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Pretty solid game. Do not play it on Hard however, it's the bad kind of hard where enemies have massive HP and nothing else.
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# ¿ May 1, 2010 08:02 |
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 06:53 |
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Is there more to the quest with the lighthouse lady? I did the initial introduction quest in the first half of the game, but when I came back to Seaside in part 2 some people were saying she left and other people were saying she was dead. Plus the Mermaid Tear quest had a resolution option to "bury it next to her grave." Did I miss some stuff? You guys were going on a lot about how awesome that particular line was...
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# ¿ May 3, 2010 23:53 |
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Just got ending A. Pretty interesting game overall, if very weird. I'm happy I checked it out in the end though, but I do hope that I'll get more backstory on Weiss and Noir in the second playthrough.
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# ¿ May 8, 2010 11:19 |
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Anyone have the lyrics transcribed for the ending song sitting around somewhere? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWlCK11qEBg&feature=PlayList&p=99F110C8257BC884&playnext_from=PL&index=21&playnext=5
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# ¿ May 11, 2010 01:37 |
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So not to turn this into a Drakengard thread, but I never actually played those games because I heard they were quite sub-par. Should I actually look into finding a copy of them to play through?
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# ¿ May 12, 2010 07:59 |
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Just finished Ending B. I'm really satisfied with my experience with this game, flaws and all. The fact that I can only recommend the game to friends with many caveats makes me sad, as what they do well here they do *really* well. I ended up watching ending C and D on youtube, though in retrospect since I didn't know how close I was to finding all of the weapons I somewhat regret it. Maybe I'll spend the last three hours necessary to get those final endings myself; I was really moved by them. Any word on how this game is selling? I don't know how easy it'd be to make another game in this setting, but I'd love to see Cavia make more games like this. We need more like this.
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# ¿ May 15, 2010 11:16 |
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I couldn't find a transcription of it anywhere, so I thought I'd write out the lyrics to the only english song in the game, Ashes of Dreams (the credits song). Enjoy!Ashes of Dreams posted:Once there were trees full of birds I don't think it's a perfect transcription as there were a few things that I couldn't hear properly, but I think it's fairly close.
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# ¿ May 19, 2010 01:35 |
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Yeah if a brother cared about his sister to this degree it would be creepy. Yeah. I can understand a father who lost his wife and only has a single daughter being like "I'll kill anyone and do anything to save her." A brother with the same characterization wouldn't feel as real in my view, though in the context of the story presented here I suppose it could still work from a different angle.
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# ¿ May 21, 2010 18:30 |
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Can someone explain to me a bit more what the terms "Originals" and "Original" mean? I presume the "Original" refers to ???? who turned into the Shadowlord, but what was special about his Gestalt process?
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# ¿ May 22, 2010 22:28 |
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Dominic White posted:Just got the A-ending last night (wow, won't be forgetting that ending anytime soon), so I figure I can field this one to a degree. As Irony or Death said, after Nier he's going to play a more cheerful game. Like The Void.
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# ¿ May 23, 2010 10:16 |
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Policenaut posted:It's something only really briefly touched upon and never directly admitted in-game. Unless you get the DLC and use an alternate costume.
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# ¿ May 23, 2010 22:08 |
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I really want more people to play this game, but it's tough for me to flatly recommend it to everyone. This makes me sad. Edit: I just realized that Number 6 looks like . I will now forever see that when reading this forum.
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# ¿ May 25, 2010 18:56 |
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Just got Ending B, looked at C and D on youtube. Kinda dissapointed in that I thought That was kind of my hope too going into it.
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# ¿ May 25, 2010 21:33 |
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InnercityGriot posted:The Scenario timeline from the guidebook is being translated. Check it out here if you're interested. It runs through the entire history of the Nier world and why it is the way it is. Huh. Maybe I should play Drakengard.
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# ¿ Jun 4, 2010 19:14 |
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Huh, what's this about Ending E in that translation?
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# ¿ Jun 8, 2010 11:38 |
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Policenaut posted:Can someone go back and read the Project Gestalt memos you get at the end of the game somewhere? I swear it mentions that there are other "Overseers" like Popola and Devola and if there are then that just furthers the idea that there are multiple Replicant fabrication facilities like the one in the Forest of Myth (mentioned in Ending E's "The Lost World" segment) Wait what? there are multiple things here that don't make sense. Where was it mentioned that the Replicants came from the Forest of Myth? Also, what is Ending E?.
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# ¿ Jun 24, 2010 03:20 |
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Lotish posted:drat it'll be so good to finally beat this game so I can see the black bars. I'd wait til you beat Ending B, but that second playthrough doesn't take long at all.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2010 08:42 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:This game focuses on the weirdest things sometimes. I thought that was well done myself.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2010 19:14 |
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That's so sad. At least they ended on an amazing note. Anyone have any contact info of people in the studio? I'd like to write them a fan latter before it's too late.
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# ¿ Jul 13, 2010 01:42 |
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Policenaut posted:Best thing Square-Enix has published this generation as far as I'm concerned. Agreed. Just got Ending D - I was actually sad to put the final nail in my experience with it.
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# ¿ Sep 12, 2010 12:45 |
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Anybody offhand know the name of the lead designer for NieR? I'm trying to track down his email info to actually send him a bit of fan mail. I've never wanted to do that before for anything.
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# ¿ Sep 23, 2010 02:18 |
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Mug posted:In regards to Kaine Is there any point in the game where it is revealed she has a dick? Other than the bully saying "Why you acting like a girl?" Yes, use the Kabuki costume from the DLC. It's really obvious.
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# ¿ Oct 4, 2010 21:43 |
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Garin posted:
Careful, if you get Ending D you'll never me able to use that name again!
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# ¿ Oct 12, 2010 20:53 |
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I wish Cavia was still around so I could send them fan mail.
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2010 06:24 |
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I feel like I've missed a lot of the back story by not having played Drakengard.
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# ¿ Nov 4, 2010 23:12 |
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Rondo posted:I loved this game, it's the most I've been sucked into a game's atmosphere in ages. As soon as I finished up all the endings and read about the Drakengard connections I wiped the dust off the ps2. After the week long grind to get the final ending to it I can say it was well worth it for the insane story and to see how it's connected to Nier. It's a shame the director of the first wasn't involved in Drakengard 2, at least as far as I can tell, there's not even as much as a wikipedia entry for Taro Yoko. It sounds like it'd be worth a shot if only for what I've heard about it having an interesting soundtrack. I wish I could find Taro Yoko's email address. I'd love to send him some fan mail.
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# ¿ Nov 15, 2010 10:32 |
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Defiance Industries posted:Well, I just completed the key to the Shadowlord's Castle. To quote Nier, "it's killing time." First time through eh?
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2011 02:30 |
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I actually like this bit of art the most for Father Nier:
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2011 22:06 |
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Policenaut posted:Holy hell where did that come from? I've never seen that piece of CGI art before. I actually don't think that's CG; look at the hair. I could be wrong, but either way it doesn't detract from the piece. It's done by the same artist who did this one - I think these were both promotional pieces used in full page magazine spreads.
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2011 03:55 |
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I'm continually impressed by how long this thread has survived. Goes to show how awesome the game is imo.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2011 23:27 |
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Jonathan Creek posted:He is now working at Square-Enix. What's his twitter? I've been dying to tell someone who worked on the project how much I love it. Policenaut posted:Yet another Nier soundtrack is coming: NieR Gestalt & NieR Replicant Piano Collections I would kill for the sheet music for this album. Brackhar fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Jan 26, 2012 |
# ¿ Jan 26, 2012 02:42 |
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Gyoru posted:
Man, I'd love to get the sheet music for this as a present for my father. Edit: Available here: http://otaku.co.uk/productlist.asp?catsearch=&sdsearch=Nier&x=0&y=0 Brackhar fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Jun 22, 2012 |
# ¿ Jun 22, 2012 10:01 |
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Azure_Horizon posted:I still don't see this as bad design. It's there. Whether or not you see it isn't really the game's fault, especially when they make it obvious. It's pretty bad design. As I recall, the NPC talks about fishing a fish out of the ocean. The closest beach to him is not the beach you need to fish at. Furthermore, it's not clear why the other beach would be fundamentally different given its proximity. Misunderstanding this step in the quest chain is incredibly easy and no fault of the player in my view.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2012 23:16 |
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NonsenseWords posted:I'm kind of under the assumption the ambiguity is part of the English script's fault. I don't know Japanese, but it might be that the RepliCant version has more explicit or specific instructions and English just got translated as 'go to the beach', which doesn't seem like a major issue until you realize that, well... two beaches. Whoops. Not game destroying no, but I do know a reasonably large number of people who stopped playing here as a result. The fishing minigame itself is also just really annoying, so fishing 30 times in a row and then not getting the item you need to progress the main plot is really rough.
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# ¿ Sep 18, 2012 23:39 |
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NonsenseWords posted:Now that's definitely subjective. I actually found fishing pretty easy and fairly relaxing-- a lot simpler and more pleasant than most fishing minigames out there, too. Although I imagine it leaves a bad taste if all of your experience comes from trying to fish in the wrong spot. Well, I don't particularly want to do a mechanical breakdown of the minigame, but suffice it to say the explanation of what you're supposed to do and the animation/visual cues don't immediately line up as you would expect, making it more annoying than it should be. In aggregate is it less annoying than, say, the Breath of Fire 2 one? Definitely. It's no Deadly Premonitions fishing though.
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# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 10:44 |
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feraltennisprodigy posted:Didn't have any trouble figuring out the fishing minigame (where to go and how to do it), but I never bothered doing any more of it after the obligatory quest because it sucked. The rest of the game is in fact sweet. It's probably my favorite story in a video game outside of Planescape: Torment.
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# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 18:30 |
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KataraniSword posted:Yoko Taro and the Deadly Premonition crew... I can only imagine fantastic things coming of this. This is the best news.
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# ¿ Mar 13, 2013 21:56 |
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TheWorldIsSquare posted:It's probably going to be an ancient prequel considering Zero and One are goddesses. Probably going to explain the Seeds of Resurrection or whatever they were called. You talk as if time-travel is off the table in this series. Phah!
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# ¿ Mar 27, 2013 07:44 |
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I dunno if this was posted already, but I stumbled across a new Drakengard 3 trailer earlier today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNMZPnVzA48 The music makes me excited.
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# ¿ Dec 18, 2013 00:26 |
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 06:53 |
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Rasamune posted:We're all talking about that stuff in the Drakengard 3 thread now. Come on over Oh. Well then!
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# ¿ Dec 18, 2013 00:44 |