Once again, I tried going through NieR: Automata, and stopped during the second playthrough.

I did my reading though and checked what all the fuss was about pertaining to the ending and am ready to say it : this game is dumb as hell.

Granted that ending twist is pretty neat, but the way the flow of the game goes, how mindless the combat is, how grating all the running around and fetch-questing is... It's such a snobbish waste of time ! It feels like the game is saying something deep and meaningful when it's really not. It just steals a bunch of well know philosophical tropes, quotes them and expects you to be mind-blown.

It has a couple of redeeming qualities. I like the visual style and the music (probably the best thing here). But the core gameplay and narrative design had me boiling with impatience.

Playing through your whole flat-ass game THREE TIMES ??? No thanks.