this game sucks

[Raiden - In Flames 🎵]

im not saying it to spite anyone who loves the game. i stopped playing it during 9S route 2 years ago decided to beat the game today and it was not worth it. the final boss fight was underwhelming, Emil was just a bullet hell boss which you can simply kill by jumping up and down while shooting at it, and the true final boss was also underwhelming. the entire storyline is annoying because of how route A and B are essentially the same. the story feels rushed.
there is no point in doing sidequests, there is no point in unlocking new weapons, there is no point at all with htis game. if you want to play a nier game play Nier:gestalt!

♥♥♥♥ i literally spent 14 hours from where i last saved the game and this is all i get?
there is no payoff. the ending sucks. EVERYTHING SUCKS ASSS!

Do not buy this product if you are on the fence. because first you do Route A and then you do the same ♥♥♥♥ all over again with 9S. IT IS NOT A FUN GAME. HOW ARE PEOPLE PRAISING THIS GAME. the storyline is ♥♥♥♥. it is not worth it. don't buy it. just watch the cutscenes on youtube, there i saved you 60 bucks. the combat is not fun either!

[Nope]

A and B and that's it? No C D E route???
And please no, not NiEr gestalt, Replicant is the way to go

[Raiden - In Flames 🎵]

Originally posted by Nope:

A and B and that's it? No C D E route???
And please no, not NiEr gestalt, Replicant is the way to go

I did play route C and the final boss was as i said, underwhelming, piss easy to beat. and the true final boss there after is also piss easy to defeat. the ending for A2 was crap. oh look at me im killing myself alongside the tower whoop-de-doo roll credits.

[lPaladinl]

I didn't mind 9S's route, but I do remember not being as interested in it as I was during the A route.

I still need to finish C route, I lost interest halfway through it and haven't been back to play the rest.

I still think the game is great though. Aside from how bad the PC port is and how I can't trust Square Enix on PC ever since this game released.

[myhr2]

Originally posted by Nihilistic Deathdrive:

im not saying it to spite anyone who loves the game.

Ok, good start!

Originally posted by Nihilistic Deathdrive:

Do not buy this product if you are on the fence. because first you do Route A and then you do the same♥♥♥♥♥♥all over again with 9S. IT IS NOT A FUN GAME. HOW ARE PEOPLE PRAISING THIS GAME. the storyline is♥♥♥♥♥♥ it is not worth it. don't buy it. just watch the cutscenes on youtube, there i saved you 60 bucks. the combat is not fun either!

Oh. Well, that escalated quickly.

[omegazeda]

thx OP i will not buy this game :)

[KenzyBlane]

Originally posted by omegazeda:

thx OP i will not buy this game :)

If all it takes for you to be manipulated into making decisions is to read a single biased post filled with blatant factual bullsh*ttery written in spite of absolute lack of understanding of the game which holds absolutely no weight, and ignoring millions of objective comments and positive experiences of other players, then yeah, you not buying this game would be a blessing for everyone. And I should actually thank the OP for weeding out more likeminded individuals of their kind.

[Exarch_Alpha]

The last boss isn´t hard however. Any fight where the other character can draw aggro are easy. Use items, slash, retreat.

I still think the best battle is the prologue because every dumb move counts and items are limited.

[lessthanoff]

I think you got some spit on my face.

[lessthanoff]

Anyways, pretty much all of the things you claim to not like about Automata are worse in Gestalt: complaining about bullet hell bosses, despite the overwhelming majority of bosses in Gestalt being bullet hell bosses, except with way more emphasis on it than Automata ever had; complaining about how the story is "annoying" because you have to redo sections of the game in order to see the rest of it, except in Gestalt you not only have to replay the entire second half of the game, but there is no additional "route" beyond it, only the different endings, so replaying the same content (with the exception of a little bit that happens at the very end) is all you get; complaining about how there is no point to doing side quests, except in Gestalt the side quests were arguably even less relevant to the overall story, plot and character development, making them even more pointless, in my opinion; complaining about how there is no point to unlocking weapons, except the only weapon you ever need in Gestalt is a spear, so you can just spam-dash into enemies forever; complaining about how the combat is not fun, except it's far, far worse in Gestalt, where it is a floaty, awkward mess. The only two things Gestalt is on par with Automata in are the story and the music. Everything else is either worse, or only barely as good.

You didn't just title drop the first NieR game in order to make your review seem more credible, did you? ;)

[darren1104]

I literally just refunded it. Repetitive is the only word I can use to describe it. Like watching paint dry but a little more frustrating.

[Cacosubthree]

Originally posted by ~Sproink~:

there is no point in doing sidequests, there is no point in unlocking new weapons, there is no point at all with this game.

The central theme of this game is nihilism, so you got that right. the dlc ending cements that theme to the ground

Guys just let the man vent out his anger. I think he had a set of expectations before playing the game that was not satisfied after finishing it. Let's just leave it at that.

I also felt route C was rushed, since ♥♥♥♥ was coming from all directions. The main characters didn't had time to process their emotions since the machines were doing crazy stuff and it is their initial instinct to protect humanity and its legacy. For 9s the lost of 2B, who was his only purpose for living after finding out that humanity is extinct and the whole YorHa organization, his very identity, is meaningless. For A2, it is the lost of Pascal's village. After shutting herself out from everyone because of her loss during Pearl Harbor Descent, she found something new to cherish, the machines at pascal's village. Which was taken away from her quickly as the machine network and N2 went crazy. It is tragic, but being a weary, battle-scared fighter that she is, she just shove away her emotions. A little easter egg, after deciding to erase Pascal's memories, you could go to Pascal's village as A2 and talk to Pascal. And another thing, you get a note after finishing either ending D or C which can be found in the Intel tab under archives. That makes everything even more meaningless. It is called "machines research report". Other intel archives to support these are the "(top secret)" archives. Those stuff was made like as an optional stuff but felt like necessa to game's story I still liked it though. Given a choice, I wouldn't want to see 9S to suffer more or A2 falling into depression , if you know what I mean.

[lessthanoff]

Originally posted by darren1104:

I literally just refunded it. Repetitive is the only word I can use to describe it. Like watching paint dry but a little more frustrating.

Nothing more useless than an ancient thread being reanimated for absolutely no reason. Even worse when the one who did it has their account set to private, making it impossible for anyone else to see if they even own the game they're whinging about.

[AD33L]

Game of the decade baby!

[Gurgleguts]

dude you are 100% correct, i get the feeling that this game was made by incredible developers, but led by an absolute insane lunatic of a project manager. the devs made the combat awesome, the graphics beautiful, the cut scenes gorgeous, its a 10/10... but the big storyling descisions are absolute atrocities that should never have made it into the mainstream

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i just want to be badass and fight tough enemies for a while! stop switching my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ character! stop shutting down the shop for massive sections of the story! stop taking away my heavy attack when forcing me to be 9s! stop stop stop! just let me ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ play your game!
.. reaches playthrough 3 and is severely punished for not grinding enough... not grinding enough in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 40 hour game?! this entire game is a grind! and not a good kind! playthrough 2 was such a waste of my life but so worth it when i got to be A2, but then you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ made me be 9S again! ♥♥♥♥ off!!!!

stop making me complete 30 minute segments without a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ save
stop making me complete huge portions with no access to a place to buy health
stop forcing me to walk, to find my body, to create arbitrary game play time
... oh thanks you suddenly changed the save mechanic, thank you soo--- instant game over!!! whats the ♥♥♥♥!

i just want to play your game :,( :,( :,( but you ruin it so much!!! its so infuriating and not because its hard like dark souls, which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as well but for a different reason... this game is infuriating because it forcefully makes you spend 20+ hours playing a game you dont want to play. who the ♥♥♥♥ thought of this?

for example, the part where you are a giant robot fighting the other giant robot... i dont care! it wasnt fun! it wasnt relevant to the story! it was utterly worthless and risked making me game over and have to grind back to where i was. did the guy who made this game even ask a single tester if they were having fun?!

♥♥♥♥ nier, ive wasted 40 hours of my life that i will never get back, and i chalk this up to the utter decline of gaming as we know it

[Gurgleguts]

im in playthrough 3 and was just forced to play as 9S again, and im just so sick to my stomache at this point. i played for 30 hours (not including deaths) and i just want to kick some robot ass as A2... but ive now realized it is 100% completely pointless. the game pretends to be open world but it is very much not open world. it is linear as ♥♥♥♥ and 50% of the game is 9S, who doesnt even have a heavy attack. absolutely pathetic and i want my money back... no... i want my time back

ive never had a game leave me feeling so genuinely sad... like i spent 100 hours watching a movie i didnt like because i thought the good part was coming, and it never came. im an adult, with children and a job, that kind of wasted time is not trivial. i genuinely HATE nier automata. ♥♥♥♥ you for catfishing me, absolute garbage

i have a suspision the devs were amazing, conisidering how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good the combat is, the music, the wepaons, the cut scenes, the graphics... etc... but it was led by an insane lunatic of a project manager. "oh are our players having fun with sword combos as 2B? take away 70% of their attacks, make them play as a new character, and start the game over! theyll love it!"