And if you're dying in the tutorial, that's a different problem

@@GeneralGroggySounds like a skill issue to me

​@@lawrence8015 I personally just felt bored during it and only died at the very beginning when I underestimated how much damage the balls would do.

Ngl I find it funny that some people felt that beginning of nier was hard

I also died in the tutorial and got annoyed when I restarted (picked hard difficulty). So, I understand Connor's experience very well.

The demo was better - the entire opening setpiece would restart if you died. It's honestly what got me hooked on the game, it was punishing, almost like playing a roguelike. It helped that the music was great & you constantly improved on the combat until you make it through to the end. I was actually *disappointed* that in the full game, that sequence has a handful of checkpoints.

Fr it's so easy if you can't beat it lower the difficulty because that's the easiest part

Lower the difficulty and then raise it after the tutorial. That's what I had to do to really enjoy higher difficulty because that chainsaw fucked my shit up like no tomorrow. On normal, it was baby shit.

Skill issue is such a redundant phrase

@@darth_hylian why

To be fair level 1 A route fresh is kinda a bitch. You get bullet hell, then run into a boss fight in a totally new 3D combat Action JRPG style, then you have to clear like an entire Dungeon crawl afterwards.

Connor: "The Gamer" of the group Also Connor: gave up instantly after failing the tutorial

​@@charlesacker9174i played this game on 25fps on 480p resolution on shit laptop. the tutorial isnt hard at all lol

@@barghest8763 Play it on hard mode, when I first started I was like man it cant be that hard, everything one shots at hard mode. SO i spent like 2 hours on tutorial and then gave up and played on normal lmao

The tutorial is probably the most difficult part of the game. I wouldn’t necessarily call it difficult, it’s just that you get more going for you later on, abilities weapons etc., whereas you have only the bare minimum for the tutorial. And dying isn’t as punishing later on.

Restarting the intro from the beginning is also narratively important because of 2Bs Intro monolog, as well as the games general themes. It's unfortunate that some people just don't get it when they die, restart, and then hear 2B talk about the never ending spiral of life and death. I mean I guess if you're new to the game that writing might go over your head a bit. Then when you finish it and understand just how good the writing is, then something like that intro monolog might click for the player like "ohhh now it makes sense"

Just finished all 26 endings and the dlc ending today morning I feel you man

​@@trevorveillette8415 I had the same reaction as OP, I have kids so time is limited to game. Having to restart the tutorial after dying to Marx pissee me off a bit until I listen to the opening monologue and understood what the game was doing. Just finished ending C last night and I'm unintentionally going for 100%

I don't mind getting tackled when playing rugby because it is a part of the game, but definitely minded it if I get tackled/bodied when playing basketball. It is just unnecessary and worsen the experience.

That's because Jump King is designed to be a difficult game, where climbing over and over is expected. Nier: Automata has no such excuse. The tutorial it has offers no expectations of such difficulty, making the need to replay it a greater inconvenience and annoyance.

​@@Dragonpit All I hear are excuses. Unironically a skill issue.

​@@dylancross1039 Your mom is a skill issue. 😜

@@Dragonpitnot being able to get past the tutorial is a major skill issue.

But actually!

Literally 😭😭

I was clicking thinking "I have lost all respect for connor" Then when I hear it's because he couldn't get passed the tutorial it became "oh he's just a stupid baby then". I lost some respect for him but in a different way.

​@@trevorveillette8415 He's the type of guy to play on game journalist difficulty

@@dylancross1039 he's the least interesting of the 3 for me to listen to because he's less into both games and anime. The 1 thing I do agree with him on is that milf hentai is elite

I think I read somewhere yoko taro mentioned that any 2B collab appearance is also canon

@@hijiriyukari that’s also true, which is also funny because she’s in the game Rainbow Six Siege as a skin lol

That's how things work? Creators can make any ending canon.

​@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme That's why it's called "word of god", since there's nothing we mortal fans can do to oppose them.

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme well duh but that’s not my point. My point is that it’s funny and silly that there’s so many endings and any of them can matter.

I don't think troll is a good word for it Anyway, I wish yoko taro would get back to his drakengard roots cause most stuff he does is just childs play

Thats fuckin sick

I've been trying to find the moment but couldn't do you have a video/link where I can see it?

@@Khalil_B Just search for Tokyo Olympics 2020 Opening Ceremony and there was a comment thread of time stamps.

I REMEMBER THAT

I won’t call that a meme ending - it’s too hurtful.

Not automata, sadly

​@@Exel3nce this is your 3rd comment trying to disrespect Automata and now it's on story of all things???? The story is even better in Automata than in replicant/gestalt so what is there to complain about exactly? It's got all the sad, depressing, emotionally torturous and psycholically distressing aspects you could want in a yoko taro game.

Why "another"? Is that the topic? Ps. It's the best game

Dying over and over again in outer wilds is so frustrating tho, but I like the game concept

@@jodanjo4295 nothing about is frustrating, cause it's implemented into story and game loop

Outer Wilds is *THE* ACTUAL BEST GAME I've ever played and everyone who's reading this should go and play it without looking up anything about it other than: - It's in space - It's a knowledge based puzzle game and will require you to think by yourself to progress - Everything and anything is a spoiler. Also the DLC is another masterpiece, somehow...

@@Exel3nce Nah dude Outer Wilds can get frustrating for sure. I absolutely love the game, but there were points where I was stuck and kind of annoyed. It is 10000% worth it though.

I mean it's joey, he likes sounding that he knows more than he actually does

Honestly I get Joey, sometimes I just want to list down 30 cool trivia facts of a piece of media when someone asks me "is x thing good?" but I know I'm doing a terrible job at selling it lmao. Garnt honestly is just showing how much his job is just selling people on why x thing is very cool and you should care about ut

Tbf he did beat darker dungeon which most people in the comments could never beat. So its weird this is where he draws the line

Honestly it just gets boring having to replay a whole tutorial again, it’s more so the gameplay

​@jaswanthvardireddy2243 if you learn the intuitive gameplay it's no issue

Nier Replicant is my favourite. Both amazing!

@@driedupgoliathan Replicant is so fucking good

​@@masl2kas much as i love Automata Replicant is better

@@DecimatedSoul it obviously is

Clash of Clans has truly ruined so many lives

Sauna 2000 changed me forever indeed.

Max Payne 1 and 2, Alan Wake and Control. All brought to us by those lovable weirdos at Remedy Entertainment.

Ultrakill, Fear and hunger, Cruelty squad, Lakeview cabin/ valley series...

My summer car 💀

He is currently playing FF14, if he finishes that game I'll give him a lifetime pass for skipping and story for other games. FF14 is 70% story and 25% game play.

@@lelelekop What's the remaining 5%?

​@@lelelekop he's skipping all the dialogue in ff14 so I don't count that as him playing but him being forced to play also he said he would play it once a month which is really hard to believe 'cause bubi also said he would stream once a year and now whatever happened to that statement lmao

Same here but for me he lost all my respect when he said he hates games that have Voice acting in general lmao, which is like 90% of games,because "he is forced to listen to it", but he likes games that don't have it because he can voice the characters himself on stream and give them goofy voices which I really don't like

@@closetBK1350 I think he probably joked about that, but yeah, it's a bit of a dick thing to say. 😅

Its just good

Yall praise it too much for being labeled as a "masterpiece" when it's great at best.

This and one of thr best stories? That is silly, friend

@@Exel3nce have a right to be wrong. Game is much more than 2B existing.

@@Trickstar117 it's undercooked and shallow on so many aspects, and pretty tame compared to his other games. Its his most known game and therefore his most praised one, but not really justified

@@Exel3nce imagine a combat system that actually worked vs. Previous games where the warning is.. you play it for the story. Not the jank combat.

@@Trickstar117 Combat is perfectly fine, despite being the weakest platinum games combat. But also not talking about gameplay

I legit just don't watch any of his stream playthroughs since he played MGR and was complaining throughout it's entirety, didn't like any of the over the top cool action cut scenes and just called everything stupid but a lot of those moments got cut out of the KZfaq portion of the video, same for ff7 and 8

Gameplay is relatively ok, nothing special

​@@Exel3nce it's actually really special gameplay. I think you're forgetting that gameplay is not just combat, but every way that the player interacts within the game. Even a sprinting animation or movement speed is part of the gameplay, and Automata has the best sprinting animation out there for any game. But big key aspects of gameplay in Automata are it's multiple changes in genre, and it's multiple changes in camera. There aren't really any games out there that you can play 3rd person hack n slash beat em ups, and LN/VN in the same game. There's also arcade shooters, top down and side scroller shmups, top down and side scroller hack n slash, platforming, lite puzzle solving. That is an incredibly unique gameplay variety and formula. The only other game I've seen do it is NieR replicant, but that just makes sense anyways because it's the same director. Then there's the dynamic camera system that's genuinely the best camera work done in a video game. Again, there's practically no other games out there that switch camera perspectives on the player, let alone frequently, fluidly, and dynamically. That's a huge aspect of gameplay, and while playing, it was a very charming part of the experience. And like I said the animations are part of the gameplay too, and NieR:Automata has some of the best animation work in the industry, combat or otherwise. The combat is also incredible. It's very easy to pick up but difficult to master, which is the perfect type of combat system. The only actual problem one could reasonably have with the combat is that while these amazing combos are possible, enemies just don't have the health a lot of the time to be able to withstand the damage you're doing. Otherwise it's an infallible combat system.

Dont waste your energy. None of the people will touch it

I played it because a friend recommended me to without giving any context of why, but I couldn't get into it. I felt like there was too much dialogue and story which overwhelmed, plus the fact that most of that knowledge was kinda pointless on my first travel made me take a break and never play it again. Might give it a try again when I have nothing to play though.

That's the thing isn't it? The rest of the game's combat is horribly easy but the tutorial is weirdly more difficult than most any other part. Everyone who seems to love Nier Automata seems to also be raging a-holes based on the comments just because Connor refuses to play the game with an annoyingly long tutorial that will punish you pretty hard if you fail even once. I liked the game but I can totally understand him dropping the game because of a terrible first impression.

@@alanchung6843 I think the criticism Connor gets for this is entirely warranted. Being mad at a game because it's hard on the "hard" difficulty mode is the epitome of stupidity. It's harsh, but true. He could've lowered the difficulty if it was such an issue. I guess his ego got in the way, but that's his own personal issue - not the game's. It's like dropping Elden Ring because you kept bashing your head against the wall, trying to beat the Tree Sentinel right off the bat instead of exploring around. If you blame the game at that point, it just makes you look like an idiot, right?

It wouldn't impact anything, really

@@Exel3ncehe explained why this is wrong and u still disagree

​@@jaswanthvardireddy2243 he gave out points, yes, but they wouldn't matter at all cause noone really cares about that mechanic, meaning its impact is the same

​@Exel3nce how are you guys having any saving issues in Automata. The only situation where it's potentially viewable as a negative is the intro. But the intro is like that for narrative and thematic reasons tied to 2Bs intro monolog. The rest of the game has no issues with saving. Not even once did I have issues saving my progress. Go to a save point, that's it. How hard can that be for you? Any issues with saving in NieR:Automata are because of player error.

@@Exel3nce if “no one” is referring to yourself, you’d be right

The first drakengard is an absolute bitch to play, just like persona 1.. yet it's still worth it in the end

I guarantee you 95% of people end up praising the story over the gameplay. That said there are many different playstyles and enough progression to keep gameplay fresh. Watch the first hour or 2 of gameplay and you will know if its for you or not. 😊

There's a ton of gameplay. The cutscenes are also the best cutscenes I've seen in a game. They're used more for important story moments than to show off some action sequence or dialog that could've been had during gameplay. Cutscenes are fairly paced and not overly lengthy, but use their time to communicate important moments in the story.

Play drakengard first

No need to exaggerate, despite it being your fav ( for whatever reason)

@@Exel3nce After re-reading my comment, I think I undersold it. By a lot. But I think selling it more would just take the intrigue outta it. But I do have two things that Connor MUST know before playing the game. 1. You NEED to install a few mods to make the game playable on PC. They are all on steam and I'm pretty sure they made an application to stream-line the process. It really is just not playable without them. The colors and shaders completely fuk up during the prologue itself, the graphics start to blur and shit. The controls, that in actuality are very engaging, feel out of place and just wrong without the mods. The mods basically take the game's compatibility with PC from basically unplayable to (imo) better than the PS. 2. You need good headphones/earphones. I'd also add high graphics settings but Connor shouldn't have any problems with that. The music of this game deserves to be experienced at the highest quality! So if you're a PC gamer - the barrier to entry is actually decently high (or it was like that before, idk how streamlined the modders have made this process) and not having the mods may be a reason people might drop this game.

Visuals: S?? Maybe you could argue art direction but you've gotta be blind if you think automata looks good lmao

​​@@astyutechick7980i dont mean the technical stuff, just everything else you said. Plus, no mods needed. It was fine and is still perfectly fine to play. Noone drops this game due to lack of mods . Headphones sure, everyone has them, but no need for ultra quality stuff

​@@astyutechick7980my brother in christ you forgot to mention the characters are S tier. Shame on your entire lineage! You shall not become as gods!

Tunic was everywhere. Many people played it

Those are potential spoilers, but yeah they could've worded that part differently