After 4 bleak endings, when Pod 042 said "I cannot accept this resolution" I suddenly realized what the game was going to do and I just began to cry. I was so happy.
I was just relieved I could fight for a happy ending for our protagonists. Even though the entire story was bleak and horrific, just KNOWING i could fight for their happy ending, made me weep. God this game is beautiful
@@agrihonoberjorn1612 Not exactly because the only things being rebuilt are the 3 main characters, what the robots rebuilding them mean is that there will probably be some sort of reason they get themselves killed, not that there is a sort of time loop
I honestly can't say how much this particular recap means to me. When I played this I was on deployment and getting maybe 5 hours of sleep or so a night. I was able to follow the general plot but wasn't able to grasp any of the finer details, much less have the time to dig in and read all of the ingame lore. I remember that last scene fighting the credits was an absolute nightmare because I didn't have an internet connection to do get the help. Tried for hours over the course of several days without any luck. Finally knocked it out when we pulled into our next port, when I got the help of everyone else. Also I know it's hard, but... we're here for you.
EDIT: There are a lot of passionate NieR/Yoko Taro fans here that seem to be missing the point of the video. This is a story recap of the events as presented in the Game. I am aware there are many lore drops beyond the scope of the game, such as books, interviews, plays, crossovers and concerts, but this is NOT a lore video. This video is only summarizing the plot of the Game itself. Like for MANY videogames, there are additional supplementary materials you can check out, but, again, not the purpose of this RECAP video. Big thanks to the Patrons who selected this, and shoutout to the TH-cam Members joining the club! So, whether or not you have played NieR Gestalt or plan to play NieR RepliCant, I Highly recommend you play Automata ASAP as it's a surprisingly versatile game that hits the gameplay/story balance with a slam dunk. This was ALSO a pain to recap, as normally I slice off most of a game and leave just the most important/relevant/interesting/funny/cool parts of a game and what you is a concentrated version that is usually showing off its best parts. NOT here. There are so many relevant/interesting/funny/cool parts I HAD to cut out to fit this under an hour and so while this is a recap I am proud of, there is so much good stuff I left out and, again, recommend you check out yourself. As of right now, this is the longest RECAPitation on the channel at 57 and change minutes. Please enjoy and I'll see you on the next Battlefield. Next RECAPitation will be: Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Honestly, this is the video I have been waiting for when I finished my full play through 3 months ago. Other videos had spoiler warnings for NieR Replicant and I am waiting for the remaster to fully understand the story. Awesome vid!
had people tell me to play this game its awesome great story and all, you saved me money, gameplay looks aight, but that story woof, emo anime story took up to 11. Keep up the good work and saving some of us the money/time
4am you sonuva gun. I love your channel so much I'm awake at 4am on a Tuesday ripping through all of your Drakengard -> Nier Automata recaps and the trip is wild. I'm reliving DECADES of my life right now holy fk memories that have nothing to do with the games, but rather the friends who's names I've all but forgotten that let me borrow Drakengard 1 because I "needed to play it". And yes, yes I did. Thanks, random blonde kid who was either Brendan, Brandon, or Brian.
This is one of my absolute favorite games. The visuals, quests, and game play were great but the story boosted it to the top. I got attached to these characters so quickly, and I was really interested in finding out their backstories, like Jackass. The second time I played the game for Ending B, I got chills at the revelations we got on his side. Ending C and D were heartbreaking but so satisfying when you learned about the new purpose of the ark. Ending E made my cry for at least an hour. The buildup in the music and the encouraging words from the other players gave me such an adrenaline rush, and I was breathless by the time I bead the credits. When I saw the new forms of 9S, 2B, and A2 I swear it felt like a warm hug. I cried so hard out of both sadness and joy. I didn’t even hesitate to sacrifice my save data. I’m terrible at articulating my thoughts, but the themes, story, music, characters, and lessons will stay with me forever. TLDR: I love this game with all my heart
Just after I finished the game, perfect timing Also an interesting thing to note. The first squadron member that dies with 2b doesn't actually "die". She planned to desert from the beginning by faking her death, which ultimately left her badly injured and not able to make repairs in time even though she did successfully get away.
@@matthewferrari6734 there's a mission at the base I forgot when, just talk to everyone. One of the girls asks if you can find their teacher, which is the one that deserted. I won't spoil it but once you get the option to tell her the truth, do it.
That feeling when you realize that the aliens came to kill the replicants, and not the humans who already died from the failure of the gestalt program that started because an "alien" and his dragon dropped out the sky and turned their "god" into poisonous salt.
@@derrickdaniels3955 considering the aliens look absolutely nothing like the humans from drakengard, or any creature there to boot, that assertion makes zero sense. At the end of Replicant, gestalt Nier gave up on humanity and let Replicant Nier kill him, thus ending humanity. The aliens that came hundreds of years later arrived for who the phuk knows, but the only thing there were the Androids, built by the remains of the Replicants before they too died out, to meet them, thus they could've never invaded earth to fight humanity
Just a little note in case you wasn't aware, yoko taro has stated that the Nier Automata collaboration alliance raid series in Final Fantasy XIV is canon to the world of Nier, so the pod in space ending (ending e?) is the canon ending
I think that ending is Chihoo[D]'s end, because in ending C, the pod that should go into space gets obliterated to high heaven and never leaves Earth. Ending E comes after either ending C and D. You have to play both to unlock it, regardless of the order in which you do it. It's just a happy ending But if the raids of FF XIV are canon to the NieR franchise, then it's likely that ending D was the canon one, followed by E, but I want to wait for official confirmation, because it might get retconned or changed or maybe explained in a novel or a stage play... the lore of this franchise is spread across so much stuff
I am going to disagree, we have no clue which ending leads to the FFXIV crossover and i am even going to say that D into E sounds unlikely to me because 2B and 21O make appearances in the crossover. However we will most likely know for certain in 3 months time.
Actually, the stage play goes on even farther to explain what happens *after* ending E, which...also assumed ending E is the canon ending, so we have that too. =3
I think my favorite part of Automata are the enviornments. It's a story about strife, and perpetual war, and the meaning of life, but everything is green. In the face of the war fought between humans and androids, nature simply doesn't care.
It is, in all honesty, a good world. The birds are happy. The trees are alive. Who cares if mankind is extinct? After all, seems that it was a good life.
"A future is not given to you. It is something you must take for yourself." This perfectly encapsulates the Ending E credits. The Gods (in this case, the devs) decided for all of 3 of them to die. But we the players don't want that so we fight them for it. We are fighting for the future where they will live. _Everything that lives is designed to end._ _"We" are perpetually trapped ..._ _... in a never-ending spiral of life and death._ _Is this a curse?_ _Or some kind of punishment?_ _I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle ..._ _... and wonder if "we'll" ever have the chance to kill him._ Damn. I love this game so much.
I love this game so much. It's still on my mind constantly. I cried so much during the ending when it clicked and I was completely overwhelmed. I'm 31 now and feeling more and more alone as I have been seeing my friends less and less over the last years. I was sitting alone on a Saturday night, 30 kilometres from where I had build my life but had to leave due to health problems. It still makes my heart race, after all this time the effect it had on me has not diminished. This goes beyond a game and I consider NieR_Automata an experience I hope for all people to experience as well.
If I understood well: The bunker could have been destryoed at any time but the machines decided to let the fight going to continue evolving. Thus the existence of Yohra only serves the machines. Am I right? Man this game is confusing...
Yeah... it kinda is. The first clue is the "black box" which is actually a machine's core. But the true creator of Yorha is not clear. The earlier Yorha was created by other androids to fight the machines. But in the process, the machine hijacked YorHa and put a backdoor inside YorHa so it could be wiped out easily when the time comes. The newer YorHa is then created each time the older YorHa was destroyed. The Machines keep destruction of YorHa as a secret, so that the rest of the androids (The Resistence) on Earth don't know about this. in short, The Machines create their own enemies and let them evolve in order to further evolve their own kind.
Yes it was deep and really philosophical... I remember hating the ending because of the overwhelming amount of "nothing matters, it doesn't matter what you do, nothing matters." It was still an epic game
Then you misunderstood the ending :) The message is pretty uplifting (IMO), it's saying that life has no meaning by default, but you can choose to give meaning to it.
@@F1ZZBAN9 if that’s what u think Ure so wrong the whole game is a reflection on humanity and just how twisted we are expect put in the form of androids/machines so we don’t put bias in the message did u even play the game ?
I wanted to add that the male voice for the Girl on Red is a reference to The Watchers and Manah being possessed by one. Data they had from Angelus's body and memories
To think that all of this started because a dragon and its rider killed a goddess in modern day Japan, which unleashed a plague that gradually wiped out humanity. Then roughly a few millennium after that, aliens invaded earth for some reason.
The first game i genuinely completed with a 100%. I was so invested with the storyline that i got every fish, every intel, endings and weapons. And after having to delete my savefile for the final ending, i was swept with so many emotions like i have never experienced before. Nier automata is a masterpiece of a game.
I think its so interesting how emotional i get about popo and devola sacrificing themselves and helping 9S get into the tower. Moments like this only land if you understand the charakter and most importanntly their motivation. D and P are motivated by shame and redemption, they want to atone for their very internalised sin. Its touching af
The scene of when the Red Girl splits into 2 different ideas and ultimately destroys herself was so powerful. It was like watching the beginning and end of mankind in like 5 minutes. Conflict arises from differing views/ideas which leads to war until one side wins--or until they destroy each other.
"It asserts that not everything has to have an answer, and as the wills of others connect together to break through the struggle of fleeting futility, the pods conclude that within the perpetual cycle of life and death, it doesn't matter why you were made or how it concludes, as life is about the struggle within this cycle." Beautifully put.
I was so confused at the beginning of the game, people talked about it as an hack n slash and here I was playing a top down arcade shooter lmao 😂 10/10, would recommend
Amazing video as always, Oni. This game's story really is a piece of art. Sidenote, I noticed that Gathering Keepsakes was not mentioned in the video, but Emil's death was. May I ask why?
Time mainly, a lot of really good sidequests were cut to fit the recap under an hour. I was also respecting the Yoko Taro interview when he specifically said an angry 9S would not have done it. Also, Copy Emil is such an important link to the original Nier, so I felt recognition was appropriate.
I finished the E ending immediately after getting c and d and willingly sacrificed my save for others before touching any of the then unlocked postgame options. At first I thought I was calling the games bluff. Even as I watched it delete my saves I thought it couldn’t be real. I will never forget how that made me think about it for a long time. I started up a new playthrougj briefly intending to get there again and actually go back and take advantage of the ability to replay any point in the game and find all the other endings. Didn’t get too far before I just needed to stop... for now. Almost about to go back and finish that second playthrough watching this.
Wow, I missed a lot of plot even though I read everything the game threw at me. Everybody has their moment that makes them cry, and although I also cried at the end credits scene, the story of Debola and Popola really touched me. How they only had one another in a world that hated them for no other reason than bearing the same face of another pair that fucked it up. Made me feel really sad for them.
Thanks for the recap, I listened up to 14 minutes now I remember where I was in the game. I'll be resuming the game where I left off and see what happens after that point.
Amazing video for an amazing game. The summary was good but anyone who hasn’t played it had to themselves a favor a check it out. It’s my favorite video game narrative yet.
Drakengard may fade into obscurity at this point, but even so, will you be doing a recapitation on the Drakengard series as well? At least to tie in the lore of Draken/NieR?
I refuse to acknowledge the timelines where Pascal is either mind-wiped or mercy-killed. A2 left without doing either, saving Pascal from both oblivion and infinite recurrence.
@@deadpoolrockz6410 According to his profile, in that timeline he just left. It's the only one with any chance of growth, and considering the theme of the whole game is repeating cycles and trying to break free of them, that seems the most satisfying result.
@@OniBlackMage Oh I understand completely. I'm just stating my opinion publicly in a place that should attract a lot of people who know about Nier in hopes of getting validation.
Pascal was my fav sidekick. I was literally in shambles playing out that chapter. When it was finally time to make the decision, tears pouring out, I decided to leave. Reminded me of myself when I hit rock bottom. I trust that Pascal can find it within him to rise from the pain, and treasure the most precious gift- life itself. Damn this game hit so close to home.
Funny thing (and small plot hole by yoko taro ) the dlc data on a2 for her backstory details that they destroyed a chunk of the machine network (rebuilt by the time of the game) in a mountain technically there should be one final ending where 9s essentially becomes the lone king of an empty throne all servers for the network destroyed all machines dead doomed to walk alone for eternity and a world empty of what was
Pretty sure the androids created yorha, and the backdoor so they could be replaced at regular intervals without learning or exposing the truth. The machines just happened to gain access to it and use it once they’d gained data; it doesn’t exist for their benefit. As far as i know the war doesn’t continue just for machines. The androids do seem to be a distinct party, perpetuating the war because it’s their purpose, despite humanity being wiped out. Yorha just happen to be disposable and to exist for morale purposes and to maintain a deception.
I tried my best with this game but I just couldn't get past the first ending. So many people find it so special that I came here to figure out why. What was I missing that made me not connect with it. I watched the whole thing. This video is amazingly done. I'm so glad that this game has touched so many people as deep as it has. But I'm glad I didn't go on to find the next endings though. I got bored just by following this video. My mind kept disconnecting by how little I was caring about it as events were being explained to me. I tried my best, but sadly, I'm not one of those people that got touched by the game. But I'm glad it exists. So many people feel so much for it it's clear it's a special one.
the moment where devola and popola suppose to attack the enemys around the tower and u need to hack the door to the tower i had a bug. One of those girls keep attacking the door insteed of the enemy so i was no able to hack it myself because nobody hold the enemys off. It really ruined this sad moment for me, and i never encountered this bug again but still it was my first encounter to the situation and i will never forget that :/
Yes... I find because Automata retcons a lot of stuff to connect or add significance, I will recap Replicant and use it to retcon in the details not mentioned in my Gestalt recap
I can't believe I never picked up on the fact that the desert machines are clothed in similar fashion to the desert guys in NieR Replicant/Gestalt (then again I've never played the original NieR).
![Recap of NieR Gestalt [NieR] (RECAPitation)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/umRHxsJRSXU/mqdefault.jpg)
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After 4 bleak endings, when Pod 042 said "I cannot accept this resolution" I suddenly realized what the game was going to do and I just began to cry. I was so happy.
I was just relieved I could fight for a happy ending for our protagonists. Even though the entire story was bleak and horrific, just KNOWING i could fight for their happy ending, made me weep.
God this game is beautiful
Nah it’s just settling it up for another run imo cycle of life and death the entire plot is a circle
@@agrihonoberjorn1612 Not exactly because the only things being rebuilt are the 3 main characters, what the robots rebuilding them mean is that there will probably be some sort of reason they get themselves killed, not that there is a sort of time loop
[My words may not reach you, but even so, I'm rooting for you]
Same.
We're not that different, you and I. In other words, I'm rooting for you.
@@Ryutix This was my exact one as well.
I honestly can't say how much this particular recap means to me. When I played this I was on deployment and getting maybe 5 hours of sleep or so a night. I was able to follow the general plot but wasn't able to grasp any of the finer details, much less have the time to dig in and read all of the ingame lore. I remember that last scene fighting the credits was an absolute nightmare because I didn't have an internet connection to do get the help. Tried for hours over the course of several days without any luck. Finally knocked it out when we pulled into our next port, when I got the help of everyone else.
Also
I know it's hard, but... we're here for you.
EDIT: There are a lot of passionate NieR/Yoko Taro fans here that seem to be missing the point of the video. This is a story recap of the events as presented in the Game. I am aware there are many lore drops beyond the scope of the game, such as books, interviews, plays, crossovers and concerts, but this is NOT a lore video. This video is only summarizing the plot of the Game itself. Like for MANY videogames, there are additional supplementary materials you can check out, but, again, not the purpose of this RECAP video.
Big thanks to the Patrons who selected this, and shoutout to the TH-cam Members joining the club! So, whether or not you have played NieR Gestalt or plan to play NieR RepliCant, I Highly recommend you play Automata ASAP as it's a surprisingly versatile game that hits the gameplay/story balance with a slam dunk. This was ALSO a pain to recap, as normally I slice off most of a game and leave just the most important/relevant/interesting/funny/cool parts of a game and what you is a concentrated version that is usually showing off its best parts. NOT here. There are so many relevant/interesting/funny/cool parts I HAD to cut out to fit this under an hour and so while this is a recap I am proud of, there is so much good stuff I left out and, again, recommend you check out yourself. As of right now, this is the longest RECAPitation on the channel at 57 and change minutes. Please enjoy and I'll see you on the next Battlefield.
Next RECAPitation will be: Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Honestly, this is the video I have been waiting for when I finished my full play through 3 months ago. Other videos had spoiler warnings for NieR Replicant and I am waiting for the remaster to fully understand the story. Awesome vid!
This makes me think of mass effect, legion and the other geth that gained sentience
had people tell me to play this game its awesome great story and all, you saved me money, gameplay looks aight, but that story woof, emo anime story took up to 11. Keep up the good work and saving some of us the money/time
4am you sonuva gun. I love your channel so much I'm awake at 4am on a Tuesday ripping through all of your Drakengard -> Nier Automata recaps and the trip is wild. I'm reliving DECADES of my life right now holy fk memories that have nothing to do with the games, but rather the friends who's names I've all but forgotten that let me borrow Drakengard 1 because I "needed to play it". And yes, yes I did. Thanks, random blonde kid who was either Brendan, Brandon, or Brian.
This is one of my absolute favorite games. The visuals, quests, and game play were great but the story boosted it to the top. I got attached to these characters so quickly, and I was really interested in finding out their backstories, like Jackass. The second time I played the game for Ending B, I got chills at the revelations we got on his side. Ending C and D were heartbreaking but so satisfying when you learned about the new purpose of the ark. Ending E made my cry for at least an hour. The buildup in the music and the encouraging words from the other players gave me such an adrenaline rush, and I was breathless by the time I bead the credits. When I saw the new forms of 9S, 2B, and A2 I swear it felt like a warm hug. I cried so hard out of both sadness and joy. I didn’t even hesitate to sacrifice my save data. I’m terrible at articulating my thoughts, but the themes, story, music, characters, and lessons will stay with me forever.
TLDR: I love this game with all my heart
Beautifully said.👏
Just after I finished the game, perfect timing
Also an interesting thing to note. The first squadron member that dies with 2b doesn't actually "die". She planned to desert from the beginning by faking her death, which ultimately left her badly injured and not able to make repairs in time even though she did successfully get away.
where do we learn that?
@@matthewferrari6734 there's a mission at the base I forgot when, just talk to everyone. One of the girls asks if you can find their teacher, which is the one that deserted. I won't spoil it but once you get the option to tell her the truth, do it.
That feeling when you realize that the aliens came to kill the replicants, and not the humans who already died from the failure of the gestalt program that started because an "alien" and his dragon dropped out the sky and turned their "god" into poisonous salt.
Hi late but just wondering, by your logic, the Queen beast was a god to the aliens? And they came to earth to avenger her or something?
@@derrickdaniels3955 considering the aliens look absolutely nothing like the humans from drakengard, or any creature there to boot, that assertion makes zero sense.
At the end of Replicant, gestalt Nier gave up on humanity and let Replicant Nier kill him, thus ending humanity.
The aliens that came hundreds of years later arrived for who the phuk knows, but the only thing there were the Androids, built by the remains of the Replicants before they too died out, to meet them, thus they could've never invaded earth to fight humanity
You want to **** 2B.
Never felt more called out by a game in my life.
Just a little note in case you wasn't aware, yoko taro has stated that the Nier Automata collaboration alliance raid series in Final Fantasy XIV is canon to the world of Nier, so the pod in space ending (ending e?) is the canon ending
Good, because hasn’t Ending E been the canon ending in every game in the timeline? All 4 now
I think that ending is Chihoo[D]'s end, because in ending C, the pod that should go into space gets obliterated to high heaven and never leaves Earth.
Ending E comes after either ending C and D. You have to play both to unlock it, regardless of the order in which you do it. It's just a happy ending
But if the raids of FF XIV are canon to the NieR franchise, then it's likely that ending D was the canon one, followed by E, but I want to wait for official confirmation, because it might get retconned or changed or maybe explained in a novel or a stage play... the lore of this franchise is spread across so much stuff
I am going to disagree, we have no clue which ending leads to the FFXIV crossover and i am even going to say that D into E sounds unlikely to me because 2B and 21O make appearances in the crossover. However we will most likely know for certain in 3 months time.
ending E is more of a happy ending tho, glad it's canon.
Actually, the stage play goes on even farther to explain what happens *after* ending E, which...also assumed ending E is the canon ending, so we have that too. =3
this game touched me so hard i get sad every time i see it
foreal.. i suddenly thought of it and started listening to the OST.. *cried for 30 mins straight lol*
I think my favorite part of Automata are the enviornments.
It's a story about strife, and perpetual war, and the meaning of life, but everything is green.
In the face of the war fought between humans and androids, nature simply doesn't care.
It is, in all honesty, a good world. The birds are happy. The trees are alive.
Who cares if mankind is extinct?
After all, seems that it was a good life.
😢h
5:50
"....a facade of clothes."
HOW DID I MISS THAT?!
"A future is not given to you. It is something you must take for yourself." This perfectly encapsulates the Ending E credits.
The Gods (in this case, the devs) decided for all of 3 of them to die. But we the players don't want that so we fight them for it.
We are fighting for the future where they will live.
_Everything that lives is designed to end._
_"We" are perpetually trapped ..._
_... in a never-ending spiral of life and death._
_Is this a curse?_
_Or some kind of punishment?_
_I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle ..._
_... and wonder if "we'll" ever have the chance to kill him._
Damn. I love this game so much.
The heck it was released in 2017? Time sure flies...
Ayeeeee... "she takes the tip, but still doesn't appreciate its company."
Lmfaooo
In honor of the new The World Ends With You game coming in 2021, recap on the first title?
this got a heart on it
haha please
Second.
I hope he explains the secret reports too
Fifth
YES!! I would listen to your thorough narration of this awesome story for weeks!
"Do you think RECAPitation videos are just silly little things?"
-->No
Yes
anything nier related i click. im so happy people still talk about it
Now I need someone to explain how this relates the their appearance on the world of Norvrandt. Because I REFUSE to see the two events as unrelated.
this game easily made Yoko Taro my favorite director in the industry
*Looks at run time*
Yeah, it’ll take about that long to figure out wtf is going on.
I love this game so much. It's still on my mind constantly. I cried so much during the ending when it clicked and I was completely overwhelmed. I'm 31 now and feeling more and more alone as I have been seeing my friends less and less over the last years. I was sitting alone on a Saturday night, 30 kilometres from where I had build my life but had to leave due to health problems. It still makes my heart race, after all this time the effect it had on me has not diminished. This goes beyond a game and I consider NieR_Automata an experience I hope for all people to experience as well.
If I understood well: The bunker could have been destryoed at any time but the machines decided to let the fight going to continue evolving. Thus the existence of Yohra only serves the machines. Am I right? Man this game is confusing...
Yeah... it kinda is. The first clue is the "black box" which is actually a machine's core.
But the true creator of Yorha is not clear. The earlier Yorha was created by other androids to fight the machines.
But in the process, the machine hijacked YorHa and put a backdoor inside YorHa so it could be wiped out easily when the time comes.
The newer YorHa is then created each time the older YorHa was destroyed.
The Machines keep destruction of YorHa as a secret, so that the rest of the androids (The Resistence) on Earth don't know about this.
in short, The Machines create their own enemies and let them evolve in order to further evolve their own kind.
Yes it was deep and really philosophical... I remember hating the ending because of the overwhelming amount of "nothing matters, it doesn't matter what you do, nothing matters." It was still an epic game
That's yoko taro for you guy broke me with drakengard
Then you misunderstood the ending :)
The message is pretty uplifting (IMO), it's saying that life has no meaning by default, but you can choose to give meaning to it.
So NieR is just space invaders with very deep philosophical meaning?
Depends on which NieR you are talking about.
soon NieR REplicant 1.22 so you will understand why YoRHa end that way
Idk I feel it’s more a post apocalyptic thing. But so far after humans it doesn’t care about the humans or the aliens. Just what happens to our stuff.
@@F1ZZBAN9 if that’s what u think Ure so wrong the whole game is a reflection on humanity and just how twisted we are expect put in the form of androids/machines so we don’t put bias in the message did u even play the game ?
When Despair kicks in...(Emil's boss music)
I forgot how much I loved the end of automata
When you came for the "plot"...but, in the end, you enjoy more the real plot...
I wanted to add that the male voice for the Girl on Red is a reference to The Watchers and Manah being possessed by one. Data they had from Angelus's body and memories
I never thought of video games as a form of art til i played this game.
Definetely, one of the greatest games ever made. It's a truly unforgetable experience
I just want to point that you get 3 choices with Pascal, you can wipe his memory, kill him or just leave and do nothing.
This is my game of the decade. So god damn good!!!!!
You did the story justice, a very well done recap of the events.
It's one of very very very few games that just calling it a video game downplays it
This game will always be in my top 5 games ever! it was just an amazing experience that truly did evolve past a simple video game experience
Oh, right on time haha
I finished the game yesterday and was very curious to look into the lore to see if i missed anything
Great vid!
To think that all of this started because a dragon and its rider killed a goddess in modern day Japan, which unleashed a plague that gradually wiped out humanity. Then roughly a few millennium after that, aliens invaded earth for some reason.
Excellent entry into this series. I look forward to these videos.
Please do the Dragon Quest series eventually
The first game i genuinely completed with a 100%. I was so invested with the storyline that i got every fish, every intel, endings and weapons. And after having to delete my savefile for the final ending, i was swept with so many emotions like i have never experienced before. Nier automata is a masterpiece of a game.
This video is amazing. The game is deep and insightful and im glad you chose this one. Hope to see more from you soon thanks!
I think its so interesting how emotional i get about popo and devola sacrificing themselves and helping 9S get into the tower. Moments like this only land if you understand the charakter and most importanntly their motivation. D and P are motivated by shame and redemption, they want to atone for their very internalised sin. Its touching af
The scene of when the Red Girl splits into 2 different ideas and ultimately destroys herself was so powerful. It was like watching the beginning and end of mankind in like 5 minutes. Conflict arises from differing views/ideas which leads to war until one side wins--or until they destroy each other.
Nice choice of words. 2B crashes into a “junk heap”. Machines curiously wearing a “Facade” of clothes. I see what you did there.
Not enough people doing this content. You're a pioneer.
"It asserts that not everything has to have an answer, and as the wills of others connect together to break through the struggle of fleeting futility, the pods conclude that within the perpetual cycle of life and death, it doesn't matter why you were made or how it concludes, as life is about the struggle within this cycle."
Beautifully put.
Not developed as others comments but just wanna congrats you for that video, It is amazing, good job :D
I like letting Pascal to learn from his mistakes
@Super Mario it’s actually surprisingly a he, search it up
I was so confused at the beginning of the game, people talked about it as an hack n slash and here I was playing a top down arcade shooter lmao 😂
10/10, would recommend
Amazing video as always, Oni. This game's story really is a piece of art.
Sidenote, I noticed that Gathering Keepsakes was not mentioned in the video, but Emil's death was. May I ask why?
Time mainly, a lot of really good sidequests were cut to fit the recap under an hour. I was also respecting the Yoko Taro interview when he specifically said an angry 9S would not have done it. Also, Copy Emil is such an important link to the original Nier, so I felt recognition was appropriate.
@@OniBlackMage Oh, I see. I didn't know Yoko Taro said that. Thanks for the reply!
I finished the E ending immediately after getting c and d and willingly sacrificed my save for others before touching any of the then unlocked postgame options. At first I thought I was calling the games bluff. Even as I watched it delete my saves I thought it couldn’t be real.
I will never forget how that made me think about it for a long time. I started up a new playthrougj briefly intending to get there again and actually go back and take advantage of the ability to replay any point in the game and find all the other endings. Didn’t get too far before I just needed to stop... for now. Almost about to go back and finish that second playthrough watching this.
i love how you make videos from the perspective of the player with things like "a person named kaine" or "another talking head"
A lot of people overlook the machine research report. It's good of you to include that.
Hands down the best game I've ever played. Everything about it is perfect.
Wow, I missed a lot of plot even though I read everything the game threw at me. Everybody has their moment that makes them cry, and although I also cried at the end credits scene, the story of Debola and Popola really touched me. How they only had one another in a world that hated them for no other reason than bearing the same face of another pair that fucked it up. Made me feel really sad for them.
Thank you for the good content also this is one of rare video which I don't need to speed up to 2x to enjoy unlike most of the video out there.
God .. i wanna cry i miss this game soo much
I broke down crying when Emil finally remembered Kaine it would even more heart crushing if in his final moments Emil called A2 Kaine
Nier: Automata
(Become as Logs Edition)
Thanks for the recap, I listened up to 14 minutes now I remember where I was in the game. I'll be resuming the game where I left off and see what happens after that point.
Amazing video , DIDNT miss a thing
I know what I'm doing when I get off work tonight
"Do not feel bad about it. We are alive, after all. And being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment."
I felt that....
Amazing crazy ass game. Nice Recap Oni! (as always)
Amazing video for an amazing game.
The summary was good but anyone who hasn’t played it had to themselves a favor a check it out. It’s my favorite video game narrative yet.
I literally cried when i finished all the main endings. This game is a masterpiece
Drakengard may fade into obscurity at this point, but even so, will you be doing a recapitation on the Drakengard series as well? At least to tie in the lore of Draken/NieR?
Probably yes
Pascals fate will always break my heart.
I refuse to acknowledge the timelines where Pascal is either mind-wiped or mercy-killed. A2 left without doing either, saving Pascal from both oblivion and infinite recurrence.
But doesn't A2 leaving open up the possibility of Pascal committing sucide on his own anyway?
@@deadpoolrockz6410 According to his profile, in that timeline he just left. It's the only one with any chance of growth, and considering the theme of the whole game is repeating cycles and trying to break free of them, that seems the most satisfying result.
I get that, but I went with the option the novel did. Probably for that extra helping of tragic irony.
@@OniBlackMage Oh I understand completely. I'm just stating my opinion publicly in a place that should attract a lot of people who know about Nier in hopes of getting validation.
Pascal was my fav sidekick. I was literally in shambles playing out that chapter. When it was finally time to make the decision, tears pouring out, I decided to leave. Reminded me of myself when I hit rock bottom. I trust that Pascal can find it within him to rise from the pain, and treasure the most precious gift- life itself. Damn this game hit so close to home.
Funny thing (and small plot hole by yoko taro ) the dlc data on a2 for her backstory details that they destroyed a chunk of the machine network (rebuilt by the time of the game) in a mountain technically there should be one final ending where 9s essentially becomes the lone king of an empty throne all servers for the network destroyed all machines dead doomed to walk alone for eternity and a world empty of what was
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Best ps4 game
You should be hired by a TV Channel. Such a good content diserved milions of views 👏👏👏
"They find robots wearing a façade of clothes."
Ha, I see what you did there.
Pretty sure the androids created yorha, and the backdoor so they could be replaced at regular intervals without learning or exposing the truth. The machines just happened to gain access to it and use it once they’d gained data; it doesn’t exist for their benefit. As far as i know the war doesn’t continue just for machines. The androids do seem to be a distinct party, perpetuating the war because it’s their purpose, despite humanity being wiped out. Yorha just happen to be disposable and to exist for morale purposes and to maintain a deception.
nah the machines Essentially kept creating yorha Android After a short while of the androids doing it but getting Destroyed in a murder suicide
I tried my best with this game but I just couldn't get past the first ending. So many people find it so special that I came here to figure out why. What was I missing that made me not connect with it. I watched the whole thing.
This video is amazingly done. I'm so glad that this game has touched so many people as deep as it has. But I'm glad I didn't go on to find the next endings though. I got bored just by following this video. My mind kept disconnecting by how little I was caring about it as events were being explained to me. I tried my best, but sadly, I'm not one of those people that got touched by the game. But I'm glad it exists. So many people feel so much for it it's clear it's a special one.
The next installment will follow the replicants P0W, Z4P, and 84NG in Nier: Onomatopoeia.
the moment where devola and popola suppose to attack the enemys around the tower and u need to hack the door to the tower i had a bug. One of those girls keep attacking the door insteed of the enemy so i was no able to hack it myself because nobody hold the enemys off. It really ruined this sad moment for me, and i never encountered this bug again but still it was my first encounter to the situation and i will never forget that :/
Yes! I always look forward to your uploads.
A lot, a lot happened in nicer automata, most of it was me crying
I was watching nier automatas's "movie" just crying xD
Anyone else noticed that Pod 153's SN is every digit on 042, and 42 is the answer for life, universe and everything?
It's also the numbers of the sisters from Drakengard 3, being Zero (the MC) and her sisters 1-5
My boy Caim needs some love after that fighter jet shot him 😭
That emil part side quest i missed that😭😭😭😭 thanks for this video
hello thank you for this. love it.
question will you do the new nier replicant when it comes out? 4/23/21
Yes... I find because Automata retcons a lot of stuff to connect or add significance, I will recap Replicant and use it to retcon in the details not mentioned in my Gestalt recap
@@OniBlackMage ok i can;t wait and thank you.
@@OniBlackMage hello will you do all of the drakengard games please. thank you.
Thank you! I really enjoy watching your works!
I can't believe I never picked up on the fact that the desert machines are clothed in similar fashion to the desert guys in NieR Replicant/Gestalt (then again I've never played the original NieR).
Thankyou for summing this all up, I tried playing the game but got lost in the city with the resistance....
Thank you. Please keep them coming
Personally, I do prefer the original NieR, but I certainly can't diss Automata.
Great video as always. Thanks for doing this one on one of my favorite games of the past decade 👍🏻
I wish I had time to play these games 😭 thank you for recapping these games
I truly enjoyed this episode. What a wonderful recap!
Great video mate
i missed the entirety of the emil and lunar tear interaction and have never seen the room at the end of the forest castle, time to play again hahaha
thank you for the effort on recap. it makes me enjoy the game more
I cry everytime
This is not a meme, I mean it :'(
Never played any of the games, but I love the lore and depth of them all
Brilliant work as usual dude, thank you for the recap!
Keep up the good content!
In Ending D: 9S dies from A2 but from 2B's sword meaning that 9S dies from 2B even at the end, which I found quite fascinating.
Congrats 9S, ya played yourself
I want to want 9S and 2B redemption game. I'm too tired with explaining why, the only thing I need to say is they love each other.
YEEESSSSS UNEXPECTED BUT DEFINITELY WANTED!!!
Huh this one of the shorter games you've covered but by far one of the longest in terms of video length
someone i knew couldnt play nier automata because they dont play games and it was too hard for them, so i played this video instead, thanks!
game literally has a Mode where the game plays itself