It also has butts. BTW: we had some technical difficulties today. Sorry the video looks a bit more compressed than usual. Thanks KZfaq.

Gotta sell my kidney soon, too many games to buy this year for me.

i just love that there's so much "video-game" in this video-game

2B or not 2B, that is the question.

Yoko Taro is a genius of a director and he spent so long in the industry without mainstream recognition. Please support this game people.

I was originally leaning towards not purchasing Nier: Automata, (never played one of Taro's games), but after seeing some reviews I had to have it. And then I couldn't stop playing it! Easily one of my favorites. The story, score, character design, and themes. Really makes you long for this in other games because you can see everything was made with care.

The one biggest flaw of NieR: Automata is that is doesn't include therapy sessions after you're emotionally traumatized by what actually happens to the characters...

My description on very hard mode: Dodge Simulator 2017

Just saying, but, cant't the "repetitive" argument be made about nearly every game?

2017 has been a great year for Japanese games. Gravity Rush 2, Yakuza, Tales of Berseria, Nioh, Zelda BoTW, Nier, KH collections, and soon Persona 5.

"man this game gets too repetitive wahhhhh" *goes out and buys the same shitty COD game for the tenth time*

I cant stop playing this game. I am 40 hours in and halfway through route B and I thought it would be tedious playing through again, but as the other character there is so much more to do. The music is amazing and the graphics and storyline cute and intriguing. love it.

I'm getting it for 2Bs awesome personality

People, support this awesome game.

I've been playing for only 7 hours, but there are already a couple things I disagree regarding this video. First, more attention should be paid to Yoko Taro, director of the game and responsible for its "soul". And second, I find it really hard to believe that you praised the combat and said the story isn't incredible. I'm not saying the combat's bad (Since it's great, up there with Bayonetta and stuff), but the story is SO good. I'll just ignore the part of "better than most anime style..." and jump straight to saying that it's one of the very few times in which I've seen someone write a game, and not a script for a game. By saying that, I mean that Yoko Taro uses every single aspect of the game (menus, mission types, NPC name,s Mechanics, and even game structure itself) to tell his story and reinforce the themes and narrative. Since that's more apparent when you've played previous games, I can't really complain, though. What I can say, to add some more stuff is that it has quite the thematic depth, tackling death, love, existentialism, human nature and philosophy as a form of knowledge. Since I haven't finished, I can't tell if the script is good or not (by that, meaning "the story itself"), but regarding themes and narrative, it's probably one of the best things I've ever played.

Nier Automata has to be one of the best new gen games I've played since they dropped... this game blows me away and I'm so invested in the characters and the story, I love every second of this game.

Zelda BoTW, Horizon Zero Dawn, Nier, Nioh, For Honor and Mass Effect all in the first 3 months of 2017...... holy crap so many good games

Man, I'm defiantly going *2B* getting this game. Heheh. (end my suffering)

Never thought I would like ladders in a game and get excited when I see one

One thing about the storyline. After completing it, I was found myself lying in bed and literally crying. I cant remember other games that forces me to experience such strong emotions. Avoid spoilers at all costs. It is a great game. Glory to Mankind!

Good video other than the comment about "its not the most groundbreaking element of the game" in reference to the story. To say that about a Yoko Taro story and storytelling is evidence that the multiple elements to the story completely flew over your head. I'm compelled to assume you played through Ending A only, but in the case you did get through all the main endings (A B C D and True Ending E) and you're able to say that, then you missed all of the deeply LAYERED, multi-directional, philosophical proposals the storytelling conveys in both big and small ways. The story and his ideas within them, as per the usual Yoko Taro's style, are not the usually obvious kinds and they do tend to go over a lot of people's heads, which is why his older games stayed as niche-ish and had a cult following, because the people who did realize those mind blowing and emotional elements are going to be super passionate about supporting it, while those who didn't are going to focus solely on how bad the graphics/gameplay were for them.

I'm a simple man, if it theres butts, i'll buy it.

"the story is also satisfiying enough. i don't think it's the most groundbreaking element of the game" ...............you have nnnnoooooo idea what you're missing out on :DDD""

You said the story isn't groundbreaking, but did you play all of the endings? Ending D (during the second half) is where everything comes together and it's completely mind-blowing. I 100%ed my file and I want to play it all over again just to have the perspective that comes with the knowledge of the second half.

No before you buy. buy it. it is great. do it.

Before you buy Nier A Tomato.. the game is awesome. And 2Bs booty.

After watching this video, I can safely assume that the gameranx crew had only played through the first ending, despite having *square enix themselves* provide a PSA statement that there's more to the game. Because of this, the review comes off as shoddy in some aspects because its probably not wise to make absolute deductions and critiques off of *LITERALLY 1/3 OF THE ENTIRE STORY*

Who else here because is coming to gamepass 🤔

Finally, Platinum. I missed you.

This is the second time I purchase a game and then an hour later you put up a before you buy lol

"The story wasn't ground breaking..." Fair enough, but it sounds like the typical guy who blasted through the game without reading much into it and was done after ending A... Not the way to enjoy Nier: Automata folks.

if story aspect is not the best part of this game then i just think you have not completed route a-e

My Xbox1 is a dust box at this point.

cmon xbox.....get your shit together......

OMG JAKE you never got Ending E, this is a premature before you buy D: you miss soo much baby boy the plot is everything

56 hrs played = 56% game :( hope this never end xD

I've just finished the Witcher 3 101 hours please I've got to grief

You have no right to judge a Taro story until you get all the endings, something tells me this video was done before finishing ending B.

30 secs in and a mistake is made. Humans were driven to the moon by the aliens, not machines.

Just actually finished the intro/tutorial, the first time since January. Amazing experience :) and I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into the rest of the game. If you're looking to get through the first part without getting really frustrated, hold down the right bumper button and fire continuously. Put the difficulty setting to easy and you basically won't use any of your recovery charges until most of the way through the intro. I started playing this when I was less skilled at playing console games so I'd suggest even with the above tips you get comfortable with controllers and shooters first rather than dive into this as a complete newbie.

I loved it and highly recommend it, the combat system is just brilliant. They'd put up such a huge effort in making 2B look so fast, nimble and elegant at the same time, there are so many different combowombos depending on the gear set of your choosing that will provide a wide variety of options on how to engage the enemy. Then comes the music... MYGOD the music is just as good as the soundtrack of the first one. They kept the essence and writing, basically what made the franchise so awesome and unique, while also improving it's flaws. I give it 9 Hussies out of 10. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

I don't think Jake actually beat endings A-E. He didn't mention important elements that generally would characterize someone playing through the whole story-line. Perspective switching? Plot twists? Nothing? I know Yoko Taro is a fairly unknown figure but give the guy atleast some credit on what he does best guys.

There's a robot orgy that really threw me off. And a few good chuckle worthy missions. Later parts in the game is what makes the game fun,

I really hope Yoko Taro, Platinum, and the rest of the crew get another chance to make another game together. It can be another game to this universe or a completely new IP. I don't care, just something. They really deserve it as this game is just fantastic.

The fact that you can take out HUD elements to make more room for upgrades brings me immense joy for some reason. Not to mention the R3+L3 feature is really a life saver for... sticky situations.

One of the best games I've played in some time and easily the best this year so far. When you get into the 3rd route, damn this game just becomes truly incredible

I just finished the game and all I can say is just... wow. No other game has made me this emotional after completing ending E. BUY IT PLEASEEEE

"nice self contained tale" the game does so much with the lore the knowledge of it actually helps you getting to understand it easier. altho, it also confuses you more at certain moments. sure, you wont feel lost. but it does help to know what people are talking about when it comes to the past

GOTY contender

2:07 EXPERIENCE TRANQUILITY!

This game is one of the most awesome games I have ever played. The soundtracks in this game are absolutely amazing, dynamic and INTO the game, its remarkable.

One thing about this video is the story aspect of the game. I can for sure say that the story is down right incredible as the endings continue off one another. Once you get to route C the story takes a brand new height that will leave you speechless. Downright incredible story no doubt

True GOTY material right here.

This game looks fantastic.

im buying a PS4 just for this game. Criticize me if you will, but this game looks brilliant

Why are people comparing this to Zelda and Horizon? THEY ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAMES! Thats like comparing Outlast to Mario party, It doesn't work. -_-

10 out of 10 for me, i got the early japanese version (which you can select english as txt and voice) and so far i love the music the super post apocaliptic setting, the damn beautiful score, an intersting story and the bloody fast paced, smooth and satisfying combat. i havent played the previous nier, but hell this is my 2017 game.

Honestly the only problem with the different endings is that the term "ending" is kind of misleading, because after you replay the game once you straight up unlock a whole second game's worth of content. It's like they made Nier Automata and Nier Automata 2 and just crammed them into the same game. Which I like because to me there's no better feeling than finishing a good, but somewhat short game only to find out it's not even close to being over yet (Okami, Kid Icarus Uprising, and to some extent MGSV did this as well to good effect). Honestly more game devs should just lie about how long the game is, like if you make a 40 hour game, cut it in half and make the player think they've beaten it at the 20 hour mark, the surprise is always super worth it, it just feels good. The only downside is that, while it's a really cool and interesting way to frame your game's story, hiding the second half of the game behind new game plus means a fair amount of people won't realize just how big the game actually is.

PC gamer: "I just hope the game is stable." Console gamer. "This game is amazing!!"

For me NieR Replicant and NieR Automata were life changing gaming experiences

Love how 2B is semi-tsundere

2BUTT

Nier: Automata is a masterpiece! Yoko Taro is a madman :) The whole Platinum team, literally made me cry :) This game is awesome, GOTY material!!! For those people downloading via torrent / cracked version out there, PLEASE STOP! JUST BUY THIS AWESOME GAME!

I know im 4 years too late here. But you are SO underselling this game! This game is so much more than your description of it. Kind of makes me doubt that you actually played it through.

I'm a simple man I see a Japanese game I buy!

If the PC version doesn't have issues I'm definitely gonna buy it.

You haven't played the whole game haven't you? Coz people got emotional and physiological break down after finding out the true ending. Route A and B are basically the prologue of the real thing, if you only just finished 2B's story, it means you haven't even finish the prologue... and BTW people, don't watch any more trailers or spoilers video, the less you know the better the experience will be.

I know this video is old as shit, but I'm in the middle of playing this game again for the first time since release. It's such a masterpiece.

well i got this game one week ago and i allready got 3 endings lol (2 because i just died in the first 10 minutes xD) i love this game the combat is nice and i really adore the two maincharacters i love their interactions and what i love most about this game is: you are not finished when you get an ending and you need to play it again and again to get all the information and the whole story of the game i recomend this game because its just purely awesome

To be honest, this game originally made me interested because the lead is an android girl. I love robot girls. Then the game turns to be hack-and-slack, JRPG, platformer and bullet hell. In that case, the game has completely won me over.

I was lucky to get no spoilers for this game, needless to say I fucking adored it, I also cried at the ending.

I just purchased this as it’s on sale in the psn store. ^^ I listened to everyone’s positive comments about it so I caved and bought it! Looking forward to playing it!

This game deserves all the praise it gets and more. Best video game OST ever composed, along with its predecessor, gorgeous art direction and graphics, a gripping story and stellar gameplay from the guys at platinum. Go out and buy this in droves.

To bad scalebound is canceled

How does someone who hasnt even completed the fucking "prologue" to the entire "real" game get to review it?? i dont get it. Yoko along with platinium games and SE has made magic here. Ive been a gamer both console and pc, single player and multi player for about 25 years and NEVER have ive been this amazed by a game before. The story is so deep, 10 times i had the feeling okay this is the end and BAM story turns on its head and totally fucks with my brain. Amazing game, 10/10, everyone should give this game a chance, complete every 5 main ending and tell me the story is boring again.

I still don't understand how this didn't win Game of the Year.

Picked this up for $25 shipped from Walmart and I’m loving it. Nothing else out there plays like this game. It feels like the SCI FI souls game I’ve always wanted. I remember playing fast meaty feeling combat years ago with Dark Souls and wished every game played like that. Mix that combat with the stylish DMC animations and you got Nier Automata.

First half: Nier Atamada Second half: Nier Auto mata

I have and i love this game. For being mostly a PC gamer that has a PS4 that barely gets used. The dust that my PS4 has built up is now gone and this game is one of my top 3 games, and i don't see much in the games to come on all platforms out doing this game in the near future. In my opinion this was the spark i need to get back in to console gaming. Nier: Automata 10 out of 10

So I was weary about playing this game over because I know about the alternate endings but didn't care enough to play the game all over again. Then I watched this video and didn't realize starting the game over after beating it is a whole different game and you play as 9S the second play through. So I'm on my second play through and in love again. This game is freaking awesome and its not over when you think it is, start over and keep going!

This actually looks pretty awesome!

i bought nier maybe a week ago. first night i played 12 hours solid and have about 60 hours into it. and i still have another 50 hours that i could be playing to get some more side quests and all the endings

game is fucking awesome

This is my favourite game of all time...perhaps the best story...characters that have stayed with me forever!

B E C O M E A S G O D S B E C O M E A S G O D S B E C O M E A S G O D S

On my second playthrough, and I'm loving it. New side quests and the ability to hack robots makes the game feel almost completely new. Running around as a hacked robot is super fun. Also, I love the super random cutscenes that pop up in the second playthrough. This game will tide me over until Persona 5 comes out.

After 7yrs, I finally got this Game! I dont know why I didn't get it, but all the hype back then and now, its is still a fun masterpiece! Playing it in August 2024!

I knew of the Drakengard games but knew nothing about Bier, and when I played Nier: Automata I didnt feel lost or confused. The game explains its story quite well and has a lot of content in it to keep the player interested. From the story missions, to side quests, this game keeps it fresh in a way. I never felt like it was repetitive or overusing any elements. Over the course of the storyline you do grow to love the leads(me personally, I grew to hate 9S's character towards the end, but I understood him at the sametime). is felt a little too whiney to me and it got really annoying really fast but I understand why he was like that and therefore I dont completely hate his character, I hate the way he ends up. When it's all said and done I love this game and hope that it gets the respect and recognition it deserves.

Guys guys guys.. this game is a fucking masterpiece. Mixing in materials from every game. Omfg I haven't loved a game this much since the W3. I Seriously recommend this game. It's so fun and addicting. I love it so Much

my opinion of the game: hilarious, epic, and very depressing.

Deep philosophy is what makes this game one of the greatest, you can enjoy it just slashing stuff but if you dive deep into the questions in the game, the philosophical caracters and references you can go miles and get completly lost as it names like Nietzche, Jean Paul Sarthre, Simone De´Beauvoir, Soren Kierkegaard, Blaise Pascal, Shakespeare, Marx and Engels, Immanuel Kant, Zhuangzi; and shows all the main human comcepts of life and consciens (to be sure it grasp all your possible explanations of meanings for life) and destroys it with no mearcy to the point you don´t know what makes a person be a person, you can go as far as you like, but I enjoyed going all the way down to the deepest botton of it, and I strongly recommend you do it! trough all the multiple main endings.

One thing I really liked about the game is all the different weapon combinations there are. If you're bored of the combat, just switch up your weapons and try the new combos.

WHY DO WE IN EUROPE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY!!!!

ask for a week off from work. 4 days to finish it 100℅ 3 days to cry

Its on sale on the PlayStation store for 30$ but the sale will be over March 13 at 10:00 pm

I didn't like this game at first but the more I played it I fell in love with it the music the fast paste action the ever changing game play I don't care what anyone says in my book this is a master peace

*Patiently waits for the PC release*

Maybe you made yourself a disservice by not playing the entire game?.....is an experience that I highly recommend....this is a real video game (old school + pushing modern design) experience; I consider this to be one of the very few (and misunderstood) masterpiece video games of this generation; mainstream gamers nowadays most likely won't get the point; this is gaming at it's very classical style......not even mentioning the music yet.....this game has the ability of pushing your hearing sense to entice your other senses.....it is art

Minor nitpick from 3:18 when you finish playthrough A there are 4 not 5 more official endings to achieve but if you only finish the game to credits once there are literally 25 more endings to achieve. Not really a big deal to call out but details do matter especially with a game as detailed as this. If you enjoy video games this is one of the few in this medium I must say is a must play at least through endings A, B, C, D & E. In my personal opinion it is one of the most important video games to ever have been created and is a must play.

Ahh, how I miss the old Before You Buy's from gameranx, where not everything has to be 10 minutes long and the narrator doesn't slur or intentionally slow his speech to pad the runtime. Good times.