SlokaiWorshipper

4.0 2021-02-21 01:34:26

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The best thing Nier Re[in]carnation has to offer is the legendary team behind it with the man Yoko Taro as the director, Keiichi Okabe as the composer, Akihiko Yoshida and Kazuma Koda as the artists. And the game did not fail to deliver everything in technical aspects. Ethereal and melancholy OST, detailed graphics that perfectly captured the Nier-esque atmosphere, superb character designs reminding us with the beloved FF tactics. With this sheer amount of quality, many would inevitably expect something unique and that is when the disappointment dawns upon us.

Preview and gameplay trailers from months ago already predicated how the game would be, a turn based gacha game set in Nier universe. However, it seems people were yet to realize or simply elude this very fact by anticipating themselves with the thought of ambiguous wishes. Thus, upon the release, many were disappointed for what the gameplay is, a walking simulator with turn based battles. Combining with the "abysmal" gacha rate, another nail to people's hearts.

And yet, by this comical disappointment, it seems people already forget the core formula of gacha genre, the lackluster rate and pseudo-RNG. Mixed pool? Low rate? waitu bait? long intro? bad reroll? everything they complaint may as well be applied to many gacha games. And it seems these people are not really looking for a game but a gacha device to help them vent the thirst for thrilling and despair. This, however, leaves us with a desirable question: Is Nier Re[in]carnation is just another "gacha game"?

In the relative framework, I actually enjoyed this game more then I believed. Even with the average gameplay, NieR hits me with a wave of nostalgia. Everything about it screams the beauty of Nier and Drakengard. From the dystopian world, the tragic protagonists to the cryptic, grotesque story telling; the unique camera movement switching from top down to side scrolling; the soothing soundtrack. These aspects may atttact alot but inevitably bring to itself much comparison with the masterpiece Nier Automata.

However, NieR itself is not a vision of Yoko Taro himself but a collaboration between SE and Applibot with the involvement of Taro. Yoko Taro also told that he did not directly write the story but only forsaw and created a coherent plot from other writers' ideas. Yet, many seem to be drunk on their own interpretation, their own ambiguous standards. Maybe, it's time we try to enjoy the game for what it is and not just a gambling device or impossible vision to wench our thirst. Maybe, after such long mad hours, we will start to play something and appreciate it, and not too quick to dismiss it because it does not fit very well with our perception of a perfect "gacha game".

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NekoAiri

4.6 2021-03-20

I don't know what kind of flashy gameplay people even expected on a story-heavy game. Most of these people reviewing in English here just don't know Japanese and don't feel like translating it, so they miss out the literal essence of the game and focus on the game play, which by the way is not the main thing. For some weird reasons, it received negative reviews because they literally don't get it? Like is it even the game's fault that you signed up for something that wasn't designed for you? I could say the same about how FGO offers shit tier anything and still gets applauses out of thin air because of the franchise. EX skills? Ultimste skills? Why? Unnecessary. If you want to get a kick out of high-paced action go play PC games or something. This is an atmospheric game where you're supposed to discover their stories, not masturbate to skill animations. Also please, you wanna put your phone to overload with heavy animation? Up to you, but a lot of people don't take them risks because it would be stupid. The story has 9 chapters, with a bunch of quests and quest stories, character stories even, and y'all play for 2-3 days then proceed to complain while not even trying to discover all of it. I bet a bunch still struggle with the menu navigation. The game tells you to "read", not play through and skip like a wind blowing through a pond. If you read the tutorial you'd know the aims of these but let me be real, I don't think peabrains can bother. Ah, the money issue. Yes. Get a damn job perhaps. Maybe that would help since you pay nothing and expect it to flood you with freebies. The currencies aren't even that expensive. And pity on gacha? For real? And for what? If you feel like you love gacha that much you can always reroll for 2B or A2 or 9S, even 063 if you're a fan of him. 3★ characters are beyond usable enough. I'm not saying the game play is great either. Simply stating that criticizing their game play and say something like "copying game abc" or "gacha this gacha that" is nonsensical. Both literally aren't the focus of this game. It's like giving a student grade C because they had a fault irrelevant to the main points. [不滿] but keep on being disappointed at things that were literally told to you. You made the choice to play it so at least make a sensible argument on something that actually matters. Cheers

Professor Shenlin

4.2 2021-02-17

A story heavy game with great animations. Great game for Nier fans Also tip: tap the ghost thing 100 times for 3000 gems. Gacha rates: 4 star characters is 2% 4 star weapons is 3% 3 star character is 5% 3 star weapons is 10% 2 star weapons is 80% Gameplay is smooth Game is mediocre and battle is boring but hey the graphics are good. Changing my mind, im now casually playing the game again.