Thanks for waiting!

Platinum should get all the assets and engine of Scalebound and transform it in Drakengard.

I swear....2b's ass gives Bayonetta, Raiden and Snake a run for their money.

A Yoko Taro game which actually scored (way)above average on Metacritic? There's still hope for this industry...

I just finished this (meaning endings A-E) a few hours ago after putting roughly 35 hours in over the weekend and oh boy do I want to die now.

holy shit, I went from skipping pretty much every release last year to buying every fucking thing that comes out, this year is to be the harshest one on my wallet yet

The thing about most robots having emotionless voices is actually addressed in the third playthrough. There's a brief segment where you control Pascal in the village, and when some of the children greet him, he remarks that their speech is getting better. I'm assuming this means that Pascal is teaching the robots how to actually emote with their voices, since they all know how to speak to begin with. Either way, I can't wait to see your analysis video and what you think of things. This game has still left me with some really interesting questions that I'll be mulling over for weeks.

SPOILER If the emotions thing was a rule, I dont really remember anyone else enforce it. It seems that only 2B uses it as a mantra for her own personal reasons as we see later in the story.

Who helped a complete and total stranger?

Recently beat ending A. It was good. The area where "Becoma as gods" fucked me up though. I wasn't expecting that to happen. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS BECOME AS GODS BECOME AS GODS BECOME AS GODS BECOME AS GODS When I went in there I thought it was quite quaint that they formed a religion. Quite a nice way to show them becoming more human like. Course until you go down the elevator and see the hallway lit by torches, making you feel uneasy. And then you continue on, and discover this is a DEATH CULT YEAH. The ensuing dungeon is great, and the music completes it. I find myself saying BECOME AS GODS randomly. Definitely one of the most memorable places in games, along with the copied city. I was expecting more caves underground, but exiting to find an all white city left me speechless. Amazing work. Anyway, onto ending B. GLORY TO MANKIND.

I've been holding off on Nier, despite buying the Black Box Edition, because I wanted to get through Zelda first. I knew if I played Nier first there'd be no way I could get into Zelda after that. I'll be starting it up this coming weekend, since it's the start of my spring break.

I think the tone of pascal's voice may be because she lived for a very long time - and studied humanity for much longer than most other robots that you get to talk to? Nothing concrete, though.

I can't wait for the nieR: Automata analysis video.

I feel like I'm the only one who feels that mentioning you play as 9S and A2 as spoilers in of itself. I went in completely blind and it was a nice surprise after finishing the first ending and so on. Maybe that's just me, though.

So...I'm going to find the least spoiler-y way to say this, so I'm going to talk very vaguely here, but I think you might see where I'm going with it, at least if you played past a certain point in the game. So yeah, kinda-SPOILERS Ready? Okay. So at around 7:30, Clemps mentions the "Forbidden from showing emotions" bit. I can't remember anyone other than 2B ever actually talking about this. And I'm pretty sure it's just something she insists on saying to 9S specifically. If you've gotten past a certain point in the story you might have an idea why she'd insist over and over to 9S to cut back on the emotions, at least when in battle, yet no one else really having an issue with it. MAYBE the Commander, who would do so for the same reasons. Double Spoiler conclusion: Basically, I think she's just making it up.

This game need not just a review, but a Analysis. And Clemp is the only man with yellow glove that I know.

Now that the world is finally getting an accessible Yoko Taro game, LET'S HAVE A REMAKE OF DRAKENGARD 1 WITH PLATINUM!

Great review Clemps. I'm a need fan of yours and I've got to say that your style of video and the way you broke down the Drakengard and Nier series was pretty fucking sweet. Thanks for not spoiling Automata (I only just picked it up today) and your review has just excited me about it even more

I'm really glad I'm not the only one bothered by the "rule" about androids showing emotion. Within the first ten minutes of the game I was wondering why the androids even have emotions and why nothing's being done by 2B's superiors to suppress them if they aren't allowed. Now I'm nine hours in, the rule hasn't been brought up since the opening, and I'm wondering why it was mentioned at all. From what you said, it sounds like the rule won't have any bearing on the story going forward, so I guess I'll just forget about it.

Your videos are really great to watch and you seem like a super nice person! Thanks for all the work, definitely looking forward to your future vids!

Thank you for all your hard work, you were essential in helping me understand and experience the game in a different light. Caught up even, for the release of Automata. I look forward to your later videos, so keep at it!

Can't wait to see your analysis video whenever it comes about. I finished this game a couple weeks ago, and thought it was astounding.

BECOME AS GODS Great review Clemps, been loving the Yoko Taro analysis videos and made sure to get through endings A-E before watching your review. I still have so much more to do though and I've already logged over 40+ hours. Hope to see an Automata analysis soon :)

Waiting for the glorious in-depth analysis, loved the game and loved your original Nier analysis!

Long ass post incoming. (SPOILERS) credits to +ShutUpAdachi 2B being 2E really forces you to look back and recontexualize a lot of what happened throughout the game. Specifically, much of the interaction between 2B and 9S changes when you take this into account as well as the implication that they've actually known each other for a much longer time than the game would have you think turns their relationship into something far more tragic. Just a few examples. -Why 2B in particular is such a stickler for the "Emotions are prohibited" rule. She wants to keep herself from getting too attached to someone she's been forced to kill repeatedly. She obviously fails in that regard. -Why she's so insistent about repeating that rule to 9S and keeping his curiosity in check. She doesn't want him poking his nose around information that might end up forcing her hand. -Why she goes from stoic indifference to being on the verge of tears at the end of the first level of the game when a person she's supposedly known for only about an hour is dying. -A very subtle scene when you're first in the Bunker and 2B and 9S repeat "Glory to Mankind" and 2B balls her fist. She knows that the reason they're waging this ultimately meaningless war to begin with is a complete lie, a lie that results in countless android deaths and forces her to keep killing someone very close to her. -And for that matter, why someone so completely professional like 2B is fine with speaking surprisingly casually with 9S. Telling him that she doesn't need to call him ma'am, accidentally calling him Nines not too long after saying she wouldn't, etc. -Why 2B was chosen to go with 9S for a mission that was initially primarily just recon, a question he asks himself shortly before entering the City Ruins for the first time. It's her job to keep an eye on him. -Her words of "It always ends like this" after she kills 9S at the end of Route A and B, a line that initially doesn't make much sense by itself when you think back in it. -Why she was chosen to dispatch the deserters in "YoRHa Betrayers". It's her true function. -Why she was prodding 9S so much about accepting the "Amnesia" quest. At first it seems like it's just 2B being jealous (and it partially might be) but he was also on the verge of discovering something that could've been fatal for him. And the fact that 9S apparently *knew*, even if maybe subconsciously, the entire time is opening a whole 'nother can of worms. That scene in the second recovery unit where 9S finds a bunch of 2B's data inside, calling them his memories, lends itself to a theory I have about how 9S has been able to keep himself from forgetting everything after each death, namely that he's been using 2B's memories rather than his own to keep himself up to date. And the fact that 9S really does care about and want to connect with 2B in spite of all the bottled up hate and resentment that he tries to keep in check. By using her memories, he finds himself able to sense and understand the intense turmoil she goes through every time, forcing himself to empathize with her in a way that he almost doesn't want to. The whole part about using 2B's memories to prevent himself from forgetting is only a theory though, so take it with a grain of salt. It's also entirely possible it's a subconscious feeling rather than something he's entirely aware of. And before this goes on for even longer than it has, I also want to point out that 2B's true role is the likely reason why 9S, a scanner model not designed for combat, is even capable of such in the first place, and that he's even good enough to slaughter a group of 2B models. Getting stuck with a partner who's been ordered to kill you if you learn too much makes it a good idea to reprogram yourself with serious self-defense capabilities. And speaking of those 2B models, why 9S was so ecstatic to murder them. He was venting. Really, really venting. And then there's the whole interplay of sex and violence thing YoRHa units were programmed with, which is yet another can of worms that I won't go into because this comment is crazy long as it is. Prolly a Freudian thing. Finally, an unrelated tip. That doorway that was barricaded, located at the top of a really, really high ladder in the city ruins? It's clear now. Has been since the start of Route C.

Hey There Automata fans, please enjoy this link to an animation I made for the games US Release. vimeo.com/207252380 And a thanks to Clemps for promoting and providing insight to the series!

Your review came out faster than expected. I only just started the game myself, but I will be sure to watch this in full after I beat it.

If this game doesn't get nominated for GOTY then there is something wrong

This moment if you suddenly see another clemps video , run against a wall by pure happiness , wake up 2 hours later , see the video , support the the creators of the beautyful art that clemps got fpr his awesome channel and run against a wall again because the review was awesome ! Did i mention i ran against a wall by pure happiness because of clemps new review ?

Yes make a patreon!! I would love to help support your channel for you to produce more content. There is so much love and effort put into your videos. I can safely say you're my favorite person to watch on youtube. I am so hype for the analysis.

It's like Yoko Taro read every existentialist philosopher and made a whole game series about it. I love your videos so much. Keep up the great work.

One thing I loved about this game were the side quest...some of them. Some are your normal fetch quest, but some have so much meanings to them and can tell the npcs story.

A great video as always Clemps. I just complete endings A-E (along with some of the joke ones) and now I'm probably just gonna binge watch your videos. Somehow, even if I have no interest in the games you speak about you still make them interesting. Thank you for adding Subtitles/Captions, too. I'm not deaf, but I find it hard to pay attention to what anybody is saying if there aren't subtitles. Keep up the good work. :)

When i heard the line "Emotions are prohibited" i immediately made the connection that 2B doesn't mean it to be taken literally but that it was rather her way of stopping 9S from his friendly chatter which she has an understandable aversion of. I was extremely reminded of the character Aika from the Anime Aria who would often say something like "Embarrassing remarks are prohibited". Interestingly the Operator 60 and 210 have the same kind of contrast and even the PODs do this.

Story time! Hi Clemps! I found your channel from your Legend of Legaia review popping up in my recommended list, and from there I found your Nier analysis. Because of your videos, I preordered Automata faster than you could say "Android booty" as soon as I found out about its existence. This was 3 weeks ago, and all that time I was itching, DYING waiting for the day I could pop into GameStop and snag a copy. I woke up early and picked up Automata right before work, and all day I could think of nothing but lubricating my controller with the tears and sweat I knew I would be shedding. A windstorm hit the city I'm in and wiped out power. I was livid all night that night; I couldn't do anything but sit in the dark looking at the case of Automata by candlelight, dying inside. The next day (my one day off last week) I decided I couldn't take it anymore and drove out to find an electric generator to power my PS4 and monitor. This proved harder than it sounded at the time, as everyone and their fathers (literally, mine did the same thing hours after me) went out and bought every generator within 20 miles. 21 miles and 3 hours or searching for, purchasing, and setting up a small generator later it was ready. It was messy from all the rewiring I had to do, my hands reeked of the gas I accidentally spilled on them, and it was freezing fucking cold all night but, I had done it. I played the shit out of Automata, and I do not regret a single thing that happened that day. Thanks, Clemps.

I felt the same with the drakengard things that are in the game but after thinking about it, they seem more connected then first impressions

this Damned game made me fuckin cry I haven't done that since persona 4 .

Love the videos!!

been subscribed since day 1, finally happy to see my favourite fellow Brit growing his channel.

*gets Overclock+7 * *enjoy bayonneta 3 guys

>Clemps video goes up >Looks at watch, it's 4AM ... HEEEERE WE GOOOO

The most hilarious ending imo is removing the OS chip in the setting lmao.

Thank you for the spoiler free talk I got interested at this games trailers and I went back to learn about the whole franchise and you've been a big help for that so I can get into this series story and go back and play the other games eventually so again thank you

Nice review clemps! I largely agree, and even in the spots i disagree i can see your point completely! I really can't wait for your analysis video whenever it might be x3

About the whole "why are the buildings ok?" thing. Do the Pascal goliath sub-quest, it reveals some really weird shit about how maybe Earth and everything on it has stopped aging do to weird time shenanigans.

Love your videos man. Please make the analysis on the game videos soon.

CLAP CLAP CLAP, another great video Clemps can't wait for the analysis. Take your time with it and any other content will be patiently waiting you fantastic!

Holy hell! After watching all the reviews, NieR Automata’s lore and eggs made so much sense! But dam! Now I have to wait for a video about NieR Automata made by you.

Just watched all the Drakengard and Nier Analysis videos, thoroughly entertaining! I'm really feeling like buying Nier Automata now. Though I haven't played either series yet, the impression I got from your videos is that despite gameplay flaws, Drakengard and Nier are both worthwhile and intriguing experiences. Also, that their main strengths are: unorthodox storytelling, characters, and music all creating a unique Yoko Taro game. I wonder if my impressions are similar to whatever vision you had in creating those analysis videos? Anyways great videos! I look forward to your future videos!

Excellent Video. So far it's my frontrunner for Game of the Generation. What's the intro theme to your videos?

Didn't watch the video till now because I was playing through the game myself but SHIT! YOU FINALLY GOT A INTRO!!! NICE!!

Is gonna be REAL fun seeing clemps reaction to Replicant 1.22... is all im gonna say

Can't wait for your analysis of this game

I've loved your videos. Keep it up bud. I've been playing through Nier: Automata on twitch so I didn't watch all of your review of this, but I appreciated it nevertheless.

Possibly the first review I've skipped the spoiler section for. Can't wait to get my hands on 2B's rump.

10:14 Pod 042: Perhaps we now understand that not everything has to have an answer. Lol

I had an absolute blast with this game. Thanks for the lore videos of Nier which steered me towards this game and a shout out to Pat of the Super Best Friends for pointing me towards your videos!

In case anyone is interested here's the Yorha stage play unofficial translation: nier2.com/yorha-stage-play/ I actually didn't expect it to be the setup for the game. There's also a recap of these events in the game, available to check in a computer after two characters from the stageplay meet ingame.

Definitely well put. Please keep it up!!!

Review sums up my thoughts pretty well. I haven't played any games in the Drakengard universe before N:A but I did an ungodly amount of research. Looking forward to the Analysis videos so we can freely discuss spoilers, especially how it actually relates to Nier

BECOME AS GODS

The soundtrack CD is listed on cdjapan.com and scheduled to release the 29th this month, if you didn't know already!

Absolutely love this game and I've only gotten ending A so far. The soundtrack is awesome and the story is fantasic. Can't wait for the analysis videos.

I smile every time you use that clip of Zero shrugging.

Hey Clemps! I was wondering if you have a Nier Automata Analysis in the works?

Here we go baby

Thank you!!!!

I am literally dying for your nier automata analysis

Funny you should upload this, I was just binge watching all your videos yesterday out of sadness that you hadn't released a nier automata video yet

good stuff man. really enjoy your style of editing and comedy. glad that there is someone who cover niche games with great videos quality to boot. like everyone else, come for the drakengard and nier, stay for the person/ your character. say, speaking of niche jrpg games, why not give shadow hearts some love?

Fantastic intro dude.

Well I'm glad your enjoying it. I decided to challenge myself, and complete the game on Hard mode. The prologue quickly reminded me, this is a Platinum game. (pray for me)

booooooooy was that the sexiest intro I've ever seen

"A want, not a need" - Clemps confirmed as Mr. C from Twin Peaks.

Why is Accord selling weapons to the android resistance and what is she doing in this timeline? Also: What's behind the damned doors

Just got all the endings myself and I gotta say it's been a great ride. So great to finally get a game that exceeds my expectations after being let down by Metal Gear Solid V and Final Fantasy XV. Really great reviews and matches up my opinion pretty good! Really looking forward to your analysis of this one!

We need an Analysis Video of Automata. Even though I'm mostly done I probably will miss a lot of connections in the story and there's no one better to explain a Yoko Taro story than you.

Oh you fucker you put 2B in motion at the end. I love you

hey clemps! love your vids man. i have a question though. i finiahed ending B and is starting the A2 storyline. but did not do much quests at all. did i miss any sidequests forever? i remember the first nier having 51% of the first quests being missable.

Clemps my man what is that little jazz note that plays in your video ( not the bayonetta one at the start )

god damn i cant wait for the Steam release, might even buy a ps4 copy as well just to have a physical disk

I just beat it today and it was amazing. One of the greatest stories I've ever experienced in a video game (if not the best). What's really uplifting though is that it has sold 2 million units and has been a massive hit. I couldn't be happier for Yoko Taro and Platinum. Well deserved!

Can someone lemme know if the spoilers part involved things past ending A. In the middle of path B and id hate to get spoiled but I've been loving this guys videos.

Glad this is relatively spoiler-free, I'm still waiting on the PC release (almost bought a ps4 in a Nier-induced fever one night, but managed to stop myself)

I was kinda expecting Accord to appear in this game. She only gets mentioned though.

And now Yoko Taro has pulled yet another Yoko Taro-ism and connected some of the Drakengard -> Nier Automata in a crossover in a completely different game. (The Yorha Dark Apocalypse Raid in Final Fantasy XIV connected the red girl to the Seeds of destruction from Drakengard. It's still new though so I won't spoil how here.) Just another reason why Im a huge fan of Yoko Taro! lol

I really hope those elevators lead to some story DLC stuff, but earlier today, Yoko Taro even said they don't have enough budget to do that, so now I'm worried. Either way, it's a fun as hell game though.

Additional links and credits translated by me: All info related to the YoRHa stage play: nier2.com/category/yorha/ The entire DOD4 gag advertisement: nier2.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=100

I neeeeed your automata analysis!

That Adam fight in the Copied City was fun as hell, but I wish that it lasted longer. Hard mode here I come! Overall, Automata has been fantastic overall, and I'm looking forward to what Yoko Taro does in the future.

can't wait to play

Where are you Clemps!?!? Please don't be dead. I need my obscure video game review fix!!

Are u going to do an analysis on neir automata? If u would, that would be great thanks!

Just finished ending E as soon as I got the notif for this

Sure, but where can I get the Automata T-shirt? And can I have the one Taro rolled around with?

2B doesn't care if androids show emotions, she just doesn't want to get attached to 9S *again* that's why she's being harsh to him and him only. All androids have personalities and emotions. Her own Operator is like a schoolgirl on hormones but 2B doesn't tell her to stop. I thought this was pretty obvious, since 2B(E) has a job to do regarding 9s, emotions just make things harder. Hence her quote at the end of ending A and B. (Why does it always ends like this).

Time for the count down until Clemps does an analysis on Automata

Am I slow nowdays? I still have to finish rout A. But again I got it on the 10th and trying to do all the side missions.(And hopefully platinum the game)

regarding the emotions thing - that's due to something that happens in yoRHa, the Stage Play Automata is basically the sequel of. It makes more sense once you know what's up THERE, and why it seems kind of weird in parts.

And yup, 2B's dance is in the end.