This review contains spoilers
This game surprised me very positively, so much so that it became my second favorite game of all time.
Ner:Automata is an Action RPG, set in a world where machines created by aliens have taken over the world and our goal is to destroy all machines and return the world to humans.
It's a simple premise, but behind that backdrop lies one of the most unique and compelling stories in gaming.
The game's story touches on the following main themes: Existentialism, Militarism, Personal Loss, Machines can have free will, Genocide, Revenge, Fascism and the Human Condition. All of them very well explored, through the 3 protagonist characters of the game: The distrustful 2B, a combat android and protagonist of Route A of the game, Curioso 9S, a Scanner android and Protagonist of Route B and Main Antagonist of Route C of the game and Misteriosa A2, who initially appears as a minor character in Routes A and B, but becomes the protagonist of Route C.
As I already said, the characters during their journeys, will go through all kinds of experiences that translate extremely well into the themes mentioned above and in my opinion the best character in the game is by far 9S who initially he seems to be just the helper of the protagonist, but the character goes through several arcs, making him one of the best characters I've ever seen in a video game, despite that the other two characters are not far behind, although I think 2B is the weakest protagonist of the 3, because I think she's the least developed, yet she's also fantastic.
Talking a little about the Gameplay, the game's combat system is very simple, but very addictive, although at the beginning it is a little confusing, which made me lose the first mission of the game 2 times, but that was enough to get me used to it .
The game's graphics are not the best of their generation, not even on Ps4/Xone, but still the artstyle is extremely well done and conveys the game's atmosphere very well.
The Music is some of the best I've heard in a game, containing several tracks that use vocals in an epic way, a style of music that I love, especially in JRPG's.
One of the criticisms I have with the game is the fact that the game uses invisible walls excessively, they often had places where I thought I could enter, only to find myself with an invisible wall in place, this is one of the few things I I didn't like the game.
Speaking now of the moments that most impressed me in the game, I loved the fact that the game constantly changes the camera perspective and also alternates the game's gameplay between traditional gameplay and Shoot 'em up, and even makes the characters themselves interact with the menu game settings, these things help the game a lot not to get repetitive in my opinion. But the moment I really understood that this was no longer a conventional game was when I arrived at the amusement park for the first time and heard your music, I think it was one of the most unique sensations I felt with a game, it's hard to explain, just playing to understand.
There's still a lot that could be said about this game, but I think that only by playing it can you understand why this game is so loved by those who played it, but to finish, I'm going to say in my opinion what message this game wants to convey : During our journey, we learned that humans were extinct many years ago, and that everything was just a lie created by Yorha, to give some meaning to the lives of these androids, but we also learned that the machines studied and copied the way of life of the Humans and later it is revealed that the Androids have the same type of conscience as the machines. So can you say that humans really went extinct? What makes us human?
Ner:Automata is an Action RPG, set in a world where machines created by aliens have taken over the world and our goal is to destroy all machines and return the world to humans.
It's a simple premise, but behind that backdrop lies one of the most unique and compelling stories in gaming.
The game's story touches on the following main themes: Existentialism, Militarism, Personal Loss, Machines can have free will, Genocide, Revenge, Fascism and the Human Condition. All of them very well explored, through the 3 protagonist characters of the game: The distrustful 2B, a combat android and protagonist of Route A of the game, Curioso 9S, a Scanner android and Protagonist of Route B and Main Antagonist of Route C of the game and Misteriosa A2, who initially appears as a minor character in Routes A and B, but becomes the protagonist of Route C.
As I already said, the characters during their journeys, will go through all kinds of experiences that translate extremely well into the themes mentioned above and in my opinion the best character in the game is by far 9S who initially he seems to be just the helper of the protagonist, but the character goes through several arcs, making him one of the best characters I've ever seen in a video game, despite that the other two characters are not far behind, although I think 2B is the weakest protagonist of the 3, because I think she's the least developed, yet she's also fantastic.
Talking a little about the Gameplay, the game's combat system is very simple, but very addictive, although at the beginning it is a little confusing, which made me lose the first mission of the game 2 times, but that was enough to get me used to it .
The game's graphics are not the best of their generation, not even on Ps4/Xone, but still the artstyle is extremely well done and conveys the game's atmosphere very well.
The Music is some of the best I've heard in a game, containing several tracks that use vocals in an epic way, a style of music that I love, especially in JRPG's.
One of the criticisms I have with the game is the fact that the game uses invisible walls excessively, they often had places where I thought I could enter, only to find myself with an invisible wall in place, this is one of the few things I I didn't like the game.
Speaking now of the moments that most impressed me in the game, I loved the fact that the game constantly changes the camera perspective and also alternates the game's gameplay between traditional gameplay and Shoot 'em up, and even makes the characters themselves interact with the menu game settings, these things help the game a lot not to get repetitive in my opinion. But the moment I really understood that this was no longer a conventional game was when I arrived at the amusement park for the first time and heard your music, I think it was one of the most unique sensations I felt with a game, it's hard to explain, just playing to understand.
There's still a lot that could be said about this game, but I think that only by playing it can you understand why this game is so loved by those who played it, but to finish, I'm going to say in my opinion what message this game wants to convey : During our journey, we learned that humans were extinct many years ago, and that everything was just a lie created by Yorha, to give some meaning to the lives of these androids, but we also learned that the machines studied and copied the way of life of the Humans and later it is revealed that the Androids have the same type of conscience as the machines. So can you say that humans really went extinct? What makes us human?