Plus, the game’s amazing soundtrack will always be there to pull the player in, regardless of whether the tone it’s setting is calming, aggressive, or heart-breaking. From the city ruins to the forest kingdom to the desert to the amusement park, traveling throughout the world of the game never gets boring. The world is large without being overwhelming and offers a variety of locations that all bring life to the world in their own way.
NieR:Automata doesn’t have the biggest open world imaginable, nor does it have the most immaculate graphics you’ve ever seen. But I suppose we should go into its presentation first, since that is the first thing any player will notice.
It’s kind of hard to figure out where to begin with this game since there’s so much to discuss. There isn’t much more to be said about NieR:Automata that hasn’t already been said in the two years since its original release, so I’ll just go over the main points here. So in this review I’ll be covering each piece of content that this edition of the game includes, briefly recapping what makes each edition to the game great before finally giving my impressions of the Game of the YoRHa Edition as a whole.įirst, there’s the base game. The NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition isn’t so much a game itself as much as it is a bundle comprised of all of the previously released NieR:Automata content all in one package available for a reduced price. Since its release, the game has sold 3.5 million copies and characters have gained enough popularity to justify crossing over into other series, such as SoulCalibur and Gravity Rush, with a collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV planned for later this year. Now, two years after its initial release, NieR:Automata is back with the definitive version of the game, the Game of the YoRHa Edition. The game took developer PlatinumGames’ mastery of the action game genre and mixed it with the twisted mind of director Yoko Taro to deliver something truly special. One of the best games from the past few years is 2017’s surprise hit NieR:Automata.