I have really enjoyed my time playing Nier: Automata, I had no idea what to expect going in but this game has managed to take my breath away multiple times. I particularly enjoyed the way the game straddles the line between genres, moving from a 3D world to a 2.5D platformer and then to a twin-stick shooter and back again, I've not seen anything like it in a game before and I loved it.

The characters are enjoyable and interesting and the story is fun, if not a bit predictable at times and confusing at others. If you speed run the main endings, the game is relatively short but you can put in a lot more time by finding the remaining endings as well as completing the side-quests and weapons, etc.

I feel like the game faltered a bit with the combat, although it was mostly very enjoyable, it felt a bit repetitive at times and I found myself being stun-locked to death on occasion, however, I'm sure this is something I could have avoided by equipping the necessary plug-in chips, another part of the game which I enjoyed and welcomed.

My main issue was to do with trying to collect my plug-in chips after I had died, I found myself rushing to pick them up more often than not and, in my haste, I would always pick them up instead of automatically re-equipping them, which meant I would need to immediately go into my inventory and plug them all back in again, hoping I could remember which ones I had. Aside from this and the questionable trophy involving looking up a particular character's skirt 10 times, Nier: Automata was a fantastic experience and one that I would recommend to anyone else looking for a good time in an unfamiliar world.