I know this video most likely will not perform well, but that doesn't matter in the slightest, this new step forwards for the channel is different, but one that is fueled by love for games, and not numbers on a page. I want all of you who have left supportive comments just how much it means to us, as videos like this are no small undertaking, and since TH-cam will likely not promote them, your words mean even more, so truly, thank you for all of the support and kind words - Moses & Serp
It may not be something that clicks with established audience perhaps, but I have found your channel today thanks to this video and subbed after watching it from start to finish. I'll admit that I'm an emotional person that already tears up easily, but this game was one of the very few pieces of media that made me absolutely bawl my eyes out. I feel that it also made a genuine, lasting impact on me as a person, on how I view life and stories. It is one of those stories that upsets me with the thought that I could never write something like it, and I even got emotional again just watching your video on it, remembering every detail as you went over them. I couldn't even dare to attempt at making a video like this myself because I'd fear that nothing I say could ever really do justice to how incredible this game really is. So I respect you immensely for being able to do so. I'm glad I found this channel.
@@synque7296 we mentioned it during the last video, made multiple community posts about it as well as on other platforms, a video would be unnecessary just to say “new name new look” in our eyes
I'll never forget the story of a friend of mine: His brother was obsessed with NieR, played Automata around 20 times, always ending with the same phrase when he reset his saves. He passed away a few years ago and my friend decided to play NieR on his own PS, to see what his brother loved. As you can guess, a certain phrase and name popped up during his Ending E, because not a lot of people finish the game.
You know my favorite part of Route C isn't even the amazing storytelling, it's Kyle Mccarley's incredible performance as 9S. His breakdown is so believable, and hearing someone who we know as a constant source of hope and optimism just so cold and angry is chilling. Every line is so poignant and piercing, you can feel his pain in every word. Just breathtaking acting.
I went into the game liking 2B for obvious reasons. But I really got attached to 9S by the end of the first route and then watched his progression. Until the final resolution that is and actually recoiled in horror as A2’s sword skewers him and he’s writhing around on the ground fighting for every breathe, despite seemingly hating his existence for it’s meaninglessness. It really shocked me how brutal it was. I really hope the ‘future’ that is hinted at the end of ending E is a positive one, my god the kid (and 2B) need it.
How tf does this not have more views? I've watched dozens of reviews videos on Nier Automata (save to say I REALLY enjoy this game) and you by far have the best breakdown/review out there. Keep up the great work.
I'm here because your dad left a comment about 2 events that changed his life, your birth and the 9/11 attacks. Seeing this video title told me I'm supposed to sub. As someone who's been gaming since the 80's I'm happy to be here
@@PhantomFrisk4 well for one, I'm the reason this vid exists in the first place, I was the one who introduced Moser to Nier. But for more direct stuff, mostly script overviewing, planning and quality assurance more or less. Plus a few editing ideas, such as the music names being displayed when a new song plays, that was all me. Also emotional support if you wanna count that, trust me these videos are a bitch to make
@@serperior2264 whoah. yeah Im sure it takes an immense amount of effort to put out a video of this quality. I think the video was amazing so I can thank you for that as well!
Til this day and I can't hear Weigh of the World and not feel something, a chill, a feeling, a something that I don't feel other games have been able to achieve
great, now i have to go through and finish this game. when Pascal finds all the corpses is the most affected i've ever been by a game. it just shook me, it was so unexpected and sad and made me feel bad that i'd laughed at the robots in the beggining. dude, this was great. i think we need more stuff like this, you know? the impact something has on a person is way more interesting than how it was delivered (at least for me, anyway). it was a fantastic start to a new stage for you, keep going! wonderful.
I guess no one is going to read it after 9 months, but here we go! Absolutely phenomenal video, thank you for making it and reminding me why I love this game with all my heart. But I have to point one thing. Ending C, A2's final words. She isn't joining the Ark, she destroyed the cannon and the network. So what did she mean? It's much deeper and touches what you omitted in the video. Her past. She is joining her fallen friends from Pearl Harbor Descent Mission and the Resistance girls. She is joining the dead after making revenge on the machines and losing purpose of her life. She felt that she has done what she had to do and now can go in peace. Truly heartbreaking and adds so much to the story of A2. That is why the ending is called "Meanngless code". Love A2. It's surprising that her story is easily missable as people may not touch the computer near Anemone.
Oh wow, I must have completely missed that critical bit of lore then, man automata never fails to keep on giving. Thank you for the kind words as well!
You're welcome! If you are interested in A2's background, I strongly recommend official novels, especially collection "Short story long" and manga "YoRHA: Pearl Harbor Descent Records". It's great and has much more details than the summary in Anemone's pc.
I love this new direction. The Neir games are some of my favorites for many of the same reasons brought up. Great video you two. Looking forward to your future projects!
I loved this. Fantastically well delivered and it was great to hear your perspective on what is still the most impactful game I have ever played. This game changed my life too. I was seriously ill when I played Nier: Automata for the first time and, as silly as it will inevitably sound to some people, it gave me hope in a time when everything felt utterly hopeless. Really good job on this 😊
Incredible work man... so much effort, love, research put into one video. It expresses so much of what I also just adore about this masterpiece of a game. Thank you. Thank you for this wonderful summary!
I absolutely love hearing people gushing over this game in any form. So this video is appreciated by me! I think my feelings towards this game are echoed by so many but I feel like here is a good place for me to gush as well. I am similar in some ways to you with my current outlook on video games. I don't have much time to play as an adult with children so it has to be something very special to get me invested. There are many corners of the industry that have stagnated and given into this "cookie cutter" mentality, where nobody seems to want to push the boundaries. Sure, there are a couple of franchises that still have awesome games in them, Zelda and particularly Metroid are two of my other favourites. But they work extremely well within their own bubble. They have their own well established timelines and genres that they can run with for all of time. But there is something about the way that the Nier games connect with the player that just hits differently. I played Automata on a whim. I had seen stills and posters and I was drawn to the art style. I had no idea about the series previous entries in replicant/gestalt and by extension Drakengard (which I will probably never get to play!), so I had no idea what I was getting in for. In the beginning I felt like it was just going to be a standard hack and slash action game that I could mindlessly bumble through over the course of a few weeks in short bursts. And for the first couple.of days, that's kind of what I did. But I can pinpoint the exact second that I knew this game was going to get under my skin. It was the moment when you first get to the amusement park. There was something otherworldly and beautiful about the fireworks exploding against that neon sunset backdrop. This was honestly the first time in around 20 years if playing video games where I said "woooow" out loud. Then as I ventured further in and the music began to build into that epic crescendo of violins and vocal work. It really was something else. As I pushed on, I began to feel like the story was becoming more and more obscure. I struggled to get my head around things and struggled to keep up. I feel like that was a me problem. But I could feel that it was building up to something more. I knew that it would eventually tie itself together somehow. And I could tell that when it all came together, it was going to be something incredible. But nothing could prepare me for the complete rollercoaster of feelings I would go through during this experience. The bleakness, the hope, the pity I felt for the people trapped in this world. As 9S descended into madness, I could feel his blind rage. The parts where he totally loses it and laughs in the face of his own sadness and rage is something that I have experienced personally. It's a scary and uncontrollable feeling, yet I managed to find a connection to him through that. I understood his insanity in those moments. Then to top it all off by making us fight the creators of the world, with other players by our side, this game was a true masterpiece in interactive story telling. It is an experience I will never forget and sadly, will never be able to relive for the first time again. Sometimes I pick it up and start playing through for an hour two, just to spend some time with these characters, in this world. I love Nier Automata and I can say with confidence that this is one of the greatest pieces of art and greatest video games that has ever been made.
Just finished watching, I figured I'd share on point of this vid's title on how it changed my life personally. I grew up with games - not MMORPGs / social games, but single player titles like RTS, Action Adventure... isolated experiences that seems to strike few conversations in home. I have always been engineer-brained my whole life - indulge in the technical solution-making process while leaving "higher emotions" to non-tech people. There was technology, computers, engineering - then there was everything else. Then I played this in my University 3rd year - a time where we started to wonder what are we gonna do with intern and after graduation. Its funny how Nier Automata asked me if games are silly little things, in one of the most defiant sections, and of course I clicked no, in contrary to what everyone else in my family felt. I didn't keep playing video games cause I had nothing better to do, I play because I truly enjoyed them! (while others found better things to do in life) There's a reason why I'm still a nut for video games as a young working adult - at first it was the "engineering wow how did they do that" aspect of it, then there was Nier Automata showing the narrative, humanistic, artistic values that can be achieved through video games, while paying tributes to so many genres all at once. Now that I stepped foot in career life (not in engineering or game industry as i hoped), there are challenges - expectations were dialed up to eleven, time is suddenly shorter than ever, the future is uncertain as before. This game allowed my engineering result-oriented brain some valuable room to smell the few roses I can, appreciate the few company I have, and be generally positive (i.e. have faith) in bleak times, while chasing arbitrary goals set by my surroundings. What's our purpose, where we end up, is often beyond our control. We regret nothing so long as we gave our best given the circumstance. Deeply appreciate your review for bringing back these fond memories, and glory to mankind.
Damn. I tear up every time I even see this game or hear it in conversation. This is the best story humanity could ever tell. I refuse to believe humanity could ever tell a more perfect story than NieR: Automata. I've always thought that the people who say "this game changed my life" were just dramatic, but dammit this game sure changed mine. Thank you. This is the best story ever made, and you've made the best video that has covered it. You're amazing.
So am i, this MASTERPIECE changed me forever. The bad side is that after Nier:Automata, a lot of games i've played after that master piece looked like so... empty, whatever i may say that i'm taking pleasure with CyberPunk at least... but it's still not as deep as Nier:Automata... (it a very good game whatever)
A huge thank you for this amazing and absolutely outstanding analysis of one of my most favorite pieces of art ever created! I watched this in one sitting and two hours flew by like ten minutes, wish there was a few more hours of this! :) Beautiful and touching work.
Wow, just wow. I can only count on one hand how many times I've been absolutely floored by a video of this kind. I played a good portion of this game and knew just how special it was, but life got in the way of my completion. This was exactly what I needed and way much more. Not only is the rest of the beautiful story read like a book but in such a way that I forgot I was watching a video and instead got pulled into the world of the characters and their lives. This is more then a game. It's a message, a message told to only thoses that want to listen. Thank you. Without such an amazing project I maybe would have never known the end to a story I longed for. I hope you keep up the amazing quality and work for many videos to come! - Alex
I played this game and sink my hours on it and i have to say i agree with your point of view of this game, is a masterpiece that can never be replicated again.
Honestly, the best way to experience this game's difficulty imo is to start out in Normal mode, and once you get to A2 and have the Overclock and Aggressive Heal chips cranck up the nod to Hard and just unleash B mode and lifesteal off everything that moves until you're the last one standing. B mode makes you take little damage even in Hard difficulty, and with Aggressive Heal you're basically unkillable for as long as you can attack something. The boss climbing the Tower I don't even bother to evade for instance Edit: there is actually a third option after the child's suicide for Pascal: just leave. Neither kill him nor delete his memories. Let him live with his errors. He will resent you, he says as you leave that he hates you, but you don't let him repeat this mistake again
I feel like I was on a point similar to you. Played the games I enjoyed so far and felt like there was nothing new and the genres that I hadn't yet tackled, never achieved to catch me when trying out. Bet then I saw this game while being at a friend's place. He just wanted to show me that it's a good game and that you could really change the art of fighting to however you want. And for me that sounded good, but it was the music in the amusement park that didn't vanish out of my head, even after days. Just to hear this part again I started the game. Played once. And missed that you had to play again. After my friend told me about how he didn't like hacking with 9S a month later, I found out.
The way I handled Nier Automata's awful game balance was to use NO plug-in chips in the initial playthrough, then increase the difficulty by a step on the second playthrough and use the money you made in the first playthrough to buy defense chips to make sure you can take a couple of hits on the next step up. For me it was Hard to Very Hard, for others it might be different. With a ban on overpowered chips and no consumables because they totally break the game (which is why Very Hard is balanced around you getting one-shot by everything without defense chips), the combat balance is actually very good. Having to stack defense chips also limits your space on your other chips, so you have to be exceedingly selective and can't go too crazy.
Never touched the Nier series, this was an amazing video had me hooked the whole time. As another commenter said I would love to see y’all tackle the Metal Gear series
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! I’ve had the MGS games on my to play list for a longgg time, I still haven’t played through any of them apart from V, which I wasn’t a massive fan of. I do plan on playing through the master collection at some point, and may even stream them on TH-cam, then of course leading into some form of video essay or retrospective at some point
2B is a character that has zero character development on face value until you get the full picture then she becomes a deep complicated character that is more than the box art seller people claim her to be
Route C is what the real sh!t starts. Is like having the 3 Xenoblades storyflow in one package. That's why i love this awesome game. And im playing FFXIV these days, just to get to the Nier Automata raid events.
I only played this game about a year ago and i can say without a doubt this it is my favourite game of all time. The reason i feel is. Its the only game ive played that didnt make me feel a certain way. It just made me feel everything, all at once, throughout the game.
Best way to earn easy "g" or in-game money for any new people who hasn't know about it, is get "machine core", for example, I have 3, when I sell all three, I get 30,000, my best option to get machine cores, you'd first have to complete all the missions to get chapter select, once you have the chapter select, you'd have to chose chapter 04, and it'll show you different parts of chapter 4 mad house, spoilers, you're at the carnival, the one you'll have to choose to start the farm, is chapter 04-02; tank boss, and to get machine cores, you're gonna have to kill the tank boss, and it'll give you 1 each time you do it, easy steps to follow, go to the chapter I mention, fight the boss, run back to your access point, quick save, hit the chapter select, rinse and repeat
Well This game change my life too, 2019, i was alone in my First year of college, far away from home, i was interrested in Saints life, but This game, a Platinum hack n Slash that i wanted to buy for The combat and anime asthethic was The final step, i played 17 hours non stop, The amusement park was proof that This game was something Else, It help me understand That suffering is necessary to grow and to achive real happness, The shallowness of a world whitout god, and revive my admiration with games, Nier Automata cannot be otherthing than a game, its experience is in The mechanics, songs, cinematic and gameplay, its a masterpiece.
I enjoyed watching this review. This was definitely worth the wait. And I can tell you put in a lot of effort and passion into this video. One thing I will say tho is that despite how many times you said this game is very dark and emotional. I couldn't help but started to crack up when you straight up mentioned "However the machines start hittin the griddy and start worshipping their god soulja boy." 😂😂😂 Idk why but that part just took away the whole seriousness tone of the video for me I couldn't stop laughing. But all that aside. Great video man!
With the pods being the overseers of project yorha's conclusion, that instead of turning against the main characters and defeating/ deleting them actually started to care so much about them that they abandoned the project and saved them instead, are they the Replicant Devola and Popola of the Automata era?
I’ve never actually thought about that before, it’s been a while since I really looked into what happened at project Yorhas conclusion so I’m not 100% familiar with it. That is interesting food for thought though
@@UltraViolet_Moses Yeah the though came to me just now after playing through both replicant and automata in order, and seeing your video. Even the conversations the pod have between missions reminded me of how Devola and Popola had such segments as well. Somehow it made me feel like part of a redemption story for the replicant Devola and Popola, separate of the one that the Automata ones thought they had to pursue
Want to know my story with this game? I remember when I first saw images of it and thought, "I want to play this game.", but that was before learning it was PS4 exclusively. That made me infuriated as I owned an Xbox One at the time and one of my gaming pet peeves is third-party exclusives. This encouraged me to make a petition to get the game ported to Xbox. I even made links to it on other videos of Nier Automata hoping to help gain it attention, and I think there was even an Indian news article talking about my petition. It wasn't until the Become As Gods Edition in 2018 that the game finally got the Xbox port it deserves. It almost made me think that I had something to do with it. My only complaint is that there's no physical copy of this version.
This piece of entertainment media is an example of one created by an individual who really meant to leave an emotional impact on people who chose to embark on this endeavor, both through context sensitive mechanics, and general narrative, of which they go hand in hand so immaculately. It gives a proper outlook on the best and worst of someone who considers themselves human, as well as their inherent struggles during their lifespan, and it's done in a spectacular but also unapologetic way, something that's becoming a bit of a lost art. Nier Automata, and the other games created by Yoko Taro, may be overloaded with an exagerated amount of existential dread, but they also pave the way for a more hopeful future ahead through some positive change, and the things written thus far in this comment, is just the tip of the iceberg, as to why videogames are still a valid form of storytelling, and also a valid form of art, regardless of what any other contrarian has to say about it, but now, only one can think of what's the next step Yoko Taro is going to take with his creative ventures in the AAA space, of which we will definitely know sooner or later.
Hi. Sorry to bother. I just wanted to know if your description about taro games was a spoiler( about being about existential dread but paving a more hopefull way? Because i want to start playing them(specially the old ones)and i got curious. Thanks
Did I play this game really weird? I played through quite a few hours into the game and never had the male android around and never had the option to have him around. I also got stuck and couldn't advance the game any further because it got too hard for me. Yes, yes, I know. It's hard being someone with game journalist skill levels.
15:37 wich is why i simply cannot research much about the game because 80 - 90% of content coming from the game is just 4Chan Rule 34 doing its thing. I ended up here as like THE video i could watch from a channel that i trust, just so i could actually know the game better than its title So, a quick edit in the middle of the video, Route A was the one i understood perfectly as a game, but Route B was the one that, guaranteed, will explode your brain if you haven't seen the game yet
step 1) go to your nearest park step 2) touch the grass step 3) notice the dirt beneath the grass step 4) return back to the dirty underground lair ya'll come from and please never interact with women step 5) keep yourself sjulian
I don't like anime that much but, I guess it's just a preference. Everyone has opinions No hate to Automata tough, it looks like someone combined fighting and anime into 1 game (my grammar sucks)
Mr moses so i know in your last video you said you'd be leaving the racing game community so does that mean no more reviews of racing games or just not interacting with the racing game community
@UltraViolet ok I watched it the reason I asked this question was because I kinda wanted you to do a review on the nfs most wanted pepega mod but that's ok I'll live with it
@@UltraViolet_Moses While cruel, I believe it to be the best and most humane choice. We all suffer the consequences of our actions. Can't always push it aside or remove ourselves of the burden.
@@Specter57 maybe so, but leaving him to suffer the rest of his life in grief instead of giving him a second chance is far worsee to me, but to each their own
@@UltraViolet_Moses don't pay attention to these gold fish attention span people. I just finished the whole video and am writing a little review comment for just how amazing this turned out.
I came for the thighs, but stayed for thw cries. Definitely a game worth remembering and revisiting. Id love to see a continuation of 2b/9s story but knowing a devs they'll leav that up to us
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I know this video most likely will not perform well, but that doesn't matter in the slightest, this new step forwards for the channel is different, but one that is fueled by love for games, and not numbers on a page. I want all of you who have left supportive comments just how much it means to us, as videos like this are no small undertaking, and since TH-cam will likely not promote them, your words mean even more, so truly, thank you for all of the support and kind words - Moses & Serp
Do agony review it's one of the masterpieces I ever played
It may not be something that clicks with established audience perhaps, but I have found your channel today thanks to this video and subbed after watching it from start to finish. I'll admit that I'm an emotional person that already tears up easily, but this game was one of the very few pieces of media that made me absolutely bawl my eyes out. I feel that it also made a genuine, lasting impact on me as a person, on how I view life and stories. It is one of those stories that upsets me with the thought that I could never write something like it, and I even got emotional again just watching your video on it, remembering every detail as you went over them. I couldn't even dare to attempt at making a video like this myself because I'd fear that nothing I say could ever really do justice to how incredible this game really is. So I respect you immensely for being able to do so. I'm glad I found this channel.
an update video on the rebranding wouldve been nice. i was very confused
@@synque7296 we mentioned it during the last video, made multiple community posts about it as well as on other platforms, a video would be unnecessary just to say “new name new look” in our eyes
Thank you for all the effort.
I'll never forget the story of a friend of mine:
His brother was obsessed with NieR, played Automata around 20 times, always ending with the same phrase when he reset his saves.
He passed away a few years ago and my friend decided to play NieR on his own PS, to see what his brother loved.
As you can guess, a certain phrase and name popped up during his Ending E, because not a lot of people finish the game.
Is that phrase, "I've come to the conclusion, that I cannot accept this resolution" ?
i mean what are the chances
"A future is not given to you. It is something you must take for yourself."
💡😮🥺
You know my favorite part of Route C isn't even the amazing storytelling, it's Kyle Mccarley's incredible performance as 9S. His breakdown is so believable, and hearing someone who we know as a constant source of hope and optimism just so cold and angry is chilling. Every line is so poignant and piercing, you can feel his pain in every word. Just breathtaking acting.
I went into the game liking 2B for obvious reasons. But I really got attached to 9S by the end of the first route and then watched his progression. Until the final resolution that is and actually recoiled in horror as A2’s sword skewers him and he’s writhing around on the ground fighting for every breathe, despite seemingly hating his existence for it’s meaninglessness. It really shocked me how brutal it was. I really hope the ‘future’ that is hinted at the end of ending E is a positive one, my god the kid (and 2B) need it.
Late comment but at the end where you enter that room of fake 2b and he just maniacally laughs, good God the chills
How tf does this not have more views? I've watched dozens of reviews videos on Nier Automata (save to say I REALLY enjoy this game) and you by far have the best breakdown/review out there. Keep up the great work.
Wow, thanks!
I'm here because your dad left a comment about 2 events that changed his life, your birth and the 9/11 attacks. Seeing this video title told me I'm supposed to sub. As someone who's been gaming since the 80's I'm happy to be here
Sorry this took so long, but it's finally here and better than ever! hope you all enjoy this lengthy passion project of a video!
What parts of the video were you involved with? (I'm genuinely curious) :)
@@PhantomFrisk4 well for one, I'm the reason this vid exists in the first place, I was the one who introduced Moser to Nier. But for more direct stuff, mostly script overviewing, planning and quality assurance more or less. Plus a few editing ideas, such as the music names being displayed when a new song plays, that was all me. Also emotional support if you wanna count that, trust me these videos are a bitch to make
@@serperior2264 whoah. yeah Im sure it takes an immense amount of effort to put out a video of this quality. I think the video was amazing so I can thank you for that as well!
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@@serperior2264 wanna hear a joke?
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Im on my second play through and all the information still hits so hard. Brought a tear to my eyes again
LETS GO JUST GOT BACK FROM WORK, BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS THE WHOLE DAY! Congrats on getting the video out!
The game that still brings me to tears whenever i see certain scenes or hear certain songs.
Til this day and I can't hear Weigh of the World and not feel something, a chill, a feeling, a something that I don't feel other games have been able to achieve
Your video was the one that captured this experience the best from all I've seen
great, now i have to go through and finish this game. when Pascal finds all the corpses is the most affected i've ever been by a game. it just shook me, it was so unexpected and sad and made me feel bad that i'd laughed at the robots in the beggining.
dude, this was great. i think we need more stuff like this, you know? the impact something has on a person is way more interesting than how it was delivered (at least for me, anyway). it was a fantastic start to a new stage for you, keep going!
wonderful.
12:55 well the instrumental itself is already kinda on point
13:21 and now this is Megaman ZX on steroids
I guess no one is going to read it after 9 months, but here we go!
Absolutely phenomenal video, thank you for making it and reminding me why I love this game with all my heart. But I have to point one thing. Ending C, A2's final words. She isn't joining the Ark, she destroyed the cannon and the network. So what did she mean? It's much deeper and touches what you omitted in the video. Her past. She is joining her fallen friends from Pearl Harbor Descent Mission and the Resistance girls. She is joining the dead after making revenge on the machines and losing purpose of her life. She felt that she has done what she had to do and now can go in peace. Truly heartbreaking and adds so much to the story of A2. That is why the ending is called "Meanngless code".
Love A2. It's surprising that her story is easily missable as people may not touch the computer near Anemone.
Oh wow, I must have completely missed that critical bit of lore then, man automata never fails to keep on giving. Thank you for the kind words as well!
You're welcome! If you are interested in A2's background, I strongly recommend official novels, especially collection "Short story long" and manga "YoRHA: Pearl Harbor Descent Records". It's great and has much more details than the summary in Anemone's pc.
Absolutely worth the wait, completely captured my experience in its totality. Could not be more excited for the future of your channel!!!!!!!
I love this new direction. The Neir games are some of my favorites for many of the same reasons brought up. Great video you two. Looking forward to your future projects!
Thank you!
I loved this. Fantastically well delivered and it was great to hear your perspective on what is still the most impactful game I have ever played. This game changed my life too. I was seriously ill when I played Nier: Automata for the first time and, as silly as it will inevitably sound to some people, it gave me hope in a time when everything felt utterly hopeless.
Really good job on this 😊
Incredible work man... so much effort, love, research put into one video. It expresses so much of what I also just adore about this masterpiece of a game. Thank you. Thank you for this wonderful summary!
Thanks a ton!
Glad you are back.
This time using your passion for game esseys to the games you really enjoy.
Good to see you again, not really a fan of Nier but just wanted to say I’m excited for your new content
The wait was def worth it, and man it worth the wait. 2 hour vid dayum. Good job y'all
I absolutely love hearing people gushing over this game in any form. So this video is appreciated by me! I think my feelings towards this game are echoed by so many but I feel like here is a good place for me to gush as well.
I am similar in some ways to you with my current outlook on video games. I don't have much time to play as an adult with children so it has to be something very special to get me invested. There are many corners of the industry that have stagnated and given into this "cookie cutter" mentality, where nobody seems to want to push the boundaries. Sure, there are a couple of franchises that still have awesome games in them, Zelda and particularly Metroid are two of my other favourites. But they work extremely well within their own bubble. They have their own well established timelines and genres that they can run with for all of time. But there is something about the way that the Nier games connect with the player that just hits differently. I played Automata on a whim. I had seen stills and posters and I was drawn to the art style. I had no idea about the series previous entries in replicant/gestalt and by extension Drakengard (which I will probably never get to play!), so I had no idea what I was getting in for. In the beginning I felt like it was just going to be a standard hack and slash action game that I could mindlessly bumble through over the course of a few weeks in short bursts. And for the first couple.of days, that's kind of what I did. But I can pinpoint the exact second that I knew this game was going to get under my skin. It was the moment when you first get to the amusement park. There was something otherworldly and beautiful about the fireworks exploding against that neon sunset backdrop. This was honestly the first time in around 20 years if playing video games where I said "woooow" out loud. Then as I ventured further in and the music began to build into that epic crescendo of violins and vocal work. It really was something else. As I pushed on, I began to feel like the story was becoming more and more obscure. I struggled to get my head around things and struggled to keep up. I feel like that was a me problem. But I could feel that it was building up to something more. I knew that it would eventually tie itself together somehow. And I could tell that when it all came together, it was going to be something incredible. But nothing could prepare me for the complete rollercoaster of feelings I would go through during this experience. The bleakness, the hope, the pity I felt for the people trapped in this world. As 9S descended into madness, I could feel his blind rage. The parts where he totally loses it and laughs in the face of his own sadness and rage is something that I have experienced personally. It's a scary and uncontrollable feeling, yet I managed to find a connection to him through that. I understood his insanity in those moments. Then to top it all off by making us fight the creators of the world, with other players by our side, this game was a true masterpiece in interactive story telling. It is an experience I will never forget and sadly, will never be able to relive for the first time again. Sometimes I pick it up and start playing through for an hour two, just to spend some time with these characters, in this world. I love Nier Automata and I can say with confidence that this is one of the greatest pieces of art and greatest video games that has ever been made.
Woah thanks for the huge comment! This game truly has a special way of connecting with everyone who experiences Yoko Taro’s masterwork
Subbed. You summed this beauty of a game up masterfully.
Thank you wholeheartedly
Just finished watching, I figured I'd share on point of this vid's title on how it changed my life personally.
I grew up with games - not MMORPGs / social games, but single player titles like RTS, Action Adventure... isolated experiences that seems to strike few conversations in home. I have always been engineer-brained my whole life - indulge in the technical solution-making process while leaving "higher emotions" to non-tech people. There was technology, computers, engineering - then there was everything else.
Then I played this in my University 3rd year - a time where we started to wonder what are we gonna do with intern and after graduation. Its funny how Nier Automata asked me if games are silly little things, in one of the most defiant sections, and of course I clicked no, in contrary to what everyone else in my family felt. I didn't keep playing video games cause I had nothing better to do, I play because I truly enjoyed them! (while others found better things to do in life) There's a reason why I'm still a nut for video games as a young working adult - at first it was the "engineering wow how did they do that" aspect of it, then there was Nier Automata showing the narrative, humanistic, artistic values that can be achieved through video games, while paying tributes to so many genres all at once.
Now that I stepped foot in career life (not in engineering or game industry as i hoped), there are challenges - expectations were dialed up to eleven, time is suddenly shorter than ever, the future is uncertain as before. This game allowed my engineering result-oriented brain some valuable room to smell the few roses I can, appreciate the few company I have, and be generally positive (i.e. have faith) in bleak times, while chasing arbitrary goals set by my surroundings.
What's our purpose, where we end up, is often beyond our control. We regret nothing so long as we gave our best given the circumstance. Deeply appreciate your review for bringing back these fond memories, and glory to mankind.
Thank you! Appreciate you sharing your story and how Automata affected you, glory to mankind
I just wanna say good job on this video. Really good job.
Pure tears. Beautiful video.
Glad you enjoyed, thank you
Damn. I tear up every time I even see this game or hear it in conversation. This is the best story humanity could ever tell. I refuse to believe humanity could ever tell a more perfect story than NieR: Automata. I've always thought that the people who say "this game changed my life" were just dramatic, but dammit this game sure changed mine. Thank you. This is the best story ever made, and you've made the best video that has covered it. You're amazing.
My thanks for your support and kind words, it means a lot
Just finished ending E. Took me 45 hours. Glad I can now watch video essays on it without being afraid of spoilers. This game is so amazing
Ending E is truly something else, glad you got to experience it
So am i, this MASTERPIECE changed me forever.
The bad side is that after Nier:Automata, a lot of games i've played after that master piece looked like so... empty, whatever i may say that i'm taking pleasure with CyberPunk at least... but it's still not as deep as Nier:Automata... (it a very good game whatever)
Dude, this video is a masterpiece. Kudos
Thank you!
A huge thank you for this amazing and absolutely outstanding analysis of one of my most favorite pieces of art ever created!
I watched this in one sitting and two hours flew by like ten minutes, wish there was a few more hours of this! :)
Beautiful and touching work.
Wow, thank you!
@@UltraViolet_MosesYou are absolutely welcome!
Wow, just wow. I can only count on one hand how many times I've been absolutely floored by a video of this kind. I played a good portion of this game and knew just how special it was, but life got in the way of my completion. This was exactly what I needed and way much more.
Not only is the rest of the beautiful story read like a book but in such a way that I forgot I was watching a video and instead got pulled into the world of the characters and their lives.
This is more then a game. It's a message, a message told to only thoses that want to listen.
Thank you. Without such an amazing project I maybe would have never known the end to a story I longed for. I hope you keep up the amazing quality and work for many videos to come!
- Alex
thank you so much Alex! Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much
I played this game and sink my hours on it and i have to say i agree with your point of view of this game, is a masterpiece that can never be replicated again.
YESSSS ITS HERE FINALLY
Honestly, the best way to experience this game's difficulty imo is to start out in Normal mode, and once you get to A2 and have the Overclock and Aggressive Heal chips cranck up the nod to Hard and just unleash B mode and lifesteal off everything that moves until you're the last one standing. B mode makes you take little damage even in Hard difficulty, and with Aggressive Heal you're basically unkillable for as long as you can attack something. The boss climbing the Tower I don't even bother to evade for instance
Edit: there is actually a third option after the child's suicide for Pascal: just leave. Neither kill him nor delete his memories. Let him live with his errors. He will resent you, he says as you leave that he hates you, but you don't let him repeat this mistake again
I feel like I was on a point similar to you. Played the games I enjoyed so far and felt like there was nothing new and the genres that I hadn't yet tackled, never achieved to catch me when trying out.
Bet then I saw this game while being at a friend's place. He just wanted to show me that it's a good game and that you could really change the art of fighting to however you want. And for me that sounded good, but it was the music in the amusement park that didn't vanish out of my head, even after days. Just to hear this part again I started the game. Played once. And missed that you had to play again. After my friend told me about how he didn't like hacking with 9S a month later, I found out.
The way I handled Nier Automata's awful game balance was to use NO plug-in chips in the initial playthrough, then increase the difficulty by a step on the second playthrough and use the money you made in the first playthrough to buy defense chips to make sure you can take a couple of hits on the next step up. For me it was Hard to Very Hard, for others it might be different. With a ban on overpowered chips and no consumables because they totally break the game (which is why Very Hard is balanced around you getting one-shot by everything without defense chips), the combat balance is actually very good. Having to stack defense chips also limits your space on your other chips, so you have to be exceedingly selective and can't go too crazy.
Amazing video essay. Amazing game. Great work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it
Never touched the Nier series, this was an amazing video had me hooked the whole time. As another commenter said I would love to see y’all tackle the Metal Gear series
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! I’ve had the MGS games on my to play list for a longgg time, I still haven’t played through any of them apart from V, which I wasn’t a massive fan of. I do plan on playing through the master collection at some point, and may even stream them on TH-cam, then of course leading into some form of video essay or retrospective at some point
Now that I watched the whole video. It was worth every second. If you are reading this comment before finishing the video, watch it to the end!
kinda wanted to play this but 9S just annoyed me too much, so thanks for the video
i'm a simple guy. i see 2 hour nier automata appreciation video, i click
Congratulations on your new leaf!
Thank you! Cheers!
@@UltraViolet_Moses And here's to more collaborations with other channels!
2B is a character that has zero character development on face value until you get the full picture then she becomes a deep complicated character that is more than the box art seller people claim her to be
Route C is what the real sh!t starts. Is like having the 3 Xenoblades storyflow in one package. That's why i love this awesome game. And im playing FFXIV these days, just to get to the Nier Automata raid events.
Can't wait!
This video deserves more
Thank you so much! Means a lot
Yus yus yus! I'll watch while I work :3
I only played this game about a year ago and i can say without a doubt this it is my favourite game of all time.
The reason i feel is. Its the only game ive played that didnt make me feel a certain way. It just made me feel everything, all at once, throughout the game.
Cool game i finished too E. Worth playing hard new?
this is such a moselian winter in summer a beautiful song moment
I KNEW SERP WOULD SET YOU UP FOR SOMETHING!!!
@@UltraViolet_Moses Moses?????
Best way to earn easy "g" or in-game money for any new people who hasn't know about it, is get "machine core", for example, I have 3, when I sell all three, I get 30,000, my best option to get machine cores, you'd first have to complete all the missions to get chapter select, once you have the chapter select, you'd have to chose chapter 04, and it'll show you different parts of chapter 4 mad house, spoilers, you're at the carnival, the one you'll have to choose to start the farm, is chapter 04-02; tank boss, and to get machine cores, you're gonna have to kill the tank boss, and it'll give you 1 each time you do it, easy steps to follow, go to the chapter I mention, fight the boss, run back to your access point, quick save, hit the chapter select, rinse and repeat
My all time favorite game
Well This game change my life too, 2019, i was alone in my First year of college, far away from home, i was interrested in Saints life, but This game, a Platinum hack n Slash that i wanted to buy for The combat and anime asthethic was The final step, i played 17 hours non stop, The amusement park was proof that This game was something Else, It help me understand That suffering is necessary to grow and to achive real happness, The shallowness of a world whitout god, and revive my admiration with games, Nier Automata cannot be otherthing than a game, its experience is in The mechanics, songs, cinematic and gameplay, its a masterpiece.
THE KING IS BAAAAAACK!!!!!
I enjoyed watching this review. This was definitely worth the wait. And I can tell you put in a lot of effort and passion into this video. One thing I will say tho is that despite how many times you said this game is very dark and emotional. I couldn't help but started to crack up when you straight up mentioned "However the machines start hittin the griddy and start worshipping their god soulja boy." 😂😂😂 Idk why but that part just took away the whole seriousness tone of the video for me I couldn't stop laughing. But all that aside. Great video man!
gotta have a few laughs in there to balance out the Nihilism
The King is Back
With the pods being the overseers of project yorha's conclusion, that instead of turning against the main characters and defeating/ deleting them actually started to care so much about them that they abandoned the project and saved them instead, are they the Replicant Devola and Popola of the Automata era?
I’ve never actually thought about that before, it’s been a while since I really looked into what happened at project Yorhas conclusion so I’m not 100% familiar with it. That is interesting food for thought though
@@UltraViolet_Moses Yeah the though came to me just now after playing through both replicant and automata in order, and seeing your video.
Even the conversations the pod have between missions reminded me of how Devola and Popola had such segments as well.
Somehow it made me feel like part of a redemption story for the replicant Devola and Popola, separate of the one that the Automata ones thought they had to pursue
Also A2's death reminded me a bit of Louise's, in more ways than just both of them commenting on the beauty of the world
Want to know my story with this game? I remember when I first saw images of it and thought, "I want to play this game.", but that was before learning it was PS4 exclusively. That made me infuriated as I owned an Xbox One at the time and one of my gaming pet peeves is third-party exclusives. This encouraged me to make a petition to get the game ported to Xbox. I even made links to it on other videos of Nier Automata hoping to help gain it attention, and I think there was even an Indian news article talking about my petition. It wasn't until the Become As Gods Edition in 2018 that the game finally got the Xbox port it deserves. It almost made me think that I had something to do with it. My only complaint is that there's no physical copy of this version.
The life that changed my game.
Moses never fails to impress
what song plays during the intro of this. amazing
Crumbling lies front, i recommend you the addendum Version aswell
One of the best games
Speaking of non-racing games, can your review battlefield 3 or 4?
would have to play them first, FPSs arent my thing apart from DOOM
This piece of entertainment media is an example of one created by an individual who really meant to leave an emotional impact on people who chose to embark on this endeavor, both through context sensitive mechanics, and general narrative, of which they go hand in hand so immaculately.
It gives a proper outlook on the best and worst of someone who considers themselves human, as well as their inherent struggles during their lifespan, and it's done in a spectacular but also unapologetic way, something that's becoming a bit of a lost art.
Nier Automata, and the other games created by Yoko Taro, may be overloaded with an exagerated amount of existential dread, but they also pave the way for a more hopeful future ahead through some positive change, and the things written thus far in this comment, is just the tip of the iceberg, as to why videogames are still a valid form of storytelling, and also a valid form of art, regardless of what any other contrarian has to say about it, but now, only one can think of what's the next step Yoko Taro is going to take with his creative ventures in the AAA space, of which we will definitely know sooner or later.
hi cute boy
Hi. Sorry to bother. I just wanted to know if your description about taro games was a spoiler( about being about existential dread but paving a more hopefull way? Because i want to start playing them(specially the old ones)and i got curious. Thanks
@@arvinarooni6681 I was referring to the original nier, and perhaps the ending of drakengard 3 if I recall correctly
Finally took you 9 years
Did I play this game really weird? I played through quite a few hours into the game and never had the male android around and never had the option to have him around.
I also got stuck and couldn't advance the game any further because it got too hard for me.
Yes, yes, I know. It's hard being someone with game journalist skill levels.
You can also leave Pascal and do nothing, and he curses you, wondering how you could be so cruel.
15:37 wich is why i simply cannot research much about the game because 80 - 90% of content coming from the game is just 4Chan Rule 34 doing its thing. I ended up here as like THE video i could watch from a channel that i trust, just so i could actually know the game better than its title
So, a quick edit in the middle of the video, Route A was the one i understood perfectly as a game, but Route B was the one that, guaranteed, will explode your brain if you haven't seen the game yet
i'm actually questioning if i should go buy the game or watch the rest of the video
buy the game, the video can wait
Did you get a new mic cause your audio sounds like forza horizon 2 car sounds which is good 👍
oh my goodness, what a lovely compliment! 🥰
i had no idea nier was a game. guess i’m not used to seeing 2b on this website
step 1) go to your nearest park
step 2) touch the grass
step 3) notice the dirt beneath the grass
step 4) return back to the dirty underground lair ya'll come from and please never interact with women
step 5) keep yourself sjulian
@@UltraViolet_Moses TRUUUUUEEEEEEE
Glory to mankind
YESESYESSESSES
I actually don’t Like These types of Anime characters but Nier showed me not to judge a book by it’s Cover
I don't like anime that much but, I guess it's just a preference. Everyone has opinions
No hate to Automata tough, it looks like someone combined fighting and anime into 1 game
(my grammar sucks)
Mr moses so i know in your last video you said you'd be leaving the racing game community so does that mean no more reviews of racing games or just not interacting with the racing game community
answers to both of those questions were in that video
@UltraViolet ok I watched it the reason I asked this question was because I kinda wanted you to do a review on the nfs most wanted pepega mod but that's ok I'll live with it
Also anime is coming of nier automata
There's a secret 3 choice with Pascal, and that is too just leave.
there is, I actually find that to be the most cruel of all options honestly
@@UltraViolet_Moses While cruel, I believe it to be the best and most humane choice. We all suffer the consequences of our actions. Can't always push it aside or remove ourselves of the burden.
@@Specter57 maybe so, but leaving him to suffer the rest of his life in grief instead of giving him a second chance is far worsee to me, but to each their own
tried to love it so many times, grx are bad, the world is bland. Why does everybody get a hardon for this game?
if you’re going to bait, at least make it believable 😭
"Bait used to be believeable" moment lmao. It's too easy@ultraviolet_channel
Lmao sthu “bland” 😂
@@Suceni yes dull and very dated grx.
@@Suceni Def a millennial who thinks their opinon matters or is relevant.
Maaaaan, TWO hours. I know you can convey your thoughts much shorter
might be missing the point a bit mate
@@UltraViolet_Moses don't pay attention to these gold fish attention span people. I just finished the whole video and am writing a little review comment for just how amazing this turned out.
I came for the thighs, but stayed for thw cries. Definitely a game worth remembering and revisiting. Id love to see a continuation of 2b/9s story but knowing a devs they'll leav that up to us