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Nier: Automata Review - IGN

Platinum Games' action RPG is a beautiful, well-oiled machine.

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JMaine5182653d ago

Looks like we got another great game (based on scores) on our hands. 2017 is really becoming something special and it's only March. I have a backlog already.

Good-Smurf2653d ago

My backlog going all the way back to Ratchet & Clank...god my wallet is begging for mercy!

silvacrest2653d ago

Mine goes back to FF15 if im only talking about newish games, if i add older games im going back years, i just dont have the time i used to

DashArrivals2653d ago

My backlog of games I've bought is massive. I haven't played my PSVR for over a month, because I just have so many games that I just have to play. I've got like 5 games I really want to play and finish on PSVR also. Plus Zelda on my friend's Wii-U. Jeepers

Aenea2653d ago

You still have a wallet? My income is deposited directly into Sony's account these days, much easier....

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Teflon022653d ago

Mine is beyond both. A few I forced in because I wanted like, I finished ratchet and 1 trophy from a platinum and platinumed GR2 yesterday. But every release last year otherwise has basically been put in my backlog lol. Mgs5 all the way to games like kill one, knack and infamous s's lol

moegooner882653d ago

A moment of silence for the largest causalities of 2017 please ........ the wallets of PS4 owners.

Clover9042653d ago

Lmao, ive never bought so many games in such a short amount of time...

zivtheawesome2653d ago

89 MC WOW it passed horizon congratz!

MasterCornholio2653d ago

It's just another high quality game that PS4 owners can enjoy. Oh and PC guys can play this as well.

:)

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Why o why2653d ago

come Woolly, You will be welcomed with charged pads and blessed with game upon game

MasterCornholio2653d ago

@Wooly

Don't worry about not owning a PS4. I'm sure you will find something that interests you sooner or later especially given the number of exclusives the system is getting.

mynameisdon2653d ago

Screw metacritic, with hzd not getting the 10 out of 10's posted on there site, they can suck u know what

S2Killinit2653d ago

I thought it deserves mention that this is based on 36 reviews and horizon based on 96 reviews. (Not to take anything away from this because ive heard its a masterpiece as well)

theshredded2653d ago (Edited 2653d ago )

I'll be picking this up tomorrow for sure!

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Yoko Taro Passes Respect; Says Stellar Blade Is "Much Better" Than Nier: Automata

Stellar Blade's creative director, Hyung Tae Kim, has also claimed that the game is deeply inspired by Nier: Automata.

shadowhaxor55d ago

I feel like Yoko is downgrading Automata because he has expressed multiple times he'd like to revisit the universe, but Squenix hasn't been keen about it. We know he loves 2B and would love to take her out for another spin, so maybe this is how he gets the company to think about it.

gold_drake55d ago

u do realise that Square made Nier a franchise after Automata right?

Taro is downplaying it cause hes not a snob like most of the directors that think their games are gods gifts to the human race.

he said the same thing when being interviewed during the development of Automata too, that he couldnt have done it without the devs.

hes just a humble guy rly.

shadowhaxor55d ago

I mean, Neir existed before Automata with both OG Niers and Drakenguard. I don't count NieR Replicant, since it's a remake of the OG games. Sure, we have Reincarnation, which is still stuck on mobile devices (quite a damned shame). I just remember Taro saying he'd love to revisit Automata if Square Enix lets him. I do recall there was supposed to be a sequel to Automata, but it wasn't confirmed and I'd imagine it was just for Reincarnation.

Enjoy Taro, he seems like a cool guy, who loves the ladies and is humble. But damn, don't put down one of your masterpieces.

Cacabunga55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

I really liked Automata and cannot wait for Stellar Blade

isarai55d ago

I get he's giving them some credit, but i strongly disagree based on the demo. I honestly don't think any aspect of it feels good, it's not bad, it's just kinda ok but definitely a little jank. Also the souls like formula it is adopting does not help it imo. I was looking forward to this for years, now im just kinda let down honestly 🫤

fsfsxii52d ago

Its not a souls like, its a dmc-ish game with rpg elements. Any game with a third person camera and a sword is souls like to these buffoons

H955d ago

Man exputer can you stop putting words like that after someone's name, i read Yoko Taro Passes and just went blank

Snookies1255d ago

Same... Awful way to word that title's beginning.

exputers55d ago

Whoops. Sorry to startle you.

H954d ago

It's alright brother, maybe I am just slow

Hereandthere55d ago

Thats because Sony had a heavy hand in funding and developing this game.

purple10155d ago

They sent in XDEV one of their traveling support studios to Korea to lend a hand if I’m not mistaken, Sony pulled out the big guns to help this studio

jwillj2k455d ago

(From the demo) Stellar has better direction in terms of stage layout if you like that ninja gaiden type feel. Nier is more polished by far.

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Stellar Blade X NieR: Yoko Taro and Hyung-Tae Kim on How Their Blockbusters Inspire One Another

IGN: "We talk to Yoko Taro and Hyung-Tae Kim about the ways that Stellar Blade is inspired by NieR: Automata, comparisons between EVE and 2B, and much more."

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NieR: Automata Sequel Has Been Teased By Series Creator

A sequel to Square Enix and Platinum Games' action role-playing game, NieR: Automata, has been teased by series creator Yoko Taro.

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CrimsonWing69106d ago

Is Square’s ethics department gonna insert themselves into this one?

CrimsonWing69106d ago

They weren’t around “last time.”

isarai106d ago

Yoko Taro doesn't play that sh!t

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Dirty_Lemons106d ago

If it can be done right then amazing, yes please. Yoko Taro seems to change it up each time so I'm curious what a 'sequel' really means.

blackblades106d ago

Either way hope he learns and give her more outfits like Stella got.

vTuro24106d ago

On a sidenote assuming this is indeed Nier 3 then I kinda wonder if Yoko Taro will stick to his guns of creating new characters and stories each time, or if he'll continue with 2B & co due to their skyrocketing in popularity. I guess he'll probably do whatever Squeenix pays him to do lol, but I'm hoping for the former. 2B and her gang got a decent enough conclusion (especially for a Yoko game) and I feel like continuing their story would ruin it.

vTuro24106d ago

Actually, now that I think about it, a new Nier game would technically be Nier 4 since the gacha Reincarnation was declared as the sequel to Automata and is therefore Nier 3.

Dirty_Lemons106d ago

Oh man, that game was a slog. Graphics and music were excellent though, and it's nice directly strongly to Automata.

Red3f1ned105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

Tifa is a good sign. There's at least some hope, lads.
Just maybe they'll leave things alone.

Plus, like people are saying - Taro don't play that sh*t.