NieR: Automata - 3 Years Later
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- Can a video game go beyond art? We discuss NieR: Automata and its impact... 3 years later.
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NieR: Automata is an incredibly philosophical and artistic game. Here, I share my thoughts having played the game a second time... 3 years later. This video is as spoiler free as I could make it. I hope you enjoy my new style of video creation. *Don't FORGET to tune in (hopefully on Saturday, 4/25) for my new show that I hinted at last year. It's going to be... different and fun.*
Special thanks to anyone who has supported me on Patreon this last year, as I was able to upgrade my camera and buy new audio equipment (used in this video) for the channel with the donations. Thanks again!
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I'm glad guys like you make videos like this to make people realize what great games they might have missed like this one are out there
Too bad "Japanese PC port" happened.
Surprising that you mentioned the game is a CYCLE. Since an automaton ( in software engineering for the base logic of Artificial Intelligence) is a constant cycle/loop. Which is what all these machines and androids are boiled down to, essentially they are Just state loops and automatons.
I love how you said when you reach the end you expect something but no it just loops back and it's futile. Kinda made me think, When an AI gets to the final state in a state machine (if it has a conscious) maybe it thinks it's at the end of it and will break free and be independent and discover more to life. But then it just loops back through each state.
I hope that makes u see also how deep the game is ✌️
Downward Thrust I just gave this video a like bc you’re dog looks so cute back their on your bed. 😂
All who say games are not art, clearly did not play, chrono trigger, mass effect, the witcher, Nier, Fez, metal gear or the Myst saga. That is why, as gamer i know i'm lucky that i could experience such "non art", and also hope one day a movie will be able to move me as those games did.
One of the best game of this generation and sadly one of the most underrated game of this generation too. This game is pure Art. Story, songs, characters, atmosphere. Everything.
The game sold 7 million copies, so I wouldn't call it completely underated.
@@moviefilmstudios9828 If that was the USA alone, it wouldn't be too bad. But if you project that onto Japan and Anglo nations also..
I love it so mutch 😳💕
@@moviefilmstudios9828 i believe it only sold 4.5 million
Underrated? in Steam this game has a maximun 30% discount.
2017 had quite a lot of great games, but this one was probably my most favorite.
It's a shame that Nier: Automata didn't get the amount of attention that it definitely deserved.
..except it did? It has sold 4 million copies and I haven't passed a week since it's realase where I didn't see it mentioned somewhere.
@@Rakka5 no really. It didnt receive the recognition it deserves. The hype over ffxv and ffvii is way higher. And a lot of people, even rpg player dont really know this game. Except really hard core player. But casual player know about ffvii n ffxv. And will buy it. Play it. And say how good it is. But not many pay attention to nier automata.
Im a hard core rpg player, but only last year that i found out about nier automata
I only heard about Nier:Automata through seeing various arts of 2B because of obvious reasons. Seen her in SoulCalibur 6 as a playable dlc character as well. A recent sale was around for Japanese games on PS4 and I saw Automata in there. Bought it, played it, and enjoyed it. Not to mention being interested the lore behind its previous games as well. With Replicant on the way for a remaster, that’s a plus in my book. Automata is more accessible nowadays as well, so to an extent I agree it didnt get that much attention.
@@vanillacream2383 very true.. nier automata has very little promotion and ads compare to other games, but nier automata quality is waaaay higher. it really deserves more recognition and popularity. its quality surpassed recent ff series like ffxiii and ffxv
@@justiadykalvianto1064 Nier Automata got it's own raid (in multiple parts) in ffxiv, a lot of promotional merch collabs (shoes, plushies, keychains, music scores, musical boxes), it will have a spin-off mobile game this May-June, the Nier Replicant remake is on its way and a lot of concerts and scene plays based on it and of the lore (Yorha Boys, The A2 story etc.). It deserves a lot more attention,but we can't say it isn't a hit. There is still tons of...nsfw art...made of 2B. We will never forget this game. Just hope we get the Drakengard remake. (A fully remake. I don't want that blonde freak to reappear in the state he is)
Nier: Automata is one of my favorite games ever. a beautiful world filled with beautiful music and silky smooth combat. but that's not all, the game challenges you not just ethically, but philosophically. you start questioning why you do the things you do, and provokes emotion with every cutscene, not to mention the 4th wall breaks. I might be ignorant but I can't think of another game to blend all those factors into one game.
Pascal 😭😭😭😭😭
Maybe nier or drakengard...though I've never played them
@@zsurvivalist7996 same, unfortunately
Nier Replicant is getting a remaster so that’s a plus
I love this game as it holds a special place in my heart but something that makes you question your actions and your own thoughts, a game that gives me the same vibes would be Detroit become human
"Art is what you find in a museum, video games are the museum." Wow, this Kojima quote really resonates with me.
Kojima its Just a overated shitlord, Get over it
@@choramais9057 if you're a hater yeah sure
@@choramais9057 you are too oblivious to know what Kojima have done to the industry man
@@billylukman5205 You could say he is a bit overrated.
Don't misunderstand, I love the guy and what he's done so far, all the works he's produced are extremely valid and hold a deeper content than most other games, he's still one of the best minds around in this field, but it's a bit jarring to see fanboys losing their minds to such an extent over him, making him out to be some kind of genius übermensch.
He's not dumb or incompetent by any means, far from it, but venerating him like that just feels wrong and dumb.
@@m.r.1514 Did I said I venerate him?. Are you dumb?. Your logic so stupid. So hating for someone that didnt do anything to you is a opposite of wrong and dumb?how old are you kid?
For me, this game has the most beautiful music ever.
Hearing weight of the world in the end section will break me everytime.
The music of Destiny is the only thing that comes close im my opinion.
tbh it's pretty expected from the guy who makes a hack and slash games with 6 minutes rythm games final boss and that game actually kinda all bout music like the power of music and something.
it's in a different style, but i think another game which has a really special atmosphere due to it's sound design is darksouls. the dead silence until you reach a climactic bossfight is really hyping up the bosses and makes you feel the grim darkness of the world the game is set in.
@@orangestapler8729 Actually, there's one other dynamic Game Soundtrack I'd like to add for you: .Hack// Infection, Mutation, Outbreak and Quarentine. (A bit Ironic talking about those now though...I know..) Those were the first I knew of that did that, (not to say the first ever...I honestly don't know. Just the first I personally have heard do it). So when Automata did this, it was incredible...But it also reminded me of those ;)
Howrver, don't get me wrong, Automata is more dynamic and a masterpiece even over those. But they're all good in their own ways for sure.
I can never get tired of this soundtrack though. No matter how many times I've heard "City Ruins" it will always be beautiful to me.
And yes, "Weight Of The World" hit me hard from the very first time I heard it... So beautiful but so fricken powerful too. But every song in his soundtrack is in it's own ways to me too.
@Sora's Sky Agreed. However, Soundtrack is multiple Songs, no? Don't you mean Track or Song?
Who's excited for new upcoming nier replicant?
Ze pedz zz don’t know if you knew its a remake. Europeans and Americans know it as NieR: Gestalt, asians know it as Replicant
and reincarnation
I heard they might revise the soundtrack, so hell yeah I'm waiting for it
Hell yeah, I never played the first NieR so this might motivate me
@@NeonDefense385 If you liked Automata, I recommend you to at least watch some let's plays of the original NieR. It has some clever gameplay motives like one time it changes the camera view to something reminiscent of the first Resident Evil, or one time the whole area is a text adventure. The characters are quite well written, but the combat gets a bit repetitive. I wonder if they remake the combat in the remake
Yoko taro knows how to give people depression
Gatling3.8 The true ending is ultimately optimistic
@@holgerkilumets1278 I am not saying the story makes you depressed, it's that what story makes you think about can get you to think about your life and the way story hits can still make a person pretty sad
Not a depression. The true ending is good. It fills all emptiness inside of you with it's thoughts and philosophy and you can't live the way live before. It show us the most complicated sides of our life. The 3rd act of this game is incredible.
Haha, just like Hideaki Anno!
Funny that you say Anno. I find the end of evangelion to be very optimistic despite all the bad shit that happens in the movie . The shinji asuka relationship is really good and complex. Kinda like 2b and 9s
Nier: Automata is a milestone in modern day video game story telling. It was said in a review shortly after release: "If history forgets Nier:Automata, then f*ck history."
And then this a**hole rated the game 9/10... F*ck him.
What's problematic is that the rest of mainstream media didn't really evolve with SOMA, Ex Machina and Nier Automata. These gems are so far ahead even new shows or games that are still going 'RoBoTs HavE FeElIngS ToO'.
The entire point of these games aren't really about robots more than they are about giving a new perspective on the importance of particularly memories and how they shape a person. It's still about the human experience, not just some 'RoOoOBoOoTs aRe CoOl ToO'
In like 10 years maybe we are gonna get a mainstream series that tackles consciousness as though you weren't a fucking child like these pieces did. But normally i hate this subject in media because these bad bois already tackled it so well and most other stuff is just so insufferably worse.
I second this
meanwhile Trupm voted in for presidency, the economy collapses and populist nationalism on the rise on every corner of the world while the global elite vowing ideas how the next WW could be beneficial.
so yeah 10 years maybe if we crumble and loose 50% of population, and the new ways of thinking can be stronger after that - which has a very very small chance considering how people act in survival situations - otherwise we are kinda doomed rather than enlightened about consciousness or anything for that matter
Wait... You lost me at the end there. Please elaborate a bit more at the end? (third paragraph). Because the end of your comment seems like you're against the game when you started off as supporting it...
Yeeeah... Ya lost me lol. Not an insult, I genuinely want to understand more about what you were trying to say there.
I agree with the rest though, most definitely.
@@Convoluted-and-Exiled I was a bit fired up so it's not too wellwritten, im sorry :D
My point is just that SOMA, Nier and Ex Machina are some of the few if not only pieces of work that deal with their themes without assuming that you're a child like most pieces of media we see today. Most media pieces today about these sort of themes are kinda just sending out the message that robots are super cool and maybe humans should just die out already, when the point of these three pieces were never to really comment about robots, but to explore the human condition through a robot story. It's still all about humanity, which i like.
If that was incoherent as well, TL;DR Nier, SOMA and Ex Good, most other works Bad
@@roberteriksen6434 Lol, I see. No problem :) Ahh. That is more clear, thank you very much!! I appreciate it and for not having an attitude, that's honestly very rare these days!
Wishing ya well!
Even to this day I still tear up a bit when I hear any section of "Weight of the World". The True Ending of that game still resonates that much with me.
My only complaint is that the game ended. But man, what an ending it was. I'll never forget it.
Me too, thats y I bought the music box that plays weight of the world
Meanwhile, at Gamefaqs, its being outvoted for GOTD by...Pokemon Silver and Gold remakes? Yeah, crazy world we live in.
my favourite game of all time.Nier is something truly special.Dont blame that list,its probably made for the general audience.Its truly a shame that not more people played this game.Simply cant wait for the nier 1 remaster
Because best game is most votes apparently.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver? This is the first I’ve heard of this polling, but you make it sound like HGSS are bad in any way. They are outstanding Pokémon games - Whilst I love Automata, think that it’s story and presentation is a step above all, HGSS are arguably the peak of Pokémon that has most likely touched the hearts of every child with a Nintendo DS. Effort and soul shines through that game, the emotions it subtly evokes within you as younger kid going along this journey and becoming a Pokémon Master is what hooks so many people to the series even more as they get older. No, it’s not as deep as NieR, nor does it tell a story half as good, but it does something different to NieR and it excels at it, too.
@@narukami6364 tl; but I read. Next time make a vid and link. I'll just say this: I was TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY fighting *SPOILER* as the final trainer.
...in 1999.
@@narukami6364 that's a great take on it. And the people comparing these games is just not right to do. Nier only has a handful of games that can even be compared
Despite it's flaws, this has to be the most memorable game I've played thus far. It's unfortunate many didn't get past the first route to understand the brilliance of this game.
Seems like weebs never read any book so they find this original. Ehm ok.
It was flawless, stupid. It was the best.
Oh thank Goliath, I couldn't go any longer without my monthly thrust. 😫😫😫
Has Rag's's's's's's's gotten his monthly thrust yet?
Do not mention He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named in the holy presence of Lord Tonald, Son of the Cosmic Chicken!
You’re getting the thrust on tonald’s bed 🤯🤯🤯
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Greetings fellow jeb-pilled hate mongers, may the Don bless your celestially epic feelings and pipe weed.
This game is a masterpiece. The best game I've ever played. It is an experience that cannot be recreated or adapted to other mediums like a movie or a TV show, as much as I would love to watch it in that form, they would never do the story justice. You can't get that same experience watching a moving picture.
I wish more people had access to it and had the patience to complete the game entirely. I know too many people who quit as early as the tutorial level because they died and had to restart.
Nier: Automata will be a masterpiece, even 20 years from now on ♥️
Agreed
Nah, in 20 years there will be games that would absolutely destroy this game in quality, soundtracks, gameplay, story and everything else.
@@brothinkhecarti69 that would be nice but then again how many games are made strictly for mainstream consumption? How many games will be strictly service based instead of story focused?
Nier seems like a dying breed
@@brothinkhecarti69 not for soundtrack i bet, i mean come on, soundtrack cannot outdated
Nier Automata is the heart of game. To anyone who didn't play I really recommend to try and enjoy it. 😊😊
Bloodborne
Make sure to do a min of 3 play throughs
Already played it,uninstall after 1 hour gameplay..
@@ievanpolkka1738 good u enjoyed it. 😉
I don’t have ps4 ✌️😔
As someone that played nier 1 first than nier automata I can say the nier series is an absolute master piece and yoko
Torra is an absolute mastermind being able to construct such complex simple and emotion games
im so hype for nier replicant
*tarou not torra
@@ultragamer4465 Is not Tarou neither, is Taro.
Ikr DOD3 is my personal fav in the series
Nier has been one of the most emotional, thought provoking, and influential pieces of media I have picked up to date. Nothing will come close to affecting me like Nier has. Taro is a genius and I'm glad I pulled Nier: Gestalt out of the bargain bin at GameStop.
Bless us with your videos Lord Tonald!
Nier automa is next up on my quarantine game list. I’ve been wanting to play it for years but had too many other games to finish and multiplayer games for in the way.
Dude, you're so Lucky. Sadly, you can never play it for the first time agan T_T
Either a very appropriate time to play it, or a very lonely time to do so depending on your perspective
Make sure to not skip the sidequests, they're good,
collect weapons, pods, pod mods, joke endings, switch up your playstyle by changing and merging your chips to upgrade them so you become more powerful so buy the chip space extension from the lady in the Resistance camp as soon as you're able to.
Oh,
And don't stop after the first ending(ending A),
After you play through the game a second time as 9S (mostly the same as A but with new game mechanics but you keep your lvl and stuff) (ending B), you unlock a third character and the second half of the story starts from there. That's right, the second half of the game and the story is locked behind the first 2 playthroughs and there are people who stop after they're at ending A, despite the game even saying "Congrats on beating 1/4 of the story, new game+ unlocked" and they miss out on the middle and ending of this beautiful game which breaks my heart.
Good luck soldier, stick through the end...
*For the Glory of Mankind.*
@@TailorBlaze dude, spoilers, delete plz, let him make his own mistakes
@@profilore
You know 33% of players stop at the first ending, right? there are no spoilers in this, dude wtf
Amazing video Tonald. It makes me happy to know that you appreciate this game as much as I, and many others do.
8:40 Optional quests does thankfully stay completed trough the repeating sections.
ye and also even if they are maybe a bit dull and repetitive in gameplay,their overall adition to the story and the workd buikding is too good to pass
@inyrui ye me too
@inyrui even Speed Star?
It's as that one person said 3 years ago.
The master you'll never play
Thank God that Tonald has been uploading more. Join the intelecutal Toxic Brood Tonald! It is... inevitable!
Dont worry, the spiders have foretold it! They can tell the future so its 100% happening eventually
Came for the super hot and thicc android waifu but stood for philosophy and the emotionally sad tone!
10/10
Came for the thighs, stayed for the cries
@Eternal why even comment... Like damn, maybe you’re not happy with anything in your life but why make fun of others for enjoying something ?
Tonald videos are art. I pray to the cosmic chicken that they will not end
My biggest problem with video games being labeled as art is that most games require a compromise of their artistic attributes in order to make the game user friendly and accessible to more people, (or people in general, regardless of the number) a game's ultimate goal is to make money for the company, there might or might not be passion involved but that doesn't change the true purpose of the game's development. Video games posses art in themselves but only in certain segments, and most of the time that art suffers because of the game's ultimate goal, models are simplified, textures are compressed and mechanics are dumbed down. I believe Hideo is right when he says that video games are more of a museum than an art piece, but that being said when you break down the game most of the time you get mediocre art pieces at best. Things in video games are not made for the sake of being made, they are made for the sake of appealing to someone else other than the game's developer, therefore the game's overall appearance and design is dictated not by the creator but by someone who will eventually consume that product. Another thing that bothers me with games being labeled as art is that all games are made as a sort of a playground that allows the players to be creative in some way, therefore i would much rather be inclined to label them as a new media canvas of some sorts than a standalone art piece. I haven't played NieR, but by your video's analysis it seems like a game that creates a setting, asks the questions, and then answers them. Also i don't believe that art has to be many-worded to be deep and therefore good, really simple and seemingly irrelevant things and motifs can drive someone to deep contemplation concerning something such as life or death or free will, just having something be thoroughly set up and based around a seemingly deep subject doesn't equate to it being deep and/or good.
I understand your point, that the game does well, trough it's presentation and mechanics, to convey a certain message that it's trying to convey to the player, i don't believe that that makes it art, however i would say it's a good use of the medium and as such a good idea and narrative conveying piece, if that makes sense.
The vast majority of the paintings, sculptures and music in existence was also created to make money - artists are still human beings with human needs and wants, after all. They were not made simply "for the sake of being made". Some of that is still considered great art. A commercial incentive does not preclude passion or artistic vision.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn Yes i agree with you on that part, but today's concept of art isn't the same as the one before the enlightenment period, which basically gave birth to the contemporary meaning of art, and not only that, but it also gave birth to museums and galleries, where art pieces are exhibited on their own, without external context. I do not consider NieR art only by today's standards, from which point my original comment was made. Even great masters of old didn't consider themselves artists most of the time. What I'm trying to say is that when written down, the essence and meaning of art isn't the same as it used to be when those great sculptures and paintings were made, in that regard if NieR was made in that time it would by all means be considered art by those standards. The art of that time was never meant to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, as you said it was made to serve a purpose, but at you look at most art that was made after the great revolution (and most during), you can see that the general concept has greatly changed. In essence, art has become a work of an individual, and and extension of oneself.
I recently played this through on PC and took my time with the game and absolutely loved It. Made sure to not skip side quest's and strived to get all weapons and pods.
Dude I play it before one year .really bad port micro stutter and laggy cutscenes. What you say?
@@shadoweater9805 I never had any of those Issues thankfully. I know a few did but I didn't experience one crash while playing.
Did you play the original or the game of yorhaedition
@@shadoweater9805 The original. I do have a pretty nicely custom spec'd PC so idk If that had anything to do with it.
Thanks and i wish a good year bro
In relation to the sidequests being the weakest area of the game I disagree to an extent. While the quests themselves are fairly mundane and dull, the detail and world building that they add is absolutely phenomenal. I like to think of it as the world building and conversations are the reward the game is giving you for the mundane fetch quests that you're asked to do.
Also to clarify a common misconception. There is no YoRHa cycle, this is the first incarnation of them and it is not going to be rebuilt. The YoRHa project achieved its objective. The reason people think its a cycle is due to the game stating that the combat data collected will be utilised to create more advanced combat models. These models are not YoRHa model androids.
Not even gonna lie I teared up at the end to. Whenever the weight of the world starts playing I still get a little choked up. This honestly quickly became one of my favorite games ever it's amazing
Nier has the most powerful soundtracks, from Kaine's theme to Weight of the World. I have the Gestalt playlist, and I frequent Blu-bird (Hansel and Gretel fight music) and Emil's Song. Weight of the World deserves a spot on the "Must listen" playlist.
One of my top 3 games of the generation, great review again Downward. Cry like a child with the true ending :_(
Greetings from Spain :)
Played it for the first time recently after lusting over it for 3 years. Definitely a work of art... Maybe my favorite game ever
3 years and years to come, this game will always stay my favorite game EVER
“Video games can not be art.”
This is a statement that just ignores the facts they have visual and auditory art as a small part of the experience. You know, things like artwork and music and storytelling that are “art” in different mediums but only a fraction of what games allow and show off. I really don’t get that kind of a statement from any source. It’s honestly just retarded. If an interactive video can’t be art than movies can’t be art, images can’t be art, music can’t be art, stories can’t be art, experiences can’t be art...it’s all just so close minded and stupid from that basic level type of statement.
They aren't ignoring those facts, they're just stepping past them to more narrowly define "art" as a concept. A thing can have art in it without being art itself. An exercise video can have music, and music is art, and it can have painting in the background, and paintings are art; but the exercise video isn't art, because it isn't trying to do what art does.
At least that's what the guy you're quoting would think, because it was just the one guy who said that. Keep in mind that guy was much older then us, and he was looking at different games in a different way. He was looking, primarily, at arcade cabinets, which have a pretty seedy history. The whole "arcade" industry sprang out of attempts to get around gambling laws, it has its roots in carnival games and slot machines, and as an industry it hasn't really grown out of those roots. Pachinko parlors still award prizes that can be sold in a conveniently close pawn shop for a fixed value.
Video game developers started as a technical service for low-key gambling dens, and they also haven't grown past those roots. WoW gold farmers, loot boxes, games-as-service models. These things aren't art, they're glorified slot machines. A slot machine can have all sort of pretty pictures on it, it can play beautiful music, but it can't be art, because it isn't trying to do the things art does.
Video games can be art, Nier:Automata is art, but not all games make that cut. Fortnight isn't art, it's a storefront connected to a checklist; it seeks to be compelling before engaging, it seeks to be engaging before meaningful, and it never seeks to be meaningful at all.
This game is one of the most beautiful games I've ever played.
7:10 You only have to restart Nier Automata once about halfway through the game. I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of countless.
The number of English speaking adults that don't know the word automaton and that automata is its plural is shocking. Even more-so when that person is a writer.
You also don't replay Nier:A multiple times to get the whole story. That's Nier. Nier:A has you replay a PORTION of the game from a different character's perspective. Many games do this.
Finally, people say video games aren't art in the same way that people say trickle down economics works. No sane person actually says that.
I still listen to Nier Automata OST every day, it's just so amazing, a true masterpiece.
I found Automata on sale a few months ago. Dived in, the endings convey so much. But E.. the entire journey is amazing
That boss fight at the end though. that broke me
Wow what are the odds I was just listening to the the soundtrack.
For me odds were high cos I'm ALWAYS listening to the soundtrack haha
-Spoiler to anyone who hasn't played this yet-
It's weird to say that you play it multiple times when you only have to go over one half of the story twice... Not saying this video is bad but the act of futility comes from killing your enemies over and over again, not the play through... It comes from the ending, the twist that the war has been going on for years now...
NieR: reincarnation is coming.
Not to be that guy, BUT THE HIPS ON THE COMMANDER. There was no reason for her to be that caked up... Forget mankind. Glory to the Commander.
I've played the game multiple times, and got all the main endings. But it feels like this video isn't saying much of anything, and mostly just treads on the borders of subject matters covered by NieR. In anycase, it's probably a good video, but I couldn't follow for some reason.
The entire franchise (except DG2) is astounding, it's not a Work of Art, it's Art incarnate! Nier:A is a but a fraction of the mythos of the universe it inhabits, and personally not the best in the bigger picture for me DG3 still holds that crown.
NieR Automata doesn’t reach masterpiece status for me only because visually it’s simply awful and the gameplay is extremely cheap and redundant and it’s so disappointing considering everything else it does...
How come that video games, as a combination of all forms of art doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as some splashed paint in an museum? Maybe because videogames hasn’t existed for nearly as much but I believe one day they’re gonna surpass every other form of art.
NieR: Automata is a once in the Decade Event (hell could even be one a life time) in gaming just alone at the graphics or the story there is no game like it. it is one of my favourite games of the last decade for the prospective it trys to tell and the way it tells the story i nver felt that characters are more alive in any other game than this one and that allone is a pice of art
Still my favorite game, 3 years on. Need to play it again, with some, 'Delicious mods'.
I used to think the combat in this game is overly simplistic since I buttonmashed my way through it. Then I saw a youtube vid of a person that actually knows how to play this game.
>refers to Automata as "NieR"
You know Automata is a sequel, right? NieR is an entirely different game.
I agree I don't think of games as art in a traditional sense. This game made me rethink that premise as it truly is an experience I have never had in a video game before. Other games may have better stories through a straight narrative but this game goes beyond that into existence and meaning of life itself. Truly a masterpiece kinda like bioshock in that regard.
I love this game anyone wanna try to speed run it with me ? Dm me on discord or in the thread I'm Senpai
i just feel bad for the ppl who missed out on this game bcuz they saw an animated girl on the cover and said i am not a weeabo so i am not playing this game. i guess this is what art is about, ppl who appreciate it would know what to look for.
Also if you haven't watched this you should, it's one of the best videos I've ever seen on Nier Automata. Full spoilers in it for those who haven't completed the game through to the true ending:
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3 years later and we still can’t pronounce “Nier Automata” right even though the pod says it at the end of the game. And by we, I also mean myself
the pods really did say that? because i played with japanese voices
Nino Fransiskus yeah I’m almost certain 042 says it at the end of Route E
@@andybru It's the other pod
I kinda appreciated at the end how you sorta referenced how, you didn't exactly play it 3 years ago, but made a video asking if the game failed (commercially)
Nier automata is definitely not a perfect game, same that it can get as repetitive as the game it was supposed to enhance it's gameplay of, Nier (and drakengard 3, but that was developed by the deadly premonition people). Im not gonna give the original game any niceties since, obviously I liked it, it's just yeah, :/ like, what put me off on your channel to begin with wasn't you implying that Nier automata failed, it was more how you worded the why's without then finding out that the game made a net positive, it's lead combat director got a promotion, and all sorts of other things happened for platinum games as well as the mind space for how we, well, perceive Yoko Taro in today's gaming landscape.
Where, it's lead composer being allowed to remake the Battle On The Bridge theme from FFV and where the game reached a level of success that the original Nier is getting a remaster (which, there has to be a catch to)
What's always going to hang up on me about your old content was you suggesting Nier Automata failed at release as a commercial product, this trickling into all sorts of other drama and things about other games you played at the time...
But, as weirdly written like a kingdom hearts cameo as this was at parts, I don't think it mattered if you liked it or not to me, I mean, great that you liked it, but I enjoyed that you have criticisms of the game's loop, things that the game can improve on and not a mash if blind pretentious praise because a bunch of other people say it is. Hell, if you said the ending was awful, I wouldn't mind, too, because you'd be able to back yourself up with your own experience.
I still think you're as wordy as me and a bit overbearing on the pretentiousness, but you're improving
Weird to find this video while scrolling down my feed randomly and finding out that you, of all people, made another Nier Automata video.
Nier Automata is probably the best comercial sucess game developed by Platinum. Is not a smal thing like most of people makes believe it is.
I tried liking it. I really wanted to. I don't love it. I don't think it as deep as people make it out to be. Just an unpopular belief.
This may be controversial, but I think the original NieR does a better job with the purpose behind deleting your save file
After hearing "A beautiful song" I knew I had to play this game, I started watching videos about it while trying to not spoil myself. I eventually saved up for a decent computer to play it and it's my favorite game of all time, I've replayed it a few times and listen to the soundtrack a bit too much lol. Now I'm really excited to play the nier remake when it comes out
2:20 then why dont you call it Nier 2? thats what it is XD
Specially since the semi remake of the original game will be released soon
Because there are more creative ways to name sequels? I mean Assassins Creed ditched the numbered titles years ago. Also Nier: Automata, while connected to the 1st game, is its own story. Slapping a 2 on there might deter would be players from playing it as Nier Gestalt/Replicant were even more niche than this game.
@@benjaminbyham7839 i meant that is absurd to call Nier automata just Nier because it isnt just nier
Alex MYL ah, I see. Sorry about that. Yeah with that in mind I agree with you
Last time I played this masterpiece by Yoko Taro was back in August 2019. Finished it from A-Z including a hidden ending with music video related to the machine story.
"music video related to the machine story"? which ending ?
@@ninoo3186It's a 3C3C1D119440927 DLC so you need to get it if you haven't. First you need to complete all of the Colosseum to be able to unlock it. Once you've achieve the Colosseum challenges, then head to the Circus where there's a hidden elevator with a clown machine beside the basement, but you need to play as 9S to be able to find it.
I just beat the game today. One of my favorite games of all time. 10/10 for me
I love Nier:A so much. It raised the bar for video games for me. Such a great story in a gorgeous video game. I wish I could play, experience more things like it. But it is heavy, I'm still not over it... and probably will never be ...until I die.
There are other works I like that touch on futility, loneliness and meaning of life...
dang..u readin my mind or wat..been meaning to ply this game for a while now.
jus finished the mass effect games, all 3 in 1 week..ya i know.
Guess ill go ply nier now. ill surely watch this in full once i finish the game ;)
man i envy you. how i wish to experience this game for the first time again :(
3 years and still 1k players on steam people playing the game still lol game is just amazing
Still one of the best video games of all time
Too bad it was not sold as well as other games
I feel like it deserved tons more recognition
I think NieR: Automata is an absolutely fantastic game, but I'm really bummed out that there aren't more people that have played NieR Replicant, because I believe it's even better than Automata.
Have to agree on this one. Nier Automata is amazing, but I have more love for Replicant and its incredibly well written characters and journey they went through. Also that soundtrack 👌 both amazing games though, only a matter of preference.
Funny enough I slept on this game for a long time. Of course I had seen it a bit but never knew much about it. I’ve sunk about 20 hours into Nier:Automata now and so far and It’s amazing. Definitely brings me back to playing kingdom hearts and final fantasy games when I was younger.
Shame we got no mention of the original NieR or it's upcoming remake
Dude nice painting!
We love you Tone
I just played this for the first time this last week. And for a 3 yrs old game it is one of the best games I've played. especially the story 👍 if you are playing on pc do get the far mod to fix the visuals
Good to see that someone is still talking about this because I picked it up last month when it was $20 but had wanted to play it forever! It's definitely one of a kind and doesn't get enough credit.
Your content has drastically improved since returning from your hiatus
Nier Automata is a work of art, a masterpiece! best game ever!!!
Really hope everyone had a chance to play nier 1. Such a good series of games.
They're remastering it on mobile and pc. Nier replicant something something numbers. The info is mostly on Japanese so look through the comments on people who understand what is going on the video.
Mariana Orozco the mobile game isn’t Nier replicant/gestalt it’s a spin off in the same universe
@@Lueserloo I really hope they make it for consoles later on, even if it is just like a small DLC i would buy it
Lord Plague it is for consoles
This game made me cry.... 2nd one after Aerith died of FF7, but not because of death, because of the story as a whole.
Is it just me or has Downward thrust rising in quality? Wow. Haven't seen any clickbait videos about the death of . Rather, it's been thoughtful critique videos. Kudos to DT on turning the channel around
Flameshadow22 Yeah it started with his video on Jedi: Fallen Order, Tonald really been putting out actually great content.
Hey bro I also just made a Nier Automata video about how it Blew me away! Masterpiece in its own right.
You mustnt have played enough of the side missions cause a load of them are quite weird
Planning on starting this today for the first time, feel like I've missed out for too long based on this game's amazing reception
Wish me luck :)
After 3 later Nier Automata released
They haven't patched the game for pc port and also they haven't removed sh**Ty and pointless DRM which make unplayable on PC* , even they released GOTY edition without patched fixed
The FAR patch combined with HD textures pack makes the PC port the best version of the game. But granted, it's simply making it what it should have been if SquareEnix wasn't so uncaring of its PC audiences.
They should take example from Capcom someday... they used to be the same (or worse) but at some point managed to turn things around in a very good way, with only few minor setbacks here and there.
@@KilljoyTDA Recently, they removed DRM from FF12 PC with lot's of bug fixes
@@royalkumar795 That's a good thing obviously. But on the other side, if you want another example, the latest version of FF15 on Steam runs like garbage, and nothing's been done about it nor do they communicate on the issue. A simple "we're working on it, but it might take some time" would have been enough to stop most of the ranting.
Don't misunderstand, I'm not anti-Square, they do make good games and although it took them ages, they finally realized that outside Japan, a lot of gamers play on PC. Credit given where credit is due! But they should take their community a bit more seriously when it comes to fixing the (understandable) mistakes along the way.
Your videos have greatly improved with time! Love to see you grow as a creator, hope you find success.
Wolf is round of you
Love this video you’re doing great job
I'm a little confused about the "repeating" the game over and over... you only do this once. You don't repeat over and over...
This game saved me from my depression after my first break up.
Definitely an underrated masterpiece!
Fs in the chat for mira-heni's, Swainy's, Alternative's, GloriousC's and Tom's data.
My favorite game of all time. The only point I would push back on is that things do actually change quite a bit each playthrough. The second, while replaying many of the sections of the 1st, has new sections as well as well as adding to the narrative in the parts that do repeat through the unique ability of 9s, hacking. Playing through as him is also a major difference. The 3rd playthrough is completely unique and takes place after the 1st and 2nd. The first NieR's multiple playthroughs actually function much closer to how you described.
Side quests are actually one and done after your first play through on route A. Route B can offer those side quests if you hadn’t them plus adds ones for 9S specifically. You do learn more about the world and the android resistance on earth. Plus a little into 21O and 6P personalities and desires. I enjoyed the side quests and didn’t find them bothersome
Agreed. I thought all of them were either funny, interesting, or had fun challenging combat, or all three.
3 years? Jesus the years are flying by
Nier Automata was beautiful in many ways, the character arcs, main plot, musics, environment, ideology, philosophy... The beginning of the third play through is disastrous, everything happens so quickly that I don't have time to think and breathe !
It's futility, not futileness.
WTF ! I just bought this game 1 hour ago . Played the demo a long time ago and loved it , but completely forgot about it .
I never finished the game because I got tired of playing any game in general. But this game has a special place in my heart because of the feel of it. The desolate post apocalyptic city with robots running around. I am an artist myself and I can really say, though it may not be the best game in terms of gameplay, it is one of the masterpieces of art(or a museum as some people in the comment says). I still listen to the soundtrack and watch screenshots to get inspired.
Im currently playing through the BECOME AS GODS EDITION on Xbox One since its on Xbox Gamepass! Already got platinum on PS4!
I am playing Nier Automata again too so I can finish some thigs I've left behind and get all the endings, I absolutely love this game, the story and the soundtrack, it should have had a continuation with a bigger budget already, feels like they are sleeping on the wheel, like disney did with Frozen, I mean, all the success and you take just forever to make a sequel... fells like missoportunity. anyway, I'm also 3D printing an action figure of 2B and 3D modeling A2 and 9S, I like the game this much :-)
But the game only *repeats* once in route b. Route c is the other half of the game. So no. It doesnt repeat alot. And the detail is fine, its that way because its tryna give you the look and perspective of how the earth has changed because of the aliens. Its a really good game, ur making it sound bad. This video is ok, but don't make a beloved and great game sound bad.
ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE EVER PLAYED.
The gameplay variety, the character, the lore and most of all the main STORY this GAME WAS A TRUE WORK OF ART and one that will leave a lasting impression on me forever.