+ 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).

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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One of my favorite RPG stories, i replayed the game múltiple times without even thinking about it because i wanted to know more about the story, understand the lore.
Side quest are not worth the time, but you can just ignore them.

One of my, if not my favourite game of all time.