NieR (2010)
PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S
4.03 from 565 ratings
1410 members have it in their collection · 60 playing now · 481 backlogged · 520 wish listed
How long? Main story 21h · with extras 33h · 100% 70h (from 26 logged playthroughs)
Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures. Players assume the role of the unyielding protagonist, NIER, resolute in his quest to discover a cure for his daughter, who is infected with the Black Scrawl virus. With powerful allies and a mysterious book, NIER …
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Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures. Players assume the role of the unyielding protagonist, NIER, resolute in his quest to discover a cure for his daughter, who is infected with the Black Scrawl virus. With powerful allies and a mysterious book, NIER encounters things that will confound even the mightiest of warriors. With NIER, experience seamless in-battle cinematics and explore hauntingly familiar lands, intense action-packed battles, and storytelling like only Square Enix can do
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Details
- Developers
- Cavia
- Publishers
- Square Enix
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
- Themes
- Action, Drama, Open world, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Drakengard
- Series
- Drakengard, NieR
Release dates
- Apr 22, 2010 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Apr 22, 2010 (Full Release) (Japan) Xbox 360
- Apr 23, 2010 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Apr 27, 2010 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Nov 15, 2021 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Related
DLC
- NieR: The World of Recycled Vessel (May 2010) · PS3, X360
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Rating distribution
5 stars
212
4 stars
203
3 stars
113
2 stars
30
1 star
7
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Solid_Kuro Feb 18, 2021
Since having finished the game I've been listening to Nier music a lot and I've found a good tribute album with a few great remixes of the songs from the game. Here they are:
Status Solid_Kuro Feb 7, 2021
NOT how you react when your daughter lovingly cooks you a meal:
Status garnavis Jun 10, 2020
Finally got back into it, and very glad I did. Spoilers from here on.
Finally got back into it, and very glad I did. Spoilers from here on.
I will also say that leveling up some more, unlocking more powerful words, and getting Beastlord up to level 4 have made combat a breeze. I really appreciate this, because I'm not very fond of the combat anyway.
I'm currently coming up on ending C and hoping for more of that sweet sweet lore.
Status garnavis May 29, 2020
Well, I think I'm about 20-30 hours into this game and I'm a little conflicted so far. I don't think I would have played it at all if I hadn't played (and loved) Nier: Automata first. Now I see that its predecessor deals in a lot of the same weirdness and similar themes to that game, and I'm really enjoying …
Read moreWell, I think I'm about 20-30 hours into this game and I'm a little conflicted so far. I don't think I would have played it at all if I hadn't played (and loved) Nier: Automata first. Now I see that its predecessor deals in a lot of the same weirdness and similar themes to that game, and I'm really enjoying that aspect of it. But I'm also really starting to feel the tedium of the sidequests (which I know are optional) and the combat (which is unavoidable). Moving and attacking feels pretty awkward to me, probably because I'm used to Platinum's fine-tuned action combat in Automata. I'm also not really engaging much with the spell system aside from using Dark Blast to finish off weak enemies and Dark Lance occasionally to get a big hit on bosses. Dark Whirlwind has also proven useful in some of the rooms that lock you in and flood with enemies. But for the most part, I find them frustrating to aim, and I'm not even really sure what the purpose of some of them (like, say, Dark Wall) are. But anyway, I'm really looking forward to the rest of this game. I'm in the latter half of route A, and I know there are a few more, shorter routes, like there were in Automata. I'm partially writing this update to convince myself to pick it up again, as I think it's been a week since I've played it.
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Status motorway065 Mar 8, 2020
my favorite thing about nier was the hassle in trying to actually get a copy (this was sometime in fall 2010)
I had to drive to a different city to locate a gamestop with a copy, when I was there the clerk was very insistently trying to talk me out of the game for reasons which I'm still unsure about. …
my favorite thing about nier was the hassle in trying to actually get a copy (this was sometime in fall 2010)
I had to drive to a different city to locate a gamestop with a copy, when I was there the clerk was very insistently trying to talk me out of the game for reasons which I'm still unsure about. he suggested that I get a zelda game instead (I think twilight princess) and when I told him that I don't like zelda games he looked at me like my face started spontaneously melting off.
my other favorite thing was how delayed I was in actually beating it. I got to the first half of route A and stopped because the events were getting too emotional for me. I didn't pick it up until years later where I finally finished route A and then proceeded to see all the endings. great game.
Status Please...callmeYork Sep 9, 2017
This game is something special. I even feel compelled to finish all those terrible sidequests.
Status iguanaDitty Jan 22, 2017
Good if insane story, some good if insane characters. Terrible sidequests, truly the worst I have ever seen. Went on too long. Neat boss battles.