Completionist/all trophies/achievments, I would guess (depending on RNG) - 70+ hours.
Seeing the story though to completion with a decent amount of side quests done (and the important endings) - 25-35 hours maybe?
Nier Replicant - Review Thread
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Completionist/all trophies/achievments, I would guess (depending on RNG) - 70+ hours.
Seeing the story though to completion with a decent amount of side quests done (and the important endings) - 25-35 hours maybe?
Ehhh, I feel like you're supposed to get a bit of romantic vibes from Kaine and NieR's relationship. Which is kind of weird if he's like double her age. His relationship with Emil also felt like it's supposed to go for an older brother vibe which also comes off as strange considering the age gap.
People acting like you can't have self sacrifice with out it being a parent->child relationship is the more strange thing tbh.
Do ya'll hate your siblings or something? And its not like media where an older sibling acts as a surrogate father are uncommon i. the West. It is a pretty common sign if hard times.
Combat being improved is good thing, but how much of an improvement? The original was...not great in my honest opinion, and I found it quite boring.
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Unless they did a secret patch, they announced themselves the game would be 1080p/60 on PS4 Pro and PS5 (same for Xbox), are you sure?
I am playing it on PS5, it got 2 patches and is now on version 1.02. I didn't play the latest patch (which is very small) but the game certainly wasn't 4k or even 1440p. Looked very low res on my 4k TV.
I love Automata and undeniably it plays smoother than Replicant/Gestalt, but throughout my entire play I could not shake the feeling that it was not up there with Replicant/Gestalt in its characters, writing, and surprises. Both in terms of narrative and design. So opinions and all that, but yeah. For as good as it is I cannot imagine myself personally considering Automata as the "better Nier game". Replicant/Gestalt landed so very much harder and with such poignancy in ways Automata did not, and was especially more surprising and inventive in its scenarios design and genre shifts.
Well I'm an hour in now on series X.As it's just running in BC mode it has 16xanisotropic filtering (not sure if the PS version does, too). It also supports auto HDR but I turned that off for now.
Running off the SSD load times are 3-6 seconds long. Framerate is locked to 60. And eye balling it I'd guess it's 1080p going off the aliasing.
I'd imagine the PS version is essentially the same, but it's possible things like shadow quality could be slightly higher.
via https://www.pcgamesn.com/nier-replicant/cut-content:
"I feel that the battles in Automata being so highly regarded was all down to Platinum Games' contribution," he says. "That experience has undoubtedly been carried over into Replicant. It was a massive help having Mr Taura and the Automata team overseeing and tweaking the system, too."
1080p was stated in the previews.
via https://twinfinite.net/2021/04/nier-replicant-ps5-xbox-series-x-enhancements/ from April 22, 2021:
"Nier Replicant runs at 60 FPS and 1080p on PS4 and Xbox One consoles, and even on the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro, the resolution and framerate remain the same."
"It appears as though Square Enix and developer Toylogic have decided against bumping the resolution further in Nier Replicant on PS5 and Xbox Series X, though there's nothing to say a post-launch update won't optimize the title for the systems."
No OT yet so I'll ask here. I never played the original game but I have watched Let's Plays and story analysis vids of it so I know all the twists and reveals. Would this still be worth picking up right away or would I be better off waiting for a sale or Game Pass?
I really enjoyed Automata for what it's worth, but the reviews stating they haven't done much to improve the side content has me feeling a bit tepid.
I really enjoyed Automata for what it's worth, but the reviews stating they haven't done much to improve the side content has me feeling a bit tepid.
I'm wondering, how many remakes have scored higher than the original game?
Hyped about this one, especially the music!
Hyped about this one, especially the music!
Cool, thanks! I think I'll grab it on Xbox, then. Shame about the 1080p but it's not as big a downside when there's nothing to compare it to (except PC, which I don't have).
Meant the combat specifically was quite boring in the first game.
Nice, good to know.
My refund for my Greenmangaming order was accepted so get it while you can if you went that route. I'm done with SE on PC. Getting this on PS4/5.
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March 8th. They'll accept refunds for pre-orders as long as they haven't sent out the keys. I asked for store credit which probably smoothed over the process as well.
Yeah Brother Nier treats his sister like she was his daughter, the western version just makes this narrative element more obvious with him being her literal father.
People who call their relationship weird just do it because it's a japanese game.
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They mention that it runs at 4K in the review guide. That's pretty weird. I played on a 1080p screen, so I can't really be sure.
Hmmm, with Returnal looming close, it'll have to wait, sadly...
I loved both titles and while Automata has some things that are a little better, overall i consider the original Nier to be the better game.
Kinda hard for me to imagine someone liking one and disliking the other.
With all the updates ver.1.22474487139 should be even better now.
It's not just lack of features, there seem to be actual problems. No frame limit causing issues with game speed, controller issues, etc.
I...mean
Controller disconnecting is a nonissue unless im missing something, idk how a port causes controller dc (just dont use steam controller)
And framecap it
Thats pretty minor to refund over, am i being weird or thats like 5m of effort to get around for whats presumably a better version overall?
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You don't really need it, but if you really want it the Clemps retrospective is still perfect:
Drakengard Analysis - Clemps (PART 1) - YouTube
The review I watched this morning from GVG mentioned that it ran in 4k... sounds like that might be inaccurate though.
Damn there goes my day 1. Hope they actually fix and patch this one soon.
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Does the review guide say if it's for the PS4/5 version or the Xbox one?
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I did it as well, though they did the refund to my Paypal immediately, I will get it eventually on PC when it's fixed, but for the moment I will pick up the PS4 version. Thank you for the info!
You're not weird. I can almost guarantee that I will not have controller issues with an Xbox One wired controller and vsync is like the easiest thing to handle ever. 5 minutes is a vast exaggeration of a 5 second fix, if your standard setup doesn't handle this by default.
After Automata they needed this to be a perfect port. Not worth giving SE the benefit of the doubt anymore. I'd rather just play the console version but to each their own.
Oh well that's good then. You're welcome!
A lot of Automata fans aren't going to like this, the original was niche for good reasons, but I'm excited and I'm sure many newcomers will appreciate it. Reviews so far seem to be indicating that.
Was being nice to it, but yeah, ds4windows+turning vsync on sounds...really trivial
Im not happy that steam releases a day later basically.
/s? OG Neir had a 68 MC. Deserved too, the writing held up literally everything else in the game.
I knew it.
Square Enix can fuck off with this shit.
I really hope this one tanks on PC
I doubt it. It will be once again saved by the community (like Automata).
I do agree with your sentiment though.
Ugh, cannot wait!
At my in-laws for another month and will be unable to play this, I might lose it.
At my in-laws for another month and will be unable to play this, I might lose it.