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@xenusgonsalves1512 Firstly, the nier and yonah from the beginning of the game are the shades that you battle at the end of the game. Once you take control of nier, you are now playing as his replicant in the future. You are meant to question how they exist in the same way at that point and it is only slowly revealed to you as the game goes on. Why does his replicant age? For this I have no answer. The Kaine and emil conversation, you aren't meant to know in that moment but she is revealing the truth of herself to him. Emil becomes very close to her as the game unfolds because they are both outcasts in one way or another.

@ricardodeleon5065 the difficulty curve is kind of backwards in nier. The beginning of the game tends to give people more problems than the end of the game. Keep at it. I think this game is worth it.

Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

@@NexusDDD haha wait til you get later in the video where I call you a monster for making that choice.

@HonRedMan if you're aware of what to expect, I think the world is super fantastical and the movement is so refreshing and fun. It's a lot easier pill to swallow now that the game is on sale for 20 bucks rather than when it was new for 70.

@@davidk2023 oh believe me, I am.

You're welcome?

@MrRobot22 none of my friends have played it and my powers of persuasion failed me. Some times I got to make a video to talk about a game I liked if I have no one in real life to actually talk to

@BalanceOvOpposites based on what I've found online, yes. I just know I saw them at a show in LA and they threw out this cd and my friends and I caught them.

@@philipwagnon1477 that's why I uploaded the record. I couldn't find it anywhere online.

First off, thanks for watching. I really loved the plague tale games and I am especially sad that I didn't take the time to do a long form glow up for them and hell blade specifically. I'm not particularly adept at explaining why something feels good to play, but I do think I could have expressed why a game's narrative is effective. Those games had characters and stories that really resonated with me, but for one reason or another I couldn't get it together to take the time to make those videos. I tend to agree with you on more compact narratives. I think that baldur's gate 3 was more of an example of a game that was successful because of the interactivity in the game and with your actual ability to affect the narrative. I can say for myself, I won't look back on the game fondly reminiscing about the actual plot. The characters (including the antagonists) were really my stars of the show. Cyberpunk has a better mainline plot, but I felt very similarly about it as bg3 in that they got me involved with all the characters and their individual dilemmas to the point where I cared about the outcome. Obviously in regards to the actual gameplay and setting they are very different. I think the way the story is told might be your speed. Even though it's an open world game, the quests feel pretty well compartmentalized whereby each individual segment I felt I got some meaningful story or character background from it. Also, that presentation.... Thanks again for taking the time for watching and even more for commenting. Having people comment and tell me their thoughts keeps me from feeling like I'm talking to myself.

@alexguy8960 haha shut up lex. I figured you would want the persona video

It's one of my Bi-Annual releases!

@leklazy8046 let's not count those chickens. This is ubisoft after all. I just hope if they do actually release a sequel, it won't be some kind of monkey's paw wish granted type of situation.

Thank you so much for the compliment. They do take a long time and my commitment to making them has waned as of late, but seeing positivity instills a bit of fire to get back to making more.

Happy to fuel your nostalgia

I agree. Sadly, that has not been the historical perspective where I come from.

@@shepergames3734 The only difference that matters is if a human is good-willed or if he/she is not good-willed. If we have good will, the rest will find their way. If you allow me, where are you from?

@Stellarionas I'm from Los Angeles. The united states have a particularly complicated history when it comes to race relations. The reason why I mentioned the diversity of the characters in this video is because there is a brewing community of gamers who are prone to outrage over forced diversity in modern games. Beyond good and evil is an example of good diversity. It has characters of all races and species and the game is better for it. All these cultures give the world of hillis a very distinct character.

@@shepergames3734 well said mate. This was a good ass video subscribed

There are other people that were able to play the gog version on pc with no issues. Sometimes you just get unlucky with a driver or a particular hardware configuration and I think that was my case. I'm sure the emulated GameCube or Xbox version would be fine.

Thank you

His wondrous grace has become a god!

Aww shucks.

A fellow person with taste I see.

@@shepergames3734 So you are 👍

It wasn't intended as a personal attack but now i will choose to stand my ground! haha I definitely need to be more self aware of my KNOWN audience.

@@shepergames3734 It’s all good dude, I didn’t take it personally. I’m having a bad week with legal aeriting. Finals are due. I’m all. Moody. My bad. This game looks awesome though. The acting is giving me “Hono with a. Shotgun” vibes.

@@alexguy8960 Don't worry about it, I knew you weren't really mad. Still it's food for thought for me. You know how it is, when you're amongst friends you say whatever off the cuff. If you're online, you can't ever know your audience. It's always good to keep a healthy perspective on that.

Yeah those same perspectives scared me away as well. In spite of the flaws I acknowledged, I ended up really enjoying it. Especially for a sale price of sub 20 bucks it truly warrants a look if you're willing to lean into what the game does well rather than what it does poorly. If I'm being honest, if I had paid full retail I would still feel I got my money's worth.

I'd be pumped to hear your thoughts when you do give it a try. I think this game is an empathy test. If you're a bleeding heart like me then you're more likely to forgive the flaws and give the game a chance. The combat and traversal is legitimately fabulous though whichever side of that line you fall on.

it makes total sense if you don't look into it.

He was cleansed in the waters of lake Minnetonka

@@shepergames3734 there are no other cleansing waters out there so it's obvious what they were

Load bearing ropes lol

Haha I didn't notice that I fumbled the bag on yorha. Look it's a lot of talking to get this deep into a video. I try to edit out my mistakes but some times when you're deep into editing your brain interprets your own mistakes as being correct. Ever reread something you wrote and during a third pass you notice that you missed a word and your brain filled in the blank? Something like that.

@@shepergames3734 on the first run it was "love" cause my boys nines was lowkey falling for her but later runs it was just "kill" and it's ok u made such a good video I was just confused thx for making this looking forward to more new stuff I'll hang around:)

@@shepergames3734 yoko taro is a fking genius leaving it bank is sucha big brain move, let us decide what we think of 2b, as 9s showed all the signs of kill, love and fu**. 9s is the real protagonist of the game and that model got killed like 48 times and knowing Adam he prolly wanted to put "hate" there lol but yeah it's such an open ended case by case answer.

@@dbagainagainagainagain I started off the video saying it's my favorite game ever. All this time later that is still true

@@shepergames3734 ❣️❣️ yes nier is such a good series. I hope yoko is cooking next nier game. i can't have enough of that world

This is where shit really hits the fan. Nawh I guess chainsaw amputation has to take that credit. Kinda no topping that.

The dialogue is pretty good honestly. Some assholes keep talking over it though haha

@@shepergames3734 if the game had more lines like that, we wouldn't have to lol

That's gold Jerry! Gold!!

My buddies and I sure had a lot of fun

Thankfully it's back by episode 4

Episodes 4 and 5 feature the return of commentary