I reaaaally don't believe the Drakengard 1 E ending was a joke put at the last minute... Was it Yoko Taro himself who said that? I mean, is it even posible to just slap a whole boss, environment and animations and script and everything else without a bigger planning/ design?

Anybody looking forward to the remastered

Drakengard remaster with platinum games scalebound project will shake the industry.

Can I get a link to the art in the thumbnail?

Why no ones knows about gestalt and/or drakengard?? Its all automata this 2b that. Ugh its fustrating.

"Hiding dark narratives and character studies with in a straightforward premise..." In a nutshell, that's what I think I love about NieR, and a lot of JRPG's in general. They can be enjoyed on a surface level, but then there's that stinger where you realise that there is much more going on than you thought. This tends not to be the case with Western productions, for whatever reason, which tend to front load the complexity, darkness, and weirdness: e.g., Pathologic or Planescape (both genius games, by the way). I know these are broad generalisations, but I would argue that they mostly hold true.

A good idea doesn’t matter if it isn’t executed properly. The reason these games flopped isn’t because some outside influence or whatever it’s because the person with the vision didn’t have the skill to bring it to light. In other words the game just wasn’t good enough to compete with other games that deserved the attention and popularity. RDR was just a good game, no tricks or complex story just simple fun. Relying on gimmicks only gets you so far, challenging the norms of something isn’t wrong but in most cases it’s that way for a reason.

Do u plan on making a neir automata video?

BIG fan of the whole series. I'm no gamer, but I find this to be masterfully done and enjoy revisiting it time and time again. The old cliche stands that I always find something new when i do this.

KneeeeeAir Not Nere Love the vid though

I’m working on a Nier retrospective of my own and stumbled across your video. This is brilliantly executed my friend! Definitely one of the best videos I’ve seen on the game, well done.

ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR REMAKE HYPE?!?!?

and now we finelly get a remake. its about damn time

"The pressure of getting it prefect was getting to him" I am on my second watch and I didn't read the first time. Now I'm dead. Thanks. Lol.

Hi, just a short question. Why is it so heavy sexy? Like sexualized². No complain, I love eyecandy but in such a philosophical ensemble why the crazy sexiness?

Yoko Taro is a god damn legend

Nier was an odd ball of a game i once played with a friend. It had a giant fist made of shadows to punch with.

Just imagine if the simpsons did an intro like this at 1:22 were they just showed the script of the simpsons running to sit on the couch and how something happens and they relentlessly try to sit on the couch constantly, but to no avail; and ponder how pointless this is thru all of the multiple iterations of trying to get to the couch.

I don't know about, "fun", but a game needs to be enjoyable and, I'd venture, satisfying to be considered a, "good", game. Also, I think, part of being a good game designer is the ability to work within the boundaries of the platform.

I heart chix with dix

Nier remaster confirmed

Nier most of part A kind of sucked as it felt boring, but once you get to Emil's part it just skyrocketed to being amazing. top 5 games IMO of all time

ahh shiet here we go again.

Yoko Taro tends to make interesting characters and story. Not necessarily *deep* characters (Decadus from Drakengard 3, for example, how little in the way of personality beyond "spank me mama" masochism and "so sorry for my rude behavior, my lady" upstanding gentlemanly nature), but interesting. Not a single primary character is ever really boring and even when they are they usually do something that turns your head _eventually._ But his games would be so much more effective if he left the development of gameplay up to teams who were competent at it. _More competent_ I should say, as it'd be wrong to say his development teams suck at making games, they're just kinda... amateurish by comparison to more accomplished teams. Their combat lacks depth to make it interesting on more than a surface level. The reason Automata was the first of Taro's games to finally get critical praise is because he focused on what he did well, making characters and story, and left the gameplay development more or less to Platinum Games, a team that knows their shit with making fun combat. I don't care what kind of story you're trying to tell with your game, it isn't worth much to me if I'm not having fun playing it. I love the worlds he creates, but I wish I didn't feel like I had to avoid purchasing them myself to enjoy them. Drakengard 1 and 3 aren't even on my list of games worth picking up. I enjoyed their stories and watched them thoroughly online through videos, but I will probably never buy copies and play them myself because the gameplay just isn't motivating me to. I know this is a man who says he doesn't want to succeed and be stuck doing one thing over and over because of it, but... you can strike gold and still retain your individuality. He shouldn't risk sabotaging his career because he's afraid he'll get bored. That's silly. Make fun games with compelling narratives. There's no reason to be afraid of success.

Found nier automata on pornhub didn’t know what it was now I know it was a game

Couldn't keep watching. You cant pronounce automata. And you question if a game has to be fun to be good. Re insert your brain.

I think old man Neir's story is more impactful, also why did she sell her soul for a damn cookie?

14:58 Is that Morgan Webb from X-Play?

The thing is, Nier 1 is not as inaccessible as its detractors make it out to be. Dragon Quest 2 on the NES canhave you grinding for 10 hours, whereas you can complete extra routes in Nier in an afternoon. Nier isn't inaccessible; it's just janky in places. Games don't have to be 100% polished in order to be good.

Wow this vid is the most I’ve heard from Shammy in months.

Taro is the only one that could succeed in making the perfect Berserk game.

Clemps and Valkyrie cameos!

I should also mention something about the differences between Gestalt and Replicant: based on the comments from a person who knows japanese and played both games, despite what you would expect, its Father who is the kinder, gentler and more naive of the two, while Brother is more cold and distrusting. This is because they had different upbringing - Father had a loving family even for a short while and cherishes his relationships and is fiercely protective of everyone he deems as "his people", while Brother was basically abandoned and on his own from early childhood and then was taken advantage of from perverts in exchange for money. And also something LITERALLY nobody ever mentions is that Weiss is completely different in Replicant, being a significantly older sounding, rude grandpa who talks in monotone with short sentences, unlike in Gestalt, where hes a very loud, pompous and chatty guy who likes long words very much. So the dynamic is the energetic boy and his jaded grandpa as opposed to barbarian vs mage in Gestalt. It just shows how dedicated the writers (and translators) were and how neither of these games are inferior - just different.

WAIT. SUPER EYEPATCH WOLF SURPRISE?!?!

“Twinks are out, daddies are in” I am dying

Although I haven’t played a single one of taro’s games myself, I always love the messages he tries to get across to you the player, especially since some of them reflect real life. It just makes everything feel more real and relatable in its own way.

I remember the bad reviews, but I bought it and to this day, I still love everything about the first Nier. Sadly, the game is very underrated. I strongly encourage people who liked automata to buy the first Nier, it's very cheap nowadays, and if you don't own a PS3, you can run it on RPCS3 smoothly.

10:26 Sora: Riku? Riku is that you?

Watching you, boy. Don't say "equippeded" again. EDIT: It's pronounced Vice.

Liam Obrien will always be War from Darksiders for me, not gaara

is no body going to mention the random super eye patch wolf cameo in the middle.

*Foxcade releases a NieR video * "Oh, I love the original NieR, I wonder how this will play out" *Text starts scrolling * "Allright, here we go"

I regret not playing this game until after Autometa came out, I honestly think it is my favorite story game.

RNG in game is a complete nightmare even if you have 30+ chances of getting a rare material, Junk Heap and the DLC are only accessible way beef your weapons but then again you won't notice they are there. And yes, this game does have DLC. Oddly enough Square is known taking things down on their accord, prevent anyone else to buy it.

The game isn’t challenging well maybe don’t play it on easy then

22:08 WTF THERE IS A PARRY SYSTEM IN NIER?

I hate when people try to prime you for sincerity by prefacing what they are about to say with "To be honest..." or "Honestly" because it presupposes you were potentially lying or being dishonest up until that point in the first place, which I assume you weren't, so just promptly say what you have to say and try not to load me with any unnecessary bullshit before saying it. I don't think there's any way for me to tell you this without 'sounding' like an asshole, so so be it.

Nier is great but not much of a game a bit like jazz

lmao the clip art fox got me the first time

Nier is similar to Drakengard on how great swords can be made better by using them with jumping attacks. The "Iron Will" is also found in Drakengard.

SHAMMY'S ALIVE!!!

SUPER EYEPATCH WOLF!!!! sorry that made me really excited hahaha

Nier is so good, I wish I had amnesia like some trashy anime character, just so I could experience it once again for the first time

You have to hand it to Yoko Taro. He managed to make something out of nothing. Sqeenix gave him a pitiful budget for the first game, but he managed to cram in his ideas and excellent story telling.

"Does a game have to be fun to be good?" Yeah.

It's really good to see acknowledgement of the cinematography as one of NieR's really strong points. I always think of the shot at the climax, where Nier and Yonah seem to be walking towards each other but then Yonah walks past Nier to go to the Shadowlord instead, sells that moment so well even if it would make no sense if shot from a different angle. I don't know of many games that pay that much attention to cinematography, and I hope it gets preserved if this game ever gets remade. Kainé's story at the beginning of route B is probably my favourite section of the game if maybe for mostly personal reasons, so it's a weird shift of perspective in itself to hear people complained about it at the time! You can do a lot with text that you can't with games' usual techniques, but there remains this hard divide between IF (twine, VNs etc) and CRPGs on one side, and action games on the other, which is too rarely crossed. Anyway, this is a promising contextualisation of the game and now the usual caveats about the combat are out of the way, I'm v much looking forward to see you really get into the game's themes in the second part!

T_T Emil....

What is the piano song that plays at 1:22?

I love Nier! Thank you so much for that video! And yes, 31:56 you are right, that's probably the sadest moment in gaming, or probably any media outside of actual news.

Nier is one of my favorite games of all time thank you for talking about it

"You look really cool" Camera shows an ogre with an anime haircut wearing a gimp suit and black underwear over his face

never had enough drugs to get through let alone understand nier.

It's ironic the same thing happened with dark souls, as with drakengard.

I'd gladly press X,X,X,Y,Y,Y,X,X,X all day just to be sucked.

i dont really think most of the criticism of the combat is fair tbh, maybe its just me but i found the combat to be very fun and innovative. using weiss to shoot and mixing up sealed verse abilities in between chunky massive hitboxed melee attacks while avoiding all the bullethell fuckery felt extremely fun and original to me. Yes automata and other modern games have expanded on it but I just can't agree with the sentiment that this combat is lackluster. For a 2010 game I think its extremely fun and inventive. I wanna go hack up some shades just talkin about it.

great video,nier franchise open my ice top a beatiful type of games

wait.... there was parry? THERE WAS A FUCKING PARRY!?!?!

Nier had a huge lasting effect for me. It was totally engrossing and I just wish I played it before Automata - I only found out about it afterwards. If it stood purely on its gameplay it would be decent, a good time but probably not something I’d remember much. However the story and the MUSIC, my god the music, elevate it to something that was so emotionally powerful that it elevated the gameplay. I was so invested that the somewhat lackluster combat was more engrossing because I was so attached to what was happening. Thanks for the well thought out video here - I am looking forward to going to part 2.

Nier wasn't an RPG, it was a Visual Novel with a bunch of RPG elements thrown in. And I absolutely loved it. The combat was janky for sure, but I cared more about the story than any other game I've played.

I think for a lot of people to fully appreciate it a little bit of outside reading is involved and that can turn people off. For those that do, it is one of the most interesting stories ever told and, in my opinion, worth it.

7:57 Why oh why would anyone use the "HD" Collection footage of SH2 ??

God I wish the first Nier was BC for Xbox one.

I wanna see this game with the Witcher 3’s graphics and combat system

I loved Nier when it first came out It was a breath of fresh air really.

Liam O'Brien did an amazing job as Grimoire Weiss

To answer your question, I do not like blue, i hate it in fact. ^^

I like Drakengard and original Nier 🤷‍♂️

This makes me want to try Drakengard 3 again

I mean, if NieR had had combat with the depth of KH2FM (don't believe me? watch a speedrun) while retaining its narrative and themes, it might be the most finely crafted piece of digital art on the planet. So there's that.

2:39 oh my god... I love him

//sees Clemps Me: “Man, would be cool if Valk Aurora also---“ //14:46 rolls by Me: “-- Now that’s what I’m talking about!!!”

Foxcade: Drakengard NOpost autosubtitles: Drunk Guard

Foxcade invited Super Eyepatch Wolf and ValkyrieAurora... You Did It. You Crazy Son of a Bitch, You Did It.

Nice video! Im remembering the game having a "lock on system for the combat ? Im like 90% certain there was one... Gotta have to fire it up again and try if no one else remembers

Well the novellas actually give good info that makes the plot even darker: - The Red and the Black: explains why nier was a little weird (brother nier in a young age had to prostitute himself to a merchant from seafront to be able to provide for Yonah... and eventually kills the man realizing that killing shades is almost the same as killing humans), also Popola and Devola knew what he did so thats why they tried to help him. - The Stone Flower: Tells Halua (Emil sister) story and why she rampaged and tried to destroy the facility she was in... she tried to protect her brother from being turned into a weapon. - And Then There Were None: tells the story of how Grimoire Weiss became a book (also explain that the book you killed on Emil library was a girl he tried to protect in the process... unfortunately she didnt develop speach hability so you just killed her without knowing it was her).

5 Years Later... Part two!

The music is so beautifully haunting ♡

a Nier Video With multiple parts so much Nier

3:45 It doesn't have to be fun, but if it the portion where I control what is happening on screen makes me wish harm on the developers then there is no way that the game can be considered good, no matter how good the story is. Video games are an interactive medium, if the part where you interact with the video game sucks then why did you make a video game? Write a book, make a TV show/movie/mini series, write a play.

Nier and dark souls 3 are the only games i beat past 5 years the rest i play 2 hours and put the game down.

That Coomer thumbnail though...

Nier was amazing. A remake of it would be orgasmic. One thing I think that Nier had that Automata didnt was when fighting the boss, after you took down his life bar, you had to then unload enough damage in a certain time, with a small clock winding down. Automata bosses I would really hold back on until I thought I heard all the talking they were gonna do. Also, Weizz and his moves were alot cooler then the pods moves.

32:57 DG4 I wish :V also you got yourself a new sub for this brilliant video.

Noooo it have a part 2, you monster.......nahh I'll gladly wait to see it.

Yoko Taro is a madman and i'd have it no other way if the thumbnail is to be believed!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Im gonna play it again...

Weiss is Illidan. nothing will change that

Watch part 1 they said, it’ll be fun they said, the wait won’t be too painful they said. Well, I’m saying two out of those three statements are true 🤣 Fantastic video! Can’t wait for part 2

I'm amazed that I can immediately recognize Sophie's voice 😂 14:49

I’ve never seen a Foxcade video before, so seeing this and hearing Val Aurora, Clemps and SEW threw me for a freaking loop. Also, nice vid