This was something I started on PS4 around early 2018 before Persona fixation took over and I dropped. There was then plans to play it in 2020 alongside someone but they went ahead and played it without me so this was finally the perfect opportunity to cut myself free from some ties to my past and experience the game for myself.
Having played some of the PS4 version, I have to say this is one of the more impressive Switch ports I've played. It hits a mostly consistent 30fps and while there are noticeable scalebacks like the texture quality and geometry of some objects, it still manages to maintain the look and feel of NieR with few hiccups.
As for the game itself, Platinum did an excellent job with their brand of action game for fighting, with on foot battles being smooth, kinetic, and flashy while the mech sections offer some great shoot em up gameplay with some spectacular boss fights.
There's a lot of neat stuff that makes use of you playing as an android, with you able to equip and unequip chips to adjust the UI with information you want as well as the usual stat and healing buffs.
The game has a bunch of different endings, with 5 main ones broken up into 3 main routes. The first and third routes are great and while I can appreciate what they were going for in the second route, it is a little repetitive coming straight after the first route. Still, while the idea isn't executed perfectly, it is still a neat one.
The story is very good, taking you to a post apocalyptic Earth as androids fight for humans and robots fight for alien invaders and as you slowly uncover the mysteries of the game, you'll find yourself getting attached to characters like 2B, 9S, and Pascal.
And having played Xenoblade 3 recently, Ending E definitely made me go oh..... I see what I have become here.... Which is really neat and further strengthens the narrative of the two games.
NieR: Automata is a fantastic game with a strong narrative and one that was worthy of the praise it soaked up on its original launch. The Switch port is of a high enough standard where I feel comfortable recommending this version if Switch is your platform of choice.
I am glad I finally found the opportunity to play this game and I am happy that it lived up to its expectations.
Having played some of the PS4 version, I have to say this is one of the more impressive Switch ports I've played. It hits a mostly consistent 30fps and while there are noticeable scalebacks like the texture quality and geometry of some objects, it still manages to maintain the look and feel of NieR with few hiccups.
As for the game itself, Platinum did an excellent job with their brand of action game for fighting, with on foot battles being smooth, kinetic, and flashy while the mech sections offer some great shoot em up gameplay with some spectacular boss fights.
There's a lot of neat stuff that makes use of you playing as an android, with you able to equip and unequip chips to adjust the UI with information you want as well as the usual stat and healing buffs.
The game has a bunch of different endings, with 5 main ones broken up into 3 main routes. The first and third routes are great and while I can appreciate what they were going for in the second route, it is a little repetitive coming straight after the first route. Still, while the idea isn't executed perfectly, it is still a neat one.
The story is very good, taking you to a post apocalyptic Earth as androids fight for humans and robots fight for alien invaders and as you slowly uncover the mysteries of the game, you'll find yourself getting attached to characters like 2B, 9S, and Pascal.
And having played Xenoblade 3 recently, Ending E definitely made me go oh..... I see what I have become here.... Which is really neat and further strengthens the narrative of the two games.
NieR: Automata is a fantastic game with a strong narrative and one that was worthy of the praise it soaked up on its original launch. The Switch port is of a high enough standard where I feel comfortable recommending this version if Switch is your platform of choice.
I am glad I finally found the opportunity to play this game and I am happy that it lived up to its expectations.