Well. Talk about your pleasent suprises. Nier is not the game I thought it was and it's not the game it looks like it is. You'd think this was a traditional 60 hour play through hard core RPG. But it isn't - at all.
Nier is actually a hybrid game; part RPG, part 3rd person action adventure. It reminds me a little of Darksiders and a little of older, more traditional JRPG's - remember PS2's summoner? Something like that.
Anyway. The game itself is quite unpolished and certainly doesn't compare to major AAA games (it's no where near as polished as Darksiders). Visually, it's a little old school, yet the architecture of the locations is actually very interesting and appealing.
The game has a way of keeping you come back for more after you think you've had your fill of it. It has a nice back story (with a bit of emotional attatchment), nice characters (really sexy sidekick) and some very nice locations making this worth playing for me.
Unfortunately, some people won't be able to look past the slightly dated graphics and certainly, it takes a while before it really kicks in added to the fact that when seeing its box art and screenshots etc, it looks like a stale old JRPG. But if you can get past those things, there's a very good, interesting game for you to play here.
Hmm. 67 metacritic score. Shame, I feel it's better than that.
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Quote from Games(tm).
"Nier is so burdened with poor design choices and outdated mechanics that some won't be able to see the ingenuity through the fit of technical hiccups."