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Game is too good not to have its own thread. Started the remake this morning and as expected, it's an absolute dream to play. That soundtrack, and excellent quality of life improvements (such as using NieR Automata's traversal etc), my god. Playing it on the PS5 so smoothly 60fps as well, might be the same on PS4 Pro etc but so far, so very very happy .gif) Anyone else in at launch or just me? |
NieR Replicant
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Humperfunk 8,634 posts
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDoesn't unlock for another 8 hours or so on PC... though that doesn't really matter as I'm working.
Crossing my fingers and hoping the PC version is better than Automata's. -
dfunked09 2,406 posts
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Registered 1 year agoHad it pre-ordered through TGC but they seem to have had some payment issues if you use PayPal so it got cancelled.
Can't seem to make up my mind which version to go for now... Might wait for some feedback on the PC version before I make the jump. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIve always regretted binning it (or at least Gestalt) so Im really thinking about the possibility of considering to maybe potentially pick it up today.
I didnt really get what it was going for and the game itself was actually quite shit, so the story really couldnt force its way through that. -
Humperfunk 8,634 posts
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Registered 9 years agoHaha the game is definitely improved with the remake Nick, if that helps!
I fully suspect Gestalt will be the superior version story wise, but will of course reserve judgement until the end. -
Tuffty 4,954 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm so excited to play this. Never played the original, I know the broad strokes of the plot but not the details so I'm really excited considering how much I love Automata. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAfter the great Dad Game Pandemic of the last few years, with even fucking Kratos reduced to walking slowly while having meaningful conversations, I'm actually very glad they went with BroNier rather than DadNier. -
Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoIs it just the same kind of thing as Automata then? -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYes and no. If you dug the story and structure of Automata, then its in the same ball park but Automata is (likely to be) refined and superior in pretty much every department.
They did change the combat to be more like Automata, though, which was one of the biggest complaints about it. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoFront page review isn't exactly that glowing. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI bounced off Gestalt twice, I think due to a combination of technical issues (the framerate could drop into the dumpster) and the combat just not clicking with me. Found Automata's combat much easier to get along with, so I'm absolutely up for them bringing Replicant's combat more into line with that. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt is very much an outlier (although EGs opposite land reviews do tend to be on the money after the dust settles). -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoEG got Malindy to do the review. As far as I can tell, the only value she brings is inducing a weird kind of nostalgia for Edwin. -
Wayne 4,048 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThis game should have alternative skins for people that don’t want a fifteen year old girl in underwear in their game.
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monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWayne wrote:
I'm alarmed at what the missing verb might be here.
This game should have alternative skins for people that don’t want to a fifteen year old girl in underwear in their game. -
dfunked09 2,406 posts
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Registered 1 year agoThe headline suggests she didn't really care for the game to begin with, so it was probably never going to be a glowing review.
Think someone in the comments said it'd be nice to have a review from someone like them (and me) who loved Automata but never properly played the original. A fresh take seems more valuable than the review we got. -
monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years agoRogueywon wrote:
Seemed quite a good review to me. I'd describe your reaction to any EG review as kneejerk at this point.
EG got Malindy to do the review. As far as I can tell, the only value she brings is inducing a weird kind of nostalgia for Edwin. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'd say thats an ideal kind of person to review it. Has the game done enough to win me over again? And by the sounds of it, it didnt.
The backtracking, for example, is one of the things that wore me out first time around and that hasnt been changed. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@monkman76 Nah, they do still have some decent reviewers. Robert Purchese, Martin Robinson and Vikki Blake are all perfectly fine. Malindy is just the person who reviews all the Japanese games who doesn't like Japan or Japanese games. -
monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI consider Nier: Automata to be essential
From her review. Not seeing it tbh. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRogueywon wrote:
I thinks that a good thing tbh. It's beneficial to have that outside perspective and from the looks of it some of the elements sound tiring such as the backtracking which is a big no no for me, especially if it's virtually the same content.
@monkman76 Nah, they do still have some decent reviewers. Robert Purchese, Martin Robinson and Vikki Blake are all perfectly fine. Malindy is just the person who reviews all the Japanese games who doesn't like Japan or Japanese games. -
StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'm home alone most of this weekend so am tempted, but the lack of even X/Pro love is putting me off.
You expect me to settle for blur-o-vision in 2021? -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTBF, its specifically a last gen product and a last gen price. -
One_Vurfed_Gwrx 4,467 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHeard a few potential issues regarding framerate (assumedly on base consoles). As I only have a standard Ps4 I have not preordered this yet so will wait for reports as not planning a PS5 any time soon.
As for the series I played Gestalt first but didn't finish it but played it properly after finishing Automata and slightly preferred the world setting in the sequel. I will get this at some point though. -
StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agonickthegun wrote:
It's not even last gen though, it's pauper gen.
TBF, its specifically a last gen product and a last gen price.
I can't lower myself to that. -
StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI probably will lower myself to that as I have no self control. -
Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoYeah if it doesn't even run better on the upgraded last gen consoles that's pretty poor. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt would be quite ironic if the first game I bought in this generation of consoles was developed for the base PS4. -
uiruki 5,975 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThe PC version doesn't sound great either, with some controller-related stuttering weirdness. Suspect I'll wait this one out and see how it all boils down given how bad the support was for Automata. -
I'll be getting it in a couple of weeks.
How's the combat? Like on par with Automata?
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