If I Hate Anime, will I enjoy Nier: Automata?
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Quick Update: it's not too bad! Haven't really got far at all, about to go to desert area, but the music is really drawing me in. Open world is very fetch questy right now, but I'm still gonna roll with it for a while.
I hate most animes, but I enjoyed Automata - Mostly.
The sexual pandering was super uncomfortable and unnecessary ,and the story didn't quite live up to it's promise in the end IMO, because like a lot of anime stories it ended up in a semi-coherent clusterfuck. So, it's not quite like Evangelion where it absolutely transcends the tropes of the medium and manages to be a fully coherent masterpiece - It's like 70% of the way there, and sometime it just got stuck way too deep up the genre's tropes and its own ass.
I also enjoyed the socialist and existential name dropping even though the game's narrative didn't manage to make anything out of it.
The sexual pandering was super uncomfortable and unnecessary ,and the story didn't quite live up to it's promise in the end IMO, because like a lot of anime stories it ended up in a semi-coherent clusterfuck. So, it's not quite like Evangelion where it absolutely transcends the tropes of the medium and manages to be a fully coherent masterpiece - It's like 70% of the way there, and sometime it just got stuck way too deep up the genre's tropes and its own ass.
I also enjoyed the socialist and existential name dropping even though the game's narrative didn't manage to make anything out of it.
i hate live studio audience comedy sitcoms, will I like Shaun of the Dead era?
Let me tell you. I hate anime, but I love this game. The acting can get corny at times, but the story is something genuinely unique and worth experiencing. Also, it's not much similar to those other games you listed since it's an action game rather than a JRPG. Nier gets as philosophical as you want it to, especially in the third act.
But yeah, I'm in the same position as you, but I love the game.
Most likely a very hard no. The existence of canonical stage plays alone seals that deal. There are all sorts of philosophical themes that might ascend over basically all else but you could look them up on YT. Friedrich Engels is coming for you:
The semi-prequel is even more niche and frankly more unique than good so don´t even both with its remake. It's one of the most "anime" games of that gen and also a sort of J-PRG.
PS: Taro is a manga, LN and I guess stage play writer. He is as anime as it gets.
The semi-prequel is even more niche and frankly more unique than good so don´t even both with its remake. It's one of the most "anime" games of that gen and also a sort of J-PRG.
PS: Taro is a manga, LN and I guess stage play writer. He is as anime as it gets.
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Made it past the sand with the funky naked Android that got two swords in him. Phew, I'm on the edge here of deciding whether to continue.... I'm curious to it's themes cause I got a feeling it's going to be humans are all gone and be about finding meaning with no meaning if y'all are saying it's existentialist.
Yet I don't know if I can stick it out.Im enjoying combat, but the character designs and aura are kinda grating for me already. I may give it some more time....
Yet I don't know if I can stick it out.Im enjoying combat, but the character designs and aura are kinda grating for me already. I may give it some more time....
As already said, "disliking anime" sounds like "disliking movies" or "disliking books", so you actually meant something more specified.
Speaking of, if you like David Lynch movies, should really watch works by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue is practically Mulholland Drive before Mulholland Drive, while Paprika and Millenium Actress perhaps closer to Michel Gondry works). And like this thread suggested, cyberpunk/sci-fi classics that also touch on philosophy/ideology subjects like Ergo Proxy, Serial Experiments Lain etc. There is also some very avantgarde stuff like Angel's Egg, Tehxnolyze, Ping Pong etc. And i think, that for "based westerner" golden era of anime is late 80s early 90s with titles like Ninja Scroll, Demon City Shunjuku, Genocyber etc.
As for NierA... give it a chance and see if it resonates with you. Though imho, Drakengard 1 is more interesting (but much more painful as game)
is Nier Automata "anime"? Yes. However, anime encompasses a lot more than shonen which is what people think of when they think anime (fanservice, tropey, over reliance on action).
Will you hate it? Maybe? especially if you hate say FFXV.
Will you hate it? Maybe? especially if you hate say FFXV.
Do you REALLY hate anime? It's like saying you hate movies or music, it's just an art form. Have you watched masterpieces like Akira, for example?
You just answered your own question with the very first sentence you wrote.
I honestly gave up on people whenever someone says they hate particular medium. It's not really worth it
I like [vintage] anime, but hate hack and slash gameplay like DMC/Bayonetta, so that rules Nier out right?
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like I said earlier is that "hate" is a strong word. I have not enjoyed anything coming from genre as much as I have tried. I don't know if I dislike all anime as I have not consumed it all, but I guess it would be similiar to movies if I have t found a movie that I liked :)
I'm not disparaging everyone else for enjoying it, I wish I could, I just can't seem to get into it.
Nier A is going back and forth for me but I keep playing so that is good news I guess. Just beat circus part and met Pascal. It's both drawing me in and pushing me away at the same time.
It has the structure and pacing of an RPG, but the gameplay of a stylish action game, yes.
You're Good. I was so sleepy last night, sorry I didn't give your post proper attention. I'm not even that big into anime, but there's a lot of generalize that all anime is had. I just decided to complain about it to the wrong user :p