JK Reviews: NIER

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Great review, although the picture for Kaine reminded me way too much of X-Blades' protagonist, which probably isn't a good thing. I only heard about this game thanks to ZP anyway, so I think I'll check it out now.
 

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Kitsune_Bi said:
Great review, although the picture for Kaine reminded me way too much of X-Blades' protagonist, which probably isn't a good thing. I only heard about this game thanks to ZP anyway, so I think I'll check it out now.
Yeah, I just noticed that, but thankfully, this game is in no way like that.

Kaine is not used as some cheap sex icon who's constantly bending over or doing provocitve stretches (Lara Croft), always eating lollipops (Bayonetta) and she never speaks in a seductive tone (Any DOA character). In fact, she is never once presented as a sexually active character but rather someone who has a thick outer shell with a possible soft side that she lets no one see, who just happens to dress that way, which is what I love about her. But I digress.
 

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Julianking93 said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Bought it today after reading your review...

Gonna play it tonight.
Now that you've possibly played it, how do you like it?
I'm not that far...but here we go. I just met Kaine and fought off a giant monster with her. After double jumping past hordes of enemies to deliver a "fragile package" and speak with some village elder guy who hates me. (I was successful at the delivery, btw! Despite the fact that it could hae broken if I dodge-rolled, got hit, or...well, anything.)

Things I like:

-Word Upgrade System
-Weiss
-Nier's really fast running speed
-Weiss
-Magic System
-Weiss
-Interesting Story
-Weiss
-Has Spears

Things I Dislike:

-Yonah
-Melee Combat (I don't have anything but one handed swords, yet, though, and we know that EVERYTHING is better with spears!)
-Yonah
-Arbitrary Fetch Quests
-Yonah
-Sparsity of Save Points (I've seen 3 in 3 hours. I did use the hub town one repeatedly, though.)
-Yonah
-Fragile Package (Tell me there aren't more of those! PLEASE SAY THERE AREN'T ANY MORE!)
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
I honestly have no clue what the "Fragile package" is unless you're making a sexual pun there, but how can you not like Yonah??

Also, yes, once you get the spears/two handed weapons, it becomes much more...eh how should I put this? In depth, I guess. Though, with the spears, the one problem I had is that they became a bit over powered. The best weapon I used, I bought from Facade (the Desert city. Not sure if you're there yet) and it does almost 500 damage, so I can cut down even the biggest enemies in about 3 hits.

And there's a save point in about every city, so I didn't think it was so bad.
 

Cherry Cola

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I've heard about suspect motives, but subject motives?

>.>

<.<

Good review, my huggable friend!

But there was something I really hated about it....

Despite this, the game still maintains a decent challenge. I still died a fair bit on the "Normal" difficulty

Both of these stills are too close to each other!

Otherwise I loved it.
 

Pimppeter2

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Great Review Jk, I think I may go out and rent this because of the review.

So yes, a very good job on your part.
 

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Korten12 said:
the game for some reason reminds me of Demon's Souls. Its the looks.
Really? I didn't catch that. Maybe it's the bosses. They're all massive in size and can fuck you up but it's still no where near the same gameplay.
 

Korten12

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Julianking93 said:
Korten12 said:
the game for some reason reminds me of Demon's Souls. Its the looks.
Really? I didn't catch that. Maybe it's the bosses. They're all massive in size and can fuck you up but it's still no where near the same gameplay.
gameplay wise it doesnt seem the same but I mean like the look of the game itself, the bosses, and the places but it might just be from those screenshots.
 

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Korten12 said:
Julianking93 said:
Korten12 said:
the game for some reason reminds me of Demon's Souls. Its the looks.
Really? I didn't catch that. Maybe it's the bosses. They're all massive in size and can fuck you up but it's still no where near the same gameplay.
gameplay wise it doesnt seem the same but I mean like the look of the game itself, the bosses, and the places but it might just be from those screenshots.
I wouldn't even say so from the areas. They consist of a basic tower area, a desert temple, a haunted manor, a research laboratory, a text adventure and an all white marble castle.
AceAngel said:
Finally, someone mentions the OST in a review!
I typically like to mention the soundtrack in my reviews and Nier's is one of the best one's I've heard in a long time.
 

Korten12

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Julianking93 said:
Korten12 said:
Julianking93 said:
Korten12 said:
the game for some reason reminds me of Demon's Souls. Its the looks.
Really? I didn't catch that. Maybe it's the bosses. They're all massive in size and can fuck you up but it's still no where near the same gameplay.
gameplay wise it doesnt seem the same but I mean like the look of the game itself, the bosses, and the places but it might just be from those screenshots.
I wouldn't even say so from the areas. They consist of a basic tower area, a desert temple, a haunted manor, a research laboratory, a text adventure and an all white marble castle.
AceAngel said:
Finally, someone mentions the OST in a review!
I typically like to mention the soundtrack in my reviews and Nier's is one of the best one's I've heard in a long time.
I guess its just me then thinking wierd or something. :p