I honestly cannot understand where the love for this game comes from. Sporadically cliche-but-effective writing is hamstrung by some of the worst looking and playing levels I have ever seen in a game, additionally weighed down by shitty sidequests and wildly varying production quality levels.
The game as a whole feels unfocused, and the addition of having to complete the game multiple times to get the full story feels like a cop-out meant to draw out your time with the game. To make matters worse, Nier ALREADY recycles areas twice, sometimes 3 times in the main game. This is absolutely inexcusable, especially when your reward for slogging through the Lost Shrine for the sixth time is a crowbarred-in cutscene that depicts how the giant shadow monster you're fighting is a single mother of 12 or whatever.
Also Kaine's outfit might be one of the worst designs I've seen in some time. It's not even hot; it just looks absurd.
The game as a whole feels unfocused, and the addition of having to complete the game multiple times to get the full story feels like a cop-out meant to draw out your time with the game. To make matters worse, Nier ALREADY recycles areas twice, sometimes 3 times in the main game. This is absolutely inexcusable, especially when your reward for slogging through the Lost Shrine for the sixth time is a crowbarred-in cutscene that depicts how the giant shadow monster you're fighting is a single mother of 12 or whatever.
Also Kaine's outfit might be one of the worst designs I've seen in some time. It's not even hot; it just looks absurd.