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NieR:Automata

2017 · PlatinumGames · ~25h to finish

Generous dodges and plug-in chips that can automate half the combat, so the demand is low until Very Hard, where one hit ends you and the chip build becomes the game.

actionrpgadventurePCPlayStation 5Xbox SeriesNintendo SwitchMetacritic 84
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty4.1MODERATE

You will lose sometimes. You will not mind.

Price on Steam

$15.99$39.9960%

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Obscurity
5.3
Reaction
4.2
Execution
3.6
Learning Curve
3.2
Punishment
3.1
Strategy
3.0
Grind
2.8
Puzzle
2.0
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Reaction drops 1.3 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Execution drops 1.2 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 4.3 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT

No walls charted yet. If you have played this, you know where it bites — add the first one.

Assists & accessibility

0/4 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Difficulty modes [unsourced]
  • Save anywhere [unsourced]
  • Granular assist sliders [unsourced]

HEARING

  • Full subtitles [unsourced]

Claims marked unsourced have not been checked against a published accessibility review. Nothing here is inferred from genre — where we do not know, we say nothing.

What it is

NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

Where to go from here

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