The title also looks to have close ties to the original game, taking place after the events of the first NieR . Although Square Enix has previously stated that it works well as a stand alone title, it will be interesting to see exactly how well NieR: Automata functions as a solo game. Nonetheless, with Platinum Games on board and making the game its own , it’s bound to be a thrilling r

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The atmosphere that supports the game is really crucial to the franchise. The team is working on bringing it back from the first game with lighting, texture and more, but also to surpass it with the new game.

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Fans from the NieR franchise have been quite spoiled within the past two weeks. We got to see a new trailer and some gameplay for PS4 exclusive NieR: Automata last week. This time, new lovely screenshots and artwork were revealed in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu. Read the article if you want to get a better look at YoRHa No. 9 Type S and YoRHa Type A N0. 2. Also, if you would like to see the direct feed version of these beautiful assets, you can head over to this artic

Japanese visual novel Corpse Party will release both physically and digitally in North America for Nintendo 3DS and PC. Xseed has announced that the game will come out uncensored and with its voice acting intact. If you want to know more about it and take a look at the lovely physical edition, go ahead and read the arti

YS: Yoko-san first requested her to wear black, because it matches the story. He also gave specifics about her silhouette, and I requested her to be easy to cosplay. Yoshida-san took those requests in, and created the character. It was a nice marriage between all those requests and id

Soon we'll be able to play the demo of the game ourselves. It will be released for PS4 on December 22nd , while the game will release in North America on March 7th, 2017, while Europe will get it on March 1

Fans of the original NieR have always felt that the game was unfairly overlooked, and that 2010’s action RPG is one of the hidden gems of the last console generation. When another game in the franchise in the form of NieR: Automata was revealed at E3 2015, many were excited about what the title would bring when it saw release. Now, publisher Square Enix and developer Platinum Games have perhaps revealed what the sequel may have in store, through videos released in the wake of a new NieR event that took place on April

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Our very own Giuseppe recently had an interview with Tales of Berseria producer Yasuhiro Fukaya. Since the main female protagonist Velvet wears quite a revealing outfit, some of you might have been worried to see it censored when it comes to the west. Luckily, we got to directly ask the question to Fukaya-san and his answer on the topic was quite encouraging. You can read about it in the arti

We do have shorter side quests that are stand-alone: you just go and find an item, or fetch one for a NPC, but then we have other side quests that are a story in itself, and will have multiple chapters, conveying a longer st

Keiichi Okabe: When I was working on the previous title, the difference that I felt with other projects was that NieR uses a lot of vocals in its tracks, and I placed importance on the emotions that that conv

9S isn't really a close friends with the protagonist 2B, Nierautomatafans.Com they're more like acquaintances. 2B is a battle-type android, while 9S is a scanner-type. The way they control when you play them is slightly different due to their abilities. Their movements are about the same, though.

It remains to be seen whether the title can have a larger influence on the gaming community as a whole, however. Although the original NieR , which itself was a spin-off of the Drakengard series, was fairly well received by players if not critics, Square Enix will no doubt have been disappointed to see the lack of mark that it left as a whole upon its release. Let’s see whether this new game delivers on its prom

KO: In the previous title we did have theme songs for each character, but currently for this game we don't have a track per character. Instead, I did create music per scene or per emotion, that can be used for any character at any moment. However if Director Yoko-san feels that a certain song fits a certain character more than others, then it might end up becoming a theme song for that charac