The closer you come to your destination, the worse the effects of your corruption become, to the point where you barely see anything at all anymore and the sound is just static noise, marking the end of 2B's life. After crash landing, you end up getting corrupted so your combat becomes completely defunct and you are only given small time windows in which you're able to escape what would otherwise be very easy standard enemies to dispatch. You start out in a flight unit, one of the most powerful vehicles you're able to control in the entire game and then steadily lose control and power over the course of the chapter. You're hardly able to move and your last ditch effort to find help resembles a death march more than anything. From the moment you gain access to the main menu, you are given access to instant death through removal of your OS chip, whereas your control is almost entirely lost during sequences where you're hacked.ĢB's death in particular is a memorable demonstration of that kind of disempowerment. This ranges from you defeating the first boss using its hacked arm as a weapon against it to being given real players' save files as human shields to make you invincible during the final boss.Įmpowerment and disempowerment is deeply integrated in the game's design.
The finishing moves are mostly kept in place with adjustments and minor exceptions, but this time you have much more control over what happens and there are a lot more special occasions where you're empowered on a whole different level compared to the original. In some bosses, that even happens midway to singal that they are now weakened.Īutomata evolves this idea and brings it to the next level. Boss fights would always end with a finisher move in a cutscene that looks pretty spectacular. In the original, there was quite the spectacle, too. If you have played both games already, make sure to read my blog about Nier's gameplay for more context.Īn aspect that Automata evolves from the first Nier is the spectacle. If you want to know whether or not you should play Nier, read my recommendation blog of Nier. For the best experience, I highly recommend you play both games before reading this blog! However, only Automata is required.
This blog contains MAJOR spoilers for Nier Automata and all its endings that WILL ruin the game and minor spoilers for the original Nier.
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