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Drakengard 3 is an experience like no other and in so many ways it's a downright masterpiece.
The way that it tells its story and how it strangely makes you care for the characters through the different routes & endings is something special. How all those branches come together to give you small pieces of information on this world & this story. From the bigger picture stuff with Accord and the connection to the other DrakeNier titles, down to the smaller scale, self contained story of Zero, the intoners and their servants. It was an amazing experience and was also enhanced even further by the incredible soundtrack. Keep in mind, the story isn't perfect, as some characters are a bit underdeveloped (the DLC apparently fixes this but I didnt play that yet...), but it's still an extremely impactful narrative with a thematic throughline that hits all the emotional peaks that it needs to and it does so in a way that can only be done within this medium, while also trying things that I've never seen before in a game...
But talking about the medium, it is still a game, and sadly it's not great to play.
I still found myself having fun and it's a major step-up from the original drakengard but it's still lacking. The level design is extremely repetitive, the combat is clunky, there are awkward difficulty jumps, it feels unbalanced with some weapons being completely useless, the sidecontent is just repetitive missions inside reused areas, your companions feel useless in battle, and I could go on but in conclusion, it kinda just plays like shit. Especially because on top of all this the game has terrible performance with a ton of screentearing and you're lucky if it hits 30fps for more than a few seconds. (it somehow never crashed tho)
But despite the gameplay issues I'm glad that I played it myself, I doubt that this game wouldve impacted me in this way if I just watched it. So even with the flaws, and even if it's hard to recommend, this game is pretty fucking incredible... but it has a few too many flaws for it to get 5 stars
The way that it tells its story and how it strangely makes you care for the characters through the different routes & endings is something special. How all those branches come together to give you small pieces of information on this world & this story. From the bigger picture stuff with Accord and the connection to the other DrakeNier titles, down to the smaller scale, self contained story of Zero, the intoners and their servants. It was an amazing experience and was also enhanced even further by the incredible soundtrack. Keep in mind, the story isn't perfect, as some characters are a bit underdeveloped (the DLC apparently fixes this but I didnt play that yet...), but it's still an extremely impactful narrative with a thematic throughline that hits all the emotional peaks that it needs to and it does so in a way that can only be done within this medium, while also trying things that I've never seen before in a game...
But talking about the medium, it is still a game, and sadly it's not great to play.
I still found myself having fun and it's a major step-up from the original drakengard but it's still lacking. The level design is extremely repetitive, the combat is clunky, there are awkward difficulty jumps, it feels unbalanced with some weapons being completely useless, the sidecontent is just repetitive missions inside reused areas, your companions feel useless in battle, and I could go on but in conclusion, it kinda just plays like shit. Especially because on top of all this the game has terrible performance with a ton of screentearing and you're lucky if it hits 30fps for more than a few seconds. (it somehow never crashed tho)
But despite the gameplay issues I'm glad that I played it myself, I doubt that this game wouldve impacted me in this way if I just watched it. So even with the flaws, and even if it's hard to recommend, this game is pretty fucking incredible... but it has a few too many flaws for it to get 5 stars
![NieR Re[in]carnation: The People and the World](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/co7zfb.jpg)
This final arc of NieR Re[in]carnation is without a doubt the best part of the game. Every arc before this was just planting the seeds and after years of buildup I'm happy to say that they were able to bring it together and conclude this experience in a satisfying & surprising way.
This entire chapter was filled with plottwists & crazy moments at every turn and it was incredible to finally get answers to so many questions. Not just questions from NieR Re[in]carnation but from all of NieR and even Drakengard, as this game directly ties together everything that came before while also laying a foundation for what comes next and dropping some massive lore bombs along the way. But while it did a lot of heavy lifting for the greater story of this universe, it also manages to bring a satisfying conclusion on a more personal level to every character that we met throughout our journey through the Cage. All of them get their time to shine here.
The only thing holding this back is ofcourse the gameplay and the fact that it is a mobile gacha game which will soon be gone forever... I really hope that they preserve this experience in some way because it definitely deserves it and its importance to the world of NieR can't be understated.
Love it or hate it, this is NieR 3. And while I used to be on the hate side, I'm glad that I decided to check it out regardless because as a fan of the series this was a joy to experience
This entire chapter was filled with plottwists & crazy moments at every turn and it was incredible to finally get answers to so many questions. Not just questions from NieR Re[in]carnation but from all of NieR and even Drakengard, as this game directly ties together everything that came before while also laying a foundation for what comes next and dropping some massive lore bombs along the way. But while it did a lot of heavy lifting for the greater story of this universe, it also manages to bring a satisfying conclusion on a more personal level to every character that we met throughout our journey through the Cage. All of them get their time to shine here.
The only thing holding this back is ofcourse the gameplay and the fact that it is a mobile gacha game which will soon be gone forever... I really hope that they preserve this experience in some way because it definitely deserves it and its importance to the world of NieR can't be understated.
Love it or hate it, this is NieR 3. And while I used to be on the hate side, I'm glad that I decided to check it out regardless because as a fan of the series this was a joy to experience
This review contains spoilers
The tagline for this game is “the unknown journey continues”, but nothing about this journey is unknown. They didn't commit to what the ending of Remake promised and instead focussed on just retelling the story of OG... But with all the different timelines already being introduced it feels wrong for this to just try and be a remake, as these things often go completely against the point of FFVII.
Especially because, in its adaption of the original story, it keeps missing the point of pivotal moments, arcs & characters. It doesn't understand what made FFVII so special to me and because of that just creates a worse version of it. It's not necessarily bad but it is consistently worse. Very rarely it does try to be its own thing but it doesn’t go far enough for it to actually have an impact on the narrative. Even during the ending, they go insane, only for it to mostly end up like the OG anyway, taking away from the impact of both the new and original story elements, while setting up part 3 to be more of the same. It’s like they’re scared to deviate too much so it just sits awkwardly in the middle while they stretch out these 15 hours of story content into a massive & bloated 70 hour experience that feels at a loss of what it wants to be.
Still tho... the combat is extremely satisfying, some areas are fun to explore (even if it's just a basic checklist open world), the locations are recreated in a beautiful way, the OST is incredible and the voice performances are flawless. The story even has some moments where it does work for me, where it's genuinely just really good & where it manages to adapt & reimagine events in interesting ways. I can't understate how much I adore those moments. Some characters and relationships are also expanded upon in great ways but for everything that it does right there are a million things that it does wrong.
As someone who really loves OG this game felt pointless to me. It tries to be different but doesn't commit, but when it tries to be faithful it misses the point. And while doing so it goes against everything that FFVII stands for. While it does improve on some aspects of OG, it also misses so much of what made that game so special. So what's the point...?
I did enjoy some moments of this game but at other points, and especially looking back on it, I hate that it even exists
Especially because, in its adaption of the original story, it keeps missing the point of pivotal moments, arcs & characters. It doesn't understand what made FFVII so special to me and because of that just creates a worse version of it. It's not necessarily bad but it is consistently worse. Very rarely it does try to be its own thing but it doesn’t go far enough for it to actually have an impact on the narrative. Even during the ending, they go insane, only for it to mostly end up like the OG anyway, taking away from the impact of both the new and original story elements, while setting up part 3 to be more of the same. It’s like they’re scared to deviate too much so it just sits awkwardly in the middle while they stretch out these 15 hours of story content into a massive & bloated 70 hour experience that feels at a loss of what it wants to be.
Still tho... the combat is extremely satisfying, some areas are fun to explore (even if it's just a basic checklist open world), the locations are recreated in a beautiful way, the OST is incredible and the voice performances are flawless. The story even has some moments where it does work for me, where it's genuinely just really good & where it manages to adapt & reimagine events in interesting ways. I can't understate how much I adore those moments. Some characters and relationships are also expanded upon in great ways but for everything that it does right there are a million things that it does wrong.
As someone who really loves OG this game felt pointless to me. It tries to be different but doesn't commit, but when it tries to be faithful it misses the point. And while doing so it goes against everything that FFVII stands for. While it does improve on some aspects of OG, it also misses so much of what made that game so special. So what's the point...?
I did enjoy some moments of this game but at other points, and especially looking back on it, I hate that it even exists