+ Great story
+ Characters & the dynamic between them is great
+ Combat is a lot of fun and very satisfying
+ Incredible OST

- Lots of grindy fetch quests. If a side quest seems like it'll be boring, don't bother.
- Performance is not very good. You can get a bit better performance by installing SpecialK mod but I had trouble getting my controller working with it.
- Getting all the endings (which is very very much worth doing) will require re-playing huge swaths of the game multiple times. If you don't like that you can look up a guide but be careful with spoilers.
- If there's a chance of your mom walking in while you're playing the game, make sure to download the free DLC and swap Kainé to 2B's outfit lel

9/10; issues are pretty minor, definitely worth buying especially if you played & liked Automata.

I love it when Nier says “It’s Nierin’ time” and Niered all over those replicants

kind of a difficult game to recommend, especially if you're coming from automata (which improves on many of the gameplay aspects: more interesting combat! less brutal grinding! you don't have to play the whole game like five times!) - but ultimately it's rewarding, imo. the way that yoko taro twists together gameplay and story is truly masterful. there's so much to think about here, not only about the narrative but the way it's told. and i love all the characters!! fascinating game, and definitely one i'm still thinking about, even if playing it was not always the most fun experience

Don't know what the ♥♥♥♥ i played but i got depression out of it

I highly recommend this game if you like Evangelion (it's fine if you don't — I still recommend).

After playing NieR:Automata, I decided to play this after seeing that the two red-haired twins and Emil would be in this game. To be honest, both games kind of spoil each other, but I would recommend playing NieR:Automata first since it doesn't spoil Nier Replicant as much.

That aside, this game has a deep story that spans out across five endings. With each playthrough, you uncover more of the story and see the different perspectives of our friends and antagonists. Yes, you have to replay some parts of the game four times, but it's not as long as you think it is if you skip out on irrelevant side quests and load previous save files. While I do see a lot of the reviews on this game saying that the quests are "boring and a waste of time,"  I personally enjoyed doing them and thought it added on to the atmosphere of the game. There is a good amount of grinding and running around in this game, so do take note if you want to 100% the game.

Combat is satisfying, though at times a little annoying. Graphics are pretty good but not amazing or anything (also there are occasional fps drops for some reason). The OST is amazing; I might even say the best video game OST I've heard. Accompanied by the story, it really pulls on your heartstrings. 

This game does leave parts of the story unspoken, which may be pretty confusing, so I do recommend watching some Youtube videos on the game's story and ending after completing the game (which is what I did).

this game makes you feel attached to characters only to see them die in tragic ways - 10/10
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tedium the game. dont care if the story gets better, this ♥♥♥♥ is so utterly boring and id rather hack my arm off with a saw than run back to seafront for the 50th time

really wanted to like it after being obsessed with nier automata, and I tried to overlook it's clunky combat, boring sidequests and thought the main storyline will redeem it, but I was disappointed. It didn't have the depth I expected from nier automata's prequal. I would reccomand to people who really liked automata to watch an overview of the main storyline

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