Back when I played the original in late 2019, this game immediately cemented itself as one of my favorites of all time. Now, this remake has only improved it. It fixed my main complaint with the game, that being the lackluster combat that made going through the game a chore sometimes, and added so much more to make it the definitive way to play this game for me. Playing through this story as Brother Nier is what I've always wanted since I played the original and it was great (though ironically now I just want Dad Nier back so hopefully this game sells half as much as Automata so we can bring him home). I'm not gonna write a whole essay on why I love this game so much cause it's been done so many times before so I'll just say that the combined experience of Nier Gestalt and Replicant is probably my favorite game ever made.