/ndg/ - Nier/Drakengard General

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nth for 9S

Skins dlc when?? Emile for 9S, kaine for 2B???

Should have been bullshit philosophy edition

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ass

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This is the edition number 36
Pls include the number
My autism starts pulsating when I see it not there

>the best warrior in the forest
>has a gold plated damage sponge shield
>tasked to guard a grave rathen than the throne room
Machine King II surrounded by retards

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5 cute facts about A2:

- She's a girl!
- She's a killer android!
- I love her!!!!!
- A2!!!!!!!!!!!

>>172193651
It's hard to be mad when they admit that themselves.

9S doujin of him downloading himself in an spare 2B body when??

>>172193429
THIS IS THREAD #36!
PLEASE ADD #37 INTO THE SUBJECT OF THE NEXT THREAD PLEASE

I really want to like this game way more, but the story is just so fucking depressing. The fact that all humans are already wiped out and the only thing left is robots and the Androids just kills all the fun for me. I love the combat and the music, but I don't think I can really get into this game or the series as a whole. I can deal with tragic stories to an extent, as I've enjoyed manga series like Berserk and Ichi the Killer, but something about Nier is different.

I mean if at least a handful of humans were around with the machines I'd be fine with that, but they're all fucking gone. JUST

>>172193819
>i dlnt like the game cause its depressing
It Taro, what were you expecting?? Care Bears?

>>172193819
N:A is babymode when it comes to depressing. It's pretty run of the mill.

Nier is quality stuff though.

>>172193819
Emil is sort of human.

>>172193775
It was fun and i'm going to bed so i'll leave this here in the hopes i have some shit to glean when i recorporate or undeath or reboot or whatever it is sleep ultimately turns out to be.

Repost cuz came in at the end of last thread:

So the S units are really the ones in charge, doing recon, solving problems, etc. Whereas the B/E units are there as grunts for combat backup, and to kill their assigned S unit if they ever learn the truth about humanity. Is this correct?

And if so, does this mean 2B already knew the truth? If so, why is it fine for her to know and not 9S? Why wouldn't they also wipe her memory of the truth after the S unit is killed and wiped?

>>172193806
Sorry I made this thread on my phone, I knew I was missing something

Cypress Stick or Iron Pipe?

>>172193914
Drakengard 1: What in the name of fuck is going on
Nier: No happy endingsgood bye my friends
Drakengard 3: Fuck this, fuck that, good knight sweet robot
Nier 2: Nothing is gonna be alright

how do you know which chips stack? just test/guess?

do they all stack?

I can stack the regen health ones, can I stack the shock wave ones?

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>>172193819
>NieR: A is too sad
You are like a baby
Watch this.

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>>172193006
Yeah, thought that was the connection the story was making.

>>172194158
All % one stack to a limit (damage is 100%, move speed is 20%)

Shockwave do no stack

>>172194102
stick + crit chips

>>172194143
>Nier 2: Nothing is gonna be alright

I mean, other than the revelation about humanity, it's a happy ending. Due to the pods not only backing up their personality data but also their current memories (which i don't totally get as i thought 2B was dead forever because of virus corruption; is the credits bullet hell sequence supposed to be the pod curing the virus or somethig), 9S, A2, and 2B are all still alive

>>172194143
Drakengard 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlBnJ0egT_4

>>172194180
I really wish there was at least one route where Two was still sane, her DLC wasn't enough and was also garbage like every other dlc

>>172193914
>N:A is babymode when it comes to depressing.
Oh, I don't know. I thought Route C had some pretty hard hitting moments as far as Taro's work goes. Though it's easily the happiest ending he's done.

>>172194102
Really? Even though Pipe stuns and has higher damage? Hm.

>>172193819
Keep playing. It gets sadder and happier from route A. But i promise you won't feel as sad after ending E. Emptier, but less sad. At least that's how it went for me. Get out of her before you get spoiled

>>172194304
To be fair true humanity went poof in the early 2000, the only True Human ever after full project Geltast is Yorna fused with Shade Yorna. Which only lasted 5 years. After that, all left if replicants

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>>172193634
I know anon it bothers me a little too.........

>>172194304
The credit sequence is ensuring that the story doesn't end, and I assume that in so doing we have essentially insured that literal magic is allowed.

How are you dealing with the post-game emptiness, /ndg/?

>will never get to see the fun family times 9S, A2, and 2B have after the E ending

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>>172194074
>tfw I was genuinely interested in seeing Caim and Manah's story continue>>172194263

>but their story had to be saddled to Nowe's.

Why is Pascal's design so different? It doesnt go with the modular parts thing the machines have.

>>172194474
Sure, but replicants are humans, essentially. They were at least a chance for a second shot at life/civilization

>>172194570
Replicant were husk, but not really humans humans.

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>>172194374
>and was also garbage like every other dlc
As playable content, of course, very much like Drakengard 3 as whole in most occasions.
But Story and character building wise, I really enjoyed them all.

If they went ahead and made Drakengard 4 I'm curious if they'd keep the stage-based format of the previous games or if they'd consider something more like Automata.

>>172194549
Did you mean to quote me there, senpai?

>>172194543
DLC is perfect happy ending the game mode is locked to very hard

>>172194558
He looks more humanoid (and has "cute" or at the very least comical proportions) so that you'll grow to like him more, a setup for the inevitable fall like everything else in this series.

>>172194634
Well, they were after they developed personalities. After that point they were no longer husks

>Devola and Popola will never be in a Metal Gear game

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I love 2B9S!

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>>172193429
チラㇱ

>>172194703
Sorry, misclicked.

>>172194720
Would not all eventually die anyway cause of the shadss relapce and the black crawl??

>>172194717
One hit mode in this game isn't difficult per se, unless you try to go balls to the wall. You can substitute an ability to withstand tedium for skill.

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It's fine. This is fine. Totally fine and not creepy. We're all gonna be just fine. Healthy non crazy negotiations.

Just fine.

>>172194543
I'm still a little confused about that. How were the pods able to salvage 2B? I thought the whole point was that she was permanently dead, data unrecoverable due to the logic virus?

Also if pods have the ability to back up yorha units, why weren't they doing it the whole time after the bunker blew up? Was it a new ability they developed when they became self-conscious? Because if so the game really didn't make that clear.

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>>172194558
Just to make him look more distinctive from a character perspective.

Story-wise, he might have made adjustments to himself over the years.

>>172193819
>I can't deal with media that isn't human-centric, waaaa

Guess you're just an idiot then. Characters don't need to be human to be interesting, and humans not being around is a huge part of the plot.

Oh! But the most sympathetic character is still kind of human, if you count Emil

>>172194906
Dont you wanna be like God anon???

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>>172194906

>>172194919
2B's memories were preserved in her sword

>>172194882
What if perman kill

>>172194906
This was probably my favorite segment of the game. I knew things would go tits up but I wasn't expecting "homicidal robot Jonestown".

>>172194906
BECOME

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>there are people who sell the children's cores

>>172194816
That is why they all eventually died, anon

Technically the only way for the replicants to survive into the future would've been.

1. The shadowlord succeeds in his plan, so he doesn't relapse causing all shades to quickly relapse
2. The replicants kill every gestalt within a matter of years to minimize the number of relapses.
3. They kill the shadowlord last.

It's impossible that this ever would've happened but it technically would've allowed the replicants to live as normal humans going forward, at least until the alien attack fucked them up anyway

I haven't played the original Nier or Automata but I've been spoiled for it and it makes me feel unmotivated to try playing it. Please convince me

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>>172195062
The stuff with the camera angles was amazing.

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Proposal: Drakengard 4, developed by Omega Force.

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>>172195108
I don't even know how you get them. I assume you have to desecrate the corpses of children, in which case

>there are people that have ever had children's cores in their inventory

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>>172194906
If you've never negotiated peace under the ominous torchlight of a dark ceremonial chamber then you've just never negotiated peace before.

>bruce lee robot
>speed stat robot
>new to self awareness robots
>valley robots
Whats up with then and tha fucking drive to kill emselvs??

>>172193996
The S units are just Scouts, they aren't in charge of anything. 9S is simply the latest model in their line and has very good specs. Scouts don't usually get partners, they work alone, 9S having too high specs and being too intelligent makes him a danger since he's very likely to stumble upon information that isn't supposed to become public, but on the other hand he's too valuable for the war effort so Command designated 2B as a killswitch to make sure that becomes a problem but still benefit greatly from his superior specs. 2B doesn't know about anything as far as we know, she is just doing her duty, fulfilling her purpose, by eliminating whatever Command tells her to.
Why don't they wipe 2B's memories together with 9S's whenever the killswitch triggers? Who the fuck knows. It's possible that a 9S at some point arranged for her memory backups to not work as normal, it's also possible the Commander knew about the Bunker destruction plan and wanted her most competent soldiers to form a bond past just being colleagues and intended for them to live on without YoRHa and the bunker in some fashion, it's left open to interpretation until we get some info on it

>>172195175
They still couldn't have children, and they would have had to convince the androids to continue to administer the replicant system.

>>172194102
Where do you get the stick? I have the pipe but only got it after beating the game.

>>172195238
But i dont want another musuo game, hunting down all weapons in D1was enough 1 vs army for a lide time

>>172195032
then I assure you I've not enough ability to withstand tedium to substitute for the skill that would be required

>>172194374
I thought Two's DLC was the best part of the game though. I think all of the sister's chapters should have been spliced in after Branch A.

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>>172193068
Funnily enough that's the area I just reached, this fishing combined with the music is an odd thing, I've never felt so irritated and serene at the same time.

>>172195016
Still doesn't explain the pods not backing up people before that point, unless like i said it was a new ability.

Aren't all yorha backed up in their swords? So when 2B died, shouldn't 9S have been less "waaaaagh I'm crazy now 2B is deaaaad must kill A2 for reveeenge" and more "what a horrible inconvenience, must kill A2 to get 2B's sword and then i can bring 2B back to life!"

>>172195257
It's only logical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APfedkre9Rg

>>172195281
I think 2B does know, but my only evidence is that scene after the prologue where 9S does his humanity salute and 3B clenches her fists angrily

>>172195417
The character building was great, but the gameplay was garbage like the rest. Absolutely nothing interesting in that arena.

>>172195281
I'm going with the Commander getting sick of the cycle of war and decided to 2B, 9S and A2 retain their memories and run their course.

>>172195308
Ive always wondered how the replicants developing personalites worked. Like how did they just wake up one day, already aged to a certain degree, fully formed, and yet no memories of their lives during the chlorinationpocalypse. Do they yave false memories of growing up in postapocalyptic fantasy land or what? Does nier 1 ever address this? I cant recall

>>172195175
Replicants can't reproduce, and they cease reincarnating if their Gestalt is dead. Also, since Shadowlord was the only thing keeping most of the Gestalts stable, they're all gonna relapse and a mass breakout of Black Scrawl would occur.

From the very second the first Replicant gained sapience, the story was going to have a tragic end.

>>172195660
I could be completely making this up, but I think that the replicants had routines that they went through or something and that informed their personalites.

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>>172195257
>Subconscious awareness that they're never off the network
>That every Idea that they've ever had is a meme planted in their programming from the network
>Life is being a slave to the network
>The only escape, the only freedom, is to cease function

>>172195252
You can buy them from Pascal after that happens. They sell for 50k, and you can only have one at a time. I keep them in my pocket since I'm the only one who'd remember them.
>>172195373
Before the forest king's castle, there's an area leading to Pascal's village. One of the columns is leaning onto another; climb up, then hop on the arches. It's in a chest.

>>172195757
*From the very second the fate of the world was put in the hands of Devola and Popola, the story was going to have a tragic end.

>>172195281
>bunker destruction plan

Something else i didnt fully understand. So the logic virus infecting the bunker was planned? Intel said the bunker was meant to be destroyed when the new models were ready or whatever, but what the fuck does that mean?

Also while I'm at it what IS the logic virus and where did it come from

>protagonists spend 99% of the game slaughtering the machines indiscriminately and ignoring everything they say
>flying machine says "hey kid wanna come to my village?"
>WOW GOLLY GEE SURE! LEAD THE WAY BUDDY!
really gets those neurons firing

>>172195257
They're just having an existential crisis, without being equipped to deal with it because of their fundamental lack when it comes to humanity.

>>172195874
*From the very second Caim emerged above Tokyo the story was going to have a tragic end

>>172195874
This, programming all the Devola/Popola androids to always feel guilty was the smartest thing anyone in Nier has ever done.

>>172195257
Because SAAAAAAAAAAAD

>>172195493
>Aren't all yorha backed up in their swords? So when 2B died, shouldn't 9S have been less "waaaaagh I'm crazy now 2B is deaaaad must kill A2 for reveeenge" and more "what a horrible inconvenience, must kill A2 to get 2B's sword and then i can bring 2B back to life!"

This has been bothering me for a week

The pod thing too

2B = Toobie
9S = Nines
A2 = ?

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>>172195454
Yeah, the fishing tutorial is awful, and you need a guide to figure out which bait to use for the sidequest. But the banter between Nier and Weiss, coupled with the atmospheric music/visuals had me end up doing the whole subplot anyway.

>>172196065
Aetoo

>>172196065
achoo

>>172195257
To be more specific, Speed Star seemed to have the motivation "My purpose in life is to go fast. I went fast. Therefore, there isn't anything else for me to do."

>>172195586
>The character building was great, but the gameplay was garbage
Yeah that's fair. I thought it had a step-up in variety and polish over the first Drakengard, but it still grated on me before the end.

>>172195874
It wasn't totally their fault, the whole Gestalt thing was pretty fucked from the start. I mean they dissolve in fucking sunlight and live in an area where its always daytime. Theres no way it was ever going to work out.

>>172195874
>*From the very second the fate of the world was put in the hands of Devola and Popola, the story was going to have a tragic end.

I've played Nier 1 but jog my memory: how was this their fault, and not mainly caused by replicants gaining sentience and Weiss losing his memories?

>>172196007
>This, programming all the Devola/Popola androids to always feel guilty was the smartest thing anyone in Nier has ever done.
But who the fuck did it? Who was in charge?

Who is above the YoRHa commander?!?!?

>>172195257
I liked that Father Servo went out on his own terms, but the way they ended it made me think that he'd still pop up again somewhere.
>"Good thing we'll never see that guy again!"
>"Indeed..."

>>172196065
Achoo

>>172196282
Father Servo will be the lead protagonist of NieR: Automata 2.

>>172195874
The machines made use of a backdoor that the Androids built into the Bunker to shut down YoRHa and replace them when they either became outdated or a possible threat. It was pretty much the Android shadow council making sure all the military might they put in YoRHa's hands wouldn't blow up in their faces when something goes wrong or they become too self aware and try to instigate a coup.

>Also while I'm at it what IS the logic virus and where did it come from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_bomb
It's literally just a virus that spreads over the network, the one that was driving the YoRHa members crazy was created by the machines.

>>172196238
>allowing Nier to amass power, strength, and knowledge for YEARS before finally putting their foot down and going "uh no actually you can't do that"

>>172196238
>jog my memory
They encouraged Nier to get more powerful than the Shadowlord by making him do shit that they should have done themselves, they allowed the Shadowlord to kidnap Yonah and piss nier off in the first place, and they didn't tell weiss what the fuck he was there to do.

>>172196238
>Who is above the YoRHa commander
The same people running the Accord program, I guess? Questions for next game I'm sure, anon.

>>172196193
They were supposed to be kept sealed in storage, because the Replicant shells were supposed to come to them and undergo the fusion without issue. Then Replicant shells developed their own consciousness and boom, everything was fucked for literally everyone.

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Think I can take on Emil at level 65?

>>172196471
No. I literally just tried at that level and it was a pain in the ass to stay alive. You deal no damage.

>>172196471
Why is Eh Too in gay baby jail?

>>172196165
Ching chong robot went full Highlander too

>>172196471
Is this a redraw of a meme from drawfag threads?
cause its bretty gud

>>172196471
>Nier Monopoly when??

>>172196584
Yeah, he didn't want to die, he simply felt that the purity of his search for power would be tainted if his opponent had to hold back.

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>>172194906
ASCEND

Have you guys tried out the latest version of FAR, which includes durante's bloom fix? I've just installed it, aside from the lighting stuff to 16, what else should I change? What did you guys put in the bloomwidth field?

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Yfw

So there are other androids out there in space somewhere, right? Whoever came up with the YoRHa system, whoever passed orders down to the commander, whoever discontinued the popola/devola models, etc?

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>machines spreading a rumor that eating androids makes you beautiful
The majority of that sequence felt forced as hell, but this part took the cake. There is no believable circumstance in which this actually happened in Automata's world. It makes no sense given the displayed behaviors of the machines.

That whole thing would have been better without the novel segment, and just include the high contrast images of Sartre and Beauvoir as she built herself up from Stubby to Sexbot.

Also, holy fucking shit Taro really ran the "repeat statement for emphasis and to show loss of sanity" technique six feet into the ground. It's not shocking or powerful if you're using over and over in your work, let alone multiple times in the same fucking novel segment.

>>172196584
But it's easier to find some drama with him.
>always was planning on getting killed
>he just wanted to purify his soul through combat before he went
Somebody has a good screenshot of what he says at the beginning of his questline.

>>172196282
>>172196386
I'd be cool with him being a recurring quest in potential Nier sequels.

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>>172196736
>when you and the enemy engel wind up a punch and deck each other at the same time

>>172196701

WE SHALL BE BANNED

AND BECOME AS MODS

BECOME AS MODS

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>>172196736

>>172196398
What i want to know is where's this android shadow council?

As >>172196752 says it's likely or at least entirely possible that they still exist

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>>172196736
H Y P E

>>172196736
I hated that entire Engels part to be honest, they are just so sluggish and unfun and the first part where you have hundreds of enemies approaching you takes approximately 69 times a long as it should

>>172196760

How far are you into the game?

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cdjapan or play-asia?

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>>172196736
>>172196825
that whole thing was /m/ as fuck

>>172196943
Route B on a replay.

>>172196760
If you've gotten all 5 main endings you seem to have missed a few things big time.

If you haven't, get the fuck out this thread and come back after ending E

>>172196835
>BECOME AS MODS
BECOME AS MODS
>BECOME AS MODS

>>172196872
It's never disclosed, we don't know anything about Android-kind other than YoRHa and a small fraction of the Resistance, there is bound to be a lot more out there than we see over the course of the game.

>>172196970
CDJapan

>>172197015
Explain.

>>172196990
I don't see how you'd have any kind of trouble understanding any of that past route E then.

>>172196875
I don't like getting kicked out of good gameplay for the sake of playing out an extremely shallow interactive cutscene, so yeah. Would've preferred a badass cutscene of the two fighting over having to mash X to get it over with.

>>172197023
I think i need to get better at looking at automata as a small scale story, because despite how epic it feels, it's really just about these characters and their story.

I'm still annoyed by my questions here though
>>172195493
>>172194919

>>172196736
>Opponent has faster animations with less telegraphing
>My timing was always bad unless I leveraged some distance

Kinda frustrating, but I don't play fighting games so of course I had trouble with basic concepts.

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>>172196736
>Pascal is fucking furious
>smash them up and kill them engaged
>see him flail and clumsily whack a few murderbots
>suddenly a huge fucking laser
>ENGELS
>swat tanks and carriers out of the air
>the other Engels shows up

Part of me thinks the kids didn't seppuku until Nier 2 made them do it.

>>172197106
The machines are imitating human culture. Nothing in human culture says "eat machines / commit cannibalism to become beautiful".

And it doesn't excuse Taro abusing the corpse of that writing cliche.

>>172196614
jap meme no?

>>172197163
>block
>use basic attack
Literally the easiest thing in the world, anon. Get it together.

>>172196736
I love the Nier OST but this shouldve played instead
https://youtu.be/1vU7XqToZso?list=LLgXaVE9Z04SXPf5fL50mCuw

>>172197293

The network is fucking up with everyone and testing out the many possibilities of things, specially when regarding human culture and learning based on it. It's basically just a big experimentation of many things, specially human behaviors and emotions so it can improve itself.

Did you just sleep while N2 was talking or something?

>>172196760
someone hasn't heard of Casshan

>>172197403
You don't even have to block. I've beaten it consistently simply by mashing light attack.

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>>172196736
I was overcome with sadness.

>>172196752
>YoRHa R&D Team Journal: August 29
>Held a progress-report meeting for the new weapon.
>Considering how many observers we have from the other orbiting satellites, I can tell they expect a lot from us.

>>172197182
is that what N2 stands for

>>172197293
>Nothing in human culture says "eat machines / commit cannibalism to become beautiful".
I think that's the point. There was a gap in her knowledge of what she should do, and that was her desperate attempt to improvise.

But to be fair, the machines are modular, and wouldn't extra functionality be seen as 'desirable'? Her flawed logic is at least partially justified.

>>172197293
How many stories about cannibalism are there on the internet right now you think? There's bound to be a couple that draws connotations between cannibalism and being beautiful. It's not like the machines only ever got access to the very best of human culture, just imagine all the fanfiction they found and went through in their pursuit of evolution.

>>172197293
N2 explains this. It's gotten to the point where it's testing anythig and everything, no matter how crazy, to explore divergent evolution

>>172196970
REEEEEEEE WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE SE STORE

I WANT GOOD GOY POINTS

>>172193429
>Getting all the ending
>To get Ending Y you have to fight Superboss Emil and he is only accessible if you Max out all your weapons
>Most weapons are route specific and some require Pearls/Black Pearls which are super rare

Getting the ending for this is gonna be tedious as hell.

>>172197442
That's meant to explain the different "cultures" in the Forest Kingdom, Amusement Park, Machine Village, etc. Not the motivations of every single NPC in the game.

>>172197562
speculation at this point, one supporting fact is that since the network absorbed gestalt data you can claim they are the new shadowlord. Hell it could also just stand for Network 2.

>>172197608
And it's not like it would be hard or anything to take a step forward on Elizabeth Bathory's story and have the person drink the blood or eat the flesh since they are already bathing on it in the first place.

>>172197608
Consuming the flesh of something to gain its power has been a meme since before recorded history and has at least some truth in the concept of digesting protein to build muscle.

I agree wholehearted with the anon arguing that it was forced as fuck, though.

>>172197693
That's what Cheat Engine is for.

>>172197693
Do your quests, you get black pearls aplenty to upgrade with.

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who ever hear of human's eating each other to gain their essence?
how absurd!

Time to wait 4 years till the next game which may or may not happen and will not tie up any lose ends from any other game in the series in any way

>>172197701
It's meant to explain LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE THING regarding any machine ever. Just how hard is it for you to understand that N2 was testing every single possibility it could possibly think about in order to learn and improve itself?

>>172197751
>implying I'm playing the janky PC version

>>172197403
God damn it, no.
That was never the problem.
Timing a block was never a problem. It was everything after the block that never gave me an actual opening.
>Block
>Stagger out of the animation
>I can't start an attack animation before the enemy starts a faster attack animation

If I backed up a bit, it would waste time trying to advance and it would walk into my swipe, completely avoiding having to trade blows.

>>172197693
>super rare.
M80 just go to the amusement park shop keep and buy them.

>>172197693
The only weapon upgrade material you can't buy is Beast Hide as far as I know, and that's easy as shit to farm.
Just grab a guide, there's only 2 or 3 weapons that take more than a few minutes to get, this isn't Drakengard.

>>172197816
If there's another Nier, it will only raise more questions

Any tips on farming Large Gears?

>>172197693
Remember you can buy a lot of the rarest upgrade materials from Emil as long as you stop him in the right spot.

>>172197693
I haven't done ending Y but I have maxxed all the weapons (other than the Emil heads but the materials required for those are fairly minimal and easy) and I can tell you that it's really not that tedious as far as Nier farming is concerned. It took me like three or four hours at most.

>>172197816
don't forget it will also introduce new plot points and loose ends, fuck this cycle I want to be a transcendent being

Why does eating stamps turn robots into zombies?

>>172197828
That's the dumbest, laziest thing I've ever read, anon, but I believe it.
>write complete nonsensical bullshit
>lol just experimenting bro
W O W

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>>172197693
You can buy pretty much all materials from the vendors, I think the Amusement Park vendor sells Black Pearls. If you catch Emil near the Resistance Camp he sells a bunch of rare materials.

>>172197693

Pearls can be purchased from the clown merchant at the very end before you enter the box in the amusment park.

>TFW this game revives old memes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

>>172197991
Nah, you're just too dumb yourself to understand something so simple that is laid about bare in front of you twice, both in N2's dialogue AND Jackass' log in your inventory after you beat the game.

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>>172197831

>>172197915
Emil sells them in his higher-tier material shop.

iirc N2 read the gestalt files and looked at Nier's dna and learned about what human bodies are made of therefore the little girl avatar is actually loli nier

>>172197991
I think it's supposed to be shitting all over the existentialism that the game was peppering you with and that you no doubt thought was its main theme.

>>172198103
Ah, I see. Pity the motherfucker only sells CHIPS

>>172197749
>I agree wholehearted with the anon arguing that it was forced as fuck, though.

That's because you can only think in human terms and not machine ones.

You need to ascend and become a god

>>172198179
You should spend a few minutes farming the desert apartment pit and see. It can't be a waste of time because you'll end up with other necessary materials as well. I have trouble remembering what all drops in high quantities there because it's good for farming so many different things.

>>172198062
>massive leviathan
but it's on land so it should be a behemoth

>>172198062
>Its mind if full of hatred
For the exploiting bourgeoisie class!

>>172198062
Someone made a Pascal music video 8 years ago?

>>172193006
>Cruel Arrogance

>Level 1 - The dark, hideous lance was crafted by a beautiful female artisian. As people far and wide praised its design, the artisian's apprentice grew jealous and slew her, the lance itself soon vanishing into the mists of time."

>Level 2 - The lance's second owner was a puppeteer who crafted a clockwork doll capable of doing nearly anything. When he put the lance in the doll's hand, she lashed out and pierced the puppeteer's skull right between the eyes."

>Level 3 - The third owner was an infant prince who was gifted the lance by the queen regent. She died soon thereafter, and on the night of her funeral, the lance vanished from the infant's room, leaving behind only a tiny corpse in the crib."

>Level 4 -The fourth owner was a simple, honest man who wanted to aid his sickly daughter. He gave all to this cause - including his very existence and that of all else in the world."

Ow, that hurts a lot more than it should.

>>172198314
the copied city is also a decent place to farm, due to endless enemies.

I remember reading that you can get pod upgrade materials from a bunny or something?
someone please explain

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>>172198062
Fuck. There goes the tension from Engels fights.

>>172198092
Sorry, I just expected better from Taro. I was trying to examine things from the perspective that the writing was above NANOMACHINES, SON! level, and clearly that was a mistake.

>>172198062
Sick thread theme

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Has anyone in this thread read Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare? (I think it translates to "Thou Shalt Not Die".) I just learned about it, and apparently Yoko Taro writes it, too.

http://mangatan.com/manga/kimi_shi_ni_tamou_koto_nakare

>>172198541
gold bunny in the amusement park

hit it

no seriously keep hitting it

no don't go online to check a guide just keep hitting it

okay good job, now kill the bunny

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We need a slice of life anime about S series guys having a crush on B senpai, with O moms and Commander - sensei

Is it worth reading up the plot of the first nier? Doing Emil's Memories is making me feel like I'm missing out on a ton of stuff.

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>>172198487

Can anyone help me understand this stuff

>>172195493
>>172194919

>>172198587
You like drums?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W50lcw5FCo

>>172197803
Can anybody explain this anime to me?
What even is going on?
For what reason did Cassern kill luna?

>>172198834
You should have done that before you even played this.

>>172198834
Play it nigga.

>>172198846
I can't be going to sleep feeling this down, man. Does the Japanese version say brother, or is still dad?

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>>172198062
>Doom Robots from the future could be met with no defense

>>172196970
>only 16tracks
Fucking xenoverse X and Bayonetta 2 had 4-5 disk

>>172198834
Well, you are missing out on a ton of stuff.

>>172198687
>slice of life anime
Into the meat box it goes

>>172198963
No, there are references to both Niers. Remember, Japan got both games.

http://nierautomata.wiki.fextralife.com/Virtuous+Dignity

>>172199031
Bayonetta has so many songs on its OST that I got angry I had to sift through so many of them to find the one I was after.

Now that's a robust soundtrack.

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How do I find the quests I'm missing? They don't show up on the map like normal.

>>172198834
>reading up the plot
D O N O T
O
N
O
T

Play the game yourself or watch/read a full 100% LP(not the fucking """movie"""). If you don't want to interrupt Automata, then you can do this afterward, I guess.

>>172199031
>>only 16tracks

Unless I'm retarded that's just the first pressing bonus, the usual OST is 4 discs.

>>172198963
I'm not sure.

Though I think Virtuous Dignity's story is a nod to bro Nier, while Cruel Arrogance's story is a nod to Papa Nier.

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>>172198856
I like Taiko Drums

>>172199167
Huh, so both are canon after all. I blame Accord for this.

>>172199194
You're definitely missing one from the bunker.
Another one shows up when you've upgraded all weapons

>>172199301
>>172199031
The OST is three discs, and the first press contains a fourth bonus disc.

>>172198834
>haven't played NieR
>doing Emil's Memories

Oof. I'm sorry to hear that anon.

>got a foil Emil card that I sold for 3 bucks

noice

Would 2B fuck 9S?

>>172199393
>selling it
bruh

>>172199371
I'm not sure if I should go back and get ending D now, or finish the rest of the game first.
I'm afraid of wipey wipey

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>>172199412
No, 9S would service 2B

>>172199412
Something gives me the impression that you're going to get biased answers.

>>172199412
I don't think 2B has the kind of animal instincts 9S has that make him want to kill and fuck but I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong

>>172199412
>Would
dont you mean when will she get her chance to?

>>172199457
Wrap everything up before you do Ending D. Make your peace.

>>172199457
You can do D & E without erasing, then go back to 100% the game, and then erase.

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this game makes me feel really lonely

Is there a way to use the FAR fix along with reshade?

Is this https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/6976/ the reshade that I hear everyone talking about anyway?

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>>172199550
>>172199565
Okie dokie.
I hope I don't gotta fish to get 100%

Also mfw finding out they were experimenting on Yonah AFTER saving her in Nier and erasing yourself

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Alright, I'm finally gonna watch Drakengard 2 and see why everyone calls it a hot mess.

Should I get nier for PS3 or 360?

Also, is it still worth playing if I fucked up and spoiled the main plot details? I still know next to nothing about the characters, but I do know about the shades and the shadowlord.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEf7p_7MjkM

>>172199515
Toobs has a borderline unhealthy obsession with 9S. She would milk him til his nuts were shriveled raisins if she was freed from YoRHa.

>>172199684
Hot mess is too generous in a way, it's just boring and tonally discordant with the rest of the series.

>>172199570
We're here with you, even if you don't realize it yet!

>>172199570
You should definitely finish it.

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Is Automata just a ripoff of Casshern?

>>172199764
>Toobs has a borderline unhealthy obsession with 9S
Proof?

I'm in the zombie park and I've noticed that the golden rabbit at the entrance square is... moaning.

There's also a machine blip on my radar where it is; is it just some weird easter egg?

>>172199684
>watch
If this is that fucking movie meme again I'm going to hurt you, anon. For your own good.

>>172199723
I'd say yes. A lot of moments you don't see in summaries mean a lot when you actually experience them for yourself.00

>>172199846
No, but it explores similar themes.

>>172199861
Forget about it until you are at least level 60

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>>172199521
>E cuts off before the 2B, 9S and A2 threesome

And people call this a happy ending.

>>172199861
There may be something more to it. Try attacking in every way you can think of.

I genuinely can't think of a worse protagonist than Nowe

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>>172199663
>experimenting on Yonah AFTER saving her in Nier
Were they? I thought the archive data on her was mainly talking about the research that Project Gestalt did on the original Yonah, when they trying to find a cure for her condition but failed, so they decided they had to lie to the original Nier about it so that he would continue to cooperate with them.

>>172199684
The bits with Caim and Angelus are cool, the game is otherwise terrible, and it doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the franchise at all.

>>172199854
Finish the game. Read the weapon stories.

>>172199723
Knowing about the Shades is a big loss. Unlike Automata, they are very lowkey about the enemies' sapience until route B, and it's meant to be a powerful revelation.

It's more like Shadow of the Colossus, where there's just a vague feeling that you're doing something wrong until the rug gets pulled out from under you at the end.

Still, it's a very fun game with charming characters. I think it's worth playing regardless.

Did A2 ever get an interest in 9S?

>>172199861
>>172199932
Well, just found out what the hell's up with that thing.

Since this is Route C and I'm being forced to play 9Edge he just kinda hissed at it instead of giving any cool dialogue.

>>172199861
For the high pitch sound, go where you saw/fought the Amusement Goliath Park

Those machines at the unopenable doors say they'll turn into useful materials but none of them did...

>>172200020
He's just generic as fuck

>>172198852
Wish I could but afaik that shit is all straight-up plotholes

>>172200124
Just in protecting him. Until he goes nuclear and tries to kill her too.

>>172199862
I've already played Drakengard 1, I don't feel the need to make the effort to actually play Drakengard 2 if it's the same terrible gameplay but without the incentive of an actually interesting story.

>>172200163
I spared it and got a pod program when I went back during Route C. The only programs I ever use are Laser, Wave and Scanner, though.

>>172200213
You don't need to play it. The purists in this thread are ridiculous.

>>172200170
No he's the most stupid motherfucker ever, it's a miracle he can breath

>>172200213
I think he means you should watch a lets play, not one of those "movies" that's just all the cutscenes

>>172200165
They explode into G. You probably collected it before the bits hit the ground

>>172199892
>>172200121
Thanks anons. Is either version definitely better than the other or should I just go with whichever is cheaper? I have a PS3 and a 360

>>172200213
I didn't mean to play it. I meant to watch/read a full LP.

The """movie""" edits of the Drakenier games are fucking awful hackjobs.

>>172200315
Even if you killed it, you'll get that pod from the yorha corpse that succumbed to the virus.

>>172200371
that's not useful materials that's chump change

>>172200371
I think the joke is >useful

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how the fuck
All of its attacks 1-shot me on Hard and half of them don't seem avoidable without perfect dodging, which is hard when they seem to have like 0.5s between its telegraph and it hitting.

Am I missing something obvious here?

>>172200468
flank it and blow its arm covers off. when you blow off one of its arm coverings it gets stunned for like 30 seconds. Pummel it for a bit, then break another one to chain stun it.

>>172200468
Perfect dodging is so easy that it's harder to perform a dodge that the game doesn't interpret as a perfect dodge. You can cancel dodges into dodges by mashing the dodge button.

Like the other guy said, circle to its side and only attack after it performs a frontal attack or an ass blast.

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really makes you think

>>172200705
that entire wiki is a joke

>>172200654
I know perfect dodges are easy generally, but if it's an attack that comes out extremely quickly it's a different story, at least for me. I'm mostly thinking of its backwards triple tail stab. It goes from just standing perfectly still to stabbing it what seems like an instant.

>>172200574
Will try

>>172200705
I though the part where 6o got rejected was kinda funny and the little sister escort mission

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What did they mean by this?

Why not just reprogram 9S and tweak him so he stops discovering the truth?!?!?!

>>172200765
I feel you on that one but if you use an understanding of the phases it predictably goes through then you'll know that, after a brief lull, it's about to start tailspiking you and you can just start mashing dodge in anticipation. You don't need to actually react (which is the damnable shame of the dodging system they used in this game).

>emil memories
>being chased by a boar
I might be wrong but if I remeber right good bye my friends / I dont want to die happens before the boar part KILL THE BOAR, AVANGE THE SAND PEOPLE

>>172200745
It's good for finding documents and weapon stories post-all my save data is gone.

>>172200851
He keeps hacking himself
fucker wasn't even programmed to use melee weapons but he got around that too

>>172200705
Romeo and Juliet got a good laugh out of me.

>>172200213
Nah, don't play Drakengard 2, it's garbage. Watch an LP, if anything.

>>172200961
So discontinue him or remove his hacking ability

Much more convenient then sending him on missions that risk your whole operation every fucking time cuz he could figure out the truth

I can't think of a single valid reason why 9S was ever used again after the very first time he found out the truth

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>>172200391
Any half-decent LPs you'd recommend?

>>172201080
He has high specs and the problem is always taken care of. Why not keep using him?

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>he does a horse during the game's main story
> considers joy to be a "hole" which needs to be regularly filled

What did Taro mean by this?

>>172201080
Hes just TOO GOOD

>>172201138
thedarkid

always thedarkid for you Drakengard needs.

>>172201138
lparchive.org/drakengard2

Am I doing something wrong or is the swordfish just a super rare catch?

>>172201080
YOU CAN'T STOP

HACKERMAN

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>>172201080
The reason they give is that he gets results. So he's genuinely beneficial to the war effort as long as they just keep a watchful eye on him. And have 2B stab him in the back and reset his memories every few weeks or whatever.

>>172201080
Arnt the android trying to evolve themselves? If they keep sending out the same models theyll never learn new shit.

>>172201203
>his life's goal is to literally stick his penis into a black hole, the ultimate orifice of the cosmos
Octa was a bretty cool dude

>>172201215
>>172201234
I like thedarkid, but I kind of prefer video format when seeing a game for the first time.

This bloom fix really makes wonders. The desert is so beautiful now

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You guys don't know how much I wanted A2 to get interested in 9S in so many ways

>>172201398
>wanting to actually see drakengard's god-awful combat
you only need to watch the cutscene videos

>>172201398
>video lps of rpgs
W
E
W

>>172201403
Where do i get it? Does it play nice with FAR?

Jus play the fucking games holy shit

I cant find the pic, but there was concept art of 2B and 9S as children?

What was that?

>>172201593
>androids
>as children

>>172201570
It's actually integrated with the latest release of FAR. Inside FAR.ini just put the width resolution of your screen in the bloomwidth field and you're good to go, so that means that if you're playing on 1920x1080, then just put 1920 in there.

I feel like I cheated that Emil fight
His instakill attack didn't hit me because of anti-chain damage
after that he just sat there waiting for death

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>>172201653
>used an advantageous build in an RPG
>feels bad

>>172193429
For the stage play in the mega, is it possible to add subtitles to it? I'd rather not have to have the subtitles pdf open at the same time as the video

>>172201828
no this is like the opera where they sing in a foreign language and your only way of following th story is to read the plot summary on the playbill

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Be honest, at what scenes did you cry and/or what from this game had the most emotional impact on you?

>>172201985
I don't sympathize with robots anon

I can fap to them though

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>99% Unit Data

JUST

TWO

MORE

>>172201630
they were conceptualized as kids in an early version of the game

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Are there more to this set?

>>172202091
>Need 95% to get rid of that fucking recon quest

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So if Nier Automata doesnt win OST of the year were gonna riot right?

>>172202091
I named the complimentary terminal moose "Gary Moosey".

I didn't expect to share that with anyone but in lieu of your post I felt like I had to.

>>172202174
>>172201630
>>172201593
Platinum wanted to make 2B a loli.
Taro wanted to make 2B an "oppai onee-san"
One of them wanted to make 9S a young adult male like Adam and Eve.

In the end, we got two roughly high school age characters.

so the sun is always at the same place in the sky
someone explain this shit
the earth stopped rotating?
is this actually a sign that everything is just a simulation in a shitty computer or something
is it just fucking magic?

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>>172201985
I came close to tears when Pascal said he would smash them to pieces and kill every last one and with the Devo and Popo text story. Seeing those messages and receiving assistance in E also did the job but that wasn't sadness.

What hit me the worst and made my chest really ache was starting a new game after giving up my data and experiencing everything in the bunker at the start of chapter 2 again.

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>>172201985
The endings of the two Emil quests honestly.

>>172201985
11-06 and "isn't thst right, kaine!?"

>>172202346
Earth got thrown off its axis in the God AIDs war.

>>172202346
This was the case in the original Nier as well.

>>172202289
okay no that's too much.
toobie's booty is perfect because it's not too fat and not too skinny.

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>>172201985
>isn't that right, Kaine?!

>>172202346
They explain it during the game, keep playing.

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>>172202346
>we got a shota instead
truly the best timeline

>>172202440
it still doesn't make any sense!

>>172202346
The Earth stopped rotating.

IIRC Taro explained that it's supposed to be because the games are set so far in the future, but that makes no sense. A few thousand years wouldn't have any effect on the Earth's rotation, much less stop it completely.

>>172201985
I'm barely through and I just feel tfw no 9S

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>>172202327
I wouldn't hold my breath on Automata winning too many mainstream awards, but what's their competition on music?

I can't think of many that had stellar soundtracks recently.

>>172202498
>A few thousand years
That's just what the machines want you to believe.

>>172202289
Thats actually one of mine, but it seems someone cropped my watermark from it, you can find the full images here : http://creepychimera.tumblr.com/post/158700780303/2b-edit-this-is-not-a-final-version-she-will

>>172202346
Earth stopped rotating because day/night cycles are hard.

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>>172201985
None of it had a strong emotional impact on me, but I still have to do the two Emil fights.

>>172202346
Earth's axis was knocked over somehow and we get a perpetual "midnight sun" thing in the area the games take place it.
There's some interview in Grimoire Nier, I had to hunt it down once to confirm.

The earth isn't tidal locked. That'd be significantly more catastrophic.

The Earth still rotates, but the sun never fully sets.

>>172202289
ew

>>172202467
But we didn't. We got a bratty high schooler.

I wanted an actual shota. Like Emil pre-skelemorph.

>>172201985
9S making a grave for 2B hit me the hardest. Kinda relieved I missed her flight unit, that would have been too much.

>>172202498
>>172202634
This, it's just a change to the axis, not to the Earth's actual rotation.

Still makes no sense, though. The true explanation is >>172202587.