Nier: Automata - 3C3C1D119440927

released on May 02, 2017

DLC for NieR: Automata

The downloadable content (DLC) set, titled “3C3C1D119440927”, will include three exciting new colosseums to challenge, plus additional sub-quests. Upon completion of these quests, players can earn various rewards, including: Costumes from the previous Japanese release, NieR: Replicant, for androids 2B, 9S and A2 Records that add special music tracks to the players’ jukebox New equipment and cosmetic accessories such as hairspray that allows you to change the color of 2B and A2’s hair Masks with unique “on equip” effects Special bullets that change the appearance of enemy bullets


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NieR automata es mi juego favorito de todos los tiempos y no he parado de recomendarselo a todo el mundo que podía. Eso ha generado una pregunta recurrente : ¿merece la pena dedicar tiempo al dlc? Y siempre la he respondido con un no, porque realmente así lo pienso. Ni yo en consecuentes playthroughs me he dedicado a hacerlo. Requiere mucho trabajo para lo que realmente aporta. Sin embargo, no considero que sea un mal DLC, todo lo contrario, me gusta mucho.

Podría dividir este juego en 2 partes diferenciadas, por un lado los coliseos, y por otro la historia de plato. En primer lugar, los coliseos están bien, son batallas normales o con diferentes modificadores para darle un giro a la jugabilidad (no siempre para bien). Están chulos sin más, aunque su excesivo nivel de entrada a las diferentes pruebas finales, hace que los acabes dejando de lado al completar el juego. Ya no porque no quieras, si no porque posiblemente no podrás terminarlo.

Pero si decides dedicarte a completarlos antes de alcanzar el final o posteriormente, la historia a la que te da acceso me parece muy chula. Se introduce más profundo en la jerarquía de las máquinas y nos cuenta una historia dura, tratando un tema como el capacitismo, muy al estilo nier. Una historia que cierra con el videoclip de amazarashi que es sencillamente espectacular. Esa increíble canción de rock acompañada de unos visuales grotescos transmiten una sensación muy curiosa.

En definitiva, pese a que el proceso de llegar a ver todas sus partes puede ser tedioso, si dedicas el tiempo necesario no estarás para nada decepcionado. Si eres una persona que le flipa esta saga, como yo, podrás disfrutar de un momento muy chulo y bizarro de esta.

I get to beat up the CEO of Square Enix

Este contenido descargable se enfoca en ofrecernos arenas de combate y mejoras estéticas para los personajes principales. También cuenta con una pequeña historia adicional enfocada en los eventos que le suceden a una máquina en particular. Es un DLC creado específicamente para los amantes de NieR en general, contando con todas las características a las que Yoko Taro nos tiene acostumbrados. Resalta específicamente el par de sorpresas que le esperan a quienes completen en su totalidad las arenas de combate. Más que recomendar el DLC, lo mejor aquí es recomendar NieR Automata, uno de los mejores títulos de la última década.

Disclaimer: I did not play this DLC. It did not seem worth money to me. However, my partner has the Game of the YorHa edition so the DLC was included for them and I watched them play it.
This DLC essentially contains 3 things: The combat arenas, the cosmetic options, and ending Δ.

The combat in Nier Automata is probably no one’s favourite thing about it. It’s passable, some people might even like it, but it didn’t get its 4.3 average rating on Backloggd because the combat is so fun. So a DLC where you spend most of your time just doing combat is already a pretty rough sell.
And then they went and utterly screwed it up. The combat itself is fairly boring. It’s the same enemies you fight throughout the game in an arena that is just a circle. The desert and the forest arena at least try to spice it up a bit by giving you rules to follow or making you fight as machines, and while the latter actually kind of works, the former is little more than a nice nod to Replicant. The flooded city arena doesn’t even attempt to make itself interesting.
The stories surrounding these arenas are also pretty bad. The desert arena is a worse execution of the ideas already explored in Facade in Replicant. The forest arena is a worse execution of the ideas already explored in the Father Servo side quest. And the flooded city arena is once again the worst, being a worse execution of the ideas already explored in this pretty niche game called “NieR Automata”, all the while being Spec Ops: The Line level of “you’re a bad person for playing this”.
But the worst part of all of this is the difficulty. I don’t mean difficulty in the good way; I mean that you need to be high level. The recommended level for the S rank battles is 90. If you haven’t played Nier Automata, you might think “Well yeah, you want your DLC to be endgame content, duh” and you’d be totally right! But at the end of the game, your level is probably going to be in the 50s. I don’t know how high it is if you have 100% side quest completion, but it can’t be above 70. So then, how do you reach level 90? You grind. A lot. It sucks.

So, the combat arenas are awful, but what about the rest of the DLC? Well, the cosmetic options are fine. In my opinion, Kainé’s outfit looks a bit weird on 2B, but the rest of the stuff looks good, especially Nier’s outfit on A2. The problem is that you get these cosmetic options as a reward for the battle arenas. And remember what I said about the level recommendations? Cool, now I can dress up A2 as Nier, but I’m basically almost done with the game, so I get to look at her like that for less than half an hour.

What about ending Δ?
It’s nothing short of amazing. If this DLC was just playing through the life of Plato 1728, maybe a bit expanded from what is in the DLC right now, it’d be 5 stars. Unfortunately, you have to do all of the battle arenas to even get to it in the first place.
It’s a beautiful story about capitalism, about how the disabled are mistreated, about escapism, about how those in power use culture wars to distract from their misdeeds, and of course also a bit about what it means to be alive. The song by amazarashi and the video that goes with it are also amazing.
My recommendation is to ignore the combat arenas and just watch ending Δ. It’s amazing, but I’m not sure if it’s worth going through the arenas and if you don’t have the Game of the YorHa or Become as Gods edition, it is certainly not worth your money in addition to that.