tell you to continue playing, if you can't read it's not the games fault.

[Spindles]

Reviewers do it for a job, they don't want to spend too long on a game. They will even mark games down if they go on too long, see Alien Isolation.

Most gamers are the same these days, the devs reward those that want to shove a ton of time into it and give an shallow end for the goldfish. Pretty much perfect solution honestly.

[Mirona]

starting my third round now . game gets better and better so far . i dont mind it because when a game is good i dont end it after first run even if the game is not telling me that there is more .

[andy_fs]

Just a thought. it'd a real shame

[Dellicious]

2B is the main protagonist in my world.

[Lunar101]

is 9S the most played character or is it A2? across all 5 endings because I dont enjoy hacking.

[Monterossa]

I'll probably rush through 9S arcs. Not interested in male butt.

[Dellicious]

2B is literally the reason this game is so viral. She is the poster girl. Bow to her.

[Lugez]

Originally posted by Spindle:

Reviewers do it for a job, they don't want to spend too long on a game. They will even mark games down if they go on too long, see Alien Isolation.

which is bs, because i should expect some degree of professionalism. you're getting paid to beat the game and then critique it. not to play half of it and then half ass the review.

sure for some games it might be reasonable (i would not expect reviewers to get the last endings for the original Nier, for example), but if they did any proper due diligence beforehand about Nier: Automata, they'd know about Yoko Taro's unconventional way of storytelling. you don't need to go far at all to learn that the first ending is only one part of the game.

[Vodoka]

Originally posted by Akira101:

is 9S the most played character or is it A2? across all 5 endings because I dont enjoy hacking.

It depends how you do the shared side quests. I did almost all of them as 2B, and she shares lots of them with 9S, so his part ended up going really fast for me.

[Titan]

The title of the post is pretty accurate.

Given the story elements in Routes B and C, it's pretty clear that 9S is the main character.

[Rhythmless Ninja]

9S is the real main character.

[Null_User]

I suppose some reviewers saw the prompt for NG+ and said "there, now the game is the same but much easier. This is subpar". And instead of hitting the button and noting they now play as Tails.. er. 9s, they closed the game and went straight to their keyboards.

[h4t3]

EMIL is the main in Nier + Nier Automata

LvL 99 > all

[Rhythmless Ninja]

Originally posted by Hanuke:

I suppose some reviewers saw the prompt for NG+ and said "there, now the game is the same but much easier. This is subpar". And instead of hitting the button and noting they now play as Tails.. er. 9s, they closed the game and went straight to their keyboards.

Tails? 9S is OP as hell compared to 2B and gets more playtime than any other character. I wouldn't consider him a sidekick.