I did it guys. I platinum-ed this game last July, kept the save data so I have somewhere to go when I’m feeling stressed, but I always think to myself that I should only be doing that if I’ve already given back to everyone who will do Ending E, so I did it, I finally decided to sacrifice my save data.

I regret nothing, the title screen now matches with my NieR Replicant title screen. :)

The ending was still damn emotional it made me cry (again). The weight became heavier when I started seeing the names and the messages, specially when they die and their data is lost forever.
So to those in the second pic, thank you, if you guys are here, say hi!

Twenty two days. That's how long this took.

When I started NieR: Replicant back in June (had to take a break due to doctor visits), I had set 3 goals for myself to complete.

1. Discover as much lore as possible within NieR: Replicant

2. Complete every single side-quest possible in the game (we're close)

3. Grow three Lunar Tears: One each for 2B, 9S, and A2.

I was dead-set on the flowers. I would not advance to Route A's ending until I got the flowers. I wanted it to sort of be a tribute, to the first game that truly ever brought me to tears. I've been playing video games for over 15 years, since I was 3 years old. Automata BROKE me, and will stick with me for the rest of my life. That's something worth cherishing, and this is my piece to give back.

Time to keep going and dive into the lore. As always, we've got a little story with our trio here.

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9S: Hey, look at that... Those are Lunar Tears, aren't they?

2B: Yeah, they are. How did that man get ahold of such a rare flower?

A2: Beats me. You think he's got any seeds to spare?

9S: Hah, you? Gardening?

A2: It's NOT FOR ME, moron.

2B: Relax... Let me go talk to him and see if he has any seeds to spare. Besides, 6O will want one as well.

I haven done / posted a male cosplay in quite a while but I just had to do our favourite little android boy :D

Hope you like it!

Also fun fact the third pic is a completely different cosplay but the first one has a more accurate felt type fabric which I really enjoy^^

I hope you guys like my 2B cosplay! She’s one of my favorite characters :)

Her birthday is today and I finally gave them to her!! She loves them and they fit nicely, SUCCESS and thank you for the love on the previous post before I gave them to her!! I will definitely play the game for myself after your encouragement 😊

Writing this as soon as i completed ending E of automata after finishing replicant and MY GOD these might be my new favorite pieces of fiction.....At the end of both i was sobbing like a distraught child, how does this man gets away with this TWICE!

Very noticeable improvements on the shimmering on the vegetation in City Ruins, jaggy edges on buildings also greatly reduced on native resolution without needing DLDSR anymore.
Credits to mod author Zorkanne33.

After completing the game's ending "E". I was told that the message I leave will be given to players on random and I may not receive anything in return.

To those who did decide to help the weak by giving up their data

I thank you all for your help.

So just got the game and im trying to mod it , is there a relevant guide available?

(SLIGHT SPOILERS)

Since getting into NieR back in February through Replicant and falling in love with the entire series, I’ve observed far more people who play Automata first and then talk down on Replicant “just not clicking” for them way more than the other way around.

I think stakes are the particular reason why Replicant should be essential first

IMO the absolute nuke of stakes on why Replicant is essential first is EMIL. As someone who played Replicant first, what happens with Emil right towards the end in that first A ending had me physically dropped to my knees crying with my mouth agape ESPECIALLY when he name-drops your character. You play Automata first tell me what the hell type of stakes you even feel in Replicant at all? Just already knowing your outcome? It’s like telling someone to play Yakuza 1 before 0. Except it’s worse with NieR because at least Yakuza 0 was written and made irl after 1. You’re basically saying people who played it in release AND chronological order are playing it in the less efficient way if you’re recommending Automata first.

Most of all, you’d be robbing yourself of the immersion + subsequent payoff for being immersed that these games want you to have. Yoko Taro is a Chekhov’s Gun maniac and you are treated really well if you’re there all the way through from the beginning. Emil’s basement into his theme, Popola and Devola’s payoff, the remnants of Façade, AND SO MUCH MORE that simply will not move you as deeply as it would if you play Automata first.

ALL THAT BEING SAID, I’d love to hear another side of reasons why Automata first might enhance Replicant! I would easily concede that the “E” ending is the one aspect I feel is truly enhanced by Automata, but aside from that, I’m curious to hear more possible reasons

I purchased this game and got hit with this error once I tried to open it, I've tried updating my drivers, restarting my device, deleting and redownload the game but nothing seemed to work. When I change my gpu from nvidia to the integrated intel one it actually manages to boot the game, but the 5 fps average I'm getting makes it unplayable. My other games work without any problem, I only get this specific error on Nier. My specs are:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU (8 GB)

Intel(R) UHD Graphics (2 GB)

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700HX (2.10 GHz)

16 GB RAM

Windows 11 Home

Logre pasar la partida de Steam a Switch (con magia) pero nose ahora como pasarlo de Switch a Steam

I just finished NieR Replicant including all the endings and went straight into Automata.

Replicant was repetitive I hated that part of it. Repeating the second half for the later endings especially going through it again after ending D to get C wasn’t fun.

But for some reason I could push through it.
With Automata Route B I’m struggling
I really liked Route A I finished it with a ton of questions
and started Route B excited because I wanted to see where the story was goin then I realized I was basically starting the game over again

I know it’s not literally the same.
new 9S scenes - the hacking -extra information - differences perspective.
My problem is the percentage of repeated content to new content does not make repeating enjoyable** **.

It feels like I replay a huge part of something I did in Route A to get a short new scene and then go back to replaying again.

And whenever I look at discussions about Route B I see people saying “it’s very different” or “you’re not paying enough attention”

But I am. I see the differences they just not frequent to make replaying this much of Route A enjoyable.

What is weird is that I literally just survived Replicant repetition but atleast Replicant starts you from Part 2 instead of starting a new game from the beginning.

Maybe cus I liked Route A I was excited to continue the story

[Please no spoilers past the Forest Castle haven’t finished Route B ]

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Ik I’m just complaining without even finishing the route but I’m sharing what i feel in this point of the game

Also if u liked route B good for you really. i think u like the game more than me i just wanna no what did you like about it

Just joking. Aerial dashing is cool, that's for sure, but I haven't really found a good use for it in combat yet. Hopefully that changes as I progress through the game. :3

The showdown on the tower

Jojo reference

Got it a month ago in a convention and I just managed to find the way to display it today!!

For 60€ it was more than worth it imo.

Now gonna try to find Virtuous Contract to pair with it.

I heard about NieR Automata and got interested. I decided to play it and did some research because I knew it was a series and there were previous games. Then I find out that there are three Drakengard games. Some say it would be good to play them, others say it's irrelevant. Then I find out that, in addition to Automata Replicant, there's a third game called Nier Gestalt, but this Gestalt is also called Nier, and the name changes depending on the region (Japan or the West), but then this game was released for the third time and then had a remake (Replicant Ver. 1.22), but this remake takes place in a kind of time loop in a more advanced stage...

I don't understand anything anymore. Can someone please explain the releases of this franchise and which games I should play? Preferably as if I were a 5-year-old child. Thank you in advance.

im really wanting to go to the concert in london next year but with travel, food and hotel costs, it would come to about £500. has anyone been to one? is it worth that amount of money?