Nier Automata follows the story of some android soldiers. These androids have been tasked by the human race to take back the earth following an alien invasion (where humanity was forced to retreat). Here, you follow the story of a couple of these androids as they traverse the world and take the fight to the alien machines.
Nier is not a game you can talk much about the story. However, it is important to note that the story is very good. You are running around the world in a 3D action-hack n' slash gameplay. During this time, you meet an assortment of characters and interact with them in a variety of ways. The only downside is that some of the story-beats seem predictable at different stages throughout the game.
The combat is also very good. There is the standard combo-based combat, which shares more with bullet-hell type gameplay than Dark Souls and the like. There are also flying missions (old-school top-down style shooter) and a hacking mini-game (similar to the flying missions). However, if you just want the story, they have also included an auto-combat mode.
The world you are exploring is also very good. There are some weird invisible-wall style areas, however, where suddenly getting through or jumping over a small fence is impossible. Some of these areas would have done to have slightly more organic boundaries. The missions you do in the world are slightly fetch-quest like, but then you can just ignore them and go through the main missions.
All up, this game is very good. It definitely deserves to stand as one of the better games of 2017. My one desire for the sequel is if they could include local multiplayer somehow.
5 out of 5 glorious waffles.
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