NIER

Nier must be the most severely underrated game ever released. Just look at the average metascore. Most reviewers probably only played ending A, and missed out the entire point of the game's story and themes. It's a game you will keep thinking about for days, weeks, months after playing, it tackles themes and plays with your understanding of video games. It is simply beautiful. One of the most important games to ever be released, along with Metal Gear Solid 2 and Nier Automata.

An incredible story experience where successive playthroughs lead to an adapting new game plus story. The story in general was really well told and the graphics are **** is important to note this game includes a transgender party member who is super badass and contributes well to the experience. The combat was lacking. But the story was so good and unique it made playing through the campaign and restarting the save file a worthwhile experience.

An unique adventure game that wears it's heart on it's sleeve and is willingly to take a shot at everything gaming has to offer Pros: - Possibly the best music I've ever heard in a video game; the location-specific tracks can be amazing - from the thumping drums and strings of the desert to the haunting choral pieces of the Airie and Lost Shrine, the music was contantly in the foreground, and made the repeated returns to locations completely enjoyable - Movement speed is great; the main character moves so quickly that exploring the sprawling areas never feels like a slog - Riding supersonic boars. I'll leave it at that. - Your floating book companion, Grimoire Weiss, is interesting, and his interactions with others is often quite funny - Excellent art design; the locations vary widely and are almost universally pleasant to look at - The earlier bosses are jarring in the best possible way - The switching from open third person to 2D sidescroller to top down beat 'm up is something I never thought could work so well. - The most stressful fishing minigame ever Cons: - ALL THE FETCH QUESTS; seriously, expect your quest log to a long list of collect 10 of A, 7 of B, 5 of C, and so on. The side quests were entirely forgettable, with a plethora of grinding required to complete them - On top of that, getting the quests themselves in a frustrating affair. You have to talk to a woman at a bar to get the location of a side quest, but you can only get one at a time. So you have to go, get the side quest, then return to retrieve the next. - The main character has an awfully ugly mug and disturbing lack of nipples - Some of the most god awful NPC dialogue I have ever heard. The stuff people shout out when you are walking down the street varies from laughably bad to unbearable - Speaking of NPCs, the world feels dead, and in a bad way. The NPCs stand in the same location for endless hours, never speaking more than the one line they were programmed with - even with NPCs that you completed a quest line for. No nods back to helping them out, just a return to their original one line. - One are has a fixed camera that changes when you exit it's view, reminiscent of Resident Evil. It changes movement mapping far too quickly after changing cameras, leading to numerous moments where you are stuck moving back and forth between two camera angles - Climbing ladders is so ridiculously slow, it's actually noticeable. Mixed: - There are two other companions besides your book, and while both are overall likeable, they each have numerous cringe worthy moments as either bad voice acting or writing leads to very forced moments that destroy the immersion - The first half of the story has several jaw dropping moments, with plenty of twists and turns, while the second half feels like a predictable romp over traveled terrain. - Combat is fun for awhile, but by the end of the game it's simplicity does it in, and battles become a slog to get through - The boss designs seem to follow the same path are the story; interesting and jaw dropping in the first half of the game, completely generic and forgettable in the second half - While the ending is interesting in content, the delivery feels slow and jilted. Nier is such a mixed bag, it's hard to condemn or recommend. For every positive it has, there seems to be a corresponding negative, but overall the game seems to be better than the sum of it's parts. It includes elements from so many different genres, and while each piece is implemented competently, none stand out. This leaves Nier feeling fresh and unique for quite awhile, but once the shine wears off, you'll find yourself just playing to get it done.

Not nierly as good as I thought it might be. Too linear, too generic, too JRPG cheesy for my tastes. Nothing to see here folks, move along, move along.

Une espèce de jeu de rôle à la japonaise qui cumule de surcroît les défauts qu'on peut trouver parfois dans les jeux de rôle à l'occidentale comme notamment les sales quêtes de garçon-coursier-livreur et autres conneries de remplissage de contenu inepte et lamentable... Il s'agit de toute façon surtout d'un "Action-RPG" qui suit toujours le même schéma, à se demander si ce "Nier" ne serait pas en fait une sale putain de saloperie de "Hack-and-Slash" à la con (pléonasme répété) puisqu'on dézingue comme un presse-bouton des **** ennemis avant de finir sur un boss plus ou moins con et casse-bonbons. Le schéma se répète donc ainsi, entrecoupé de quelques dialogues censés faire avancer une histoire... qui n'avance pas ou si peu ! Les allers et retours sont d'ailleurs légion et symptomatiques de cette allure très supecte qu'a le jeu, cette sale allure de saloperie de merde de "Hack-and-Slash" à la con de mes deux. La musique ne propose que de petites ritournelles certes assez jolies mais qui tournent et retournent en boucle à rendre complètement fou n'importe qui. C'est graphiquement pas vilain mais un mauvais goût certain soit curieusement dégueulasse soit bizarrement pervers habite le jeu de temps à autre... de toute manière, on se lasse vraiment de faire la fedex **** avec toujours cette répétition dans le gameplay décidément trop médiocre pour maintenir ne fût-ce qu'un semblant d'intérêt... Une daube particulièrement pénible donc qu'on ne saurait trop recommander de rouler dessus en marche avant et en marche arrière avec un gros 4x4 Toyota.