Sep 252020
Yesterday was Square Enix’s “We Have a Decent Amount of New Info” Nier presentation at TGS, and one thing I was looking forward to was finally getting to see more of the upcoming Nier remaster/remake.
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… received a new trailer and indeed a decent amount of new information, including a release date. It will be out on April 22 in Japan and April 23 in the west, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
The west got different cover art, but it’s reversible if you like the Japanese cover art better.
They also announced an awesome-looking limited “White Snow Edition” that comes with a grimoire pin set, seven script books, a two-disc soundtrack, and a steelbook case, and I was about to pre-order it when I noticed it costs $159.99. I’m not sure I want it that much.
Anyway, we also got to see some of the combat for the first time.
It looks great. My impression from what they showed is that it’s pretty much the same combat as in the original, but faster and smoother. It looks like it will be a lot of fun to play.
In short, I’m excited for Nier Replicant even though I just played the original last year.
They also touched on the upcoming mobile game Nier Re[in]carnation, and yes, it’s coming to the west! While there aren’t many details yet, a global release for the mobile game has been confirmed. I’m not crazy about mobile games, but I want to at least give it a try.
TGS is getting into full swing now, so we should have more exciting news ahead. (I had brief excitement over apparent confirmation of a new Yakuza game being announced, only for that to now be denied as a misunderstanding.) What do you think about the Nier Replicant gameplay/
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It really looks a lot nicer. Almost makes me want to go back and play the original. Never finished it.
I wonder if they’ll change the way the final part works so you don’t have to play the second half of the game four times to see all four endings.
Hopefully. That doesn’t sound like much fun. xD
It wasn’t too bad, since it goes by faster once you’re stronger, but it did get repetitive (especially since only the second time through changes anything along the way; the third and fourth times only change things at the end).