I bought Drakengard 3 on a whim recently because I heard the main character described as a nympho rotten meat-eating murder hobo.
Can't play it quite yet because of reasons though.
>Personally, I hope the music will be up to par with the original game.
This is my main concern. Really, I can handle everything else potentaiily being shit but this.
Carson Cruz
It's a good game user. I just wish the performance wasn't so shitty.
Joseph Brooks
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David Reed
this will sound weird, but is anyone worried that nier automata looks too good? part of the charm of these games was how everything looked like shit and was repetitive as fuck
also it will probably not be as dark since we are going mainstream now
Oliver White
The fact that it's an RPG, meaning that numbers will matter more than skill
Jacob Taylor
What? It's 60 FPS on both PS4 and PC
James Ortiz
>Platinum >solid frame rate on a console
David Green
It has Taro, it's going to be kaput somehow, against all odds.
Kevin Adams
yeah, I'm not a fan of Platinum getting roped into an RPG project. they are the poster boys for skill > all else and the old nier game looks like the opossite where you just grind all day for dump weapons that 1 shot because arbitrary numbers
Levi Thompson
the only RPG element tha ever mattered in this series, is how high was your ATK to kill stuff faster
Cooper Kelly
Why does the game need that?
Brody Wood
To piss you off.
Luis Wood
Takahisa Taura the "Wild Card" has surpassed the entire Platinum Games teams when it comes to action combat. I will only look forward to his games. And the best part about it is that he's young and at Platinum. The future is bright.
NieR shits on Bayonetta, MGR, Korra, Transformers, their entire line up. I can't wait for this!
Chase Ramirez
So wait, the game's release date isn't worldwide?
How fucking long do we have to wait for a localisation?
Colton Hughes
It has a released date already, what are you talking about!?
Blake Cox
Fuck, I didn't mean to reply in that first post. But the 23rd of February release date is just for Japan. We've yet to get news for when it's coming out in the West.
Nathaniel Hughes
I hope you're right, Platinum haven't been doing much to impress recently, hopefully this game is something unique.
Bentley Miller
I think the music will be Great, go listen to Garo the Animation's or YuYuYu's osts. MONACA still has it. I just hope the final boss isn't a song for a third time.
Jose Sullivan
Don't worry, it'll be a taiko drum sequence.
Isaiah Myers
I don't think Taro would do that again honestly, he'd want to do something different.
Julian Roberts
A boss fight with random FPS drops.
Christopher Clark
OOOH BABY BABY ITS A WILD WORLD
Daniel Richardson
I hope it can top MGR and Bayonetta 2's soundtracks. Platinum hav such a good fucking record for OSTs.
Dylan Thompson
The final boss will be a 3D bullet hell in space.
Jose Lopez
I missed Nier originally, is there anyway to play it if I don't have access to last gen consoles? Have they mentioned a rerelease?
David Taylor
the fps drops will be a boss battle mechanic
Cooper Murphy
No to both I'm afraid.
Christopher Wilson
I can see it, Taro would probably make Game Overs turn off your console if he could.
Justin Stewart
game will be flooded by action faggots bitching about the rpg system
Sebastian Rodriguez
Don't expect the same kind of soundtrack as most Platinum games, it'll sound more similar to the first Nier game.
Hudson Wood
Rightfully so. It's fucking Platinum and if it isn't a Platinum game that favours skill above all else then why are they working on it?
Daniel Campbell
game will have rpg elements like quests, npcs to talk and you action faggots will bitch about it "where's muh action"
Gabriel Clark
I wish all platinum fanboys would drop dead.
Asher Price
Scalebound is an ARPG too, are you gonna get mad at them making that too?
Michael Foster
Although it is sad that all threads will instantly devolve into shitposting like this, I will fucking lap up all the delicious platinumdrone tears with glee.
Camden Turner
Aslong as there isn't arbitrary number faggotry and endless breaks of nothing inbetween cuhrayzee action.
He says in a thread about a game thats only known because of Platinum.
Gabriel Flores
It's an RPG, not a straight up action game, so there'll be breaks between the action.
Brandon Lewis
Probably. Then again, it'll probably do its own thing as well. That said, I have faith that Okabe and company wouldn't fail to at the very least make a very decent OST.
I also expect some sort of one/multi-woman wail and choral arragement being part of the soundtrack. Okabe seems to be pretty fond of that musical trope.
>fame >meaning fucking anything in regards to a fucking Taro game No one that played his games went in giving a single shit about the gameplay, people just wanted to see how deep the rabbit hole goes, as far as I'm concerned Nier:A could play like absolute shit and I'd still finish 100%.
Jose Young
>neirfans dont want to play video games jesus christ this is why we need platinum
Camden Long
No, we don't need platinum, tarofriends never needed platinum. This is why I didn't want platinum to work on this, all their name brought with them was cancer.
Alexander Carter
>Develop a rich open world, crafted with the closest attention to detail, and populated with a diverse set of NPC's and enemy types >Game is only 5 hours long
T-thanks, Platinum
James Harris
I thought it was a nice addition. Now there's a Taro game that actually has the possibility of decent gameplay to compliment his batshit insane stories.
Michael Edwards
Nier is a great game in spite of its clunky mechanics, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still feel like a chore to play at a lot of points
If Automata has the same quality writing, characters, and worldbuilding as the first game just with better gameplay, I'll consider it a huge improvement
Aiden Sanchez
They already said in an interview that it'd be overly long and drawn out to satisfy your autism
Leo Ward
I can't wait to see Emil again.
Nathaniel Long
Nah, I'll take a return to mediocre gameplay if it means getting rid of platinum and their taint.
Camden Cox
It's probably going to be depressing and laced with suffering, m8.
Emil had a hard life.
Luis Ross
He will probably not even be the same character anymore.
I know he may not be the same, considering how long it's been.
Hudson Garcia
I see a lot of hate for P*. What's wrong with Platinum? Yeah sure, some of their fans think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread >muh hardcore cuhrayzee xD But aside from some of their fanbase, they make great games with great combat and fully realized aesthetics and worlds.
Juan Sullivan
I bet you'll have to put him down in a boss fight.
Joshua Baker
They're slowly infiltrating Nier/Drag-On Dragoon threads and corrupting the purity of the discussion that goes on.
Speak not the P*, Draw not the P*, Write not the P*, Sculpt not the P*, Sing not the P*, Call not the P*' name.
La la-la La!
I jest. I agree with you at the very least. Most of Platinum's output is solid. Here's hoping they could do Automata justice.
Michael Richardson
Did you watch any of the gameplay? It just looks like button mashing and spamming the dodge button when something happens, I can't see there being a very high skill ceiling anyway.
Caleb Morris
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Xavier Campbell
>muh skill ceiling >in a taro game
Brandon Anderson
Yeah they said in an interview that the gameplay would be dumbed down compared to platinum's other titles and it would be mostly RPG
Josiah Ward
No, in a Platinum game. Skill ceiling is VERY important.
Jordan Robinson
Hey, it takes skill to make sense of a fight when the framerate drops to silky smooth single digits.
Aiden Miller
Nah, it's a taro game, platinum is only there to bait in idiots that don't know what they're getting into.
Asher Ortiz
This is a game. Gameplay is important and Platinum are objectively the best at gameplay. Nobody is coming to this game for some weird autistic masked developer who makes
Robert Nguyen
Why do Taro fanboys take pride in liking shit gameplay?
Daniel Brown
Oh man I hope that boss that messes with the games FPS actually happens.
Taro's crazy enough to do it
Ryan Rodriguez
That is actually exactly what many people are coming to this game for. Gameplay by Platinum is just a bonus.
Robert Lee
Is 9S the only male on the station?
Ryan Myers
Only in your circlejerking Cred Forums threads. Literally everyone else are asking themselves 'who the fuck is taro, what the fuck is nier and why is it rated so terribly. Platinum deserve better than this'
Ryder Hill
>Nobody is coming to this game for some weird autistic masked developer who makes
Juan Roberts
If I hadn't played Nier, I wouldn't have given this game much of a glance 2bh.
Mason Morgan
>Platinum are objectively the best at gameplay. Their track record hasn't been that impressive lately.
Eli Lopez
People are here for taro, but then again, platinum does churn out garbage so they do fit each other.
Ian Wright
You don't matter though, hate the game, don't buy it, hell feel free to boycott it, Taro will still somehow make yet another game.
Liam Hughes
>Platinum deserve better than this After TMNT no they don't.
Eli Cox
You are a minority inside your own circlejerk. Cuhrayzee is what people want and NieR will only survive by giving it to them.
Only because he's being propped up by Platinum.
Mason Cox
>Platinum deserve better than this
>what is Legend of Korra >what is tmnt >what is scalebound
Cameron Edwards
Prepeare for the PCuck steam memester flood that will turn the whole series into another meme. Enjoy Drakengard/Nier while you can my friends.
>Cuhrayzee is what people want and NieR will only survive by giving it to them. >Taro games >needing to sell to make sequels Good one, every game the guy made has been a flop and he still gets more made.
William Robinson
>Implying Cuhrayzee doesn't also only appeal to a minority
Parker Fisher
I feel like developers don't use FPS drops enough as weird/mindboggling mechanics
Killer is Dead had certain animations play at a lower framerate than Mondo's average movement and it looked cool as fuck
Owen Peterson
MGR and Bayonetta are extremely well known, highly rated video games that won many peoples GOTY. Nier is a literally who circlejerk that Platinum clearly felt generous and decided to teach these literal whos a lesson on good game design.
Juan Kelly
Shut the fuck up retard.
Brody Lopez
>Cuhrayzee is what people want You must not like the look of Scalebound then.
Charles Smith
Stop taking the bait you dumbasses
Liam Perry
They must be repurposed sexbots or something.
Lincoln Hughes
>Hopes? People ignoring shitposters. >Concerns? It won't happen.
Evan Russell
Is this in the actual game? It's not a hack or anything?
Asher Roberts
I'm pretty sure it's fan made.
However Yoko Taro is actually married to a woman who worked on the Taiko: Drum Master stuff, but I believe she was just a graphic designer.
Aaron Carter
So have you faggots even tried to contact her and tell her request a real 2B cosplay or what?
Actually don't do that, because some of you faggots are too creepy and would probably get banned from pornhubs due to abuse or some shit.
Jason Bell
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix is a rpg and numbers do not matter more than skill in it. A well balanced action rpg won't have these problems.
Charles Jones
Fuck off Fuck off
Nicholas Edwards
>Personally, I hope the music will be up to par with the original game. With Keiichi Okabe and Emi Evans being involved again it should be. youtube.com/watch?v=Wzh_kyMp55U
Nolan Richardson
I'm worried they're going to do something stupid like have J'Nique Nicole versions of each Emi Evans song for the US release while they get all Emi Evans.
Nicholas Jones
Drakengard Remaster with a stable framerate when?
PC release when SFM models when?
Is this the only song they've released so far?
Oliver Cook
thanks for beta testing.... oh wait.
Levi Kelly
Its comforting to know that everyone will be playing this when it comes out.
James Clark
I didn't know robots had allergies.
Carson Cooper
Any decent action game will be fun enough where it's worth replaying, and presumably it's going to have multiple endings, so you'll be doing that anyways.
Camden Garcia
Are the weapons from the first Drakengard going to be in Automata given they were in Nier?
I'm curious to know if those would have survived the passage of time.
Christian Davis
You can bet your ass the finger is gonna be back.
Luis Price
I'm sure at least some of them will be back. Iron Will/Hymir's at the very least.
John Richardson
>this will sound weird, but is anyone worried that nier automata looks too good? I guarantee you that if the game turns out to be excellent in every way, with excellent gameplay, a comprehensive and extremely enjoyable story, and music that beats the fuck out of the first Nier, it will be widely loathed because there's nothing else to hate about it.
Nolan Hughes
Doesn't the XBONE have that emulator function that allows 360 games to be played? Nier was on the 360.
Blake Sullivan
>>a thread about a game thats only known because of Platinum. ...really, man?
Liam Morris
It only supports certain games, with new ones added periodically, if I understand it correctly.
Adrian Sullivan
I don't know, but I've been trying to find a copy of Drakengard to find out myself.
It mentions that whoever was writing the journal entries was attempting to draw forth an "Angel".
When they say "Angel" are they referring to the things summoned by the Intoners in Drakengard 3 or the abominations that show up after Manah is killed in the original Drakengard?
Tyler Thompson
Will Emil end up as a boss?
Gavin Mitchell
I need to watch them vids all over again. Dude's got a weird dick tho
Levi Garcia
Who knows but I hope this time the endigs are part of a route and you have to fight Emil at the end of one.
Gabriel Miller
Wouldn't be the first time a protagonist would have been a boss if Drakengard 2 and possibly Drakengard 3 are to be believed.
Leo Lopez
I don't see why not.
William Rogers
>Drakengard 3 What?
Henry Brown
>>Drakengard Remaster with a stable framerate when? I was actually thinking about this today. It'd be really nice if they released a copy of Drakengard 1 along with Automata just so people can understand what the connection between Nier and DoD is, especially since that one guy has the Watchers insignia and red eyes in the trailer.
Connor Morgan
Well, shit. Nothing much to be done about that except have patience, I guess.
Luke Price
They're implied to be the same thing. >>Research Report 2. I refer to calling forth angels from nothing, without a host. This "forced summoning" theory suggests angels exist on a different existential plane.
The "without a host" aspect is big, because Manah was the host in DoD1 and then shit got real after she died.
Alexander Parker
Well, if you buy into that business about Zero being related to the Grotesquerie Queen, it'd mean she was technically a boss in Drakengard 3 and Drakengard 1 lore wise.
Eli Martinez
Is it odd if I found Taro Yoko's presentation on how he goes about his literary writing process to be oddly enlightening?
I have such a love hate relationship with Nier. The story/music/cutscenes were so great but the gameplay was just such utter shit.
I did like that NG+ started about 70% of the way through the game but there was so much I only played once and forgot about.
Weren't there a few top down sections in Emil's dungeon?
Nathan Harris
Yeah. I think they were isometric.
Jeremiah Brown
Yeah, most of the dungeon was almost was weird camera angles. Isometric like Diablo, top down like twin-stick shooters, etc...
Lincoln Johnson
I saw that. It's super interesting
Zachary Martinez
I like how he pointed out how odd it was that protagonists in games like Dynasty Warriors could hack and slash their way through whole battlefields and then go home afterward as if they didn't just commit mass murder.
Logan Richardson
>Wasn't a big fan of Drakengard gameplay wise but the fucked up world and design choices I remember most >Nier is pretty awesome. Combat does it's job and it wasn't as much as a slog like Drakengard. Absolutely loved the soundtrack and characters >Followed Kamiya and Mikami leaving clover going into Platinum, love their games
>Nier sequel with platinum's development, 60 fps, Taro liking to work with Plat instead of fighting against them. >Emil skeleton mask interviews >Yoko Taro still wants to experiment, don't know what the fuck he is going to do after what he did with Nier and Drakengard
I don't know why Nier fans need to be aggressive toward P*. I feel like there is a decent overlap of fans for both developers.
Cameron Clark
Why is so hard to find Drakengard 1 and 2?
Ian Hill
Do you remember when "Ludonarrative Dissonance" was a term being thrown about like a college slut?
He's right. Sometimes story and gameplay can completely disrupt the "atmosphere" that a game forges. The example that everyone loved to bring up was Uncharted. Nathan just fucking mows-down everybody and is still a pompous dickhead, nothing changes.
Carter Campbell
Taro's wife is the lady that does the art for taiko drum master right?
Caleb Adams
I am extremely excited about it as a fan of Nier, to the point where I still almost can't believe it is happening.
Andrew Cox
I hope its really challenging
Jaxon Rogers
PC gamers don't deserve to play this series. If these cunts never supported Japanese games when they were on consoles. why the fuck should they be allowed to play them now!
Jace Evans
Same. I really like when a director gets to make passion projects. The gaming industry could use more of that.
Like with Suda51. Killer7 and No More Heroes are fantastic games. Say what you want about certain aspects of design, the one thing that cannot be said of these games is that they're homogenized or samey like 80% of what the industry has to offer.
Ayden Cruz
Because this was a niche game and while Platinum does make some good games we always end up being smothered by the rabid fanbase treating them as the most perfect thing, people don't discuss the game itself or what game is about, they keep circle jerking about how great platinum is and when you bring that to a community that enjoyes the story, music and characters and keep screaming about how everyone should be hyped about the gameplay people are goign to be pissed and then of course you have console warriors like this faggot who uses the game as some sort of epeen measuring contest
Cameron Turner
You can't be serious.
Cameron Russell
>Play Drakengard 3 >freaking annoying high pitched voice dragon playing in mud and piss
How do you even begin to defend this? If you find this....
Easton Gray
He's cute.
Landon Davis
This dude is my fucking hero, everytime I hear him talk about writing I feel like I could have a shot to get somewhere as a writer,
Jose Perez
what exactly is "cute" about it? you find that annoying voice to be cute? Not to mention his personality. He acts as if he's a spoiled brat. No no, he far worst than that. Even spoiled brats aren't that annoying. I just want him to shut the fuck up, so got damn annoying every time he says something.
Hunter Bennett
mikhail is one of the best characters of the game, made me laugh a lot
Jack Brooks
It's the kind of character that comes off as super annoying when you're first playing the game, then eventually, as you progress further and further into the game, he grows on you.
Carter Richardson
I didn't really find him "annoying".
Also, he's literally a child who currently lives with a psychotic ex-prostitute.
Christopher Young
>ex-prostitute.
keep going.
Oliver Gutierrez
His nature is also supposed to compliment Zero's isn't it?
In the Japanese version, she's supposedly motherly and sweet at times with her threatening dialogue towards him isn't she?
Nicholas White
Zero was sold to a brothel by her mother at a young age.
I believe so. I haven't really listened to the Japanese version other than maybe the first hour or two, but Zero does sound noticeably less ANGRY than English Zero. I didn't really mind the dub too much, though I think they could've taken her yelling and swearing down a notch.
Ryan Brown
if you think about its pretty crazy that he still gets to make games
he must have made a pact with something
Jose Reed
Taro is my favorite person.
Bentley Brown
Are the first two games worth playing or should I just watch commentary-less playthroughs? The series sounds neat and I want to at least get some background before jumping into the newer stuff.
Andrew Hernandez
This game is good for day 1 pirate
Matthew Hughes
Sucks that you like this game enough to pirate it but aren't willing to support it so that we can get more NieR feat Platinum combat.
There's still 5 months, maybe you can save enough to buy it instead.
Joshua Green
As of now, I know of no other game that is a valid candidate for the best game this generation has put out. Automata's looking like it will snatch that position away, nothing looks as good as it does.
Parker Hall
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Angel Bennett
>Fan flips shit in reaction video >Uses that to make an ad >Goes to meet him Is there any proof that Toro isnt a god? youtube.com/watch?v=xLNXM_9u1G8
Blake Thomas
Me too, Taro, me too.
Actually, I just want to be "good" with one girl; you don't know how bad I need you, V.
John Parker
>V
Isaac Stewart
I did not refer to the board, but rather a girl's name. An initial, if you will; her name starts with a "V."
Christian Young
I hope they will release DLC where you play as A2, same as they did with Sam in Revengeance. A2 is CUTE!
Robert Hughes
9S, 2B, and possibly (they didn't want to outright confirm) A2 are playable.
Jackson Fisher
>Personally, I hope the music will be up to par with the original game
So far these are what we got. What do you guys think so far? Personally, I think it will at least be on par with the original (albeit a different sound as Keiichi Okabe wants).
Samuel Brown
>tfw I preordered the black edition
James Long
As someone who only got into DoD through the Nier soundtrack. I want to learn all there is.
Is there a video series I can watch to get all the information? If not I have a PS4, could I get them all on there?
I just really loved Neir's music and I just found out it's part of a series and the entire series has music just like it.
Yes, but there are things in the international version that have been censored that you might want to look up afterwards.
Nathan Garcia
Like?
Gabriel Perry
How far in are you?
Jordan Adams
I have the money, I just don't want to support this piece of shit studio.
Michael Cox
>selfie Let's face it. The game is going 2B A2/10 at best.
Grayson Campbell
>Hopes Likeable characters and great story Not too worried about OST and combat though
>Concerns Western release date no longer early 2017, causing spoilers and shitposting to infest NieR threads once it's out
Dominic Wood
I want to give A2 a facial.
Jonathan Reed
I just bought the first game on a whim today at gamestop, played a bit got to just after saving daughter from eastern shrine or some shit, not very far. Bretty fun, albeit it looks fucking awful because 480p shit, and they spared no expense at making Papa Nier as ugly as possible. Should I bother with side quests or just do the story of the game?
Chase Gray
Well I just finished part 1 of 20-something of the first game but it's late so I'm going to bed.
Connor Stewart
Holy shit she's perfect
Daniel Diaz
Any other music that sounds like this?
Alexander Wright
Well, given he had absolutely no experience with writing and was essentially just made the writer of Drakengard 1 thanks to luck, it's not surprising. Fucker basically had to self-teach himself how to write, and decided that it'd be best to learn himself instead of copying books and movies.
A lot of people feel that developers should hire writers from movies and other media like books, but I wonder if it would actually be best if developers attempted to cultivate writers on video games alone like Yoko was.
Nicholas Brooks
i'll tell you after the last part
Evan Gomez
Do we have the emil remix of the demo gameplay from TGS?
Are you already happy about the fact that her playtime will be the shortest? Also you are most certainly going to brutally killher.
Juan Jenkins
Feel like emulating Drakengard. What's the best way to go about it?
Liam Torres
She'll have longer playtime in my dreams so it's ok
Luke Butler
Is Drakengard important to play before playing Nier, or can I just play Nier and not be lost?
Brandon Fisher
Is she going to play flute in your dreams?
Leo Ward
You can play them in either order
Carson Cruz
You better not be muting the music nigga. Papa Nier will look better in the second half of the game.
>Should I bother with side quests or just do the story of the game? It's your first playthrough, do them if you want some money or if you just like to do them for character dialogues. A good number of them can be tedious, so maybe just stick to the main story for now. You can start worrying about doing side quests to get weapons in your following playthroughs.
Liam Ortiz
Why would I mute the music?
Tyler White
>inb4 emil made a robot nier and a robot kaine >inb4 you destroy them for his very eyes
Luis Allen
A surprising amount of people I know do it.
Jeremiah Campbell
>robot nier Who's nier?
Jackson Jones
>he doesn't know about ending E
Alexander Bailey
So the planned demo for 2016 will most likely be a PS4 exclusive, right? Though they did say they've developed Automata in PC from the very start, then ported to console. I hope both platforms get it.