This review contains spoilers
Game good 8/10.
I liked basically every aspect of Automata slightly more than the Replicant equivalent, whether characters (designs and motives), story aspects or what have you.
Again, I don't really like the idea of splitting the game into 'endings', but it's fine. As long as you know it's a thing the game does, and you SHOULD NOT stop after ending A, it's inoffensive. I just find it, dare i say, unnecessary when i feel like nothing's lost by just making the story flow normally without chopping it with endings.
I liked the vibe of this game more than Replicant, things like the world and characters are neato. The gameplay's also a step up, with customisation working well and not being that much of a chore (like with other jrpgs). Music is peak (and carries the franchise) ofc.
Unrelated rant in-coming, but I feel like I'm just missing something here with the Nier franchise. It just doesn't connect with me as much as with everyone else, and I feel like there are tons of small holes in my narrative understanding that make things feel lacking. Like, all the unanswered whats and whys of just enough small things add up for me to be left feeling like I'm missing the information to make everything click.
For example: What was A2 originally and what's her deal?
Since the commander knows humans are gone, why continue fighting? What do you gain?
What's up with Adam and Eve? Where/what did they actually come from? How?
What's with the white pristine palace places?
What's with the resistance people? Are they androids? What's their deal?
What's with the machines that don't kill? Why?
Like, all those questions may have been answered, and I'm just not paying attention, but either way I'm left feeling slightly confused about the world and all these miscellaneous things.
Maybe I'd be happier if it was longer, or didn't have so many 'endings' before ACTUALLY ending, but right now, I'm just slightly confused and therefore can't sink my teeth into the game anymore than I have to, you know?
tldr, game good, music carries ofc and the game is a step-up from Replicant in most ways. I don't really feel like I understand the game/series enough to connect with it properly though, and I still don't like the 'multi-endings' thing over your typical storytelling (though that's my preference).
I liked basically every aspect of Automata slightly more than the Replicant equivalent, whether characters (designs and motives), story aspects or what have you.
Again, I don't really like the idea of splitting the game into 'endings', but it's fine. As long as you know it's a thing the game does, and you SHOULD NOT stop after ending A, it's inoffensive. I just find it, dare i say, unnecessary when i feel like nothing's lost by just making the story flow normally without chopping it with endings.
I liked the vibe of this game more than Replicant, things like the world and characters are neato. The gameplay's also a step up, with customisation working well and not being that much of a chore (like with other jrpgs). Music is peak (and carries the franchise) ofc.
Unrelated rant in-coming, but I feel like I'm just missing something here with the Nier franchise. It just doesn't connect with me as much as with everyone else, and I feel like there are tons of small holes in my narrative understanding that make things feel lacking. Like, all the unanswered whats and whys of just enough small things add up for me to be left feeling like I'm missing the information to make everything click.
For example: What was A2 originally and what's her deal?
Since the commander knows humans are gone, why continue fighting? What do you gain?
What's up with Adam and Eve? Where/what did they actually come from? How?
What's with the white pristine palace places?
What's with the resistance people? Are they androids? What's their deal?
What's with the machines that don't kill? Why?
Like, all those questions may have been answered, and I'm just not paying attention, but either way I'm left feeling slightly confused about the world and all these miscellaneous things.
Maybe I'd be happier if it was longer, or didn't have so many 'endings' before ACTUALLY ending, but right now, I'm just slightly confused and therefore can't sink my teeth into the game anymore than I have to, you know?
tldr, game good, music carries ofc and the game is a step-up from Replicant in most ways. I don't really feel like I understand the game/series enough to connect with it properly though, and I still don't like the 'multi-endings' thing over your typical storytelling (though that's my preference).