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The Sandman posted:Yeah, the lady in Castle Greyscale is totally legit. The BGM there is probably just called "Fortress of Lies" for ironic purposes. The real yoko taro twist: the characters weren't lying to us, the soundtrack was
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A soundtrack with song titles full of fake spoilers would be amazing
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U-DO Burger posted:A soundtrack with song titles full of fake spoilers would be amazing Undertale. "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans". Technically not a lie, I guess, but still counts on principle.
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Sep 21, 2017 02:53
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U-DO Burger posted:He did that because TDI contacted him in a drunken stupor. TDI contacted Yoko Taro while TDI was in a drunken stupor, or while Yoko Taro was in a drunken stupor? I could see either or both.
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Sep 21, 2017 04:51
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Both, they are secretly the same person. Id is the Replicant, Yoko is the Gestalt.
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Sep 21, 2017 05:25
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I voted the commander, she seems nice and trustworthy. There's no way that she's hiding something from us.
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Sep 21, 2017 12:45
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I voted Pascal. He's cool and good and I trust him with nukes a lot more than I trust the Commander and I trust both of them way more than I trust 9S with them  the sooner the manual is out of his racist little hands, the better.
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Sep 21, 2017 13:07
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So it looks like Nier: Automata has passed 2 Millon Shipments + Downloads. https://twitter.com/NieR_JPN/status/910787458421235712
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Sep 21, 2017 14:51
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OK. Vote is over. I guess we're giving nuclear weapon plans to the pacifist robot living in a tree.
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Sep 21, 2017 14:59
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The world will learn of our peaceful ways! By force!
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Sep 21, 2017 15:10
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Nothing has ever gone wrong with giving nuclear weapons to pacifists.
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loving love Fiona Apple posted:So it looks like Nier: Automata has passed 2 Millon Shipments + Downloads. They also won an "Award for Excellence" at Tokyo Game Show today. https://twitter.com/NieR_JPN/status/910786575268700160
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Sep 21, 2017 18:35
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Vadoc posted:Nothing has ever gone wrong with giving nuclear weapons to pacifists. As long as Pascal's pacifism modifier doesn't overflow/underflow it'll be fine. (p.s. please tell me that picture is official and not fanart)
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Sep 21, 2017 18:56
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Omobono posted:As long as Pascal's pacifism modifier doesn't overflow/underflow it'll be fine. Sad to say it's probably fanart, unless that's a loading screen. The official version just has Atlas holding up the world as the statue instead.
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Priestly posted:They also won an "Award for Excellence" at Tokyo Game Show today. Man its been wild watching Yoko Taro go from "that guy who made that lovely hosed-up Panzer Dragoon knockoff" to "industry and critical darling widely considered one of the best writers working in games today" over the last sixteen or so years.   
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ManlyGrunting posted:Man its been wild watching Yoko Taro go from "that guy who made that lovely hosed-up Panzer Dragoon knockoff" to "industry and critical darling widely considered one of the best writers working in games today" over the last sixteen or so years. And all it took was wearing a mask in public and Platinum games. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Sep 21, 2017 20:50
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"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."
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Platinum and Yoko Taro himself were big factors, but I think people undersell how important Nier 1 was to Automata's success. It wasn't a huge financial hit, but it built up a strong following over time thanks to price cuts and word-of-mouth. When Automata was announced, it had a pre-built in fanbase that was frothing at the mouth and people took notice of that. Reactions like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DYRzTvrrP8 Are infectious. Word -of-mouth is the strongest form of advertising, and Automata was dominating word-of-mouth even before its release. I mean...the game came out between Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Mass Effect Andromeda, and still managed to be noticed. 2B's character design also made the rounds on the internet for...various reasons, which was a lot of free advertising as well.
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Sep 21, 2017 20:58
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ManlyGrunting posted:Man its been wild watching Yoko Taro go from "that guy who made that lovely hosed-up Panzer Dragoon knockoff" to "industry and critical darling widely considered one of the best writers working in games today" over the last sixteen or so years. I never want to get off Mr. Yoko's Wild Ride.
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Ratoslov posted:I never want to get off Mr. Yoko's Wild Ride. That's good, cuz it looks like we're not going to. We now live in a world where people are lining up to give Darth Emil funding.
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DrakePegasus posted:That's good, cuz it looks like we're not going to. We now live in a world where people are lining up to give Darth Emil funding. Taro Yoko existed before Emil, so wouldn't that make Emil the Darth? Just that the Darth and pre-Darth personalities have the opposite of the normal dynamic. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Sep 21, 2017 21:18
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I got a dumb question: is Yoko his first name, or Taro?
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Sep 21, 2017 21:29
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Taro is his first name.
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Really Pants posted:I got a dumb question: is Yoko his first name, or Taro? Going with Taro since he's married to a Yukiko Yoko.
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Sep 21, 2017 21:38
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Japanese names are normally surname (family/last name) and then given name (first name), but you'll see names written both ways in translated media. Yoko Taro Taro Yoko
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Know Such Peace posted:Japanese names are normally surname (family/last name) and then given name (first name), but you'll see names written both ways in translated media. You may read this and say "that's confusing as hell." Yes. Yes it is.
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Know Such Peace posted:"No one cared who I was until I put on the mask." "Was getting drunk part of your plan?" "Of coursh!"
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ZiegeDame posted:You may read this and say "that's confusing as hell." Some Asian people also chose to go with the Western order. It's really weird if they fill out a form with something like Yoko, Taro especially since both of those might be first names. This confusion is also a large part of why many Asian people decide to have an alternative western first name. (The other reason is that it's really inconvenient to have a name which most people around you can't even pronounce.) Names are weird.
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just happy to know I was one of the 20 million' its fun to go through the games' highlights knowing more about how quests work on one hand I did the cypress stick platforming in one go before I even realized you could do the podboostjump after the second jump On the other hand I had to contend with the golden gang in the sunken town way earlier than I expected, oh boy!
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I remember the first time it mentally clicked with me that there are lots of well known examples of people and cultures that don't bother with a family name at all. So, is the nuke blueprints chest available from the start or do they plan it out to be the last bit of info handed over? The Dark Id posted:I’m fairly sure the pacifistic nice robot uncle won’t beginning development of a nuclear stockpile.
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Episode LXXXIX-2: You Can’t Hug With Nuclear Arms.jpg) Democracy has spoken and we’re going to hand off these nuclear fission development documents to our friendly robot socialist commune in the woods. I dunno about this one... I’ve played Civilization. I know a what a trigger happy motherfucker Gandhi turns into as soon as he gets his hands on the atom bomb. But, we’ll see how this plays out...  Music: Pascal .jpg) OK, Pascal. Here’s your Old World da—wait... What’s with the new sidequest blip on the map? That’s not Pascal. That is... wait, we’ve been there before... .jpg) Goddammit! Is that kid seriously locked in his room again?! We were only gone for like half an hour! You machines are bloody ridiculous!  .jpg)  AGAIN!? He was doing so well! He even talked to that girl he liked! But yesterday, he had some sort of relapse. I’m so ashamed to be in this position, but would you mind helping me one more time? Fine, whatever..jpg) You shouldn’t be proud of hiding from the world! Besides, I thought you had a girlfriend.  Maaaaaybe. But I’ll tell you if you get my lock open! This is so stupid....jpg) So begins the final stage of the Recluse questline. Fine... Those nuclear weapon plans aren’t going anywhere. Let’s get this dork out of his house for the third time. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) The final Recluse hacking challenge is before us and this one is a bit tricky. Enemies of the missile firing tower and standard variety have been added to the maze along with hazardous blocks and a fairly tight time limit. I did everything fairly competently and only had less than three seconds to spare. .jpg) .jpg) Regardless, no machine can hold back the Hackerman. .jpg) One of the villagers is making a mint in door replacement from this family. Or the entire machine village is now facing a severe door shortage leading to a higher crime rate and lower property values. It could go either way. .jpg) Do you ever know how much trouble you’ve caused for everyone, young man? ...Well!? Do you!? Okay kid, spill it. What’s your deal? <stands up> I’ve been trying, okay? I went out and talked to everyone I saw. I even talked to the girl I liked! It was... fun. But then it got hard, ‘cause you can’t just talk to people, you know? You have to read between the lines and stuff. Music: Treasured Times  But I have a dream now—I’m gonna be the best shut-in I can possibly be! <jumps in the air fist pumping> Next time, I’m gonna make a lock you won’t be able to break in a bajillion quintillion years! Will you listen to my darling boy? He has a goal now! How wonderful! And it’s all thanks to you! D-don’t mention it... Why do I have the feeling we’re back to square one?.jpg) .jpg) And so the Overprotective Machine hands over a few dismantled upper torsos of its fellow machines along with a healthy pile of assorted goodies as the Recluse questline ends. True to his word, if we ever return here he’s put an un-hackable lock on his door and there’s no way to ever get in or out again. Mission... accomplished...? Err... Let’s get back on task and hand this nuclear weapon documentation over to the anti-war robot. Music: ENDS .jpg)  Oh my. This is valuable information indeed. Yeah... Nuclear fission technology is something that was lost to us long ago. It presents many technical challenges, not to mention the devastating effects it has on the environment. This is why our creators had the data sealed away.Music: Vague Hope  Oh? However, I thank you for bringing it to my attention. Allow me to repay you with this. .jpg) Pascal only offers the cleanest of nuts for keeping to our assignment, even if our finds were something he wants nothing to do with at all. Pascal is a very good boy. If you’re wondering, if we brought this information to the Commander back on the Bunker, she just kind of brushes it off since they already had access to information on nukes. However, the humans have forbidden the use of nuclear weapons, so the info will just get filed away to collect dust. Also she thinks it’s weird and isn’t quite sure why it seems the aliens seem to have done the same thing. The reward is also a bit crappier, but details... Pascal has a bit more dialog as soon as 9S tries to depart. .jpg) If I reject the knowledge of nuclear weapons and our village is destroyed at some point in the future, do you think my people would resent me for it? I don’t know, Pascal. That’s not for me to decide. I see..jpg) That concludes the Data on the Old World sidequest. We’ve now completed all the optional bits (barring the DLC) outside of the Forest Zone. .jpg) Tune in next time as we finally make some main plot progress... briefly... as we return to the Forest Kingdom and sort out the final sidequest of Route B, as NieR: Automata continues!    Video: Episode 89-Part 2 Highlight Reel   Machine Lifeform Hand Concept Art – Being unable to properly flip the bird is a major cause of depression among the machines. The Dark Id fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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...Is that a joint on that hand, or a tiny machine face? I choose to believe the latter.
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KaosMachina posted:...Is that a joint on that hand, or a tiny machine face? Yes.
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I like Son Machine. He gets it. Interacting with people is hard so just lock the door and deal with the world on your own terms.
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It'd be kind of funny if you could just punch the improved lock and break it. Kind of Indiana Jones, you know?
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Pascal is the best.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Pascal is the best.  It would be a pretty pissy twist if Pascal suddenly went genocidal just because of some nuke info. That last comment is ominous though... 
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Sep 22, 2017 02:27
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You can still go and give the schematics of the nuke to Commander!
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Zagglezig posted:So, is the nuke blueprints chest available from the start or do they plan it out to be the last bit of info handed over? The chest isn't there until you start the quest.
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