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94.5 Points
13 Supporters

I still can't believe this game exists. When my friend texted me out of the blue that a Nier sequel was being developed by Platinum games, I thought they were fucking with me.

Nier 2: Electric Boogalo manages to keep the tone of the original while doing something entirely different. Nier 1's story beats were very direct, while for most of the game Automata prefers to be introspective. There's lots of robots running around and all of them don't know what to do with themselves. Philosophical navel-gazing and pondering the meaning of life is a constant throughout Automata, and a lesser game would have come across as pretentious, but the strength of the writing makes the internal struggles of the characters compelling and interesting. And when the game does go all-out and go for the direct emotional gut-punch to the player, it doesn't hold back at all, culminating in potentially the greatest ending sequence in any game.

In conclusion...

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