Here is the rundown on Game of the Yorha Edition

[CJacobs]

The original game has been replaced with the re-release on the Steam store. It's not a new entry on Steam, they just changed the name and price. It's not a new separate version of the game and there is nothing different about the game itself from the original release.

If you currently own Automata on Steam, you can't buy the GOTY version for yourself because it's not a separate title, it's just a bundle for new players. Essentially you already own it so there's no reason to buy it again.

If you own the original release but not the DLC, you can still buy it separate, and the price has been permanently reduced from $15 to $10. Buying the DLC separate DOES NOT net you the additional features of the GOTY Edition (the pre-order skins and wallpapers), as of right now there is no way to get them if you owned the game on Steam prior to today.

[GLVN]

Originally posted by Soulkin:

Originally posted by AngeloVan:

So, if I already owned the base game and the dlc I should get the GOTY edition? Or am I forced to buy it again just to get all the cosmetics? TIA for those who's gonna answer.

If you want the DLC, like me, you need to buy it. But Steam doesn´t allow you to buy it if you own you own the standard version.

Welp I'm willing to support the game but buying and starting all over again is just too much time wasted for me so maybe if they're gonna change it to just buy the cosmetics ill buy it.

[lPaladinl]

Originally posted by Zeraki:

Originally posted by Jinx:

I still don't know why they haven't patched this game. It's just ridiculous. It's not like it sold poorly on PC or something.

This is the same company who screwed up the release of Chrono Trigger and only bothered to try and bring it up to the original SNES standards after major backlash.

And they released World of Final Fantasy with similar problems to NieR:Automata. It wasn't crashing near startup, but it was breaking graphics until it crashed the renderer, making the game unplayable with a 100% failure rate for people with specific GPU models. AMD GPUs were the most prone, seems Square Enix doesn't care to support current AMD hardware.

I wouldn't be surprised if that game also has the resolution slightly off too.

Once again had to wait on AMD to save the day with workaround hotfixes. Except this time they couldn't solve every problem. Luckily it seems Square Enix eventually, at least a year later, fixed the issue in WoFF.

...Meanwhile it's been 2 years since NieR:Automata released and we haven't seen a single bugfix.

Then of course the PC version of FF15 has massive memory leak issues, one of which is tied to using summons, and gets worse the more you do it. It's even capable of compounding it's self through saves, eventually breaking your saves.

Originally posted by Jinx:

I still don't know why they haven't patched this game. It's just ridiculous. It's not like it sold poorly on PC or something.

It sold amazingly above expectations according to Square Enix. They were GLOATING about how well it sold.

Meanwhile Squeenix couldn't lift a single penny to fix the PC version.

[AlleyViper]

Originally posted by Juota:

Originally posted by iFinka:

What should I do if I want skins and wallpapers? Standard edition and dlс bought long ago

No other option unless You rebuy it or maybe there's further announcement

You don't miss anything in-game if You don't have it, it's not a fancy cosmetic either except the grimoire

Same boat here, I guess anyone who previously bought the Nier Automata Standard Edition and DLC got the short end of the straw.

This change to GOTY on the store page won't unlock all the Day One Edition extras + wallpaper on top of the exclusive grimoire weiss for previous Standard Edition + DLC owners.

It's not that they had any obligation to, but it would have been nice, given all the troubles that this PC release had.

[Tobycars]

I believe you are wrong in your statement that buying the DLC upgrades you to YorHa edition. I previously bought the DLC and I received no updates or anything that give me the pre-order bonuses. Also, the page itself for the DLC does not mention upgrading/pre-order bonuses at all.

[megatherion888]

Does Yorha edition have 47 achievements or 48 (like the game has on Xbox One)? Will I be able to get the achievements for the second time if I cancel the standart edition from my library and buy the Yorha one? Or will there be the same achievements which I already got in 2017 in standart version? Of course, it is all about the appid of the game, but the SteamDB page doesn't explain this detail about getting the achievements.

[Бубнуа]

Originally posted by megatherion888:

Does Yorha edition have 47 achievements or 48 (like the game has on Xbox One)? Will I be able to get the achievements for the second time if I cancel the standart edition from my library and buy the Yorha one? Or will there be the same achievements which I already got in 2017 in standart version? Of course, it is all about the appid of the game, but the SteamDB page doesn't explain this detail about getting the achievements.

if you want to get achievements again - use sam to reset current progress in steam

[CJacobs]

I've edited the OP in response to standard edition owners mentioning they didn't get the GOTY Edition bonuses after buying the DLC separate. That's a strange oversight.

[T8-TR]

Originally posted by Jinx:

It's not like it sold poorly on PC or something.

Not to sound overly cynical, but that's probably why. It already sold and will continue to sell (because beneath all the jank and horrible port issues, there's a very solid game that has made a HUGE name for itself in the past year or so) regardless of these issues, and despite having them, the reviews are still "Very Positive," so why bother putting people on the job when they could have those same people working on newer titles?

Don't get me wrong, I love Automata and I had relatively few issues when I played it, but there is zero reason for a greedy corporation like Square to go and fix something that, other than for moral reasons, doesn't require their attention because the voices crying for fixes aren't particularly loud.

I've been waiting for the GotY edition to come out for a while, but I decided to say ♥♥♥♥ it and bought it on my PS4. Less jank and whatever issues that still exist are issues that I barely notice on my TV across the room compared to me playing on my 144hz monitor ~1 - 2 feet in front of my face.

[AlleyViper]

Originally posted by CJacobs:

I've edited the OP in response to standard edition owners mentioning they didn't get the GOTY Edition bonuses after buying the DLC separate. That's a strange oversight.

Mine and Tobycars posts only mention a previously bought Std.Ed.+ DLC, not a DLC bought after 26/02/19.

If it's different for costumers that already had Std. Ed. or Day One Ed. (missing DLC) and buy the DLC now, after GOTY arrived in the main page, we'll have to wait on feedback (unless I've missed it on this thread). But TBH, it seems unlikely.

[Zeraki]

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Originally posted by Zeraki:

This is the same company who screwed up the release of Chrono Trigger and only bothered to try and bring it up to the original SNES standards after major backlash.

And they released World of Final Fantasy with similar problems to NieR:Automata. It wasn't crashing near startup, but it was breaking graphics until it crashed the renderer, making the game unplayable with a 100% failure rate for people with specific GPU models. AMD GPUs were the most prone, seems Square Enix doesn't care to support current AMD hardware.

I wouldn't be surprised if that game also has the resolution slightly off too.

Once again had to wait on AMD to save the day with workaround hotfixes. Except this time they couldn't solve every problem. Luckily it seems Square Enix eventually, at least a year later, fixed the issue in WoFF.

...Meanwhile it's been 2 years since NieR:Automata released and we haven't seen a single bugfix.

Then of course the PC version of FF15 has massive memory leak issues, one of which is tied to using summons, and gets worse the more you do it. It's even capable of compounding it's self through saves, eventually breaking your saves.

Originally posted by Jinx:

I still don't know why they haven't patched this game. It's just ridiculous. It's not like it sold poorly on PC or something.

It sold amazingly above expectations according to Square Enix. They were GLOATING about how well it sold.

Meanwhile Squeenix couldn't lift a single penny to fix the PC version.

So the moral here is don't buy Squeenix games on PC.

[Jill sandwich]

Im very disappointed too, i thought they would fix remaining issues and bring a proper pc version. I guess we continue to use far and mods.

Also.. paying the full price again to get the extras is a robbery.. i already own the game and dlc and there is no upgrade pack neither receive it for free..

Good job square enix.

[SurvivorRabbiT]

It's a shame for Square Enix.
I won't buy any more of their games with that attitude

[Unholy burden of Eternity]

I'm pretty happy with what I got. I got the base game at launch with all the preorder skins included to now and the dlc that was $9.25 cdn at some point.

I don't really care much about the wallpapers but SE should like have included it as an free update to the original Nierautomata game owners that is with or without the dlc or like add them as free dlc downloads on their store page.

[sleety]

So, basically, they just f*** us players for money again
- 2 years of waiting for patch which could fix a resolution ans fps issues
- now, we got goty, but not really...
Damn you SE

[Jotamide]

I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed.