I think enough time has passed for me to admit I didn't particularly like NieR: Automata. Technically it's a great game with an amazing cast, story, gameplay feel, and jaw dropping visual and audio experiences to delight anybody. However while the original NieR felt dripping with hope and emotion this feels far more distant, almost robotic at points. For me none of the cast came even close to the original and while Automata has its own good cast I don't think I ever would have played it to completion if the name NieR was not attached.

It's not a bad game at all, it's a good game on almost technically every level and I recognize that, but it isn't for me. I replay the original NieR regularly but this I don't see myself ever returning to. If you like NieR there's a good chance you won't enjoy this as much, if you like Automata there's a good chance you won't enjoy NieR as much. Unfortunately due to their design being almost exactly the opposite of each other it creates this weird situation where for me, somebody who loved every part of the original, it just feels like an entirely different type of thing.