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NieR: Automata (2017)

PlatinumGames, Square Enix Business Division 6

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

4.36 from 5065 ratings · #71 top rated on Grouvee

11928 members have it in their collection · 1001 playing now · 3874 backlogged · 3585 wish listed

How long? Main story 25h · with extras 38h · 100% 59h (from 194 logged playthroughs)

NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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Developers
PlatinumGames, Square Enix Business Division 6
Publishers
Square Enix
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Open world, Science fiction
Franchises
Drakengard
Series
NieR
Events
PlayStation E3 2017 Media Showcase, PlayStation Experience 2016 Showcase, Square Enix E3 Conference 2015
Steam
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Release dates

  • Feb 23, 2017 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 07, 2017 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 10, 2017 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 10, 2017 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 10, 2017 (Full Release) (New_Zealand) PlayStation 4
  • Mar 17, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Apr 27, 2017 (Full Release) (Asia) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4
  • Jun 26, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One

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3 stars
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2 stars
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1 star
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DanielFox

Review DanielFox 3/5 · Dec 11, 2024

I really tried...

I tried liking this game but I really coudn't in the end. The gameplay is addictive and it has somewhat of an interesting story, but I hated everything else.

The map and quest system are a mess. Traveling around is tedious and repetitive... you either have to use the same paths over and over or use a slow teleport system …

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I tried liking this game but I really coudn't in the end. The gameplay is addictive and it has somewhat of an interesting story, but I hated everything else.

The map and quest system are a mess. Traveling around is tedious and repetitive... you either have to use the same paths over and over or use a slow teleport system all the time. This seriously hindered my interest in the siquests because of how much it took me to go from point A to B always. I ended up not doing most of them.

The fact you have to play the game multiple times felt unnnecessary. The game could've been easily made to played once swaping between characters. I hated playing as 9S. Worst character I've ever seen. It's also super confusing to play as multiple characters while sharing the same exp, weapons, itens and quests... why do that?

I also gotta add that I hate this japanese/anime style of characters where everyone looks and acts like an emo 16yo. I cringed so hard when I saw the villians Adam and Eve beeing portrait as 2 ripped shirtless 16yo boys with anime hair.

In the end, I felt like this game could've been great (for me) with a few tweaks here and there. I think I'll stay away from anime and open world games for a while.

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UnTipoSerio

Review UnTipoSerio 5/5 · Feb 20, 2022

Sensibilidad y personalidad

Un juego original y mimado en gran parte de sus aspectos. Jugablemente sencillo y divertido, sin negarse a tratar de innovar. En lo narrativo demuestra una gran sensibilidad e ingenio para contarnos una historia emocionante, coherente y con un mensaje claro.

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Madigon

Review Madigon 3/5 · Mar 28, 2021

More than it seems, but less than it needs

The game is full of subtle jabs at video game tropes and rehashes and the story is interesting in that I may have skipped sections without even knowing it.

The NewGame+ as 9S started out interesting as well but got tedious after only a couple of hours. I ended up giving up about a quarter of the way through his …

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The game is full of subtle jabs at video game tropes and rehashes and the story is interesting in that I may have skipped sections without even knowing it.

The NewGame+ as 9S started out interesting as well but got tedious after only a couple of hours. I ended up giving up about a quarter of the way through his playback and haven’t come back since.

Which is a shame because there’s a ton of overlapping content in there that rewards interested players, but the combat lost its shine after the first play through and the terrible PC optimization holds this title back from greatness.

PC Notes: 4k@60Hz using a 3090

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flores

Review flores 5/5 · Nov 27, 2020

One of my Favorite Games

Story 10/10 Concept 10/10 Graphics 10/10 Gameplay 10/10 Music 20/10. My favorite thing about it is the concept and the gameplay. I recommend getting all endings.

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cardioblob

Status cardioblob Nov 17, 2020

About 8 hours in and kind of bored so far. I'm doing my best to ignore all of the open-world fetch quests which seem to be the bulk of the content, but I'm worried I might have to engage in some to scale my character with the game difficulty. Not sure I get why people love this game so much, …

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About 8 hours in and kind of bored so far. I'm doing my best to ignore all of the open-world fetch quests which seem to be the bulk of the content, but I'm worried I might have to engage in some to scale my character with the game difficulty. Not sure I get why people love this game so much, but I'll keep at it a bit longer.

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jorybgaming

Status jorybgaming Jul 26, 2020

Amazing game with tight controls and beautiful graphics. The game is well worth all the play throughs as each character, and the way the game changed from platformmer to shooter to slasher to old school arcade is flawless

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna May 14, 2020

Me and my colleagues in GamerFocus selected some of our favorite video game soundtracks available in Spotify and explained why we like them so much.

Article in spanish, as usual.

So, wanna share your favorite soundtracks and link to them on Spotify or YouTube? Please go ahead!

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totalbehaved

Status totalbehaved Apr 27, 2020

04/27/20

I only got a couple hours in. Not really feeling this game. Lots of tiny things about it bug me. The frame rate is consistantly stuttering as you go about the world. There are buildings all over the map that have what seem to be gaping holes that look as if you can enter and explore, but you hit …

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04/27/20

I only got a couple hours in. Not really feeling this game. Lots of tiny things about it bug me. The frame rate is consistantly stuttering as you go about the world. There are buildings all over the map that have what seem to be gaping holes that look as if you can enter and explore, but you hit an invisible wall when you do try to enter. It's a small gripe, but it is things like this that bring me out of the game. The world feels hollow (moreso than what I can figure is reasonably intended). Another small gripe; too often, when I try to interact with an object, my AI friend will get in the way and ask me if I want to change his combat style over and over. The whole theme of humanity vacating earth, and nature reclaiming it reminds me too much of Horizon Zero Dawn, and from the get-go that game handled that concept better than what I've seen so far from Nier.

The game just didn't grab me. I might give it another go some day.

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Duskwind

Review Duskwind 3/5 · Apr 13, 2020

General Review

Gameplay= Mechanics, gameplay options (freedom), repetition, goals, difficulty

Story= plot, engagement, characters, world-building

Presentation= graphics, animation, environment/character design, Art direction, Script, music

Gameplay: 3.5/5

Story: 3/5

Presentation: 3/5

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JayGatsby

Review JayGatsby 5/5 · Apr 1, 2020

i just really love robots and stories that i cant understand without staring at a wiki page for 9 hours. im not being sarcastic i genuinely love it

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mutantemusica

Status mutantemusica Sep 28, 2019

So many good things with this one: Really good action, crossover between Shoot'em Up and Hack 'n Slash, plus a few novelties like the hacking game. The best game soundtrack of all time in my opinion, followed by the first Nier (and Bloodborne on 3rd). Really good story that don't hold back on being sad or even desperate. On the …

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So many good things with this one: Really good action, crossover between Shoot'em Up and Hack 'n Slash, plus a few novelties like the hacking game. The best game soundtrack of all time in my opinion, followed by the first Nier (and Bloodborne on 3rd). Really good story that don't hold back on being sad or even desperate. On the downside, the character/weapons/visual effects design are great, but the landscape/scenarios could be better, sometimes it seems like a PS3 game remastered, it shows that they were on a tight budget. Also there are too many fetch quests, that type of game design could be changed with a few twists, it fells kinda old for today standards. That being said, overall, it is still a great game and one of my favorites, for sure. Yoko Taro has a very interesting mind/perspective on things and I am already waiting for his next project.

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AndregpsLourenco

Status AndregpsLourenco Nov 23, 2018

One of the best games I've ever played. Took me about 24 hours and not a single minute felt boring or repetitive. The story is amazing and it makes you feel attached to the characters and to the events happening.

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Denaia

Status Denaia Nov 1, 2018

How do I put a 6 stars rating on this thing because only 5 stars are simply not enough for me to express my feelings about this game. I'm speechless. I can't find the words to express it all. Even though I finished all of the main story, the memories and the feelings are going to stay with me forever. …

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How do I put a 6 stars rating on this thing because only 5 stars are simply not enough for me to express my feelings about this game. I'm speechless. I can't find the words to express it all. Even though I finished all of the main story, the memories and the feelings are going to stay with me forever. This is one of the games where I want to know everything about its world, its characters, its everything and fully immerse myself into the story it has to tell. I'm so glad I had the honor to experience all of its glory (no pun intended).

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Jul 22, 2018

I abandoned this game for a year because I wasn't able to defeat a secret boss in my way to the Platinum.

Today I tried again just for the kicks and... enter image description here

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance May 27, 2018

The planets aligned; I finished my prac placement, my university assignments and the girlfriend went away for the weekend. I chose to spend every waking moment with this game and it was spectacular. Ending A achieved.

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StJimmy501

Review StJimmy501 5/5 · May 24, 2018

Strange & Reflective.

I really loved this game. You play an android either 2B, 9S or A2 throughout different sections of the story. Your task given you by your superiors is to destroy the machines that have taken over the earth and driven the humans to the moon. Thats the basic premise.

Theres a great sense of atmosphere the whole time you are …

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I really loved this game. You play an android either 2B, 9S or A2 throughout different sections of the story. Your task given you by your superiors is to destroy the machines that have taken over the earth and driven the humans to the moon. Thats the basic premise.

Theres a great sense of atmosphere the whole time you are playing. From the environment, player character/npc and enemy design to all of the music that is beautiful yet sad. The story emotionally got to me as well, making me fall in love with the 3 main characters. Theres lots of twists that I think were pulled off well, with many mindblowing moments. The side quests are also well done with all of them having really deep payoff moments. The combat is really fluid really reminding me of Kingdom Hearts' style. One thing that I can't deny made me angry about it was the hacking minigame. I was fine with them at first especially when they related to story elements but during one section of ascending a tower you have to repeatedly play them as they get more difficult. I hated that section soo much. It made me soo frustrated. Also the graphics weren't the greatest, they weren't bad necessarily they just didn't seem next gen to me ,but that's a welcome trade for me for everything else the game gives.The environments are cool to explore to see what's next if a little bit washed out sometimes, but that might be intentional adding to the sense of loneliness and isolation. The music really surprised me throughout with beautiful vocal parts. Theres also a great dreamlike quality that kept making me coming back. The questions this game asks are really interesting as well, things like why am I here? What's my purpose? And what really matters?

Cons: -The hacking mechanic frustrated me to no end -Not the best graphics

Pros: -Fun and fluid combat -Great deep thinking side quests -Diverse environments -Beautiful reflective music -Character arcs that really pay off -Awesome story that asks the big questions

Overall, I loved this game. Its not without its flaws and probably not for everyone but it was soo worth it for me. This was exactly the type of game I wanted when I first sat down to play, even though I didn't know it at the time. 😜

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BMO

Status BMO Apr 2, 2018

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I know I’m missing ending Y, but given the requirements that one might take me a bit longer.

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BMO

Status BMO Apr 1, 2018

One ending complete (well, three but let’s only count main endings right now). On my second playthrough as 9S now. Im glad I’m finally playing this, as now I understand why people love it as much as they do.

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