Nier (video game)

Nier is an action role-playing game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix. It was released in April 2010 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

In Japan, there are two different versions of Nier, which differ slightly from each other. The Xbox 360 version is, there Nier shape (ニー ア ゲシュタルト, Nia Geshutaruto ) and the Playstation 3 version Nier Replicant (ニー ア レプリカント, Nia Repurikanto ). The difference is that Replicant the Japanese market and its audience comes to meet, while shape was developed with regard to the Western market, and its flavor, which, inter alia, to reflected in the age of the main character Nier and its relation to the character Yonah. Outside of Japan, there is therefore no difference between the two platform versions - both based on Nier shape.

Gameplay

The player controls the character Nier by a largely open world. The player can use different melee weapons and magic skills to assert itself against the occurring in the game world opponents. Throughout the game, you can enhance and improve these skills. The fights are very action -heavy and run in real time directly from the game world, without requiring a separate battle screen (such as Final Fantasy ) is displayed. The story of Nier experiences - not least through the four possible "ends" A, B, C and D - number of turns and waits after every major plot progress with new revelations on. On the website of the game three free comics from DC have now been published that shed some light on the history of Nier and so clarify some questions.

Characters

The Japanese speakers are only valid for Replicant, in the form of the English are also used in the Japanese version.

• Nier

(Speaker: Koji Yusa | Jamieson Price )

The main character of the game. He is a grown man ( in shape ) and a teenager ( in Replicant ). His daughter ( in the form ) and his little sister ( in Replicant ) Yonah was stricken by a mysterious disease called " Runenpest ", which is why Nier has only prescribed the search for a cure.

• Kaine

(Speaker: Atsuko Tanaka | Laura Bailey )

A young woman with an enigmatic background, which is revealed in the game variants for the ends of B, C and D. It applies quite early on Nier and accompanies him from now on. Attention gained this character especially the fact that you introduced him as a hermaphrodite ( futanari ) and. Due to the expression, which consists mainly of expletives

(Speaker: Shinnosuke Ikehata | Liam O'Brien )

Grimoire Weiss is a floating magical book that is found in the early game of course Nier. Henceforth, it serves him, among other things as inventory and log book and allows Nier, using magic and upgrade weapons. White falls primarily by his arrogant attitude, which always causes amusing situations.

• Emil

(Speaker: May, Kadowaki | Julie Anne Taylor)

A boy pushes the game to the group to Nier later. Emil is cursed to the effect that he turns everything he sees in stone. For this reason he wears since he can remember a blindfold and is surrounded by a butler (Sebastian ) supplied in a villa. One explanation for this curse gives the game relatively quickly after the first encounter with Emil, which then undergoes a transformation, but the group continues to accompany.

Reviews

Overall, Nier was rather mediocre reviews. So the game reached the readers of GameFAQs a score of 81, while it is rather average considered by most journals and for example in 4Players only 70 points out of 100 reached. Were criticized by experts, among other things "like a PS2 titles in HD graphics " ( GamePro ) looking graphics and the associated often lifeless game world. However, be emphasized positive on the other side of the thrilling untold story of the game and the creative design of the weapons and the combat system. From Euro Gamer also the black humor of the game was praised.