NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139

10 years after the original release, can Yoko Taro and Square Enix attract players to the first part of Nier, just as they attracted millions with the Nier Automata part, or will we be faced with the same scenario as the first part again? A lot depends on the hands of the Toylogic team and through this review you will find out if they managed to convey the essence of the game while providing improvement factors that make the game a better experience. This part is called Nier Replicant and is the Japanese version that was not released in western markets, which in turn received the Nier Gestalt version, and in this version the story has not changed, but you play as the father’s character instead of the Brother. I’m sure some of you are lost now with the information I’ve listed, but stay with me, more lostness awaits you, it wouldn’t be a Yoko Taro game if that didn’t happen.

This part of Nier is about a difficult time for the people, as they suffered from a different group of diseases, one of which affected Yonah, the sister of the hero you will play as. Your adventure begins and revolves around finding a cure for your sister, and this becomes your main motivation as events progress. This factor may seem simple in the story, but in reality it is complex, and various factors make you want more and more to know the truth about Yonah’s illness and why the world is going through this difficult time. With this comes another important question: Who are the “shadow” creatures? Your mind will be full of questions, and the deeper you go, the bigger your questions will become. But the game beautifully unravels these questions for you, layer by layer, and you begin to understand different elements of what’s going on around you. The characters that accompany you will further enrich you with a lot of information about the world and your adventure. Not only do the various dialogues and jokes make you identify with them, but the quality of voice acting of these characters, from the main characters to the general characters, is of high quality and their performance connects you more with the game.

Like other Yoko games, the game will experience a different number of endings, each adding a different dimension to the story. Due to the different factors of the story, such as dialogues and voice acting, you will be more willing to play the game more than once until you realize the different dimensions of the story. Each of the five different endings is fun and we recommend that anyone who owns the game play them all. Another point worth noting is that most endings don’t require you to start the game from the beginning, but rather from a point in the middle of the game, which speeds up the process of seeing all the different endings.

The look of the game was one of the original game’s weaknesses, and honestly, even with modern development, I find it acceptable at best. Even compared to its predecessor, Nier Automata, it is lower in terms of level and quality. But its graphics in terms of environments and animations serve the game and it manages to reflect the misery that exists in this world that is heading towards destruction.

In terms of gameplay style, it is the most changed factor and is very similar to the Nier Automata installment. You can block, dodge and use many types of magical strikes. As with any action game, there are easy hits and hard hits. Suppleness is the name of combat in Nier Replicant. You can create various amazing combos and connect them with magical strikes and we also have a smooth way to switch weapons using the D-Pad. The game contains about 33 different weapons, from spears to swords, whether those held in one hand or heavy swords that the character holds with both hands.

The enemies you face have different sizes, but most of them appear to you in the same color and are called “shadows”. As events progress, some of them become armored, forcing you to switch between magic and weapons until you eliminate them. Another point: if you get rid of some shadow creatures, you will get “words” from them. These are words that you add to your weapon in the weapons list to increase its power by a certain percentage, or to add the poison function to your weapon. Finally, as far as combat goes, the game offers an “Auto Battle” mode if you just want to experience the story, and that’s a good point, especially since you’ll be finishing the game more than once.

The side missions are fun and varied and are the best way for the player to collect money. Many of them contain interesting and quirky dialogues and the longest ones consist of 9 separate steps. Of course, your main task is fun, but there is one flaw in the game, namely the large amount of movement in the game. Most of the time you will spend not on completing missions, but on movement, especially when you are on the move to complete all the endings, since moving and moving from one place to another will be the worst point of this experience. In the last half of the game you have the option to move quickly, but this is inconvenient and sends you to distant areas and you end up having to walk more until you reach your destination.

The game strives to constantly diversify. Every major location you visit has something that sets it apart and makes the game interesting, so in the main story you go from playing in three dimensions to two dimensions and at other times the camera perspective changes completely and the viewing angle is from above, like in classic video games. . The variety doesn’t depend on the camera, because in one of the regions you go on a text adventure.

Other points that were updated include the game text, which was slightly changed so that it was almost unrecognizable, and the team strived to maintain the essence of the previous text. In addition, most of the voice actors have returned to reprise their roles for the same characters, while we find the return of the previous sweet game tunes in modified versions. The great composer Keiichi Okabe improved it and made it even better than I imagined. Performance-wise, the game worked for me at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second on the PlayStation 5.

Now we come to the additional content in this updated part. You will find a new story mission that is linked to the main story as if it were part of the previous game. It was distinctive and added an interesting epic battle and a consistent dramatic moment that shows you more about the history of this exciting world. Apart from this new content, you can also play the Father Nier, available to everyone in the western version, in a different number of missions, which are difficult combat challenges that present some ideas that we do not see in the main content . Once you complete the game for the first time, you will have the option to change the game’s music, switching it to Nier Automata music as well as a number of different costumes, including the Nier Automata character outfit.

The game was reviewed in the PlayStation 4 version provided by the game publisher.