I can’t believe I actually played a mobile game for more Nier. Anyway, it’s OK, which makes it probably the best mobile game I’ve played.

It’s got a phenomenal soundtrack, some great character design, and a cool atmosphere with some interesting lore. But it’s just completely saddled with ‘mobile mechanics’. A completely nothing empty battle system just had me running this on auto and sped up for the most part. Every single stat and upgrade (which there are FAR too many categories) road blocked by silly consumables that you have to grind monotonously for. I’m so glad I played this at the end of the life cycle when they were giving these out, I cannot imagine sticking with this before the free stuff.

I didn’t really care for a lot of the stories and just wanted to see the main plot unfold. This combined with the gameplay where I’m not really doing anything just kind of made me want it to be over. The wrap up of both Arc 2 and 3 were great, and all the stuff before it just felt like blockades in the way of these instances.

There is stuff to like here, with some genuinely great moments in the main plot, but I just wish these ideas and characters were used in an actual Nier game, and not through a mobile trudge.

TLDR: incredibly important for the drakenier lore, gameplay bad, story hit or miss, ost amazing as usual.

You know youre in deep with drakenier when you either have played the game or watched 30+ hrs of gameplay on yt.

Unfortunately It was a mobile game so i chose to watch the videos when the EOS came through, i did try It though and the gameplay was abhorrent. That said the story itself is, hmmm, just "good", as theres a main plot but you do spend a lot of time watching the stories of other characters.

Ost and presentation are amazing, thats needless to say for the soundtrack as we have been oh so much spoiled by Okabe through the years(and the rest of the performers, lets not forget about them), presentation and art style however really intrugued me, i liked the contrast between the cage parts and the stories.

3 stars is mainly due to the gameplay and the structure of the, again, story which led to some parts being very hit or miss, for example i know several people who didnt like lars and griffs story while i did, but the opposite happened with Marie and Yuries and since those segments are mandatory to progress the main plot you may spend a lot of time with characters that, at worst, you actively dislike.

One big praise however is just how much info theres in the game, in the old drakenier games theyd leave quite the amount of things outside of the game, here however theres just soooo much info on everything that It really surprised me in a positive way.

Now for the most important part imo, the lore implications: im going to be honest, if youre into the drakenier lore this game Is quite literally mandatory to play(if It ever becomes an offline game) or watch, theres just so so much stuff, so many theories that can tie things together that It really feels like a mandatory experience from my point of view.