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by Pyrhos 2542 days ago
Nier: Automata has made me think about the limits of games and how much untapped potential there still is when it comes to interplay of game mechanics and narrative.

The game also explores various philosophical topics without shoving (political) opinions down your throat better than any recently released (western) game I've come across.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxNhJ8fjFk
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silveroriole 2542 days ago
What philosophical topics were explored? Honest question. I got all the endings but, like the other commenter in this chain, I don’t remember much of anything except some anime archetypes. I never understood what it was that made many people so emotional over the game. Perhaps I am stupid.
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pdimitar 2542 days ago
All true but it doesn't change the fact that it has fairly inconsistent characters who swap traits all the time.

It also doesn't help that they are fairly typical anime archetypes which sadly are often annoying.

Combine that with the occasional shock value quest that explains nothing and... I quite like the game in the philosophy department but it's not that great in several other aspects.

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Pyrhos 2542 days ago
>but it doesn't change the fact that it has fairly inconsistent characters who swap traits all the time.

Mind elaborating on this? I haven't actually noticed any inconsistencies.

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pdimitar 2542 days ago
It's mostly 9S and 2B playing swapping the being curious and questioning authority role. Most of the time 9S does that but here and there 2B does it as well and then 9S jumps in to give the benefit of the doubt and call for a reasonable approach -- all the while he's fairly unreasonable himself pretty often.

(SPOILERS) I also got quite irritated by 2B never succeeding in muttering even one word of affection. That android had to be on the verge of her permanent death so as to leave a romantic plus dramatic (and incoherent) voice note to 9S. It felt like a highschool drama. :( (Where saying even one word to your crush seems like the end of the world, I mean.)

Another very irritating moment for me was 9S waking up in the presence of the only two androids able to repair other androids, and instead of saying thank you he proceeds to interrupt their explanations with "where is 2B". Zero appreciation.

Maybe it's me showing what kind of people I dislike, don't know. But the general anime archetypes that are shown in this game don't appeal to me.

A2 isn't much better. "Stop talking", "don't tell me what to do", "you are useless", "stay out of my way".

Don't know, man. I like the message of the game a lot. The delivery could have been much better though, IMO.

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