good shadowlord this game is depressing Nier thread

What was the point of having A2 in the game at all?

>>381993275
What do you guys think is the saddest moment from either game?

NieR- King of Facade's death
Automata- Devola/Popola sacrifice and the following VN

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>ywn hug Friedrich and tell him it's okay

Im yet to play it. I heard the true ending is somewhat happy / hopeful.
Is it true? I am not really willing to buy it if it is JUST a depression fest.

>>381993472
To have 2B die, so that 9S could properly unhinge and grow hate, especially towards 2Bs killer, and they needed the player to play as that person
A2 feels a bit out of place but it makes sense, they could've done worse

>>381993485

Nier - Beepy
Auto - Pascal

>>381993872
Bittersweet I guess

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>>381993872


It's nice, and is interpreted as a happy ending.

I hate being a bandwagon hopper, I wish I found out about Taro earlier, now I have to decide between getting aa used Ps3 or 360 to play either the original Nier or drakengard 3 now that I finished emulating the first two and automata.

>>381993953
I didn't consider Beepy, good choice

Beepy alone... Beepy cry?

>>381993472
She's like a main character of the previous game returning in a sequel, except there was no previous game.

She was mostly needed to be an opposition for 9S who would've destroyed the entire world if he was left unchecked.

>>381993953
>>381993485
>Nier
Old lady in the lighthouse
>Automata
Wandering couple

>>381994042

Ignore D3

>>381993872
It's light at the end of the tunnel.
The way game handles catharsis and elation is superb.

apparently machines purposes were defeating any enemy, did the ones who disconnected from the network lose this purpose or was it merely suppressed, sidetracked or whatever? Also is this relevant to the fact that black boxes were machine cores? Seems like a meaningless twist if not

>>381995494
They never disconected. The network just told them to pretend they were and then act out their experiments to their logical conclusion. The network realised it could just kill its enemy but it needs an enemy so it decided to waste its time making up all kinds of useless side tasks to hold off on killing all the androids.

>>381993872
It's a happy ending... of sorts...

>>381995713
>told them to pretend
more like created an illusion of being disconnected

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>Vague Hope starts playing

>>381996250
From the machines perspective the diffrence is ignorable. If the network tells them to pretend they have no connection they will shit their pants and wonder where the connection went despite it always being there in reality.

>>381993578
Why was he named after Nietzsche, what's the link?

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>>381996448
>complete the game
>start a new one
>mfw get to the Bunker and Fortress of Lies kicks in

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>>381993485
NieR - Emil sacrifice
Automata - "Isn't that right, Kainé?"

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>Beating the two Engels in Route A/B from the ground nets you some unique dialogue and rewards
Nifty

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Anyone else disappointed in 2 compared to one?

>>381996985
Emil is not really that tragic given that he actually had a full life of happiness together with restored Nier and Kaine after the Lost World.

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>>381993485
Honestly the whole Adam and Eve thing. Eve's rage made me feel like a piece of shit, I don't even want to do ending b because I'll feel even more like a piece of shit.

>>381997350
Leave this thread NOW.

>>381997350
you gon get spoiled anon

>>381997350
>Feeling bad for killing two robots who want to torture humanity to death.

>>381996985
Great choices

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>even months after release, game still gets tons of great fanart, especially when it comes to 2B/9S

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>>381997441
>>381997490

>>381997557
considering 2B marketed the game your surprised? the fanservice is why the game sold so well

>>381997085

Only disappointment was lack of comfy towns, and fishing is boring.

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>>381997557
>before launch it's all lewd
>post launch it's all cute

>>381997534
>Adam gets born peaceful
>asks you "why fight?"
>you pull two swords through his body
>Eve gets born and immediately feels fear for the life of his brother
They only became this way because of 2B/9S.
Thankfully ending D exists.

>>381997605

You also have to contribute it to the fact it much more marketing behind it

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>>381997575
Get out before it's too late Mahou Shoubro.

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>>381997605
A simple, generic fapbait would've already been forgotten.
What makes those two good is their story and struggle, and honestly their cute fanart is way better than lewd.

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>>381997675

>>381996697
>the scene of Bunker destruction plays the track "Crumbling Lies"
>City Ruins has 3 versions - Rays of Light, War and War and Shade, all of them are connected to what main characters feel during that moment of the story
>Tower theme has multiple elements from Shadowlord's Castle theme because N2 was created by absorbing Shadowlord's gestalt data

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>>381993935
and that's why they ruined her for me

also why people even draw her if the thing you get from her is hate? I really wish they make A2 even better

>>381994037
>Wake up
>2B kills 9s
>A2 kills 2b
>A2 malfunctions

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>>381993275
Is this the story as good as everybody saying it is? I played through Drakengard 1 and couldn't help but feel disappointed with the story.

>>381998821
post-E concert scene already confirmed a happy end

>>381993472
A2 is the final 2E.

>>381999081
Concert, what did I miss?

>>381998895

Much better.

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>>381999554
Welcome to Taro land. Concerts, novels, manga, audio dramas and stage plays. Enjoy acquainting yourself with them all if you want the full story.

>>381999906
wat

>>382000064

Yep

>>381999906
Is there a comprehensive list of all the side stuff?

how do I make combat fun? Right now I'm holding RB while running around in circles

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>>382000550
Experiment.

>>382000550

Try killing yourself.

>>381997350
I felt fucking bad for Eve. I really did not want to kill him. Adam can go fuck himself, though.

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>>382000592

>>382000592
cringe

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>>381993275
The depressing part was how the game was structured. If you finish an area with 2B, it should have immediately switched to 9S for the hacking/bullethell portions. It would be slow and boring, but that is the result regardless.

>>382000684
>>382000592
A2 a best

>>382000761

Elaborate, idiot.

>>381993485
emil and pascal you fucking pleb

>>382000761
I want to see you doing this

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>>382000789
I feel as if that would have left me appreciating 9S less. It was a neat realisation when entering B that he wasn't a useless shit and was instead pulling his own weight the whole way through.

>>382000829

man, i only got to upgrade my pod once because the shit for it was so rare

other games like this? just 100%'d it and feel a bit empty now

>>382000432
Hahahahahahahaha

No. Welcome to the Taroverse, motherfucker

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>>382000550
>RB
Swap fire to LB, and pod program to RB, it's way more comfy.

>>382000432

yeah, go to /vg/

>>382000684
holy crackers

>>382000819
maybe he's cringing at
>*teleports behind you*

>>382000684
It's amazing how good the moves look, until you realize you can just spam buttons to pull it off. Then eventually, even that means very little, since you just start mashing one button.

>>382000906
It was already obvious on route A that he was extremely important for the missions. Arguably more important than 2B.

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>>382002272
A Tank is just as important as a DPS.
If 2B wasn't around to distract the nasty things long enough for him to hack them he'd be scrap metal. This becomes clear in Route C when he needs Dev and Pop to protect his squishy ass.